Singapore Standard, 5 April 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Cable: "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1958. Vol. VIM. No. 276 15 cts. 14 Pages (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 701 1 TEN EMERGE FROM JUNGLE SURRENDER Evil Role Of Two MCP. Branches Comes To A Close KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Ten Communist terrorists representing the entire strength of two MCP branches m the Klang district have surrendered during the past two days, Mr. H. Greenhowe, Chief of the Selangor
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  • 296 1 Marshall Flays The Mayor CHAIRMAN of the Workers Party, Mr. David Marshall on Thursday charged the Mayor of Singapore and the PAP City Councillors with bringing about a situation which might bring chaos m the essential services. "The City Council today is a shambles,"
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  • 120 1 Police Fire On Colombo Mob: 2 Die COLOMBO. April 4 (AFP) Two people were killed and four injured when Police at Bogawantala opened fire on a crowd demonstrating against buses carrying the Sinhalese "Sri" letter on their number plates, it was reported here yesterday. Premier Solomon Bandaranaike called an immediate
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  • 200 1 BUDAPEST, April 4 (Reuter) The Soviet Premier, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev said here today that the world had greeted "with disappointment and despair" President Eisenhower's statement that Russia's decision to end nuclear tests were merely "propaganda." The Soviet Premier told a Liberation Day mass rally of
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  • 911 1 Port Railway Must Not Mix: Expert Report KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Steps should be taken to make Port Swettenham as independent of the Malayan Railway as possible and, later fully independent, British port expert Sir Eric Millbourn, has recommended. Sir Eric, assisted by Mr. Francis H. Cave, Sir lan Parkin, Captain
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  • 65 1 SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 (Reuter) Eight people have so far been killed and property and crops estimated m millions of dollars damaged by storms and floods lashing the Californian coast. Waves up to 40 feet high hammered the San Francisco Peninsula yesterday after 5,000 people
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  • 52 1 THOUSANDS of Singapore Catholics with lighted candles filled the grounds of St. Joseph's Church m Victoria Street, last night, for the annual Good Friday service. The candlelight procession wa s solemn with the congregation kneeling as the statue of Jesus Christ was carried round the church grounds.
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  • 197 1 ALL QUIET IN MALACCA AFTER 2 DAYS OF RIOTING MALACCA, Fri. All is quiet here today after two days of rioting by bus strikers. In the morning a large crowd watched silently at the bus terminus as three buses of the Malacca Omnibus Services arrived. A strong police force guarded
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  • 55 1 A Singapore clerk. Dharan Derrai, 28, was run over and killed by a train at a level crossing m Bukit Timah, yesterday. An employee of the Naval Base, Mr. Choo Kam Seng, who was drinking coffee m a stall nearby, was told of the accident
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  • 33 1 THE Nationalist Foreign Minister. Dr. George Yeh and the Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Kensuke Horinouchi yesterday held another long conference over the Tokyo-Peking trade deal but failed to reach a settlement. Reuter
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  • 125 1 JAKARTA, April 4 (UP) President Soekarno declared yesterday that the revolutionary government had been misled by a foreign power, which he did not name. In a speech to 4.000 university students, Soekarno reaffirmed Indonesia's policy of neutrality between the power blocs and its intention to co-exist
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  • 28 1 SIR Winston Churchill was resting quietly at his country home Chartwell, near Westerham, Kent, yesterday after hjs return from the south of France on Thursday. Reuter
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  • 217 1 LONDON, April 4, fUP). Commonwealth Relations Secretary Lord Home has said m a letter to Members of Parliament that he was satisfied it was proper for British troops to be stationed m Malaya during the Emergency. Addressed to Labour Member. Mr. Ferner Brockway.
