The Singapore Free Press, 2 May 1956

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya n., *****. Singapore, Wednesday, May 1956. Price 15 CU
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    That KISS
    242 1 IH>HHISO\ I VIM \I\S AIIOI T "I I was all in fun* AIR. HERBERT MORRISON, who was photographed being kissed by a glamorous Cuban >irl In Singapore during his recent tour, gave his explanation of it in London last night Tho truth la." the former I>< puty Leader
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    DISGUISED POLITICS -BEWARE
    347 1 DISGUISED POLITICS -BEWARE THREAT TO COLONY WELFARE Community centre shield QOMMUNITY centres in Singapore are in danger of being swamped by political opportunists who masquerade as social workers to achieve their own ends. An Official spokesman today warned the people to beware of such opportunists and get rid of them
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    THE BIG QUESTION
    82 1 THE next meeting of Singapore's merdeka mission with the British Government will be a question of "yes or no," said Mr. David Marshall, Singapore Chief Minister in London yesterday. Sources close to the delegation said Mr. Marshall felt this after yesterday's secret meeting with Mr. Alan Lennox
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    Uproar over B and K
    176 1 Uproar over B and K rpill-: Free Church of Scotland today E criticised the British E government for tuak- E E ing the Queen receive E r: "representatives from E a godless and atheistic E stuh'" on 1 Sunday. The church's Ques- E E tion Committee said E E l^^
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    M-MAN ILL
    48 1 Singapore Minister for Local Government, r.and.s and Housing, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat, now in London witli tho merdeka dolo^ation, has been taker, ill. Doctors hftve advised nins complete reat for a few daya He attended the Fourth plenary session ol the constitutional conference yesterday,
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    Rubber price
    36 1 Tlip Sin^;ijK)i*e Rubber Market opened thti morning .vith lust grade, m;iv ship ment at hi cents a Ib three quarters oi a cenl below v"-t< i day's closing I price. TUt tone wai ittadjr.l
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    Lock icon Untitled
    47 1 picture. Hie sergeatitl have all thr lurk. Hrrc are Guardsmen of the 2nd. Battalion, [grenadier Guards, everyone of thrm a srrßcant. Kettin* a »>i« welcome home as (< v disembark from th«iT troopship at Utrerpotf, on their return from Egypt Their unit was tho last lo Iravr Popper
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      84 1 i 'MOON DROPS' 4gW BUILD UP' i' 'f'll Rhk. 'Buill Up' r, uniquo, it iv not ril fitoj.V 'li'iilfl 'J,/ -l,« it. work in |u»f QbOUl jijijjj!' flM^fflffM!;;::! l r rr.irv/t, You vrr, ,l> if f.n Ift if I^B 'S r rc' rr >t'' it' I hf?n yiju ori) 1
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    HOW WILL POLLS BE RUN? PARTY ROW ON
    326 2 HOW WILL POLLS BE RUN? PARTY ROW ON f rilK method of holding future general elections in Singapore may gh, rise to ttrong political party differences. Reports from London that, lintam Is believed to have agreed to Singfl pore's demand for a fully-elected Legislative Assembly of 50 seats wen welcomed
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    Yes, they are fulips -fresh from Holland
    53 2 Yes, they are fulips -fresh from Holland (< A closr-up of some <>f the 390 tulips flown out >> from Holland sp<« ially for the celebrations held in <7 Singapore to mark the birthday of Queen Juliana. A <\ X gift from X.L.M.. the blooms were picked on Friday >5
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    ROUND-UP OF THE WORLD'S NEWS
