Singapore Standard, 20 June 1959

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  • 23 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone ***** 5 Cable "TIGF.RNEWS" Singapore, Saturday, june 20, 1 959. V*- 'X \o --2 15 cts. 14 Pages [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 409 1 ITS PART OF SINGAPORE GOVTS ECONOMY DRIVE 13*000 officials will be hit—but saving of $20 mil. Proposal is being studied by staff THE SINGAPORE Government yesterday proposed drastic cuts m the variable allowances of its serving officers as a part of the economy measures instituted by
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  • 63 1 VIETNAMESE ARMY MEN FOR MALAYA SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter). Ten South Vietnamese army offirers leave for Malaya tomorrow to visit British army c arfare training centres* Vietnam News Agency eported tori ay. II said the visil was part of a programme to exchange information combat technique^ developed against com- -aid the
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  • 27 1 fAKARTA Fn«i (Reuter)-- i donesian Government ennke man lid today that InXmesia wou d no longer export ass* e »i Indonesian agricultural oorts.
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  • 564 1 King Let it always be a land of peace and plenty lslsswe WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT GOOD NAME OF MALAYA WILL GROW IN STATURE, RESPECT' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.—Thc Yang di- Pertuan Agong declared today that he was most conscious and appreciative of the fact I that the people have a
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  • 196 1 ALL vacant posts m the Singapore City Council will be "frozen" as from today, as an economy measure. Heads of departments m the Council had been ordered by the City Administrator, Mr. P. C. Lim, yesterday to prepare a list
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  • 346 1 Khrushehev wants a summit at all costs, or else I.OXDOX. Fri. (Renter). The Soviet Prime Minister, Mr. Nikita Khrushchev, today took over Russia's part m current East-West negotiations by delivering a powerful plea for a summit conference at all costs Coupled with a warning of grave crisis m Berlin ;f
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  • 51 1 CALCUTTA. INDIA. Fri. (TjPD— Floods following several day v s of heavy ram m Assam and Manipur States hc j -ve marooned oo.oon persons and driven 30,000 others from their homes, it was reported today. There wa; no report of deaths or injuries resulting from the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 456 2 He is best Army cook Dr. Goh discloses $11 5 m. a year is spent on civil service salaries SINGAPORE'S Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, yesterday said that the time had come to examine whether the country could afford to pay
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  • 139 2 Stabbing is becoming a fashion— Court TEMERLOH. Fri. Stabbing is becoming too fasionable m this district, A.S.P. Mr. Yap Thien Chin, said m the Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday when Andy Suppan. 55, an anti-Malaria] labourer at Mentakab had p'eaded guilty to a charge of vo'un:an y causing grievous hurt
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  • 74 2 FAX American Airways airliner, carrying 33 passengers, was forced to re t- .::n to Singapore airport with engine mble two hours after taking off for San Francisco via Saigon and Manila. The giant Stratocruiser, "Clipper Nightingale," returned to the airport with a feather c-
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  • 53 2 CHAN Kirn Liang, pleaded not guilty m the Singapore Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday to two charges of extortion He wa? alleged t° have extorted SI O.BO from Loke Hong by threatening him with injury at Geylang Road between April 1 to May 16. He was remanded
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  • 210 2 CATHAY Organisation will start producing Chinese pictures m Singapore at the Cathay- Keris studios m Siglap. This was announced by the head of the organisation, Mr. Loke Wan Tho. the wellknown cinema magnate yesterday. Mr. Loke pointed out that as Malaya had already attained
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  • 326 2 MORE than 20 chefs of the Army atering; Corpv FARELF, yesterday put up an impressive di*ipla> of I their national dishes The occasion was the ex- hibition of cry and I Handicraft sle j at v B 1 A varied display
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  • 70 2 Silent Mr. Lee THE Fede-suor Finanne Minister. Mr. H. S. Lee, arrived it- Singapore last night after a one-week visit on medical leave m Hongkong. Mr Lee would not answer questions put to him by reporter- re^ar-ii^g the Federation and Singapore you ee I have bee n advised nol to
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  • 118 2 r ROFE c 50R W Huangw Hi tested teaching offers two evening c\-^ rra ---month course, for English -speak A advanced course for those Kl> ing had < with Hie D rrfessor. Class B: for be{ guaranteed of (1) conversing daily sp smp!e Chinese to the standard tMiddle I,
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  • Article, Illustration
