The Singapore Free Press, 3 May 1954

Microfilm: NL2438
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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya. v, i Singapore, Mon., May 3, lf»"»4. Price !."> Cts
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    103 1 I sergeant major might t '<>t to say about little Lyneltf Chojr'i salute but mother, Lieutenant Eli«t»fih (hoy of the SingaVulunteer Corps seems 1 1 Hiink it a fine tribute. Hrt (hoy. legislative C huh illor. has just received nunmission. and this Pren picture is the Irst oi j u
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    To sing for Reds
    21 1 T o sing for Reds STOCKHOLM, Mon choir of 80 has ar*n?'d an 13-day concert tour Russia from June 6 A.P
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    New Saar move
    21 1 JMJN Mon -The West Oer--11 Government will try again to settle the Saar I Stion with France- A.P
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    BUS PLUNGES
    19 1 Iriver was killed and 45 njter«were Injured yester--1 ".hen a bus plunged into sas-asr i A. P
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    Man Killed at Polls
    44 1 Ankara. Mon. Ono man wu, killed m an Incident at touth-east of Turkey, yesterday where the second elections m the nations history w.ls ivld. 1 "nesting parties are the Democratic Party. n>w m power. »Ud ia« People's Republican Pai Reuter
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    THE BOY WHO WANTED TO GO TO CHINA-AND DIED
    355 1  -  SIT YIN FONG 'Stop this propaganda', mothers ask By THE tragic dea|h of a 16-year old Singapore Chinese boy, who was buried yesterday, has focussed attention on the two-way pull of Red China m Peking and Free China m Formosa, on
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    Dutch to honour Allied heroes
    46 1 The Dutch community m Singapore will celebrate Rememberance Day tomorrow In honour oi the Allied forces who fought and gave their Uvm ta the liberation of The Ketherlands during World War 11. A short ceremony will bo held at the Cenotaph.
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    Israeli offensive
    32 1 JERUSALEM, Mon. Israel may open a political offensive to mobilize public opinion In the United States afcaiitft the anti-zioni.st line adopted by the U.S. State Department Middle East desk. A.P.
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    FORT IS STILL DEFIANT AFTER DAY-LONG
    249 1 RESPITE savage rebel onslaughts, the besieged French fortress of Dien Bien Phu, m northern Indo-China, still stands firm. The French Hi^h Command has announced that the French are counter-attacking at Isabelle, an isolated outpost three miles south of the fortress. A French spokesman said
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    28 seconds out goes a champion
    98 1 28 seconds out goes a champion ROME, Mon. rpWKNTY- EIGHT seconds— I that's how long it took Tiberio Mitri of Italy to beat Randolph lin pin. British holder of the European middleweight championship, m last night's title bout here. Mitri Landed a right hook m the first round. Turpin hit
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    Israelis shoot 2 Egyptian spies
    119 1 Israelis shoot 2 Egyptian spies AN Israeli army spokesman claimed last night that two Egyptian spies were shot dead by an Israeli patrol m Southern Israel. He said the patrol opened lire when five armed men attempted to escape when challenged at a spot about 15 miles trom the border.
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    ROYAL SERVICE
    24 1 One of the Queen's surgeons removes the appendix of a geamon aboard the Royal Yacht. Brittania. m the Mediterranean last Saturday. A.P.
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    Rubber price f Imfl *I*i. ■* v i^^W &*:s{'"('' m%
    36 1 Rubber price f Imfl *I*i. v i^^W &*:s{'"('' m% me Singapore rubber market opened this morning on a very .steady tone with Hi grade May .shipment »1 M its a pound, three-elghta cent abofe Saturday'! close.
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    NOW A 'PETROV OF PARIS IS BUNDLED OFF TO MOSCOW
    204 2 NOW A 'PETROV OF PARIS IS BUNDLED OFF TO MOSCOW It was aii over so quickly A s|(ii\i) SECRETARY ©1 Ihe Soviet Embassy m A Par s Miis bundled tm Moseo*. In a S«vlei nniii.uN plane during H»»- weekend. ■ih, U nc( I Ml< R«ss» aw 1,..,. h( aded of!
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    Channel f hnnnvl ships lashed by gale
    121 2 Channel f hnnnvl ships lashed by gale .SOL JHAMJ'TON. Mon At, 1 1 mihs an hour v.uU sent shipping on both side* ol the English channel scampering to porti for shelter tei day. Hum- waves were running <>tl the coast here uhen the Polish liner. Batory (14.287 tons', approached Southampton
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    JET PLANES AND BELLS WILL GREET THE QUEEN
    273 2 VAU.FITA Mod 'PHI QUEBN will gtep ashore J today on Malta tin island ho fathtf decorated Jot its wartime Bounce. A 1 thi royal yacht Britannia approachei the island from Tobruk. Australian and New Zealand Air force and Royal Kavj jet planeis
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    Secret talk on Trieste
    92 2 MILAN Mini I Mi John Foster Dull«\< hiiiJ H,i Italian l'r» -in h i Mi Mai i Bc< Iba vuii i« > 1« 1 an m nt and iecret m< i kni In i vmall town mai Milan U) «i..< Mi Dul I nj km U
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    French freighter saves RAF men
    110 2 French freighter saves RAF men J'AKIS, Mon— The 5.038- lon Ikikli cargo ship Fort Dauphin cast anchor ofT Dieppe this afternoon with six Koval Air Force mm she rescued when the llritish yacht Sea Lion capsi/.ed (luring a 55- mile an -hour Kale m the Knglish channel on Saturday. The.
