The Singapore Free Press, 22 February 1956
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Title Section20 1956-02-22 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No> I4m s «nKai>ore. Wednesday. February 22, 1956. Price 15 CU20 words
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152 1956-02-22 1 'FLYING BRIGADE' FOR C'WEALTH TO BE SET UP J'HE War Office announced in London it will set up a sharp-shooting independent infantry brigade that can fly at a moment's notice to any British territory in the world. The War Office said it did not know how many men would make152 words
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122 1956-02-22 1 'Master plan for S-E Asia defence' 11R R. Ci. CASEY. Australian Minister of External 4 TI Affairs will i the view, of Sir John Itotelawala. Prime Minister ol Ceylon, on a "master plan for the .ce of South I vm v. he arrives in Colombo Tuesday on a three dai122 words
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116 1956-02-22 1 U.K. carriers coming to Singapore rrilE Brr alrcrait 1 carriers Albion and Centaur arrived off Bombay rdaj en rout,, to the Far E.i>t where the* will join in exercises with naval and •>:: forces of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. They will carry out flying demonstrations off Bombay.116 words
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Article23 1956-02-22 1 Andn ilmbous, n .Id carpenter. sentenced to 12 Imminent at or carrying a I in hu bicycle23 words
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Article46 1956-02-22 1 Kenneth Matheson, 27--!-oki second officer in ible ship Retriever, was injured when his car ran into a storm canal at the junction of Bukit Chermifl and Keppe] Roads, Singapore, at about 1 a.m. today. He died in hospital at LIS a 81,46 words
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Article34 1956-02-22 1 Liang Ah Pong, wife of a Singapore detective, who admitted to the General Hospital. Singapore, last night with a bullet wound In the neck, was reported this morning to be progress ing.34 words
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Article159 1956-02-22 1 A WELL-ORGANISED plot to kidnap" the federation Chlej Minister, TengkU Abdul Rahman and his Ministers on their an. Malacca Airport and hold them captive I'i Mveral hours known night by Inche Mohame I bin Haji Abdullah, P dent ol the Malacca UMNO I Youth organisation.159 words
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Article344 1956-02-22 1 'LIFT BUS FARES LIMIT' STC bid to charge by mileage 'J'HE Singapore Traction Company \h expected to ask the City Council Vehicles and Traffic Committee today for permission to charge fares according to mileage and remove the ceiling of 25 cents for a single trip. Under a council decision in344 words
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147 1956-02-22 1 PAKISTANI troops crossed the West Pakistan border near Kutch at the week-end and occupied the 28-square mile Indian island of Chad Bet. Disclosing this in Ahmedabad yesterday, the Indian civil authorities said the "invaders" took up positions in the island's trenches and opened heavyReuter - 147 words
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Article64 1956-02-22 1 The Singapore Deputy Commissioner of Police. Mr VV. J. Parks, today denied an American magazine report that security officials had arrested Communist agents recently arrived from Peking and seized pamphlets ealllor demonstrations in mid-April. The magazine Newsweek ,aid the bloodiest riots yet would come in Malaya |n64 words
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Article23 1956-02-22 1 An 82-mmute air raid alarm was sounded last night In the island of Quemoy when unidentified planes flew near.- A. P.A.P. - 23 words
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Article20 1956-02-22 1 Britain proposed yesterday the opening of trade talks wit«i Japan in Tokyo on Friday, Kyodo News Servn20 words
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Article28 1956-02-22 1 A Boeing Ke-97 Stratofreighter crashed and burned near the Palm Beach, Floiida, Air Force Base yesterday, and all five crewmen aboard were killed.28 words
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Article61 1956-02-22 1 The sharp fall in the price of rubber yesterday was haltr-d when the Singapore market opened this morning, following the better advice from the over- nteht New York market. March first grade, fob. buyers, was quoted at $96 l z cents a pound, one-eighth of61 words
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Article84 1956-02-22 1 $11,500 S'PORE ROBBERY A THIEF broke into the home of a Burmese woman in Jervois Road, Singapore, late last night and stole $2,000 in cash and jewellery worth $9,510. The victim. Madam Nyunt Nyunt Shwe. told the police she was awakened by her neighbour at 11 30 p.m. and told84 words
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Article32 1956-02-22 1 The new $8,500,000 Queen's Dock in Singapore is expected to be in service by the middle of this year. It will be capable of docking up to 18,000-ton vessels.32 words
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Advertisement104 1956-02-22 1 NOW! Anybody can take good colour pictures, with the ALL NEW 0 You'll get life-like color slides in dimmer light because new Anscochromc is three times faster than older color films even fast enough for box cameras under good light conditions! 0 Ycu'li get sharper, feal action-stopp-ing pictures, too. because104 words
