The Singapore Free Press, 16 January 1957

Microfilm: NL5633
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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale in Malaya No. *****. Singapore. Wednesday, January 16, 1957. Price 15 Cts
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    Lock icon P.M. SAYS YES TO EUROPE LINE-UP
    503 1 P.M. SAYS YES TO EUROPE LINE-UP U.K. asks safeguards for the colonies mm.' URTTISH PRIME MINISTER, MR. HAROLD MACMILLAN, T IN HIS HRST MAJOR DIPLOMATIC MOVE HAS PLEDGKI) URITISH AI IgSiENT WITH HER EUROPEAN ALLIES AIMED "~'a?rfA'SrS"kS I oVTOfi!TOUR""'BSSK TK.DE «REA AND atrfatw MOVES ARE UNDER WAY FOR ALREADY JAVVt^J^
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    Lock icon Mac—almost a man from Mars
    152 1 Mac— almost a man from Mars 1%/f R HAROLD WILSON, a leading member of the t M opposition Labour Party, said in Huyton I KiiKland. last night that the new Government of J X Mr Harold Macmillan was still the old team 'based <\ X m the same aristocratic connection
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    Lock icon I.R.A. MEN ARE JAILED
    29 1 Fourteen men, .said to have fought the British authorities in Northern Ireland, have been each sentenced to six months' imprisonment by Irish Republican Courts.- Reuter
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    Class flees to freedons
    32 1 I Wffltf faajt.-* a-** ws j 3 German schools. This P-PP.T picture shows the East German students on their arrival "JZaOZLmmmmKmi ICJ IIIIMRIC1I IHICiattaTel (Ml MOMMMKM»l HM I
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      112 1 1 •'■*-^S^i*'3BBSSSSSS^ -v Oo Vs^ i S \eep \>ea ce Nature intended all to enjoy complete HT Vv und peaceful sleep each night in order jX§^^ '^jM ■am strenj-th. energy and confidence fffeo "jf^Bf to sec them chei'ifully through the new ?fU^£/ 4^,| day. To some sleep comes easily; jfJ/jOfe^lW
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    YOUTH KITTY BID
    109 2 YOUTH KITTY BID =THE Singapore! -L Federation of Boys' z Clubs wants to set up a fund for training f youth leaders abroad E and for developing youth centres in the E Colony. Instead of going: E round rap in hand E every time a need i arises, the Federation
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    Lock icon Same but with a difference
    71 2 MR. CHOU EN-LAI, the Chinese Communist Premier, said in Warsaw last night that, while fun- damentally there is only one Communism, it can assume various forms in different countries. "It may not always be the same as it is in the Soviet Union,'* he added.
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    SINGAPOREANS BUY LUXURIES ON INSTALMENTS
    393 2 SINGAPOREANS BUY LUXURIES ON INSTALMENTS Easy payment' system favoured THE "ea«v payment" system is catching on in Singapore. Thousands of people here who have been buying their homes and cars on the instalment plan are now extending their commitments to clothes and jewellery. The average Singaporean is budget-conscious and for
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    Memorial service
    74 2 A MEMORIAL service for the late Brigadier E. P Sewell, Brigadier in charge of administration, H.Q. Base Dist. from July 1954 to last October, will be held in the chapel of the British Military Hospital, Singapore, at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Brig. Sewell was taken ill in Singapore and
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    Lock icon SOVIET A.-ARMS FOR EGYPT?
    50 2 The U.S. Newsweek magazine said yesterday that "Soviet Ambassador Y. D. Kiselev is reported to have offered to provide Egypt and other Arab nations with atomic warheads for their armed forces." The magazine added: "It's part of Russia's plan to counter Eisenhower's Middle East doctrine.' A.P.
