Singapore Standard, 27 February 1958

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    22 1 SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Cable: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1958 Vol. Vlll. No. 239 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • Article
    Lock icon RICE FOR THE REBELS
    417 1 THEY BUY 100,000 TONS FROM COLONY Tongkangs Ship It Out Despite Govt. Blockade THE Central Sumatran Revolutionary Government is now buying approximately 100,000 tons of rice from Singapore, sources close to the "rebel'' government told The Standard last night. The rice, which will supplement the existing
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    Lock icon MACMILLAN HOPES FOR TALKS WITH REDS
    205 1 MACMILLAN HOPES FOR TALKS WITH REDS From ANDREW ROTH LONDON. Feb. 26 In a luncheon speech to Commonwealth correspondents today, Prime Minister Mr. Harold Macmiilan. spoke of the tremendous impact on him of the warm reception at the hands of the new Asian members of the Commonwealth. He spoke of
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    Lock icon UK Will Work For All-Round Disarmament
    162 1 UK Will Work For All-Round Disarmament LONDON. Fcb M (Renter) —Mr. Duncan Sandys. .Minister for Defence, laid today that Britain would '"work flat out" for an agreed all-round disarmament Opening a two-day defence debate, he tcld the House of Commons: "As Minister of Defence there is nothing I wish for
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    Lock icon POET HONOURED
    26 1 ROME University yesterday conferred an honorary degree on T.S Eliot. British poet and dramatist whom it described as a 'Great benefactor to humanity.' Reuter
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    Lock icon SIR PAUL
    27 1 PI A News Agency reported yesterday that Sir Paul Sinker, Director-General of the British Council, had loft Indonesia for Singapore after a fortnight's stay.- Reuter
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    Lock icon WE WILL HIT BACK IF ATTACKED-GURION
    133 1 JERUSALEM. Feb. 26 (Reuter) Israel reserves her right of action if Iraq moves troops to the Jordan-Israeli frontier, the Israeli Prime Minister. Mr David Ben Gurion. announced today He was speaking at a Press conference in reply to questions about the newly-formed Iraqi-Jordan Federation
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    Lock icon 10,000 MILES IS A LONG WAY FOR A BOY TO FLY. SO HE PACKS SOME MEE
    234 1 10,000 MILES IS A LONG WAY FOR A BOY TO FLY. SO HE PACKS SOME MEE TWELVE -year-old Lye Boon Leong. a Penang hawker's son with an enlarged heart, did not forget his favourite home food when he left Singapore yesterday for Los Angeles for treatment. The youngest son *f
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    Lock icon Doctors 'Trials' Open In Colony
    157 1 Two Accused Of irregularities SINGAPORE Government has launched the "trials" of two senior officers of the Medical Service who are accused of irregularities in the discharge of their duties. One tribunal headed by Mr. S.E. Teh of the AttorneyGeneral's office, has already completed its sittings
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    Lock icon Nehru Hails Federation
    64 1 NEW DELHI. Feb. 26 (UP) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has sent messages to the Premiers of Jordan and Iraq congratulating the merger ol the two Hashemite kingdoms into the Arab Federation, reliable sources said today. Mr. Nehru m reported to have expressed hope for closer Arab unity
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    Lock icon DEFENCE COSTS
    24 1 THE American Government will shortly ask Congress for a new increase in national defence appropriations. Defence Secretary, Neil McElroy. said yesterday. A.F.P.
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    Lock icon Commandos Occupy Rebel Town
    94 1 Commandos Occupy Rebel Town JAKARTA, Feb. 26 (Reuter) The Indonesian Army beadquarters said toHav that Commandos had been sent to defiant Xorth Celebes, whose leaders had pledged loyalty to rebel central Sjmatra The Armv said the troopof the central GovernmcM in Jakarta had FCi OCCUPiCH] HM town of Gorontnio in
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    260 1 NATO Must Agree First, Says Ike WASHINGTON. *cd. 26 (Reutcn President Elsenhower *aid today that agreement with the NATO allies would be necessary belore any Unitrd States-Soviet accord on a temporary ban on nuclear tests He made this .statement when asked to comment at hLs Press conlerence on the views
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    Lock icon PLANE MISSING
    21 1 AN Iranian Skymaster wa reported missing yesterday on a fliqht from Frankfurt. West Germany, to Adana in Turkey. AFP
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    Lock icon FOUR ALGERIAN BATTLES CLAIM 193 LIVES
    203 1 ALGIERS. Fcb 26 (UP)-A violent upswing in fighting between French and Algerian rebels sent French losses soaring to 43 known dead and 73 wuuri'lcd in the last 48 hours. French ofTicials said today Four major battles flared from south of Algiers to iust west
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    Lock icon RUSSIAN PLEA TO MALAYA: 'LET'S TRY TO GET CLOSER'
    381 1 KUALA LUMPUR. W« d. Loade: of the Hu ..n LCAFE c- cgati n, Mr. Jakuv E Chadaev toddy called for 'closer ielati<>nship" between the F^d-. ition of Malaya and Sov i t Russia as this would br:: 4 benetits :o both
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    Lock icon Police Clash With Strikers
    68 1 MELBOURNE, F< 26 (Rmseamen on the street of Do k workers went on strixe three days &co in protect against cuts in ':.<■ si/< of £me o**^ •S r,'i .p'. v vessels today to support th« The street clashes began ..f j n i (>.i <*.