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145 1956-02-22 2 FLATTERED BY REDS? NOT ME -NORODOM PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk. Prime Minister and ex-King of Cambodia, reaffirmed Cambodia's neutrality when he returned to Phom Penh yesterday from a visit to Communist China. "In Peking we proclaimed Cambodia's adherence to the five (co-cxistencei principles of Mr. Nehru and Mr. Chou En-lai (PrimeReuter - 145 words
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Article21 1956-02-22 2 Swiss-Air, the airline of Switzerland, now offers for the first time air tours of the Soviet Union. A.P.A.P. - 21 words
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Article235 1956-02-22 2 NOW WHAT DO WE SAY —PEACE OR WAR? (CHANGES in party dogma proclaimed at j the Moscow Congress of the Soviet Communist Party have created utter confusion in East Germany, according to repotts received in Berlin yesterday. The greatest ideological chaos had become evident atReuter - 235 words
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Article70 1956-02-22 2 Duke offers award to young boys THE Duke of Edinburgh has decided to offer an award to young people, aged between 15 and 18, to be known as "The Duke of Edinburgh's Award." it was announced from Buckingham Palace yesterday. Details of the standards to be set and the form70 words
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Article116 1956-02-22 2 We can win in peace —Bulgani n "Vf ARSILAL Nikolai Bulganln, the Soviet Prime Minister, said yesterday Russia was confident it would beat the capitalist system in peaceful competition. "Our party and all the Soviet people are firmly convinced that in historic competition between the two systems it is the116 words
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Article220 1956-02-22 2 Import controls are out PE House of Commons last night endorsed by 325 votes to 259, the government's newmoves to stop inflation in Britain, and rejected a Labour motion of no confidence. The Government steps to overcome the economic crisis include a £38 million cut inReuter - 220 words
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Article, Illustration88 1956-02-22 2 HERR FRITZ BERG, leader of the West German six-man goodwill trade mission, said on arrival at Singapore Airport last night that manufacturers in his country wanted to renew trade relations with Malaya. He is the President of the Federal Association of German Industries. The delegation88 words
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Article127 1956-02-22 2 London court decision in a book on the late Mr. James Forrestal, former U.S. Secretary of Defence, against Mr Andrew Roth, an American journalist. were withdrawn in the London High Court yesterday. Mr. Roth. ex-US naval officer, wis in June. 1945, a defendant in what came toReuter - 127 words
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Article19 1956-02-22 2 Two private collections of Japanese colour prints were sold at a London auction 'yesterday for nearly £2,000.19 words
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Article186 1956-02-22 2 rE National Congress. Uganda's largest political party with an allAfrican following. will launch a country-wide propaganda week in April in favour of self -govern ment l r Uganda, a congress spokesman announced in Kampala yesterday The battle lor self-govern-m< nt. he 'must be ft. ught and186 words
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89 1956-02-22 2 Caribbean federation talks ending rE British Caribbean conference in London mov ed toward conclusion yes terday a.s delegates wound up consideration of a Cribbean custom* union and internal free trade. Al] constitutional questions have been agreed upon, it was announced following yesterday's plenary session. Many judicial points also have beenU.P. - 89 words
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Article34 1956-02-22 2 France has agreed to withdraw her expeditionary corps from Indo-China at the request of the South Vietnam Government, a French Foreign Ministry t spokesman announced In Paris yesterda: U.P.U.P. - 34 words
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Article27 1956-02-22 2 Th<* U.S. motion picture Industry i sported nearly 370 million feet of feature films last y» tting an 'all Uuie hmh. A. P.A.P. - 27 words
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Advertisement87 1956-02-22 2 Es\ /surely lard/ r> j^ mmmmmmm J^< IS FINS FOR I i/^ ANP $<> 1 w AsJ» 4^ »il Its In tne pastry-7«aA-ino that Spry comes right to V^^^ Vs-Mwy^B' the fore Its soft sm ooth texture rubs in so easily. \'s°Bkjg& coating every particle of Hour with fat. You87 words
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Article, Illustration93 1956-02-22 3 Imik "Dancing smiths'— Corporal and Mrs. J. Smith of R.A.F. Seletar (above) who are to take part in a ballroom dancing competition for services personnel at the Raffles Hotel on Sunday night. The contest, sponsored by Major and Mrs "Billy'* Hatchard. winners of the93 words
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Article97 1956-02-22 3 QUEEN GOES TO FRENCH REVUE fPHE QUEEN and the Duke 1 oi E burgb, accomd by the Queen Mother and Princi >s Margaret, had their first private outing sin^e their return from Niger! I night when idon's Garrlck Hieatrt the French revi Plume de Ma Tante." p Parly, accompanied byReuter - 97 words
