The Singapore Free Press, 9 June 1955
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Title Section20 1955-06-09 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya N,». 1 1 119. Tli.irs June 9, 1955. Price 15 Cts20 words
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Article, Illustration29 1955-06-09 1 Hip -Hip- hooray picture. MR. W. A. C. GOODE, the Officer Administering the Government, leads the cheers at the Queen's Birthday Parade on the padang this morning: Free PressFree Press - 29 words
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Article, Illustration419 1955-06-09 1 BIRTHDA Y PARADE WAS BEST EVER By ADELAIDE EASTLEY rpouCHED with splendour, 1 Singapore's traditional Birthday Parade today was a gallant tribute to Her Majesty. In holiday attire, well-mannered spectators by the thousand began their orderly assembly shortly after dawn to compliment their Sovereign, the brilliant ceremonial contingent and the419 words
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Article82 1955-06-09 1 FIVE-HOUR talks between the railways ahief and the leader of the striking locomen last night increased hopes that Britain's trains would soon run again A* he left the Ministry of Labour, where the talks were, held the general secretary of the locomen, Mr. Jim Baty said:82 words
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Article244 1955-06-09 1 800 STRIKERS OCCUPY FACTORY A BOUT 800 striking men and women rubber packers of the Firestone factory are occupying the company buildings in Kalian* Road. Pickets, wearing arm bands, controlled entry in and out of the building. Picketing continues at all the entrances to the Hume Industries works in Bukit244 words
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Article233 1955-06-09 1 THEY HAVE PLAN TO END STRIKE SIX-MAN delegation, representing: about 70,000 workers, will see the Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, this evening to suggest ways *nd means of settling the 40-day-old Singapore Harbour Board staff strike. The delegation was chosen alter a meeting of the233 words
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Article24 1955-06-09 1 President Eisenhower had asked Congress for US $1,125,--000 tor special presidential projects including the study of "the entire question of disarmament." ReuterReuter - 24 words
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Article30 1955-06-09 1 Lord Samuel has given up the leadership of the Liberal Party in the House of Lords,--a post he has held for 14 years. He is 84. ReuterReuter - 30 words
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Article10 1955-06-09 1 Austria yesterday ratified the Austrian state treaty U.P.U.P. - 10 words
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Advertisement17 1955-06-09 1 MAKE YOUR WFE~ HAPPY U CIVEHERA IfIORPHV RICHHROS AUTOMATIC CONTROL IRON Sole A<je«r» SANDILANOS BUTTERY CO. ITP17 words
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Article, Illustration43 1955-06-09 2 pic- lam. Some of the croud 'top) < watch the ceremony at < the Queen's ISirthclay i J parade on Siiifianon' pa- J «laiiK this morning. Above J is a piinorama view of the i parade. Free PressFree Press - 43 words
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Article131 1955-06-09 2 PRESIDENT Eisenhower lost his temper at his weekly press conference in Washingj ton yesterday when a reporter repeated a question, asking him whether he was prepared to extend his stay at the forthcoming meeting of the Big Four heads of governments. «The President replied angrily: "Does the131 words
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114 1955-06-09 2 Chief Minister congratulates police force HP HE Chief Minister, Mr. David Marshall, sent the following message this morning to the Commissioner of Police: "I note with pleasure the large number of the Police Force whom the Queen has honoured today. The recognition of tneir services reflects to my mind, great114 words
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73 1955-06-09 2 Johore Bahru celebrates at barracks A CEREMONIAL parade in RTrth!! Onour °J the Queen's ftrin ay X* s held on th alrsinp, Majcdee Barracks Johore Bahru, this morning Eight hundred officers and Coionp? de n the comm and of SSSfii D L str angeways, 5S passed the saluting base The73 words
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Advertisement15 1955-06-09 2 KIIAZI<;UNE'SNOW:.,,,.i3 precious as your skin U?-^ Ml A t ,.,u tot JMKSON Aco, M) m15 words
