Indian Daily Mail, 19 January 1955

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  • 16 1 Indian Daily Mail VOL. X. NO. 332 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1955 FOUR PAGES 15 CENTS
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  • 445 1 Visualises A Socialist Form Of Society In India AVADI, (India), Jan. 18. The Indian National Congress, India's Ru 1 1 n g Party, wiU be asked to approve the admission ol Communist China to the United Nations this year at its annual convention opening on Friday.
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  • 131 1 ROME/, Jan. 18 Increasing Egyptian influence is the most significant deveQopment m the strategic North African Kingdom of Lybia, Western diplomatic sources report. Lybia, situated between Egypt and Tunisia, Is the site of an important U.S. strategic air base, Wheelus iField. and also a British Army base.
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  • 89 1 Was Anxious To Contest NEW DELHI. Jan. 18: An alleged confidence man who put a new twist on his old calling reportedly preying en the aspirations of politicians <s being sought by police m the Gurgaon region just south of Delhi. The suspect reportedly went Into a village posing as
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  • 103 1 NEW DELHI, Jan. 18: "Revenooers" m the dry Indian state of Bombay have succeeded m a new tactic against "moonshiners" who station lookouts hlffh m coconut palms to watch tor the law. The lookouts apparently were not at all suspicious when they saw a group ol gypsy "women" approaching.
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  • 122 1 Kenya Govt. Peace Offer To Mau Mau LONDON, Jan. 18: The Kenya Government is to make a new surrender offer to the Mau Mau terrorists immediately under which any one who gives up will not be prcsecuted for any offence committed under the Emergency Regulations, it was learned. The proposed
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  • 54 1 From Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Jan. 18. From today Government of India had taken over the issue of possports from Home Department of Madras State Government. The passport offices located very conveniently for Malayan travellers on top floor, of the Protector of Emigration Office on
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  • 99 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. X 8: President Eisenhower will aeek Congressional approval for an emergency programme of controls to be imposed immediately m any attack on the United States, according tc reports here. The programme would give him authority to impose price, wage, rent and other
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  • 74 1 NEW DELHI. Jan 18: Wholesale prices In India show, ed a small decline during 1954 as compared with the previous year. The official wholesale price index average for last year was 386.7. The 1953 average was 393.9. The year ended August, 1939, is taken as the
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  • 131 1 ADEN, Jan. 18: The governor cf Aden Sir Tom Hickmgbotham announced that a number of Legislative Council members will be elected next year for the first time m the Colony's History. The Governor was opening the Nineth Session of the Council. For the first time too
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  • 242 1 Proponing a vote of thanks, at the Raffles Hotel Tea Party, by Tamils Festival Celebration Committee, on Monday, Jan. 17, Mr. G. Sarangapany, Secretary of the Committee, expressed the deep gratitude of the Committee to Dr. Lin Yu-tang, Chancellor of the N'anyaner University, for his
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  • 75 1 Chinese Reds Capture Nationalist Island? Will U. S. Fleet Intervene? TAIPEI, Jan. 18. The Chinese Nationalist Defence Ministry tonight indicated Chinese Communists might have captured strategic Yikranyshan Island, some 200 miles north of here, m en amphibious assault. A ministry communique said the island had been under attack by combined
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  • 538 1 Tiny Yikiangshan has Deen subjected to repeated bombardments since Nov. 1 when the Reds reportedly fired more expressed his 'agreement with the manner m which we celebrate Tamils Festival, because, the path we have chosen is right, correct and proper*. Then Mr. Sarangapany thanked the guests, who included
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  • 274 1 Periyar Draws At Big Crowd Krom Our Own Correspondent MADRAS, Jan. 18. Periyar E. V. Kamaswami arrived here yesterday ny steamship s.s. Rajula from Singapore after a two momh tour of Burma and Malaya. He was welcomed at the harbour by a huge crowd of Dravida Kalagham followers, some of
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  • 46 1 NEW DELHI, Jan. 18: Indian is now producing electricity at the rate of more man 650,000,000 kilowatt hours monhtly. Latest statistics show this power, an increase cf nearly 100,000,000 kilowatts over that of a year ago, came from 669 public utility stations.- AP
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  • 110 1  -  Thani Nay again —Says Rev. Dr. Thani Nayagam, an eminent Ceylon Tamil Scholar and master of many European lamguages is seen addressing the distinguished gathering at the Raff le s Hotel Tea Party given m his honour by the Tamils Festival Celebration Committee, on Monday, Jan. 17.
