The Singapore Free Press, 21 June 1955

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    Masthead
    20 1 The Singappore Free Press igrge-l Afternoon Sale m Malaja Nt 1 1 Singapore. Tues., Jane 21, 1955. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon 'Duke spending too much time in May fair with a blonde'
    395 1 'Duke spending too much time in May fair with a blonde' rpHE lively young Duke of Kent, who is currently A squiring a blonde actress, was attacked and defended m the British press yesterday with a bluntness seldom applied to a royal Duke since Edward VIII abdicated. Lord Beaverbrook's Express
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    Lock icon PERMISSION? WE DIDN'T NEED IT SAYS HOAD
    187 1 PERMISSION? WE DIDN'T NEED IT SAYS HOAD LEWIS HOAD and his wife hi Id their first press conat Wimbledon yesterday ai I said (1) they did not ask Sir Norman Brooke's permission to get married; (2) if he must, Lew will pay his s xpenses to Wimbledon next year, and
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    NEW PORT PEACE BID IS 'FAMILY AFFAIR'
    259 1 Staff themselves make neve STAFF of the Singapore Harbour Board are themselves making a new approach to bring about an amicable settlement of the 53-day-old staff They are treating it as a family affair." Those taking part m the Element move are th
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    Back-to-work call in London mgrows
    113 1 Back-to-work call in London m grows HOPES of a settlement of the British national dock strike rose again yesterday following a protest by London stevedores against its continuation into a fifth week. Restless strikers massing outside idle East End docks sent a deputation to their union headquarters threatening to return
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    END TENSION: MOLOTOV CALL
    277 1 He urges plan at CIV. THE Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. M. Molotov, wants the tenth anniversary meeting of the United Nations now being held m San Francisco to pass a resolution which will relax world tensions and ban atomic weapons, say reliable sources. Mr. Molotov proposed
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    RUBBER FIRM
    28 1 The Singapore rubber market opened, this morning on a Arm note with first grade, July shipment, at $1.08. alb., one-eighth of a cent above yesterday's closing.
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    Lock icon SIDON SALVAGE BID FAILS
    56 1 SALVAGE ships yesterday failed to raise the sunken British submarine Sidon from the bottom of Portland Harbour because lifting wires became fouled. The work will go on today. The Sidon went to the bottom with 13 men following the explosion of a practice torpedo m the
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    CAR BURNED
    25 1 A Chinese contractor's car was burnt outside his house m Tiong Bahru, Singapore, on Sunday night. He reported it to the police yesterday.
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    Lock icon 'Listen to Asia's cry of sorrow'
    141 2 M WJ*UROP_ I_ a .< i erj ol on a rpj us to construct etter uorld Tiiis notii utt< r«(j m 1 ;<,r< rday by 'i; long ('ouv, cuu. .S;iik">n unl Ity professor and Vietnam! <i h gate, at the fourth conference ol peace
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    Lock icon HOW SEATO CAN ATTRACT OTHERS -Finance Minister
    85 2 HOW SEATO CAN ATTRACT OTHERS -Finance Minister SKATO collaboration must show concrete results to Attract other free nations of the South -Bast Asia region into a wider system of collective security the Pakistan Finance Mini ter. Mr. Chaudri Mohammed Ali said m Karachi yesterday. The Minister was addressing the opening
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    Lock icon Argentine Navy loyal to Peron
    268 2 THINGS HACK TO NORMAL IN BUENOS AIRES NOW A COMBINED forces' commJnique issued m Buenos Aires yesterday stated that the Argentine Navy was completely loyal except for the few who took part m last wok's attempted coup against President Juan Pi ron'i Government. It announced
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    'Coleman and his time'
    50 2 A lantern-lecture on "Coleman and his time" will be given this evening by Mr. T. H H. Hancock, a senior PWD official at a "get-together" of the Friends of Singapore. The talk will take place at the house of Mr. T W. Ong at 6.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon Templer in Canada
    23 2 General Sir Gerald Templer arrived m Ottawa from Britain by air yesterday to begin a sixday visit to Canada. A.P.
