The Singapore Free Press, 22 May 1958

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper blng*9o€o, Thursday, May 22. 1958. Prfee II Ct*
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    Lock icon No peace talks with rebels says Jakarta
    82 1 No peace talks with rebels says Jakarta the Indonesian Govern- ment yesterday rejected reporti d offers of peace talks by the rebels in the Eastern islands. asked to comment on report.- that North Celebes was prepared to seek negotiations with Jakarta. Mr Ganis Har. so no of the poreij n
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    Lock icon U.S. to allow arms export
    40 1 American officials disclosed in Washington yesterday that the State Depigment had granted export permits for the shipment to the Indonesian Government of arms, ammunition and other equipment for the constabulary and notice forces U.P. Renter
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    Lock icon DANNY AND PATTI LEAVE LEBANON SYRIAN RADIO
    79 1 DANNY AND PATTI LEAVE LEBANON SYRIAN RADIO iiiimimiiiHiiiiL? E F|AMASCL T S radio interrupted its programmes last E E IJ night to report that Lebanese President a E Chamoun's wife. Madame Chamoun, their son E Danny, and his Australian wife, Patti Morgan, a E former London model, and her two
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    Lock icon Cairo intervention massive-Chamoun
    231 1 Cairo intervention massive-Chamoun D ESIDENT CHAMOUN of the Lebanon yesteri Colonel NasUnited Arab Republic Lye interference m our internal affairs." The pro-Western presi>ld a press conference thai the interference aimed at. creating "a 1 cat alteration of our I! olicy." He said; "We are determined never to become subservient to
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    PEW POLICE UNIT CRACKS DOWN ON HOUSEBREAKERS
    50 1 PEW POLICE UNIT CRACKS DOWN ON HOUSEBREAKERS Ib en a decrease ebreaking in I gie past week. 1 Secretary, Mr. Eana, said this last week housebreaking «es compared IT this week. ited the decrease of the newly t in moat of I I had been empty and I TCed open.
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    Lock icon STORY OF SPYING BY U.K. TRUE IN PART
    859 1 STORY OF SPYING BY U.K. TRUE IN PART Prosecution admission at trial of students •JWO Oxford University students were charged in London yesterday under the Official Secrets Act because of an article which claimed to reveal details of British espionage methods along the Russian frontier. The article, in the University
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    Punters threw away their winning tickets
    245 1  - Punters threw away their winning tickets ALLAN LEWIS By MANY punters threw away winning tickets yesterday at Bukit Timah. Although they saw the red objection cone hoisted after Race Seven, they were unaware that it signified a double objection. Afterwards there were numerous complaints from members. There was an objection
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    Lock icon ROMANCE REPORT 'UNTRUE'
    62 1 NEW reports of a possible engagement between Princess Margaret and Group-Captain Peter Townsend given in a Swiss newspaper were stated in au official Buckingham Palace statement last night to he "entirely untrue." The statement added: Her Royal Highnrss's statement of 1055 remains "unaltered.' |In this statement thr
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    Lock icon RACE RELATIONS LAW DOESN'T DETER-SOUTH AFRICAN COURT
    193 2 RACE RELATIONS LAW DOESN'T DETER-SOUTH AFRICAN COURT i PRETt >R1 i i yestei A mi ti out by i irts foi off' under the Sou h Al Immorality Act m to ha .v little d< m nt effect The act prohibits relations between wnite.s and non-whites. The magistrate said the
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    Lock icon Makarios to visit London next month?
