The Straits Times, 16 November 1959

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    18 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times Nat*"* Estd. 1845 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1959 15 CENTS.
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    JOBLESS RELIEF URGED
    485 1 UNEMPLOYMENT PROBE MEN RECOMMEND TWO PLANS Govt. asked to start insurance scheme and slump reserves Give it priority says MTUC Kuala Lumpur, Sun. *pHE Malayan Trades Union Congress today urged the Government to introduce an unemployment insurance scheme. This call was made when the two-day annual conferencp
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    Lock icon Pacts ratified
    27 1 CAIRO. Sun. President Nasser today formally ratified the agreements between Egypt and Sudan on the distribution of the Nile waters and on mutual trade customs.—Reuter.
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    The ice show comes to town
    169 1 A RECORD crowd packed the Happy World Stadium to see the "Holiday on Ice" show which opened in Singapore last night The audience more than forgave a 30- minute delay before the "ice girls and guys'" took the rink to give a superb display
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    PRISONERS RETURN A GOOD ATMOSPHERE
    255 1 PRISONERS RETURN A GOOD ATMOSPHERE PEKING, Sunday. T»HE HANDING over of the 10 Indian prisoners and the bodies of nine others killed in the Ladakh clash last month was carried out yesterday "in a good atmosphere," the New China new agency reported. After the handing over the Indian representative Mr.
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    Lock icon More sons by young fathers, says expert
    74 1 More sons by young fathers, says expert LONDON Sun. Young fathers have a greater chance of producing boys than older men. On average, children born between May and October seem to be slightly more intelligent than children born between November and April. Populations cannot, be stabilised. They either increase or
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    Lock icon SEVEN TIBET TRADERS BLOWN UP BY CHINESE MINES
    117 1 SEVEN TIBET TRADERS BLOWN UP BY CHINESE MINES NEW DELHI, Sun. Seven Tibet traders and their 16 mules have been blown up by mines laid by Chinese troops near the Longju Post in India's North-East Frontier Agency, according to the Times of India today. The newspaper said the Chinese had
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    Lock icon Nobel Prize man dies
    32 1 PEEBLES, Scotland, Sun. Professor Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, the distinguished Bcottlsh physicist and Nobel Prize winner, died at his home in Carlops. Peebleshlre. today. He was 90 Reuter.
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    THE TENGKU LEA YES AFTER TWO WEEKS OF TRIUMPH
    257 1  - THE TENGKU LEA YES AFTER TWO WEEKS OF TRIUMPH T.S. KHOO From SYDNEY, Sun. I A HAPPY Tengku Ab- dul Rahman left here today after a triumphant twoweek goodwill visit of Australia. Before he boarded the Qantas Super Constellation for Singapore, he said at the airport: "My stay in Australia
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    Masked pirates in $1,800 payroll grab
    202 1 SINOAPORE. Bun.— A gang of masked pirates in a speed boat boarded a fishing vessel off Kusu Island, near Singapore, and grabbed a $1,800 payroll from a fish merchant at gunpoint today. They also stripped three members, of the fishing boat crew of their
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    DEATH ENDS THE McGUFFIES' MERCY HOLIDAY..
    380 1 DEATH ENDS THE McGUFFIES' MERCY HOLIDAY.. SINGAPORE, Sunday. A CITY Council assistant Water Engineer and his wife, returning to Singapore after a holiday in Fraser's Hill, were killed in a motor smash in Johore yesterday. They were strapping Gordon William McGuffie. 33, and his wife, Constance, 30, both Sunday school
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    Wedding guests thrash robbers
    202 1 By 808 PERIES SINGAPORE, Sun. ABOUT 20 wedding guests gave two armed robbert a severe thrashing after a dramatic chase *of Braddell Road tonight, j The robbers two youths, were later admitted to the General Hospital In a serious condition. They were fleeing after robbing and
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    STOP PRESS
    34 1 CLASH VICTIMS CREMATED Sun.— Bodies r>f uinf In 4ud policemen killed iU>u wilb Chinese troopin Ladukh on Oct Jl cremated today at U«i Spring notpoil ta>lor" l.adakb with full raUiUi* bonour> Rculer.
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    Lock icon Shah's sister to wed air ace
    41 1 TEHERAN, Sun. Princess Fatima, youngest sister of the Shah of Persia. Is to marry an ace jet pilot here next Sunday. Her bridegroom will be General Mohammed Khatami who commands the Persian Air Force. Reuter.