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  • 58 1 LONDON, Jan. 18: Princess Margaret, recently voted one of the world's ten best dresaed women, has chosen some "off the peg' 1 cotton dresses several with a modified "H" line, for her coming trip to the Caribbean. The dresses ordered m a firm which turns them out by
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  • 49 1 UNITED NATIONS, New York, Jan 18. A handshake by American and Soviet atom scientists and a plea by Dag Hammarskjold for handling of atomic energy to benefit all mankind opened a meeting here yesterday to plan a world congress on peaceful vse» of atomic energy.
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  • 162 1 T.-C. Tamil MLAs' Case Transferee! To Mysore From Our own Correspondent MADRAS, Jan. 18: The Supreme Court m Delhi decided on Monday to order the transfer of four criminal cases against the Travancore Tamilian legislators to a court situated In Mysore State m order to ensure fair trial.
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  • 605 2 Indian Daily Mail Spore, Wed., Jan. 19, 1955 DR. LIN YU-TANG'S TIMELY WARNING pEOPLE must strive for a cosmopolitan culture but at the same they must not forget their pride m their own culture and m their own race. This warning was given by the ft- mous Chinese scholar and
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  • 755 2 Annual Report Of Colombo Plan Committee NEW DELHI: There has been a distinct improvement m the economic situation m India during 1953-54, states a review of the economic conditions m India' m the third annual report of the Consultative Committee of the Colombo Plan. During
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  • 148 2 BOMBAY: Sri K. M. Munshi, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, warned students not to neglect the study of English if they wanted to equip themselves to become "world citizens." Sri Munshi was presiding over the ninth College Day celebrations of the Bharatiya Vidy a Bhavan
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  • 162 2 MADRAS: Last week's ••Fort St. George Garotte" contains amendments to by-laws for regulating and supervising the practice of their profession by registered nurses, nridwlves and 'dhats'. Among other things, the amendments provide that a midwife (covered by the Madras Nurses and Midwives Act) should observe
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  • 173 2 THE TOUCH THAT CAN HEAL HYDERABAD: The Nizam, Kajpramukh of Hyderabad, composed the following- poem on the occasion of last Christmas. Hail Mar' am and Jesus, two forms and one power, m the tulip's red) heart is the scent of the flower. Oh what Joy at their coming all sick
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  • 73 2 MADRAS The Madras State Betel Leaf Merchants' Association has decided to convene a conference of merchants from Madras, Chingleput, and North and South Arcot m the last week of January, under the chairmanship of Mr. V. M. Obeidulla, M.U.P. It has decided to invite the
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  • 1278 2 —MR. LOW BOMBAY: Mr. Low, Minister of State at the British Board of Trade, m a speech here declared that Britain, and particularly British industry were eager to help India m her "great and exciting" development plans now m progress. "I am convinced,
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  • 55 2 Two Americans were released by the Russians after a combined 14 years m captivity. They were described by U.S. officials as being- m remarkably good physical condition. The Russians released Private William Marchok (left) 38, and John H. Nobel, 31, m Berlin after months of
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  • 135 2 Leftist Parties To Hold Merger Talks In Bombay BOMBAY: Representatives of some of the Leftist parties other than the Communist Party —are scheduled to meet here at the end of this month to discuss the possibilities of a merger. The sponsors —the Peasants and Workers Party —hope to create a
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  • 36 2 KARACHI; Aualralia's Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, urill pay a three-day official visit to Pakistan during the last week of this month. He is expected to arrive m Karachi on Jan. 24.— FOC
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  • 84 2 KURNOOL: The Andhra Governor, Mr. C. M. Trivedi, had discussions last week with the Secretary, Public Works and Transport, the Financial Secretary, the Revenue Secretary and the Chief Engineer for Irrigation at Raj Bhavan. It is learnt that matters connected with he Tungabhadra high-level canal were discussed
