Singapore Standard, 5 January 1959

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  • 19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD FHGKJ;O' SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1959. Vol. IX No. 186. d 15 ctt. 2 Pag^ (FINAL EDITION)
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  • 811 1 *Ii we do not stand together then we mag fail seyarateiu 9 PI visit the first step in new plan PRIME MINISTER, Tunku Abdul Rahman declared in Baguio Ciry last night that if the countries of South-east Asia did not stand together, they
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  • 173 1 TSni«'ihH"iVK <>Uter) Mala y as p "ni e Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, went to the cockfights today SbSras? in Northern luz and ts as The Premier and hU party who arrived in Manila yesterday, went on a four-and-half-hour train ride from Manila and then got
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  • 59 1 BAGHDAD. Jan 4 (UPI> Premier Abdel Kanm Ka.ssem has cut one-fourth from :he sentences of nearly all civilian and military prisoners in Iraq. The only exception to the order, announced yesterday, covered those sentenced by "peoples' courts." The cuts will go Into effect tomorrow to mark
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  • 33 1 AN Indian mountaineering learn has redefved p*rmis«lon from the Government Nepal to reconnoitre Mount Everest next year and to climb Mount Pumorl in 1959 It plans to climb Everest in 1960.
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  • 530 1 DR. ISMAIL WARNS of RED THREATS to FREE WORLD KJ;OP NATIONALISM HAS OVERPOWERED THE DESTRUCTIVE FORCES By EDWARD G. DE PURY WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, Cabinet Minister Designate in Malaya, said yesterday that the free world has to contend against two big Communist powers,
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  • 54 1 HONGKONG, Jan. 4 (UPI) Seven Spaniards will leave Hongkong early this week aboard a Hongkong-built Chinese junk for a history-making voyage to Barcelona, Spain. The junk they are to sail in is called "Rubia 1 meaning blonde in English. The Spaniards plan to reach Barcelona in
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  • 105 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. There is every likelihood that Wan Hamid, former Johore Assistant State Secretary, now under detention, may be released conditionally, confining his activities within the country and in non-political fields. The Standard learned today. Wan Hamid was detained under the Emergency Regulations after his
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  • 29 1 SEVERAL occupants of an attap hut at the 13th milestone Chua Chu Kang Road. Singapore, were rendered homeless when flre gutted the hut shortly before midnight.
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  • 226 1 Dagger man attacks two Varsity students TWO University of Malaya senior students were stabbed by an unknown assailant while they were in the car in Kingsmead Road late last night. They were R. D. Amarasingham, 29, and his friend 22-year-old Mis s Toh Chai Lim whose addresses were given as
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  • 317 1 MANILA. Jan. 4 (UPI) A prosperous, contented and progressive Malaya will strengthen democracy in Asia, declared Philippine President Carlos P. Garcia tonight. Speaking at the stae dinner in honour of Malaya's Premier. President Garcia said that the neighbours of Malaya cannot remain unconcerned
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  • 64 2 Bank dispute settlement in sights wi COLOMBu. i (Reuton. —The a S of Ceylon B*- 1--M Union toriav' a t>\ *-^H cf a Pi dispute with <■• Ed If the a by the hank n, *.^M day-old strike f^( b.vm 1 activities thn '-<M try, urill be IV wage negot.a:
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  • 56 2 ROSMM) I\S B^ Jan. 1959 passed fl| peacefully at I pm H 76. at I<m. Tmmm leaving behind fv f B (ieorje. Joseph, Michael and Rfifl C'honc, and five riauthfl in-lam. and II crandfl dren to mourn hfr <fl The corteje uill \t\W 4 pm for St r>v-W Paul
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    • 964 2 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL MALACCA MUNICIPALITY CLAIMS FOR REFUND 3i% DEBENTURE STOCK OF RATES ON UNOCCUPIED 1948 68-73. BUILDINGS. (Section M of the Municipal NOTICE i s hereby given Ordinance) that the Transfer Books of NOTICE is hereby given the above Stock will be closed that claims for refund of from
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    • 575 2 MALACCA MUNICIPALITY RAfTES FOR THE Ist. »ALF-YEAR. 1959. OWNEPIS of property are reminded ttmat rates for the 111 half-year ,1959 are due and payable in advance without demand *t the Municipal Office, Malncca. in the month of January. 195.Q 2. The -/fercentage of rates payable for the year 1959 is
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    • 186 2 TENDER NOTICES P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE JTENDERS from registered F.IV.D. Contractors of Class "E'' and above will be received at the Office of the State Engineer. P.W.D. Perak. Ipoli, up to 3.00 pm of the 2nd! February. 1959, for THE PROVISION OF SURVEY ROCVMS AT CENTRAL ME>ITAL HOSPITAL, TANJONG RAMBI'TAN Aid
