The Straits Times, 18 December 1955

Microfilm: NL1797
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    14 1 The Sunday Times \tettSalei in No. 1,060 SINGAPORE, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1955. 10 CENTS
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    All smiles as the confetti rained down 38 hurt in Johore lorry crash
    132 1 All smiles as the confetti rained down 38 hurt in Johore lorry crash KLUANG. Sat. HOSPITAL workers had to do double duty to atto 38 people injured at the seventh mile Jalan :ig. Kluang. about tonight. re returning home i Kahang btate from Kluang, where they had the Aryan Gymkhana
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    Lock icon Yugoslavs win seat
    50 1 UNITED NATIONS, New Sat— President Jose of the U.N. Assembly ed last night that i via had won in a of lots for a seat on N. Security Council year. The deal calltile Philippines to be to the second year of :m which begins on I— A.P.
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    7 HOURS A DAY IN THE OFFICE
    201 1 New Bill sets a limit kJEASURES designed to give thousands of Singapore office and shop workers a minimum wage scheme, limited working hours and health and other benefits were published last n.ght in the Shop and Office Em- ployees Bill. The Bill, which
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    Lock icon Jordan riot only "small'
    105 1 LONDON, Sat. A BRITISH Foreign Office spokesman said here today that there had been "small scale" demonstrations in Jordan yesterday but there were no casualties. He denied Press reports from Damascus that nearly 40 persons had been killed or wounded in widespread demonstrations throughout Jordan yesterday
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    SABOTEURS ARE ON PROWL IN THE CITY
    285 1 JHE SINGAPORE Police yesterday offered a reward of $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of people who are sabotaging the Singapore Telephone Board's underground and overhead cables. A few days after 285 field workers of the Board went on strike on Nov.
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    Home again!
    65 1 One of the many happy reunions which took place on board the Gorgon when it arrived in Singapore from Perth yesterday with 128 Malayan school children home for. Hie Chistmas holidays. Je.incttc Hamilton, 11, receives kiss from her mother, Mrs. R Hamilton. Also in the picture is Andrea,
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    High school student arrested
    71 1 High school student arrested A Chung Cheng High School student, who is a treasurer of the Singapore Chinese High School Student Union, was arrested by the Special Branch at about 2 a.m. yesterday. He was taxen from his home at Bukit Timah Road during a wide-scale raid and held under
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    $1,666 for 3 people
    65 1 $1,666 for 3 people i THERE are three win- i ners of Straits I I Times Word Puzzle "FF". Each will receive J I $1,666.66 They are: SINCAPORE: Lee I Keng Cuan and Lee Lai j I Seng, both of 36, Tiverton Lane. PENANC: Mrs. H. C. Oon 60D. Mk.
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    Lock icon Red overture to Afghans
    97 1 KABUL, Afghanistan. Sat. MARSHAL Nikolai Bulganin, the Soviet Prime Minister, said last night that he sympathised with Afghanisan's attitude to Pushtunistan the Afghan name for the Pushtu-speaking area of Pakistan. He said at a banquet that Russia felt that the Pushtu people should be consulted on
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    Lock icon Tax riots: More die
    45 1 FREETOWN, Sat. Two people were killed yesterday when police fired on a crowd demonstrating against taxes near Bradford about 50 miles from here in Sierra Leone. The deaths brought the week's total of people killed in anti-tax demonstrations to five.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Bomb blast in Athens
    30 1 ATHENS, Sat.— A bomb exploded in the British Institute building in Athens last night. Nobody was injured but the street was littered with broken glass. A.P
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    Drunk singer fined
    54 1 SAN FERNANDO, California, Sat. Singer Gordon Mncrae wa s convicted yesterday of drunken driving and fined US$3l5 ($945). Macrae previously had pleaded innocent and demanded a jury trial. Yesterday he waived the jury trial and pleaded guilty. The singer was arrested on Tuesday after his car rammed
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    Two 'kills' claimed
    25 1 TOKYO, Sat— Peking Radio claimed today antiaircraft fire brought down two Nationalist Chinese planes north of the Matsu Islands yesterday. A. P
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    'Once bitten never shy — that's me'
    129 1 'Once bitten never shy that's me' JOHORE KHAKI Sat. 'Till si 1.1 of Johore 1 exploded angrily "Kalah bisa daripada biasa" this is a Malay proverb when he heard that the Johore State Council had passed a resolution to "gag" him. This was disclosed today by a close friend of
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    Lock icon Xmas cheer flies in
    75 1 DURBANK, California, Sat. —Six planes carrying 100 Hollywood entertainers took oft yesterday with Christmas cheer for U. S. military bases throughout the world. Buddy Rogers and Maxie Rcsenbloom headed a unit bound for Europe: Johnny Grant and Roscoe Ates headed groups which will tour the Far
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    Lock icon China trade row far Ike, Eden
    267 1 China trade row far Ike, Eden r \KIS. Sat. DIPLOMATIC officials said last night President Eisenhower and the British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, might be called upon to settle a British American rift over relaxation of restrictions on trade with Red China. The difference has been building up for
