The Singapore Free Press, 18 July 1955

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya \o 1131 Singapore, Mon.. July 18, 1955. Price 15 Cts
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    Lock icon The 'Summit' talks to end cold war begin in Geneva
    274 1 rrHE leaders of Russia and the Western world witl 1 launch their historic conference "at the summit" in Geneva this morning with frank statements of how they think years of cold war can be ended. From the chair President Eisenhower
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    POLICE SWOOP ON NUDE SWIM PARTY
    94 1 MIXED nude bathing parties have caused a scandal in 1 Quiet respectable Lanshire seaside town of Southit. which even bans bathing tumes from its beauty conlice swooped on the town's ['Pen air swimming pool at a.m. yesterday to find a ide bathing session in
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    Free Press tipsters on the mark
    66 1 Free Press tipsters on the mark l'l ll Free Press racing- exierti had another good IVI on Saturdav. Trespasser Wt four winners Permita U.rinez 11, Sweet William, yirsiKlio and Pinner while Tankard's selections in-iidt-d three winners and three s < <onds. The Free Press gives the '"♦st racing service in
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    Don't try to split the West
    93 1 Don't try to split the West FRENCH premier Faure told the top Russian delegates to the Geneva summit conference last night that they would be wasting their time if they attempted to divide Britain. France and the United States at the talks. "We are deeply and fundamentally allied," he cautioned
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    RUBBER STEADY
    33 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on a steady tone with the price of July first grade, f.o.b. buyers at $1.24 1/2 a lb., half a cent above Saturday's close.
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    BEATEN UP
    25 1 A gan« of eight held up three Chinese in a car in Yew Tee Village off Woodlands. Singapore yesterday, and beat them up.
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    Suttan of Johore bach next month
    85 1 rE Sultan of Johore will return from England on I August 16 a month before the official day of the celebration of his 60 years of reign. He will be accompanied by the Sultanah and their daugh- 1 ter. Princess Meriam. The Royal party
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    TANKS SMASH MOB IN MOROCCO
    326 1 TANKS SMASH MOB IN MOROCCO Bomb battle in riot city VKKNCH tanks rumbled through Casablanca yesterday, blasting Moroccans with their cannon ana machine guns in an all-out attempt to restore order after another bloody outbreak of violence. Police reports said five Moroccans were killed and 15 wounded in this latest
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    TUC bid to avert strike
    227 1 TUC bid to avert strike THE President of the Trade i Union Congress. Mr. S. jaganathan. said this mornIns he would today examine details of the demands put forward bv the 10.000-strong City Council Labour Unions Federation. I will see what can b* done to break the deadlock between the
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    Lock icon Templer on way here
    78 1 GENERAL Sir Oerald Templer, who becomes Chief of the Imperial General Staff ln November, left London by air last night for a visit to Australia. New Zealand and Singapore. He returns to Britain on August 5. Before leaving he said: "I am making a general trip
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    RIDDLE OF THE FREED CARDINAL
    207 2 RIDDLE OF THE FREED CARDINAL Hungarian catholic Primate Jo&tpt Card i n I Mindszenty did not appear yet a free man yesterday although Radio Budapest announced on Saturday that be had been red because of his "advanced aft and his state of health Chord) ofheials at the Budapest dioce: -e
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    Lock icon A-experts say Ike's peace-ship plan is wasteful display
    251 2 A-experts say Ike's peace-ship plan is wasteful display SENATOR Clinton Anderson yesterday attacked President Eisenhower's proposed atomic "peace ship" as a wasteful display of wealth that would play into the hands of the Communists. Anderson, chairman of the Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee, made the statement on the eve of
