The Singapore Free Press, 19 July 1955

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya ***** Singapore. Tues., July 19, 1955. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon RIOT CITY IS CALM
    98 1 Death toll 64 rrWO more bombs exploded 1 yesterday in riot-torn Casabla nca and rifle crackled again SSSSI, the Old and New Medinas, the native quarters. The death toll for four days of .street warfare between F-enchmen and Moroccans rose to 64. Nearly 200 were v.
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    Lock icon At last she gets her passport
    92 1 THE British Embassy announced yesterday that Soviet authorities had granted a passport and an exit visa to Mrs. Bisseneek-Hanney, Eng-lish-born wife of the prewar Latvian Minister to London. The visa will permit Mrs. Bisseneek-Hanney to travel to England to join her daughter Helen, who
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    Lock icon West hails Soviet decision to help A-for-peace pool
    401 1 WESTERN diplomats in Geneva last night welcomed Russia's decision, announced by Marshal Bulganin, to contribute fissionable material to the Amencansponsored international Atoms-for-peace fund. The Soviet Premier's disclosure came only a few hours President Eisenhower-who personally launched the n bank" scheme two years
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    45 RIVAL GANG MEN IN CLASH
    96 1 45 RIVAL GANG MEN IN CLASH 170RTY-FIVE men— members of two rival secret societies —clashed at 12.30 am. today at the junction of An.son Road and Be'rnam Street, Singapore. Bottles and other articles were thrown in the fight. Two special constables and two inspectors rushed to the scene and the
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    NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER
    76 1 MR. Robert Turton, the British Foreign UnderSecretary, said in the House of commons yesterday that Eevot's interim reply to Britain's protest at the shelling of the British steamer Anshun in the Gulf of Akaba on July 3, was inadequate. The British Government would continue to press
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    MARSHALL IN CRISIS TALK
    409 1 I have now decided 7 AT 10 O'CLOCK this morning Mr. David Marshall, Singapore's Chief Minister, began talks with the Governor, Sir Robert Blade, that may decide the fate ol his government. Instead of calling first at his office in the Assembly, Mr. Marshall drove direct
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    RUBBER QUIET
    28 1 The Singapore Rubber Market opened this morning on a steady quiet tone with first grade. August shipment, at $1.26V a lb., one cent below yesterday's close.
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    Lock icon ON THE WAY TO ROYAL ASCOT
    22 2 picture. THE QUEEN and Prince* Margaret driving to Koyal Ascot for the first days meeting. Reuter
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    Lock icon Ike sums up: Honest pursuit of peace by all at Geneva
    653 2 Ike sums up: Honest pursuit of peace by all at Geneva I>RESIDENT Eisenhower struck an optimistic note last ni^ht as he .summed up the opening dav of the historic Geneva "summit" talks between the West and Russia. He and the French. British and Soviet Prime Ministers told each other lrankly
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    Lock icon SOVIET AID FOR NORTH VIETNAM
    96 2 SOVIET AID FOR NORTH VIETNAM RUSSIA has agreed to alio North Vietnam £35,180,1 to help restore her economy, at tiie same time assurii; of Soviet aid in her sti for independence. This was disclosed by Dr. Ho Chi Minn and Moscow Radio on the departure of the Communist Vietminh President
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    Lock icon N-W Frontier Cabinet dismissed
    89 2 N-W Frontier Cabinet dismissed r VUE North-West Frontier pnoI vince Cabinet, headed by Sardar Abdul Rashid. was dismissed by the Pakistan Frontier Governor yesterday. The successor is to be Sardar Bahadur Khan, agent of the Governor-General in Baluchistan. This was the fourth Cabinet to be dismissed in West Pakistan, mainly
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    Lock icon A-MERCHANT SHIP WAR
    57 2 THE House of Representatives yesterdav shouted approval of a bill to build a practical atomic-powered merchant ship as a substitute for President Eisenhower's proposed peace ship. The measure now goes to the Senate where approval also is expected. If enacted, the bill would authorise the world's first
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    Lock icon PI salvage begins
    30 2 Two ships leave Kure today for Manila to begin salvage operations on 51 merchant ships and six warcraft sunk in Philippine waters during World War 11.- A.P.
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    Lock icon Hughes sells RKO
    17 2 Millionaire Howard Hughes has sold RKO Radio Pictures Corp. to General Teleradio Corp- U.P.
