THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1961.
UNITED NATIONS FACES $30M BUDGET DEFICIT
New York, Oct. 5.
The United Nations faces a budget deficit for 1961 of 30 million dollars, the General Assembly's
Budget Committee was told today.
Petitioners
granted hearings
New York, Oct. 5. Over South Africa's objec- tions, the UN General Assembly's Trustcoship
Mr Bruce Turner, the New.. Zealander who Is United Na- tions controller, told the
mitter only 153
of the total
com-
inillion dollars!
United Nations
operating fund for 1061 of 238 intillon dollars d so far been contributed
expenditure
The estimuted includes the cost of the United Nations operations in the Congo from July, 1060, to October, 1001, which the Soviet Union and France are refusing to sup- art.
NO CHANGE
Committee docided today regular United
So far, 72 per cent of the
Nations budget
to grant oral hearings to for 1981 had been paid up, and 13 petitioners regarding 67 per cent of the operation? the situation in South-cost of
west Africa.
the United Nations Emergency Forte" in the Middle
Operation had been
The 13 will be heard when But only about 40 184 crni the Committee debotes that situation Inter in the Assembly's of the cost of the United Nation's current 10th session, South Congo Africa holds the territory under League of Nations mandate and
il over to
has refused to turn UN trusteeship despite refeated demands from the Assembly.
covered.
Mr Turner sold there was no
'May be a matter of days'
SAM RAYBURN CRITICALLY ILL WITH CANCER
Mr
New York, Oct. 5.
Sam Rayburn, veteran Speaker of the House of Representatives, has incurable cancer, an official said in Dallas, Texas, today.
He said It had been revealed
It is all
be
basis to change an assumption in a biopsy of Mr Bayern, made by the Inte Secretory who is 70. General, Mr Dag 1aturskjold, The official said no operation beenuse attempted that the cust of the Congo would South African delegate Ber: operation for 1961 would total"there is nothing they can do. hardus Gerhardus Fourie told 120 million dollars.
him." the commdiftee that to gront the
estimated 30 hearings would violate the "ub million dollars decit for this Judice"
against the yene was ten million less than
court Mr consideration outside the
Hammarskjold's estimate pending before last May. of matters court,
CHARGES
rule
ite said that in similar henr- Ings last year, petitioners had charged South Africa with "cruel repression" and polier brutalities in the territory.
Ambassador Fourie contended
thint
such charges were "ob- viously projudicial" to South Africa's defence in a case now
before the international Couri of Justice regarding the terri
lory.
Ite challenged Ethiopia and Liberia to repen serumtions before the court that might be mude in the hearings. If this is not done," he said, "I would show that these charges cannot be substantiated."
Ethiopia and Liberia have sued in the court for a declara tion that South Afric has violated the mandate by intro- ducing racial segregation In the territory-AP.
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sall the
Missile travels 9,000 miles
Cape Canaveral, Oct. 5. A ship and several plones scorched today for a capsule parachuted into Ocean 700 the Indian
miles southeast of Cape- town from a giant Atlas missile launched here. The successful test flight nearly 9,000 miles was the fourth longest point-to-point
alsete journey.
Three Alias missiles have gone a little beyond 9,000 miles.
Heuter.
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4 Doesn't stop.
5 Ready.
Loothe.
10 Qulding.
11 Do some suit pressing!
13 Washing mit.
14 Spot the name,
18 Arranges to meat.
15 Put.
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Dr Robert Short, who
con
ducted the biopsy, hert earlier today, said a formal bulletin on Mr Rayburn's condition would be issued later today.
rancher
Born in Texos, and always strongly Identified with that state, he is a lawyer by pro-
and a
and farmer fession,
on the comparatively few occasions when he is away from the capital.
rose to Mr Rayburn
pro-i minence on the political scene became speaker in the third term of the Inte Franklyn D. Roosevelt. He also served for many years as the floor chalman at Democratic
when he
2 men shot 3 gunmen escape after
in Cuba
Havana, Oct. 8.
A firing squad at Pinar del Rio, Cuba, today ex- couted tivo men for allegeil- ly leading A counter- revolutionary group and murdering lbree ròvalu- tionaries.
Fourteen other men were sentenced to 20 years fall each. Reuter,
Fianna Fail
takes lead in election
Dublin, Oct. 5. First returns tonight from the Irish National Election indicated Prime Minister Sean Lomoss' Flanno Foil Party may continue to hold an absolute mojority in Parliament.
Final results-or yesterday's balloting are not expected to be announced before tomorrow.
First returns from the 30 constituencies in voling to fill 144 seats in Parliament gave Fianna Fail 10 seats to 3 each Labour for the fine Gael and parties, main opposition groups, plus 1 independent.