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Article328 1955-06-09 3 But some car men want more THE General Motors Corporation is said to be ready to make a new offer to the United Auto Workers Union to reach a settlement before a new Sunday midnight strike deadline. Union leaders said they never would have givenA.P. - 328 words
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253 1955-06-09 3 GIRL WITH GREY HAIR MAY BE MISS EUROPE rplIE favourite to become 1 "Miss Europe" in Helsinki on Saturday is a Us- somr Frankfurt beauty who has grey hair. She is Sonju Dahnk, a mode]. The grey hair f does not fool anybody a.nd at 82, it does not meanA.P. - 253 words
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Article33 1955-06-09 3 An American aid gift for $3,873,000 yesterday started a programme of community settlement and selfhelp for the 18 505 people evacuated from the Tachen Islands to Formosa in February A .P.A.P. - 33 words
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Article21 1955-06-09 3 The Fockewulf and Wester aircraft works in Bremen, Germany, are planning to resume work, including production of helicopters. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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43 1955-06-09 3 Frank Santana, 17-year-old killer of another boy. pleaded guilty to second degree murder yesterday in New York after the victim's father urged that he should not be tried for first degree murder with a possible death sentence. A.P.A.P. - 43 words
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116 1955-06-09 3 THE Nationalist China News alleged yesterday the Peking Government is setting up "spider webs of agents in South-East Asia" to influence the 8,000,000 overseas Chinese to sign a declaration supporting Communist Chinas claim to Formosa and the Nationa-list-held off-shore islands. The paperReuter - 116 words
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Article16 1955-06-09 3 Antarctic whalers killed an estimated 15,300 blue whales during the 1954-55 season. A. P.A.P. - 16 words
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Article184 1955-06-09 3 No plucked No nail Earrings her eyebrows polish weakness of the Queen QUEEN ELIZABETH keeps her nose from getting shiny by using a liquid that sells for US$l a bottle, it was disclosed in New York yesterday. The Queen never plucks her eyebrows, seldom wears nail polish andU.P. - 184 words
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Article21 1955-06-09 3 Marshal Pibul Songgram, the Siamese Prime Minister, and his wife lunched with the Queen at Buckingham Palace yesterday. ReuterReuter - 21 words
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Article101 1955-06-09 3 SIR THOMAS DRAWS WITH CHESSMEN TACKLING 16 of Singapore's -i- best young chess players simultaneously in an exhibition in the University of Malaya's Courtroom, Cluny Road, last night, Sir George Thomas got off to a very fine start but flagged towards the middle half of the game to force a101 words
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218 1955-06-09 3 DRY-DEATH VICTIMS DRANK OIL FROM SUMP THE two Britons who died of thirst in the Sahara last month drank radiator water and sump oil from their broken-down car before dying in agony under the blazing desert sun, the evening newspaper France Soir reported yesterday from Algiers. According to the paper's218 words
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Advertisement98 1955-06-09 3 WRAP IT UP JBE|B POLYTHENE W~~^f^ Ideal for sandwiches, salad, bacon, cheese, fish, etc. /.|W^^ X^i> //to germs at bay >y|yi| S) maintain freshness this way \^i*?^o^^ ~\^J Odourless and tasteless. J i^:. "mA Greaseproof, waterproof, ">»■» mothproof, washable. <d^^^F FOR FOOD F O R STORAGE FOR WARDROBE v^^^^ '-C^^.98 words
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282 1955-06-09 4 The Singapore Free Press TURSDAY, June 9, 1955. Opinion UNREST SPREADS INDUSTRIAL unrest is spreading in Singapore again. Yesterday 2,000 workers In two big concerns stopped work. The strike weapon is the most powerful weapon (A the worker organised and unorganised. He has every fight to use it bttt because282 words
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Article, Illustration806 1955-06-09 4 No nation in modern history has been subjected to foreign occupation for so long and under such curious circumstances as have the Germans, says NORMAN LINDHURST ffHM occupation of Wc.s Germany U ;»t 1] end, but Ita Impact ore ten years baa left th<A.P. - 806 words
