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n British Atom Explosion Near Australia Termed Successful Br GORDON TAIT . CANBERRA,, Australia un Bri tain exploded an "atomic device" Wednesday in a test in Hit Monte Bello Islands off the coast of West Australia. The test was termed successful but there was no indica tion of the nature of tht device. British spokesmen laid last month the blast would be deto nated on a tower. There have been reports it might be a type of "trig Iter" for hydrogen bomb test Britain is expected to hold late this year. Supply Minister Howard Beale announced that an "atomic device was successfully exploded" at 1:51 p.m., Eastern Australian time, and said "all safety precautions are in operations He added that "scien- ttific records are beinf collected i for accurate evaluation." j The current series of atomic , tests is the third conducted by Bri ! tain. The first Brijlsh atomic blast was set off in tht Monte Belles in 1 1952. The second test series vas 'carried out at the Woomera Rocket Range on the Australian mainland in 1953. 'Leu Than l 193 An announcement last month said the radioactive fallout from the third test) would be less than ; occurred in the 1952 explosion in the island chain 12 miles off the northwest coast of Western Aus tralia. Reports from the explosion area said the blast sent an atomic cloud soaring high into the air -and pre- IllWOf MUP' 1 I , H - , Pomp I '.' .. Jimm la I iff Mm (Hum ,. . ;v. I I tt i hat Mai ia nte n ? J a ' Cet lltn olr lip! J- ! vailing winds swept it out over the Indian Ocean, away frem the mainland. Reporters at the town of Onslow, 10 miles from the explosion site. 'said the blast gave off a bright 1 flash followed by a mtishroom I shaped cloud. The rapidly swelling cloud took the shape of a woman's I head, they reported, and vapor ( trails from jet planes roaring jn to I investigate the cloud became vis I ible. . " , . "Z" FtrinatUa I Seven minutes after the report era saw the flash, they said a I thunderous rumble rolled in across i the ocean, causing a slight vibra tion in Onslow. A quarter of an hour later the cloud had drifted into a giant "Z" formation extend ing from the horizon upward into the clouds. Only a handful of scientists and officials knew the real significance of the blast. Speculation on the type of device included the theory that it might hive been an atomic bomb warhead for a guided mis sile. All ships and aircraft had been warned to keep well clear of the Monte Bello area. Persons on hand for the test included about 1,000 onusn servicemen, including a Royal Air Force team of 24 air craft and 500 mechanics and fliers. To Produce H-Bombt Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union are the only na tions known to have set off atomic explosions. Britain announced in February, 1955, that she had solved the secret of the hydrogen bomb and would join the other two big powers in producing H-bombs. Prime Minister Eden earlier this year served notice that Britain in tended to push ahead with its hy drogen bomb development and (aid: "The justification for both atom ic and hydrogen bombs is that they are deterrents so awful no country will risk their use against itself. If there is less fear of world conflict today this is due to the deterrent of nuclear weapons." His statement, to a Conservative party rally, was interpreted as a blunt rejection of previous Soviet calls for an end to H-bomb tests. Coin-Flipping Game Costly For Soldier CHICAGO or A discharged soldier bound for his Montana home told police Wednesday he lost $900 in a coin-matching game to two strangers he met in downtown Chicago. . Gary McCall. 20, of Comertown, Mont., said he met the men after arriving in a railroad station from the discharge center at Ft. Shert dan. north of Chicago. McCall uid he aigned over 1900 in travelers checks before the strangers hurriedly left him. He reported all he had left of his carv ings from two years in the Army was his ticket home and $100 of his discharge pay he kept in cash. Happy Cabbie on Long Trip f. . - - v V st 7r ; Accused Sex Slayer Given Time to Plea MEDFORD Billy Junior Nunn, indicted on a charge of fi-st-degree murder in the sex i slaying of a 14-year-old Klamath Falls boy, was arraigned in Cir cuit Court here Tuesday. Nunn' attorney was given 15 days in which to consider a plea, j which must be entered by May 31. Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna said j the trial date will be set later. Nunn, a 28-vear-old Klamath Falls millworker. is accused ot slaying Alvin William Eacret, : whose nude body was found April , 29 in a remote mountain area , between Klamath Falls and Ash land. Nunn was arrested May 2 in Alturas, Calif., and officers said 'he wrote a statement, admitting the slaying. I Coroner Carlos Morris said the Eacret boy had been molested sexually. '--.). 0r' ... . . 1 . t . j . ,1 Hn - ' ' i I I 4 , .,ita.i',i-'.'ij.'i , ' ' ' & ' ' i- k vr7r'sta.---'.,r' OAKLAND, Calif. Taxi driver Raymoad F. GUbert, l Wiakegia. DL. miles happily after winding up a 2.7N mil trip here tram Waake gaa and collecting tab for $1,350. Hii aasaeager waa Mrs, Arteea An drew, wife of Victor J. Aadrew, rhatrmai tf (ha baard f Aadrew Corparaliaa. Said cabbie Gilbert: "It's the klad a deal aU backiea dream about." (AP WirepbeU) $1,350 Fare Sends Taxicab From Illinois to California Painters Indicate the Moate Bello Islands off coast of West Australia where Britain exploded aa "atomic device" Wednesday. The test waa termed successful but there was ao indication of the nature of the device. (AP Wlrephoto) Jack Dempsey will play the role of an assistant radio broadcaster in "Somebody Up There Likes Me," a film based on Rocky Graz iano's life story. Drying Out Termed ISail-Popping Cause I WASHINGTON -Ever won- ' der what causes nail popping, that I headache for home builders and1 home owners alike? - The principal origin fat failure of nails to hold in dry-wall con struction, says Ralph Johnson, director of the construction de partment and research institute of the National Assn. of Home Build ers, is the drying out and shrinkage of the wood into which, the nail is driven. OAKLAND, Calif. OfV-"The kind of thing that every cab driver dreams about," came true for Waukegan driver Raymond F. Gil berta $1,350 fare to California ai.d back. The fare was Mrs. Arlene An drews, wife of Victor J. Andrews, chairman of the board of Andrews Corp. Manufacturing Company. Gilbert said the return trip wouldn't cost anything since he has to go anyway. However he's get ting $10 a day for expenses while here. ' "Of course," he added, "any side trips in California will cost her the usual rate SO cents a mile." Gilbert refused to identify his passenger but newsmen learned her identity. Gilbert's long ride was disclosed Tuesday when he asked Oakland police where he could find a good local hotel. He told them he had driven his passenger to Oakland via New Mexico and Nevada so she could visit with friends. The ti' took six days. The owner of the cab company, James Schmidt, aaid in Chicago that the -voman had made lengthy trips before. Briton Killed By Cypriots NICOSIA, Cyprus ur-Two Creek Cypriots begged a drink of water from British airmen at the en trance to Nicosia Airport Wednes day, then shot dead a F.oyal Air Force corporal and fled, British authorities announced. The authorities gave this ac count: One of the two men, finishing his drink, fired several times into the guard room . at the airport en trance. Both men raced away be fore the startled airmen could re turn the fire. They were captured when security forces searched the area with bloodhounds and sent an helicopter aloft. The corporal was the third RAF m killed during the 13-month-old anti-British campaign by Greek Cypriots demanding the colony's anion with Greece. He was also the third Briton killed or wounded on the island in the last three days. Statesman, Salem, Org., Thurs., May 17, '56 (Sec I11) Library of Congress Boasts Reader of Moso Manuscript By ARTHUR EDSON AP Newsfeatares Writer WASHINGTON UP - Experts at the Library of Congress, the u'nrlH'i tfrpAlivct pranarv nf kiurar- I ledge, admitted Wednesday that in i nruk fiM m-m Ihpv hi- hen i stumped for 32 years. la 1924 the library was given manuscripts written ia Moso, a rhiiutu riiilert From tim Ia time additional gifts rolled in, especially in IMS wnen vuenun nooseveii gave it 1.073 volumes. Egypt Gives Recognition to Red Chinese CAIRO UB - Egypt Wednesday became the first Arab country to recognize Communist. China The decision was announced after a cabinet meeting. There have been several trade and cultural agreements between Cairo and Peiping, but until Wed nesday all the Arab states had recognized the regime of Chiang Kai Shek, with headquarters on Formosa, as the government of China. All countries in the Soviet sphere of influence recognize Peiping. Other nations doing so are Yugo