The Singapore Free Press, 28 June 1955

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya 11..... Singapore, Tues., June 28,1955. Price 15 CIS.
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    DUTY HITS MANY FACTORIES
    365 1 1.500 biscuit men idle IMPORT duties imposed by the Federation Government and exchange difficulties with neighbouring countries are forcing some Singapore factories to close down and others to reduce productionMr. David Marshall, the Chief Minister, said he was looking into the problem although no representations had
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    DAWN BARRAGE STARTS ATTACK ON HOA HAO REBELS
    73 1 A HEAVY artillery barrage a\ at dawn yesterday m the "Seven Mountains" area on the South Vietnam-Cambodia border heralded the start of a general offensive by the National Army of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem against the Hoa Hao rebel forces. Very heavy
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    Lock icon BULLETPROOF CAR FOR MAO
    60 1 A WEST BERLIN newspaper said yesterday that East Germany is constructing a luxurious armoured railroad car as a gift for Mao Tze-tung, President of Red China. Der Abend said the gift from East German President Wilhelm Pieck will be equipped with bullet-proof glass, two bedrooms, a
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    Lock icon WORKERS FOR BORNEO FROM NEARBY AREAS
    63 1 MR. Alon Lennox-Boyd, the Colonial Secretary, said yesterday North Borneo was unlikely to be an outlet for surplus peoples because its labour and population needs could more suitably be met from adjacent territories. Mr. James Johnson, a Labour member, had asked m the House
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    Lock icon SELF-RULE PLAN
    34 1 Britain is planning to offer rprioti limited self-rule m a w effort to stem the tides of v olt rising m the Mediterranean island colony, Governnt sources said m London night.— A.P.
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    Lock icon Peace pact talks
    30 1 Rusao- Japanese peace treaty are being resumed ir n today with a deterri Japanese attempt to the standstill since the 'tiations opened nearly a nth ago.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Red war warning
    20 1 '.nan Wen-tien. Communist •ma's Vice Foreign Minister, m Peking today: "Grave Jer of another war still Reuter
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    SHOT AT MAN IN CAR
    47 1 A Chinese contractor was shot m the right arm while he was m his car Is i Jalan Eunos Singapore, at about 7.30 MJJ night He told the police four hours later. The contractor was treated as an outpatient at the hospital.
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    Call to work ignored by dockers
    86 1 Call to work ignored by dockers STRIKING dockworkers paraded through London's waterfront district yesterday and beat their former union leader's attempt to lead a "back-to-work" movement. Shouting "We will carry on until the bitter end," strike leaders claimed to have won over 200 more men m their fight for equal
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    RUBBER UP
    28 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on an uncertain tone with first grade, July shipment, at $1,164 a lb., half a cent above yesterday's close.
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    Lock icon Censorship ends
    17 1 Direct censorship on news dispatches sent abroad has been ended by the Argentine Government. A.P.
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    'Friend of Freedom'
    19 1 The? New York Times yesterday called Prime Minister U Nu of Burma "A Friend of Freedom
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    Lock icon SHIP AGROUND ON HAINAN
    70 1 TH E Canadian freighter Champlain (7,125 tons) was blown ashore yesterday on Hainan Island by a typhoon, and the British crew of about 35. stranded on the desolate coast, were waiting to be rescued, her London agents report. They said that the master, Captain Alfred Summerrield
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    Lock icon Shock for West: Tito to visit Moscow
    251 1 Shock for West: Tito to visit Moscow THE Western world was surprised last in*. it by a Belgrade announcement that Marshal Tito has accepted ixn invitation to visit Russia. The surprise was intensified by the fact that during Marshal Bulganin's visit to Belgrade, Yugoslav officials were at pains to stress
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    Lock icon EX-MALAYAN NAVY CHIEF PROMOTED
    52 1 Rear-Admiral B. I. Robertshaw. former Chief Staff Officer to the Flag Officer. Malayan Area, and later Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station, is to be Chief of Staff to the Com-mander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterranean, m succession to Vice-Admiral P. Cazalet. the Admiralty announced
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    Lock icon Strike call ignored
    28 1 Most of Casablanca's European shopkeepers yesterday ignored a call to strike m protest against alleged ill-treat-ment of Europeans detained on suspicion of counter-terrorist activities. Reuter
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    Lock icon CHICAGO GREETS MOLOTOV WITH BOOS
    180 2 CHICAGO GREETS MOLOTOV WITH BOOS Ivik Russian Foreign Mini.s ttr Mr. Molotov. and hi i.arty. PEffC booed by .spectator. Jn Chicago ye... --day The Ruas_an.. i nroute t/ thfir homeland from Urn ioti anniversary observation of the United Nation.. In Han Fran ciBCO. arrived m the North Western railroad terminal
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    Nato meeting
    13 2 The North Atlantic Council will meet In Paris on July 16.
