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Airborne Radar Is

Subject of 3-Way Controversy

Washington, Nov. 8.

Airborne radar, the "little black box" that warns pilots of storms ahead, is

now the centre of a bitter three-way battle in the United States.

The antagonists; -The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), which has pro- poved making radar Installation mandatory on all four-engine tirlines.

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The Airline Pilots Associ tion (ALPA), which 5:33 rader should be muidatory

all scheduled aircraft, both pas- senger and cargo, two-engine as well as four-engine.

The Air Transportation

Association (ATA), which represents the scheduled airlines the FAA uid argues that both und Alpa proposals are 1777

proelical and unnecessary.

Government, pilots and air- lines are in soll agreement on one thing: Airborne radar is a boon both to comfort and safety. But the pilots consider it an abrolute necessity, the think its importance what exaggerated, and the FAA is romewhere in the middle. What Is airborne radar?

airlines

is some-

It is an electronic beam pro- jected by a transmitting device mounted in the nose of an air- plaza The bam travels as far as 150 miles ahead of the plune, When it strikes any kind of

precipitation, such 09 tal, It still in the only carrier to be snow, er hall, it bounces 100 per cent radar-equipped.

United clalme picture back to television-like

Its radar screen in the cockpit. From that Merally has paid for itself by

aircraft determine seducing

doms. picture, a pilot enn

a how much turbulence lies ahead.

delays and detours. ADVANCE

WARNING

J

striker)

In 1955, with its radar instal- lation programme The advance warning allows

just under. had 1 cases of way, United him to circle around, climb over

(lightning) discharge o descend below the turbulence, statle I alr traffic congestion keeps him from changing altitude, he con thread his way through a storm merely by picking the which his radar hows comparatively free

of ur-

If 1957, with the radar pro- jeet almost completed, only 18 cases were reported.

In 1955, United's DC-0's re- ported

of 276 at пустаке minutes of delay caused by Aur- bulence for every million miles flown. The 1957 total: 189 serious minutes, In the same period, DC-7 turbulence delays dropped million from 101 minutes per miles to 61 minutes.

course 認 bulence cells,

Turbulence is more than a discomfort factor ta раз- Kegera It 19

menace to aircraft safely. Since 1948. there have been a balf dozen fatal crashes to which thunderstorm jur- bulence was blamed as the

EXPENSIVE

Other airlines readily concede chier au 12.

Uha! United's figures are im- Airborne radar dates back to pressive. But they point out 1955 when United Airlines that Caited admittedly got its Installed a set in Convair. immence radar programme Unlied then went ahead with a

unway far ahead of other E million programing that ¦ airlines and has been able lu put radar in every onc of its utilise radar on alt planes over

than 120 planer-two-

long period. a comparatively engine and four-engine alike,

carriers If competing

had 10 equip their entire feets, many ut their older planes would be retired in favour of new

jat. powered equipment before the

cost could be amortised.

more

There's

Among Tokyo's 500 Juvenile

No Warfare

Gangs

Tokyo, Nov. 8.

Close to 500 juvenile gangs are prowling Tokyo's streets today, but police authorities are con- fident there will be no duplication here of the inter-gang violence that has erupted in New York city.

The police explain that most of Tokyo's teen-aged loughs are tou interested in making money to waste their time slug ging it out with rival mobs over disputed "territory."

"These gangs formed for what you might loosely term 'business' purposes," Inspector Saburo Ishikawa of the Metropolitan Police Board's Juvenile Division sald during un interview.

are generally

than New York with such war- fere between Juvenile gangs,

"Tokyo is a big city," ho ex- plained, "and there's a lot of ¦ room between gangs, We Ind that there are few clashes over

rrritory."

Nevertheless, local authorities are alarmed at the increase of felonicus crimes comihitted by juveniles — lone wolves or kung members.

He said 19,716 juveniles "Their object is to make anybody under the age of 26-** money for spending on amuse- I were charged in 1998 with com- ment-movies, candy, excursions, | mitting crimes. The peak year that sort of thing."

was 1050, when 22,451 juveniles were charged with offences,

"The number of juvenile

Ishikawa said there were 445 ruch gangs in Tokyo in 1957

Radar is expensive. Depend- ing on the type of aircraft, i! costs up to £15,000 for a singin installaton-ocluding materials, labour, shipping costs, and spare parts.

future.