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    Lock icon HOA HAO LOSE BIG BATTLE
    414 2 Knife-wielding women join fight against Diem 1 But Ba Cut has escaped again /'Kill Hoa Hao sect women warriors have joined the blood y battles against Premier Ngo Dinh Diem s national army for the first time, it was learned m Saigon yesterday. National army
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    JOB-SWITCH FOB NEW CITY PRESIDENT
    113 2 JOB-SWITCH FOB NEW CITY PRESIDENT ARRANGEMENTS wa understood to be m prolor a reshuffling ol njoi port m the Becreta- tfi enable the acting Deputy Chlei Secretary. Mr. X Middleton-Smith, to take the po t of Deputy President o! the Singapore City Council aa scon as possible. When Mr. Middletonlith
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    45 2 Mr. and Mrs. Francis Tan Teng Chye who were married at the Straits Chinese Methodist Church. Kampong Kapor. Singapore. The. bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wee Eng Yong; the bridegroom is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Ghee Tee.
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    RUSSIANS KILLED 800 PRISONERS IN ONE RIOT
    366 2 RUSSIANS KILLED 800 PRISONERS IN ONE RIOT AT least 800 men and women prisoners were report- o killed m 1953 riots that broke out at a Communist camp m the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic when the Russians tried to segregate the sexes. The rioting spread to camps near the Russian
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    SAFETY POSTER PRIZE WINNERS
    224 2 I>RIZES will be presented to safety first poster competition winners at the opening ol the weeklong exhibition bem^ held at the Victoria Memorial Hall today at 5.15 m conjunction with Singapore's mad safety week. All the entries will be on show. Following are the prize-win new
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      36 2 I^_».»ni Wi-r 1 c_a V r_*_l_ ___V*VTI vi e*\ m mm. tfinmn^a Wr^ema vl\l I I jj ___L^___is_m__m w^~^^^ The weekly Issu,- 4»f the STKAITS BUDGET ran he > j $24.00 I OK SIX MONTHS > > PHONE: :!«00
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    Lock icon Red-headed Rhonda says—they filmed me in the nude
    340 3 Red-headed Rhonda says they filmed me in the nude A TRANS ATLANTIC squabble over nudity broke out yesterday between shapely Rhonda Fleming and Italian filmmakers. Rhonda touched off a fire as bright as her own red hair when an interview she gave to reporter James Bacon m Hollywood hit the
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    Lock icon U.N. urged to help Asia with food problems
    129 3 C'EYLON'B Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr. J.R. Jayawardene, yesterday urged the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation fP.A.O.) to help the coun<>f Asia and the Far East enjoy the benefits of the advances made by the West. He was opening a
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    Lock icon Bombers fly-past
    28 3 Three B-36 bombers will fly nonstop from the Philippines; to Siam and return on June 24 to take part m the Siamese National Day celebrations A.P.
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    Lock icon Tear-gas attack toils jail mutiny
    89 3 A BRIEF mutiny among the xl KO prisoners of the civi•nson of Casablanca was I red on Sunday by guards sing tear gas, authorities rePorted yesterday the transfer of some rs to different cells two were beaten. Prisoners! remaining m their cells beat upon the
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    Lock icon 30 INJURED IN TORNADO
    55 3 l *o minutes yesterday a tornado caved m the roof of three storey hospital m Manitoba and smashed the :1 s hish school and several shops and homes. lar none of the 400 residents of the town >0 miles »f Winnipeg, have been reported killed but
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    Lock icon LOVE-HUNGRY WOMAN KILLS JILTING LOVER
    239 3 A LOVE-HUNGRY model confessed yesterday that she killed one of her two lovers when he tried to break away from her and woo a woman all his own. Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old ash blonde divorcee, calmly told a London court she chased racing driver David
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    Lock icon Millions wash off eclipse 'untidiness'
    78 3 MILLIONS of Hindus throughout India yesterday had a dip m the sacred River Ganges and holy tanks to rid I themselves of the 'spiritual untidiness" believed to follow a solar eclipse. According to Hindu scriptures the eclipse occurred when the mythological demon 'Rahu" temporarily swallowed
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    Lock icon TERRORIST BOSS AND GANG OF 8 SURRENDER
    159 3 ONE of the most notorious Mau Mau leaders, selfstyled Lieut-Gen. NgT6 Oaru. yesterday marched Into a police operations room at Embu township. 40 miles from Nairobi, and gave himself up. Eight of his gang surrendered with him. Ngre Garu is the first Mau
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    Lock icon Work halted
    29 3 I Striking members of the i Transport Workers Union yesi! terday halted all work at the free port of Gothenburg. Swei den's big west coast port. Reuter
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  • The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY June 21, 1955.