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    New German army under civil rule
    101 2 I)EFENCE MINISTER Theodor Blank solemnly pledged to Parliament pesterday that .strong civilian controls will be clamped on West Germany's new 500.000-man army. He said, "The army will not be a .state within a state The dominance of the civilian authorities will be secured. Parliamentary
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    Lock icon BIG RED BUILD-UP IN N. KOREA, SAY ESCAPED PILOTS
    211 2 RUSSIA and China are vicing for control of North Korea m their build-up of the R .d Korean air force m violation of the Korean armistice agreement, according to two Communist pilots who flew to freedom last week. The North Korean
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    Chick' plan must await Fed. polls
    451 2 'Chick' plan must await Fed. polls >S I^IIK major rc«ominenda--8 1 tions ol the International liank MbfWa I** cl hv Sir Louis luck to .Malaya lo raise taxes, s. t up an indus- trial credit institution and examine the chances of getv ting external aid. which have to be tackled
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    R.A.F. CHIEFS IN MIDDLE EAST MEET
    82 2 A three-day conterence of Royal Air Force commanders called by Air Marshal Sir Claude Pelly. Commander-in-Chief. Middle East Air Forces, began m Nicosia yesterday. Air officers commanding the Levant (formerly Iraq), Aden, Canal Zone and Cyprus are attending the meeting. On the agenda are
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    Lock icon Ultimatum by US steel workers
    40 2 The United Steelworkers Union wage policy committee yesterday authorised the Union i president to call a strike at midnight on Thursday if no wage agreement is reached I with the American *tp_i <-._ I dustry. A.P.
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    Lock icon MORE TALKS TODAY FOR VISITING ADMIRALS
    73 2 MORE TALKS TODAY FOR VISITING ADMIRALS THE chiefs of staff of the Australian and New Zealand navies today continue their round of visits and discussions m Singapore. Picture above shows ViceAdminal R. R. Howling of the R.A.N, (left) arriving at Phoenix Park yesterday for talks with the C-in-C, Far East
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    'RESIGN' CALL IN COMMONS
    36 2 CjOCIAUSTS shouted "resign" when Sir Anthony Eden's new S__________ se r a d throu h Parliamentary vol. toda. martin n wTh, ma,or ly _S_ just over MVaSSS t_rttt*SsSr ,t Utledted VOte tradition
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    Lock icon NO TO MALAYA REDS THE BEST ANSWER-U.S.
    97 2 rpHE Washington Star said X yesterday that Britain had done the right thing m rejecting Communist proposals for "peace negotiations*' m Malaya. The paper noted that some Malayan politicians apparently favoured a deal with the terrorist forces. It warned: "The situation calls for
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    Lock icon 'I an so healthy'
    36 2 'I am so healthy' Helen Keller, who has been deaf and blind for all but a few months of her life, observed her 75th birthday yesterday at Easton (Connecticut) rejoicing that "I am so healthy. U.P.
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    PARTY SPLIT THREATENS MR. SEGNI
    116 2 PARTY SPLIT THREATENS MR. SEGNI A CHRISTIAN Democratic Party split which led to the fall of Premier Mario Scelba threatened last night to spoil Mr. Antonio SegniV chances of iormtng a new coalition government. Only 24 hours after he agreed to try to end Italy's political crisis. Mr. Segni rani
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    Lock icon LARRY MEETS OLE' SMOKY
    99 3 picture. MHIiUM-11u... .H-lIM- I MIIIIIHIMIIIIII. Harmonica player Larry \dler poses besides "Ole I Smoky," a 20-year-old car wilh four helpers from the Singapore Anti- j Tuberculosis Association 5 outside a theatre after he j had made an appeal to Ih c audience to help i SATA
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    Lock icon Wildcat dock strike halts 120 ships
    109 3 Wildcat dock strike halts 120 ships A WILDCAT strike by 14,000 dockers blocked 120 ships a Antwerp harbour yesterday. I ..oii.strutions were held m the city. The dockers struck m pro- tst against a refusal by unemployment offices to pay b a .fits to a handful of dockho refused jobs
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    Lock icon Israeli ship seized
    30 3 An Israeli cargo ship. th. 1500-ton Bracha enroute to Haifa from Turkey, was seized m Lebanon's territorial waters on Sunday afternoon, Lebanese Customs officials announcec yesterday. A.P.