    99 2 A rchbisiiop Makarios. A leader of the Cyprus Enosls movement for union with Greece, will visit London next month in connection with the Lambeth conference oi Anglican bishops and archbishops, a usually well-informed source said in London yesterday. He is expected to arrive by
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    Lock icon Medicine from Mr.K. 'too risky'
    127 2 DOCTORS at the Central; Hospital in Oslo have decided not to take the "risk." of using' a medicine sent by Mr. Nikita Khrush- j chev, Soviet Prime Minister, to a girl at Sarpsborg who i is su tiering from myasthenia (muscular debility). The medicine, known
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    Lock icon Stassen defeated
    32 2 Mr. Harold Stasscn yesterday conceded defeat in his attempt to win the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania's governorship and said he had no idea what, his political future might be Reuter
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    Lock icon U.K. BUYS H.K. TOYS
    113 2 BRITAIN is Importing more toys from Hone, Kong, Germany and Japan but at the same time i.s increasing her own exports, it was disclosed in London I yesterday. Mr. S. H. Powell, (hairman of the British Toy Manufacturers Association, reported that, whnca 8 I Hriti.sh toy
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    Lock icon Bring back hanging an flogging—Tory women
    268 2 Bring back hanging an flogging Tory women Stormy debate o#t sex crim® pONSERVATIVI PARTY wo men in conference shouted down Miss Pat Ilornsbv-Smilh. Parliamentary Secretary to the Home Office, In London yesterda\ when she opposed flogging and the death penalty for sex crimes. Speakers in the debate demanded "bring back
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    Lock icon Wot, no legs!
    62 2 picture Seated on a table E 2 Barbara Roscol hides S I her shapely legs under 5 the 11-bomb Line dress 3 which she designed E S herself. S E Barbara was visiting I S London s Battersra 5 S lestival Gardens for a 3 E pre-view
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    Lock icon REDS NOT ONLY TO BLAME FOR RIOTS—NIXON
    292 2 REDS NOT ONLY TO BLAME FOR RIOTS— NIXON yiCE-PRESIDENT Richard Nixon said in Wash ington yesterday it would be a "great mis take" to attribute the violence which greeted hii in Latin America just to communists. He told the National Press Club: It is tru that the communists spearheaded the
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    Lock icon Police chief is jailed for fraud
    106 2 (^LYN" DAVIES, WorccsI cester police chief, was jailed for 18 months in Worcester yesterday for fraudulent conversion of police club funds totalling £1.14 7. He was found Not Guilty oi destroying the club's bar-takings books for the years 1952 to 1956 inclusive. Davies, 49,
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    Lock icon MORE DOCKERS JOIN MEAT STRIKE: US PEACE SETBACK
    200 3 MORE DOCKERS JOIN MEAT STRIKE: US PEACE SETBACK bTHER IJOO dockers yesterday Joined a .strike by 3,500 workers in the p ()1 0 London. The strike began last week in support of strikers Emithfield meat market, Dock labour board officials are afraid thousands more men may stop rtoday al the
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    HRISTENED AT CATHEDRAL
    88 3 H Sergeant and Mrs. D. I. Whiteside of Wes- pj sex Estate, Singapore, U seen after the christen- ing of their daughter pj Denise Lesley at St. AnU drews Cathedral at the 1 weekend. From the left are Sgt. pj Whiteside, Mrs. White- I side, Major R.
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    RIMATE hits exploiting' if Sunday
    65 3 RIMATE hits exploiting' if Sunday C Archbishop of Canterpry, Dr. Geoffrey c v> jterday condemned commercial exploitaof Sunday and unesU Sunday work for ir rates of pay. is disastrous for moral i When Sun day work ties an accepted part it Industrial machine it after and indeed pded for Its
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    Lock icon It's a journey of no return
    52 3 Professor Evgeny Fyodorov, chief of Russia's earth satellite programme, said last night that Sputnik 111 could not be brought back to earth. But Soviet scientists and engineers are working on the problem of bringing some future sputnik back, he said in a Moscow Radio
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    Lock icon MERDEKA PROBLEMS: PAP CHIEF TALKS TO LONDON STUDENTS
    118 3 MERDEKA PROBLEMS: PAP CHIEF TALKS TO LONDON STUDENTS MR. LEE KUAN YEW, leader of the People's Action Party, addressed a private meeting in London last night of students from Singapore and the Federation. The main theme of Mr. Lee's talk was Malayan and Singapore "problems after merdeka." A reception After