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    Tornadoes hit 23 towns
    44 2 OKLAHOMA CITY. Mom Oklahoma veslerdat counted t*»rr#* dead, 5H injured and thousand* of dollars worth of property iamigt from a Ciant storm on Saturd;o Torna<l«N>s crashed into 2.3 t«iw us Iroin the southwest to northeast aeroNs the st ite. A.P
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    The Naples 'miracle' was a day late
    106 2 The Naples 'miracle' was a day late NAPLES. Mon. Much weeping and praying went on at this Italian port yesterday as the blood of the patron .saint. St. Januarius remained rock-hard a si^n of trouble. The blood of the martyred saint .should have melted the day before, as it had
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    ENVOY RETURNS
    29 2 Mr. Brian Hill, the Charge <i Attains of the Australian Embassy m Moscow who wai expelled by the Russians, flew Into I/>ndon last night from Helsinki. A.P.
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    17-storey plunge
    102 2 <UK MA). Mvu i torencc inh.ii Bartlett, v>. hardware t«»rtun«- limm ,s ai i,| 411 l |>Ulll>|l< >S y t I, (|X i II si».M > itiui^i- from ih< i j >''«» «'i her Gold (oas\ renibou r Miva BarllcM m.iv tb« AaHghtct •1 the laic Adolpiins <|.
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    GOHZALES BEATS FRANK SEDGMAN
    49 2 i H i (.1 VMtpUni lervioi net >.;.rii( Mf Paftcho Oonw»l« overpi .<( d Australia t Pranh Sedgman yesterday U> retain hli singlet tn j m Cleveland annual \u rW professional it nnt* championship Hf u(.ii |.S, !i t-1 )n ii 1 t 01-five si A.P.
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    They step out under sword arch
    50 2 They step out under sword arch Tu-ture. Assistant Superintendent of Police. Mr. I). J. Smllion and Miss M. S. Kancc were married at SI. MaryS Churrh Kuala I umpiir. on Saturday. Pictarc shows the couple walking under an arch of suonls of Selangor Police oflirers after the weddint. Free Press
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    Anzus men hear U.S. report on Indo-China talks
    180 2 Anzus men hear U.S. report on Indo-China talks GENEVA, Monday. rHE foreign ministers of the United States, Australia and New Zealand met here as the ANZVS Treaty Council, to consider the situation m "South-East Asia" presumably m Indo-China. It was the first meeting of the council since September 1953. Among
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    Battle of the polls on again
    128 2 BRITAIN'S nation-wide Dual i lectioiii m la government open (oom i i and the Socialist* are hoping to consolidate progress made In (lie pajt two years Labour gained more than 1.050 seati m 1052 and about 32<i last rear. But the results still left
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    Dulles may offer to resign
    267 2 Dulles may offer to resign London messages say that British newspapers yesterday voiced concern over what some of them called a split among the Western Allies m Geneva. with a mixed feeling cf relief that the Prime Minister. Sir Winston Churchill, has taken a firm stand against becoming involved m
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    Anti-graft men may pry into bank accounts
    124 3 Corrupt Practices Invi :i Bureau is to be given more powers. Lyle, director <>i the bureau lay that the needed dr.m legislation the Free Press, that certain power, I m the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the •m would also be intioduced m SinOne amendment
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    Registry wedding
    18 3 Mr. B, Deniel and Miss Khong Swec Lam who wert married at the Kuala Lumpur registry.
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    No 'cold war' in business
    99 3 Italy, it appears, Is not tak- 1 ing part m any "cold war" i Russia is far as business ta I. During 1953.' ians sold »:8.LM0.000 worth to the Russians— nearly C 1.000.000 'i "v than m 1951 rhe textile mills did tlie bulk of
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    TO SHAKE HANDS, OR NOT TO? THAT IS THE...