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  • 312 2 Menon Sees More Chances For Peace MADRAS: Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon. leader of the Indian delegation lo the U.N., said here last Wednesday that m his opinion 'the prospect of another world war is perhaps a little farther off i.han it was last April." Mr. Menon, who was addressing
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  • 78 2 PA.TNA: The Bihar Government has declared the mariners' strike m the S:ate as i illegal m view of the fact that there is no pending dispute of the workers of the steamer services In Bihar and because the strike was resorted to last week without giving any
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  • 844 3 Report Of Linguistic Commission Awaited MADRAS: Mr. C. D. Deshmukh, Union Finance Minister, last Thursday .naounced that the Government of India would, at the earnest possible opportunity, appoint a Finance Commission again, "because I want to have the recommendation of the Liext Finance
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  • 96 3 First Shipment From Bombay Refinery BOMBAY: A shipment of 14,000 tons of processed petroleum products, consisting of gasoline and automotive diesel oil, from Bombay's Stanvac refinery, left here last Thursday aboard the oil tanker Stanvac Canberra for Cochin en route to Madras and Calcutta. This is the first time that
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  • 109 3 BOMBAY: A n alleged boot, legger was shot dead by a police officer at the Byculla railway station m central Bombay last week when he attempted to stab a police constable. The police said that a gang of about 35 men from Kalyan detrained at Byculla
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  • 77 3 PATNAc About 100 inland steamer workers went on strike here tying up three cargo steamers. Mr. R. N. Sharma. Assistant Labour Commissioner, patna Division, met the strikers and explained tc them that the steamer service m this State was a public utility service, and
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  • 82 3 NO LANDLESS PERSONS IN THIS VILLAGE NAGPUR: There is no landless person m Mohabaita village, m Durg district, Madhya Pradesh. The State Minister for Social Welfare, Mr. Dindayal Gupta, distributed bhoodan land to the last group of the landless persons m the village. Everyone m this village of 300 families
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  • 68 3 GAUHATI: The number of inland waterway men on strike m Assam last week rose to 4,000. In Pandu and Gauhati, 45 vessels are laid up. union o f^. cials claimed that steamer sem^ss m G^ulhajij, Pandu.. Dhubri, Tezpur, and Neamati were completely paralysed. A thousand
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    29 3 Mr. S. M. Natarajan presenting a silver cup to the organisers of Kovilanyulam Adi Tamils Association. Messrs. P. Ramanathan, S. Somayya and A. Ramu are receiving the present.
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  • 74 3 New Designation Of W.P.M.L.'s Head PESHAWAR, The joint session of the Working Committee of the Muslim League of West Pakistan, which is meeting here,, resolved that .the head of the future West Pakistan Muslim League should be designated chairman and not president as hitherto. He will not hold office of
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  • 186 3 CALCUTTA: Dr. K. N. Katju, Defence Minister, arrived m Calcutta last week. The Defence Minister was received at Barrackpore airport by Lt.-Gen. Sant Singh, G.0.C., eastern Command, Maj-Gen. M. S. Chopra, Mr. K. K. Framji, Director-General, Ordinance Fac qries and other officials. At fc.i'e
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  • 57 3 SIMLA: Nearly ?i inches of snow fell m Simla on Tuesday night the heaviest snowfall of '.he season. The minimum temperature recorded was 30' F. About 18 inches of snow is reported to have fallen In Phagu and Narkanda m Himachal Pradesh. The Simla-Na-rkanda Road and
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  • 110 3 PATIAIiA: Mr. Brish Bhan, the new Chief Minis Ler cf P.E.P.ii.U., asserted that there was complete unity m his new Cabinet, which was sworn m last week fojlowing the death of Col. Raghbir Singh. The Chief Minister, who waa addressing Pressmen after the swearing-in ceremony,
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  • 419 3 -Late Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar NEW DELHI: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar. the eminent scientist whose death was announced recently, was born m March, 1895, and was educated In Lahore, London and Berlin. He was a research scholar of .he Department of Scientific and Industrial Research of Great Britain.