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    Lock icon THEY HOISTED FLAG, THEN DARED OFFICER
    145 3 Three Scots invade 1 castle THREE young Scottish Royalist Nationalists "Invaded" gaunty, grey Stirling C istle, headquarters of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regiment, over the week-end to hoist the Flag of Scotland on the castle I rpole. They followed this with a >
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    Lock icon Why the army recruit said No
    67 3 Jerry Shrincr, 18, of Hunjton, m Indiana, wasted i time returning the que.sonnaire to a military reing oflicer. No," Jerry answered to tion No. 1: "Are you Interested ia military service?" ••No" was the answer to Question No. 2: TO you think you are
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    Lock icon TWO BEAT MURDER CHARGE
    194 3 Fisherman tried to evade arrest A BRITISH army jflkH and a sergeant were found not guilty m I avid, m the Suez (anal /one yesterday on a charge of muri.ering an Egyptian fisherman. They are (aptain W. F. Harris and Sergeant B. Moran of the R.A.0.C.,
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    Lock icon A -bomb stockpile: Japan's OK needed
    30 3 The United States has no intention of stockpiling atomic bombs m Japan without consulting the Japanese Government, Foreign Minister Marnoru Shisemitsu said yesteruay.— U.P.
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    Lock icon HE CAUSED DEATH OF DRIVER IN RACE, TO PAY $150,000
    167 3 JEAN GAMOT, a French race car driver, yesterday m Paris was given a suspended sentence of lour months m prison for "unwillingly" provoking the death of another driver and a spectator during trials for a sports car race last year.
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    KANGAROO AT LARGE JAMS CITY TRAFFIC
    95 3 MOTHER KANGAROO broke loose from its handlers after a television appearance and went bouncing about Baltimore for an hour on Sunday. Once she cleared the hood of a car with a beautiful leap. Everywhere she went traffic was disrupted. ChiWren leaned goggle-eyed out of
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    COUNCIL MOVE TO PIPE WATER TO RURAL AREAS
    163 5 rrHE Singapore City Council will tomorrow begin to 1 ay a two-mike long main water pipeline at Changi Knid as the first step to ease the supply situation m th,. rural areas. Thus means that the 20.000 people of Kampong fjhal Chee,
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    Stay-out children banned by council
    248 5 /iMLDREX, so the Vie- i tortsni thought, should be seen and not heard. And QUITE RIGHT TOO. huts Ful ham (London) c Borough Council, who I his introduced a curfew i,,r children on its E housing estates. The council owns IS important estates and many
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    A memento for Marshall
    55 5 Mr. Van Wan-leung, deputy leader of the visiting Hong £ong trade delegation, and his colleagues yesterday presented Mr. David Marshall. Singapore's Chief Minister, '•'•ith a model of a Chinese ma souvenir of their stay m the Colony, m the 17-day exhibition, the :>ers netted $210,000 m
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    Safety week
    13 5 The Selangor Cyclists' Association is planning a Safety Week for cyclists.
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    HIT IN CRASH, DIDN'T KNOW
    96 5 \\'HILE walking home after an argument with some nds m a public house," Sta>law Felczuk was knocked a ditch by a motor-cycle lough. Bucks. thought he had been I on the back by one of friends, picked himself up nt on home. *u»> not until
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    3-D radar puts planes on the spot
    280 5 3-D radar puts planes on the spot PUBLICLY DISPLAYED IN FRANCE rrHREE-DIMENSIONAL radar— that puts enemy planes on the spot immediately— has arrived. America has already described it as a hush-hush invention. And British firms are known to be working on 3-D radar. But In France the new detector of
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    S'PORE YOUTH WINS U.S. STUDY AWARD
    56 5 S'PORE YOUTH WINS U.S. STUDY AWARD I^RIC LYE, a former pupil of a Raffles Institution bas been awarded a scholarship to Miami University, Ohio. y.S. through the International Institute of Education, to study architecture. He is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lye of Jurong Road, lie
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    To pay-or not to pay?
