The Straits Times, 26 October 1960

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    Masthead
    19 1 AVi;ilAl.i: UAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 90.000 The Straits Times Hat*** 1 Estd. 1845. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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    U.S. GREETS TENGKU
    752 1 FULL MILITARY HONOURS IN WASHINGTON Herter represents Ike at the airport Toronto warning on the C'wealth THE DANGER OF DISINTEGRATION WASHINGTON. Tuesday TENGKU Abdul Rahman arrived here today for a three-day visit and was told the United States admired the orderly way in which his country had
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    $15 mil. base handed over to RMAF
    384 1 $15 mil. base handed over to RMAF A PROUD DAY FOR MALAYA-AND A MOMENT OF SADNESS AND NOSTALGIA Xl ALA LL'MIV PUR, Tues. The Royal Air Force today handed over its $15 million base here to the Royal Malayan Air Force. It was done in what the United Kingdom High
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    QUEEN AND DUKE IN NEAR-CRASH AIR DRAMA
    386 1 QUEEN AND DUKE IN NEAR-CRASH AIR DRAMA 'J'WO SABRE JET fighter planes were reported to have flown "on collision course" close to the Royal airliner bringing Queen Elizabeth After the Royal Comet Jet airliner had landed at London airport the Queen and Prince Philip talked for some time with tneir
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    Lock icon Gold rush fever still on
    66 1 Gold rush fever still on LONDON, Tues. "Gold rush" fever still gripped the London market today with the early price around three dollars an ounce above the "official" US$35. During the afternoon, the price eased again to a range of $37} to $38 on further offerings from Switzerland. The ruling
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    Lock icon 'Either, or' threat denied
    123 1 BONN. Tu«a. A WEST GERMAN A Foreign Office spokesman yesterday denied an American newspaper report that Mr. Khrushchev had set April as a deadline for a Summit conference or a major Berlin crisis. The report said the Russian Prime Minister did so at a meeting with
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    'Margaret baby soon' report: No comment
    80 1 'Margaret baby soon' report: No comment SPOKESMEN at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House yesterday declined comment on an Australian newspaper report that an announcement would be made soon that Princess Margaret (seen above at the Motor Show in London last week) wa s expecting a baby. The report, in the
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    Three to die as Israel spies
    51 1 CAIRO. Tues.— Three Egyptians were condemned to death and 14 other persons in ludlng six foreigners were sent to prison today on charges of spying for Israel. Those sentenced to death Include Rashad Rizk. former personnel manager for the Ford Motor Co. In Alexandria.
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    Lock icon LOUW WARNS OF A SPLIT WITH U.S.
    110 1 WASHINGTON, Tuesday. •JWK South African Foreign Minister, Mr. Kric Louw, warned the United States yesterday that unwarranted attacks on South Africa's racial policy could endanger relations between the two countries. "This Is a time to preserve friendships not to endanger them. Mr. Louw
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    STOP PRESS
    31 1 COMMUNIST ACT WASHINGTON Tue> D B today s-aid Cab* t-ewurc »l \H' more Anirri can compjm*.- h -ju<>»htntalitjrun Mtp. of in' rl 'mtioo.il Communism I PI (Set paje t«'
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    Lock icon Millions expected to turn out for royal visit to India
    283 2 Millions expected to turn out for royal visit to India INFORMALITY WILL BE THE KEYNOTE DELHI, rues. I Officials here are planning for Queen Elizabeths visit in January on the basis that they will have to cope with crowds of more than 2.000.000. Work has already started on widening some
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    Lock icon Britain's first A-sub is launched
    76 2 DREADNOUGHT, Britain's first nuclear-powered submarine, slides down the ways into the Walney Channel after her launching by the Queen from the Vicke«rs-Armstrong yards at Barrow-in-Furness. The new submarine, to displace about 3.500 tons, was launch ed on the 155 th anniversary of the Battle of
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    U.N. set-up unbalanced, says Mrs. Banda
    141 2 COLOMBO, T v c s.— Xj Mrs. Slrimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon, said today: "The countries of Asia and Africa are grossly under-repre- sented in the principal organs of the Ufcited Nations." She referred particularly to the Security Council, the Economic and Social
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    Lock icon British car exports slump
    103 2 British car exports slump T ONDON. Tues. Brlj tain's car exports I slumped by more than a quarter In September, compared with August, according to Board of j Trade figures. I The figures were 29.795 'against 41.024 In August, and i 38.513 in September last year. Exports for the third
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      419 2 COME TO ROBINSONS N 3? TREASURE ISLAND W\ <C&fst^ Y*P OF TOYS! y' I —J \X\ y Now it the time to shop for Toys com* in today and take your pick from the gayeat, grandest array ever assembled under one roof V^^^ j\ I 1 1 S oil spaciously
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    Lock icon Nuclear war 'is certain'
    272 3 BRITISH DELEGATE TO UNITED NATIONS SAYS PEACETIME 'DISARM' PACTS MEANINGLESS NEW YORK, Tuesday HPHE British delegate, Mr. David Ormsby- Gore, told the United Nations yesterday that the next world war would be a nuclear war, no matter what agreements had been entered into in peacetime. The
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    Lock icon Anti-Portuguese speeches anger youths of Lisbon
    53 3 YOUTHS cling to the side of a wall to get a good view of a huge mass demonstration in Lisbon by students protesting against anti-Por-tuguese speeches in the United Nations Cc n c r a I Assembly. Nearly 10,000 people took part (n the
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    Lock icon Forecast: A Chinese invasion
    103 3 LONDON. Tues. Mr. George Bilainkin. British diplomatic correspondent and author. yesterday forecast a Chinese and Japanese invasion of Europe and Australia. He said Asians were preparing for early leadership and 750.000.000 Chinese and Japanese were "fabulously ahead in science and technology, vital and vigorous." Mr. Bilainkin.