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    THE AIR-CAR IN ACTION
    59 2 THIS Curtiss-Wright aircar, which works on the same principle as Britain's •flyine saucer" the Saun-ders-Roe SRN. 1 amazes New Yorkers. A thin line of light at ground level shows it is not touching the road. It travels on a cushion of air at 60 miles an
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    Lock icon PAT WARD IN NEW BID TO KILL HERSELF
    93 2 HOLLYWOOD < Florida > Sun.— Pat Ward, the selfconfessed $500-a-night call girl managed by margarine eir Mickey Jelke. has taken an overdose of sleeping pills In a bid to end her life. Bhe Is recovering in hospital here. An official said it
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    Lock icon Plane down in sea
    54 2 COPENHAGEN, Sun A British aircraft has crashed In the North Sea ibout 10 miles from the Danish coasi. It was disclosed today. A rubber dinghy and a parachute were found early this morning. Royal Navy patrols are looking for survivors. Danish rescue boats are to join
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    Lock icon $250,000 prize for African
    56 2 SALISBURY. Sun. Mr James Dongo an African lorry driver, has won the first prize of $250,000 in the Southern Rhodesian state lottery. His employer. Mr. O.K. Lennox, a garage owner, said: "I don't think he will resign He may want to buy the garage Then I
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    The new-look barmaids
    53 2 PERTH. Sun. A Perth publican has put his receptionists and barmaids in cheongsams. i He was so Impressed with the appearance of Asian women he saw wearing this type of garment In Singapore and .Hong Kong during a recent holiday trip, he thought it would be welcomed
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    Lock icon 'COMPACTS WILL WIN SMALL CAR' BATTLE'
    202 2 DETROIT, Sunday. r PHE president of the Ford Motor Co. said today x he believed that the new American "compact" curs would virtually eliminate small foreign cars in the United States. Said Mr. Henry Ford: "I expect the new American economy cars to cut
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    New 'Bomber' scare in New York
    353 2 New 'Bomber' scare in New York tIjEW YORK. Sun. ri Telephone bomb threats yesterday spread fears that another "mad bomber" may be on the loose in a quiet Staten Island neighbourhood where a housewife was killed in a boobytrapped garage. Police said four other persons In the general vicinity of
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    Lock icon Not guilty plea
    30 2 KHARTOUM (Sudan). Bun. —Two army officers and eight civilians pleaded not guilty today to charges ranging from conspiracy to treason in connection with Tuesday's abortive rebellion. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Sexually active at 80
    102 2 DETROIT. Son. More than seven out of ten healthy married couples over 60 remain sexually active, some until their late 80's, according to a study made in North Carolina by a university research team. Its report said the age at which relations stopped varied widely and
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    KASSEM BLAMES 'IMPERIALISTS' FOR MURDER BID
    347 2 KASSEM BLAMES 'IMPERIALISTS' FOR MURDER BID 1 BAGDAD, Sunday. OREMIER ABDEL KARIM KASSEM blamed imperialists tonight 1 for the attempt on his life last month. He revealed that other plots had taken place against his regime. "All thinking persons in the world know that imperialism and its colaborators resort to
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    Troops halt civil war in Ruanda
    117 2 Troops halt civil war in Ruanda BRUBSELJB. Sun— The Belgian Colonial Army, aldI ed by European paratroopers. has succeeded in temporarily halting the civil war between I the Watutsi and Bahutu tribes in Ruanda, it was reported today. A Ministry of Colonies spokesman said: "The fighting has been stopped by
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    Lock icon Duke in Spain
    35 2 MADRID. Sun— The Duke and Duchess of Windsor drove 150 miles south from Madrid today to Join a shooting party at which Oeneral Franco and his wife will also be guests. Reuter.
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      27 2 WH ITE AWAYS ANNOUNCE SALE BY AUCTION OF FIXTURES FITTINGS ON THURSDAY 19th NOVEMBER COMMENCING 10 a.m. ON VIEW DAILY AT WHITEAWAYS 30 MOUNTBATTEN ROAD KUALA LUMPUR.
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    Lock icon Nehru (70) says: It will be good for India if I retire
    403 3 Nehru (70) says: It will be good for India if I retire NEW YORK, Sunday. MR. NEHRU, the Indian Prime Minister, said tonight it would be good for him and for India if he left the office of Prime Minister. He was speaking in an an interview recorded for a
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    NUDE SELF-STUDIES MAKE GIRL ARTIST BLUSH AT HER OWN SHOW
    205 3 NUDE SELF-STUDIES MAKE GIRL ARTIST BLUSH AT HER OWN SHOW YjADRID, Son. Ame--ITI rlcan artist Joan Markson today blushed her way through the opening of a onewoman art show that featured eight node self-portraits. "It is one thing to paint yourself like that," she said during the show, "bat Its
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    CASTRO GRABS U.S. RANCH IN CUBA
    189 3 CASTRO GRABS U.S. RANCH IN CUBA HAVANA, 'Sun. The Cuban Government has officially taken over the huge Americanowned King Ranch in Eastern Cuba for conversion into a co-opera-tive. The formal announcement of the long-expected takeover of the 35.000-acre ranch in Camaguey was made by the National Institute of Agrarian Reform.
