The Singapore Free Press, 7 January 1957

Microfilm: NL5633
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Monday, January 7. 1957. Price IftCti
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    Lock icon The last dance
    73 1 The last dance MAJOR SALAH SALEM, known as the "dancing major," who resigned yesterday as thief editor of the Egyptian morning: paper Al Sh;»ab. 4. No reason was Riven. *> Major Salem, formerly an influential figure <> 111 President Gamal y Abdel Nasser's Revolu- J I ttonary Council, was dropped
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    PENANG: SITUATION IS STILL TENSE
    173 1 CiEORGE TOWN house- wives this morning rushed to buy foodstocks and provisions to prepare for future curfews which might be imposed at short notice. From ."> p.m. last ni«ht police imposed a city wide curfew until fi a.m.. follo-.v-lai srvnal incidents yesterday and the circulation
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    Dental date: Death instead
    75 1 CHARLES ROCHE'S tooth ache wa.s tormenting him. but he dreaded seeing a dentist. His wife told police that as Rocho loft his home In Concord. California on Saturday she reminded him he had an appointment to have all of his teeth pulled. She called out again,
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    Lock icon Plea to end fighting
    46 1 MR. John Costollo. Prime Minister ot the Irish Republic, said In Dublin ia»l night that his government was determined to prevent further outbreaks of violence along the Northern Irish border and app to the people not to support these ai I Renter
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    Lock icon RED BLOC TOLD: BACK TO STALIN
    385 1 RED BLOC TOLD: BACK TO STALIN Moscow crushes Hungarian hopes of freedom Nationwide purge coming? PUSSIAN tanks again rumbled through the streets of Budapest yesterday as Moscow stooge Hungarian dictator Janos Kadar issued a Soviet-stamped proclamation announcing a return to Stalin style communism, thereby spreading fear of a new purge
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    Lock icon Kadar bows to Marilyn
    119 1 1)I( 11 Xl S ol Ameri- can film stars m glamorous poms were published for Mm first time m Budapest yes- terday In Nepnabadsaf, Z the official Communist Z newspaper m Hungary. Z This latest siyn of tin- ekan^ed climate m thrir country w.is shown to
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    Rubber price
    31 1 January first grade rubber buy.r.s i o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at m centi a lb.. up one-eighth of a cent on Friday's i The tone was uncertain.
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    Lock icon HEALTH OFFICERS ALARMED AT DANGERS
    642 2 kfdjyfyortg jkj HY A FREE PRESS SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR SINGAPORE'S 30,500 HAWKERS, WHO SELL FOOD AM) D DRINK POSH A GRAVE HEALTH PROBLEM FOR THE Health officials are alarmed M the prosped <>l a possible ouibreak of disease, ii' hawkers are allowed to go unchecked. I
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    Eye witness report
    68 2 Eye witness report Free Press readers have recently been complaining about utter lack of hygiene precautions by hawkers. The Free Press sent a special investigator around the city t o find out the truth on how the h.iwker s prepared their food, the methods of serving, facilities for washing and
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    Lock icon Stag star dies
    29 2 Gertie Gitana, 68, once a lamous music hall -star, died on Saturday night at her home m London. She had been ill for some time A.P
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    Councillors Problem
    98 2 Co un cillors Problem OINGAPORE city councillors are at .sixes and sevens over the use which can be made of the old St. James power .station. When the new $90 million plant at Pasir Panjang went into commercial production, St. James was put out of commission. Dismantling of the 25--year-old
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    No ban on Nov. 12
    134 2 No ban on Nov. 1 2 /CHINESE schools m Sin\j gapore can still have a holiday on Nov. 12 Dr. J?un Vat -sen's birthday if they wish, an Education Ministry spokesman said yesterday. He was commenting on the Chinese Schools Association's protest at the withdrawal of Dr. Sun's birthday from
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    THERE'S NO TICK FOR THIS CLOCK
    70 2 fcas been waiting for the owner to pick up a clock that was left 20 years ;iku lor repairs m his New York shop. A man walked into tne store on Friday and asked the amount of the bill. The jeweller said It was
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      78 2 IT'S OH AGAIN^, j CALLING ALL YOU V^g^^fl^. CUTE COOL, COOL CATS P*?" AND ALLIGATORS FOR THE ROCKING EST j ROLLING EST TIME OF YOUR LlFE^^p TONIGHT AND EVERY MONDAY NIGHT AT 9.00 P.M. IN THE GREAT WORLD CABARET Featunng CECIL WILSON and His Jet Rhythm Band i nutriM (Popular