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    $1,750 gem stolen
    24 2 A thief broke into a house ln Second Avenue, Singapore, yesterday and stole a diamond ilng worth $1,750 and other articles
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    Saigon crowds demonstrate against poll plan
    264 2 Saigon crowds demonstrate against poll plan DIEM REFUSES TO TALK WITH NORTHERN REDS THE South Vietnam Government yesterday organised^ »^^»»^f^£ 1 Saigon against the proposed (lections to reunite the south with Communist North Vietnam Hu^e crowds, assembled by pro-Government organisations. I marched tc Ui^ living quartert of the International Armistice
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    Lock icon Bomb blamed far 22-death crash
    111 2 TICK manager of a Mexican airline claimed yesterday a bomb had exploded in one of his company planes which crashed in Southern Mexico last Friday the luss of 22 lives. Mr. Thomas Calderon. Manager of Lamas Airline, said in a statement to the Attorney General
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    Lock icon LAVISH PARTY ENDS 4-DAY WELCOME HOME FOR NEHRU
    111 2 NEW Delhi yesterday ended four days of "welcome home" ceremonies for Prime Minister Nehru with a lavish garden party at the former residence of the British Imperial viceroys now thc residence of the Indian President. Borne :j,200 diplomats. Indian official! and other
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    Lock icon SHANGHAI'S No. 2 IS ARRESTED
    94 2 RED CHINA Ls having trouble with even its own officials. The powerful standing committee of the Red Chinese National People's Congress at the week-end approved the arrest and trial of two leading deputies found guilty of "counter-revolutionary activities." The culprits were Han Nien deputy mayor
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    22 KILLED AS PLANE HITS ? SIGNBOARD AND CRASHES
    156 2 22 KILLED AS PLANE HITS SIGNBOARD AND CRASHES npWENTY-TWO people were killed and the other 21 x occupants injured when a Convair airliner coming in to land at Chicago's midway airport yesterday struck a high sign above a petrol station, crashed into the airport fence and overturned in flames. The
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    CROWD GREET SOEKARNO
    82 2 CROWD GREET SOEKARNO PRESIDENT Soekamo of Indonesia arrived in Singapore by air this morning from Jakarta on his way to Mecca. He was greeted at Kallang airport by a big crowd of Indonesians headed bv the ConsulGeneral, Mr. H. Kartowisastro and his consular staff. The Governor, Sir Robert Black and
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    Phoenix Park talks begin
    64 2 Talks began thi.s mornine at Phoenix Park. Singapore of military staff planners from the eight nations represented In the South East Treaty Organisation The talks, a continuation of tine military adviser 5 conference begun in Bangkok, are expected to last for about three days. Those represented
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    Lock icon NEW COMET
    18 2 Soviet astronomer A. p. Zakarev recently sighted a new comet in the constellation of Pegasus- U.P.
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    Woman artist had best entry in S'pore contest
    600 3 Woman artist had best entry in S'pore contest rrHE Singapore Art Society in making its awards in i the first national black and white art competition ,t the week-end, gave no first prizes in the sections for the Paint group and Chinese drawings. Entries in both sections were considered Indent
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    Lock icon BRITON GIVES UP NEAR IRON CURTAIN
    79 3 BRITON GIVES UP NEAR IRON CURTAIN 4 BRITISH soldier missing from his Berlin unit for two-and-a-half years has ported to an American army near the Iron Curtain and '\v in Bitish custody, a army spokesman said 'Oiday. isiller Richard Irvine, 23, posted missing from the Scots Fusiliers in midiry, 1953,
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    NAVAL BUILDUP
    25 3 Major General Hoshe Dayan, i Chief of Staff, in Tel aid that "within a year Israel Navy will be con--1 bl y strengthened."