    263 3 \KE handshakes a silly habit? Most people m japore don't think so »ut Dr. G. Chesney, former ">■". u-al officer of health for *>le, England. U opposed to en a form of greeting. fl urged delegates at a <-'"t national health
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    THIS LATEST STORE 'LOOK-SEE' CRAZE RAKES IN $1,000,000
    268 3 THIS LATEST STORE 'LOOK-SEE' CRAZE RAKES IN $1,000,000 Yf ORE and more men and women m Singapore are turning to devices which tell them all they want to know about their wealth, waist-line and wisdom. And on this "look -see" craze they spend about $1,000,000 a year. The number of
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    DRESSING UP' GAME ENDS IN HOSPITAL
    70 3 DRESSING UP' GAME ENDS IN HOSPITAL Two little girls played "dressing- up" one night. One had to be taken to hospital. Nine-year-old Betty Anne Packer put on her mother's silk dress at her home m Colsterworthroad, Tottenham. London, and stood near the fire. The fire caught the dress. Betty's 10-year-old
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    GEMS IN PILLAR BOX
    29 3 Watches and jewellery were found m a pillar box m Kit-chener-avenue. Chatham, Kent, after an anonymous caller telephoned the shop from which they were stolen
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    1,000 year-old vase was a Chinese toy
    63 3 1,000 year-old vase was a Chinese toy One lll— mild years ayo th a hii.r UMt4 lII* \use !><m lived belon ;«> toy. Armn irerc thr#wa at it .iini<<i t:» drop into the f^r loops near its mouth. Thr vase is one of !00 exhibits of ChintM art to !»p
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      134 3 No fear of youngsters outgrowing their etrtn^tr. y» sV^k. when they have 'Kepler* every day I This .nr^ TliT\ world-famous Cod Liver Oil and Malt Extract l^*^^ WB contains exactly the vitamins they need*- S *^Hfet^^ vitamins A and D for f J #O^V keeping up energy and fV^ 1
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, May 3, 1954. Opinion Big job ahead
    482 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, May 3, 1954. Opinion Big job ahead The present yar mans an important milestone m jn< long at times chequered, but always honorable career ol the Singapore Volunteer Defence Corpi which, on July H will celebrate Its Cen tenary. possibly tin oldest organisation of Its
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    Soviet Waste no Time
    803 4 RENE MacCOLL is invited to the Kremlin &ftnOS MOSCOW. RECEIVED an inTiU tion U) the Kremlin i accepted The occasion wa.s the first meeting of the Supreme Soviet, elected only last month for a four-year term. Prom all om tbe va.st Union oi Soviet Socialist Republic*
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    MANY MORE TEST PILOTS
    232 4 MANY MORE TEST PILOTS "THE Links of the test p lots are swelling. Most of the firms m the aircrnft bi>' ness now h.ivc l.irgc fiymg st«iffs. Bcidci Iht' txpcr ment.il pilots wr«o fly SJtW dcsißnv there «^»c the pn. ducfion i loti whe h.iv. M Hy the aircraft «is
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    PARENTS SHOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN SCHOOL AFFAIRS: EDUCATION DIRECTOR
    442 5 4 I THOUGH parent-teacher associations do not A come under the supervision of the Education Department, we certainly wish to encourage their „< inition." Mr. David MeLellan said yesterday. want parents to be closely associated with chools, and take
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    HE WANTS TO FIND OUT FOR HIMSELF
    86 5 HE WANTS TO FIND OUT FOR HIMSELF i City Council- Mr. T. A. Simon, is to nine-week housesurvey m the Ward to find out the of about 10.000 i Is scheduled to i ►rtnight i said all his voters I let a form asking them ell him'their complaints 11 will
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    To replace Dulles
    37 5 Walter Bedell Smith Secretary of State left 'on by special air force fj" Geneva to replace lt ed States Secretary Mr. John Foster Dul- llt acl (if the American '<> to tlie Far East ■'Irlice
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    Police summer wear
    35 5 throughout the Lonurea will for fnt time this year wear ,^-weuht summer unin« tried out successfully m d visions \**t year. Th, will^ remain dark bliiebtu ke *s aw 30 per cent
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    Meters for all taxis by July
    117 5 s '"'«i)ot"'s fleet of >!| will bo fitted IS an official of •eCarAssociatlon«Ud O «*CUI added that -so far out of 800 motets the As>n oraered from Bri'u4 arrived. >T(j.^t ol them are bein^ fitted Jn the Association's service fttation m Waterloo Street. .Another
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    'Oily man is a dying boy's agent'
    356 5 'Oily man is a dying boy's agent' 'MUSIC GOES DOWN AM) AROUMV A SIAMESE PRIEST believes that Singapore's "oily man" now haunting residents m Zip nßoad is an "agent" of a dying and pale-looking Chinese youth. He has told one resident that the "oily man" is definitely not a human
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    83,000 are back in school today
    82 5 83,000 are back in school today SINGAPORE English schools began their .second term today after a two-week vaca- 1 tion. More than 83.000 students re- turned. Nine primary schools have registered to full capacity Primary One pupils for next year. They are: Windstedt Morning and Afternoon Schools, Hate IJoad Morning
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    Something extra for firemen's families
    194 5 VI R J. M. Jumabhoy, vice-chairman of the Singapore ifl City Council's Estate and Fire Brigade Committee, said yesterday that he hoped the council would give -adequate compensation" to the families of five firemen killed m a blaze at Robertson Quay. An ex-eratia payment .should
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    Germans make guns—but for exports only
    84 6 Germans make guns— but for exports only DE-MILITARISED 11 West Germany is doing M Wi business" manufacturing and exporting hunting weapons. Quietly but methodically wvst Germany is. m fact, turning out si veral hundn d thousand rifles, shotguns ai.d pistols a year and German sporting arms are b< -inn m
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      173 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis I ?Snr iW M!IO»VJ*«.J m. I I I THE NORTHS? I. I I>' NOj '{$>£§ [«Uj IMA' NOCTH i IM[P{ UOID TO W Jlf>M- X<?i/:/^LL '1/ „r-~ SOUNOS I SLOPED- 1 V xl/TTXi «IOH (si V; l N AOK. Lin THfPf I^/ -V