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    WOMAN TRIES TO THROW LETTER TO RED LEADERS
    101 2 WOMAN was arrested by the Swiss police just outside the conference building in Geneva yesterday as she tried to throw a letter into thc open car in which the Soviet leaders, Marshal Bulganin and Mr. Khrushchev, were riding to the afternoon session.
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    Lock icon Invtation to the beer
    64 2 ONE of the largest beer halls in Frankfurt yesterday invited Marshal Bulganin and other Soviet leaders to an "evening of beer" after the Geneva conference. The proprietor's telegram to Bulganin said: "Inspired by the understanding you showed on German reunification. Invite you and your stall to
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    VARSITY GIRLS TO TRAIN IN ENGLAND
    369 3 al l>n Iv.v Sell and Miss M Margaret Mm. both Honoars Kratluates. m [n-lish from the Lniver- ;of Malava. SfUl leave SincapMM tm England on 1 '{yHI arc I** to Cam- S =bl 1(1 to take a teach- s „r training course. Vliss Lira
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    Lock icon New envoy to China
    20 3 Mr R. K. Nehru, Indian Foreign Secretary, ha.s been aDDOinted ambassador to Com- munist China. U.P.
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    Lock icon Order of Lenin
    20 3 M A Sholokov. author of -Quiet Flows the Don," received the Order of Lenin yester- day. A.P.
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    Lock icon IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY FOR 200 IN THIS TOWN
    142 3 IT'S CHRISTMAS IN JULY FOR 200 IN THIS TOWN (CHRISTMAS chimes joyfully rang from the tower of the first Methodist church in Vicksburg, Michigan, a little town of 2,000, last Sunday as the congregation celebrated Christmas in July. Rev. George Stanford, the pastor, said he began the special summer Christmas
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    Lock icon HEIRESS FILES LIBEL SUIT AGAINST PAPER
    187 3 MILLIONAIRESS Doris Duke yesterday filed a US$3,KK) damage suit In Santa >, California, against ftfidential Magazine as the ilt of what her attorney i a 'malicious, false, us and degrading artiaccompanied with photohs" of the tobacco iss. Miss Duke's attorney, Mr. Diesler, indicated that
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    Lock icon RED PURGE IN SHANGHAI
    173 3 'Cu It ura I workers 9 among 3,000 held rpHE Chinese began another reUn of terror last week in Shanghai, and arrested ;it least S,ttl people, a Nationalist news agency said in Taipeh vesterday. The China Union Press reported that tht authorities made house-to-house checks in
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    Wife locked in blazing flat
    200 3 BLONDE former actress Pat-; ricia Toriel, who added Jocks to her front and bedroom doors after a $114,000 burglary last April, nearly lost her life yesterday when fire broke out in her New York apartment and firemen nad trouble breaking in. Patricia, wife of wealthy
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    Lock icon BIG JUMP IN U.S. TYRE EXPORTS
    96 3 BIG JUMP IN U.S. TYRE EXPORTS TYRL shipments th^ year in 1 the United States will exceed iii5 r ooo.oi)0 units, an Increase "i n per cent over 1054 total tyre sales, sccordtimates released in Akron, Ohio yesterday by the the B.F. Goodrich Company. Tyres for new cars and for
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    24 3 JACQUELINE Auriol. above, daughter-in-law of the former French President, yesterday officially became the worlds fastest woman flier with a record 715.35 m p h
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion Singapore's future
    254 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Singapore's future TUESDAY. July IS, I SINGAPORE has mi-! deniably the potential!- ties for further considerable expansion In secondary industries, but signs arr nut lacking that confidence has been rudely shaken In the future stability of the island. Borne 20 Hong Kong interests are reported
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    The Emergence of Africa
    243 4 Latest moves bring her to World Power status r pHIS month the "unde- fended continent," as Francois Erasmus, South African Minister of Defence called Africa last March' takes a first step towards becoming a World Power Talks between Francois Erasmus and British Defence Minister Selwyn Lloyd
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    King Baudouin gets 'the Congo treatment'
    501 4 'PHE isolated and self- conscious cries of "Vive le Roi" which used to greet the youthful King Baudouin of the Belgians have become, almost overnight, a fullthroated roar of approval and affection. And all as a result of the King's visit to the Belgian
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    Where did she find that deserted beach?
    50 5 WANDA BALCON, 21 -year-old actress niece oi lilm producer Sir Michael Balcon, looks like a incrmaifl in this latest picture. But the intriguing (liiestion is where did she find that deserted beach while England is sweltering in the hottest weather of the year?
