1960-01-15 — Page 37

LONDON AIR TRAFFIC HELD UP Mac is confronted

As Arctic blizzards

hit Europe

London, Jan. ip.

Air traffic at London airport was stopped early to-

day by cross winds, ice and snow.

Flights to Australia, Hong- Timisia, where a 80 mph gats kong Gemuny wore hrk us

1ts

Britain's 15,000 HOMELESS IN

Mid-East

military

build-up

trees Armerien uprooted and

and seriously damaged power lines.

FRANCE: Paris bad

sines 1913 with coldest day minus 11.3 degrees centigrade (alut 12 degrees Fahrenheit.)

one 10 Aircraft took of hours late after thawing but engines and runways,

BRITAIN: Snowplougly work-Britain has quietly launch-

About 300 passengers were affected Omelnis rald the air- craft would be delayed up to 12 hours

Bing cald, heavy mow, and winds were reported trom all part of Europe as to North well as Scandinavia Africa But

Australia southeastern was sit in the lp of 15 second major heat-wave in 1 fortnight, with temperatures in Adeinide soaring to #7 degrees Fahrenheit. Inland in New South Wales temperatures bit 105 degrees.

Other bestand Europe were;

ITALY: A 50-year-old mar was found frozen to death near Milan. and the Tuscan hilis

weather stories from

Battles blinding storms

Aberdeen, Jan. 14, Dr Barbara Moore, 56- year-old marathon walker, battled through a blinding praov storm in slippers today on a 1,000-mile bike from north-east Scotland to south-west England.

With visibility до that she could not af tlaves see the lee road the little Russian-born dietkian was walking strongly despite a swollen ankir 54 mira from her starling point.

steep.

bad

Dr Moore who had spent the night at the little lawn of Berriedale but did not Jatirt her Bukle yesterday when she was knocked down by a passing car. China Mail Special.

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two

ed nonstop to keep reads open as Arette blizzarda svrat actors Europe sending temperatures well below freezing point Hundress of cars everywhere. were abandoned overnight along exposed main roads,

A ferce blizzard this after Boot halted trame la Kent and along the English southeastern

event.

Conditions in the Straits of Dover and the English Channel the worst for I were reported

years with shippinut stopped by poor visibility.

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London, Jan. 14.

of

new build-up military power in the un- easy lands east of Suez. Government sources tonight nied

that the moves were prompted by fresh threats Britain's prized oil and strategie | Interests in the region.

they

the

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But the muthorities say pre well aware that anti-British influences are at work in Uniteİ Arab Republic, the Yemen, and Saudi Arabín,

Among the precautionary men- surga said to be taken were:

Picked troops of the special The With little sign of a daytime Air Service Regiment of

weathermen predicted, Royal Air Force will be flown that the icy trip would ghten this month to the Sultanate

cold Oman for combat training.

with

Kow und winds in most areas,

GERMANY: In Berlin, where slippery roads caused 94 (rafie beeldents in 24 hours, three in- last ches of fresh

SW fell night.

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CHALLENGES

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An armoured squadron of 15 Centurion tanks is being sent to Aden In April as the nucleus of an armoured strategic re serve east of Suez.

DYKE DISASTER

Amsterdam, an. 14.

An army of 4,000, troops and elvillana were tonikhi reboting the last of 15,000 people driven from their homes by kay water flooding through a breached dyke,

Á blung north-east wind drove the waters of the North Sea through a breath which widened from 100 to 300 feet In a dyke north of Amisierdam unit, the floods were five feet deep. Rescue workers could not ret within 100 yards of the torrent string through the breach.

But tonight it was officially announced that nearly every- one had been evacuated and the depth of water on both sides of the dyke was now the same bringing an end to the rush- ing torrent. It was also announced thai "nearty all" the Inhablianta had been saved.

Rails and bonis crowded with shivering women and chlidren elätehing precious belongings and peta streamed mut

of the area which is reclatnied land three feet below canal level-Rester.

De Gaulle Missing

faces a

new crisis

L

Peking man

returns

Rangoon, Jan. 14.

Murder

with freedom

charge slogans and smiles

laid

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Tongier, Jan. 14. Englishman William Edward Moore, 26, has been charged with the murder of New York tourist Helen Barbara Mueller, 19.

Moore is held in the Kusbah Lrison.

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Formally indicted for murder an examining magistrate's court, Moore has hired Antotno French Guiraud, A prominent

torney, to defend tim

Police officinis said that after Several lengthy interrogations, Moure admitted clubbing Miss Mueller

and over the head strangling her in his apartment on November 20, the day after she checked out of her hotel preparing to leave Tungler,

Ibadan, Jan. 14. Hundreds of placard waving students shouted

freedom slogans at the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan today when he visited at Ibadan University Collége.

