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CHINA MAIL

No. 37433

Established 1845

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1959.

Price 20 Cents

FLIGHTS WEEKLY to the U.S.A.

9 from TOKYO

5 from MANILA PAN AMERICAN

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS INDICATE POSSIBLE

POSSIBLE ACTION

Of The UN MAY PROBE LAOS FIGHTING

Day

Nuclear Power For Hongkong?

many questions are left un Answered In Government's statement on the Plover Cove reservoir scheme that it is am77- possible to assess whether it is better to go on building dams or to think as Government in now doing in terms of distifa tion of Bait water instead.

America's New Charge

Against Soviet

SENTRY SHOT

Mrs Purdy Back At Work

Ex-German

Bloc

Tokyo, Aug. 12.

There were growing indications today that the United Nations

may investigate the situation in Laos where government

troops are battling Communist-fed rebel forces. Whether the U.N. sends a representative or a team to Luos appeared to depend on whether fighting, which has slackened in recent days, re- suines after the lifting of heavy rains over northern Laos.

The UN. Secretary-Gen-

The nuclear power plant ineral. Mr

Dag Hammar.

tantalising proposition assum.| skjold, was understood to Ing Its capacity to distil would believe that the U.N. should be aufficient 10 meet tite Colony's foreseeable needs.

take no steps in Laos unless there was a specific appeal from the government of rime Minister Phous Sana-

It has the virtue moreover of promising constant supplies ce gardless of rainfall. The big gent dema on the other hand depend for their effectiveness | nikone.

on the abundance of summer rains. And we know he bitter experience that nature is not reliabic. Th10 governing factor I cost

untli

→

Developments

But there were several deve- lopments that indicated some LEN. action may be in the wind. however, and

pa tenfurly fighting resumes: Govern.

• The Australian External ment can give reliable

Mr Rightni estimate

Allairs Minister, with together

the approximate time it would any, la'd the louse of Repre

sentative: that Mr Hamnorsk- take to instal plant no one can

jold might send a seniter officer do more than #late a tentative

to Laus but that there was no preference based on certain

Scatu would known factors, The

tiat two, que doa electric companies have been became involved. thinking of nuclear generated power and the queation occura¦ 1.S whether it is possible for one plant to perform both fune, tons. If so capital and opera.

Clog

cost would be shared assuming a toan could be raised to finance the plant.

Where From?

to

re now the Colony's

s well a other

UPervoire

O

Britain. Pratze and the have smt miltary

attaches from the Lastinn capi-

of Vientiane to nertheTI Icos to report on the situation.

The US State Depart-

sent charged that rebel forces a under the control of Come munist North Vicinam and re treeriving pls from North Vienu. I suggested that the atuck may have been planned- in Messoa when North Viet- namese officials, including Presi dunt Ho Chi Minh, visited the

major capital projecte Ruinn capital. have been financed out of current revenue but the same factors which necessitale auch

• The Laotian Governmen Invited india

to end group

a vas! Increase in water supply of observers to study the mi

calt also for heavy expenditure a situation.

in other directiona. notably housing, satellite towns and

Prime Minister Nebrt, of Inia told Parlament he had with several

schools to mention a few. Al be in e

this rate Government la going cabins convening Laos.

to have to budget for

an Geneva Agreement

income Ja excess

of $1,000

million within two

or three

Communist

$22,000 Kowloon Theft:

Police Detain Man

In the New the Police A suspect was detained by

of a daring $22.000 tix hours Territories yesterday within theft in Kowloon.

When the Folice caught up with the suspect in Ping Shan they recovered some $8,000 cash and a number of gold ornaments.

The robbery took place in à Art floor rublele at 1,048 Canton Hoad before 0.39 a.m. yerlerday. The occupant, Lam Tim, proprietor of a grocery store on the ground floor, re. norted the loss of $21,000 in casti and another $1,000 worth of gold necklaces and fade-gold finger-rings,

During the night Lam and his faardly had slept on the verandah because of the heat, leaving the rear cubicle un- uccupied. At 6.30 a.m., a cook entered the house and dis- covered the loss

The cook rated the alarm and the matter was reported to the Police,

A Government spokesman said that the Police are lit looking for another person in connection with the house- breaking and robbery, and Investigations are stili proceeding,

Splashed 17 Years' Savings On Holiday

Reading, Aug. 12. Roadsweeper George Gardiner, 31, was today sweeping the streets here day-dreaming about the US$1,000 he had just splashed on an Ameri- can holiday.