Leinase
Deputy Prime Minister, Sean MacEntee, were re-elected.
Robert Briscoe, Dublin's twice elected and Arst Jewish Lord Mayor, retained his Parliament his seal, topping the poll in
and
his
Asked by reporters how long doctors expected Mr Rayburn
live, one of his close assu-party conventions, gavelling the Dublin district with 8,574 votes.
proceedings to order.-Reuter. clates replied:
a "It may br matter of just a few days."
Mr Rayburn, known affec- tionately in Congress as "Mr Sam," has been Speaker in the House longer than anyone else has ever held this post - 21 years.
Western Allies
plan to recognise new
Syrian govt
London, Oct. 5. The Western Allies tonight
ware reported planning a
joint move to recognise the now government of Syria.
Informed diplomats said the United States, Britain, France and other Atlantic Pact and | Commonwealth states probably will recognise the DomaSCUS TC- ime within 10 days-unless its hold on fe country is broken by Some counter-coup before then,
These sources raid the West- ern powers have ran to bellove their lead will be fal- lowed by several Arab, African and Asian countries,
Purpose
The Western. purpose is clear-
cut,
President Gamat Nasser of the Unlied Arab Republic (UAR) has threatened to break relations with nations which re- cognise the new Syrian govern- trent. He already has done no with Turkey and Jordan,
But Western reasoning is that President Nasser simply could not afford to do so if 12, 15 or 30 countries join in a solid body on the leaveAP.
Evils of drink
London, Oct. 5.
of
Dr Donald Soper, former
President
the Methodist Conference, writes in the Methodist Recorder: "I hate the drink trade. It is un- scrupulous, capkalist in the most predatory sense of the word, and degraded.
"I deplore the general aspect of alcoholic indulgence in blunt- Ing the edge like of muml awarɑness and of revolutionary fervour," he said.
Cut out drinking, and death on the ronds would be declmaf- jed, Cut out drinking, and pro- aitution would be more than halved.
"Drink la a colossal social evil."
Dr Super Anys he is a total alcohol abstainer not because
or alcoholic beverages are in themselves evil,
It is because in the present world they #eoliathule such a
CROSSWORD. - Across: 1 Plate-rack, B large-acnlo" Intracé, personal
Arise, 10 Novel, 17 Red, 13 Sue, 14 Code, 18 Cotton, 16 Druma, and social, to the Kingdom of 10 Raplar, 20 idin, 22 And, 23 Ode, 24 Lunge, 20 Pelce, 20 Fur God that the Christian should mulate, Down: 2 Laird, 3 Tied, 4 Ranam, & Civet, 6 Barcarole, abstain from them, se a practical 7 Blanketed, 9 Boeding, 11 'Outside, 15 Cur, 17 Redeem, 19 expression of his fellowship."- Paulo, 21 Deall, 23 Opal.
Cikloa Mali Special.
-AP.
robbing loan firm
San Francisco, Oct. 5.
Three gummen escaped with U.S.$2,500 in cash and around US$3,000
in jewellery today in a holdup of the Provident Loan Association office.
Employees earlier had estimai-
ed as much as U.S.$500,000 in gems had been taken.
Ben Enioti, the teller, Love police the revised figures an hour after three toll, rough- inking men had escaped.
All six-footers
The men, all six-fopters and carrying platois, forced three customers employers and two into a big vault, All were bound with wire except an
elderly woman customer.
One of the men cleaned out
the cash boxes. Another pulled out atl the boxes containing jewels the company held as security on loans. The third other two dumped the loot to man held a bag open as the
the sack.
The entire operation took about five minutes-AP.
Police escort car crashes
NASSER SAYS:
Egypt will not bar Syria's
entry into UN
Cairo, Oct. 5. President Nasser said today Egypt would not impose a diplomatic blocka le on Syria or bar her from membership of the United Nations or the Arab League.
However,
regime,
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he and Egypt, minimuun of charges against
Syrian rebel would not recognise the Syrian the rebel regime until the will of branded previously by him
reactionary and the Syrian people had mani-imperialist,
Heelt.
Presumably feudal.
fested
condemned which had the Syrion
A police car escorting a car Nasser was referring to popular He, nonetheless, carrying oxygen urgently need-elections or a plebiscite similar those government
to the 1938 voting when the already recognised ed for o chlid in hospital was in a crash with a bus at Sydenham Syrlans voted to merge into the rebels. He called Turkey fascist,
United Arab Republic.
Iran pro-Israel, Jordan a feudal Hill, London.
President Nasser's nationwide relic, Nationalist China an out- presidential radio speech
Guotemala was cast, and
a fruit remarkably conciliatory 'with a company government.-AP.
Several bus passengers were
treated for cuts and shock.
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