The Singapore Free Press, 31 January 1957

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1 4 The Singapore Free Press
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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. *****. Singapore, Iliursday, January 31. lift!. Pricf 15Cts.
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    KASHMIR: WE WILL RESIST U.N. FORCES
    279 1 KASHMIR: WE WILL RESIST U.N. FORCES Pakistani warning: 0r../ delay m holding a plebiscite m Kashmir "is fraught with grave dangers," Pakistan warned the U.N. Security Council yesterday m making a fresh call for the sending of a U.N. force to Kashmir and for demilitarisation of that disputed state. This
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    Lock icon 'SOVIET PEACE LOVERS'
    97 1 'SOVIET PEACE LOVERS' MARSHAL ZHUKOV, Soviet Defence Minister, said in Poona yesterday that "if India and Russia stand united there would be no occasion for anV future world war.'* He was speaking at a banquet given by officers and cadets of the National Defence Academy. The Soviet Defence Minister added
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    Happy New Year
    398 1 BPJI^JB A happy smile crosses the face of little seven-year-old ballet dancer Ming (left) as she unwraps I" the Chinese New Year "ang-pow" (red packet) presented by her mo- ther, Mrs. Rosaleen Yang Phei I* Yuen. Baby Hoe, aged three, is "I wondering what to do with
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    Lock icon BURMA REBEL RAID
    90 1 BURMA REBEL RAID A strong rebel force, E believedly CommuE nists and Karens, on E Tuesday nuht raided E Pegu. a road and E railway junction 45 E miles north of RanE fcoon. according to reE ports reaching ItanE S«on yesterday. E At least 15 persons, E including some policeE
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    ULU FOLK SHY AT BLIND SCHOOL
    210 2 ULU FOLK SHY AT BLIND SCHOOL 'Malay parents are the main objectors THE Singapore Association for the Blind is up against a big problem to get the kampong people* especially the Malays, to send their blind children to the school. The association now has a $400,000 "settlement" m Thomson Road
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    Lock icon Duke bags a croc
    116 2 Duke bags a croc Till- Duke of Edinburgh yesterday journeyed up the Gambia River first Prince to do so for more than fou r centuries And shot a i 13-foot crocodile. The Bolong Region, where he inspected agricultural developments, abounds m i crocodiles and rait* tropical birds. The Duke witnessed
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    Lock icon PLANE CRASH RIDDLE
    200 2 PLANE CRASH RIDDLE 'Something went wrong, but...' A LONDON inquest jury yesterday returned a verdict of accidental death on four crew members killed when a Vulcan bomber crashed at London Airport la.st year. The coroner said it must be plain that no person connected with the plane or the ground
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    160 2 HUNGARY AND EGYPT have both been front page news now for E months Both causing, or suffering much hardship. E AH have heard of the Hungarian refugees fleeing across the Austrian E border at the rate of thousands a day. But. little has been heard of the re- E fugees
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    Lock icon 'Threat to R.N. by U.S.?
    247 2 'Threat to R.N. by U.S.? BRITISH 111 I I MET AMERICANS A LABOUR Member, Mr. Emrys Hughes, asked m the House of Commons yesterday whether the British fleet had been "threatened" by the American Sixth Fleet during the Suez operations as suggested by the "latest minister arriving at the war
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    Lock icon 'DIRTY WORK' MONEY
    38 2 Garbage piled up m dustbins and m Paris markets yesterday as the city's dustmen stayed away from work for the second successive day. The dustmen are striking for higher wages and "dirty work" pay. Reuter
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    Lock icon 'EXAGGERATED'
    85 2 A UNITED STATES rocket expert, Dr. Willy Ley, said m Montreal yesterday he believed the threat of mass destruction by guided missiles carrying nuclear warheads had been greatly exaggerated. He said m an Interview that he considered the pos sibility of an attack by such long-range rockets was not
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      38 2 J|| POMMERY Je^-^W^^\ CHAMPAGNE F-~ Festivities anywhere, li fc^==~ '''jlffl^aß llu y tltUi arc better, m >> j^H the distinguished presence 8 F S!^ ft f Pommery Champagne. >> I^^^^=^, $.^B.OO per bottk'« 1^ S^JM Quarts $20.00 8 Splits 5.25 <<
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    BUSES FOR KIDDIES
    274 3 BUSES FOR KIDDIES Govt. aid pledged 'when it's needed' DOTH the Singapore Minlstry of Education and the Registrar of Vehicles will support the move by some private bus companies to cater for under--10 years old children who go to schools which are far off the licensed bus routes. Following suggestions
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    They will man all the beaches
    266 3 SINGAPORE LIFEGUARD CORPS PLANNING BIG DRIVE TO RECRUIT MORE MEMBERS FOR A VITAL TASK CHANGI FORMS ITS OWN TEAM 'JHE Singapore Lifeguard Corps will soon launch an island-wide campaign to train more lifesavers. The secretary of the corps, Mr. Tan Choon Tee, told the
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    Lock icon STABBED TO DEATH
    56 3 MR. FRANK S. BOOTH, aged 81, a Tokyo shipbroker, and his Japanese ivife were found dead m their home at Kamakura, near Tokyo, yesterday mornng. Police said the couple had jeen stabbed to death. Mr. Booth was born m Japan md educated m the United States. He
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    Big Quiz results
    54 3 lIMNNERS of last week's TT Prize Quiz Competitions I are: Quiz No. 1: Tham Boon Sian^. 844-E Upper Scran- goon Road, Singapore 19. Quiz No. 2: B. Aravindan, 95 Alexandra Road, Singa- pore. Quiz No. 3: A. Wang, 658 Holy Innocents Lane, Singapore 19, Special Quiz: Albert
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    Censored but not upset...