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  • 81 1 SUBMARINES TO CARRY 1,000 PEOPLE LOS ANGELES Apr. 4 (Reuter) Vice-Admiral Charles B. Momsen said here that luxury submarine liners would carry 1,000 or more passengers across the Atlantic m two days within the next 10 to 20 years. Within five years there would be cargo carrying submarines, predicted the
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  • 58 1 MIAMI, Florida, April 4, (Reuter). Eleven Cuban commercial airline pilots who said they had been ordered to return to Cuba and fly arms for the government, requested political asylum m the United States last night. Their action left five C-46 transport planes, owned by two Cuban
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  • 1083 2 EXPERT'S PLAN TO MODERNIZE P. SWETTENHAM KUALA LUMPUR, FrL Port Swettenham, due to its proximity to the Federal capital, is likely to be even more important m the future and it is essential that it should be a well-equipped and efficiently-operated modern transportation terminal, Sir Eric Millbourn, the British port
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  • 86 2 MBA Stresses Training Need PENANG. FrL The British Medical Association. Malaya Branch, has sent a letter to the Director of Medical Services. Federation of Malaya, stressing the need for Government to resume the engagement and training of hospital assistants. This was contained m the annual report submitted at the annual
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 426 3 A SINGAPORE businessman's charge that Government regulations relating to immigration, commerce, industry and other fields open to investment by foreign capital m the Colony are strangling its economy, merits close attention. What the complainant seeks to emphasixe is that a great many of these regulations are out-moded
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    • 291 3 DESPITE whatever effects the current economic recession may have on the world, the tourist trade continues to boom. Shiploads of travelling sightseers and record numbers of airline passengers have been passing through Singapore on their leisurely way round the world. What does Singapore look forward to m
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  • 1946 3  - Role of the Filipino Woman in the National Life Pura Santillan Castrence By Be that as it may, she occupies a very significant position m Filipino national life. Throughout the years, because of the respect accorded her, she has developed a sense of mature judgment such as often times her
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  • 62 3 Shorts from the Talks Compensation "TTNTIL I tecame a police- ma v I had never seen the loveliness of the sunrise on a wet street nor heard the dawn chorus." Police Sergeant Ralph Jones, who received a special award from the Home Secretary the Queen's Cold Medal for his winning
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  • 848 3 Philip Deane writes: WASHINGTON T^HERE are some sad, almost desperate, policyplanning experts around Washington asking themselves whether m this day and age the U.S. the bastion of free enterprise and champion of the free world— can afford recessions any longer, and, if not, whether it can avoid
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  • 392 3 the NEWS as it strikes me 'T'HE last word concerning the presence m Malaya of British and Commonwealth troops, it is to be hoped, has been heard. The reply given by the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, the Earl of Home, to the 35 MPsprompted by the Labour Party
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  • 282 4 FRONT: NO ALLIANCE WITH LIB-SOCS THE central committee of the Singapore Labour Front, on Thursday declared that it had no plans to figiit the coming District Council elections m alliance with the Liberal Socialist Party. In an official statement, the Front stated that the central committee met recently and decided
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  • 47 4 PENANG, Fri.— A programme designed to stimulate the preaching activity of Jehovah's Witnesses was outlined at the opening sessions of the semi-annual ministerial assembly at Kingdom Hall In MacAlister Road, tonight. Jehovah's Witnesses from Singapore, Ipoh, Batu Gajah. Kuala Lumpur and Penang, attended.
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  • 87 4 THE Federation Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak, made a special trip to Singapore on Thursday to present a kris to the ship's company of H.M.S. Newfoundland. Dato Razak presented the gift Malaya's traditionaJ weapon —as a memento m appreciation for
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  • 190 4 THE Singapore Muslim Advisory Board's committee on the collection of Fitrah, payable annually by Muslims during fasting month, will distribute the Fitrah to the poor and needy for Hari Raya. The Fitrah is paid m rice, amounting to 4f katies, the price of which
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  • 71 4 Mr. Joseph David, Specialist Inspector of Physical Education m the Singapore Ministry of Education, has been selected to participate m an American community recreation study programme. The programme, which begins on April 16. was arranged by the International Recreation Association m New York for foreign
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  • 271 4 BECAUSE she was underaged by a month, a young woman's claim for inclusion as an elector m the District Council electoral register was on Thursday disallowed. The woman. Miss Martha Lee, submitted before Inche Hussein bin Kamari. Assistant Registration Officer, that she was
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  • 22 4 THE Thai Prime Minister. Lieutenant-General Thanom Kittikachorn. has been promoted to the rank of General, the Thai Army announced yesterday. Reuter
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  • 921 4 COUNCIL TO DISCUSS STRIKE THREAT BY 10,000 Formation Of Negotiating Committee Is Approved THE Singapore City Council on a majority vote on Thursday approved the formation of an All-Party Committee to open immediate J^tlaUons with^ the Federation of City Council Labour Unions, which has threatened to S After^"five-hour debate, 20
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  • 176 4 C.A.O. BOUND TO CARRY OUT ORDERS THE Singapore City Council Chief Administrative Officer is bound to carry out the Council's decisions insofar they do not infringe the law. This was stated m the Council on Thursday m answer to a question by Liberal Socialist Councillor. Mr. Lee Bah Chee. who
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  • 111 4 Call For More Phone Booths THE Singapore Labour Front will not oppose the new telephone rates except those m public booths. The Front's contention is that the increase would not directly affect the working classes. This decision was made at a recent central committee-meet-ing of the Front, a spokesman of
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  • 187 5 Alliance Starts Its Probe On Sack M.I.C. Move Xl ALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Alliance five-man investigation committee, headed by Defence Minister Dato Abdul Razak, is collecting "facts and figures" on the Selangor UMNO'S recommendation to expel the Malayan Indian Congress from the State Alliance. The Divisional Executive Committee had ordered
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  • 109 5 Singapore Chinese r of Commesce yester:.t an official protest :he new telephone rates Singapore Telephone c letter. signed by the ident of the Chamber. Mr. Teck Kin. and its vicelent, Mr. YaD Pheng the result of the deciarrived at the first comee meeting of the
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  • 41 5 MIAMI. Florida. April 4. (AFP) Eleven Cuban civil air the American rnment o n Thursday it to receive them as political refugees. They said they had received orders to return to Cuba -ansport arms for the nment.