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      38 2 FINAL SWEEPING at the CLOSING DOWN of our RETAIL DEPARTMENTS at 71, High Street NO REFUSAL FOR ANY REASONABLE OFFER GIVEN. It's Your Last opportunity to $aye Remember it is at BAJAJ Textiles, Limited. 7i. ihc;h strh i
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    Lock icon VITAL LONDON MEETING TODAY
    268 3 VITAL LONDON MEETING TODAY 'Tengku will stand firm" MALAYAN delegates to the negotiations m London with Britain on defence economic and finance questions held day long consultations yesterday m preparation for an Important meeting today of the fortnight-old conferencr The Malayan delegation, which is lead by Federation's Chief Minister Tengku
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    Lock icon JEWS IN PANIC EXODUS FROM EGYPT
    418 3 JEWS IN PANIC EXODUS FROM EGYPT There's a planned campaign of terror/ say first to leave 4N exodus of .lows from Egypt arrived m Naples \osterdav, stripped of possessions and telling tales of terror. There were !).">/ of Ihem nun, women iiid children aboard the Alexandria pass jnger ship Misr,
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    Lock icon Jesert ordeal— Marie recovers
    194 3 Jesert ordeal Marie recovers MARIE McDONALD, shapely 33-year-old actress who vanished on Thursday night and turned up injured and hysterical m the desert 24 hours later, rested m seclusion at her home yesterday. Police m los Angeies reported they have no trace of the two swarthy men she said kidnapped
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    Lock icon GOOSE-STEP IS OUT
    43 3 The goose-step will not v revived In West Oenr .iy's rmed fcr**»« tb liefenoe Minister, HiTr Prans-Jocef straihs.s, said yesterday. rtr is-surd a statement denying B proxs report that tho goose-step and a now heel clicking 1J b<" introduriHl Reuter
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    Lock icon A MAGIC WEB OF MUSIC
    160 3 SPINNING a web of sheer musical magic. New Zealand pianist Richard Farrel wi'h hi two expressive young hands last night captured and enthralled an enthusiastic audience of music lovers In Singapore. His web stretched through the gamut of human emotions; robust; threatening, m Urn opening
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      83 3 *^8 v j --X:-.- .^!"4f Xavier Cugat Johnny Ray FREDDIE BELL PAUL ROBI THE BELL BOYS THE PLATTERS When m Singapore, THEY ALL HAVE THKiK CLOTHES TAILORED AT For your C liine.se New Vinr clothes try our expert New cutter who has recently come from Hoaf Kon^ JR aMa at
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      Opinion ENFORCE THE LAW
      199 4 Opinion ENFORCE THE LAW EDUCATION, Engin-•*-J eering, and EnBforcement are the three factors which make for Road Safety. But neither Education nor Engineering can cure selfishness, which is the cause of most accidents. A selfish man does not listen. Rules, regulaItions, and commonsense are not for him. He is above
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    BY THE WAY
    316 4  -  Beachcomber by IN a lecture recently to the staff of the Reafforestation League at Walsall I elaborated what I had written here a we» k ago about the melting of the polar icecaps. A man m the audience, who said he had studied marine biology m the
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    Pelham Groom
    886 4 Don't give way to morbid exaggeration cvghfbtnbth WHILE the mellow mood produced by the holidays is still with us it If a pleasant change t 0 see whether the world today Is quite as bad as people would have us believe. Are we becoming decadent? The furious little
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    BRITAIN LOSES MORE TRADE
    210 4 r»URRENT moves the highly pro fierman government of South Africa to establish closer links with West Germam have an ominous significance for Britain. The United Kingdom < £150,000,«fO-a year tradr with South Africa is almost certain to be cut as a result of the moves. A
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      28 4 WEDDING GIFTS FROM FEW DOLLARS UPWARDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DESIGNS TO PLEASE BOTH THE GIVER AND RECEIVER S.P.H. de SUVA LTD. NEW BRANCH AIRPORT Singapore Ipoh k. Lumpur
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      46 4 SANOID to t/ie rescue/ Don't be caught out by sudden injury! Have a fc^^^gljflffi. SANOID First Aid set WR^"'fe*M^\ are six comprehensive o^&^~*! > sets to suit the home or \CX—ii fiictory, sports club or car. THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. RAFrLES PLACE SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE AHCADE. OROIAI
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    Death sleep drama on ice peak -3 die
    297 5 Death sleep drama on ice peak -3 die THREE climbers m Scotl l n d, caught m the worst snowstorm since IDI7, fell asleep m their tent and died. A fourth member of the party. 21 -year-old Tom Carroll, tried to rouse them when he woke up, In the mornIng.