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    Lock icon TERYLENE NETS ARE BETTER
    137 2 TERYLENE NETS ARE BETTER BRITISH manufacturers ar e developing terylene mosquito nets following successful trials carried out in Malaya for the past four years in their use. Mosquito nets made from this British discovered polyester fibre terylene have many advantages. They ar e light in weight, strong, rot and mildew
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    56 2 Mr George Seow, the organising secretary of i the Singapore Trade Union Congress, who has just returned home i after touring Japan for five weeks. He said that there was no "evident infiltration of Communists in the Japanese unions." "Their unions are strong and progressive because of their enlightened social
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    RUBBER SEEDS YET TO COME
    144 2 RUBBER SEEDS YET TO COME rpHIS is the modern Russian parable of the seeds told to the Free Press by Mr. H. M. Burkill, Assistant Director of the Botanic Gardens in Singapore. Hearing of a wonderful rubber latex producing plant which botanist* behind the Iron Curtain cultivated during the last
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    Lock icon YEMEN CLAIMS ALL ADEN
    217 3 YEMEN CLAIMS ALL ADEN Demands on British Honduras, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar J*HE Yemen claimed in the United Nations Trusteeship (>- ..uttee in New York yesterday that Aden was "an integral part o( x i 1 1 it 1 1 Raising the question of British occupation of Aden, the Yemeni delegate,
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    Indian as 'bridge'
    150 3 Indian as 'bridge' ]\|RS. Vijaya Lakshmi 1"1 Pandit, sister of Indian Premier Nehru, says, "Only the people E of the world, not the S E diplomats and states- E E men" can help the E world reach an ideal jj state of tolerance and E E understanding where S E
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    Lock icon U.K. CUTS AUXILIARY FORCES
    122 3 U.K. CUTS AUXILIARY FORCES pUTS in Britain's Auxiliary Defence Forces by the army, navy and air force were announced in London last night. The heaviest cuts are made by the Royal Air Force which is to di.sbn.nd most of its auxiliary units, including 20 fighter squadrons. The Air Ministry .^aid
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    Lock icon 'The night Dr. A pumped widow full of drugs...'
    238 3 ONE of four nurses who yesterday gave evidence against Dr. John Bodkin Adams, the doctor who is accused of murdering three of his patients In Britain's quiet seaside resort. Fustbourne, said he used a large-sized hypodermic svringe to pump one of
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      125 3 Latest Designs of Jewellery 'i\ I 'B^^""^^\ WORLD FAMOUS CULTURED PEARLS available in Necklaces, Chokers, Bracelets, Brooches, Earrings, Pendants, Rings Tie Pins. Distributors:-— G. C. de SUVA BROS., "Jewellers" 3, Raffles Place, Singapore-1, Phone *****. Qat RAFFLES §2 ffiRHYTHM THAT HAS CAPTIVATED £3 SINGAPORE p IGIANCARLO I ft AND HIS
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16, 1957 Opinion A TIMELY JOSTLE
    281 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16, 1957 Opinion A TIMELY JOSTLE I>RITAIN has four army 13 divisions and a tactical air force in West Germany, and Ifl bearing the entire cost, paying out from her desperately scarce holdings of foreign exchange. Now Britain is asking that West Germany, most
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    From the obscure to the fabulous in ten years