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    Marshall: Dominion talk with Rahman
    531 1  - Marshall: Dominion talk with Rahman LESLIE HOFFMAN From LONDON, Sat. THE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, will discuss his plan of Dominion status for Singapore with the Chief Minister of the Federation soon after his return next week. He indicated today he felt that Dominion status, with external affairs and
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    Lock icon 'The April conference will be difficult'
    275 1 LONDON. Saturday. lulß. David Marshall said today that next April's consti- tutional conference in London of all Singapore political parties was going to be a very difficult task. "The road is cleared for next April— it is going to be a very difficult task,
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    HERE ARE ALL THE WINNERS
    877 1 HERE ARE ALL THE WINNERS CUBJECT to re-scrutiny, five entrants will share the first prize of $15,000 in the Malayan Monthly Word Puzzle Contest Q. They will receive $3,000 each They are: SINGAPORE: Cheong Ah Tai, 49-D Sm c Poh Road; Mr». C. E. i I'nderwood. I Ayr llnusr, Grantjf
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    INQUIRY INTO THE UNKNOWN
    781 2 This is the first article in a remarkable new series by SHAW DESMOND the distinguished author, and authority on psychic research. %WHO was this impressive old man who was speaking to us from the middle of the room? The electric light shone full on him silver
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    "The man from the dead... "
    876 2 "The man from the dead... about my work as authoi and showed at times a nearlj encyclopaedic knowledge "Silver Voice," sometimes ir good light, and In her own beautiful voice, like a peal ol tiny bells, had talked with me. while the medium lay ir full trance, unconscious. Her voice
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    Now YEAST aids study of disease
    793 2 mi&r» uiiuuuiuuun ior ll the medical profes- < sion's attack On cancer, > heart disease and arthrlv Ms comes from radloS active yeast a peaceful product of atomic energy < according to a report > made to the American < Chemical Society by Dr.
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    RESIGN' CALL TO JOHORE MENTRI BESAR
    321 3 Council subjected Sultan to mental and physical misery' ND was made yesterday that the Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato ins bin Ibrahim, resign because he allowed a motion attacking an of |ohore to be discussed at last Tuesday's State Council n calling tor h.s
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    LITTLE BOY HURT
    55 3 Pain and dismay arc registered on the fact, of this young Singapore boy, who was knocked down by a motorcycle in Robinson Road yesterday. His name is Cumbachan Singh, aged 10, and he is here seen receiving on-the-spot medical attention before being taken to the Cencral Hospital
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    MISS HOALIM MARRIES
    56 3 von Thwaitcs .md his bride. Miss Elma Marion Hoalim. cut ddin* cake after their marriage at the Singapore Registry Mr. Thw.ntcs. an accountant, is from Surrey. England. I is the daughter of Mr Philip Hoalim Snr.. the Singapore Miny friends were present at the reception, held at
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    Dalley gets the employers' views
    178 3 D alley gets the employers' views Di dder the prelaws "A trade and trade Singapore What in your chief causes Ikes and in- among the h Mr. F. W. Included in his questionnaire sent ployers. a retired Bri- li ider, is an Inquiry into ati ns in Sine Sunday Times
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    UNCIVIL WAR-IN KONC SIAK ROAD
    257 3 Woman and the man next door A CHINESE woman yesterday complained to Mr. Leon Comber of the Singapore Public /vdvisory Bureau that a man living in a room next to her was making life unbearable Mr. Comber was standing in for the Chief Minister Mr.
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    THEY WILL GIVE RECITALS
    55 3 Benjamin Brirrcn (left), one of Britain's leading composers and Peter Pears, the famous tenor, will give two recitals in Singapore on January 4 and 6. With Britten at the piano. Pears will sins music by Purccll. Schumann, Schubert and Britten himself. The concerts are bein? presented
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    Speeding fine: 545
    46 3 Hong Kong Yew, nf Jurong Road. Singapore, was fined $45 yesterday for driving a lorry along Bukit Timah Road at a speed of 35 to 40 i miles an hour on Sept. 22 when his speed was limited to 20 miles an hour.
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    Woman child died as they fled fire
    205 3 A 28-year-old woman, fleeing from her blazing room with her son in her arms, crashed through thr floorboards into the heart of the fire below. Their bodies— still with their arms round each other were found only when the fir e btrned itself
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    Lock icon U.K. SOCCER RESULTS
    313 3 LONDON. Sat LEAGUE DIVISION 1 Arsenal 4 Blackpool 1 Aston Villa 0 Man. City 3 Bolton 4 Chelsea 0 Uiirniry 2 Tottenham 0 Luton 2 Charlton 1 Man. Ltd. 2 Birmingham 1 Portsmouth 5 Huddersfleld 2 Preston 0 Evcrton 1 cin-rr. 11. 2 Newcastle 1 SnnderUnd 1
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    Motorist fined
    41 3 Leonp; Chow of Erskine Road. Singapore, was fined $25 in Singapore yesterday for failing to stop at a traffic light while driving a motor van at the junction of South Bridge Road and Cross Street on Oct. 15 last.
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    Boys' Club dance
    21 3 The Katong Boys' Club hrld a Christmas social and dance at the club hall in Guillemard Road yesterday.
