The Singapore Free Press, 8 July 1954

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press M»<>rnoon Sale m Malaya vol 198d sin^pnre. Thuf.. July 8. 1954. Price 15 CU
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    RED SHOTS IN KOREA 'TRUCE BROKEN'
    125 1 RED SHOTS IN KOREA 'TRUCE BROKEN' /COMMUNIST suns fired on a I United Nations patrol boat m the Korean demilitarised zonp yesterday and the United Nations lodged an immediate complaint that me R H violated the armistice. Thf United Nations Command said at Munsan that the attack occurred when the
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    BABY IN CANAL
    24 1 A Singapore police corporal yesterday recovered the body of a Chinese child a few days old from the Kampong Java canal
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    I'LL MISS THIS CITY, SAYS MR. MENON
    172 1 I'LL MISS THIS CITY, SAYS MR. MENON MR. M, GOFALA MENON, Representative of the Government of India m Maay a (above), who is returning: to New Delhi for a new Job was praised last night by •>lr Malcolm Mac Donald. the Commissioner General, as a farming person and a man
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    Singapore loses man of vision
    5 1 Singapore loses man of vision
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    Trade talks with China
    30 1 Sino-British trade com--52? sported m London last SK-ftS Satisfactory prof. r.wo h been made m tne l clays of talks between J-ommunist trade mission busin^i organisations
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    Rubber price dawn
    45 1 R BBER on the Singapore ™arko t opened this morn- Jrv !w ts alb for fi rst •<> A'^T nt and 7 V /8 n Di week\s heavy yftsas? 1 and are ,hort on the London market and there Is a steady undertone.
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    MAU MURDERS
    40 1 Mau Mau terrorists m Kenya had murdered 24 European civilians and 1,113 African civilians up to June 19 this year, Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State for Colonial Affairs said m a Parliament iry reply la.st night. Reuter
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    Weather holds up Molotov
    27 1 Bad flying weather yesterday delayed Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov'.s arrival m Geneva from East Berlin, to resume the Indo-China truce talks.
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    SAAR GOVT. FALLS
    14 1 The government of Mr. Johannes Hoffmann of the Saarland resigned yesterday.
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    Protestants meet
    34 1 More than 60,000 Protestants from East and West Germany gathered at Leipzig yesterday for their sixth annual rally since the war and the first to be held m the Soviet zone A.P
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    HOLES IN PLANE 'NOT IN RIGHT PLACES'
    277 1 HOLES IN PLANE 'NOT IN RIGHT PLACES' MR. John Cartwright. Air Ministry fire and rescue officer, told the Kallang air crash inquiry m Singapore this morning that he thought holes made m the crashed Constellation by rescuers were "not being made m the right places". The witness, who said he
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    NEW ELY PLAN IS IN ACTION
    336 1 Hanoi stand vital J^VACUATION beaches are being organised at the seaside resort of Doson near Haiphong where supplies, civilians and troops could be taken off the mainland m Northern [■do-China. But opinion is also strong m Hanoi, that General Ely the Commander-in-Chief, will order
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    Goodwill march instead
    115 1 WHAT should have been a procession of protest thi* morning became a demonstration of goodwill when several thousand members of the UMNO-MCA Alliance from all parts of Selangor State marched to the Lstana, Kuala Lumpur. By 8 30 am. the Selangor padang was packed with marchers In
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    MORE RED STEEL
    31 1 Steel production m Communist Europe increased sharply last year, while that of Western Europe declined slightly, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe report* ed last night A.P.
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    H-BOMB TESTS GO ON -U.S. ANSWERS RUSSIA
    174 2 Best and safest place, U.N. is told ensure future safety. Mr Mason's statement VBJ interpreted as an answer to a new Russian demand that the US halt H-bomb tests m the area Mr MidkifT, Special U.S Representative. .said that m the fir.st test
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    U.S. FORCES IN GERMANY HAVE ATOM WEAPONS
    64 2 US Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens said m Frankfurt yesterday that American forces m Germany were well •quipped with atomic weapons He Indicated guided missiles would eventually be added to urmy defence strength m Eurojpe. The army now had thirty 280-millimeter cannon, capable
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    EAST GERMANS ON TRIAL FOR PIG 'MURDERS'
    102 2 A Communist court opened the trial m Berlin yesterday of nine East Germans charged with killing 3,350 pigs at a .state -ope rated farm The prosecution said that the men had deliberately .spread disease among the pigs The indictment said the defendants, eight
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    Big jet order
    18 2 Sweden has ordered C l 2. 000.000 worth of British Hawker Hunter let flghU-rs.- A.P.