    154 2 nmm I. Urn un i Neo of 27, B'P"-* 1 rpi Buffering past e.g'rt years, I we luring thCNH constant pair.. I :np to relieve tr i Coffee, lee-water a I chief cause; B r erings were so tually, I had pital lor a .re was r.-t I Fortunately tnj
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1526 2 TENDER NOTICES P. W.C. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received by the Senior Mechanical Engineer, P W.D., Workshop, Johore Bahru, up to noon of the 30th June. 1959, for the purchase of 1 Steam Roller, 1 Chevrolet ex W.D., 3 Land Rovera Miscellaneous Plant i an-] Scrap I Full particulars
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    • 245 2 NOTICES EXAMINATION FOR MIDWIVES AN examination for Midwiveg 'Private Candidates will be held at the District i Hospital. Ipoh on 21st August, I 1959. 2 Candidates from the i State of Perak only, who are I desirous of appearing for this Examination should forward their applications together with the necessary
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 504 3 !EVItl ottxen m the Federotion will remember UraWy June 19, 1959, with pride and a grate,j A belonging to and serving a nation whose L f$ tare chown such wisdom and understanding L rrvad so much, in so short a time, to ensure c hV people of
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    • 375 3 More Births Less Deaths I AETHER birth control, family planning Ir sterilization or any other measures with It i tm are right or wrong, according to the I I ipvassad by medical, social, educational or m rcles, it is the much wider aspect of this M -t population, which concerns
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  • 28 3 U. KM liSStwi' L%s"finfc «g r^ one iS^v _;war it i el- 4 355 <: 4 3 rr> St Tel. 7^f 91-A Bukit Ch^n* Tel
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  • 806 3  - Malacca's $18 Mil. rower Project Andy Rozario by KUALA LUMPUR Malacca mustered sufficient activity and progress m postwar years to shake off the odious sobriquet of "sleepy hollow*' which it earned m the years preceding World War 11. Figuratively speakins, however, it will be the shock therapy of the Central
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  • 1191 3  - Britain 's Stronger Position ALAN DAY by LONDON 'piE figures for the United Kingdom's imports and exports m May, which have just been published, show an amazingly small trade sap. The excess of imports over exports plus re-exports is only £1 5 million. This means that when allowance is ma-ie
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  • 24 3 A worker m the Soviet Union must accept any employment to v\hieh he is assigned, no matter where it may be
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  • 427 3 INLAYING for time is a eood old communist custom and m (iene\a. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrpi Gromyko has taken full achantagp of this, on the convenient around that he has not yet rrcei\ed instructions on "hat he should say to the latest and. probably.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements

  • 124 4 THE Amrrican Ambassador m Indonesia. Mr. Houard P lorn, flew into Sin?3pore yesterday for a short vacation here and the Federation. Mr Jones was accompanied by his wife and jrrmd daughters, Rendall L^nn Mpissner. 11, and Virginia Ann. Q. Rendall and Virginia, who had been srjendint;
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  • 121 4 MINISTER BANS LIQUOR IN SCHOOLS FOR DECORUM S I N G A P 0 RES Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, yesterday ordered that no alcoholic drinks be served or consumed on school premises. In a circular to all school principals m the island, the Minister pointed out that
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  • 186 4 Shift of S'pore firms: A query KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Lan Siew Sin, will be asked whether the Government intends to impose conditions on companies, firms and other business establishments which have or intends to shift to the Federation from Singapore. Federal Legislative Councillor, Mr
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  • 261 4 Posed as a Minister, man gets three years S. ARASARATNAM. who impersonated :he Federation Minister for Health and forged his signature was yesterday sentenced by .Mr Justice Ambrose m 'he Singapore Assize Court to r.ree years' He pleaded guilty to the charge of impersonating as the Minister, Mr. V. T
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  • 60 4 THE Singapore Government has recognized the Gerakan Kebangsaan Melayu Singapura (Gemala) as a political body its secretary. Inche Osman bin Abdullah, told The Standard yesterday. He .said thai the Gemala wi I d h mass rally at the tstana Kampong Glam between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
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  • 615 4 KUALA LUMPIR, Fri. Fow i J lors will query Government on thp prr <r affairs m Federation hospital meeting on Wednesday. They are Tuan Sycd Ett, Di p Narayanan and Tuan Haji Meor Sam L Dr Tan will ask the
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  • 38 4 THE Johore Bahru branch <if the War Department Civilian Staff Association will hold a mass rally to protest agaii the arbitrary dis barge f Its members, at the Dia Jubilee Hall Johore Bahru on .June 23.