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  • EDITORIAL • SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 490 3 I NO country that lacks economic stability can rtJAt the threat of communism as confidently os lf£t which have raised their economy to levels which can keep their people happy and contented. That <■ the basis on which any sustained opposition Cin be offered to the inroads
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    • 325 3 I IT IS, indeed, most encouraging to read that f Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, does not "*r Singapore to end its free port status. He made JKm Pertecrly clear when he met a group of visiting students and told them that to mainto'r- :onomic
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    • 54 3 j OFFirc 23 Lim Teck Kim Koao. S'pore I PO Box No 1563 Cables. lICERNEWS" La luudii» Tel ***** (5 lines) AM department* China insurance Bldg.. 174. Batu Rd I Teleohont ***** *NC 93 Cowan St Tel: 3829 ACCA 8 Le.th St Tel: 4055 L 91-A
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  • 1102 3  - Kenya Through The Looking Glass GEORGE CLAY By NAIROBI "^TE have not much time left in Kenya if violence is to be avoided." It was in the chrome and plastic cocktail bar of Accra's Ambassador Hotel, where bare brown shoulders and brilliant kente cloth togas contrast oddly with ultra-modern furnishings,
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  • LONDON CORNER EVERY MONDAY
    • 865 3 'J'HE sign of American big business all over the world, from the swamplands of Thailand to the Sorrento peninsula, from the cafes of Nazareth to the bars of Singapore, is the trade mark of that curious international drink, Coca-Cola. It crops up everywhere the stubby,
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  • 447 3  -  ROBERT FRANKLIN By HONGKONG. to link the Chinese Nationalist President Chiang Kaishek's announcement that he will retire from the Presidency in 1960 with Chairman Mao Tse-tung's decision to resign as mainland China's Head of State, coming close together though they did, do not hold up under
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  • Article, Illustration
    453 3  -  Aster Gunasekera IN A few months, aliens In Singapore ajid In the Federation ar e not c.nc to find It MM* to flit across from one territory to the other, as they do today. Now. if we feel like going up-country for a holiday, on business or pleasure,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 24 3 Kemodelling old jewellery B WATCH REPAIR SERVICE I* OC B ENGRAVING B BY MASTER CRAFTSMEN 1. H. HENDRY Manufacturing Jewellers Kuala Lumpur and Singapore
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    • 101 3 NEVER LJ eC3^^^^ j^^^f^y^^^^^aMW^pl^ Parents or guardians can open i^n^^^l^^^^mf^TlW^R""^ "Coins Bank" accounts in the ifc' '"'i^^jAj^mmtmU^m^^i names of the children under Hsk| years a 8« Tnen now thrilled they H BBytyijWß^^^J^^^^^^^^M be to be able to choose a p^*^i^| fßbr^^=T=?|sSJH^ novelty savings box >n the JiJ^^^^'f l^'frf'i^Mr^^^Mf -f shape
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  • 389 4  - SUBVERSION: SCHOOLS ARE WATCHED JAMES DAVID Minister reviews the progress made by department in 1958 By MILITANT defiance of authority in Singapore schools has disappeared as a result of firm action taken by the Government in the past, Minister for Education, Mr. Chew Swee Kee said yesterday. "But, there is
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  • 300 4 A SINGAPORE family of ten three adults and seven children, including an infant of four months yesterday miraculously escaped death when the car they were travelling plunged into a deep ditch at the sth mile, Bukit Timah Road. Fortunately at the time (430
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  • 141 4 NAIROBI. Kenya. Jan. 4| (IT*I) —Kenya, po'.ice yesterday arrested the star witness 11 the 19n3 .Tnmo Kcnyat'n trial and charged him "with falsely claiming ne had lied' in his trial testimony. Rawson Macharia, who recently signed an affidavit that he had wrongly connected Kenyatta with
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  • 19 4 PORTSMOUTH. Jan. 4. (Reuter) A whirlwind struck the village of Alverstoke near here damaging more than fifty hni]co<s
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  • 232 4 A Giant Union Of Clerks Formed IPOH, Sun. The first step was taken today to form a gian. "National Union" in the Federation and embracing all clerical workers estimated at well over 100.000. At a nve-hour conference of delegates of the unions affiliated to the Malayan Federa.ion of Clerical and
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  • 45 4 TOKYO. Jan 4 ißeuter> A driver and his six passengers were killed instantly early this morning whrn their bus was crushed between two electric trains near the Osaka station, western Japan. The bus wa.s reduced to a heap of tangled steel.
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  • 88 4 OVERSEAS TOURS FOR TEACHERS THE Singapore Teachers I Ai=sociat on has derided to organise educational touri to Japan and other neighbouring [countries during the next sumAt the executive committee he d last Saturday, the AttOiation also pel up a wo. fare committee to look after the interests of the teachers.