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    HUNGARY CRACKS DOWN ON NOISY DRUNKS
    60 3 (UMGARY is cracking down 11 on noisy drunks. h new decree, disclosed in ian newspapers just v^i in Vienna, stipulates anyone "endangering peace by noisy be- haviour or by provoking public scandals" will be imprisoned. The first two picked up under the new decree,
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    Lock icon 70 killed in Chile train disaster
    182 3 OVER 100 INJURED TAKEN TO HOSPITAL CEVENTY people are believed to have been killed in a two-train crash at.Sanbenado, Chile, yesterday morning. More than 100 were injured. The tragedy, the worst in Chile's history, occurred when a passenger-laden express crashed into the back of
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    Beauties of the world on parade
    190 3 T'HE world's most beautiful j-* girls tJhrew kisses at the throngs lining thp oceanside I boulevard at Long Beach, California as sailors whistled and people cheered. The great gala beautv parade, highlight of the international contest which in another four days Ls to present
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    250 DIE IN EUROPE'S HEAT-WAVE
    333 3 250 DIE IN EUROPE'S HEAT-WAVE Tropiral Loiitlon HEAT shrivelled Britain and Europe yesterday rocketing the death toll to nearly 250 in six sweltei untries. In Britain the dure soared into the eighties, lending millions to seek relief in country streams, swimming pools and beaches. London emptied as it.^ citizens soimht
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    Lock icon DEATH-CRASH MAN FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
    82 3 DEATH-CRASH MAN FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL DAVENTRY police have revealed that David Richards. 31. died on Friday When he fell asleep at the wheel of his car and was impaled when the car rammed into a roadside guard railing. The railing, a two-and-a-half inch steel tube, passed through the
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    Lock icon Reds on U.S. tour
    24 3 Twelve Russian agricultural experts left New York by air vesterday on an official tour of the American laiiu belt.- A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion All eyes on Bulganin ,
    249 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion All eyes on Bulganin MONDAY. July 18, 1955. I \FU ITERATIONS Which J may hold the key to everyone's way of life in the future begin In Geneva today. The portents are good: In fact as President, EisenI bower, Marshal Bulganin, Mr. Faure and Sir
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    Lock icon The Big Four
    360 4 [WIGHT D. EISENHOWER of thc United States— 64 years old and in his first presidential term. A professional soldier who was graduated from West Point In 1915, Mr. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of the victorious Allied expeditionary forces in Wi tern Europe in World War 11. His
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    Lock icon DISARMAMENT WILL BE TOP ITEM
    639 4  - DISARMAMENT WILL BE TOP ITEM CROSNY S. NOYES by Of all the subject, certain to be discussed at the "summit" Big Four conference at Geneva. the question of disarmament Is the one on which the West is most woefully unprepared and disunited. The disarmament question has yet. to be mentioned
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    SINGAPORE Spotlight
    1143 5  -  Adelaide Eastley _By A PARTY was held in the Diamond Rest- << aurant of the Great World v in honour of Mr. P. F. >< Aroozoo, who was awarded << the M.B.E. in the Queen's fl Birthday Honours this >< year. Mr. Aroozoo is the y President of
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    MAN UPSET BY GIRL VANISHED FROM LINER
    305 7 MAN UPSET BY GIRL VANISHED FROM LINER IOIIN GLBESON, 21-year-old ships steward, waj J upset when a letter from a girl did not reach hin ,t Marseilles. He disappeared in the Mediterranean soon aftci thp *>2 568-ton liner Strathaird sailed for Britain. Tn the saloon of the ship which docked
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    The British shopping list grows
    136 7 The British shopping list grows BRITAIN is eating more. That official. More butter more sugar and uit more cheese, meat, bacon Vanned fish. And drinkire tea and cocoa. These facts are given in the i Trade Journal. BUT saya the journal, they eating less poultry, potaQour, and greens and ing
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    Short story
    29 7 A Memphis building, only two storeys high last week, was finished on the 10th floor in under five days Dy using a n-".v method of concrete pouring.
