Singapore Standard, 16 May 1958

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  • 21 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. MAY 16, 1958. Vol VIII. No. 317. 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 336 1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO FIX THE DATE 3,000 Decide By Ballot To Stop Work Next Month THREE thousand workers of the Singapore Harbour Board, who are members of the Board's Staff Association, last night decided by bailor to go on strike early next month. The date of
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  • 300 1 It Circles Globe Every 106 Mins MOSCOW, May 15 Russia's third Sputnik and the largest so far launched is circling the earth today. The Soviet News Agency Tass, announcing the launching said the cone-shaped satellite weighs one ton 679 lbs. (1,327 kilogrammes)
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  • 48 1 CALCUTTA, May 15 (UP) A one-day token strike halted Calcutta's 415 street cars yesterday for the second time m ten days. An estimated 1,000,000 persons travel on the trams daily. Workers demanded from the British-owned Calcutta Tramways Company a guarantee of better service conditions.
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  • 117 1 MANILA, May 15 (Reuter) —Indonesian rebel air force attacked enemy shipping m Amboina's Harbour and the airfield at Laha, according to a Radio Menado broadcast monitored m Manila. The rebel radio claimed rebel planes damaged and probably sank one small gunboat, and three tenders
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  • 39 1 LONDON, May 15, (Reuter). London Dockers today joined Britain's big wave of labour unrest which fpr 11 days has left London without buses, disrupted meat supplies, and hung the threat of a railway strike over the nation.
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  • 162 1 BEIRITT, May 15 (UP) American offers of aU to the hard pressed government of pro-Western President Camille Chamoun appeared today to have helped him stem a rebellion. A U.S. Navy Task Force of 11 ships carrying 3,600 marines was racing toward Lebanon and the navy
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  • 350 1  -  ANDREW ROTH By LONDON, Thurs. Singapore's advance to inlenul self-government is meeting with very tough resistance from the British side according to hints dropped by a close- mouthed Singapore Delegation. "It is a very difficult going"' said one reliable Sin- gapore Delegation
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  • 34 1 NEW DELHI, May 15 (UP) A Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed while taking off from Palam Airport here today. First reports said 25 persons were killed m the crash.
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  • 28 1 A SINGAPORE lawyer and two of his clerks were involved m a brawl with a party of five others m a Colony Bar. Four were injured.
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  • 151 1 BIG PUZZLE AWAITS THE TUNKU IN JAPAN TOKYO, May 15 (Reuter) The Malayan Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman will be a most puzzled man when he arrives here on May 21 on a state visit to Japan. In a recent letter to a friend here the Tunku asked if it
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  • 70 1 TOKYO, May 15 (Reuter) —About 13,000 students here, today cut their classes and held a rally at Hibiya Park m protest against the United States and British nuclear bomb tests m the Pacific. Representatives of the National Federation of Students Self-Governing Association's member students m Tokyo
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  • 40 1 THE Garrison Command on Matsu Island yesterday claimed to have crippled one of three Chinese Communist gunboats which were attempting to launch a sneak attack against the Nationalist defended island group near the Mm River on Tuesday. Reuter
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  • 59 1 photo. THE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussain, yesterday presented No. 14 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, with a Malay kris at a farewell held m Kuala Lumpur. Photo shows the Defence Minister making the presentation to Squadron leader A
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  • 205 1 SINGAPORE Police are on a sharp lookout for an attractive, long-haired woman, who took part m a daring daylight armed robbery m Eng Hoon Street yesterday. The wanted woman was m the company of two men armed with daggers. The trio accosted 19-year-old Lim Ah
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  • 453 1 PARIS, May 15 (Reuter) Despite confusion and uncertainty prevailing m both Paris and Algiers, there was feeling here that the threat of civil war over *n army led revolt m Algeria had eased slightly. Credit for this feeling goes to France's crisis premier M. Pierre
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    • 674 2 THE PAWNBROKERS RULES. 1958 Rale 6 (a)— Application for a Pawnbrokers Licence NOTICE is hereby given that CHENG CHENG SEAH of No. 2 Tong Watt Road, Singapore, is applying to the Pawnbrokers Licensing Board. Singapore, for a licence m respect of business known as "TUNG SENG PAWNSHOP" at No. 4
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    • 677 2 THE PAWNBROKERS RULES, 1958 Rule 6 (a) Application for a Pawnbrokers Licence NOTICE is hereby given that HO PENG of No. 43 Nankin Street, Singapore, is applying to the Pawnbrokers Licensing Board, Singapore, for a licence m respect of business known as "HENG YONG PAWNSHOP" at No. 88 Nee Soon
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    • 684 2 PAWNBROKERS NOTICES THE PAWNBROKERS RULES, 1958 Rule 6 (a) Application for a Pawnbrokers Licence. NOTICE is hereby given that LEOW NEE CHONG of No. 674 North Bridge Road, Singapore, is applying to the Pawnbrokers Licensing Board, Singapore, for a licence m respect of business known as "TOON HIN PAWNSHOP (CHONG