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    Lock icon Mayor Orders Probe
    194 2 Mayor Orders Probe SINGAPORE Mayor, Mr. Ong Eng Guan, yesterday ordered a full-scale investigation into the issue of number plates to 16 unauthorised attap huts built in Jalan Datoh recently. Mr. Ong asked the City Architect. Mr. H. Hawson to inquire into the matter immediately, with a view to bringing
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    Lock icon DEPUTY C.A.O. TO BE ASIAN
    87 2 THF PinMicc tnd Gcotwl Purposes Committee o| the Singapore Ci!y Count'il last night decided that the Council*! Deputy Chief Administrative Offlcef uniti be tn Asian The poet ol tbo Deputy C.A.O iHwrv.o varant nst month, wiion Mr. R MiddletonSmitli who waa boldiaj me poet, was
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    Lock icon ALLIANCE MAN'S POLLS PETITION IS DISMISSED
    614 2 ALLIANCE MAN'S POLLS PETITION IS DISMISSED PENANG, Wed. Mr Justice Kigby in the High Court today dismissed the petition of the Alliance nominee, Mr. Cheah Seng Teik, against his disqualification as a candidate for the North* Ward in the Butterworth Town Council elections. Mrs. 15 H. Oon. who contested in
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    Lock icon MOTHER SAVES HER BABY FROM FIRE
    212 2 THE presence of mind oi a IJ-\«arniH helped to save the life of her six'ninntMd when fire gutted her home in Kampon, J( j yesterday morning. Rasimah ir.rr Noor. wife of a driver, to d The S' an 1 she \va> doinq her h
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    Lock icon Council To Recruit 25 Officers
    73 2 Council To Recruit 25 Officers MGAPORE City C •A... mn<t Htwker h*. tors, five lafctint Hen* o.". five r...r. .r._ mancea General Purpo tion oi these posu wattt. II slstant Health Oft. cetk anc will ir.r»r O taclTi m d' v r c .r. v. v f opened soon. n
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      547 2 NOTICES NATURALISATION. NOTICE is hereby given that I, SOON ET TIN. (alias Sun I— Chern Suen Y— Chern) of 199. Thomson Rise Estate, Singapore 20 is applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written
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    Lock icon Malaya Calls For Capital
    425 3 AT the ECAFE meeting in Kuala Lumpur the rction Government has officially invited foreign slisfs tc invest in industries in this country. ng th;s appeal on behalf of the Government, s_ ntrcl'cr of the Federation Trade Division, ;a Moncr bin Raja Badiozaman, said, "We firmly th:.r
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    Lock icon Red Politics At ECAFE
    404 3 Lider cf the Soviet delegation to the conference followed the usual Russian ittern when he used the debate on industry r resources for communist propaganda. !i,-. ;v c. Chadacv deliberately ignored facts and :t-.d himself in his attempts to show that v Government had always been
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    26 3 <S 'Pro A|. Irr^'»r,,er,t» a VU limm nim ■ii l7 i^*g«Si I 4 v *>♦ I* ,<' mala- a a Bufc it China lrl
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    Lock icon Did you know...
    32 3 Ihe human heart stops lor one-suth of I second behtven beats. As a result, your heart stands still for i period ffWU fti one 7 suth of your lijetime.
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    242 3 SWEDEN is savins Lws time and money by increasing the use of industrial tel< v:-:iin. Stockholm, plamu ci with more and ore cm: s to be contn Hod by a shorthanded police lofces is Installing television cameras at main cen1 1 t's ol' t: aific >o that a single
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    Lock icon Sweden Uses TV To Save
    353 3  -  P. E. Burke LIVES, TIME, MONEY Prisoner! can listen to rs lio, gel permission to u-'.c >hone to the free I i OUtside, and work fan hobby rOOmi But nervoui conservatives this time had lumped to wrong conclusion Pri- D itt have nof vet been
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    Lock icon BATTLE AGAINST BANDITS
    929 3  -  Jonathan Sway no FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS, THE INDIAN POLICE ARE ON TOP IN THEIR LONG By NEW DELHI pOR the fi>st time in ten vears the Indian police are OH top in their IOQg bait'e with the bandits of Mac^ya Prade:-h (literallv, Middle
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    Lock icon Economic Effects Of Racial Segregation
    661 3  - Economic Effects Of Racial Segregation Michael Charvet By NEW YORK T-?ACIAL segregation is imposing a thrcc-f«.ld economic burden on tie southern states- the most backward area of the United States, ever since the civil war ended their slave-owning prosperity 100 years ago. Rill IM minim are worried by the great
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  • We the PEOPLE
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      Lock icon Compulsory Voting
      156 3 Sir— Many pros and cons on compulsory voting have appeared in the local press lrom time to time. The Singapore Government is planning to put the bill before the Legislative Assembly To preach is one thin? and to act is yet another thing. During the last City Council
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      92 3 Sir— Lxtra nolid ays mean a n.se in tbc already high cost ol living lo the worker.^ So 1 cannot agree to this idea ol giving a worker a whole day off to go and vote However, the pol.ing booth.-, be open on two consecutive day.- (Sftyl a
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    403 3 the NEWS as it strikes me 4 \\t expects nations of the uorld. when the> send de'egations to international i*onierenc«*s on matter* of vital importance to mankind, to select men and women eminentl) su.t« d to the tasks that he ahead ol them; men and women capable of making valuable
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    Lock icon TOURISTS' PUZZLE: FIND THE MALAYS
    362 4 TOURISTS' PUZZLE: FIND THE MALAYS Dont Drive Out Those In Town, Penang Warned PENANG, Wed. To foreigners who came to these shores as tourists, it would be a standing joke for them to find no Malays living in the town area in "the land of the Malays." IWs -vas stated
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    Lock icon COPRA DEALERS GET A 'REPRIEVE'
    124 4 COPRA DEALERS GET A 'REPRIEVE' BU rERWQRTH Wed I Iwn Do mcti it in n meeting tod r. i mM Um decisi< n i I Ith C mmii u that jopra kiln should bo led from Jt R Town Council motion rescinding r v :> i i n O I
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    46 4 IVAN AM AN. IT l«\i\ rs t t<J.'> for Australia to ■study medicine former student of st Xavier's Institution. Pen i-:-. Allan is t!ie eldest son of the horse M liner; Mr I AM.m \llan intends to be i\> .i> for seven years. Standardpic.
