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ABORTIVE ATTEMPT

ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT

Shark

Of The EMERGENCY IN SUDAN Scare At

Day

THE TIMES

SAYS IT

TACMILLAN, is obviously

stocked.

fellow

tabinet ministers and even

his parliamentary support-

New Measures

To Suppress

Army Movement

Khartoum, June 2.

ers are dumbfounded. And The Sudan Government has declared a state

Mr Selwyn Lloyd is ከ13-

doubtedly suffering

full torment That only

metaphorical stab in

the

back can cause. The strange

coincidence of the two re- porta on

change

ورلانا

ן

for the Foreign

Secretary

of

in

the

middle Geneva talks would not be strange t

if

one of them had not been published in The Times. People everywhere know its! reputation and they are saying "If The Times says it. it must be true, or #1 least not wholly incorrect." And clearly it is this that Mr Macmillan and his colleagues are au concerned about. Be- chtine

no dental, however

convincing. can entirely banish this lurking suspi clon. Had the report about Mr Selwyn Loyd's switch

bven

day shed in the Sun-|

And

one other

popular newspaper -- and there have alrendy been coincidences of this kind in the past it would have been simple to dismiss the nillo gossip. suggestion

ure Mr Selwyn Lloyd has been The subject of frequent speculation alneu he handled Sir Anthony Eden's foreign policy over the Suez invasion.

Because

of emergency following the disclosure yesterday of an abortive attempt to overthrow the Government.

SUDAN

SAUDI

ABARIA

ETHIOPIA

Marital 'Swap'

Started With

Loaf Of Bread

Begs The Question Two

TH

Hayward, Calif, June 2.

Hayward families began new Ilves today after marital "Awup" that began with the sale of a loaf of bread.

THE result is that diplo

mutic observers are! seriously speculating on the timing of the report and its implications both on Bri- Kenneth N. Peck, 30. bread

New measures have been promulgated "to suppress any now Army movements which might aim at launch- ing another coup," said the announcement.

High Treason

Within tie lost 24 hours, two members of the Sudanese Supreme Council have been ar rested on charges of high trea Bon and 20 other officers wr"- rested throughout the country

for allegedly preparing coup C'etat.

The two

generals arrested are Rahim Chenan and Moheld.

dine Ahmed Abdallah.

They have been the two biggest trouble-makers

in

Sudan since the Army seized power.

Last March, they marched on Khartoum with Army units and forced the Army to appoint them to the ruling junto. They bisa forced the resignation of strong- inan, General Ahmed Abdel Wuliab,

move

Discovered

They were planning another on May 22 and had already sent a cable to an Army corps in the Eastern districts inviting them to the capital " assist in the distribution of land to the peastinis,”

But before the troops could arrive, the plot was discover- ed, the troope went back, the cable investigated

And the

generals arrested.

A

right

last communiqu warned that the Army Supreme wagon driver, sold the loaf Council would itself judge the wholewheat-i

a: "would inflict Bevere sentences to deter those

Mrs Dorothy prisoners Cassell, 30, six months ago.

there

tish policy at Geneva, and even Western polley at the Big Four

talks. Accusing They become friendly and soon who in the Futuro might be fingers have been quick to

was un amiable four- point at Dr Adenauer who some including Peck and his tempted to betray the revolu-

tion." hus

20, and Mrs made no secret of his wife, Patricia,

her husband, distrust of British

Cassell and policy Germon on the

question

Jack, 37, ona engineering de- signer. and his fear of a possible British attempt to placute the Russians. The danger of parsaing this line of reasoning is that it seriously begs the question. Mr Selwyn Lloyd vulnerable

ft

has been figure in British politics ever since the passing of it Sir Anthony Edon, yet would be strange, Almost

Baerified

MF

when he was

-sel

almost

TWO DIVORCES And in no time at all each hus- band found he preferred the other's wife. They explained things 10 their respective ehildren, obtained quiet divorces in Tijuana, Mexico, and then held a double mar- riage ceremony there. Yesterday, Cassell moved his personal eftcels into Peck's home and greeted three new Peck children, aged 3 to 7. switched to the Cassel-homo

5 To

Bunna non grata with the We've done the right thing

we're sure," Cassett said. "All four of happy."UPI

It was also expectedi that ousted strong man, General Woliab would once more tako his place in the Army Supreme Council and the Government.

