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   Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                I tog 24 the stars and stripes a Korea halts talks on ties with Japan Tokyo up the Republic of Korea broke off negotiations aimed at establishing Normal relations with Japan Friday in Quick re action to japanese Cabinet endorse ment of a plan to repatriate korean residents in Japan to communist North Korea. Yiu Tui Hai Rok minister to Tokyo in formed japanese vice foreign minister Hisanari Yamada that the Seoul government considered the talks  the japanese Cabinet endorse ment of foreign minister ail Chiro Fujiyama s repatriation plans Casein spite of warnings of possible consequences by the Republic of Korea. Drastic  in Seoul n government spokes Man said South Korea will resort to any and every drastic measure to frustrate the repatriation plans foreign minister Cho Chung Hhan said his government would bloc the japanese plan with whatever Cost and whatever necessary  the japanese government Mustbe warned that Korea will have to pursue its own interests and that of the unfortunate people Japan is using so cruelly Cho said in statement issued after an emergency meeting of the Korea Cabinet. He did not say what action was planned. But the Rok defense ministry said naval and air forces re ready to go into action at any time. There also were signs that Korea would Cut off Trade with Japan. Commerce and Industry minister Koo Yong Sun. Called the leading traders to an emergency meeting. Sheared apartment tells tale of twister saturday february 14, 1959 3-nation talks on Cyprus set continued from Page i with a greek cypriot president and a turkish cypriot  would be a National As Sembly with 70 per cent of its members drawn from Cyprus 400,-000 greek descended inhabitants and 30 per cent from the Island s100,000 turkish descended Resi dents. Britain is expected in next week s tripartite meeting to approve the plan which also provides for continued British sovereignty Over military bases on the Island. The next step would be a re port to parliament by prime min ister Harold Macmillan s govern ment which would stake its Politi Cal life on the outcome of a debate on British approval of the Zurich Accord. Rooms of in apartment building in a residential Section of St. Louta lie exposed to passers by after mauled by Tiger radioman saved Kuala Bumpur Malaya a minutes after being dragged from his bed and mauled by a Man eat ing Tiger Frank Burdett a new zealand army wireless operator was at his set calling for medical Aid. On Jungle patrol Burdett was resting in his Hammock when the Tiger sprang. It dragged him tothe Edge of a Clearing but let go after being scared off by Rifle shots. An army doctor in Kuala Lum Pur received Bur Delfs radio Mes Sage flew to the Jungle in a Heli copter and airlifted the Soldier Toa Hospital. He is recovering. Venezuela head sworn in Caracas up Romulu Betancourt Venezuela s first freely elected president in 11 years took the oath of office for a five Yea term Friday in inaugural cer Emonie at the National Capitol. Tornado ruins yield half starved dog after 3 Days St. Louis a a whimpering Tail wagging Mongrel dog was dug out of a smashed build ing this Friday the 13th, three clays after it was trapped by these. Louis Tornado. The Small female dog appeared nearly starved but otherwise All right. Workmen who found it said the dog owed its life to the Small sleeping Box in which it was trapped by falling beams. It started wagging its Tail and Licking our hands like mad said r. H. Frederic vice president of the contracting firm working on the building. It was so glad Tosee somebody. It was really a sight to  the dog had been in its cramped quarters in the third floor wreck age of an apartment building for80 hours. Workmen named the dog Tor Nado at least until its owner could be located and promptly gave it a bowl of milk. The dog was found in an apart ment above the Golden Eagle a nightclub near the Center of the worst damage in the Tornado that killed 22 and injured More than300 persons. The Union electric co. And the southwestern Bell Telephone co. Said service was restored to Mostof the buildings not severely dam aged by the storm. Preliminary estimates put the total damage at $12 million. The rear Wall was blown out by a Tornado. Twenty two lost their lives in the twister. A photo doctors report Success in operation on Dulles continued from Page 1 fore making Public their findings Walter Reed Hospital is equipped with a system designed to Speet the time it takes to notify surgeons whether their patient i suffering from a malignancy. The system includes a pneumatic tube connection and closed circuit television Between tin operating room and the Laboratory system described what happens is this the surgeon removes a Sample tissue puts it in the pneumatic powered tub and sends it to the Laboratory there scientists Quick freeze i slice it to Microscope sized particles and search for signs of cancer. The surgeon in the operating room can watch this procedure Rome court adjourns Ingrid annulment Case Rome up a Rome court Friday adjourned Appeal hearings on the annulment of the Ingri Bergman Roberto Rossellini marriage until March 13. Magistrate Francesco Jannitt ordered the one month adjourn ment after a Brief hearing i which he took official cognizance of the fact that miss Bergman has regained swedish citizenship. Both the defense and prosecution asked Ime to examine possible implications of the nationality change in he intricate Case. Flood threat ends in Ohio As ice pack flows into Erie continued from Page 1 along a 20-mile stretch Southwest of Toledo. The 1am swept through Toledo and carried with it a pile Driver a Barge and two sea Rescue boats moored at the Maumee River yacht club. When floes piled up at a new York Central system Bridge Over the River. 