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Article, Illustration232 1956-02-22 3 TJill. M actress Rita OaSl (above) very r excited and pleased by it all disclosed in New fori yesterday she would be ;i bridesmaid at the April wedding of Grace Kellj and Prince Rainier. Hit- UU Willowy brunette tirst met Miss Kelly live ><ars moA.P. - 232 words
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377 1956-02-22 3 JUNGLE REBEL AIRMEN GET ULTIMATUM 24 hours to give up BRAZILIAN Air Force rebels arc being given 24 hours to surrender and <-nd their nine-day-old jungle revolt against the government. a source close to President Jucelino Kabitschek said in Rio de Janeiro last night. The source said that a specialReuter - 377 words
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199 1956-02-22 3 DANGEROUS INDONESIA VACUUM' FiIPLOMATIC sources at The Hague said last night that Indonesia's decision unilaterally to annul all her 1949 agreements with Holland meant the severance of their last remaining ties, and the official end, as far as the present Indonesian Government wa, concerned,Reuter - 199 words
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Article30 1956-02-22 3 American ambassadors in 19 European countries, Including four behind the Iron Curtain, have been ordered to survey European winter relief needs and report urgently to Washing- ton. A.P.A.P. - 30 words
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Article13 1956-02-22 3 Austria ha.s decided to join the Western-sponsored Council of Euroix\ ReuterReuter - 13 words
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Article116 1956-02-22 3 HARMONY AGAIN IN MUSIC PAY ROW REPRESENTATIVES of the BBC and the Musicians' Union last night reached a basis for settling their weeK-long dispute over wages. The union asked for similar fees and rehearsal conditions as those given by the rival commercial television service. To keep programmes as close toReuter - 116 words
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77 1956-02-22 3 US is to raise slave trading allegations THE United States is to raise in the United Nations the alleged trading of slaves from the French Cameroons to Saudi Arabia. Mr. Benjamin Gerig, U.S. representative in the Trusteeship Council, was referring in N«'w York yesterday to a report to be brought77 words
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Article31 1956-02-22 3 The sealer Theron, homeward bound after establishing a base for next Commonwealth trans-Antarctic expedition U expected to reach MonteVideo rjruguav. this v end- days behind schedule. ReuterReuter - 31 words
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106 1956-02-22 3 'T'HE Governor of Mississippi, Mr. J. P. Coleman, said in Jackson, Mississippi, yesterday that any white public schools and universities forced to admit a Negro .student would be abolished immediately. "The people would not support integrated schooLs," he said. "To allow integration is to106 words
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Advertisement43 1956-02-22 3 1 i JL> f T 'SHANTUNG' IS tS/bu' IN CHARCOAL. BROWN. T RUST AND NAVYWASSIAMULLS DIAMONDS GEMS SET ENGAGEMENT AND DRESS RINGS with Smart and Efficient Work ma nship. Best Selection at G. C. de SUVA BROS., Jewellers Raffia Place. SmiMimre-1. Tel: Mil."..43 words
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204 1956-02-22 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22, 1956. Opinion DUTY TO IKE WITHIN a few days. President Eis e n hower will tell if he is going to run for another term of office or not. Party considerations demand that he should do so. Ike, as he is affectionately known204 words
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Article, Illustration194 1956-02-22 4 WHO kept the sea-lanes of the world safe in the 19th Century? Who guaranteed the emergence of the independent republics of South America? Who mapped all the oceans of the world, to provide navigation charts for all the nations of the world? The Royal Navy did all194 words
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384 1956-02-22 4 JAMES CORFIELD - NO vision for the pilots of the future JAMES CORFIELD by A PEEP at the supersonic aircraft of the future without windows, even for the pilot was given by Sir Roy Dobson, managing director of A. V. Roe and Co. Ltd., in Manchester. This was not an aircraft his firm384 words
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Advertisement38 1956-02-22 4 5 It means so much more ito give-or get-h I I |PATEK PHILIPPE Watch I v I 77/c /luMf tiw/r// mr 2 made. Limited annual z 1 I production f H. SENA LTD. B'pore, Penan g a- Bangkok.38 words
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Advertisement98 1956-02-22 4 IKS" wWr^ ffi BB& •:?.•<<. j j MTii'-wT^ *A B^r.-i -33k I m ¥8 wf* l Pan Americans RAINBOW SERVICE The only tourist service that offers you SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE! Enjoy delicious complimentary hot meals -cocktails at nominal charge. Big reclining seats with adjustable footrest. Fly Super "Strato"98 words
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Article276 1956-02-22 5 'Fantastic' plan for new rectory THE 1.000 parishioners of the village of Lapworth, Warwicks, are wondering why their new four-bed-roomed rectory |a going to cost £8,000 to build. Four-bedroomed houses, with garages, now being put up on a site opposite the proposed rectory are soiling fo r £3.000. But the276 words