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    Galleon seekers find relics
    161 5 Galleon seekers find relics ryuK treasure-hunting expe--1 dition financed by the Duke of Argyll to search for mken Spanish galleon in Tobermory Bay, Island of Mull, has brought up the most important relics to be uneartsince the first search began in 1910. At Inverary Castle, the Duke aid: "I feel
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    Out of hospital
    30 5 Tho Minister for Local Government. Lands and Housing, Inche Abdul Hamid bin Haji J'imat, yesterday left the Singapore General Hospital 25 days' treatment for a spinal ailment.
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    LORRY DRIVER CYCLED 200 MILES TO APPEAL
    181 5 kFTER cycling 200 miles from London getting isional lifts for himself his bicycle Henry Corke, 4G, a lorry driver, finished his journey by ling from Doncaster to rthallerton (Yorkshire) to fIUCt his own appeal :ist two convic f ions by the Bedale, Yorksnire,
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    A JUDGE VALUES 'HEARTLESS FLIRT' AT £400
    425 5 A JUDGE VALUES 'HEARTLESS FLIRT' AT £400 npOM was the boy friend in the life of dark -haired Mrs. Rosina Alice Martin, a "rather heartless flirt." But she decided to dispose of poor Tom, said Lord Merriman, the divorce court president. Not for the first time in human history and
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    CHRISTIAN (ANONYMOUS) SENDS BACK HIS LOOT
    113 5 CHRISTIAN (ANONYMOUS) SENDS BACK HIS LOOT A GERMAN dent.. I receired parcel irom l land containing instruments that disappeared Irom hu surgery at B I Hamburg In I in an accompanying letter, the former British soldier who took them says: •The Instrument i sent in this parcel were stolen from
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      777 6 YOUR I LUCKY j STAR j T IiORN today, you haw I I, great deal of < <uiftd> i>« •i in your own < -apal-ilitit-s. IIU •*> are one to whom others will T turn in a crisis for vour 4 powers of leadership ui|| 4 exert themselves under pr«s-
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  • Round the World market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      224 7 LONDON, Julv IK. Previous Today HI BBER N<> 1 R SJ » cif European parti July 36 1 buyers 37 buyers 37 sellers 37 'i sellers Kl BBER No. 1 R^S ci.f. European 35' -i buyers 36 ». buyer; -• (l ,ts August 3.V-, sellers 36", sellers
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      New York price?
      109 7 ______v ..7 NEW YORK, July 18 Previous Today Tin Straits spot and nearby 97.25 nom. 98.00 nom. Jin futures July fl 96.00 bid 96.25 bid 97.00 asked 97.75 asked August 94.00 bid 94.25 bid 95.25 asked 96.00 asked September • • 93.25 bid 93.50 bid a4.25 asked
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      U.S. PEPPER
      55 7 Sj)ot Malabar was quoted at 48 Awaiting release 48. Afloats to 47. July shipment 47. Sarawak spot 45. Awaiting release 45. Afloat 43 4 to 42. July 42. Lampong spot 48. Awaiting release 48. Afloats 47',2 to 47. July shipI ment 47. All sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      38 7 24 Industrials 81 Railroads 10 Domostic Bonds 1 1 tilities '-• Stock* Composite • • • • Average Previous 460.23 159.17 99.79 65.15 166.42 YORK, July 18. Today 460.07 158.06 99.77 • 65 2*7 166.10
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      117 7 July 18. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.i.f. UK /North European delivered weight per long ion Julv/Aug. $186 value $186 sellers j oi'RA Philippines f.o.b. Manila in l>iilk, per long ton Unquoted Unquoted COPftA Straits r.i.f. UK/North 'uioptan delivered weight per iffl x i buyers Mf ton
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    A MAN'S CUP OF TEA HOLDS UP CONTEST
    174 7 A MID-MORNING cup of tea stopped the International Eisteddfod at Llangollen,, North Wales I he solo classes were over, and as the mixed choirs from 22 countries began to line up for competition for the international trophy, accompanist Mr. Ffrancon Thomas judged
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    JOHORE PREPARES FOR THE SULTANS RETURN
