The Straits Times, 8 May 1961

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    Lock icon PEACE TEAM ON WAY
    296 1 THE BIG HERO WHO WAS A livAllOK qcg Jdsck &&c Laos truce commission reaches Saigon British delegates off to Geneva SAIGON, Sunday THE three-nation control commission which is on its way to supervise the cease-fire in Laos today flew to Saigon from New Delhi, an official
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    Lock icon Rebel commander behind bars
    33 1 OEHIND bars in a Havana jail is Alfredo "Perez San Roman, field commander of the rebel troops that invaded Cuba. He was captured along with other rebels. UPI .picture.
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    Lock icon Police turn back African march
    223 1 SALISBURY. Sunday. U*UROPEAN and African Police armed with Sten guns, truncheons and dogs today turned back about 400 supporters of the National Democratic Party, an African Nationalist Party, who were marching into the city from the airport. For a few moments an ugly 1 situation
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    Ceylon grab
    39 1 TOKYO. Sun.— Radio Pclplng said yesterday in a report from Colombo, the Ceylon Lower House on Friday had "unanimously passed its third and final reading" of a bill to nationalise Shell. Caltex and Standard Vacuum oil holdings.
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    Scores see stabbing drama outside S'pore cinema
    230 1 SINGAPORE. Sun. SCORES of people after a cinema show saw a youth stabbed in Kirn Seng Road here today. The attack happened so swiftly that before they could collect their wits the assailant had disappeared among a crowd of people near a bus
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    US spaceman: Nik sends a cable
    103 1 J^j OSCO W. Sun. Premier Khrushchev yesterday sent ii cable of congratulations to President John Kennedy on the successful launching of the first manned I.S. rocket flight. The official Hussian news agency, 'Pass, said that Mr. Khrushchev sent the cable to Washington in the
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    9 more border bandits give up
    174 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Nine terrorists including two women, have surrendered to the security forces on the Malaya-Thai border, it was announced here yesterday. This brings to 1-i the total surrenders on the border area since January. [The nine terrorists, ranging from 2i to 39
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    Lock icon Japan's offer
    38 1 TOKYO. Sun.— The Foreign Office is expected to work shortly on a new plan designed to get Burma's agreement on an additional World War Two reparations payment to that country, the Kyodo Newo Agency said today.
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    Lock icon All-Africa 'summit' is starting
    145 1 All-Africa 'summit' is starting MONROVIA (Liberia I. Sunday. UKADS <>! stale or government from most nails of Africa have- arrived here for the first all-Africa "summit conference, starting tomorrow. Delegates represent more than two-thirds of the total population of independent Africa and more than 90 per cent of its non-white
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    Lock icon Tornadoes hit America
    48 1 CHICAGO. Sun. Tornadoes touched down on sleeping communities in Arkansas and Missouri early today, killing at least one person and injuring several others. Flash flooding occurred in Northern Arkansas and state, police said parts of a hill community was under 14 feet of water. U.P.I.
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    PAP chiefs meet
    69 1 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Branch committee members of the People's Action Party all over the island met today. It is understood that they discussed the party's defeat in the Hong Llm by-election and what action should be taken to consolidate the position of the party and the Government among
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    Lock icon Malaya's Congo troops in action
    157 1 Malaya's Congo troops in action PLISABETHVILLE. Sun. Malayan United Nations troops are threatening to arrest 100 surrounded British and South African mercenaries at the north Katanga railway junction of Nyunzu, it was learned here today. News of the Malaya: came on the heels of continuing rumours of U.N. moves to
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    LATEST TSHOMBE TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON
    41 1 LATEST TSHOMBE TO BE TRIED FOR TREASON <M.| ||M\ I I n Central Go tnent w ill pio-t Tuti- K ■:.t rrimc* high lrrax»fl i^n Mini-i.T Justin i piH i..ii t\ <fa Include awnuuiination lor me i li easier I amu
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    Lock icon KASAVUBU BLACKMAIL-WE'LL FIGHT: KATANGA
    423 2 KASAVUBU BLACKMAIL-WE'LL FIGHT: KATANGA ELISABETHVILLE, Sunday Till: Katanga Interior Minister, Mr. Gorefroid Munongo, said yesterday Katanga would "fight to the last man" before submitting to the Central Government's "blackmail" demands for a unified Congo. He warned the United Nations that any attempt to force his mineral-rich secessionist province to accept
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    Lock icon Scramble for cigarettes
    46 2 CONGOLESE soldiers in Coquilhatville. beating their way out of the crowd who are struggling for cigarettes distributed by President Tshombe. The President made this gesture when he denounced the policies of President Kasavubu. President Tshonibe is now being held in Coquilhatville. U.P.I, picture.