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    8 new husbands put end to rotes
    135 7 pHERE was jealousy in the birdhouse. The 16 female budmars at Alexandra Palace. Hornsey, London, had only eight male birds to share between them. The hens started fighting each other for husbands. Each time a mother-to-be laid eggs in the nest a rival
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    GREAT JOY FOR A BISHOP OVER METHODIST DECISION
    93 7 CHURCH OF ENGLAND bishop, speaking from a Methodist pulpit, said that the Methodist Con- nee decision welcoming joint talks on Cnurcn Uy was "a great joy" to him. He was the Bishop of Chichester, Dr. G. K. A. Bell, who l at
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    WHEN PALS FALL OUT
    49 7 A "COURT of Good Neighbours" is King's Lynn's way of dealing with council tenants who fall out. Each side gets a "summons." The court's president is Housing Committee chairman Albert Bacon. In complete privacy the neighbours have their say —and it ALWAYS ends with handshakes
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    TV aerials barred
    19 7 Council house tenants at Freebridge, Norioik, have been barred from lixiim TV aerials to their chimneys^
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    Lock icon Modern school in Chinatown
    129 7 This SUSO.OOO modern I building in Telok Ayer I I Street, Singapore, now nearing completion i will liouse two Chinese j schools one -lor boys and E the other for girls. The four-storey buildi ing will have 40 class- I rooms for an intake of I
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    Lock icon SIAMESE IN MILITARY TALKS TODAY
    57 7 SIAMESE IN MILITARY TALKS TODAY TIIK four-man mission from Siam whkfa 's la Singapore to join the military stalf talks of SIATO nations. The talks begin today. Picture shows from left Captain C. IMengvidyh (Naw); Brigadier General. V. Rochanavisut (Army): Colonel P. Amatajakul (Army); and CI roup Captain S C'hitrpaibul
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    Pilgrim Josephine says: 'I felt power to get well again'
    229 7 JOSEPHINE WOOLAM, 10-year-old cripple recently taken by Group Captain Cheshire, V.C., on a healing pilgrimage to Turin, said: "A great sense of peace fell upon me and I felt much better afterwards." Back home at Brook thorpe, near Gloucester. Josephine
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    The cruel sea...
    53 7 The cruel sea... THERE would have been a lifeboat in their harbour— if there had been any water. It was to be the highlight of Newquay's Lifeboat Week, and the Padstow boat lay wallowing offshore. The crowds turned up- the time was 3 p.m. But somebody had forgotten to check
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    BRANDED COUNTESS
    1969 8  -  Felix Barker THEWORLO'S STRANGEST STORIES THE CASE OF THE by Jean ii«> «f«- Lamotte u*< k fl a of lianee and a Cardinal as pawn* in a £04.000 swimiNe ON the very day that Jeanne de Lamotte arrived in London at the end of July, 1786. a printer
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    Polio danger greater when tonsils are out
    274 9 Polio danger greater when tonsils are out I>KOPLE whose tonsils have been removed are more likely to develop some form of polio than those who still have their tonsils even if there are years between the tonsils operation an d the onset of polio. Ihat is the conclusion, published in
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    Who'll buy me? asks father — on cycle
    265 9 Who'll buy me? asks father on cycle REGINALD CHANT cycled round the :y lanes near his home pushing blue handbills through letter boxes. They said: One man for sale, weight 1581b5.. aged 36, height 69 inches, chest 41 let, waist 30 inches. What Mr. Chant wants j is a job.
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    NOBODY MOVED UP-SO CLIPPIE SAID: BRAKE HARD!
    183 9 MOBODY moved when the clippie on a No. 16 bus x called to the standing passengers: "Move alone the bus, please." i So, Marlborough street magistrate was told, the conductress. Miss Kitty Elizabeth Coleman, shouted to the driver. Henry William Dowden: "Jam on
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    The 'Rascal' dies
    43 9 Borrah Minnovitch. who formed the American touring teom of musicians known as the "Harmonica Rascals." has died In Paris He had recently married Miss Lucie Little, an American .stage designer Hr was taken ill at the wheel of his car
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    TV sales down
    16 9 Sales of television sets In Britain during May fell by 11.000 to 64.000.
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    Brighter post-box
    15 9 American past-boxes are to be painted red. white and blue instead of olive.
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    Uses for old stops
    30 9 Old stops from the organ of Cirencester parish church have been made into walkingstick heads and sold by the boys of Marlborough College for church funds.
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    Beetles beaten
    26 9 Fumigation has given effective control of the deathwatch beetles which two or three years ago threatened the timbers of Nelson's flagship Victory, at Portsmouth.
