Evening star., 1962-01-23
Algeria Curbs
Defied in Wave
OF Terrorism
Gunfire and Blasts
Take Mounting Toll
In Major Cities

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ALGIERs, Jan. % (AP).-
Terrorists replied with gunfire
and explosives today to plans
of French authorities to clamp
tight traffic and other restric-
tions on three of Algeria's
largest cities.
Jean NORM, chief government
representative in Algeria, Or
dered the special control meas
ures for Algiers, Oran ond Bone
last night in an effort to stop
the war between European and
Moslem terrorists.
But terrorist gunfire left two
Europeans and a Moslem dead
and nine MoSlems wounded in
Algiers today.
In Oran a terrorist shot a
European to death and a Euro
pean crowd in retaliation killed
a MoSlem flower seller who had
a dagger hidden in his flower
basket.
Steamship Damaged
In Bone, an explosive charge
damaged the stern of the steam
ship Djebel Dira, which was
preparing to sail with a COM
pany of riot police being trans
ferred to France. The ship will
have to go into drydock for re-
pairs.
Four persons were killed and
18 wounded in terrorist attacks
and seven Moslems were killed
by police yesterday.
Authorities said the terrorist
attacks showed the necessity of
immediate application of the
new security measures-includ-
ing roadblockS, traffic curfews
and troop cordons.
They said it would be some
time, however, before they
could be put into effect be-
cause of a shortage of troops.
Transport StrikebOund
The city's public transport
system was strikebound for the
sixth day, and European doc
tors were in the second day OF
their 48-hour strike. Bus driv-
ers and doctors are demanding
police escorts, but authorities
say they do not have enough
manpower.
Only two roadblocks guarded
approaches to Algiers this
morning, cars were not being
searched and there were few
signs of increased patrols as
planned under the new DEGREES.
Under these orders:
French troops were ordered
to set up road blocks on all ap-
proaches to the three cities to
restrict the flow of arms to the
two opposing extremist groups,
the European Secret Army Or
ganization and the Moslem
National Liberation Front.
Night Traffic Halted
A communique announced
traffic would be stopped on
certain streets and that some
parts of the cities would be
cordoned off permanently.
All automobile traffic from
9 pm. to daylight was banned
in the three cities.
These measures, Mr.. NORM
said in a communique, dem
onstrate the will of the gov
ernment and of civilian and
military representatives in Al
geria to assure public order
and to guarantee the security
of everyone"
French army commanders
sought measures to halt the
spreading theft of arms from
military camps by the right
wing European underground.
The army reported a second
daring raid this week by Secret
Army commandoS in French
army uniforms who seized arms
with the apparent completely
of the camps personnel.
Arms Seized in Raid
Army sources said the second
raid occurred Sunday at the
paratroops' training camp near
Blida, Is miles south of Al
giers, and that the Secret Army
men seized 210 infantry weap-
ons. Earlier Sunday 70 men
had raided an army base at
Sidi Chami, near Oran in
Western Algeria.
Army sources believed the
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