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      Opinion No concert hall
      272 4 Opinion No concert hall rrHE United Slates state Department must ie glad indeed that it decided to sponsor the trip the "Symphony of the Air" orchestra is making to the Far East and South and South- 1 East Asia. r« ople m the places visited by this orchestra, formerly the
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    MOSCOW LINKED TO FIVE SEAS
    226 4 MOSCOW LINKED TO FIVE SEAS NO one m England is even 100 miles away from the **ea: Moscow is over four hundred miles from it. Yet sea -going ships now make the long inland journey to Moscow as eaily as British ships steam the mere 35 miles inland to Manchester
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    DIVORCE instead of SUICIDE
    661 4 DIVORCE instead of SUICIDE T.VOHR A tells about India's new social revolution a REMARKABLE social A n volution, whoso main author is Mr Jatharlal M hru, has been brought about by the passage of a Bill granting the ri^ht of divorce 40 the Hindu wife. How urgent Is thr need
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    HE MIGHT BE INFLUENCED
    68 4 PHILLIPPE Erlanger, French historian and Foreign Office delegate to the Cannes Film Festival, has just had a shock. Mr. Erlanger is author of a gifted work on "Diana of Poitiers". Hearing at Cannes that a Hollywood producer was going to make a superepic about Diana, one
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    NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS
    662 5 toother new feature for FREE IMIESS readers •••dU jlic news from round about SINGAPORE rr .-iris' section of the 600--1 member Bukit Panjang yout h Club is m need of volunteer teachers to Jake -day evening classes m sh. c these classes are m nroaress officials
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    MR. LIM, 62, DIVES FROM 35 FT.
    112 5 A JK. Lim Hong Hee, 62--year-old member of the Singapore Chinese Swimming lub, is probably the oldest man m .Malaya to do regular diving from the 10--metre board. He is executing uraeefal swallow dive. As a young man. Mr. Lim told the Free
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    21 5 Susila Ponnusaniy (centre). bir t h tlay with Prindptl of the Princess Elizabeth School. ™^t\™*J_V friends at Fuyeng Estate, Bukit limatt
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    Tony, 11, chooses a pastime that is different
    226 5 Tony, 11, chooses a pastime that is different IjiLEVEN YEAR OLD J Tony Chan Fee Hon of Lim Liak Street, Tion* Bahru, a Primary IV pupil i at Gan Eng Seng School, has a pastime different from other boys. He makes miniature dish gardens. Tony says he chose this hobby
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      172 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davi NOW, WHERE OIDTHE If~UP THERE, L OUCH! J AND HERE IT V- _fi&* 'TOUWST'LEAVE THE SOMEPLACE. \*b!L HARD AND COLO <T^ T fl -x SOMETHING rou 7 Cos* Iff X 1 LIKE METAL --B-T J t&'j_____\_s\ /\k7t\ --T»i i Qt\ COULDN'T SEE j
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      763 6 I YOUR LUCKY! j STAR I I IgORN today, you have H I v and u k mind t A lou usually can come to ade cision instantly, once all ttL i X df ce is m Tl»is ability t I think on your feet" should J I serve you
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  • Hound the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      224 7 LONDON. June 20. Previous Today o IMI c.i.f. European 31 nora. %l% buyers rI Une »N filers ,v \o 1 KSS c.i.f. European 31 buyers ll* buyers I:l ''V laiv 31 U sellers 31 sellers J'nnii N'»- 1 ss s P° l 33 4 buyers 33 4
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      New York prices
      106 7 NEW YORK, June 20. Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 94.50 nom. 94.25 nom. TIN futures June 92.65 bid 93.25 bid a 94.25 asked 94.00 asked July 92.40 bid 92.75 bid 93.90 asked 93.25 asked Aug. 92.15 bid 91.50 bid 92.65 asked 92.00 asked TONE: Steady
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      U.S. PEPPER
      57 7 Spot Malabar was quoted at 51 l Awaiting release 51. Afloats 50 1 to 30 June shipment 50. Sarawak spot 49. Awaiting release 484.1 Above prices quoted Afloats 47>j to 45 June shipment 44*. Latnpong spot 51». Awaiting release 51. Afloats 50 Vi to 49. June shipment 49,
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      32 7 NEW YORK. June 20. Previous Today N Industrials 444.08 444.38 ■M Railroads 161.16 160.70 M Domestic Bonds 99.76 99.71 IS Itilities 64.22 64.37 64 stocks Composite Average 163.42 163.40
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      130 7 (nl»R\ Philippines ci.f. UK North European delivered weight per leng ton .fune July COPBA Philippines f.o.b. Manila m hulk, per long ton OPRA Straits e.i.f. UK' North European delivered weight per long ton June July July Auij. < «»< o\i r OIL crude. Straits c.U. I
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    Dog judge wanted
    38 7 The Malayan Kennel Association is looking for a qualified judge of dog shows. Any one with experience of judging at recognised shows overseas is asked to write to the secretary, P.O. Box 559, Kuala Lumpur.
