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France to withdraw from remaining bases in Morocco

Rabat, Mar. 5.

THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, MARCH 0, 1961.

France's remaining military bases in Morocco are to be evacuated by October this year, two years ahead of schedule, under an agreement between the two countries announced today.

Moroccan officials said the agreement followed an approach made to Pre- sident de Gaulle by Morocco's new King Hassan the second after his accession to the throne last week.

Architect

held in

'housing scandal'

Details were thrashed out in. secret negotiations between the two governments this week,

The agreement was on- nounced to the nation by King {Hassan in an unexpected broadcast today after the first. Cabinet meeting of the new reign had ended late last night.

The

Moroccan Information- Minister, Mr Moulay Ahmed Aloui, told reporters the agree- ment was "warmly welcomed" by the people because the bases amounted to "military occupa- tion" of Morocco.

He said the departure of the tost French soldier would "remove the last major ob- Paris, Mar. 5. stacle to normal cooperation A French architect, Formand and deep and sincere friend-

Pouillon, was arrested' to-ship between the

French tries."-Reuter.

day following

presa campaign exposing an apparent misuse ot 'funds intended for

housing project under Pouillon's direction.

Two administrators of the construction company involved In the project, Jean Larrue and

Ducher, were Roland

arrested,

also

the

scandal" in Boulogne-Billan- court,

A Paris suburb news- paper reported that about 2,000

two coun-

CRIME WAVE

HITS JAPAN

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Tokyo, Mar. 5. About three weeks ago, Freuch press began printing With the approach of spring, slorica about

"housing Japan was gripped by a crime wave that mado headlines today. apartments, which had been Police reported making sweep- sale by plan, stllt stood un- ang raids, over the weekend on Anished because

sin-ridden Shinjuku the money Tokyo's already invested by prospective | arda where they seized owners had apparently been persons dealing in narcotics. used for other purposes.

Pallee said they also seized Since

the "Comptoir 100 grams of norenties valued National du Logement", which it live million yen (U.S.$36,88) was building The apartments in the raids. was found to have a huge Those arrested were suld to defeit in its

and be the nucleus of a narcotics necounts further investigation led to the ring that reaped a 75 million arrests.--AFP.

yen pront (U.S.$108,333) during the past year,

thell

BEAVERBROOK. RECOVERS

Catholic Mass

said in Anglican property

London, Mar. 5.

The Rev. Charles Jones, a Roman Catholic priest, celebrated Mass today on promises belonging to the Anglican Church,

The Mass was said at the tiny, grey brick hull on the grounds" of St James in the London suburb of Kidbrooke.

A Roman Calliolle altar and a consecrated altar stone had al- ready been set up in the hall, changing the building into the temporary church of a still un- named Roman Catholic parish.

Prayers answered

Miami. May, 5.

An 18-hour ordeal end❤ ed for, a Mimì high school football coach: today, when a helicopter plucked him from a life raft in the Atlantic,

Haywood Fowlo; 36, was forced to ditch his emali plane in the ocean rester- day when the engine fail- ed on a fight from Andros Xeland in the Bahamas to Rimini, 60 milies from Mlami.

JIe Was described in Food physical condfiton when rescued by a Const Guard hellcopier,

Fowic, World War II bember pilot. Asid he was "most apprehensive" during his night on the raft,

"I didn't know anybody was looking for me," he said. "I gure prayed mighty hard.”—UPI.

Claims against big ́electrical

Picture shows the youngest-woman Member of Par ilament in the United Arab Republic, Miss Widad Azhary, aged 22. She is seen here making a speech at the UAR assembly in Calro-Express Photo.