Singapore Standard, 4 April 1959

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  • 17 1 Cab!« TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1959. Vol. IX No. 275. 15 cts. 14 Pages
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  • 369 1 DALAI LAMA SAFE IN INDIA NEHRU CHEERED AS HE BREAKS NEWS 23-year-old spiritual leader gets asylum QUOTE: Security clamp to prevent Reds abducting him NEW DELHI, Friday, (Reuter, UPI)The Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, has been granted political asylum m India, an official Indian Government spokesman said today. Strong
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  • 262 1 SINGAPORE WILL NOT be replaced by British North Borneo as a permanent' military base. This assurance was given yesterday by the Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces, Maj. Gen. W. G. H. Pike. The General who had just returned from an inspection
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  • 123 1 SEATO plan naval drill off Malaya WELLINGTON, Fri. The largest naval exercise ever staged by SEATO is to be held off the east coast of Malaya this month Thirty ships from Britain, France, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, including three aircraft carriers HMS Albion, ITSS1 T S5 Ycrktown
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  • 599 1 Cinemas to cut out air-conditioning and limit screenings SINGAPORE cinema owners last night decided to stop air-condi-tioning their theatres and to limit screenings of shows from April 13, as a result of the City Council's rejection of their appeal against an increase m electricity rates. A meeting of the Cinematograph
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  • 124 1 THE 243-ton freighter, Meiva. was. yesterday arrested on a court order while she was lying at anchor m the outer roads m Singapore. The agents for the vessel, Barretto Shipping and Trading Co., Ltd.. instrumented the arrest through their lawyers, Braddell Bros. The Standard
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  • 128 1 TOKYO- April 3 (Renter) Both the Comet 4 jetliner opening the London-Tokyo section of the new round-the-world service by British Overseas Airways and the propjet Bristol Britannia flying the East-West section of the service across the United States and the Pacific arrived m Tokyo tonight.
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  • 122 1 An alleged Immortal' may be first to get big black X PENANG. Fri. A man alleged to be the leader of a secret society known as the "Eight Immortals" was produced m court here today for possible registration under the n Prevention of Crimes Ordinance. Chan Boob Moh, who was
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  • 24 1 IT was confirmed yesterday that the Prince of Wales, now at Windsor Castle, has chicken pox. The rash appeared yesterday morning. Reuter
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  • 260 1 'Gambling debts' kidnap bid TOI 6O by Police A SINGAPORE driver was kidnapped yesterday but later m the evening, he was rescued by the crew of a cruising radio patrol car who were attracted by his shouts for help. The victim, Lim Poh Thian, 32, was held by his captors
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  • 112 1 Cathay to take over luxury Fiji hotel SUVA. April (Reuten The Fi.ii snvcrnment has accepted a lender of Cathay Hotc? Limited, Singapore, to take over the Grand Pacific Hotel if, S'-'.'f, i 4 was announced todas Cathay Hotels offered to pun hase The .en -c of the h r >
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  • 481 1 Site leacfs all-male team to victory JAKARTA, Fri.— A beautiful 17-year-old girl has caused a sensation here by leading an all-male football eleven on to the field against some of Indonesia's top teams. She is Rita Zahara, of Sourabaya, who keeps goal for a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 163 1 LI I LI.. r J£ndET .^BV IH |A and :^Nu^ii Vi 954 (sHlu) 1959 V pf years, 7.C.4. is still Xs^j?^ K s<^>' < ft petrol development' seen! years. Fuji <2&a^r TB£4m^~' scooter WWllinil 6 2 HP ENGINE ECONOMICAL MB STREAMLINED BODY AUTOMATIC TRANS- NO GEAR-CHANGING IN TRAFFIC— SO MUCH
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  • 42 2 FIRST Bight memorate tht Tunic m vac Tripoli wc*\ c April f ai the k: M dffi and Mn a>-a Similar coverj .»s led on ipp a memorate I r S. .:2< >r. m '"c Xl some time is*-:
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    • 1358 2 iTANDAßDsyfeji^H^gi TUITION RAPID COACHING all subjects up to Form IV by experienced Graduate undertaken m your home Moderate fees. Write Box. T. 3573 S.S. EDUCATION SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING. Details regarding Da./ Release and Evenings Only Course? In the Department of Engineering have now been circulated to employers already
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    • 628 2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that as from the 31st day of March, 1959 Mr. KHOO 800 TEIK has retired from the "orshir> firm of General Traders and Service Company o. nuom Winchester House, Coilyer Quay, Singapore and that the said business henceforth will be carried on by the continuing partners
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    • 900 2 NOTICES 9^ y°^" ■■■•/y^> 111 1 I wßm Mr. P. A. Gopalkrishnan, h C. S. Chairman Life Insurance Corporation of Indm LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA 1958 NEW LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS EXCEEDS M ***** MILLIONS UNDER A MILLION POLICIES. A press release of the State-operated Life Insurance Corporation of India