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    For Ulu Langat
    22 7 Mr. P. K. Gopalan of the P.W.D. Johore Bahru has been transferred to Ulu Langat. Selangor. as Waterworks Superintendent.
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    $20,280 flag day
    19 7 Tho British Red Cros.s flae: day m Singapore on May 7 realised a total of $20,280.
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    Lock icon COLONY WEDDING
    44 7 MR AND MRS. Johnnie Ans after their marriage at the Church of St. Peter and St Paul, Singapore. The bride was the former Miss Mary Teo. A reception was later held at the Starlipht Room of the Singapore Hotel.- Free Press picture
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    Roman VIP is found in one-ton coffin
    316 7 IT WAS SURROUNDED BY WALL OE FLINT A COMPLETE skeleton of a Roman YIP has been unearthed near the old city of Verulamium at St. Albans. It lies m a 7ft.-long coffin of lead and stone and is well preserved. The eoflin, weighing
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    SULTAN BACK IN AUGUST
    55 7 mm: Sultan of Johore is expected back m Johore Bahru sometime m August. On Sept. 17. he will be 82 and week-long festivities will begin that day to celebrate the sixtieth year of his reign. This year is also the hundredth anniversary of Johore Bahru a.s
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    GRABS $22,000 GEMS FROM HOTEL ROOM
    295 8 Ualmosl thief m London know where to go HNXoI London's eleven I and calmest cro*a U Kei >n hotH with a kfl. ton key. picked up Jewellery worm and then wXd out unnoticed. The thief was sow, formed he had no need to disturb
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    Ghosts? Not if it rains
    169 8 Ghosts? Not if it rains I>OLTEROEZBTB' have b blamed u>r more than eight centuries lor throwing .>. tnd sucers and moving furniture and now Mr. U Lambert, president of the British Society for P.sychical Research, has given his explanation flood water In the .society's journal thr president gives f>4 cases
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    Chars' increase
    41 8 Fourteen thousand women cleaners m Government offices have had a pay rise of 2d. an hour to 2s. 6 3 4 d. an hour m London, a little less elsewhere. Cost to the exchequer: an »xtra £182.000 a year.
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    Short cuts out
    20 8 Czech' State-controlled hairdressers are to get courses on longer hair styles instead of the present short cuts
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    MONSTER' LEFT £109,000
    167 8 A HERMIT a judge once called "this monster" Who died, aped 68, Ln Septembei 1953 left 4:109,498. Richard Russell Ackemley left all his fortune on trust to his Bister, Miss Alice Ackemley, of Harrogate Yorkshire) tor life and then to the National Trust. Ackemley, a wool merchant,
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    Neglected wife may nag, says judge
    227 8 Neglected wife may nag, says judge CtAN a husband complain ol j nagging if he neglects his wife? Lord Justice Singleton has answered that question m the British Court of Appeal. "There is an increasing frequency of allegations of nagging m divorce cases brought on the ground of cruelty," he
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    IRON RECORD
    24 8 Britain's iron foundries produced 1,018,000 tons of iron castings m the first quarter of 1955—2 per cent, more than the previous record.