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  • 128 4 TAIPEI. Jan 4 <UPl)— The Chinese Communist'. have moved submarines near the Formo a Straitl are.j. prof).. to harrass NationaVt Chinese supply lines to the offshore Quemov and MattU Is, and*:, a Nationalist spokesman said today. Rear Admiral Uu Hoh-Tu. -pokesmnn for the Nation! I
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  • 244 4 TH E Roman Catholic Chapel of St. John in the newly built church at Pulau Bukom. was yesterday opened and blessed by the Archbishop of Malacca-Singapore, Monsignor M. Olcomendy. This church, built by the Shell Company and which is the first to be built
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  • 73 4 PRETTY 20-year old Miss D. M. Chan was crowned the 1959 "Union Queen" at the Third Anniversary Dance of the Singapore Business Houses Employees' Union held on Saturday night it the Victoria Memorial Hall. The runners-up were Mist June Elias. 17. and Mist Deanna Webster. Picture
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  • 86 4 he ROUE, .idn. io ed investigation n Rome's mott H trial for a and flv« Rom rt source* th Tho sour< *n Ti. t at torn. 7" 1 in? 22-vrar-olfi 4. K.ush and manv of H who wai R strip or be k vate party on T Th,^ pajrty
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  • 59 4 2 BURMESE OFFICIALS ON VISIT TW( H T < W ed in Sincatv^. lif on a tv. ±J Thev •< .< o the MtriKtrv o' S A. U Ri Srin. ;»r T of the S V mission, r r, k {js Th z JL on thr V Ltm Yew Horli
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  • 326 4 MINI TKS after his re-rlection as the Secretary (ienrral of the inti strong Singapore City Council Labour I'nions' Federation, Mr K Siv.iv^ mv terday warned the Council that the workers will adopt a got touch" nolirv 'I better deal. Mr. Siva.samy
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    • 86 4 ri W "no doubt about It, I PREFER NESCAFE" because I make a point of <&*^ r r^* m^^*>^ serving only good coffee... J^v^^ 3^^™^"^^ i^rHy I Insist on Nescafe h^^jj^^^^^^i Nescafe is 10CT pure instant coffee. It is a I^Xj^^f^iJg choice coffee, carefully blended to suit the palates of
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  • 290 5 Ufter 12 years came the radio split... (for the first time I few Network Fo play big art in nation uilding Lim SINGAPORE'S Chief Minister, Tun Uflj ,u Hock, yesterday in his first j^o; over Radio Singapore said fbai network would now become mm
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  • 43 5 TWO NURSES BACK FROM UK TRAINING TWO Singapore nurses. Miss Chew Soo Moi and Miss Lai Souh Wah, who went to England for post-graduate training will return to the Colony tomorrow aboard the Canton. Under a Sino-British Fellowship Trust, they left in 10^7
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  • 117 5 Dayong Sampan ushers in new era THE Radio Malaya split was completed yesterday and for the first lime in Malayan broadcasting history, Radio Singapore was on the air. The island's own radio was born at 6.29 a.m. when "Dayong Sampan" the signature tune, played for the first time Then, Just
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  • 329 5 Competition will bring better programmes Beamish THE TRANSITION to separate services for Singapore and the Federation had been accomplished with no dislocation of programmes at all, the Singapore Director of Broadcasting, Mr. H.H. Beamish, said last night Mr. Beamish, in his first broadcast over Radio Singapore pointed out that for
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  • 405 5 Radio Malaya will provide a wider service for rural people Razak KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The new Radio Malaya will strengthen and increase the number of programmes specifically designed for listeners in the rural areas, the Acting Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak declared over the nation's new broadcasting station tonight. After
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  • 77 5 THE President of the Nanyang University Students' Union. Mr. Lang Kuang Fee. will represent the Union at the Bth International Students' Congress, to be held at Lima. Peru, next month. The Congress which will last for 10 davs. will discuss problems facing all students throughout the
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  • 26 5 STAISD4HD reporter, Ran jit GUI, eaUhes Radio Singapore, a» it tvas born with the signature tune, Dayong Sampan, at 6.29 a.m. yesterday.
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  • 212 5 Preserve Chinese way of life: Dr. Lim urges PENANG, Sun.— The Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi would prove a place of interest and a tourist attraction in Malaya. This was stated by the President of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dr Lim Chong Eu, in his address at a dinner last
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  • 258 5 j THE ONLY solution to the Indonesion rebellion that is going on now is to stop shooting and "take a more mature course" in settling the dispute, a copra businessman from Celebes, said in Singapore yesterday. He predicted that the continuation of
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  • 243 5 'Pine Packers May Turn To Other Businesses' The Chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, yesterday hinted that owing to too much official interference*' the packers were exploring the possibilities of converting their 51.000,000, canning factories into other businesses. He said: Japan has now offered
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  • 140 5 Villagers beat up thugs THREE touch thugs who tried to extort protection money from a sundry goods shop towkay at Changt were yesterday taught a lesson of their lives. The throe all in their early twenties walked holdlv into the sundry shop at mile, Changi Road, hoping to extort money.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 87 5 r of. ISALMAH AHMAD IN THE MOST T HILARIOUS COMEDY <> IL«^ YOU HAVE EVER SEEN turn iMitrw v. v Ws3£3m B¥ HO AH LORE OIRKC TED BY KM. B4SKER^ A CATHAY -KERIS PRODUCTION X Htevfl you entered yet for the^heW^^S •'n.tour CMMdian content being rondiirted 4& n ronnmrtion with
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    • 65 5 SINGAPORE non stop to HONG KONG 1 TWICE WEEKLY (Return following day) 5 6 7 8 9 10 v^tffillP 1 l2 l3 l4 l5 l6 l7 I^gfgfijL 8 19 20 21 22 23 24 T^^JHU 5 26 27 28 29 30 31 4g|JfrLJ ALSO TWICE WEEKLY (Return same day TO
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  • 354 6  -  S. JAYA KUMAR L;ILUKHJNFH By THIS ATTRACTIVE YOUNG MISS FINISHES SCHOOL A SINGAPORE girl who posed as a boy for seven years to continue her studies in an English School, last month finished her Cambridge School Certificate Examinations at the Fairfield
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  • 69 6 MALACCA. Sun. More than 800 ppopl e crammed the Capitol Dance Hall this mornto witness a Hindu marriage between Mr. P. Skandadasan and Miss K. Sarasa. The hride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Nair. senior assistant manager of Bert am Estate. while
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  • 182 6 Jungles can attract tourists KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Hunting, fishing In Malayan Jungles and rivers could be developed to attract tourists to the country, suggested the new Federation representative of the Air India International. Penang born, Mr. S. S. Vlrik. here today. There should be no hesitation in tapping the natural
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  • 85 6 MAYOR Ong Eng Guan yesterday morning left Singapore by Cathay Pacific Airways for Jakarta on a twoweek holiday. The Mayor said that the visit would serve a dual purpose. Apart from paying a visit to the Mayor o t Jakarta,, he said he hoped "to try
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  • 248 6 SINGAPORE lawyer. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. left Singapore yesterday by Air India International to attend the conference of the International Commission of Jurists which begins in New Delhi today. Mr. Lee told the Press/ that this was the first time that there was a
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  • 33 6 THERE was one suspected case of poliomyelitis admitted to the Middleton Hospital. Singapore, up to 4 p.m. yesterday. The case was a boy, three years, from Boon Teck Road.
