The Daily News (St. John's, N.L.), 1957-12-14

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Vol. 64.   No. 272
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 195? (Price 5 cents) •
Charles Hutton & Sons
Maker Hopeful Over Summit Meet
Kills
h\ Least  350
mptf-
Iran—AP—A violent earthquake
and .villages high in the moun-
n Iran Fridoy.   Unofficial reporti
!|,ist 330 persons were killed and several
d iojured-
„uake liil before dawn, tumbling houses
,,1(5 thousands homeless in the snow and
jl, earth shook for two minutes.
■rJti'l reports placed the centre at Sehneh,
I piles southwest of Tehran.   Sehneh lies
' sot Shah Pass, which cuts through 10,-
loimtaiiis between the cities of Hama-
Kermanshnli.
villages in thatI damage and no casualties, n
10'irn'de.cribcd i ports reaching the cap tal said.
9S Daultabad.! The earthquake was described
Sdineli Oilier: ns equal in violence o the one
'the area re- ■ that hit in thc Caspian Sea area
m Kanstavar.! north of Tehran last July. That
shock killed about 2,00p persons.
Mlier small set-' A sharp enrthquak also hit
(arid badly bal-!Athens and environs n Greece,
cracking  or  slightly  damaging
lo the were no reports of casualt
as thc Lights went out in a large i
ss food of Alliens and there vvas »(
km re-1 panic. Seismographs in Tur
|tfB_. ran.d down ! recorded quakes but there w
s. Hamidns.   was
Main  Controls
iirogen Reaction
C'\Z
Britain thc green light. Accordingly, what one American described as "an important If not
revolutionary" advance in thermonuclear research ihortly will
be made public by the British.
SOUUGHT WAY FOR YEARS
_ known that British scientists have been working for
thods to develop con-
to withstand the treat let loos  by • hy-
ii. li scl- drogen explosion.
Harwell; If the British scientists have
has been, discovered .
rural «-.ek.. Thc j controlling the energy produced
so known! ip hydrogen explosions, the in-,
nnouncc-' dustrial and peaceful  !
{would be difficult to rr
airs and might,  for example,  avoid the
11 s>:re. • s need to use scarce and eostly
it ANEMIA VICTIM 17
j TORONTO (CP) - Bill Hayts,
o 17 - year - old collegiate student,
i-; died Friday of anemia. When he
o. took sick some time ago, doctors |
id he needed      ' '   ' "   J '
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—Actress Natalie Wood displays the engagement ring given to her hy Robert
Wagner (centre) to an approving Frank Sin'alra on Tuesday—the first day'she wore the ring. The
young couple announced their engagement a few days ago but have not decided on a place and date
for the wedding.    Sinatra and Natalie arc co-starring in a film, "King Go Forth".—IN Photo.
U. S. To Launch:
Half-Ton Space Missile
Refuse  Disclose
Date   Launching
|Warmer
In Florida
TAMPA, Pla. (AP) - Florida';
vacationers and crop raisers happily greeted a warming trend Friday that ended a record-breaking
arly cold snap.
Generally fair and cold weather
remained throughout thc eastern
United States, but the two - day
was over in the Florida I
Early F r i d,
dipped Into the zus over mui
the croplands of north and
tral Fllrids, with a low of 1!
grees at Cross City. The freezing
._ temperatures |
      _ citrus orchards,
and  destructive to unprotected
garden produce.
ft&toh development day. Friends at East York Col- days by federal-state  orecasters
"'■ -        !legiate  appeared for help and permitted  produce   farmers   to
- hei more than 100 students donated I make forced harvests and take|
ml Canada have'blood. I other action to minimize '
h Wil
fJOOSNELt;
iisan w
|-The Profires- j
in Vote Confidence
jLiberalsn however, p
government appeal from being
!defeated. Only 26 of the 105 I"- ■
rals were In their seats for
Some Conservatives aunted
concealed Liberals, after the *
"   houts of: "Okay boys, you)
! SARCASM FOR GREEN
But earlier, Opposi lon mei
bers hurled sarcastic remarks
Works Minister Howard Green,
government House leader, as he
called for an appeal against Mr,
pr Agrees Meet
[Subway Strikers
pi.1uBm I
\f*> hand
'he had
made that is just to them,,
there Isn't the slightest hope ofl
getting the men back to work oa
an unconditional   surrender
by the Transit Authority ai 64
per cent nohnal, beat since the
strike began Monday. Mob scenes
common ■earlier In the week have
'This is restoring the glories ..
Parliament, I suppose said J.W.
Pickersgill <I_-Bonaviata - Twillingate) in an obyioui reference
to election campaign speeches by
Prime Minister Diefenbaker.