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  • 83 5 HONGKONG, April 4, (UP) —Two British units which met for the first time m 1857 held a reunion parade at an auxiliary airfield In Hongkong on Thursday. The First Battalion the 2nd King Edward Vll's Own Gurkha Rifles and the 143 Field Battalion Royal Artillery first
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  • 173 5 THE Singapore City Council has offeree^ to reimburse its 500 employees for any transport expenses they have incurred m the discharge of their duties. And the workers have turned the offer down. The money will be paid to them on the completion of the
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  • 111 5 PENANG. FrL— The World Guide, Lady Olave n-Powell, widow of the ier of the Boy Scout and Guide movement, told a North Malay Girl here yesterday to the high ideals of than 500 Guides, Scouts and Cubs .rt. recalled how the moveid grown since her
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  • 25 5 PRESIDENT Carlos P Garcia, was confident that he could secure economic aid for the Philippines during his visit to Washington next June. UP
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  • 36 5 pic. RIOTERS overturned a bus belonging to the Malacca Omnibus Service when they clashed with the Police on Thursday. Picture shows the overturned bus m Newcome Road, a central thoroughfare m Malacca Standardpic
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  • 183 5 State Will Answer The $64,000 Question MALACCA, Fri. The Minister for Health, Mr. V. T. Sambanthan, yesterday assured the State Welfare Committee here that the Health Department would shoulder the responsibility of the new orthopaedic clinic at Tanjong Kling. The clinic, the first of its kind m South-east Asia, is
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  • 92 5 Malay Classes For 500 PENANG. Fri. Five hundred City Council employees have enrolled to attend Malay classes which will start next month, the Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan told The Standard today. The City Council, he said, has about 3,000 employees, but 2,500 of them are dailyrated workers and were
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  • 29 5 GROUP-Captain Peter Townsend, ex-suitor of Britain's Princess Margaret, left Brussels by car yesterday for the French Riviera where he will spend a vacation of about 10 days.
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  • 126 5 Neighbours Rally Round To Douse Attic Fire NEARLY 100 people crowded together m a house m New Market Road, Singapore, on Thursday narrowly escaped being made homeless when a fire broke out m the attic. Tan Ah Seng, who lives m a cubicle m the attic, told The Standard that
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  • 65 5 NEW YORK, April 4, (Reuter). Singing star Judy Garland deposited jewellery and expensive theatrical gowns m court here yesterday to insure her return for further questioning on income tax charges on Monday. The singer, asked to post a US$lO,OOO bail bond, said she did
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  • 195 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— More than $1.5 million will be collected from Muslims m the Federation towards the payment of Fitrah (religious tithe) this year. The State of Perak alone expects to collect more than $300,000. All the eleven religious councils m the Federation had
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  • 31 5 NATIONALIST China's aircraft from Taiwan showered more than one million leaflets over Communist China before dawn yesterday, according to a communique issued by air force headquarters m Taipei. AFP
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  • 297 5 MINISTER PLEDGES OPEN ARMS TO FOREIGN CAPITAL SINGAPORE'S Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J.M. Jumabhoy, yesterday reiterated his pledge to encourage the influx of foreign capital to set up industries m the Colony. He warned, however, that foreign capital which would not be of economic benefit, would not be
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  • 88 5 Fined $100 For Traffic Offences PENANG. Fri. A lorry attendant, James Scully, was fined a total of $100 m the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to three traffic offences committed at Tanjong Tokong, on Dec. 24, last year. The court was told that Scully was stopped by two
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  • 76 5 CANBERRA, April 4 (Reuter) The passengers rescued from the Norwegian migrant ship Skaubryn, will leave Aden for Australia m two vessels by Aoril 11, the Australian Immigration Minister, Mr. Alexander Downer, announced today. It was previously reported they would go by air. They will
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  • 71 5 LONDON, April 5 (Reuter) —Rear Admiral R. A. Ewing. 48, Naval Secretary of the First Lord of the Admiralty, has been appointed Flag Officer Flotillas (Mediterranean), it was announced today. Admiral Ewing. who took part m commando raids m Norway and served on the North
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  • 35 5 LONDON, April 4. (UP). The Royal Family converged on Windsor Castle today for an Easter-weekend reunion intended at least m r>art to dispel rumours of a break between Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.
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  • 181 5 CEB Will Pay Back $6,000 To Consumers TANJONG MALIM, Fri. The Central Electricity Board will refund more than $6,000 which had been collected m excess as deposits for supply of electricity to 500 consumers m Tanjong Malim and Ulu Bernam Though the normal deposit for electricity supply is the equivalent
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  • 60 5 PENANG, Fri.— The Deputy Chief of Mission. American Embassy, Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Arthur B. Emmons, will be arriving here on Monday evening with his wife and their daughter. He will call on the Governor of Penang. Raja Sir Uda on Monday. The following morning he
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  • 187 6 The Kings Deputy Makes First Broadcast KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. For the first time since he became Head of State, the Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong tonight made a na-tion-wide broadcast over Radio Malaya. The subject of his broadcast was "The Importance of Fasting Month." His talk was for Muslims m Penang
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  • 477 6 New Exchange Will Clear Backlog Of Applicants THOUSANDS of people m Singapore who have been on the Singapore Telephone Board's waiting list some for more than two years— will get their telephones when the $4,500,000 City Exchange at George Street goes into operation m October, this
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  • 260 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The dispute between the Malayan Railway Administration and the Locomotive Enginemen's Union (1957) has reached a "stalemate," president of the Union, Mr. Donald U'ren told The Standard today. Twelve days ago, 191 senior drivers all members of the LEU, refused to
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  • 31 6 THE Federation Police Force had to turn down applications for recruitment, because it was up to full strength, Dato Abdul Razak bin Dato Hussain, Minister for Defence, said yesterday.