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    Lock icon Czechs to boost trade with Egypt
    29 3 Czechoslovakia and the United Arab Republic will conclude a long-term trade agreement in the autumn extending Czechoslovakia's range of purchases in Egypt. Reuter
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    Lock icon Dulles warns: Red peril in Africa
    41 3 Mr. John Foster Dulles, US. Secretary of State, said in Washington yesterday it was of the greatest importance that the U.S. should strengthen Its activities in Africa where "the Communists are spending immense .urns." Reuter
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    Lock icon Wimbledonbans those gold lame panties
    212 3 HONEY blonde American beauty Kaiol Fageros, who has startled Paris tennis fans by playing in Z. carat gold lame panties, was "bitterly disappointed" yesterday when told she would not be allowed to wear them at Wimbledon. Oh, dear! The 24-year old former college girl, told
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    Lock icon Escape bid men won't eat now
    82 3 Escape bid men won't eat now IjUFTEEN political prisoners In Mount joy prison, Dublin, nave been on a hunger strike for 15 days, it was stated last night. The men. who tried to escape two weeks ago, say they wouia maintain the hunger strike until they were assured that they
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    Lock icon Margaret heard but not seen
    104 3 Margaret heard but not seen PRINCESS MARGARET visited a London hospital yesterday but most of the patients she spoke to could not see her. Before touring the wards, the Princess had presented awards to nurses at Moorfields Hospital which deals with eye complaints. In the wards she lingered longer than
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    Lock icon It's 'no' to top hats for dustmen
    53 3 The top-hatted dustmen of Hounslow. a London suburb, yesterday were ordered to keep their elegant outfits for off-duty hours. Four refuse-collectors who found discarded top hats, frock coats and spats, had been wearing the outfits to manhandle the bins until the local council
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    Lock icon NEW SMALLPOX SAFEGUARDS
    33 3 In future all people entering Australia by both air and ship will be required to have smallpox vaccination certificates. Up to now only air passengers have needed the certificates Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press Thursday, May, 83, 1958 Opinion A MAN TO EMULATE
    220 4 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, May, 83, 1958 Opinion A MAN TO EMULATE i>EOPLE in Singapore who find it so com pulsive to speak and put on acts withoul a second thought to the harmful consequences to the island could with profit to themselves and, more important, to the people,
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    DARE U.K. PARTITION CYPRUS?
    726 4  - DARE U.K. PARTITION CYPRUS? Donald McCormick by jmie tusk oi a Colonial Secretary in Britain these days is, sadly enough, not unliki that of the Minister of Labour. just as the latter has to decide whetfr r or not to intervene in a labour dispute and perhaps buy a year's
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    Lock icon Smiles have vanished: Troops go swimming under armed guard
    590 4 Smiles have vanished: Troops go swimming under armed guard AN afternoon swim on the golden, languid shores of Episeopi, Britain's Middle East land and air headquarters in Cyprus, is an operation carried out under strict security regulations nowadays. Staff officers living on the 10,000,000 headquarters cantonment, in South-West Cyprus, have
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    'TREMENDOUS' RUSH FOR SCHOOL ENTRY IS EXPECTED
    127 5 L ki (HID number of children is expected to |V seek admission next year to Primary One [lasses in Government English schools when refisti ition starts in Singapore next month. f a Ministry of Education spokesman told the tree Press the rush was
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    BEWARE! Check on cars that buzz radios
    177 5 SINGAPORE TeJecomp munications Department will make on-the-spot checks of cars and other combustible engines from July 1 to ensure that they are fitted with suppressors to modify radio disturbances. The Director of Telecommunications, Mr. J. H. Wagstaff, told the Free Press yesterday that
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    G.O.C. TO VISIT SATA CLINIC
    42 5 B;; n w Army G .o.c. m fc lchfl Ma J-Gen. C. L. ESP L H {j WJ or accompanied A 1 1 P. iomh 8n rt J win tour R A^ f arrninJurong idling the clinic.