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    Lock icon Rulers Meet Next Month
    109 4 Rulers Meet Next Month KUALA LL'MPL'R. Wed.— Tk&t fsoT*! Ifst oonfsrsncs of •,:-.c Ru.or; will be held at the l>tana Ne.ara. resilience of Um Yssi di-PsffUm Asjonft n Maick I sad ft flic R :vr> a:: i tv. o Hu\ rrnor> v. have to notify the R ers 1 So
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    Lock icon Council Appointments Unfair, Charges Union
    248 4 ;;\{-j.!> (>; uniu.Nt ml inequitable treatment ;.m! to proirnf.onN mcl appointments of junior 11 -> l w. \t--:i':(:.i> vam\ v :ii:.:inst the Singapore City v Us [\w l.JiiKNstrunj; City Council Services A Union spokesman told The nere was a -feelIng of deep di^ and bit*
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    34 4 GOVERNOR Sarawak. Sir An: h A»c v. declare open lbs inu 't Brsl youth v fan Kv Mk on M -rch Repress ntath e> from various jouth organizations are due to attend
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    38 4 MB I MB T r wlitmi I U r-Sc retarv ol s*ate for the Colonies, will visit Nortli B roi i m Mai I to 13 He J I vernmer.t II *ue I in r ti
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    Lock icon MARRIED AT REGISTRY
    54 4 MR. AM) MRS. Lim Fook Fong. who were married at the Singapore Registry of Marriages on Saturday. The bride, the former Miss Ee Gek Choo. is the eldest daughter of Mr and .Mrs. Ee Keng Siang Mr. Lim is the sixth son of Mr. and Mrs. Lim
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    Lock icon Chamber To Send Memo To Govt.
    100 4 Chamber To Send Memo To Govt. TH E Singapore Malay ChambfT oi Qomnu rceai I the economic section of UMNO have Donned joint committee to look ifU r the <.-. d nic interest:; of Colony Malays. Ti:ari Haniid Allwie, chairman 1 1 the Chaml ir, i aid 3 e§U r
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    Lock icon 'Operation Pukat' By Police Makes Good Procurer
    208 4 'Operation Pukat' By Police Makes Good Procurer FENANG, Wvd. Police ti tion i'ukst" against notorious n. members oi secret societies (1 made to check their aetiviii A Po Ice ip l: .in was aminti in d and I tt the was iniorrriati n agh Box 5,000. pe> •'> wi re
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    101 4 Soldiers Find Lair Of 18 Reds KUALA LUMPUR, w*< I —A patrol of the Ist BaH I B the rimhire Begl sat, shot and wounded 1 Coswnunisl berrotisl sentry i tha Labis ■rea of JOII if on M wan snnouncad today. The sentry wal :nded when the d iti I
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    Lock icon Accused Of Robbery
    22 4 vas yc»> Court o f rol P. 1 of $600 bawwif Roa He pleaded mt guilty and March 5.
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    74 4 PBNANG, W< L— A housev. .:o. Um Foil Keok. I Magistrate, Iff A I Afe today her h an oefl tn tea w m mey on ooiu n n Ida I Chew Tio To terfr d1 irer, wio was I I for maintenance. admitted that he
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    Lock icon They Got 'Grey Hairs' Producing this Movie
    96 4 They Got 'Grey Hairs' Producing this Movie H J t'R I the visiting viccpres" I of Paramount poration. Mr. is "one ti will pay to see arrived her, visit to 000 pr< I Com mar I I The I lo^: I is in in Pari^ I I «rf South I
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    15 4 THI pect an students 0 maim are hein** made ll the enr.
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    Lock icon EDUCATION MUST BE THE FIRST PRIORITY'
    205 5 EDUCATION MUST BE THE FIRST PRIORITY' ultimate aim I a:.y ry on the road tu ihood and in I penj was the pr< < primary education for children. Mr. T. 7. :h. pr:nc > Anglo-Chintse S 1 Ti Stani yestf "llinch. who returned tie Colony after a eh n absence
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    27 5 will have <>d view tonight of a of fireworks by the e Trade Fair Con i at the old Kalians 500 shot-shells will bt* cxDloded.
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    88 5 Warning On Illegal Use Of Gear K".\:..\ •r. vv\ he Central F t t. y r ir ,i today w«irnc;i Um pub ic against all< Ing unqua ifie i > iv c -trical illations, plants and apparatus The B ii j existence of the ricil Ordinance. 1949, •i prc- ribes
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    60 5 ki a:. ;p;-r. Wei. Japan was lodaj nnanimouslj U Um nine nation Irafl Um report -.o BCAFI tessioa on indi:- natural reI cs The nine co intrics chosen to draft the n p ri lo be tab ed at the full ECAFI session next s ar<
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    Lock icon ELLIS RETIRING
    39 5 MR I, H. Ellis, Chief Secretary, Sarawak Government, Will retire shortly and will be sueece led bv Mr J C H. Barcroft. Mr E.'.is is due to go on leave at and of March prior to retirement.
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    Lock icon AIRLINER ARRIVES AND A $2.5 MIL. RIDDLE IS SOLVED
    137 5 AIRLINER ARRIVES AND A $2.5 MIL. RIDDLE IS SOLVED THE two-and-a half-million dollar riddle of the Garuda Indonesian Airways new Convair Metropolitan HO iirliner was solved yesterday. T P OB its way to Jakarta from San Diego n Sight, waj expected in Singapore three iiti ago U*VL y r'i.r.-. ofTirials
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    Lock icon Missions $340,000 School Plan
    89 5 Missions $340,000 School Plan KUCHING, Feb. 26 The SPG. (Society for the Propagation of the Gospel) Mission in Sarawak plans spend about $340,000 on its school expansion programme hen-. The programme consists of constructing a $200,000 two-storey primary school for St. Thomas Mission, a $100,000 two-storey extension building for St.