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  • 213 3 MADRAS South Indian girls— future mothers are s tiU •conservative". Two girls, K. Lalitna and G. Nirmala of the National High School fcV Girls, J'riphcane, vehemently opposed the introduction of a universal calendar. But they were right, ing a losing battle. The boys cf the
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  • 346 3 BOMBAY: Jam at-e-Khrla-fat-e-Hind (the Central Khilafat Committee) was held to be a public trust under the Bombay Public Trusts Act by Mr. J. M. Shelat, Principal judge, Bombay City Civil Court. Mr. Shelat was d smiasing an appl cation made by Mr. Zahld Ali, son of
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  • 185 3 Gandhian Teachings For Curriculum NriW DELHI; Maulanal Azad told the Advisory Board of Kducation last week that tiie time had come to prepare a syllabus of Gandhi ji's teachings for the use of educational institutions throughout India. No one m the country, he said, had the right of professing to
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  • 53 3 NAGPUR: Sixteen more bodies were recovered from the Parasia mine last week, bringing' the total number q£ bodies recovered so for to 53. Sixty-five miners were killed m the colliery on Dec. 10 Hast when it was suddenly inundated by water from an adjoining
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  • 77 3 Meanwhile, the Coafl Mines Labour welfare Fund Advisory Committee has decided to pay a monthly allowance of Rs 10 for two years to the widows of the miners who lost their lives m the mine disaster at Newton Chikh Ti (Madhya Pradesfi) Colliery and to grant
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  • 55 3 NEW DELHI: The Government of India has decided to release for free sale the entire quantity cf sugar produced by factories m Bihar from Dec 16 to 31, 1954, says a Food and Agricultural Ministry Press Note. The quantity produced up to Dec. 15, 1954.
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  • 22 3 Sri K. Kama/raj Nadar, Chief Minister, inaugurating the Krishnagiri Reservoir Project m Salem district on 3rd January 1955.
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  • 210 3 NEW DELHI: The U.N.sponsored scientific ami technical conference which is to meet m August this year to discuss the development of atomic energy for peaceful purposes might release important atomic information which would boost atomic development m many countries, including india, Dr. Pierre victor Auger. Director
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  • 210 3 No Party Will Be In Majority In Andhra? VIZI AN AG ARAM: Sri P. V. G. Raju, General Secretary of the Andhra Praja-Soc'jli^t Party, predicted that no party m Andhra could secure a comf ruble majority cf seats tr> fcr-ji a Govern iiv.nt after l!i« ci. ions. Addressing an election
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  • 37 3 HUBLI: Mr. C. J. Ambli, M.L.A. from Bijapur, was declared elected President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee at its general body meeting. He defeated Mr. S. Nijalingappa by 37 votes to 32.- FOC
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    • 183 3 NOTICE "Unberthed Tickets for the "Rajula" sailing from Singapore on 3rd Feb. 1955. Unberthed tickets for the s.s. "Rajula" sailing on the 3rd February 1955, for Nagapattinam and Madras will be on sale at our Unberthed Ticket Office at Trafalgar Street on Friday, 21st January, 1955, at 9.00 a.m. ISLAY
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  • 405 4 Queen's Birthday Honours! COLOMBO: The decision of the Resoluli'onH Committee ci thf ti jvorninent Parliamentary Group to reccinmcnd a BMlbMi urjj"' i.ie O~vernm. Nt tj take sU>p« to declare Ceyi n a repubic has set the Go. ..umnt a pM.b.ein. TUr Minuter ci Home
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  • 84 4 Keep clear of these gri^y fin they're frequently tipped with poison, glands and can inflict severe wounds. Their gruesome wearer is a scorpion fish from the Indian Ocean now safely enclosed as an exhibit at the cage birds and aquaria exhibition at Olymp!a, London. Scorpaenidhe
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  • 118 4 INDIA DAY BADMINTON TOURNAMENT The finals of the Indian l:e--pul;l c Day badminton tournament will be played at thfS urn. -icru liadminton Btadt'JM on 'Saturday, 22nd January at 8 p.m. under the Distinguished Putionajpt of Mr. r. K. Tandcn. Ind.an Commiss .T:er m Malaya. An exiiibition match w»U o« played
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  • 110 4 KEROSINE DIESEL FUEL PRICES UP The Shell Company has announced the following prico Increases m Singapore ;ind throughout the CFederatlon effective from Tuesday, January 18, 1955:SHELL KEROSINE— Ui> 10 cents to $4.60 t>er 4-gaMon tfn CROWN KEROSINE— UP 10 cents to $4.30 per 4-gallon tin SHELL DIESOLINE— U:> 3 cents
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  • 43 4 BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 18: Argentina is building a world's most southerly scientific oUtpcst, 1,300 milometres (just over 800 miles) from the South Pole, the chief of Argentine Naval Operations. Admiral Ramon Brunet, told a press conference here.- Reuter