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    • 673 2 THE PAWNBROKERS RULES, 1958. Rule 6 (a)— Application for a Pawnbrokers Licence. NOTICE is hereby given that LEE SHOK KAN No. 251A Joo Chiat Road, Singapore, is applying to the Pawnbrokers Licensing Board, Singapore, for a licence m respect of business known as "MIN LIAN PAWNSHOP" at No. 986 Geylang
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    • 673 2 THE PAWNBROKERS RULES 1958 Rule 6 (a)— Application for a Pawnbrokers Licence. NOTICE is hereby given that LIM KUEN YEW of No. 9 Chancery Hill Road, Singapore, is applying to the Pawnbrokers Licensing Board, Singapore, for a licence m respect of business known as "THAI SANG PAWNSHOP" at No. 181
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    • 669 2 i THE PAWNBROKERS RULES. 1958 Rule 6 (a) Application for g Pawnbrokers Lit I NOTICE i§ hereby that LAM CHIH CHO< No. 21-3 Jurong Road, 6 i pore, is applying Pawnbrokers Licensing E Singapore, for a licen. respect of business knov "THYE HIN PAWNSHOi No. 263 Balestier Road, S pore,
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  • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 836 3 THE decision taken by the newly-formed City Council Technical Officers' Union to keep out of party politics is to be commended. The greatest danger to progressive trade unionism both m the Federation and Singapore has been the infiltration into its ranks of not only militant politicians, but subversive
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  • 56 3 HEAD OFFICE: ti Urn lack Kirn Koao a pore PO Box l*> 1563 Cables. "TICEKNEWS" Tel: ***** «5 lines). All departments. AUAUh LUMPUR: C" ia insurance Slag.. 174. Batu Rd Teieohon* 88i66 '•'OH. W Co W-n st Tel: k. "fANC 8 Le.m St w v. 4055
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  • 1517 3 T3ADE Fairs have become amual events m most countries of the world today. They are accepted and understood as important to a nations economy and for putting on show what its industry can produce. In Japan, this year's International Trade Fair combined "Business with Pleasure"
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  • We the PEOPLE
    • 316 3 Sir— A certain Government Primary Girls School m Singapore has compelled Primary I and II children to attend sports and games practices m the evening from 4.00 to 6.00 p.m. On the first two occasions when I rushed my daughter to school after office at 5.00 p.m., to
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  • 309 3  -  Dennis Bloodworth r PHE Changi detainees, L members of a multiracial community, have wisely taken advantage of their enforced idleness to brush up their knowledge of each other's language, but it is doubtful if any enthusiast learning Chinese has made use of "The Chinese Unicorn," an elegantly
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  • 61 3 Crocodile tears are hypocritical tears of pretended grief. The phrase alludes to an old myth that a crocodile sheds tears over prey while m the act of eating it. Scientists say crocodiles have no tear ducts and cannot weep, but that a watery liquid oozes from their
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  • 367 3  - the NEWS as it strikes me Gstes Guuasekera 'THE Bard of Avon has said that some people are born great, some achieve greatness and others have great, ness thrust upon them. Greatness is apparently being; showered upon the secretary-general of the National Union of Factory and General Workers. V. David,
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  • 223 4 A Real Boon For Needy Youths Welfare Chief A FORMER Public Works Department quarry at Pulau Übin, off Ponggol Point, is today being turned into a holiday camp for the under-privileged youths of Singapore. i'he quarry formerly supplied stone for the foundation of the Colony's International
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  • 168 4 $500,000 NEEDED FOR THE BIG SHOW THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce will need at least $500,000 to ensure the success of the ''Majula Singapura" International Exposition to be held between February and March next year. This was revealed by the Chamber President, Mr. Ko Te!k the meeting of the Working
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  • 94 4 'Asian Women Wouldn't Take The Trouble' KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Asian women have hitherto been "too lazy" to popularize home economics among themselves, said the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization Regional Home Economics Officer. Mrs. Nit* Nilam. today. She was speaking at a tea party given m her honour by
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  • 168 4 THE three-month-old s ployres of Gammon Malay; rike by 200 daily-rated emLimited fizzled out yesterday. The men who were employed at the company's worksite at Ulu Pandang. last week decided to give up their fight for reinstatement and asked for severance pay instead. The workers' decision
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  • 136 4 KLANG. Thurs. The South Indian Settlement Scheme founded a year ago, will receive its first intake of Indian families next year, an official of the Settlement said today. The plan for the Settlement prepared by the Survey Department, will be ready by the end of
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  • 49 4 LOH Kai Wah of Kallang Road, and Kang Yew Cheong j of Yio Chu Kang Road, who pleaded not guilty to attempting to extort $5 from Gan Kiat Leng at Mill Lane on Thursday. were yesterday al- lowed $5,000 bail each by a Singapore Court pending trial.
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  • 31 4 PADMANABHAN Chandran of the Army Depot Police, was yesterday acquitted by a Singapore Court of causing hurt to Velayudha with a penknife at the Bukit Panjang Village on April 18.