slavia, India, Burma, Pakistan, Britain, Denmark, Norway, Swe den, Israel, Afghanistan, Nether lands, Indonesia, Ceylon, Finland, Nepal and Switzerland. The government of Premier Ca rnal Abdel Nasser has taken the so-called neutralist course in the cold war. That means recognition of both East and West and trade with both sides. Egypt last year obtained arms from Red Czechoslovakia through Soviet Black Sea ports for its buildup against Israel. At the same time, Egypt Is dickering with the West for projects such as the pro posed Aswan High Dam on the Nile. Police Charge Daughter in Father's Death HOUSTON, Tex. CP-Mary Cath erine Worblngtoa, 13-year-old high school senior, was charged with murder Tuesday after she tald officers she shot her father at the breakfast table. She was released under It. 000 UVIPU. i The girl said she fired a .22 caliber bullet into the back of Clarence Worbington, 41, after he slapped her and threatened ' to whip her with a belt. The girl and her mother testi fied at an inquest hearing before Justice of the Peace John R. Crit tenden. Mary 'Catherine said her father had insisted on sending aa Invita tion to a woman friend at Bryan and that she and her mother ob jected. Sha said the dispute had con tinued "during every meal for the past week" and came up again at breakfast yesterday. , Mrs. Worbington said the quarrel began while she was out buying groceries. Upon her return, she said, she heard her husband cry out, that she ran into the room and saw him clutch his chest and collapse. The daughter said she took a single-shot rifle from a cupboard and fired. Mary Catherine is to graduate next week at Navasota High School, where she was described as popular and a good student Worbington worked as a chauf feur, operating his station wagon as a charter vehicle on vacation trips. Finally the haul added up ta 1351 volumes, and would you be lieve H? Although the library is jammed to its sedate rafters with scholars, not a one could read Moso. After all these years, the ex perts naturally take pride In pre senting Li Lin-Tian, one of tht 20,000 people in the world who can read Moso. . , Chiaeae Falater U is a 42-year-old, slightly built Chinese painter wba became b terested in Moso because in its earlier forma it is picture writing. It appealed to his artistic senaa. Evea after the CommumsU chased him to Formosa, he kept ua his studies. So much so, he coat fessed with a shy grin, that it scholarly- Formosaa circles he has a nickname: ''Moso. . So be was pleased to get a state department grant to spend five months in this country classi fying Moso books, most of which art in the Library of Congress. Read by Priests : j Some 200.000 tribesmen whe Hv in southwestern China, near Tibet; speak Moso. but only about 10 pat cent of them are literate. Mostly, the written works deal with reli gious ceremonies, and the only readers art priests. V One library card made out by U wiU give you tht idea. "Book on suppressing the vicious spirit," Ik reads. Write Like English ' The Moso manuscripts art W special Interest to students of old cultures because the tribesmen hsve kept no muck to themselves. For example, they don't write tike other Chinese,' from right to lefe but at we do ia English, from Ml to right And instead of using 4 brush, they used a stylus resem bling a pen with a groove. ! . U fetched out some manuscripts; and It was easy to tee why schoU ars would find them interesting.' What waa Mickey Mouse doma in these stories tt lonf ago? "The mouse," U said, "means a passage of time. Like years." j And that pretty tiger at the start ot the book . . , : - "That means a long tune ago. LI, who Is better in yesterday's Mono than today's English; fumbled a bit far a better expla nation. His fact lit up when be) found tt. . , ... j "You know. It's like you begiw your stories. It says, "Onct npos s time . . . ,M ,! mm 0 0 Her it is folks ...Our !5fh Birthday and fust to fit iht occasion wt have expand- , d... Ho more Biggest little Market in Town. This is not a crowded little market any more, lots of spacious isles to shop so you can take your time to shop for the items that give you Time and Half for Your Dollar mm a nursday lOTDif s Loads and Loads of Good Things to Eat... Pop, Popsickles, Balloons for the Kiddies (Children Must Be Accom- panied by Parents). Hot Folgers Coffee, Fresh Master Bread. The Ta bles are Loaded With Goodies-Come and Eat. 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