It may become a moot point in the not-too-distant With the airlines converting to the jet age, there is not a single new airliner being built that does not have the little block bux" in its post-UPI.

BẢN ON ON YOUTHS AT

CINEMA

Oxford, Nov. 8, Police stoad by here today to

help enforce a ban teen-agers attending local cinema.

on

a

"The management of the Regal cinema imposed the Đen On tcen-agers at Sunday shows be сайве "of parsistent rowdyism and damage.

Scores of youths and girls the were turned away from cinema this afternoon.

M. L. Robbins, manager of

have becume

and more more

seats have been slashed or other- we have vicious-murder, rape, aggravat-wise damaged and

and perhaps 500 now, each with | offenders has been growing since

anywhere from 10 to 30 mem- 1955," he said. Their crimes the cinema, sald "over 150

bcrs,

Some of them are so expert at the art of making money that the members draw regular monthly salarics.

INTIMIDATION

One group of girls in Tokyo was rounded up by the Police after lifting more than £1,430

worth of small items from the city's department stores.

ed assault. What's more, the de- bean getting numerous com- Jinquents seem to be getting plants frem patrons whose en-

joyment

has been younger and younger."

of shows Ishikawa muld the number of spoiled. offenders ko the group under 14 "Many of the youths and girls years of age Increased per who are being turned away

probably done cent In 1968, while offenders in¦ have

nothing the 14-18 ate bracket Increased wrong at all but mass refusal of admission has become the only effective, answer."--Reuter.

11 per cent.

Like New York's juvenile A group of boys specialised in rilling foreign-made autos for genes, those in Tokyo adopt

cameras,

cash.

sports equipment of command structures. Osaka Police reported carlier

bizarre names and complicated

this year that one mob of One example is the "Block Juveniles picked up £5,000 in a Dragon

tehikawa

Cathedral Photo

Exhibition

three

A joint exhibition by Hongkong photographers will to opened this afternoon at the St John's Cathedral Hall. The ex- hibition is being given by Mesars

BLACK DRAGONS

Association," whose few months by stealing molor- leaders wear small, one-inch- cycles.

,square metal badges with red sald the zangs dragons Inscribed on them while specialise either in systematic drdinary members weer badges 1et or in intimidating small with black drugons. shopkeepers and collecting "pro- Another la the "East Fist tection money from them. Two Association." Leaders of this out of every live Intimidation oddly-named autht wear gold Cheung Yu-chlu, Kan Hing-fook eases in Japan in 1957 involved badges with a fist inscribed on and Lau Wai-kwong, and it will them; "Non-Come wear silver be opened at 5 pm. All the Juvenile offendera.

the photographs on display are col- There are occasional gangbedges: and members in

bur prints taken by the thres Recently a 19-year-old ranks wear copper badges.

A big difference, however, is in men in Japan recently,

Police

ware.

hoodlum war clubbed and their dress., The

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The exhibition' will remain

stabbed to death by members identify Comc juvenile deepen until November 14.

of a rival gang 'before hun- Unquents--the "Talyo-Zoku" or

dreds of horrided pedestrians, Sunworshipper tribe that grew

in a crowded Tokyo theatre up after 1956 in Tokyo--by their Lordon Calling But Ishikawa emphasised that Aloha shirts, sideburns,

district.

Baht

pro-

The

pants and heavily-pomaded hair, Radio Hongkong's - "London" these disputes usually involved cut in "duck's tail fashion. Calling" at 7.30, tonight 'fa'de- Juvenile gangs that are attached But Ishikawa said most of the voted to the discussion to older, gags" and serve as young

thugs wear ordinary gramme. "Arlen – Club”. port of youth training corps forcipthing and scorn the uniforms guest speaker is Maurice Jacob- the more mature gangsters, He adopted by juvenile gangs oiso-son who was in Hondoung Just anid Tokyo has less of a problem where--UPI.

year to adjudicate at the Hong- kong Schools · Music · Estamina- tour, and... listonight's pros,

Printed and published by Transen, Gordon NewlaNDS PEARCE grumine" he adevarat questions for and on behalf of South China Morning Post. Limited at. 143 - put to him by Asian students In Wyndham; Street, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong. London

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1959.