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    Lock icon A LEGAL FIGHT FOR COMMONS SEAT
    228 2 A LEGAL FIGHT FOR COMMONS SEAT T OND O N. Sun. A legal battle is to follow the result of Thursday's Bristol byelection in which Britain's "reluctant peer. Mr. Anthony Wedgwood B c n n (Labour) beat Mr. Malcolm Saint Clair (Conservative) by a big majority. Mr Saint Clair said
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    Lock icon STALIN WAS CONVINCED HITLER WAS NOT DEAD: MEMORANDUM
    230 2 WASHINGTON. Sun. The late Marshal Stalin remained unconvinced immediately after the end of the war that Hitler was actually dead. He thought he might have slipped away to Japan in a submarine, official papers released here yesterday said. He expressed his doubts
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    Lock icon Angola rebel centre found: Agency
    201 2 Angola rebel centre found: Agency LISBON. Sunday. A BIG, well-organised centre of terrorist operations in Angola, commanded by four Europeans, has been found by police in a wood near the village of Quibaxe, in the north, the Portuguese news agency Lusitania reported yesterday. All measures have been talc«n iv eliminate
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    Lock icon DOWRY BILL: FIRST JOINT MEETING
    93 2 DOWRY BILL: FIRST JOINT MEETING NEW DELHI. Sun— lndia's two-chamber Parliament yesterday held its first Joint session since independence 14 years ago. The Upper and Lower Houses, comprising 738 members, met to debate a compromise legislation to end the centuries-old dowry system They acted under constitutional rules which call for
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    Lock icon Cuban exodus
    33 2 HAVANA, Sun. Some 300 foreign priests, monks and nuns expelled by the Castro Government for "counterrevolutionary activities" will leave Cuba for Spain this week in the 10.226-ton Spanish ship Covadonga.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Diamond arrests
    36 2 LONDON, Sun.— Police investigating the theft of industrial diamonds, said to be worth £'60,000. have detained and charged a total of nine men it was announced today. They will appear in conrt tomorrow. Reuter
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    Lock icon An award for Gary Cooper
    65 2 An award for Gary Cooper CANNES. Sun. American Him star Gary Cooper, critically ill with cancer in his California home, was awarded the Cross of Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters at a ceremony in the film festival hall here yesterday. The award was made on behalf
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    Lock icon S. Vietnam drive against guerillas
    106 2 QAIGON. Sun.— The South Vietnam Army has intensified operations against Communist guerillas in the province of Binh Duong. 25 mile.' north of Saigon. The military source said the operations were aimed at preventing the Communists froir re-establishing their former military zone In the prr.vlnce. According
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    Lock icon New space try in June
    262 3 THIS TIME AMERICAN ASTRONAUT MAY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT TASKS TO PERFORM CAPE CANAVERAL, Sunday. JHE UNITED STATES will aim for a date in late June to fire its second man into space, It was learned yesterday. Sources pinpointed June 26-27 as the planned target date
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    Lock icon The British Army mutiny: It was kept a secret
    196 3 The British Army mutiny: It was kept a secret ONDON, Sun.— Nearly 200 British troops received sentences of up to 20 years imprisonment, following a mutiny on the beaches of Salerno. Italy, during the war, according to a new book on the Salerno campaign to be published on May 15.
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    Woman accused of spying
    43 3 WARSAW. Sun. Polish security police have arrested a Warsaw woman accused of spying for the United States, the official Polish news agency PAP reported here yesterday The agency said the woman. Wanda Nowicka. would be tried in the future.
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    Lock icon GONDOLA RIDE FOR QUEEN
    117 3 GONDOLA RIDE FOR QUEEN VENICE, Sun. Queen Elizabeth went for a trip last night In a gondola named Margaret— after her sister when she attended a dinner at the British Consulate on Venice's Grand Canal. Motor launches crowded the 500-yard route from the royr l yacht Britannia to th«» consulate
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    Lock icon Back from S.E-Asia
    59 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. Mr. Averell Harriman, President Kennedy's ambassa-dor-at-large. conferred with State Department officials after his return yesterday from a fact-finding trip to South East Asia. He told reporters on his arrival that all the Asian leaders he had seen were agreed that It was necessary to unify
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    Lock icon EICHMANN TRIAL: WANING INTEREST WORRIES ISRAEL
    126 3 JERUSALEM. Sun. The Israeli Government, which has already spent an estimated s«» million on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, is deeply concerned over sharply waning interest abroad. Government sources said yesterday. The prosecution, which has been conducting the case with an eye on history
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    Lock icon JOHNSON LEAVES TOMORROW
    86 3 JOHNSON LEAVES TOMORROW WASHINGTON, Sun.— VlcePresident Lyndon Johnson* will leave Washington on Tuesday for a two-week tour ot South and South-East Asia. Including talks in Saigon on steps to assist South Vietnam to maintain its Independence against Communist subversion and guerillas, the State Department announced yesterday. The Vice- President, who
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    Lock icon Artillery chief
    62 3 MOSCOW. Sun. Russian Marshal Sergei Varentsov was appointed yesterday chief artillery marshal— the title held by the late Russian rocket chief, Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin. Marshal Nedelin was killed last year in an air crash. The announcement did not say whether Marshal Varent- soy would also take over Marshal
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    Cries of protest over 'orgy': 'Romans go home'
    212 3 Cries of protest over 'orgy': 'Romans go home' RATH, Sun. A Roman "orgy", planned for this English city, is running Into opposition from local residents, and school students. Every year. Bath has a festival. This year, the city's Member of Parliament. Mr. Ted Leather, thought it would be a good
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    Lock icon Nato meeting
    27 3 BONN, Sun. Dr. Heinrich von Brentano, the West German Foreign Minister, left Bonn by air today for Oslo for the Nato Foreign Minister conference.— Reuter.
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    Lock icon Cuba: Brazil may break ties
    44 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. —The Brazilian Foreign Minister said yesterday that Brazil would have to break off relations with Cuba If Dr. Castro Installed a Russian type Government "not because we want to but because of international agreement." Reuter.