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      468 6 Your I j lucky I star HORN TODAY. >our vei> wealth of talents and your exceptional versatility may become a handicap unless %<m learn to correlate your talents elTectively and point them m some definite direction while young. You have good judgment. definite opinions and an ability tv work hard
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    DOCTOR GAOLED AFTER WIFE DIED OF DRUGS
    298 7 He was forbidden to prescribe poisons {>()( TOK went on getting drugs by various means m 10 years after he had been forbidden to procure, tosses*, mt prescribe them, a Shropshire (England) .nit was told. H e was not a dru£ addict himself,
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    'Let's fine them on the spot'
    129 7 'Let's fine them on the spot' SHILLING on-the-ftnes against motofor parking offences recommended by Constable of East Ueut-Cdtooel A. F. Chiel Constable was ating on a complaint m innual report of a tre»us burden on manresultinff from court ire for minor motor- iffenccs i mcl Senior told a reK>rter: 'In
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    They pay to be honest
    96 7 nestj of villagers at Norfolk. England. 'ing put to the test. ley earn more than £sou and live In a council ire asked to say so. will mean their rent goes i week for every €100 over £500. Mr R Sheldrake, vice-chair-he council housing lid:
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    LIGHTNING HITS PIPE—7 HURT
    49 7 LIGHTNING HITS PIPE— 7 HURT Lightning struck a water pipe at Stuart's Point. near Kempsey. New South Wales. shocked seven people and killed a dog. Six of the shocked peopiC were campers who were sheltering near a caravan during a heavy rainstorm They were all thrown to the ground.
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    No zoot-suits or flower shirts, G.I.s are told
    147 7 No zoot-suits or flower shirts, G.I.s are told OMIL G. F MeGuire. 1 mty Commander of the S 3rd Air Force, stationed Britain, has banned "all ilir dress." 1 «reea th.it g.i s in civtlothtt must dress "m ►rdance with local cus»m I iu'.w'd American !l Mil not stroll m
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    TWO NEW ARA'S
    20 7 Mr. Norman Hepple and Mr Rodney J. Burn, painters, have been elected Associates Of the Royal Academy.
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    READ AS HE DROVE-CRASH!
    66 7 A learner-driver m a Melbourne motor ichool'l car t-av« i the >top signal the other day md pulled up correctly at a major intersection m town, when a car behind crunched into him The other driver was most apologetic and .said magnanimously -It was entirely my
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    Pilot John was lost—so he landed on moor to ring
    166 7 Pilot John was lost— so he landed on moor to ring IF ever you make a forced landing, his instructor had told him. give me a ring before you take off again. That is what 18-year-old John Lawry did to the amazement of strollers on Shortwood Common, Staines, England. He
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    The man who worried too much
    162 7 The man who worried too much MR. JOHN EDWARD PACK. 35- year-old assistant master at a Kent (England* primary school worried about his school'! Soccer XI. they had lost every match this season. It was said at the Ash lord Magistrates' Court that Mr. Pack had other worries too. about
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    Thief sheats bit of bad luck
    45 7 A thief stole iy<W() worth ot jewellery from a tint m Glou-cester-place, st Marylebone London Including iud» i br tcelet, brooch, and riii;*. Slid Mrs Ton! Rivera old meadow. the owner: 'The .set was made for mo m China
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    Primate outvoted
    39 7 Dr. Geoffrey Fisher. Arrhbishop of Canterbury, said m Canterbury: "One child la not enough, nor i.s two. Three would be all ri^ht, beCftVM then the children can out-vote the parenUs." Voting note: Dr. Fisher has six sons
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    FREEDOM From the sky
    106 7 FREEDOM From the sky picture. rr>II)IN<;S ol great joy lor 1 the people of Pcrak were dropped from the sky last week when leaflets declaring two ireas "white" were released by aircraft. The two Perak areas affected are the Khan and Larut and Matang districts. The people of Pokok Assam
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  • A PAGE FOR WOMEN
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      Handkies make gay fashions
      488 8  -  JEAN WISEMAN by Do! s IT SOUND odd to dr< i In a handki rcniei or a number ol handki II o I ci assure you that Barbara Ru h HI be seen „i international Mm "Maßninceni Obsej Ion," knows more than »>m way ol turning
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      POCKET CARTOON
      19 8  -  OSBERT LANCASTER h "Considering oil thmy* darting, Vvt come to the conclusion that imoking't aoiili the riik*"
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      26 8 photo. 'Witchcraft* 1 is the name ft? Mi to these black and white spikj lorgnettes. The girl u-ith the bewitching look is Myrtle (raw lord. Reuter
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      HINTS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
      366 8 QTEWED prunes, slued banana and sectioned orangesl < da be combined to make an excellent fi nil <•///* A hr hot v d oem t c <an made b|f n aininc sotnt cream theese with a couple (/;m //i.. Jillets and a hllh I'm •ii a
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      Wear wax fruit and be smart
      381 8 WAXED fruit m bright colours and shining brilliantly will make its appearance on our clothes m place of flowers- if a leading London dress designer nas his way. Fruit In this old-fashioned form decorates quite a number oi the new fashions shown by Victor
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      IDEAL HOME WALLS WILL BE MOVABLE
      171 8 IDEAL HOME WALLS WILL BE MOVABLE IF WE aren't all exterminat- ed because someone gets to fooling around with a "thermonuclear device," 10*0 should see a lot of changes m the Ideal Home. Designer Norman Bel CJeddes lists some of them a-nd this is 16, not 60 years hence! His
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      How much is a happy face worth?
