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IL E E. ASTOR "FREEDOM" Doctor

Minister defends Government

Leading dancer

is sick

Capetown, Apr. 21.~ Mr Eric Louw, South African External Affairs Ministor, taid in parliament today that the Government had "always very strongly ob- served the principle of ! freedom of the press, in spite of very extrama pro- vacation...

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He told the House of As sembly that apart from the cass of Mr Norman Phillips, London, Apr. 21.

Journalist of the Toronto Star Alicia Markova, the British who was recently detained for Goverment baltarina, in under obser- three days, the vation in a London nursing had not interfered at all home for suspected acuto the freedom of the press.

colitis.

with

A3 soon 115 news of Mr Phillips detention Trot about, there had been the usual cry"

The 10-year-old dancer has had to cancel a series of gustabout interference with pres appentances with the Amertean freedom and that the Govern theatres ballet in New York, ment was interfering even by She is expected to remain intercepting the dispatch he under medical care for at least sent, Mr Louw said, La week.

One of the world's leading) datever, London-born Markovä was the rst English ballerina

She was a member of Diaghf- Jeff Ballets Russes and of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo,

With Anton Dolin the formed The Markova-Dvin ballet group which eventually became ibe Festival Ballet,

She left it in 1932 and since then has been dancing us guest artist all over the world, -China Mall Special.

More homework recommended

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BAD PRESS

It had berit admitted that South Afries had hud u bad a term which press oveTRAS,

connoted editorials, generally special nrticles, columnist opinions and also dispatches

the news colunts.

During recent years, South Africa's troubles had mainly been int regard to news dis- patches sent to the United States, Britain and Sweden.

These were generally sent by 9000006 | resident representatives of news agencies Or newspapers, by visiting journalists who "stayed for a few days or a fortnight Land then proceeded to write dispatches and more particular- ly by "string" correspondents,

The campaign against South Africa had gradually been in- tensiled and increased. Despite the campaign, "In which un- truths and exaggerations" were used, the Union had never taken any steps which would be construct as against the tree- dom of the press.

Sydney, Apr. 21. Homework

recom- mended today as an aid to juvenile delinquency,

Professor Harry Messel, head of Sydney Univer- sity's Physics Department, expressed this views in a television programine,

The But he agreed with headmasters who "told on" the homework.

es-

Australian people, pecially children, had too much spare time, he said. · "The parents get it easy and they fret unier an obligation

give Ip

the children an easy life,"

Professur Messel sald; Television is doing a good job in combatting delin- quency, but it is still not fund mongh.

"More educational films should be shown during school und Tecreation hours," he said.

The professor said TV should be installed in all schools and suitable pro- gramates shown,

"In the U.S.S.R., child- Tel work much longer hours, air days a week," he continued.

“They hare Gundays of for sport,

"And there is uo juvenile delinquency in Russia," he said-China Mail Special,

Not in a single case had the Government interfered with the dispatch of any news or com- ment by a journalist,

DEPORTED

There hod been occasion, however, when the Union Government had. bad 10 act against perIONS.

One of those

persons

was Henry Barzilay, A British freelance broadcasting television correspondent

ported lust September.

Women down buckets

London, Apr. 21. Fix charwomen from Government Ministries downed buckals

And brushes carly today and went on a protest march la Whitehall to complai about a out in pay.

Their leader, Mrs Laura Langridge, D 58-year-old willow and grandmother, wald: "We are all member of the Civil Service Unlon but the bosses are being very unkind to un

She complained that the women's hours had been cut from 30 le 27 a week- meaning a cut in pay abs were going further out.

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Six solemn-faced London policemen ruided the straggling proccasion, waving banners proclaim- In "Justice for chara" to the Treasury where the women handed in a protest signed "the lady cleaners," Meanwhile, inside the Ministries wastepaper bas- kets remained unemptied. - China Nail Special.

CANCER VIRUS

FOUND

London, Apr. 21.

A virus capable of producing cancer in rats and mice has been identified and Isolated by British scien- tists, Imperial Concor Re- search Campaign director Sir Cecil Wakoly, an- nounced today.