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    6,000 Asian seamen ask for higher wages
    146 3 MORE THAN 6,000 registered Asian seamen in Singapore want more pay and better conditions of service. They are members of the Malay Seamen's Union, Pakistani Seamen's Union and the Singapore Chinese Seafarers' Association. The three unions have submitted a joint wage claim to
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  • Solutions to the contests
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      Plenty to discuss-entrants showed sound reasonina
      636 5 TU o x BY COMPETITION EDITOR THE Straits Time* Word Puzzle "FF" offered wide grounds for discussion on many of the clues and the judges thought contestants on the whole used very sound reasoning. Below are their comments on the most apt and accurate
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      ANGLING
      617 5  -  by Sagai THE 84-LB. MONSTER THOUGH ihe weather I A of recent weeks has not encounged Singapore anglers to venture into the better fishing grounds further out, a party which went by outboard on Sunday to Horsburgh Light had good weather and took their heaviest fish an 84-pound ray.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      106 5 Winning answers to Word Pussle *FF 9 THE 55.000 prixe for Straits Times Word Puxxle Contest "FF" was shared by Mrs. H. C. Oon, 60 D. MX. 13 Ayer Itam, Penang: Mr. Lee Keng Cuan 36, Tiverton Lane, Singapore; and Mr. Lee Lai Seng 36, Tiverton Lane, Singapore. Each will
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      854 5 JUDGES' ANSWERS IN $20,000 WORD PUZZLE Q' This is the set of answers to The Malayan Monthly's $20,000 Word Puzzle "Q" which the adjudication committee held to be the most apt and accurate. LADS, since a boy's club is i specified. Plenty of LADS (young men) undertake Maim #am welfare
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    The Christmas Eggs of Mr. Wong
    589 6  - The Christmas Eggs of Mr. Wong J. C. TAN By A SEW LAWS MOWER FOR OUR NEIGHROUR... EVERYBODY knows about Easter eggs but how many have heard about Christmas eggs? We didn't until our neighbour Wong a man with a penchant for poultry— bought himself a lawn mower as a
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    THIS WINS A STATUETTE IN K.L.
    52 6 This picture, "Hitting the Trail" by K. F. Wong of Sarawak has been awarded the Silver Statuette in the fifth Malayan International Photographic Exhibition, 1955, sponsored by the Selangor Camera Club. This is being held at the Chinwoo Auditorium, Kuala Lumpur, from December 23
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  • The countryman's Journal
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      1A black anniversary that wasn't
      666 6 1 A black anniversary that wasn't I rpHE 1954 snap flood, that started on the night I of December 8 to 9, has i not recurred on its annil versary, to the chagrin of |ma n y wishful thinkers. I The Tuan, who was away staying with a friend, took
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      Record Playtime
      261 6 WITH an eye on the Christmas and New Year holidays, I have been delving among the lighter offerings. Something "different"? There is a most unusual and intriguing trio called "Los Paraguayans" (Paraguay being a country in central South America) who play guitars and a harp with orchestral accompaniment.
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      422 6 These new Van Heusen Shirts vie with each other for pride of place in your wardrobe. HHkMBhR| The KENSINGTON model in the mow jH attractive and fashionable fine poplins, has attached collar with narrow edge sti'ching, Hy curve woven interlining and stifTcnen. Bj> The TOWN model in finest white poplin
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      119 6 ■JILiMIMMW—im l'«l^i If ll 1 1 1 1 1 'Programme thus marked can be received by listeners In Malacca. Short wave 49 63m. Medium nave IT.m. 343, 366 m. and 297 m. A.M. 9.00 Songs from the Shows; 9.30 Southern Serenade; 10.00 London Studio Melodies; 10.30 Under Twentyone Club; 11.00
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    It's NOT the thought ...it's the gift!
    561 7 It's NOT the thought ...it's the gift! 1 VV# SCOTT-JAMES today has sound advice for MAJV doing his Christmas shopping for WOMAN and JVOMAJV buying presents for MAJV. I'm talking to the most hopeless, helpless creature in nature. To a man going shopping for a tvotnan. "JT'S not the gift,
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    I EASTERN OUTLOOK IN PARIS
    252 7 I EASTERN OUTLOOK IN PARIS "PAST meets West this time in the gilded salons of the fashion houses of Paris where an all-pervading inspiration from the Ejst is seen at its height in M. Dior's recent bewitching collections. Doy ond evening coots adapted from the lines of a Chinese tunic,
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    The girl who SIGHS over size
    136 7 ¥>OOR Mrs. Outsize! tone 1 worries so much about the few extra inches around hips and bust. Scarcely a day goes by when I'm not asked for advice about how to disguise them. First thing to do is to stop worrying. It Is possible
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    I Bouquet for Fashion Beauty!
    73 7 I Bouquet for Fashion Beauty! Here is the latest in the exclusive series of fashions presented by the Sunday Times, designed by leading British couturiers and modelled by J, Arthur Rank film stars. It is a Bouquet for Beauty. Jill Ireland's ballet-length evening gown is embroidered with flower sprays of
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    What have you got to worry about?