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  • 104 6 CHAIRMAN of the Executive Committee of the Senior Officers Association, Mr. G. M. Richards, representing expatriate officers m the Singapore City Council, last night clarified his members' position m the event of the strike threatened by 10,500 daily-rated workers being carried out. Mr. Richards'
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  • 74 6 A 50-YEAR-OLD man who had committed a crime "once m every ten years" was on Thursday found guilty of housebreaking and was jailed for nine months to be followed by two years' police supervision by the Second District Judge. Mr. Choor Singh. The man. Tan Chui
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  • 56 6 ALOR STAR, Fri. A former British Adviser of Negri Sembilan. Mr M. C. ff Shephard who embraced the Islamic religion just before Merdeka today publicly attended Friday prayers for the first time at the Zahir Mosque here. Mr. Shephard who is now known as Mudin
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  • 161 6 AFTER four months of intensive training, 40 students of the Chinese Dramatic School of the Cathay Organization, Singapore, are now ready to put on their first show, "The Big Circus." The play m Mandarin, will be staged at the Victoria Memorial Hall and will run
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  • 87 6 A TWO-YEAR-OLD child was drowned m a foot of water when she fell into a tub m Lorong Ong Tye, Singapore, yesterday. The child, Yeo Lee Eng was playing with some tins m the tub. Her mother who had been working m the
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  • 30 6 IPOH, Fri.— Good Friday passed off without any fatal traffic accidents here. There were however, seven minor mishaps but no one was seriously injured m any of them.
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  • 258 6 SECURITY VEIL THROWN OVER DANISH VESSEL INDONESIAN Government authorities have thrown a heavy security screen over the Danish freighter Bretagne now lying m the port of Tanjong Priok, Jakarta. The Bretagne was recently shelled off Padang by the Indonesian Navy while carrying cargo from Singapore to the Director of the
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  • 131 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. President of the Selangor Religious Affairs Department, Tuan Haji Patch Akhir told The Standard that Police have arrested a Muslim m Tanjong Karang for not observing the fast yesterday. This is the first case m the state and the offender will
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  • 274 6 COLONY GOES GAY FOR EASTER THE holiday spirit pr*. vailed m Singapore y ester. day the first day 0 Easter when fine s weather enticed nr people outdoors. Picnic parties on the beaches and m the parks far c bered the holidayma;. sought entertainment m cinemas m town. There was
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  • 327 7 A Chapter Of Misunderstanding Is Now Closed KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The University of Malaya Students Union and the Technical College Students Union here have decided to bury the hatchet between them and to work from now on "on a basis of friendship." "We wish to maintain
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  • 134 7 $13,500 Damage Suit Fails KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Disbelieving his story, Mr. Justice Shepherd m the High Court yesterday dismissed a claim by a hawker for $13,500 damages. Fruit seller Woo Kow, 42, sued ice water seller Wong Swee Keong, 38, for compensation for injuries the latter was alleged to have
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  • 113 7 5 Soldiers Bound Over For Brawl FIVE soldiers of the Singapore Infantry Regiment were on Thursday placed on a personal bond of $100 each to keep the peace for six months, when they were found guilty by the Ninth Magistrate, on Jan. 22. The five were Tan Keng Teck, Ho
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  • 43 7 A SINGAPORE milk vendor, K. Velio, 45, was found drowned m the sea off Telok Ayer Basin, yesterday. A watchman who saw the body floating informed the Police and a Marine launch was sent pick to pick the body.
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  • 92 7 Open Verdict On Road Death SINGAPORE Assistant Coroner. Inche Ahmad bin Hussein, on Thursday returned an open verdict at the close of an inquest on Chan Kirn Slang, 60. Chan was knocked down by a car driven by a schoolteacher, Chan Chin Bock, at Thomson Road at about 4.15 p.m.
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  • 42 7 KASTOR bin Haji Taib of Parit Yusof Sungei Balang, was yesterday jailed for two months by the Muar Magistrate, Inche Hashim bin Yeop Abdullah Sani. for theft of eight chickens belonging to Martho bin Sanmuja on Dec. 17, last year.
