European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse 196 the Star and stripes Page 3/ \ i \ \ \ i a \\okl1 British envoy leaves China Tiong Kong up sir Donald Hopson walked out of com a mint China wednesday a smile on his lips and Mao tse Tung 7"n.anda blaring behind 53-Yea old charge d affaires strode briskly across a Border Bridge into Hong Kong after a two Day air and rail trip from peking and Lold newsmen he was glad to be out. A year ago sir Donald and his staff were attacked on the legation grounds by oui in Rod guards who burned Down the office building and assaulted the envoy at the height of Mao tse Tung s cultural revolt for three months members of the British diplomatic Mission were forbidden to leave their besieged quarters except on rare occasions. Sir Donald was ostracized from official state functions and his request to leave China was ignored for seven weeks. Reds propose inter sputnik United nations up the communist bloc has pro posed a global inter sputnik space network to rival the Western dominated Intelsat relay system. A draft International treaty was submitted to Secretary Thant by the soviet Union and its seven East european treaty would create an International organization called inter sputnik open to All states to own or lease communication satellites and ground control stations an link National monitoring and relay installations. Hussein to have tumor surgery Amman up King Hussein of Jordan will Fly to Brit Ain saturday for minor surgery to remove a tumor from his jaw the Royal Palace announced. The32-year-old Monarch is suffering from a chronic tumor near a right molar of his upper jaw. A inflammation of the upper jaw and resulting complications Leto the calling in of a team of foreign specialists who recommended surgical treatment the announcement said. An Aii Chi Chi to try try again London up Moscow zoo s giant Panda an an will be flown to London aug. 30 in another determined attempt to mate him with the London zoo s female Panda Chi Chi British euro Pean airways announced wednesday. The new bid to mate the Only two pandas in Captivity out Side China follows an attempt which failed in the summer of 1966. On that occasion Chi Chi was flown to Moscow and spent several weeks in a Cage adjoining an an s but rebuffed the russian Panda s advances. Romania decries intervention Bucharest up romanian president and party Leader Nicolae Ceausescu said wednesday that Warsaw pact forces must not be used for intervention in the internal affairs of any treaty member nation. Ceausescu made this statement tin a speech before newly graduated officers of the romanian army. The text of his address i was published by the official romanian news Agency can be no justification for admitting in any Way these of armed forces for intervention in the internal affairs of any of the Warsaw treaty Mem Ber countries Ceausescu statement came on the eve of an official visit to the czechoslovak Reform leaders who had been exposed to Strong soviet military pressure to ease their liberalization program. Canada opens military Tele net Smith Falls ont. Up defense minister Leo Cadieux Nas inaugurated a military Telephone network that he said would five Canada s armed forces one of the most versatile and protected communication systems in the Center of the Canadian switched network at this town a Miles Southwest of Ottawa is one of nine to be completed across Canada by the fall of 1969. Fun m Nadian Swit network can will be linked in the jail with the worldwide automatic voice network Auto Ona defense communication system that links . Military installations in 14 countries. Deny tax spying for . . Conference hears warning that space age May be wasted Vienna up the firs United nations conference on the peaceful uses of outer space opened Here wednesday to a warning that Mankind threatens to squander the space age As it already has misspent the atomic age. Seventy four National delegations to the 14-Day Congress will report on and study Down to Earth applications of techniques developed for flight to outer space. But Leonid h. Butakov a rus Sian who is under Secretary Gen eral of the United nations warned the conferees that regrettably most people and coun tries have not been Able to fully participate in or even compre Hend the deep meaning of these spectacular achievements. In space science and tech have already lost Valu Able time that can never be re gained Butakov declared and unless we act soon the space age like the atomic age will witness waste an danger As a result of Mankind s inability to exploit technical pro Gress for its economic and so Cial is everybody s Hope that As the first decade of space was devoted mainly to developments in space science and technology the next decade will be known for the application of these developments for the Benefit of Mankind Butakov went arc hopeful that discus Sions Here will help to dispel the impression that outer space is unrelated to the earthly prob lems of nations. Developments in the area of space communications meteorology Earth resource surveys for example will greatly and Vance the dissemination of in formation mass education Wea ther modification and control location and identification of food and Mineral resources. It i evident that the exploration