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    SHIPS AT BASE
    14 5 m .'Jr.» w JJ t0,1:,v nr „/hrviot. Mounts M warranting* and
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    Lock icon S. Arabia supports Red A-test ban
    38 5 Crown Prince Faisal, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, told Russia in a note published yesterday that his government supports moves to end nuclear tests because of their "enormous effect" on health. Reuter
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    TRAFFIC PLANS FOR QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY
    247 5 rr\HE Singapore Traffic. Poft lice yesterday announced the following traffic arrangements for the Queen's Birthday Parade rehearsal on June 8;— Closed from 7.15 a.m. till 8.45 a.m.: St. Andrew's Road, Stamford Road between North Bridge Road and Connaught Drive, the south side of Nicoll Highway
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    17 army wives in the news
    114 5 11TORK for the day's issue of the Free Press was at its height when 17 members of the Royal Signals wives' club visited the new offices and plant of the Straits Times Press Ltd., in River Valley Road. Above they are seen standing on
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    July polls bid by MCA unlikely
    103 5 July polls bid by MCA unlikely THE Singapore branch of the Malayan Chinese Association may not field any candidates for the District Council elections in July. The branch president. Mr Wong Foo Nam, said yesterday he was not sure reorganisation plans would be completed in time to nominate candidates for
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      28 6 J Firm and pleasing to the hps I mild yet deeply satisfying to the tasic g -Chesterfield alone is pleasure- packed by Accu-Ray. fli CHESTERFIELD I V I
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      389 6 'igHIBKBIIBBBI'""' B JEW HAWKB *Syd«y Jordan 147 4 SES OF F,^E WOMD^D «IJLE£| I _^'P%? «£^AJT HI I Ij? f**"" 0 'fBICNP. ABOVE T*VE PACIFIC THE CHALLENGE TELEMETEK.IAJG EQUIPMENT T S MO USE \L JEFF, YOU AAUST BA?E4*s >»m/4v fa?oaa t«*f aiass/i/e' pcettv soon > reviNie that N. let *v_=
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      564 6 I DORN 0» this first day ot the inI S3 coming sign, Gemini you m ruled by Mercury, the god oi kno.v I I i ledge and are essentially the artist i I R scientist and inventor. Your ideals are exceptionally high I f and. because you tear you cannot
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      177 7 I'revious Today P o°rti M»j *l% bujnw 2? buyei V no sellers no sellers Jim.- U buyer 21 7 buyers 21 mUaks 22 8 sellers H i so 1 u ss 1 buyers 22' 5 buyers -2 sellers 22', sellers \o. 1 kss BetUenMml 1 Ritiu-r Fermi
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      New York prices
      95 7 I NEW YORK, May 21. Previous Today BN Straits Spol 94.50 nom. 94.25 nom. IN futures baits Contract May i4.ii. 1 buyers 94.00 buyers 94.87 sellers 94.50 sellers July 93.62 buyers 93.25 buyers !»4.25 sellers 94.00 sellers ONE: D ill SALES: Nil. pBBER: Futures Riaj 25.30 buyers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      21 7 I NEW YORK, May 21. FSf ST P Stocks to( mi »osite Aver.,,,- 15 i; 87 i 58.96
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      U.S. PEPPER
      37 7 I™ ,pl d nva n k unquoted. Muntok white ipment ov all^ l m t;- !S2 and waiting relea.se 30*. SjSSSS 25%. S J8 sellers ex dock A&we prfcea o;/o^d m tf.s. cents per lb.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      57 7 I LONDON, May 21. JPRA Philippine* c.i.f. i k Prevloßl Toda y worth European ports delivered SSSK <> s <1,-livo.«l rC9 j buyers J"• European ports in bulk N i oil onido Ceylon l|n<) l»<an ports in bttlk „i.f. JJ.B. n 8 SCllei £1078eUe (l^o ports
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    7 WOMEN AMONG 60 JAIL VISITORS
    160 7 7 WOMEN AMONG 60 JAIL VISITORS A small group ol women in Singapore are voluntarily giving up an hour of their time every week to talk to prisoner* in their cells at Changl Jail. Seven women are among 60 people who have answered an appeal by the Commissioner o/ Prisons,
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    RUSH TO JOIN HITCH-HIKER
    175 7 ■LIANY adventurous SinW l Wore youths want IL on hls hike around I/ (,rl d to meet people ■"5. svv Places." have written to the press anxiou s to contact Cheah before he leaves by sea for India on May 29. Among them are a clerk,
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    32 7 M. Paul-Henri Spaak, Secretary General of the Atlantic Pact, arrived in London yesterday by air for a six-hour visit to see Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary.- Reuter
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    NEW STREET NAMES WOULD 'BLUT OLUT OUR HISTORY'
    315 7 NEW STREET NAMES WOULD 'BLUT OLUT OUR HISTORY' JHE plan by the Mayor, Mr. Ohm Eng Guan to replace Colonial street names with Malayan names was described yesterday by Colony banker Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, as a drastic move. 4 lt is all right to pursue Malayanisation but we should
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    Stage Hub's play outstanding
    108 7 Stage Hub's play outstanding "rpHE Reluctant De- butante", presented by the Stage Club last night at the Cultural" Centre Theatre at Canning Rise is one of the best plays seen so far in Singapore in every way, script, dialogue and acting. Produced by Inez Quitzow, it is a sophisticated modern
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      14 7 I SINGAPORE JHICH TIDES Mt WU»4Xi l.':x a.m. Is M) IV* 9 i? 1
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      93 7 Today's radio programme 115 p.m. Lunchtlme Concert; i 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Men Only; 2.00 Close Down; 5.00 I Calling All Hospitals, presented by Maisle Concelcao; 6.00 Hello Children; 6.30 Radio Dance Club; 6.45 Lights On; 653 Announcements and Singapore j Share Market Report; 7.00 Time Signal and
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    RIDING HIGH...
