The Singapore Free Press, 9 March 1959
1959-03-09
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Title Section16 1959-03-09 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper mgapore, Monday, March 9, 1959. Price 13 tt».16 words
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Article, Illustration917 1959-03-09 1 P. M. RAMAN - P. M. RAMAN Escort to Victory By TUi TALK of the lown is the Free Press Walk m which 1,523 men and women outpaced each other along the 14} -miles from Woodlands to Times House yesterday. Us memory will continue to linger917 words
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Article, Illustration72 1959-03-09 1 Railway No to pay demands SMILE OF VICTORY T Malayan Railway it rut ion will rect outright the $2 mille demands of the 1 Union of RailGeneral ManaI A. Perkins, day: "We have budror a deficit of lon this year and no question of fantastic wage by t Mr unions."Free Press - 72 words
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30 1959-03-09 1 INSIDE TODAY Rebels seize N. Iraq N flared In Iraq vcsrvith ail evidence to the sincrssful the oil-rich lion by a pro-antl-Red army ianj irott't Mtck-Berlln-PB|« 3. ;<' Pieturrs of the30 words
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Article159 1959-03-09 1 "FOLLOWING the prize winners of the Fk I Walk: SENIORS 1 LAC .1 W. UftßftOOi Iflmin. 59ser.; I Sfi •> RHd, 2hr I9min. 6scc, 3. D. A. Walhrn. 2hr. 24min. 6sec 4 L/Cpl. II 1,k 2l\ r 24mln 13 Aril bin Sakijan. 2hr. 24miii. i <159 words
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Article52 1959-03-09 1 1 523 Walk starters r^ECORD after record was broken 111 yesterday's Free Press Walk. There were 1.636 entries. And of these 1.523 started. Officially 1,460 finished the course but the judges said many more came m after the judges' time-limit for the Walk. They put the total to linlsh at52 words
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441 1959-03-09 2 IRAQI ARMY REBELS READY TO MARCH ON BAGDAD IJhI'OKTS »f an army-led revolt m oil-rich Northern Iraq against the eight-month-old rctjime of Major-General Abdul Karim Kasseni came from Cairo and Damascus last night. Although there was no direct reference m Bagdad to the revolt, Reuters correspondent there reported that Gen.Reuter - 441 words
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201 1959-03-09 2 VIOLENCE Uared up again m Nynsaland as top level talks were held m Blantyre yesterday to I view the entire situation m the Protectorate. Latest trouble was centred at Deep Bay, on the shores of Lake Nyasa. where the homes of an African chiefReuter - 201 words
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Article37 1959-03-09 2 Orga; i the Sii: pore Amateur Ulrooml Championships have had to postpone tin this year because too many ipetltors have turned ssionaL The championships wire to have been held on March 21 and 28.37 words
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60 1959-03-09 2 *|MIX newspaper Trud reported yesterday that six Soviet 'traitors" are being tried In the north Caucasus refiM on charges of torturing and killing hundreds of their countrymen during the World War II German invasion Death penalties for all six seemed likely, considering theU.P.I - 60 words
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Article36 1959-03-09 2 The tug Sydney Cove left Sydney last night to zo to the help of the British freighter Yunnan. 2.JUL' tons, is m trouble about 200 I miles south of Sydney ReuterReuter - 36 words
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140 1959-03-09 2 Oman rebel leader ends tour:'Grave situation' PRINCE Salah Ben I&sa el-Harithy. deputy of the rebel Imam of Oman. yesterday cut short a Far I East tour and flew back to 1 Damascus, the Oman rebels' information bureau m i Damascus stated. Prince Harithy. who is leading a delegation to AsianReuter - 140 words
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43 1959-03-09 3 Ll |M RAI Brittoh S ,ii. is and (ypriots 1 1 1 1 > injured m iiuidenl i utslde a cinrniJ m uiia«usta soldier* mu\ number of Pvp i were involved j,,' [I blent which i.iin :•'< id.« ReuterReuter - 43 words
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Article112 1959-03-09 3 'ENOSIS IS ONLY DELAYED' -BISHOP t crowd of 2 told ye.sterKyprianos of*K on his return Athens that n of Cyprus c i "'is only tribute to DiCA leader Griand v\ll who Cyprus strugKyprianos Sacrifice w as to blue and (lag reign over That is :itcd but God us somethingP the112 words
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86 1959-03-09 3 Priest in pyjamas saves sacrament in blaze A i >LD Roman h prl b wearing third •d( d i 0 m I rrom 'lint; porter save the I nothing else m much He was unable through the fir me out air, then n mother Into the church but could againReuter - 86 words