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    DO NOT BE COY OF SEX, METHODISTS TOLD
    204 9 THE Lord Chamberlain has been approached about oroid Nttta touring nude hows," the Methodist con-h-rence was told in Manchester. The Rev. Edward Rogers, 'i London, said: "We are inflexibly opposed to those i °Id and calculating men who 'ck to make a
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    TREES IN MALL MAY HAVE TO GO
    159 9 IF the Mall ceremonial way fronting Buckingham Palace is to become an M t>?entM of grandeur" something must be done soon about the trees. But exactly what has still to be decided -according to a report published by a committee advising the Ministry
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      37 9 MM T?2BJ :...one of the many fine features in the JULY issue Others include: SPOTLIGHT on the UNIONS... Election Month Profile of TENGKU ABDUL RAHMAN.... There is another great Malayan short story and. CMFfSf ON SALE TODAY
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    Their Names Live on
    650 12  -  Chan Siew Loon IN TIONG BAHRU r h r |>UACTICALLY eV€ ry street In the Tiorm rmi area is named ■r prominent Chinese residt nta of Singapore ol many decades ago. Such names as Seng Poh, Ttong Poh, Kim Pong, Kim Cheng, Moh Ouan, Enu Hoon,
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    RALLY TO THIS CALL
    101 12 RALLY TO THIS CALL ISN'T it a sad reflection on the cultural life <>* this Colony that its citizens regard the theatre as something "arty" and only to be patronised if the ■f latltfl grace the premieres with their august presence? The appallingly poor attendance at the Art Theatre's fine
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    I don I like SHAW and I don't like AMATEURS
    338 12 I don I like SHAW and I don't like AMATEURS Adelaide Eastley s attack on apathy to the theatre starts storm TAKING it personally, I resent very much the implication by Adelaide Eastley that because 1 did not attend St. Joan I lack Culture. I don't like Shaw, and there
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    GOOD LUCK TO ADELAIDE
    87 12 I support Adelaide Eastley in any movement to save the theatre in Singapore. Or rather I believe that there must be the creation of an Indigenous theatre. The privileged few who have enjoyed western higher education deserved her censure. But for the vast majority of the
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    I PREFER HOME WITH MY FAMILY
    230 12 IjV)R the life of me I cannot see the reason for all the fuss and fanfare about the Singapore Arts Theatre. Neither I nor my family care about whether or not there is a theatre here in Singapore. Who cares to see amateurs performing
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    CHILDREN GIVE US HOPE
    161 12 CHILDREN GIVE US HOPE I HEARTILY agree with your editorial and Adelaide Eastley on the shameful first night reception of that superbly acted play "Saint Joan." We just do not deserve to have a theatre. Attending various cocktail parties and listening to all the talk on the theatre and the
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    Lock icon He was confused about his hernia
    757 13 by the SINGAPORE DOCTOR MR. R., a 35-year-old man, sat in front of me looking very confused. He told me with visible embarrassment that he had a swelling in his right groin. One of his friends told him he was suffering from venereal disease.
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    157 13 World's greatest' pill takers A MERICANS are the world's greatest pill takers They pay nearly 50 million US. dollars a year to .swallow about 53 million aspirins a day. They gulp nearly 230 million dollars worth of vitamin capsules annually. They order almost 400 million prescriptions a year at a
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    Is NOISE really a menace?