    48 5 rpay or not to pay? That will be the question. "Satisfaction, or your money back" is to be the policy of the County Theatre Company, a Nottingham amateur K«>up. Said an official: "We would rather refund money than risk not seeing customers again.
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    Mystery baby 'progressing'
    48 5 The seven-day-old baby girl found abandoned m an empty crate m Aljunied Road. Singapore, on Sunday, is reported to be progressing m the General Hospital The baby was found by lan Ah Kin 37-year-old wife of a bus inspector, and handed over to the police.
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    Radio talk
    34 5 The Commissioner-General Mr Malcolm Mac Donald. will broadcast from Radio Sarawak at 8 45 p.m. tonight on 353 metres m the medium waveband and on 5.05 megacycles m UM GO metre band.
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    Lock icon Young ballerinas
    112 5 These 11 young ballcri- >< nas of the Taylor Dante ti Studio. Singapore, were V successful m the rcceni I Royal Academy of Dane- s me examinations con- > ducted hy Miss Kathleen I Oliver, an official examin- S er from London. Miss tested ahout 120 pupils <
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      39 5 ...said the No-Sag Springs to the Foam Rubber "WE'RE MADE FOR EACH OTHER!" _r__V__ Vtf-. \\\_\Y »^w ...said the Foam Rubber to the No-Sag Springs "THIS UNION IS FOR LIFE AND LONGER" Sole Agents:- Cm JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD.
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      242 6 MANDRAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis i ng i row^ssTSsnra f^SSSTRSS tew yffi —A Js* WtJOTS^&K S^A^/l**?* fc2s_2bßJC_E. 0«AY f YOtJ TALKED rOMJHANC 5K TMISf^XC f KNO W.OWTO J r\_^~ *ML STEAK/ mi .toit.h >u.sia. I T/Cvj v, [v^rsTwyr use rr£> 1/ f M TARZAN by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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      767 6 YOUR LUCKY 1 STAR 4 |>ORN today, you bave good f L judgment and a clear 4 mind. You have the ability :to observe others closely anil X are a fine mimic The state X 4 might easily appeal to one of 4 X > our particular talents. Yet, your
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      New York prices
      98 7 NEW YORK, Jonp 17 Previous Today Strftlil spot and nearby 94.75 nom. 94.87 nom jin futures June 94.50 bid 94 00 nom 95.00 asked July 94.00 bid 93 00 bid 94.25 asked 94.40 asked Aug. 93.50 bid 92.00 bid 93.75 asked 92.90 asked TONE: Barely steady. SALES:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      54 7 spo| Malabar was quoted at 49V_. release 49 Afloats 49. shipment 49. Sarawak spot y ftitinf release 48. Afloats i .v_>. June shipment 44. Above prices quoted m July 43. Lampong spot Awaiting release 49 K. Ailoats 49 to 48 *A. June shipment 48V_. July 48 sellers ex-dock.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      122 7 June 27. Previous Today <T»PRA Philippines c.Lf. UK/North luropean delivered weight per !«n£ ton July/ Aug. $183 sellers $163 sellers I OPRA I hiiippines fob Manila in tmlk. per long: ton Unquoted Unquoted COPRA Straits ci.f. UK/North l.iiropoan delivered weight per k»nf ton June/July £66' i
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    38 7 < OPPer PICTURE shows U Nu, the Prime „,n, ,,n, *ter of Burma, talking with the Hon. Cochrane, *ife of Sir Archibald, former Governor of Burma, Sir Reginald Dormaii Smith, also a former Governor of Burma, and Lady Dorman-Smith.
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    Pay up in Britain for men who say 'pay up'
    414 7 THEY DO 'UNPLEASANT. DISTASTEFUL* WORK THE men who are never welcome the bailiffs were given a pay rise m Britain A recently. They got between 12s. 9d. to 28s. a week extra. This brings their minimum wage up from £6
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    39 7 JESSIE MATTHEWS acts as audience for Pat Kiikwood, performing a spirited conga at the London Palladium during rehearsals for the "Night of a 100 Stars" charity show which was held there last week m aid of the Actors' orphanage.
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    WIFE KNEW OF HER HUSBAND'S DATE...