ед This

They followed the Prime

obvious, re

atom Minister's car to the entranco ference to the French

of the principal's office singing both test scheduled spot in the "freedom, treedom, freedom Sahara, which has attrasted thei must bere of Africang and has become everywhere-there

of o Bandne subject

freedom freedom and Kenyatta.”

for

Mr Macmillan, who started out to inspret the university with its 1,158 students shortly after 4 pm, appeared some- what surprised at the demons- Artion

Ho anled as the students, waved and said "good."

But one placard seemed to strike him particularly and he said "oh."

The one said "The Common- wealth is a white man's club- Nigrin will contract out-down with raclalian,"

l your

on

strong cam- paign,

"What

stand apartheid?" une sis demanded. Another sald Lord Malvern, former Prims Minister of the Central African Federation, “l on ass."-AP.

Twice

guilty

Limoges, Jan, 14. Farmer Luelen Archessal, 41, charged with travelling on a trafit without a ticket, was fined According to the Police re-

400 tranes (£80) after he ad port, Moore mid he Wat Another said: "Hail Macnatomitted travelling to court on without a ticket bo another train enraged beesuse Miss Mueller we Ping-y, attache in the

who are about to

-UM, cotumercial section of

refused to live with him--ÅP, [ bombed salute thee.” Chinese Embamy here, who disappeared Last Tuesday from

Burmese military Buliding after areking polit)- cal asylum, has returned to the Chinese Embamy. It was learned today.

Liu Paris, Jan, 14. President De Gaulle after re-establishing unity of command in his dividest cabinet by dismissing M.) Antoine Pinay as Finance Minister, today faced new trouble on the political

HUNGARY: Many cars were dug out of snowdrifts in the I

front, districts of frontier western

Trains were

Several serious challenges are building up which could give Britain a lot of trouble in the

Re-

area.

the

If the crisis was ended so far as the

con- Government wat United Arab

cerned, there were repercussion in Parliament and the financial President Nasser's govcm- ment is informally

pressing world.

Gyor and Sopron. running very late.

AUSTRIA: Winter sports i centres reported bitter cold public: and deep snow, up to seven feet at Seegrube and five feet at Kitebuchol

SWITZERLAND; Sathi Moritz had minus 31 degrees centiende (minus 24 Fahrenheit).

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SWEDEN: Strong winds pack- of the mow and on the land of Ocland off the southeast coast runds were snowed up again e snowplughs cleared them. Scores of ships sought

helfer round the coast.

BOLLAND: A northeast wind anil Tecoming stronger

to- more frost was expected night

BELGIUM: Brussels and It villages in the Apermines were third showfall of the winter and

north of Florence police fought their way through heavy słów to bring fond and medicine to isolated village. Many

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cut off.

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Brilain for the right to set up

Leading Morks, whiety had consulates in Aden, the British- | fallen and rallied on the Paris profected oil island of Kuweit bourse, fell again at the news and other Perslan

Gulf that M. Pinay was finally cut. territories.

Governmerit arsurance, that the Britain has refused unless

mine general fiscal policy would President Nasser calls of the be followed by M. Play's suc- round-the-clock radio campaign resor, M. Wilfrid Baumgartner, ol anti-British propaganda

did not Immediately remedy the broadcast from Cairo.

altuution.

REBEL FORCES

A Royal Farafly row between Imam Ahmed and Crown Prince Albade has suspended Yemeni Britain's wost Acien protectorate. But a re-

attacks against

The first snow for three years / minus seven degrees centigrade newal could come at any time.

stopped walns near Cosenza the "to" of Italy.

in

DENMARK: Two people died

(19 Fahrenheit).

Meanwhile, in Australia, the the island state of whole of Tasmania--26,215 square miles of cold, a ship gripped by ice was declared an area of high hit a bridge in a north Jutlandare danger, with a total ban on fjord, and roads, quaysides, fighting fires out of doors. and houses in south Jutland

Temperatures were in

were floodes?

swept the

breakers were harbours open.

the

Even as De Gaulle and his Cabinet held their first meeting of 1960

current to expedite affairs, two parties of the gov

mel to re- ernment majority consider their position.

OPPOSITION

The British, clatın Saudi Arabia is actively "refurbish- The independents, who pre ing Omani rebel forces which really Moderate Conservatives, early last year were defcaled | had to decide whether they after rising against the Sultan would go into opposition follow-

of Muskat and Oman.

Lexi by Imam Chalib of Oman send his brother Talib,

as strong winds high nineties in Tasmania and the rebels how are being inland. fce- most of Victoria, where trained and reequipped In trying to keep Melbourne had 08 degrees Saudi Arabia perhaps in order Fahrenheit. In dry. inland to stage a new hid for power,

Rall and road traffic on the Baltic island of Bornholm was sample ely stopped

foll

NORTH AFRICA: More znow

In parts of Algeria

EUPA

ing alttant to their leader.