    1074 4  -  Stephen Coulter by FRANCE'S Man of (he Year is Christian Dior. As 1956 passed into 1957, 1 results of a celebrity poll in Paris showed Dior as the most famous and popular Frenchman alive. He now outstrips General de Gaulle, Marshal
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    BY THE WAY
    239 4  - BY THE WAY Beachkomber by ■jo.uim 10 Wt aqj iuim aon -ISOd SUTAia-inpMll ium Ul Jl BUHTJM it j UITT I '^DBJ |Q JOJlrtTi joss-djojd /Iq dn umtjjd I MII^H Joj sjjuh lt-G'9 aqi en Suipjooob iy Suited* uib 1 uaqM 'p^aq Am U o uuinjoo S|q^ Xnuonb -3JJ 1
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      56 4 fc.^< P^JIWIJI 1%0/r* s%o^< ,v<L^<j; Of all the watches Switzt rlanri produces, C- 3 <F r/if m.uine chrononifter 2 M /.ir ;/ic mos/ accu- V raff. And every marine Z. chronometer that 5 comes from Switzerland i is made by ULYSSE NARDIN. Exclusively. (Limited Production), pi h. SENA LTD.I S
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      104 4 Exquisitely fresh with paris mist Y Brautv hcpins in the bath with K*^H liiiK.x.i'- harming Llue-parked trio, B%^ all jierl'iinuMj with Pari* Mist. '^^■^*"*B PARIS MIST BEAUTY SOAP, I £^1* I r;< h, rreainy; yielding a B*" 1 CHOMiag Uther. i* Ift^^^l PARIS MIST SKIN I'lllH'MK, »<S^ -O^ tinplinp, conoentnied
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    86 DAYS LATE—BUT NO SOUR FRUIT
    190 5 86 DAYS LATE— BUT NO SOUR FRUIT A Suez delayed ship is due... ONE ship will bring thousands of tons of grapes from Spain to Singapore 86 days late and anqther will not call here as usual because of the Suez trouble. But the "rapes in the Kyoto will not
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    49 5 ;>i< lure Menken of Musical Viva a new group which is to give chambo r music re- citals in Singapore. They are from left to right: Leader. Lottig Movser, cello; E Noreen stokes, pianoforte; Susheela Devi, violin: Julai Tan. viola; Slava TairofT. violin, and (lus Steyn. pianoforte.- Free Press
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    A 'brutal' City Council
    223 5 A 'brutal' City Council riuiK Singapore City Coun- cil was yesterday accused of brutality. The allegation was based on its "merciless, brutal methods ol destruction of stray dogs." Mrs. F. Leon-Son, found-er-president ox the Singapore Canine Welfare Association said: The dog problem must be tackled with tact and not brutality."
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    Lock icon 'MUMMY' MARILYN RUMOUR
    93 5  -  Susan Lewis By MARILYN MONROE l< having "tummy up- sets," but she won't say yes or no to rumours she is pregnant. The actress and her playwright husband, Arthur Miller, have been vacationins? at "Mootpoint." a tftftfMf villa on Jamaica's north coast. Over cofTc<\ she refused to
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      89 5 A splendid opportunity t^gT* *S^^^^^^L 70^}^ to snap up HOUSEHOLD "tM^^B^^/tlr^C i^p^i FURNISHI NGS AT S^WIUr^WJ SSS^PPM SENSAriONAL SAVINGS '^^^EjK^LfjWf Rrca,n Tpeclal offers UNBEATABLE VALUES IN: UsiuMv NOW Ph!" n D "wod FURNITURE Un l" A SOFf FURNISHINGS Plain Sandcrlin 50 $2.50 Tapestry $250 HOUSEHOLD LINENS WEARN Printed FLOOR COVERINGS
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      233 5 ROBINSC|^ LEMON or ORANGE| is especially delicious I lf^\|^ ss =a^i^^^^^^^ when taken with 8 I (Wl 4T rVI Hf Gin or Rum. B^^- *H O\J 1^ J% GILFILUN A CO. LTD. C n B^"i NES E £WY A R PUK FESTIVAL! Ready -Made DACRON TROUSERS WEAR— WASH— NO IRONING!