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  • 34 4 German here to lecture Christions > r< 'urrr Mr Fr^L_______|' tei lea jfh« t h r Sir.2 3porp C .-MM at Fort Cinr n_ W I p m inmorrnfl W^M L_n. r i- !em (_l
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  • 61 4 SHB work meet Byi and gel a prostiii THI. H and Law ye?tc j fl H tion the pr -Hj a> soon a> L The M KS nj ■n Kffl era. se > Tm the M Lg far:- C^ E cci labour g8 PJ "Mr. B E port 1 Ml
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  • 45 4 Burmese trade teat entertaine THI Bun»" s( seteffatioi no* on a tr.i nipbl -m- rtainw R bs iM- Sini P«« Trails U»* I Ba Tl fleleeatioH Standard p centre his rUh< i M! (iv.vi pres ,j Bociatioti me f Kyaw th. Burn"" sul m Sin
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 840 5 j WHAT A GLORIOUS U AS NATION GOES ON BIRTHDAY ,LA LUMPUR, L The Yang diPjj Agong celeC- < 64th birrh|T S 3 v with ing ing from l |gov Trooping of [■C ceremony |t deka Sta■L »he solemn K_ at his X
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  • 179 5 R rrl ~r.d greatest pi gress trf Ma a- the H gh the United Tory. lunj as reign and dma t i c representa- of United ed ijwtclea m J Malaya, on the oo asu.n of the Van- di-Pertuan AgOßg'a *>4tn birthday. ffia
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  • 160 5 Xl VI A LUMPUR, Fri. The following message of congratulation was sent by Lt.-(ien Dato F. H Rrookr. Chief of StatT Federation Armed ForveSi to the Yang di Pertuan Agong on the occasion of His Majesty's birthd.u today: "Lt.-Gen. Dato F II Brooke and .ill ranks
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  • 168 5 Convict to court: I stabbed colleague A CONVICT, who is serving a year's jail term, yesterday told a Singapore Coroner that he stabbed his colleague because he was provoked. Mr Giam Chong Hing, was holding an inquest into the death of a Singapore Harbour Board stevedore Veo Ah Ching, 45.
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  • 483 5 New advances in nationhood Says Razak KUALA LfMPI'R. Fri. The Federation of Malaya is now m the mid-stream of events designed to complete and crown its new constitution as the enduring charter of the nation, the Prime ."Minister. Dato Abdul Razak. declared today. "I relex t<> the series of State
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  • 209 5 Alcohol dangerous even in drips, says road expert FOUNDER-PRESIDENT of the National Safety Council m Australia, Sir Thomas Ifeagher, .said m Singapore yesterday that a car was a lethal weapon m the hands of a driver and that even the Hnallest quantity o! liquor would affect the driver's judgment. Elaborating
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  • 43 5 THE Award t<-> Enche T > l Ibrahim bin Wan Tanjong Orang Kaya Indra Mahara a Perba Jelai, Pahang, U Johan I Mangku Negara fJMN) and no 1 Ahli Nfangk Negara (AMN). a Federation GovcmI ment ?ta 4 errer.t said yesterj r3av.
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  • 142 5 Comrades help the paralysed soldier MALACCA. Fn. Dm ExServicemen's Association of Malaya yesterday went to I M aid of an ex-soldier. Hn -.-r-.r bin Bachik. lying bedridden m the Malacca General Efoep I Food parcels and magazines were sent to him. Hassan, who was formerly attached to the Singapore Guard
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 35 5 The Borgward Family Of Excellent Cars ASIA MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED orchard poad s.ngapore DISTRIBUTORS KUALA LUMPUR PENANG MALACCA IPOH JOHORE BAHRU KOTA TINGGI \^J^^|V^|l?^^ ii»»ecLA COWVf«n»i4 PONTIAN KUALA TRENGGANU KELANTAN lATU PAHAT ICLUANG KUANTAN \£/J
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  • 396 6 THE GIRL WHO LEFT HOME AFTER TIFF WITH HER PARENTS The search for missing three A PRETTY 18-year-old girl left her home m Dakota Crescent at 3 p.m. on June 15 and later reported to Police that she was leaving her parents to go to Lorong 19, Geylang, because she
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  • 147 6 Help me find my grandson: She pleads AN* apprentice, Ho Peng Giok. 18. employed m an architect's firm, has been reported missing from his home m Craig Road, Singapore His grandmother. Madam Choo Xai Neo. told Police that Ho left home at 9 a.m. on June 15 for work and
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  • 391 6 She bought home and disappeared SEREMBAN, Fri. Two Singapore girls, Miss Yap Fook Tai, 25, and Miss Choo Moi, 15, still expect to find their missing mother, following a consultation with a spiritual medium. Their mother, Madam Moo Yon, 52, has
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  • 28 6 THE annual meeting of the Singapore Improvemeni Trust Labour Union will be held CSunday a^ the Union premises. No, 76. Race Course Road, at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 189 6 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Education. Mr. Yon* Nyuk Lin was very much impressed by the rapid development of the University of Malaya m Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Yong, who had returned from Kuaia Lumpur last night after attending the opening ceremony of the University of
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  • 491 6 Crucial test for the PAfjp m its reputed stronghold KUALA TRENGGANU, Fri.— The UMNO MCA MiC A l 0 pected to continue its conquest m election battics when Q bo u voters go to the polls tomorrow to elect 24 representative to ganu first fully-elected State Legislative Asscmb-y. Tomorrow's