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    Lock icon Blind Centre Advocated
    85 5 KUCHIXG. Feb. 26 The Director of the Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind, Mr. John Wilson, told pressmen here on Friday that the public should take the initiative in promoting blind welfare work in Sarawak. He lOfgested that a training centre tor the blind, possibly designed on
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    Lock icon ANNUAL MEETING
    23 5 The Singapore Christian Funeral Society will hold its 48th annual genera', meeting at 10.:;i) a.m. on Sunday, at HI, Queen Street.
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    Lock icon R.I. ENVOY KEEPS MUM
    43 5 THE Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines, Mr. Nasir Pamuntjak, arrived in Singapore yesterday after talks with his government in Jakarta on the present political crisis. Mr. Pamuntjak refused to be questioned on the talks. He leaves for Manila today.
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    Lock icon New Traffic Chief Warns Road Hogs'
    173 5 $200 Fine Awaits The Slowcoaches SINGAPORE'S new Traffic Chief, Superintendent Sardar Singh, yesterday threatened to take "vigorous action against road hogs." "These people who chug along at slow speed in the centre of the road, make it almost impossible for other motorists to pass,"
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    Lock icon Teresa Will Sing In Five Languages
    65 5 Teresa Will Sing In Five Languages TOP Hongkong recording artiste and soprano. Miss Teresa Leung Ping, will begin a three-month singing engagement at a Singapore nightspot on Saturday Teresa, who is wellknown to Singaporeans, will sing Chinese. English. Italian, French and Spanish songs nightly. This is her first public appearance
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    Lock icon RELIGIOUS CLASSES
    45 5 SINGAPORE Malay schools will start religious classes in the second school term (after Hari Raya Puasa) Secretary of the Malay Education Council. Ustaz Jailani Imam, said yesterday that this had been agreed at a meeting between the Education Ministry and the Council's representatives.
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    Lock icon Two Years Jail For Passing Dud Cheques.
    152 5 Two Years Jail For Passing Dud Cheques. PROSECUTING Onicer, InspectOl V. Devadas, yesterciay tul 1 a Singapore District Judge how Low Kim Guan, ft, had cheated four persons. Including a woman, of $900 in th course of two weeks bv presenting "dud" cheques in payment of purchases. Lf w, Inspector
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    Lock icon EXPATS STAY ON AS THEY HAVE FAITH IN COLONY'
    452 5 EXPATS STAY ON AS THEY HAVE FAITH IN COLONY' Blades: A Job To Be Done EXPATRIATE officers still in the Singapore Police Force have stayed on because they had faith in Singapore, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. A. E. G. Blades, told Colony Rotarians at their weekly luncheon yesterday. i
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    Lock icon STABBED WHEN HE PUT OFF PAYMENT OF A LOAN
    175 5 STABBED WHEN HE PUT OFF PAYMENT OF A LOAN A MANDORE. of the Singapore Harbour Board, K ThangaveMu, who deferred payment of a loan, was stabbed in the chest. the Assize Court was told yesterday. Thangavellu alleged he was stabbed with a knile twice on the chest by a winchman.
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      230 5 1 FROM THE SLUMS OF SINGAPORE COMES THE DRAMATIC STORY OF t THE CITY'S "DEAD-END KIDS and I TOUGH GUYS WHERE MONEY WAS I A_ THING VALUED EVEN MORE THAN [LIFE! 4- fl I"J I k X^A M f 1k I N I^. IMHHIIiIIIIIIMBHHM^^^^I s with ISSIH =f S KADARISMAN
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  • SPORTING WORLD
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      327 6  -  WINDSOR LAD By PENANG, Wed. At least one trainer is not worried about the dry weather in Penang. He is trainei Wally Basby who sent two horses against f he flock on a rock-hard track Holiday Flight and High Hope.. Holidiv Flight, with Tom
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      Lock icon Perak's Objective—A Soccer Double'
      444 6 Perak's Objective— A Soccer Double' TUCK KONG STAGES A COMEBACK IPOH. Wed. Perak, last year's Malaya Cup winners are seeing "double" this year. They intend not only to retain the championship honours which they so deservingly won, but also to bring home the VMM Cup a feat yet to be
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      50 6 TAIPIXC. Wed. Showing speed and combination. St. George's Institution started their soccer season well vestorday beating the Malay. Other ranks of the British Military Hospital by tour goals to two The winners scored throusn Kwai Onn (2), Kam CbOQg and Rashid. The soldiers netted through Rajaratnam and Murugiah.