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    Election date
    18 3 TOKYO. Tues. The Japanese Cabinet today confirmed that general elections would be held on Nov. 20.
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    World trip
    28 3 HONOLULU. Tues. Pilot Chuck Banfe landed his light twin-engine plane at Honolulu international airport last night to complete a flight around the world in eight days.
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    Lock icon Duke criticises papers' shuffling of speeches
    227 3 LONDON, Tuos rrHE Duke of EdinA burgh yesterday p~ criticised the practice of some newspapers of rearranging paragraphs of his speeches, declaring that they must leave readers "thoroughly muddled." He disclosed that he had tried to write speeches which could not be rearranged or
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    Lock icon Churchill's home burgled
    50 3 LONDON. Tues.— A burglar broke Into the London home of Sir Winston Churchill over the weekend and got away with £10 from a rear ground floor office used by the household staff. Sir Winston and Lady Churchill are due home from the south of France today.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon The factory still burns
    53 3 LONDON. Tues. The Avro Aircraft Company's factory near Cadderton was still burning yesterday, 24 hours after a mystery blaze broke out in an experimental workshop. More than 100 firemen fought the blaze, which threatened the prototype Avro 748. a 44-seat turbo-prop airliner, and the Jobs of
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    Lock icon Russia, 'biggest and most brutal state in history'
    272 3 Russia, 'biggest and most brutal state in history' vtEW YORK, Tues. -W The Soviet Union was today accused of being "the biggest and most brutal colonial state in the history of the whole world." The accusation came from the 29-year-old Estonian seaman who defected from Mr. Nlklta Khrushchev's liner BalUka
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    £10,000 haul
    25 3 LONDON. Tues. Thieves j stole more than 10.000 from the strong room of a north- 1 east London bank, using oxyacetylene cutting gear.
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      349 3 RADIO MALAYA RADIO SINGAPORE (41.7 metres) Medium Wave 476 metres Short Ware: 62 metres A.M. 6.00 Time Signal. Negara- trmn 9.C0— 1«.M n.m. ku. News Headlines; 6.05 Morning AM A n w-JT,,,-. fi Melodies; 6.50 Ke^p Fit With Teilc M omlM nSrtiS^ni^^wJt L««- 700 sinu it Avatn- 710 Momln Prelude
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    FREE TRADE
    52 4 FREE TRADE K ITCHING. Tues. Sarawak and North Borneo have agreed to hold a Joint investigation into .the desirability of esta- Wishing "a Customs Union of free trade area for their mutual economic advantage." This was stated in a communique after the 12th meeting of the Borneo Territories Inter-Territorial conference
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    MINISTER VISITS TWO MORE SITES FOR SCHOOLS
    132 4 MINISTER VISITS TWO MORE SITES FOR SCHOOLS SINGAPORE. Tues. The Minister for Education, Mr. Yung Nynk Lin. this morning visited sites for two new schools at Jalan Kaki Bukit, in the Jalan Eunos Malay Resettlement area, and Telok Kurau. He said that the primary schools to be built at these
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    'Bo not sacrifice union solidarity'
    407 4 STATEMENT STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF NEUTRAL LEADERSHIP SINGAPORE, Tuesday. THE Singapore Civil Service Joint Council (Staff Side) today called upon the rival Amalgamated Union of Public Employees "not to sacrifice trade union solidarity for 1 political gains." "This la essential for the common good of all
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    TEENAGERS WELCOME 'SKIFFLE KING'
    93 4 TEENAGERS WELCOME 'SKIFFLE KING' SINGAPORE. Tues. Britain's "skiffle king," Lonnie Donegan, flew Into Singapore last night by BOAC on his way to Australia. A crowd of teenagers c.ustered round him for his autograph as he stepped out of the customs exit to begin a 24-hour stopover. Five other stars of
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    New envoy talks of Japanese investment boost
    116 4 New envoy talks of Japanese investment boost SINGAPORE, "Tues. Mr. Kensaku M a c d a, the new Japanese ConsulGeneral in Singapore, said here today he hoped to pave the way for more Japanese investment in the State during his term of office here. Mr. Maeda, 47, arrived here by
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    Rotary speaker
    35 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. HaJI Mustapha Albakri. Rotarlan District Governor of the Rotary Club of Singapore-West, will talk on "Rotary In general in this District" at the club's weekly luncheon on Thursday, at Princes Restaurant.
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    298 4 rE following Is today's schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar airport. AURIVALS BO AC: From Hong Kong i8A961) 1.25 pjn.: from Loncon, Duueldorf, Beirut. Bahrein, Bombay. Colombo, Kuala Lumpur (8A712) 615 pjn-; from Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin (BA711) 845 p.m. Qantaa: From Sydney, Darwin, Jakarta
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    NURSES RECEIVE A WARDS FROM FIRST LADY
    147 4 NURSES RECEIVE A WARDS FROM FIRST LADY SINGAPORE, Tues. The Government plans next year to set up a ward administration course to prepare trained nurses for sister's responsibilities, said the Minister for Health, Inche Ahmad bin Ibrahim, today. Inche Ibrahim said: "Specialist training in Singapore has been made possible largely
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    History study
    41 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Study Group Movement of the British Council is organising a course In "Political History of Europe from 1815 to the present day" for students preparing for the London Bachelor of Science (Economics) Final Part I examination.