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  • 103 6 JAL OFFICER GOES ON SEE-AND-LEARN TOUR OF JAPAN MR. GAN POH YEW, a Reservation Officer of the Japan Air Lines (Singapore Branch), will ieave on Monday for Bangkok, Hongkong and Japan on a familiarization course Mr. Gan will spend a few Week* tn Iparn tVi«» *w»t of the JAL head
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  • 507 6 and here are the candidates THE following are th< candidates; E BAN DAK (Total electorate 4.34 Tan Eng Ann (All Mohamed bm Chile PMIP Harun b:n Mohd. Hassan (Ind r. BA j D Bl ROK i Total electorate 1,726) Che Muda bin Abd tllah (AIL), Su Mahmud bin Datu Amar
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  • 17 6 'he j p of sewer Thi< v period of June iva.il_.ble I E
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 128 6 jl m^ m I mm Pi 9 SAY t* ARE WHY WE SHOP AT FITZPATRICKS <^f#/ternifirAet i m A'r-conditioned Corr.fort A HATURAI SOURCE SWEETENED ,tl In order to overcome tiredness, a child needs an energy- gf\ H^ .hafev restoring food. Taken as a drink or m concentrated $%h 5L 1
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  • 291 7 Hospital incident before Bureau A WOMAN, whose husband is a patient 1 at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, yesterday made an allegation to the Public Complaints Bureau of the Ministry of Health that she was abused by a nurse when she complained
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  • 353 7 Here is a startling suggestion BIRTH control by hypnotism this was the latest suggestion thrown into the controversy over population control methods that should be adopted m Singapore. Mr. P. A Xair of Serar.goon Road, a 28-year-old Singapore hypnotist, told The Standard yesterday
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  • 57 7 THE Army Boys Trade School m Nee Soon yesterday held a Parents Day with a swimming carnival. About 150 boys, now under training at the school, took part m a full ceremonial parade at Meirut Barrack?. Lt.-Col. X, G. ComerfordGreen, Commandant of the Malayan Basic Training
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  • 153 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per 1b) m Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 944 Hs£ R.S.S No. 1 .lulv 05 1 95 J R.S.S. No. 1 August 95i 9h£ July No 2 941 94] July No 3 911 941 Tone; Quiet Tin price m Singapore was $4021
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  • 53 7 ONE POLIO DEATH IN PENANG PENANG, Fn.— A fatal ca?e }f poliomyelitis was reported iere last month according to a City Council Health Statement issued today. Forty-nine ca. es of diph:heria with two deaths were r eported. The incidence of had abated, there 'eing 34 ca?e> a> compared .vith 46
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  • 35 7 A SINGAPORE District 2ourt yesterday fined Lee rhiam Hoc $5,000 or six months' jail on a charge of possessing 220 pounds of durable cigarettes at Fender Road, on the night of April 6.
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  • 163 7 Mrs. Seow leads Asian women's organization MRS. Scow Foh Leng, Singapore's Assemblyman has been everted first vicepresident of the Federation of Asian Women's Association (FAWA) when women delegates from 11 Asian nations, now meeting m Mani.a with Philippine women leaders, formed thS Asian organization. Formation of the Federation of Asian
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  • 137 7 MYSTERY SHIP IN HIGH SEAS SHOOTING DRAMA A Milin? vessel reported lo have been shot at off Raffles Lighthouse early on Thursday by an Indonesian gunboat, remains unidentified There is still no confirmation of the incident by Indonesian authorities here or the reported towing of the vessel to an Indonesian
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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    • 321 7 the Piano. 3 15 (RS) Siesta Time. 330 (RS) Australian Magazine, 343 .XL) "On the Pmmenane. -Vienna State Orchestra. VIJ ,RSi The Jazzz Beat. 4.45 -RSi Man Conquers the Air. s.'>o >kSi Interlude of Music, 5.15 -RS) Tunes with Your Tea. 540 iKD Perry Como S:n,sa. All Stations: Programme Summary,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 1164 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD «c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) ilncorooratec m Singapore) (12 line* 1 O.T" THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE IZ" lAILINCS re LIVERPOOL. GLASGOW LONDON fr CONTINENTAL PORTS Carrier* option re oroee«d via other ports re load and dfeehara* ears. Singapore Loading to* Oue Safe P. S>i» P«n«nt
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    • 741 8 2 IHE E. A. C. i*| ~y SAILINGS TO: ADFM. RED SEA, MEDIUKra\ (a COMINFNTAL SCA\DI\AVIA\ p f)R R<* 6' 29 June/4 |uly m.i. "Lalandi* a) 101 1 u l> 12.; •J" m.s. "Malacca 1 cl 25 26 |uly a m.s. "Sargodha b) 30 July 4 Aut j cl V*M
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  • 46 9 Ijv ion Malacca tj it Tin ion? L. Mil he onV.illy opened by the Minister for Commerre and Industry. Mr. Tan Slew Sin. today. I The new station, with present 20.000 kilowatts rapacity, will eventually have load capacity of 40.000 kw.
