1960-03-11 — Page 3

Rise in UK

MACMILLAN NOTES BIG DEFICIT OF TRANSPORT

COMMISSION

London, March 10.

Mr Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, today forecast higher fares and charges on British

railways.

waige

This dellelt included

per cent recently Increase negotiated to avert a nation

on

At the same time, unceononic Bervices would be reduced, allowance for a five and more lines not paying their way would be closed.

The British Transport Cum-wide strike, but did not include mission, which runs the state. further increnses recommended

total by a committee of inquiry, owner railways, find a deflett of £350 million over the Just five years, he said House of Commons,

In Wie

Russia to pay royalties

to Maugham

St Jean Cap Ferrat,

Mar. 18. The British novelist, Mr W. Somerset Maugham, will receive royalties from, the Soviet Union for the Russian editions of his novels, a spokesman for Mr Maugham confirmed today.

Mr Maugham is one of the first. Western authors to be paid royalties by the Russians outside the USSR for reprints of West- ern editions.

Since Soviet editions of any book run to 150 million coples in Russia slone, as compared to a fot of 12 to 20 million copies in the entire Western world (in-

United States and cluding the Canada) Mr Maugham, who is paid a small percentage on each book, stands to gain a "eonsider- able sum," the spokesman said.

Up to now the Soviet Union has said it will bay royalties only to Western authors who arc willing to come and spend the money inside Russia-UPI.

The Transport Commission itself was top heavy and must accept a radical alteration in its structure, including decentn- Ilsation of management,

SHORT-TERM HELP

The first thing to get was un umicable settlement of the wage question and all that went with It. This would involve shorl- term Armelat help which the government must make avali- able because the Commission did not have the resources, he said,

Walle Mr Macmillan was making his statement, Sir Brion Robertson. Chairman of the British Transport Commission. was meeting leaders of the three railway unions to discuss the Guilleband repuri which pro- pused a new wage structure for the 150,000 railwaymen.

These recommendations, If Implemented in full. are ex- pected to cosi at least £40 million a year.

One of the union oficials d Locky's

A lalks were "Pre liminary canter."-Reuter.

Hunt to lead

London, Mar. 10. Sir John Hunt, leader of the successful Everest expedition in 1983. is to lead an expedition to the mountainous regions the Staunings Alpe in Groenland this summer, it was announced today. Reuter.

Jury out for 6th day

in murder trial

Los Angeles, Mar, 10,

Pretty Carole Tregoff burst to tears yesterday as sho walked from the courthouse where a jury is deliberating for the sixth day her guilt or innocence on a murder charge. Her co-defendant, Dr R. Bernard Finch, 42, patted her shoulder reassuringly.

The wealthy surgeon and his shapely mistress are ac- cused of murdering his socialite wife, Both face a possible death sentence.

Carole, 23, snapped "get away" when a newsreel carneru- man put his camera within a foot of her face to picture her teurs.AP.

A British Crossword Puzzle

322

ACROSS

14

3 Cold war anumunition? (8)

8 Gallic enthusiasm. (4)

9 Boater. (5, 3)

11 Set free and let again? (B)

13 Part of a foot. (4)

10 Heathen windle subse-

quently. (8)

18 Though insino, rnng indeed!

(8)

10 Good watermen don't ka

catching it, (4)

21 Fashion tax?. It's not exoca-

sive. (8)

25 Made beloved. (8)

20 Conversion into metres gives

one this volumo. (4)

27 I'm on this part of a buliding

i chuse an obstruction, (8)

DOWN

14

1 Close to my heart, (4)

124

2 Letters from, Limb. (4)

4 Buts (from Brazil?) (4)

5 Bld it give the Ancient

ten a fit of the blues? (4) Pale and fowl-like, (B)

7 Fastener for a door. (5)

of

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1960.

railway fares

Former King Leopold of Belgium (centre), blz wife Princess Lillano De Betty (right),

and Princess Maria Gabrielin of Savoy (left) look at the Anger-less bands of a patient at the Maradadu Leprosy Centre at Patambakkam, southwest of Madras, India. All Stree visitor are wearing the tradiślonal garlands of welcome. The Marudadu Centre is one of 40 Leprosy clinics in the zone--AP Photo

Lebanon: Resigns to

no shares,

no pipeline

Cairo, Mar. 10.

Lebanon deadlocked tho Arab League economic conference today by insisting that Arab without

countries

10-

sources should share part of the projecia with thele richer nelzhbours.

The Lebanese delegation to the conference said flimly, "no shares, no pipeline."

an-

Arab League secretary general Abdel Khalek Hassounn

conference would nounced the put off its oll talks until the

next passion.

Arab nations cannot build

save

Ike's

face

Washington, Mar. 10.

Mr John Doerfer, the Chairman of the Federal

Communications

Commission (FCC)

seen

STILL

ANOTHER

AGADIR

SURVIVOR

Agadir, Mar. 10.

A 70-year-old teacher of the Koran was the ninth survivor to be extricated today from the rulas of last week's earthquake.

1.J

On seeing the light of day, he fainted, overcome by exhqua- Udn.

He, like today's other' eight survivors, was immediately laken to the Italian fjeld hos- plai.

Meanwhile, it was reported that six-year-old Armand Kal- fon, u Moroccan Hebrew And one of the four children found in the Talbord quarter ruins alter this morning, died soon his rescue in the arms of his sister Alice.

Alice, Armand and their 15- year-old sister Jacqueline who has become mentally deranged lay twelve days under the ruins of their house.

During her 12-day entomb- Alice ment under the debris,

lost complecto sense of Lime. Pulled out from the ruins, she said to her rescuers that the "three days" had setmed very long.----AFP.