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      187 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Selangor's team to play in the FAM Cup will in future be a junior one, said Mr. Arthur Manuel, secretary of the Football Association ai Selangor A junior team. tM explained. would help to encourage youngitelU of abilitv ai;d would
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      260 6 ROSANDICH STARTS WORK ON OUR ATHLETES TODAY KLALA LIMPI K, Wed. American track and field coac'i. P. Rosandich, who arrived here today on a three months State Department sponsored tour of the Federation and Singapore praised our athletes after watching two Olympic sprinters Annie Choong and Lee Kah Fook at
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      127 6 Dockyard Gets Vass 3 Others FOUR players Ivan Vass. Boniface, Hassan (all from Star Soceeritcs) and Paul Chua (Tiger Sporting Association) will turn out for lI. M. Dockyard in an opening match of the Singapore Amateur Football Association senior division league at Jalan Besar stadium on Saturday Dockyard finished near
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      111 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Eighteen players have been inv'ted to represent the FAM in the two matches against Singapore on March 1 and L> at the Merdeka Stadium The proceeds of these two matches will go towards the FMOC Asian Games Fund. Following are the 18 players: Lourdes
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      94 6 PASIR Pan.iang btdmdary School defeated Beany Secondary School three matches t two in a fnendh badminton match at PPSS hall yesterday Full results follow:— Singles: Leonp Foo Yuen beat Foo Kok Liang 'H 1.1. 15 U. Lye Hin Seng beat Li:n Teck Lee 15 2. 15-4; 'Tan Ah
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      131 6 LOPSIDED WIN FOR KIWIS TOKYO, Feb 26 (Keutrr) The New Zealand rugby tourin? team today continued their Japanese tour with a lopsided win over an all-Kanto team compr isi n g representatives from five Tokyo universities The final score was 22 points to 3 points Minor injuries among ::.i New
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      132 6 Hongkong Bankers Shock Mercantile IJONCiKOM, nfc major ups, v c V defeat,,! 1-0 in a si», *V,» HOUSI- I c r.th./l, Hu division on»- Farrer Park v«'V\!'. a *.£>;;:;,,. 1 Percv Pctrr-v- r >^.. r v well thß dint trSlr Ver T pr# was no «-nr» Peno/; y quali>e ,en
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      120 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A trial soccer match wil be h< at the Victoria li s! tution ground tomorrow 1o st led i team to represent Sibneo; combined schools for th< it i 1 I against Negri Combined schools on Saturriav The loilowing p'.aytrs have been invited for U
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    390 7  -  VERNON MORGAN By 1-ONUfIV beb, 26, (Reuter)- Willie Pastrano, N -a-an heavyweight who is ranked fourth in the v .1 nairowly outpointed Brian London, of Britain i iin rounds international bout at Harringay here last ■kM I A, 23-y< ar-old son of Jack London,
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    200 7 Writers Disagree With Ref's Decision i>\ F.b M. -ReuKr^ r.il r.r.i^h boxing writers 1 :r.-rd *ith the referees' dnsion whuh 'Mvp Willie 1 trano ll i p«»mt> win Kr.tUh I; .i\ v\» -ight IJrian .i..:i Ik re Li-t nijjht. I/mdon had not been c much chance and ►at for a
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    110 7 KINGSTO N. Jamaica, i ReuteD— Pakistan, l.mn in the five- match v ri"v have strengthened pace attack for the i lest against the West I >. starting here today. h: in Muhammad has been included in place of batsman \Y. Hassan. This is the only
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    106 7 HE AIMS TO END FIGHT QUICKLY MANILA, Feb. 2G (UP).— Cuba's Mandel Armcnteros said today he will seek a knockout victory over Philippine bantamweight champion Al Asuncion in their March 1 bout here for a possible title meeting with France's world bantam titlist Alphonse Halimi. Armenteros, ranked number 7 bantam
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    42 7 KARACHI, Feb. 26. (Reuter) —Pakistan will play Thailand at Bangkok on March 26 and 27 in the Asian zone final of the Thomas Cap Badminton competition. The Pakistan team Is expected to leave for Bangkok on March 22.
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    392 7 CARDIFF. Feb. 20 (Reuter) The world recordbreaking feats of Australian swimmers this year prompt speculation on the times they might achieve in the new indoor pool being built for the British Empire and Commonwealth Games here in July. "I'm looking
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    173 7 THE KIDS CASH IN ON THE CUP LONDON, Wed.— ln two hours yesterday, Fulham sold 27.000 tickets for next Saturday's sixth-round F. A. Cup-tie against Bristol Rovers. Soon the tickets were changing hands again and even the kids were cashing in on the Cup. Six of them boys aged barely
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    120 7 Gonzales Closes The Gap DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 26, (UP)— Pancho Gonzalez' big serve carried him past Lew Hoad 6—3, 7—5 on Monday night and narrowed the margin in their 100-match series to 16—9. Gonzales, hustling to get In with the Australian in tneir cross-country tour, broke through his service in
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    92 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 26 (Reuter). Ingemar Johansson (Sweden) European neavywcight champion who beat Britain's Joe Erskine last week is named "fighter of the month" in the monthly ratings of the American boxing magazine The Ring. Johansson moves up from 10th to 7th place among contenders
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    68 7 TANJONG MALIM Wed.— Inche Abdul Rahim bin Ibrahim was elected president of the Tanjong Malim District Malays" Football Association here. Others elected were: vicepresident: Inche Abdul Rahman bin Mohamed. hon. secretary: Inche Ahmad bin Osman. treasurer: Inche Zainuddin bin Udin. Committee: Inche Zakaria bin Abdul Razak. Inche
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    206 7 HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 26 (Reute-o. Juan Fangio world champion racing motorist returned to the hotel here where he was kidnapped at gunpoint on Sunday and spoke to lellow drivers of "my loyal lriend Stirling Moss." The v had' told him of the British driver's
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    469 8 Patrick O'Donovan on the American Scene: YyASHINGTON. and a large part of the outh. is emerging from a bout of cold weather that is just about the worst recorded. It began a week ago with a fall of snow. Washington got and kept some 14 inches. Temperatures
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    220 8 Million Francs for Welder William Mil Unship reports from Paris p:ERRE Pbitrinal, a 17-year-old apprentice welder from Pans, has just won a million frar.es in a commercial radio quiz programme. ar.i has shaken Frenchmen's faith in their educational system in the process. 'For. although he failed on the four million
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    250 8 pEK/.VG'S refusal to allcw Lord and Lady Lindsay to visit China icoiild seem odd if it were related only to the earlier regard irhich the CMIfN Communists held for the 48-jyear-old British baron. Lady Lindsay is Cliinese, one of her husband's students ichen from itM to 1941 Lord
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      589 8 QUOTATION: P^B^J^ "Common sense, in an fe^b uncommon degree, is what klllfl KJ the world calls wisdom." p^^^SP^ Coleridge l^feS wm^ THURSDAY FOR I feAvV^taJ EVERYONE: Be rv HM tious. dutiful toward prex. t I B^BBIhbM obligations and respor.sibili- I K^TS^^^^Hl ties, but don't take on anv I V^^K I
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    127 9 Farmers Are Promised Qualify Birds QUALITY bird,, each capaij.e of laying 18C tssi p<-t ytar, wi.: 1 available to iarmm VtMB the new Ama KflDfl Husbandnf Ke.-earch Station lUfft to raOCtion, Minister lor Commerce and Industry, Mr. .1. M. Jumablioy, told 30 farBMTI vc-terday The EuiMn were attcndins I civ.es
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    104 9 'JOB WEEK' FOR SCHOOL S.J.A. CADETS SIXTY members of the St. Patrick School, St. John Ambulance Cadet Corps, will go cut in twofl and threes hunting tor jobs during their "Job week, beginning on Saturday. For the first two days, the boys Will only approach residents in the Katong/ Sig'.ap
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    263 9 Caught With Firearms By Police Patrol KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—" Mouse deer terrorist Yap Keow Sin, 35, was today sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Smith on a capital charge of possessing a pistol and ammunition in the jungle fringe off Sungei Gantong, Rawang, on Jan.
