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: : - ; , UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP FOREIGN: Start Second Offensive Against Rebels SAIGON, Indochina, June 20. The South Viet Namese Army opened a second offensive today against Hoa Hao rebel warlord troops massed in the Cochin-China jungle 85 miles southwest of Saigon. Commandoes struck at dawn in the follow-up phase of the campaign aimed at purging Free Viet Nam of insurgent forces fighting under the banners of Gen. Ba Cut, the pirate of the rice fields. The first phase of the drive resulted in hundreds of wounded rebels, but failed to crack resistance. Water, Telephone Lines Cut on Border TEL AVTV, Israel, June 20. The Israeli Army reported disruption today of water and telephone lines . along the Egyptian border. An Army spokesman said a-pipe-line blast severed the water supply of Israeli desert settlements along the Gaza frontier last night. He added that telephone lines into Kisuffim, the hub of Israeli communications, were cut. The spokesman did not fix the blame, for these latest incidents In an almost daily series of clashes between Israel and Egypt. Donkey Joins Wagner on Jaunt JERUSALEM, Israel, June 20. New Yorks mayor, Democrat Robert F. Wagner, was joined today on a visit to an Israeli tree nursery by an unexpected but appropriate host a little donkey. Wagner, while-walking with a group of Israeli officials, turned and found the little beast following the party. He immediately said he was highly complimented, but was "glad there are no elephants in Israel." Opposition to Peron Continuing MONTEVIDEO , Uruguay, June 20. Officers who fled Argentina following last weeks revolution said today that the fight against the government of President Juan D. Peron is continuing. Diplomatic sources here said Peron may be toppled from power in the wake of the naval revolt. Diplomatic observers here said the evidence available indicates Gen. Franklin Lucero as chief of the "forces of repression" either has, or shortly may, seize the reins of power in his campaign to restore order. First German Airliner Lands in Canada MONTREAL, Canada, June 20. The first German airliner to fly to Canada landed at Dorval Airport near here at 10:18 a. m. EDT today with 73 passengers who had been stranded in Britain by the stewards and stevedores strikes. About half the passengers left the plane here and the rest flew on to New York after a brief stop-over. NATIONAL: Ike Calls on East, West to Still Guns SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 20 President Eisenhower today called on East and West to still their guns and dismantle "the terrible apparatus of fear and distrust and weapons" erected since World War n. Eisenhower appeared at the start of a Tenth Anniversary Meeting of the United Nations here where the U.N. was born in 1945. The Presidents address also was a prelude to the July meeting of the Big Four this country, Great Britain, France and Russia in Switzerland. Makins Thinks Talks May Be Beginning WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20. British Ambassador Sir Roger Makins doesnt think. anyone expects "concrete decisions" to come out of the forthcoming Big Four talks. But Makins said the talks "may be the beginning of a process, the laying out of a jprogram of work. . ... pointing the way in which we may have to resolve" problems with Russia "over a period of months and even of years." Ridgway Nominated for Full General WASHINGTON, D. C, June 20. President Eisenhower today nominated Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway, Army chief of staff, to be retired with the rank of full general. Ridgway, who now holds the permanent rank of major general, will retire June 30. He will be succeeded by Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor. Conant Assures of West Germany Control U. S. Ambassador to Germany James B. Conant yesterday said that West Germany seems determined to keep its new Army "under strict civilian control." This was Conants answer to persons who fear that a re-armed Germany will eventually revive traditional German militarism. Socialists Hail Elections as Confidence PARIS, France, June 20. The radical Socialist Party of Premier Edgar Faure and ex-Premier Pierre Mendes-France today hailed the results of Sundays senatorial elections as a vote of confidence in the government. The radical Socialists were the, biggest winner. The Communists, whose efforts to woo the Socialists were rebuffed, lost one of the three Red seats at stake. The Gaullists lost four of 13 seats in Metropolitan France.