    39 8 RIDING HIGH A lot of hard work went into preparations for the recent State Visit to London of the Italian President, Signor Gronchi. Here, on elevating platform is being used to decorate ornamental columns with stars along The Mall.
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    Red tribute to victims of Nazi terror
    131 8 The terrors of the Nazi regime are still remembered by the people of East Gerj many probably even more vividly j than by those of the West. For the ruthI lessness of their pre- sent Red rulers must E serve as a constant
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    Road rock the wind Bun driver up driver
    238 8 Road rock the wind Bun driver up driver rpitE risks Inherent m JL this Rocket Age already manifold enough to disturb anyone's peace of mind— took a new turn In the U.S. recently when a Texas motorist charged with careless driving, replied that he was frightened into a ditch by
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    SCOUT PIONEE FOR W
    116 8 SCOUT PIONEE FOR W Sculptor Donald Potter of Bland jord, Dorset, is pictured here with his onearid a half times life-size bust in Cornish granite of the late Lord BadenPowell, founder of the Boy Scout movement. The bust was commissioned by the Scouts of the Dominican Republic, West Indies, and
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  • The Gift of Love FREE PRESS FILM FEATURE
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      12 1 The Gift of Love FREE PRESS FILM FEATURE Thursday. May 22, 1958
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      Sentimental story that is treated with adult realism
      398 1 Sentimental story that is treated with adult realism vrHE Gift of Love," Twentieth Century -Fox's Cinemascope. )e Luxe Color production starring lauren Bacall and Robert Stack tad featuring Evelyn Rudie, promises to be ihat rare motion picture jfering, a sfory of pure sentiment reated with honesty and realism. Produced by
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      THE PRIVATE LIVES AN
      734 2 1 1 P" at! aT% A aft A i I LAUREN BACALL Back to film again after mm Bogies death l• f 1 1 1 1 ■I 1 1 1 1 1 1 iiiitiiiiiiliiillillllillllllllllillitii lIIIINIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHHIIHIIIIHIIIIIIIIU CIX months after the untimely death of her husband, Humphrey Bogart,
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        138 2 ■ifelHiJMSßf^ FEATURES I j >< fifcj£fßßJ with Automatic Parallax Compensation i>>u? m 9 J Q f t ne image appears suspended in the picture I m _f\\ifT\ scene allowing also to observe picture I 8 VjZl 11/ the frame I J 4. Colour corrected hard coated lens ot high Quality
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      LOVES OF 'GIFT' STARS
      617 3 808 STACK riliiiiii i illinium ii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiitiiii mi i > IMIIIIIIIIHI-, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1| 1 1 1 1 Cuts and hard work took him to the top ROBERT STACK is Hollywood s classic "local boy who
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      The stars look good with D Evelyn on set
      251 4 The stars look good with D Evelyn on set FVELYN Hi mi:, weliknown to millions of American TV fans was given an unusual compliment by Jean Neguleseo, veteran director ot The Gift of Love." According to Neffulesco, she is the only child star in his experience who has a faculty
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      82 9 fl k \*_^_i*JMHjp I The Queen and the Duke il Edinburgh, preceded by he I ord Mayor of London, ;h Denis Truscott, pass jt\ crowds as they walk roni st Paul's Cathedral o th. Chapter House for iiiuli. Thej had been attending he it dedication in the
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      88 9 l People of all ages gather in search of good luck at C the wishing well on Culloden, Inverness, Scotland, the I scene of one of the bloodiest battles in the country's history. Each year in the month of May, many visitors trek to the well, drop