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    Lock icon 19 children—a $1,400 prize
    43 3 19 children a $1,400 prize COPENHAGEN. Sun— Niels Larsen. a 50-year-old farmer, and his wife Karen, who have 19 children, have won the $1,400 Christmas prize for Denmark's biggest family. It was their second successive win. Last year they had 18 children.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Russia loses contact with Lunik 3
    144 3 LONDON, Sun. Russia has lost radio contact with Its moon rocket, Lunik 111. Mr. Leonid Sedov. president of the astronomical council of the Soviet Academy o' Sciences, said today that perhaps a meteorite had collided with the rocket, which took the first-ever pictures of
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    Lock icon Separation for Callas after five-hour hearing
    214 3 Separation for Callas after five-hour hearing DOME, Sun. Prima Donna Maria Callas and her industrialist husband, Giovanni Battista Meneghini, 62, decided yesterday to separate by mutual consent, after failure of a five-hour reconciliation attempt by a Brescia Judge. Earlier Journalists had shouted and struggled to get close to the temperamental,
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    Lock icon Crossing crash
    29 3 NEW YORK. Sun.— Eight people six of them children —were killed In a level crossIng crash between a passenger train and a lorry at Houston, Texas. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'KILLED-IN-ACTION' SOLDIER BACK—AFTER 19 YEARS
    105 3 'KILLED-IN-ACTION' SOLDIER BACK— AFTER 19 YEARS ROME, Sun. An Italian Army corporal, believed by his family to have been killed in action 19 years ago, returned home today. Corporal Onorio Rasera. 54. was posted "missing, believed killed" in Abyssinia in 1940. Suffering from shell-shock. Rasera was a prisoner-of-war in Egypt
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    Lock icon Summit: Why May is likely date
    288 3 LONDON, Sunday. IHE East- West summit now seems likely to take place in May. but the exact date remains to be fixed by the two sides following the Western summit meeting in Paris on Dec. 19. Hopes of an earlier East- 1 West conference
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    Lock icon A 35 m.p.h. bath
    65 3 LONDON. Sun. A castiron bath with rubber wheels and a motor scooter engine, left Bath. Somerset, for London today. It is being driven by students as a stunt to raise money for charities. The bath's top speed is .15 mph. It has been built to compiy
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      371 3 Your radio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA A.M. 6.30 Good Morning; 6.32 MEDIUM WAVE SERVICES Morning Prelude; 7.00 The News; Lumpur 341 7.05 A Date With Music; 8.00 Tha i^h"* 33« netres News; 805 A Date WlUi Music; M*Uee« 297 mrlrn oin w,^v, wi.v, th. n,,.^.. A.M. 6.30 Good Morning
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    The Philippines offers S'pore aid in nine fields
    268 4 The Philippines offers S'pore aid in nine fields SPECIFIC PROPOSALS SOON UNDER COLOMBO PLAN OINGAPORE, Sun. The Philippines Government has offered Singapore assistance in nine training fields under the Colombo Plan. The leader of the Philippines delegation to the recent Colombo Plan conference in Jogjakarta, Dr. Paulino Garcia, revealed this
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    'Come back' plea to wife
    89 4 'Come back' plea to wife KUANTAN, Sun.— An anxlous man is trying to find his attractive wife who has been missing since she left home on Oct. 11. Mr. Tan Kirn Plaw. 32. of Penjoom new village, near Kuala Llpls, told the Straits Times that his wife. Eng Poh. 30,
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    'SPECIAL' GETS 2 YEARS FOR KNIFE ATTACK
    166 4 RAUB, Sun.— Special Constable, Daud bin Merah. 32, was yesterday found guilty on two charges of attempted murder. He was sentenced to two years' Jail on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently. Oaud, a father of four, attacked two other special constables.
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    18,000 TRAINED UNDER C-PLAN IN 9 YEARS
    336 4 Needs of Asian countries for international aid remain 'quite pressing 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. The needs of Asian countries for international economic assistance remain "quite pressing" despite an improvement in their economies, last year. This was stated by Mr. R. K. Chatterji. the Colombo
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    Illicit love affair led to murder—court told
    365 4 Illicit love affair led to murder court told ALOR STAR. Sun. OWE Kedah Assizes •L was told today of an illicit love affair between a young married woman and a man which led to the murder of the woman's husband In the dock stood two padl planters. Halim bin Hsimld.
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    Silver jubilee of St Hilda's
    44 4 BINOAPORE. Bun. -St Hilda's Church In Ka.tong will celebrate Its silver Jubilee on Tuesday. A special ceremonial service will be held at 6.30 p.m. at which Rev. John Handy, one of the founder members of the church, will speak
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    Gathering of old boys
    35 4 SINGAPORE. Bua The Chinese Industrial and Commercial Continuation School celebrated Its Mth Old Boys' Day with a tea Rftrty and a singing- competition at Its premises In Outram Road here today.
