1960-05-12 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1960.

Russia won't open skies'

GROMYKO SAYS IDEA

WOULD BENEFIT

U.S. INTELLIGENCE

Moscow, May 11.

Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said to- day the Soviet Union could not accept the United States "open skies" proposal, Tass reported.

Kennedy

faces

2 more hurdles

New York, May 11. Two more primary elections hurdles stand between Senator John F. Kennedy and the Democratic na tional convention on July 11 in Los Angeles. The front-running Democratie contender for his party's nomination will be opposed in Maryland on May 17 by Senator Wayne. Morse of Oregon.

Gromyko said the sky over the Soviet Union is closed and will continue being lightly closed, Tags said,

Tass reported that Gromyko made the statement at a pres conference at the opening of an exhibition of what the Russlons. called remnants and equipment of the American plane shot down over Sverdlask on May 1.

Gromyko said the American "open skies" proposal serves the interests of American, military intelligence.

PLANE INCIDENT

In reply to a question as to when and how the plane's pilot, Francis Powers, will be red, Gromyko said the investigation has not been completed as yet and that when it is finished, an

appropriate decision will be taken, Tass said.

Asked whether the Soviet Government had allowed flights of its planes over the territories of the United States or other nations without their proper Then ou May 20 in Oregon,

authorisation, Gromyko answer- Kennedy will meet Senatored that the very idea is re- Morse again, plus unwilling

pugnant to Soviet Union polley, entries, Senators Lyndon B. according to the Tass account.

Johnson and Stuart Symington. AP

Senator Hubert H.. HumTITTEYS

is also on the Democratic ballot

in Oregon, but he stopped

campaigning for the nomination

after his defeat in West Virghia.

UNIQUE

is

The Oregon primary unique, Candidates may get

on the ballot by petition, us

did Senator Morse, or be put

Sufficient to deter attack

Melbourne, May 11. Admiral H. G. Hopwood, Com-

on by the state Secretary of mander in Chief of the United

States Pacific Fleet, said today

it would be unnecessary

State without their consent.

This year the Secretary of State also listed Estes Kefauver, dangerous for the West in

and try

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FATHER'S APPEAL

Oliver W. Powers, 55, father, of Franels Powers, the American spy pilot delained in the Soviet Ualon, holds his son's dog, Girf, at his home in Pounds, Virginia. He has appealed to Soviet Premier-Nikita Khrushchev, "as one · old coal miner to another," to release his son unharmed. Powers senior said he was a miner for 15 years. He now runs a shoe, shop at Norton, Virginia.-AP.

Shah of Iran wins

heart of Brussels

Brussels, May 11.

Misshapen tubes lead to arrest of Red agents

Beirut, May 11.

Suspicions aroused by bulging tubes of toothpaste

12 British notables

plan action

apartheid

against

London, May 115

Twelve well known British politicians and public figures have put forward a five-point plan for action against apartheid to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference, it was disclosed here tonight.

"The signatories to the plank

include the Bishops of Birming

ham Southwark, and Lord

in a traveller's luggage has led to the arrest of Hemingford, Lord enigm New bid to

a network of Communist agents in Lebanon, Beirut police officials announced today.

They said the network was discovered following the arrest |

last month at Beirut afroert of a Jordanian Dr Jamil Baddour.

Customs inspectors were in- trigued by misshapen tubes of toothpaste in Baddour's lug- gaze it was said, and when they opened the tubes they found 12 coded messages inside.

When the messages were de coded they revealed a system of contacts for a central Com- munist agency for the Near East with headquarters in the East

German city of Leipzig and correspondents in Beirut, officials declared.

COUNTERFEIT CARDS

They said seven Lebanese operating a Communist daison centre have been arrested.

Appeal against

death by

gas chamber

San Quentin, May 11. Two men condemned to death, awaiting execution in the San Quentin gas chamber, have claimed their constitutional rights would be violated if they were executed in the gas cham- ber, since death is not neces- sarily inmediate, it was learned here today.

who

The arrested men have been brought before the military pro

James Hooton, 27 years old, secutor who is conducting the

is scheduled to die next investigation, it was said.

Friday in the same gas chamber Police said counterfeit Leban- where convicted rapist Cary! esc identity cards were dis- Chessman was executed on covered in the possession of May 2, and James Linden, 46 those arrested. These cards years old, both condemned for would allow Communist agents the murder of a policeman, have arriving in Lebanon to circulate introduced a demand for habeas in other Arab countries, off-

corpus before a California court cials said.-AFP.

Their grounds were that press reports said after the execution

Millionth refugee

New York, May 11.

the primary election champion and match Communist forces The Shah of Iran quickly won the heart of Brussels named Andreis Saritis the

of 1956, and

Adlai Stevenson

on the Democratie ballot. Both

withdrew by submitting affl-

man for man or tissile for missile.

