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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1959.
FATHER'S DESPERATE LEGAL
LATE FINAL
MANOEUVRES
Price 20 Centa
Of The EVE-OF-EXECUTION DRAMA
Day Mass Killer
REPORT ON
ROADS
merit of
Dr
THE Charlesworth's report
on
traffle is that he WIS
able to comment in such d
In
To Die
The Chair
Lincoln, June 24.
tail on the basic problems A series of desperate legal manoeuvres by
that confront the Colony on
the
ronds in such a short time. This is because he winely realised that in the month be was able to spend in Hongkong, he could not fulfil the terms of reference given Já. Ilal Dr Charlesworth attempted to aqueeze the work of four tol Alx months in AR
A
weeks, his report would
have suffered considerably. The summary published in the Late Final Extrn edition of the China Mail yesterday did not do his report justice, It is only when Dr Charles. worth's comments are studiul in detail that it will be found how much he digested in the short month he was here and what remarkable insight he ob- tained of local conditions.
therefore Government is diauppointed that the report does i go as far ne It should it is satisfying to know that brondly it is pre- reeding along "the right lines with its read and trailie bleins and th much of what Dr Charles- worth suggests is either already under consideration or is being or has recently been implementel.
the family of Charles Starkweather to postpone his execution came to an end tonight when the Nebraska Supremo Court refused to
grant a stay of execution.
INDONESIAN
REBELS
OPERATING
IN HK?
It is possible that
nesian rebels carrying aut
This means that young Stark- weather will die in the electric chair in a matter of hours.
The high court decision came less than an hour after Stark- frantic father, Guy, weather's
hurried
the home of the court clerk Lo present the scrawled and typewritten
application.
Guy,
Exhausted
12 unemployed
car-
penter, was twice turned down by a lower court.
The effort apparently ex- Indo-haust the Starkweather's avenues of appeal for Bur life of the 21-year-old redhead their Washington
attorneys almost
#re
KIN
activities in Hong-simultanely announced they វ
lud abandoned efforts to get
kong, the Indonesian stay from the Supreme Courl Consul General in ur the United States. Hongkong, Mr J. D. De Fretes, said this morning.
Bul Mr De Fretes said the rebels had visited Hongkong even before the PAP came to power in Stugapore,
He said this in a com- It was only to be expected, of ment on Reuter cable course, that Dr Charles from Singapore that since worth
mtich would cover
the election of the PAP the around that has already
rebels hud shifted their "at- been
traversed. One tivities from Singapore to gestion thent particularly comes to mind in the recum Hongkong. mendation That Cross- harbour facilities for goabi Į traffic neeils to be improved. This is an old grievance is Hongkong. Unfortunately than pointing to an other obvious deficiency he makes no concrete proposals for a solution. Government shoul have asked for a special study of this question be cause a decision is urgently needed.
saki they ร been travelthig hotweer. Singapore and Hongkong and operating in Singapore and possibly also in Hongtong for a long time.
As Hongkong is a free port, Mr De Fretes said he had not made any report regarding the rebels to the Hongkong pollce authorities, nor had he taken any other action.
On the suggested replacement "It's up to the Intelligence
or agents to nod out about their of trams by Trulleya
and under-activities," he said, diesel buses
Some of the rebels who had Dr railways, ground
Charlesworth has touched been travelling between Singa- on a major trafik question and Hongkong had heen
which has
Joenl Kather,
ht
W.
his former colleagues, Mr seriously Fretes rald. been considered by the
nuthorities, and
will not be in the future. Whatever their disadvantages, the trams are efficient. For the time being at least they must stay,
buses- But bigger and particularly double- deckers on the level routes And W7 are needed. have previony urged sup plementing land transport with fast water buses. THE Committee which Government has decided to set up to investigate establishing--Road- und Transport Authority carries Dr Charlesworth's recom-' mendations to n logicu! conclusion. Road traffic his grown to such an extent .that
It can no longer be handled
tise entirely by Police and the Publle Works nerds Department. There
In
to be a controlling super- structure similar to those
that exist in other countries, tho meantime local
authorities should decide on
useful
suggestions
the implementation of the most mado by Dr Charlesworth,
the particularly
ten-year plan. He has underscored and crystalised the basic
prob lems which now have to bo tackled with determina- tion. Clearly they involve conniderable expenditure, but if the Colony is to be equipped with roads capable: of taking twice the present amount of traffic in ten years time, the time for concerted action is now.