    116 7 JOHORE PREPARES FOR THE SULTANS RETURN 'pill Johore Royal family is 1 busy making preparations for the return <>f the Sultan the Sultanah and Princess Meriam who are due to arrive from England next month. Picture on lhe left shows Heft to right): Tungku Abdul Rahman. I'ngku Tti Aminah hinte
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    His right to pick own union is upheld
    408 7 His right to pick own union is upheld A MAN'S right to join the trade union ot" his choice was upheld by a judge. "A man is not a chattel to be directed from union to union," said counsel in the case. The action was brought by a 62-year-old ambulance
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    The BIGGEST DIAMOND in the WORLD
    1803 8  - The BIGGEST DIAMOND in the WORLD LESLIE AYRE THAT GLINT 30 FEET UP THE BANK-WAS IT A LEG-PULL? OR A WORTHLESS LUMP OF QUARTZ? NO, IT WAS... VIA WW ******>****** by 0. I January day j years a^o Mr. i n derick Wella could hardly believe his i Could it
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    MAUDIE LITUEHAMPTON ON HOLIDAY
    24 8  -  OSBERT LANCASTER by "Tell me, darling, do you .sometimes have a strange feeling tve've lived on this earth before 1
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    It was hard to explain
    130 8 LORD ISMAY has told friends that it will be "only a matter of months now before he leaves his post as Chairman of the NAiu Council. He has done tremendous work in the po.st in the last few years and Is one of the real
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    Lock icon Champagne Stakes in Soho
    54 9 v picture. > Waiters in London's Soho took part in their annual > race last week. Each car- ried a tray with half-a- bottle of champagne and two glasses. The winning waiter ran s the 420 yards course in < one minute twemty three > seconds.
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    TEDDY BOY SUITS ARE BANNED BY CO.
    315 9 THE Army has declared war on Teddy Boy clothes with an opening salvo at Bicester, Oxfordshire. There, recently, the pavements have swarmed with young men in the more extreme, bootlace-tie type of Edwardian dress. The source was traced: young National Servicemen from Bicester
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    When Dad's away— the records play
    50 9 Mothers and fathers taking a night out can now leave a gentle reprimand behind— for use if the children cause the baby-sitter any trouble. Mr. Louis Duchemin, of Nottingham, provides them with "record reminders," recordings of parents' voices telling the children to behave themselves.
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    A tiny plaice to call his own—£100
    180 9 A tiny plaice to call his own £100 PIE plaice weighed only a quarter-of-a-pound. Yet it must have been one of the dearest in angling history, with a landed :ost of about £100. It was hauled ln by Alan Sellers, at 16 the youngest competitor, off Boulogne in a sea-angling
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    MAN WHO LIVED IN RAIL TUNNEL
    182 9 MAN WHO LIVED IN RAIL TUNNEL V SMARTLY DRESSED unidentified man who I been roughing u In th< k-f tunnel u n tier n I Shakespeare cnir. Dover •i found dead there. He was l\in hi ud Injurli Idi tl t> alcove 200 yards it. the tunnel wh- he had
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    Tattoo contest
    28 9 A contest to find Britain's most artistically tattooed man Is being organised by the Loni don Tattoo Society The prize A trophy from U.S. tattoo enthusiasts.
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    EXCELLENT DISPLAY BY S'PORE FIREMEN
    127 10 EXCELLENT DISPLAY BY S'PORE FIREMEN Fifty officers and h fighting fi--^ I demonstrate latest methods of il rescuing trapped people The lire-fifjhtint; demonstration was held at the Central Fire Brigade in Hill Street for members of the Insurance Institute of Malaya. The pictures in this page show the various aspects
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    Lock icon Sanctuary for Boys
    1320 12 Brother Albert tells Adelaide Eastley of Boys Town problems Ma i- ay as marriage customi have i direct Impact upon the live and fortunes of the children. When nd or thud v. it". hildren ol fonm r marria i f pu iround. This opinion wa. put forBrother
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    12 13 "Cancel Children's Hour for Wimbledon, would they? We can soon fix that."