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    'EDC OR ELSE' POLICY BACKED
    73 2 West German Chancellor Konrkd Adenauer'* blunt "EDC <>r el.se" foreign policy was unanimou.sly approved by his cabinet jn Bonn yesterday A Government spokesman n*u\ after the Cabinet meeting Hi;«t the ministers "have ap proved (Adenauer*^ viewpoint that the European Defence Community is the best solution
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    102 2 THE STAPf ol .Messrs. lira a and de Souza entertained Mr. P. F. de Souza, Singapore barrister and Legislative Councillor to congratulate him on receiving the 0.8. E. ABOVE are some of the guests at the dinner held at the Braga home m Goodman Road Singapore. From left to right
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    Pact talks on SE-Asia open in U.S.
    89 2 BRITAIN and the United States opened discussions m Washington yesterday to lay foundations for a defence alliance m South East Asia. Representatives of the two nations met In a secret session m the State Department. A State Department spokesman described their talks as
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    A new privilege
    39 2 Young Germans liable for future military service will have a privilege denied to their grandfathers and fathers under the Kaiser and Hitler i regimes. They will be able to claim exemption on grounds of conscience.- A.P
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    WINDRUSH LOSS INQUIRY ENDS
    60 2 A 12-day Ministry of Transport inquiry m London Into the loss of the troopship Empire Windrush which .sank m flames m the Mediterranean last March has ended The tribunal will announce its findings later. Mr. Waldo Porges, Queen's Counsel who represented the Ministry claimed there had
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    Guatemala recognised
    16 2 Honduras Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic have recognised the new Guatemalan regime.- AP
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    EDRICH DENIES HE WAS DRUNK
    352 2 MR. WILLIAM JOHN (BILLi EDRICH. Middlesex and England cricketer, was alleged m court yesterday to have driven home under the influence of drink from a Test match at Lords last month, m which he was playing against Pakistan. The prosecution said when his trial opened
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    How many US dollars did S'pore earn-and spend?
    161 2 How many US dollars did S'pore earn-and spend? SINGAPORE Government will be asked at th»- July 20 LeaLsjative Council meeting to state how many US doUmn were earned last year, and what proportion of it was spent to meet local needs Dr C. J. Paijlar. member for Chanyi. who will
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    They'll meet in Tokyo
    25 2 The 15th biennial congress of the International Chamber of Commerce will be held m Tokyo on May 15—21 next year.- A.P.
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    7 U.S. SOLDIERS SPIED ON US SAY CZECHS
    191 2 They took pictures— protest note CZECHOSLOVAKIA protested yesterday to the United States against the violation of its frontier by seven American soldiers who penetrated 500 yards into her territory on July 4 "with the intent to carry out espionage". The protest delivered
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    'THE THING' FOOLS THOUSANDS
    75 2 'THE THING' FOOLS THOUSANDS A SILVERY thing floated across London's sky at noon yesterday during the lunch hour for tens of thousands who thronged street to .see it. But it turned out to be iust a balloon. For more than an hour people, told each other they had seen a
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    Hillary will try again
    63 2 npHE Nepalese Government 1 has granted Sir Edmund Hillary permission to make new attempt on unconquerea Mount Makalu. Sir Edmund Hillary recenW had to give up his attempt on the 23.500-foot peak because he wag injured m a fail The New Zealander, who returned to Calcutta
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    'HE ASKED $222 FOR LINDA'
    152 3 CHILD SALE PROBE PRANK McROBERTS ol I painesville, Ohio, and his wife are being held for investigation of alleged child-selling. woman detective, Sergeant Virginia Weed, said: I went to the house and told McRoberts we heard he had a child for sale. He said yes
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    84 3 RICHARD SKKI. (second from right) who is doing second year Economics at Sydney University, was host to a party at an International Ball. Richard is the son of Mr. Sect Ben Ong of Fong Hin and Co., Singapore. With him is Hongkongborn Vivian Leanfore, a third -year arts student. Others
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    They fail to unseat Chiang
    56 3 SOVIET Russia antf India yesterday failed to unseat Na tlonalist' China m the U. N Trusteeship Council at the United Nations, New York. alter a bitter debate. With Britain abstaining the Council voted nine to two to accept the credentials of the Nationalist China's delegation
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    A-bomb plants hit by strike
    65 3 Union workers who help produce America's entire supply of wsionable uranium-235 for atomic weapons struck yesteraav at plants m Oak Ridge, i^nnes.sec. and m Pacah. Kentucky, Some 4,500 production and workers are Jpcted. Carbide and Carbon tn^micals Co., which operates plant for the U.S. Atomic
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    Students: 'There was no pact'
    83 3 Students: 'There was no pact' MR. STAN Awbery, Labour, asked m the House of Common last night w ha t were the terms of the settlement with the Singapore students who had been camping m the school grounds m Protest against their national service Mr. Henry Hopkinson, Minister of State
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    Spies nay be barred
    30 3 The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee has approved a Bill which would allow the President to her suspected Communists and spies from defence plants.- A.P.