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  • Article, Illustration
    97 4 THESE seven lucky girl s from the YWCA free evening classes at Havelock and Prinsep Street Centres, have been awarded a year's training course m dressmaking and embroidery by the Business and Professional Women's Club. From left they are: Chua Kwee Lang, 18; Tan Yen Chin. 15;
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  • 68 4 A WOMAN, Ng Sai Noy, 60, was yesterday fined $5,000 or six months'- jail m default by a Singapore Court when she pleaded guilty to possessing 212 pounds of dutiable tobacco early yesterday morning. Jointly charged with Ng was Tan Bah Too, 27, who claimed
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  • 181 4 THE Singapore City Council is to form voluntary fire lighting squads m kampongs, at an estimated cost of $75,000. This recommendation by a standing committee will come up for confirmation at the full meeting of the Council on Monday. The Committee was of the
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  • 68 4 WHO Official To Study Social Ways MISS Margaret McArthur, of Melbourne, has been appointed Social Anthropologist for the Federation of Malaya. This is a World Health Organization post. Miss McArthur has taken part m several food consumption surveys among aborigines m Northern Australia and Papua-New Guinea. She will investigate the
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  • 65 4 DAVID Low Hai Chew an employee of Sime Darby and Company, Ltd., yesterday pleaded guilty m the Singapore Third District Court, to criminal breach of trust of $5,476, belonging to the firm between Feb. 1 and May 10. Sentence was postponed for a week for
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  • 174 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The emergency executive council meeting of the National Union of Factory and General Workers today appointed a working committee to deal with the appeal against the cancellation of the union's registration and to try to every possible way to obtain the release
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  • 96 4 IPOH. Thurs. A carbine, ammunition, rice, provisions, boots and uniforms were recovered when a patrol of the Special Air Services Regiment arrested a Communist suspect m the "Ginger" operational area at noon yesterday. The man. later identified as Leong Sin, was m possession of a carbine,
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  • 168 4 Top Cinema Award For Manager Of Odeon THE much-coveted Quigley Award for the best cinema management has been won for the first time by a 27-year-old Singaporean. The award presented quarterly by the Quigley Publications of America went to Mr. Ong Beng Bee, manager of the Cathay Organization's Odeon Theatre
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  • 104 4 TWO MOTIONS FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEET THE Singapore City Council will consider on Monday whether the City Information Bureau should be a department similar to any other Council department. The motion, to be moved by UMNO Councillor, Inche Syed Ali Redha Alsagoff, asks that the Bureau should publicize council activities
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  • 53 4 COMMONWEALTH Youth Sunday m Singapore will be marked by special services at St. Andrew's Cathedral and the Methodist Church m Barker Road on May 18. At St. Andrew's Cathedral, the service commences at 10.30 m the morning and at the Methodist Church it will be held
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  • 143 4 SINGAPORE'S amateur bands specializing m jazz skiffle and jive have been invited to pit their skill and versatility at the "Battle of the Bands" organized by Shaw Brothers. Each band should not exceed six m number. Initial skirmishes between competing bands will com- mence on
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  • 315 4 FIRST CASE FOR COLONY'S FOURTH ASIAN JUDGE MR. JUSTICE AMBROSE, the fourth Asian lain to be appointed to the Singapore Bench, yesterday heard his first case a District Court appeal. The appeal, by Chop Seng Huat and six others, against a district court judgment allowng Shaw and Shaw possession of
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  • 122 4 IPOH. Thurs. Two Tan brothers Kian Nam, 20, and Kian Weng. 29 who claimed they each bought a bicycle for $12, were fined $150 each by Magistrate Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan today for retaining stolen property. They pleaded guilty to a charge of retaining
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  • 83 4 A STANDING Comrr has been appointed to a r the Minister for Communications and Works, Mr. Franris Thomas, on matters relating to the issue and desi£n of postage stamps. The Committee, appointed t>v the Minister himself, be under the chairmanship of the Permanent Secretar the Ministry of
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  • 283 5 Sfudy Peoples Of Asia, Nanyang Undergrads Told STUDENTS of the Nanyang University were yesterday advised by Dr. Elizabeth Comber (best-selling author Han Suyin) to "cultivate a sense of curiosity -md inquiMtiveness about the peoples of South-east Asia." Dr. Comber told her packed audience at the Arts
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  • 169 5 IT happened at the Sinre International airat Paya Lebar yester- A Qantas Super-Con-ation stopped dead on t r .e tarmac when a passensuddenly realized he had left his coat m the ter,l building. The coat was rushed pcioss to the plane by
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  • 69 5 Had 5-Day Secret Talks Here THE British Ambassador to Indonesia. Mr. D. F. MacDermot (above) who left Singapore yesterday for Jakarta by Air India after conferring with the CommissionerGeneral for South-east Asia. Sir Robert Scott. Mr. MacDermot told The Standard that his discussions with Sir Robert included a general review
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  • 94 5 TUC Boycott Threat To Local Firms THE Singapore Trades Union Congress last night threatened to boycott all shipping companies which refuse to pay danger allowance 50 per cent of basic wages to seamen working on ships plying between the Colony and Indonesian ports. The threat was contained m a Press
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  • 197 5 A LOTTERY case which was fixed for continued heating yesterday was postponed to Aug. 15, pending a ruling on the Crown's appeal of a similar case heard m the Second District Court last Saturday. Charged before Magistrate R. B. I. Pates with asng m the carrying
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  • 362 5 TWO British officers yesterday supported the claim by Singapore seamen that they should be paid a "danger allowance' if they were required to call at Indonesian ports The officers a master mariner and a chief officer were commenting on the action of the
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  • 40 5 "ECONOMIC Principles m Islam" will be the subject of a talk by Prof. S.Q. Fatimi, of the University of Malaya, at the Singapore Young Men's Muslim Association at No. 31, Lorong 12, Geylang, tomorrow at 5 p.m.
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  • 95 5 MISS Seaii Khung Img. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Seah Siow Seek of Johore Bahru, who returned to Singapore yesterday aboard the Oranje after six years m England. She studied at the Royal College of Music m London, and was granted an
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  • 28 5 MEMBERS of the Malayasian Mariners' Union display a placard asking for danger allowance before sailing to Indonesia, at the Singapore Shipping Office yesterday. Standardpic
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  • 72 5 $11,000 MORE FOR THE FIRE VICTIMS THE Singapore Blue Cross Charitable Institution yesterday presented a cheque for $11,625 to the Social Welfare Department for the Kampong Koo Chai Fire Victims Fund. The cheque was handed to the Acting Director of Social Welfare, Mr. Woon Wah Siang. by the honorary secretary
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  • 244 5 PIONEER days m flying were recalled yesterday by Capt. O. P. Jones, for 35 years a commander and now liaison officer for 8.0.A.C, at a buffet luncheon m Singapore for Civil aviation officials, airline and shipping representatives and travel agents. Capt. Jones, who left
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  • 31 5 TWO men, Low Kee Hoon and Koong Lor Chien, were yesterday acquitted m the Singapore Third District Court, on a charge of rioting while armed with dangerous weapons.