AFP.

Political Crisis In Djakarta

X-15 Prepares For Flight

Scott May

tho Scott Crossfield, potential space pilot 'un-- dergoing chambor tests in his special aluminium suit ready to face the most arduous conditions.-Con- tral Press Photo.

Glide Plane To Earth

for

Los Angeles, June 2. America's first manned space vehicle, the rocket ship X-15, is scheduled its fifth "captive" flight on Thursday, but it may be dropped in free flight if all of its complex Systems check out pro- perly.

The preparation of the slim X-15 and its giant B-52 mother ship began today on the long пргоп of Edwards Air Force Base's runway.

Broak Away

"Providing everything func

tions

properly,"

North

SAS

Airliner Colony Forced Down Beach

At Bagdad

Stockholm, Juno 2.

A Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) passenger

plane was forced down in Bagdad today during

A shark was sighted off

a Colony beach this morning and life- savers called in swim- mers.

A shark-spotter sighted the fin through a telescope

a flight over Iraqi territory from Teheran to about a mile off Tylam Wan

Beirut, SAS said here.

Space Monkey Undergoes Operation

American Aviation spokesman

Pensacola, Fla., June 2. gaid, test pilot Scott Crossfield, Surviving 37, will "break away" from the bomber to take the

step in

This

fight.

Birat man-controlled space

would Incan

stubby-winged

the craft

would plummet out of the sky over the Mojave Desert, about 65 miles northeast ot Angeles, without fuel, glide back

from earth somewhorn above 38,000 feet. Ultimately, the X-15 and its expected two sister ships are

to rocket at speeds above 4,000 miles an hour to the fringe of space, 100 or more miles over the western United States. UPL

A

space monkey Baker underwent E

operation

for simple electrode removal today without anaesthesin, the Navy announced.

on

beach, near Stanley.

Rang Bell.

The sighting was nande-at The DC-6 plane landed at 12.80 p.m. today. the Bagdad airport at 17.27 GMT but was allowed to leave again at 18.42 GMT, an SAS spokesman said here tonight.

Misunderstanding

The

SAS control tower at Copenhagen said SAS had per- mission to fly over Iraq!_terrie GMT and lory between 0200 1000 GMT, which would mean the forca-down came in the permitted hours.

fo spokesman

had re-

The

SAS

He immediately rang the bell and other life savers called in all swimmers until they were able to announce the all-clear.

This is the first reported alghting of a ahark this

AERSON.

Copenhagen said it DANES REFUSE

ceived a report from one SAS offel in Bagdad saying the kad Ad. Iraqi authorities

milled that the forcing down of the plano was due to misunderstanding.

He said it was too early to

say whether

an

ut

Her spacemate, Able, died of

heart convulsion operating table last night Fi Knox, Kentucky, after aŋues- administered. The thetle was

two monkeys last week became the first primates to survive missile shot into space, riding capsules in the nose cone of an Army Jupiter 300 miles high and 1,500 miles down the At- lantic tracking range.-UPI,

Parking Meters

Net

$4,500 In Fortnight

Foreign Coins Found In Boxes

By A CHINA MAIL REPORTER

Parking meters have netted more than $4,500 in less than

a fortnight, a Government official disclosed this morning. Since the first collection; said, "und

the money

is just

He explained that the meters

into three have been divided routes. The Arst route is clear- day, bad the other I've routes on the second day.

Malayan Govt Wins Again

kusin Lumpur, Jupe 3. Here is a more detalled ac-

The Malayan Government to- count of collections made from sight won the Negri Sembilan Stato election by a big majority,

the meters:

May 20

yet

was made from the 200 gain for the Government." meters in Central District, the total sum collected now stands at $4.552.10

The meters are becoming more Senpopular Meters doing

business, the best

the official London, June 3. snid, ure those situated near the are very While President Sukurno Vehicular Ferry.

toured a Hollywood The Biggest film studio and dined!