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    MYSTERY SHIP AFIRE: VANISHES IN LAKE
    128 3 A l ARCE ship apparently Jl disappeared today after l B> sported on fire and dnftin* helplesslr m Lake <>ntari 0 off Frenchman's Bay, miles east of Toronto. ufd lCk tK rinf U>wn *Wp police Uk^ J 1 been Gre shor? f el ht
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    Poet dying after peace fast
    79 3 yiETNAMESE poet Vo Hham Minn, recently a? \\TL U T a hoS P^al recovering from a 16--th J in pr T ot f tln againat war m Indo-China, was »rday to be m his canvas tent. pitched near the Palace of Nations, Geneya. Released from
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    GAOL NOT DEATH FOR HIM
    110 3 Suez murder airman reprieved THE death sentence passed on Leading Aircraftman Anthony Morgan by a court martial on June 11 has been commuted to eight years' imprisonment, Middle East Air Force Headquarters have announced. Morgan 20, was sentenced to death by a Royal Air Force
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    A third pact
    24 3 Pakistan and Turkey may soon sign a trade agreement, m addition to their recent defence and cultural agreements. a n A.P
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    More people work
    24 3 Employment and unemployment m the United States rose last month from 61,019,000 to 62.098,000 and 42.000 to 3,347.--000 respectively..- A. P.
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    Jet hits homes, kills 4
    130 3 A US. Air Farce jet plan* crashed yesterday just outside the downtown district of Kansas City, Kansas, setting three or four houses on fire. Unofficial reports said four persons were killed, including the pilot. Two persons were taken to hospital with bum* and shock. Searching
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    Two-day visit
    25 3 The Philippines Vice-Presi-dent. Mr. Carlos Garcia is m i Washington for a two-day visit that will include meetings with top U.S. officials. A.P.
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    Germans to vote
    15 3 Communist East Germany will hold its general election on October 17. A.P.
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  • The Singapore Free Press Thursday, July 8, 1954.
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      Opinion The facts are clear
      383 4 Opinion The facts are clear TIM threat Ol the Singapore Labour Union's Federation to withdraw 10.000 workers irom employment after midnight on July 18 will hardly be endorsed by anybody who considers the question at issue, without bias. The facts are clear. The City Council is agreeable to pay itjs
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    China's Reds are riding high
    749 4  -  JOHN LEACACOS I CHIPS ON THEIR SHOULDERS.... FIRE IN THEIR BELLIES. ....and they intend to let the 'foreign devils' know about it By THE single most startling impression to come out of the Geneva conference is that the Chinese Communists act like escapees from a
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    ARTIE'S HEADLINE
    8 4 1...1 hut'% uhat 1 uluuys I
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    German Legionaires dying in Vietnam
    277 4 German Legionaires dying in Vietnam HOW many Germans are dying: fighting Communism m IndoChina as members of the Foreign Legion? For political reasons the German and French estimates are very different. The true figure is probably between the two. The West German foreign office has estimated that there are between
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      32 4 Official Distributors of ENGAGEMENT r; H f/ DRESS RINGS srt uith Diamonds Rubies Sapphires I in* r.iUlv Prarls and Jad«G. C. de SUVA BROS. Jewellers. 3, Raffle* Place. Singapore- 1 Telephone *****
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    OUR CITY IS NO MEAN CITY
    939 5 I Steve Neoh looks at Singapore's Changing Face And what cause for pride there is! limo can deny that Singapore today U modern metropolis with the living standards m all Asia? beautiful city! The healthiest Bast! A rich port! And so are invariably "first