    115 3 Censored but not upset m DOLORES ALVAREZ, 25, famous fo r her strip tease acts m Paris, has had her dances censored by the Singapore Police. Dolores, who is the star of the Ballet Bastille now performing m th e Colony, has been told not to shed so many clothes.
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    PILGRIMS TO VISIT SINGAPORE
    118 3 PILGRIMS TO VISIT SINGAPORE AN Australian official party will attend the I unveiling on March 2 of the memorial m Singapore to commemorate by name 24,--000 men and women of the land and air forces of the British Commonwealth who died during the war m Malaya, Singapore, Java and Sumatra
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    A film for parents
    100 3 INDIAN labourers m Singapore are to be shortly shown a special film on family planning. An official of tho Singapore Family Planning Association told the Free Press !it was felt the film would help them greatly to improve their living condlI tions. The association had Just
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    TEACHERS ON STAGE
    138 3 THE Singapore Teachers' Training College is to present the Beggar's Opera at the Victoria Memorial Hall on three nights from Feb. 14. Mr. Verner Bickley, who is producing the comedysatire, told th<» Free Pres, yesterday that the 45--member cast, which includes II girls from the college, started
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    The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 31, 1957 Opinion Our sturdy rural folk
    187 4 The Singapore Free Press THURSDAY, Jan. 31, 1957 Opinion Our sturdy rural folk RESPECTED champion of Singapore's rural population, Mr. H. J. C. Kulasingha, has drawn the attention of Government to the plight of our farmers and flsherfolk. Replies to Mr. Kulasingha's questions to Government would be illuminating, for much
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    Calling All Dog Lovers •• • •• • • •
    55 4  - Calling All Dog Lovers GILES by THE POLICE (started something when a man was fined £1 m England for looking after someone else's dog and not holding a licence, although the owner had one. The discovery of this law places people like kennel owners, British Railways, etc., m a funny
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    Boom in UK-American 'cold marriages'
    725 4  - Boom in UK- American 'cold marriages' Jennifer JOHNS 129 ONE WOMAN'S I AMERICA I -ML Anglo-Ame-rican relations are currently as cool as an ice-box it is good to report that, on the romance front at least, it takes more than a burst of British independence or a Dulles diatribe to
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      69 4 !;:iNEC|3|J| for fading hair §B^ YOU WILL FIND IT*? /|Sr>**^ 'Jy Four- in One ti y makes a wonderful W^ grey-touched hair! In a single, swift appli- E*^^ cation it lightens, J\ C^ \w brightens, gives «--x^ v > glorious colour and \\^3&»* A J lustrous, silky-soft, f <^!^f^Z condition.
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    Lock icon Millions will join in the great Celebrations
    197 5 A HUGE FAIR IN H. KONG The benefits go to Peking! NINETY-EIGHT per cent of Hong Kong's two and a half million people I are Chinese. Here, at the doorway to mainland China, celebrations will be on the biggest scale anywhere outside Red
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    Lock icon FIRECRACKERS USHER 'LUCKY' ROOSTER'S YEAR
    537 5 FIRECRACKERS USHER 'LUCKY' ROOSTER'S YEAR 400 mil. Chinese make merry piRK( RACKERS will crackle and dragon dancers *>nake down streets m nations across Asia a* 100.000,000 Chinese make merry on the l' f par New Year, today. The celebrations began yesterday and ex- tend for one week to Feb. 5
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    CONSUL IS BACK FROM JAKARTA
    35 5 I MR D.G.E: MIDDELBURG. Con.sul-General of the Netherlands m Singapore, who has been m Jakarta since November, last year, on a temporary assignment, has now re- turned to the Colony.