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    51 8 MAX TELLING, now M who was one of the greatest of the "human flies" m .his youth, performing daring feats m climbing walls and chimneys m Germany, France, London and New York. He is now writing his memoirs, "30 Years Up the Walls," on the roof-top of his home m
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    ELECTRIC SEA-SHOCK TO REPLACE FISH NETS
    191 8 SECRET experiments m fishing by electric waves are being carried out m the North Sea, and results have been so good that ordinary trawling may soon become obsolete, catches become heavier and fish be cheaper for the housewife. This development could be the biggest
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    —and electric kippers too
    114 8 and electric kippers too THE "quick kipper" cured by bombardment with electrically charged smoke will soon be reaching the breakfast table. At the Torry Research Station, Aberdeen, scientists have succeeded m reducing kipper curing from a hour job to 90 minutes and giving the kipper a fresher and better taste
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    Lock icon AUDREY HEPBURN IN MADRID
    41 8 The European travels of lim star Audrey Hepburn 5 and husband Mcl Ferrer conrt'nue and have taken them I Madrid. Wide-eyed Audrey is here seen photographed on her arrival Behind is seen hus- md Me! Popper photo.
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    Hover service postponed
    43 8 British European Airways has postponed its experimental helicopter service, planned to start last Monday between the South Bank and London A'iport. M There has been trouble wita silencers and trials showed insufficient hndmg space naa been allocated on the Soutn
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    DOPE DOCTOR Whispers in bar lead to jail
    499 9 DOPE DOCTOR Whispers in bar lead to jail DR. ADAM CLARK, brilliant Harley-street specialist, named up with a gang of greyhound dopers. And lreatened the nation-wide security of dog-racing. He recommended to the gang new, rare drug which I not leave traces for any veterinary inspection. He supthem with pills
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    LONG-HAIR (FOR A BET) BOY GETS SACK
    186 9 LONG-HAIR (FOR A BET) BOY GETS SACK A YOUTH training to be a research chemist has said that one of Britain's biggest industrial firms sacked him because he would not get his hair cut. The youth, Cyril Barker, of Beaufort-street, Derby, is 17. He said: "Four months ago some of
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    DISTRACTION FOR PATIENTS
    37 9 A stuffed alligator, .< aakes m Dottles and an armadillo are among furnishings provided oy. Suffolk doctors m their v aiting-room, says a Health Executive report. It lists them under the beading "distraction f6r patients/*
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    Road safety, not crime, becomes biggest problem
    263 9 Road safety, not crime, becomes biggest problem I>OAD safety, not crime is becoming the big- gest problem for London police. Last year, w nile road casualties rose 9i per cent., there a further drop m indictable offences. Specific reasons for the increase m road tiei are hard to find, says
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    Lock icon What's going on up there?
    86 9 picture. Listening to a conversation between a doctor (Frank Vil- i lard) and stockbroker (Paul p e ri) can be very interest- I ing if they keep to business but hardly the type of con- v versation to interest three indiscreet misses who hide S
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    THAT shopman thought 'King Clark was mad!
    859 10  -  HAROLD HEFFERNAN WHEN HE ASKED FOR 'A TRIP TO CANTON' by IPiAVE it to an Old and observant world traveller like Clark Gable to come up with a simple, workable recipe for forcomlng a journeyman linguist. Oable began tn., meander Ings as member
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    Big money if Brando plays this part
    61 10 A MAJOR Hollywood studio is offering Marlon Brando everything but the back lot to play the lead In Tea And Sympathy" if and when the industry's officials Klve its toned down version a light. He would do the part David ue played n
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    28 10 ,0 Xi U Pil Uppril,,TSS k wn—m actress Ann,. lUxter ~t» prefrri straight twing l() cheesecake ;u >d lik«s lo do h r pictures her way like this.
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    FLICKS to FLINGS
    37 10 BUDDY BAER. enormous expugillst turned actor, explained m a radio interview that the reason he was acting m pictures was to learn enough about the thesplc art so he can become a professional wrestler.
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    More people flock to see U.S. films
    86 10 More people flock to see U.S. films MOTION PICTURES made by Hollywood companies are winning Asian audiences m growing numbers from Tokyo to Bombay, according to Robert Hardy Andrews, author and film scenarist. Mr. Andrews returned to the U.S. recently from a fact-finding tour to Tokyo, Hong Kong. Bangkok, Rangoon,
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    KIM'S A 'CARROT-TOP' NOW
    46 10 THAT delightful blonde comedienne, Kirn Novak, of "Pffft" and other films, is no longer a blonde. She's a carrot-top, for her role m "Picnic" m which she makes a play for William Holden against a lot of experienced competitors, including Rosalind Russell.