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    MEETING TO PLAN 'VISIT THE ORIENT YEAR'
    86 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Representatives of various Government departments and cultural, sports, business, trade union and other organisations will meet in the City Hall tomorrow to plan a programme to observe 1961 as "Visit the Orient Year." At the meeting they will draw up a
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      126 4 [Singapore diary... YM.C.A.: BiHiard room 9 International women's club a.m.. Junior department 2 p.m 10.30 am table teniiu 3 pjn.. body build- ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOIS: Ing and weight lifting 4 p.m., open meeting, V.M.C A. af'er Juao practice for all 5.30 p.m., 5.30 pm Malay Btd. I beginners 516 SINGAPORE RECORDED
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    Workaday hazards: A UN expert sought
    230 5 EFFECTS OF AIRCONDITIONING ARE ALSO TO BE PROBED By TAN TOCK SAIK Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday THE Government has asked for a United Nations expert to investigate working conditions where the health and safety of workers may be affected. His field of study may cover:
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    Incident in bus: Clerk cleared
    44 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. A clerk. Lee Hoon Kang, was acquitted here today -of a charge of using criminal force on a school girl In a bus with intent to outrage her modesty. He was not called to make his defence.
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    Missing boy is found
    27 5 TEMERLOH. Tues. Mun Ah Kow, 11 -year-old schoolboy who was reported missing since Sept. 15. has been found In Kuala Pilah. Negrl Sembllan.
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    Printed word: Wider powers sought
    192 5 SINGAPORE, Tuesday. 4 BILL seeking to give the Government wider powers to "prohibit the importation, sale or irculation of any undesirable publication, whether t is printed within or without Singapore," was published here today. The Bill is the Undesirable Publications (Amendment) Bill. It was read
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    In U.S., a coloured portrait of Tengku
    107 5 In U.S., a coloured portrait of Tengku KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Newspapers in the United States have been devoting attention to the visit by Tengku Abdul Rahman. The Washington Post carried a three column coloured portrait of the Tengku on the front page of Its Sunday edition last weekend. Other papers
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    6 MONTHS FOR A BAILIFF
    78 5 6 MONTHS FOR A BAILIFF SINGAPORE, Tues.— A civil district court bailiff, was jailed today for six months on a misappropriation charge. Tan Eng Lok was found guilty by a criminal district court of misappropriating Si .838 between May 14 and June 14. The Judge said that he had taken
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    Royal birthday
    20 5 KUANTAN, Tues. The Tengku Mahkota of Pahang yesterday celebrated his 30th birthday In the royal town of Pekan.
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    HONOUR for KEDAH'S BANDIT KILLERS
    171 5 ALOR STAR, Tuesday. TytALAYA'S oldest regiment— the Ist. Bn. Royal ITI Malay Regiment— which played a big part in anti-terrorist operations in central Kedah during the height of the Emergency, was today presented i with a silver salver. The presentation, at the regimental camp in
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    3 men held after fight
    61 5 SUNGEI PATANI, Tues.— Police arrested three men last night after a clash between two gangs in Sunge) Pasir Kechil at the third mile. Kuala Retil road. A passing motorist telephoned the police. Several weapons were seized. Three men. a farmer and two tappers, were sent
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  • LETTER FROM CHICASO GIVES A NEW CLUE IN 'MASCOT' HUNT
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      Chico: I am working my way through US college
      94 5 Chico: I am working my way through US college pENANG, Tues. A new -clue emerged here today on the whereabouts of Jimmy ("Chico") Nuttu. the young Gurkha "maacot" whom the 17 RAF Squadron in England Is anxious to trace. According to the latest Information given in a letter which he
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      Asian students
      162 5 Writing on Aug. 14. he told Mokhtar. of Kampong Gajah Road, Butterworth, with whom he worked in Sungei Nyor dockyard some years ago. The college I am atW tending has many Asian students sent by their respective government*. I was surprised to learn there is no Malayan boy
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      New York card
      86 5 Jimmy, who embraced the Muslim faith whil« In Butterworth. signed his letter with his Muslim name "Jim Sallm Meh". Another friend, Mr. Robert David headmaster of the St. Mark's Primary School, in Butterworth where Jimmy studied for three years, received a New York postcard from Jimmy last
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      Lock icon Tengku's dagger?
      54 5 KOTJt RAJA (Sumatra) Tues.— A man here claimed to have found an heirloom dagger, lost by Tengku Abdul Rahman nearly 19 years ago during the Japanese occupation of Malaya. Haji Ibrahim Jatim, who disclosed the find, said he would fly to Kuala Lumpur to deliver the dagger personally
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      $1,000 for fund
      25 5 BENTONG. Tues. More than SI, OOO was raised for the Lady Templer Hospital fund at a Chinese dramatic show here last night.
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    CEREMONIAL KRIS for FIVE OFFICERS
    115 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Five Services commanders who playAd important roles during the Emergency are to be presented with ceremonial krises tomorrow by the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak They are: Lt. Col. D.H.E. Coker. Officer Commanding 13th/ 18th Royal Hussars; Major B. H. Bradbrooke,
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    Monsters of Song Song may rival Komodo dragons
    477 6  - Monsters of Song Song may rival Komodo dragons NELSON RUTHERFURD By KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday "CiROM the headquarters here of the Federation Game Department the instruction is being issued: "Find out more about the monsters of Song Song and Telor". The "monsters" are giant lizards inhabiting these two small is.Wnds off
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    JOHORE PLANS BIRTHDAY JOY FOR SULTAN
    222 6 JOHORE PLANS BIRTHDAY JOY FOR SULTAN JOHORE BAHRU, Tuesday. A TWO-DAY programme will mark the 66th birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Johore, Sir Ismail, on Friday. a be celebrations will begin i thanksgiving services prayer* In all mosques, temples and churches In the State. Though the main celebrations will
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    A free trip for MGS ex-principal
    103 6 A free trip for MGS ex-principal I7UALA LUMPUR. Tues. Former pupils of the Methodist Girls' School. Kuala Lumpur, are to raise jb.ooo to pay for a tnp here by their former principal. Miss Mabel Marsh. The money Is for her air passage and a two-month holiday during which she is
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    Found hanged
    23 6 MALACCA, Tues. Oan Kirn, 60, unemployed, was found hanging from a beam ln a Chinese temple in Templer Avenue here today.
