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MONDAY JULY 4, 1960,
THE U-2 INCIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT
Why all the fuss?
U.S. official
The former Director of the United States Budget, Mr Percival F. Brundage, said this morning on the recent U-2 incident that he could not understand what all the fuss was about
Big liner's first visit to HK
The Orient & Pacific 28,940-ion liner Oronany, arrived with 380 tourists this morning on her first visit to Hongkong in the course of round the world cruks.
Soon after arrival, pas- sengers rushed ashore ta do shopping, or to take part in the arranged tours around the New Territories and the island.
Ballt in 1951, the Oron- say is commanded by Cap. tain 'A. E, Coles, a veteraN master of the Line.
The liner will all at midnight on Wednesday for Australia, vis Manila,
INQUIRY INTO
RAMMING
The frigate HMS St Bride's Bay which rammed the Inshore minesweeper Da- merham on Saturday left for Singapore yesterday after a Naval Board In quiry.
The Inquiry was held yester- day on board HMS Belfast, according to a spokesman for the Navy.
He said it was the Pre- from the trith. Thstead of sident's responsibility to dictating policy, he jets
know what was going on,
and he assumed this respon- sibility when the issue
Farose.
as
Mr Brundage, made the com- ment on his arrival in the Oronsay on a world cruise with his wife.
He said: "We have openly practised this type of intelligence operation, so it was nothing new
or different; but quite necessary in view of the continuing cold war"
Serving as Director of the Budget between 1956 and 1958, appointed by President Elsen- hower, Mr Brundage attended not only regular Cabinet se3- sions, but sat in on the National
Security Council.
Nixon's next?
Resigning from the Bureau
|
the
them and give their views. Then heads of his departments discuss he makes the decisions.
"Being a military man he has leaned over backwards to avold
the criticism of `becoming, dictatorial. I do feel that Vice-President Nixon, however, would be more firm and a little tougher In his decisions,” he said.
WRY funds build
community
centre
Hongkong's first community centre, built with, World Refugee Year funds, will be opened on July 12..
Already a broad range of{ social, and welfare activities is under way in the centre, situat- As to the arms race, Mr. ed at Wong Tai Sin resettle- Brundage indicated that the ment estate, Kowloon. United States spent over six The cost of the centre has
billion dollars a year now for been met from a gift of: research and improvements of | HK$1,380,000 made by the milltary techniques and any United States Government and further appropriations yearly it will be opened by the Ameri- would not produce any further can Consul-General in Hong- benefits.
kong, Mr Julius. C. Holmes.
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"As a matter of fact we spend too much now on arms programme.":
our
"
For 10 years Mr Brundage was the senior partner of Price Waterhouse, one of the top ac- counting and financial firms in
of the Budget in 1958, he as-the United States. Y sumed a consulting post with He resigned his post there
Concurrently, site formation has been Colony's second "community centre which is to be built at Tsun Wan with a donation of HK$1,286,886 from the United Kingdom.
completed for the
The centres are very similar,
the Bureau to which he will when he received the appoint each being modelled on a Goy- retum this autumn,
ment to the Bureau of the Bud-ernment standard. 24-classroom
Referring La Vice-President get. Nixon, he said that, he was the most qualified man in the coun- try to become President,
"He seldom, if ever, makes
a mistake, and would be
firm and efficient – President. And Big grasp of world affales
is very strong,” he said;
Mr Brundage believes that
primary school.
Margaret Truman's Spanish teacher
Premier Khrushchev is an im-Mrs Florence Brush, who The group of the present (our
rement on his predecessor
Anglo-American type of sense of "simply because he kasan
humour; and this is a saving
race.
formerly taught Mr Harry Truman's daughter, Mar- garet, Spanish arrived in.
comprises 66 people, 22 of them are her students and the rest
pre parents and friends,
*
She is accompanied by her the se Oronsay this morn husband. My Edward Brush, a ing leading a group of banker. her students on a world .tour.
Yot Mr Brundage indicated that the Huasian leader was forced to torpedo the Summit Asked about the result of the for two major reasons.
Teaching His oligarchy felt he had gone inquiry, the spokesman told the
it too far in making friends with China Mail, “I don't know myself. In the second place, the other nations, and that he was result is not meant for publica-getting too soft tion."
He cold damage to the mine- sweeper was serious, The bow of St Bride's Bay ploughed about a foot deep into the side of the Damertam running through both the top deck and the hull below.
under repair in
one of
Too weak?
at the William Chrisman High School in In- dependener Missburl, for 20 years. Mrs Brush had the for- mer United States" president's daughter in her 1041 class.