    255 7 ...And engaged two agents THE husband had a date with a woman and made a note of it m hls diary. But his wife saw it. When he drove off his wife followed, driving another car. Two inquiry agents were with her. They followed
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    MEDICAL MEN TO FORM A NATIONAL UNION
    84 7 MEDICAL MEN TO FORM A NATIONAL UNION I FEDERATION Government medical workers are to I form a national union. The Inaugural meeting Ls to be m Kedah m October. This was one of several decisions taken by the AllMalayan Federation of Government Medical Employees at a meeting In Kuala Lumpur
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    THE MAN WHO REFUSES TO DIE NOW GETS WED
    192 8 THE MAN WHO REFUSES TO DIE NOW GETS WED 8v... four m n.hs old Harry Andtri t i n op rated three tlmei Then h* h( nt home to tile Doctor told bli moth* r •'W»- your KMEI t- wu v« ki to live i i Saturday at Bt Peter*!
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    Italy-in-England picnics in rain
    226 8 ACROSS the countryside of Berkshire the rain fell solidly. The lanes were deserted; cyclists, damp and unhappy, huddled for shelter under trees. Across the sodden fields came the sound of music 600 Italians celebrating their scampagnata annuale. They chose the day for this annual holiday because,
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    NOT HIS IDEA OF LUXURY
    55 8 The car did not turn out to DC hi! Idea Ol B luxury saloon He told Judge Bouthall at JP wich that flamea had burst the dashboard, the roof leaked, and the tyres were of odd .azes. But every time he "anted to take It
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    Next dance was a policeman's excuse me
    86 8 Next dance was a policeman's excuse me POLICE m plain clothes were "wallflowers" at a dance m the Pavilion, Bath's largest hall, last Saturday night. They lounged casually m their chairs and watched the dancers waiting for trouble. It came. Teddy boys and R.A.F. men clashed. Girls screamed. The unsuspected
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    Dog sled adventurer goes back to rush hour
    234 8 Dog sled adventurer goes back to rush hour RUSH -HOUR trains will be a strange tight to exLondon chemist Geoffrey Brookfield. After a 120-mile dog-Sled drive through the unexplored Antarctic he has returned to Britain. A 33 year-old Rover Scout he sailed into Southampton on the Falkland Islands Survey ship
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    Lock icon Balmoral, by the side of the Dee
    43 8 picture. A Deeside scene which warms the hearts of British holiday makers and thrills foreign visitors. Balmoral Castle, the royal residence, nestles m the centre amid the trees by the brink nf »h#' uinriinir Dee- Popper
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    5-ft. MAN WITH SPECS. TAMED THE TOUGH GUYS
    350 8 5-ft. MAN WITH SPECS. TAMED THE TOUGH GUYS A BESPECTACLED little man not much over sft. has helped to tame the tough boys of Kentish Town. It landed him m court recently for debt But he is now back among the boys of Grafton Athletic Club. St. Pancras, London, able
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    Hero did not live to get award
    249 8 COASTGUARD Benjamin Dobson, of Happisburgh, Norfolk, after 15 years of lonely watching over the North Sea, died ten days before the announcement that he had helped to win one of the most coveted life-saving awards. He helped two rocket teams rescue the crew
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    Hooligans smash 3,000 lamps
    40 8 More than 3.000 street lamps have been smashed In a year at Camberwell, England. Hooligans with catapults are blamed. Now the council Is asking residents to phone the police if they see the smastoers at work.
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    MOTHER WRITES TO QUEEN-MAY I GIVE BABY TO MY FRIEND
    325 9 MOTHER WRITES TO QUEEN -MAY I GIVE BABY TO MY FRIEND TIE wif** of an £8-a-week British railway wagon builder wrote to the Queen askfor the chance to give her baby to an ,an sergeant's wife. •please will you help us?" wrote Mrs liiv McDonagh from her humble home at
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    TRAP-DOOR FALL
    29 9 Mr. William Arthur Barnett, of Clennon-lane, Barton, TorQuay, fell 20 feet through an cpcn trap-door at the clifftop station" of Babbacombe's cliff railway and fractured a knee-caD.
