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i ; UNITED PRESS NEWS ROUND-UP - FOREIGN: Denmark Rejects Soviet Invitation LONDON, England, June 22. Denmark today rejected a Soviet invitation to a conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy in Moscow one month before the United Nations sponsored Atoms-for-Peace conference in Geneva. Denmarks Academy of Sciences said Danish physicists would be too busy preparing for the U. N. meeting in August to attend the Moscow conference publicly announced only" yesterday. More Airmen Would Flee With Chance SEOUL Korea, June 22. Two native airmen who escaped yesterday from Communist Korea said today many more of the 250 to 300 Russian-trained airmen stationed along "MEG alley" would flee if they got the chance. Capt. Lee Woon Yong and Lt. Lee Eun Sung said a high-ranking officer of the Red Air Force in Korea was captured and shot when he tried to escape several days ago. The Korean newspaper Yun Hap quoted the two refugees as saying "many of. our pilots want to come here, but are afraid to." Wagner Visits Greek Capita! ATHENS, Greece, June 22. New Yorks mayor, Robert F. Wagner, arrived in Athens today by air from Tell Aviv, Israel for a two-day visit to the Greek capital as the official guest of Athens mayor, Paf-sanias Katsotas. Wagner was met at Athens Airfield by Katsotas and by representatives of the U. S. Embassy in Athens. The New York mayor announced on his arrival here that he will invite the mayor of Athens to visit New York. Israel, Egypt Condemned by Commission JERUSALEM, Israel, June 22. The United Nations announced today that both Israel and Egypt were condemned last night by the Israeli-Egyptian mixed Armistice Commission for the May 21 exchange of gunfire in the Gaza strip area. The commission found that an Israeli patrol fired on an Egyptian outpost in the Gaza strip at almost the same time the Egyptians opened fire on a routine Israeli patrol. Queen Launches New Empress of Britain CLYDEBANK, Scotland, June 22. Queen Elizabeth today launched a new "Empress of Britain" built by some of the same Scottish shipwrights who assembled the first just a half century ago. With a splash of champagne and the traditional toast, the Queen sent the new 24,000-ton Canadian Pacific liner surging into the River Clyde. "God bless this ship and all who sail in her," the Queen said. Scelba, Pro-Western Government Resign ROME, Italy, June 22. Italian Premier Mario Scelba and his pro-Western government resigned today. The premier handed the resignation of his middle-of-the-road coalition to President Giovanni Groonchi this afternoon, plunging Italy into a political crisis at a critical stage of world affairs. i . m.i in mi iTTlii i 7 NATIONAL: Hooyer Predicts-O.K. of Recommendations NEW YORK, N. Y., June 22. Former President Herbert Hoover predicted today that Congress will approve most of the recommendations of his commission on government re-organization even if they "step on a lot of toes." Hoover commented on the work of his group in an interview carried in a Colliers Magazine article entitled "Report on the Hoover Commission," by New York Herald Tribune correspondent Robert J. Donovan. Eisenhower on Speech-Making, Fishing Trip WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22. President Eisenhower left by plane today for. a six-day speech-making and fishing trip to New England immediately after making a switch in the Armys civilian high command. The president left at 11:20 a. m., EDT, aboard his old plane, the Columbine n. the same plane on which he flew to Korea after his election in 1952. He used the older plane because it is 18 feet shorter than the new Columbine HL and better suited for the shorter runways in New -England. His first stop is Rutland, Vt. Miss Donlon Judge of U.S. Customs Court WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22. President Eisenhower today nominated Mary H. Donlon, prominent New York Republican, to be judge of the U. S. Customs Court. Miss Donlon, a lawyer, is a member of the New York State Workmens Compensation Board. She is a former chairman of the New York State Industrial Board. She was active in several political campaigns, on behalf of former New York Goy. Thomas E. Dewey. Urge Rejection of McCarthy Resolution WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously urged Senate rejection of a resolution by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy on grounds -that the measure expresses "lack of confidence" in President Eisenhower. The Wisconsin Republican is asked the Senate to adopt a resolution demanding that the United States call off the forthcoming Big Four "summit" meeting unless Russia agrees to discuss the issue of Soviet satellites. Ike Names Brucker Successor to Stevens WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22. Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens resigned today and President Eisenhower named former Gov. Wilber M. Brucker of Michigan to be his successor. Eisenhower accepted Stevens resignation which was for "per- sonal reasons" with "deep regrets." He praised Stevens for his work in the Army post during the last two and a half years. Brucker, 61, has been serving as general counsel of the Defense Department since April 1954. Suggests Polio Fight for Young Adults WASHINGTON, D. C, June 22. Dr. Albert B. Sabin said today the nation must aim its polio fight at the prevention of paralysis among young adults as well as children. Sabin, polio authority from the University of Cincinnatti, told a House subcommittee his studies show that 85 per cent of Americans between 21 and 30 years of age have "no demonstrable immunity" to all three types of polio.
