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2,000 Years Since |
Caesar’s Death Not
Marked in Rome
ROME, W*—Great Julius Caesar
received another unkind cut yes
terday—the city of JRome refused
to celebrate this Ides of March as
the 2,000th anniversary of his
death.
Some scholars argue this is only
the 1,999th anniversary of the day
on which Brutus and the conspir
ators plunged their daggers into
Caesar at the foot of Pompey’s
statue.
An official at Rome’s city hall
conceded “this is the bilmillen
ary” but said the city isn’t cele
brating.
“Wc celebrate the deaths of
saints, not of pagans,” he ex
plained.
However, a green wreath did
decorate the brow of a bronze
$tatue of the old emperor which
gazes across Rome’s broad Via Dei
Fori Imperiali (Street of the Im
perial Forum*. At its feet was a
bouquet of red and white carna
tions.
Behind Caesar’s statue, ruins
of a forum, erected to his honor
long ago, were empty. It was too
cold for sightseers.
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Quarter Million
Packages of Shamrocks
Imported for St. Patrick’s
WASHINGTON, WV-A quarter
million packages of shamrocks
from Ireland—and from Britain—
have been imported to help the
Irish in America celebrate St.
Patrick’s Day “wearing of the
green” Saturday.
The figure was reported yester
day by the Agriculture Depart
ment. The shamrocks have to
clear through its plant quarantine
centers, and are fumigated as a
precaution against destructive in
sects or plant diseases.
A classic, defines “Public Ser
vice” (London*, is a book every
one wants to have read, but no
one wants to read.
10 -Year-Old Hospital
Building Burns Down
FULTON, Mo., —A spectacu
lar fire destroyed most of the 105
year-old administration building
at the state mental hospital here
early today, doing millions of dol
lars worth of damage.
Some 720 patients were evacu
ated from patient wings, parts of
which also went up in flames.
A staff member who lived in
the administration suffered a cut
or burn on one foot, but there
were no reports of other injuries.
36 AIRMEN VOLUNTEER
BLOOD FOR ROOKIE'S
SICK MOTHER
LIVERMORE, Calif., UP>—All 36
men in a rookie airman’s training
flight at Parks AFB have volun
teered blood for his sick mother.
The airman is Robert Harvey,
17, of Richmond, Calif.
Twenty-two pints of blood were ■
needed for a stomach ulcer opera
tion for his mother, Mrs. Edna
Harvey, who was stricken five
weeks ago. The Air Force said
the 36 men would make their do
nations today.
New Judge Approved
For 9th Circuit Court
WASHINGTON, <tf>— A Senate
Judiciary subcommittee today ap
proved President Eisenhower’s
nomination of Stanley N. Barnes
to be judge of the 9th Circuit
Court of Appeals.
The Ninth Circuit embraces
California, Oregon, Nevada, Mon
tana, Washington, Idaho, Arizona,
Alaska, Hawaii and Guam.
BOWL OF SHAMROCKS
GIVEN TO EISENHOWER BY
IRELAND'S PRIME MINISTER
WASHINGTON, UPV—A bowl of
shamrocks right from the old sod
of Erin itself was given to Presi
dent Eisenhower today.
Ireland’s Prime Minister John
A. Costello called at the White
I House and presented the gift to
the smiling President. The sham
rocks were in a silver bowl made
in Ireland in 1787. Tomorrow is
St. Patrick’s Day.
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SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE APRIL 3, 1956
All Times Shown Are Local Standard for City Indicated
Inter-American
Conference Opens
With 21 Nations »
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Domini
can Republic, —Can a nation’s
territorial waters extend 200 miles
out to sea?
That is one of the key issues to
be argued at the Inter-American
Conference on Conservation of
Natural Resources and Marine
Waters, which opened here yes
terday.
Delegates from the 21 American
republics are on hand for the
meeting. There are also research
experts, geological survey special
ists and fisheries officials.
First arrivals said they consid
ered the conference one of the
most important held in the field
in recent years.
The U.S. delegation is headed
by Henry Holland, assistant sec
retary of state for Latin-Ameri
can affairs. The attendance of
such a high-ranking official is an
indication of the importance the
U.S. government attaches to the
meeting.
The extent of territorial waters
has become an important issue
since Chile, Peru and Ecuador
jointly agreed their sovereignty
extended 200 miles out to sea.
Costa Rica and Honduras since
have subscribed to the same view.
Others of the 21 republics set
only a three-mile limit. Some
claim the waters 12 miles out, or
to the edge of* the continental
shelf.
Fishing interests in the U.S. and
Europe have been outspoken-opo
nents of extended sovereignty.
Last year several foreign fish
ing fleets were seized off the Pa
cific coast of South America. Their
catches were confiscated and their
owners fined for fishing within
the 200-mile limit.
The United Nations has been
studying the question of territor
ial waters for several years.
ABOVE-STREET CARS
PROPOSED FOR
L.A. PEDESTRIANS
LOS ANGELES, UP)—A series of
conveyor belts carrying six-pass
enger cars some 15 feet above the
street level is proposed as a solu
tion to this city’s transportation
problem in congested downtown
areas.
The system (Carveyor) was de
scribed by architect Samuel Lun
den to the Citizens Traffic and
Transportation Committee.
A moving belt would carry cars
at 15 miles an hour between sta
tions and would slow to lVfe miles
an hour at each station, where
passengers could alight on a side
walk moving at the same speed.
Cars would leave a station ev
ery three seconds, moving as
many as 14,000 persons an hour,
Lunden said.
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