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Advertisement19 1955-06-09 4 A HANDSOME GIFT in theHISTORY OF TIME MEASUREMENT j ROLEX 1 G.C.DeSILVA&BROS., "Jewellers" 3. KAFFLES PLACE Sifnaporc-1 TcJ: *****19 words
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Advertisement51 1955-06-09 4 AUSTIN aso Cambridge New I 500 r r <A<;ni eng.ne (A5Q| Lon *er Wheel Base 99^* P Front R edr JjJ* '"HWRe Suspense compartment. M cu fee| Spa:,ous Body Inter.or J*^ "i«»Mi new AUSTIN Seat gj- fo J" f "'"c' 1 Mjlav P-sengers S?^^ M Singapore Federation BORNEO MOTORS «™BAN-MALACCA-JBBBttTW-KUALA51 words
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Article73 1955-06-09 5 Three men, one armed with a revolver, held up a shopkeeper in Burmah Road, Penang, and escaped with $30 from the till. Lim Ooi reported to police on Tuesday that soon after he opened his shutters, the men walked in on the pretext ot making73 words
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126 1955-06-09 5 PLAN TO USE QUARANTINE STATION AS TB SANATORIUM \|R. A. J. BRAGA, Minister for Health, Singapore, iTI yesterday said that his Ministry is investigating the question of changing part of the quarantine station hospital on St John's Island into a T.B. sana- torium. Mr. Braga was greatly disturbed to find,126 words
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Article202 1955-06-09 5 Air chief loses his 'eyes' WIFE IS BANNED FROM DRIVING INTO the sightless world of Air Commodore Patrick Huskinson a stranger will step soon. That stranger will replace Air Commodore Huskin^on's driver at the wheel of his car. That stranger will also reDlace the eyes that have liuided Air Commodore202 words
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202 1955-06-09 5 TWO days after a 21-year-old wife was told bv her husband that he did not like the coat she had just bought on the instalment system, she was found dead. The husband, 23-year-old Eric Lunt, told the coroner at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, that when his202 words
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Article142 1955-06-09 5 MURDERWITHOUT INTENT A UNIVERSITY lecturer has •compared the doctor investigating a case of food poisoning to the work of a Scotland Yard murder squad detective. Dr. Hugh Paul, of Birmingham University, writes: "The average murderer only kills one person.... but the food poisoner, though blameless in intent, may succeed in142 words
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225 1955-06-09 5 'She doesn't want a mother' A FIFTEEN- YEAR-OLD girl heard her mother and father tell the Willesden juvenile court magistrates that they did not love her. She heard, too, her parents say that they wanted nothing more to do with her. Slight in build225 words
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Article114 1955-06-09 5 Peter goes 12,000 miles for love BETTY BOYCE challenged Peter Billingham to work his way around the world if he wanted to marry her. He accepted. And now ho has covered more than 12,000 miles. And he has not spent a penny in fares. B?tty's challenge was issued in Burraton,114 words
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113 1955-06-09 5 Public urged to help in leprosy relief THE president of the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association, Canon R. K. S. Adams, has said that the public should take more interest in leprosy relief and rehabilitation work. He told the annual meeting of the association at the Tan Tock Seng Hospital that113 words
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Article110 1955-06-09 5 FIVE years ago, through a friend, Paddy Teo, of Bencoolen Street, Singapore got the name and address of Miss Lim Eng Neo, and wrote his first letter to her. They wrote to one another for about a year until Paddy left for Australia for higher studies.110 words
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Advertisement106 1955-06-09 5 For fun at home the whole year through... BURROWES Pooi Table Pool is the game to get the family all together! Pool is easy to leam. fascinating to play on this professionolly-styled Burrowesj Table. Come and see the "Ro!l-A-Way" Return complete equipment including cues, balls, triangle, rule book. Your family106 words