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  • 54 7 THE new counsellor of the British High Commissioner's office m Kuala Lumpur, Mr. James Duncan Fraser, arrived here on Thursday. A Cambridge graduate, Mr. Fraser served m the British High Commissioner's office m Australia. Mr. Fraser will act as the deputy High Commissioner m Kuala
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  • 82 7 Car Thefts: Police Warn Owners IPOH, Fri.— Two motor cars were stolen here during the past 24 hours. The first report was from Theatre Street, but the vehicle was recovered a few hours later at Market Street. An Ipoh tin miner, Mr. Chew Mah Seng, this morning reported the loss
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  • 57 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Madesavel and his family returned to their home at 3} Mile. Klang Road at 9 o'clock last night after an evening out to find the doors and windows of their home open. They rushed m and found their jewellery and cash totalling $1,865
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  • 113 7 A WOODEN box. marked "harmless human bones," landed m an airline cargo department at Singapore Airport on Thursday. The freight clerk gasped and then blinked. The box contained a human skeleton. The skeleton was addressed to Mr. William H. K. Wee m Haberfleld,
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  • 172 7 KNIFE EXHIBIT AT MURDER INQUIRY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Retnam Karuppiah, 38, was yesterday accused at a preliminary inquiry m the Magistrate's Court here of murdering a woman said to be his mother in-]aw. Retnam is alleged to have fatally knifed S. Valiammal, 52, described by the Prosecution as the mistress
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  • 80 7 THE Malay Sub-Committee of the Singapore Youth Council plans to hold a cultural festival of traditional and modern music, dances and plays of the local people. A member of the committee said yesterday that the idea of holding such a festival had been with the committee for some
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  • 52 7 SEE Joo Toe of Bukit Gambier New Village was yesterday fined $200 or two months' jail b y the Muar Magistrate, Inche Hashim bin Yeoo Abdullah Sani, for giving false information on the date of birth of his child to the Police at Bukit Gambier on Nov. 15
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  • 227 7 Education Minister Defends Inspectors KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Corps of Inspectois of Federation Schools is an organization with no bias, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, Minister for Education, declared today m answer to a criticism m the Malay Press. "It is completely independent of the Department of Education and the fact
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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    • 247 7 (Mandarin) 1. 3 645 and 9 15 p.m. Franci* In The Navy 930 and 1115 a.m. Chivalrous Songstress 11.30 p.m. STAR: A Prince is Born (Cantonese) 1. 3 15, 7 and 9.15 p m. Bamboo Prison 11 a.m. A Prince is Born (Chap. 2— Cantonese) 11.15 p.m. METROPOLE: Romance of
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  • 592 9 U.K. Production Is Now Showing An Upward Trend UNITED KINGDOM production has increased by a third m the past ten years, says the March issue of the Treasury's Bulletin for Industry. Exports are double their prewar level. Investment now takes a much larger share of the national income than prewar
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  • 123 9 More Acreage For Coconut Planting AN area of 5.210 acres had been utilized for coconut plantings m Papua and New Guinea m 1956-57, said the Minister for Territories, Mr. Paul Hasluck. The total area was now 246,600 acres, including 26.350 acres of palms which had not reached full bearing. Production
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  • 134 9 AS a result of research and development work m the United Kingdom, a new type of synthetic foam, claimed to be the most rubber-like so far developed, has been produced. It is derived mainly from polyether and other raw materials obtainable from the petroleum and
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  • 336 9 Increase In U.S. Private Investment Abroad WASHINGTON, April 4: A substantial rise m U.S. private investment abroad m 1957 and an indicated bigger increase this year was reported this week by Mr. Charles B. Warden, chief of the ICA investment guarantee staff. In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
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  • 27 9 THE East Pakistan Government has decided to set up a "Jute Marketing Expansion Board" to regularize all foreign sales, it was announced m Dacca.
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  • 163 9 Trade Fair In Melbourne Next Year THE Melbourne international trade fair, which will take place m February and March next year, will be one of the biggest fairs to be held m Australia. The fair will be housed m the huge "Exhibition Building" m Melbourne. Hongkong's goods will be exhibited
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  • 25 9 RONALDSON Bros, and Tippett Ltd.. Ballarat (Victoria), machinery makers, will produce two new engines under licence from the Wisconsin Motor Corporation of America.
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  • 23 9 A NEW 6-volt battery designed primarily as a replacement on Continental scooters has been put into production by a British firm.
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  • 16 9 JAPAN may buy the Philippine world sugar quota of 25,000 tons this year. AFP
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  • 41 9 BRITAIN'S newest "go-any where" vehicle, the Austin Gxpsey, is seen here ploughing its way axle deep through mud. It has all-round independent suspension, jour-wheel-drive, eight gears, and i$ powered by either a petrol or diesel engine.
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  • 376 9 COPRA MART IDLE DUE TO LOW STOCK POSITION Finanev And Commerce i J APART from small scale copra sales on f.o.b. terms for April shipment to India at prices between $31-| and $31-2, the Singapore market has been idle due to low stocks and continuing anxiety as to further supplies,
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  • 162 9 Export Quota Proposal Is Opposed HONGKONG, April 4, (UP)— Mr. Ha-King Wang, chairman of the Hongkong Chinese Manufacturers Association, and seven o t.h e r Hongkong manufacturers expressed opposition yesterday to any cotton textile export quota "because it would seriously hurt the Colony's economy." They called a special news conference
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  • 61 9 RIO DE JANEIRO, April 4 (AFP). Industrialists from all over the world are expected to attend the international conference on investments due to take place m Belo Horizonte, Brazil, m June. Main objective of the conference is to examine problems related to investments and more particularly to
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  • 59 9 THE 1957 whaling season was worth A £2,205,800 to the Australian whaling industry, reports the Fisheries Department of Primary Industry. The 1.961 whales taken were worth an average of A£ 1,120 each. The industry set two records during the season production of 17.161 tons of oil and
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  • 189 9 Formosan Foreign Trade A Record WASHINGTON. April 4, Formosa's 1957 foreign trade, general production, and production and export of sugar were the highest since World War 11. according to the Foreign Commerce Weekly of the U.S. Department of Commerce The publication also said greater attention was given to the encouragement
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  • 191 9 GIVEN reasonable trade conditions, there was no limiting target m sight yet for the expansion pt the United Kingdom plastics industry, said Mr H V Potter, president of the British Plastics Federation at the annual meeting m London. "New materials and new uses for existing
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  • 204 9 Mission Attracts Interest In S'pore AUSTRALIA'S 25-man trade mission which is due m Singapore on April 16 has attracted keen interest m local business circles, says Australian Trade Commissioner Mr. P.R. Searcy, m the March issue of the magazine, Austral News. The mission will remain m Singapore for 10 days
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  • 3 10 STANDARD PICTURE ROUND-UP
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  • 29 10 ONE of Singapore's leading singers, Miss Tan Mci Kwang, begins her debut at the Malacca Sea View Hotel with a bumper Easter programme for out-station guests.