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    Lock icon Youth to get 15 lashes
    79 5 A 15-year-old boy was ordered yesterday to receive 15 lashes of the whip m Adelaide Jail. The boy appeared m Port Adelaide Police Court bo fore Mr. Johnston charged with the indecent interference with a 3-year-old girl at Outer Harbour on Jan. 5. The youth,
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    Hallstein is due today
    54 5 THE Secretary of State cf the German Foreign Office at Bonn. Professor Dr. Walter HalLstein is expected to arrive m Singapore today. He is on hi.s way to Tokyo, where he will preside over a Regional Conference of Heads of German Foreign Missions, m South. South
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      219 6 HIAXDKAKh: by Lee Falk and Phil Davis fe^O^^UT^^ TREES OR BUSHES-PEOPLEiM-: te '^\^S^*^« *M~^T f/*^— VfORSET MY^f/^ TWAT APPEAR ANC wfrr^JZZ^ M V /j? V ■tar- HISTORY-->\) --c=^-> L by Ed^ar Rite Burroughs HRHfc x tav p^v\>je^ as twe %^sp^a {HHHEPPVmHHH^I *sta> wvje^ vol a^e tdwakp -me cave IKiB V
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      597 6 BORN today, the combination of talent and personality is one which is hard to beat! You are intuitive, almost psychic f at times, and have the ability to influence people to do as you wish. Make sure that your ideals are held high and that you use this i power
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      180 7 LONDON, Jan. 30. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS cJJ. European |h>i ts I rbruary 26 7 buyers 26\ buyers 21% sellers 27', sellers March 26% buyers 26* buyers 26 7^ sellers 26 sellers RUBBER No- 1 RSS Spot 26 7 8 buyers 27 buyers 27 sellers
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      U.S. PEPPER
      35 7 Malabar Lampon? spot 28. 2G. Sarawak spot and awaiting awaiting release 27 1 afloats 27, release 27'_. sellers ex-dock, to 26 1 and January shipment Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per Ib.
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      New York prices
      124 7 TIN Slr.iiU spot 102.75 nom. 103.00 nom. TIN futures I eb. 100.75 buyers 101.37 buyers 102.75 sellers 102.12 sellers Standard Contract March 98.25 buyers 98.75 buyers 99 50 sellers 99.75 sellers April 97.25 buyers 97.00 buyers 98 25 sellers 98.25 sellers TONE: Steady. SALES: Nil. Straits Contract
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      35 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 30. Previous Today 30 Industrials 47<>92 480.55 20 Railroad* 148 45 149.59 40 Domestic Bonds 90 31 90.37 IS Utilities 70.75 71.05 II Stocks Composite Averages 169.28 170 45
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      101 7 LONDON. Jan. 30. Previous Today COPRA Philippines c.l.f. V.K.f North European delivered weight per lon* ton Feb. March $179 sellers $1784 .sellers COPRA. Straits c.i f. I'.K. /North European delivered weight per £67 seller^ £67 nom. long ton Feb. March March April *67 sellers £67 nom.
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    The Judge that Diana wanted to kiss...
    296 7 DIANA DORS, awarded £105 damages for slander said: "I thought the judge was wonderful. I could have kissed him." Jiana, 71-year-old Mr. Justice Hallett found, was Slandered by bandleader Eric Winstone at a midnight matinee at Clacton, Essex, England. She did not turn
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    From furniture to firewood in Army 'blitz'
    310 7 From furniture to firewood in Army 'blitz' r £<IX soldiers with axes spent two hours outside a drill hall at the White City depot of the Territorial Army m England smashing up furniture on War Oflice orders. The only evidence of the big smash-up were hundreds of splinters embedded m
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    YES-IT'S OIL IN A SAUSAGE SKIN
    256 7 MIDDLE EAST oil may be towed to Britain iv giant "sausage skins" holding 9,000 tons when the Government-backed experiment* of two Cambridge University engineers are complete. A '-./-it i-»-if\rl«l full r»f methylated spirit was beIng butteted by home-made waves m a university laboratory. Taking
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    GUNS OF TEENAGERS ON SHOW
    207 7 The dignified American Museum of Natural History has a new exhibition— a I collection of zip guns, .sling I shots, knives and lead clubs taken from teenage trouble-makers m recent months. All the "weapons" shown were used by mischievous youths within the museum itself. The
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    R.I. art on show
    35 7 SKETCHES and woodcuts by eminent artists and Indonesian university students are to be displayed at the Nfalay Language Society t exhibition at the Art Museum, University of Mai- j aya, tomorrow.