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    166 9 RUBBER TIN PRICES '"LOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib in Singa Dore vesterday were: Bavers Sellerv Spot (nom.) 781 785 R.S.S. No. 1 781 78 April R.S.S. No. 1 78 78i R.S.S. No 2 March 74 1 74} K.S.S. No. 3 March 70? 71 Tone: Quietly steady. The price of
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    47 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Eighteen people, Including several children, were asleep when a fire broke out in the Heap Hoe Sawmill near here, at '6 a.m. today They evacuated hastily before the fire razed the office building to the -round Damage caused was about $10,000
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    153 9 THE Singapore City Cour, will K-on set up a Hawkers* Advisory Committee to tackle ill hawker problem! A decision to thii effect bus inkers by the Council's Hca.th Committee, which will be table! at tomorrow's ordinary meeting of the OouaWl I r confirmation. The committee recommended
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    156 9 GIRLS from the Singapore M< ie] a ;i Lemy ippeared lor i .Teen test In swim suits si Shaw Brotherj Studk i la Jalan Ampas last nifbt Thi< morning two more gifls from the ame Academy, Miss Sonia Kilgannon, if jfear old apprentice hairdresser,
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    274 11 THE Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada broke all Canadian life insurance company records by selling Can. $917,000,000 of Jife insurance last year. This was revealed by Sun Life's president. Mr. George W. Bourke, at the company's 87th annual meeting beld in Montreal recently.
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    126 11 Rubber Up y 4 Cent International first grade rubber lor March was quoted yesterday at 78i cents per lb. up i cent over Tuesday. The tone at the close was quietly steady. The morning session opened quiet with some small inquiry in lower grades, mainly in blankets. The turnover was
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    100 11 THE Muar River Rubber Co. Ltd.'s profit, subject to audit, for 1957 was £51,627 (previous year £34,363). Taxation requires £21,000 (£12,700) and transfer to Replanting Reserve £20,000 (£15,000). An interim dividend of 2d. (Id.) per 2/- share less income tax will be paid and the carryforward stands at
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    96 11 SINCiAPOKb Otolnese HK>duce Exchange noon closing prices per plcul yesterday were: copra Feb. /March UK/ Continent $302 buyers $313 sellers: coconut oil In bulk $47 sellers, in drums $51 sellers. Muntok white pepper $104 sellers; Sarawak white $103 sellers; Special Sarawak black $64. Singapore Copra Association closing prices: fair
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    74 11 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: New York- buying, T.T. 32-7/8. OD. 33, 90 days airmail 33-3/16 credit bills, 33-3/16 trade bills. Canada: buying, T.T. 32-1/4, OD 32-3/8. 90 days airmail 32--11/16 credit bills, 32- 13/16 trade bills. Selling,
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    121 11 INDUSTRIALS AND TINS EASE INDUSTRIALS and tins were easier, while rubbers were dull in the Malayan share market yesterday. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buvers Sellers 8.8. Petrol 32 '6 34 6 Con. Tin Smelt Ords. 28/- 29'Gamrr.on 2.25 2.30 Robinson Co: Ords 1.78 ISO
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    186 11 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done C.TS. ords 28 4J; Fed Disp. $2 .15- V. and N. ords $2.07*. $2.66: Gammrm $2.30 to $2.275; Hammer $2 25 overnight and yesterday, $2 27* delayed; Hume prefs 22/ M. Breweries $3.375. $3 40 odd lot. $3 50; M.
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    398 11 COLONY COPRA TRADE REVIVES AFTER BORNEO THREAT COPRA trade in Singapore, which was in danger of being eclipsed by Borneo, made a revival last year, it was stated yesterday by the retiring chairman, Mr. J. A. Buehler, at the Singapore Copra Association's annual general meeting. The trade last year improved
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    154 11 SHIPS IN PORT OUTER ROADS Felipes, Pellicula. Ringnorn, Everlixe, Hunan. Oceanic Enterprise, Hoi HOUW, Talabot, De Keren--, Brenda. Thaumastus, Statius Janesen, Gordian, Betiri, Tong Soon. Valery Chaklov, Toboro, FoMularca, Braeside. Lfbertad, Vladivostok. lees Breede, San Carlos. Bonneyille, Amazuna, Tyndareus, Great Oaki. INNER ROADS Bangnara, Giang Seng, New Asia, Taype, Sirusa.
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    60 11 ASIAN railway trainees go to a school recently opened in Madras by British United Traction Ltd., the largest supplier of multiple-diesel railcar units in the world. This school, at the Perambur works of the Southern Rai'way, provides instruction for personnel of both the Northern and
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    219 11 A NUMBER of Singapore and Malayan businessmen will visit the second Australian Industries Fair to be held in Melbourne from March 7 to 29. In addition to representatives from other organizations, at least four members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Singapore will be
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    178 11 Customs Handling Charges To Go Up KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An order will shortly be published increasing from five to ten cents per picul. the customs handling charges at Port Swettenham and Prai. The Customs Department explained today that for the past four years, the cost of providing the service has.