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355 1956-02-22 5 I A JUDGE described a woman accused of shooting her husE band as "a model of patience and E forbearance." E Mr. Justice Streatfeild at York Assizes said: "This is an exceptionally j= pathetic and distressing case. "I cannot remember in the whole355 words
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Article189 1956-02-22 5 THE wife of an £8.000--a-year man convinced a London Divorce Court judge that £7 a week, plus the out-goings on her home, was "wilful neglect" to maintain her. Mr. Norman Douglas Bradley, who has interests in catering establishments and an investment trust, was189 words
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Article24 1956-02-22 5 A meteorite 1 the size of a .football fell close to where two Forestry Commission 1 men were working near iHoniton, Devon.24 words
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Article, Illustration63 1956-02-22 5 NEW Finnish dancing discovery Taina Elg (below, right) has a soft drink with film star Cyd Charisse on a a film studio lot in Hollywood where she is following a promising film career. A former member of the Marquis Cuevas baIKU company, Miss Elg is a63 words
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Article202 1956-02-22 5 RAILWAY MISLAYS COAL FOR TRAINS PASSENGERS turned up for the early-morniiig 7.21 as usual. But they were left standing because the train had no coal. Two other morning trains from Epping to Ongar and three coming the other way could not run for the same reason WHERE was the coal?202 words
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Article57 1956-02-22 5 ORISON Officer C. Tom- kinson was cut across his hands and forehead \shcn he was attacked by a prisoner he was escorting downstairs to the punishment cells at Wandsword Jail. Two other officers went to ince of Mr. Tomklnson, who fell, down th» stairs during the strut'57 words
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296 1956-02-22 5 A victory changed Pinto defeat for Sir Harry IT took six years for Sir Harry Waechter to win a fight against life, a court was told. The fight began in 1948. Sir Harry was 35. Gradually his character changed. Gradually a pathological condition developed. As the months passed He suffered296 words
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Advertisement118 1956-02-22 5 (HOUSEHOLD I IfjHj APPLIANCES^ WHHMMIMIMHIHMMHi&f m R9Sh£ w 7«**=^ HORIZONTAL TOASTER AD/DC. $38/-. Separate lid forms table toast rack to hold 10 slices of bread. Delightfully finished in enamelled primrose, black. chromium plated. Six Months' Guarantee. Free Service Faulty Partt. Obtainable from all large Departmental Stores, Electrical Dealers, etc. Sole118 words
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Miscellaneous445 1956-02-22 6 M Willi AKi: by Lee Falk and Phil »avi* I Qt^&^j^jf j II 1 WAS TOO \f LOOK--816 I WHAT V LISTEN-AROUND I THERE H X ORN today, fOUTi U generous 1 U- Nrr^^\ SCAWD CHUNKS OUT OF COULD DO THE SIDE-- MORE "J^/V isW/s/ J R nature Inc winch445 words
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Article169 1956-02-22 7 LONDON, Feb. IL ni nnro am Previous Today V5?2. 0 R i s cLf 28 bu > ers 28 bu Rlttl r V W c Ch 28'i sellers 28 U sellers KIBBER No. 1 Rss Spot 29 Vb buyers 29 buyers M m mmmm sellers 29'i sellers169 words
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Article114 1956-02-22 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 21. Previous Today TIN' Straits spot and nearby 101.12 nom. 100.87 nom. US' future I-.lMuary 99.50 bid 99.00 bid 100.75 asked 100.25 asked March 99.00 bid 98.50 bid ■ked W.25 asked April 98.75 bid 96.25 bid 9!» 25 asked 98.73 a.sked TONE: Barfly steady114 words
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Article26 1956-02-22 7 I-amnomr spot 31 >ru- i all 31 exdock. I Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb. spot, awaiting release and 30'j. S. t\-26 words
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Article33 1956-02-22 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 21 Previous Today M industrials 476.46 476.93 M Railroads 159.28 159.17 >.» Domestic Bonds 99.43 99 42 IS I UliUca 64.93 65.24 H Stocks Composite Average 169.48 169.6*33 words
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Article107 1956-02-22 7 Feb. 21. Previous Today .OPRA Philippines e.i.f. V.K./ North Futop«*an delivered weight per long ton Feb. Mar. $179 sellers $179 sellers (OI'RV itnttl eXf. IK North Furopean delivered weight per lon* ton Feb. .March £66 nom. £64',. buyers £654 sellers Mar April £66 nom. £64 buyers107 words
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Article283 1956-02-22 7 And grip it has on Britons rrilE Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, talked about The Archers. He had this to say about the B. B. C. "farming family" whose affairs are followed nightly by nine million people. "Th e time is coming when you283 words
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Article331 1956-02-22 7 fcT was a new evening dress in pale blue satin- H-line, ofT-the-shoulder, and ballerina length bought by a husband who wanted to be proud of his wife on their Mediterranean holiday cruise. The dress was shown to Judge Sir Edgar Wale at Westminster County331 words
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Article44 1956-02-22 7 Peter Athins. Aged HO, Iworth, Surrey saved mself from i burns len paraffin lamp set his clothes by rolling in mow. Flames set fire to his kiten and his wife. Joan. ~d 26. and s in. Pet y burue.i44 words