      161 8 I.v I II I IN AM HOT I jjii women spend too 1/ iniK h nn their fices? "Yes," nut men i»u t the) ire wring A small expenditure that raises -i woman's morale is never v\ asted. It ihe know s sin*
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    THE MOTHER Locked up 3 children 42 hours
    116 9 THE MOTHER Locked up 3 children 42 hours ylar-old mother who A 1< H her three young chilfor 42 hours m a locked without food, wu „.'.,<■ for six months at Chertsey. editing Mrs. Irene Powers, Virginia Water, Surrey, 111 [an Hezlett said that she ja d left her home
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    THE FATHER Sacrificed his holiday for baby son
    142 9 THE FATHER Sacrificed his holiday for baby son MR. ERIC JOHN WILDER, of Albion-road, Twickenham, Middlesex, took his annual h( liday to look after hi.s 21--th-old son while his wife was In hospital. When Judge Tudor Rees was 1 this at Brentford Country Court he said: "I have heard oi
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    His $1 Bible had 1597 date
    79 9 AN* Elizabeth I Bible was disfX covered m Adelaide only it., first 94 pages had t 1 thrown on a fire c Oa noil, of Woodlands bought the 1597 Bible— proved to be a Geneva I educed by John Knox -among 24 other books
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    DRIVER PANICKED AS TWO WERE KILLED
    175 9 DRIVER PANICKED AS TWO WERE KILLED THE driver of a Land Rover told an inquest jury that f snicked and drove* away two women passengers PPied out ol the car as it founded a bend. Tnt two women were found r (i on the pavement corner at Moordown. on the
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    'GIVE US MORE TELEPHONES, MARKET, AND A SCHOOL': 3 PRIORITY NEEDS OF SENNETT ESTATE
    550 9  - 'GIVE US MORE TELEPHONES, MARKET, AND A SCHOOL': 3 PRIORITY NEEDS OF SENNETT ESTATE ROGER YUE These residents are Not satisfied with their conditions By SliiJ v > y I I Spokesman ARK Singaporeans satisfied with livA ing: conditions and are their needs being met? Do they consider they are
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    Runaway boy who wanted to sail kept seeing Mum
    264 9 Runaway boy who wanted to sail kept seeing Mum I^ROM his bedroom 13-year-old Malcolm Semmens can look out over the towering cranes of England's Southampton dockland anc watch the merchant shipl sail out to the world For years, every day after school, he has gone up there to sketch them
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    Biggest exhibition
    25 9 The Heavy Section of the British Industries Fair at Castle Bromwich. Birmingham, fills the largest exhibition hall m the world under one roof
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    WATCH STOLEN—IN POLICE VAN
    63 9 WATCH STOLEN— IN POLICE VAN Melbourne City court recently gaoled a man who stole a watch from a fellow prisoner m a police van Constable John Williamson ."-aid that soon after Iw arrested Francis Kenny and placed him m the van, another onei complained of the lon ol hii watch
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    Mutiny prisoners may get cat'
    182 9 MHWO PRISONERS, charged with Inciting mutiny at Parkhurst Gaol, Isle of Wight, were sentenced to strokes of the "eat." Both men tried to stage a demonstration In the prison compound, alter a prisoners' football match. "This ATOM out of the intro- duction of a new
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    One-ton Topsy didn't like the bagpipes
    121 9 One-ton Topsy didn't like the bagpipes rpOPSY. a nine-year-old J. circus elephant, escaped the big top at Sydney recently to attend a church meeting of Scottish pipers nearby. But the pipers did not appreciate their uninvited ton-and-a half visitor. They droppV'J their bagpipes and fled. According to Rev. R. A.