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    • 433 2 NOTICES TAKE NOTICE 'hat by a Deed Poll daird the 2nd day of April 1959 SAMUEL JOHN ONG SWEE JDU of No. 15 Selegie Road, Si^apore 7 a British Subject renoun c.; and abandoned the name of SAMUEL JOHN BROI'GH Dated this 2nd day of Apr:!. 1959. TAN. R A.I
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  • 813 3 EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD anity At Stake HE criticism levelled by the Alumni AssociaL Malaya against the recently amended LstotHMi relating to the committal of persons Tnfol hospital merits the immediote and re^f ronsidcrotion of the Government. It has m rta spotlight on many serious anomalies D existed even before
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  • 832 3  - Switch In H'kong's Economy KAYSER SUNG by The Colony's New Hospital HONGKONG 'THE dominant pattern of Hongkong's economy has switched from entrepot trade to industry m the last ten years, according to the Hongkong Government's annual report for 1958 Just published here. The report states that, there are more people
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  • 62 3 Shorts from the Talks The Teacher Taught *i\l V stu<ients bring with them something I could never obtain for myself, because from all the corners of the g'obe they bring their lives their understanding. their backgrounds, and above all, they bring themselves Stuart Milner. who teaches English m a London
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  • 1047 3  - Suspicion Shrouds Baghdad BEIRUT TF the Communists overplay their hand m Iraq, General Kassem will have no alternative but a straight forward military dictatorship. It will not be the first m recent Arab history, though past experience does not suggest that it would be long-lived. In default of such a
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  • 194 3 Foreign Authors Sir We were astonished to read the assertion attributed to Mr. C. K. Cheng of City Book Store, Singapore, m a recent issue of The Standard, to the effect that many school textbooks used m Singapore and Malaya were written by foreign authors who
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  • 419 3 the NEWS as it atrikes me DRESENT indications are that there will be t\ro elections in Singapore in the next three or four months. Rumours current for the past few weeks that certain City Councillors would resign their seats to test the confidence the electorate has in them ay participating
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  • 221 4 NON-PAP COUNCILLORS PREPARE THEIR CASK They'll send complaints to Inquiry Commission THE majority of the non-Peoples' Action Party City Councillors will give evidence before the Elias Commission which will hold its first session on Tuesday. They are preparing their case against the PAP administration m the City Council, which will
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  • 107 4 Hearing begins on Monday THE Commission of Inquiry appointed to inquire into an ac count of $50^.000 allegedly operated by the former Education Minister, Mr. Chow Swee Kee, with the First National City Bank of New York m Singapore, will hold its first sitting on Monday at 10.30 a.m. m
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  • 82 4 Perak MCA wants 16 seats irOU, Fri. At an emer gency meeting, the Perak MCA working committee today decided to stand by the Association's request to the State Alliance for 16 seats for the State Council elections The meeting, however, agreed to abide by the decision made by the Alliance
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  • 127 4 Talks on gang-up against PAP HOPES for an election alliance between major democratic parties to form an antiPeople? Action Party front to fight the general elections are brightening every day. This was told The Standard yesterday by the secretarygeneral "of the Singapore Peoples' Alliance, Mr. Wang Tsun Hoa. He said
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  • 238 4 WITNESS SAW PICS OF SUSPECTS -POLICE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. ASP Khoo Bin Keng told the Magistrate Tuan Haji Mohd. Taib today that photographs of suspects were, shown to a prosecution key witness m semi-darkness before one of them was arrested during the early hours of January 31 last year. ASP
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  • 71 4 THE Singapore Liberal Socialist Party yesterday handed over 51". 862 to the Kampong Tiong Bahru Fire Relief Fund. The amount was collected from party members and sympathisers. Director of the Social Welfare Department. Mr. W.S. Woon. said that so far about $650,000 was received for the Fund.
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  • 346 4 Chamber chief warns: We must be watchdog of free trade PENANG, Fri. Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here, Mr. Ng Sui Cam, today sounded a warning that it was absolutely necessary to enhance the influence and prestige of the Chamber so that it might play its part worthily
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  • 33 4 MR. Yeoh Ah Jheng. an Assistant Superintendent of Police who had been the 0.C.P.D., Slim River tor about a year, yesterday assumed duties as Senior Investigating Officer. Central Police Station. Ipoh.