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      116 5 I cTfts I of Silver i.P.N.S. Ware M FOR THE HOUSE.... TEA tr COFFEE SETS ENTREE DISHES j OVENPROOF CASSEROLE DISHES CAKE BASKETS SALVERS SAUCE BOATS, etc. LANKA JEWELLERS, 'THE HOUSE FOR CEYLON OEMS' 20. BATTERY ROAD. SINCAPORE-t. PHONE *****. LI|||||||l!IIC]||IIIIIIIIIIC3lll!IHIIIIIC3IIIIIIIIINC3IIIIIIIIIIIICJIIIMIIII!liC]ll!IIIIIIIIIC3llllllll^ 3 GRAND CLEARANCE SALE! N.B. SALE DEFINITELY ENDING ON
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    ARGUMENT OVER CIVIL DEFENCE
    77 6 I^OLLOWING m the fo o T steps of Coventry many Germans are convinced tna there Ls little or no defence against Hydrogen -bomb attacks and that any Govern-ment-sponsored Civil D* ienc programme is a waste time. or "If there is a new *ar they say. "the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      131 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris Htl^Wy l jlll l H j llC COAT/ rEXACTLY'AND^ (^AN AxQll ANDATENr) l|llf PRECISELY.'ANPTMEI JANE by Hubbard P "^U, now you understand the^) J^^*S| 0 Lord of) A < i/fl I /why, by
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      619 6 IYOUR! [LUCKY j I STARI S IJORN TODAY, you ha^ d MJ great deal of vital enerjv E and plenty of enthusiasm t o 2 match it. Once you have made 2 up your mind to do something you plough through and get it E E done m record time.
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    THESE SHOPS HAVE 'LTTLE GOLD MINES' TUCKED IN CORNERS
    182 7 THESE SHOPS HAVE 'LTTLE GOLD MINES' TUCKED IN CORNERS i AMBLING on pin ball and jackpot machines m "reputable" fee shops and restaurants m Singapore still goes on. lly tucked away m secluded corners of shops, these Of course they are marked "For Amusement Only," but that does not stop
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    The dying ex-PoW had lost faith
    188 7 The dying ex-PoW had lost faith MAN who was found dying m London's Hyde Park had been a prisoner of war of tiu' Japanese for about >>* years, the West London coroner was told. Th" inquest was on Mr. nodney Vivian Gibbons. 44-year-old civil engineer. Mrs Mary Rogers, of Ovingtonnrdens,
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    Youth rally
    35 7 TAIPING, Thurs.— A Perak Methodist Youth rally will be Md on Aug. 9 and 10. The i venue has not been selected nit it will be either m Ipoh 01 Telok Anson I
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    S'pore nightspot songstress finds romance
    254 7 S'pore nightspot songstress finds romance ROMANCE has come into the life of a popular Singapore night-spot songstress, Miss Chen Mci Kwong below). Twenty-three-year-old Miss Mci *ong (meaning beautiful and bright) found her ideal dream-boy to Dm she was married at a simple wedding last week. Only relatives and close friends
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    She stoops to conquer
    38 7 picture. Little Kirn Fatt is overjoyed as Hong Kong Aim star and songstress Miss Hoong Sin Nui, fives him a present during her visit to the Selanfor children's home m Kuala Lumpur. Free Press
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    Army H.Q. renamed
    46 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Headquarters Malaya has been renamed HQ Malaya Command. Formerly known as HQ Malaya District, it became eligible for its new title when a second division was added m August 1953. The War Office recently agreed to the change m title.
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    Kedah's bandit lull is broken
    37 7 ALOR STAR. Thurs— After a lull of more than one month. Kedah security forces contacted terrorists m the jungle near Padang Lembu Gurun Tuesday. Shots were exchanged but 'no casualties were reported.
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    DINNER FOR 3,000-ON PADANG
    276 7 DINNER FOR 3, 000 -ON PADANG ffiHE Tan Lark Sye banquet JL for 3.000 guests m honoi'r of the 600 delegates and observers from 75 countries to I the World Assembly of Youth m Singapore on August 22 is tc be held on The Padeng, if the authorities agree. All
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    IT'S ALI BABA AT TEA
    49 8 picture French film avlor Fernandel pours oriental mint tea for fellow star Samia Carnal at a party m the exotic surroundings of the Arabian Nights set at Boulogne studios near Paris. The last srenes of "AM Baha" are being_ filmed at the studio. A.P.