    217 2 A CHICAGO Industriall designer predicts flying! cars guided by a punched card "to keep you on the beam." But that's not all. He also expects it will be i oossible to "talk a letter; Into a typewriter and get a typed letter out of the
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    Lock icon KINSEY SAYS SEX DECLINE SETS IN AT SIXTEEN
    121 2 J\K Alfred Kin>e>. Director of the Institute for Sex IUICTdh. yes-u-nuy blamed mncn of Arnrrica's "soci.il dlßCOtd" on la<k of a proper Outlet for sex "Here v\»- have youth at the peak ol ■exoal riipu cily Without i lefftHMd or sofiaiiy approved
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    Lock icon Still hope says Eden
    83 2 Prime Minister Eden ex pressed hope yesterday that the East West disarmament talks could be kept alive and suggested a "slightly different angle of approach"' to break the stalemate. He spoke In the House of Commons amid speculation the current London talks of the five power
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    Lock icon 'Automation strike'
    48 2 Complete deadlock was reported today In Britain's first "automation strike" by 10.000 workers at the Standard Motor Works in Coventry. England. The men are striking because 3.500 workers arp to be laid off during a £4.000.000 retooling on automatic lines of the Standard plant. R euter
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    There IS a shortage of doctors
    153 2 THE Singapore Dover ment is consul' various steps to ov< the shortage of doctor, The acting director oj Medical Services, Dr. Doraisingham, said there were only 484 doctors in the Singapore medical register but. to offer a full medica service according to international standards
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    Lock icon May Day in H.K.
    20 2 Both left and right-wir workers in Hong Kong celt brated May Day withou any incident. U.P.
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      120 2 4 I cpppTAT 9 FOR THE I Ui l_l V^ lil J_i kJ NURSERYI «yk\ /Srk* BABY COTS K lr > K^*2 w? in strongly constructed V^^^SrV-^/ 4- timber, pink, blue or "*/fe (J^/^ 6* 4 6" $115.00 3 2' 2" x 4' 0" $94.00 \-^bsZ^^\ <► PT AVPFNC! s'Js^i
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    $700 DOWN WILL GET YOU THIS HOUSE
    278 3 $700 DOWN WILL GET YOU THIS HOUSE Colony govf. fo aunth bia bnv vn fc yyiTII a down payment of only $700 a Singapore oupbe with a joint Income of less than $400 a month can soon own one of the low cost houses Government in planning to sell to
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    In quest of a dragon
    156 3 BBC FILMING EXPEDITION COMING BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation team will leave London this week for Indonesia to film and, if possible, capture speci- mens of the Komodo Dragon, the world's largest lizard, found only on the Indonesian island of Komodo. The Komodu Dragon, reputed to bo
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    Last try for ceasefire
    35 3 U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjoeld will make a last try 10 ensure a renewal of the "unconditional ceasefire" between Israel on one .side and Syria, Lebanon and Jordan on the other.
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    Cupid makes a find for 'explorer' Barbara
    214 3 A passionate interest in the mysteries of the pasi and a desire for a quiet life drew a pretty young art student failed Barbara to the East two year.s ago. She arrived in Singapore by BO AC on her u'ay back to Kuching
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    Lock icon R.A.F. troops leave Iraq
    31 3 Premier MurJ ai Said announced last night that -ill British air Force troops have withdrawn from Iraq, leaving hifl country alone responsible for it., .s<>ifdefence A. P.
