1961-03-21 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1961.

Cuban soldier shoots

TEXAS TOWER DISASTER

Frenchman 'by mistake' Officers charged

Havana, Mar. 20.

A Cuban soldier shot and critically wound- ed a French electrical engineer claim- ing he mistook the misfiring of the engineer's car for the sound of gun- fire.

with dereliction of duty

Washington, Mar. 20,

Reported near death in Havana emergency hos-

pital today with three bullet wounds was The U.S. Air Force filed charges of dereliction of Marc H. Sciard, 39, of the Paris electric firm CGI.

Moslem girl killed

Algiers, Mar. 20.

Musics Injured

A Moslem giri was killed and three other today when

a demonstration into a rioL In this

exploded

port city of Mosinganem

tween Algiers and Oran.

be

the

the

He was shot by a soldier- Guard named Tirso Delgado while driving through vchleuinr tunnel under

to Havana entrance

bay Degulda Wis placed under arrest,

con-

BEACH OUTING Seinrd.

the futher of four, come here three weeks ago to

spect the progress of

install Arm has to ret his equipment in a power plant in the Regala Uktustrial section of Havana,

He was returning from # Sunday afternoon beach outing

Details of the riots were not with Havana Insurance excru- immediately known.

STONED

The mob stoned Europe cars and police used tear gas Lumbs to disperse it.

live Andre J. Nicolas, also

#t

French national, when the in-

eldent happened.

the

Twenty-one shots from guard's automalle rifle struck the ear. Three hit Selard. Ils companion was unhurt. Hospital authorities said the The troubly

when engineer was "between life and Moslems singed

to droth" from: a bullet which police headquarters, Pollepenetrated the intestines, caus- prrested 30 of the de-ing seven perforations. Two monstrators, but later released other bullets struck his left leg. them-UPI

-AP.

started

marchi

Cairo trying to force arms through Sudan

London, Mar. 20. Diplomatie informants reported

tonight the Sudan is underi continuing pressure by the United

Arab Republic tu allow the passage of arms and other raillarg supplies to the Congo.

But Sudanese Premier rahim

Abboud has

Mr Edward Heath, at the

The

duty today against three officers involved in the Texas tower disaster which cost 28 lives off New York on January 15.

After investigations, the men may be tried by court martial or some other disposition may be made of the charges, an Air Force spokesman announced,

Texas tower, a radar. station in the Atlantic, collaps- ed in high seas taking the lives of 14 airmen and 14 civilians.

Charges were preferred by Major General Honry Viccellio commander of the

pl Bancock Division Syracuse, NY, against:

20th Air Field,

Acting commander

during

Ceylon

Govt

won't renew

petroleum .contracts

Colombo, Mar. 20. Colonel William M. Banks, who was ceting commander of Ceylonese Commerce Minis- the Boston Air Defence Sector, ter Mr T.B. llangaratne Stewart Air Force base, New

today asked all govern Burgh, New York, at the time

ment departments not to of the accident. He was charged

renew their oill purchasing with "culpable negligence" and "with derelictions in the per- contracts with petroleum formance of his duties the time in question."

companies operating here in when

these

expire R. Sheppard, Major William

August. It was believed commander of the 4604th Sup-

that these supplies might Force port Squadron, Otis Air

be replaced partially by Massachusetts, base Falmouth, charged with dereliction.

oil from Sovict sources. Major Reginald L.

Reporting to the Cabinet commander of acting

his recent trade mission to the 4604th Support Squadron dur- Middle East and his visit ing the "critical perfed prior the Soviet Union, Mr Ilangaratne to the loss of the tower." asked top priority for the setting

Stark Sheppard and

both up

state-sportsured ell up of

He "derelic- were charged with

corporation.

apparently tion In the performance of wants this functioning before

the end of August, lest

Kuv- departments found ernment themselves without oil after the

their duties."

The announcement

Slark,

the

of

the

the Air BC- Colorado

MEETING

en

"South Africa was

pushed out'

"(Continued from Page 1 "Nothing Was more Im- pressive to all of us in the coll- fererice than the way Li which Dr Verwoerd with obylous and courtesy great honesty, great lucidly explained hla polley. He belleves that all this would work out very nicely. I speak with great re- luctance but I don't think it will. The more bis polley succeeds the more he raises the Bantu up the more intolerable will they find it to bo second elass citizens

"The ultimate conflict will be blondy and devastating,

"Dr Verwoerd is familiar with my views on this matter. If he goes back to his own country and says I am unconvinced by that then I want to tell you I stand for the right of any Com- ita monwealth country to run affoirs in its own way."