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  • 66 10 THE squalor of Kuala J Lumpur's Chinatown was brought to the notice of the Municipal Council by Councillor Raja Mohamed bin Raja Allan?. This Standardpic by Fah of a backlane off Sultan Str c et shows "dressed" ducks hanging behind a latrine, litter and wood
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  • 81 10 TUNKU MEETS BURMESE JOURNALISTS FOUR visiting Burmese journalists called on the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, at his residence for an informal chat last Wednesday. During the 45-minute interview the Prime Minister requested his Burmese guests to convey a message of goodwill from the people of the Federation to the
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  • 43 10 BELOW: The Tunku speaks at a charity premiere of the Columbia film, "The Bridge on the River Kwai" last Tuesday at ihe Cathay Cinema m Kuala Lumpur. Seated behind the Tunku are officials of the Cathay Organisation. Standardpic
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    41 10 Standardpic by GOODNESS, these kids don't seem to be at all afraid of Mr. Stripes! 'Course not, silly! It's only a stuffed tiger, the work of Kuala Lumpur taxidermist Lai Chong Sooi. The bigger girl is Lai's daughter. Fah
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  • 121 10 THREE LOVELY THAI FILM STARS APPEAR ON STAGE THREE attractive Thai actresses made a personal appearance on stage at the Odeon Cinema m Singapore on Thursday night m conjunction with the showing of the academy-award film, The Bridge On The River Kwai. In the film, they appear as women bearers
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  • 46 10 FIRE ENGINE FOR PORT SWETTENHAM Standardnic by THIS is the new $40,000 fire engine now being housed at the Central Fire Station at Watson Road. Port Swettenham. This 400-gallon capacity engine with built-in foam generator has a 50-foot all steel Merry-Weather telescala ladder. Ch 'ng Seng
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  • 6 11 COMMENTARIES ON ALL RACES OVER
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  • 1754 11  -  WINDSOR LAD By The Danger May Be Bottom. Weight Brilliant Scholar pRINCE CHARTER is accepting, and on his present form 1 expect him to annex the Spring Cup (Race 6) run over the mile at Bukit Timah today, last day of the Singapore Turf Club's
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  • 795 11 I RACE OI\E AN all weather horse, Piiarro looks good for a double. He showed a bright turn of foot when he led all the way to annex the six furlongs, Division Two handicap last Saturday. He set a hot pace all the way
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  • 1438 11 RACE 1: 2.15 p.m. -Horses Class 2, Div. 1-6 Furs. 1. *****3 lOLLY DAY 6y 9.00 DRAGON W. BACBY Kwik Stable 2. *****1 PIZARRO 5y 8.11 DONNELLY HOBBS Mr. Ch'ng Chwee Kirn Mdm. Goh Choo Tho 3. *****1 YOUR HICHNESS II 5y
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  • 182 12 'High. Pressure Training' In Nine-day Sessions THE Singapore Amateur Football Association Selection Committee has picked 16 players for 'high pressure training' before the Asian Games m Tokyo this May. The players are: goalkeepers Sect Yew Chang and Mocktar; backs Aman Kastawi, Matmoon bin Sudasee,
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  • 194 12 PENANG. Fri. The first President of the Penang Referees' Association, Mr. Dave Spence surprised a Council meeting of the Association at the Anglo-Chinese School Union last night by announcing his resignation. Mr. Spence said that his reason for resigning was that he felt the Penang Referees were
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  • 128 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— Tsu -md Tsu Yin* m the 900 cc Goliath 1957 will lead the field of 77 cars m the first leg of the Mobilgas Economy Run to Ipon and back. The cars will depart from the Municipal Depot m Cheras Road at
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  • 94 12 VIENNA, ADril 4 (Reuter) A.fred Huber, Austria's acrobatic lawn tennis 'clown,' has been banned by the Austrian Lawn Tennis Federation from all matches at home and abroad, it was announced here yesterday. No reason was given for the ban, which comes into iorce immediately. Huber, known
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  • 214 12 'Biggest surprise of the Singapore open boxing championships at the Great World last night was the knock out of the Asian Games prospect, Austin Dunsford m the first round. The man who floored Dunsford for the full count was the Boys Club champion m
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  • 208 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday: Malayan Chinese had little difficulty m clearing their first strong hurdle against Malayan Eurasians whom they trounced 6-2 m the second match of the Soccer Carnival here tonight. Eurasians opened up promisingly and should have scored m the first five minutes but luck
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  • 47 12 PENANG. Fri.— A student of the Penang Free School fractured his wrist while practising the "Western Roll' style of the high jump at the school's ground yesterday evening. Fourteen-year-old Ang Thean Beng. was admitted to the General Hospital for treatment to his wrist.