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  • 328 5 LONDON. May 15 (UP) The cold stares of Engiish- and women are g to force one of Singas prettiest exports to j her graceful Cheongor a shapeless dr«. She is model-sized, raven d Pansy Lim Chia Neo. of Singapore's Chief Mr. Lim Yew Hock. *ho
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  • 278 5 A HOTEL manager and his clerk were yesterday found gui'ty on two charges of failing to register a couple occupying a room m their hotel by the Singapore Seventh Court Magistrate, Mr. Tara Singh. They were Tong Chen Wah, the manager, and Syed Omar,
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  • 328 5 Nobel Prize Winners Good Work On Anaemia THE man who won the Nobel Prize m Chemistry last year, and whose most recent work m unfolding the structure of Vitamin 812 represents an enormous step forward m the treatment of pernicious anaemia, left Singapore by air this morning for Hongkong. He
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  • 171 5 TWO FACE CHARGE OF ARMED ROBBERY CHOW CHONG MENG. 20, and Lim Kok Seng, 21, were yesterday committed tostand trial at the next Assizes on a tentative charge of armed robbery by a Singapore Court. They were accused at a preliminary inquiry of robbing a taxi-driver, Lim Wah Seng, of
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  • 336 6 MALAY ANIZE THIS POST Put Local Man In The Ministry, Government Told KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malayan businessmen and industrialists want the Federation Government to appoint a Malayan as the next Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The present Secretary, Mr. A.J.D.C. Loch is retiring next month under
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  • 254 6 PENANG PLANS A $700,000 CANAL PENANG, Thurs. With a view to alleviating the flood conditions m the lowlying Sungei Pinang area, the Engineer's Department of the City Council has drawn up plans for the construction of a canal, which will cost approximately $700,000. The Mayor, Mr. D. S. Ramanathan, disclosed
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  • 122 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Ambassador of the United Arab Republic to Indonesia, Dr. Ali Fahmi Al-Amroussi, paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, at his office this morning, and conveyed to him a message from President, Nasser. The Premier
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  • 89 6 IPOH, Thurs. The death occurred m London yesterday of Mrs. Goh Teik Wah (Nee Ong Say Khim) 47, wife of Dr. Goh Teik Wah. of Ipoh. Mrs. Goh, who had been ailing for several months went by air to London last month with her husband
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  • 36 6 HONGKONG, May. 15 Special Standard Service: Closing prices of the Hongkong Exchange were: $16.10 to £1 Sterling, $5,805 to US$l; $1,842 to Malayan $1; $0,007 to one Indonesian Rupiah; Gold $252,125 to a tael.
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  • 46 6 MR. R.P.S. Rajasooria, a well-known Malayan lawyer m Kuala Lumpur, is seen about to enter his car to travel to Klang where he received the honour of Dato Kurnia Bakti Bijaya from the Sultan of Selangor on the Ruler's 60th Tuesday. Standardpic Yong
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  • 52 6 THE Defence Minister, Dato Abdul Razak, who made a tour of military units m Perak on Wednesday, is briefed by Major E. G. Woodman at No. 2 Recce. Flight Squadron, based at the Ipoh Airport. On the Minister's right* is Capt. J. R. West of the Royal
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  • 101 6 PENA N G, Tues.— Two policemen became suspicious when they saw a youth with his head covered by a sack, walking along the roads In the early hours of the morning. They arrested him when they saw him peep through the window of a
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  • 162 6 PENANG. Thurs. The Malayan Postal and Telecommunications Uniformed Staff Union has sent a telegram to the Japanese Prime Minister. Mr. Nobusuke Kishi, protesting against his Government's action on postal workers m Japan. The union's general secretary, Inche Osman Siru, explained today that members of the
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  • 68 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Two rubber tappers, Awang bin Bulat, 28, and Ja'afar bin Awang Teh, 20. were yesterday sentenced to two years' jail each m the Sessions Court here, on a joint charge of housebreakine and theft. On the application of the prosecution, the President
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  • 211 6 KRIS FOR THE KIWIS TOKEN OF GRATITUDE KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussain, today presented a Malay kris to No. 14 Squadron, RNZAF, on the eve of their departure for New Zealand. "I pay tribute to members of another Air
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  • 285 6 QUICK SUCCESS FOR IPOH'S NEW CRIME FIGHTER IPOH Thurs. Since he took over duties two days ago, Ipohs new OCPD, Deputy Superintendent of Polrire Albert Mah, 32, has been briefing his men. st-essing importance of preventive measures again>t crime and scored two successes last night. Plain clothesmen on rounds arrested
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  • 278 6 Study In English First, Says The Dato IPOH, Thurs.— Dato Osman bin Talib, Chief Minister of Malacca and former Deputy to the Perak Mentri Besar, last night said that Malay yo should complete their secondary education m English so that they will later be ab translate technical books into Malay.
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  • 70 6 KUALA LUMPUR, T Alliance Municipal Co Chong Shih Guan. speakinp at the third anni vernation of the Kuala 1 Hawkers and Petty 1 Association, today appo all members to cb-opers with the municipality h police to keep the streel and free from obstruri He explained that the
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  • 45 6 IPOH, Thurs— Mr. See Toh Fatt, 43. an electricia was critically injured road accident on Monday, died m hospital here last night. Mr. See. riding a moir.rcycle, was involved m Jision with a lorry at th tion of Connolly and Road.