Mr Menzies usked, "Why can- not we disagree with South Africa's policy without pushing! South Africa out? And belleve

ine she was pushed out. If Dr Verwoerd had not gone when he did 1 would have been Sur- prised."

sible

Delighted

Pare 3

£32,000 damages for

disfigured woman

Sydney, Mar. 20.

A woman wha anffered serious (acial figure- mcat in

A car

accident WAN Awarifed A£32,400 damages by A Supreme Court Jury today.

Sho

Thelma ja Venolta Coulter, 50, of Newtown. an inner suburb,

A doctor described her in- juries so the worst he had

Ben.

He vald they reminded him

of a soldier who had been struck by HT anti-look shell,

The award was againat Kovin Shepherd of Enmore, a western suburb. Mrs Coulter

was a passen-

ger la A car driven by it came Shepherd when

into collision with a semi- trailer in November 1953. She was thrown through the

windscreen of the car.

Small nations should take lead in reducing arms

Berkeley, Calif., Mar. 20.

Secretary of State Dean Rusk suggested today

that some small nations take the lead in dis armament without waiting for the big powers to reach an arms-reduction agreement,

Mr Rusk applled the sugges- tion to countries at some dis Mrtance from the great centres of milltary power" - presumably excluding countries bordering the Communist empire.

had In

Mr Cilve Evait, QC, said her face was nearfy shvered off, and she had lost her left суд

When bandages were removed from her face, after plastlo surgery, in which bones used,

from

her hip were

she WAS horrilled, who face could not believe the

was hern. Mir Evatt said. Her sense of taste and amell

also had been impaired. China Mall Special.

France Nuyen in car

collision

Hollywood, Mar. 20. Strip-teaser Beverly Hills, 22, was injured today when a car in which she was a passenger and one driven by actress France Nuyen, 21, collided at an inter- section.

Miss

home

which several countries with-

Nuyen, driving drew their troops from the UN from a party at singer Frank command in the Congo.

Sinatra's house, was not injured. Tromie offers said the dancer was being driven heme by her William Powers, 24, from the nightclub where she worised when the ecllision oc- curred,

He chided Russia, without!

for not go- naming her, tributing to the cost of UN husband,

operations in the Congo,

"The effort cannot succeed," she said, "unless member governments put aside their and provide particular views the resources properly levied by the General Assembly.**

Police mald Miss Bills WAS taken to a private hospital for treatment of an injury. to her right leg. Miss

Mr Menzies said he and Macmillan "worked like horses" to develop a communique which would expose the criticisms of

"We should not suppose that the other members of the Com- monwealth and yet make it pos- the problem of disarmament is allow South Africa to limited to the great powers or to remain a member, When

he the Western Hemisphere," Mr heard that Dr Verwoerd had Rusk said in an address at the agreed he was delighted.

University of California,

"The burden of arms can fail upon all nations, largo and small, but while the so-called Mr Rusk sald "unnecessary or irritations betweers great powers are exploring the pointless

Nuyen, who lives in possibilties

of major

arnis the United States and Russia Beverly Hills, telophobed reductions, other nations may would be removed in the In- Iriend. Actor Rod Taylor, and find that they, too can roview terests of calming the cold war, he drove her home aller the their situation and make a use- |--UPI. ful contribution," He recalled | mamamanan thal President Kennedy had endorsed the

suggestion of Latin-American leaders that "the time has come to take the first steps towards sensible limitations of arms,"

Mr Menzies said there been some "awful rubbish" the newspapers to the effect Dr that Mr Macmillan pushed | Verwoerd out. No unu worked harder than Mr Macmillan and Mr Duncan Sandys to and a for-

mula.

all

Lo

Foreign Oflee on Tuesday, charges was made here and at expiry of the present contracts. Gen. Nasrulse will be hold-† headquarters of ing a news conference at the fence Command al Sudanese Embassy on Tuesday. Springs Colorado, following Informants said Lord Home ex- completion

nitial in of an promed the British Govern-

vestigation of the accident. ment's support and apprecia tion of the Sudanese stand.