    555 8 What have you got to worry about? challenging* provocative articles gou worriers suffer from the delusion that if only a certain set of problems were solved, they would have nothing to worry about. They underesti mate their own inventiveness! They would soon think up another worn*. Remove all the problems
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    How to say I Wo' and mean 'Yes'
    294 8 I^o YOU belong to the 4- JLr kind of people who ore 3 frequently entongled In on J ftmborrossing situation just because you don't know the right woy to refuse? < i It is o great drawback i T which many people
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    No lack of sex appeal
    556 8 No lack of sex appeal I^VER since I was old enough to I c know the difference between Infatuation and true love. I seem to .lave picked the wrong type of man. Either he Is married and I find out too late or he Is the wrong type and leaves
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    SMILING BRIDE
    39 9 md Mrs. Yco Hcng M.iw pr wedding in Sinij.i7he bride, formerly Miss Dif Shi. is the second of Mr. .md Mrs. Pan of T.nping. The bridem ii the eldest son of Mr. md Mrs. Yeo Phui Kai.
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    SOS. to Malayan stamp fanciers
    172 9 SOS. to Malayan stamp fanciers ire, Maryland, A a famous insti- where wards and Sea are constantly with war veterans, of whom will never walk or see. or even work and play. It Is the Reed Hospital. I this great hospital came a letter add to the Sunday It tells
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    Court award to help youth regain sight
    285 9 MINETEEN-year-old Sam Seek Cheong, the blind mechanic who was awarded $59,496 by the Singapore High Court on Friday for the loss of his one good eye, is still looking forward to the day when he can see a E 3in r I have
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    Diamond gifts for Shell men
    119 9 Diamond gifts for Shell men CVDURTEEN long-service employees of the Shell Company of SingaDore who had together completed 460 years' service were yesterday awarded diamond emblems at a "makan ketchil Presenting the awards on behalf of the company, the General Manager Mr. F. T. Haddock, said he hoped the officers
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    MOURNING' PLAN IF MERDEKA MISSION FLOPS
    331 9 British M.P.'s will be invited to gain first-hand picture BUTTERWORTH, Saturday. MALAYA UMNO youths at their annual delegates' conference today resolved to ask UMNO, Malaya, to proclaim 40 days' "mourning" if Tengku Abdul Rahman's Merdeka mission fails in London next month. i Delegates from
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    Colony firm recognises workers' long service
    208 9 |U|R. E. L. Peek. General Manager of Fraser and Neave Ltd., yesterday presented long-service awards to 43 employees of the company, who had a total of 815 years' cprvirp I Those who nad served 25 years received a gold medal, a silver medal, a
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    Aid for storm victims
    31 9 The Composing Room staff of the Straits Times yesterday remitted to the Chief Minister of Madras 263 rupees ($160) towards the Madras Cyclone and Flood Relief funds.
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    35 TEARS' SERVICE
    43 9 Mr. F. T. Haddock, Ccncral Manager of Hie Shell Company of itngaporc congratulates Mr. Chay Ah Tec, who had served the :ompany for 35 years, during yesterday's presentation of long service awards. Mr. Chay received a diamond-studded gold tic clip.
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    Death of Malayan naval man
    367 9 Death of Malayan naval man ONE of Malaya's best- j known naval personalities died in New Zealand yesterday. He was Com- t mander Frank Stanley Cable, 0.8. E., who had been asso- t niated with the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Re- i serve for more than 20 years. Cdr. Cable,
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    SPECIAL WOUNDED IN NIGHT CLASH WITH TERRORISTS
    80 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. TERRORISTS wounded a special constable when they I fired on the manager's bungalow on the C.E.P. Estate in the Rengam area of Johore early this morning. The attack followed a series of skirmishes during the night. Earlier, special constables had
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    A toy (or Swee Gok
    97 9 Christmas parties for many children were held in Singapore yesterday in spite of heavy rain. Onr was the Civil Defence Association and British Red Cross joint party. The party included 60 handicapped children. Lady Black, wife of the Covcrnor >f Singapore, and president of the
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    Strange animal came out of the past
    332 10 A FLYING lemur which is not in fact a lemur but a far more primitive mammal was caught in Seria recently. Inche Jassim bin Rahmat, of the British Malayan Petroleum Company was working in his garden when this odd-looking animal landed at his
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    SPIES
    1041 10  -  DAVID DIVINE -BY— The days of Olga, the Beautiful Blonde, are over THERE is a new pattern in espionage. In a world that daily becomes more complex, espionage has become technological. The day of Olga the Beautiful Blonde is over, and the jade cigarette holder and the tiger-skin rug
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    KENS LEARN TO 'SMOKE' IN CANCER TESTS
    239 10 U'HIII it is improbable that the habit will be adopted by the poultry population, hens in Glasgow, Scotland are learning to smoke cigarettes. Four hens smoked half a cigarette every other day for several months, reported Mr. P. R. Peacock, of the Cancer
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    BEFORE OR AFTER BREAKFAST ?SCIENCE TACKLES THE SRAYING QUESTIONS
    346 10  -  CHAPMAN PINCHER by EN who shave after breakfast, instead of a: soon as they get up, look better groomec for the rest of the day because they get much closer shave. Dr. David Verel, lecturer in medicine at the Lor don
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    Noel Coward talks to James Dow The dearest show on earth...