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Article183 1956-02-22 7 QUESTS of honour at the opening of independ- ent television in the Midlands were a couple who have no TV set and have rarely seen a programme. All the same Farmer Frank Johnson and his attractive wife Dorothy cannot escape television i— Each time they183 words
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201 1956-02-22 7 After all that she gets her house ALL Miss Jane Pontefract wanted to do f was to build a li.ni.se at the bottom of her garden. Her home in Tadtaster Road, York built 50 years ago in the days of servants and large families was too big. And the garden,201 words
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Advertisement112 1956-02-22 7 SPECIAL REDUCTION INDIAN WOOLLEN CARPETS I! RUGS to in* eienred ]> AT PRICES THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU. Jf 9 x 12 $100/- to $150/--9 x 101 90/- to $120/- j 9 x 9 80/- to $108/- o ALL SIZES AVAILABLE FROM STOCK 1[ a Afafce Me mosf 0/ your selection112 words
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Miscellaneous57 1956-02-22 7 >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦/ j SINCAPORE j JHICH TIDES: J TODAY: 9.22 p.m. TOMORROW: 7.50 a.m. J J 10 12 p.m. I FWDAI !> 10 am.t Mid 10.52 p.m. SATURDAY: 10. 10 am J and 1122 pm. SUNDAY: WM ■m. J and 11.53 p.m. \X MONDAY: 11 11 am T( ESDAI 1 357 words
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Article1463 1956-02-22 8 Murder of a Russian Diplomat H. CHALLINOR JAMES describes his world scoop— assassination at a Big Three Conference THE WORLD'S STRANGEST STORIES AFTER the signing of the Austrian Treaty at the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna last year, the American Secretary of State, the Soviet Foreign Minister and Britain's Foreign Secretary,1,463 words
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Article, Illustration83 1956-02-22 8 mmiiiiminimiiiiimiim mm-. AT the White House in Washington, Presi dent Eisenhower, meeta with high rsTrrnnMint officials to discnsa Ins \toms for Peace* 1 programme. In the group are. from the left, Secretary of the Treasni George Humphrey, th, President, S< i retarj of State John Foster O&ii I Dillon Anderson,83 words
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326 1956-02-22 9 SOCCER MATCH THAT MADE TOM SLIP UP OVER THE AIR It could have been worse... A HAND in the Control Room at Broadcasting House reached out to the key marked Big Ben. The clock whirred up for its big moment The first boom was due A voice rang out: "Hi,326 words
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Article36 1956-02-22 9 More than 100 Italian fllll will be working for 56 Blackpool. Lanes, landladies; this .summer. They are to be j brought over to help solve the resort's blggeit problem —hotel and boarding house staff.36 words
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Article220 1956-02-22 9 A "TWO- IN-ONE" international air race for £75,000 —the biggest prize money ever offered— is being organised by the City of Johannesburg, which celebrates its 70th anniversary in September. One seetion will be from the Cnited States to Johannesburg via England, and the220 words
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249 1956-02-22 9 BURLY Edgar John LufT took his secretary a married woman --on holiday to France. They shared the same room and committed misconduct, a judge said. But since they got back he has been deducting £1 a week from her salary to pay for249 words
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Article, Illustration74 1956-02-22 9 The Sultan of Morocco, Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef. was given a tumultous welcome by* his countrymen during his three-day visit to Casablanca recently. Popper picture (above) shows the Sultan driving across the Place de la Mosque to lead prayers in the mosque bearing his name. Little Princess Amina74 words
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Article103 1956-02-22 9 LORD MANCROFT. 41--year-old Home Office Under-Secretary, disclosed to the Lords that he had composed music in his spare time. "I received £3 17s. 6d. for something I wrote." he said. He looked at it recently and decided he was overpaid. .As for /ass... In103 words
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Advertisement109 1956-02-22 9 4 >'•?"£. IP^ 4 J. I bui/d red -blooded vigour VIKELP Is a natural sea plant mineral tonic that builds up and renourishes the body. It contains mineral salts in an amazing concentration Rich in Iron Calcium. Phosphorus, Magnesium, Food lodine. Copper plus Vitamins B and D, Viketp turns tiredness109 words
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Article, Illustration407 1956-02-22 10 ROUND AB Weekend picture rou BOUT S'PORE nd by oswald henry (ABOVE) It's more than just i gathering round the piano. The group here are members of the General Accident Fire k Life Assura-nce Corporation who kept a dinner-date at a Colony nightspot to honour Mr. H. C. Chen and407 words
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Article, Illustration375 1956-02-22 12 FREEZES IN LONDON "(\K, dear, isn't it cold?" shivered "a pretty young Singapore girl arriving on the liner Oranje at Southampton recently. She stepped ashore with the young airman she is to marry in June. She stopped. She shivered. She clasped his arm a little more375 words