Recovering from

49-day ordeal

Four*

то-

Honolulu, Mar. 10, starved Russians Bn-seared from a drifting landing

craft in the North Pheife were recovering rapidly today from

nounced today he was resigning his post to

spare President Eisenhower "possible embar- their 49-day onical, rassment."

де

President Elsenhower ecpted Mr Dorfer's resignation the Kuwait-Lebanon pipeline with a letter which thanked him without Lebanon's agreement. for his services in the past but which said his decision to resign was “a Wise one",,

UPI.

FLOODS KILL 20

Mr Duerfer has been under Are from Congressional In- vestigators in the past week for Alegre, Brazil, Mar. 10.

allegedly accepting hospitality Twenty persons were killed or a big radio and television and an estimated 24 persons company

executive aboard his are missing and presumed dead yacht off Florida. today in flooded farm surrounding this Espirito Santo state town.

on the heels of Cloudbuerts torrential cownpours Lashed Alegre. Livestock loss and pro- perty damage was high.-UPI.

K's letter

arcas

Washington, Mar. 10. Soviet Premier Nikita 5. Khrushchev's personal letter to President Eisenhower this week dealt with Eisenhower's visit to Russia in June, according to diplomatic officials.-UPI.

The FCC is the Government agency responsible for granting operating licences to radio and television stations,

A New York newspaper first published an account of the hos- pitality Mr Doerfer received who trom Mr George Storer, holds FCC licences for a num- ber of television and radio sta- tions.

Mr Doerfor Jater admitted this before a congressional com- mittee. Mr Hagerty sald today the President had been "war" of this testimony.

Governor Brown now

'powerless' to save Chessman

Sacramento, Calif., March 10. California's Governor Edmund Brown said today that he was now absolutely ‘powerless to save convict author Caryl Chessman from the gas chamber on May 2.

Govenor Brown was com- lichting 'on the action of the Stato Senate Judiciary Com- mittee early today in rejecting by a narrow right to Бетета margin his bill proposing the abolition of, capital punishment in Califorala,

The Governor, who is per conally opposed to capital Bri-punishment, Enid ho

"deeply sorry" that his proposal had been rejectexL

9 Green stuff for a Cape boy?

(5)

some allusion either way. (b)

10 Mako

12 Growing church oficial. (5) 14 Box from a rich estate, (5) 10 Volce, (5)

17 Tried to pam a star per-

former in the rond. (5)

19 Move soft-footed? (8)

20 Rendered omistance. (5)

I am to do some 21 Mother,

Injury, (4)

22 Possibly rural cleric. (4)

23 A spinner at the summit. (4) 24 Pitcher of the now era. (4)

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD—Acrom I Wet Bob, 4 Lehar, Beulties, 8 Sated, 9 upees, 11 Hum-Trum, 18 Caliban, 15 Nevada, 181 TA-M.P.S., 18 8pziger, 20 Tills, 21 Eleven, Down: Wener, 2 Bathe, 3 Belisha, 4 Lissom, Hysteria, Random 10 Poli-mell, 12 Unnervo,' 13 „Cut out, 14 Fosses, 10 Venue, 17 Apron.

viction in 1048 on 17 charges. treluding two of kidnapping for robbty Involving violence, which are impital offences under Californla kw,

CLEMENCY

Governor Brown said it was not true, as some bellever, that Cheaman's fate won now in his hands.

wag "I continton to have general power of clemency," he mid. "But becsum Chessinian has boen other felonies, I convicted of could exercise clemency, as dis- tinguished from a brief reprieve, only on the affirmation of the State Supreme Courth

In what his lawyer called his "Ai deciaton," Chessman him solf announced last night that he had abandoned his 12-year legal fight to escape the chamber.

SPECIAL SESSION

gos

-

The California Legislature is ROW CRPected to adjourn the

special nesion Governor Brown bad called to

"The court has twice refused nach a recommendation."

Chestman was granted * 00-day reprieve only hours before he was due lo enter the gas chamber.

Yesterday, ilk lawyers went enable it to Into the State Supremo Court debato capital punishment, K ngain to claim that a ladye

| 11 docs, he said, "Up regular erred in setting Chessman's new schedule of exceutions will con- execution date before the 60

days expired. tinue?'

The court up- held the view of the sentencing The

Governor reprieved Judge that the new date was three other man la San Quentin valid because it was not in- prison's "death row," where tended to carry out the Ben- Chegan has been kept for ince until the 60 days expired. Bearly 12 years since his con- -Router,

The US. navy received word

the carrier from

Kearsarge, His resignation will become which brought the four soldiers effective next Monday. Mr aboard by helicopter, that each Frederic Ford, a member of the had gained about five pounds commission, has been named by since their Sunday rescue. the President as his successor. —*** The Kearsarge is taking them Reuter.

to San Francisco, where it is duo on March 10-AP.

EISENHOWER

He feriet,

QUEEN'S

COLLEGE

(CAUSEWAY BAY)

THE

British Guiana

proposals

London, Mar. 10. Britain toilay presented pro- posals for constitutional reform leading to eventual Independence for its South American colony of British Gulana.

The proposals were contained its a secret menarendum sub- mitted by the Colonial Secretary Mr Jain McLeod, to a multi- party Culanan delegation at the fourth session of the British Guiana consilbutional enco, AP.

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Marcell

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Avverte

3. Madriple

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Bl, ch'io vorrei morire

Tiidoda

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Anton Bruckner

N. David.

W. A. Mozart C. Monteverdi

Orazio Vecchi Paul Pemerk

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