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    ONE DULANG WASHER IN S'PORE: CENSUS
    294 5 ONE DULANG WASHER IN S'PORE: CENSUS OINGAPOHE, Sun. •^Census takers, checking on the "economically active population" of Singapore in June 1957, discovered that one man made his living as a "dulang washer." This was revealed in the preliminary report of the census released yesterday. Although dulang washers, who wrest a
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    Stole earrings from girl, 7
    60 5 RAWANG. Sun. -Siva Perumai and Thangadurai who pleaded guilty to taking a pair of good earrings from a seven-year-old girl at Sunget Tlnggi Estate on Nov. 4. wer» Jailed for six months each here. Thangadurai. who had two previous convictions, was also ordered to be
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    Teachers' union hits back at common criticism
    419 5 Teachers' union hits back at common criticism SINGAPORE, Sunday. THE Singapore Teachers' Union today defend ed teachers against criticism that they were "overpaid" and "underworked." An editorial in the Forum, the official organ o the union, said that the popular fallacy abou teachers found its origin in the context that
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    BUNTING DEALERS GET A WARNING
    203 5 BUNTING DEALERS GET A WARNING SINGAPORE, Sun.. have been made to the Government that suppliers of bunting materials are I withholding stocks and pushing up prices. The Government, revealing this last night, warned that. 1? this tendency to "fleece" continued, action might be taken against those responsible. Bunting material is
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    So women 'would face main burden'
    230 5 So women 'would face main burden' SINGAPORE, Sun. V The Family Planning; Association here feels that women would have to bear the main burden of sterilisation, if this method of population control were legalised in Singapore. Expressing this view in the News of PoDulation and Birth Control, published by the
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    Caught with still —fined $900
    62 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Koh Tian Seng. 40. who said he was unemployed and ill was today fined $900 or four months in jail for possession of an unlicensed still and 24 gallons of fermented mash on which duty amounting to $174 had not been paid.
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    CLERK WHO FEARED MONEY IS JAILED
    118 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sunday. yUSOF BIN ABDULLAH, a clerk in the Land 1 Office. Pontian. was Jailed for nine months today for, criminal breach of trust of three sums of money totalling $510. He pleaded guilty. Yusof asked for leniency on the grounds that he
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    2 enter singing contest finals
    48 5 PENANO. Sun.— A housewife. Sabrlah Urip. 18. and r. part-time radio announcer, Inche Abdul Samad Harun. qualified as finalists In Radio Malaya's singing contest for the Malay section yesterday. They will represent North Malaya In the all-Malayan final in Kuala Lumpur next month.
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    $10,000 GIFT TO CHURCH
    81 5 BINOAPORE. Sun Four, brothers have given their church here $10,000 to cele- brate their mother*, 61st birthday. Mes.srs. Kho Sloe Hwee. Kho Sloe Bin Kho Thiam and Kho Sine Kuan, all sons of Mrs. Kho Swee Teng (Madam Thay Bong Lan>, come from a staunch Presbyterian
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    Hawker found battered to death
    182 6 Hawker found battered to death PENANG, Sun.— A 81--year-old hawker, Tye Chuan Aik, was found battered to death In his garage home in Rangoon Road earhr today. The back of his head had been battered. Tye had about $100 In his trouser pockets and another $500 In a tin. These
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    Girl, 16, drowns in pool
    46 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Bun. A 19-year-old schoolgirl. Long Slew Ching, was drowned today in a mining pool at the T| mile Ulu Klang Road, near here. Her body was recovered by one of her relatives and brought to the General Hospital here.
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    Beware of lurking strangers warning
    142 6 IPOH, Sun.— A "be careful of strangers" warning was Issued to the public here today by the police In view cf the prevalence of confidence tricksters. A police spokesman said: "Confidence tricksters are adopting new methods of trying to gain entry Into houses in residential
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    22 barred from exam for failing to pay fees
    188 6 KOTA BHARU, Sun.— Twenty-two students of the Maahad Muhammad! Arabic School here were barred from sitting for their final examination which began this morning. They were barred because they had failed to settle their arrears in school fees for several months.
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    Fined $40
    39 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Busran bin Ma'arof was fined $40 In the magistrate's court today for carrying three passengers beside him In the driver's seat of a car In such a manner as to hamper control of It
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    PENANG DOCTOR WEDS MUSIC TEACHER
    46 6 DR. LIM HUCK BOON, an anaesthetist at Penang General Hospital, was married to Miss Janet Khoo Goat Kirn. a music teacher, at Penan*; Registry Office on Saturday. Straits Times picture shows Dr. Lim slipping the wedding ring on his bride's finger.
