TUESDAY, MAY 81, 1962 THE MICHIGAN DAILY TUESDAYakaAYL8-s962--< ' , !> :' : !;,:! i ''' '< v, ;: '' F',:::..'...:' c? : ,, F[ Prior Blasts Concede Nam TI Tooks Plae On Towers Confirmation Comes Following Explosion PARIS OP) -- France confirmed yesterday that she has conducted her fifth nuclear test in efforts to build an. independent atomic strik- ing force. The underground explosion of a nuclear device took place May 1 in the Algerian Sahara, presum- ably at France's proving ground at Reggane. Confirmation came after author- itative sources in Washington re- ported France had detonated a nu- clear device last week. The United States presumably picked up the test on its detection equipment. ' There was no obvious reason for the government's reluctance to re- veal, the latest test. President de Gaulle and other officials have said repeatedly that France is de- termined to continue the test pro- gram until a portable bomb or mis- sile warhead is realized. The previous four French nu- clear tests-the first one was Feb. 13. 1960-were followed within a few hours by official announce- ments and disclosure of consider- able detail. This time, confirmation of the test came a week after it was ac- complished and no details were disclosed, except that the shot was underground. The four other tests were conducted on or slightly above the surface on towers. The moderate newspa er "Le Monde" said it understood the May Day device was of "weak average power." The fact the United States re- fuses to give France nuclear weap- ons or know-how has seemingly firmed the determination of France to go it alone. France is boycotting the cur- rent- disarmament conference in Geneva. i To Laos Rebel Forces VIENTIANE ()-The royal Laotian government yesterday con- ceded loss of strategic Nam Tha to a pro-Communist rebel offensive -with an I told-you-so aside to the United States. It charged the Red aim is to set Laos ablaze with civil war. "Everybody should now realize that good faith of the Communists is illusory," said Information Min- ister Bouavan Norasing. Diplomats wondered whether there would be a reappraisal of ef- forts by the United States to force Premier Prince Boun Oum's pro- PET Western regime to step down in favor of a unity coalition of Com- munists, conservatives and neu-FRIDAY Suspend Aid The pressure has included sus- pension of $3 million in monthly economic aid and acting Foreign Minister Sisouk Na Champassak asserted the government received CO M M I indications the United States de- cided last Monday to curtail mill- tary aid as well. I - - "If the United States cuts mili- tary aid, Laos would be thrown in the other camp and we would be going toward suicide," Sisouk said. . Meanwhile in Washington, the United States sought an Interna- tional Control Commission inves- tigation of what it termed a viola- tion of the cease-fire by Commu- nist rebels in Laos. Charges Unfounded At the same time, United States officials said they have no evi- dence to support Laotian govern- ment charges that Chinese Com- Call Steve Sto munists took part in the assault on Nam Tha, the royal government stronghold 20 miles from the Chi- nese border. The American policy continued to be to push for a political settle- ment in the tiny Southeast Asian _ kingdom based on a compromise with neutralist and Communist factions which Washington hopes will create a neutral, independent government removed from the cold war. 112 S. University PHONE NO 3-5533 ITIONING CLOSES MAY 11, at 4:00 p.m. for ITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP )ENT ORGANIZATIONS POSITIONS OPEN =t petitions at SAB rckmeyer for further information 3-0553 v _. , i Petitioning Open for. League Summer Committee Obtain petitions )ession from Undergraduate Office beginning May 7 INTERVIEWS BEGIN MAY 14 I World News Roundup By The Associated Press MADRID-Police used clubs yesterday to disperse crowds of students demonstrating in support of 80,000 workers in Northern Spain who are striking for higher wages. WASHINGTON-Secretary of Agriculture Orville L. Freeman said yesterday his department may have "dragged a bit" in its han- dling of the Billie Sol Estes case, but he denied any favoritism had " been shown the Texas financier. "The government hasn't lost a U Thant A sks dime-not a single dime to Estes," Freeman said, adding, "this cannot UN Revisions e said for some of the big finance companies which apparently have lost millions to Estes." STOCKHOLM (P) -U .Thant, United Nations acting secretary- general, urged yesterday a revision DETROIT-Although the Inter- of the UN Charter to increase the national Typographical Union has, strength of the organization, settled with the Detroit Newspaper Tnhhe UngedaNation. onlyasPublishers' Association, the two "The United Nations is only as Detroit dailies were unable to pub-' strong or as weak as its member fish yesterday as the Paper and states want it to be," Thant told a Plate Handlers Union remained on news conference. strike. The Burmese diplomat suggested . * * that all member nations pledge to WASHINGTON - The White abide by UN resolutions as a first House announced yesterday the se- step to strengthen the world body. lection of William P. Mahoney, Jr., He said the United Nations today a Phoenix attorney, to be ambas- is politically weak. sador to Ghana. 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