Singapore Standard, 27 March 1959

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  • 22 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone ***** —5 Cable "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 27. 1959. Vol. IX No. 267. 15 cts. 12 Pages. [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 1183 1 Minister (I will stake itttj political future on this) takes over wide range of powers: Orders probe DATO ABDUL HAMID bin Haji Jumat, Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, yesterday stripped the Mayor of Singapore, Mr. Ong Eng Guam, and the City Council of large
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  • 97 1 POLICE ON ALERT IN CASE OF TROUBLE A HIGH level conference of the Singapore Police Force was held yesterday followin? the announcement by the Government that certain powers of the City Council would be taken over by the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing. Although the Police Secretary. Mr.
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  • 113 1 US woman leader in Penang PENANG Thurs. A prominent American woman leader, Mrs. F. Peavy Heffelfinger, flew her e today from Singapore with her daughter-in-law, Mrs- Heftelfinger, Jr. on a visit to institutions engaged m social welfare work. On arrival Mrs. Heffelfinger and her daughter-in-law were met by the American
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  • 39 1 JAKARTA. March 26 (Reuter) Antara News Agency said today it was expected that London would become the sales centre for Indonesian copra and palm oil. Formerly these Indonesian products were marketed m Holland.
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  • 238 1 'BODY IN WATER' RUMOUR STARTS A PANIC MALACCA, Thurs. Hundreds of kampong folk flocked by bicycle, trisha and on foot from early this morning to collect water from the well at the Bukit China Temple here. The rush started after rumours spread that a decomposed body which had been found
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  • 562 1 Colony will go to the polls in May-Lim THE new Singapore Constitution will come into effect on June 1 after the elections m May, the Chief Minister, Tun Lim Yew Hock, disclosed yesterday when addressing Nanyang University students on the "Political Evolution of Singapore after the last war/ "Under this
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  • 112 1 'Whispers' (at a price) rake in tax cash KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. "Whispers" suitably paid for are paying dividends m the Inland Revenue Department's campaign against tax dodgers m the Federation. This was disclosed to The Standard today by the Comptroller of Inland Revenue. Mr. R. F. White. "We have a
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  • 59 1 TAIPEI, March 26 (UPD— President Chiang Kai-shek said today he would lead his Nationalist Chinese forces against the communists If the Tibetan rebels carry on their fight. President Chiang, In his first statement since the anti-communist revolt broke out m Tibet, said the Nationalists are
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  • 103 1 Malaya Cup star hurt in road crash KL'ALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malayan soccer star Rahim Omar was taken to the General Hospital here this afternoon after he was inyolvec jn an accident while riding his motor cycle along Batu Road. His condition is not critical. He was due to turn out
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  • 76 1 OFFICERS and men from the Rural West Division of the Singapore Police Forc c yesterday searched the Jurong area m vain for the kidnapped businessman, Mr- Low Peng BoonThe Police Secretary. Mr. William Cheng, said that th» search lasted from 7 t.m. to
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  • 32 1 EGYPTIAN authorities m Port Said yesterday held the 7.244-ton Greek freighter Nicolas Kairis. from Andros. bound from Haifa, Israel, to Hongkong with 9.600 tons of cement and steel icrap. Reuter
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  • 411 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Ti:e following -ire the results °f the 1958-59 examinations of the Muslim College Malaya announced today: The following who are placed order me 1 have qualified for the Certificate of •Since 1 of the College: Muhammad Zain bin Sarudin, Ahmad •bin Awang, Ismail
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    • 1763 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr. LIEW YUEN THYE left our employ as a Bill Collector at his own request on Tuesday, 24th March, 1959, from which date he is no longer authorised to collect money or transact business on our behalf. THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD. CITY COUNCIL OF
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    • 578 2 JFUFJFFFF S. S. "RAJULA" sailing for Madras on 28th March 1959 THE above vessel will sail for Port Swettenham. Penang. Nagapattinam and Madras from Singapore Harbour Board Godown Nos. 10/11, Gate No. 8 at 1 p.m. on the 28th March 1959. Embarkation for deck passengers will commence at 7 a.m.