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Article101 1956-02-22 12 'Heroes of (Red) Labour I'HE Communist countries have opened a drive to recruit more "Stakhanovites" or "Heroes of Labour." Satellite press and radio are promising the workers that "Stakhanovites will live better than capitalists." For Stakhanovites who can maintain the peace there are extra monetary rewards, social privileges and the101 words
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Article511 1956-02-22 13 KENNETH ALLSOP - PATTI PLUMPS FOR A PUP KENNETH ALLSOP by MEN? they don't sit up and beg... «_r '^TALKING of men, I 1 like dogs," said Pattl Lewis, the Canadian singer in London who herself has the mop-haired and leggy appearance of an expensive poodle, but a distinctly more melliI remarked that511 words
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Article, Illustration21 1956-02-22 13 M ring oins a dancer from Hong Kong, who is new in with Uu Flying Saucers Rernc -t the ureal World.21 words
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Article659 1956-02-22 13 J ?_;w~"__oyj THE choicest record- ing this week is by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra of two symphonies by Franz Josef Havdn, the No. 44 and the No. 85. The latter, known as "The Queen," La recorded for the first time. The No. 85 received its659 words
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Article, Illustration67 1956-02-22 13 Avril Angers, the popular comedienne who entertained British and Commonwealth troops in France, West Africa, the Gold Coast. Nigeria, Egypt. Libya. Tripolitania. Syria, and Cyprus in World War II and was awarded the Africa Star. Avril started her stage career as a dancer in the chorus when she was only67 words
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Article, Illustration1740 1956-02-22 14 LOUIS HAGEN - THE MAN FROM THE PAST LOUIS HAGEN in ipy n T Ol'IS HAGEN came to Britain as a German refugee, enlisted, and after Arnhem returned as a hero with the Military Medal. Arnhem Lift. The Diary of a (Wider Pilot, which he then wrote, was a best-seller. He also went1,740 words
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Article59 1956-02-22 14 Railway > I in a feu days what will happen to their d< fi ball bean 'i ana lubricants aftei hard and constant A machine that has been in the fXcsaarch J Uion of American at nbined long U rm .■■ret, !oa,: ana temperature59 words
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Advertisement19 1956-02-22 14 DID yesterday's story— "A MESSAGE FOR COLONEL MM HELMOBE," by Peter Dimmock— actually happen 0 T\w answer is NO19 words
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Advertisement24 1956-02-22 14 1 YES NO Put your t.tk in tht ipoco ofcovr and 4t«p (nit ponr/ by you until tomorrow who* (n* oniwrr will bo gnon24 words
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Article, Illustration398 1956-02-22 15 EILEEN ASCROFT - Are THESE the Cover Girls of '56? EILEEN ASCROFT Even with the face of an angel and a Marilyn Monroe figure it still takes LUCK by Ij^ACH spring a new J cover girl is born. A fresh and lovely face, personifying the beauty of the season, smiles at Britons for398 words
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Article346 1956-02-22 15 THE first day of the Paris collections gave us no new line to love or laugh at, but plenty to touch the heart and turn the heads of the romantic. MORNING: LIGHT AND BRK.HT From Jean Patou Canary Yellow wool suit and coat and346 words
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Article, Illustration367 1956-02-22 15 i Vit heraide vulnerable North dealrr C Tranafrr b,d) OOMI expert playi I long way to seek a small advantage. In recent bridge tournaments, there has appeared something called the trans/or bid. The objert of this bid 1? to e at the weaker band long suit, but to367 words
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Article, Illustration45 1956-02-22 15 THIS IS THF WAV TO BEAT THE COLD WOOL jersey hoods that hide the hair are tnn provide a decorative solution to London's < old w££2 \Z fw th< *> (.oddard wars an attractive version which is romoNtVTv'r.!" i!T P CtUre ÜbovH r ««bead Pat _s.j_r_s, ,^_r45 words
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Article59 1956-02-22 15 J'HE beat pleasures may be missed through holding on to comforts. Viscount Samuel. IT is a simple formula. Do your best. Somebody might like it. Dorothy Baker. YVISE grtms the loser, merely happy the Winner. George Meredith. yo love our parents is the first law of59 words
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Article, Illustration1174 1956-02-22 16 But NOBODY asked MISS HEPBURN to DINNER TOHE sign on the padded studio door at Pine- wood was to the point. It said: "Keep OUT," in large red letters. In smaller red letters it amplified this advice: "To save embarrassment to yourself, KEEP OUT, unless on official business." I went1,174 words
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Article236 1956-02-22 16 MICHAEL RUDDY - MICHAEL RUDDY BY STROLLING down quiet Levington Avenue in Beverly Hills, I met Jeanne Crain and husband, Paul Brinkman, looking at a white brick house. "Our new home," said Jeanne. "We've just bought this house" "and I'll have to do the moving In while she's working in 'The236 words
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Article98 1956-02-22 16 LOOKING a good 20 pounds heavier than when he was heroically swash-buckling in early films, Errol Flynn is back at his old haunts in Hollywood after a five-year-absence and telling friends he's apt to stay there for a couple of pictured Cronies doubt if he98 words