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  • 446 7 Court Told Of Parana Attack FOUP men were yesterday charged m the Singapore Second District and Criminal Court with being members of an unlawful assembly, rioting and causing hurt They were Tay Cheng Teck, Goh Ban Lee alias Tong Goh, Yeo Peck Chuan alias Happy, and
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  • 159 7 RUBBER FIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were= Buyers Sellers Spot 74 74i R.S.S. No. 1 (June) 72| 721 R.S.S. No. 1 (July) 72 72} R.S.S. No. 2 70 70* R.S.S. No. 3 64 64} Tone: Quiet. The price of tin m Singapore yesterday was
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  • 99 7 New Film To Be Made In Colony MR. OTTO Premlnger, described as a most versatile motion picture producer, will arrive m Singapore on Sunday to finalize production details for a major Columbia picture which is to be made m the Colony He will be accompanied by Columbia's London representative, Mr.
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  • 59 7 THE Singapore Bicycle Dealers' Association will hold its annual general meeting and fifth birthday celebration at the association premises m 8-C. Bugis Street, on Sunday. May 25 at 2 p.m. A dinner for honorary patrons, association representatives, members and guests will be held the same day
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  • 93 7 HAWKER ASSAULTED AND ROBBED TWO thugs accosted a hawker, Ho Soh Yoke, 39, while he was taking shelter from the rain, under a tree, and robbed him of a watch, a ring and $1.80, m Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore last night. While Ho stood under a tree two men asked
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  • 91 7 THE Singapore Safety First Council has not been functioning for more than a year. This was disclosed yesterday by its chairman, Mr. Francis Thomas, the Minister for Com- munications and Works. He said it had not been possible for him to reconstitute the
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  • 775 7 STANDARD ALMANAC INFORMATION AT A GLANCE 17th Annual Chinese Inter-School Sports: At the Jalan Besar Stadium. German Arts Council: Special exhibition of recent German graphic art at Raffles Museum 9.30 a.m. to 530 p.m. Singapore Labour Front: "Meet-the-People" sessions at Party H.Q.. 5. Prince Street 12.30 pm. to 130 p.m
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  • 63 7 AT the Singapore Registry yesterday, Mr. Robert James Nanayakara, of the Mechanical Branch, Public Works Dept. was married to Violet Sumunavathy, yougest daughter of Mr. M. D. Perera, retired technician, Post and Telegraphs Workshops, Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. Perera. A reception was held at Robinson Cafe later
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  • 217 7 A RURAL Development Panel has been set up to co-ordinate rural development m Singapore and improve the condition of farmers and rural dwellers. This was revealed m a Labour Front statement following the reply of the Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M.
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  • 77 7 THE German Ambassador to Indonesia, Dr. H AMr.rdt, arrived m Singapore yesterday on his way back to Jakarta. Dr. Allardt had been recalled to Bonn- for "routine consultations c.nd an on-the-spot report" of the Indonesian crisis. "Germany is not interested m interfering with
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  • 69 7 THE Singapore Olympic Sports Council will tomorrow hold a flag day m aid of the Asian Games Fund. Six hundred volunteers will cover main streets, offices and hospitals and fco from house to house m a bid to top the target of $12,000 set for the
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    • 478 7 i II m f L^ J*| JT^l^'lffm 15th BIG DAY TODAY! "J «l •J k I 10 45 X.15 6.N 9 p.m. jLZmiSMRMjSM'^ FAREWELL TO ARMS" Z HIDSON JENNIFER JONES Cinemascope Color Fox J^~ Next Change "THE SAD SACK" Jerry Lewis Tomorrow 8.45 a.m.: Dana Andrew*. "3 HOURS TO Kll
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 132 9 U.K. Tops Buying In Malayan Rubber BRITAIN topped the rest of the world In purchase of rubber from Malaya m April this year, it is revealed m statistics of ocean shipments of rubber, including latex, for that month, released yesterday. Shipments of rubber to Britain m April totalled 12,364 tons.
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    • 613 9 TINPLATE OUTPUT RATE BIG FACTOR PROSPECTS of demand for tin during the remainder of this year will depend very largely on developments m regard to the tinplate industry, says A. Strauss Co. Ltd., London firm of metal brokers, m their May review of the tin market. The most important factor
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    • 91 9 SINGAPORE Chine»« Pro duce Exchange noon dosing prices Dei picul veslerdav were copra May/ June UK Continent $31 i buyers $32 sellers coconut oil iD oulk $48 sellers; m drums $51j sellers: Muntok white pepper $126 sellers; Sarawak white $125 sellers: Special Sarawak black $73. Singapore Copra Association closing
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    • 114 9 Price Gains Quarter Cent SINGAPORE rubber price closed yesterday at 72* cents per lb. for International first grade June shipment, up i cent. May No. 1 R.S.S. position still appears to be tight with sellers reserved. The market opened lower on disappointing overseas advices, but steadied at the lower levels
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    • 341 9 INDUSTRIALS were firm < while tins and rubbers were j quietly steady m the Malayan share market yesterday. The turnover was small. Some business passed m Raub, at 50 cents and 40 cents (overnight). Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: BUSINESS DONE MALAYAN sharebrokers