20 loaded Coal cars were pushed onto the Span to weight it Down. The Bridge was not dam aged. In other Ohio communities hit by the latest surge of floods Resi dents were returning to their Homes. In Washington president Eisen Hower declared Indiana regions hit by floods a major disaster area eligible for Federal Aid. The declaration applies to the Wabash River area and other regions a Northwestern Indiana on a closed circuit television receiver. Generally it was said a determination can be made in about 20 minutes. State department press chief Lincoln White announced the sur Gery was successful and Dulles immediate Post operative condition was quite satisfactory. White said tissue and fluid were removed during the operation for Microscopical  officials at the Hospital said the tissue and fluid were removed from the ruptured part of Dulles lower left Abdomen. White said Dulles was on the operating table less than an hour. The operation was performed bythe Walter Reed Hospital com mandant maj Gen Leonard . The operation White said was performed by a three Man Tea headed by Heaton. The others were Brig Gen James Forsee chief of surgery and capt Donald Hilton resident in surgery. Witnessed by 3 others he said the operation was witnessed by three other doctors Snyder Brig Gen Francis w. Pruitt chief of Medicine at Walter Reed and or. A. D. Daughton Dulles personal physician. White said three members of Dulles family were at the Hospital during the operation and after wards. They were mrs. Dulles mrs. Allen w. Dulles the wife of he Secretary s brother and mrs. Sleanor Dulles the Secretary sister. White said the Long word used by the doctors in describing the operation Hernor Raphy could be translated into laymen s Lan Guage to mean repair of the  top . Cops demoted in Bookie probe new York Cap new York City police commissioner Stephenp. Kennedy has demoted four top officers of his department which has been hit by a new gambling scandal. A Deputy chief inspector  and a Deputy inspector were broken to the rank of Cap Tain the lowest rank Kenned could give them under civil serv ice rules. A patrolman was fire from the Force hours before his scheduled retirement. Three demotions and the firing were in Manhattan. They came a few hours after a Deputy inspector and two plainclothes patrolmen members of the Brooklyn morals squad were arrested in a Book makers scandal in Brooklyn. After disclosure of the alleged Bookie Shakedown in Brooklyn Kennedy summoned 150 top police officials to his office orders crackdown Kennedy ordered his command ers to Root out corruption in any manner shape or  he told  be severe with gamblers. The three officers demoted i Manhattan had been attached to. The 10th police division in Harlem last March when the commissioner s confidential squad smashed a big numbers Racket ring  were transferred to duties at police Headquarters. Those demoted in Manhattan were Deputy chief inspector Wil Liam j. Mcgowan and inspectors Herbert. Koehler and Edward Hayes. They had been under investigation for almost a year. Kennedy declined to explain Why he. Demoted the three men and. Said he did not want to reflect on their integrity. The commissioner added How Ever the administration of the police department has left some thing to be  the Brooklyn Deputy inspector demoted is Dominick Masella who was arrested with two plainclothes patrolmen on several charges. Those arrested allegedly wire tapped a bookmaking joint raided it and arranged for an arrest on the Street so the Bookie would not be put out of business. Shakedown charged the arrests were engineered bythe Brooklyn District attorney s rackets squad. Aaron Koota assistant District attorney in charge of the rackets Bureau said it seems Clear from All Factor Sand inferences that this was an at tempt to shake Down  the three policemen arrested denied any wrongdoing. The patrolman fired from the Force is Cecil h. Bush 52, who had been on the Force 28 years. He was dismissed hours before he could have picked up a lifetime pension of $3,000 a year. The police commissioner said he fired Bush after Bush admitted taking no action against Bigjim numbers Racket operators in his sector of Harlem. The commissioner said the police department had photographic Evi Dence showing Bush had been  his duty. Shah to visit Denmark Teheran a the Shah will make a state visit to Denmark May 14-16, the Royal court announced. A court source said that during this trip the Shah will visit leveral other european  Britain. The Netherlands Sweden and Austria. Factory work ordered for Budapest students Budapest a beginning this month Budapest High school students will work one Day a week in a factory the official new Agency Mai announced. The practical work program adopted by directors of the municipal schools applies to students 14 to a hungarian University students have been required ,.time to do six months fac tory or farm work before being eligible to take a degree. ,  
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