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    Lock icon BLAKE GAVE AWAY BRITISH SPIES
    239 3 BLAKE GAVE AWAY BRITISH SPIES T ONDON, Sun. T h c I convicted British spy. George Blake, be- j trayed four British espionage agents in Russia during his nine-year-career as a Russian spy, the London newspaper. The Observer, said today. The Observer said Blake, a Foreign Office official, sent Information
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    Way to fusion of cultures
    778 4 SINGAPORE. Sun INCHE YUSOF: PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE CAN LEARN FROM THE TEACHINGS OF TAGORE THE Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak, said tonight that Singapore could learn the "fusion of culture" from the great Indian poet Tagore. Speaking at the inauguration of the centenary
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    The week's free film shows
    144 4 The week's free film shows SINGAPORE, Sun. The Ministry of Culture will give free film shows at the following places at 7 p.m. during the week: TOMORROW: Beatty Road Housing Estate; Hwa Nam School Bah Soon Pah Road; Cheng Hong lim Market; Kampong Bedok; Sin Nam School. Jurong Road 12
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    CHILD, 2, DIES IN MIDNIGHT FIRE
    155 4 CHILD, 2, DIES IN MIDNIGHT FIRE JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. J A two-year-old daughter of a taxi driver, caught in a midnight blaze in a Kulai kampong. died in the General Hospital here this morning. The girl. Khoo Yoke Lan, was asleep with her sister. Yoke Yong, 5, when a fire
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    AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    259 4 rE following is today's schedule of civil aircraft movements at Paya Lebar airport. Singapore: ARRIVALS BOAC: Prom Hong Kong (BA 961) 2.15 p.m.; from London. Rome. Teheran. Karachi. Calcutu (BA 714) 5 p.m. Thai International: From Jakarta iTG 402) 10.15 a.m. Pan-American From Los Angeles. Honolulu.
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    Athlete takes —a bride —'
    53 4 Athlete takes a bride MR. GUNASENA MIGALE, of the Singapore Police Force, and his bride, the former Miss Teresa de Silva after their wedding at the Registry of Marriages on Saturday. A well-known local athlete, Mr. Gunasena won the «ilver medal at the S.E.A P. Games in Bangkok last year.
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    Scholarships to Malay students
    282 4 SINGAPORE, Sunday. T»HE Ministry of Education today announced the award of 20 Lee Kuo Chuan scholarships to Malay secondary school pupils, and eight Mistri scholarships to students at the Balestier Junior Trade School for 1961. The Lee Kuo Chuan scholarships, valued at $100 per annum, each
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    TAIPING HAS A FAST EXPANDING SATELLITE
    115 4 TAIPING HAS A FAST EXPANDING SATELLITE rjiAIPING. Sun. Kamunt--1 ing Garden Estate, situated on a 25-acre lot on the outskirts of Talping, uj fast becoming a satellite town. Already the first phase of 72 houses had been completed and occupied. Six shophouses have also been completed. There Is provision for
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    Water cuts
    25 4 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Water will be cut off in Short Street between Middle Road and Albert Street from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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    PAY CUTS: UNIONS BID FOR SETTLEMENT
    254 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Ninety teen Government unions and associations have set up a sub-committee "to explore ways and means" of removing dissatisfaction in the public service and bringing about a settlement of the pay-cut question. Last month, the Government made what was described as its
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    1,000 A DAY ATTENDED SATA CLINIC LAST YEAR
    159 4 1,000 A DAY ATTENDED SATA CLINIC LAST YEAR SINGAPORE. Sun. The Singapore Anti-Tubercu-losis Association's clinic at Shenton Way dealt with more than 1.000 men, women and children dally during last year. This is according to the latest issue of the monthly bulletin of S.A.T A., issued last week. The bulletin
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      125 4 The Singapore Diary POLICE BAND: Tiong Bahru I menceau Avenue) Home League Community Cenire 7.30 to 8.30 (Women's) Meeting 3 pjn. p.m STRAITS CHINESE MKTHOY.W.C.A. (Outram Road): DIST CHURCH: (Kampong Dres-smaking 10 and 2.30 pjn. Kapor): Parish meeting at 14. V.M.C.A.: Mandarin course Portchester Avenue, 8 p.m. 8.30 a.m.. Malay
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    It's Malay without tears
    386 5 2,000 officers attend courses as Govt. departments make use of national language KUALA LUMPUR, SUnday. /GOVERNMENT departments are doing all they can to use the national language in their day-to-day work without loss of efficiency. About 2,000 officers are now attending the 90 free national language
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    English is becoming popular in Sarawak
    273 5 English is becoming popular in Sarawak KUCHING, Sunday. "C^NGLISH is becoming more and more popu- lar in Sarawak, although more people are literate in Chinese than in English, according to the recently published 1960 census figures. More people, however, are 'literate In English than In Malay. A comparison with 1947.
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    Union officials
    39 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Inche Mohamed All Kassim has been elected chairman of the Selangor branch of the Police Administrative and Clerical Services Union. Other officials elected secretary. Mr. P. K. Venugopal and treasurer, Mr. Cheong Kirn Thean.
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    Draw postponed
    26 5 MALACCA. Sun. -r- The draw of the lottery to raise funds for the $300,000 Malacca State community hall has been postponed to June 10.