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    • 530 2 The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER ID In the High Court of the Colony of Singapore Island of Singapore IN BANKRUPTCY. No. 757 of 1957. Re: YEO KIAN HW£E of No. 116 Lorong "X" Telok Kurau Road, Singapore. 15 Receiving Order made 13th December, 1957. Date of Adjudication 13th December, 1957. Date
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    • 92 2 NEW WORLD CAB ABE] I Colossal Easter Weekend Attractions I JOE E. KHOO I presents hts I 3 BALI NIGHTS I CooneMMg Toaifht 27-3-59 Extension la* 28-3-59 Extension a* 29-3-59 1 2 00 Miiiiii|" 1. SPECIAL HALL DECORATIONS 2. EXPENSIVE FLOOR SHOWS 3. SPOT DANCES ATTRACTIVE PRIZE) I All prizes
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  • TORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 385 3 A PEREMPTORY lt*tt was c«4M yesrtrday to I pa? ma n* g«m«nt tfcc City Cevnctl. In an K fPJ cw-dtnjry Gascttc" notification, tht Minister X Laeal Government, Lan4t and Housing, Dato Hdul Hamid bin Hap fumit, ordered that it is ■„.mM* m tke public interest", that the main H,
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    • 350 3 [TWO calls for helping the jobless to find embf ml were made m Singapore on Thursday m by the University of Malaya's Dean of Arts, Dr. m Tay Boh, and the other by Chief Minister Tun m Yew Hock. Both appeals for immediate action boost trade and
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    • 38 3 lA OFMCIt 14 Lim f«Ch Kirn Road bpor« Z PO 8o» No 156 i Cables IICERNEWS* Tel ***** 15 lines) All department* «*i* LUMPUR: Chma insurance Bid 174 Batu Rd SSsL Sr 8 if
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  • 1253 3  - New Struggle In The Mid-East ROBERT STEPHENS -by- LONDON. THE recent abortive revolt In northern Iraq U having spreading international repercussions which may foreshadow a major change m the Middle East political scene. The growing conflict between Arab nationalism and Communism and the increasing public friction between Cairo and Moscow
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  • 434 3  -  PHIL NEWSON by BEIRUT ALMOST exactly six months after the last U.S. troops left Lebanon, this little nation still is feeling its way back toward normality. Instead of American landing craft plying their way between the beaches and the warships outside, Beirut's beautiful harbour is almost
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  • VOICE of MALAYA
    • 332 3 Sir As the first Speaker of the Singapore Legislative Assembly, Sir George Oehlers approached the duties of his office with a true appreciation of its solemn obligations It is not every lawyer who could make a success of such an assignment as he, but m his
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    • 111 3 Sir Our Malayan citizens who are still temporary clerks after serving five years m our Government should be given a chance. They are Malayans and part of us. To test them m Malay- which is not used m the offices, for their permanency seems very unfair. Let them
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  • 828 3 Pacific Islanders To Discuss Problems by A Special Correspondent RABAUL, New Britain ISLANDERS from across the broad Pacific Ocean will meet here from April 29 to May 13 to talk over common problems. For the first time, delegates themselves, some 70 of them, will control the real work of the
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  • 756 4 Rod has been spared, yet criminals are on the increase officer THE old system of prison reform, based on the argument that prison is for punishment and that its object is deterrence, is advocated m an article written by Mr. Eric Mitchell, Principal Officer
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  • 145 4 1,000 fire victims get rice and milk THE Singapore Social Welfare Department yesterday at the Badminton Hall distributed about $30,000 worth of gofcris to over I.ODO fire victims of the Kampong Tiong Bahru. Mr. Woon Wah Sian^, Director of the Social Welfare, told The Standard that the fire victims would
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  • 184 4 COURT TOLD: HE WENT TO THE RACES TO CATCH A THIEF A BUSINESSMAN, Sim Hui Kuan, attended a Singapore Turf Club race meeting on on Jan 31 for a purpose to catch a thief. His pocket had been picked of $130 at a previous race meet, Sim told the First
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  • 270 4 You've done well the Mentri tells Council members KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The retiring Mentri Besar, Inche Abdul Jamil Rais, told the Selangor Councij of State m an adjournment speech today that the State wouid go to the polls to elect representatives to the new legislature op May 30 He said
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  • 94 4 FRANKEL ESTATE RESIDENTS THE lollowing were elected office-bearers ot the Frsnkel Estate Residents' Association at the annual general meeting held on March 11. President: Mr. N.S. Hogan v re-elected), vice-presidents: Dr. Fong Kirn Heng (reelected) and Mr. Lim Toh Xee, secretary: Mr Tan Kirn Guan, treasurer: Mr. Denis distant. Committee:
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  • 65 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A former patient of the Central Men.ai Hospital m Tanjong Rambutan. Low Kam Wan. 44. was today sent for observation by the Second Court Magistrate. Tuan Haji Mohamed Taib. Low was charged with attempted extortion of $2,000. S2OO and $3,000 on three different occasions
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  • 95 4 THE Singapore Ministry of Education will ?oon start registering children born m l!) 52 nnd 1953 seeking admission into primary one next yeai The Ministry m a statement yesterday informed parents that a Statutory Declaration of Birth will be accepted m lieu of a birth
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  • 218 4 $2,000 to go round world in 'new look' Willem Ruys THE luxury liner. Willem Ruys, docked m Singapore at daylight yesterday after a year's absence. The 23,100-ton flagship of the RoyaJ Rotterdam Lloyd wa s an impressive sight as she steamed into harbour m the early light. In the past
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  • 33 4 DR. VICTOR M. S. Thevatnasan will appear m the Singapore Fifth Magistrate's Court on May 18 m answer to a maintenance summons n'ied against him by bis wife Ruth Kamaiavathy Thevathasan.