    756 13  -  IAN MERCER asks "THERE has never been any real evidence to gest that noise can cause bad nerves." The speaker was a famous American psychiatrist, at present holidaying in Majorca, whose books sell in millions in the United States. I had gone to see him
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    DUKE TRICKED HSM WITH TANGOS
    786 14 DUKE TRICKED HSM WITH TANGOS r rHK Lancashire < i.gagc- ment ended as all g<MMi tilings have a naMI of doing and I was hack in the doldrums. In London's Soho thenis a .short stretch of v. < II do u d d e d pavement known as Archer Bti
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    A BOWLER AND ROLLS IMPRESS
    159 14 A BOWLER AND ROLLS IMPRESS LONDON stockbroker Mr. David WalkerHeneage, who bought a Rolls-Royce and a bowler hat for a trip to America In 1952, plans to do the same thing next year. "These elements in our Anglo Saxon existence are a raging success in George Washington's country," he said
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    Four-year Miss met the guests
    94 14 Four- year Miss met the guests GUESTS arriving at a Savoy Hotel cocktail party in London were greeted by their host and hostess and their four-year-old daughter. Said the host Sir Harold Mitchell, a West Indies pro- party-owner: "We are trying, to Bet Mary-Jane used to people at an early
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    TOMMY KINSMAN
    241 14 I the society band leaders Ithey call "the debs' de-l flight" tells his story |g| Harold Turner Usually they were tangos. In fact, I think they were always tangos. H.R.H. had conceived an abiding passion for this type of music on his trip to the Argentine, and he
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    The GIRL DE LUXE HAS ARRIVED
    294 15  - The GIRL DE LUXE HAS ARRIVED CHAPMAN PINCHER by ANEW phrase arrives: Girl de Luxe. A new argument starts up: wnat is tne ideal feminine figure? And today a name strange to this page enters the fray. From my colleague Chapman Pincher comes this evidence from sixty American girls who
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    It all depends
    48 15 THE original Carmen Jones, 1 American singer Muriel gave a recital at the Hall, in London, rove into the country to decide whether to mak< her career in opera or ing. Smith said that her deuld depend on what critics .say about her in lumns.
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    That dress was two too tight
    140 15 That dress was two too tight IMRS. MARIA WEISS the Argentine tennis player, wriggled her hips so much dancing the rumba at the Dorchester Hotel, London, that soon every woman on the floor wa.s trying to imitate her. Then in I quickstep-mo-del Elda van Beekum sat down .suddenly. "I'm ju.st
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    CANDID CONFETTI
    361 15 ANEW TECHNIQUE: Ava Gardner, giving a one-wo-man demonstration at dinner last week ol the kind of thing that beauty experts are always advising: How to wear the same hairstyle in three different ways. During the course of the dinner party .she wore it: 11. Swept back into a
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      206 15 CLVIg ACROSS 8 Need to cnan S e about a roJI tuned to rearrangement iq i come in pantlnff to describe a retfUl politician? (7). 13 |egta to emulate a bird (3). 1 Route m,t nght 1 4) 15 Rooted politician? (7). IU that k more distant? (5). 16 Concerning
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    There are no tears at this funeral
    427 16  - There are no tears at this funeral RUSSELL SPURR EVEN THE WIDOW CHUCKLES OVER HE'MAN-sizED CHEROOT t EVERYONE is laughing 1 at this funeral. The widow sits knitting beside the hearse, chuckling over her man-sized cheroot. Children bombard each other with flowers from wreaths. The dead man's friends, about 100
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    105 16 ARTIST MOLLY BISHOP (left) shows Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh (Lady Olivier) her designs for posters for London Films' "Richard III." In their final form the posters wiJJ bear Sir Laurence's name prominently as he has produced and directed as well as played the title role in this new
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    The 'KING'takes the rap for the lost silver
    545 16 The 'KING' takes the rap for the lost silver I'IHM'IIIIIIII 'lilillllllli I GLOSSARY COWBOYS the ship's E stewards. E BLOODS the passen- E gers. E I SILVER KING the E steward in charge of the E silver. S E PEAK STEWARD— the steward who stays in the E E crew's
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    LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE by a 'Cowboy'
    44 16 Union contributions, a tip to the laundry "king," a tip to the peak steward for cleaning the cabin i.vou *had to Day that- the other six "cowboys" said go); and, if you don't want left-overs for