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  • 111 12 FIVE outstanding American track and field stars will take on Singapore and Federation's best athletes next week. In Singapore's Farrer Park, the Americans will compete against the Singapore A.A.A. prospects for the Asian. Games on Monday, and at Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka Stadium, the Americans will meet the Federation's
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  • 433 12 Malayan Indians Snatch Victory At The End KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Ramadass Rao's goal two minutes before the end gave Malayan Indians a s—l5 I victory over Malayan Services m the opening match of the Football Association of Malaya Carnival at the Merdeka Stadium here today. The feature of the game
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  • 156 12 Pirie Is Arrested Beaten Up LONDON. April 4 (AFP) Britain's distance runner Gordon Pirie was arrested and beaten up by German police and paid a fine of three marks because his wife and an English girlfriend jaywalked, the daily News Chronicle reported yesterday. Pirie and his wife, who are on
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  • 286 12 TWO Singapore basketball teams, under the management of the well-known sports enthusiast, Mr. Quek Sens Guan, will play a series of matches m Sarawak this month. They are the Quek Hock Seng cagers and the Singapore Green Eagle Basketball team. The cagers will be
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  • 526 12 Cambridge Favourites Over 'New Boat' Oxford LONDON, April 4, (Reuter) Most rowing experts pick Cambridge once again to win their 104 th boat race against Oxford m the annual in-ter-varsity contest being lowed over four miles 374 yards of the River Thames here tomorrow. The Light Blues have already, won
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  • 124 12 AUGUSTA, Georgia, April 4 (Reuter).— Koichi Ono and Torakichi (Peter) Nakamura, of Japan, scored 74, and 76 respectively m the first round of the Masters Golf Championship here yesterday. Leading the field wa s Ken Venturi, of San Francisco, who scored a four under-par 68. On e
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  • 51 12 KITSON Leong won the Jockeys golf championship at the Spore Islaod Club with a score of 73 last Thursday. The day's tournament was highlighted by Max Cracknels birdie at the 14th over the 478--yard drive Another noteworthy feature was Jackie Smith's remarkable three on the short
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  • 52 12 BALESTIER United beat GHQ Signal Regt. by seven goals to five m a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday /n? a ISr S tier scored through LatifT 2), Wing Fatt (2). Tiang Lai 2> and Ah Yong while Mower (2). Clarke (2) and Engles netted for
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 86 12 iTiTiTVScIBcTiriTTI SINGAPORE RACES: Singapore Snring Meeting, last Day Bukit Timah. BOXING: Singapore open championships at Great World 8.30 p.m. KUALA LUMPUR SOCCER Carnival Merdeka Stadium. SWIMMING Chinese Inter State Quadrangular meet Chinwoo 4 p.m. BADMINTON— Chia Keng Hock Cup K.L. Mercantile Bank vs. Singapore Mercantile Bank at S.B.A. hall 1.30
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    394 13 JJOW much does it cost to keep a crippled child for a year? If you osk a group of es at R.A.F. Changi, they will answer straight away, "Why a thousand dollars of course." They know that the Red Cross Crippled ildren's Home at Tanah Marah need
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    648 13 TX)PULAR among servicemen m Singapore is newly-formed skiffle group "The Chain Gang" which has already achieved quite a formidable reputation despite the fact it has only been m existence for a fairly short time. It is the brain-child of Sst. J. Esson, who noticed several soldiers m
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  • 274 13 RAF Wives Aid Crippled Children give them a day out with their own families. These outings have been a gieat success and the children now look forward to them. Mrs. B. J. Paul is one of the ladies who leads with the visits and, knowing that the older girls would
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  • 401 13 Changi Chatter with 'Chiefie' rVHE fortieth birthday of the Royal Air Force was celebrated at Changi m traditional style on Tuesday. The day started with a parade at which the station Commander Group Captain I.C.X. Swales D.5.0., D.F.C, D.F.M., took the salute from a march past of Flying Wing, Technical
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    • 443 13 rpODAY'S QUOTATION: tg§M Ml M "Borrow trouble for C 3 yourself if that's your I nature, but don't lend it to I your neighbours." ■^^■B v v Rudyard Kipling I B^^^UUbJL^ SATI'RDAY FOR EVERY- I ONE: Auend to minor and I regular Saturday activities I A 1 only. However exert
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  • 2 14 WORLD NEWS
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  • 327 14 UN Mediator Calls For 'Summit' Talks On Kashmir UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. April 4, (Renter) Dr. Frank Graham, the U.N. Kashmir representative, last night called for Indian-Pakistani "summit" talks as soon as possible on the disputed territory. Dr. Graham, m a report to the Security Council, asked both sides to decide
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  • 165 14 Nuclear Tests Can Be Secret: Macmillan LONDON, April 4. (Reuter)—The British Government has specific evidence that a country could hold nuclear tests without the rest of the world knowing, Mr. Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, told the House of Commons yesterday. He was answering Labour Opposition question fcased on Russia's