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    EX-HOME GUARD ATTACKED BY TEENAGE THUGS
    122 6 IPOH, Sun. A former Home Guard. Kong Mook Seong. 24. was lured to a lonely spot and attacked by a gang of six secret society gangsters here this morning. Kong received a cut on his head and a stab wound In his abdomen, but
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    MPs TO HAVE MORE SAY
    320 6 Parliamentary groups formed to influence shaping of Govt. policies KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. THE Alliance Party today formed 11 Parliamentary groups to allow its members in the House of Representatives and the Senate a say in shaping the Government's policies. The groups will be led by
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    DRIVE FOR 100 p.c. MEMBERSHIP
    166 6 IPOH, Sunday. THE National Union of Plantation Workers has x started a drive for 100 per cent membership to mark its fifth anniversary. It alms to make every plantation worker in the country a member of the union by the end of December, said the
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    DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES FOR 586 HOME GUARDS
    142 6 DISCHARGE CERTIFICATES FOR 586 HOME GUARDS HANGAR, Sun.— five hundred and eighty-six Perils home guards last night received discharge certificates from the Mentrl Besar. Tuan Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohamed Hashim. The presentation was held at a disbandment parade at the Home Guard Training Centre at Bukit Krtri. nine miles from
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    Home for aged seeks a grant
    39 6 PENANO. Bun.— The Penang Jubilee Home for the Aged has asked for a grant from the City Council. The home has 464 Inmates. It U at Bungei Dua. five mile* from the city.
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    ...SO HE LOST HIS TEMPER
    74 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Sidlk bin Dohat was bound over in the Sessions Court today in $100 for six months for causing hurt to Sawab bin Osman. Sidlk told the court that at Sawab's request he bought him a pair of second-hand soccer boots, but because
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    1340 7 A journal's attacks brought decency to medicine RIGHT FROM THE START, THE LANCET FACED BITTER OPPOSITION FROM THE MORE NOTORIOUS HOSPITALS IN October, 1823, Thomas Wakley. a struggling young London medical practitioner, published Britain's first medical journal. Named The Lancet, the weekly's main purpose was the eradication of corrupt hospital
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      286 7 The Saint By Lestie Vharterin nfILHLHHHr~"w£U i-iu-kk^B "NOW LETS BE RATIONAL. VICKy KINIAN'I fIT MUST BG THE OLD STORY OF B^H r &*sfßl^m THIS IS ALf?EAP/'^P| OUST BECAUSE MV FATHER WAS IN A .^k AIME HIMED HUNTER-AFTER TOO MY FPINTOFNO CLOAK-AND-WW3GEK BRANCH Of THE" S MUCH TRAILING. ONE BEGINS TO
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    29 8 U Wtrit Sl* (Minimum) IN EVER LOVING memory of Mrs. Choong Kill Liat who died on 15.11.58. Gone but always remembered by her dear husband and daughter.
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    The Straits Times Monday, November 16. 1959. Not Money Alone
    604 8 The Straits Times Monday, November 16. 1959. Not Money Alone The Singapore Government has asked Nanyang University to pay its agreed half share of the expenses of the Prescott Commission. In reply, the chairman of Nanyang's Executive Council acknowledges the commitment, but regrets that the university is unable, "for the
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    Do It Yourself
    383 8 Did Dato V. T. Sambanthan fully realise the importance of the suggestion he himself made to the annual delegates' conference of the M.1.C.? It was that rubber workers' cooperatives should buy up and run rubber plantations. The motive he advanced was prevention of fragmentation, but it would
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    237 8 One of the first obligations of any Government is to keep people informed both of what it wants them to know and, so far as possible, what they think they ought to know. Official information services in the Federation have been geared to the emergency for a
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    567 8 A WAR RAGES IN THE HEART OF AFRICAW\ND WITH IT DIES A LEGEND ROBERT MLSEL hrn» ipeat mow time with the Watutsi trite in Africa, now rnrafed In battle ot sur rival with the Ba hutus who rose from vrfdom to kill hundrrd* »f their riant master*.