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    MINK comes to Singapore
    355 12  - MINK comes to Singapore ADELAIDE EASTLEY l by Mllllllll FASHION CONSCIOUS Singapore ladies may .iv thai crarini for nk In this definitely n-mink climate ot ours they scout around tho irlei ihops. Ulable no.v uit of cocktail and r wns ornainentrith bands of the pre- stiff! that makes women drool
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    54 12 picture. JILL GIVES IT GLAMOUR. It's smart because it's simple. bttl v\ In ii worn h> attractive British film actress Jill Adams this dared skirl ol peaceck Mac felt has a touch of glamour .(l)out il too. Thr only trimming is the tiny hlack bobble braid lining tin- edge »f
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    The WOMAN'S page
    276 12 imitation ermine is mouthwatering material and at several feet away can't be distinguished from the stuff with which princesses adorn themselves. r PWO shops, one at Raffles 1 Place and another at High Street, are featuring smart new cutlettes— or pedal pusners if you prefer m Hawaiian
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    WIVES MAKE HUSBANDS FAT
    159 12 PUT temptation m front of any man and he's apt to accept it," says American Elmer Wheeler, and he blames wives for making their husbands fat. Elmer Wheeler was a fat boy himself. He weighed 2301 b. till he worked out a diet that took off
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      234 12 DAILY CROSSWORD lAn inlet with nothing m khs I 111 H I I I I I lj 1 1 111 ______J T___ri Lw_J HI HH HaH __H I __l ___l _HI ___l ii I Mn. we.it tier predictlnn erntng the Yuletlde iea- x> I I i I 4) ***** 11
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    They even honour the game with the last post'
    539 13 They even honour the game with the last post' Says NORMAN LINDHURST /•rHMANY, where game i mints as a valuable B providing sportswit h one of the most ntiful •crops" ever. Germans (with substia justification) believe stem of hunting is one tne best ever devised. technology" is becomm fact, a
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    53 13 picture. >>' EVEN though it looks like som c strange marine growth, Kino, the reindeer from Norway, is proud of his "head- > work"— the new set of velvet-clad antlers he is growing S at the London Zoo. As yet, the antlers are only at half- growth; when complete, they
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    Bridge Hand
    371 13 Ncrth-South vulnerable Ntrtb dealer The bidding: 1 Pass 1 0 Pms 1 4 Pass 1 N.T. Pass 2 N.T. Pass 3 N.T. All pass TOWARD the end of a deal, bridge player may think very range i position whereby 2 force a opponent to make JQ that uill
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    Miss Sweden prefers to ACT-not SHOW her figure
    221 13 ANITA EKBURG is probably the only girl m Hollywood who jumped for joy on being told that m her first film role she would be comoletely unrecognisable. "Now," said the blonde Swedish beauty, "I will be able to show that I can
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    You can pierce that 'curtain' by phone
    243 13 You can pierce that 'curtain' by phone Uf ES T GERMANY is installing on a na-tion-wide scale a longdistance and inter-city dial telephone system. From a 'phone m any major West German city it is now possible to dial direct to a number m another city. West Berlin, surrounded by
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    Lock icon It promises to be the greatest post-war golf championship
    354 14 WWT' 3___ I I f l i lA'Jilli-mi FnjRTHER PKOOI THE llic;il ESTEEM IN WHICH THE BRITISH OPKN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP IS HELD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IS FORTHCOMING WITH THE ENTRY OF 67 "FOREIGN" PLAYERS The championship takes place over the famous
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    Lock icon HIGHVOLTAGEWINS DELAWARE OAKS
    49 14 HIGH Voltage, the champion filly, came from behind to beat Hen Party by a neck m the Delaware I Oaks at Delaware Park on Sunday, m the mile and furlong race. Eddie Arcaro rode High Voltage home m 1.50 3/5. to win the 'U5535,000 prize. A.P.