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  • 65 14 NEW YORK. April 4 (Reuter) The right leg of Mr. Cole Porter, the famous popular composer and songwriter, was amputated at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital here yesterday. His condition was described as very satisfactory. A hospital spokesman said that Mr. Porter had been suffering from osteomyelitis,
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  • 27 14 THE Indian Government has announced the immediate abolition of restriction on travel to Goa and other Portuguese possessions m India enforced three years ago. Reuter
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  • 68 14 Quads' Seconc Birthday THE Sales quadruplets of Buonavista, Marinduque island, m the Philippines, rec c n tly celebrated their second birthday. They are (left to right) Benjamin, Bernardo, Bernabe and Bienvenido Sales. As the only living quadruplets m the Philippines today, they are still under the care of the staff
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  • 110 14 Masked Gunmen Shoot And Wound Three NICOSIA. April 4 (Reuter) Eight masked gunmen shot and wounded three Cypriot Greek Leftwing trade unionists last night at a village 12 miles from Nicosia. The wounded men. who were admitted to hospital, said the gunmen tried to enter a club where they were
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  • 365 14 Top Citizens Plan New Move WASHINGTON, April 4, (Reuter)— Plans to bring court actions to compel the British, United States and Soviet Governments to halt nuclear tests which produce radio active fall-out were announced by a private group here yesterday. The group was said to
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  • 137 14 WELLINGTON, April 4 (UP).— New Zealand could help improve living standards m South-east Asian nations with capital investment and technical assistance, Prime Minister Walter Nash said. Mr. Nash, just back from a tour of South-east Asia, India and Pakistan, said the idea of helping
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  • 95 14 COLOMBO. April 4 (Reuter). British airmen have ceased work on the construction of a new base on the "Paradise Island" of Gan m the Indian Ocean, following a breakdown m negotiations between Britain and the Government of the Maldives, it was reported here. The
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  • 218 14 WASHINGTON, April 4, (Reuter) President Eisenhower yesterday proposed a major reorganization of the Defence Department so as to strengthen the nation m ''safeguarding our freedom and serving us m our quest for an enduring peace." In a special message to Congress, the President proposed
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  • 68 14 PARIS, April 4 (Reuter) Gen Lauris Norstad, NATO Supreme Commander, said yesterday continued Allied nuclear tests were desirable to "clean up the weapons," He told a Press conference further tests would also be helpful m "broadening and extending the family of nuclear weapons."
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  • 60 14 BUDAPEST, April 4 (Reuter).—Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Prime Minister, last night accused the United States Government of trying to throw back to its starting point the whole cause of a "summit" conference. Mr. Khrushchev, who arrived here on Thursday at ihe head of a Soviet delegation,
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  • 181 14 HONGKONG, Apr. 4 (Reuter). Actor William Holden said yesterday Hongkong is one of four cities m which he would like to live. The others were San Francisco. Paris and Rome. He told a Press conference that during the filming of the picture "The Bridge on
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  • 503 14 Thousands Flock To Churches, Shrines, Resorts LONDON, April 4, (Reuter)- A huge traffic jam blocked the heart of London last night at the start of the tour-day Easter holiday break which threatens chaos on many of Britain's main roads. When the jam was at its worst,
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  • 114 14 ADENAUER WILL DINE WITH QUEEN LONDON. Apr. 4 (Reuter). Dr. Konrad Adenauer, West German Federal Chancellor, will dine with Queen Elizabeth and hold three working sessions to discuss world problems with top British Ministers during his three-day official visit here beginning on April 16. The British Foreign Office has announced
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  • 29 14 THE Soviet Government has appointed 20 or 30 specialists to act as temporary consultants with the 80-nation International Atomic Energy Agency, the Soviet news agency Tass said. Reuter
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  • 92 14 LONDON, April 4, (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth kept a 500-year-old Eastertide tradition yesterday when she handed out Royal Maundy money to old men and women before a big Westminster Abbey congregation. The Maundy money— specially-minted silver coins formerly given to the poor are distributed by the
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  • 112 14 Monkeys Have A Language TOKYO, April 4 (AFP).— Japanese philologists nave compiled an "anthropoid vocabulary, as used by a large number of monkeys inhab Northern Kyushu, it was learned today. A Kyoto University Professor said the vocabulary <*onsisted of a set of 30 "verbal signals" or "expressions" which govern the
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  • 60 14 BOMBAY, April 4 (Reuter). The Communists scored a big success here yesterday with the election of Shantaram Savlaran Mirajkar, 56, as Mayor of Bombay, first Indian Communist to achieve such a position. Mirajkar was elected Mayor of India's second largest by 68 votes to 62 over
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  • 30 14 MR. NEIL MCELROY. US Secretary of Defence, said yesterday it was essential that a missile testing range V. soon m the Pacific to test United States weapons. Reuter
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