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    359 12 TRADE LEADERS HAH TAX OFFEk exemptions Will Mean More New Industries KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.-Leodcrs of merce in the Federation today hoilrrf u offer of a five-year "tax holiday" f o lo K* in pioneer industries. est^ Government's invitation to foreign inn, start pioneer industries here wa s oU no Controller
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    182 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— At the height of rebuttals Russia was receiving from Formosa, Korea, Britain the United States, at the ECAFE meeting today, one of the Soviet delegates sat coolly writing out invitations to leaders of all delegations to a reception the Russians
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    450 12 Aerial Survey: Malaya Will Share Benefits KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaya will share with other ECAFE countries the experience and benefits she will derive from the firsi aero-magnetic survey of the country started last year. This was revealed by the Deputy Director of Geological Survey, Federation of Malaya, Dr. J.B. Alexander,
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    204 12 GEOLOGICAL WORKING PARTY IS PERMANENT KUALA LUMPUF -ECAFE I:. ■ources meeting here tod* •■firmed that the ad i king p< iogists mmk Asia and M bc a pennanS ij uy. Malayan deJenttaa. Dr i B. A. x..: jya Dr. Alexander••.■;.;v I; strated con inhering the prec nt var: a;:ng and
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    56 12 SINGAPORE'S Geylanf Community Asso< :i wi! sponsor an art?. rafts and cookery competition o:i Saturday, March 8. Geylang resident. twecn the ages of in a:.<; art invited to participate Those who wish to compete can set entry forms from the association secretary, ;,t Sim's Avenue Community Centre,
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    106 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The six-man Russian delegation to the ECAFE conference has invited leaders of the other deleg&tioni to I private luncheon party at the Griffin Inn tomorrow The Russians thus become the lirst of the visitors to invite their fellow-delegates to lunch Malaya, however,
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    57 12 THIEVES broke into a merchant's house in Amber Road Singapore on Wednesday and sot away with an estimated $2,560 loot. The intruders gained entry by prising open the back door. The merchant. Mr. Patel Apabhai Umedbhai. reported the loss of $60 cash. $500 worth of jewellery and
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    76 12 CHUA MIANG CHIN, who pleaded not guilty in a Singapore Court yesterday to a charge of abetting the offence of armed robbery by supplying two knives to Tan Kim Seng and Chua Ah Ming, was remanded until Monday. Chua also claimed trial to a
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    143 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. "Mv birthday falls on June 8, 1903. What day was that?" askec. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. And he got the answer at once "Sunday The Prime Minister was testing the powers of the "Human Calculating Machine," Miss Shakuntala Devi, when she
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    277 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The International Rescue Committee of New York has launched a new programme to bring free medical aid to needy villages in Asia and underdeveloped Africa, Mr. Angier Biddle Duke, president of the committee announced today. The programme Medical International Co-operation is
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    313 13 ...P.I. Govt Opposition Accuses Garcia Of Violating Constitution MANILA, Feb. 26 (UP) The Opposition Liberal Party pressed institution of impeachment proceedings against President Carlos P. Garcia who was accused last night of "culpable violation of the constitution" in both Houses of Congress. A ruling Nacionalista Party
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    90 13 LONDON Ftt M Renter) Blizzard- n I nsH and much of Europe t I .n- planes and na] trains and m u< > Britain r- n\ r.n« i icebound and traffic cor. ci.-, p. w< re rha< i the second >uc- with m ire Mian i bl<
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    46 13 gI'LBRUNE. Feb 2»5. \r. X raj I Blr n ir lungs :day li \rj isfactory." a ml l leml H I today. "There are no abnnnr. i. and n^ pl( ural cavity. 1 bill tin idded r ir intention to r built tin.s
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    52 13 MANILA. Feb. 26 (AFP) Nineteen persons were killed and 13 others injured yesterday when a crowded truck plunged into I ravine In Lanan province. southern Philippines Preliminary Investigation showed that the driver of the vehicle was going at very high speed at the time of
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    62 13 BERLIN. Fob M (UP) Explosive expert! today dislimed a 500-pound wnr-ti:ne British bomb found yesterday by building workers in the heart of west Berlin About KM persons who lived within 200-yard radiui of the bomb were evacuated and spent the ni^ht in emergency quarters The bomb
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    106 13 JOURNEYS END -AFTER SIX YEARS WUIIM.ION I eb 2K K« utrr) 21 -foot sloop fi two ir\vn aboard has irrued hvre from England Fter i ovuge lasting six Nan Ihr >ioi»p v*a> built at P'loir Dorset by its owner. 3^ >ear-old Bill Mangan of Auckland nine years ago. He wanted
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    142 13 THE VATICAN POSTAL authorities have issued a series of six stamps to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the miraculous visions of St. Bernadette of Lourdes and the thousands of miracles ascribed to the little French sheperdess during the century. From left are the
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    360 13 GOEITINGEN, Germany, Feb. 26 (Rcutcr) Germany*! leading physicist announced a discovery here last Dight winch may provide the answer to one of the great* It "whys" remaining in man's progress throush nature's KCTttS. Protessor Werner Heisenberg, noted physicist and Nobel Prize
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    79 13 Britain Sells £11 Mi l. Worth Of Aircraft LOXDOX. Feb. M (UP)— Britain's aircraft Industry told £11,089,584 worth of airplanes thrOUghOlli the world last month. January thus became the fourth bigqot business month in history for the nation's aviation firms Major buyers, said the announcement released Todav. wen India, Iran,
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    34 13 MR. Sclwyn IJo.yd, British Foreign Secretary, and Mr. Xuri Birai. Turkish Ambassador to Britain, had a private meeting in London yesterday at which diplomatic observers thought they discussed the Cyprus problem.— Renter.