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PICTORIAL PARADE

ABOVE: Beautiful contestants for the 1960 Miss World Contest have arrived in Britain from' all points of the compass for the competition which taker, place on November 10 at the Lyceum Ballroom. They aro all staying at London's famous Savay Hotel. Pic- ture shows (loft to right), Mias Ghond (Star Anna), Miss Japan (Chieko Ichinose) and Miss Puerto Rico (Lillyana Diaz) on the Victoria Embankment with one of the Sphinx which is attendant on Cleopatra's Needle. Central Press Photo.

ABOVE: Visiting Billy Smart's Circus in his Clapham Common winter quarters recently, Jayne Mansfield took a chance-lying on the ground while one of the elephants gently lowered its massive foot on to her... her chest. Express Photo.

This Funny World

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have no more complaints about closet;spai

ABOVE: Mr John Bovins, the, now Postmaster-General, makes a tolophone call from a car at Lymm, Cheshire, to open Britain's first "telophone from, a vehicle” sar- vice the South Lancashire Car Radiophone Service. The now service, which is on an experimental basis for the next six months, is limited to South Lancashire, North Cheshire and the Wirrat. It enables customers whose vehicles are fitted with suitable radio equipment to make and receive calls from any telephone on the United Kingdom network. If the service is successful it will be extended to all Britain, The cast will be about £200 a set, plus 'a licence foe of £7 10s. a quarter-Reuterphoto,

ABOVE: Penny Smart gives a draught of champagne to her favourite elephant, Birma, at the reception held In the Big Top of her grandfather's circus on Clapham Common, London, after her wedding at Caxton Holi recently. Watching is her bridegroom, French roller- skating star Jean-Paul Willems. Penny, 20, performs in the circus with Birma. When the Big Top comes down after the Clapham Common "stand", Penny and her bridegroom plan to take a honeymoon in Paris.- Reuterphoto.

ABOVE: On the par

for thales in a schoôt

Marylegi

From the Files

25

years -AGO

November 1934

Marie has been appoint.

William James Car-

cd Head of the Sanitary Department and President of the Sanitary Board.

Mr Carrie has been in the service of the Hongkong Government since 1914 when he was appointed a endet officer;

He hoo had a varied cureer (and hus for two years been in charge of the Sanitary Depart- ment, a post at present occupied by Mr R. A. D. Formet,

He was Sceretary of the Sul An Piracy Commission in 1922, of the Stocks and Shares Com- mission in 1925 and of the Salaries Commission in 1928.

is

says

a

It

learned, Washington report, that Pen- American airways will make a test flight over the proposed air nail route from San Francisco to China via Hono lulu and Manila, early in the new year.

Hongkong apparently will not play a prominent part in the proposed airmail link be. tween the US and China.

Interviewed yesterday, the Acting Colonial Secretary, Hon Mr D. W. Tratman, said that no reprezentations had been made to the Hongkong Government for permission fo include Hongkong as a transit stopping place.

"USIC for all is promised

Mi the Government

telephone engineers who are working on the possibilities of local relayed wireless, find that their proposed scheme is practicable.

Relayed wireless, or radio difusion,

it 18 variously known, has been adopted with success in England for the past few J'ears, BOILE companies

working In the populated

thickly

areas claiming that their subscribers amount to be- twcon 10,000 and 20,000

The experiments carried out over the last few

months in

show that ΠΟ ble dificulties lie in the path of the engineers and the fact that the Government have already made available a rudio distribution licence, shows that its possibilities have not been absent from ther minds.

A successful fumble aute was held in the Union Church Hall, Kennedy Road, yester- day afternoon. This was or gonised by the Hongkong Ladies Hockey Association in order to raise funds to meet expenses incurred during the forthcoming visit of a Shang- hai team to Hongkong to engage the local ladies in o hockey interport fixture.