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      2862 10  -  Pelham Groom I Another Latiff story by....i 1-• I had com: TO my BUNGALOW at PADANG 1 TERBARKAR FOR THE WEEK-END, BECAUSE I HAD A PROBLEM TO WORK OUT AND I WANTED TO BE ALONE WITH IT, BUT I HADN'T BEEN THERE FOR
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      755 11 THESE GRAND OLD LADIES WILL NOW RETIRE FROM THE AIR ii ill moth-balling of the K.A.F.'s last remaining 1 flying boats, and their replacement by land planes this year, began at K.A.F. Changi last weekend with the arrival of the first of the l-engine Shackletons, which are eventually taking over
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      61 11 The first of the land based Shackletons that I will eventually replace the Sunderland flying boats of 205/209 squadron at Seletar is pictured here coming in to land last weekend. It flew out via North Africa, Aden and Cey- 'on, and was piloted by Wing Commander
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      62 11 Here, one of rhe Sunderland flying boots of 205/209 Squadron R.AF which are to go into mothballs, heralds the arrival of the first of a squadron r of Shackletons at Seletar last Monday. S These Shackletons, all of which ore expected to be here by September,
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      463 11 Army salutes those new cap badges TWO new cap badges which will give sparkle to A Army uniforms and pride to their wearers have been authorised for the Army Air Corps and Army Legal Services. The Army Air Corps badge depicts a silver eagle surrounded by a laurel wreath and
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      221 12 INVESTMENT HELP BY JAPAN STILL LAGGING JAPAN' must redouble her efforts to catch up with Western nations in supplying economic assistance to under-developed countries, particularly in South-East Asia, a White Paper of the Japanese Ministry of Trade said in Tokyo. The White Paper said Japan's overseas Investments increased sharply from
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      36 12 Pakistani Finance Minister Syed Amjad Ali, on his return to Karachi, said he was "satisfied with the talks I had with American authorities recently In Washington regarding our economic and military programmes." U.P.
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      228 12 Western families 'adopt' HK waifs lifUNDKEDS oi people H like Mrs. John Blyth, a California housewife, are supporting two families—one in America, the other m Hong Kong. Their Chinese "families" arc 800 orphans who have been given new names and hope in a novel .settlement at Wu Hwai -Sha. in
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      109 12 AN oflieial Nationalist Chinese newspaper compared the French political crisis with the 1917 revolution in Russia and thr> .11 irl -Flfyi. i ,____t i_ tury disturbances in France. The Taipeh Central Daily News, organ of the ruling Kuomintang_ Party, in the comment on the French problem said:
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      46 12 The Shah of Persia donated M 56,000 to the Chinese S i im A/^aU™ in Taipeh before leaving for Japan after a state visit to Nationalist China. The contribution was towards a fund for building a mosque i? Taipeh. U.P.
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      147 12 Now accord in TaipehTokyo trade negotiations I n 111 t* F •••Maturing news I I|# 1 1 1 and views I I VliVll about Asia today I I v I ghfghgfhfghf JAPAN and Nationalist China have reached agreement on a new trade pact, the chiefs of the two trade delegations
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      26 12 President Chiang Kai-shek's younger son. Major General Wego Chiang. acted as an aide-de-camp to the Shah of Persia during his state visit, to Nationalist China. U.P.
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      19 12 The Japanese Government has just paid it s fourth annual war reparations instalment of USSiOfin ono to Siam. U.P.
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      29 12 Touring Chinese Nationalist Vice-Premier Shao Ku Huang said in Caracas thai Formosa was gi/eatly interested in obtaining more petroleum supplies from Venezuela if transportation problems could be overcome.- U.P.