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  • 180 4 ECAFE HAS PLANS TO SOLVE ACUTE JOBS PROBLEM-ABU BAKAR THE alarming growth of the population m Asian countries faced with an acute unemployment position was one of the major subjects discussed at the recent Economic Commission for Asia and Far East conference m Australia. This was disclosed by Inche Abu
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  • 209 4 Canberra crash open finding AN OPEN finding was yesterday recorded by the Singapore Coroner, Mr. Giam Chong Hing, at the end of the inquest on F, Lt John Iver Thomas Rolfe. 23. a pilot, and F, O Br.an Steven Casling. 21, a navigator, who were killed when a Canberra aircraft
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  • 245 4 Ravine death: Tapper gets two years PENANG. Thurs.— A rubber tapper, Ooi Ah Seah. 41. told Sessions Court Judge, Mr. Au Ah Wah, today how an old man slipped down a hill slope into a ravine after they fought with each other. O~i was making his defence on a charge
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  • 355 4 PAP's econom policy 'schort sighted Jumabhai SINGAPORE'S Minister for tomm^ce Mr. J. M. Jumabhoy, yesterday desrriheH*!? 1 Action Party's economic policy as short, ill-conceived." He said that the PAP econon, tical knowledge of national economy but cal knowledge of national and Intern ona f> -i The Minister, who mm- __^J"^
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  • 91 4 THE t will ri $\< rr outlyins Revea in| meeting Chairman, Cne w Ka;r.,.r. force vva 80d re ie! w .rkerj'ii ing foi Boato The Pul ie Wet,. ment wo;; ipp J and the R the ne i rr.^L tou.i. he s j recruited m vtrion wa;' j 'There
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  • 119 4 SINGAPORE (Uai Member, Mi sirgha. the Gove."" nent r ;s: atinc ag;-:-~- nca students m He chai ■-< try of Hen v, -aervices rr school nt igr Etc CSP BChfM E, dtobi c the>e Bchoo ai a!S the en: dren'i <c 1 Bjt. the C* cents from o\x\ ty
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  • 75 4 house? the Sisifl Flower Show '".ii set ajMil exhibits ft secret aw committee, Mi The StarTilt exr through Consulate S i British Corporatl n houses In B< some very particu i i Peter B ia. orchid V ana Flory. m ihe '■>' Flower S Roya H >J4 these said,
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  • 31 4 KUALA Thro ped a cyclu 18 Cue, Pa $9 and a ti J* In Kuala broke taU a f X shop list 3 over I*.** lerv. >-^' >
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  • 58 5 THIS is the new 5200.000 Church of St. Bernadette in Zion Road ben nd the Great World Path), Singapore. The Church will be blessed and officially opened by the Archbishop of Malacca and Singapore, the Right Reverend M. I Okomendy on Easter Monday, at 7.45 a.m. to
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  • 208 5 New Selangor Constitution Unanimous vote [UAI LfMPUR. Thurs.— ingot Council of •■> -..17 unanimously apr the new State Con- thus paving the f for a fully elected legisnem lestslatari will have 28 elecied members. The State Secretary, the State Financial Officer and the State Legal Adviser will be members but
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  • 44 5 aneni Sovretary of j n Ministry, Mr. long; w£D leave for 5 to ittcnd the Tech- 1 r I on Conference on j ren c. *o be held r I to 10, will re eoc esentativca of British Colonies m I Asia
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  • 280 5 POLICE WOMAN WAS STAR IN EXTORTION TRAP She held two at bay while her colleagues chased rest of gang IPOH, Thurs. A woman Police Inspector, Rosalind Oh, played a vital role m trapping four alleged extortioners who are also believed to have been terrorising schoolboys here. One of the suspects
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  • 82 5 WITHDRAWALS EXCEED DEPOSITS KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Post Office Savings Bank depositors m Singapore took out last year $7,215,379 more than they had put m. the annual report for 1957 of the Pan-Malayan Postal 8 Services Department disclosed today. Despite this terrific increase m withdrawals, the number of depositors actually
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  • 63 5 AT a recent inaugural meeting of the Rochore Branch of the Singapore People's Alliance, the following officials were elected: Chairman: Mr. XC. Thomas, Secretary: Mr. Fu Wa Chu, Treasurer: Mr. Foo Chee JinCommittee: Messrs. Lee Kirn Kum, Fu Kee Joon S, Bhaskaran. Soo Ah Cheow, Koh Song
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  • 155 5 New Jersey Governor calls after Rl tour THE Governor of New Jersey. Commander Robert B. Meyner. flew into Singapore yesterday from Jakarta after a four-day tour of Indonesia and Bali. He arrived here m a special four-engined United States Navy plane for a 24--hour visit. He was met at the
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  • 144 5 PENANG, Thurs.— After having been under detention for 28 days since "Operation Bason was launched on Feb. 25, the remaining 18 people of 25 held have been told of their fate. A Special Branch spokesman told The Standard today that six of
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  • 465 5 The Army Stages A Fashion Show KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Officers and men of the Federation's armed forces will soon have new uniforms that will give them a Malayan distinctive look and yet appear as smart as the best m the world. Defence Minister,