of Ouer space is closely related to problems of developing Bernap Lermont denied the Swiss gov in parliament Tina i "vi1ivv1 pc liar Elf in that it was conduct lax spying on american am income in Switzerland . Internal confirmed mat u has been inform internal Revenue residi.1 l 7ulary on american resist its declaration of income Tlle of service government earned inside the United government explained this arrangement was stipulated i article 16 of the 1951 Swiss Amer ican agreement to prevent double taxation under which a . Citi zen abroad continues to pay taxes on his american income to the . Authorities while the country of residence taxes him Only on his income outside the United states. Bon voyage actress Elizabeth Taylor and husband Richard Burton stand on the Steps of a boat train at Waterloo station in London before leaving for Southampton to Board the liner Queen Elizabeth for a voyage to new York. A photo red Cross answers critics of its Biafra Aid Vatican Cit names eucharistic Mission d ule world j of he Mission with in the Congress Sund a would sum i to fid solutions to common social pontifical Mission led by Giat Omo Cardinal i Erraro re tired archbishop of Bologna leaves will Fly to Bogota on aug. 22the first Pope to visit latin America to speak at the Congress and to open u Genera conference of latin american Bishops. Geneva a the inter National red Cross committee hit Back sharply wednesday a critics of its biafran operation and called mercy flight by other organizations a o t meaningful and not Swiss Diplomat August charge of coordinating the committee s Aid program Tolda news conference that the Best Prospect for helping millions of people in Biafra is now a completely neutralized Airstrip on biafran territory and in full control of the All Swiss commit the first time there is a Concrete possibility Sai Lindt. The Airstrip was proposed by the biafran and Lindt added i expect an answer very rapidly from the Federal govern ment in but he stressed that All flight must be under strict red Cross control. Any other organization Sjo Ning in the operations would have to lend their planes to there Cross but they will get full credit Lindt Why the red Cross has grounded Relief flights because of Federal antiaircraft fire while other organizations Are still Fly ing Lindt said sharply you Tell me the name of any other International organization which is making effective Relief to Biafra. J there Are other flights. But i however courageous the people concerned May be. They Are not meaningful. This is not effective i help. It s a Beautiful Effort and i the pilots must be these organizations do not have to take the responsibility for the Overall Relief i Lindt said that millions need Aid in Bodi Federal held territory and Biafra but he said it was not possible to estimate How Manv Are doing. Bonn Canada will discuss troop costs Bonn up West Germany and Canada will open talks in october on a Canadian claim for Exchange compensation to match the Cost of the 9,000 Canadia troops stationed in this country official sources the Bonn government s attitude is reserved both because the government is Short of funds and because the Canadian claims considered exaggerated. Officials said that the canadians in their first contacts with the West German government. Estimated the Cost of the Cana Dian troops in this country at �300 million a year. Though the germans under stand that Canada will not de Mand full compensation for this amount the Canadian figure appears Way out to them by com Parison with the s725 million Exchange compensation the unite states is to receive during 196s 69 for its entire army and Airi Force in Germany estimated at 200,000 men. Officials said that fans Cor schiffers head of the Bonn de sense ministry s armaments division will therefore mainly sit and listen to Canadian proposal during the first round of talks. Canada has raised a claim for Exchange compensation for the first time while the United states and Britain have receive compensation by armaments orders or German purchases . And British government Bonds for years. 1st Bra Ilia 11 Cardinal Dies Salvador Brazil up Augusto Cardinal Alvaro de Silva of habit who was the first brazilian Cardinal died Arl wednesday. He was 93. Priest is suspended for opposition to ban Cork Ireland a a Lead ing Irish theologian has been i suspended from preaching and hearing confessions because of opposition to Pope Paul s ban on artificial contraception. He is the Rev. Or. Jame Good professor of theology at University College Cork. The suspension was imposed by the roman Catholic Bishop of Cork and Ross the Rev. Or. Corneliu Lucey. J the action is the first of it kind in Ireland where 95 per cent of the imputation is Roma Catholic j or. Good last week called the papal encyclical on birth control a major tragedy and said i have no doubt that the Docu ment will be rejected by the majority of Catholic theologians and Catholic people. For my own part As a teacher of theology philosophy and medi Cal ethics. I cannot see my Wayto accepting the teaching on contraception put Forward in Church sources said that de spite the suspension. Or. Good will retain his academic appoint ments am will be Able to Cele brate mass at the Cork Parish to which he is attached
