1960-12-05 — Page 3

FREAK WEATHER

IN AUSTRALIA

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Bydney, Dec. 4. Freak weather was ported in widely separated parte of Australia today.

In Darwin, J small tornato demolished three houses only minutes after a woman and two young children had - Ieft one of them.

Al Dungog, 150 miles north of Sydney. "willy- milly" (whirlwind) tore two houses apart, unroofed four others, démolished out. buildings and miles of tele- phone wires. It lifted a car, with a driver lu it, off the Fround und tumbled it 40 tent before dumping it over #2 fence. The willynllly, which lasted 29. mimatry, left a strip of wreckage 12 mites long and 300 yarde wide.

Gale-force winds rul driving rain swept- Syd- Hey throughout the 们还分。 One man was drowned when launch smashed against rocks outside Syd-

flarbour. nev

Four men

and a youth are missin iri Al open launch 40 miles north of Sydney. An air, scal und Th search will begin for

1 rkatti).

In Sydney Harbour, a

tauneti

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resened craft

police Reores

which had overturned- AP,

SNOW IN U.S.

Chicago, Dee, 4. Strong

winds heaped tnow on the U.S. western plains und thr Rocky

Mountains today.

Paris

好

Catarudo,

Wyoming Aud Nebraska

gol the worst of the snow.

A cold front rollet Across the Midwest, Moulana and the Dakotas fell it first. With cold and rising winds came

,

blizzard and culd wave warning for the Dakotas and Nebraska,

The weather bureau labelled the turbulence a major storm—AP.

Pastor greeted by boos

New Orleans,Lo., Dec. 4. The pastor of a Protestant

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Pago 1

Exeter and Derbyshire flooded for second time GALES LASH UK AND

Wettest autumn

in living

memory

London, Dec. 4.

Gales, rain and floods struck Britain and

northern Europe with savage fury to- day, an almost knockout punch after the wettest autumn in a century,

but albor- Studies or England and Wales i savage conditions,

Baking reports the hammer tes calculated Staggered under

with Jouths

the biew's.

appalling weather condities would

were

in later. ----

Holland France and smitten by the same esle winds, upwards at 8 miles an hour.

Grantany was lashed. Marth Sea and Baltic shipping Way find us in pert,

My English Channel was 1 formidate for anything save the biggest liners. Even at that the. gith Queen Mary slood off front Cherbourg to ride out the storm Father than risk the delicate lask of muuring.

The ontlik was for more of; the same he forecast was for continued rins with ball and perhaps thunder.

Conte

and!

The sta of England France, wes churned by

Dover-Dunkirk The waves. ferry suspended service. A sman trawler sank in the North-Sca but all ten crewmen were taken aboard another trawler.

Al Portsmouth eight bird- j watchers were rescued from bont adrift in mountainous seas.

A Dulen tug took in low the 400-Ton Swedish teamer Baltien which drifting with broken steering gear in the North Sea. The 300-ion motar vessel

her Eventide

anchois broku Strams in England and Wales loose in Plymouth Sound during became rivers, Troops were the height of the gole but was elled out to help isolated areas saved by n tug from being dashi-

Motorists were warned on the rocks. evacuate.

en to head for home and even to bypass cortan entire counties.

Washed out

3

In Belgium giant waves swep! over the dike at Ostend pushed by a wind that reached more than 90 taph. While fishing beats were confined to the port,

Sume bridges were washed the Osend-over service Binued business as usual,

at Railway lines in South

con-

WLa inter-

Wales were stocked. Telephone At Anvers piloting service o ecinmunications in some areas the Schedit River beesme precarious as pules were

rupted. A barge loaded with ripped down either by wlad or coat sank but flood waters.

saved. The countryside noar The damage was incalculable. Ghent was partially flooded,

Lumumba flown back

MOBUTU PLANS

PROVISIONAL

GOVERNMENT

Brazzaville, Dec. 4.

its craw was Colonel Joseph Mobutu "strongman" of the (ex- Belgian) Congo, announced today that he

In sucła English arcosts and the Brussels-Ghent .rail Exeter and Derbyshire, home service was eut in places by

recovered water in the bed. hud just Owners fren the disastrous October Blonda, had redecorated their properties, and now found them incidated again.