De
Oficials at the state
technically
prison,
unaware of the efforts to halt the scheduled 12,01 m. execution, were going ahead with plans to go through with .
was
Députy Warden John Green- hultz said Starkweather served a tenderloin steak for his kast meal but he didn't know whether the youth ate it be- vhuse he told me he wasn't hungry."
Lancaster
Sen-
County District Judge Harry A. Spencer tenced the admitted killer of 11 u May, last year.-UPI.
MARILYN. IN GOOD CONDITION
New York, June 24. Marilyn Monroe was reported in splendid condition" today at Lenox I Bospital where she underwent gynecological surgery yesterday morning. She would be able to go home on Friday. --UPI.
DEBRIS-BLOCKED STREET
This is Tung On Street, Mongkok, Hittered with debris and impassable as a result of the demolition of houses following the recent déluge and floods. A report on the condition of the street has been sent to the Colonial Secretary and the Director of Public Works re- commending that the debris be cleared and that the demolition sites be fenced off-China Mall Photo.
Prince Philip Scrapes
Britannia In
Docking
Montreal, June 24.
Prince Philip bumped the royal yacht Britannia against the side of a pier today and scraped 25 square feet of paint off the ship's hull.
Esmond Butler, assistant He said the mishap involving Press Secretary to Queen frigate captain, could have hap- Phillp, a former British novy Elizabeth, reversed himself pened to anyone and the dam- tonight and told newsmen age could be repaired "by one that Philip was handling scomun with a pot of paint la the ship when it scraped five rainutes." alongside the pier at Three Rivers, Quebec.
Nothing Unusual
Butler said, "Every ship that Huller earlier told reporters comes up the St Lawrence prob at the dockside after the Briton-bly has had a scrape or two and nin reached Montreal that the this is nothing unusual." Queen's husband WB3 responsible.
not
"Prince Philip was bringing the yacht alongside when this occurred," Butler told reporters,
Most
Famous
Woman
Baltimore,
June 24. The Baltimore Sun today de- scribed Queen Elizabeth van "KO" most famous In Sha woman world and cald that her Cana- dian tour socmed
to bo generating Indressing
In:
1 forest .and on.
thusiasm.
"Many Cana. dians have been reportedly кра- thatlo about the *pageantry, but 'face' to faro it is hard to roulet the holiday atmos. phoro
gonerated
by
A quanly -visit," the now- papar said. — China Mail Spectat.
Picture showi Govern O ̊5- #General, Sir Vín- 'cent. MaÍSZY
welcoming the Queen Canada week.
Last
The admission that the Queen's zallor husband bump. ed her yacht Into a dock came after several hours speculation of who was responsible and after Butler had told reporters
thai Philip was not to blame, He said the Queen's husband also took the Britannia along- side at Port Alfred, Quebec, "but there wasn't any bump then."
Missing Man:
No Fresh Developments
this
A Government spokesman said morning in regard to the case of Mr Wong Ying-kau, missing since last Friday, that there have been no fresh developments.
Meanwhile police in- vestigations are tinuing, he added.
con-
WE HON
TUC.
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SERVICE TO
TOKYO
PAN" AMERICAN
Hongkong Girl Begins 2-Month Sentence In
PL
Pasay City, June 25.
Catherine Cheuk, pretty Cathay Pacific Airways attendant who pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted smuggling of foreign currencies on Wednesday, began serving a two-month gaol sentence today.
attorneys by surprise yesterday when she withdrew a preylous
plea of not guilty and entered a mulliy pies instead.
"I decided to plead guilty to finish it once and for all," she said today.
The Chief of Police, Basilio M. Pineda, designated the 26-year-old British citizen a prison trustee, She will work in the office of the police chief in the daytime and sleep in gaol at night.
Miss Cheuk thanked Mr Pineda and Pasay City police- { plead guilty rather than risk a man for the "vary fair treat- j.five-to-ten-year term in prison. ment" given her during her first day of confinement.