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265 1959-03-09 3 There'll be no Berlin blockade East German P.M. IjiAST GERMANY will not blocklj ade West Berlin, the East German Premier, Herr Otto Orotewohl, said at a Government reception for Mr. Nikita Khrushchev last night. Herr Grotewohl said the nations were "fed up" with the cold war. If people m the265 words
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104 1959-03-09 3 TWO JAPANESE fishing boats were reported captured by Russian patrol vessels In waters oil the Kuriles, the coast guard station m Otaru said yesterday. The coast guard said it Intercepted a radio message from a Japanese fishing vessel on Saturday that a RussianU.P.I - 104 words
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148 1959-03-09 3 BIG RED GAINS IN MUNICIPAL POLLS IN FRANCE FRANCE polled more heavily than usual In municipal elections yesterday and first results last night indicated the Communists had regained most ot the votes they lost In the Gaullist landslide last year, while the Gaullists had lost some ground. With about 75Reuter - 148 words
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Article50 1959-03-09 3 The Cunard liner Caronla (34,172 tons) makes her first visit to Russia next October, it v is announced m Liverpool last ni«ht. She w ill call at Yalta and Odessa daring a cruise to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea starting from New York.— ReuterReuter - 50 words
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Article28 1959-03-09 3 Dr Hewlett Johnson. "Red" Dean o! Canterbury. continues to make excellent progress In h n overy from pneum nterbury hospital spoke i,aid He Is 85. ReuterReuter - 28 words
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Article47 1959-03-09 3 The Superior War Tri bunal In Santiago de Cuba tenced 43 members ol the former Batl ta air foi to long prison terms and |Ultted two other:, tl a court martial which they were all acquit I were with wanton bom md ReuterReuter - 47 words
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131 1959-03-09 3 SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC B. E. A. and AIR FRANCE Sign Agreement A commercial ment, the benefit! of which will soon be available to the public, I bj the managements of BE. A. and Air France, on rueeday, 10th February travelling by the Paris-London and London-Nice flight! will now be131 words
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1000 1959-03-09 4 HAWKERS, DIPLOMATS VIED FOR WALK HONOURS it to win the i< Aircra i. who n the d an all tune V ord 2 hours 18 rainu ilnst 2 hours. l>3 minutes and It established up by the m- rd( garner champion Sgt. N Bullen Hut Edglngton walked i different and1,000 words
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Article214 1959-03-09 4 Opinion Ike out of step MR. MACMILLANS visit to Paris, which begins today, and to Bonn later m the week will not tax his powers of persuasion, lor France has already agreed to the next logical step m the East-West exchanges a Foreign Ministers' meeting -and W st Germany has214 words
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Article, Illustration321 1959-03-09 5 Margaret Wee - Margaret Wee by K|-|N ii of thl veteran scem\ the 1 ret' I'ress Walk, Imolul bin Baheik, popularly own IS Joe Diamond had an L xt n thrilling and unexpected tvneritMice when soon utter his I, at,,; he was whisked off In 1,!,,,321 words
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Article, Illustration659 1959-03-09 5 Tan Thuang Kok - Tan Thuang Kok by I the Editor called me i- with a gleam •I have a special astor you," he want a story full oi colour and lots lof human interest. I And the heading is How I did 'How I659 words
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Miscellaneous224 1959-03-09 6 ''.nil lIAVYKi: Im Sydney Jordan JEFF, TMCftC* lOOVATTMOSS ENOuGM TO MA*W »T *"^J Jr. Wntni PttosPecriNG somin*iNG wack* y cutctc-mrr tanks -we mu6t wRc imposs.bcs: ao« us to arr f\\ ay n* Asr&tOiO about Twia s«tajp/ fTMASTwa have lost a lot MW I away again afirmc'AirranM 1 -tuat Pi awst224 words
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Miscellaneous373 1959-03-09 6 TGSSwf BORN today, you 1] ambitious, y, v m lite what /ou wa I alter it. You thrive E adventure, so ii tl dull wher, yn/aV, I where! I v likely would ma) E ganisatlon man m politi I E know how to handle i E and intelligently. But' I373 words
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Article, Illustration515 1959-03-09 7 LUCY HUANG - A FASHION SHOW -OF SORTS And the so, so crazy hats LUCY HUANG by Many a head turned along the route not only to cheer the women competitors but also to admire the varied fashions, m hats, too. And here are some. On the left is Miss Katie Seah and,Free Press - 515 words
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Article, Illustration108 1959-03-09 8 ABOVE: The start of the Walk for the women yesterday at Woodlands Siding. Over thirty of them were included m the mammoth field of lf> '23 competitors who took part. RIGHT. I.au Wai Ching. first woman home m 3hr. Bniin., receives the Rowntree Challenge Trophy from Mrs. A.108 words