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Miscellaneous95 1955-06-09 6 •••>••••••• MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis 6LAD YOU > fflT^'l IN THERE EXCUSE ME.IVE GOT TOURIST- WHO J PILL FOR fiVE ggW'T(:HEp--HE S GONE -I WANT DROPPED^. [^MERt YOj SEND I NO// Ck;CP V VJO^OE TTO MY DESK. STEPPEO OUT J(^ DOLLARS "J [vOi/ TO FIND HIM/ 7]95 words
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Miscellaneous733 1955-06-09 6 YOUR {lucky I star j Ii OKN loda v you have a|f happy com hinu lion of the \y inspirational and the practical. 4> This means, that it is likely 4 you will make a financial sue- t cess of one of the profession*, X for although your talents lie733 words
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Article207 1955-06-09 7 LONDON, June 8. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS cJJ. European 28% buyers 28 buyer.-, 29 '4 sellers 29 's sellers RCBBER No. 1 RSS cii. European 28 V. buyers 28 buyers port- July 28% sellers 28*4 sellers RCBBER No. 1 RSS Spot. 31 nom. 30207 words
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Article107 1955-06-09 7 ADove prices quoted in V. S. cents per Ib. NEW YORK, June 8 Previous Today Tin Straits *spot and nearby 92.12 nom. 92.25 nom. TIN futures June 91.25 bid 91.25 bid 92.00 asked 92.12 asked July 91.15 bid 91.10 bid 91.85 asked 92.10 asked Aug. 90.90 bid107 words
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Article58 1955-06-09 7 Spot Malabar 52. Awaiting release 51 4. Afloats 51 to 50 4. June shipment 10ft. Sarawak spot unquoted. Awaiting release 50. Afloats 47' to 46 V4. June shipment 454. Lampong spot 52. Awaiting release 51 Ms. Afloats 51 to 50. June shipment 49 Ij,1 j, sellers ex-dock. Above58 words
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Article32 1955-06-09 7 NEW YORK, June 8 Previous Today 434.55 436.95 21 Railroads •• •• 1G1.42 161.15 40 Domestic Bonds 99.92 99.75 i:> Utilities 64.39 64.42 61 Stocks Composite Average 161.67 162.0832 words
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Article120 1955-06-09 7 (OPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long ton June July (OPRA Philippines f.o.b. Manila in bulk, per long ton COPRA Straits c.i.f. UK/North European delivered weight per long tan June July July, Aug. COCONUT OIL crude, Strait* c.i.f. IK North European in balk, per120 words
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Article, Illustration58 1955-06-09 7 THE CREW of the RNZAF Bristol freighter who made their squadron's first jungle supply drop are congratulat- ed by the senior operations officer, RAF station, Kuala Lumpur, Squadron Leader George Allen (right). They are (from left), S*t. P. Antwis, Flying Officer W. H. Morete, Flight58 words
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189 1955-06-09 7 rE man behind Scotland Yard's amazing identification system of the method, manner and repetition of. crime is retiring this month. He is genial Chief Superintendent James Duncan, a Scot, and he has been in the Metropolitan Police for 35 years. Look at the system189 words
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174 1955-06-09 7 CITY GETS READY FOR COLOMBO PLAN TALK THE Government has set up a planning committee to arrange the Colombo Plan consultative committee conference to be held in Singapore from Oct. 17. Aboul 100 officials, including Ministers, from 17 countries are expected to attend the talks, besides delegates from Hong Kong,174 words
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Article40 1955-06-09 7 Six bands for padang display Six bands will combine in a on the padang in Kuala Lumpur at 6 p.m. today. Part of the Queen's birthday celebrations, it* will be the biggest massed bands display seen in the Federal capital.40 words
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Advertisement110 1955-06-09 7 Cooling News JAR No. 81 FLASKS J Gallon JUGS No. Hi $2.50 $35.00 No. 29Q $37.50 No. 5Q $5.50 (Blue or Brown) No. 607 $13.50 No. 14Q $5.50 f^^^Z^ No. 54Q $19.50 No. 65 $7,50 7 jf^t=£^t Na 45 $21 50 No. 20 $4.95 "^7 U jNa 24 95 JteStfM110 words
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Article, Illustration49 1955-06-09 8 United States Marines loading a 75-millimeter howitzer aboard a new type transport plane, an 'R4 Q. during training exercises. This plaoie is a counterpart of the U.S. Air Force's C-119. It is capable of carrying 18 tons, which might be made up of 64 men or 35 stretcher patients.49 words