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    The white line that they all forget
    222 9 MOTOR CYCLIST FOLLOWED IT THEN.... WINDMILL BRIDGE was an accident black spot. THAT was why the dangerous "S" bend, of which the bridge was part, was straightened. Yet when the new roadway at Uxbridge Road, Hampton Hill, Middlesex was opened no one had
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    Called to the Bar-at 63
    54 9 Sixty-three-year-old Mr. Sidney Rippon. a former Somerset cricketer, has been called to the Bar after seven years of law study. Ex-civil servant Mr. Rippon -he lives at Surbiton, Surrey —began his studies after his son, Mr. Geoff ery Rippon, Tory M.P. for Norwich South, was
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    Lock icon ROYAL GUESTS AT WINDSOR
    66 9 THERE ARE smiles from the grown-ups the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, King Hussein and Queen Dma of the Jordan on the landing of the Sovereign's Staircase at Windsor Castle but Prince Charles prefers to give a quizzical glance while Princess Anne is wideeyed. King Hussein
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    'Sheer ruthless, cruel meanness'
    43 9 -For sheer, ruthless, cruel maanness you are outstanding." said Judge Maude to Arthur Edward Brown, aged 45, of Clapton, at the Old Bailey m sentencing him to three years' jail for robbing his blind and deaf uncle, aged 80
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    Lock icon Night-wear for sun suits
    122 9 The sight of five pretty girls day-dreaming m their night-wear at Wai- pole Park, near Ealing, did not excite as much comment there as it would J m other places. For the f back gate of Rating Stu- dios opens on to the park, mMA] local
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    70 10 picture. ORSON WELLES can always be relied upon for surprises. His latest is m the casting of an adaptation of "Moby Diel due for a run m l^ondon. 21 -year-old Joan Plowligfcl the only woman m the cast has been chosen for the part of "Pip" a Negro cabin boy.
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    33 10 JANE POWELL is continuing to climb up that ladder of fame with both voice and figure which she v os to advantage before the cameras m a series of musicals she is making.
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    But she was not their pin-up baby
    115 10 But she was not their pin-up baby I>Ki/ITY tough on lovely Cornell Borchers, German him star, who is resting Marilyn Monroe's Beverly 1 Hills home while working In her first American picture, "A' Time Remembered," at a Hollywood .studio. This might 1 sound exciting, but to Cornell It's murder. 'Nearly
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    HOOP NEARLY KILLED SCARLETT
    153 10 HOOP NEARLY KILLED SCARLETT "flOlfl With The Wind," I now making the rounds as a reissue, holds an all-time record for the number of extra player* used m a single scene j This o. eurrcd during the destruction of ma_U| parts of the city of At- lanta. when 1,231 bit
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    THIS 'HEAVY' ONCE made up VALENTINO
    685 10  - THIS 'HEAVY' ONCE made up VALENTINO HAROLD HEFFERNAN Hersholt chalks up half-century m pictures ONE of the most beloved personalities alonK the Hollywood front ll celebrating an important milestone this month. It was 50 years ago, m Denmark, that Jean Hersholt at 18 touched off an acting r-areer that led
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    Any offers for Audrey?
    68 10 CiOME on British studios, .says a writer, haven't you any parts to tempt Audrey Hepburn? She is already booked to play m War and Peace" m Italy. Following this she's been m Paris ..inning up for a star role In Ariane." After which she'.s going to
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    ROMANCE BEGINS AT SIX O'CLOCK
    516 12 Keep your career and your private life apart if you wish to be successful m either says EILEEN ASCROFT IT'S a wi.sc girl who keeps office and social relationships iride apart. There is always the happy exception of the secretary who does marry the boss
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    44 12 picture. TT'S fashionable to* be m a dilemma but only when it's this gorgeous Christian Dior creation m manuve and silfer brocade with bustle bow at the side. It's called Dilemma. The gown was shown m Dior's Autumn Collection m London last week. Reuter
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    From highest to lowest
    160 12 IT has just been revealed that Greece has the lowest death rate m the world —6.9 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants, compared with 11 4 m the United Kingodm, and 9.6 m the United States. And yet, 25 years ago. the death rate was 16.3 per 1.00.—
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      298 12 DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS H^_____n M^____B_F M -____fl_i dcec-fbi the ll 12 13 B^ 15 16 host- ___H ___H ___H ___H ___H ___H 8 Spirited plimsolls? (6. 5). r I I I I I I I I I I I 1 12 TtMM blockheads have a rLsr I I I 1
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    NOW GO TO SLEEP...