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  • 174 6 ELECTIONS: LIB-SOCS MAKE AN EARLY START THE Liberal Socialist Party will today become the first political party in Singapore to begin actual electioneering, although the date for the next general election is not yet fixed by the Government. The financial section of the Party's executive committee Will meet today to
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  • 109 6 RIDA loans $40,000 to Chamber KOTA BAHRU. Sun Federation's Rural Industrial Development Authority today granted a $40,000 loan to the Kelantan Malay Chamber of Commerce for the construction of a Vuilding estimated to cost SPO.OOO. The balance of $50,000 would be subscribed by the members of the Chamber. With the
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  • 100 6 TAIPIXG. Sun.— The Mentri Besar of Perak. Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Haji Jawi. was among the large gathering of Government officials, businessmen and community leaders at the opening of the new branch of the Mercantile Bank here on Friday. Mr. A. L. A. Bon Bernard. Manager
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  • 374 6 Govt. step in S with transports for big lift jj KUALA LUMPUR. Sun- The Chief Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, Jnche H. bin Ibrahim, said today that transport faci being provided to smallholders to convey pinrnp^ various marketing centres in the Federation In this "big
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  • 181 6 MINISTER'S WIFE SETS A GOOD EXAMPLE ON FRIDAY. Minister for Agriculture, Inche Abdul Aziz Ishak, launched a campaign in the Federation urging the people to "eat more pineapples" to save the livelihood of nearly 16.000 smallholders who grow the fruit. "Operation Pineapples" was specially directed by Minister to hoteliers restaurateurs,
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  • 104 6 Fifty-five screened in raids by Police IPOH. in. Toiic* r two houses and **l about 55 people sus; gambling l otk bit none was arrested The first raid, by ASP Ha-him Rawie. on a house in Green Ltd about tf 45 p m. The PoUet PMty I the door* locked
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  • 40 6 THE Permanent of the Mimstn. and Labour at i VI Lee Slow MOQg ar Goh. will tour Pula DM Wed ne id. iv During tbr I visit the Youtli training rourit I and English schc--
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  • 23 6 TAIPIN(;. S.r KP oM woman ndb Law Kum. died whrn she was km ient with a rar Taiping-Trong Rf a afternoon.
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  • 64 6 Burmese Celebrate with party MORE THAN 500 cuevU attended a reception at the Singapore Sea View Hotel last nicht to cele brate the 11th anniversary of Burma's independence. The Colony's Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, toasted the President of Burma at the reception. Standardpic from left shows: The Burmese
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  • 19 6 LONDON. Jan. 4 <UPI> Russia and Indonesia have signed an economic and trade agreement, Moscow Radio reported.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 232 6 472-E. L r pper Cast Coast Road 6 iki to H.fiO p m. Study (iroup Movement (Stamford K9StS^^WM H>l> Talk Greens BlßrimA Jonn Whiting and Bridget Boland at the Teachers' Training BiaKm^^^^^ ma^^^^^ College. Cairnhill Road at 7.30 BL?lf Jt#fiiy»l!4a Ct-ylan? Straits Chinese Methodist HEiiAA^yuASAU^B Church: Mission to Youth MeetWBBBmHKBnKmM^n^m
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    • 224 6 plus "Musical Birthday Cards" 6.00 Piano Recital by L. Kentner. 6 30 I heard Europe Singing. 645 Speak Malay (Followed by a musical interlude*. 6.55 Announcement* 6.55 The Singapore Share Market Report. 7.00 Tima Signal and the News. 7 10 Newstalk. 7.15 Science Survey 7.30 At the Ballet. 800 World
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  • 567 7 Cool And Calm Reserved For Cucumbers Only DO YOU ENVY the woman who appears cool, calm and collected the time? If you do you re wasting your time, because it simply sn't pay. Y 1 ness— oddy enough— infuriates some, unnerves others It is better to have mild bouts of
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  • 482 7  - MEZZO SOPRANO WAS ONCE AN ARCHITECT Irene Lim J////^^^BSM/^m By J± LOVELY GIRL with light brown eyes and curly auburn hair walked into a doctor's consulting room one day. She was a promising young architect who had had a throat operation, and was being treated for chronic hoarseness. The doctor
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 281 7 I L ABNER Bv A1 Capp C VJMAT DO /^VO'DOM'T^VI MAV BE JUST A PET^\ I^tuat WE'LL A BUT MA!. f -FO3ONLW WOUMEANJ L COUNT; OM \TO MUM AN S, BUT TO /i CMAnjr'C VI.EXPLODE, WHO ONE TEECKET-TWO > TWO "> <W ACCOUNT 5 ASSET T I 'AATWE. <S SnSijT
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    • 1101 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD <c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 line») (Incorporated in Singapore) O* Une«) 5h D ni the blue funnel line Z:' SAILINGS re LIVERPOOL, GLASGOW, LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers opfion fo proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (via sues with liberty to proceed via Panama
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    • 935 8 MITSUI INLINE S'pore P.S'hom Penono JAPAN LINE Kenryu Maru for Japan Ports G.40/41 Narasan Maru 13 Jan 1 1 Jail 9 Jan Accepting cargo for Pocifie, Central and South Amerieon port* with or without transhipment at Japan on through bills of lading. U.S.A. LINE For New York, Philadelphia Baltimore vio