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225 1955-06-09 8 HEAD cleared of ASSAULT on 'no cane' PUPIL AHEAD \lAsif;k has keen cleared <>f as- Baaltiaf a pupil who refustd It take a can- The "head' of lid- j itfl Court Secondary m Srhonl, Harold Wood. Ksn*: Janus Fdward w.iivh Tlm pupil: 12-year- I old Mi; had Benson. I The225 words
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229 1955-06-09 8 14 WILL GO DRIVING INTO THE SAHARA FOURTEEN amateur explori eri six men and eight >» p arc to trek 1.000 miles across thn Sahara Desert to Investigate the customs of Arab tribes. Known a.s the Sahara Reconnaissance. Expedition, its object i.s to bring exploration within the reach of the229 words
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Article50 1955-06-09 8 'PSYCHOLOGY Professor G. I Humphrey, of Oxford University, told the Oxford coroner that his 68-year-old wife who took i fatal do.se of poison, had "a dreadful life of Buffering, pain, and disease" j for 50 years. Verdict: Suicide while her I mind wils dLst.urhprl50 words
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Article60 1955-06-09 8 "¥T'S a miniature horse." 1 ten year old Patrick Kavajnash told the judge who objected to his pony and cart being entered in Regent's Park annual Cart -Horse Paradf. And Peter the pony— diawing the cart aiOAg w.th Barry ||i)|, aro Fanner, Peter Peari. and little60 words
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Article28 1955-06-09 8 A mortar bomb explosion killed two boys, a?ed 16 and 10. and injured two others on Cwm Silyn Mountain. Caernarvonshire, a former Army training area.28 words
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Article28 1955-06-09 8 Policewoman Doris Equine aged 35, dived into the Mersey Llver Pool and helped another rescuer already in the water to save a drowning man.28 words
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Article258 1955-06-09 8 AN 89-YEAR-OLD man who Wfta treated for bruises alter being knocked down by I bus died at home five days later. His .spine was fractured and n were four ribs, the BrLs- to] coroner was told. The victim of the accidentAlbert Neal, oi BUple-hill258 words
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Article137 1955-06-09 8 SCIENTISTS 'BREED' ATOM FUEL BRITISH atom scientists have succeeded In "breeding" atomic fuel, it is ofiu-iaJly revealed in a report published on work at the Harwell atom station. This means that atomic power stations can so be built that as last as they "burn up' uranium fuel they generate more137 words
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Article30 1955-06-09 8 Three women got stuck in a Manchester road when the tar surface melted in the heat <72 degrees). A man carried them to the kerb, minus shoes.30 words
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Article60 1955-06-09 8 rpanrnZ^^rMrSA 111 1 "o-™*'-* train com- Two of the S mokers^ u f I, P?h" gOt ln He Protested, "•'fused, and so Mr Dean n»li«.rt t V thelr c| ear<ttcs. The third that he was fined £2 P d the Col "munication cord. For held™; loriix^uS 6S60 words
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298 1955-06-09 9 WHEN a rocket blew up in the face of Raymond fT Benson, a young scientist, he lost three sensessight, smell, and. taste. But he has found charity and kindness. And he intends to repay his debt— bv collecting tons of298 words
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Article147 1955-06-09 9 "T)R. ROBERT PHILIP x STRANG left Wormwood Scrubs Prison under escort to appear before the Disciplinary Committee of the General Medical Council. He was convicted at the Old Bailey in November of shooting at Detective-Sergeant Edward Anning at his South Kensington flat and was jailed147 words
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Article89 1955-06-09 9 NINE YEAR OLD Derek Hulme was run over by a one-ton roller and wasn't hurt. He was riding on the horsedrawn roller at his father's 65-acre farm at Le^k. Stafford shire. Suddenly he slipped. On came the roller, driven by his uncle Horace, over his head,89 words
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Article47 1955-06-09 9 WANT to buy a baronial castle at a bargain l price? One is offered for I I sale, price $17,000 freehold, at Newport, Fifeshire, but, the estate agents i warn, the cost of up- j i keep is enormous. r iIIMMMIIIIIIMMIIHIIHMMtIMIIHMI.iiIIIIIMIII IMIIIT47 words