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Advertisement42 1956-02-22 16 I B'W ■""■iliri ■■■■_> Wedding Pictures Make arrangements for your photographs to be taken by a FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 or write to FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPT. 110-116 Cecil Strrel Singapore This service is only available in Singapore a h. am.42 words
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Article, Illustration888 1956-02-22 17 William Hickey - Oxford's full of 'hedgers and ditchers' William Hickey SAYS i:\in mi: agitator HAVE been hearing about the row developing at Oxford over the professorship of poetry. It is rather wonderful that in the age of the H-bomb the Oxford dons can get excited about a professorship of poetry. It's not888 words
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237 1956-02-22 17 You can produce schizophrenia with this acid-drug TEST REVEALS POSSIBILITIES 4 "SANITY chemical" in the brain Is being demonstrated by workers at Washington's National Heart Institute. This is serotonin, a hormone-like substance that occurs both in the brain itself and in various other body tissues. Among the notable findings of237 words
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Advertisement70 1956-02-22 17 The invulnerable Automatic **33P' has still other claims. y^^^^^^^^^SSSk Movado precision reaches Jp J its height in Automatic jig I fßj "giant "balance (patented). ijj r \L-\* j l^P Automatic -331" is by grjAjpL -^""y X. V-r far the thinnest automatic —^Jr 0W CJ/; re^ 0n OUr FACJORtES AT W70 words
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Miscellaneous120 1956-02-22 17 I j H —^V" "~T____l~''''''' (T I I B ICBOBI 5 A surface that needs careful i -r-rehtiw won't change for a negotiation (4. 3). 1 WSSNff 11 V h; *v« shorl 8 Rower that U ion* in a way nom US l--.lv meet, 4 which U, nieces (S). R.A.F120 words
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Article, Illustration1571 1956-02-22 18 GEORGE WHITING - BATTERED BUT TITLE WAS MINE.... GEORGE WHITING The qreatesi day of their tires All I knew was that the blob in front of me was Johnny Williams...' >hj SO it's just another fight, and you are in the business for dough, and the boxing rules do not mention pain. But1,571 words
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181 1956-02-22 18 ARCHIE Moore, world ligh* heavyweight champion won his non-title fight over ten rounds in San Francisco yesterday against Howard King on a unanimous points' decision. Moore who weighed 197 lb. an advantage of 11 lb. was obviously carrying excess weight and his punches181 words
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Article51 1956-02-22 18 rE world's first judo championship tournament, with entries from 20 nations, will be held in Tokyo on May 3. The 20 competing nations are: Austria, West Germany. Britain, Belgium. Denmark, Spain. France. Holland, Switzerland. Luxembourg, Argentina. Cuba, the U.S.. Canada. Philippines. Nationalist China. Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and51 words
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Article64 1956-02-22 18 Hoad' s tour approved r EWIS HOAD, Australian singles champion and his wife, formerly Miss Jennifer Staley, will start their private lawn tennis tour with three tournaments in Egypt. They will leave Sydney next Tuesday. The Australian Lawn Tennis Association who havi proved of the tour, have received from Hoad64 words
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313 1956-02-22 19 RAMADHIN 5 FOR 46 i/T»HE West Indies beat New Zealand by an innings and 64 runs on the third day of their second ericket Test in Christrhurch yesterday. The West Indus scored 386 and then dismissed New Zealand for 158Reuter - 313 words
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204 1956-02-22 19 f y\WN FRASEB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA LAST NIGHT BEAT THE WORLD 100 \3 METRES FREESTYLE SWIMMING RECORD FOR WOMEN WHEN COMPETING IN THE AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS, IN SYDNEY. tlllis Frmsei was iwimiing in the 110 yds. event nd returned a time ofReuter - 204 words
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178 1956-02-22 19 DANGERS and Hearts. who are ftrst and cond respective ly m the Scottish "A" Division, are drawn to meet each other in the Seventh Round of the BCOtUsh Football Clip competition on March 3. This feature quarterfinal match Will bon Hearts' ground inReuter - 178 words
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Article34 1956-02-22 19 THE ten-round mid weight flght bet* Kid Gavilan of Cuba and Germinal Ballerin Ofl France, scheduled for tomorrow, was postponed until March 8 when Gavilan tfai repor'ed ill with influenza. A.P.A.P. - 34 words
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Article35 1956-02-22 19 Yesterday*. Football soeiation results were: Eng Ush League Dh I M S, Brerton 2 Scottish On 'sixth round npl. Mirren 1. Airdrieon Airdrieonians n w Celtic in the s.venth roiinc ReuterReuter - 35 words
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Article35 1956-02-22 19 WILLIAM JACKS and 11 Q Si tlj 8 District drew 5-5 in B friendly match at Farm Park yesterday. Kok Cheng (2'. ChOW Teik (2) and Tock Hal -cored for William Jacks-35 words
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104 1956-02-22 19 SINGAPORE'S team for the women's hockey Quadrangular tournament to be held in Kuala Lumpur this weekend has been chosen a.s follows: Cpl. Bay ley; Mrs. Richardson. Mrs. lAnnse Marks; Mrs K. Lc Mereier. F/O J. Davis (capt), Miss Pam Regan; Muss Stella Arkin.son. Pat104 words