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    TOTE MEN TO BE TRAINED HERE
    171 5 TOTE MEN TO BE TRAINED HERE KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Local men are to be trained to operate the complex totalisator machines now more in demand than ever with the introduction of offcourse betting. Mr. D.A.M. Bloom, a Totalisator Board official, said today that for a start two local men would
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    CYCLIST IS RUN OVER BY TRAIN
    53 5 I KAJANG. Sun.— A factory worker. T. Gopal. 20. was killed by the Singapore-Kuala Lumpur mall train near here last night. Gopal was cycling near the track when he fell off. His body was recovered this morning. He worked on West Country Estate, six
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    Winston is hoping to be a doctor like dad
    139 5 Winston is hoping to be a doctor like dad SINGAPORE, Sun.— A brilliant Singapore student, Winston Oh. 19, (above), said today that he hopes to become a doctor like his father. Winston, son of Dr. William Oh. a private practitioner, has won the Levitt Scholarship of the University of Cambridge
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    DENIAL BY A YOUTH CHIEF
    176 5 IPOH. Sunday. A MALAYAN Chinese Association youth leader, Mr. Chong Kok Kee, 36, spoke at an election rally here last night to answer allegations levelled against him in Parliament recently. Mr. D. R. Seenlvasagam. seI [-general of the Peorogressive Party, speakthe House of Represenlast mot^th,
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    Thug suspects arrested
    37 5 SINGAPORE. Sun. Police yesterday arrested five gangsters suspects under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions Ordinance. They were arrested at Bukit Timah Road. Mohamed Sultan Road and King Charles Street by detectives on anti-grangster rounds.
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    TAGORE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
    173 5 JJUALA LUMPUR, Su;i. Tagore centenary celebrations will be held in many towns in the Federations, spread over six months. Highlights of the programme for Kuala Lumpur will the reciting of Ta»;orc poems In Malay. Chinese. English and in the pojt's own tongue 'Bengali) at Tengku Abdul Rahman
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    Transferred
    29 5 BATU GAJAH. Sun. Inche Din bin Long, assistant district forest officer in Klnta has left on transfer to Kota Bharu. He was president of Batu Oajah Youth Club.
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    Death crash man cleared
    47 5 BUTTERWORTH. Sun. The Province coroner held yesterday that a teacher, Liew Kok Hoon. 38. was not to blame lor the death of Ji- mtllah binte Adnan. seven, who was knocked down by his car on March 15. He recorded a verdict oX misadventure.
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    SINGAPORE'S VICTOR STUDIES FISH BREEDING
    95 5 SINGAPORE'S VICTOR STUDIES FISH BREEDING SINGAPORE. Sun— A Singapore science graduate Mr. Victor Han Chow Fong (above), of Wilkie Road, who i<* now at Sydney University. Australia, studying fish breeding and special techniques for his master's degree in science. He is working with the Fisheries and Oceanography Section of the
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    Swimming pool project in Kuching
    82 5 TOUCHING, Sun. The municipal council is building a swimming pool and providing other recreational facilities. These have been made possible through a Colonial Development and Welfare grant, a contribution from the Sarawak Government and public donations. So far $464,368 of the required $662,000 has been
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    VARSITY GETS A JOINT COUNCIL
    213 6 VARSITY GETS A JOINT COUNCIL SINGAPORE, Sun. The authorities of the University of Malaya in Singapore and its monthly-r a t c d nonacademic staff have set up a joint council to regulate their relationships, a statement issued Jointly by Mr. V. R. Grosse, lor the official side, and Mr.
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    Minister's wife chairman
    51 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Che Sadiah Sardon, wife of the Minister of Transport, Inche Sardon bin Haji Jubir, was yesterday jlected chairman of the Selangor Youth Council. Others on the commlttet-: vice-chairman, Mr. K. Balasubramanlam: secretary Mr. M. Senathirajah- assistant secretary. Mr. K. Kalugasalan: treasurer, Mr. Thong Hon
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    Insp. Mary Quintal to be promoted
    105 6 CENIOR Inspector Mary Quintal. 31, who is expected to become the first woman assistant superintendent of police in Singapore. The promotion, to be announced soon, is in line with a statement made by the Tang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak yesterday that the
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    Club chief's plea for early start
    118 6 Club chief's plea for early start KOTA BHARU. Sun.— More than 600 children took part in a children's day celebration yesterday sponsored by the Kelantan Survey Department Sports Club. The president of the club, Mr C. M. Narayanan, said that children's day should be treated as one of the most
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    Bahaman on tour of East Coast
    88 6 Bahaman on tour of East Coast J£OTA BAHRU, Sun. The Minister of Labour, Inche Bahaman bin Samsudin. who is on a seven-day tour of the East Coast, today called on the Mentri Besar of Kelantan. Hajl Ishak Lofti bin Omar. Inche Bahaman who arrived In Kota Bharu by air this
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    Board for industry—details
    325 6 Board for industry details IT WILL BE ALLOWED TO ISSUE AND SELL DEBENTURES FOR RAISING WORKING CAPITAL SINGAPORE, Sunday. DETAILS of the management of the Economic Development Board, which is expected to utilise $160 million during the period 1961-64 in connection with the industrialisation of the State, has been published
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    RELAX DEMAND FOR A CREDIT IN ENGLISH'
    266 6 RELAX DEMAND FOR A CREDIT IN ENGLISH' PENANG, Sunday. rpHE Penang branch chairman of the Union of Post Office Workers, Mr. Ong Teng Beng, today urged the Federal Government to relax its demand for a credit in English before accepting temporary officers into the permanent service. "There are dozens of
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    65 6 Levy works smoothly at airport SINGAPORE. Sun. The Government's new passenger service charge, which came into effect last week, has been operating smoothly at Singapore Airport. From May 1, a levy of $5 is being charged every passenger who boards a plane from Paya Lebar for any place outside the
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    Johore schoolboy is missing
    55 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— A schoolboy. C. Jalndra, 15, has been reported missing from his home in Jalan Senyom here since April 17. His brother, Mr. C. A. R. Naidu. today said that Jalndra left for school and did not return. Their aged mother was heartbroken and
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    175 6 IPOH, Sun. The Perak State Government is offering eight scholarships for higher studies to Perak Malays and two to non-Malays for next year. Pour of the 1962 Malay scholarships had been offered for this year, but there were no suitable applications. They, are for architecture, chartered
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    86 6 JOIIORK BAHRU, Sun. One man was killed and three people injured yesterday when a car overturned on the road to Yotifj Peng, CO miles from here. TJhe driver, Chong Fook Siew. 52, a building contractor, of Jnrong Road, Singapore, died instantly. Lira Hai Choo,
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    131 6 Union 'yes' and 'no' to 40 cts. pay offer CINGAPORE. Sun. Th« Government has agreed to increase the variable allowance of daily-rated staff by 40 cents a day with effect from May 1. Agreement was reached yesterday at talks between the Amalgamated I'nion of Public Employees and representatives of the
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    26 6 KAMPARk Sun.— The District Officer of Klnta, Tengku Syed Abdullah bin Tengku Syed Omar, opened th« Perak State rural development progress exhibition here yesterday.