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    HOME-MADE STOUT BREWER FINED $500
    134 6 IPOH, Tuesday. A MAN who was caught fixing "Guinness" and 'Tiger" labels on bottles of home-made stout was fined $500 today. Cheah Swee Bee, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge of manufacturing stout without a licence. The assistant customs officer (preventive). Mr. Chung Wah Kwee,
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    King's greetings
    32 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Tuea. Messages of greetings to mark the fifth anniversary of the Vietnamese Republic were sent by the Yang diPertuan Agong and the Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Rahman, today.
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    Doctor is robbed
    65 6 BUKTT MERTAJAM, Tues. A government doctor and his guest were robbed of their money and some articles last night when burglars broke Into the Kullm Road quarters of Dr. Q. C. Mehta. medical officer of Bukit Mertajam. Dr. Mehta lost $50, a watch and two lottery tickets.
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    Gang victim
    29 6 BINOAPORE, Tues. A youth, Ng Kee Lin, was seriously wounded when he was attacked by a gang of more than 10 parang-armed gangsters in Hylam Street today.
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    'MYSTERY MAN' NOWFINDS A 'SISTER'
    273 6 'MYSTERY MAN' NOWFINDS A 'SISTER' Disappointment, then hope in his quest fir his parents SINGAPORE, Tues. An appeal for help in tracing his parents has brought both disappointment and hope to the "mystery man" of the Singapore Polytechnic, 21-year -old James Pok Hock Chuan. Disappointment came in the form of
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    BID TO EXTORT CONFESSION OF ADULTERY IS ALLEGED
    84 6 BID TO EXTORT CONFESSION OF ADULTERY IS ALLEGED SINGAPORE, rue*. Neo Kirn Geok, ol Upper Serangoon Koad. appeared before a magistrate here today oh charges of nousebreaklng and wrongfully confining Tok Slok Beng. of Vaughan Road. He pleaded not guilty The first charge alleged that he broke into Tok'a home
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    MCA team to go on tour
    43 6 IPOH, Tues. A team from the Perak branch of the Malayan Chinese Association is to tour the state to strengthen its youth section. The team is headed by the Perak MCA's legal adviser, Senator Yeoh Klan Telk.
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    Fined $50 for fighting
    43 6 SINGAPORE. Tues. Lee Cheng Hoe, of West Coast Road, was fined $50 here today for fighting in publ'c. He was arrested by two constables for lighting with several others ln Paslr Panjang Road on the night of Aug. 29.
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    British scholarships for engineers
    167 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.The Federation of British Industries is offering a number of scholarships to Malayan engineers to study advanced practical engineering ln Britain. Announcing this today the British Trade Commissioner's office said there were three types of scholarships open for qualified applicants. The first was tor
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    Lock icon SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA
    1129 7 One man's triumph became national tragedy: America mourned her first war casualties CfEJS KSSS OF 1,195 DEAD IN THE DISASTER, 188 WERE. U.S. CITIZENS AMERICAS ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR I IN MAY, 1915, when Lieut.Commander Walter Schweiger of the Imperial German Navy returned to base at
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    50 8 1* Wtrit lit (Minimum) TNI family OP tbe late Madam Amman i thank all relative* and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and attendance at the funeral. KAMPONC TIOMQ FAMILY picnic party wish to think the persons who rescued members from a capsized boa: at Ct»|! on IS-10-M.
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    The Straits Times Wednesday, October 26. 1960. Accent On The Land
    685 8 The Straits Times Wednesday, October 26. 1960. Accent On The Land The Minister of Rural Development issued his first directive in January this year establishing the national organisation to which in May he entrusted the task of filling the blanks in his Book Plan. The second, issued on Monday, details
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    Congo Anarchy
    391 8 Dr. Rajeshwar Dayal's appeal to Congolese leaders to end the, party and tribal strife which has rent the republic since the day of its birth is a still small voice in a country virtually lost to anarchy. Dr. Dayal is the U.N. SecretaryGeneral's special representative, and he symbolises
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    Handing Over
    117 8 The handing-over of the R.A.F. station at Kuala Lumpur to the Malayan Royal Air Force offers new tangible evidence of Britain's help in the development of our armed services. The gift is worth $15 million the cost of building and equipping the station and represents viry substantial savings
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      W. Irian: Shameful breach of solemn agreement...
      488 8 W. Irian: Shameful breach of solemn agreement IN connection with Tengku Abdul Rahman's laudable attempt to mediate in the West Irian Impasse. I read your leading article headed "A Mission of Peactf" with some interest. But your suggestion of some form of United Nations trusteeship Ignores the basic Indonesian stand
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      MIC Singapore surprise
      22 8 •THE president of the Malayan Indian Congress. Singapore, speaking at a general meeting of the Bukit Panjang branch of
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      The so-slow co-operatives
      159 8 COME time back a group ol Assemblymen representing Singapore toured the Scandinavian countries to study the co-opera-tive movement there. It is a pity that so little publicity has been given to this venture. The co-opera-tive movement in Singapore could have benefited by the findings of this group.