    846 13 Anne Sharpley asks 1 DO YOU CHARM, BAFFLE OR BORE YOURSELF TO j SLUMBER? YORK television B are to be a soporific after a nmhts viewing. m the morning lllgel two minutes worth of sheep jumping astU. to send them eep happy and grate- the benefits
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    Bridge Hand
    352 13 The bidding: _H EAST* SOUTH WIST 1 1 0 Obi. Pass S Pass 3 9 Pass AM Pass had passed a pretty good >nd and had to show this r > hi s partner when South f ;ubled the opening bid for a "keout. mtt one-spade response would
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    Those faulty boards just VANISHED
    113 13 Those faulty boards just VANISHED AN investigating com- mittee visiting the "Lion plant at Burgas, Bulgaria, recently dis- i I covered 12,000 yards of 1 plaster board Ag firm's products) hidden I m some caves near tne Pl F_ctory officials con- i fessed that the plaster I board was faulty,
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    395 13 Now the givsies mourn their friend IN 1939 the Viscountess de la Rochefoucaitld, then 39, left her husband, heir to the Due de Doudeauville, France's premier aristocrat, and her daughter for what was to be a week's visit to her
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    Champion Jean plans to marry next year
    382 14 Champion Jean plans to marry next year Wrm§ Pren Gelf Reporter 2 Although Ike atmosphere u.i. t« .is c with excitement and the »pe< l.i tms were almost reduced to r nail biting, the t«o finalists mi n Ike Singapore Ladies open golf chain pionship wen- noti.ably calm and relaxed.
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    SAPUAN WINS CYCLE RACE
    47 14 Sapunn bin Salam of awani Belamat CC. won the N miles massed-start cycle j meet for novices held at Changi Point on Sunday ills time was 2hr. 25min. I Mete. Second was Lien Mun Cheong (Island Ramblers) and third Johari Kassim IRouyh Rideis).
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    EIGHT YEARS NOT OUT, 511 WICKETS, 1,311 RUNS
    185 14 ALAN WATSON, fast medium bowler of < olne (Lanes) GraaMUU School Old Boys, has just played m his 110 th sue <essive gam. lor them. He has not misi i d a match lnc* 1941 when the Colne "h n .a*, the
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    Lock icon NEW FACES ARE NEEDED IN BRITISH TENNIS
    471 14 NEW FACES ARE NEEDED IN BRITISH TENNIS ORITAIN'S narrow escape m their Davis Cup quarter-final European Zone match against India has not unnaturally led to discussions as to whether or not the time has come to change the British team. for some years now the "old fire" of Tony Mottram
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    Tough-guy Storer is back in soccer
    297 14  - Tough-guy Storer is back in soccer ROY PESKETT By HARRY STORER. who 30 years ago. as a tough wing-half, yelped take Derby County from the Second Division to the First, Is the man the club are hoping will pilot them out of the Third Division next season. The 57-year-old former
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    Lock icon MAXIM FIGHTS TONIGHT
    113 14 FUN-LOVING Joey Maxim begins the climb back i toward the top of the light- heavyweight division on today against ambitious Willie Pastrano. The 10-round match offers an added incentive for Maxim |who once reigned as lightneavyweight champion before running into Archie Moore. Louisiana Boxing Enterprises has guaranteed
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    KHENG HUA GETS CHANCE IN TOP SPRINT
    1778 15 KHENG HUA GETS CHANCE IN TOP SPRINT i W^^ ,i I^ 'BV^ Back Cabaret ll— he has form to win |F Kheng Hua is ever to 1 win any race here is chance m the Class 2, Division 2, handicap over furlongs straight, the m sprint at tomorrow's races, second
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    Lock icon PIRIE TO ATTEMPT WORLD RECORD FOR 3/4 MILE
    88 15 PIRIE TO ATTEMPT WORLD RECORD FOR 3/4 MILE (_ORDON pirie, the British th. n lsU 2. c e run ner. i. s to attack -nofflclai world record for the "i__i" quarter mil€ at Southgate. [iddleata on Saturday. Brian Hewson, the Loudon runner f o recently ran a mile In under
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    Probable scratchings
    44 15 PROBABLE scratchings j at Ipoh tomorrow j are: Prince Ross, Fifty Grand, Toly's Delight, l j Brigadoon. Troubadour, i Honourbright, Demonic, Constellation, Oolong, I Duke, Unaware, Flag of I l Peace, Ukelele, Park 11. i j Gilan. The going remains firm. _MMMIMMIIMM_IMIMMIHMMIMIMIMMMIM|IMMMI|IM.