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    1208 7 Epic rout of Carthage STRAITS TIMES SPECIAL FEATURE GORY FINAL WAR Colossus that struck terror for two decades ANE October day in v 202 8.C., the armies oi Rome and Carthage met face to J'ace on the North African plains in v hattle to decide the mastery of the ancient
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    107 8 Z» Wort, Si < Wm. Box it clt. extra WISE BRIDE «AYS, "If! CO wn.iioK portraits «ere taken by David T.iv nhone Spore *****. COLOUR PMOTOCRAPHV naa man) am m Commerce, and industry Advanced development of the process la UM Straus Times Colour Laboratories i- hi. h produce up
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    £lt* Straits £imr s Monday. May 8, 1961. Malays In Thailand
    638 8 £lt* Straits £imr s Monday. May 8, 1961. Malays In Thailand It is just over a year since j' Tengku Abdul Rahman, ad-! dressing the General Assembly of Umno as its President, an- nounced the coming end ol the j state of Emergency, and some nine months since the end
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    The Second Man
    356 8 Everyone who can read can compare the American and the Russian achievement of man-in-space. Commander Shepard went up and down. Major Gagarin up and around. Shepard was shot up at 4,500 miles an hour, and Gagarin circled the earth at 17,000. Shepard was in the air only
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    251 8 In the somewhat curious Umno debate on the Minister of Agriculture's urea fertiliser factory project the origins of the scheme seem to have been 'buried. It has been publicised as a co-operatives responsibility, to be financed by the cooperatives and the farmers, and there is still nothing to
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    821 8  - THE DEFIANT ONES A CORRESPONDENT BY London 's sit-down Saturday ArORTNICHT ago the police arrested 826 people taking part in the Committee of 100's antinuclear weapons demonstration in London. They defied a police warning and sat or lay down in Whitehall. A shuttle service of coaches, lorries and police vans
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      417 8 \IAY I on behalf of the Society of Musical Friwids be allowed to present the society's position In respect of the recent correspondence in your columns concerning ciiticism generally and our Musical Miscellany concert in particular. Your headline "People who cant take criticism"
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      369 8 VS one who was In Malaya iA at the start of the Federation Regiment and the Federation Armoured Car Regiment. I thought it might be of Interest to your readers to hear of the passage of the 2nd Federation Reconnaissance Regt. through Jinja on their way to
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      A NEEDLESS SACRIFICE
      172 8 A NEEDLESS SACRIFICE I EARNESTLY hope that Mr. Lee Kuan Yew had not in mind a new general election when on the defeat of the PAP candidate in the Hong Lim by-elec-tion he said the PAP wouid soon be considering wiien and how other constitute cies would be able to
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      46 8 VOT long ago a correspondent raised the question of a medical officer for Tanah Rata. The authorities do not seem to have taken any action in the matter. Why? Isn't two years long enough for the Ministry to get moving? PRO BONO Tanah Rats
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    314 8 This was the scene in court IN a steady stream. 10 at a time, the demonstrators stepped into the dock at Bow Street. "Next lot hurry along there please mind your backs" came the cries as batches of them passed to and fro at roughly five-mi-nute intervals. The pace quickened
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    Umno bid to block land grab by big capitalists
    346 9 Umno bid to block land grab by big capitalists YjALACCA. Sun.— Fear 1TA that some state governments would allow "big: capitalists'" to open up new land before the need of the landless was satisfied was expressed at the Umno general assembly here last night. Inche Ibrahim bin Zainuddin of Pahang
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    Aziz replies to the Tengku
    689 9 MALACCA, Sun 'UREA FACTORY BACKED BY EXPERTS: THIS PROJECT COULD UPLIFT THE MALAYS AND EASE UNEMPLOYMENT' 1 SELANGOR attempt to amend a motion of thanks to Tengku Abdul Rahman for his presidential speech by deleting any refevence to the proposed urea fertiliser factory was defeated
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    A DRIVER WHO 'DID RIGHT
    164 9 KUALA KUBU BAHRU, Sunday. A MAGISTRATE here said yesterday that a bus driver charged with driving without care and attention, did the right thing when he swerved to the left to avoid a head-on collision. The magistrate. Hajl Mo- I hamed bin Haji Mohamed Amin.