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  • 125 4 Burglar make $7,000 hauls BURGLARS :n |jJ made two ha i!s On "> lay night wh* n the- at a tailor's shop Road and alv .J] Lay Road monry lost am $7,080. Tailor Pi* m up yesterday r surprisri fa -r. -V co!!apsib;e cn^' < On closer exai .found the
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  • 112 4 Not barre from Gov jobs if THE Sin£*p< c 'vvi'; render ill pc \ar,re to rehabilitate id pr:>o:.r>r>. a ej sa;i Last nighi He said thai the tnent had shown n< 1 towards discharged -i as alleged by *ho M After-care AssociSf Tin Bpoketwian I Govcmion' h., I I I
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  • 51 4 WORKER PARTY MEETING THE 21-ti H I 1 mittee p f th< Sir 1 en Party wi j- day to r ect other oflftce-bt ai The meet I cusi the part: I gramme and P-^ r the orgai Thi^ m< decisions of I And the r.r til should contest c'
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  • 28 4 72-YR-OLD MAN ROBBER SEREMBA* year oW Mohamr five men v 572 a: i tr< Bat v. two Village this Sner Moh«r he wbs issiu before they treated H
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  • 233 4 'Malacca Can Be Rubber' Export Centre MALACCA. Fri.— Malacca's import and export trade nau> increased to such an extent that it is now impossible to expand further unless the present port facilities are improver!, said the Vicepresident of the Malacca Chamber of Commerce. Mr. R. P. W. Gosman, today. Last
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    • 233 4 NATURAL SOURCE OF ENERGY ,/-•.>■■. w/ ■'/''/■'y/-////'/. Ay//////y/ /l vMfflnKvMM/fa//?///M//y/// v' a& 'w/s- <v/ty''' !s' ''y///'yyy---'y a fl a a t ND i, 'Il^r^ i ,^P^ m^^^^^^^ vC In order to overcome tiredness, a child needs S^gg^ ==^^^^o an energy restoring food. Taken as a drink or CONDPMcpn Mfl^ 1
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  • 248 5 A. ,<\ s Minister for \i- J. Rraea. \es X nounced that he b IcfUcj to stand for H| :r> the Legrislativ* X- m his old ward of I, sion he said, was H» r «»everal of his X' nts h.id written to
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  • 84 5 Fn. The Chief Dal a Osman run i i i among the list f *he first fully 51 ite Council, r^ he *he Malacca row. oi the Alliance is lidates and allot 'hree partners the M and MIC INO has submitted Ihf MIC six and
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  • 44 5 A LUMPUR. Fri I r, Tunku Abdul lis accepted an ■■> officially open District Assembly .rv Hotel, Serem- Apri 18. Rotariana will be ore than 40 deleibs, lepreaent- m Laos, Cambodia. m), Thailand re Malaya will be m Seremban on this as. on
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  • 548 5 UNKU'S ECONOMIC PACT PLAN IS A BIG HIT We hope it will be realized soon says PI Foreign Secretary KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Tunku Abdul Rahman's plan for economic and cultural collaboration among South-east Asian countries had received a very happy response from diplomatic circles m Bangkok and the Thai Foreign
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  • 47 5 THE second annual Combined Camp for the boys of Perak House will be held at IS Mile. Jurong. Singapore from April 11 for ten days. Visitors Day wiD be April '8 when the camp will bf open to the public from 3.30 p.m.
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  • 249 5 Plight of deaf girl moves Tunku PENANG, Fn.— The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, whiie on a brief shopping excursion m the business area m Bishop Street here today, was greatly moved by the plight of a six-year-old deaf girl, Halimah binte Shaik Osman, who was clinging closely to Mis-
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  • 548 5 FROM bridal bouquets to exquisite landscapes; from breathtakingly beautiful orchid groups to lovely corsages, Singapore's annual Flower Show, opened at the Happy World Stadium yesterday evening by the Governor, Sir William Goode, 1 is definitely exciting. While crowds milled about m admiration,
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  • 72 5 TAIPING. Fri.— The question of whether Malay or English should be used m the Taipin* Council \va; mentioned at its monthly meeting recently by councillor S. Sabaratnam and it was decided to shelve the subject till next year. The Council's only woman member. Raja Ba'ayah binti
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  • 295 5 Seven bar girls saw, heard nothing SEVEN teenage bar girls lo'.d a Singapore Coroner. Mr. Giam Chong Hing, yesterday that they saw nothing, heard nothing, and could say nothing about a rase m which a cashier. Yeo So Jin, 50, was fatally stabbed at about 12.50 a. .1. on Feb.
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  • 63 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The river at Pohoi at the 25th Mile Maran-Kuantan Road m Pahang was successfully forded last evening and light traffic is allowed to cross the river, depending on weather conditions. Meanwhile. work is continuing on the construction of the new Bailey bridge, which is
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  • 224 5 'Menace to society' gets jail and the rotan IPOH. Fri. The President of the Sessions Court. Mr. JR. Whimster today sentenced a 20-year-old vegetable seller, j Yons Pak Yong whom he described as a menace to i society to two years' jail and eight strokes of the rotan for having
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  • 85 5 Ananda Rajah flies to UK to attend Police course MR. A ANANDA RAJAH, Superintendent of Police, will fly this afternoon to England to attend a senior officers' course. The Standard learnt that Mr. Rajah will go to the Joint Services Staff College m Latimer, Buckinghamshire. He will be the second
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    • 407 5 GALA MIDMGHT PREMIERE 1 TONIGHT REX TONIGHT 1 1 NO OTHER MALAY FILM HAS I BEEN BROUGHT TO THE SCREEN I WITH SUCH DRAMATIC IMPACT! I 1 The fabulous story XJ m m -**^%<i FT] j^^v—^ w#t V #1 W M Wit fk Wim? r— rxi a LflU V Us
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  • 123 6 Burglars surprised in hospital canteen POLICE last night arrested one of two men who had broken into the Singapore General Hospital staff canteen. The arrest came to him a> a surprise when he tried make his exit through a hole m 'he wall which had been made to gain entry.
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  • 42 6 FOLLOWING were e'e toi representative? of the Queenstown Good Citizens Committee at a meeting of residents of the Dawson Road arm. held recently m Singapore: Messrs. Douglas Lim, R. Munusamy, Joseph Hiew arid Tang Poh Wah, and Miss Nancy Wong.