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    EIGHT WINE SIPS AT 10s 6d
    171 8 EIGHT WINE SIPS AT 10s 6d IB wine MMlltta] to the art o| living? •Yes,' say the j organisers of Devon's Festi- j Hval of the Arts who are holding wine-tasUng sessions! as part of the Festival next month "An appreciation j of the eniovment of wine is undoubtedly a
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    HEDGES TO STOP PEEK-A-BOO!
    37 8 Holly hedges are planned by Camberwell Council, London, to keep inquisitive children away from the windows of flats m Peckham. Tenants complained that children were peering into ground floor living rooms and bedrooms.
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    7½ MIN. MILE
    29 8 Mrs Beryl Handle 25, of Birrnintsham, who walked a mile m 7mln M.4MC ;»t the White City, i s hoping to do it m l¥j mlnute.s
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    VODKA, TOO, WILL BE THERE
    34 8 i..nH** la r S Uk n par < m lh »"»«d Fair at Olympia, LC vodka 1 1 S p!trnb<r 7l 1S stand will disPU> vodku and wines jneats, butter.
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    WONDER GIRLS' SCHOOL HAS ALL 'BUT RADAR'
    390 8 V T IX K-CKAMMi parents followed the old Dove, N mail roadi trail up South-east London's Shoot< rs Hill to #et their firvt full look at Britain's peat n< u palace of educational varieties. The palace: Kidbrookr comprehensive scl the first specially built
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    THEY WAITED YEARS
    150 8 Then she was found dead tXDR six years a young couple waited for a house. Then when they had been promised one soon, the wife was found dead. We never had a chance to have any peace with each other." said the husband. And this, he told
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    'Our design is ideal' said the children
    223 8 'P WENTY .schoolchildren A walked round a London hospital ward and agreed: Ye.s they've done pretty well." They were the Bermondsev and Southward Hospital Management Committee, who laid out and decorated a new children's ward based on the young.^ters' Ideas. All the top
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    THEIR SHIP IS HOME NOW
    44 8 Home from two years' patrolling Korean and Malayan coasts the cruiser Birmingham berthed at her home port, ChatI ham. On board: 700 officers and men, 104 budgerigars and three monkeys. On the quayside f 1,500 wives, sweethearts and relatives.
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    NO REPRIEVE
    38 8 The Home Secretary has decided that there is to be nn reprieve for Milton Taylor. who strangled Mrs. Marie Bradshaw. 25, of Bury, Lanca- shire, who. he explained at nis trial, had got on his nerves^
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    Million to one chance killed perfect man
    107 8 "A PERFECT physical specimen." a doctor called rk 35-year-old John Culross. He was 6ft. 3in., weighed 15 stone, and was a keen Soccer I player. But he was klned by a piece of flyinK steel two millimetres across Culross. a bollermaker at Mar
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    CORONER GOT MAN'S LAST PENNY
    292 8 THE pay packet contained a penny. What can a man do with a penny a man with a family and a load of debt? Frederick Richardson was such a man All but a penny of his wage had been stopped to pay bills. He put
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    THESE 2 MURDERS CAN CHANGE THE LAW
    414 9 THESE 2 MURDERS CAN CHANGE THE LAW il/HEN fresh evidence comes to light after 1 prisoner has been convicted, the Court of Criminal Appeal should be allowed U> order a new trial. Behind this proposal, made m a re- port to the Home Secretary, lie the stories of three murderers
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    So very sorry for those sins
    65 9 JAPANESE hairdressers at a "kuyo" service pray for forgiveness for •torturing" locks of hair which they have had to cut from customers who wanted the Audrey Hepburn cut. now the rase m Tokyo. The traditional geisha hair-do is long, like that worn by one
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    Schools should not last too long
    173 9 IMR. HERBERT MORRISON, deputy leader of the Opposition m the House of Commons, went back recently to Stock well, S.W., primary school, the first I he attended as a boy. The school. Mr. Morrison said, had lasted longer than Ihe thought it would. "Schools
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    CHEAPER LIVING BY 'ONE POINT'
    52 9 A fall of one point m the £ost of living index figure has been announced by the Labour Ministry m London. The new figure, which records the average price level on May 18. is 141, which is one point above the figure for May of
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    MONEY FOR PLANES
    19 9 Britain is to get £28,571,428 to nnance the manufacture of hmf- air craft North Atlantic defence
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    BOY DRIVER GOES SOLO THEN PANICS
    103 9 BOY DRIVER GOES SOLO THEN PANICS A 14-YEAR-OLD boy told the Stoke coroner how he learned to drive his stepi father's car m a yard and then took it on the road. It j crashed and an 11-year-old cyclist was killed. The boy driver said: The car went faster and
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    TUG-O' £3,200
    28 9 Two young men tried to pull £3,200 m two briefcases from a cashier and his assistant m Shoelane, off Fleet-street. London. They failed and ran off.