The biggest collection with the top names in made was on the weekend from filmdom, events in In- May 23-25 when $833.10 found donesia moved to a the meters were cleared yester-

Its way into the Treasury. When June a crisis.

day after a space of four days, | $707,60 was collected. The Indonesian Army strongman Lt-General Abdul Haris Nasution banned all more The Mayor of the West Lon-political activity from this

Americans, abandoned him new to the Germans. And if Mr Lloyd is neither tou conciliatory to the Russians, too complacent to the 109 Americans nor too damag- ing. to Britain to continue as foreign secretary, what les behind the outery that The Times report caused?

has

Fallible Humans POSSIBLY nothing

SHUT THEE

TRAP. LAD

London, June 2.

than-this: The Times! don suburban borough of Ealing spoke too long for political correspondent could that well have been told

one of 100 guests attend Selwyn Lloyd is due for Ing a function here today,

that the "promotion,"

The Mayor, Alderman R. E Woolsack may be his after Daly, had been speaking for election. Perhaps about 15 minutes while propon- the next for once The Times, which ing a Loast when a man rose his scat, grabbed the Is also manned by failible from

the Mayor by the lapels, and tried often to make him alt down.

Speaking in what appeared supposed by its overawed readers, has committed the to be a North Country accent,

humana

and

not

Olympian delties so

morning.

Failure

This followed the Assembly's

Democracy" ɛɛhome.

However, the best mid-week

collection was made on May 20-27. On May 27, Treasury collectors brought in $747.76.

are

The treasury official said this morning that "some people still trying to make the meters work with coins other than 60-

failure yesterday to adopt Pre- cent pieces.

ident Sukarno's "Guided

Among the coins found in The bau means there will be some of the meter-boxes were other no more open or closed politi-Singapore, Chinese and

coins. They won't cal meetings, demonstrations, foreign

articles, make the meters work," he processions. printed posters or "Rusler campaigns." Ja The move shows that ho anxious to avoid direct Army intervenilon and to risk the

quite pardonable mistake the interrupter sald; "We have Į possibility o¿¡riots in the event

of

Bi heard about enough from you.

continued the Assembly's misjudging the nows valuo

LONG ENOUGH

refusal to back the Sukarno of their

At any

"You' have gone on Just "Guided Democracy" system. Mr Macmillan's per- rate,

tong enough -- and that is In Hollywood, President Boant Basurance

Sukarno raw over 20th Cen- to Mr

enough." Selwyn Lloyd and his state- To someone's yell of “get hlmntury Fox studios. He posed for two actresses was escorted cameras with Houso ment to

of cut," the man Commons yesterday make away. As he left, he shouted and then had dinner with more it plain that there is no "He is talking a lot of tripe." than 90 people. Guests included

Powell, The Mayor, who had stopped Dick

Vincent Price, chance of either a change

Randolph Scott, Rhonda Flem polley or minister during peaking, stood jamilling.

Later he said: "You, willing Robert Montgomery,

the

Curt

the prosent Big Four con realise, ladies and gentlemen, Jurgens Van “Jokerison and ference. And that is really that that is just one of those Mona Freetman-Reuter and

all that matters,

things."-Reutar.

BARREAR

Total

07.15

in its sixth alate success, the

512.75 ruling Alliance had won 19.of 187.2023 zeals with one result still

239.10

747.75 lo came.

200.40

303.15

In the opposition, the Socialist 107.50

Front took three seats and an independent candidate one scat. $4.392.10 Reuter.

Britain For Quality

can

In The Wrong Profession

t

SAS would take any further action.

The Second

An SAS apiceman in Rome

the plane carried a total of 57 passengers, including reven children, plus a crew of eight.