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  • 68 9 Aussie Trade Shows Drop AS overseas tc> the first thrre ~-mtl :rrent financial PT^B -an on July 1. IU^H i in a debit of irr.cd £45.200.000 j.js t rta cost £fi.7on. during the same rioe H r~t quarter of last '"i^ had a favovir- s ?how that exports r >0,
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  • 41 9 SAS Plan Jetliner Service §remontei held in San < aiifornla. w ill hcgin operating tlinor on routes to Xmorica. South ind the Far East via S4 INDINAVIAN Airs\Urm hostess affixes ;\> umg insijjna to f ,<.r of thr Convair RRO lurine recent roll-
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  • 24 9 Work Begins On Dock iirtPd on a £2 rigrrator facDock, Swanry. which :> sited on v>. third largest and when in N employ four .-■rs.
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  • 28 9 THE Government of India, "hrough the Indian Central Cotton Committee <ICCC>. is planning to grow more of the "Andrews" variety of Sea Island (extra-long staple* cotton.
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  • 212 9 COPRA arrivals from Sumatra and nearby islands during last week totalling about 1,000 tons were traded on loose delivered godown terms at prices between $39 per picul and $39* per picul according to quality says Lewis Peat (Singapore) Ltd.'s weekly produce report During the week,
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  • 88 9 Sudan To Enter Into Barter Trade KHARTOUM. Jan. 4. <UPI> -President Ibrahim Abboud announced over the weekend that Sudan should conclude cotton barter deals Communist China. Poland, and Czechoslovakia. He also said Sudan would establish a four-ship merchant fleet, have an ammunition factory producing by the middle of the year
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  • 291 9 Success In European Currencies Conversion LONDON. Jan. 4. (Reuter). —In the first week since its dramatic inauguration on Dec. 27, the convertibility of sterling and all the other main European currencies has been a great success. So far, the devaluation of the French franc has been SUCC Sfttl tOO. Experts
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  • 17 9 Selective Support For Industrials fgnghjyuiuil Buyers Sellers Gammon 1 75 1.78 Metal Box 174 1.76 cd hjlj
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  • 21 9 No official opening: is planned for the new premises, according to the firm's manager, Mr. Lai Cheok Sum
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  • 58 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchant? on Saturday: Canada: Buying T.T. 31 IZt 16. O.D. 3115/16. 90 d-st. air mail 32J credit bills 32g trade bills. Selling T.T./O I), ready: Swiss Francs 140$; Belgian Francs 1624 j. Deutsche Marks 1361.
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  • 152 9 MALAYAN sharefc>roker s reported the following business done on Saturday: Fed. Disp. $1.07 $1.08. Gammon $1.75. $1.76: W. Hammer $1.60 H. VVaugh $1.30: M. Cement $1.68, $1.70 delayed: Metal Bo x $1.75; Robinson ords $L39 $1 :?8J: Cold Storage 87c. delayed: S- Steamship 70c; Straits Times $1 87$
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  • 39 9 U.S. WHEAT AND flour exports in July-Ortober 1958 tame to 134.4 million bushels, slightly above those in the same montbs of 1957. Wheat exports were up 1 3 million bushels and flour 340,000 bushel* I]
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  • 325 9 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.— Th e more one studies the 1958 statistics, the more interesting and in some respects, paradoxical appears the behaviour of the American consumer. Already a matter of note in these columns and elsewhere is the fact that estimated consumer spending has hit a
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 80 9 JAPAN will be helping the Philippine develop the Marikina River for a multi-pur-pose project, including dam construction, and modernizing the telecommunications system, says a Bank of Tokyo report. The scheme of thil trrhnlcal assistance to the Philippines was one of the subjects discussed when Philippine President
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    • 124 9 HONGKONG. Jan 4 (Keuter)— The Hongkong Government has declared firewood a "reserved commodity" because of a local shortage for domestic use. This moans that from ••an. 15 only registered dealers holding the necessary licences may import firewood. A government statement said in the past importers of
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    • 343 9 Schemes Help To Improve Catches THE average retail prices of fresh fish in Singapore in 1958 was the lowest in four years, ij was revealed by the Colony's Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, in his review on fisheries for the
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    • 54 9 PRODUCTION of tobacco in Australia in 1958 is expected to reach 11.5 million pounds, compared with 9.7 in 1957. This would make it the largest harvest since the 1932 crop of 12 million pounds. In recent years the crop has been much smaller; in 1947-51 it averaged only
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    • 48 9 R.I .-China Rice Deal JAKARTA, Jan. 4 (Reuter). The Indonesian Trade Minister, Mr. Rachmat MulJorniseno, said *oday Indonesia had ordered 100.000 tons of rice from Communist China, to be delivered between April and July, Antara News Agency reported. The Minister said the price was £39 sterling a ton.