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    HE GETS A NEW HONOUR
    103 13 Y T ET another Singapore photographer has i n awarded the Assoteship of the Royal Photographic Society of at Britain. He is Mr. Yan Fook-Leun, mi-mber of the SlngaCamera Club. Earlier issociateship wa.s awardI r o Mr, Chua Soo-Bin and Chan Eng-Hock. Mr. Yan Fook-LeUn,
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    Russians no longer fear cameras
    167 13 WESTERN visitors re- turning from the Soviet Union report a tremendous photography boom Soviet officials, who long have given the impression they feared a camera more than a gun, apparently have reversed themselves. Not only are foreign visitors being granted generous permission to photograph, but
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    Scots like Singapore pictures
    155 13 Scots like Singapore pictures AT THE recent 39th Scottish Salon of Photography organised by the Perthshire Society of Natural Science (Photographic Section for the Scottish Photographic Federation held in the Art Galleries in Perth, fourteen members of the Singapore Camera Club had a total of 28 pictures exhibited. The cameramen
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    926 16 PRINCESS GOES FOR THOSE OLD SONGS AS TOLD TO HAROLDTURNER ir aU ol a sud Clarid night recently, red to p on you. it ie J"-. i /ill illness ol x ndra that thi idden i adas she by In a waltz, it thi mpl< fact that was there at
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    555 17  - THIS SHIP sails without water T. R. Henry By a DUKE UNVERSITV A professor who went to the Central Sahara to find out all about camels has come away marvelling at the big beasts. One thing a camel can't d0 i s what most everyone thinks can that is. store
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    365 17 Bridge Hand v r BRDAY, 11 bowed how sad south wa* to make a grand si. on with I ard| Nor'h and South, but with a slightly different dl Ibutlon ol tha LastWf. t band ills ladni was became, having opened arlth one pade, that when- he played it. Today,
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    171 17 -SAY TOUGHEN-'EM-UP' COMMIES THE Russians claim new successes in their attemptto toughen up thc worlds flora and fauna so that they can ensure the USSR's severe northern cold. Past achievements, according to Soviet propagandists, In elude the successful cultivation of grain, vegetables and fruit in
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      227 17 DAILY CROSSWORD i7 r i i i i l i I I 1 1 illllllll (Ll BS ACROSS: ]0 Building bounded by identical < lhe forbearance of a Biblical directions (7). larch (8. 2, 3) such* grasslands for sale! (4) orge Eliot and Ellis Bell? 12 without the French (4).
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    Must this Carter lightweight serial continue?
    240 18  - Must this Carter lightweight serial continue? HARRY CARPENTER By x o GRI Ml u ONDI UNATION 01 BOXING'S PERNH lOUS k\ ll .IM CLAI si NHI» BE <|l OTED THAN I 111 CASE OFTHE WORLIJ LICiIITWEIGHI CHAMPIONSHIP New v rk Negro Jimmy Cartel ,tx 195 i. Som( tttlt foi eoi
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    174 18 ALL White Ii.IV Ji beat Golden Ajtoi j- j'. j to 2 In a Crlcndly badminton mat< h I"- uit i < All White B P Raaall bt Bald Sulalman 15-6 IS 3 Rabanl lo I to Ansa* uddin 15 4 7-15 m IS; aii
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    107 18 The Royal Island Club's Monthly Medal (Stroke) competition played >n Saturday resulted In a tie in the A" Division between three players G. Botha. S. K. Claw and F. T. laddock who returned 69. Cheng Thiam Blew <72> won the B" event and R. D. Johnston (.74)
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      JONES SETS NEW GOLF RECORD, WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
      467 18 JONES SETS NEW GOLF RECORD, WINS CHAMPIONSHIP 4 PETER WOOD'S record round of 65 for the golf course at R.A.F. Changi lasted precisely three weeks. On Sunday, with a brilliant round ol 64, LAC Donald Jones created a new course record ind at the same time established himself as the
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      359 18 SOCCER: IN Division One of the Inter-Section League, the struggle Darrowod 1 itoelf down to two teams. P.E.A.P. dropped a point to Base Account* on Friday and with 16 points from 12 games, must now be considered out of the running. Ba.se Accounts deserved
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    341 19 Tayfield in devastating spell takes 5-22 THEN LAKER REPLIES WITH 5 FOR 56 t\l F-Sl'INNERS Hugh Tayfleld of South Africa and Jim Laker of Surrey took the bowling honours on the second day of the tourists' match aginst the I hampion cricket county at The Oval yesterday. At. the close