Most able
Secondly, Khrushchev knew that Russia would get no 'con- cessions at the Summit, "yet, She recalled that Margaret Khrushchéy didn't want to go to
the most able. wak
Spanish the ultimate on the Berlin pupil she ever had, who never
The minesweeper is now situation and postponed the made a mistake.
the showdown there." he said.
"The first song she ever sang the His respect
for President as a TV and Radio singer, she say Eisenhower was unlimited, earned in my class, Mrs Brush
The President - is often fald.
Colony's dockyards but spokesman refused to where,
St Bride's Bay received damage, he added.
no accused of being a weak Pre- sident. Nothing could be further
Mother to he Жана
LOOKING VERY PRETTY
IN #SWISS MISS"!
A completely Uned drear of
clover-leaf printed dotted cat ton, swiss, with little self-ruf- fies and spaghetti tie, pretty nice waiting at summer showers or parties. White with Aqua or Rose, print Sizes 6-18.
MEZZANINE
FLOOR
Her school, she added, is also famous for having graduated Mr Truman and Mr Walt Disney.
Mes Brush conducts education- fal tours during the summers, and
this is het tenth.
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Mrs Brush
Sheaffer's PDM
THE BOLD NEWE PEN
DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY
FOR MEN
Witness recalled
asks to give evidence 25 in conspiracy trialLAGO
New flag pole at Consulate
*This new flag pole in the courtyard of the American Consulate-General" in Gar- den Rond will be dedicated this evening by Mr Julius's C. Holmes, the. U.S. Consul- General, at a special July 4 ceremony. He will raise" a new, 50-star US, flag. during. the ceremony. The old flag pole can be seen in the right of the new one on the top balcony,China Mali photo.
Fiesta' tickets
The Fashion Fiesta" organi- sers said this morning that most tickets have already been sold "End the few remaining for to- | jinorrow and Wednesday are
available at Moutties,
U.S. professors here on Fulbright exchanges
Among the passengers disembarking here in the Orient and Pacific liner Oronsay this morning were Professor Herbert J. Wood, professor of history at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, and Professor Albert H, Banner, professor of zoology at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu,
Prof. Wood has been awarded Fulbright Lecturership at Aligarh Muslim University and the MS.- University in Baroda, India.
Accompanied by his family, he will lay here for flye days before. Feaving for his dry ma tion yla Singapore and Mallya, An expert on Asian history Prof. Wood started his teaching career in 1927 at the Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu..
Lángwan Univend
tere he met atherine Commenting on situation Jazia
sald's
The Fulbright Lecturerap was started by US Senator Fulbright, former : President of; the University of Arkansas, and *is designed to faciiftafe the ex-
change of education and cultural. ideas between foreign countries and their seats of learning
Marine lab
Pro
the
ring Tabor
years
Mr T. O. Wong, managing director of Messrs T. 0. July, 1935
Wang and Co. Ltd., was recalled by the pro- IR William Peel's retire secution to give further evidence in the re- Sment from the Gov sumed trial of Abdul Aziz Rumjahn and Hoernorship of Hongkong and Hit-po at the Victoria District Court this Sir Alexander, Cadogan's morning.
elevation to ambassadorial rank have inspired a corre Andwering questions put by and Co. Ltd. by a forged letter suppondent in the Economist to Mr G. R. "Sneeth, Crown patedly tamed by Mr Miller. Counsel. who is prosecuting. Mr Wong and he remembered sending. Ho a letter on October 24 concerning several post dated cheques he had given the accused two or three days
Both accused pleaded not guilty Admiralty also taking a previousbald der Basto, jointlyMe Sneath Crown Counsel, it
PRAV to all, chargon..
share
He also faces a charge of uttering consider the division...i the letter,
Abdul Aziz Rumisha, 6-year-old responsibility for British bokar of M. Loe Garden Roan, third polley in the Far East be -noor, ‹‚is › additionally charged with
corruptly offering, money to Mr tween the Foreign and Miller in connection with the land Colonial offices with the
converdos.
Mr Patrick
Mr defending Ho with Mr Henry prosecuting, assisted by Superintent- Litton, formally, objected to the deni 24. G. Jealdna of the Anti production of the letter in evi-Corruption Branch, dance, as he claimed the pro- Rumfahn, is instructed by Mr. D. Q: Yu,..... representing secution had had the letter in Cheung of 7. Zimmern and Co. their possession before the start Ho is repented by Mr. de Basto of the trial and it should have and Mr Litton, both instructed by
F. L. Lam and Co. been admitted during the pro- secution's case, and not after wards,
Counsel said his client, Ho, Wan land owners, had nothing to hide, however, and the objection was only a formal one.