    216 10 Noel Coward talks to James Dow The dearest show on earth... X \WHATEVER fantastic <> money they pay tor X <| a television show ha* to o be earned the hard way. 0 My 90 minutes of tele- X y vision in America recent- ly, set up a bigger strain
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    tO-day excursion around the moon
    155 10 WITHIN a few years space crews will be taking 10-day trips round the moon, predicted a rocket expert last week. They would go in bigger and better earth satellites, said Dr Wernher von Braun. The first of the earth satellites are to be launched in
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    9 killers go scot free] in 11 months
    655 11  - 9 killers go scot free] in 1 1 months PATRICK CHEE POLICE SAY: WE ARE HANDICAPPED BY LAW AND PUBLIC APATHY By CINCAPORE police are concerned at the increasing number of unsolved mur- ders in the Colony. At least nine murderers have escaped arrest in the last 1 1 months.
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    Masked raiders rob woman
    59 11 Three masked man entered a house at Aljuneld Road. Singapore on Thursday night and robbed a 52-year-old woman of cash and iewellery worth $888 One of the robbers caught the victim, Lee Ah Patt, by the neck and dragged her out of the house. In the
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    Club's food fair for funds
    49 11 The Menorah Club, Singapore, is holding a food and fun fair at 22-B, Bencoolen Street, today from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. A variety programme has been arranged for the function. Admission price is 20 cents. The proceeds will go to the club fund.
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    Christmas party
    38 11 The Children's Aid Society will hold a Christmas party at Its home in Tomlinson Road, Singapore, at 5 p.m. on Dec 23. Old boys and girls of the Society who wish to attend will be welcome.
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    THE UGLY SISTERS'
    45 11 "I'm sur<- the Prince will like me best." says one of the ugly sisters in the play 'Cinderella. Cinderella was presented by Enid Riches, headmistress of Deans School and her pupils at St. Margaret's School Hall. Singapore, last week. Sunday Times picture.
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    RUBBER -DULL
    148 11 December first gradr rubber buyers fob. closrd in Singapore yesterday at $1.26 7 6 per lb. The closing tone »i- dull. I The market was dull throughout the day with some interest in lower grades. Closing price* in cents per Ib. were: No. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers
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    COPRA IS QUIET
    30 11 Singapore Copra Association's 1 p-m. copra prices yesterday were:— Straits mixed copra- January buyers $28, sellers $28.37 V 2 Februarybuyers $28.25, sellers $28 5 8 tone auiet
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    TIN: 53.25 DOWN
    21 11 The price of tin in Singapore yesterday was quoted at $405.25 per plcul, down $3.25 on Friday's price.
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    FLYING SOLDIERS SET 100,000-HOUR RECORD
    191 11 Vital support role in war on terrorists ARMY pilots of 656 Air A Observation post/light jungle— the equivalent of flying one plane 325 times I round the world. Commanded by Major AF Robertson, Royal Artillerv the squadron is a shining example of inter-Service co-operation. Its
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    Prisoners create their Christmas toyland
    135 11 IN the past few weeks about §■> 000 worth of toys have been made by prisoners in their hobby workshop In Outram Road jail, Mr A. W. Clow Deputy Commissioner of Prisons, said yesterday. This year a record number of orders have been completed—the biggest
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      83 11 HIGH TIDES TODAY: Singapore 126 am. f8 ft. 6 in.) 12.38 p.m. (9 ft. 6 In.) Port Dickson 8.06 a.m. (8 ft. 7 in.) 8.20 p.m. (8 ft. 4 in.): Penang 1.52 ajn. (7 ft. 5 in.) 2.32 p.m. (6 ft. 6 in.). TOMORROW: Singapore 157 (8 ft. 6 in.)
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    Behind the new 'Curtain of Smiles'—a purge
    749 12  - Behind the new 'Curtain of Smiles' a purge Edward E. Sinclair RUTHLESS CLEAH-MJP MENACES KHRVSnCiiEV By gEHIXD the "Curtain of Smiles" which has now officially replaced the "Iron Curtain," the Kremlin has carried out a nationwide ruthless purge of the Party Machine and the MVD (the Secret Police). During the
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      WE think THEIR COLONIES
      255 12 WE think THEIR COLONIES "We Russians are the only people who are always fighting against colonialism." This declara- tion by Mr. Khrushchev, apparently said with m hardly a hiccough, ranks among the most flabber- gasting untruths of all time. Sir Anthony Eden's sj sharp counter-attack in the House of Commons
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    Drop us a line
    1320 12 THE LETTER COLUMN WITH PUNCH What do you think is the best recreation for housewives? K. STANISLAUS. Seremban. You might just as well ask us what ice think is the best recreation for carpenters or fishermen in the latter case the answer wouldn't be fishing! The
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    THE LAST MOSQUITO
    327 12  -  A. PELHAM GROOM By 'THE last of the famous Mosquitos made its final operational sortie when it took off from Seletar on Thursday. The aircraft, piloted by F/O A. Knox of 81 Squadron who had F. O Thompson as his navigator, flew on a photographic mission over
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    Billy Budd
    354 12 Billy Budd NEW Delhi IB woweJ by t! sars, but the that city still k< pretty sharp ey free-enterprise Mr. Sharm ;l form me that I sweepstake ami. shillings to covi can collect t Which are: 1. Beautiful 18 Magic Ring:-.\ when you weai any person would come to get
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      819 12 Straits Times Fr*e Press For the convenience of od»«r- I tiien our representative at Ift. f floor, SINGAPORE CO .D STOR- E I AGE, ORCHARD ROAt will re- I i ceivc tmoll advertisement* ond aniweri to box numb* Classified advertisements may 1 also be handed to: CITY BOOK STORE LTD.