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      No help to the jobless
      117 8 HTIE arrogant and aggressive expressions to which PAP Assemblyman Mr. 8. T. Banl gave vent to at the Traction Company Employees' Union meeting can only aggravate the distress and despair of the 80.000 or more unemployed In Singapore whose only hope of getting any job
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    1363 8  - NOW: Kennedy... and the ghost of old Al RICHARD WILSON 32 YEARS LATER IN ANOTHER ELECTION RELIGION IS THE BIG ISSUE by who has be«n covering the American election campaign from its inception NEW YORK. SENATOR John Fitzgerald Kennedy's Roman Catholic religion is the issue which will not die in
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    SIX-WEEK STRIKE OVER AT G.E.C.
    289 9 SIX-WEEK STRIKE OVER AT G.E.C. SINGAPORE, Tues. The six-week-old strike by about 150 employees of the General Electric Co. in Bukit Timah Road has ended. The workers will return ti work tomorrow. This follows an agreement reached today between the management and the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union representing the
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    Concerts for two funds
    48 9 KUALA TRENGGANU. Tues.— Trengganu police will stage a concert on Saturday to collect funds for their welfare board. A combined school concert will be held at the Sultan Sulaiman Primary School hall on Nov 2 and 3 in aid of the Poppy Day fund
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    Malacca Rotary
    26 9 MALACCA. Tues. Rotary district governor Haji Mustapha Albakri on Sunday complimented the Malacca Rotary Club on its proposal to floodlight the Kubu Stadium here.
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    Union wants double bonus
    365 9 SEVEN DEMANDS ON PAY LEAVE AND WORKING CONDITIONS ARE SUBMITTED TO THREE SPORE OK, COMPAMES SINGAPORE, Tuesday. A DOUBLE bonus, more pay and other imI■*■1 proved working conditions are among: seven demands which the Singapore Petroleum Workers' Union submitted to the managements of the Shell, Standard-Vacuum
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    Aziz back with plan for 'temperate' crops potatoes, tomatoes
    326 9 Aziz back with plan for 'temperate crops potatoes, tomatoes KUALA LUMPUR, TuMday THE Minister of Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz bin Ishak, flew back home from a world food conference in Rome today and announced a "temperate" plan to plant potatoes, tomatoes and mushrooms in the hills of Malaya on a
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    Bank opening
    29 9 PENANG Tues— The Governor. Raja Tun Uda bin. Raj a Muhammad, will open the United Commercial Bank's new building at Beach Street at 330 p.m. on Saturday.
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE BOY AT CENTRE OF SCHOOL ROW
    232 9 SINGAPORE BOY AT CENTRE OF SCHOOL ROW LONDON, Tuesday. A SINGAPORE schoolboy has become the focus of a controversy in the midlands manufacturing town of Nuneaton. He Is Stephen Chan. 17, who travelled 8.400 miles from his home last month to become a pupil at the Manor Park Grammar School
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    $2,000 in bag snatched in lunchtime —hold-up—
    89 9 $2,000 in bag snatched in lunchtime hold-up JTCALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two thugs got away with a gold chain and handbag containing $2,000 in a lunchtime hold-up oatside the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building today. Police refused to disclose the name of the victim, a pregnant woman. She had withdrawn the
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    LAW DEGREE: REPORT TO FEDERATION
    71 9 LAW DEGREE: REPORT TO FEDERATION KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The question of recognising the University of Malay's law degree has taken a step further.. The Malayan Bar Council, which has been studying the matter for several months. ha- submitted its report and recommendations to the Federation Government. A spokesman of the
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    CEB man robbed of $200 radio
    43 9 IPOH Tues.— Thieves broke into the house of Mr. Christopher Gomez, a senior electrical inspector of the Central Electricity Board. Ipoh, and stole a radio worth $205. Mr. Ocmez and his family were away in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Muar gets ready...
    46 9 MUAR, Tues. Boats will be used to evacuate people to high grounds In the event of floods here. Plans for this were discussed at a meeting of the Muar Flood Committee yesterday. Food, shelter, clothing and medical attention will be provided for evacuees.
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    Man in 'outrage' case cleared
    38 9 PENANG, Tues.— A fisherman, Cheah Ewe Lee, 31, accused of using criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a six- year old girl, was today acquitted without his defence *elng called.
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    College ultimatum over diploma recognition
    202 9 KLANG, Tuaaday THE Muslim College Students' Union here has set Dec. 31 as the target date for the Ministry of Education to give a "satisfactory reply" regarding recognition of the college's diplomas. If they do not get a reply by then, the 117 students of
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    Historical expedition uncovers three images...