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    • 42 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes m its rates to merchants yesterday:— Selling. T.T or O.D. ready: Canada 31-9/16; Swiss Francs 141-7/8; French Franc s 136.0: Belgian Francs 1613-1/4; Italian Lire *****. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    • 284 9 PELNI-LINES 12 ROBINSON ROAD T l: ***** F 'e«9 h /Through Cargo Dept.) Tel: ***** (Manager). "LAIRAN" for Ponrionak May 18 "LARAT" for Tombelon, Ponrianak May 26 "PANEHAN" for Djambi May 26 HUA SIANG STEAMSHIP COMPANY r WEEKLY CARGO SERVICES TO KUCHING, SARIKEI, BINATANG SIBU. HUA HENG" Soils 20 May
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    • 474 9 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME FJ I NOEL SAMPSON JAMES F( WISHART of 201. Belmont Road. Singapore hereby give notice that m consequence of Change of ownership I have at applied to the Minister of fl Transport and Civil Aviation, vv under Section 47 of the c
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    • 375 9 NOTICES CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD OF THE EDERATION OF MALAYA m EM >r the attention of Electricity Xl Consumers m Taiping. In THE C.E.B. Office which present located m the ground a jor of the Taiping Public r orks Department building, c< ross Street No. 4, will be n ioved to
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    • 325 9 CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE APPLICATION has been ade to the City Council of ngapore to issue to Mr. oovanna Kana Vana Er» ithambaram Chetar, formerly of 56 Mar»t Street, Singapore, latterly 67 Market Street. Singapore. now of 3 7- A Market treet, Singapore, a duplicate ;rtificate m respect of his
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  • 425 10 STANDARD PICTURE ROUND-UP PRIME MINISTER Tunku Abdul Rahman who made his first official tour of Malacca State recently was warmly greeted by large crowds wherever he went. (First picture): The Tunku being greeted by Chinese community leaders at Bukit Rambai. (Second picture): After a long journey and a prayer at
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  • 860 11  -  WINDSOR LAD SHAMROCK SLIPPER 'PULLING AWAY' From CHAMPION sprinter DISTINE, with Mickey Donnelly astride, put up a smashing display when he headed oome the improving DOWNING STREET at the end of i three furlongs trial, returning 38 2/5 sec. on the training track
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  • 228 11 2 Jumpers 'Dropped' From Fed. Team KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Two Federation athletes will i not be on the Tokyo bound plane when it leaves Kuala Lumpur airport tomorrow. The athletes are Kuala Lumpur schoolboy Tan Ghee Lim and Seremban school teacher Nelson Paul. They are both high jumpers. Mr. Cheah
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  • 718 11 Barlinnie Does A Brilliant Gallop newcomer BAKurMmt,, one of Penang trainer Jack Manning's candidates, surprised track watchers yesterday when he easily disposed three furlongs m 37 4/5 sec. the fastest time returned by class three horses. Barlinnie (Barratt) had The Friar II for company and making a race of it
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  • 140 11 COLONY DEBUT FOR TOUGH' FILIPINO BOXER EMIL 'BILL* TINDE is the name of this "tough as teak" 24-year-old fighter from the Philippines. He has a date here May 31— with Sonny Chia, leading lightweight m the Colony. The place is Happy World stadium. Emil was the 1956 Philippine feather-weight champion.
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  • 150 11 CAMBRIDGE, May 15 (ReuteD— A fighting innings of 97 by the New Zealand captain John Reid failed to prevent Cambridge University from taking a first innings lead on the second day of the cricket match here today. Despite Reid's knock— made under the handicap
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  • 407 11 WITH 73 points to their credit, Anglo-Chinese School made a sweeping victory to win the inter-school quadrangular athletic meet on the Victoria School field yesterday. Second was Beatty Secondary School with 46$ points, Victoria School third 44| points, and Raffles Institution last with 43 points. Following
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  • 232 11 SBA SubCommittees At the monthly meeting of the Singapore Badminton Association last night, the following were appointed to serve m the various sub committees for the current year: Hon. Legal Officer: Mr. C.H. Koh: Hon. Medical Officer: Dr. G. K. Lim; Hon. External Auditor: Mr. Ec Peng Lian; Hon. Internal
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  • 448 11  - Oon Will Find Piruz Hard To Beat Tonight Not 'Acclimatized' LEONG HEW MENG By ATTENTION is now being focussed on one badminton player. In tonight's exhibition by Malaya's prospective Thomas Cuppers at the Singapore Badminton Association flail, all eyes will be centred on Oon Chong Teik, the Cambridge University student,
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  • 61 11 BADMINTON: Exhibition by Malayan Thomas Cup training squad at SBA hall. 8 p.m. ATHLETICS Singapore Annual Chinese interschool sports at Jalan Besar stadium. SOCCER: SAFA Fixtures 2b Minto CM. vs. i Gymkhana S.C. at Geylang I 5.15 p.m. Maxwell S.C. jvs Badav Kesenian at j M.F.A. ground 5.15
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  • 47 11 EASTBOURNE, Sussex, May 15 (Reuter) Britain won the two singles matches on the opening day of the European Zone Davis Cup second round tie against Brazil here today. Billy Knight beat Ronald Barnes 6-fl 6-2 6-0 and Michael Davies defeated Carlos Fernandez 6-4 6-2 6-3.