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    • 93 9 AT WORK on a dry air vacuum pump engine .shop of a Derby. England, firm of sugar machinery manufacturers is apprentice Len Moody -Stuart from Antigua, the West Indies. He is one of ton >oung men from different parts of the West Indies who is spending five
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    • 470 9 WASHINGTON. Jan. 4, (UPl)— Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Lewis L. Strauss, said today at start of 1P59, the United States over-all economy has recovered to the record high reached in mid-1957, with prospect for further improvement "We entered 1958 with the economy in accelerated decline
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  • 600 10 MANCHESTER CONTINUES TO CLIMB UP Crash Survivors Play Matchwinners LONDON, Jan. 4 (Reuter) Manchester United continued their great upward climb in English league soccer yesterday by winning their eighth game in succession and getting within a point of Wolverhampton Wanderers, the reigning champions and current leaders. Two of Manchester's Munich
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  • 1470 10 Results Positions LONDON. Jan. 4 (Reuter) English and Jkrotttah league tabie« after yesterday's matches were LEAGUE DIV. I Aston Villa 1, West Ham U. 2. Bolton W. 2, W. B. Albion 1. Burnley 3, Leeds U. 1. Leicester C. 2. Arsenal 3. Luton T. 0 Birmingham C. 1. Manchester I
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  • 37 10 JOHANNESBURG Jan. 4. (Reuter) The United States lawn tennis team, who beat Australia in the Davis Cup Challenge Round last week, have been invited to play in South Africa in February and March.
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  • 281 10 NEW YORK. Jan. 4 (UPI) In an editorial entitled 'Peru and th e Davis Cup.' The Times said today. There is something disconcerting and deeply distressing about the outcry that has been raised in Australia and in some quarters in this country over the
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  • 108 10 AUCKLAND. Jan. 4 (Reuter) Auckland beat Otago, the holders, by 164 runs in their Plunket Shield cricket match here yesterday. Otago, set to score 281 to win in 183 minutes, were all out for 116 in 160 minutes. K. W. Hough, of Auckland, took five second innings
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  • 164 10 They Meet For Another Replay IPOH. Sun.— A spirited last minute rally by Perak Indians, earned them 2-2 draw with Selangor Indians, in th replay of the inter-state knockout soccer semi-final competition for Barrian Cup on the Chinese Assembly Hall ground today. The first encounter at Kuala Lumpur also ended
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  • 350 10 CALCl T TTA f Jan. 4 (Reuter) Fast bowler Roy Gilchrist swept through the last five wickets of India's second innings today to give West Indies a resounding victory by an innings and 336 runs with over a day and a half to
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  • 121 10 West Indies first innings: 614 for five declared (R. Kanhai 256. G. Sobers 106 not out. B. Butcher 103. J. Solomon 69 not out). India first innings: 124 (P. Umrigar not out 44: Gilrhrist three for 18. Hall three for 31). Second innings (overnight 69 for five) continued: I
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  • 53 10 ALLAN GREEN of Command Pay Office scored six goals for Serangoon Garden Football Club in their 9-0 victory over Royal Navy in a friendly soccer match at Serangoon Garden yesterday. Serangoon Garden led 3-0 at half-time scored their remaining three goals through Andrade, V. K. Singam
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  • 161 10 TOKYO, Jan. 4, (UPI). Slim Kenji Yonekura, who turned pro only last May after fighting in the Melbourne Olympic Games, today won the Japanese flyweight crown by taking a unanimous ten-round decision from his stable mate Atsushi Fukumoto. Fukumoto and Yonekura. both 24 ycacs old, fought
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  • 46 10 TO KEEP FIT U Liza Page jumps to it makes the feathers playing badminton V teen-year-old l.i*a pi: the game at a H>m badminton rlub in tween spells of appra in cabaret. She also to be a smash hit in < husinegg.
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  • 861 10 AUSTRIA HAS THE BEST CHANCE TO STAGE 1964 GAMES VIENNA, Jan. 4 (Reuter) Of all the candidates who want to stagr the 1964 Olympic Games. Austria believes that she has the best chance. Although the final decision on her application will only be taken at the next meeting of the
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  • 110 10 MELBOURNE. ton Ashley C trallan holder of r. don lawn tenn;> rhi:^H ships, is expected 1 professional rant! noy tomorrow. the American tonight in a U view here. Kramer Mid C "Wm already agn ed In his contract. It has been Cooper will I<■ (£35.700
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  • 52 10 Champions Beaten KUALA I nr d. Klan* District At. ihrir best I bf' when Ihrv T>ri 'A.' the fi.^frn .a* 4-2 in thr:r 1 t league horkov mi Pnntai (Ground. Th« Knng, ri. I it chanflM in bi .<-(» at the in'' nu^ (2) Sivanathai ed whi'c i netted both
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  • 205 11 Cager Who Sneaked In To Watch Trotters Turns Star GOOD deed by Abe Saperstein and his Harlem otters basketball team turned into a *ood break m as the appearance of Bob ("Showboat") Hall, role of rollicking: comedian and outstanding an tor them attests i m ThanksI <u The Trot- '■■•rnefit
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  • 74 11 7>-!E New Year Queens who will meet the Harlem Globetrotters at the prize-giving n the world farnoug eager?' show on Jan. 11 are, irom left to right: Misses Phoon, Snnm K^pnvnv.Joan Sim, Sernh Abdullah and June Elms. r he winner nf the contest held
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  • 152 11 Oehlers Cup Hockey Gets Poor S upport I Only 10 Teams Enter In Contrast To 40 Last Year majority of hockey clubs appear to be boycotting the Singapore Hockey moc annual knock out completition for the Oehlers Cup, due to start at iid of the month, ijah, secretary reveV.ed 10
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  • 52 11 1 full of action 'v hal/ Vnqkn if teen attempt<wther the ball r maul in Snt--3 UtOfU All Blurs ru competition betn Johorc and Singa- r n The padanQ. on b u J7 points r 'o become the f the competithe first time. Will meet Kedah jor h
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  • 135 11 FAM Cup Winners Beaten MALACCA. Sun. The FAM Cup winners, the Federation Combined Services, were,, unexpectedly beaten 2-1 by a Malama Invitation Eleven, comprising mostly of Malacca Government services players, in a friendly match at the Kubu Stadium today. Ban Chuan opened the scoring for Malacca in the first half.