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    86 13 HANDSHAKES ON THE THAI FRONTIER BANGKOK, Feb. 26. (Router). A wide-range agreement was reached at a meeting today between Thai and Malayan Police officials to discuss border co-operation in combatting Communist terrorists, Thai official sources said. They said no details could be given until the meeting tomorrow between the Malayan
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    159 13 Storms In Millions Of Tea-Cups LONDON. Feb. 26. <UP>Storms in millions of British tea-cup.s were brewing vesterday over reports that Ceylon is planning to export "crystal lized tea Reports from Ceylon saia the government already had successfully extracted "essences of tea leaf and crystallized them." "Consumers will only have to
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    38 13 NEW DELHI. Feb. 26. (UP) —Thirty-five passengers were drowned when a bus plunged off the road into a well near Anantpur in Andhra State Eighteen women and five children were among the casualties.
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    31 13 ABOUT 4.500 workers in hotels, shops and engineering firms went on strike for more pay in Colombo yesterday In response to a call bv the Ceylon Federation of Labour.
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      203 14 SEOI L Feb. 26 (UP) Police announced today the arrest of three suspects in the hijacking of a Republic ot Korea airliner by Communist agents and said one was employed by a U.S. Army unit near the front lines. They were identified as
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      197 14 Rajah. The S'pore Tiger Is Given VIP Treatment SYDNEY. Feb. 26. .Router) Kajah. a 500 lb. tiger, was operated on at Faronga Park /•'<» this afternoon tor ingrowing toe-nails. It wasn't a simple operation. Se\en-vear-old Rajah roared and snarled and threw himv ir around his cage before i put him
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      117 14 TOKYO. Ftb. 26 V UP> Chinese Communists gave the North Korean Army i n 1 1 responsibility yesterday for defending their country alter signing an agreement to relieve the Chinese Peoples "Volunteer" Fc:ce> of the responsibility. Peking Radio reported The broadcast said the agreement
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      19 14 SHAH PAHLEVI and Queen Soraya of Iran will pay a royal v*s't i Formosa next May.- Reuter
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      63 14 SRINAGAR. Feb. 23 ..\FP> Three leaders of the Kashmir '•P:-b:>c.:e Front" which supports former Kashmir Dremier Sheik Abdullah u-ere arrested last nisht in Sr r. Their arre>t brought up to 4"> the number of arrests made as a result of the recent attack by supporters ol
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    188 14 Philippines Study Move To Round Up 2,000 Chinese Visitors MANILA, Feb. 26 (IP) Thr s cussed a proposal to round up son,. 2 ffisifi f: Chinese visitors here and place them' in tion camp a l '«»n;e n v The proposal was advanced r. I missioner
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    175 14 Ceylon And Russia Sign Aid Pact COLOMBO. Fob 2U <LP> Ceylon yesterday signed an agreement with the Soviet L'nion for economic and technical co-opera-tion The Soviet Uni< n agreed to help Ceylon devel< p hydropower, fisheries, -scientific instruction and m oth< r fl< ids It extended credit totalling 120 million
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    240 14 LONDON, Feb. 26 (IT) Opposition Socialists prepared today to attack the Government for authorizing the United States to set up missile bases in Britain. i A two-day defence debate began today with the Socialists expected to concentrate their tire against the U.S.
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    484 14 TIGERS' REIGN OF TERROR IS OVER PILLIBIIIT (Northern India), Feb. 2G (Kcutcr) Villmferi of the Pi.ibhit district of Northern India are celebrating their release from a two-year reisn of terror by a family of five man-eating tigers, who h;ue all been shot dead in a mass hunt lasting three weeks.
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    133 14 SANTA MONICA. California, Feb. 26 (Reuter) Water from the snows of Mount Fuji was used in ceremonies naming the newest of Japan Airline s fleet of DC-7 transports "City of Los Angeles" yesterday. The water was brought here by Japanese airlines officials and
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    41 14 ONE HUNDRED and flftj thousand people have been expelled from the Polish United Workers (Commun Ist) Party or had theii names struck off the party membership registers sinct November, the official Polish news agencv PAP renortpr* last night.- Reuter
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    104 14 to hRM 1 26 < Rsuter > A mummy believed to date from the 16th century has been found a few StoS? nTr?^ "Aft f i" Thanh Hof PYokh nf£/'S a l iet am The grave was buil t with a a Lrn *i lCh I
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    114 14 MORE than 50,000 persons including high school students flock at the Capitol Plaza in Se^ul to protest the Communist hijacking of a South Korean civilian airliner with 34 persons aboard. The Korean National Airlines DC3 transport, piloted by two Americans, was seized
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    206 14 PARIS. Feb. 26 (Router) The French Foreign Minister, M. Christian Pineau. said here yesterday that if France lost North Africa the whole of the Western world would be the losers Speaking in debate on Franco-Tunisian relations in the Council of the Republic
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    99 14 KARACHI. Feb. 26 (UP) Indonesian President Soekarno has started transferring funds to Japan with the p'.an of seeking asylum in that country, it was reported here yesterday. The Evening Comment reported from Singapore that So^ekarno. during oil recent visit to Japan, "began negotiations with the
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    47 14 'The Little Old Ghost Comes Night Day' P priest b!e««i 4 -e here said mS Ifce room, with h o iy^l3 live-wr^d taught 5, »ficn the man" stood mm her 2 r fd. "I M I rrppt>r n r 1 «fr* the ahost has btn In a
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    65 14 CAIRO eh. 26 (Reuten The Caii to six ->' chey had kidnapped and her man and ti his hair and mousttch punish not his deb: g The now bald debtor told th( c j I bouj m :endants Mi promis. stalment.. v cam om my promise,
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    37 14 TEHERAN teri a Persian a has sent' Commun I i murder.r- a number of t Commun ieagues. Gen* rral Hossi J I prosecut r He said elude a nm I Abbassi. r^ r
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