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  • 23 6 TWELVE pcrsor? were yesterday fincH, 53n each m the Singapore Xir.'h Magi?: rate's Court on charge? of operating radios without licences.
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  • 348 6 Smoother How of goods to mainland —says Chamber chief PENANG, Fri. The free port status of Penang should be zealously guarded, since opart from it being the traditional warehouse for North Malaya, its entrepot trade would be lost should a fusion with the Customs
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  • 172 6 Practise thrift Minister tells pupils KLANG, Fri. All schools m Malaya should form thrift societies, and conduct sayings campaigns and competitions designed to encourage thrift and saving. Inche Khir Johari, Education Minister, said today. Speaking to the AngloChinese School, Inche Johari said the formation of such societies and campaigns would
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  • 218 6 Indonesia for Asian Film Festival official INDONESIA will definitely take part in the Sixth Asian Film Festival at Kuala Lumpur from May 4 to May 8, and its delegation is due to arrive at the end of this month. The Standard understands that this decision was taken by the Indonesian
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  • 159 6 Boy, 15, on murder charge SENIOR Detective Inspector Shariff bin Omar Din m reply to Colony lawyer. Mr. David Marshall, yesterday said before a preliminary inquiry that he was "well aware of the nature of the extremely serious allegations" made against him by a boy who is accused of murder.
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  • 114 6 A jealous No. 1 wife stabbed wife No. 2 IPOH. Fri.— A man's first wife stabbed his second be-cau.-e °f jealousy. Macistrate Ibrahim bin Abdul Manan was told today that because Rahman bin Kassim, 55, of the Cen'ral Electricity Board spent most of his nights with his second wife whom
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  • 64 6 A "United Malaya Dance" (above) opened last night's programme of Indian dances and music at the Victoria Theatre m conjunction with the Singapore Arts Festival week. The dance, with the map of Malaya m the background, depicts the existing harmony m Malaya today. A total of e>ven
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  • 47 6 THE Fairfield Methodist Girls School m Neil Road. Singapore hold a fun fair today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The fair is m aid of the Anglo-Chinese School Building Fund. A variety of home cooked food and cakes will be available.
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  • 173 6 YOU DID A GOOD JOBJUDGE LAUDS SHOP HAND A COFFEE- shop assistant was yesterday commended for his presence of mind by Singapore Fourth District Judge. Mr. S. K. Leo. "You did a very good vb." said Mr. Lee tc Ong Chwee Huat. wno Is also a student m a night
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  • 101 6 SWIMMING POOL FOR QUEENSTOWN THE City Council is considering establishing a swimming pool jn the Queenstown area, The Standard was told yesterday. Members of the Council's Estates and Building Comn:i'tee have recently inspected two sites at Margaret Drive and Commonwealth Avenue Following the inspection, the Committee has asked 'he City
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  • 423 6 Local pamphlet was defamatory: 5 shopkeepers guilty THE Singapore Third District Judge, Mr. K. T. Alexander, yesterday found five shopkeepers guilty of defaming the character of a textile merchant, Mr. V. K. Mohamed, through a locallyprinted pamphlet last September. The guilty persons were: R. M. A. Abdul Jabar. S. P.
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  • 166 6 BOLD $2,400 ROBBERY PULAD LANGKAWI: DRAGIN OUT FOR 5 WHO RAID SHOP WITH GUNS AX ALOR STAR. Kri The Kedah Tifii mined to get five dare-devil robbers whe jjst»*« on a shop m Pulau Lanjjkawi somr rl .<• l tensive drive has been launched to Rah r 1,-Shot-guns, pistols and
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  • 109 6 WINNERS OF COLOUR CONTEST MASTER Patrick Low of 39, Blair Road. Singapore- has. submitted the best entry m the Hercules Colouring Contest" and wins the first prize of $25. The second prize of $15 wbs won by Master Loo Bhen Chong 'of 215. Pudu Etoad, Kuala Lumpur, while Miss Choo
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  • 35 7 THE Governor. Sir William Goode, has appointed Messrs. Cheong 800 Chiat, A. J. B. Dickson, Ananthanarayanan. Oori Peet For.g and V Pakirisamy, as members of the Rent Conciliation Board for one yea r.