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      30 12 President Chiang Kai-shek received in Taipeh Mr. L. A. Smith, Sovereign Grand Commander of the world's Freemasons, and his wife. They are on a tour in the Far East U.P.
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      22 12 Nationalist Chinese air force plants have again drop ped millions of lea flets over Kwangtung. Kwangsi, Hunan. Kiangsu and Fukien provinces. U.P,
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      64 12 A to increase her exports of silk and cotton textiles, minerals, foodstuffs, chemicals and handicrafts. A Communist Chinese trade delegation led by Mr. Nien Tsu-wang has arrived in Sydney with the object of "Improving the balance of trade between China and Australia." China last year Imported Australian wool worth about
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      15 12 A seven-man delegation from Red China visited Krupps of Essen "purely to gain information.' Renter
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      28 12 Mr. A. A. Lacson, Mayor of Manila has just completed a visit to Rangoon in connection with a 30,000--ton rice contract on behalf of the Philippine Government.- Reuter
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      29 12 Mrs. Gwen Terasaki, the American widow of a Japanese pre-war diplomat and author of "Bridge of the Sun," is on a visit in Tokyo from Johnson City, Tennessee. Reuter
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      42 12 Buddhist monks have been asked by a fellotc-monk, Vdakandewala Sarawkara of Colombo, winner of a Lenin peace prize, to organise into groups to fast before United Kingdom and United States Embassies in Colombo as a protest against tests of nuclear iceapons.- U.P.
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      46 12 The Japanese Embassy in Saigon has confirmed reports that Japan ls ready to pay U5555,600,000 to South Vietnam as war reparations. However, conclusion of the reparations talk s will have to wait until a new Cabinet is formed after the Japanese elections on May 22.- Reuter
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      59 12 Major-Gen. Kirn Hyung. director of the South Korean Chiefs of Staff, recalled in Seoul after a visit to Bangkok that Slam wa s among the first U-N. allies to send troops to Korea when the communists invaded South Korea in 1950, and expressed the hope that Korea and Siam would
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      44 12 A. Czechoslovak publishing firm is shippirig thou- sands of small copies of the Koran, the sacred book of the Mohammedans, 7io larger than a lump of sugar, to Asia, the Middle East and South Africa. A magnifying glass is sent xcith each copy. Reuter
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      24 12 Japan has ratified the U.N. convention for the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others.- Reuter
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      41 12 The five ambassadors whom the Tokyo Government plans to send soon to South-East Asia, the Middle and Near East, including Africa, Europe, Latin America and Oceania, will be experts in the fields of economic cooperation, trade, agriculture, fisheries and emigration.- Reuter
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      272 12 POLAND has v J suggestion by nSrt}t tish Government tha, S I International Sune™ H I and Control Commit? I Laos, of which P -Vn^ !n member, be im a I dissolved, the c*S3a?BBs I news agency P.A.p r t I h
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      70 12 The visiting Shah of Per- 1 sia and President Chiang I Kai-shek declared in a I joint communique issued in I Taipeh: "The free M- 1 tions in the Middle East and in Asia must strength I en their solidarity and their
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      169 12 JAPAN'S shipbuilding industry will almost certainly face serious problems by the end of this year, the London Times supplement on shipbuilding said. b It said the Japanese industry was running through Its backlog of orders so quickly that it must eventually face "a precarious slide down
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      1052 13  -  ALISON BROUGHTON By ;OM£ scent bottles 3 could well be 5 labelled 'POISON/ s or tliat can be their effect u on your s harm. ftaa been said, in a E eralifiing kind of way. 'hat Frenchwomen arc only ones who know 5
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      272 13 PICTURED here you see h a top milliner ,vf, »ms a cheap, un- "'"<'<• hat into the spcel ,l ,r new boater just aid of a length of 1 uula single rose, the hat that caused motion when Sophia
