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UNITED PRESS 1 NEWS — — : BRIEFS NATIONAL: Dulles Admonishes Congress on Aid Cut WASHINGTON, D_. C, May 10.— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned Congress today against making any "reckless" cuts in the administrations proposed .9 billion foreign aid program. He said President Eisenhower and the entire administration regard this program as vital to the security of the nation and the entire free world. Dulles told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that this countrys friends represent a bulwark against the advance of Communism. Ask to Moye Air Command Headquarters WASHINGTON, D. C, May 10.— Reps. John Taber and -Kenneth B. Keating, New York Republicans, today appealed to the House Armed Services Committee to move the Continental Air Command headquarters from,Mitchell Air Force Base to Sampson Air Force Base. The Air Force opposed the plan on grounds that it would cost 20,000 to make the move and cost .1 million a year to maintain Sampson as an additional base. The Ah- Force plans to close down Sampson on July 1. Court Forbids Transit Non-Segregation MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 10.— A court order today forbade this citys transit system, boycotted for five months by the Negro population, to allow mixing of white and Negro passengers. Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones, at the request of the Montgomery City Commission, enjoined the National City Lines from continuing its shortlived integration order. In Chicago, vice-president B. W. Franklin said at the companys headquarters that the "court order will be respected." FOREIGN: Egypt CFTarges Israeli Atrocities GAZA, Egypt, May 10. — Egyptian authorities charged that Israeli soldiers bayoneted a Palestinian farmer to death near Gaza and wounded an Arab National Guardsman today. An Egyptian military spokesman said, "The Arab farmer and his two sons arrived at their land situated about 75 yards from the truce line. Immediately, seven Israeli soldiers on the other side of the line opened fire on them." Churchill Opens Way for Russia AACHEN. Germany, May 10. — Winston Churchill said today if the Kremlins down-with-Stalin movement is sincere he sees no reason why Russia cannot eventually "join in the spirit" of the Atlantic Pact. The 81-year-old former prime minister, here to receive a 1,190 prize for his own aid to European unity, said the Wests best hope of achieving it lies in the pacts "grand alliance of the European powers, linked with Canada and the United States." Rebel Bands Caught by Surprise ALGIERS, Algeria, May 10.— Rebel bands shouting "Jihad!" Holy war swarmed out of the hills in a spring offensive against French rule today, but found themselves outnumbered by French forces, three-to-one. French retaliation was immediate and overpowering. Britain Hangs Two Greek Cypriors NICOSIA, Cyprus, May 10. — Britain hanged two Greek Cypriots before dawn today to the shouts and screams of other prisoners, and heavy street fighting broke out a few hours later against British troops. Cypriot Greek youths and girls loosed a barrage of stones at British soldiers ou,tside the Greek Phaneromeni Church soon after word of the executions spread through the tense city. Turkish Cypriot police moved in, swinging batons. Mrs. Luce Flying to N. Y. for Check-up ROME, Italy, May 10.— U. S. Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce is suffering from a rundown condition and is flying to New York immediately for a physical checkup, it was disclosed today. Authoritative sources said j the blonde, 53-year-old ambassador would | arrive in New York Friday. Again Postpone Air Drop Bomb Explosion ABOARD U.S.S. MT. McKINLEY, Eni-wetok, May 10. — Officials of the Atomic Task Force postponed tonight for the fourth time this week the scheduled air drop explosion of the hydrogen bomb. Press Rips Eden on Truth About Frogman LONDON, England, May 10.— The British press ripped into Prime Minister Anthony Eden today for failing to tell the full story of the mysterious disappearance and "presumed" death of a frogman-hero, believed to have died beneath a Soviet cruiser. His explanations to the House of Commons, which hinted that the frogman was engaged in espionage work, were described as "unsatisfactory."