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    A model annoys the millionaire
    95 5 LUCILLE ANN STRIGUCH. a 25 -year old statuesque brunette model is accused by millionaire John Jacob A star of annoying him. Police picked up Miss Strujlich after Aston com- plained the threatened to break all the windows of l his palatial Miami Beach home. She
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    The pound of flesh, 'tis mine'
    91 5 The pound of flesh, 'tis mine' This is the face of a great actor, portraying a 1 man with neither compassion nor kindness. The cruel lips curl and the eyes are filled with J X UaU> and cold, as he calculates the joy of revenge. lUbert Helpmann of the Old
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    Was old Izaak a poacher too?
    187 5 Was old Izaak a poacher too? me uompieai Angier will not .seem so compleat as from today. For a great query has begun about the author, Izaak Walton did he poach it? This literary puzzle was started by scholars of New Jeney'i Princeton University. They came up today with the
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      73 5 lIIQT lINPARKFn mjm m 0 m^w m Jf Luxurious Sew SPORT- X Kt^^l TUP I ATCCT M F~\A/ SHOP EARLY-PICK THE BEST THE WATCH OF CUARANTEED= IWr M ACCURACY BEAUTIFULLY STYLED 1957 Models available at all Watch Dealers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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      75 5 llllllllllllHliiiiiuiiumini""""""" MACKESONS ALWAYS V SCORES J «»m It takes lots of vim and vigour l^^f to play a winning game! Ii^CESONS UkIJX MACKESONS MACKESON'S MILK STOUT a sm.^ )th, non-bitter drink with tht nutritious properties of dJiry milk. SOLE AGENTS: f f»] JAM i l II I I I I
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      313 6 3i\M»H\lii: by Lee Falk and IMiil Davis /--NOT SUPPOSEP Y^EIL BE t7ELIG*^TEp| I BUT FIRST -TELL COAAE SON! I I WAIT- PONT i [TO BE? WE WERE ITO ©O BACK -IF US WHERE WE X*^J__ PISSOLVE-/ i. STOP? PONT COME I PRAGGEP HERE--yV YOU'LL TELL/-^ ARE! PONT GO O> f
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      614 6 BORN today, you are one ot thOM i alert out-going, aggressive and I managing individuals. Things may be at a complete standstill, but once yea come on the scene events |< t stirred up- Then anything can hap- pen. but at least there is plenty of activity! Make sure that
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    Slap! wife hits the rector at a christening
    430 7 r FHE young wife of a W-year-uld rector ran down a church aisle after the christening of her baby and smacked her husband's face. The baby, 16-month-old Francis, was baptised after a direction of a judge of the Divorce Court by the
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    More 'pence' than ever
    141 7 More 'pence' than ever VOT one penny was A^ struck by the British Royal Mint last year. There are so many of them -more than 1.650,000.000. There are more pennies than any other coin. Second Is the .sixpence 1.1)19.000.001) Third is the half-penny 874.000. 000. fourth the Shilling 754.000.000. Farthings
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    INDIANS STRIKE IT RICH IN BIG SELL-OUT
    211 7 INDIANS STRIKE IT RICH IN BIG SELL-OUT THE Chippewa Band of Indians is about to sell its 3400-acre reservation m Sarnia. Ontario, to a big American industrial firm for more than Ms2l,--250,000. The 452 Indians claim that this deal, now on the point of being signed, will make them the
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    Film he-man puts art before Dors