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304 1955-06-09 9 IF ten-year-old lan Shaw hud not been so mad about engines he would not have died in a Sunday school picnic train crash. For out of 600 children, parents, and teachers in the train, only three people died. All three were riding304 words
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Article45 1955-06-09 9 Colin Cowdrey, 22-year-old Kent and England cricketer was discharged from the RAF. on medical grounds just 26 days after starting hi.s National Service. The cause is foot troublestiffening of his big toe joints, which started when he was a boy.45 words
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Article, Illustration61 1955-06-09 9 DR. Roger Bannister, the first man to break the "four minute" mile, and Miss Moyra Jaeobsson after their engagement was announced. She is the daughter of Mr. Per Jaeobsson of Basle. Switzerland. Dr. Bannister, who has retired from running and is at present house surgeon61 words
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Article186 1955-06-09 9 PROFESSOR A. E. Richardson, President of the Royal Acade-, I my. said of the Annigoni portrait of the Qu.en: "It is a fine portrait, never mind what the critics say. "Critics are owls, bats, and flea.s. They are owls because they hoot, bats because they see things186 words
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205 1955-06-09 9 EDWARD ALLCARD. 40, OJd Etonian yachting adventurer, is setting out soon on a single-handed trip around the world in his 36ft. ketdh. Sea Wanderer. Twice he has crossed the Atlantic alone. A third time, in 1951 he set out alone but finished with205 words
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Article, Illustration35 1955-06-09 10 The Giles Family^Holiday Guide starts at the railway station "Never mind about 'undignified,' Vera my girl, it's the enly way we can be sure of making Aunt Fanny's in time for tea. M35 words
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567 1955-06-09 10 FRED POLAND - Car is WORSE KILLER than atom bomb FRED POLAND By 'Why did air raid casualties of England evoke world-wide sympathy while an equal number of casualties on the roads passes unnoticed/ IUHKN it comes to kill- Ing, the atomic bomb looks like a peashooter compared to the automobile. Delegates al567 words
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Article176 1955-06-09 10 WITH car sales booming since this year's model* came on sale last November the total is 3,400.000 up to the end of April the United States has «ot its biggest headache, it is how to find roon for all those brash, brilliantly coloured. lon K -bodied new monsters176 words
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Article, Illustration607 1955-06-09 11 They're LOOKING BACK in Hollywood these days IF<ORGETFUL film- makers in Hollywood, their TV-battered ♦confidence restored, are once again in grave danger of being lulled into a costly slumber. Much of that originality and spectacular showmanship unleashed two years ago in a successful campaign to restore the motion picture business607 words
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Article427 1955-06-09 11 llflTHIN two or three months you are in for a cinematic treat a visit to the planet Altair-A, in the year 2200 A.D., and you'll be going by atomic-ally-propelled spacecruisers, utilising quantogravitetic hyper-drive. For this I have the word of veteran player, Walter Pidgeon .who427 words
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Article193 1955-06-09 11 In the cast are Richard Anderson, Robert Dix. son of the late Richard E>ix. Jack Kelly, brother of Nancy Kelly, Warren Stevens, who plays the power-mad producer in "The Barefoot Contessa" and Earl Holliman. ONE of my old friends Is Frank Powolny, ace photographer at193 words
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Article642 1955-06-09 12 HAL BOYLE - HAL BOYLE IT SOUNDS LIKE HIIIIIIIIHH'*"' *****1 heaven but it wsnt WORK WOULD f b< lp cut the f» divorce In America if every year thai country hart a week deu d to h worA hundred Hindu during th< r h us ba Hindu i this ril ID642 words
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Article, Illustration21 1955-06-09 12 picture. "BORACH"— a two-piece in striped tweed, with small astrakhan collar— designed by Pierre Billet was shown in Paris recently. PopperPopper - 21 words