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      795 6 >! tMMIMtI. li, Lee I'alk and IMiil Davis < <^fjr*' r I YOU LOOK \/wE tONT KI4OW, I I HAS Sft£PW6 otfA///6UiVAY-\ I 'AM CAM£ OUf~f/£fi£f f V a^^^ jiL X s LIKE RE6ULAR I EITHER! MOW'P A COP WAS Afr&PM£-' /&X>/£. Ttf£R£ WAS A 60 1 (UOX>~ V^ A
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      180 7 LONDON. Jan. 15. *t Previous Today 111 Kisrit No. 1 RSS cJ.f. 27% buyers 28 buyers European ports January 28 sellers 28 m sellers February 27 >i buyers 28', buyers orrnnE-D «o^ c 27 **Uers 1896 sellers RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 27 buyers 28 buyers RUBBER
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      New York prices
      148 7 NEW YORK. Jan II Previous Today TIN Straits spot and nearby 101.12 nom. 102.25 nom. TIN futures January 99.25 buyers 100.12 buyers 100 37 sellers 101 62 sellers Standard Contract February 98.87 buyers 99.73 buyers 100.12 sellers 101 2^ .'dlers March 97.7"i buyers 99 50 buyers 99
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      U.S. PEPPER
      35 7 Malabar T^mpong spot, awaiting release and a floats were 25 I C>. January shipment 25 Sarawak spot, aw;iitins release and afloatwe;o 25 1 1 ex-dock. Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per Ib.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      37 7 NEW YORK. Jan 13. Previous Today 30 Industrials 489 29 484 75 20 Railroads 155.68 154 28 40 Domestic Bonds 89.73 89 76 15 Ulllitics 69 56 69.33 65 Stocks Composite Averages 173.0'J 171.70
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      108 7 Previous Today t'OPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K.' North liuopiMii delivered weight per long ton Jan. Feb. $184 sellers $184 sellers COPRA, Straits c.i f. U.K. /North European delivered weight per lon* ton Jan. Feb. £68'- buyers £68 buyers £69 sellers £69 sellers Feb. /Mar. f r.B'-_. buyers
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    Surprise fortune under the floor
    263 7 Surprise fortune under the floor ELECTRICIAN Alan Cailes took up the floorboards in an empty house to get at the wiring:.' And there he found neatly stacked, £10.000 in notes and silver. What did Mr. Cailes do? First he counted the money in the house in Romanhurst gardens, Beckenham, Kent
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    SING HIGH, SING LOW FOR A PRIZE
    123 7 VICTORIA ELLIOTT, principal soprano of Sadler's Wells Opvra Com- j pany, is pictured above in her dressing-room at Sadler's Wells Theatre. I London, as. assisted by two of her own budgies she practices for an unusual debut as a judge >n the talking
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    Closing lines
    41 7 Before demolition work began recently on the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Battersea, in London, the actor Francis Stanislov declaimed lines from Shakespeare's works, while he stood, in Elizabethan period clothes, on the highest parapet 80 feet above the ground.
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    'Overtime' for Bill
    97 7 rLLIAM WATSON, 59--year-old trusty prisoner at Horfield jail, Bristol, England, was given a week's leave, with ten other prisoners. It expired at 10 p.m. on a Sunday. But Watson did not return. Police went to the Bristol Church Army hostel where Watson said he was spendine; his
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    Glamour camera
    69 7 Glamour will play a prominent part in Britain's first full scale International Photograph Exhibition opening on April 11 at Olympia in London. There is to be an underwater ''glamour parade with a large marine tank containing "mermaids" to be photographed swimming by visitors. In addition some of Britain's
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      87 7 4 f I if you hate wrinkles' Ly*" i I Luxurious 100% J Dacron* is a cinch to launder, dries fast Jf% Af Pftli* seldom needs to be j ironed! And this CUIDTC MANHATTAN* shirt I K looks like a million for years! A smart buy! Now available in complete
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      55 7 a I SINGAPORE ;hich tides I u TODAY: 10.20 a.m. and 11.59 p.m. a TOMORROW: 1106 "l I a.m. FRIDAY: 0.38 a.m. and 11.53 p.m. SATURDAY: 1.14 a.m. and 12JI p.m. SUNDAY: 1.50 a.m. and 1.27 p.m. MONDAY: 2.25 a.m. and 2 18 p.m. i TUESDAY: 301 am. I and
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    2228 9  -  Adelaide Eastley BY,, IT seems a pity thai the Royal Singapore Flying Club should be ul the mercy of those who tabulate membership numbers by the country of their birth rather than their motives. At this particular club's recent public hazing, nothing was extolled of its commendable virtues.