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    BIRTHDAY BUZZ
    30 9 Unwelcome birthday present i for 29-year-old Mrs. Pauline Theresa Burr: a swarm of bees at her home m Bassett Road, Kensington, London. A bee expert removed the swarm.
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    Queen's dog bit sentry
    82 9 ANE of the Queen's dogs Buckinal bitten a sentr y a t diSr r. 8 T Palace Grena L? ua^ man Edge, mZ d Nationa l Service on e of two being exercised by a footman, bit him above the left ankle. It has turned a
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    HARE ESCAPE —INTO SEA
    58 9 A LARGE hare which wandered on to the beach at Corton, Suffolk, ran into the sea when it was chased by holidaymakers. It was picked up by three fishermen and taken to a nearby holiday camp where it wa s dried by the manager. Mr. George
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    They marry early—and for good
    235 9 They marry early— and for good VORKSHIREMEN marry ear- lier than the young men < of any other county m England or Wales, and fewer Yorkshire marriages are failures. The report on the 1951 cen- sus of the West Riding, which has just been published, says: "There are, relatively, more
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    Police dogs in danger
    120 9 LONDONS lour-foottd police force ha.s been hit i outbreak of hard pad at The newly Opened Metropolitan Police Dor Training Centre at West Wickham. Kent. The death toll so far is five Alsatians and nine puppies. A tenth puppy is m a coma and is expected
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    M.P. 'COSTS' 4d A YEAR
    49 9 Colonel Marcus Lipton. Socialist M.P. for Brixton. said: "My salary of £1.000 works out at 4d. per elector m my constituency. "If anyone does not think I am worth 4d. a year he can see me and I will give him his money back."
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    'CAT' SENTENCE IS STOPPED
    44 9 On medical grounds the Home Secretary has not confirmed the sentence of six strokes of the cat recommended for Charles Connelly, m Wandsworth Gaol, for attacking a hospital official. Alternative punishment of Jos.s of remission and confinement will be given.
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    PRIESTS OUTWIT REDS
    282 11 PRIESTS OUTWIT REDS MESSAGES IN LATIN /i/\THOLIC missionaries \y reaching Hongkong after long periods m Chinese Communist < lails joke among them- 1 selves that: If enough; Catholics get m enough; Communist jails, Latin may become a live language again. Already the priests have used I atln to communicate with
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    Italians prefer milk now
    531 11  - Italians prefer milk now JOHN WREN The wine trade is dying and the Americans are to blame "THIS is a sad, sad story. The death-bed scene of the Italian wine industry. The present generation of Italians has deserted the grape— for milk. Imagine Antonio without his famed raffiacovered flask of
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    Locks of hair for Imphal
    16 11 «rj. a, tsa sww sage? of the Coddett for battleground p.lgr.mage
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    At ease with Debbie
    29 12 At ease with Debbie At ease and relaxed that's the after-work programme of Debbie Reynolds, the popular M-(i-M star. Her costume for the occasion is both charming and appropriate.
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    Bridge Hand
    313 12 Ruth cldei vulnerable douth dealer WEBT opened the king of clubs, but there was no defence (hi* t would prevent declarer from limiting ten tricks, Wwlng a trick In each of the plain aults. However, the game hadn't been bid Whose fault? Let's tune In on the croas-
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    528 12  - Paris launches the 'Joan of Arc haircut' JEAN WISEMAN by THE LONDON Season with Royal Ascot, Wimbledon and Henley is apt to eclipse other "seasons" elsewhere. But m Paris, where events are sometimes similar, sometimes different, the giddy pace of the season is m full swing. La "Grande Semaine" (the
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    ARE YOU SURE OF YOUR HAIR STYLE?