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      87 3 Cotton Dresses to clear < $20/Town Country Meyer Chambers, Raffles Place. goddess i v MB? I J P x f s '^^^/iiMf^o^ bosom slwtis *"he W I I m midriff ,md m.ikes ll '%\\\\m one's fu?urc truly \\v ll M\- iim bciutiful $20/V». J_l I M3 Dress Solon: Mtyor Chambers,
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      67 3 smooth to wear v^L-— I and a cinch to care for.^^ <~—^ Ba rich blend of dacron* and cotton Looks like fine broadI cloth but so easy to launder, dries fast, rarely needs ironing! You'll want a couple of these handsome modern shirts! i •Ouponlt Poly««»«r Hb»t IN WHITE AND
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      Opinion THE GREAT BETRAYAL
      212 4 Opinion THE GREAT BETRAYAL r«OMMUNIST China's y leaders, glibly using the terms of an alien ideology, have brazenly confessed to history's- greatest betrayal of a people. By cynically exploiting their grievances and promising a "new deal"' under which they would own the land they tilled, the Communists won over the
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    Rocket flight into the unknown
    753 4  - Rocket flight into the unknown HARRY C.DRAKE by HEFORE the world s first ai tiflClal ;i f < j lite appean In tlm sky n< xi year, n haj to be Bred 300 mile* up from America's Cocoa mi a i c range In Florida. Behind thJ Project Vanguard and
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    Magic stopped this Malayan monster
    624 4  -  PELHAM GROOM by IT is .said that all 1 magic has an explanation in .science, which is probably quite true. But from time to time one comes across things which do seem to have been brought about by some mysterious power. Probably "It Ls quite
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      32 4 W I means I mwr/i morel /o givew !set-\ ?PATEK PHILIPPE| Watch I jZ 7/a fj t.v.'/i evtrl ///</./« umt, ,1 annual produt tioti I H. SENA LTD. s'por*-, Praaag a BftnfmMi< j
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      70 4 > \:i cb Cool i i|in ii-i- ii'i iJCUlflJigyiii^ "i i YiijitWTli :;i<y!v x-,: ■:•:;,.>:,,,. r.^ So cool| so toothing, yos, IkM^ A I F Mf Hy 11. „t /Csl< Lotion KMp .1 h ttlc If v h^ndy .wui l>» prrpored foi ■'VI A th c hut weather PRICKLY HEAT
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    Lock icon Singapore Spotlight
    1105 5  - Singapore Spotlight ADELAIDE EASTLEY *+By ORCHIDS bO Mr. (hew Swee Kce, Singa"s courageous i.; Chief MinUter, mis weekend vocal ing at the Chinese < idle Schools' Stunts' Union. Recommended reading la Mr. A. H. Hill's scholarly Lations o! the writings the Colony's first hism, Munshi Abdullah. obt ainabl < i
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      19 5 JUOar CHIROPODY DEPT. 1. Corns Ingrowing toe-nails Foot Bath All f0r..52.50. Foot Massage, .sl.so. appoinimentPhone*****. A BUILDING SPORE I.
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      75 5 |B(2jlk /tG^KO^^W World Fomous Artnti Hear the latest issues at authorized dealers in Malaya. Sole Distributors r r ICAAflLfrt I TFI IG8A c><>ll Street, for Malay* <*• 'Wl IX W./ LI U. s'pore-1, Tt-1. 34K05. to <±m~^, Q STERILIZED X V £^3&" i2| FRESH t•• -./^i^ssr i>l wlf Ivy mILIV
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      135 6 PM VIIIZ %iil l»> l-«'« fc i alk anil I p liil Iftavis I W^ aAKT TO V-*«=^B^l WHAT MAHPQA& *gALLYD/O »-c,a .k P' AZE '.^^VHAT 00 L *--v I IsLE ME ?X -"^■^ffll I/T MEfitlY GOTi/PAAfPWALk'iPOt/7 HP YOU GET W YOU WANT TAIt/.V\ lit lul^ar Hire IJainoia^^s HB 'jWIH^)./
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      761 6 1 IIOKN today, yu'.i are exceptionally X X I> adaptable to people ana cireum- stances. Perhapi you adjust a little Z ton easily, lor you are able to pu| up With more than your proper share Ol t 4 Inconvenience \usi to keep the peac< X t You enjoy harmony
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      200 7 LONDONi May 1. Previous Today i X!', i k No. 1 Rss c.i.f. 26% buy era 25 KuregW itHi May 25 sellers 25 t sellers tutl-.R No. 1 RSS c.i.f. 25 >;. buyers 25 >. buyers Europesa ports June 25 sellers 25 1 sellers i'A X No.