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  • 253 9 'Firms' Fabrics Keep Pace With The Fashion I ESENTATTVE p Imown Er.zich pr^-;-es anti-shrink Cepea arid Potters fabrics! Is la Singapore on a survey of the market. He > Mr. S J I. Batters 3 ci sing snd p city manager of Calico Printers Asa Nation Ltd. m Manchester. The
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  • 179 9 HIGHWAY authorities m Australia are showing growing appreciation of the advantages of rubberised bitumen for road surfacings where terrain and climate are difficult. i A bulletin, "Rubber m Roads", of the Natural Rubber Development Board describes recent series of layings of rubberised bitumen 1 In
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  • 117 9 THE first major rdar to be announced a t the British Trade Fair held m Lisbon recently is worth £600. 0n0 a nd la for a 14.000 kilowatt turbo-g-?r.erator, steam raising plant and associated equipment to provide power for Portugal's first steel mill. The mill
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  • 279 9 Firm Makes Multi-Use Plastics A new porous plastic material with many possible use? ia beir.g manufactured by an E??ex firm. Produced from hiflh density polyethylene* the new material has already found applications In air and liquid filtration, air Buidized powder conveying, and a? aeration pads and electrolytic diaphragm?. Although it
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  • 62 9 A £25,000 laboratorj to tove=tiga"te' methons of controlliig dust m foundry operatl on, was opened recently at he headquarters of the British Vt iron Research Association Alvechurch, Worchester- c hirc. It is the first of its kind m Britain and a Tram of five f.ientist, and technicians
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  • Finance And Commerce
    • 307 9 INFLATION STARTS BUYING RUSH IN INDONESIA JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter) A shorp burst of inflation has sent Indonesians rushing to buy goods, gold and foreign currency. Textile traders m Jakarta city say their godowns have been nearly emptied by the rush of buyers The price of gold, quoted at 170 rupiahs
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    • 249 9 OPERATORS generally have adopted a wait and Bee attitude this week, which has resulted m slightly quieter trading conditions, with no particular trend, says Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd.'s rubber market report The accent was on August for the earlier part of the week with
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    • 75 9 Price Slips 1½ Cents RUBBER dropped 1* cents m Singapore yesterday on a quiet market —price for International first grade July closed at 95jl rents per Ib. Some covering against Russian orders for first half July shipments steadied the market. The market moved erratically m the afternoon, until towards the
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    • 46 9 SINGAPORE Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association noon prices m cents per lb., yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 94$ 95$ International July No. 1 RS.S. 95* 95} Aug. No. 1 96 psj July No. 2 94* 95 July No. 3 Nominal 94 94$ Tone: Sfead:er.
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    • 96 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were Copra June-July $40 buyers; 541 sellers; coconut oil m bulk $64$ sellers; m drums $«6 sellers; Muntok white pepper $133 sellers; Sarawak white $132 sellers; special Sarawak black $78. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable mixed copra
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    • 24 9 THERE was no tin market m Singapore yesterday a holiday for the market m observance of the Federation's Yang di-Pertuan Agong's birthday.
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    • 240 9 THE U.S Air Force's laboratory for testing atomic aircraft systems is now m operation m Dawsonville. Georgia. More than 50 other governmental agencies are interested m using the facility to test effects of radiation on system and components. The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Aircraft
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    • 147 9 A VICKERS Armstrong Vanguard four-engined propjet airliner has flown from. London to Rome m two hours 29 minutes. The plane took off from London Airport at 8.59 a.m. and landed m Rome at 11.28 a.m. This is believed to be the fastest time for the 910-mile
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    • 75 9 Rise In Palm Oil Exports MALAYAN exports of palm oil last year were about one-third above those of 1957, says a foreign crops and markets report. Palm kernel shipments also increased about onethird. Palm oil exports to Europe and Canada were up 45 per cent and 67 per rent, respectively.
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    • 168 9 Japan Stops Garment Shipments OTTAWA, Pri (UPl).— The Japanese Government today suspended the export to Canana of a wide range of low-cost garments upon the request of the Canadian Government. The decision followed about a month after Finance Minister Donald Fleming made personal representations to Japanese Ambassador Toru Hagiwara. Included
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    • 34 9 French state-ownea railways last year lost 30,000 million francs (about £22 mil; ion sterling) 8.000 mi. lion franc? (about £6 million steriing) more than m 1957, it was announced m Paris. Reuter.