Breadwinner
She said she was confident her friends in Hongkong, where she used to reside, would help ber.raise the US$1,000 ne also insposed on her by the court of first instanco yesterday for trying to smuggie U.S.$55,000 in cash and cheques out of the FEllippines on April 30.
"I am the only breadwinner in the felly and we don't
have much," she said.
Behave Well
Slic aald she preferred to
"Besides, I have missed my
rother
and brother," she #aid. MIL behave well in gaol, I
was informed I may even serve only one month of my term." Asked if she had co-operated with agents of the National Bureau of Investigation against a supposed smuggling syndicate in Manila, she said: "Hay can
be of help, I do not even know the one who handed me the luggage."
NBI agents found the $55,000 Inside the luggage aboard a Hongkong-hound plane on April Miss Cheuk caught Judge 10, Cheuk had disclaimed owner. Angel Mojica and prosecuting | ship of the money.—UPI,
MICHAEL WILDING AND HIS WIFE, SUSAN.
Wildings Sell Jewellery
For
£138,909
London, June 24.
A 23.7 carat diamond ring owned by Mrs Susan Wilding, wife of British film actor, Michael Wilding, was sold here today for £56,000.
I
Mrs Wilding decided to sell the ring because of burglars, Last year thieyes twice ransack ed her home. In one raid they escaped with £10,000 worth of Jewellery, furs and articles.
HONGKONG'S
other "TOP OF THE MARK”.
The yacht is commanded by Second Defeat origin, is one of the most per-
British navy Vice-Admiral Peter Dawnay, who holds the title Flag Oleer Royal Yachts. Dawnay mette sure the In- eldent would not be repeated when the Britannia here.
arrived
No Ceremony
Philip was not even on the bridge. He was on a lower deck, standing beside the Queen, who was sliting there,
Both Waved 10 the small crowd of a few hundred on the dock.
For Govt Party
Kuala Lumpur, Juno 24. The Malayan Federal Govorn– ment today suffered its second defeat in a stato olection this wook whon the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party won a big victory in Kelantan.
The Parly, theocratie
The ring, a blue-white step- cut diamond of South African
fect diamonds ever to bo put up for sale. It has been valued at £60,000.
Highlight
Mrs Wilding, 43, was formerly Mrs Susan Nell. Her husband wus formerly married to British Alm star Elizabeth Taylor.
The ring, which was bourlit 'by Bond Street, London, dealer, was the high spot of one of the biggest posi-war jewellery sales at Christies zaterooni
Bidding for the ring opened 220,000 and there was keen competition from several dealers,
Other Jewellery, sold for Mrs. AWilding realised a further £19,-.
200.
No ceremony had been plan-
whose aim is a the ned in connection with
stato based on the Queen's' arrival here today. The yacht tied up at Laurier Pier, Koren, won 18 of the 30 seats
In the State · Legialolive
with several results
a berth normally used by freighters, and will stay there rembly,
had
The sale of gems produced an | overall ́ ́ figure of £138,000.— Pan-Reuter.
unt Friday morning when it still to come. The ruling Alliance moves across the river to take of Tunku Abdul Rahman part in ceremonies in which the gained only one seat, Queen will join President Eisen- hower to officially open the St. Lawrence Seaway,-UPI.
De Gaulle In Rome
་་་་
Roma, June 24. French President Charles Gaulle arrived in Rome
Lost Saturday, the Malayan Islamic Party beat the Federal Government "Party in
Pro the-Trengganu alections, viously, the Alliance had won sweeping victories in eight state elections.
* +
Quads Born
Now York, June 24, Quadruplets, three boys and a
One atate cloction is still to be held before. August's Federal elections in Pahang state next girl, were born today in the Saturday,
Larine Hoopital, Staten Island, Final
results: P.M.I.P. 20; to Mrs Besain Kojoures, 20, the wife of a Columbia University de Alliance two. 10. Dato Abdul Razak, the law student,
to Malayan Prime Minister sald
night by train from Milan continue his stato visti to Italy, -Router.
The Imbier are reported in
the loss of the state was ful" condition and are In i
cubators, UPI.
bliter pill to swallow=Router,
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