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      88 12 IfpTicktlie peaches Sgj^fi^ljP' Picture yourself in a peach j^3H5 "i\ orchard rand imagine the ''^Mlfcfev" ..;;.l peaches you'd pick! jO^K??** '■'■■■•■•^M They'd be good to look at ■■'i« an{ wonderful to c». ""ma These are the luscious -'^Hh ><iiiiißW peaches you get when J »HK^6ffimr pick a tin of Libbys.
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    Jungle heroine
    135 13 irllLY SHE OEFMES THE HWIHTS -p-ROUCH banditfed jungle a lone En- on a mismercy and *>cc. rieat she waded a alien river (see or r jht). She ~a- v miles to C steamy, undergrowth caches her n a crude atwhtrt an old Gying. f -vxjsands of »v*. Chinese
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    2 accused of cheatina
    35 13 Chettiar. Tar. Phek Siang trial In Singapore ly to cheating Tay yang of $8,000 in Uprangoon Road. beI and June, this were each allowed bail and the case postto Dec. 31.
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    Carol service
    25 13 Scripture Union nice tomorI at 8 pjn at the ;ondary Schoo 1 off n Road. A talk will by Mr. J O. San-
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    Young pilots get no aid
    128 13 Singapore's Minister for Communications and Works. Mr Francis Thomas, told the Sunday Times yesterday that the Government had made no real provision for local boys who wished to takp up flying as a career. "This presents a bleak future for air-conscious Singaporeans whose only outlet
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    Back at work
    28 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat Inche Mohamed Sharif! bin 'Mohamed, Deputy Superintendent of Police, who has been attending the Police Coliege at Ryton-on-Duas-mcre. returned to Johore yesterday.
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    TOP MALAY COMMUNIST IN SELANCOR QUITS
    175 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Saturday. A NOTHER severe blow has been struck at the Communist terrorist organisation in Selangor. The top ranking Malay terrorist in this state and district political commissar. Ismail bin Nondok. has surrendered, it was: revealed today. ne gave rumse.l up to a
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    Police set ambush for ghosts
    108 13 Police set ambush for ghosts KUALA KAXGSAR, Sat Police have been lyin* in ambush for the past three niehts for stone-throwing "Shosts at a doctor's bouse in Taiping Road here Doctor K V B Pillai and his wife. Dr. K B. Pillai. Lady Medical Officer of the Kuala Kangsar District
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    LOTTERY: MAN CHARGED
    45 13 Low Geok lian claimed trial in a Singapore court rasterday to a charge of helping to run a chap ji ki lottery in Geylang Serai, on the afternoon of Dec. 16. Bail was offered. The case will be heard on March 5.
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    Farmer jailed for attack
    72 13 Ciian Hock Leon?. 42. a poultry farmer, who attacked hli wi!e and daughter with a chopper on the night of Nov. 18 in his house in Silat K ..rl. was jailed for six months in Singapore yesterday. Chan inficted nine injuries or. ttta wife and three
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    Commission meeting
    27 13 Tne next public session of the Malayanisation Commission will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Conference Room. Public Relations Office. Assembly House, Singapore.
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    Red Cross party
    23 13 The Red Cross held a Chxiftmaa party for handicapoed children at the Civil Defence premises in Kolam Ayer Lane yesterday.
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    Marilyn Monroe and Sir Winston may join X-Ray Club
    501 13 Marilyn Monroe and Sir Winston may join X-Ray Club I JHE newly-formed X-ray Club in Singapore will I bers all over the world, if invitations sent out are {'accepted. To capture the imagination of the Sit.gapore public I and to Boost membership, film stars, well-known musicI ians. statesmen and other
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    SKIPPER TOOK A SHORT CUT
    181 13 SKIPPER TOOK A SHORT CUT CAPTAIN B. C. BRIND. m&ster of the Blue Funnel ship Gorgon yesterday paid a tribute to 128 Malayan schoolchildren who travelled in his ship from Freemantle to Singapore. The veteran skipper who has been taking Malayan children between Singapore and Australia since 1948. said that
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    Christmas treat
    54 13 The Eurasian Association. Singapore, will hold a Christmas party for 1.200 children at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Monday. Dec. 26. Among the many attractions will be a talentime contest. There will also be a cinema show and a concert. Tickets are available from the Youth Movement Committee.
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    Cocktails at office
    25 13 The Harrison Trading Corporation held a cocktail party to celebrate the opening of their new office at the Asia Insurance Building yesterday.