for refused Cairo's

The assumption in London

Not explicit

The Air Forec was not explicit

The report envisages a meet in in the near future between Ceylonese

und Soviet offeints to draw up a list of trade items between the two countries. has told the Mr liangaratne some time has been that the about the derelictions charged. government

'that the Middle East countries would not object Soviet weapons and supplies

the officers to theth present bilateral trade of all kind-would like to preferred agains! establish a pipeline to the nvolving the manner in which agreements being converted in-

their duties to tripartite agreements, they performed Stanleyville province. Antoine during the period immediately the Soviet Union as the third

party-AFT. prior to the disaster."-UPI. Gizenra. army.

requests and Intends to 10 on banning the use of his terri- tury fur gun running.

Informants said this informa-

tion has been

conveyed to

the Foreign Secretary, Lord Home, by the Chief of Stuff

the Sudanese

UAR-liberally equipped with It simply said charges had been

Iefush-neutralist ruler vi

General Hassan Bashir Nasr, Mr Gizenga claims to be the

is on an official visit! rightful

+

who here, General Nasr talked with Lørd

Home last week and will be secing the Lord Privy

Seal, t

successor

Premier

of

slain Patrice

Congolese Lumumba. He is recognised by the UAB and the Soviet Union-AP.

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TRIAL OF LONDON VICAR

with

Dr Thomas claims

Mrs Brandy was 'running after'

him

London, Mar. 20.

"I must tell you in view of the propaganda that has been going on that five people got up and made it completely clear that they would not have this," said Mr Menzies.

"They said You can have the statement but they would not have South Africa and said that every convenient or inconven- ient opportunity would be taken to attack her,

Great vision

I

of the

Advantage

to

"Thee may be other nations," he said, "at some distance from "I am not Dr Verwoczu,

The great centres of military tim nol un apostle apartheid although I have my power, who may find it to their advantage to undertake agred- own immigration polley-but I

ments in his

Uverselves amung am bound to say that

unit

wir have left cer-

arms to taternal place I would

facurity purposes. tainly not later than he did."

"Such agreements," Mr Rusk said, "would help to prevent a diversion of resources sorely needed for economie and social development and would, in ad

to make it less likely that on J question depends whether you think our modern they would be drawn into the ince larger arms race which we are association depends on tolerance kindness and understanding and trying to end."

Mr Rusk also the

suggested long view or upor

ercation of a permanent United popular passions and denunein-

which Nations force

could tion."

move in to restore peace wher- ever a crisis arises.

for the need Pointing up this, he

cited tncidents

Mr Menzies asked, "Has 101 Jias happened strengthened the Coinmonwealth? The answer

to that

the

"Never unti§. this year have we spt in judgement on each other," Mr Menzies said.

In this meeting they had had "the rhetoric and broad sweep- ing statements" one would ex- pect in the United Nations but not in the British Common- wealth."

During his speech Mr Menzies referred often to his faith in the Commonwealth and at the end the guests gave him a standing ovation when he declared:

Applause

"Since my earliest days I have had great vision of what the Commonwealth will stand for.

be

I would hate to see that this is blurred."

"We now have to adopt the Dr. William Bryn Thomas, 62-year-old rule that when we meet we are

London vicar accused at an ecclesiasti-on trial. Next time it may Australia," Mr Menzies said.

"I would not tolerate having cal court here of adultery with a Sunday

these things (Australia's school teacher and indecent assaults, said today he had suspected that the woman, Mrs Elsie Brandy, was "out to attract men.

"

He claimed she was "ruming after him.

Dr

-

policies) discussed by other being lectured by other people,"

people. I would not tolerate

he said to prolonged applause.→ Reuter,

Salvation Army leader dies

Paisley, Mar. 20. Commissioner Norman Dug- gins, Chief of Staff of the Salvation Army, died here to- of day. He was 58.

Brandy and He Bald Mrs

Paret woman Mrs Doris whom he alleged to be in the Mre Brandy, 40, had alleged

"conspiracy" "habitually" in carller evidence that Dr

nobbed towards the boyscout Thoma had had Intercourse

shed at his church saying: "1 with her 75 to 80 times" in his

was a convenient place.” fudy, in his bedroom and in a this Thomas derled

Dr Thomas, other

charges alleging Philosophy, sald indocent arraults on Mr Elianimosity towards his curate. zabeth Neely, wife of his curate, Mr George Netly was "always and two girls aged 13 and 14.

busy when he wished to speakley, England, he was making The Angliein vier alleged to him about his (Mr Neely's) the charges were the result of "compromising behaviour with a "conspiracy"

five Mrs Brandy on the back seat including of a car.