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      New York prices
      104 7 NEW YORK. May 1. Previous Today TIN' Straits spot and nearby 98.50 nom. 98.12 norn (IN futures May 96.50 bid 96.50 bid 98.00 asked 98.00 asked June 95.05 bid 95.65 bid 96.85 a.sked 96 85 asked July 95.45 bid 95.45 bid 96.25 asked 96.25 asked TONE: Barely
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      U.S. PEPPER
      35 7 Malabar Lampong spot, await- awaiting release 27, afloats release 29 afloats May 26%, May shipment 26, June 25. tnent 29. Sarawak spot and Sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per W.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK, May 1. Previous Today ■50 Industrials 516.12 513.96 !0 Railroads 176.63 176.33 ■10 Domestic Bonds 96.54 96.55 15 Utilities 65.24 65.20 64 Stocks Composite Average 182.51 181.99
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      99 7 LONDON, May 1. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K./ North Kuropean delivered weighi iht long ton May/June $198 sellers $201 sellers COPRA, Straits c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long too Apr. May £70' v buyers £71 sellers May/June £70^ buyers £71 nom. £71 sellers COCONUT
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    SALLEH U.K. BOUND
    307 7 ...for those artificial hands, leg WITH a smile on his face 14-year-old Salleh bin Ariffin began a flight to London yesterday that will change his whole life. For Salleh a Bukit Mertajam schoolboy, who lost both arms and a leg In a train accident last year, Ls
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    Lock icon REDS LET-UP ON PHOTOS
    92 7 Furt'inn correspondentfl atui diplomats were ywterday allowed for the first time since the war to tak*' photographs ot the »Sovtct. May Day military parade in Red Square. But in the fly-past, described by qualified observers as "surprisingly disappointing." the Soviet Air Fore" failed to put on
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    Oh, those panties...
    206 7 SINGAPORE W.R.A.F.s (air force women) "don't like waving their underwear in public," the R.A.F. public relations officer, Mr. R. J. K. Harrison, said yesterday. Their CO., he added, had refused to comment on the fact that W.R A.F.s in England have been granted a £2 15s. ($22.40)
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    GUESS WHERE
    46 7 One caller and he was wrong That was the rr suit of yesterday's poser. Apparently no one knew il was Tiger Mansion, Nassim Road. May hp we'll get another 100 per cent success today Where in Singapore was this picture taken? An IW€f tomorrow
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      49 7 fJHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIJIIIL: SINCAPORE fHICH TIDES TUESDAY: !>IB am 1 and |Jf pm. and l.Ot) p.m. FRIDAY: 122 am r and 5.16 p.m. SATURDAY: 5.43 a.m. and 7.1f) p.m. SUNDAY: 7id am r ,intl 7.1') pm MONDAY: X »1 a.m. E and 8.17 p.m. TODAY: tO2 p.m. TOMORROW: 1.11 > HI. -TUlllUlllllllinilllllllllilUMltlllir
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  • The WORLD'S NEWS IN PICTURES
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      Lock icon Lovers meet again
      107 8 Lovers meet again picture. In si i r» which h.is b> in rtpc.ited by lovers throughout tht cinturns Troilus w.irrior Son of thi Kin.; of Troy. n d C.n s'.ni i diuu;hti r M CftP h.in the (J rM«, r shir, fh i flit ting m.nud „t i witt. m
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      Lock icon Mr. Grant rides a burro
      43 8 picture. !'nv lor the rfJ2IT22 Western tilms. Mr. Cary Crant exchanges hi, Frank Vj™ *""P'« bur,o Mr. Cr.,nt is in Sp.i.n, co-starring witn Mr. rrank S.na»r a and M IS Sophia Lorcn in "Pride and the Pa«ion Popper
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    TOP SECRET INFORMATION AND THEN A NEW HUNCH
    1589 10 CHAPTER NINE OF OUR INTERNATIONAL MYSTERY-THRILLER Content Assignment JOHN TERRANTS search for ELLEN CONTENT, the vanished American secret agent he loves, has taken h.m from Berlin to America. A Russian dincer whose trail he was following has been shot; a music teacher
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      66 10 $f~ys*S£^ ne success Icads t( > another for the lii&^aßW "Solvcig was the winning yacht on her JBommMn arrival at Hobart. /^Hjj^jrj Following closely on the memorable /IffTVv, < y y^i' v\ superiority of Movado's waterproof and \V^ _X< windin 8 notch in the world with the best pro- y
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    Lock icon STOLE FOR KELLY
    34 11 NORWEGIAN model Berit Breilid poses in Oslo in the seven-foot white polar fox stole which was given as a wedding present to Grace Kelly by the Norwegians in Monaco. A.P. picture.