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    Study on food
    35 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Mrs. Ruth Lim, a nutrition officer of the Institute for Medical Research, left here yesterday for London on a three-month Colombo Plan scholarship to study food science and technology.
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    New water plan to start soon in Butterworth
    248 9 BUTTERWORTH. Sun. 1 mHE Chief Minister of X Penang. Dato Wong Pow Nee, said tonight that work on a $2.35 million project to improve water supply in Butterworth district would start soon. Dato Wong said that the present 18 inches asbestos cement
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    Annual meeting date
    42 9 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun.— The Johore Bahru branch of the National Union of Teachers will hold its fifth annual meeting at the Temonggong Abdul Rahman School here next Saturday. The meeting will be followed by a dinner at 8 p.m.
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    Allowance to Congo force to be raised
    219 9 Allowance to Congo force to be raised He could not understand the Government's attitude In not supporting the project while experts had given It the green light. What the ra'ayat wanted nov. was that the Government should give )t pioneer status and not to give such status to other companies.
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    Tengku: Don't forget failures
    323 9 Tengku: Don't forget failures \f ALACCA. Sun. The Prime Minister. Tengku Abdul Kxhinan. has urged the Alliance not to forget "our weaknesses, and failures while we talk of our success and progress." He said that, although there had been agitation in the West Coast states, the Malays had remained loyal
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    Inche Yusof spends a busy day visiting Bukit Panjang
    348 9 Inche Yusof spends a busy day visiting Bukit Panjang SINGAPORE, Sunday. *JIHE Yang di-Pertuan Negara, Inche Yusof bin Ishak. spent a hectic day today visiting kampong folk in the Bukit Panjang constituency "to learn their way of life with my own eyes and ears." I He was accompanied by the
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    A piano recital
    46 9 PENANG, Sun. Penang pianist Lee Kum Sing will give a recital at the Methodist Girls' School here on May 19. Sponsored by the Penang Arts Council. Mr. Lee will present a programme of majcr works by Bach. Beethoven. Mozart. Brahms. Chopin and Liszt.
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    DELAYS AS PEOPLE RUSH TO ALTER NAME
    107 9 DELAYS AS PEOPLE RUSH TO ALTER NAME KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Many people are rushing to registration offices in the Federation to get names and Initials on Identity cards to tally with those on their birth certificates. The Chief Registration Officer, Inche Ibrahim bin All. said today that the rush had
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    955 10  - Shah tells of 'mission for my country' ALLINGTON KENNARD BY MISSION FOR MY COUNTRY. By Mohammed Reio Shah Pahlavi. (Hutchinson 30.) PROMINENTLY displayed in the archives of the Persian Foreign Ministry is a copy of Molotov's famous 1940 despatch to von Ribbentrop, setting out the bargain between Communist Russia and
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    Boom in tins—can it last?
    1516 12 Boom in tins can it last? From Our Market Correspondent A LEADING firm of Kuala Lumpur brokers in their current circular referring to the present tin share boom pose the inevitable question, now uppermost in people's minds —"Can it last?" That is certainly a good question to ask in a
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    29 12 Rubber Tin (per lb.) (per picul) May 1 $425.12', I 9t*i cts. $426 3 91 cU. $426.37 4 itfl's ctv $427.87' 5 88\ cU. $431.12', 6 $433
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    TIN UP $8 IN A WEEK
    543 12 f COMMODITY I ill \HU (XN Saturday morning the tin price was still rising and a further spurt of 51.87J took it to $433 per picul. Last week was a distinct contrast to the see-saw of the previous period and there was a rise
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    Rothmans in Moscow
    55 12 A giant illuminated dummy pack of Rothmans King Size filter cigarettes has been erected at Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow International Airport, state the company. This is the only advertisement for foreign cigarettes and for any foreign product to be put up at the airport and in the whole
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    21 12 Malayan Stock Indices: May 6 May 5 Industrials: 178.83 174.11 Tins: 335.94 313.51 Rubbers: 247.11 247.11 Jan. 1 1958=100.
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    93 12 fipHK Malayan Exchange Banks' JL Association made these changes in iis rates to merchants on Saturday: Hong Kong: buying T.T. 53, O.D. 52 15/16; selling T.T. or I O.D. 53 1/2. I Canada: buying airmail T.T. 32 5/16, O. D. 32 7/16, 90 d/st 32 7/8 credit bills,
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    Air India begin African route
    39 12 Air India is now running a weekly jet service between Bombay and Nairobi via Aden with the Boeing 707 intercontinental. The company jsay that they will fly twice a week to Nairobi next year.
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    Rubber crops
    33 12 April rubber crops included: Benta 102,000 lb.. Jeram Kuantan 57.500 !b.. Kundong Tanjong Pau, Kimdont Estate 41.673 lb. Tanjong Pau Estate 91.000 lb.. Mentaxab 64.000 lb., and Sungei Bagan 172.500 lb
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    11 12 Petaling Tin output for April 1961. was 1.516 piculs.