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Article, Illustration21 1959-03-09 8 SINGAPORE" lawyer hfll finish m style, with a hoB FOR ONE man at kt-t f k of unblistered fo^l21 words
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Article, Illustration57 1959-03-09 8 AT Ihe Ihrerq.... P MAJOR John Galwey (right) striding out to overtake a fellow walker along the route. He finished thira m the Veterans section, covering the course m 2hr. 15see. i Thuan Seng, who was th«* aerenteenth junior to finish, Is escorted to the rest ten(57 words
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Article, Illustration32 1959-03-09 9 The girl m the stupes is Lauren Won* Pali Look, quent hing her thirst it nm >>f the Eraser and Neaye drink lorries that patrolled the rout32 words
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Article, Illustration19 1959-03-09 9 bo^H and ;i putt at his cigar. >t t^Bk is for-,utt"n m dreams >''^B cool im.] water.19 words
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Article, Illustration61 1959-03-09 9 WINNER of the Junior section, Pte. Low Theani Hock of the Singapore Infantry Regiment, arrives at the finish m 2hr 33min. 30sec. p M.ssKat..- Stall who is walking behind Junior KOO TUB btfl t»» io the women's section i iitsr stop the rent <»m for this competitor ami61 words
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Article554 1959-03-09 10 Athletic awards a great swindle says Yale president 4 FEROCIOUS attack on A the American college habit of awarding "athletic scholarships" to sporty young men to bolster university teams was mounted by Yale University president A. Whitney Gris- In'a speech at the Johns Hopkins University he said554 words
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London Gossip
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Article, Illustration492 1959-03-09 10 WILLIAM HICKEY - Everest man and teenagers' idol meet WILLIAM HICKEY f rHEY made an unusual lunch pair m a London hotel. What, I wondered, could Sir John Hunt, the man who led the first successful Everest expedition, and Tommy Steele, the teenagers' idol, have In common that gave them so much to492 words
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346 1959-03-09 10 A STRANGE three tome arr occupying laftte of rooms m leading Peril hotel. iif ih«- irtdow of Denla Conan i>o>i<-. one «»f the late Arthur Conan Old Ami m m Anthony Harwood; and a It-year-old Tibetan nirl who goes by Ihe name of346 words
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553 1959-03-09 11 RENE NICOL - Out: The truth about Casement —after 43 years of secrecy RENE NICOL GSDFSDF >OK written m lish which ites a direct r e to Britain's H secretary. Mr. nab been pubin Paris. called "The Diaries"— and rieg concerned io.se of Sir Roi ment, the aan hanged m rst World War553 words
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Article, Illustration37 1959-03-09 11 picture rATHY th» Ak-itian doe makes a "howling success of a jazz session held by 3 year old Barbara l2?BW£?t (SB .^Si^e! Susan |ane. aged 18 months, a, their home m Southbourn, Blackpool, England. ReuterReuter - 37 words
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133 1959-03-09 11 HUSBAND FILMS THE BIRTH OF HIS BABY Mrs JUNE Monat, year-old actress, never be able to the birth of irth child, Belle r husband s made a complete re Of her pregincluding tual childbirth. processed In and sound, a halfversion is to be n to specialised auand, it is hoped,133 words
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140 1959-03-09 11 DEE REMMINGTON - Charity does not begin at home— in Britain DEE REMMINGTON By CWARITY doesn't begin j at home m Britain according to the r< The British publl more money to help fugees m f< n to Its own crip] children. relief In India or ii) to home socl< ties I dumb.140 words
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767 1959-03-09 12 U.S to spend $135.m. this year to find cancer drug MAJOR bre a kthrougha may occur m the not-too-ant-future m scientists' search for drugs to battle cancer. According to authoritative medical publications, much progress already has been made In the search for anti-cancer chemicals Now, researchers are cautiously hopeful that767 words
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Article, Illustration40 1959-03-09 12 THE U.S. is training technical aides to assist m operating rooms thus relieving nurses of routine tasks. Picture shows students listening attentively as their instructor uses a model to demonstrate and describe the circulation of blood through the human heart.40 words