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  • 184 11 'Under 23' Tourney Today RICHARD GOMES of Beatty Secondary School, who was dropped from the Combined Schools hockey team which played in Malacca last month, has been chosen to lead the schools In the S'pore Hockey Association's under 23 years hockey tournament which starts today. The schoolboys opening match i?
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  • 215 11 Government Services Soccer Today THE Smgapore Government Service Football league for Senior and Junior teams for the IPSP season starts today with three matches. The following six teams are the curtain-raisers Police *B\ Jurong. T.T.S.H. *B\ Printing 'B\ Yio Chu Kang and P.W.D. These teams are in the Junior group.
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  • 229 11 THOMAS Vincent and M. Ponnusamy were the only two athletes to score a double at the annual Tamil Festival athletic meet at the Jalan Resar stadium yesterday. Ponnusamy in the men's section won both the quarter mile and the three miles, while Thomas scored a
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  • 409 11 PENANG. Sun. Japan scored a convincing 3 l victory in their return soccer match against the Football Association of Malaya at the City Stadium before an estimated 10,000 crowd here this evening. Malaya appeared to have played much below their usual form with their forwards making
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  • 264 11 PEXANG, Sun. Penan* held Japan to a two-all draw in a thrill-a-minute soccer match played under floodlights at the City Stadium here last night. The Japanese were on the i attack for most of th^ match, rocking the Penang defence immediately after the start. Penang
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  • 115 11 Record 2nd Test 'Gate' MELBOURNE. .lan 4. (Router) Receipt* of £A54£M (€43.430 ster litiff) for four days' play in the current second cricket Tost between England and Australia here are a record for Australia. Previous highest receipts in Australia were CA47.933 (€38.345 ster line) taken during the third Test between
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  • 132 11 Meckiff's Action Is Legitimate Benaud MELBOURNE. Jan. 4 (Renter) Richie Benaid. Australia's captain, said here today that he was re r 4 ain lin Meckiff's fast how'.ing conformM with the rule* Bonaud. replying to English Press criticism of Meckifis artion, said m a statement"The Australian team It completely satisfied that
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  • 270 11 Perak Asians Just Make It Against Penang PENANG. Sun. Perak beat Penan* by 11 points (a goal, a try and a penalty) to 9 (two tries and a penalty) in the last match of the North Zone in the All Blues Cup on the Victoria Green here yesterday. The match
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  • 57 11 ARCADIA, California, Jan. 4 (Reirer) Round Table, greatest money-winning throughbred in history, was beaten by a neck in the 50.000 doLar San Carlos Handicap over seven furlongj here yesterday. Round Tabla, who last year beat Nashua's world record total earnings of 1.288.565 dollars (460.200 serling) finished
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  • 171 11 RECORD ENTRIES FOR KO HOCKEY KUALA LUMPUR, Sun The Selangor Hockev Association's knockout competition have attracted a record number of entries this season. Eleven teams will take part in the senior division and 16 in the junior division. The competition will start on Jan. 19. Notable absentees in the senior
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  • 48 11 DURBAN. Jan. 4, (Reuter). Natal gained first innings points from their section 'A' Currie Cup match against Rhodesia which ended in draw here yesterday. Scores: Natal 285 and 126 for eight: Rhodesia 261 (P. Mansell 52. T Goddard 4 for 74. G. Griffln 5 for 58).