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    SOCCERITES SLAM 5 PAST DOCKYARD
    232 15 IKR a shaky start m the de- of their title this season. Soccerltes, SAFA first division Jhampions last year, scored "'Mncing 5-2 victory over the vu u > improved HM. Dockyard m H.uii,,!; T at i' h at Ja,an Besar lur n yesterday. (tai got
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    RAF CHANGI STILL TOP SERVICES SOCCER TABLE
    246 15 ROYAL Air Force Changi still lead the first division of the Singapore United Services Association Football League with Seletar a close second. Changi have 17 points from ten matches and Seletar 16 points from nine matches. Royal Engineers lie third, having collected ten
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    TO PLAY IN S'PORE
    58 15 rpHI Combined Services crl< ket team from Hong Kong will arrive ln Singapore on July 6 for a m 'lies of matrhes Their prolamine is: July 7. v. Comb RM and RAF XI. July 8. v. Army; July I v. SCA XI; July 12 and 13,
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      83 15 Boocn LEAGUE. DIV. 1: Tiger S.A. v P. Brani, Jalan Besar. DIV. 2A: Kinta Rangers v Tam penis Rovers, Geylang; BOTH A v Tamil B.A., Clerical Union DIV. 2B: S. Soccerites v Balestier Utd. Farrer Park. UNITED SER. LEAGUE, DIV. 1: R.A.S.C. v R.A.F. Seletar; Royal Signal* v Naval Wanderers;
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    SEMI-FINALISTS AT WIMBLEDON
    32 16 TRABERT: He beall Drobny 8-6. 6-1. 6-4. PATTY: He beat Hoad 6-4. 6-4, 6-4. ROSEWALL: He beat Davidson 6-4, 6-1, 6-2. NIELSEN: He beat Pietrangeli 1-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-2.
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    Statham (7-39) blasts South African hopes of victory
    378 16 Stat ham (7-39) blasts South African hopes of victory it.Nf.UM) BEAI SOUTH AFRICA BY 71 KINS IN A I>K/_--\j MATIC SECOND CRICKET TEST Al LORDS VESTER DA¥ !<> BECOME TWO IP IN THE FIVE MATCH SERIES. rtftf.W STATIIAM, LANCASHIRE'S FAST BOWLER, I lIEY£f) ill BEST PERFORMANCE OF HIS CAREER BY
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    Scoreboard
    110 16 ENGLAND ISS AND 353 S AFRICA Isi Inn*— 3ol s \JKir. "M) IN\n MrGleV lim Statham 0 >___id c Kvans b SUtham 10 Cheatae_a afceenfl hurl 3 J.i\f,.'d Beam b Statham 3 I ii ri-., n Kvai'H b M.^harn 28 M I -.in b SUtham 8 Keith > Graveuey
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    BRITISH EMPIRE v. U.S. ATHLETICS
    82 16 A BRITISH Empire versus United States Athletic match may be held m Sydney after next years Olympic Games. Mr Hugh Weir, President of the Australian Amateur Athletic Union, said In Sydney that the British Athletic Board were m favour of the match. The A.A.A.U. had
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    EUROPEANS CRASH 9-2 IN FLOODLIT ROUT
    184 16 EUROPEANS crashed 9-2 against Malays, holders of the SAFA Community League championship, m their floodlit match at Jalan Besar stadium last night. Malay.s were three goals up m 12 minutes. Awang Bakar trapping a pass from Ismail Yusoff got the first m tiie third
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    Hutton hits 194, but Yorks had to struggle for first innings points
    594 16 (IENTURIES BY TWO OF J THE VICTORIOUS ENGILAND TEAM IN AUSTRALIA WHO WERE NOT HELPING ENGLAND TO BEAT SOUTH AFRICA, FEATURED IN THE COUNTRY CRICKET PROGRAMME YESTERDAY. Len Hutton who withdrew himself from consideration for the England team
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    47 16 r^GYPT will apply for the 1964 Aj Olympics k> be held m Cairo. Mr. A. E. Touny, General Secretary of the Egyptian Olympic Committee, said m Cairo yesterday. Lebanon will apply for the 19ri. Mediterranean games to be held In Beirut, he added.- Reuter
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