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  • 121 11 PENANG. Thurs. Former All-England doubles champion, David Choong. was surprisingly beaten by last year's Penang junior champion, Lee Kam Hon, 15-7, 15-1, m the qualifying rounds of the Malayan badminton championships at the Han Chiang High School hall last night. Although David tried hit
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  • 185 11 TOKYO. May 15. (UP). Malaya's field hockey team has a good chance of winning the bronze medal m the Asian Games, Singapore sports authorities predicted today. Ken Jalleh, and Norman Siebel sports editors of the Singapore Standard and the Straits Times agreed on this when
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  • 233 11 Army, RAF In Exciting Match THE annual inter-Services cricket match between the Army and the Royal Air Force ended m an exciting draw at Changi yesterday. Batting first, the Airmen were all out for 158 runs. The Army, set to make 159 runs for a win m 163 minutes, reached
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  • 86 11 Th« -Singapore Inter-school table tennis t o v m a ment entered its sth day last night, with the following results. (1) Pasir Panjang Secondary School beat Presbyterian Boys School 5-0. (2) Siglap Secondary School beat St. Patrick School 5-0. (3) Raffles Institution beat Bartley Secondary School
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    • 209 11 NO W! Closing date Monday 19th IWIN BIG i PRIZES!™! CALLING ALL SINGAPORE'S Amateur SMALL COMBO Band Groups (lp to 6 members) m the 1 ffl "DHTTIT 0F DHIfTIC" 1 I ii% If 111 ILL the DnJllltJ I \l\fj/j/ f'&Mrtf Saturday 21th May J^f af k minkiiniiT SI MBv yj^m
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  • 315 12 TOKYO, May 15, (l'P>— The soccer competition is expected to be a major highlight ol the Third Asian Games opening May 24 m Tokyo. Japanese experts today refused to name the winner on the basis of what they called the tremendous
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  • 160 12 Singapore Water-Polo Team's First Game TOKYO, May 15 (UP).— The Philippines and Singapore will clash m the opening competition on May 28 for the water-polo title of the Third Asian Games, it was announced today. The schedule: May 28— Philippines versus Singapore (12.30 p.m.). Japan versus Hongkong (1.30 p.m.). May
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  • 73 12 The Queen's Derby Hope Beaten NEWMARKET. Suffolk. May 15 (Reuter)— Mr. Phil Bulls! Guersillus won the New- 1 market Stakes run over one mile and a quarter here yesterday. The Queen's Miner's Lamp was second, with Mr. Jwme. Sutclifle's Morning Coat third. Five ran. Official starting prices: 13 to 2
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  • 17 12 beat the Republic of Ireland 1 3-1 m a soccer match here yesterday, says Reuter.
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  • 37 12 FRANKIE Vaughan has been ordered to lay off his hobby of weightlifting. Though it has boosted Vaughan's already beefy muscles on his 44-inch chest, it has started to interfere with his singing. Mirrorpic.
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  • 69 12 Ten For Trial Stakes LONDON, May 15 (Reuter) Ten probables with jockeys for the Derby Trial Stakes to be run over one and a half miles at Lingfleld Park tomorrow at 1430 GMT are: Snow Cat IL. Piggott), Chinese Sun (J. Purcell), Trimmer (S. Clayton) Paresa <W. Rickaby). Herds Mead
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  • 77 12 ADELAIDE, May 15 (Reuter)—Mr. E. J. Hayes* Star Aim won the Adelaide Cup, run over two miles at Morphettville racecourse yesterday. Mr. G. Hoadley's Watch Out finished second, a length and a half behind Star Aim, and a neck ahead of Mr. G.S. Deyong's Straight
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  • 26 12 RIO DE JANEIRO. May 15 Brazil beat Bulgaria 4-0 m an international soccer match here tonight. They led 2-0 at half time, says Reuter.
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  • 563 12  -  PATRICK DAVIDSON HIT IN AUSTRALIA By SYDNEY, Australia. LEADING professional soccer football clubs m Australia are eagerly seeking the services of Malaya's "Golden Boy" of soccer, Wong Kong Leong:, former Per*k star player. But they have little chance of ever signing nim I up. "I
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  • 59 12 More Teams Arrive In Tokyo TOKYO, May 15 (Reuter) Further additions to the Burmese, Pakistan and Iranian teams to the forthcoming Asian Games today arrived by air m Tokyo. The Burmese team consisted of 44 athletes, all men. The Pakistan team of 20 athletes included some members of the Pakistan
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  • 171 12 OLYMPIC GAMES PRUNED TOKYO. May 15. (Re. The International Congress meeting m Tok.\ day streamlined the 1960 0 pic Games to be held m J m 1960. There will be fewer i and gold medals and. th< a strong possibility thsgames will be pruned fun after the 1960 Games. Mr.
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  • 72 12 RUSSIAN THREAT FORESEEN NEW YORK. May 15 (Renter) Professional tennis promoter Jack Kramer forecast here yesterday tha: ten years Russia would have the Davis Cup "all locked up." He said he had been talkIng to fellow professional Fred Perry who had Just returned from Russia. "He tells me some fantastic
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  • 287 12 Manchester United Trounced 4-0 In European Cup Series MILAN, May 15 (Reuter) Milan beat Manchester United 4-0 last night and will meet Real Madrid, the holders, m the final of the European Soccer Cup. Manchester United had won the first leg 2-1, m Manchester. Manchester, who were a goal down
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  • 79 12 HELSINKI, May 15, (AFP). Mexico's Davis Cup team arrived here yesterday and drew for their European zone second round match May 16 to May 18 against Finland. Finland's Heikki Hedman will play P. Contreras and Finland's Sakari Salo will meet M. Llamas m the first two singles
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  • 920 13 PsdiXM/L -ifcfc QcOMJIA 4JJ<J&C ifcfi, YJM> TI&HOS Intense Drama Of The Korean War "JIME LIMIT" marks the debuts of two fine Factors m unaccustomed capacities. Richard Widmark, who is the star of. ''Time is also the producer. Karl Maiden makes his bow as a director with "Time
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  • 398 13 THE HOLLYWOOD LOWDOWN THE HOLLYWOOD LOWDOWN "TWO Headed Spy,'* starring Jack Hawkins and Gia Scala and directed by Andre de Toth. is based on the exciting exploits of some of Britain's master spies m Hitler's Germany. The film i s being made with the co-operation of Britain's War Office, with