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    'Milk Stout Night'
    32 13 A "Mac keso r. s Milk Stout I Night" was held at the Ail View Cabaret last night. It I was sponsored by John Little »Maiaya i Ltd. II
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      115 13 C4KRICK Ashra Baladl PAVILION: Father Brown iQrvDtian.— 3 15 6.30. 9.15; I 1.45. 4, 6.30. 9.30; morning shows, S? show. Crash Dive-11.00; Thief of Bagdad-9 00 ThemTel *****. 1100. Tel. 6903. KING'S: The Egyptian— 115. ALHAMBKA: The Barbarians— 330 7 9.30: morning show. Re- n 1 30 4 6 i5
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    Hungarian dancers win first prize
    168 14 First prixe in Hie Sunday Times Camera Contest this week is awarded to Tan Siong Teng of 60 Lorong 25-A, Ceylang, Singapore 14, for "Hungarian I Dance" on the right. Exposure 1/500; f 8 with yellow filter. Second prize to Michael Oh of 1 12
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    Ramasamy, holy man, 'ate on all fours'
    646 14 AMONG the inhabitants of the three straits Settlements of Singapore, Penang and Malacca, the Tamils formed a* considerable portion, as they still do today. Tall and siender Ramasamy Pillay was employed as a writer and paymaster on a plantation owned by Scott and
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      264 14 Here is the ideal gift for any man I Gillette Superspeed Shaving. A It's the world's finest shaving system. It's smooth, easy, luxurious. Give him a Gillette 'Rocket' Razor Set. Jp f He'll thank you every day for years I I c^^^^TK a^^^>J The Rocket Set is a really exciting
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      140 14 Kfi ILrUnU j gVs m eke better pictures f-^([ j Z .3 The very wide range of llford products available 10 J fi the photographer now includes no less than three C 5 V~^ i varieties of panchromatic films FP3, the fine C 2 < l <^' Jf\ gram film
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      80 14 Popular Crossword I i I 1 I ~~^*~V^^Hl ACROSS >o\\ v I, Unpleasant (11); 11. Thinner out (8); 2, Infix (5)- 3 (5); 12. Charged with air ,7,; 14. Jj J E2Li"\& *<{ Composition (3); 15, own (7); Epoch (3); 8. Solid oils (4). 9 16, Countenance (4); 17. Fish
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    MAR-GAZING VAN
    578 15  -  LOGAN COURLAY By jrvive in this job nough I may bei forecaster of I may even grapresenting Gour- j'dc to Astrology. •ars of stage bless their souls, believe of the Zodiac. ■iave to listen holding forth n the subject earnest of them gospeller of \:.irlene Dle~r.ee kept me
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    Romeo for the Reds
    45 15 McrKenna, deeply cipied with the toughr career in "A Alice." won an c best television c year for her nance as Juliet in Juliet." was made by I of Television Prors and Directors. The la sending a teleof the play to,
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    : DAWN MARRIED A PRINCE :
    145 15 DAWN MARRIED A PRINCE CI T HAT Is the backgrour.a and address of Dawa Addams? How can I get her autograph? K. M. LAW Ipoh. Latest news of the 24-year- old British born actress Dawn Addams is that she is now looking around for more film i roles. At present
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    Film star, beauty expert, reporter or designer
    683 15 i# Tin o Strawberry -Sundae Girt? LONDON. JT was an invitation to meet film star Arlene Dahl here to play a bad girl in her first picture in Britain that awoke me from my lethargy. So I looked up the clippings of Arlene
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    Ford is a 'fair-haired' boy
    274 15 QLENN FORD b career has zoomed ahead at a remarkable pace since he |omed M-C-M recently for two pictures. Interrupted Melody" and Blackboa'ungle and then signed a long-term contract with the studio Now "Trial' and other pictures planned ahead for him such as "The Teahouse
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      1296 16 I Ct^AsJ t?7 wf^ 1 \^B»t^^ > li— "n^^b^l B^B^BBa(' B^Bra(k^l AJ f V *tf IIUHIMS -^^t 1 /jTj /'A l xs^\Al Ht "SrV/N/i7!*HE EXPLO7EC? VEWCN\ENTLY. *BURN #aCt^aT» V»#aC I TWO BODIES NE MIND I THIS WEEK FOR ALL /^H 4^V^K^ IVHKN any Rrnup of people begin to discuss Astrology,
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      474 17 1 v1 I I HERB'S YOUR CHEC^A MOT ME/ I'M GOING* TO POMV JM 1 M X AW, M INJME, PON'T l/ 7 a I il A /WR p LINT. NOW YOU yCELEPRATffOO WITH AN OLP ftMR B SORZV, )sav NO/ PESE AJ\f)l\kiV^ CASJ OUT AWP /OF SUPPERS' AMP A
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      519 18 1 Our young friends J^UBW^^i bt^ this sup.c pouls can Mil Jts&3i __k_ ~~~^S~^___. ww_s^__~ i C^^Bl L 3*^^ V I I "FOREVER, IF I KNOW ANY- "T I r>2Hißf Fr?^ a|B 9HHHHBII I "T^E PEOPLE OF COLOSSUS HHaV^^Safl THING ABOUT MUSEUMS/ JCK hfl BTX SHOW TREMENDOUS INTEREST 7) Jj^P]
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    The opium-smoker's religion
    1085 19  - The opium -smoker's religion ROBERT PITMAN By THE 'THIRD MAN' AUTHOR SPRINGS ANOTHER SURPRISE \S THE church bells peal out discreetly over the grey roofs of Communist Warsaw this Sunday, a middleaged Englishman will be making his way to Mass. This Englishman is thin and tall. In a dark, deep-
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    Ho you get worried about your health?