Gorge, who Cartis £8

hnd saved for the trip North Vietamm week, hove

enm-eight from the time he began been paigeing for works for the re-repping the streets at the age two усага DRO. And the taxpayer must ask wherevival of the International Con- or 14.

years, or almost double that an Chinu

la it all coming from? Unless trul Commission made up of

ה

He told reporters lodny that

a loan can be arranged-and Poland, Taka and Canada to in- he had saved the money; bocnuse this may be difficult-increased cute full implementation”

the

taxation and possibly electricity will endanger basis on which our industrial prosperity in founded. Let us confder the alternative: The Plever Cove scheme pro. mises almost 10 triple

of

the

dearer the Conrva apreements on Laos, Their was little chance it renetivated, howeyur. would be To do so, Laotian permission

needed und would Sananikone Government already

declared the has

the Geneva Colony's reservoir capacity in- armistice Terms fulßiled and the cluding the still uncompleted | ronpoission unwanted.

be

Shek Pik. This should provide! The North Vietnamese Pre-

he didn't smoke or drinks and vas sull single.

George sald of the tour: always wanted to go to America and it was worth every ceat,

"I went touring from the east coast to the Pacife coust. saw ruch places as New York, Washingtor.. Chicago, Angeles, the Grand Canyon and San Francisco.

Las

were absolutely wonderful: The

ANOTHER

STUDENT MISSING

Another student is reported

missing

home from Government spokesman sald this morning.

us with enough water for as mier Foreign Minister Phain "The straks and applepies

He is 12-year-old Mu Hang- for shoad as we are entitled Van Dung has sent notes to to provide for.

anicl Yet as we into

Russia Co- telp was worth it for the food ki, who is said to be very in- telligent and a pupil in a Kow- pointed out last week, demand Channer of the 1954 Genova alous."

for water has a bad habit of talkeashing that the commls- Asked if he would be return-Joon evening middle school. confounding predictions by slon be resumed and attacking ↑ing to the United Stales one He left home after supper at catching up with supply tar US. "unperialist Interference" | dny, George commented: "I've faster than we expect. 1975 in Los

to

1980 might therefore find fle also sent a note to Premier

the Colony luck with the Nehru asking that the commals-

water problem again and in as) siou

great a dilemma as ever,

Premature

THERE in another factor dis-

take "emergency men-

zures."

But there was little chance

that

Laus would

three-nation

country

fortnud.

allow the FUp Into the

if it was even

TC-

started to save again."-Reuter,

New Macao Governor

Lisbon, Aug. 11.

p.m. on Monday saying that he was going to school 10 toke has pol back his report, but been seen again.

Ma's parents laler discovered that the boy had played truant lately

and

not sit examinations.

did

for

The Mas live In the Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Aren.

Officer To

Be Tried

Duesseldorf, Aug. 11.

One of Germany's top World War II tank commanders 'win Eo on trial on August 17 for the execution of a sentry dur. ing the war, it was announced today.

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Gen. Hass0 von Manteufel will be charged with having the zentry shot when he left his post without reason on the Rus- sian Front in February 1943.

Two soldiers were standin guard when they allegedly ran away, court testimony of the Une showed. One was taken Russians but prisoner by the

by the other was re-captured German troops.

He was brought before military court presided over by guilty Von Manteufel, found

of abandoning his post and shot. Manteufel told police, Investi- galing the cause earlier this year following a complaint from the man's relatives, that he was only carrying out orders from Hitler.

PI.

FIDEL CASTRO

SHOT AND

WOUNDED

New York. Aug. 11.

Cuba's Premier, Dr Fidel Castro

was shot and wounded during counterrevolutionary

The

jarmo!! syndicated

of last weekend, Drew columnist Pearson said in his Washing- fon column,

The column, which

appears

un-

Back behind the counter of a Surrey newsagent is Mr Irene Purdy, widow of the policeman murdered in Londen Fast month. She worked there before her husband was shot. Mrs Purdy will move into a house bought from money subscribed to a public appeal launched by newspapers after It was revealed that she would receive nothing from: rov». crimen apart from a pension.-Express Photo.

Magistrate Orders Court Cleared In Podola Case

London, Aug. 11.

U.S. Navy

Cancels Multi-Million Fuel Project

Washington, Aug. 11. The Navy today followed the Air Force's lead in dropping a search for an "exotic" jet fuel better than petroleum. Pentagon officials disclosed that the now-abandoned pro. grammes cost more than $232,000,000.

The projects once called for mass production of liquid boron compounds, or "alp" fuels.