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    • 71 9 THE Malayan Exchange Bank? Association made the following charge m its rste* to merchant? yesterday: Buying. New York T. T .V O. D 33 1 8 90 d. St. a:r mail 33 3/8 credit bills 33 1 2 trade bills. Scl'ing (ready) IT OD US. Dollar? 32 3
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    • 212 9 Share Market 'Quiet' ALL sections of the Malayan share market were quiet yesterday, with prices inclined to ease further. Turnover ares gnu Price rhsr.pec ttmounced bv the Malayan Sharebrokets' AFsocia'ior, arere Bur prs Selleza r rr v.'-Kf*- n 95 q q$ Gammon ir _aj H;:me Indus r A 4 I
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    • 247 9 MALAYAN sharebi Ker* r>ported t"e ''.>,,■ z bu^m^s rn rP vee'prdav. Fed. D; fe r $1 01, Frasej and Neave ordi II 27; Gammc SS W. Hammer 51 38. M Co Metal B'^x $1 overnight Robinson ore- <: 2^ S Cold Storage Bfic. and ov, 89c. Straits Steamship
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    • 226 10 The $100,000 celebrations to mark the Centenary of Kuala Lumpur ended on Monday after three days of festivities. Thousands of people from all over the country flocked to the Federal Capital— in cars, buses and by trains to join m the celebrations. There were
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    • 27 10 Oldest Resident Performs Opening Ceremony MR. CHOO KIA PENC. the oldest resident and a former Municipal Councillor who was invited performs the opening ceremony it the celebrations.
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    • 19 10 A spectacular display of fireworks at Merdeka Stadium brought the celebrations to a successful conclusion.
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    • 22 10 (Bcicm Thous^ people arrvrd Merdeka Snd^r W the start pf f n sion on the WC«" of the ccirbr^'f^
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    • 28 10 Crowd On 25.000 Watch Students Drill A SCCticn 25,000 people hcPl ed the Merdeka W to watch ore DJ jjj impressive tcrchli^ plays and Wi by schooichild^ r
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    • 108 10 the smokers delight .fT^--^ rcnxnPHONE. L*£, CIGARETTES let %ik 7 35 cts a packet of 2O STOP THAT COUGH Get restful and comforting sleep tonight by taking |3g^ DOAN'S ;|p COUOH MIXTURE Helps to open up bronchial Bron<hi»j tubes, loosen phlegm and to soothe sore Thro.t. cough-strained throats Lo«t at
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  • 146 11 SELECTIONS SCRUTINEER FRANCIS Race i Race l Race 3 j Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Now BA^ ANCE lIG LD HUNT C'THUSJAN II B. TIMOR S. OF FRANCE BURMA GLORY COLLECTOR DARK DUET P. TOURNAI iWinfrW; 1° V M StCr lnsh Wif Poiiy
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    1058 11 TODAY'S CARD M^^^^^^M 2/5 p.m. C/. 2 0/v. 4 A6f. 7 Furs. Automaton beg 5y 900 Franklin Hobbi Chen's Stable Now SKow.ng brag 7y 8.12 |oSnson Mortm Shaw Stable 6--0 Credit Balance II birm3y 809 Forte Noordm S.C. Law and K. D. Quek 175 Mori rK.rg 5y SO7 HamH Lee
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  • 2043 11 South Of France Will Do It Again Credit Balance II To Score Maiden Win CREDIT BALANCE II has made enough improvement since her two starts m the country and I am giving her a great chance lo score her maiden win m the opening event over Tf for horses Class
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  • 206 12 Krishnan Beats Olmedo LONDON, Fri. (Reuter)— Alex Olmrdo. top seeded for the Wimbledon men's singles title, was beaten by Ramanathan Krishnan. the Indian No. I, m the London grass courts lawn tennis championships today. Krishnax u ii hu American Dv C ;p oppor.on* by R-fi, r to rea b rie
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  • 133 12 LONDON' rri Reutei Cricket results were A- the Oral MM ih drawn Burrej for nine declared and secondly :^4 for five declared T S:- warl i T Ed rich r. at :> M »rgan iltc for 61 n> rbj n 2 H B D 4 ar.ci rci'.y 104
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  • 21 12 THE SI tc 5. ret Perak, DaU Abd illafa bin Noordiz pre the prize it the annua athletic E
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    63 12 THE Hongkong Chinese oot i lers, winners of the Inter-port Hn Hn Cup, rv ri > ;br' o oi the Burmese rice del^gotton, paid a rn'.rfr.s'v CttU OH Mr AtD r :^r; C h \r. managing director of Haw Par Bro<'"sr<. L- !cri, at 's o^ice Xe:l Road ycsderda Mr
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  • 49 12 SO& 'ER S.A.F.A. League—^Div 'A Jollilads vs. Perh nponan Stia Geylang. isi n Jh or A. A vs. Cosmos S C.—M FA. Pol ce M PO(!CP Depc Indi 1 1 Y i ngsters Customs S.C. Farr C T Park, Se P.C vs. T.B A.— F arrer Park
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  • 46 12 CJI IVERAL Headquarters FARE! F v I i SRD Combine beat 6 C mpany RASC by three goals to nil to become nners the Seamen's C soccer competiti n ai Ayer R yesterday. MacGlynn, Wilberforce ai Bar red a goal each for, the winners
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  • 42 12 IE am kei i I >etweer the Army Malaya and the Army Singapore was abandoned after tew hour? p a y yesterday morning on th€ S.R.C padang Army Malaya, who batte scored 117 ta >ef< re the game was called of!