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  • 218 5 8,000 jobless after estate split-up warning IPOH, Thurs. About 8,000 labourersj mainly Indians, were thrown out of work when nearly 50,000 acres of 24 Europe an- award estates were broken up. This statement was made by Dr. T. Markandu (Racial Minorities) speaking at the adjournment m the Perak State Council
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  • 324 6 Doctors gave up, but parents' (4,000 miles away) prayers answered A LITTLE more than a month ago a Singapore family were praying day and night for the recovery of their only son, who was dangerously ill with a disease of the
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  • 165 6 WHOOSH JET PLANES BOTHER COUNCIL BUTTERWORTH, Thurs. —The Commanding Officer of the Royal Australian Air Force station here, Air Commodore K. R. J. Parsons, has told the Butterworth Town Council that the noise from R.A.A.F. jet aircraft flying over the town is unavoidable. Air Commodore Parsons assured the Town Council
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  • 104 6 GAMING CHARGE: $150 FINE TAIPING. Thurs. A washerwoman, Tari Phaik Ean, 35, who was absent when Police raided hrr home m Green House area here on Feb. 9 was fined $150 by Magistrate, Tuan Syed Osman bin Ali. yesterday. Tan was convicted on a charge of allowinß her Premises to
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  • 163 6 Merdeka fair to enlighten people he says IPOH. Thurs. Government was urged to stage a constitutional and country development exhibition m every State of the Federation so as to show the people what it had achieved since MerdekaThis suggestion was made by Councillor. Inche ?Johamed Harun bin Kulop Seman (Pant)
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  • 54 6 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Bayers Sellers Spot 911 91* R.S.S No. 1 April 92 92i R.S.S. No. 1 May 92J 92* R.S.S No. 2 914 9H R.S.S! No. 3 90 90i Tone:- Quietly steady. The tin price m Singapore was $4011
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  • 51 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Two senior government officials left today by BOAC on six weeks' leave for England. They were Mr. H. G. Turner of the Federation Establishment Office and Mr. I. Lloyd Phillips of the Ministry of Interior and Justice, who was accompanied by Mrs.
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  • 126 6 PENANG, Thurs.—Thirtysix Malays of Pokok Sena. Province Wellesley. were cheated of $420 by a Malay who disappeared after taking their money. He left them stranded m Taiping. A report to the Police at the beginning of this month. reveals that the cheat
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  • 197 6 124 want to go on tour of Red China ONE hundred and twenty four Singapore students have registered for the proposed students' tour of Communist China. Despite an official boycott of the tour by the University of Malaya and Nanyang University Students* Unions, three students from these institutions have registered
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  • 28 6 ONG Gak Theng of 246, Redhill Close, was yesterday acquitted by the Singapore Fourth District. Judge, Mr. S. K. Lee. of stealing a ~ar on Feb. 10.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 952 6 IWffillliJiiiß^^ CAPITOL: 24 Hours 3. 6.45 and Nevis 8.05 A Date with Music 9 ir> P- m icontd 5.30 Hello Housewives WIIIIf>I I J I H H 1 ■111 Iff WmW REX: Hanging Tree 3. 630 and 9. D0 Programme Summary 902 WMm^ 1 I Ik I 1 I. 1
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  • 124 7 BRYNNKH v'ays I it, adopted son ■v- t, 'orderly S mtfcem Family, rj to f r p*» nt member of rhe t* b' phr rhat rd r^r'n /or 50 JOAXNE WOODWARD is 17-year-old Qnentin. a tortured ado'etcent, who rebels at Jason's surveillance and smdisfic determination
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  • 521 7 4f SOUND AND THE FURY" is a J.,, y W»ld Production for 20th CnturyFox. It is hit second film mad* from a William Faulkner story. His first was II i-°ng. Hot Summer," and it may be assumed that he has lavished his
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  • 120 7 Memoirs Of DeMille To Be Published 3. DEMILLE*s I r .r--;y w\\ be pub- This year by e-Ha the book pubinced re er. *.y. c was work::-. z noira .:r» *o the t death A., that i be done v the the voluminous itten ox dictated D< Mil t r
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  • 140 7 SUSAN HAYWARD returns to 20th Century-Fox studios to star m "WOMAN. OBSESSED." the film adaptation of John Mantley*s best-selling novel, "The Snow Birch." written and to be produced by Sydney Boehm. Henry Hathaway will direct the film dealing with the widowed mother of a young son
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  • 92 7 AFTER playing a boy m armour last week. SOPHIA LOREN shifts to the more plausible role of Helen of Troy at Paramount m "Heller With a Gun." the high-budget sasa of a touring theatrical troupe m the Old West, starring SOPHIA and ANTHONY QUINN. In the second live-theatre
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  • 244 7 Gary Fights, Shoots And Loves '^JAN OF THE WEST" which will be screened m Singapore shortly, stars the most suitable person m Hollywood for the title role Gary Cooper. Judging by its title, one would almost assume it to be the biography of Cooper but it's not. It's a Western
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  • 560 7 SINATRA WORKS AND PLAYS WITH ZEST fRANK SINATRA... at 40 hat cornered the market on talent and trouble .talent comes naturally to him and trouble seems to seek him out. However, much of 'The Voice's headlined difficulties never happened. ("If they did, I would have to be three people.') When