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    The Sauna smiles at hangovers
    512 11 The Sauna smiles at hangovers says WILLIAM HICKEY who tries the new cult himself 4 TOUGH young 1X man, the Duke Ot Kent. He takes sauna baths the Finnish form of Turkish bath which is becoming a cult in London. The other day I went along to the only public
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    Bridge Hand
    392 11 In b .-cn.sf, the opening bid of one no- dump to ;i pf§cmpMve bid. it pre-empts thf cnthe one nui^c of thy bnicJiiU' and foiffs the opponents to do their defending if any, bf-yin-ning wrltti a bid of two. It b fOf this rf-a.'/in that .'-omr players use
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      215 11 DAILY CROSSWORD B j i hmkl^d bI i' i! 'i i^i —bn BiH i*- T^^^^^^ 1 I I i 1 t I 15 1 1 BBsm MBWBB bB 'MB BBBM i v ICBOSS ending (4). i these stones (8). 7 Opens without beginning (4). 1; P for an increase in
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    Fashion goes high hat
    39 12 SIGNIFYING a change from the tuiy caps of past seasons is this high-crowned creation in navy and white organza, seen in Simone Mirman's hat collection for Die Sprint; and .Summer 1956 in London.— Reuter picture.
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    THE FLYNNS MADE HISTORY FIRST...
    284 12 IN all the excitement that prevailed over the Royal nuptials in Mona c 0 Hollywood Seems to have forgotten the fact that a couple of its top stars the only ones to date were also wed in that now famous little country. Brrol Flynn, still
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    Prisoners prefer the Classics
    110 12 Prisoners prefer the Classics irr(jßLi) famous harmo- nica player Larry Adler, who visit i d Singapore la year, gave a concert for prisoners at Wormwood Scrubs, in Britain, fie said afterwards: "They preferred classical to popular music. Th c v seemed to fed that their Intelligence was bein i respected,
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    FOR SUN: AND RAIN
    67 12 SIMMER hats have grown so large you might as well wear a parasol. And that is just what our model has done gone out and bought herself a gay #in umbrella that wiil do duty through the summer for sunshine or showers. In cream nylon, it
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    STERN STUFF that's what she's made of!