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  • 305 12 INDIAN Recreation Club maintained their unbeaten record m the S.A.F.A. Division One League match when they scored a 4-3 victory over Kota Raja Sports Club at jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Indians played with ten men j throughout the second half Rama leaving
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  • 50 12 SUNGEI PATANI, Fri. Kedah surprisingly held the powerful Federation Combined Services to a two-all draw m an exciting Malaya Cup football match played before a crow^ of over 4.000 here today. Guthrie scored the Services goals. Lazarus and Lim Ban rhians scored f in r Kedah.
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  • 515 12  - Three Points For F.I.F.A. To Cleat ALEX SOARS Indonesia problem worries jp^J By KUALA LL'MPI'R, Fri. Witt Indonesia be able to stage the football competition at the Asian Gamei m Jakarta, if FIFA deride to suspend the Indonesian Football Federation for non-payment of its dues to the Asian Football confederation?
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  • 112 12 SIAtJ Sung Cheng of Anderson House became the champion athlete at the Serangoon English School annual sports meet held on the school ground yesterday. Sung Cheng won the mo yard? and 220 yards and took second place m the 440 yard? and 120 yards hurdles.
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  • 210 12 SINGAPORE Amateur Athletic Association approved its special sub-com-mittee's recommendations for qualifying standards for the Olympics m Rome next year. The Association will submit these standards for approval by the SOSC. The sub-com-mittee is also entrusted with the task of setting up qualifying sandards for the
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  • 386 12 India Recover After Second Innings Shocks LONDON, Sat. (Keutcr) India, who u«tr ,Sh nillf behind England on their first innings, were 108 for four wickets by the close on the second day of the second test at Lord's here today. India, made 168 m their first innings ana England replied
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  • 96 12 INDIA— 1st INNS.— 168 ENGLAND— 1st Inn>. (Over- night :>0 for three. M. C owdrev c Jo^hi b Desai 34 K. Barrington c Substitute Desai >1. Horton b Desai T (i. Evans b Surendra Natfa 0 F. S. Trueman lbu b Gupte 7 J. R. Statham e Surendra Nath
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    13 12 THL Chief. I I cc*. l "I J Bnffr. Fore iron Ori 7
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  • 29 12 GOALKEJ Chang ha< and \vi] Muai Singapore m a Ma This mear i will now 1 keeper, arc serve. be<=r. I r team offir. i Btai B agapon
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    • 140 12 i^^^t^^^^A^^i OIL and WATER DON'T MIX... but m Malaya's huge tin industry they work together to extract the Valuable ore from the ground. On hydraulic and gravel pump mines, gunlike monitor pumps shoot jets of water against the mine face to wash down the tin-bearing soil. Water is then used
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    • 92 12 1 ROTARY MOM Mode! 36. 19 2 h.p. B S 4 eve c MM Recoil Starter. The NEW SAVAGE Rotar.es moke MVM| j pleasant! Toll weeds ond tough gross cm ond ore no obstocle to the Sovoge The T.p T v i. you raise or lower all four wheels at
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  • 877 13 ljaljsjsa by A Special Correspondent t f he Royal Engineers ore generally recognised as being JMcicvas p.onecr road-bu.lders.But, of equal importance, are the M s o t communication usually established alongside these advenW I T" unexplored jungl« hay« been opened up m recent years Arm) s
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  • 334 13 TEAMS trcrn some 26 major and minor units and individual soldiers of the Commonwealth forces m Malaya *ill take part m the 17 Gurkha Division, Oversea Commonwealth Land Forces Rifle Meeting for 1959. a ompetitior a nol be -m a a cerr b I instead
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  • 186 13 New Deputy Gurkha Commander BRHiAIHFR R KrithJones. MBE MC. who recently arrived from the United Kingdom. has been appointed the new Deputy (ommantlrr of 17 Gurkha Division Overseas Commonwealth I- and Forces. He succeeds Brigadier C..E. Peck uho left for England m the troopship "Oxfordshire' tHis week. Brieadier Keith-Jones was
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    • 207 13 i, RITA DEL MAR rays aa I ft lira ina an* it .»c th? mrfaea out ■a ike th« i-CTil unm th." L >rd Rraba/"o D A FOR T Be E the j> ppiaondei r rreat na hrurt |e to {ai I natters [9 K BIRTHDAT1 l.\n BIBTHSIGN red; make