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    87 19 |T EVAN GOSPER, AusIV tralian runner competing for Michigan State College, beats the favoured Loo Jones (left) and lum lea (right), both of the United States, in tho Los Angeles Coliseum Relays 110-yard run held in Late May 1955. The time was 46J seconds, [ones
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    RAOC OFFICERS CRICKET XI
    81 19 ual cricket match bet wen •s of R.A.O.C. and take place on Sunday a.m, on the 3 8.0.D. cricket Friendly Hill. R A OC. Officers XI will R A.J. Wiggins. (Capt), C J. Tobin, Lt Col D.A.C. U Col W.A.J. Welsh, Maj. -ire, Maj. R.J. Macken-
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    SPRSNGDALE GET SEVEN GOALS
    46 19 I tne S A. F.A. Dlv. 3A played yesterday were: 3 C trounced Kebe--lub 7-0 at Farrer Park. Seet .D. Munandy (2), <>ng (2) and Koh tbe scorers. Stadium Dockyard 1 JollUadc 2-1. Dawood and for Dockyard and Ali h for Jollilads
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    Lock icon NEW YORK SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BAN ON FIGHT
    128 19 >tate Supreme Court yes- 1 upheld the right of Athletic Commission ftght in which the r of one of the boxers uspended. Martin E. Frank ruling in the case of -hrlstenaen, Danish 'ht. who had been i to meet Gene Poirer <jra
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    Lock icon The law stops Campbell's record bid
    119 19 AN eviction order stopped Donald Campbell from taking advantage of perfect weather conditions yesterday at Lake Ullswater for a crack at smashing the water barrier which twice has dealt death at 200 miles an hour. Campbell donned a Korean war-type bulletproof vest and prepared
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    R.A.F. recover after 15-minute shock to score 3-1 victory
    329 19 R.A.F. recover after 1 5-minute shock to score 3-1 victory FOR THE FIRST 15 MINUTES AT JALAN BESAR LAST NIGHT RAF SELECTORS MUST HAVE WONDERED WHAT HAD GONE WRONG WITH THEIR WELL-KNIT TEAM WHICH GAVE SUCH FINE DISPLAYS AGAINST MALAYS AND SINGAPORE IN THEIR LAST TWO MATCHES. RAF who were
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    Lock icon Clayton stopped In eight rounds
    89 19 ITALY'S Italo Scortichini. M56-Jb) 1 last Bight .stopped Martin 11 Clayton (ISO-lb*, of New Orleans, in the eighth of a scheduled 12--round bout to retain his Philippine middleweight boxing title Scortichini won the rrown 11 days ago with a fourth round TKO over Young Paulino.
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    76 19 DR. Cary MiddlecofT won the Ig Milwaukee open g<»if tour- ||l nament yesterday with I lif-|] teen under par aggregate f I 2.5 and became the year's top money winner. I lllddlecoff, the 1055 Matters and Western open golf win- ner. finished the tournament with a two
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    111 19 I lOUisoN ***** of Prance, the. l J world champion, yeaterday wonl 'the 198-klloni»'ti-r Mar sel lie- Avignon fj 1 nth lap of the Tour de Pnu bicycle race under a scorching aun Y\ it wai Bob *%i ri< tory In this v.u.
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    200 19 SOI Til Al Kl( A Ist Inn,: 244. SCURFY Ist Inns, (overnight 66 for I). May Ibw b TOI held 62 Constable st. Durkv.o:th b Mansell 34 Bantogton Ibw b TayfleM 5 I a Bedacr c Watte b Ooddord io Mi'lntyit c Fuller I) Tayfield 9 Laker c ifineoll
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    70 19 IIRAZIL beat Cuba by four J matche.s to one in their American Zone Davis Cup tie in Havana. In the remaining two singles on Sunday. Jose Agucro 'Brazil > beat Orlando Oarrido 3—6, 7__5 t 6—4, 6 4. and Raynaldo Oarrido (Cuba* boat Roland Moroira 2—6.
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    Lock icon ENGLAND MAKE SIX CHANGES IN TEAM FOR FOURTH TEST
    459 20 INJURIES AND LOSS OF FORM HAVE CAUSED Till ENGLAND TEST SELECTORS TO MAKE SIX II iNGES FROM THE SIDE BEATEN IN THE THIRD TEST TO PLAT SOUTH AFRICA IN THE FOURTH TEST, BEGINNING AT LEEDS NEXT THURSDAY. The team Ls: P.
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    39 20 TPHE council of lhe Lawn Tennis Association of Australia decided las! High! to accept an invitation to send two men and two women ranking playert to tour India from Dec. 12. 1955 to Jan. 1. 19afi.
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    468 20 TITMUS AND APPLEYARD IN FINE FORM DBIAN Statham the Lancashire fast bowler, who yesterday was named in the England team for thr J fourth erieket Test against South i Afriea, showed a complete return to fitness by hitting
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