Ar But 24 hours after the Force discloser it would, not go into production in it's only boron fuel plant, at Model City, New York, the Navy announced it had cancelled 'It's only con- tract for the high-energy fuct at the Cullery Chemdcol plant,

Muskogee, Oklahoma.

1

AIR FORCE WORK

The Air Force programme $110,000,000 $10,000,000

cost

for a special jet engine whileh now has been dropped, $45,000,- 000 for the Olin Mathieson plant al Model City, and $55,000,000 for research and development work.

The Navy said it had spent $122,000,000 since 1952 on the fucis. development of boron That included 335,356,000 In- vested in the Muskogee plant which was described as 99 per cent complete.

Both the Air Force and the Navy said they were studying what future use could be made of the Muskogee plant, and the Model City facility, which had been scheduled to begin pro duction of the "exotic" fuels next month-UPI.

reliable The West London Court was cleared today when Boeing 707 In

in the Wednesday edition of the New York Mirror among other newspapers, qualed confirmed but usually (sources as saying that this was why Dr Castro cancelled his trip to the Santiago, Chile, conference of Latin American foreign ministers and why his Cabinet Ministers carried rifles at their lost meeting.

it

was not

Pearson

said known how seriously Castro added was wounded but he that on announcement was ex- saying the Cuban Premier was ill-Reuter.

petod

School Set

On Fire By Maniac

the prosecution opened its case against Guen- ther Fritz Erwin Podola, a 30-year-old German- born photographer, accused of murdering a police sergeant.

Mr E. R. Guest, Senior West London magistrate, decided to clear the court at the request of Mr F. H. Lawton, Queen's Counsel for Podola, who submitted that there were "weighty reasons" why this should be done..

Mr Lawton did not outline his reasons in open court,

Police took ciaborate security precautions when the prosecu tion opened its case..

of 20 men A security guard potrolled the court buildings, and ather police were on duty In pairs at street corners in the arga.

Podola is charged with the murder of 43-your-old Detective Sergeant Raymund Purdy, who was shot dead at the entrance to a block of flats in West London

Chicaro, Aug, 11.

con. The priest of a Church

nected with the "Our Lady of on July 13. the Angels" school in which

were

PODOLA

Landing Mishap

Chicago, Aug. 11.

The 00 passengers on board a Boeing 707 jet airliner escaped

with a severe shaking when the glani aircraft's two nose-wheels broke as it landed at the Ohara

Airport here today.

The American Airlines plane broke a wheel as it touched down.

bounced and broke 2 second wheel as

ground again.

The aircraft

touched

skidded more

than 8,000 feet, without

nosing into the ground and suffered no serious damage.—AFP.

Eisenhower To Visit Queen

London, Aug. 11. President Eisenhower 6 likely to spend one day of his forth- coming visit to Britain calling en Queen Elizabeth at Dolmaral, according to a usually well In- formed source here.

After his arrest on July 10, 92 children and threo. runs Pocola was removed, to a hospl

burned to death Just tal in East London. Allegations December 1, said today the that he had been beaten up by There was also little chance creetly buried in the talli

fire was started by a maniao. pollee resulted in a heated de- that Sento would ever be called

The new Governor at Macno, Government of the

The student has 16 brothers com. unless the situation de- Major Jalme Silverio Marques, and because of the large family

The latest victim of the firebate in the House of Commons

According to the source the munique-the effect of this in vast scheme wlib all lix piping,! teriorated remarkably.

will officially assume bis news-parents could not look after was 14-year-old William Eding when the Home Secretary, Mr

ber-1. ton who died two days ago from. A. Butler, sald he was satis-, said that the hearing on Friday.visit may take place on Septem- The best bet was that the Altration

post tomorrow. The swearing-| each of them Individwilly. pumping stations,

fled that Podola had not been would again be in closed court. injuries suffered in the blaze, and UN officials were in

The call would be an Informal U.N,

certinony presented plant and catchwater areas on

by

The question of whether or one since Freakdent Eisenhower Minister, situation closely Portuguese Overseas

Another fire broke out late Inbenten up at the police station. The police nre assisting the the people

of the area. The watching the

the search for their June in the Church's contes- FOURTH APPEARANCE no preliminary hearings is not coming to Britain on a* determine whether" they Commodore Lopes Alves, takes tomily in fako to

was extinguished,

Today was Podola's fourth Magistrates' Courts should be State Visit. chiome is that it does not in- should take action-UPI.

place at the Ministry.-UPI,

The Chicago police disclosed appearance in court.

heard in closed courts caused a The Queen is at. preschi the second fire today after At the earller hearings, his left controversy during the seas on holiday at Balmoral, her local newspapers reported that eye was bruised, he appeared tional trial of Dr John Bodkin Scottish home.--Reuter, the Church was kept under a dazed and had difficulty in walk-Adams, In 15. 'constant watch.

grostast merit of the

Equato

volve the inundation of many Valuable

mlios of actual or potential agricultural land, but the disruption it nevertheless throatoms to the agricultural and fishing com. munity of Told Harbour, and

this might} the raporcussions have, must be very

Barlously

with the

walghad.