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      662 13 /U TST.ANDING thing about the American woman is her hat. It's high, it's wide, it's extravagantly handsome. It does for the New York fashion scene what the Empire State Building does for the New York skyline. Any modestly-millinered woman from the east side of the
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      356 14 Early shock, but Surrey recover m RREY, the champion county, who have collected maximum points from their first two games, moved swiftly Into a commanding position against Leicestershire on the opening daj of the match at the Oval yesterday. Surrey dismissed Leicestershire handicapped by tiif absence of (heir skipper Willie
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      42 14 BRITISH BEAT N. TRANSVAAL •THE touring British Barbarians rugby union team held off a storming i second half attack to score their first victory m South Africa yesterday when they beat Northern Transvaal 13-9. Barbarians, led 13-3 at i half-time. I j
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      170 14 .\t Oxford. New Zealand 529 for eight declare d N. Harford 158. J Ri Id tl). Oxford Univc: ten for no wicket. \t PertswuMith. Worcester.hire 181 for six ID, Kcnyon 53. R Broadbent 40 pot out Vt rsus Hampshire. At The Oval. Leicestershire 126. Surrey l v
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      351 14 N.Z. FIND A NEW BATTING HERO VOEL HARFORD, 27- year-old right hand batsman, gave the in-jury-hit New Zealanders something to smile about yesterday at Oxford. He scored 158 electrifying runs on the openingday of the tourists' match against Oxford University. Harford's innings hi.s highest in first class cricket —stamped him
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      68 14 SINGAPORE JUMPER COMES FIRST TAN Eng Yoon of Singapore won the hop. step and jump in the triangular athletics match among Loughborough colleges, Oxford University and London University yesterday at Loughborough. Competing for Loughborough, Tan cleared 4(> ft ;V.in. His teammate R. Dodd was second with 4bft. l'in and D.
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        255 14 lli I j *mk &s jj k i 2s 1 i > I CLUES ACROSS 7 The arts make most of the 1 Publicise a foreign H-bomb lovers (11). explosion! (5, 6) 11 Unit when a litter 8 Steep places at last for the to heart (5). voters (S). 12
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      827 15 Sprint champ ij of Malaya InISTINE PUT UP ANOTHER MARVELLOUS I J PERFORMANCE AT BUKIT TIMAH YES- XERDAY WHEN HE WON THE MAIN RACE a l-XTYIkX/- IILR I ILAKiv i r.NVJ ±v-u. Distine gave weight all round, vet finished too j for his 11 rivals. Distine was never far
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      211 15 IW impress won the fourth l»VI Singapore HOODS ihe Hr.st of treble. Hobbs' other *«c Di-stino, winner of Prtm, and Her High'r Ol the last rare gg convincingly Bi I tho leader Triple V Sffi "g info he JJ .^hen PYanUln railed J«P«Si responded well r
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      815 15 CUP CANDIDATES SHOW FORM ALLAN LEWIS REPORTS ON TODAYS TRAINING QOVERNQITS (up candidates were the attraction at Bukil Timah this morning. The second track is in Rood condition fur galloping. Adelaide star (Mitchell), las! year's Cup winner, worked with James AHch (Ransome). They did pace work from about the .six.
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      409 16 De Gaulle silent as moves begin for his return to power pRISIfi R l D D B N France ShOW< d the first small signs oi relaxing yesterday, as the Senate followed the lead Ol the National Assembly in renewing the Government's emergency powers. Riot squads
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      242 16 RED BLOC NOW HOLDING OWN SUMMIT MEETING THE conference ol world communist leaders now under way in Moscow is regarded by diplomatic observers in London as of great importance for future East-West relations. According to the brief official announcements, the council of economic mutual assistance began a conference on Tuesday,
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      202 16 YOUTH DRAMA AND MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENS TODAY rIK long -awaited Youth Drama and I Z Music Festival organis- ed by the Singapore I Teachers' Union gets j under way tonight with I adjudication perform- i ances to be held at the I Paya Lebar Methodist i Girls' School hall at
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      219 16 Services teachers' complaint rejected lian t£r civi-flf i Singapore abe^^Jfll ditions und< r _vhu_\ I: {ravel by m fei mentioned by M r ti.-.^R Thomas ,Lab, in in M House oi c« mm day. I Mr. Thomas said the teach 11 ers were dissatisfied with! the conditions on \um chartered
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