    341 9 Historical expedition uncovers three images SINGAPORE, Tues. The history department of the University of Malaya here was in a high state of excitement this morning. Word had got around that the historians had dug up something really big this time. At 2.15 p.m. excitement heightened when a large three-ton lorry
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    Australian invitation to students
    154 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues IV Eight University of Mklaya students from the Federation and Singapore have been invited to visit Australia In May by the National Union of Australia University Students. This Is a return Invitation from the Australian students' union, whose vice-president was here last month
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    Advice for lottery winners: Go to a bank
    193 9 Advice for lottery winners: Go to a bank KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Winners of Social Welfare lotteries were advised today to claim their prizes direct from the Lotteries Board or through banks. A spokesman of the Lotteries Board gave this advice today when commentIng on a letter published in this mornings
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    Captain fined
    26 9 PENANG, Tues. Capt. B. Land was fined $25 for failing to fly an international pennant this morning when his ship, Labuan Hadji, entered Penan*
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    TWO PCs ARREST MAN AND SO FOIL POLICE AMBUSH
    133 9 TWO PCs ARREST MAN AND SO FOIL POLICE AMBUSH OEREMBAN, Tues. Two plainclothes policemen foiled a police ambush this evening by arresting the men for whom the ambush was intended. The man. arrested on a bus from Seremban to Labu, was said to be carrying a stolen revolver containing two
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    6 countries invited
    60 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Malaya has invited six countries in South-East Asia to compete In the first international Koran reading competition to be held In March next year during the Muslim fasting month. They are Thailand. Philippines, Indonesia. Singapore, Sarawak and Brunei. The United Arab Republic has been
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    Lock icon De Gaulle wins trial of strength on Algeria
    443 10 De Gaulle wins trial of strength on Algeria FRENCH ATOMIC STRIKE FORCE PLAN IS PASSED PARIS, Tuesday STRENUOUS attempts to overthrow the Government on the ostensible issue of setting up a French atomic strike force failed early today, giving President de Gaulle a first victory in his current trial of
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    C-R-A-S-H goes bill over the head of Mr. Suzie Wong
    365 10 C-R-A-S-H goes bill over the head of Mr. Suzie Wong Noodles were cold and tempers were frayed in a restaurant LONDON, Tues. —Violence entered the world of Mr. Suzie Wong. Over a dish of cold noodles. And it threw the lanternlit Chinese restaurant called Chl-Chl into an uproar. Most regrettably,
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    Lock icon The jurors finish 'Lady C
    103 10 LONDON. Tues. Nine men and three women settled in cosy green chairs at the Old Bailey yesterday finished reading the novel "Lady Chatterley's Lover"— described to them as full of "vicious indulgence In sex and sensuality." They are the jury wno will decide If D.
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      157 10 CAPE CANAVERAL, Tues.— A Titan Inter-continental ballistic missile soared 6,100 miles to 'land Its nose cone Into the Soutn Atlantic about 1,100 miles south-east of Ascension Island. The U.B. Air Force said this was the longest successful test flight yet achieved by the missile, which
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    Death probe-after 28 years
    43 10 LOS ANGELES. A new investigation of the gun-rfhot death 28 years ago of Paul Bern, husband of the late screen siren. Jean Harlcw. is to be opened here. Bern's death, on Sept. 5. 1932, is listed officially as suicide.
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    Lock icon Captain withdraws his legal action
    170 10 LONDON, Tuesday. r«APTAIN James Davidson Armstrong, former master of the 27,000-ton trans-Atlantic liner Britannic, yesterday withdrew an action against the Cunard company for damages alleging wrongful dismissal. When the action— called in the Press "The Case of the Captain's Table" opened iii the High Court,
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    Lock icon Ruler abdicates
    29 10 BAHREIN. Tues. The Ruler of Qatar. Shaikh All Althanl. abdicated today in favour of his son Shaikh Ahmed, a British Government spokesman here announced last night. Reuter.
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    The fading dream of the man in Fortress Formosa
    998 11  - The fading dream of the man in Fortress Formosa JAMES MOSSMAN by TAIPEH. A CLUSTER of shiny balloons trailing behind them a garish red tail of Chinese characters rose high into the metallic blue sky. "Chiang Kai-shek," said the characters, "is President of China." From a loudspeaker set up beside
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      267 11 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS ing bleak moonUin (6). 1 But to irrlUte (3. 1. 6. S). 7 -Loved are won forgot" Principal, take in a hundred (Shelley) (7). pounds (7). 8 Sad location of the atore--10 Applied to this, matches re- man? (4. 2. 3. 5). •ult in draws (7).
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    Meet Doolaley, Mother Goose's strange new friend
    1377 12  - Meet Doolaley, Mother Goose's strange new friend KATHLEEN HICKLEY y ,/?^^^^a-A "^^htfc. tt^B "^^BSfcV"" x^^^^^V **^wi —by— YOU have of course, all heard about Mother Goose and her gander, and know that sometimes she can be an exasperating old woman who is quite likely to upset everyone for miles around.
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    Choose a friend for yourself
    324 12 Leslie Unda i*ke, aged 16; 85, Tiong Poh Road, Singapore 3; member Wise Owls Ciub; swimming, reading, singing picnics, stamps, dancing, corrtsponrtence. Eric Tee Gnan Teck, aged 15: 1329, Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore 19. Hanna Teo, aged 14; 1329, Upper Serangoon Road, S!ii£apoie 19. Pamela
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    136 12 Marie HandVn, aged It; Parkland. Olberu, Canada. Linda Markay. aged 12; P.O. 44. Port Hawkesbury, Nov» Scotia, Canada. Cheryl Srhlaht. aged 12; Bos 115. Irvine. Alberta. Canada. Katherine Carlien. aged 12; Adeacate Hbr.. Nova Scotia. Canada. Judy Guy, aged 14: 8. Timmertnan Street. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
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    RUBBER STOCKS UP, BUT MARKET IS UNMOVED
    1006 14 By Our Market Correspondent CTOCKS of rubber at the close of business on Sept. 30 totalled 51,850 tons, against 38,254 tons at the end of August, a rise of 13,596 tons. Although this was higher than anticipated, the figures had little effect on