Stanley Knowles,' deputy CCF
{reductions.
n Argue  (CCF - Asslnl-
boia)  touched  It off with  an
moved to Montreal
tawa early next year, t
(charge d'affaires '
WASHINGTON (AP)-T
defence department
siles chief disclosed Friday the I
"rsited States is planning Jo put
half - ton earth satellite into
rbit. But he didn't say when.
William M. Holaday also told
..ie Senate preparedne s subcommittee the government has given
  lal priority" to perfecting
.... ...tcrmediate range ballistic
missile and'the intercontinental!
range ballistic missile
'We are accelerating th
>gram," he added. The Atlas Is
ICBM designed to carry
1,000 pound satellite. Holada;
said this involved "technica
questions."
"Well, the Russians did It,'
Weisl told him.
Polish
...... _ d Fri-
day. When this happens, Poland
also wil'             '
Leaves For
NATO Parley
OTTAWA-CP - Prime Minister Diefenbaker said Friday freedom will be preserved
only if there is a-realization that unity must be
preserved by NATO powers.
Mr. Diefenbaker spoke in the Commons
after Opposition party leaders extended food
wishes lo him and his cabinet colleagues who
will attend the NATO council meeting at Paris.
He expressed hope there will be a rededl-
cation to NATO aims and that new unity will In
achieved.
External Affairs Minister Sid-1
ney Smith left for Paris last
night. Mrm Diefenbaker, Defence [
Minister G. R. Pearkes and Finance Minister Fleming were
leave Friday night..
Opposition leader St. Laurent
ss Hois
in feel
nd him the support   "
md the public.
St  Laurent spoke of Can-
e from time lo time between
's engaged
•s of countri
lommon pursuit.
>e disagreements, he said,
nwcighed by the general de-
f all members ot the organ-
i to promote and try to se-
COLDWELL LAUDS SM1T H
CCF leader Coldwell said he Is |
lad to hear External Affairs
istcrSmith say that some
negotiate "
Martin To
ie Pearson
BULLETIN
WINDSOR (CP) - Hon. Paul
Martin, 12-year veteran in Liberal cabinet ranks, announced
Friday his candidacy for party
leadership. •
Martin, 54. bilingual mem-
Parliament for Essex East
meeting of 250 of hi
"No ns
OPE GOES SHOPPING
WINNIPEG <CPI-One of two eral party leadership) but as I
monkeys that escaped from a! am now being asked as to my in-
cage in a downtown department! lention I feel that I should say
is recaptured Friday. I thai I would regard it as my duly
|Tenna. a female, was discovered I to be available if. as events un-
t-irmi|.h ladies' ling- i fold, it lhcn seemed there was a
bargain basement.     I substantial desire that I should."
those with whom we have been
at variance over the years in order that the world may be protected from the threat ef destruction."
He said that never before has
NATO met with "more eyes of
Mr. Coldwell said more could
bc done to unite NATO through
increased trade among its 15
members.
Solon Low. Social Credit leader
said if the Paris meeting can result in an extension of trade "wi
can see some light at the othci
end of the tunnel."
"J think that representatives ol
the nations attending this meeting must go to unusual lengths in
seeking ways of removing fear,
because I believe that today fear
's the greatest cause of world ten-
lion," said Mr. Low.
Mr. Diefenbaker said he was
'deeply grateful" for the expressions of good wishes.
"That we  can meet it this
ance retains its basic strength
and vitality and that its principals
still retain a basic similarity of
point of view." -     i
Eskimo Is
Rescued
TRENTON, Ont. (CP) - The
RCAF search headquarters here
e RCAF conducted an aii
hc was reported drifting or
Holaday was the fi st witn
called when the Senate group
sumed investigating of why the
United States has falen behind
"  in the missile and satellite
...  „ ...___.._ that
made a mistake" in not usini
army's successful Jup ter-C missile, an IRBM, to. put a satellite
into orbit as early as September,
1956. The first Soviet Sputnik
went up last Oct. 4.
The army now has been assig-
ed to get a satellite up ■'"-    !
modified Jupiter - C as si
ossible.
The defence department';
siles director said the U. S. has
a ability" as Russia to
| launch a large-sized satellite. It
was at this point that he disclosed
ihe plans to send up a half-ton
object. Sputnik II, wth its dog
aboard,  was report J '-  *"
ilghed  slightly  m
Edwin Weisl, committee coun
il. asked Holaday ..whether th
I beyond w h is t" tha "government I United States has a motor or mo
■■'—J 'tors with enough thrust to lift s
INDONESIA:
Army Chief Orders Halt
Seizure Dutch Businesses
By JAMES WILDE
JAKARTA, Indonesa (API-
Indonesia's army chle ordered
halt Friday night to he seizure
of Dutch businesses and threat-
ned severe punishment if his or-
ers were disobeyed. The effect
f  his   decree   rmained to   be
The action of Maj-Gen. Abdul
Haris Nasution, army chief of
" ' announced after Pr.esi-
rno, smiling but tense,
madea personal appearance to I
disprove reports that he had been
' J by a triumvirate and made
oner of the army,
ier, It was ann unced the
i 56-year-old president is leaving
the country within a week to recuperate from exhaustion.