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    Bridge Hand
    291 16 UI uurnonu, /tiiii declare] uatfe an ia tr.-k. Obviously. there** somej wrong when vou make a e .lid .slam having hid only one I though the :.l.irn d«'p<-nd.s uij'iu oonatdorablo lurk. A.. Uih (ui'l. lay. no opening lead could have prevented houth liom winning .til the tri'k.s for
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    She said no to the Duke
    135 16 I)EBUTANTE Teresa Crossley wa.s Bitting in the bar at the Dorchester Hotel, London, when the Duke of Kent asked her to dance. She started to rise, then sank back wincing. "I'm afraid I can't," she said. "I hurt my foot CharlestoniiiK too madly, and
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    STARS GIVE THOSE KIDS a BREAK
    656 17  - STARS GIVE THOSE KIDS a BREAK HAROLD HEFFERNAN ..i RY MOTION picture stars stand accused of con- rt ing every slightest into publicity gain contrary is more of tcn true-many stars prefer to keep their favourite charities and constructive enterprises out of public print because they have a feeling their
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    She's got the longest -and prettiest-legs in all Hollywood
    386 17 She's got the longest -and prettiest -legs in all Hollywood HOLLYWOOD'S "Miss Halt and Half," beautiful, blonde, azureeyed Sara Shane, now has a new pin-up title, "Miss Hollywood Lon^Legs." The willowy Miss Shane won her first pin-up title when an enterprising press agent inserted "teaser" advertisements or her in film
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    OH, THOSE HANDSOME ROMANS
    54 17 OVERHEARD comment from a woman spectator fO her escort coming out of the cinema after seeing the Hollywood epic of Roman da*s The Gladiators You i can say what you like, but the men in tin, r da„s were o darned sight better looking than they
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    And a message for the mothers of Singapore...
    1270 18  - And a message for the mothers of Singapore... GEORGE WHITING THE PETER MAY STORY... f by IS IT ALL STARTED IN THE BACK GARDEN BjIFKF is a message for the ni others of Singapore II little \h Leng wants to hit something with a cricket bat in the back garden,
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    Lade & Mrs. Wingate win
    152 18 Lade Mrs. Wingate win The R.S.G.C. Julv Mixed Foursomes (Stableford.) 18 hole s competition resulted: Winners: H. W. Lade and Mrs. R.E.L. Wingate 20 18.3 8 38.3 8 Other cards returned: Mr. and Mrs. R. D S^ewart 164 20.1 8 36.1 8- E. H. T. Islip and Mrs. F. McLean
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    THREE BIG NAMES IN GOLF
    38 18 PKTKK THOMSON (left) or Australia. Ed Furgol (centre) of the United States and FlOfJ van Uonck of Belgium wh/, took part in the international golf championship at Washington, which was won by FurgoL
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    K.L. RACE FINISHES
    75 19 i HMCOLOR (Mortimer) wins from Strong and Fre« (Manning) and Producer (Bell) in Race 5. JACKPOT II (Donnelly) wins the second race from Car shalton and Lord Frederick 11. Fourth is Foire. MARSIGUO (Jones) beats Alleigance (Knuckey) and Scots Grey (Mortimer) and Ajit (Paterson) to win Race
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    OLD TECHNICOLOR SHOWS HE HAS A LOT OF RACING LEFT IN HIM
    437 19 OLD TECHNICOLOR SHOWS HE HAS A LOT OF RACING LEFT IN HIM hfhfgnfj Free Press Racing Correspondent TWO old campaigners, Sealed Orders and Techni- color both eight years old stole the limelight on the concluding day of the Selangor Turf Club July meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. A bouquet
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    QUEENSLAND STEWARDS UPHOLD MULLEY APPEAL
    161 19 SrpHE Queensland Turf Club I Committee yesterday up- held an appeal by Jockey Athol Mulley against a 12- month disqualification re- garding the running of Ro- yal Legend II at Bundam- ba on June 4. =The committee's decision 5 came after J. W. Shand, IQ.C,
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    Lock icon Norman Yardley to retire after 20 years
    111 19 \OItMAN YARDLEY, the Yorkshire cricket capn» who led England 14 s «s to retire at the J <>f the present season. told the Yorkshire 1 committee of his decision and is expected to live in Derbyshire. Now 40, Yardley made his debut In
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    Lock icon TV will not 'kill' boxing in Britain
    385 20 TV will not 'kill' boxing in Britain BOARD HAS PLAN FOR SAFEGUARD BRITISH BOXING IS FACING UP TO THE THREA'I J> OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION. PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN OUTLINED BY THE BRITISH BOXING BOARD OF CONTROL TO SAFEGUARD I HE SPORT AS THE BIG DAY OF "PLUGGED" TV. DRAWS NEARER.