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    THE MAN WHO SAID 'NO'
    1198 8  -  GEN. DE GAULLE HELLA PICK TO Friin- They didn't think Guinea would survive without the French but it has and will of the GUARDIAN THE President of the Republic of Guinea, Mr. Sekou Toure, arrived in Britain last week. It is only just over a
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      147 8 I/UANTAN, the capital of IV Pahang, Is In a terrible mess. Unlike other towns m Pahang such as Kuala Lipis. Bentong and Raub. the public thoroughfare In Kuantan known as Main Btreet (one of two streets in the town), has acquired steel stakes driven Into the
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    ALL 17 OFFICERS OF IPOH MIC TO LEAVE
    332 9 ALL 17 OFFICERS OF IPOH MIC TO LEAVE TPOH, Sun. All 17 J. members of the committee of the Ipoh branch of the MIC have decided to resign. Reason: The refusal of national and state headquarters of the congress party to recognise the branch. The committee will now call the
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    School presents The Pied Piper'
    65 9 RAUB, Sun.— Pupils and teachers of the Methodist Girls' School will present an operetta "The Pled Piper" and a play "Thursdays at Home" on Nov. 20 and 21, in aid of the school's sewing department. Tickets for the performances, which start at 8 p.m., a:
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    DECISION ON BARRING ALIENS FROM MEMBERSHIP IS PUT OFF
    154 9 DECISION ON BARRING ALIENS FROM MEMBERSHIP IS PUT OFF I^UALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Malayan Indian Congress today postponed a decision on the question of barring non Federal citizens from becoming members. The straits Times was told that it had done so for "lack of time." There vas a resolution at
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    Smallholders meet
    25 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor Smallholder*' Association held its annual meeting at the Sultan Sulatman Club here. About 60 delegates and observers attended
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    Police changes
    33 9 BUTTERWORTH. Sun.— Inspector M. Balakrlshnan has taken over as Investigation Officer, Butterworth, from Insp. Isnak bin Salleh who has been transferred to the Police Field Force Training School in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Back from U.K.
    34 9 TAIPING, Sun.— Mr. Ang Chui Lai, a former teacher here, has returned from England after qualifying as a leywer He is a son of Mr. Ang Chai Tit, a Government pensioner.
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    New orphanage
    27 9 PENANG. Bun.— The Governor, Raja Tun Uda, will open the new building of the R. makrishnan Orphanage at Scotland Road at 5.30 p.m. next Saturday.
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    Probe into Perak UMNO row begins
    170 9 Probe into Perak UMNO row begins IPOH, Sun. An inquiry into dissension within the Perak UMNO rai\ks began here today. The committee of inquiry, headed by the Minister of Education, Inche Mohamed Khir bin Johari. was appointed by the UMNO central executive council. Unrest In the Perak UMNO has centred
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    Smallholders are told: Replant
    53 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Bun. A team of officials of the rubber replanting publicity scheme yesterday visited Kampong Semangar In Mukim Ulu Sungei Johore. Kuta Tlnggi, to urge smallholder* to replant. Six applications for ait) were received after Inch* 81non bin Pawiro. a Junior rubber instructor, had addressed
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    3,165 more new citizens
    34 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Citizenship certificates were issued to 3.165 people during the first week of this month. In the same week. 2,090 applications were received, said a Federation Government statement
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    MIC attacks foreign banks
    264 9 DELEGATES' CONFERENCE CONDEMNS THEIR REFUSAL TO LEND MONEY ON SOUND PROPERTIES KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday. HPHE Malayan Indian Congress today attacked the "unsympathetic" loans policy oi foreign-operated banks in the country. At its annual delegates conference here the congress passed a resolution calling on these banks to
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    RAF Regt. squadrons' farewell
    102 9 RAF Regt. squadrons' farewell SINGAPORE, Sun.— A date has been set to: the dlsbandment of two more squadrons ot the RAF Regiment (Malaya). They are No. 93 (Field) and No. 91 (Tengaht squadrons, which will be dissolved on March 31 next. A Far East Air Force statement said today that
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    Speeding fine
    24 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Bun.— Lum Suit Chin was fined $40 in the Magistrate's Court here yesterday for speeding within Johore Bahru town limits.
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    First aid champion
    49 9 THE SINGAPORE branch of the British Red Crou Society on Saturday night held Its fourth annual Inter-detachment first aid competition In the Singapore Badminton Hall. The picture shows the leader of the winning 9th detachment, Mr. Ong Loke Yin, receiving the shield from Dr. A.W.S. Thevathasan.
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    Dinner showpiece—c red, red rose
    169 9 Dinner showpiece c red, red rose SINGAPORE. Sun.— The red rose of Lancashire wo* literally the centre of attraction at a special dinner here last night. A bowl of red roses was placed In the centre of the table as 20 British Army officers attended a Lancastrian Brigade dinner at
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    Blood donors drive: Minister speaks
    49 9 The Minister for Health, Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, speaking to people who turned up at Kandanj; Krrbau hospital in Singapore to register as blood donors. With Inche Ahmad is the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. and his political secretary. Mr. Jek Yuen Thong.