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    NOTTS FOREST ARE MAKING A BIG CLEAR-OUT
    357 14 NOTTS FOREST ARE MAKING A BIG CLEAR-OUT BY ALL-ROINUFR /IHB making the biggest clear-out of player* m the Uftgac I this summer is Notts Forest. On the transfer list are llirrv Walker the goalkeeper who won a Cup Final medal witk Portsmouth m ItM. Hugh McLaren, winger signed only recently
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    79 14 HAROLD Connolly a Boston University graduate student, with a withered left arm on Saturday won the New England A.A.V. championship with a throw of 201 ft. slUn.5 l Un. m the 16--pound hammer event. The recognised American record is 195 ft. 3* s in. He is
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    140 14 Selangor's bundle of muscle I f|NE of Selangor's hopes for tvf the "Mr. Malaya con- test is 21-year-old Herman Goh. H e is one of the 14 J competitors taking part m the first 1955 weighlifting championships and the "Mr. J Malaya" competition sponf sored by the Malayan Amat teur
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    204 14 PERHAPS one of the greatest "jumpers" ever known is recalled by the giving up by his daughter at Dudley ot "Albion Inn" left to her by her father "Joe" Darby who died m 1937. Darby specialised m jumping. With one forward spring he cleared
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    SURREY CRASH: Trueman (3-18) Cowan (4-6)
    604 15 SURREY CRASH: Trueman (3-18) Cowan (4-6) GALLANT TREMLETT SAVES MIDDLESEX THE CLASH BETWEEN THE COUNT. CRICKET (H \M PIONSHIP LEADERS AT HEADINGLEY YESTERDAY WAS PACKED WITH DRAMA AND EXCITEMENT FIRST CAME wii^J?^_,w?, 1 R STLBBOKNESS OF LEFTHANDED VIC Q WH t HIT A SIX ANI) FIVE rOVU IN HIS INVALI
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    271 15 A TEARFUL HOGAN SAYS: I'M THROUGH BEN HOGAN "MR. GOLF" BROKE DOWN IN TEARS IN SAN FRANCISCO \FTER BEING BEATEN BY A YOUNG ADMIRER IN THE WIERICAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP ON SUNDAY AND S„D 'I AM THROUGH WITH SERIOUS COMPETITIVE GOLF." Hogan was hot favourite to win and only one stroke
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    44 15 E GUGENHEIMS Farfatch, won the Grand Steeplechase JJ Parti— tht French Grand Nalonal -here m Paris on Sunday. The same owners Bremontier was 'ond, with Irish challenger Lucky ome. owned by Mr. J. Woods and by T. Taafee. third.- Reuter
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    Lock icon 'KEEP RED CHINA OUT OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES'
    194 15 A HIGH Nationalist Chinese sporte official said m Taipeh yesterday that the sessions of the International Olympic Committee will be turned into "dirty political propaganda gatherings" if Red China was allowed to participate m the 19V Olympics at Melbourne. Gunson Hoh, chairman
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    Merridale B.P. gain 5-2 win
    116 15 Merridale Badminton Party beat Coronat B. P. by 5 games to 2, played at 355 Balestier Road on Sunday. Results (Merridale B. P. mentioned first) Singles: Swee Kee Chong beat Koh Mm Choo 15-10, 15-11; Lam Kok Meng beat Elliot Chua 12-15, 15-12. 15-0; Sng
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    SPOON SHOOT
    22 15 The Singapore Rifle Association will hold a Spoon Shoot at Bukit Timah Range on Sunday, June 26 from 8.15 a.m.