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    Pat writes last chapter of big stamp deal
    398 10 Pat writes last chapter of big stamp deal ALL that 16-year-old Patricia Jarvis, the girl who sold the €12,000 "Dartford Tuppennies." has got for the deal is new nickname Tuppence. For she gave away the £40 that stamp dealer George Lofts paid her for the now-famous sheet of unperformed two
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    BRIDGE HAND
    363 10 The bidding: test .North E««l SooU Pass Pa«« P«m I P« M 3* P.*. Ail riu rpHERE are certain hands with which, without the help of bidding opponents, it Is impossible to discover thi existence of ruinous duplication of distribution. In this deal, for example, the combine North-South
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    ...ALFRED STARTS FIRST CHAPTER OF ANOTHER
    143 10 ...ALFRED STARTS FIRST CHAPTER OF ANOTHER DTAMPS seem to be in the news lately. First was the riddle of the sheet of unperforated "twopennies" worth £12,000. That one has now been solved. But Mr. Alfred W. Wigley, aged 38. who runs the sub-post-office at Barnes, S.W., London, has chanced upon
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    'BRAINS' BEHIND THE NAVY
    129 10 The US. Navy has developed an electronic "memory" for the sailor who can't remember whether the signal he is getting on his sonar gadget is a whale or an attacking submarine. Sonar may be described as a underwater "radar'* device by ivhich electronic signals are sent
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      37 10 tvvddiitfi pictures Make arrangements for your photographs to be taken by FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 or writ* to Free Press Photographic Dept. 140-146 Cecil Sf/eet, Singapore. THII lIRVIOI ONLY AVAtLABLB IN BINQAPOKB iwiwiimiiiiiiiiiittiniiiniiiim nuiiminuniininiiiiimni,.>iinnint niiiiniiiii.iina'iii'iimiil
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      272 10 CUES ACROSS fl Where t o find a boy in the forest.' (6). 1. Mopes on Downs? (5) 4. Are their pumps full of air? 7 A ver y hlsh-rlaas h *H for a 7) mou.se? (7, 6). 8. What a spu tries to be? (9). 11. Torso resiim, 1
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    British hover-plane is jet-propelled
    100 11 THK I airey Kotod.vne jet-propelled helicopter-dubbed the "Rotoreoach" because of its seating capacity recently made its debut before aeronautical experts. It is expected to be flying early this year. The Rotodyne. claimed to be the most advanced helicopter in the world went on show M thp
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    Ballroom wrecked by $4 million blaze
    146 11 'THIS was once a ball- room the biggest in Blackpool, one of Britain's most popular seaside resorts. Now it has been gutted by a fire which firemen fought for more than six hours before being able to bring it under control. The ballroom nestles
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    Party Princess
    119 11 I Two make friends In an era when people are supposed to be highly civilized we read too often of heartbreaking cases of cruelty to children. Small babies, sometimes treated so badly that they are maimed for life are not a rare thing these days. It is heartening
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    Lock icon OUTPUT IS UP BUT CHINA'S PEASANTS REMAIN IN POVERTY
    386 12 I t KU is a shabby mud-w»lled \i llage outside Peking which looks as Ihotiflh it Ikis not changed in the last thousand years. But behind the sunbaked walls on the unpaved street where the mule carts raise a cloud of
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    Lock icon Atom splits Japan
    217 12 Atom splits Japan IAPANKSt scientist* J are divided on the I question of when atomic energy power should be put to j domestic use. This has emerged from the three-day symposium held in the Tokyo University to discuss every aspect of Japan's atomic energy programme. It was attended by more
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    Lock icon 'Copying Nasser'
    97 12 THE Manchester Guardian has likened Indonesia to "Egypt in the days of the Wafd" in a comment on the army revolt in Sumatra. The newspaper said that President Sukarno has indicated he wants a form of demagogic dictatorsnip, and a fusion of political parties into one. "It If
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    PULSE
    2 12 US^HHJUS^^^
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    Lock icon WHY PEKING BACKS USSR
    339 12 WHY PEKING BACKS USSR Glimpses' A LTHOUGH Comr munist China has criticised the great nation chauvinism practised by Stalin, she has now concluded that it was a lesser danger than nationalist tendencies in smaller countries. The observation was made by the Edinburgh paper Scotsman, commenting on Chinese Premier Chou Enlai's
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    Lock icon 'Yanks please remain'
    206 12 'Yanks please remain' The once Impoverished Dthlng village <>1 Ui-h!-nada has changed its cry from, "Yankee go home, 1 to "Yankee don't go home please!" The American! have given notice tliey plan to close up the shooting range by Jan. 31 and the Bhocfc 1 villagers at once formed a
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    Lock icon Disease from volcanoes?