Brandy.

car. and

ACROSS

1 Scold,

5 Smack.

0 Starting place.

10 Bury,

1 Divests.

2 Be informed,

• Broaden.

11 Hurried.

12 Primate.

13 Spleen,

14 Organ.

18 Wholly.

10 Hazard.

21 Prophet,

23 Frightens,

28 Shrink.

29 Insect.

31 Person.

12 Olri.

34 Alighted.

30 River.,

37 Iteconoltre,

38 Contime.

30 Swerve,

40 Disposen of.

3 Withdraw.

5 Guze,

@ Vim.

7 Region.

8 Destroy,

15 Repealed.

17 Position.

10 Curve.

20 Joke,

22 Anima).

24 Carnivore.

25 Commençes. 27 Motor pari.

20 Amphibians. 20 Singer.

30 Besides.

33 Transaction.

33 Chill,

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD - Across: 3 Cracked,

Demure, Endures, 9 Iced, 11 Prod, 12 Addle,

7

16 Seen, 10

between

people in his parish

a

he

Doctor

bore

no

the curate and Mrs

He added "I could not feel he claimed to have whom caught committing adultery to cheerful when I had caught the man in a compromising position, gether.

Dr Thomas, bespecinded and he being a married man, with of my Sunday school with thinning hair, today spent one his seventh hour in the witness teachers." box, answering charges brought by his Bishop, Dr Mervyn Stockwood of Southwark.

'PRETENCES'

Ite sald Mrs Brandy bail telephoned him "on various pre- tences."

When asked "Do you really want it to bo beiloved that in pilte of that you could not get him to come and see you?" Mr Thonias repiled "I could not"

Dr Thongs left the witness box afler ten and three-quarter "I felt in my heart of hearts] hours of questioning, spread oyun in those days that they over three days, were preteneus," he added.

When prosecuting counsel running

Rend, 17 Pasle, 18 Pond, 19 Pens, 21 Reissue, 22 Crater, 233 Lassies, Down 1 Idol, 2 Umpires, 3 Creed, 4 Rend, 6 Cauldron, asked him "She was

Dusted, 10 Contents,, 11 Peo, 13 Density, 14 Lad, 10 Spiral, after you?" Dr Thomas replied 18 Peers, 10 Puce, 20.1forn

"yes"

His Anal words were: "L.am innocent, sir."

His Wifo, Mrs Mary Thomas, followed him into the witness box-Tieujer.

ite was second in command of the Salvation Army throughout the world. A resident of Brom-

his first visit to Scotland since

his appointment six months ago. He was addressing a meeting in the Colton-street citadel here

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Recruiting drive in uniforms of 1755

10

York, Mar. 20. The King's

Own Yorkshiro Light Infantry Regiment is to turn back the clock 200 years next month in an attempt to persuade local miners to join the regiment.

Three soldiers-an officer, a sergeant and a bugler-dressed in the scarlet uniforms and wigs of their 1755 counterparts will tour the pit villages on horseback on their recruiting drive. The

the trio of Captain

Hare, the adjutant of a depot of the regiment told reporters:

officer

Tony

Novelty

"Wo are hoping that the novelly of ii ati will project Youug our regiment to the minera.

"Of course wò will still use modern methods but this in by way of a change. We think It will boost recruiting year."

thla

This King's Own Yorkshire

yesterday when he collapsed. He Light Infantry Regiment has a taken to the Paisley reputation for successful re- infirmary, where he died.-UPI.cruiting It claims that it has

recruit more

young regular soldiers-800 in two years-with methods than Britain considers that August its highpowered

London, Mar. 20,

I would be a satisfactory date any other infantry regiment in for the resumption of East Britain-China Mail Special.

West dispriaument negotiations provided

govern- the Soviet ment agrees, Mr Edward Heath, Deputy Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons today,

in reply, lo, à question.

He added that the govern- ment recognised no disarmin- ment

Would bo agreement "ultimately entirely” spurfac- tory unless the Chinese govern- ment in Peking werD olated with 1---Hauter.

ABROM

CARY GRANT

DEBORAH KELA

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