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  • 246 7 Hollywood News Tickers Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner are working m 1 OSdegree temperatures m a heat wave m Austra.ia where they are making "On Elizabeth Taylor is discussing her next role, m "Suddenly Last Summer." with producer Sam Spiegel who starts filmin? it m a few months. Instead of
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 237 7 BiX&flD HSBOhB By RITA D£L MAR I I'U > QIOTATION: Then is no man *o ;->d «ho. were he to sub■fl his thoughts and minK tn the law* would '}<*^rvf hinging ten ■•a m his life." Montaigne MDAI FOR EVERY- c pn special at- i duties; keen Mi ever. kP^l:
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    • 273 7 LI'L ABNER By Al Capp V yC?'*~ > /~1T~"V IT AH FLIES BY <C J //AAM \HST\KK VsO WE li IS WE ??-RIGHT M JjV V/AS /.rtOtpr/N I INSTINKff-AH I H-HOPE J TELLSMEWE J IS!!-?? J APPROACHIN 1 C-OH HEIL I JV TMET A iS J I COULD MAKE SO,
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 404 9 P. I. WANTS TO BRIDGE TRADE GAP-ENVOY Plans To Export More Manila Rope SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT will permit the import of more Manila rope, if rope manufacturers m the colony can obtain Manila hemp at price lower than what they are paying now. This assurance was given by the Minister for
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    • 245 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. MALAYA can benefit from a bilateral trade agreement with Japan, a spokesman of the Federation's Ministry of Commerce and Industry told The Standard i today. Japan is expected to send a team of experts for talks to conclude such a pact.
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    • 58 9 MR. MARIANO del Rosario, leader of a proposed Philippines "floating mission" on board the Lapu Lapu, arrived m Singapore yesterday to make arrangements for the mission's visit to Singapore. He was accompanied by the executive secretary, Mr. R.A. Molina. The vessel is due to visit
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    • 36 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants yesterday: Selling T.T./O.D. ready: French Francs *****. Belgian Francs 1635J. Italian Lire *****. Canadian dollars 31| Other exchange rates remain
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    • 172 9 BOAC Sales Chief Goes On Leave BRITISH Overseas Airways Corporation's Sales Manager for South-east Asia. Mr. W. DC Erskine-Crum leaves Singapore today by air for Britain, where he will be m time to see the Oxford /Cambridge boat race tomorrow. He said he was looking forward to an Oxford victory,
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    • 137 9 SINGAPORE rubber price rose 1/8 cent yesterday, to close at 92 cents Der ib for International first grade April shipment, on some small buying support With overseas quotation! more or less unchanged, the market opened fractionally lower and stayed quiet throughout the morning. Fair interest was
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    • 72 9 TAIPEI. Mar. 26 (Reuter)— A spokesman for the Nationalist canned food industry said today Formosa would boycott the import of US$2,--700,000 worth of tinplat* from Japan if the Japanese refused to buy canned pineapples from Formosa. The Japanese Government reportedly wanted to drop th« canned pineapples from the
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    • 46 9 JAKARTA. March, 26, (Rev. ter). Czechoslovakia is sealing Indonesia £3.000,000 pounds sterling worth of marhinery for rice growing projects, according to an Antara news agency story today. The machinery includes 300 tractors. Most of the machinery will go to Borneo.
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    • 206 9 Italy To Increase Noodles Exports ITALY, the world's leading producer of macaroni, hopes to increase her exports of this food, accordIng to an Italian official source. It says Italian noodle manufacturers are not worried even if the increasing consumption of these nourishing pastes m some foreign countries has lately encouraged
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    • 243 9 IN a new move to speed the search for oil m Nigeria, a giant amphibious crawler tra .-tor is shortly to be shipped from U.K. Ordered by The Shell— BP Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd., from a U.K. firm, this machine, known
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    • 97 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per Dicul yesterday were: Copra Mar.-Apr. $43 buyers; $44 sellers, coconut oil m bulk $63} seller*, In drums $67 sellers; Muntok white pepper $153 sellers; Sarawak white $152 sellers special Sarawak black $81. Singapore Copra Association closing price* fair merchantable mixed copra
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    • 171 9 THE Singapore Improvement Trust's acting planning adviser, Mr. O. B. Dix, yesterday urged public and private enterprises to help make the Master Plan a reality. Mr. Dix was reading his Paper on "Singapore's Master Plan" at a Pan Pacific Appraisal and Real Estate Conference
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    • 69 9 Tin Levy Is Raised KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs For the next contribution period, tin producers will nay a levy of $27 for every picul of tin they export The rate of th» last contribution period was $24 a picul. It was also announced today that the Internation Tin Council has fixed
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    • 31 9 DIRECTORS of Seafleld Amalgamated Rubber Company Limited have declared interim dividend of 10 per cent less tax for payment on April 3 for the period ending Sept. 30, 1959.