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    Don't be afraid, says Premier MORE S'PORE VOLUNTEERS
    402 9 Don't be afraid, says Premier MORE S'PORE VOLUNTEERS SINGAPORE, Sunday. 4S the island-wide Government campaign for blood donors got under way officially today, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. appealed to the people to come forward and not be held back by superstitions and fears. volunteers gathered at the
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    Fireworks display for Loyalty Week
    258 9 Fireworks display for Loyalty Week SINGAPORE. Sun. The Japanese community In. Singapore has Joined the combined Chambers of Commerce to give the state a grand fireworks display on the occasion of Loyalty Week. The cost, which is a secret, will be met by the chambers and the Japanese community as
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    Annual dinner
    21 9 PENANO. Sun.— The Penang Convent Ex-pupils' Association will hold their annual dinner at Hoe Peng Restaurant here on Sunday.
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    Film executive due in S'pore
    35 9 BINOAPORS. Sun. Mr. Seymour Mayer, Vlce-Presi-dent of Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer International. Is expected In Singapore next week. He Is on tour to complete deals for the release of the film Ben Hur.
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    Car offence
    35 9 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. For falling to stop the engine of hU car when It wa s stationary on a public road. Low Heng Len K was fined $25 In the magistrate's court today.
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    TELECOMS TRAINING CENTRE PLAN
    149 9 l/UALA LUMPUR. Sun. A t c 1 c c o mmunlcations training centre for SouthEast Asia will be built here with United Nations aid if a plan Dut forward at the international telecommunications conference held recently in Geneva is approved. The Minister of Works, Posts and
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    376 10  -  PETER GLADWIN #v Jh% K C~% ML h .1C I* _^Bw C 3 -k 1 m^^^^^^ T B^s^^^^^^^Bß 1. bm^ 4BBBM By ...WITH IRONY AND COMPASSION A USTRALIA'S early settlers stole the aborigines' land. Then they murdered the aborigines; as many, that is, as they could. They
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    499 10 Malayan history and the case for reappraisal... MALAYA IN HISTORY (The half-yeorly magazine of the Malayan Historical Society;. $2. Reviewed by Harry Miller. rE fascinating story of the work ot restoring an ancient Hindu temple on the upper reaches of a river in Central Kedah has pride of place in
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    155 10 BILLY IMR By Keith Waterh— (Michael Jeasyh. 18a. M.). rIS is a sad, savage, sick, funny book. BHI7 Fisher is a pathological liar, who lives mostly In daydreams because he loathes the "real" world, and lacks the strength either to change or leave It
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    1729 12 OPPORTUNITY EVEN FOR THE SMALL MAN By Our Market Correspondent THERE was another heavy turnover on the Malayan Share Market last week as interest by local investors continued unabated. Never before have Malayans shown such interest in shares and this interest continues to grow. The size of
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    25 12 Malayan Share M, Nov. 14 Industrials: 105.74 Hns: 143.42 Rubbers 174.30 lan. 1 1958 100. larkH Nov. U 10«. M 114 IK 174.30
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    26 12 TIN RUBBER (perafaul) (p«rlb.) Not. SSM.M 11.23 ft 1» UM.75 $1.26 v« 11 »mi;i, ii.!iy« It $397.87', 51. 31% 13 1357.7S SI.Z»H 14 SSM.7S
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    58 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' AsoociaUion made the following changes In its rates to merchant* on Saturday, Nov. 14. (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 315 16. O.D. 317 16. 90 dst 31 7 8 credit bills. 31 15 16 trade bills. selling T.T. or O.D. ready:
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    69 12 iytr HiUm Tin poh Tin C. Kan.'ar Malayan Tin >. Malayan <unjH Becl lrn*kih«l .'nitctf Trnlini payment io"; v. 2s «d 6d. 3d. 1 3/sd. 7 V ML paymrnt Dec. 22 Dec. 22 Dec. 9 Dec. 31 Dec. 30 Dec. :"3 Nov. 21 f»r year 40 r i
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    550 12 r|NCE again it was a very active week on the Singapore Rubber Market and new high price levels were reached. Thursday's close for December first grade at $1.29% was the highest since early December 1955 and on this day when it became the quoted current position
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    361 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported on Saturday, j Nov. 14: "Industrials were quiet, tins were slightly easier while sterling rubbers continued firm. The turnover was good." Singapore brokers reported the following business; Industrials: Fraser and Neave ords $1.45; M Cement $1.72 and $1.73; M Colls $152: Metal
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    1190 12 THE following list of revised quotations was issued by the Malayan Share Brokers' Association after Its last meeting on Saturday (Nov. 14). H and L stand for highest and lowest prices for business done this ytaxINDUSTRIALS KEY TO MARKINGS eti slat capital ium > mi m eiclading