Hopwood, who was addressing davits that they were not can- a luncheon commemorating the. didates for the nomination.

anniversary of the Coral Sea Governor Nelson Rockefeller battle, said the West's task was also disavowed his candidacy, to remain sufficiently strong to and his namÓ

stricken delor attack. To attempt to from the Republican ballot, match the armaments of the leaving Vice President Communist powers would require Richard M. Nixon unopposed, a prohibitive level of taxation, -UPL

he said.AP.

A British Crossword Puzzle

12

ACROSS

18

3 Organist, much upset and

feeling the heat badly! (8).

8 The big boys? (3, 3);

8 What to do after mistakenly

marking an artswer wrong? (3, 5)... ·

11 Strict Jew (8).

12 In summer especially, oddly enough, it's full of water (4).

13 One way to rearrange trees

·(5).

18 Back at sea (5),

19 What a frost it is) (4)...

22 Architectural feature in

variety of patterna (8).

24 Ne'er-do-wells (8). }

a

25 An excursion of the best

circle (6)

28 This bird to the morning is, the shepherd's warning they day (8),

.25

DOWN

1 Familiar, no doubt, to that

aforesaid organist (5).

2 Jack-Ash? (5):

3 Feels discontent about the

trees (7).

today.

U.K. protests sabotage at film

festival

Cannes, May 11,

One of his first gestures after saluting Young King Baudouin was to turn his head toward the crowd which had invaded the terrace on top of the airport buildings and Salute the cheer- ing people who kept shouting "Long live the. Shah, long live the King."

The Iranian sovereign is pay ing a three-day state visit to be followed by a three-day private tour.

After reviewing an honour guard, the two sovereigns drove to the gate of Brussels. the Cinquantenaire

monumental arch.

Along the route crowds had gathered, five and six deep at cross-roads. Thousands spring

The British delegation at of children in

many

fresh

the Cannes International clothes waved little Iranian and Film Festival today pro- Belgian flags.—AP. tested against what was regarded ds α French producer's more

to

'sabotage" Britain's offi- cial entry, "Sons And Lovers."

Britains film, the Jerry Wald production on the famous D. H. Lawrence npvci, is scheduled to be shown next Tuesday to a gala festival audience,

Jules

A french producer, Bokon, nas nvited festival celebrities that same evening to the world premiere at Cannes' Cinema Majestic, of "Le Dusque Des Carmelites", with the attendance of stars lik Jeanne Moreau, Alida Valli and Piure Brasseur,

UNPRECEDENTED

British

Officials at Cannes regard this As unfair

OCATI- petition and unprecedented restával history.

Normally such extra films, not entered in the competiton, are · presented privately at hours that do not conflict with official

4 So United Nations assumed showings.

responsibility (4). 5'The fender return

6 Chimney corners (6),

The International Federation

7 Splutter like a candle at the brought to its attention by

roadside (U).

10 Wigwam (8).

14 Rude look? (5).

16 Things in this are

way (7).

of Eve of Film Producers Associations was meeting today to consider Britain's protest, which was Arthur Watkine, head of the British Film Producers Associa Llon and John Stapleton, British representative "at the festival AFP.

on the

18 Demonstrator in the wet?

(6),

17 Satisfied the examiners and

went on ane's way (8).

20. This specialist in wickedness

lived up to it (6). ');

21 Setting for Thespians (8) Z

22-Equine valt (4),

Tunnel accident

Airolo, Switzerland, May 11.

The St Gotthard rafi tunnel. was temporarily closed early

23 Haring wings gets some today when the trailer of a

on one of the leading Wagons shifted and hit the

damaged.

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD. Acro 3 Champion, tunnel wall, which was bady Amigo, 8 Pass-port, 10 Bene-1, 13 A-mile-ta, 16 Bide, 17 Enlaced, 18 Decease, 20 Aden, 21 Teary up, 28 Zooth, 27 The trailer also touched the Laterer, 28 Idles, 29 Aperfice, Dawn 1 M-a-MB-4, * ich high teusion overhead wire, pro Cops-E. 4 Muse, 8 Tronic, 6 Netlad, 9 At-tat 11 ambed, 12 ducing a series of vivid dashes. Allen, 14 Bneers, is Baby, 16 Debut, 13 Dahila, 19 Cerise, 23 Aeria 23 Side, 24 Phase 25 #21.

No one was hurt China Mai Special:

Contract

|

of Chessman. the effect of cyanide vapours is not neces sarily Immediate,

The San Quentin Prison Board of directors said most of the executed lost consciousness after 30 seconds, while their heart might continue functioning for another eight or nine minutes.

A 10-year-old Latvian boyAFP.

millionth European refugee to be cared for by the International Committee for European Migra tion arrived here today by plane.

1

Andréis, born in a displaced persons camp in West Germany, was accompanied by his father. :

His mother and two brothers, already installed in Kalamazoo, Michigan, were on hand to greet him at the airport.