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    • 187 9 All Sections Of Shares Ate Quiet QUIET conditions prevailed m all sections of the Malayan share market yes.crday. Turnover was small. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: Buyers Sellers B B. Petrol 47/6 48 6 Fitzpatricks -92 96 G'town Disp 2.13 218 Malayan Cement 160 164 xd
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    • 315 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: Fed. Disp. $1.09; F. N. ords. $1.58} overnight, $1.55 odd lot, $1.59; Gammon $1.75. $1.76: G'town Disp. $2.15: Hume prefs. A4/10J; M. Cement $1.62; M. Colls. 69c; McAlister $1.14; Metal Box $1.515; Robinson ords. $1.24; Cold Storage 86c: S. Times
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    • 123 9 OUTER ROADS Tyndareus. Sengarang. Anking. Twin Fox, Okhla. Saidja, Naticina, Barumun. Van Riebeeck. Blissful Sty. Canberra Dinara. Yoke Maru, Bougainville, Nobistor, Adir 1, San Ricardo, Everyglory. Adrastus, Contance, Sabang (KPM) Rea!f. Chungking Victory Santa Venetia. INNER ROADS Soon Huat, Segamat. Nangkasarindr, Prekkafc, Ikan Mas. Aik Hin, Kah Kheng. Kirn Hwa.
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  • TRACKWORK
    • 453 10 PICTURE FAN LOOKS A GOOD BET Not Fastest But Most Impressive ALTHOUGH he did not return the fastest time of the morning, PICTURE FAN II was one of the most impressive workers at the Buklt Timah track yesterday. Paced by Shabash (Taib), Picture Fan 11, with Posner m the saddle,
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    • 245 10 PETER RICHARDSON, the English Test player, yesterday told Colony cricketers that to make a confident start to an innings, a batsman should concentrate on forward strokes with the full blade of the bat. He said that about 65 per cent of batsmen set oat quickly
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    • 35 10 SAIGON. Mar. 26, (Reuter). A Vietnamese navy team Today defeated a team from the visiting British frigate H.MS. Cardigan Bay by four goals to two m a soccer match, Vietnam news Agency reported.
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    • 256 10 Colony Pick 18 For Rahman Cup Asian Soccer TAN HENG HO and Lim Kwang Chye of Christ Church English School, which has no football team of its own, are among the 18 selected last night to represent Singapore m the Junior Asian Football competition for the Rahman Trophy to be
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    • 135 10 Mushtaq... World's Youngest Test Star LAHORE. Pakistan, March 26, (Reuter). Mushtaq Mohammad, a 14-year-old batsman, will become the world's youngest Test cricketer when he plays m the third test match for Pakistan against the West Indies here today. Mushtaq, who is a brother of Hanif Mohammad, holder of the world's
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    • 219 10 R.I.C. Bogey Golf On Sunday The draw and starting times for the "B" division Bogey competition at the Royal Island Club on Sunday, are: FIRST TEE 8.15 K. J. Merkus (18>: M. Summors (14): G M. Garty (18>; 8.20 Tham Kok Cheong (13 >: Leon* Hoe Yong (18>: A. J.
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    • 111 10 BOSTON. March 26. (UPI). West Indies welterweight champion Roger Harvey scored a 10-round unanimous decision over Boston's Mickey Dwyer last night before 400 fans m the first prize fighting show to be staged m the main ballroom of t'.ie Hotel Bradford. Harvey, 1465. of Bermuda,
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    • 170 10 CHINESE SOCCER IN PENANG PENANG. Thurs. Selangor Chinese will Dlay a friendly soccer match against a Penang State Selection at the City Stadium on Sunday. The following will represent Penang: Varatharaju, Smith. Koay Ban Chuan, Vasu, Harry Lim, Chan Chin Yin, Boey Chong Liam, Pang Siang Teik, Joginder Singh, Ong
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    • 130 10 SYDNEY, Mar. 26 (Reuter).— Final acceptances for the Doncaster Cup and the Sydney Cup are: Doncaster cup of £A6,000 to be run over one mile on Saturday, March 28: Gold Stakes 9.4; Book Link 9.2; Grenoble 9.2; Tudor Hill 8.11; Squander Lad 8.10; Skyline 8.8;
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    • 56 10 MRS. A. GORDON leads m Den ten tv riiis (Geyer) winner of Race 8. MR. Koh Tian Hock, leading m Irish Pearl, Moon up, Race 5 winner. MRS. S. K. Lim leading m Jolly Master (Posner), Race 1 winner. MR. \v 7^l WATT leading
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    • 79 10 S. Korea Out Of Davis Cup SEOUL. March 26 (Reuter)— A spokesman for the South Korean Athletic Association has sain that South Korea will be unable to participate m the regional elimination tournament of the Davis Cup championship tournament, because India and South Korea have not been able to agree
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    • 205 10 THE 120 official observers who will ride m the 60 cars entered for the 1959 Malayan Mobilgas Economy Ru n attended a briefing at the Adelphi Hotel Roof Garden m Singapore on Tuesday. Two observers will be assigned to each competing car, one will
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    • 49 10 LONDON, March 26 (Renter) The International Amateur Boxing Association have decided to form a commission to investigate the qualifications of officials who will take part m future Olyini other bis i: J pionship? -A The decj s ion^ meeting *J£&* Executive Com™ ißf tht weesenfl.