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    130 14 SINGAPORE Chineee Produce Exchange noon prices per picul yesterday were: Capra: steady; UK/Continent Oct. Nov. shipments $28.. buyers, $29 sellers. Coconut oil: steady, bulk $42 sellers, drum $46 sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $242.50. Sarawak $237.50, special Sarawak olack $150 and garbled Lampong
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    143 14 CHIPS lying alongside the Sin*3 gaporc Harbour Board wharvea or expected today are: Chusan 1/2, Mlkawa Maru 4/5. Ulysses 6A, Harunasan Maru 6/7, Benalder 89. Sinaloa 10/11, Modjokerto 13/14, Castle Fel!oe 15/16. Tourcolng 18, Madras Maru 19, Perak N. Wall 1. Salon* N. WaU 2. Panenan N. Wall
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    91 14 rpHE Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes in us rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T 32 5/16. OD. 32 7/16 90 d/st 32 7/8 credit bills. 32 15/16 trade bUJs. Selling; T.T. or 6.D. ready: Canada 31 15/16; Belgian Francs
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    24 14 Malayan Stock Exchange: Oct. 25 Oct. 24 Industrials: 128 JO 128.23 Tins: 189.06 188.55 Rubber*: U5.00 225.24 Jan. 1 ISSB-IM. Oct 11
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    MALAYAN STOCK EXCHANGE
    446 14 SINGAPORE members of the Malayan Stock Exchange reported the following business at their 3.30 p.m. call yesterday (Bargains are given before prices unless only one waa written). Industrials: Praser and Neave ords (2) $1.90 z all. $1.85 OL; Oammon $2.06; Henry Waugh $1.38; Jackson (S) 85 cents;
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    265 14 FEDERATION members of the x Exchange reported the following business at their 4 pjn. call at the Bank Negara, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday: Industrials: Henry Waugh $1.38; Jackson 86 cents; and Perak River Hydro 20s. xd. Minings: Austral Amal (4) 17s. 3d. D, 17k. and 17s. lftd.; Ayer Hltam (14)
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    CLOSING PRICES
    38 14 SINGAPORE, OCT. 25. RUBBER: 94* cento per lb. (down oneeighth of a cent). 5 p.m. unofficial close: Hi cento per lb. (quiet). TIN: $395.87 i per picul unchanged). Estimated unofficial jffering 240 ton* (down 20 tons).
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    147 14 MELBOURNE. Tues INVESTMENT shares held a J firmer tone here today Aast- Motor Industries eased Is 3d. to 7s. 9d. and Drag Hatitea &>. 6d to 575., but CavrUon gained is 4d. to 31s Base metals and toe oils were Kteady. Mt laa gained 2a. 6d. to «6s.
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    217 14 NOVEMBER Art* grade rubber J^ buyers f.o.b. closed In Singapore yesterday at 94 H cents per lb.. down one-eighth of a cent on Monday's close. The tone was uncertain. S.CCR.A. CLOSING PRICES in cents per lb, yesterday were: Int. 1 R.S.B. spot fob. buyers 934, sellers 94 ,N>;
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      1308 15 NOTICES NOTICE Notice Is Hereby given that Lottery Permit No. 36 for National Type Secondary English School Sabak Bernam which is scheduled to be drawn on 30th October 1960 Is extended to 31st December 1960 RIVERVIEW RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED Incorporate* In the Federation of Malaya) The Directors have decided to
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    FAREWELL RACE FDR THREE RINGS
    87 16 SINGAPORE. Tuei. Former champion stayer Three Rinp will run his last race on Sunday at Bukit Timah. Throe Rings is now 1 1 years old. His owner, Mr. E. J. Tan, has decided to retire him. He will be given to the Singapore Turf Club.
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    BESTCRETE TO BEAT DOWNING STREET
    631 16 THE clash between Downing Street and Bestcrete, both brilliant over a middle distance, in the Class 1, 7f handicap (Race 7) will highlight today's racing for Bukit Timah. On the weights Bestcrete should have the beating of Downing Street. In their only meeting over the
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    SELECTIONS
    678 16 to finish a splendid fourth with 8.8 to General Pil over 6f. A run previous at Bukit Timah he was fourth with 7.9 to Usaha Setla in a Class 1, Div. 1 6f race. Whiz Pah has been galloping most impressively. On. Monday morning he shaped like a winner
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    1299 16 BT. TIMAH RUNNERS RIDERS RACE 1 2.45: Class 2, Div. 3 6 Furs. 1 ***** Prince Tournai (K. Y. Limt Daniels. 6 9.0 Leman 9 I ***** Mighty Missel (Vent Vlcl Si. Allan. 5 8 .12 (SF) Ward 12 3 ***** Straat Peter (Oood Luck St. JC Co.) Sullivan. 4
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    LDA means good soccer
    516 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday AND THAT'S WHAT COSTA RICANS AIM TO SHOW US npHE Mexican club, Irapuato, gave Latin Ame- rican football a bad name when they toured the Far East earlier this year but the Costa Rican club, Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, hope to be able to
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    MARATHON CYCLING PLANNED for DECEMBER
    140 17 MARATHON CYCLING PLANNED for DECEMBER IJUALa LUMPUR. Tues. Malayan Cyclists Federation carry out an expertnent in marathon cycling In December this year when. In three days, three races will be held totalling a distance of 300 mile&. The events will be 150 miles fron. Kuala Lumpur tn Ipoli. on Dec.
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    SLTA accepts Kramer's terms
    61 17 SINGAPORE. Tues. The w Singapore Lawn Tennis Association tonight decided to accept Jack Kramer's terms for his professional troupe to play in Singapore. Kramer had asked for M 53.000 for a one-night exhibition. The Land Office has informed the SLTA of the dates on which the
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    Lock icon Dover get the 'plum' in first round Cup draw
    383 17 Dover get the 'plum' in first round Cup draw f ONDON. Tues.— The v draw for the First Round proper of the English F.A. Cup— the biggest money spinner in British sport— was made yesterday. All 40 ties will be played •on Nov. 5. Up and down the country the
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    SHA TO RUN CENTRES MEET
    180 17 SHA TO RUN CENTRES MEET SINOAPORB, Tues. The Singapore Hockey Association will seek the Singapore People's Association's permission to sponsor an In- ter- community centre competition. The S.H.A. president. Sir George Oehlers. told a committee meeting tonight that this would be a good way to popularise hockey In SingaDOre. Sir
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    60 17 JAKARTA. Tues.— Malayan badminton star Ng Hoon Bee was beaten by Ollch Solichln of Solo in the Hard round of the Indonesian open championships at! J urwolcerto. Central Java. today. The Indonesian won in straight sets. In a second round ipset. Ferry Sonnevllle, Indonesia's Thomas Cup veteran
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    Hockey umpire assaulted by 'sent off player
    204 17 SINGAPORE. Tues. A SINGAPORE hockey umpire was assaulted by a player during a first division match on thei padang here today. Five minutes after halftime, the umpire, Mr. Andrew Clarke, applied the •temporary suspension" rule on Chew Tat Phooi. the Singapore Chinese R.C.