Conditions
Cross-examining Mr Wong, Mr Litton asked witness what was meant. by "conditions" in wil- ness's letter to Ho, concerning the cheques.
Mr Wong explained that be had been in hospital and did not know the state of his bank ac- count. He was not sure if he had enough money in the bank to meet the cheques he gave Ho, and had therefore post-dated them to give himself time to transfer further money to his account.
The "conditions”: referred to in the Telter, met that Ho should communicate
witness before casting them, so às to assure he had suficient, money in the basic)
Mr Wong said he was alwork
I have the right of counter
tanding the cheque, i to
aby legal Implicakkope
If I had hadithe money în the bank on October
I would have paid him thes and there, without post-daling the cheques," Mr Wong said;
"I was convincot at that time that the conversiou could be done. Even before I went into hospital I was convinced It could be converted.
Convinced
Witness said he was tanvinced his land at Tun Wan, could be converted by what he had seen at Tsum Wan. About 200 yards
away from his land, witness
Sir - Terence -- "Shurlock, instructed by Mr G. Nigel, is holding watching briet on behalf of Tsun
QUARREL ENDS IN DEATH
A man died of a knife - wound in: a fight with, an«:
ether who was also Até
- jured after a quarrel › over, their children - In Kowloon yesterday.
• The quarrel started at (about 8: pan, between "¿wo Inanilion * GENOJUSIKA”
Mel Rettlement Area," ground Дост
Ng Sau-fok, 43, died
at bo
Zook
Chopper
attack
Recalling M, Llord: Cart A view that the Foreign Office representative" "carimot, control foreign policy in the Fur Bast unless he can also control thu Government of Hongkong, "the contention that the present system shoulá ́be recast creating a High Commissioner for Britishs Acuity in the Far Easy and Governor of Huzigkong: "to be filled by a distinguished. public servant responable to the Home Government."ad pobrt. ** The correspondent recogalmes that this remedy is notvid ERSY to apply now that the Eritlah diplomatic representative - la China holds ambasadoriai rank but since Sir William Peel's "successor, has not yet been, et"," nounced, he evidently considers that the principle" of, divided control. might comes under view,
It scar intimated at the meeting'-"" of the Finance: |Committee following the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday, that the new 100 Yt road between Causeway Bay, and. Quarry Bay would be open to trafic by the middle of next year.
The Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr D. W. Tretman, pre | sided and a vote of $117,000
for the road was passed:
THE Impending
ment of service officers of was marked yesterday by presentations made half of their colleagues friends by the Dire
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Public Works, the Hon. ME
R. M. Henderson who is
a 24-year-old cooked food himself going on leave to
shall fold, Chong Ming, of 3 Bai day.
On Street, admitted wounding Mr. William Harold Edmonds
said he saw the Sun Sun Wesy- a fellow foki with a chopper, (Military." Division
ing Factory site had been con- and was sentenced to six weeks James Duurson, both, Selur verted, and building taking fall by Mr T. L Yang 4t Cen-inspectors of Works are leavi place. There was also the Saliral Court this morning lingg the service later this mon
wong Chemical Works being built nearby.
Detective Sub-Inspector Chan Mr Exmonds joined in 1912 and Shel-kong, said that on the Mr. Diction had joined in 1999. morning of June 22, the defen-
dant had a quarrel with the
The hearing before Judge W. F. Pickering continsta
The two accused deny they con complainant, Chan Hing-wah, Mr D. S. Hill gave an im- spired to obtain, a letter inulog or over business affairs, piACRAM purporting to Tarus from Mr. Hilary Later that morning, Chong features of the new French pressive account of the many
D. Miller Distriot Officer, Fun Wan
to the effect that certain farm: land approached Chen with a chopper swned by T. G. Wang and Co. Ltd, Bad hit him on the left shoulder liner, Normandie, the ocean could be converted to building land. After wounding Chan, Chong giant which was recently put
Hei Hit-po, land broker of Apt. told him to report the matter to into the Trona Atlantic. 24°16-18 - Conduit Read, «faces two #editional counts of obtaining a total the police. Chong later surran, service – in a stalk, bafore the us $50,000 from Messis Tr. O. Wong 'dered himself.
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