Premier Djuanda, a Socialist
jn-party man, asked parliament
and Gen. Naustion s
tually will run things
These contradictory statemes
left observersin the dark as
<hat was happening behind the
(Indonesian shares on the Am-
terdam stock market, which
.ok a spurt Thursday on the
basis of the ouster rumor, continued to rise Friday.
Nasution's orders to all
military commanders directed
them to "take super.isoi.
trol" of seized Dutch enterprises |
and to bring all problems in con-
j nection with the sup rvision to
"semilitary andthe government,
It further directed militaw aa-
sinistrators to "mobilize experts,
including Dutch citizensn under
martial law regulations" to en-1
he smooth operation of the
supervised firms, but not to em-
1 iyed Dutch nationals formerly
the armed services or ii' "'
gence. He said this restricti
"ir security reasons.
The order against seizing
lore Dutch businesses saic
ases of firms already taken over
1 workers will be r settled by
ic military.
Government spokesmen already
have declared Dutch plantations,
banks, shipping and other firms
seized by their employees would
Gen. Naustion and other (ov
rnment leaders previously tried
to put a brake on "unauthorized"
IN U. K.
The Week's News In Review
Canada'! L. B. Pearson, In
islo to receive tho Nobel prize
>r 1957, warned the West against
"trench warfare" ments'"- ,_
but also from wisdom and
fidence in ourselves."
Frank, serious and complete
exchanges of views should be
__.. ......^ for the pgjjy of ..
Paris, starting Monday, Premier
Buiganin of Russia called again
•"' an East-West "   '
:e to "outlaw i
n a move widely nterprcted
__ an attempt to jolt the NATO
talks, Buiganin also promised
Russia would quit nuclear tests
"    ■      Brits'
nin did the same.
On the heels of Bulganin's
flurry of letters to W stern gov-
is to I
swering "mlssilevwlth missile, in-
.     suit with insult and ban wlth|
in said business was back ban," Such exchanges were espe-
normal and that absentee- dally needed between Washing-
Ism in offices and plants was no ton and Moscow, the former ex-
'inger a problem. At the height ternal affairs minister said.
f the strlke'buslnejs lossi  .---.—
estimated at 12,000,000 a
all 82 United Nations members
warning that the "danger of
.ear war has greatly increase
It was clear that the Russians
ould do everything possible to
ie Paris m
Violence erupted once more i
Cyprus, timed to coincide with
United Nations debae on tls
"ite of the British co ony.
British troops and police went
..ilo actiott repeatedly against the
stone-throwing rioters many of
them students and youths. Arrests and injuries climbed into
ie hundreds.
Leaflets circulated by the Eoka
organization, which backs thej
Greek Cypriot claim for union
with Greece, denied reports that
"loka had broken its "truce" with
_e British.
Eoka said that instead it was
reciprocating continued violence
■by security forces and the Turk-,
Ish minority population. '
against the Dutch became steadily more serious and threatening,
and spread uneasiness among
British and American residents
of the 3,000-island republic.
Dutch refugees began arriving
by air in. Singapore, and there
also was some evacuation of
American families.
Indonesia stepped up demands
West New Guinea, a half
remaining under Holland',
from  what  was   formerly  the
Dutch East Indies.   '
In the midst of the crisis, Indonesia announced' President Su-
." country
for what was described officially
A-Bomb Blast
Kills Scientist
LONDON AP) - The  	
Atomic   Energy   Authority   said
I Friday a nuclear fire killer
scientist and   lightly
Wednesday.
about possible h
siunities around the big atomic
,'eapons research establishment j
t Aldermaston, the AEA described it as "only a tiny inci-
radiati
volved in the accident" the announcement said. It explained the
fire took place in a small experimental furnace whicji. became
overheated, s
Aldermaston, 45 miles west of|
London, is linked with the nearby
Harwell scientific station as r "
aih's key centre for re earch
atomic and hydrogen
 rest. Parliamentary Speaker    The announcement was made
Sutarno was to be sworn fn as just two months after wide	
acting president. of northwest England were
(Continued on page 10)     lered with radioactive iodine from!
a runaway plutonium pile in the .
Windscaie nuclear factory. ;
No onc died in that first nu-
countryside were declared a _._.
ger zone for milk production. I
roused  considerable   anxiety  ii
r plants scattered around
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