Оли

sympathies

Director of Publle Works with the big problems he is called

on to tackle and

wa applaud

the Imagination of those who hava given so much time and thought to the vast and costly dimeultion of quenching this Colony'

lost con.

Reunion In A Sewer Pipe

Chicago, Aug. 11. Mrs Dorothy Hudson, 35, of

Anchorage. Alaska, had

R

Hudson, already Di Miami. hurried back to Chiengo, do termined to find the dog

Joyful but muddy reunion in she couldn't abandon,

the weekend but Mira Hudson to get close. unsbla หม "She was too scared," Hudson.said. •

a sower pipe with her litle "She's worth nothing really,"

Mrs Hudson said, “but she's | Then my pet."

Jost dog yesterday......ike climax

of

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· needle-in-a-haystack. type search in a city of 220,000, JOEL. thirst Mrs. Hadson' bad Vorpalous

flown Miami, Florida, to visit her More water is tevoritlal and wo is the heavy expenditure that mother, but couldn't bear to Its provision entails. There is leave her dog, an 11-year-old mongrel oalled Wahine,

no way around this fact. But

It would be promature to do more at thle stage than to preferance volca ⚫qualiflod

for the distillation

Mrs Hudson was undaunted at the odds' agalist Anding the dog. There are 220,000 daga in Chicago and an estimated

loose, every. 1,000 running day.

behind. So Wahine followed Bho set up scarch headquarters

in a nearby molet and collat ed the all of children in the neighbourhood in the search, was spotted Flanlly, Wallpo in fleide near the airport over

in a crate in another plane. While being fed at Chlongo's,

midway airport. utaturo-

the lupo nome, frightened dog excaprod his

and fled;

though even this should wait on full facts and figures.

CSKO

Bruno Stahlbusch, 14. visiting relatives here, spotted the dog yesterday in a sewer donned pipe. Mr Hudson coveralls and crawled in affer Wahine. "At first, she didn't know me," Mrs. Hadzim said, "Dut then I touched her and she began floking me all over. I couldn't get away from her."

signul but

ing.

fired were undoubtedly set by today, his left eye sill showed guilty of murdering a wealthy Puppies Born In

The priest fuld newsmen both

manlac--AFP.

ho

Dr Adams was found not When he appeared in cour! faint traces of bruising. He widow patient with drugs, but

Requiiial,

faced shuffled the few paces into the before dock from a door leading to the months of publicity in news- cells.

papers throughout the world. The closed bession lasted 35

the minutes and Podola was re- The allegations made by

the doctor manded to Tower Bridge Court prosecution against

thei bofore

Wero magistrates on Friday.

When the press returned to widely published in newspapers. the court other enses were being Accusations were made and heard, and there was no indica-published which did not emerge Sir Alec Guinness, noted Brion of what fad happened to again at the trial proper at the tish actor, was admitted today Podola,

Alec Guinness In Hospital

London, Aug. 11.

to u London nursing home to A reporter sent a note to the undergo an operation to his Icg, moglatrate

Old Balley in London.

asking what had Powers originally granted in Sir Alec has been suffering unnspired, and Mr Guest brokee 1840 enable magistrates to clear from varicose veins. He was into his next ease to say that the press and public from their unable to attend the premlere Podols had been remanded in courts in special circumstances, Mrs Hudson wriggled out with of his latest film, "The Scapo custody until Friday at Tower and the Magistrates' Courts Act

DI Bridge CourË,

"Examining Wabino in her arma, She gav¤ { cont" last week in London, Bruno

He will remain in the auralag Ho apologised to the press for Justices shall not be obliged tu a: 350 · reward. and Wahine a pint of mlika-UPL❘heme for about 10 days,--ATP not having indicated this and sit in open court"-Router.

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BAY 5:

Space Rocket

Buenos Aires, Aug. 11,

The Evening Newspaper La Karon today quoted A Soviet scientist as saying a bilch bad given birth to puppies in a Russian spãos rocket.

The newspaper wild the xoiential, Mr Exrasnamrat- YRD, who is attending the sisi International congreSS of physiology here, had disclosed this an exclu- sive Interview--Reuter,