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  • 1213 11 FOLLOWING arc weights and probable starters for t races on Saturday, March 28, last day of the SinQ X t Turf Club meeting: HE HUNTER MEMORIAL STAKES Class I, Div. 1-9 Furs. PuMWWg Street b«g 7y 9.07 Hobbs <■» «f*ki. k«l 8y 8.13
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  • 112 11 Moore To Defend World Heavy Title -HKAL. March 26, Archie Moore, the Sht heavyweight boxn J»on, xVA defend his 5 ->n-t Won Dure'le. "older of th e British p. hen on July 15, ttnotmeed here yesteri met her e last r when Moore won by k <°ut m the Uth
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  • 382 11 TWO EASY ROUNDS FOR KEW SAN QUEBEC CITY, March 26 (Reuter) Overseas entries dominated the opening rounds of the Canadian badminton championships yesterday as the players advanced to the quarterfinals m men's and women's The powerful Asian representation had little opposition to overcome. Top-seeded Tan Joe Hock of
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  • 96 11 S. African Tennis Tourney JOHANNESBURG. Mar. 26, (Reuter). Gordon Forbes and lan Vermaak, the South African Davis Cup players, justified their seedings by reaching the men's singles final of the South African Lawn Tennis championships here yesterday. Forbes beat Ray Weedon 6-3 1-6, 1-6, 6-2. 6-2 and Vermaak beat Gaeton
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  • Article, Illustration
    539 11  -  Tommy Farr Fighting Facts By Flashback To 1937 Flashback to a fight British boxing is proud of m this first round picture of the Tommy Fart Joe Louis world heavyweight title battle. LONDON, Thurs.— Way back m March, W37, I won the British and Empire heavyweight championship
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  • 219 11 May Declines To Comment On Throwers LONDON, March 26 (Reuter) Peter May, England's cricket captain, declined to comment on Throwing subject of much controversy during the M.C.C. tour of Australia when he arrived at London Airport from Sydney on Monday Questioned about throwing by Australian bowlers, May said: "I cannot
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  • 627 11 Cloak-ana- Dagger tarn Attack On Throwers LONDON, Thurs. J?ROM now on count me among the cynics who-claim there's no justice m sport and I reckon I've got hundreds of Soccer supporters among those who saw the Giant-Killer Cup winners. Norwich City, fall m the semi-final replay.
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  • 62 11 MR. H. Mohamed Shaffi was re-elected President of the Tarijong Pagar Volley ball Club for the second year m succession at the Club's annual general meeting held recently. Other officers elected were. ...Vice* President: Mr. H. Kamal, Secretary: Mr. H. Aziz. Asst Secrcary: Mr. C. A. Ansari,
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  • 42 11 SOFIA. March 26. (Reuter). Italy beat England 3-0 m the international youth soccer tournament which started here yesterday. The Italians led 1-0 at halftime. In another match, played at Dimitrovo, Rumania beat Turkey 5-0. after leading 2-0 at the interval.
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  • 36 11 WASHINGTON, March 26. (Reuter) The House of Representatives yesterday passed a resolution extending an official invitation for the 1964 O'ympic Games to be held m Detroit. The 1960 Games will be held m Rome.
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  • 155 11 A £26,500 Blow To London LONDON, March 26. (Reuter)— The British Boxing Board of Control yesterday refused permission for Brian London to fight Floyd Patterson, the holder, for the world heavyweight title. Former British champion, London had made formal application to the Board after being matched to meet Patterson m
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  • 57 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Selangor Services team for their two-day cricket match against the Selangor Cricket Association XI on the Selangor Club padang on March 28 and 29 will be: Capt. Eastwood (Capt) Lakhbir Singh Gill. Glazebrook. J. I. D. Pike. Glover, Lieut P. Pearce. Lieut Duleep Singh.
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  • 28 11 LONDON. Mar. 26 (Reuter). Rpsuit of a Rugby league matrh played last night: (THIRD ROUND REPLAY) Salford 4 Leigh 6 (Leigh meet Wigan m the semi-final).
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  • 29 11 SURREY. March 26 (Reuter) —St. Mary's Hospital beat St. Bartholomew's by six point* to zero m the replay of the Hospitals' Cup rugby union final here yesterday.
