National and Foreign News in Brief (Daily Mirror, 18 Dec 1953)

Daily Mirror (1953-12-18) - National And Foreign News In Brief -- The Page That Keeps You Up-To-The-Minute A Source: Trove, National Library of Australia - https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article277778196 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 OCR text (uncorrected) follows. 18 Dec 1953 - NATIONAL AND FOREIGN NEWS IN BRIEF -- THE PAGE THAT KEEPS YOU UP-TO-THE-MINUTE Daily Mirror (Sydney, NSW: 1941 - 1955), Friday 18 December 1953, page 11 ALY KHAN'S PACE IS TOO HECTIC FOR GENE PARIS, Fri. (I.N.S.). — Film beauty Gene Tierney said yesterday she was "devoted" to Prince Aly Khan, but Aly would have to slow down before she married him. Aly has been the brunette star's constant escort for many months, and there has been much speculation about their marital intentions. Gene told reporters: "I think home life is what you need in marriage, but Aly is geared to going places. There comes a time when you don't want to go around any more." Aly Khan previously was married to actress Rita Hayworth, and Miss Tierney to dress designer Oleg Cassini. FEDERALS WIN SALISBURY (Rhodesia), Fri. (B.U.P.). — The Federal Party, led by Sir Godfrey Huggins, has won 24 of the 26 seats allotted to Europeans in the first elections of the Central African Federation. The Confederate Party won one seat, and an independent candidate another. AIR RECORD CAPETOWN, Fri. (A.P.). — A British Canberra jet bomber knocked more than nine hours off the London-Capetown record yesterday, covering the 6000 miles in 12 hours 25 minutes. [Unreadable] BEST COLLEGE PARK (Maryland), Friday (A.P.). — A Maryland University instructor has revealed that his best English class is at the State penitentiary. SENTENCED BUDAPEST, Fri. (A.P.). — A Yugoslav court yesterday sentenced 11 men, who were charged with spying for Rumania. One man was sent to gaol for 20 years. The others were given terms ranging from six months to 12 years. [Unreadable] DANCE MEMPHIS (Tennessee), Fri. (U.P.). — State movie censor Lloyd Binford has cut Rita Hayworth's six-minute dance sequence from the film "Sadie Thompson" because it is "vulgar and obscene." [Unreadable] SAN ANTONIO, Friday (U.P.). — Babe Didrickson Zaharias, America's all-round sportswoman and top golfer, entered hospital yesterday for a "cautious" check-up. WOMEN RIOT DJAKARTA, Fri. (A.P.). — Two thousand sarong-clad Indonesian women jammed the streets of the capital yesterday, demanding that the Government impose a ban on polygamy and child-marriage. PUNISHED TEHERAN, Fri. (B.U.P.). — Persian students who participated in recent anti-British demonstrations were punished by being stripped and driven home naked, a Government spokesman said yesterday. TRY AGAIN HOLLYWOOD, Friday (A.P.). — Actress Lynn Bari has filed a 5000 dollars alimony arrears suit against her ex-husband, Sid Luft. Miss Bari lost a court battle in January during which she sought to have Luft pay alimony out of his joint earnings with Judy Garland, his present wife. SENTENCE LONDON, Fri. (D.M.W.C.). — For the fifth time this month, Mr. Justice Stable yesterday passed sentence of death. It was the seventh death sentence at Leeds Assizes in December and the third for a crime of passion in which the murderer was a Pole and the victim a woman. MINISTER ILL LONDON, Fri. (Extel). — The Minister for Labor and National Service (Sir Walter Monckton) has been ordered by his doctors to take an immediate rest. An official bulletin issued yesterday said Sir Walter was suffering from influenza, aggravated by overwork during recent rail strike negotiations. [photo captions:] Gene Tierney; Aly Khan; Lynn Bari