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    MALAYAN SHARE LIST DOLLAR RUBBIR
    1283 12 MALAYAN SHARE LIST DOLLAR RUBBIR Jill state of shares on the Malayan Stork Exchange »howin« last business to April 29 (A) and last business since that datr <Xi with H and I. standing for Highest and Lowest business last year and to date, was: Malayan Stock Exchange quotation changes on
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      760 13 NOTICE This Is to inform the Public that Mr. E. K. SHAIK HUSSAIN Is no longer authorised to transact business or collect money ou beliali of this Company as from Ist May 1961. YONO HONG THYE CORPN. LTD., 47, Circular Road. Slngapore-1. UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR 1. Applications
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      577 13 RIVERVIEW RUBBER ESTATES, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Federation of Malaya). NOTICE Is hereby given that the Twi my-second Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office, Chartered Bank Chambers, Ipoh, on Friday. 9th June, 1961. at 2.30 p.m. At the said Meeting the Directors will
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      807 13 SITUATIONS VACANT tt Word* SS (Mm.) Box St ctt. extra CITY EMPLOYMENT Male Assistant Travel: 4 Secretaries S Btsaa graphers 5 Senior Bookkeepers: 2 University Graduates To Be Trained Executive Positions 748 Robinson Road. WANTED a qualified teacher to teach Malay and English In the Methodist Secondary School. Partt Kumar.
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      1059 13 SITUATIONS WANTED it Word* SS (Mtn.)— Box St d: txtra EUROPEAN LADY. Federal Citizen, requires position as administrative Secretary (experienced} with a European firm In Kuala Lumpur or Petallng Jaya mornings only. Available mid June or beginning July. Replies to Box A 1225 S.T. K.L. ACCOMMODATION VACANT it Word* SS
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      1006 13 EDUCATION tt Word* U (Min.)— Box St ct: extra TYPEWRITING: How good are you? If uncertain, consult RRCS (Alr-con-dltloned) 49 Lorong 32, Qeylang. Singapore. Tour success our responsibility, guaranteed. DISAPPOINTED WITH YOUR Rapid Courses In Shorthand. Typewriting. Bookkeeping? Then consult "1.T.8.". 19, Lorong 30 Orylang, Spore (*****), the School that
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      899 13 VEHICLES FOR SALE tO Word* SS (Min.)— Box tt cts. extn HUMBER HAWK registered 1953 $1,000. View at 7B Bedford Road near BMH. B'pore. Tel: ***** Kxtn. 300. 1»S» FIAT 500 13.000 miles only on* owner 12,200 0.n.0. 1970 Jalan Larkm Johore Bahru Tel: J.B. 3140. LAMBRETTA SCOOTER IMI model
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    1890 14  -  EPSOM JEEP li-^.V'I^MMHftl FIRST RACE SHOCK BY RIVER CLOUD By_ Penang, Sunday JYJELLOW MOON, with apprentice Subian Dal wee astride, outsprintA ed her rivals in the main 5.1 f race at Penang today. Taking the lead from the start Mellow Moon beat stable-mate
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    Australian soccer results
    385 14 SYDNEY. Sun.— Results 13 of yesterday's Australian soccer matches: S. AUST. STATE LEAGUE: Cumberland 0 Croatia 5; Lion 2 Oraug 3; Beogard 2 Budapest 5: Polonia 1 Juventus 6. S. AUST. DIV. 1: Elizabeth 0 Edinburgh 1; Blrkalla 2 Sturt 1: P. Adelaide 2 Victoria 4: Enfield
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    'Eagle' shuttles
    38 14 PENANO, Bun. Thai-made "Eagle" shuttlecocks will be used for the first time In the Penang Badminton Association's junior championships next month. The Individual .championships will start on June 2 and the interteam tournament on June 10.
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    216 14 RAIN, SO NO PLAY AGAIN FOR AUSSIES T ONDON. Sun. Because of Lj rain there was no play at Bradford yesterday on thej first day of Yorkshires match against the Australian touring cricket team. The Australians have now had only 14 hours cricket out of a possible seven days' play
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      817 14 NOTICE With eftrci 31 M March 1961 the miik-seiiing business carried on under the style or name oi "Malayan Farms Limited" will or under new management and henceforth carried on under the new name of "Malayan Farms 1961" at No. 52/50 Buku Panjang. Singapore. The new Proprietors accept no responsibility
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      712 14 NOTICE This is to Inform that MR. EDDIE CHOW, left our employment as from 2nd May. 1961 and thai he has no authority to tranv business whatsoever on our behalf. THE SAGER TRADING CO.. 62-A. Market Si.. Singapore. 1. RAHMAN HYDRAULIC TIN LTD. (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) Shareholders
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      410 14 socrEß STORE LEAGUE: Div. 2B Setla Jaya v RAF Tengah (St. George's Rd); Blntang Bulan v RAF Seletar 'A' (Geylang) Sukaramai v Tan Tock Seng (Balestier Rd Div. 3D Rangers v Police A 1 iFarrer Parki. Schools Inter-Dlstrirt Tourney: Paslr Panjang v Bukit Tlmah (Monks Hill. 5 p.m.). JOHORE BAIiRl"
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    A 'modern miracle'—but Spurs not so super
    690 15 A 'modern miracle' but Spurs not so super NORMAN SIEBEL at Wembley for the F.A. Cup Final LONDON, Sun. f ATE in their F.A. lj Cup Final against Leicester at Wembley last night. Spurs took over the match with two goals in three minutes and confidently ambled away to the
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    EX-STORE MEN SHINE FOR PERAK
    187 15 SEREMBAN, Sunday. TWO former Singapore players. Mahat Ambu and Majid ArifT between them scored five goals in Perak Malays 6—l victory over Negri Sembilan Malays in a central zone Sultans' Gold Cup soccer match here today. Centre forward Mahat Ambu scored a hattrick in the
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    Seletar force a draw
    99 15 SINGAPORE Sun.— Chines* Attvletic looked well on the way to a win over this year's SAFA league div. 1 favourites. RAP Seletar, when they led by 2-1. Then a series of injuries uoj^i then; First right-wing Kum Wah left ilie Meld after colliding with a SeUtar
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    Too's title
    38 15 BATU GAJAH. Sun. Too Joon Loke. Perak's "triple crown" golfer, won his fourth title today' In the Kinta Open championship Earlier this year Joon Loke had won the North Malayan. Perak and Perak Turf Club titles.