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  • 109 7 SEREMBAN, Fri. Quite a stir was caused m the Magistrate's Court today when the sound of fire-crackers along its corridor attracted many passers-by. However, the firing was legal; it was ordered by Sessions Court President. Inche Hamid bin Omar, who caused one packet
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  • 311 7 One hoc/ a gun— swiped brandy TWO armed men one carrying a revolver and the other a dagger raided the Farrer Bar m Race Course Road, Singapore, early yesterday morning and escaped with nearly $1,000 m cash and valuables. They held up
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  • 208 7 4 men stole wedding 'ang pows', court told A HOUSEWIFE had her hands bound with copper wire and gagged by some men. a Singapore Court was told yesterday. The housewife, Tan Chwee Imm, .^aid this at a preliminary inquiry at which Toh Kirn Chwee. Loh Suan Kee and Lim Ah
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  • 148 7 A GIRL m a Space Suit went around Singapore hi a "rocket" yesterday, and invaded vinny schools where she distribute tickets to the children for a round ir:p to Venus. The date of the trip w Venus is on "October 142,000"' and those irho had
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  • 214 7 IN THE Singapore High Court yesterday Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah ordered that a bankruptcy petition bp served on Dr. C. H. Withers-Payne, a prominent Singapore lawyer and company director, m London. The order wa t s made following a motion by
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  • 149 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) m Singapore yesterday were: Bayers Sellers Spot 91 91* R.S.S. No. 1 April 911 91* R.S.S No. 1 May 91| 92 R.S.S. No. 2 9(H 91 R.S.S. No. 3 89§ 901 Tone:— Dull. Tin price m Singapore was $400 1 per
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • 59 9 Co mpany Opens Branch Store tlfl k«»W. managing director of Sin Chew Jit Poh. yesterday declared open the branch of Sun Man Shoe Co. m North Bridge Road. Singapore Photo shows Btttag the nhbon to declare open the premises. With him are Mr Chong r.z a director of Sun Man
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  • 226 9 Fall In Month's Exports From R.I. IbDer Market Report Be mug 'AtffKcau, unulatton of ora substantial v r York, the mars woek has been i rather disappointing, aays Holiday. Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd's weekly market report. The improvement at the pening of the period was short- lived <*nd most enQUiries,
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  • 114 9 Price Up 1/8 c. i r 1 r ibtei price ni yesterday tc oio.se i nta per .b. for m- 1 na] first grade April pi r.ed high* r I overseas advices and.' at *'r. p new level f that, there was little ince ha values m the pig session.
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  • 211 9 All Sections Of Shares Ate Quiet WITH a few exceptions, all sections of the Malayan than market were quiet yesterday Turnover was small. Pr.c^ changes announced 9f the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were: INDUSTRIALS Buyer* Sellers O- Tin Smell Or<-i; 30/- 30/6 Fra>er Neave Ord?. 155 1.57 cd Gammon 1.69 i
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  • 375 9 MALAYAN sharebrolcers reported the following business done yesterday C.T.S. qrds. 30/3; F. N. ords $1.55, $1.56; Gammon $1.71 (and overnight), 51. 70; G'town Disp. $2.15; W. Hammer $146 to $1.48; H Waugh $1.20 to $1.30, $1.10 odd lot (overnight); M. Browenes $2.92J cd; M Breweries Debenture 88c; M.
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  • 63 9 TOKYO. April 3 (UPI) Japan ha s decided to offer Indonesia an export credit up to US$l,OOO,OOO to boost its lagging .sales to that country, it was learned today. Japan would offer to ell to Indonesia on a deferred payment basis U5520,000,000 worth of
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  • 30 9 Normal working was resumed m Birmingham yesterday at the British Motor Corporation factory of Morris commercial cars, after a six-week strike of electricians had almost stopped production. Reuter
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  • Finance A nd Commerce
    • 367 9 INDIA TO STEP UP MACHINE EXPORTS Bid To Sell More Hosiery Articles INDIA is to increase her exports of hosiery to Malaya and other countries m South-east Asia m the near future. This was disclosed to The Standard yesterday by the overseas officer of the Indian Cotton Textiles Export Promotion
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    • 79 9 THE BRITISH Trade Commissioner m Canberra, Mr. P. B. Hunt, (above) who arrived m Singapore on Thursday en route to Britain to spend his five months' leave. Mr. Hunt told The Standard thp dumping of Chinese textile goods m South-east Asian countries had not affected Australia
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    • 177 9 LONDON. April 3 Britain's reserve of gold and convertible currencies fell m March by £6 million and at the end of the month stood at £1.121 million. The repayment, of $200,000.--000 £71 million to the International Monetary Fund is included m the month's transactions. In
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    • 118 9 JAKARTA April 1 Renter* The United States has offered Indonesia 50,000 tons of rid and 10,000 tons of wneat flo;;r under a new surplus agricultural credit agreement signed here, authoritative sources said today. The surplus agricultural agreement marie I7OJ million available m American agricultural products for
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    • 72 9 AFTER just five months nf trans- Atlantic. jet service, Pan American Airways on March 25 earned i s 50,000 th passenger between the US. and Europe. Oniy three <»i Pan Am'ft >ix jet Clippers were needed to carr y the 50.000 pa^.--en£er>. r, would have
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    • 19 9 FRENCH iron mines produced 5.229.500 tons :n January this year, against 4.857.100 tons m December last year.
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    • 34 9 THE Malayan Exchange Bai ks Association made the to lowing changes m its rales io merchants yesterday: Selling" T.T./O.D. ready: French Francs L 6079, Belgian Franrs 1635|. Other exchange rales remain unaltered.