On May 6, less than a month ego, ati Allialia plane, carrying 17 passengers and screw

eight, Bagdad zlances,

of

AL

was forced down

circum- in similar

TO UNLOAD

SEIZED CARGO

Port Said, June 2. Egyptian officials in Port

Was

Sold today disclosed that the owners of the Danish freighter Inge Toft have refused to comply with the order to unload the ship's laraeli cargo which confiscated by Egypt as war booty, The 'ship's agents in

said that ownere, the Jens Toft shipping Agency of Copenhagen, refused to unload the cargo after con-

which Gulting the company chartered the ship, an unidenti-

The Italian plane and its pas- sengers, however, did not get away as quickly as the SAS plane did. Iraqi authorities | Sald today waited 27 hours before allowing the Italian plane do resume its Teheran-Beirut - Athens - Home route.-UFI,

Aswan Dam Bid Red American arm.

Cairo, June 2. West British,

German and Italian Arms have submitted formu offers to participata Ja the second phase of building the alted Arab Republie's "$100 million Aswan High Dam-UPI.

Port the

The Inge Toft arrived in Port Sold on May 21, with a cargo of 5,572 tons of cement, potatoes and leather fróm Haifa, bound for Hongkong.

The Court of Prizes in Alexandria ruled that the cargo "war prize"--and of. dered if to be unloaded—AFF,

was a

POLICE OFFICER COMMENDED

BY MAGISTRATE

An Immigration Officer was highly commended by a Central Magistrate this morning for the efficient way in which he carried out his duties in a corruption case.

Mr I. T. Morris in com-aware that under present cop- mending Det. Sub-Inspector ditions it may bring great gala. J. F. Merriot said that he They hope to escape detec Uon and they take the rlak deliber- deserved "the highest com- ately from motives of groe mendation" as the Court was This woman I regret to any satlaffed that he discharged is one of that kind and such his dutles "with efficiency, offenders have lille claim to courtesy and patience.”

London, June 2.

Ipswich, June 2. Mr Harold Macmillan sald John Davies was fined £5 fonight that Britain

Do and barred from driving for longer compote as A world one month yesterday on con- power in the material sense,viction of careless driving, his "and our contribution to world sixth traffic conviction. affairs must rest more on quality "But for your job wo would Ching, allas Lity Ching, alias have disqualled you from than on quantity."

Mr Macmillan was addressing driving for a long time," the a National Union of Teachers | judge told him. Dövles is driv-

inst instructor.-UPI. dinner.-UPI..

Oxford Reverses Latin Decision

Oxford, June 2. Oxford University reversed itself today and decided to keep ita Latin language

requirements.

Oxford professors, instruc- tors and staff scholars voted 301 to 282 to over- rule an earlier decision to drop Latin and Greek in

.

compulsory student en- trance examinations. St Hilda's College Fellow Helen Gardner warned, "The decline of Latin in schools here;; and its virtual · disappearance. In America, is one cause of

a growing incompetence in the writing of our English. "I am thinking of politicians,

18 Months The defendant wai Chun Lee Mrs Wong, of 25 Wang On Road She was before the Court on three charges of corruption and was sentenced to a total of 18 months' imprlachent.

consideration mernly becaużo they have hitherto been of good character.

"She did not fail into sudden temptation but elected to join in an legal venture after cal- culating the risk and the profit." Mr Macris also said ho under-

stood that a number of persons with whom the defendant, was * associated in these processings The defendant who ploaded had been arrested and -- were guilty to the charges, admitted being dealt with under the De- giving $1,700 estruptly to DSt|portation of Allens Ordinance... Merriot In connection with

In conclusion: Mr Morela ánid. journalists,

"I would like to say that tho preachers, Horigkong entry permits. essayists and, I fear I In passing judgment Ms Court is tisfied that DSI must add, learned per Morris, said that the facts in the Merriot discharged his duties case were of a particularly in connection with this... dann eons," Miss Gardner said- serious nature and that it was with efficiency, courtesy and Today's action reversed the clear that there had been

May 5 decision to allow fairly large scale and organised studento to substitute attempt to illegally obtain, entry German and Russian for permite into the Colony. Greek and Latin in there are at the present time, Prole or the "Anti-Corruption entrance examinations for many people, who choose to Branch appeared, for the pro-

commit crime because they afa sécution. Oxford-UPL

patience and his part in this prosecution is deserving of the

· Mr · Morrie' erich, “Unhappiest commendation"

Detective Sub Inspector D