    382 12 rjON'T you wonder why some women still cling to shoulder-length coiffures and outmoded rolls when the advantages of short styles are so obvious. Most important is that of health. When the hair is short, it has a much better chance to breathe and
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      285 12 11 H^B 111 t'LIKS ACROSS: (J. A door opens to show it <4». 1. Second-hand Metal? Most of it 7. What the prospectors are on. h not new 1 (4) not what they may be after vtf). 4 Ked nothing! The rivet Aowl 8 Voice twin! (4), the other wuv
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    A film beauty keeps in trim
    31 13 A film beauty keeps in trim Lisa Caye keeps her *'gu*e the energetic way. Here she is twirling and Pirouetting m mid-air. Lisa Caye is appearing m Drums Across the River.
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      253 13 rpHERE are days when a director can't seem to get a usable foot of film m the can and this was one such for an unhappy Jean Negulesco. He was having "star" trouble. Negulesco was applying himself to an intricate living room sequence m Woman's World"
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    416 13  -  SHEILAH GRAHAME By GRACE KELLY'S beau, dress-designer Oleg Cassini. Gene Tierney's ex, believes that men prefer women with •the inner glow" -stars like Miss Kelly AUDREY HEPBI'RN and PIER ANGELI. He says that the day of the MARILYN MONROE type of beauty Is about over. but he'll have
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    DROBNY IN ACTION
    25 14 Jaroslay Drobny pictured m action during the Wimbledon men's slngle s final which he won 13-11, 4-6, 6-2, 9-7 against Ken Rosewall.
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    SOVIET CHESSMASTERS UNBEATEN IN LONDON
    94 14 A RUSSIAN chess team overwhelmed Britain's best by 18/2 points to \V 2 m a match ending m London yesterday. Britain's points were the result of three draws. The Russian chess masters, headed by David Bronstein, Vassily Srnyslov and Captain Paul Keres, won all the
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    LEAGUE & CUP RESULTS AT A GLANCE
    115 14 LEAGUE CUP RESULTS AT A GLANCE THK r«Mlt« of mUh«« pUyrd jmUrimj l« tIM Si«g »p©re n«Mia«M Hi— ci FA. Le»f»e Jk <up GBOUP A StaHi S rwlo B«k»w MwmoUU Bk. F. AN. f O.TJLt. t HM|kM| Bk 1 GROUP B Br«w«iw 4 (old HUr»f' t HUM Dftrfcy t 8
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    SENIOR T-TENNIS TOURNEY BEGINS
    89 14 THE Singapore Table Tennis Association's senior inlerclub league and junior singles will start tonight commencing 7 15 p.m. at the Happy World Table Tennis Centre. The following are tonight's ties: Senior inter club league: China* YMOA (Blue) vs. Jollilads B. A. <Red>; SCBMA vs. Spore N.B.
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    MALAYA BEAT HONG KONG AT BADMINTON
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    137 14  - THE CROWD HELPED DROBNY WIN Harry Hopman —Says rpHE centre court crowd undoubtedly helped Jaroslav Drobny to win the Wimbledon championship according to Mr. Harry Hopman, manager of the Australian lawn tennis team, m a despatch to a Melbourne newspaper. Mr. Hopman declared that within five minutes of the final
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    422 14 Von Nida best of qualifiers NORMAN Von Nld.t <>f Australia 1 led 'tip 97 qualifiers for the British opm *»U championship at Souihport on Tuesday when only players with aggregates for rounds of 151 or better on the Royal Birkdale- and Hillside courses during the pa&t iwo days. Von Nida
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    147 14 rpHE Singapore Table Tennis Asx soclations junior inter-club league were concluded at the Happy Table Tennis Centre last night. Three group winners are unbeaten and will meet m a play-off They are Shing Wan (Red), Tiong Bahru and Chinese V.M.C.A. Final position* In the league
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    7 records smashed by R.A.F. athletes
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    51 15 Promoter ismael Pace said he l*t* ni plane tlck ets for the "J fl y w «jBht champion, to come irwf y? 1 A Y" efe with his manager i?h 7^ for a JttJ y M Perez champion Pascual Jjjfjlf 'or other possible Jf-rer match.
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    44 16 The first hurdle Contrast m ttfim M U.A.t athletes tight out the 120 yards hurdles championship at thr annual R.A.F. Singapore and Malaya athletic meet, held at Seletar yesterday. Winner »as riyin* Officer Mansor (extreme left) m 17 sec. Report and more pictures inside.
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    26 16 Victoria School beat Bt. Joseph's [natltutlon by three run* m a frU'iidly cricket match played at ■m Bmmh Hoad ground yesterday
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