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    • 358 9 LONDON Airport, the hub of British Overseas Airways Corporation's route network, will be capable of dealing with more than five million passengers and many thousands of tons of cargt annually by next year. A s Britain's main centre for 'international traffic. London Airport one of
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    • 55 9 CANBERRA, April 3 (Reuter) Australian industrialists and merchants yesterday welcomed the government decision to remove licensing discrimination against about 330 items of dollar goods. The relaxation, effective from yesterday, was announced yesterday by the Trade Minister, Mr. John McEwenIt covers trade worth about £Al7O millions (about
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    • 67 9 The British Overseas Airways Corporation said m London on Thursday that the Comet IV airliner inaugurating their new jet service from London to Tokyo on Wednesday flew from Beirut to Karachi m 3 hours 56 minutes. This was believed to be a new record for
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    • 206 9 PROSPECTS of India increasing her exports of engineering goods to South-east Asia and the neighbouring countries were bright, the First Secretary (Commercial) at India House, Singapore, Mr. G. J. Malik, said yesterday. Mr. Malik has had talks with the secretary of the Indian Engineering Export
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    • 136 9 Ship For New Sea Route AMONG the Best wave of shipping to use he Great. Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway, which is expected to be open to navigation within the next few weeks, will be American Export Line's Extavia. The 7,500-ton canio steamer has been assigned to make the inaugural voyage calling
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    • 225 9 AGRICULTURE and fishery are among the many fields m which Japan ran co-operate with other South-east Asian countries to promote productivity, says a Bank of Tokyo report. Introduction of improved i .Japanese farming and fishing techniques can help countries m the area to step
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    • 99 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices Der rricul yesterday wore: Copra Mar-Apr. $431 buyers; $44 3 t sellers coconut oil m bulk $64 sellers; m drums $671 sellers: Muntok white pepper $lr>2 sellers: Sarawak white $1M .vpllers sper.al Sarawak black $81. Singapore Copra Association closing prires fair merchantable
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    • 266 9 WiON OF BURMA SHIPPING BOARD S.S, "PYIDAWNYUNT" In Port Inner Roods Sailing 6th April 1959 Accepting Cargo Passengers (Saloon Deck). 9T. p g M?rgui, Moulmem, Rangoon, Arakan. Ports Calcutta. I'berty to call at any port or off the routes and the B< md nlinzs are subject to change or amendment
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    • 174 9 OOYGB ROADS Prostor, Turrcmsn. HuriT Cape, A;ax, Waikelo. Taleyrand, Pa«=kov. Michael Jch^pr Ad I, Mandeville, A..imi Mai t, B <. Seishu Maru, Beira, Libertad I, Hulda Maersk. Cv• g I)- itti, T'l^eve. Tarakan, Tomar. Htj{ainville. Tank haven U INNTR ROADS 9q ithern Trad* i Bo 11 t, Pn. K;diH:.g R:rr.na,
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  • 4 10 Kelantan Couple's World Trip
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    38 10 MR. TAN KONG ENG, Managing Director of the Changi Bus Company and Far East Reaity, Ltd. and his bride, the former Miss Ho Siew Lay, daughter of Dr. Ho Pao Jin. who were married m Singapore recently.
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  • 119 10 (ABOVE) Winners of the photo contest organized by the Regal Theatre. Klang, in conjunction with the screening of Twentieth Century Fox's "The Barbarian and the Geisha" are seen a,bove. (From left to right) Mr. N'R Gopal, manager. Mrs. Lee En£ Teh, wife of the Federal Councillor who gave
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    49 10 MR. RE STEWART and his brMe the form. Vera Pinto, after their wedding at Sincap<»r. Joseph's Church, last week. The bride is the iucft Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Pinto uhile the bridegroom only son of Mr. and Mrs E. F. Stewart of S\r\zv. Photo by Michael Anchant.
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  • 46 10 (ABOVE) Mr. Robin Wong Fook Cheong and his bride, the former Miss Irene See How Kee, who were married m Singapore. last week. Mr. Wong is an employee of Parke Davis and Co, Ltd and second son of Madam Choy Tao Lin.