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      60 20 20 Words $6 (minimum). I SWAN: To Brenda and Tom at BunfMUr Hospital on 16th July a son Mark Stuart. Both well. ALMASI: To Lorna (nee Brown)'] and Louis, a son. at K.K., 16.7.55, j < Perth W.A. Papers please copy. BENNETT. On the 15th July, at K.K. Hospital,
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      53 20 Wards $a (minimum). REGINA CLOTILDA PEREIRa! (1 e Ollverlo), aged 87 passed awayj peacefully at No. 15, Lorong 105: Road. She leaves behind a son. 4 daughters, 5 sons-in-law, 431 grand-children, 22 grand-children- j in-law and 46 great grand-children to mourn her loss. The cortege leaves today at 4.3()
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    SINGAPORE RUGBY UNION MEETING
    48 20 T>UGBY football clubs are rev minded that the annual general meeting of the Singapore Rugby Union will be held In the Singapore Cricket Club at 5.30 p.m. today. Each member club or unit is asked to send at least one representative to the meeting.
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    Lock icon BRITISH XV BEATEN
    41 20 I>RILLIANT play by their forwards, enabled Eastern Province to gain an unexpected win over the British Isles Runby Union touring team by 20 points (one goal and fhe penalty EO*U) to nil at Port Elumoeth on Saturday. Reuter
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    POLICE SPORTS
    21 20 The Singapore Police Force will hold their annual sporUs at Thomson Road on Saturday, July 23 from 2.30 p.m.
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    ARSENAL S.C. HELD
    23 20 GHQ Pay Office drew 3-3 with Arsenal S.C. in a friendly soccer match at Fairer Park yesterday. British Grand Prix
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    Lock icon MOSS BEATS FANGIO BY FOUR FEET
    362 20 rpHREE German Mercedes trounced challengers from all over the world in a thrill-packed British Grand Prix at Aintree on Saturday. Britain's Stilling Moss was the winner but he was only half a car length in front of Argentina's world champion Juan Fangio. Third place
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    70 20 photo BOTICELLI, owned by the Italian Marchesa lin is. i Delia Rochetta, won the 2 2-mile Ascot Gold Cup, ridden by E. Comici. Second was Blue Prince 11, ridden by W. H. Carr. Third was the favourite, Elpenor, ridden by S. Roullenger Here is Boticelli in third place earlier in
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    42 20 A WORLD record of smin. Lsec. rv for the women's 400 metres medley relay swimming was set up in Paris yesterday by a Dutch team. The old record of smin. 2. lsec. also stood to the credit of Holland Reuter
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    176 20 .^OUTIi China soccer team *3 had an easy win in Melbourne over Victoria by 5-3 yesterday. It was their second victory over the state side in four days, the previous score being G-0. The visitors were not at their best yesterday but despite
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    Italy, Sweden in zone final
    162 20 AUSTRALIA gained a winning 3-0 lead over Mexico in the opening round of the North American zone in tne Davis Cup tennis competition when Rex Hartwig and Lewis Hoad, the Wimbledon champions, beat Gustav Palafox and Francisco Guerreuo 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. in Chicago on Saturday.
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    228 20 Geoff Duke retains world title QEOFF DUKE, 31 -year-old British motor cycling ace, riding an Italian Gilera. retained the world championship by winning the 500 c.c. race in the Dutch tourist trophy Grand Pr'x meeting in As.->en on Saturday. Duke, who wo n the Isle of Man T. T. last
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