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  • 305 4 R. K. Mission Literary Competitions In connect. on w.th the blrtnuay ceieDrut.on of Sri RamaKn3hua and Swami ViveKananaa, the modern prophets ot tne narmony of religions, competitions m English, In elocution, recitation of poems by Swami Vivekananda and essay writing will be conducted by the Kamakrishna Mission m tne Ramarkrishna
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  • 142 4 TOKYO, Jan. 18: The Japanese Transportation Ministry described as "fantastic" a speculation that the Japanese Government might raise port dues for foreign ships calling at Japanese Ports if the freight "war" for carrying Malayan Rubber and latex got very bad. The Ministry said the Japanese Government "had never
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  • 376 4 Avadi Congress Will Point Way To MADRAS, Jan. 17. Workmen ait Avadi near here are putting the finishing touches to a huge amphitheatre and over 200 specially built houses m preparation for the annual convention of the Indian National Congress the Government Party next weeh. About
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  • 55 4 photo. Diplomats from Costa Rica. Nicaragua and Uruguay meet m Washington to discuss what at that stage were the threat* of an invasion o* Costa Rica from Nicaragua. Left to right are Ambassador Antonio i-'acio of Costa Rica, Jose A. Mora, of Uruguay, and GuieHermo
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  • 102 4 ALBANY (New York). Jan. 18 Brigadier-Gen. Carlojj P. Romulo, head of the Philippine delegation to the United Nations, said aast night that the united States must make friends m Asia or lose its fight against "imperialist Communism' Introduced r>y Governor Harriman, Gen. Romulo spike at an
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  • 75 4 SEOUL, Jan. 18: Pros. dent Syngman Rhee who reportedly underwent an abdominal operation at a United States Army Hospital here last week, did not attend a special cabinet meeting today which was des gned to show him m "excellent health". No reason for his absence was stated to
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  • 157 4 MORE INDIAN MEDICAL DEGREES RECOGNISED The following medical qualifications have since been recognised by the General Meclicai Council of the united "Singdcm under Section 13 of their Medical Act, 1886, Part 11, with effect from the date and umder conditions, mestioned against them:1. M.8.8.5. (AGRA) With effect from Ist April,
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  • 78 4 LIMA (Peru), Jan. 18 The Government announced last night it has crushed a revolutionary plot to overthrow the administration of President Manuel A. odria. It said Lntrigue was directed from Argentina by Gen. Zenon Noriega, former 'premier and war minister exiled after an unsuccessful coud flast August.
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  • 411 4 MEN AND ARMS FOR COUNTRIES AS BULWARK AGAINST COMMUNISM WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. New foreign aid spending of USsk,fOO, m. was proposed by President Uisenhower yesterday to help U.S. allies uu.ld more than 180 divisions of fighting men and bulwark their economies against Communism. This spending recommendation for
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  • 250 4 WASHINGTON. Jan. 18: A £iuup 'jt As an and African leaders at a World Asuemoly ti Moiai ii-.urniu.mont (MKA) say that wnen principles of tne international movement infuse AJBOM^ m.iLoni m Africa and Asia will stand at her s.de S.xteen representatives of pcutics, 'nuustry, labour
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  • 39 4 COLOMBO, Jan. 18.— The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Robert Menzles, arrived m Colombo today for a seven-day visit on his way to London for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conferep««» at the end of the month.- Reuter
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  • 69 4 U'AA.vfi'i'A, Jan. 1.1; i.--viiain.ns to a. tend .April's Bandung Asian-African conference have been sent out by the five Colombo power*' joint secretariat, a foreign Ministry sourer said today. The nations invited were Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Central African Federation, Communist China, Egypt, Ethiop a, Gold Coast, Iran, Iraq, Japan,
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  • 123 4 U.S. $800m. Jap. Reparations For P. I.? TOKYO, Jan. 18: A Philippine congressman said Tuesday his country expects "just enough, no more than enough, reparations from Japan 800 mill. on dollars." Lccn Guinto, Jr., Nacionalista representative from Quezon province, said the Philippines senate already had rejected Japan's ofler of 400
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  • 118 4 The President of the City Council Electrical Workers Un.cn m a statement issued last night sa'.d that as there was no satisfactory reply to the Union's ultimatum aateo. Deo. 19, 1954, the Un ou was compelled to serve ou the Cty Counc.l a two-week strike
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  • 116 4 TOKYU, Jan. 18: Movie director Henry King leaves for Hong Kong tonight on a survey trip for a picture he says "will be as immortal as Madame Butterfly.*' The 20th Century-Fox director said the movie will be based on Miss Han Suyin's novel, "A Many
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