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  • 101 10 pic. (RIGHT) Penang "Grand Old Couple" Mr. and Mrs. Chuang Soon Wah are seen with some of their friends at a party to celebrate Mr. Chuang's eightieth birthday Mr. Han Swee Inn, chief reporter of Sin Chew Jit Poh is Mr. and Mrs. Chuang's son m law. Penang's
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    • 35 10 The world famous family of TIGER medicinal products CHINKA WHITE This invaluable Wind Mixture is on excellent remedy for Stomach Pains, Constipation, Indigestion, Acidity, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite. ENG AUN TONG THE TIGER MEDICAL HALL
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  • 1613 11  - CORA WILL BEAT THE LOT Scrutineer Chenderiang Is The Main Threat Jay* STANDARD ran HEYDAY SHOULD TAKE THIS RACE Heyday comes up against a weak lieid m the ope inig race, the If. event for horses class Three, Division Four. If he is any good at all he should show
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    • 113 11 IggttgUl&ftcJ Raee Race Raee 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Baee 7 Race 8 FRANCIS Says: *My best bets scrutineer p 5^ K°I^ l^T t^'t^ C C R^, B k^J^T x!!V™ r are Straight Flight in Race Tr>^ er A| o h <» Oleonder II Flower Queen Sofe Invest
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  • 334 12 DETROIT. April 3, (Reuter).— Malaya s Thomas Cup players, Teh Kew San and Lim Say Hup, showed promise of collecting: yet another major badminton title m the l/nited States championships now being held here. The Malayans swepi their <\ .v into
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  • 66 12 Old Boys Go Down To Present KSGL >- -:NEir >c: 'led;- i-: 3 oys by 1 >vi their annua > Presem accer b at B r<^r Road yesterYes th€ first I Ime ra thai "~e Present k tables on th€ E scorer? i c Peter, S r Teck I z
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  • 66 12 KUALA LUMPUR Friday i I cis i Military H ispital Kinr Edged mp Batu Canton- 1 2-. eir Central Jjalajra s »b-d sti d soccer league fixture the B Cantonment ground today i .ie o1 r n te igue soccer bet X (9 Field Am- RAMC
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  • 144 12 PARIS. April 3 (Reuter) The top- seeded Malayans Jimmy Lim and Leo Kirn Tat look certain to dominate the French badminton championships here tomorrow and Sund a y Lim has a bye through the t:rs* round before meeting G Vallet (France, m the second. In
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  • 111 12 SEVENTYEIGHT athletes are taking a new course introduced by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association. The course provides preliminary training and coaching for athletes, and consist? of eight lecture? divided into two parts theoretical and practical, each a duration of 45 minutes. The course is
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  • 33 12 TAMIL Brotherhood Association and Indian Youngsters failed to reach a decision when they battled w ou' to a scoreless draw m a SAFA Div 3A league match at Balestier Road yesterday
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  • 20 12 LIM SAY HUP, left, and Teh Kew San, m Detroit now for their third major world title.
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  • 382 12  - NEW BID FOR S'POR GRAND PRIX PETER WONG By THE Singapore Motor Club's new application to hold a Grand Prix m the centre of the City has received "favourable" consideration from the Police, The Standard was reliably told yesterday. The new application is made for a one-and-a-half -mile course around
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  • 119 12 First Round 69 Lead By Canadian AUGUSTA, April 3 (Revs ten Stan Leonard. 42--year-old Canadian, shot a first round 69 to lead 86 of the world's best golfers m the Masters tournament here today. The Canadian's smooth putting m windy and. m plac-es. soft conditions gave him a two stroke
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  • 110 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Brig. Young a member of the Organising Committee of the Asian Youth Football competition for the Rahman Cup. will be flying to Hongkong on a business trip. Mr. Kwok Kin Keng. secretary of the Football Association, said that Young will he m Hongkong
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  • 58 12 MEDAL and Bogey golf winners m competitions held, m connection with the Malayan Amateur Golf championships m Singapore during the Easter holidays. were: "A" Medal:— R. H. Page 68 nett. "B" Medal:— D. Chadwick 70 ne;t. "A" Bogey:— R. W. M. Windle A/Sq. *'B" Bogey:— A. E C.
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  • 46 12 Today's Sport SOCCER: Div. 2B: H.M. Dockyard rs Rniaji, Jalnn Besar, 4 p.m. PRIMIER LEAGUE: RAF vs Indians, Satan Besar, 5.1.5 p.m. Inter-school R.I. vs Pasir Pcnjann Sec. School R.I. TABLE-TENNIS: Interschool tournament. Cedar Girls Secondary School, 9 a.vi. CROSS-COUNTRY: Interschool, Siglap Secondary School, 5 p.m.
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  • 499 12 MEN'S SINGLES Third Round L. Cooperman United States beat L. Stipek Czechoslovakia 21-17. 16-21. 23-21. 21-18: T. Murakami Japan beat M. Mariotti Switzerland 21-16. 21-13. 21-11. Z. Berczik Hungary bent J. Teran Jugoslavia 21-12, 21-14, 21-15; Wans Chuang Vao China beat R. Davies Wale? 21-12. 21-11. 20-17.
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  • 458 12 Unseeded Players Oust Japans National Champ World Table Tennis Tourney DORTMUND. April 3 (Reuter) Seiji Nanta. Japanese champion, and seeded Number Three, and Ladislax Stipek. Czechoslovakia's eighth seeded player. were both eliminated by unseeded opponents m the bluest upsets so far of the world table tennis men's singles championships here
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  • 296 12  - Wedding Bells Won't Toll End Of Kim Beng's SAFA-Playing Day KEN JALLEH By WEDDING bells will peal soon, but the nun lor: the bells will toll, Singapore sorrer star, Qm|, Beng. is emphatic that they won't mean the J "I will play for the Singapore Amateur I ciation if and
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  • 75 12 HONGKONG, \pril (Reuten Nationalist China <\vfeated Hongkong here tonight 7-4 to win the Eastern Zone finals of the A^inn Cup Football championship. Playing before 22,000 Eans the biggest crowd ever witness a football same it the Rizal Football Stadium here, the Chinese team led 4-3
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  • 86 12 London ipri niG Addition. Scottish footbal S| ginn:ny Mondt! mm& April 6: Lea^ LTa^ (postponed -MttJ in.i LeagiK I :id«n< City v Gat< f*rdi rd from Sept. 21 WSi Queen of th< l v a ponca mJI Southend Unit* *A^ ford postpone I .H 24 1 Scottish
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  • 21 12 j.'i:- 91% i :-:o!-.-i;- ffJk Park vestei k <**l Slcv W Sykes scored II while NidlM i ■^■i Jo'lll3ds.