In dozens

Waterspouts

His hands tied behind his back, depazed Congo Preinter Patrice Lumumba siis on the floor of a truck, guarded by Congolese army men after bc- ing flown to Ndjill airport. Leopoldville on December 2, from Luluabourg, capital of Kasai Province. Lumumba waa arrested there with six of his travelling companions, four days after escaping from his guarded residence in the Con- go capital. Col Mobutu sald he will be tried for laclting the ariny to rebellion and other "common law crimes.”—AP Photo.

Sikhs riot

EUROPE

African federation leaders agree to attend talks

Landon, Dec. 4.

The African nationalist leaders of Rhodesia and Nyasaland today agreed to attend tomorrow's federal review conference here, but reserved the right to walk out of the conference “at any time."

The three leaders-Dr H. K. A major question at the con- Banas GI Nyasaland, Joshua | ference would be that of the Nkome of Southern Rhodesia | right of the three territories to and Kenneth Kaunda of sucode from the federation. Sir Northern Rhodesia had earlier | Roy Welensky, the federal Prime"

maintained that indiented they night boycolt | Minister has the conference.

the conference has no power to 1 ME Duncan Sandys, British | decide on succession.

Prime Minister Commonwealth Rehilens Sec-

Mr Haruld retary, and Mr Jain Marlend, Maemilian will lead the British Colonial Secretary, succeeded delegation In view of the im in last-minute efforts to save portance of the conference the conference and prevent the future of the territories con- the boycott during a fincheon cerned. with the three African leaders. Dr Banda told pressmen to-

federation of the night; "The

Is al- the ready dead. All we want now is

The primary purpose conferéner wes to review

1953 constitution el tie to burs: It".—AFP, Federation of Rhodesia Nyasaland.

MAJOR QUESTION

and

In a joint statement, the

KON-

IRA snipers

Shooling

on

Belfast, Dec. 4.

terverisis between

African leaders made it clear, however, that they would walk and police flared up early today out of the conference at any along the Northern Ireland bor- time" they fell that the der with the Irish Republic after federation constitutionai

many months of peace. ference is used as a delaying Hidden snipers opened fire on tacle to prevent territorial talks police at Belleek, County Fer-

Northern

Southern magh, and running battle New Delhi, Dec. 4. Rhodesia."

followed before the gunmen, be Police fired teargas shells to They said the British Gov-lieved to be members of the out- Irish Republic Army Sikh political detainees attack-ja period "beyond

Tihar centrul ed warders in

would consider jul, 15 miles from here.

a delaying insusure."

on

and

planned to set up a "provisional government quella prison los today when criment was being notilled of lawed

which they organisation, retreated in the

of the Congolese Republic."

Col Mobulu, who is on visit here, sald this government woúld be composed of the members of High-tcision wires were the youthful College of Com- downed In Limburg Province, missioners General, the adminis- culling of power in the area, tralive body of intellectuals hè

Verviers and many other try. television places in Belgium, felled trees,

antennas chimney debris blocked the roads:

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Col Mobutu made the state- ment in an interview with the French radio here.

of English towns pullee rowed boats down the (Methodist) church herein street to help evacuees, On the Ardennes - platenu, at apponited to govern the coun- who was the first white father to send his dough winds blew the night long in The up-to-hurricane strength fer to an "integrated" Britab und struck Europe New Orleans school, was during the early Sunday hours, grooted by boos from his Winds it such a furious prak congregation today. in Hamburg that the eight foot high cross of iron atop St Paul's When he perived to conduct was Jorn off and crashed where waterspouts provoked said the mission of the Commis- the service, the pastor was met through the root of the church.

floods and heavy damage soners General would have to by a trowd of white women

submering a thousand acres of who shoutest at lum: "Nigger

bursting Rivers lover" and "if it wasn't for him

marshland.

we'd have won."

their banks cut off rail service Power last July.

parts of the area, while most town there were without Wind blow down

Storm damage in France was heaviest in the St Omer region The Colonel, who is Chief of near the Straits of Dover Staff of

Landslides complicated rom travel, especially in England and Wales. A Royal Autome- bile Club spokesman colled

the blackest Sunday ever" with dozens of main roads and electricity. 20 came this morning. So hundreds of others impassable

Out of the usual 200 persons attending services, only about

however, i

of them left during the sermon

had nothing which to do with the ruckal question. -AFT.`

under four feet of flood water.