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  • 440 13 CLAUDE Dauphin became a French stage and screen star whose ultimate orbit was Hollywood because an actor whose name he can't even remember took suddenly ill. The year was 1930. Dauphin, then a stage struck set designer at the Odeon Theatre, a repertory house m Paris,
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    • 155 13 LI'L ABNER B Al C pp —^/^Vs/HICH ONE Of HWE HE "iWff-MLL HAFTA DRAG f -AND NOW 'BRIDE AND iTS VO'-u G H.?- LADIES > ISff- WE J HIM OVER TH' FINISH LINE XgOON'W/LL BP/NOQU I /^\afijr\T»«>/ GITS ME-NOT THET (KEPT OUR "i- MAHSELF.T"— H O -HOM. r r 7
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 190 14 CANNES, May 15 (AFP).— The first Franco-Chinese film co-production m history, "Cerf Volant Dv Bout Dv Monde" (Kite From The End Of The World), was enthusiastically applauded at its world premiere m Cannes during the international film festival. The film was not officially
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    • 332 14 CANADA U.S. VIOLATED TRUST Strong Protest Sent Following Senate Committee's Action OTTAWA, May 15 (UP)— Canada's External Affairs Minister, Mr. Sidney Smith, yesterday lashed out at rhe United States Senate internal security sub-committe for violating Canada's trust m making new public statements on the controversial Norman case. Mr. Smith told
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    • 282 14 'Anti-Red Moves Are Part Of Plan WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuter)— President Eisenhower said yesterday tnat anti-American demonstrations m Latin America, Burma and Jakarta seemed to be part of a concerted idea and plan. He told his Press conference that it was difficult to make direct accusations that the demonstrations were
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    • 186 14 GARCIA: POSSIBLE' FILIPINOS ARE SIDING R.I. REBELS MANILA, May 15 (UP) Philippines President Mr. Carlos P. Garcia said today it was "possible" some Filipino adventurers were fighting with the Indonesian tebel foices. But the President emphasized that the government, sticking to its policy of non-intervention m Indonesian affairs, had "issued
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    • 126 14 WASHINGTON, May 15. (Reuter) The House of Representatives last night approved President Eisenhower's 3,603 million dollars foreign aid Bill for the fiscal year beginning on July 1. after defeating all attempts to cut it down. The Bill will now go to the Senate. The Bill
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    • 63 14 Photo. INVESTIGATION staffs check the wreckage of an Indian Air Force jet Vampire plane which crashed into a Delhi flying club hangar at Safdarjung Airport, killing six persons. About 15 planes of the club were destroyed m the fire that followed the crash and at
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    • 80 14 LITTLE ROCK. Arkansas,' May 15 (Reuter).— A 12--year-old boy chased his piano teacher from her home here yesterday and, m front of horrified neighbours, stabbed her 19 times with a hunting knife. The teacher, Mrs. Kirke Killian was dead on arrival at hospital. A Police spokesman said
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    • 34 14 SOUTH Korean Police said eight miners were killed, three injured and five missing on Wednesday as a result of an explosion at a coal mine m Yong 01, north of Pusan.
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    • 194 14 No Peace Settlement In Sight Premier JERUSALEM, Israel. May 15 (UP) Israel Premier David Ben Gurion told his countrymen last night he doubted there was "any near prospect of a peace settlement" between Israel and its neighbours. He said m a sDeech at the Tel Aviv conference of the Mapai
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    • 38 14 EVANGELIST Billy Graham told an audience of 14,900 m San Francisco on Wednesday that no age has ever emphasised sex more and enioyed it less. Many people "are prowing sick of their sex liberties" Reuter.
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    • 155 14 MANILA May 15, (Reuter) The Philippines and the United States governments today announced agreement to establish a Philippine-U.S. Mutual Defence Board. It was also agreed to assign Philippines military liaison officer to the staff of the base commander m major American military
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    • 79 14 MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED ADELAIDE, May 15 (Reuter) —A 22-year-old Greek immigrant was saved from the gallows today when his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The Greek, Stelianos Athanasiadis, was due to be hanged m Adelaide on Tuesday next. He had been found guilty of killing his 17-year-old
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    • 25 14 SIR HAYDEN STARKE. retired justice of the High Court, of Australia, died at his home m Melbourne on Wednesday. He was 87. Reuter.
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    • 147 14 S-E ASIA KEEN TO TRADE SWARTZ CANBERRA, May 15. (Reuter).— There was a keen desire m South-east Asia to develop trade relations with Australia, the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Trade, Mr. R. W. C. Swartz, said m a statement here today. Mr. Swartz was the leader of a 22-man Australian
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    • 301 14 MOSCOW, May 15, (Reuter) Russia has warned Britain of the "possible consequences of such a dangerous step" m renewing nuclear tests, the official Soviet news agency Tass reported last night The agency said that a Note was sent to the British Goveminent on May 12
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    • 58 14 WASHINGTON. Ma y 15 [Reuter)— Two U.S. Republic. n Congressmen yesterday jther Republican members 1 Congress to join them m eniorsing Mr. Richard Nixon fot :he Republican- president al lomination m 1960. A letter from represeMbert Morano of Coniv md James Fulton of P« /ania went to
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    • 156 14 THE QUEEN SCRAPS HER VISIT TO BALMORAL LONDON, May 15 Queen Elizabeth is today reported to have made another break with tradition by scrapping her Whitsun visit to Balmoral. Normally, she spends a fortnight at Whitsun staying at Balmoral. her Scottish home, and fishing for salmon m the River Dee.
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    • 145 14 BAGHDAD. Ma i (Reuter) King Fa Iraq and King Husst Jordan last night talks on the governing of the two -day -old Union of Jordan an. m 'full agreement.'' it was officially stated here. An official spokesman royal decree would be today on
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