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  • 197 13  -  by JOHN WOODROW First prize went to Private Jimmy Dolan of 3 8.0.D. for his rendering of "Carramea." Apparently, Jimmy has been making a habit of winning talent time prizes and on February 7 and 21 he won a first and second prize on these
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  • 742 13 itagers will tell you they have been doing so from time immemorial that the world isn't what it once was. Telejuke boxes and now Sputnik-gazing have made spectators of Ljpj the^e hollow rumblings from the armchair observers have made gn on a certain section of Service personnel m
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  • 23 13 FIRST PRIZE WINNER DOLAN Iri/e winner Prnatp Do! an of 3 Ba«ie > Depot. R\OC wth the "nnk*» the I'nion Jack Tlilent timo content
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  • 49 13 MAJOR John Andrew (left) Officer Commanding "A" Company of the 3rd Battalion. Royal Australian Regiment, briefs Major John Milner (right) m his company's headquarters at Lasah, North Malaya, on operations against the terrorists m the area, Major Max Simkin second-in-command of the battalion is m the centre.
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  • 231 13 Australian Major's New Post KUALA KAXGSAR (North Malaya)— The man who will be second-in-com-mand of the next Australian infantry battalion to serve m Malaya arrived here from Australia last week. He is Major John Milner, sec-ond-in-command of Ist Battalion. Royal Australian Regiment, who will spend several months with 3rd Battalion.
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    • 168 13 Ita del mar h QH OTATION: m if m.-»y safrl? m leal mnre than Thnre.ui 1 FOR f. e^-. to -r fli' r iai Buy ike reed ".2 on r *on tacts I r.ißinnxTF P riKrn>ir.N > 21 to OOt re- -i inetax y nth •~e iirr.e--1 »ya r r
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    • 231 13 LI'L ABNER By Al (> P s- -x f uAc.-ru'ng; A rvrr A =4 WWAT WE MEAN IS, V -TME Al R FOCOE-, WE CAM RUSH (AM GOTTA GIT TO A INTERPLANETARY *v f WE'VE GOT TWE TWE D.A.R. -AMD TWE JIT THROUGH > PINCUS NUAABER7y( ROCKET? (NO M 1
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  • 288 14 WORLD NEWS If Berlin goes, what next? Big-3 won't budge from Europe A firm Western policy spelled out to NATO WASHINGTON, April 3, (U PI)— The Western Big Three yesterday promised their NATO Allies they would never agree to any German solution which would force U.S., British and Canadian forces
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  • 1399 14 But they couldn 't stop the Dalai Lama from escaping By H M MET A OLEARY LONDON. April J. The priests so ahead Messing stones so that the evil spirits will keep their distance and behind them, m the midst of some of the toughest fighting men m the world.
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    • 181 14 Folies dancer shot dead PARIS. April 3 (Reuter) An English dancer at the famous Folies Bergere. here, named by police as Maureen Graham. 19, o f London, was killed last night by a stray bullet during a fight between two North Africans m a Paris street. Miss Graham was shot
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  • 230 14 Underwater tunnel soon a reality DOVER, England. April 3 ;<Reuter> A shallow draf tank landing craft mailed into the English channel toi day on a survey that should bring the 84-year-oid dream or a tunne; between England and France one nearer reality. The craft, equipped with a bore platform, will
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  • 24 14 Reds send troops deep into Tibet... Phnto) Communist Chinese troops bfno moved deep him the mountainous terrain of Tibet to quell the rei-olt. UPI
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  • 234 14 S'pore in cut rate airline service LONDON. April 3 (Reuter) A bid by four British independent aviation companies to introduce flights to Commonwealth countries at slashed rates was made here today. i The Air Transport Advisory Council began its hearing m private this morning of 27 application^ by Airwork. Hunting
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  • 126 14 Sir Omar to see Macmillan LONDON. April 3 <Reuter> Sir Omar Ali Saifuddin. Sultan of Brunei, who is here as leader of a delegation having constitutional talk> with the British government. i s to pay a courtesy call on the Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Macmillan on Monday. He will be
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  • 24 14 PRINCESS Grace of Monaco will undergo an operation for appendicitis today Mr James Lehman. Philadelphia surgeon «iH m 5,,,it«,i, H yesterday. Reuter
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  • 33 14 VALUABLE records and many thousands of pounds worth of scientific equipment were lost when fire destroyed two physic? huts at Macquarie [sland. Antarctica. late on Monday o one was injured (Reuten
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  • 59 14 The man Christist hopes to marry BLONDE attractive Christine Jorgensen. :->« who became a unman after a serif*- :> fl which shocked the world, is seen here -?t Vr« City Hall with her husband-to b* lin.' .v. I There appears to be legal obstacles beforr set marri°d. but the "very
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  • 71 14 SGT. FORCED TO PLAY MATADON JAKARTA. April 3 (Reuter) A police sergeant was forced to be an unprepared "matador" after the last bullet fired from his rifle failed to kill a maddened water buffalo attempting to escape from the abattoirs m Bandung;. West Java. Ha\ i ii iv :i1 n
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