    182 7 rjIANA DORS? The blue chinned, tousle-haired tough guy of the screen glared over his I shoulder and said: 'Art comes first with me," and got on with his paint- I ing. It was Rod Steiger, 33-year-old American star who flew into London to make
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      90 7 For delicious Cakes l8o&, use..**^ j^m Sole Agrnts: V KIAN CWAN (M) LTD. Singapore Kuala Lumpur Praang. The weekly issue of Ihc STRAITS BUDGET eil be > sent Air Mail i any address m the United Kingdom at an inclusive rate of I" j: $24.00 I Ilili SIX MONTHS >
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      58 7 lIIIIIIIIIIIH II" SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES I TODAY: 2.07 p m. TOMORROW: 3.00 a.m. I and 2.51 p.m. I WEDNESDAY: 3 35 a.m. and 344 p.m. THURSDAY: 420 am and r >.oo Pm. FRIDAY: 5.15 a.m. and (>5l pm. I SATURDAY: 6.23 a.m. R and 8.42 p.m. SUNDAY: 7.36 am. I
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    Jeanne's rich boy friend lands in a brawl with hubby
    384 8 Jeanne's rich boy friend lands in a brawl with hubby Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ Two girls born on opposite sides of the earth make music together. E They are 11 -year-old Frances Barlow, of Put- E ney, London, and 17-year-old Sawaka Iyahaga. from Japan. Both attend London secondary schools and are taking part
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    Hawaii sets the scene
    51 8 SUNSHINE I ISLAND I A happy new year picture I ront the sunny Hawaii slancl of guitars and eternal I unshine. This is a view of world amous Waikiki beach avourite playground of tmericans. This beach is also headuarters of the islands avourite passtime surf- I
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    Learners in the ways of a new weapon
    112 8 Learners in the ways of a new weapon SINCE the end of the war the nations of the free world have been banding together g m the important task of defence. 5 A mutual assistance plan is now m effective global operation ex- g tending from Western Europe to the
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    Two St. Joans talk it over
    109 9 yrTO Premingers latest discovery, 18-year-old Jean Seberff, is taking part as Joan of Arc m his film production of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan.'' She has been along to see Clandel's Saint Joan m Paris. The other Saint Joan? Famous star Ingrid FSersman of course.
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    12 sacked over a saucy pose
    138 9 1 2 sacked over a saucy pose TWO photographers have been expelled from a camera club alter complaints by nude models. One started an uproar m the club studio at Fulhamroad, London, because a girl refused to pose for him. Models complained that another was postering them at their homes.
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    THE CRAZY MIXED UP U.K. KIDS
    478 9 ■vpnmppMfVfPTffvi^vm iiii::i!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiminiimi SPIRITUALLY BARREN, SAYS DR. SEX Jl\ I. lubs and skiffle groups arc helping to turr Britain into a nation of craiy, mixrd-un kids says a mind expert The expert is 54-year-old Dr. Eustace Chesser. p.sychiatn.st, sociologist author and "Britain's Dr. Kinsey." Dr.
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    JAPS LIKE OUR BEER
    38 10 Mjl.iy.m beer is popular m Far Eastern countries like Japan. Korea and Formosa, said Mr. N Most, vice-pre-sident of Cetz Brothers, who i has just arrived m Singapore < from San Francisco by PanAmerican Airways.
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    Rock ri roll is a thing of the past! You have to 'skiffle' now!