    548 20 jtT^", m A HClt'Ttiß^^lWli^J From a GJ*.'s case-hnok st> LJE was not the first American to come in and ask for a thorough checkup. "Yes. sir. Twice a year I see my doctor back home and I like to keep that up. "Last
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    DIOR DRESSES THE WORLD
    968 20 •Fashion, 1 he says, 'successively exaggerates one part after another of the female body to renew the attention THERE is a quiet, bald little man in Paris whose name, in less than ten years has become a household word throughout the world. He has probably caused
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    Civic-minded 'Jayeees' set out to help save lives
    476 20 (By A Sunday Times Reporter) SCORE BOARDS" to record the toll of road accidents in Singapore stree planned by the Singapore |unior Chamber of Commerce to make residents road-safety conscious. I The road safety campaign, with red ugnrs marKing each death recorded
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      109 20 Hpipj If you want to uSs y J make friends you've got to look smart Nothing helps a man to make friends as much as looking smart distinguished and there's novhing better than a perfectly-groomed hcaJ of hair to add the final touch of distinction. Silvikrin Hair Dressings will give
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      557 21  -  Jerry Field *>» \fc lined up your Ughts and have your era set lour subnet is all posed 'and ready to take- a first-class nead and sor '"close up" picture— o r are you? s are, your model has I But I NEVER take a good
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      HOW TO SEND A HUSBAND INTO DIVORCE
      139 21 HOW TO SEND A HUSBAND INTO DIVORCE I M KR set up to be J a counsellor on f affajrv <,f th e heart ulvioe would be T quit* <nsa.<. m»u.s But I bet I know a thine or two more than Xmerioan experta have just publish- f I t*K>k
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      Laughter and love
      135 21 1 END lamrht*r with love at rvery opportuni- Z lik* sending your ne half a dozen day cards signed by le stars' I IF you go to a party 1 wherp your husband ha*, oU friends but you T know no one. and he dnfts off momentarily
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      Kinsey cannot change a thing
      626 21 Kinsey cannot change a thing PARIS \WHEN we read in a Pans paper that Dr. Kinsey had said he planned to send over an Amer can team to investigate the sexual behaviour of the European woman, we immediately rushed out to get some European reaction to the news. Our footsteps
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      Is she a holiday slave?
      536 21 Is she a holiday slave? QO /ou, dear woman read- er work harder than your husband' Are the odds between you about even, or are you lucky enough to be able to consider yourself one of those pam P ered, petted darlings who do nothing all day? (We used to
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      65 21 B tfo**/ I a(6*J 1 5 cy laughed when I sat down at the piano. Then I bought rier Room Air Conditioner. They still laugh when I I town at the piano, but boy, is my bedroom nice and cool! jJ&F r over fifty years —the pople who kn^w air-conditioning
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    You can see the works' in this model
    478 22 T DO not consider myself a fast driver, and am sometimes frankly nervoii.-, when driving certain cars at anything over 60. Bit now and again one findi a car which obviously w ints to be pushed along, and which revels in hard
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    Let's keep death off the roads at Christmas
    611 22 Let's keep death off the roads at Christmas Chrrjtopher Pag* leant out of rhc Peugeot 403 he tested in Singapore last week. He found a worthy vehicle bred on the lon*, fast roadi and the mountain passes of France. Powered by 1 i-litre engine, the car gave 31 miles to
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    'Lock of sportsmanship' tilt angers Malayans
    175 22 FEDERATION and Sclangor soccer officials are sore over the r made by Mr. Moorthy, manager of the Aryan soccer louris poor refereeing and sportsmanship which he noticed duri tour of the Federation. An example of the FAM's resentment comes from Mr. Lim Xc vice-president
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    HIGHLIGHTS OF SPORT
    241 22  -  CRUSADER By rule," he said. During this season I have seen many league games spoilt by poor refereeing." I, too. am inclined to acree with Mr. Moorthy in some respects. The Football Association of Selangor has organised referees' classes Dut I feel that these should be held
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    Teik Hock turns down Scottish trip but won't give reason
    303 23 THIS IS A BIG SURPRISE-BAM PRESIDENT PENANG, Sat. DENANG Thomas Cup player Ooi Teik Hock has declined the Scottish Badminton Association's invitation to defend his doubles title with Singapore's Ong Poh Lim at the Glasgow international championships next year. I
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    LEVULAS LAST-MINUTE TRY SAVES SERVICES
    674 23 SEREMBAN, Sat. A SPECTACULAR last-minute run by lanky Joe Levula past a siring or defenders enabled Malayan Combined Services to force a 22-22 draw against Malayan Civilians in their annual rugger "classic" on the station padang here today. it was a great struggle from start
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