    63 12 A Japanese biologist said the sulphuric acid in Japan's rivers is one of the major causes of cerebral haemorrhage in Japan. Mr. Jun Kobayashi, Professor of Okayama University's Agriculture and Biology Research Institute, attributed the high rates of the disease in Japan and Italy to the large
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    Lock icon Annuities for Japan's poor
    37 12 The Javanese Government ivill institute an annuity system for the nation's poor and aged during 1957, according to the Japanese Finance Minister, Mr. Hayato Ikeda. The annuity system, will also include children.— Reuter
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    A SPARKLING DEBUT BY EL BIGOTE
    549 13 Jonathan Russell reviews the best records of the week fllNfc/ifcfcN nm SEVEN has barely begun but I can nuikc ii siiiV prediction that one man al least is .^oini; to become a I linn favourite in the musical world before I the year is
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    Perry Como is still the tops
    245 13 THE LATEST ON THE 78 s WITH crying crooners and hot cats hogging ..,.,<- -light these days, its good to see Perry omo come up with a disc that knocks them all for a b p. Crazes come and go but Como car»- d
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    FOUR ACES
    260 13 ORCH. Beethoven's magnificent Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55, the Eroica. has been newly recorded by the Vienna State Opera 1 Orchestra conducted by Hermann Scherchen on Westminster VVL 5216. The Eroica has seldom been better pteyed, or waxed. The Vienna States playing can only
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    A big-hearted star
    129 13 A YEAR or no ago F r ankie Vaufflian made a record i»f a tune callrd Seventeen. This disc became a best -seller and Mas U> a larjff extent responsible for Krankie's rise to fame. Frankie, however, did not ret one penny from his record. He rave
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      28 13 High Fidelity ...far Ih<> vhtscsi uppviPiivh 100 tho nrif/inul sound Sole Agents: H. A. O'CONNOR <5c CO., LTD. LAIDLAW BUILDING BATTERY RD. SPORE (PIONEERS of Hi-Fi in Mjl.iy.ii
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    SELETAR SPORT IN PICTURES
    105 14  -  JOHN P. HAMILL Memories of 1956 -By LEFT: Seletar and Changi cyclists with the British Olympic racing team photographed at Seletar before the Melbourne Games. Pack Leader is LAC. Brian Toole (right), Singapore's Cyclist of the Year, who acted as guide for the Olympians. F/Sgt. Ron
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    HIGH-DIVING HASEY
    28 14 SAC Hasey, who was one of Seletar's foremost swimmers in 1956. diving "straight header forward' with tuck. In diving events he had two firsts, two fourths.
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    223 15 E F. P. Correspondent E I7DDIE AND DAVID E J-i CHOONG SPOKE ETO ME TODAY ABOI T T Z E THEIR FUTURE IN E LONDON. r Still studying Law, E Eddie is unable to de- vote as much time to badminton as he would E E
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      ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
      346 1 THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE STANDARD NANYANG t I SIANG PAU ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER WINDSOR LAI) SC "111 I INKER KWH 1 Oil I Race 1 Pl LOT ITAM TOLYAR PULOT ITAM TOLYAR BOLD DRAGOON TOLV AR HONEY BEE
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      THEY ALL SAY BACK BAHAGIA
      670 1  - THEY ALL SAY BACK BAHAGIA ALLAN LEWIS -By ¥>AHAGIA is the best u bet of the day. This was unanimous when the last race was discussed at the course this morning. Bahagia will start an odds-on favourite. I think his form warrants this because he has won twice from as
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      Best Bets
      29 1 BEST BETS by Allan Lewis are liahagia, Intended and Metrostar 11. Best outsiders:— Credit Balance and Slipper I Prince. The going, at the worst, will be yielding.