Free Scotland

radio project

Edinburgh, May 12. "Radio Free Scotland the *Scottish Nationist pite Mayor Robert Wagner of New radio station, told ite listeners York was also at Idlewild air-early today it was preparing to port to welcome Andreis to step-up the power of its pre- sent transmitter: here and to America-AFP.

put a second secret transmitter into operation in Glasgow within six month's time,

EARTHA KITT

TO MARRY

Lord Altrincham, Mr James

Callaghan, the Labour Partytą spokesman on Colonial Affairs and Mr Cternent Davies, former Liberal Party leader,

Their plan, contained in a memorandum, wat separately discussed by deputations from them with Mr Jawaberial. Netru and Tunku Abdul Rahman, the Indian Ministers.

SUGGESTIONS

orbit big

U.S. balloon

and Malayan Prime Washington, May 11.

A new American attempt will be made tomorrow to launch a gigantic balloon into orbit around the earth. as a reflector for radio signal

The five suggestions made by the signatories were:

The Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference should publicly declare that principles of equality between races 40 political freedom'are fundamen tal to its role in world affairo,

The project 'echo experiment was originally set for May 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, but was postponed because of technical ·difficulifes in the ee ond stage rocket of the delta vehicle.

The National reverse its And Space

Acronauticn Administration, usually withholds ad

The conference should call upon the South African Government to policy of apartheid and to make which a fresh start on the "basis of vance public, word on satellites, said in announcing the new and date today that it was doing so

to give

volunteer private participants in the experiment Itime to get ready..

dom and equality and res

for the dignity pect humanity of all men irrespec- tive of race,"

RADIO STATION

. The Commonwealth gov- ernments should contribute to a Commonwealth fund for relief or to any other fund bringing relied to the victims and their The

100-foot diametre dependents of apartheid and balloon, of plastic with a thin the present state of emergency. metallic skin, is intended to be

inflated after it is efected in As the system of collapsed form from the head of

is being rigorously the carrier rocket, apartheid

to serve as a passive applied in the "malidated teri- planned tory of south-west Africa, radio relay station, bouncing giving rise to racial animosity signals between distant points. and insecurity, the Common AP. wealth governments should take the intiative in the United Nations in ensuring that hence- forth south-west Afrion be ad

It ja

ministered strictly in accordance Three other

with the mandaje." If nece- sary, the United Nations should be urged to revoke the mandate and "to replace the present South African administration by one instituted by the United Nations.

'spy' planes were lost

The conference should appeal to the South African Government forthwith to re- lease or try detainees imprison- The New York Daily News' ed under the emergency.

COMMUNIQUE

The communique said:

"We're

not asking you lo

New York, May 11."

reported today that the United States had lost three U-2 spy planes in addition to the one which crashed in Russia" on May 1.

The station, which urges

The newspaper sald that ac self-government for Scotland, consider any proposal beyond goes on the air once a week implementation by Common-cording to "excellent sources," from a secret transmitter folwealth govemments, nor do we second was destroyed by auto

one disappeared without trace, a lowing the shutdown of the call for South Africa's expul-matic Los Angeles, May 11.

demolition the pilot regular British Broadcasting Eartha Kitt, the Negro enter-

sion from the Commonwealth, presumably sacrificing his life to services for the tainer, announced today she is Corporation

We believe it is in the interests protect the secrecy of his mis to marry a white man, Mr Wil-night-Reuter. lom McDonald, a property in-

of peace and harmony in Southlon" and a third was seen to explode in the air over "neu- Africa that the Commonwealth tral" territory after the pilot had fnfluence should continue to be reported engine trouble,, exerted." Renter.

Reuter.

Washington, May 11, The US Army today avestor. nounced its decision to give a Japanese firm a contract for 39 They took out a marriage towing locomotives and three licence today and plan to marry locomotive cranes for use along on June 9. Both are 30- the Panama Canal,AP.

Reuter.

shown speaking of the closing ation of the constitution

A Birst Millou Margal, Prim o Minister, of: Sierra conference in London recently. Exactly two workduatier 13 began, the conference ended with the andsuncement that the m colony, wypuld become independent air April 27

is to guarantee Anancial assistance: toilling

Apartheid deplored

York, May 11. South-Africa's racial segrega- tion was formally deplored by another leading Church of England body today,"

The Convocation of York jun- 'animously approved a rest tion viewing apartheid with "grave concern" and assuring the South African Church of its constant sympathy and support.

The resolution also urged Christians" in "Britain to przy for AfricaAP.

Stole from Terry Thomas

Liverpool, May 11, 20-year-old variety, artist, Joseph Tarbuck, was placed oni probation for two years here yesterday after pleading guilty to stealing a diamond-studded elgerette-holder: belonging comedian Terry Thomas-China Mall Special

Literacy_poll

Padang, W. Bumatra, May 12.

10

conducted a Doll on police here, stopped: traffle and

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