Many of them had long been critical of De Gaulle's Iprtign policy, especially on Algerio, the Atlantic Alliance and the building of а Unitert Europe.

| New South Wales temperatures | according to officials here. But, so long as M. Pinay was

of 105 dgrees Fahrenheit were | AP.

common in the scanty shade.

No relief was forecast before the weekend.Reter.

A British Crossword Puzzle

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16

17

ACROSS

1 But does it get in the way

at the picnic? (0),

4 Retrain from killing the

lean (5),

7 Offspring engaged

piece of music? (6).

8 Hed head William (5).

10 Brief test (4).

12 Goes after (7).

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DOWN

1 Wild · excitement this

perhaps (8).

year

2 Chinese official orange (8).

3 Goes

at

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16 He may take part in a 'chase

(3).

18 Current period (4).

17 Is twice in the river (4).

10 Put one's foot down (5).

20 Pardon--scat May Another

way (7).

21 Rivor in a fine valley (4).

23 Played or worked (5).

24 Act Ughtly? That's sweet!

:(0),

28 What a chick may look

like? (5).

20 Simply killing (6),

Luto consumption,

might we say? (4).

5 Blue,

maybe, but

varsity type (8),

Ú They

might well

not the

produce

blushes (ortificlol)! (0).

◊ Get a move on (5),

11 Panim produced by a sido-

flint, beforo (0),

12 Insignificant sort of officer?

(5).

13 Descriptive of that lean and

hungry look of Cassius? (8).

14 Finesse (8).

18 Chastises boats (4).

22 Belleve me, it's thin (4). -

YESTERDAY'S. CROSSWORD. --- Across: 3 Gladioll, 8 (Barn) Staple, I Anecdote, 11. Absentee, 12 Asia, 18 Lewis, 10 Sheen, 10 Roat, 22 Loope-box, 24 Philippt. 25 Enure, 36 Sing- Sing Down; 1 Ass-am, 2 Massa(rov), 3 Glances, 4 Lønt, 5 D- Joe, 6 'Oboist, 7 Toomas, 10 Earle, 14 Whoop, 18 Setting, 10 Grapes, 17 Mas-Ian, 20 A-bout, 21 Eteel, 22 Liew, 23 0-pen.

Brazilian ship boarded

In the cabinet, they withheld their fire,

Now many of them favour open opposition

pular

The Christion democrat po- republican movement (MRP), while unhappy очег NOTIC Bapocls of de policy, will certainly remain in the parliamentary majority.

But the

at the

Gaulle's.

leaders are uncasy

of perhaps And

ine the sharing respon

sibility for government policy

Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 14. alone with the out-and-out Brazilian sailors from two Gauilisis of the union for the

destroyers and a sub-new repubileAP.

marine today boarded the

now Brazilian petrol tanker

Presidenta Wenceslau on

her maiden voyaga from Tokyo after authorities were notified that she was

Good site

Boston, Jan. 14.

The nearby city of Quincy

carrying a large quantity says its cemeteries will be filled of contraband, according and available for now ones.

in two years and there is no to radio reports received A spokesma for the city hare.

appealed to the State legislature The reports said the 20,800 for permission to use part ton tanker was arrested off the the Blue Hills Brazilian coast south of here as bury the dead. the headed for port

The Presidente Wenceslau was built in Tokyo for the Brazilian state oil monopoly company Petrobras.--Reuter.

DS reservation to

Lobk

A legislative committee the matter under consideration after noting the proposed cemetery site is surrounded by Purgatory Road—AP.

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COLLINS

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THE EVERCREEN HONGKONG AND KOWLDON

The Chinese food

Fanbassy in- Burmese authorities that Lu had voluntarily furned to the Embassy yester- day.

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Now the honey bee line

Rome, Jan. 14.

Mannequins looked like honey bees today in Tita Rossi's famed salons.

While many Roman designers (slimming," said the women de took inspiration from Bowers shower. for their spring and sumuner Emphasis in Ross's honey-boo Rossi's flared and line was all below. Rossi kept fashions, Liu, who was stabbed lastnounced tunics were inspired by bodices supple. The low-hung July by the brother of a young the gatherers of the flowers' nee skirts aften marked with bor- Burmese girl he was courting. Lar.

dars, banding and belling that sought refuge with the Ameri-

ware part of the dress *** were milltary attache, who "I have lowered the waist to ploited, fired, formerd, gather

hin turned

over to Burmese the top of the hips -- and below. ed and frequently had enormous Buthorities. Since then, he had 1 have enclosed the hips. It is pockets in front. been kept under marvelliance in a graceful line. It gives the logs

II proportions. the military building.-AFF.

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Hats were mostly of straw. -AP

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