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    • 39 11 SINGAPORE S O C C E R Singapore Ycuihs i'S. R.A.F. Seletar at Jalan Besar Stadium at 5 IPOH SOCCER: The Rest vs Ramblers S.C. Chinese Assembly Hall ground. PEMANG SOCCER:— Inter-School Penang vs Kedah at 5.15 p.m. Stadium,
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 329 12 MP accuses Grantham of neglect HK women work cruelly long boon LONDON. March 26 (Reuter)— A Labour HP. Mr- Ernest Thornton, last right accused Sir Alexander Grantham of **Grave Neglect" of the people of Hongkong while he was Governor of the Colony. He told the House of Commons, In a
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    • 82 12 GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS. March 26 *Reuter) —Laughing native girl dancers garlanded the Duke of Edinburgh with flowers as he watched almost 1,000 South Sea islanders stamp and shuffle through the intricate patterns of Pacific Island dances on his arrival here yesterday. A full moon
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    • 139 12 Maldive workers paid $16 a week LONDON. March 26 (Reuter> Mr. George Ward, Secretary of State for Air, told a questioner m Parliament yesterday that the weekly wage paid to the labourers working at the Royal Air Force staging post on Gan Island was $16 (Malaya). Mr. John Rankin (Labour)
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    • 53 12 Picture) CRAZY or not. 19 students of the Hatfield (Herts). Technical College, crammed themselves into a telephone kiosk at Hatfield last week. They claim that this sets up a world record for telephone kiosk cramming. It beats the record of eighteen put up by London University
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    • 234 12 Notes not identical m text, but similar m substance MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuter) The United States today handed over m Moscow a note on proposals for Foreign Ministers talks and a summit meeting. The note was handed over at the Soviet Foreign Ministry by Mr.
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    • 285 12 TIBET BREAKS with CHINA That 1951 Treaty Is Off Fighting m Lhasa over but tension is still on LONDON, March 26, (UPI, Reuter) Tibet has declared itself independent of communist Chinese control, the London Times reported m a despatch from the border town of Kalimpong. The authoritative London newspaper said
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    • NEWSBRIEFS
      • 87 12 COLOMBO, Ceylon. March 26. (UPI) The Maldivian Government will seek to reopen talks m London concerning the location of a British Royal Air Force base at Gan island, it was learned yesterday. A delegation from the Maldivian Government is expected to leave for
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      • 17 12 THE BRITISH frigate Cardigan Bay left for Singapore yesterday after a three-day goodwill visit to Saigon. Reuter
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      • 26 12 FIVE PERSONS were killed and ten others were injured on Tuesday when a bus plunged 20 feet into turbulent seas m Mar del Plata, Argentina.- UPI
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      • 20 12 KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) is to start a weekly return service from Amsterdam to Saigon, it was reported yesterday. Reuter
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      • 34 12 SHAH REZA Pahlevi of Iran will be guest of honour at a State Banquet given by Queen Elizabeth during his state visit to Britain on May 5-8. it was announced m London yesterday.- UPI
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      • 25 12 THE Indonesian Film Institute will not take part m the sixth Asian Film Festival m Kuala Lumpur next month, Antara News Agency reported yesterday.- Reuter
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    • 60 12 LONDON. March 26 (Reuter)—General Sir A. James H Cassels, former Director of Emergency Operations m Mala* ya, is to give this year's Ker* mit Roosevelt lectures m the United States, the War Office announced yesterday. Gen. Cassels, currently Com-manding-in-Chief designate, Eastern Command, is expected to
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    • 162 12 BLANTYRE, March 26 (Reuter) Forty Africans, including three officials of the proscribed African National Congress, were arrested m police swoops m different parts of Nyasaland yesterday. At Fort Manning, Central Province. 18 people were sentenced to one year's imprisonment for rioting with a further
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    • 23 12 MR. Dag Hammarskjoeld Secretary General of the United Nations who is on a world tour, arrived m Moscow yesterday.- Reuter
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    • 82 12 Sea water a cure for bad eyes LONDON, March 26 (UPl).— Doctors m the Ukrainian Republic of Russia have extracted a medicine from sea water to cure short-sightedness. Moscow Radio reported yesterday. •'Vision improves after the very first injection under the skin," the broadcast said. "Ten injections m all, each
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    • 33 12 THE United States of America Import-Export Bank had approved a $36,000,000 loan (Malayan) to Indonesia for the purchase of three Lockheed Electra aircraft, Antara News Aeencv said yesterday, Reuter
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    • 87 12 TORONTO, March 26, (UPI). A former Glasgow policeman became a male midwife for the seventh time early yesterday when he delivered a baby m a taxi It was the first time that Alex Smith, 37, now a Toronto taxi driver, attended an emergency birth m Canada His
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    • 122 12 NASSER, CHEHAB LINE-UP BEIRUT, March 26 (Reuter) President Nasser of the United Arab Republic and President Fuad Chehab of the Lebanon announced they had ordered their governments to settle outstanding economic issues between the two countries without delay. The announcement came In a statement released after a three-hour meeting between
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