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    • 196 13 LI'L ABNER By M Cap WKV DID YAM DON'T KisJOW-B'JT /V?~" A XX m*if VO' PL! NIG EV'RV TIME WE READS LEMME I mS^ h nK^M.I £P" -<t T^ HT r/>^-^& FEARLESS I SEE. j Q^^k n. g 8 IT^( AT L L Sf/f {^(^G^TM'O^E^ [COMICAL. J "S^^^i V^ k
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  • 3 14 WORLD NE WS
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  • 321 14 ALL NIGHT RIOT IN DURBAN 3 dead, 20 hart m South Africa Troops standby as more violence is expected DURBAN, Fri. (UPI) Rioting Africans burned shops, offices and schools and battled sporadically with police m this port city throughout the night. Police feared the violence would flare into full scale
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  • 357 14 TEACHER ASKED FOR POLICE PROTECTION FROM BOY WALLINGTON, Fri. SCHOOLMASTER who spanked a fifteen-year-old "gang leader" for flicking ink over his coat afterwards went to the police to seek protection, a court was told yesterday. The master. James Dukes, 27. of Foresters-close. Wallington. Surrey said at Wellington that after the
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  • 389 14 Malaya and her peoples praised LONDON. Fr: iRe rer —The Ear. of Home the British Secretary trf State foi nmoo i ealth Relations, warmly pra;s?i the eroment an I re^p'-r? ol the Fe~ ration rf Malaya toe the *re nark ible v tn n hi :h I r i tared
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  • 169 14 >\I).%L\. Fri. (Keuter) Australia's policy m Malaya of friendly aid, not patronage, was the best one possible because of Malaya's mixed and complicated racial v.rus, Mr. M. F. Garlingr, Principal Assistant Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department told the New
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  • 74 14 WASHINGTON, Fr.. .Kejter). The US. S'ste Department said yesterday that it had earmarked (200.000 for the Hongkong government to he p c: ;gee> o:rung irorri Communisi China. The money will be part of a (900,000 grant by the U.S. for use m connection with
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  • 27 14 THE Socialist Partv was returned to power in Alberta last night. in a landslide victory by electing: 62 members in The Province's 6W?eat Legislative Assembly.
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  • 60 14 TAIPEI, Frl (UPI) police today located a missing Hongkong beauty queen who re'.anves feared had been abducted. Mss Leong Chun-LJ 17 Queen of Hongkong's Industrial Exhibition, was found t 2 a.m. after she had been missing from a relatives house since Wednesday after- noon. Police said
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  • 230 14 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Mr. Dermot Morrah. Chairman of the Press Freedom Committee of the Commonwealth Press I'nion, today claimed that the recent ban on eight publications by the Singapore Government was a negation of the rule of law. The order banning the publication,wwoa
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  • 73 14 WASHINGTON. Fri. (UPI) The Senate rejected Lewis L. Strauss to be Secretary of Commerce by a narrow threevote margin early today, automatically ousting him from President Eisenhower's Cabinet. The roll call vote of 49-46 against the nomination followed a marathon Senate session, marked by charges and
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  • 129 14 Star Ethel Barrymore dies at 79 HOLLYWOOD. Fn. (Reuter> Veteran star Ethel Barrymore died yesterday. Miss Barrymore. who had been suffering from a heart ailment, died m her sleep She was 79. She and her two famous actor brothers. John and Lionel, had been known as •'the Royal Family of
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    • 253 14 Hehru to go to Kerala next week TRIVAXDR UM. Fri (Reuter) Mr. Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, will par a visit next week to Kerala, where 12 people ha\e died m disturbances over the past few days, official sources said yesterday A I'Pl report said that 350 persons were arrested
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    • 120 14 What's going on is London parks? LONDON, Fn (Reuter)— Mr. X- A. Butler, Home Secretary {told the House of Common last night that there had been 533 prosecutions for soliciting indecency and insulting behaviour m London's Hyde Park m the last three months. The Home Secretary was replyiog to questions
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  • 77 14 2 Guilty Of R ap PATRICK Scarborough <lrft) and Nillonfj worth are pictured here being k r j nto tj m Taliahasse, Florida, la^t uerk f O| white youths charged for the rap^ The two others charged are David I Stoutamire. All four were fnunri gu man .'ury recommended mercy,
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