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307 1955-06-09 12 The Princess wasn't hungry so friends missed supper U'UKN Princess Mar- garei left the Pied Piper Ball at the Hyde Park Hotel in London, at three o'clock a few mornings a«o her hostess, Mrs. Jol;n Ward, led the rest. of her guests to the .supper room lor a belated meal307 words
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Advertisement89 1955-06-09 12 1 1 more I S 3lftCcr33c^9 j —^ri^ I I Ss^r reasons wfly .y mz..^^ these local babies 1 I i K> are LACTOGEN babies B LACTOOE!« \M an all-milk product modified an d balanced to resemble human milk very of tlie preparation of milk products: 5 S mt-MOTHER BOOK-89 words
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836 1955-06-09 13 WILLIAM HICKEY - To be a good speaker you must know some jokes WILLIAM HICKEY Says the London columnist rrHEBE is one basic, essential, fundamental rule about public speaking. You must have a joke or two. It doesn't matter whether you are a surgeon talking to colleagues, a housewife describing the technique of836 words
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Article, Illustration40 1955-06-09 13 picture. AMONG the new ideas for carnival hairstyles by the German and European master-hairdresser Henry Diehm of Berlin, i s this rather abstract wig of wood shaving, which he is here seen admiring on the head of his model. PopperPopper - 40 words
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Article325 1955-06-09 13 Both sides vulnerable South dealer NORTH 4K 7 3 <?53t 0Q95 4 J75 4 WEST EAST J954 A 10 8 6 2 <?K8 9 10 7 4 0J 73 2 OK 108 6 9 8 3 46 SOUTH OAQJ963 0a A K Q 26 tf The bidding: SOUTH325 words
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134 1955-06-09 13 rr\HE manager of the London 1 Casino carried an icecream cone the length of the theatre some nights ago. It was for 10 year old Prince Richard of Gloucester. He was there with Mrs. Cedric Holland, lady -in waiting to his mother.134 words
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Miscellaneous278 1955-06-09 13 iii,. ArRn cc 2. Nautical sewing (7). CLUES ACROSS 3. Dice may be (4). 1. Puss and family? (6). 5. Tfae business done by a paa4. Run out of running water? trycook? (8). (6). 6. Some credit half taken (5). 9. Coleridge's mariner (7). 7. Sounds like a young woman278 words
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Article870 1955-06-09 14 Preparations are now being made for the 1960 Olympic Games. It has not yet been decided where to hold them. Perhaps the Orient will be favoured for the first time. Just what chance has Japan in he f By LESLIE NAKASIIIMA i\r\\ irill make *f*i »>"' f<ir thr870 words
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Article51 1955-06-09 14 King Kong w iU mee t 5421b Indian wrestler Gora Singh on Wn M day A nlßht at the Great world Arena, Singapore He be^Kong two years 9 ago in k Tl i kc ts at $5 3 an <l $2 may be booked at51 words
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Article31 1955-06-09 14 Telok Kur;iu English School m Singapore, will hold their 22nd UUMUU athletic sports on June 30 conmtodni at 3.30 pm Mr S m Alhertou wUI give away the pr£*31 words
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Article, Illustration35 1955-06-09 14 picture. NICKY GARGANO of London, the Empire welterweight champion, won the European title recently. He is here beating West German champion Gunter Hcidemann in the semifinal of the European Championships. Paul PopperPaul Popper - 35 words
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Article345 1955-06-09 14 CONNIE RYAN - CONNIE RYAN By vy ALKER SMITH, Carmine Tillelli, Leonardo Liotta have you ever heard of any of them. If not, it's probably for the same reason you do not recognise Giuseppe Berardinelli, Kocco Marchegiano or Thomas Barbello. They jye all fighters who changed names. Smith is Sugar345 words
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Article98 1955-06-09 14 Many of the old-time nicknames were dropped because it was too easy for sportswriters to have fun with the names if the occasion permitted. A fighter billed as "Battling Brown" would have to battle indeed, or be the butt of jokes about "non-battling Brown" or see remarksUP. - 98 words
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Article71 1955-06-09 14 A PROFESSIONAL golf tournament carrying prize money of $80,000 over the next five years has been announced in Australia. Sponsored by Pelaco Ltd., it will be worth $16,000 each year, with a first prize of $7,000. The tournament will rotate between capital cities, and will start71 words