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    49 9 The British Minlsfc r <>i i k> Sn David EC( U I tor&ei I the time when there mighi be ommonwealth d< \< lopment <■! .tonne pcv.rr stations. a; he made cleai In a commeni < i the Atomic Energy Authoritj Bill In the House oi Cuminc dj
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    Howto spot sports stars
    480 10 Howto spot sports stars i 'I wo MAN Brl ibane 1 1.-. land A i tra team nead< d by a Profe m tormerlj ol mm (ham ln".' it may hav< the :i!i ver to v. hat maki a child Krow Into an out it Hiding sport man or .;>')[
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    The mantle of Balmoral is falling on a village
    717 10  - The mantle of Balmoral is falling on a village JOHN CLARKE By RECENI i y the Queen Mother ;> »i'i a visit to the castle she bo i-'Mt m the wind-swept C lithne hamlet of M far from Londoi London Is t rom Oslo or i plona •:i the m
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    'WINE-BARREL' MEETS DISASTER
    572 10  - 'WINE-BARREL' MEETS DISASTER STEPHEN COULTER By f rH()USANI)S Of tourists travelling through the sunny south ol Prance this summer from the Mediterranean to Toulouse, Aries and Lynn, will be unsuspecting witnesses ol ;i tragedy. m doxem ol the happj lookine villages no tricoloui flags fly, the town halls are !oi
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    ASIAN' DELEGATES AT BIBLE SOCIETY TALK
    184 10 nBLSOATBB from Japan, K'»i e i. Indonesia, Burma, p iki .t.m India and Ceylon to ittend the Third Ju bilee Meeting ol the British and Foreign Bible Society at Wf ittninster Hall, London <»n Wednei day Pounded 150 y< i ;u i• upSociety has
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    'Lost village' wants to stay artistic
    478 11 'Lost village' wants to stay artistic LTHOOGH not so wellknown as the famed Left Bank of Paris. Rome boasts an "artists' as rich m 1 1(llir and flamboyant Personalities as anything Paris can produce. attend a Saturday night any m the Via llargutta •strict (do not forget to your own
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    GARDEN OF EDEN ISLES ARE 'TO LET'
    563 11 GARDEN OF EDEN ISLES ARE 'TO LET' Ibv Donald McCormick suggestion that Man Man prisoners should be sent to the Seychelles, but indignant inhabitants promptly squashed that plan for spoiling paradUft. "Anyone can apply for the lease of ;my of these islands'. a spokesman of the Seychelles Government told me.
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    A BEAUTY FROM HONG KONG
    65 11 picture by Haaag lVh-lan. the Hontf Kong singer, who is m Singapore lor a threenxmth engagement. This is her second visit to Malaya, she was last here a \«v»r ago with a Hong Kong song and dance troupe. Peh lan was l«in m Manchuria, is
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    French TV a national joke
    293 11 A MAN with onv of the biggest worries m France today is 40-year-old Jean d'Anv head of France's nationalised television network. DArcy. a civil servant, was appointed to his £500 a y> ur posi In i!'. r >^ At that time French TV was technically
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    JOBS for the Gestapo BOYS
    673 12 They're back at the old tame, reports SEFTON DELMER. He hears a strange story about a judge and meets the general who commands a Very Secret Service. A JUDGE de ilin with •;i i c i ol ille \'-<\ by forn I \et m s
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    CALL FOR MAIDS
    222 12 nOMEBTIC help v ■■■iki- m i'»i i» mi wot rled b« Briti h mi i von m ni job are idvertisi I'M .i jnoi m i m Italy pi i .m -iv Bi Iti ih m in' ci n i the lists o >n v h ol
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    465 12 Both sides vulnerable South dealer WKHT lv%BT C/Q IH 0 J lt > 051 I AQIH! A x 1 SOUTH A It 1 1 1 J 5 1 OAK Q 9 7 Th« bidding South West North Ea*t 14 Pa*s 24 44 DM All pass wBT OPENED his
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      242 12 < 1.1 K> \< icoss 1 It'l carried I .some ot the tarts <:*•; H Hardly 1 and carrln Its own roU.(6>;| an avenue Only one tree m sii^ht ird'a pa does (.61 12 A little (>irl m the muden. B] 1! to Eire? <:i>; 10 Man 3 13 A
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    Those Monroe Hips
    251 13 Those Monroe Hips |HK STAR ON 'WHEN TO WRIGGLE Miss Liv Chi disapproves LJONCKONC film star Liv Chi Hiinks Marilyn Monroe's walk i$ "every woman! walk". She asks: "How can a woman walk without wrigglinp her hips particularly woman with big hips?" Miss Liv Chi, who has a 36--inch bust,
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    HOLLYWOOD LOVES MISS KELLY
    419 13 HOLLYWOOD LOVES MISS KELLY Bing Crosby, fames Stewart. Alfred Hitchcock rave about a modest newcomer. JOLLY WOOD has been retiring some of its tired old faces and supplanting them with fresh, bright and wholly acceptable new Brilliant new 3 are to be found nearly every film n i< ased during
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    DARING FILMS OUTCRY
    210 13 -from trance! TROUBLE blows up m the French film world. Police m provincial towns have had to deal with audiences protesting against "daring" films. Producers are up m arms aeainst the censorship. Family associations rail for tighter rules. The producers demand "the riszht to free expression". The
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    661 13 'New Look' stars TOP FOUR ARE Dorothy Tutin Virginia McKenna Claire Bloom Diane Cilente DAVID LE WIN drains up a Spotlight League A NEW girl has entered the League of Young Stage Hopefuls this week. Her name Penelope Munclay. the 27-year-old enticing unknown in the West End play "Marching Song."