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154 1956-02-22 19 Till. Welsh Rugby Union are to ask th« International Rugby Board at their meeting in Edinburgh en March 16 for a policy ruling on games with contal club teams, fo: ing allegations that some sides from abroad pay their j players. ThisReuter - 154 words
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Article57 1956-02-22 19 AUSTRALIA'S best known swimming coach. Frank Guthrie, has been ruled ineligible to coach Australia's Olympic Games swimming team because he is a professional. A ruling given in Sydney yesterday by the Australian Swimming Union's president. Mr. H. A. Bennett, said that under the terms hi which57 words
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Article83 1956-02-22 19 Aussie Test men are passed fit ALL six New South Jt\ Wales players including all rounder Keith Miller were yesterday passed fit for the Australian cricket team's tour of England this year. Miller, 36, and one of the best all-roundeTs in the world, has not Played cricket since early inReuter - 83 words
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111 1956-02-22 19 International rugby may be postponed FE Rugby Union international championship match between France and England. du e to be played In Paris on Saturday, will most probably be postponed because of the state of the pitch at CQlombes Stadium, a French Rugby Federation spokesman told Reuter yesterday. The Paris eveningReuter - 111 words
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Article, Illustration561 1956-02-22 19 THE Interpreters Annual Challenge Cup, presented by the interpreters of the R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya) for competition between the R.A.F. Regiment (Malaya) and The Malay Regiment, was at stake for the third time on Saturday, at Changi. The first game between the teams, at561 words
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Advertisement37 1956-02-22 19 OCEAN PARK HOTEL'S i FAMOUS QUINTET j tt Ace Band of Singapore 51 SS with < >> I? y >/ j v I I F" MISS SALOMA I the Maliv I SS "Mirlyi Monroe" y <( Ring ***** for Table > Reservations.37 words
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343 1956-02-22 20 ALLAN LEWIS - Dragon Year does winning trial in soft going ALLAN LEWIS THIS MORNINGS REPORT FROM THE PENANG RACETRACK....by [)RAGON YEAR who is engaged in the race for CI. 2, Div. 2 horses over 6F on the second day, did a winning gallop at Penang this morning. Working on the outside of343 words
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Article, Illustration82 1956-02-22 20 r pills looked like a goal A for Burnley as Chel- sea goalkeeper Thorn- i£ •2 son. down on hands and E knees, watched the ball I E enter the net from a shot by McKay in the C final minutes of extra time at Highbury, Lon- EReuter - 82 words
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Article49 1956-02-22 20 HOCKEY SHA S-nior knockout semifinal: Police v S.C.R.C, (i.S.C. ground; Quarter-final: Indian Association v Wanderers, S.R.C. SOCCER Friendly Indian Recreation Club v IIon» Kong and Shanghai Bank. Farrer Park: Alexandra Football Team v University of Malaya. Bukit Tirn.ih. Young Mens Sikh's Association v HMS Newcastle, Farrer Park.49 words
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Article57 1956-02-22 20 ADMINISTRATIVE Squadron qualified to meet the winners of the R.A.F. Malaya and A.R.S. tie In the ttnal of the RAF Seletar intersection hockey knockout competition on Saturday when they beat A Supply 2—l at Seletar yesterday. S/Ldr Dunn scored both goals for Administrative Squadron while57 words
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Article134 1956-02-22 20 ALTHOUGH Changi Senior School put up a good struggle they could not match the speed and team work of Seletar Senior School and were beaten by 64 points (eight goals and eight tries* to nil at Seletar yesterday. Both teams, whose Play- ers ranged from 12134 words
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114 1956-02-22 20 FORMER Penang Malaya Cup and Services soccer .^tar goalkeeper, Dave McLaren, played his fin match in Scotland when he I turned out for Dundee "A" against Raith Rovers in a Scottish Reserve League match on Feb. 5. Dundee won 3-0 and reports say114 words
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Article78 1956-02-22 20 I FN Hutton. the former England cricket, captain who has annoupced his retirement from first class games, has rejoined the first ciub he ever played for -Pud.>ev St. Lawrence In Yorkshire. He will play for them next summer when his business commitments permit and has78 words
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209 1956-02-22 20 STTA APPEALS FOR MORE SUPPORT TO SEND TEAM TO WORLD TOURNEY THE chances of a Singapore team taking part in the forthcoming 23rd world table tennis championships in Tokyo in April this year are remote. With ten days to go before the closing209 words
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Advertisement463 1956-02-22 20 CLASSIFIED ADS. BIRTHS 20 Words $b (minimum). CHATTAWAY: To Lavinia and Peter, on February 20th. at Kandang Kerbau Hospital, a daughter. PALMER: Born to Mrs. Barbara Palmer, wife of C. D. Palmer, a boy, Clayton James, at Youngberg Hospital, 10.55 p.m. February Twentieth. KENNARD: On the 21st February 1956 at463 words
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