There were remarkably few casualties. considering

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1 Gives one the choice (6).

7 Moulding that mikes

American exclain? (4).

Overseas trouble-spot (5).

10 Billed as well? (5).

11 Try out (4),

13 Vegetarian orgles? (10).

16 Musical Instrument part (4).

16 Dropped by raiders (4),

10 Dangor signals (10).

22 Redūro Ughtness -(4),

24 Soldier (5).

20 More ancient (8).

20 Completed (4).

27 Boller fitment (0).

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3 Billiards torm (2, 3),

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this

the Congolese Army,

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extend beyond December the deadline he set after taking

IMPOSSIBLE

In present circumstances, he

said, "it is impossible to hold 4 fruitétu and really ropre- Parila- sentative meeting of ment"

Asked if the "provisional government" would be com posed of the same "men under the same regime, Col Mobulu replied: "That's it".

telephone rules, pulled illes. off roolz. Roads were MM! in several places,

Along the French coast as the the sea stormed, many shing boats found refuge in Calais. The car- ferty

Complexne performing winter_service between Britain and Boulogne-sur-Mer turned back to Calais. Several cargo wwwx

Не said the arrest by his vessels hauled up

anchor late

troops Afternoon when the

Premier a of deposed biel up. begnn

Patrice The finers

Lumumba "partially United States and Iverria left sollies the problem" of the Le Huvre for New York and rebellious eastern province. Southamption 16 hours late

Squalls blew up to 120 mph this morning at Peamatch and 130 mph at Ouessant. An eight- year-old

girl in

in Neubourg (Npr- mandy) suffered a broken jaw two brakea legs when a tree fell on her.

Pict

lize

The storms and flooding have wrought severe damage to many of the Netherlands, traditionally vulnerable to whims of weather. In Frisin Province all drainage facilities were stopped up. Fields every- where in Bouthwest Drralhe Province Alled with water,

New church

The roof of the Marla Regina In Boxtel Catholic Church eaved in fran pressure of wind and rain. Debris and rain wracked the Interior of the church, Inaugurated last Octo-

bor 2.

He mild Lumaimba Anished"-AFP.

Tragic

car

race

tadin Was

"is

Dakar, Senegal, Dec. 4,

ot a roadside curvo outside Dakar to- day, taking pictures of entries in a six-hour motor car race as they sped post. One of the competitore was wife, Mrs Jacqueline

A four-year old child in the his town of Vlagtwedde went out Sponem, 27.

to play this morning, was pick- An one of the cars, a

od up by the storm and thrown

into a ditch where he drowned.

Dauphine-Gordini, approached, large trees Sponem focused on the speeding At Utrecht hino for tired people?

were completely uprooted-AP vehicle, then pressed the chul-

Slily Mers? (8),

12 Marine movaments (0),

13 The Scriptures (5).

14 Tilled folk │(B).

17 Society worker? (5),

19 Wont down on one's knees!

(8),

20 Common or garden plant{

(5),

21 Soup server (5).

23 Mighty small picco (4).

CROSSWORD-Across: 1 Report, 4 Shore,

7 Mamer, 0 Study, 10 Noun, 12 Shearer, 15 Han-ce, 16 Tame,

and AFP,

Earthquake

tor.

The car skidded, rolled over three times and crashed into a tree.

HORRIFIED

With other borifted epecta- i

Teral, Itely, Dec. 4. tors, Sponom rushed to the Ajalight, rolling earthquakastumpled wreck in an effort to awakened thousands of Italiana u the driver. Jill before dawn today, in this

Inalle, mortally wounded, was mountain area 75 miles north-Mes sporo. She led shortly eust af homÇO,

areas the quake after an ambuanos reached In summe opened, bla credes in the wales Dakar hospital.

The repong and Ohm Wd their

good,AP,

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