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    ASIAN GAMES S'pore bids for 1962
    134 14 ASIAN GAMES S'pore bids for 1962 i m n 11 •>, arc ■!>' l rj j i hi A' 'i Linn h r i .,n Count ii m M mil i i,- rnruie fh'-ir Mi fourth A>i »fi < >.ii Bum Ini lii iil.ni.l P in [ftl md ling 'iKtrr
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    THE INSIDE STORY OF WEST BROM'S CUP WIN
    516 14 THE INSIDE STORY OF WEST BROM'S CUP WIN Oxygen of haif-time brought old sparK Special t<» the F*** Pnat I [P, down, level, then tkc winner. That was West IJromwirh AlWons 1 Wembley path to tin Football Association (up v.dory over I reston Wt Iml 'liiev won -->. but the
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    WEDDING BELLS FOR LITTLE MO
    448 14 Her last Wimbledon rpHIS •'•'ill be Maureen (Liitir Mo) uonnoiiys lasi Wimbledon She Is getting married next January Then *he and husband-to-be, Norman Brinker, plan to i i ranch for paying; guests m California. Cm he decide to tui n prof* 1 iional, which ta
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    Will Soviet withdraw from Games?
    111 14 Will Soviet withdraw from Games? Olympic Officials do not expect the breach In diplomatic relations between Australia and the soviet Union to affect Ru.vsia'.s participation m the 1956 Olympic £amea at Melbourne 1 1 c»en WUliani Bridgeford, chiel executive officer stated: "It is tur too early yet to say for
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    MERCURY GET A TRAINING TRACK
    143 14 kuai.a LUMPUR, iii The Municipal Public Works committee h. is allowed 'hf Mfirury Athletic cii.i) of Malaya t<i use the Corona'ion part for iiairjiiiK a running track will be laid otit ml Llie tii'M will Ik* reserved fOff athletics on Mondays. Fridays and it needed,
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    MOTTRAM WINS BRITISH TITLE
    102 14 *poNY IfOttrMl 1..-.t 0-4. j l to win the men. ■lnglm title m it,.' Brill I. h u.i courl 1 i*n tenni i hamplor hip Bournemouth on BatunUf '>< Hir' ol the t it. Isi *>n the women In title for the 1 itlll Mi. J<v
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    2 BIG WINS IN THE SAME DAY
    94 14 |\ETERMINE I little coll owned by Mr A. J. Crevolin and ridden by Hay York, won t lie 80th Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Determine finished a length In ml !»t Mr. A. E. Reuben"* H h tad. Mr. r. W. Mcllivain's h isvv;iui|)a
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    DATO WORRIED BY THE HEAT
    65 14 I \ATO C J. Paglar, deputy leader l/ ot the Singapore contlngenl to the Asian Games, expressed fear that the Singapore representatives may not be able to give of their best if the heat prevails. He thought tlu 1 heat would suit Pakistan and India
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    Geoff has a new name in Manila
    130 14 Geoff has a new name in Manila r l"'lir >ini;aporp \>ian GtiMCf contincent made passers by %loft and stare yesterday. Singapore athletes and swim in.-! > m a bus waiting to be taken down to Manila city for training yelled with one voice "hail Caesar, hail Caesar' when a figure
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    Wonder car will race for Britain
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    EASY WINNER
    28 14 Ferdi Kutbler of Switzerland clearly dominated opponents from five countries to win a motor-pid eriterium bike race on a 1.6(i9 kilometres road circuit at Baskv Switzerland.
