1960-12-20 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1960.

PILOT FEATHERED Hamburg hits

ENGINE OF

ILL-FATED PLANE

Munich, Dec. 19.

The pilot of the American Air Force Convair which crashed into a crowded Munich street on Saturday killing 49 people informed Munich airport control tower one or two minutes after take off that he "feathered" the loft engine, a. U.S. Air Force announcement said today.

East German threat said 'tactical

manoeuvre

Feathering an engine meant That the engine was stopped and turned propeller blades were into the air stream to lessen alr resistance.

The pilot reported he was at 2,000 feet above sea level and requested Instructions to return 10 the field.

STRUCK TOWER

Munich airport officials this morning gave the contents of the last radio call between the pllot and the airport tower tu

the American Accident Invesil- gating Doard.

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France

arming Israel?

London, Dec. 19.

The airport redor had the France was today alleged to be "unilaterally equipping the laraeli army and air forco" and giving Israel technical aid to convort United States reactor for the manufacture of atomic

plane on Ita sereen, the on- nouncement said. The plane struck me of the 320 foo! towers of St Paul's church in the centre of the city as it was turning right to

airfeld.

return to the

The plane plunged into the streek, exploding in a sheet of flame, setting fire to a crowd-

ed (rani.

weapons.

at French

incursions

Hamburg, Dec. 19; West Germany's biggest part.

city, aroused by recent stoppings of German freightons by French war- ships off the North African coast, does not want any naval visits from Franco until further notica. Informants *close to the Socialist-controlled city govern- mant sakt today a letter to this effect was being prepared to be sent to the Born Foreign Office. The sources Bald the letter will also express the city's con cern at the mounting member of French "oncroachments" and Valer disappointment over Benn's "uilure to take effective vouriermeasures"

The letter will probably bej sent off next week, informants suki-AP.

WARSHIP IN FLAMES

(Continued from Page 1)

Bonn, Doc. 19. The East Gorman threat to

Ai mlddny the Constellation block allied transport rights

began to list and the alarm went to West Berlin it a now

up Umat the great ship might East-West Germany trade

sink. Commissioner Cavanagh. treaty is not signed in the

Mr William Ynies, a Conser-probably thinking of the French next few days was describ-

vative MP who made the allega- liner Normandie which capsizedu Bon in the House of Commons, at her Hudson River pler after ed by Western diplomatic

cuught in vain to move the ad- fre in 1942, sald: "When they sources here today as

Journment of the House "on ago, they go quickly." tactical monocuvre."

definite matter of urgent public Twelve passengers were importance" to secure an emer- They believe the trade nega-

students of Maryland Univer-gency debate. titions, resuming tumorrow, arɑ

He said he wanted to discuss going much better than the Eastily's Munich extension college Germans admit, and they thinking for Christmas holiday "the obligations of Great Bri- tain, a co-signatury of the 1953 declaration, concerning the state

today's warning is probably de- signed to give the impression 1nt eventual agreement is the result of East German pressure.

ACCESS RIGHTS

A Briksh Embassy spokesINAN commenting on the threat to transport facilities said "W haw our rights of neeers to Berlin and they are not called in question by anything the East

Germans may say."

None of the plane's seven crew and 13 passengers SUT vived.

with relatives in England, * and the 13th was

soldier a young who hitched a ft.

Twenty-seven Germans and two Syrians, mostly passengers In the second car of the two-car tram were killed.--Reuter.

to the Middle East."

Naval experts went on board to open sea cocks to stabilisa after- the vessel and shortly wards the stricken vesret right-

od itself.

shell

'But A civil engineer who worked on the design and con- af semistice between Israel and struction of the aircraft carrier, the Arab states, and also obliga-of the Forrestal class, eaid: "She tions outlined in foreign policy will never go down,"

He said that the carrier had statements of the arms embargo

three layers of air-tight He atd: "The French Govern-d * double inner bottom ment, likewise & co-signatory which would keep her alloal and a member of Nato, is under any circumstances. unilaterally equipping the Israel Four other Forrestal class army and air force and is be-aircraft carriers are already in A hudge at Mobile, Alabama, loved to be giving Israel the commission. They are the Forte- ordered six youths to leave and necessary technical aid to constal, Independence, Ranger and retum at the next siting vert a réactor given to Israel oy Saratoga. The Constellation was for commissioning next neatly dressed, with decent hair- the United States for peaceful due

sixth. the fold ono) a purposes to that of the manu- March. A

the Kitty cute,

stressk peroxide

weapons." Hawk, is nearing completion in' removed.facture of atomle

Renter,

Camden, New Jersey.Router.

Just fancy that

d

A French spokesman in fer- lin suid no change affecting Allied troop trains was expreet | ed during continuance of the London Express Service. trade talks, and no threz-power consultation on the matter was entemplated.-Reuter.

No case

Columbus, Ga., Dec. 17. Police stopped an army ser- gount for running through stop sign here yesterday, but! they didn't have the heart to press charges against him.

The sergeant's name. they dscovered, was Merry Christ- mas, and he was hurrying la be married-UPL

Murderer to hang

Edinburgh, Dec. 19.

The Secretary for Scotland. Mr John Melay, today announced that ho had refused to recom- mend reprieve for 19-year- ala Anthony Joseph Bier, due to hang in Glasgow on Thursday for murder, Miller and James Douglas Denovan, 16, robbed and mur- dered a shopkeeper in a Glas- pow park lust April.

Denovan. too young for the death sentence, was found

nearly 30,000 signatures on a clemency petition.

gully of non-capital, murder | (Murder in the course of role and ordered to bo detained indefinitely. Miller's father had collroted

bery automatically carries the death pepally in China Mail Sprotal.

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