The discovery was the result of work by a team of scientists led by Dr R. J. C. Hurris, of Biology the and

Experimental Centre at Mill Hill, London. He said: "It is the first cancer- causing virus to be found which has the same effect on several totally different species.

de-

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still walking

Novado, Apr. 21, Her nose bleeding persistent- ly, Dr Barbara Moore, Britain's vegetarian walk- or, trudged into Humboldt houso in -the Norada desert last night at the end of the oighth day of her marathon trek across the United States.

She had covered 32 miles, compared with her astonishing 109-mile-hike on Tuesday. Al most 50 miles ahead of her were the two British sergeants who left on the trans-continent walk one day ahead of Dr Moore,

Dr Moore has accepted the offer of a new escort after her sponsor left her because he refused to endorse his juleo ex- tracting machine.

SERGEANTS

The two British sergeants Patrick Moloney of the Royal Air Force and Mervyn Evans of the Army stopped Inst night eight miles east of Win- neinucen, 40 miles east of Hum- boldt House.

of

Dr Barbara Moore, made spirited denial yesterday allegations that she had cheated In her walk across the United States.

She accused the two British: Sergeants on the same journey of making the accusation Lo suve face beenust she was showing greater speed and stamina.

The reported accusation came after the two sergeants were told of Dr Moore's statement that she had covered 109 miles yesterday and had run the last 40 miles into Lovelock.-China Mail Special.

Film industry

to be investigated

London, Apr. 21.

Mr Harold Wilson, economic expert in the opposition Labour Party, has agreed to conduct an inquiry into the economic position of Britain's film industry, it was announced yesterday,

The Federation of Filn Unions asked Mr Wilson

There had, been a representa- tive of the magazine Time who sent mest exaggerated and false information about South Africa | throad Mr Louw shaid. Tho "It suggests two things-that correspondest had

cancer in been

viruses may re-

man, and that you do not need moved,

a different virus for every kind carry out the inquiry.

Very recently there had been e dispatch by a correspondent correspondent of ühe world- wide news agency, Uniled Press International.

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This was the dispatch which quoted in parlament

le more than a week ago and was a clear case of falsehood.

Since then the head of the

of cancer.

cause

cancer

The

Federation suid Mr Wilson expected to submit an interim report before the end of this year and to spend fur- ther time on the problems over the next year or so.

"This one does not appear to be the one we are looking for in humans, but it gives us a better clue what to look fur".

Experiments

women suffering from

of the The inquiry would take in also achieved im- aspects of brist have

the television in- portart results which, fromdustry which affect im pro- *********osesi | European service of United

hormone and

tests, duction and the employment of Press had called on him, the

members.-China Mul ut the hope of surgical union Minis, and told him that both bold

cules-AFP. United Press representatives in: South Africa had been recalled. --Router.

Pilots

are

too old

Now York, Apr. 21. The U.S. Court of Appeals today unanimously upheld a federal aviation agency order grounding air line pilots over 60 years of age.

The order had been contested by the Air Line Pilots Assn., which sought to prevent Elwood R. Quesada, Administrator of the FAA, from enforcing the ruling issued last Dec. 1. It called for unconditiuml ground- ing of all over-00 pliols by last March 15. AP.

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Macmillans celebrate anniversary

Mr

London, Apr. 21.

Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, and Lady Dorothy Macmillan were today prosented with forty ruby roso tracs by mom- bors of the Cabinet to mark their 40th wedding anniversary.

The 40th anniversary is com- monly known 15 A "ruby" wedding.

As spring Is not the time for planting roses Mr R. A. Butler, the Home Secretary present- ed a token voucher for the trees on behalf of his colleagues. They will be delivered for planting in the autumn, Mr Macmillan and Dorothy have been rpending a nuiet Enster Holiday at Birch Grove, their Sussex country home with a few close members of the family-China Mall Special.

Lady

DIED AT 140

Amman, Apr. 21. Mohammad Khall Aboul- hawa, who claimed to be 140 years old, died last night,

Aboulhawn, who had 147 children,

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great-grandchildren, remelhet active, in good health and with wholesome teeth until his final fliness.

He was a frequent visitor to his elds outskie Jerusalera, where ho pioughoď, pianto and performed other jobs all

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