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    No masseur in Manila —SO VALBERG STANDS IN
    605 14  - No masseur in Manila —SO VALBERG STANDS IN WEE KIM WEE IU SINGAPORE'S Asia n (iames athletes and swimmers are m Rood shape and had no com. plaints to make when I interviewed them. One thine however which is badly needed is an experienced masseur. Nro Chwee Kok, Ten* Pei
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    VALBERG AND MARY KLASS IN FINALS
    566 15  - VALBERG AND MARY KLASS IN FINALS Teng Pei Wah beats record WEE KIM WEE By hpeciai lo me rree rress SINGAPORE athletes came through the first da ol competition at Manila yesterday with a mixture of success and disappointments. Successes were |he brilliant form of Ten^ Pei Wah Klass and
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    10 MARKS FALL TO ATHLETES
    182 15 10 MARKS FALL TO ATHLETES Ten Asian records fell yesterday m sensational triumphs bj India. Pakistan. Japan and South Korea m the first daj of track and field events The Indian visitors struck top form and had two of foui final events to their credit when the day finished. With
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    17 15 English Rujiby Leapue champlor<hip semi-finals: Halifax 18 Workinetnn 7 Warrincton 11 St Helena i Reuter
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    274 15 Free Press Raring Correspondent IT was a luekv day for racehorse owner Mrs. Lokc Wan Tho when trainer S. K. T.joa derided to jjive Qmc ksilver one final < hanee two seasons a«o. Quiek.silvei, down m a humbl< division In class four, won B
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    575 15 3 months lay-off for Jimmy AUSTRALIA'S world bantam champion Jimmy Car- ruthers never wants to fight i another battle like the one m i which he narrowly retained his title m Bangkok last night. It was more like a street brawl than a world championship fight. Blood, teeming rain, mid
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    Spore team is out 6-2 in first round
    174 15 pi.AYING better football. Pakistan fully deserved heir 6-2 win over Singapore m the first round of he soccer series Singapore played impressively m the fljrst half which ended one-all, but a disastrous setback soon after the Interval completely upset their strait EF
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    TURPIN BEATEN IN 28 SECS
    622 16 TURPIN BEATEN IN 28 SECS What now? One punch gives Mitri the title ITALIAN CHALLENGER TIBERIO MITRI *J<>£FEljl I SANDY ITKIMN IN 28 SECONDS OF THE FIRST Km -mi OF THEIR EUROPEAN W^DLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOIT LAST NIGOT IN ROME WITH TREMENDOUS LEFT HOOK THE FIRSI II M H Turpin. only
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    230 16 Italian stars banned DAVIS CUP CRISIS frill-. Italian Tennis Federa 1 tion announced yesterday, on the evu ol the [talian International tennis tourney, that imvu {:v.[> ace i.<"- to Oardini and Oiuaeppe Merlo teen su ipended. Hi.- ntWl w;is si i|»i>«*d like :i hidden bomlwihrll m ;i routine announcement of
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    577 16 WEIRHTI for all m*v«'ii i.X ps on V\ imlucml.i v, Simoihl Day of Urn Hflaftc I tat r lii I) Yl.iy Mr«'(iiil* a( K'liii l.umpiir, CL, I MY. l— «l. Irssrlton Ml Mil Hood Sovfi «*i|£ii I*ll Swt'i'l lliimiii H.I I Kiijoyinrnt II
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    Maureen wins German title
    71 16 MERICA'S Maureen Connolly used powerful baseline iho I yesterday to beat German e\ champion ltn*e Pohmann, 6-0. I and win the woanen'i singles championship at the Wiesbaden International tennis tournament. Ine American and Wimbledon champion took only -"> minutes to defeat her rival. Lennart Bei->elein, Sweden,
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    PAKISTAN TEAM IN ENGLAND
    29 16 IN cold squally weather the Pakistan cricket team arrive-.! at Southampton yesterday m the Polish lint r Ba'ory for a four months' tour of England
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    TRACK WORK 3 horses break 37 mark
    236 16 TRACK WORK 3 horses break 37 mark F.P. Racine Correspondent QWEET Dream, Farnley and Theatre all brokt* 31 for 3F on a fast track it Kuala Lumpur this •norningSwret Dream, with Viney astride, displayed a brilliant turn nt speed to clock 36 1/5 for 3F. Farnlev <Bagby> skipped over 3F
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    DAVIS CUP RESULTS
    50 16 AUSTRIA beat Ireland 3-2 m their Davis Cup European ?-hu tie yesterday and qualified to meet India m :he second round. In other ties Spain beat the Netherlands. Bnuil beat Switzerland Egypt beat Turkey. Yugoslavia beat Monaco, and Hungary took I lead over Mew Zealand.- A. P.
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    36 16 World table tennis ehunpioti IchkO Oflmiim was unable t,> play the final with Y. Toniita due to a knee injury suffered earlier whttt playing m the semifinals of a New Delhi tournament against K.Kawai.
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    36 16 2>t \h mini mii m 1 HUM i On jhiii April, ifW b( Kuantan to Ollllan Ann. wife oi i'ivi Terrlll, iin* Mercantile Bank ol lull i i iii. i ion l >.ii. Id Kelejn
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    50 16 W .«>./, <i^ mm i nn, m A REQUIEM Hl< ill MA the lal P.J.I Leonard > wa HI-- I ,n In- I '..ini" i i ii ii. uIU on the 2nd Ma I ill iv ht'ld I Petei A P m lay 4th M* 19 i ii
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