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    80 17 KUA'^A LUMPUR. Tues. Malayan Chinese F.A. beat Armed Forces Invitation XI 3-1 at the Merdeka stadium tonight In a final practice match before they leave for Hong Kong on Thursday afternoon. Chinese led 3-0 at half time with goals by Robert Choc (18th mln), Yoon
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    294 17  - RAHIM OMAR LOSES POST AS COACH SAUL JOSHUA —HE DIDN'T ATTEND TRAINING By SINGAPORE. Tues. T»HE SINGAPORE AMATEUR F.A. has dispensed with the services of Rahim Omar as assistant coach of the Singapore team. Rahim, who is also star inside forward in the State, team, has failed to turn up
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    GIFT WAGONS LEAVE SINGAPORE ON LONG TRIP TO PNOM PENH
    218 18 SINGAPORE. Turn rnmRTY covered rail- way goods wagons— a gift from Australia to Cambodia under the Colombo Plan left the Singapore railway station today on the Journey northwards to Pnom Penh. In a statement issued here today through the Australian
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    Art exhibition at Jurong school
    53 18 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Development, Inche Yaacob bin Mohamed, will open the art and photographic exhibition at Jurong Special Secondary School at 10 a.m. tomorrow. He will later present prizes to the winners The exhibition is open to the
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    87 18 K MCNON, K. O. Kutty and lira. T. O. Nair of Bentul. sincerely (hank all frlendt and relatives for w— aths, messages of condolence, rendered aaalstance at the funeral of their father latr Mr. V. K. Bankunnlnalr. TAN CHWEE, Chan Tham Choon, Mn>. Koo Hock Soon. Mr*. Ta.i Choo
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    24 18 IN LOVING MEMORY of Mr. N. r.liyathamby who sniMd anay on 20.10.55. Inserted by tux wife and ehildrea. Requiem on 2*lo to
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    591 18 LEOPOLDVILLE, Tuesday ITNITED NATIONS forces with antitank weapons, today blocked the approach of armoured reinforcements which Colonel Joseph Mobutu is attempting to bring into Leopoldville. The Colonel cancelled his intended flight to New York to see Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld ted ay in view
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    24 18 BERWYN. Illinois. Tues. A chemistry laboratory explosion in Morton West High School yesterday injured an instructor and 10 students. U.P.I.
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    279 18 NEW DECREE NATIONALISES ANOTHER 167 AMERICAN COMPANIES CASTRO SAYS EMBARGO WAS BID TO CRUSH OUR ECONOMY' JJAVANA, Tues. The Cuban Coy ernment today nationalised 167 American companies. The move is in reprisal for the recentlyimposed U.S. economic embargo against Cuba. The companies, worth an estimated
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    118 18 A vice girl earned £30,000 in 3 years LONDON. Tues.— A 21-year-old prostitute earned more than 30,000 In three years and gave the man with whom she was associating half of it, a court here was told yesterday. The man was jailed for five years for living on her immoral
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    57 18 Melbourne lessons in Malay MELBOURNE. Tues. A School of Oriental Studies will be set up at Melbourne University, the Vice-Chancel-lor, Sir George Paton. announced today. Prof. H. P. Simon, of the School of Oriental Studies at the University of London, will be its first professor. Teaching will be available in
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    Youth stabbed by thugs
    41 18 SINGAPORE, Tues A youth, David Rodriguez, 18, was attacked by seven thugs, while on his way home in Siglap Road tonight. He was rushed to the hospital with stab wounds in the abdomen. He has been warded.
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    MP CALLS for PROBE
    110 18 LONDON, Tues. A Labour M.P. is to press for en investigation by a royal commission on "the recent unexplained diminution in the number of national newspapers," it was announced today. In the House of Commons next week. Mr. Hector Hector Hughes will ask the Prime Minister
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    320 18 I OXDON. Tufs. Sentiment lr. London stock markets today was adversely affected by the difficulties the motor Industry is experiencing and the further overnight decline on Wall Street Consequently equity markets v.ere looking a little dejected although losses were usually smallClosing middle prices of selected
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    335 18 LONDON, Tuesday. 'pHK Labour Party "old guard" are rallying behind Mr. Hugh Gaitskell in his light to keep the party leadership as Parliament reassembles after a three-month recess. Mr. Gaitskell. defying the decision of Labour's recent annual conference that the party should renounce the
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    98 18 In 10 years, 100 m. more people... LONDON. Tues.— The population of South and SouthEast Asia has increased by 100 million in the last 10 years, according to a Colombo Plan report. The report said the Colombo Plan countries were working together "to avert a tragic outcome to this. "Whether
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    73 18 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues Negotiations are proceeding for a new agreement to be made for the supply of water from Johore to Singapore, the Johore Legislative Assembly was told yesterday. In a writ ton reply to Syed Mohamed tin Edros (Alliance) the Johore Government said that
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