    552 10 Rock ri roll is a thing of the past! You have to 'skiffle' now! CELLING |azz to the Americans is something few British recording artists can do. Yet a young singer by the name of Lonme Donegan is amassing a fortune through doing just that. His sensational sweep to fame
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    Family plan scheme is expanding
    217 10 Family plan scheme is expanding VOLUNTARY workers m the Federation and Sarawak are seeking the guidance pt the Singapore Family Planning Association to open women's clinics m their areas. A nurse from Sarawak, Miss M. Yong, has arrived m Singapore to be trained m family planIning. She will later take
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    President's daughter sang for Colony man
    486 10 President's daughter sang for Colony man RUTH WOODESON, former Free Press reporter, now News Bureau Director of the Sarah Lawrence College m New York sends this despatch on the activities of PETER LIM, junior reporter on the Free Press who won a New York Herald Tribune scholarship and is now
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    Lock icon Chou off to Moscow
    30 10 The Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chou En-Lai. will fly to Moscow today for talks with Soviet leaders. He is due to visit Warsaw afterwards. Re uter.
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1268 11 pERHAPS this subject may be unsavoury to those who would Forget oui- history bul it is mv opinion thai Singapore nerds more men of the calibre of such founding fathers as Stamford Raffles and James Brooke. Who, today, can match the versatility of these benevolent autocrats? Half-patriot, halfphilanthropist,
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    BRIDGE HAND
    299 12 VMCTOR MOLLO'S book. Streamlined Bridge, or Point-count Bidding Without TtMis." is .sprightly; it staunchly advocates the superiority of Britishh methods over scientific American bidding pin. t ices that letvt little room to go wrong for their opponents. It presents the familur 4-3--2-1 point count with modifications that American
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    RESEARCH DOCTOR BLACK LISTED
    800 12 RESEARCH DOCTOR BLACK LISTED ;:::::::::::::::::::::::::k:::::::::£::£H:^^ F 31 s ii is s -S iS i|jH| 5 j 5 v ;l Third m the series of five articles by LEONARD ENGEL on the miracle of heart surgery. A STRIKING feature of the men who have created heart surgery is their youth. Only
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      64 12 'Old 5 and 'new' brains I The 'old' and new" brains, containing together some 10,000.000,000 cells, are the centre of a far-flung communications network, analyzing and acting upon an endless stream of messages about events m other parts of V the body and outside world. The "old" brain, a core
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      239 12 Daily Crossword CLI'KS ACROSS 5 A silicone product? (4) ttl 6 Soft down? Just the reverse 1 Glis.sos m the circus' (9). (4 a> 7 Six nothing to the French? 7 A spanner for railway en- < s> M gineers. maybe! (7). 8 she mi«ht be rabid m.a. n Hc
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    I'M NOY S PUB CRAWLMNG GIRL SAYS C.
    413 13  - I'M NOY S PUB CRAWLMNG GIRL SAYS C. Ward Morehouse inside shoe business H» 14 1 DON'T feel that I'm equipped for anything except lyin* 1 down, and buying hats, and here I am caught up m tin The girl with the inferiority complex is Coral Browne, who plays Lady
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    STARS OIF-STAGE
    36 13 I An off-stage shot of the stars of "The Opposite Sex" seen on location at II a ranch near Reno. From left to right: Charlotte Greenwood, JuneAllyson, Jeff Richards Anne Miller and Af-nes Moorehead
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    Shorts from Hollywood
    462 13 'The Opposite Sox." Hollywood has E E opened Broadway's eyes to the fact that Dolon 8 Gray is an actress as well as a musical E comedy star. E E Tile result is that she baa been Sent the E script of John C. Wilson's fortheominu stage
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    Is Charles just Soccer's spoiled boy?