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Article133 1959-03-09 12 jyHTORS at a British hospital have adapted a hand-held miniature household vacuum cleaner Into a simple portable breathing aid for polio victims. Those iisln* the aid, the doctors reported In the Lancet, have .shown a "substantial Improvement' The doctors converted the vacuum cleaner into a133 words
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Article, Illustration324 1959-03-09 13 'BRAINS' PUT FIRMS IN THE MONEY p MPUTERS mean big money for British Industry tor the v that make them and for their customers, whose work is LIP. Birmingham firm making knitted garments hires one of these mic brains" for an hour a week (cost £50), to co-ordinate the of324 words
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Article, Illustration227 1959-03-09 13 MACHINES TO TRANSLATE LANGUAGES, TOO i KLECTRIC compu- ter that can transFrench into English at the rate of three or four words a second was described to delegates attending the convention of the American Association of the Advancement of Science at Washington. were among discussed m a on "Adventures ironicPopper - 227 words
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Article183 1959-03-09 13 A TELETYPEWRITER running at a .speed of 3,000 words a minute that is 20 times as fast as most people can talk, was shown by the U.S. Army. In theory, the electronic device Van operate at a speed ot a half million words per minute— theU.P.I - 183 words
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Article14 1959-03-09 13 A In hi. CUI I by brini the high furtnent ReuterReuter - 14 words
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Article, Illustration394 1959-03-09 14 HOW THEY FINISHED AT IPOH -your guide to future winners plctn [ACE ONE Black Gold (8.12 Posner) beats Easy Winner (9.0. Dragon) by four lengths m the Class Div. 4 6 F. event at Ipoh on Saturday. Third is Miroohli <xin 8.3. Noordin) three lengths behind. Winner's time was lmin.Free Press - 394 words
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526 1959-03-09 15 ALLAN LEWIS - Follow Me Home impressive in track trial ALLAN LEWIS eh rUSSPITE heavy showers > t s!(T (I horses galloping on the number two track at Ipoh this morning still made good times. Follow Me Home. ridden by Chris Dragon, made g Rood impression when he went attractively over three m526 words
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Article103 1959-03-09 15 Tommy Farr has diet for reducing lON Cockell us on a holi- day, Tommy Farr is on The, heavyweights fought for the i mpionship are based, but while he Welshman pursues his tialistic career and tiinks iv terms of shedding voirdupois. the Londoner as shed his Hastings inn nd has103 words
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911 1959-03-09 15 HOW THEY RAM j I%u;i:iK PLANTER II I s another good adLrtisement for Austrab„ bred mares. at up a tfood prfu. mance on SaturL to win the main print at Ipoh. light ot her 9-0. übber Planter II was over the conuding911 words
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146 1959-03-09 15 IKNB beat Ingmar Eliasson 15-10, 15-7. m lish final ol the nuns .singles, m the Geinal badminton championships which Bonn yesterday, eml-nnals, Olans beat h. t. Plndlay (Eng--18-16. and Ellas «.n beat his compatriot, it. 15-11. 15-8. n heat Miss Apnete Frtis 12-10. 11-1Reuter - 146 words
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Article1046 1959-03-09 16 JUNIORS SENIORS VETERANS WOMEN POSITIONS of the women entrants up to the 22nd one to arrive at Times House: 1 Lav Wai thing (3hr. Bmin.); 2. Slak So Wah (3hr. 14min); 3. Sheila Wong Sook Har (3hr 15min.). 4. Am Kirn; 5. Phoon Ah Lvi;1,046 words
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202 1959-03-09 16 ENGLAND TEAM CAN BE MOULDED v. INDIA By BRUCE HARRIS HARDLY is one cricket tour of England m Australia reaching Its end than the next one India m England looms m sight. To judge from the hiding they have taken recently from the We>t Indians m their own country, the202 words
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Article243 1959-03-09 16 1. Team 32 Singapore Infantry Regiment "A". Seng Mak Hong, Ramswul Bachap Singh, Adi bin Sakijan, Goh Sah Nee. Lim Boon Chor. P. Singaras, D. Reld. Idris Alknatib. 2. Team 33 Singapore Infantry Regiment "B". Tan Thye Huk. Stanley Prig, Adnan bin Sakar, Lim Kin Peng, Low Theam243 words
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Article204 1959-03-09 16 PAKISTAN beat the West Indies by 41 runs m the second Test at Dacca yesterday and are assured of victory m the three-match series. They won the first Test, hi Karachi, by ten wickets. Needing 214 to win, the t Indies were out for 172 ln204 words
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Article62 1959-03-09 16 5 1 n > I 3 F 7 IEI" i > 3•*f S 8 5* I iC Sic ic X I*f i 1 !"< fi 3 f 3 j sllll' ff t?* E I s 8e I m llH^l I o tß4£■ 3. j B 2. a P62 words
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