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      991 13 BRUNEI GOVERNMENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Applications are Invited from experienced qualified teachers to teach In the secondary forms of the Government English Schools In the State of Brunei. Those engaged will be required to work on agreement for three years, the first six months of which Is a probationary period. Rates
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    Lock icon LONDON, Sunday
    254 14 make a last-minute change against Luton Johnny Brooks coming in at outside-left for lnfluensa-hlt Welsh International Cliff Jones but Luton's defence was so solid that the switch hardly mattered. A first-half goal by Irish International George Cummins was. Luton's match-winner, thougn Tottenham had a Tommy Harmer goal disallowed
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    315 14 DAY OF SHOCKS IN THE LEAGUE AND FIRST ROUND CUP MATCHES HAMMERS MOVE UP TO THE TOP OF DIV. 1 Hotspur tumbled from leadership 1 of the First Division of the English Football League yesterday when they suffered a humiliating 1-0 defeat by bottom-of-the-table Luton. But this
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    DATES FOR REPLAYS
    69 14 |_ONOON. Sun. Tha matches drawn in the Foothall Association Cup firs* round yesterday will be replayed on Hrn following dates: TiMsday. (Nov. 17) Watford v Cheltenham; Carlisle United v Rochdale. Oldhjm Athletic v Shildon. Wednesday (No*. 18): Bradford City Bantsley; Southampton Coventry C'ty; Cainsborough v DonCastor Rover-.;
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    243 14 DACCA, Sunday. A WHIRLWIND innings of 66 not out by wlcket- keeper Wally Grout, batting at No. 9, helped put Australia in a strong position on the third day of the First Test against Pakistan here. From 151 at the fall of the i eighth wicket. Australia
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    157 14 Cecilia is captain PENANO. Sun.— Mrs. Cerllla Samuel will lead Malaya's Über Cup team against India at Jamshedphur on Dec. 3. The Malayan team, announced here today after the two-day trials, comprises: Singles— Tan Oaik Bee, Jean Moey. Rosie Lon; Doubles Mrs. Amy Heah and Tan Oalk Bee. Mrs. Cecilia
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    90 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. T. Nadarajah, Malaya's most senior FIFA. -registered referee, has been Invited to referee in the Wet tern Zone championships of the Asian Cup senior competition at Cochin, Kerala, starting on Dec. 5. Four countries are taking part in the tournament. Israel, the favourites, India. Iran
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    197 14 CINGAPORE. Sun. The Singapore Amateur Cycling Association will recommend five cyclists tothe Singapore Olympic and Sports Council for inclusion in the state's contingent to the S.E.A.P. Games at Bangkok next month. This was decided after the 79-mile massed-start trial road race held this
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      59 14 SINGAPORE: Ra*?er SRC v I The Blacks, padang; SOC "B" v University, padang. Hockey: Div. 4 YMCA v Police. Balestier Road. Soccer: Malayan Armed r*orcea knockout competition (final) RE v Signals. Taiiglln, Golf: i (RSOC LGU medal) Sime Road. BMketbail iSABF championship) Thong Keng v Nee Soon (7.30 I p.m.i;
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    Perak struggle for 3-1 margin against weak Services team
    357 15 By NORMAN SIEBEL KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday pERAK beat Federation Combined Services 3—l in their F.A.M. Cup first round match at the Merdeka Stadium today but the margin looks a lot better than Perak's actual performance did. Against a Services team which
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    65 15 SINGAPORE Sun. A Singapore billiards team beat Selangor Chinese Recreation Club 3-2 at Slong 800 Club here tonight. Results (Singapore first): Tan Kirn Song bt Oan Beng Huat 300--243; Chin Chi Nen bt Yeoh Kwal Weiig 300-274; Leong Chong Pul bt Chung Yoke Onn 300-296; Teo Slew San
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    232 15 IPOH. Sun.— Perak became champions with a solitary goal victory over Selangor at the conclusion of the threeday triangular friendly in-ter-state hockey meet on the padang here today. Selantror who beat Penan* 7—o yesterday ended up as runnersup. Penang who lost both their games were last.
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    376 15 SINGAPORE. Sun— John Smith (R.A.F.). riding a 4*9 cc Norton, won the Caatrol Trophymain event of the Singapore and Forces Motoring club's Sembawang circuit motor-cycle meet today. Smith practically led all the way to win the 20-lap race In 26min. 35.65ec.
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    381 15  - ENG YOON AND PAL ARE THE FIRST QUALIFIERS FOR SEAP GAMES FIRDIE SALAHUDIN. By Singapore), Sunday CPRINTER-HURDLER Tan Eng Yoon and pole vaulter Pal Singh, were the first qualifiers for Singapore's athletics the South-East Asia Peninsular Games in today's trials at Farrer Park. Running with a sprained foot in the
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    330 16 PURGE IN ALGERIAN REBEL RANKS 'IS IN PROGRESS' j* f f*?*^^^% f% y* i iw I iv I B"^*\ A C^ PARIS, Sunday. jy{R. ROBERT ABDESSELAM, an Algiers Deputy and Muslim member of France's United Nations delegation, said here yesterday that a "purge of intellectual elements" was in progress in
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