    348 14  - Is Charles just Soccer's spoiled boy? DESMOND HACKETT By JOHN CHARLES, SOCCER PLATER OF THE J TEAR. SO CHANT THE ECSTATIC CHOIHJS OI THE FOOTBALL 1 AITIIM i OFF CHORD. FOR ME J'*" %t ..u,KS CAN BE TAGGED FOOm^Ui FLOP OF THE TEAR. tour score minutes and ten I surveyed
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    Lock icon ACROBATIC GOALKEEPER
    59 14 Sundcrland v. o a 1 keeper. Willie Fraser, springs into a curving Nap m a vain effort to stop the hall as it flies to the net to pive Charlton Athletic their second goal m the first division match at the Valley, London. The goal was scored by
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    Lock icon Sutcliffe hero in Shield win
    128 14 Sutcliffe hero in Shield win HELPED by the brilliant batting and bowling of left-hander Bert Sutcliffe, Otago beat Northern Districts by an innings and 62 runs, m their three day plunket Shield match which ended yesterday m Wellington. Sutcliffe was Otago's topscorer with 552 not out and took five wickets
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    Espinosa is still champ
    58 14 m THE Orient bantamweight champion Leo Espinosa of the Philippines last night defeated Japanese bantamweight champion Saburo Otaki on points m a 12--round title match at the Osaka Stadium. Western Japan The decision was unanimous. Following last night's fight Otaki said "I did my best but
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    Barnes prepares for Bangkok
    268 14 rpHE Australian boxer. E I- George Barnes. E who is the British EmE Pire and Australian E welterweight c h a m pion. is using Sugar Ray Robinson's train- ins methods for his 10 round fight against E Somdez Yonkitrat m Bangkok on Jan. 30. Barnes's
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    NEGRO BOXER ENGAGED FOR SYDNEY
    146 14 THE improving Australian middleweight fighter. Clive Stewart, will meet American Negro Dave Cochrane at Sydney Stadium on Feb. 4. The Stadium manager. Mr. Harry Miller, said that after beating Italian Luigi Coluzzi Stewart was prepared to meet any boxer lined up for him. "Cochrane should
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    TEMPERAMENT
    427 14  -  ARCHIE QUICK By It makes the job tougher rkNE of the major headaches of a League Football club manager is the varying temperaments of the star players. Take Manager Billy Walker, of Notts Forest for instance. His team, although challenging for promotion to the First Division, went eight mutches
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      64 14 Rtr <> <l ii t it fj pictures for your photographs to be taken by FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 Free Press Photographic Dept. 140-146 Cecil Street. Singapore THIS HftVICl IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN SINCA P O II I ■MmiiiHMHimiuii imi ii iini m 1 1 1 ii m
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    MALAYAN HALF-MILER TRAINS THE AMERICAN WAY
    766 15  - MALAYAN HALF-MILER TRAINS THE AMERICAN WAY FRANCIS ROZARIO ~By |\ID you know that we "m Singapore have, the third best half miler m Asia? Hi is M. Harichandra, who has been living here since his return from the Olympics. The Kuala Lumpur athlete, who was formerly m the police, is
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    At last!— Scheme to save the Cup :
    98 15 At last!— Scheme to save the Cup ajfALAYA will have three badminton training courses *rl this year m preparation for the icfCBCC of the Thomas ("up They will be h« Id during April, August and December. i This was decided by the standing Committee of the Badminton Association of Malaya
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    Australia still tops at tennis
    249 15 Australia still tops at tennis 4 USTRALIA seem likely to continue to dominate the international lawn tennis scene In 1957. despite the loss of Ken Rosewall. decision to join Jack Kramer's All-Star professional tennis circus, the highest paid .sports group m the world, has meant the break-up of his all-conquering
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    Lock icon MERVYN ROSE WINS TITLE
    53 15 Meixyn Rinf heat fellow Austialian Don Candy 6-3, 6-4, 3-ti. 6-4 m tin- men's single*, final «l tht Dixie lntiTn.ition.il l.iun tennis U>urnamenl m Florida yesterday- Rose and Candy paired to beat Roger Broker (Britain) and Sid Schwartz Tinted BtetCft) 7-5. 2-6, 6-1 m the doubles
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    BEST FOR 1956
    656 15  -  VERNON MORGAN By Ist Sailer 2nd Kuts 3rd Morrow VLADIMIR KUTS, THE PHENOMENAL RUSSIAN DISTANCE RUNNER. IS GENERAL- LV CONCEDED TOP PLACE IN WORLD RANKi I ING LISTS OF SPORTSMEN WHO DID BESI IN 1956. Clearly ho must be ne.u the top. but was hi.s running at
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