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Advertisement85 1955-06-09 14 IsiINDARD TEN Iglßr I A BRILLIANT, HANDSOMKLY STYLED f 10 H. P. SALOON BY STANDARD I 5 Offering Comfort, Performance I a/icf rea/ Economy 5 The Standard Ten i, a model of economy combined w.»h »h c luiury and comfort usually associated with mud, larger car,. The lively 948 c.c85 words
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Article406 1955-06-09 15 Damp pitch will favour England ENGLAND S cricket selectors yesterday called on Tony Lock to join England's players at Nottingham for the first Test match against South Africa which starts today at Trent Bridge. The Surrey spin bowler, who is the season's leading wicket taker,Reuter - 406 words
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Article90 1955-06-09 15 The following cricketers will represent the Federation Police a-ninst the Colony police on the Police Depot Ground Gurney Road, on Saturday and Sunday June 11 and 12:— ~ITw K McNamara (Sel. capt.), C.S.K. Bovell (Sel), P.A.S. Caldwell (Malacca), Khoo Bin Kheng iSel.). P. G. De Silva90 words
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Article46 1955-06-09 15 The touring English P. A. eleven, drew 2-2 with Curacao after being one down at half-time In their match last night. The P. A. side lead 2-1 in the second half but a penalty 10 minutes from the end enabled Curacao (o draw. ReuterReuter - 46 words
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Article224 1955-06-09 15 \|ILWAUKEE Braves moved into iU third place in the U.S. National League baseball standings last night by trouncing New York Giants 13-4. First-place Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs, second, continued to hold their leads. The Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs 4-0, while the Cubs, stillA.P. - 224 words
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Article47 1955-06-09 15 Gordon Pirie, the British distance runner, won a mile race last night in 4 min. 6 sec. on a rain affected track at Motspur Park. Pirie, running for the Amateur Athletic Association against London University, won by 25 yards from University champion John Evans. ReuterReuter - 47 words
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Article136 1955-06-09 15 IiAX FAULKNER, 1951 iTI British Open champion, yesterday flashed back into the limelight m the Daks £2,000 72 holes golf tournament at Sunningdale, Berkshire, with a record equalling 65 for the first 18 holes. Faulkner, who has not won an important tournament for two years, was playingReuter - 136 words
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Article, Illustration52 1955-06-09 15 picture. Now that Maureen Connolly has retired the tennis public is on the lookout for new talent from overseas. A new face at Wimbledon this year will be Darlene Hard of California. Third-seeded in the recent French championships she shared two titles —women's doubles and mixed doubles.Paul Popper - 52 words
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Article88 1955-06-09 15 ]%f RS. Daisy Pranks, a Croydon (London) housewife, .set a women's world cycling record at Heme Hill last night when she clocked 15 min. 37.4 sec. for ten kilometres. Previous best was I 5 mm 58 sec. set by another British housewife, Mrs. K. Hawkins,88 words
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Article378 1955-06-09 15 Bright cricket despite rain HEAVY rain took its toll in the English county cricket championship programme yesterday. Only one match, between Hampshire and Essex at Southampton, completely escaped the elements. Rain prevented any play at all in two matches, curtailed play in four more, and caused a late start inReuter - 378 words
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Article407 1955-06-09 15 YV- SCHNEIDER of GerT? many, on a German B.M.W. won the international side car T.T. after compatriot W. Noll, the world champion. had crashed when leading only five and a half miles from the finish at Douglas, Isle ~>f Man, yesterday. Schneider covered the nine laps407 words
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Article838 1955-06-09 16 Best on track [\INNA FORGET II (Jones) and I'arwaaz, i pair of Class 2 sprinters u the Daniels stable, locked the fastest time m the training track at tukit Timah tliis mornnf. Breaking lrum the half mile, h"v made a race of it over .he last838 words
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