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    ENTRIES FOR BOYS CLUBS BOXING
    300 15 JiORTY-\iNE entries have been' accepted foi the Federation of Clubs inter-club boxing cham- r thi Davies Challenge I to be h^ld at the. Singapore i «J stadium on Thursday. •emi-Hnata will be held on d the finals on Saturday. c DroKrammes for the first two
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    Lock icon Brad man sounds a warning
    156 15 _Q I R Donald Bradman j i kj said m Adelaide that E though Australia should be glad by their well-me- I rited victory over West j Indies m the cricket se- ries just ended, they are l likely to encounter much stiffer opposition m
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    261 15 S.A. will not be happy against Titmus FREDDIE TTTMUS, 22-year-old rightarm oflbreak bowler and right hand batsman, i.s the only newcomer to Test cricket m the team named on Sunday. He replaces the injured Appleyard. This ls the only change from the side which easily i beat South Africa m
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    293 15 A DASHING, CAVALIER INNINGS BY ROY MCLEAN AND A STEADY SHEET ANCHOR PERFORMANCE BY JACKIE MCGLEW PROVIDED TWO EXTREMES OF BATTING WHEN THE SOUTH AFRICANS FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THE SUSSEX FIRST INNINGS TOTAL OF 352 FOR SIX DECLARED AT HOVE YESTERDAY. Their fourth
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    70 15 The final of the Federation of Boys' Clubs table tennis championship for the Tan Thoon Lip Cup will be held at Queen Street Boy.s' Hostel at 7.30 tonight. The holders of the cup are Serangoon Boyo' Club. The final will be decided on three singles and
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    Pink Ticket and Native Ruler in smart trial
    252 16 Pink Ticket and Native Ruler in smart trial FASTEST GALLOP BY STORMY WIZARD (FRFfc PKKSS RA< IN<i OKKKSPONDKM uii'i MATCHED IN AN l.\ I KRLsTIM" IKY Ml I w l^BWm\T^n^^fi ft FINISH. Fastest workout was done by Stormy Wizard (Mortimer; who showed a surprising turn oi speed to clock 38
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    25 16 j i. IYPOKD of Engineering Wing, '•'ho won the shot put at the RVI Seletar athletic meet His distance was 34 ft II 1 m.
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    It was easy for champion
    95 16 IPOH, Mon Defending champion Leong Kliuen Nyean scored an easy second-round win against Cheong Kai Wong today m the men' s singles of the Ipoh V.M.C.A. open tennis championships. Results of today's ties are: Men's singles (First Round): N. Caleb beat Lim Yeow Chong 7-5.
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    Today's sport
    94 16 SOCCER LEAGCE. DIV. 1: Marine Dept. v Woodbridge H., Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m. DIV. IA: Radin Mas v S.R.C.. S.R.C. padang; DIV. 3A: Serangoon M.Y. v Bintang Bulan, at Geylang; R.E. Civilianls v Junior A.A., at Clerical Union; Dockyard v T.M.0.8.A., at CYMA ground. SERVICES LEAGUE: DIV. 1:
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    LEAGUE SOCCER ON AGAIN
    38 16 'Hie Singipore Amateur Football Associations league competition, after a week's .suspension, will be resumed today with a game between Marine Dept, and Woodbridge Hos- pita] at Jalan Besar m th e Div. 1 league.
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    102 16 French ban on motor racing to continue 8 rplIF French government E E J. announced last night W that the ban on motor 3 E ear races imposed last S week after the Le Mans E 1 E disaster which cost 82 E E lives, would remain m E force
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    61 16 LONDON, Mon— The revised order or running of races at the postponed Royal Ascot race meeting (July 12 to 15> will be: July 12: The Ascot Stipes; July 13: The Royal /lunt Cup and the Gold Cup; July 14: The Gold Vase; July 15: Wokingham Stakes.
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    SIA TENNIS MEET
    22 16 The Singapore Indian Association will hold tennis tournament for members, doubles and Angles (handicap and open), from June 25.
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    Stadium fans may have to be more polite
    251 16 c TF Singapore's soccer selectors 1 have their way, Jalan Besar fans will have to show much more respect m future for the men who represent Singapore. y l Curt injunctions, such as 6 "Bakar, shoot" will be quite out of order.
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    Little Jean's brother Gordon, provides the first upset
    307 16 WIMBLEDON ROUND-UP GORDON FORBES. 20. OF THE SOUTH AFRICA DAVIS CUP SQUAD. EMULATED THE RECENT GIANT KILLING" FEATS OF HIS 15-YEAR-OLD SISTER JEAN. TO PROVIDE THE FIRST UPSET IN THE 60TH WIMBLEDON LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS WHICH WERE BEGUN YESTERDAY. After losing the
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    THE RESULTS IN DETAIL
    239 16 Results of first round matche s ln the singles were: J. Drobny (holder. Egypt) beat R. Buser (Switzerland) 6—3, 6 l, 6—2; V. Seixas (US) beat A. Clayton. (Britain) 6—3, 6—o, 6 o; R. Hartwlg (Australia) beat R. Lee (.Britain) 6—2, 6—l, 6—2; L. Hoad (Australia)
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