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        60 1 fsm% 2 pFLAXDOK S best! f bl ts today are I \\Jr <\ Intirlaken (R«ee Five), jj |^a^ V Tolyar (Race One) and ftiLv. Baha^ia (Race Scvpii). THE vvmsi 1 1 R FIRM \^m) FAVOUKITEIi» i^*N \X'itli regard to ajuality nr»d n.ivonr, Cognac l>i>qnit alwayi comei \^A V. J Ik
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      TRACK
      101 2 RACE ONE Cl. 5, Div. 2-5J Furs. ALL WELL: 8-1-57— Went over 3f in even time; 12-1-57 —Last of the runners iivDiv. 2 6f race. PERSIAN COUNT: 12-1-57 Sixth to Cyrene in Div. 2 6f race BOLD DRAGOON: 12-1-57 Scratched from Div. 2— 61 engagement. HONEY BEE: 10-1-57— Was
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      993 2 I RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 5, DIV. l~fi FURS. 1 980 ALL WELL 4y brnzg (Y.C. Cheong Mrs. H.Y. Leong) Sleigh 8.12 Chadwick 2. 526 PERSIAN COUNT 4y chag (Mrs. H.A. Lim Dr. C.L. Tan) Donnelly 8.11 3. 601 BOLD DRAGOON 6y brirg (Miss Emilies) Donnelly Cracknell
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        177 2 BtGMWS.jg arriving in the new jSI^M SERIES 111 1 'OUALITV FIRST' FV morris Im L^LTy^s- T^^a^a^a^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^aßa^*^,! NEW STVLING N«-w pra»ctulK -proportioned J^^ lines smooth air-flow contours from bonnet to tail •»yling to keep the 'Oxford' ahead for years f MEW COLOURS! (Clamorous new colours to harmonise with interior furnishings. Luxury
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      FORM OF ALL THE RUNNERS AT IPOH TODAY
      1205 3 FORM OF ALL THE RUNNERS AT IPOH TODAY Third to Cyrene in Div 6f race. TOLYAR: 12-1-57— Second to The Whistler in Div. 3-6f race. PROJECTOR: 9-1-57— Had nothing between them in 6f in 40 3/5 with Hollywood Star; 12-1-57 Seventh It Div. 3-6f race. LADY OSPRKY: 12-1-57 Scratched from
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        144 3 Brilliant performance of Sunbeam Rapier in 1956 Mille Miglia race Driven by Shcil.i \.l n ■••U DaiMM am! »'cur H Mic iwo Sunhf.im R.ipicr* rnicrcd in thiv A\cij|ji- spt'i'il O»ef courx pueHtH| UNO mill- r.m- COmpetiflf in K o l M ;"r h n l MI <l Sl 'x Io
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        110 3 LONGINES The record of )^t^^ i] KjJrJT^ LONCINES V%^^ S watchesin /gFI f^^jl Obs e r v atory kf ""excel led. ll' |L_^rrrr^** 111^ LONCINES is W%? -g^ J/Bt masferpicce in precise timing. CONQUEST Mi U-ents: MACLAINE, WATSON CO., LTD. SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. 9lf I] 1 1o A
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      INTENDED A NAP SELECTION IN RACE 5 TODAY
      1181 4 INTENDED A NAP SELECTION IN RACE 5 TODAY THEY SAY THERE IS NO CERTAINTY IN RACING. BIT IF EVER THERE WAS ONE IT IS •INTENDED" IN THE 4.50 (RACE FIVE) AT IPOH TODAY. Even without the heavy scratching!, which have reduced the field to eight, i would still have napped
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      A NOVEL METHOD
      306 4 Winning Ways GUEST tipster in the Punters riub today is Madam Maureen Chone;. She usually contents herself with a modest bet or two but has been winning with a frequency that is uncanny. Her method of spotting winners is equally remarkable. Madam Thong is a believer in
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      Pool your knowledge
      129 4 WE invite readers to join the Punters Club. Here's how it works: Each race day, a reader who has shown a regular profit from punting will give his top three selections. If he or she wishes it, we will also carry a brief explanation of how the
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