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  • 120 11 NEW YORK, Jan 4. (UPI) The New York Boxing Managers' Association voted last night to recognize big Nino Valdes of Cuba as world heavyweight champion and to withdraw recognition from Floyd Patterson. George Sheppard. President of the Association, announced the action and said more than 70
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    • 118 11 m /f~*«+ STOCKS, BONOS AND |k^ INVESTMENT TRUST SHARES r IT t Mvim Japanese economic development v T" I g& attracts a large amounl of invest* j-;.\ I 1 Blfnt by forigner*. W« «r* »ur#. \^TC!'f- jZ^^F your m\fitmfnt in Japanese Securities will bring big profit >^|»,\^ P/ffa«# writ* ms
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    • 96 11 I Mj iT A \jBS^BST?BT7i SINGAPORE SOCCER: SGSFA Dxv. 2 A: Police 'B' vs Jurong Thomson Rd.. D?v. 2B: TTSH 'B' V9 Printing 'B\ Printing ground; Div. 2B: Yio Chu Kang vs PWD 'B\ PWD ground; Friendly: Jolhlads vs RAF Changi, Geylang. HOCKEY: SCC vs LA., Padang I'nder 23 years
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 301 12 HAVANA. Jan. 4, (UP:). Revolutionary Cuha today reopened the country to commercial aviation from abroad, announced relaxation in Havana of the rebelcalled general strike and eased restrictions on movement of civilians. in other moves towards a return to normal, the government of provisional President Manuel
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    • 86 12 NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (UPI) Mane Torre, who chose a jail term rather than divulge a confidential news source. is scheduled to begin a 10-day sentence today. Miss Torre, a New York Herald Tribune TV-Radio Columnist who was described by the judge who sentenced her as
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    • 30 12 OSHIKI SHINAGAWA, 48. died of leukemia last Friday at the Hiroshima Atomic Disease Hospital. Doctors said he was the first person to die of atomic disease this year. (UPI)
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    • 82 12 BABY WITH FOUR LEGS, FOUR ARMS MANILA. Jan. 4— (UPI) A freak babv girl with four legs and four arras was born on Friday to a poor Filipino couple in Bulacan Province, ten miles from Manila, said the Philippine News Service. It said the baby, born premature, died an hour
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    • 93 12 ALASKA THE 49th STATE WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. (Reuter). President Eisenhower yesterday proclaimed Alaska a s the 49th State and announced the design of a new 49-star United States flag. The flag will come into official use on July 4. The presidential proclamation was the final step in the elevation to
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    • 121 12 Marriage denounced, Sophia distressed HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 4 (UPl).— ltalian filrr. star Sophia Loren and her husband. Carlo Ponti, expressed their faith tod. in the ultimate legal disposition of their marriage in Italy. On hearing of reports from Rome that they have been denounced for bigamy in Italian courts, the couple
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    • 472 12 Hungarians Yell 'Red Murderer' At Russia's No. 2 NEW YORK, Jan. 4 Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arrived here today for conferences with American officials, perhaps including President I Eisenhower. Miqoyan, the Soviet Union's chief expert on trade, and his party arrived aboard a Scandinavian Airlines plane. Mikoyan and
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    • 640 12 It'll orbit round the sun as first man-made planet MOSCOW, Jan. 4 Russia's l£-ton Lunar rocket shot past the moon today and headed toward the sun at a speed of more than seven miles a second. The Soviets said the rocket will orbit around the sun
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 12 EIGHT pretty foster mothers of Pennsylvania State University. U.S.A., make a striking picture as they pose with a picture of their adopted child—Korean war orphan Song Uh Chung. Little Song was adopted by members of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at the State University. The girls, who adopted Song
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    • 116 12 NATO HAS 40 MISSILE FORCES NEW YORK. Jan. 4. <UPI>. Gen. Lauris Norstad. Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, said today that he ha* ;;o to 40 missile battalions*' under his command. He added that the number will be increased to "substantially over 101 surface-to-surface battalions" within two
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    • 72 12 MELBOURNE. Jan. 4 (Reuter) Anyone smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day should have a chest X-rav every six months, according to a specialist report on lung cancer in the Medical Journal of Australia. The report said the over 20-a-day man seemed to be at the greatest
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    • 31 12 WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (Reuter). Americans paid a record U5533,906,888,000 in income tax in 1958, an increase of 3.7 per cent over the previous year, the internal revenue service announced.
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    • 77 12 MARMANDE, SOUTHWEST FRANCE. Jan. 4 (Reuter)—When Cl.arle«, Felben boasted he could walk the 150 kilometres (about 90 miles) from Cahors to Marmande without stopping to eat o r sleep, local merchants and sportsmen banded together to finance the attempt. Phoographers and betters watched as he started off
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    • NEWSBRIEFS
      • 158 12 Christ? no such person, Reds say LONDON. Jin 4, (Reuter) Moscow Radio said today there nev? r was such a person as Christ If he had existed, ne would have been mentioned by contemporary historians, 'he radio said. The broadcast four davs before the Cireek Orthodox Christina*— said that the
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    • 221 12 KARACHI. .lan. 4 (Reuter) Lord Attloe's comments, in a filmed television interview shown in Ixmdon last night, on Mohammed Ali .Tinnah, founder arid first Governor-General of Pakistan, continued today to provoke indignant reaction in newspaper editorials here. "Few could have imagined Lord Att'ee. who was known for sobriety and
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    • 27 12 HONGKONG, Britian'<; A Secretary of S Colonies. \V I scheduled to a: kong by air on work's Wallace will Governor Sir F I during his stnv
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      82 12 LONDON U ter) A Hff. V| of Frmrh r *itte Rardot bikini h,, row hr(worn j cinema and a fj. hutinc Arm Th# rinrmi statue up for a u been r.iiu- (i at j( nea.v But the 4>s who KharM half final r««t of Du tt statue on shm»
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    • 142 12 LONDON Jan. 4. (Router) New *iope for sufferers from haemophilia (uncontrollable beedings) was given here .vith the announcement that a pig plasma nearly 20 times .«.> potent as human blood transfusions is now being produced. Crooke's laboratories, big national chemical manufacturers, said supplies of the
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