13 JANUARY 1956, page 5

Portrait Of The Week T He Announcement That British...

the • tvt,o,l, . East are to be reinforced to the extent of two parachute battalions comes at the end of a perfect week in Jordan. There was serious rioting in Jerusalem and......

Aviation's Enemy

By OLIVER STEWART N less than ten years the Ministry of Supply has broken the I back of British aviation. It is now on the way to breaking its heart. When it was amalgamated......

Birthdays--bonn And Berlin

By Our German Correspondent ' Bonn D R. KONRAD ADENAUER and President Wilhelm Pieck joined the ranks of the distinguished octogenarians last week. Sir Winston Churchill, the......