    627 12  - STERN STUFF that's what she's made of! GEORGE N. ALLEN by UfHEN Irene Selznick decided she wanted to produce plays on Broadway she asked her father, Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, what he thought of the idea. He promptly told her, 'Producing plays la the best way I know to
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    Choice of the Week
    311 13 N sound stages of Hollywood, many vely melodies are iy< by outstanding chestras to serve liy as background use for motion picres This music is by millions but cau; t it is intended lely as part of the m for which it is r: n it
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    IN MEMORY of a FRIEND
    392 13 THE Italian musical genius, Giuseppe Verdi wrote his Requiem Mass when he was over sixty. It Ifl one of the unquestioned masterpieces of his old age, together with the operas Othello and FalstalT. The Requiem was written in memory oi the Ppet Alessandro Manzoni, author
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    She won't compromise with 'Pops'
    471 13  - She won't compromise with 'Pops' EDWARD S. KITCH by 4 negro washerlx woman who became the "Queen of the Gospel Singers" is the story of Mahalia Jackson. The story isn't finished yet, for her fame Ls still spreading. Her religious song records have boon sold by tftie millions. She once
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    A valet died with his throat cut ....Suicide, said the British public accussed
    651 14 A valet died with his throat cut ....Suicide, said the British public accussed- THE WORLD'S STRAM6EST STORIES IF Scotland Yards equivali n' ol 1 810 had wanted to lay hands on the "io.i hated and fear* d man in Britain th< y mighi have i jsued I he following notici
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    The OGRE DUKE
    682 14  - The OGRE DUKE WILLIAM FREEMAN But the written statement made by the Duke at the inquest told quite a different story. On the previous <>vening he had gone to a concert. Sellis helped him to dress and was then dismissed tor the night. The Duke left before 9.30. f'oft r
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    EUROPE'S CUP CHANCES BRIGHTER
    187 15  - EUROPE'S CUP CHANCES BRIGHTER CONNIE RYAN Xv lURT NIELSEN predicts that Europe i excellent a nc< r u advance to c Challenge Round i is year In Davis Cup I mi f \i Tony Trabert gone, i loes the United States ye? he asked. "Vie xa is getting no belter
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    MELBOURNE OVAL WILL BE READY JUST IN TIME
    548 15  - MELBOURNE OVAL WILL BE READY JUST IN TIME DICK VOUMARD By IN SPORT-LOVING AUSTRALIA, IHE \IEL--1 BOURNE CRICKET GROUND IS THE LARGEST AND THEREFORE IHK MOST RENOWNED OF SPORTING OVALS. Renown h&f :i lot to do with ",.fe ivceipt s and attendance figures, As the main venue for the I
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    Lock icon He ran the world's fastest marathon
    63 15 (lose up of Antti Viskari, 27, a Finish Army Sergeant from Helsinki. He wears the traditional olive wreath after running the fastest marathon in modern history ;it Boston, April 19. He clocked 2 hr. 14 mm. Msec, for Hi miles 385 yards. The race
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    Sport Survey
    228 15 Surve I -ALL-MiOlWiPEii- LANCASHIRE AMONG THE MONEY. Manchest: Manchester City, Blackpool, Bolton. Black .iverpool. Accrington and Southport have a] en jostling for League talent money which goes t< rlubs finishing in the top four of Division One and Two, and in the first three of the Third Divisions.
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    WHO'S TO FOLLOW THE ROCK?
    483 15  - WHO'S TO FOLLOW THE ROCK? STEVE SNEIDER By AFTER Rocky MarA ciano WHO? The King of the Heavies, serious about hanging up his mitts, provided all the glamour left in what was once the premier class of all. After Mareiano, there's no one enouuh to keep the custofners interested and
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    Lock icon Cockell loses Empire title
    140 16 Cock ell loses Empire title DON COCKELL, BrJ tish heavyweight boxing champion, ha* been deprived o! hii Empire title by th< British Commonweal! h and Empire champion ships committee. I tnmitti c named three official contender oi them Is Kltione i tve ol Tonga who knock out CoclceU in two
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    DAVIDSON WINS SINGLES TITLE
    64 16 Former u.s. indoor champion. Sven Davidson ot" Sweden, yesterday defeated Chilean Davis Cup star Luis Ayala, 3-G. G-3, 6-2, ti-2, for the men's single:, title of the Florence international tennis championships. Thelma Long of Australia and Luis Ayala of Chile won the mixed doubles, beating Erika
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    Lock icon CHAMPAGNE FOR TEAM
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      35 2 picture. i in- Queen Mtillei congratulations to Jockey Harry Car?, who touches his <;ip. aftei be hid ridden the Queen's horse. High Veldt, in win ih« 2M nti<n»<u iri^i Reuter
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      Jack Druce should score his maiden win today
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