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, j ; ♦ JNITED PRESS 1 NEWS BRIEFS Seek to Lower Voting Age i: WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26.— Vice- I president Richard M. Nixon said today the f nations 18-to-21-year-olds proved in last r years election campaign that they are an- p xious — and ready — to vote. He made the i, statement as Republican leaders began a drive to lower the voting age in all states from 21 to 18. J Reds Refuse Treaty Talks j LONDON, England, May 26. — Russia failed the first test of the sincerity of the £ Soviet "peace" offensive today by refusing to resume conversations on the Austrian peace treaty. Jacob A. Malik, Soviet am- ] bassador to the Court of St. James, rejected an invitation to meet here tomorrow with x deputy foreign ministers of three western nations. | To Probe New York-New Jersey Waterfront s WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26.— Attor- , ney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., an- « nounced today a federal grand jury in New t York City on June 9 will began an investi- i gation of the racket-ridden New York-New j Jersey waterfront. Shoot Down Twelve Red Planes i SEOUL; Korea, May 26. — American Sabre jets shot down 12 Communist MIGs i and damaged a thirteenth today in blazing dogfights over North Korea. It was the sec- 1 ond time this month the Sabrejets had ac- I counted for an even dozen Communist- ] made jets. The record for a single day is 13. 1 Oust Romanian Diplomat WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26.— The : United States today ordered a Romanian ] diplomat kicked out of the country for try- j ing to blackmail an American who risked ] the lives of his two sons by refusing to spy 1 for the Communists. The state department told the Romanian legation to arrange "im- mediate departure" for Christache Zambeti, J first secretary of the legation. ■ Dulles and Top Turks Hold Conference ANKARA, Turkey, May 26. — United J States secretary of state John Foster Dulles conferred today with Turkeys Premier Adnan Menderes and Foreign Minister Fuat Koprulu on this nations role in NATO and in Western defense. Reynaud Seeks New French Government PARIS, France, May 26. — Paul Reynaud, , last premier before the fall of France in . 1940, announced today he would try to form . a new government to represent the French at the forthcoming Big Three talks in Bermuda. Ask Stay of Execution for Rosenbergs WASHINGTON, D. C, May 26.— Counsel ; for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned atomic spies, today asked Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson to stay their execution so ! a fourth appeal can be made to the Supreme Court.