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    Penang Malays win in the rain
    182 15 ITANGAR. Sun. Penang 1Y Malays beat Perils Malays i-0 in the opening match of the north zone Sultans' Gold Cup soccer competition here today. The game Has played in heavy rain. The waierloeged ground and a heavy ball slowed down the pace considerably. Penane
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    OMAR AWANG SCORES 3
    134 15 VfALACCA. Sun. iTX Singapore Malays beat Malacca Malays 4-1 in the Sultans' Gold Cup soccer competition at rhe Kubu Stadium here today. Malacca started confidently and took the lead in the 20th minute through left winger Samsuddln Nine minutes later, right inside Omar Awang equalised After
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    Harban smashes three Malayan records
    304 15 CEREMBAN. Sun— Harban Sinßh. a 22-year-old Kuala Lumpur van driver, .smashed three Malayan welßhtllfting records here last night. Harban. the only entrant la the middle-heavy division, set up new marks in the press (255-lbt, snatch <235-lb) and clean and jerk f285-lb). The title of "Champion
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    SCC lucky to draw as Police strike top —scoring form—
    741 15 SCC lucky to draw as Police strike top scoring form SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore Cricket Club, the Singapore Cricket Association senior tournament leaders, were in trouble without John Woodhouse and John Kirkham for their match against Police at Thomson Road today and were lucky to salvage a point from their drawn
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    Blake—a big hero who was a traitor
    1265 16 Blake a big hero who was a traitor HIS DOUBLE LIFE BEGAN WHEN HE MET BLONDIE LONDON, Sunday JT STARTED, the secret double life of George Blake, across a table in a scruffy hut in North Korea. THE DATE: Sometime in T951. THE PLACE: A village called Man Pho Chin,
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    194 16 Gen. Hull praises Nasution for quelling revolts .iakaii i a, Sunday. HEX. SIR RICHARD HULL, Commander inChief of the British Far East Land Forces, today praised the Indonesian forces for quell in# rebellions. Gen. Hull today 'eft Jakarta for Singapore after a two-day farewell visit to InHe told reporters at
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    Firm's pact with 500 workers
    145 16 Firm's pact with 500 workers SINGAPORE. Sun. A new agreement on working and pay conditions of more i than 500 workers employed by the Green Bus Company here was certified by the Industrial Arbitration Court President. Dr Charles Gamba. yesterday. The agreement was made between the management of the company
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    $782 burglary
    18 16 IPOH. Sun.— Thieves broke into a shop in Sungci Pari Read last night and stole $782.
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    Talk on the Plan
    50 16 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Manager of the Industrial Promotion Board, Mr. James Puthuoheary will give a talk ou "The role of Singapore citizens In the implementa- Uon of the Government's four-year plan" at the Menorah Club, Reuben Manaa- sen Communal Hall. Oxley > Rise, tomorrow at 8.15
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    Party to stage variety show
    61 16 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Party Ra'ayat in Singapore will stage a variety show of cultural items representative of the people of Singapore at thy Happy World stadium next Saturday. The party"* secretary. Inche Yahaya Noor. today said that top official:- would explain the party's programme of
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    Lock icon U.S. Volunteers'
    22 16 HOUSTON. Sun.— An antiCastro army of about 200 American volunteers was reported today to have begun training in Miami. Reuter.
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    Aussie bid to beat gold smuggling into S'pore
    173 16 DARWIN. Sun. FLICE In northern Queensland and Northwestern Australia ace watching small boats in the effort to stop gold being smuggled to Singapore and Hong Kong. Darwin police uncovered a plot by at least three confidence men to smuggle gold from the
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    333 16 GEN ZELLER JOINS HIS CHIEF IN PARIS JAIL PARIS, Sunday. THIi SECOND of the lour leaders of the abortive Algiers revolt against President De Gaulle's Algerian policy is in the 1 Sante Prison here, facing a possible death He Is* ex-General Andre Zeller. who was flown to the capital after
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    Anson poll: Be frank call to PAP by Marshall
    144 16 Anson poll: Be frank call to PAP by Marshall SINGAPORE, Sun. *J The chairman of the Workers Party. Mr. David Marshall, has called on PAP leaders to "state publiciy and frankly what their true attitude" would be if they lost the Anson by-election. In a statement Lssucd tonight Mr. Marshall
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    Thugs in cars raid party
    93 16 Thugs in cars raid party SINGAPORE. Sun. About 20 secret society thugs armed with parangs and wooden poles raided a mahjong party in Park Road this morning. Everyone in the party of six fled, except a youth. when the raiders rushed in .shouting "soot, soot" hit hit. Ho Chow Hoey,
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    Lock icon Gary Cooper 60
    25 16 HOLLYWOOD. Sun. Gary i Cooper was 60 today. The artor. dangerously ill with I cancer, is confined to bed under sedatives.— Reuter.
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