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      49 7 j SINGAPORE I HIGH TIDES TODAY: ll)..)5 a.m. t TOMORROW: 1.13 a.m. t and 11.31 p.m. I SMI RDAI <).:'. a.m. and 1'i.05 p.ni SUNDAY: i).V.) am and X VIMS p.m. MONDAI 111 a.m. and 1.12 p.m. TUESDAY; 1.47 a.m. and 147 p.m o WEDNEBDAY: M 4 a.m. and :!.-♦>
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    Scientist the b sts survey ottom of the world
    283 8 Scientist the b sts survey ottom of the world A BRITISH SUB- MARINE carrying a group of American and Australian scientists has just completed a survey of the "bottom of the world." The so-called TonpaKermadec trench, about six miles deep, lies m the flooi of the Pacific between Samoa and
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    IDOL OF THE BOBBY SOXERS
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    ...never lets a day go by without phoning his 'Mom'
    530 8 ...never lets a day go by without phoning his 'Mom' ifERY few people who have heard Elvis Presley have been neutral or objective. They either admire him fiercely or else regard him with disdain touched with perplexed curiosity or actual distaste. Some of his critics have even accused him of
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    ANCHORS AWEIGH!
    2 9 ANCHORS AWEIGH!
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    New take-off trials for a navy bomber
    134 9 New take-off trials for a navy bomber A NEW naval fighter-bomber, the Vickers Supermarine No. 113 has successfully completed a series of deck landings and catapult The trials were made from the Royai Navy's latest carrier, The Ark Royal. 36,800 tons. The "blown flaps" system, known as supercirculation, is a
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    HERO REWARDED 56 YRS. LATE
    238 9 ALONG FORGOTTEN HERO is coming into his own, 56 years late. He is 83-year-old Gust. E. Lambert, the male nurse who volunteered to care for Walter Reed during his historic experiments proving that mosquitoes carry the germs of yellow fever. Lambert, who retired m 1943
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    A winter overhaul
    78 9 LIKK a fish out of water the mishty "Queen Elisabeth", 85,000 tons and 120 > fret hiyh, is seen here m dry dock at South- ampton undergoing I* her winter overhaul. »J The barnacles will be scraped off, the paint- ers will take over, and then shell
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    RIDDLE OF A BODY IN THE TRUMK
    2006 10  - RIDDLE OF A BODY IN THE TRUMK Pelham Groom Another Latiff story by... < Latiff led the way to the bedroom where they found the naked body of the girl lying in a trunk with her legs dangling over the edge. "J\M SO GLAD you've come, Supe intendent. So £lad."
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  • SPOTLIGHT ON THE SERVICES
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      MILITARY NEWS
      45 11 In the printing department, copies of Perwira roll off the rotaprinting machine at the rate of 4,000 sheets an hour. Here an assistant keeps an eye on the periodicals as they are shot out ready to be distributed. Perwira contains mostly military news.
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      AUSSIES REST ON PENANG...
      328 11 TH E 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, on leave m Penan tf. have found many ways to pass the leisure hours, none so popular as the continuous round of children's parties. It had been a round of pleasure for the kiddies with -so many 'Diggers' about
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      Army produces own vernacular newspapers...
      417 11 Army produces own vernacular newspapers I^VKKV week on Thursdays and Fridays two Army vernacu- lar newspapers roll off the presses at No. 3 Base Ordinance Depot, Alexandra. Two thousand five hundred copies of each are printed and distributed to Malay and Gurkha troops m Singapore and the Federation. The newspapers
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      29 11 ivetidiny nicturvs M Make arrangements for your photographs FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER Telephone Singapore 2800 Free Press Photographic Dept. 140-146 Cecil Street. Singapore. TNI9 IgRVIf ONLY tVIILIBir 'N IINf l»O»f
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    Lock icon India to have 4-party contest
    146 12 India to have 4-party contest TH E Election Commission m New I Delhi has recognised four political parties to contest India's second general election between February 24 and March 14. Only parties which got three per cent or more of the total vote m the last elections m 1951 are
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    Lock icon BOW OR BE PUNISHED
    39 12 Formosa Government officials refusing to bow to their Nationalist flag and portrait of the late Dr. Sun Vat-sen, founder of the Chinese Republic, will be severely punished, says a Taipeh Government an- 1 nouncement. Reuter
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    Lock icon Rival clans in clash
    52 12 A new pacification campaign has been launched by the Philippine Army m southern Mindanao island to stop a feud between two rival Moro (Filipino Muslim) clans which already has claimed three lives. The Moro skirmish, fought with wavy-edged kris sabres and swords. took place m Lanao
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    Lock icon Chance remark alters a boa's life
    223 12 GORO YAMASAKI, 21, until a few days ago a bellboy m Tokyo's Nikkatsu International Hotel, has flown to Ithaca, New York, to enroll m Cornell University school of hotel management. The abrupt transition from a Ms6o-a-month job to undergraduate status was brought about by
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    Lock icon PULSE
    307 12 ...featuring news I and views I about Asia today I JAKARTA WORRIED AT FALLING R.I. RESERVES THE currency position of Indonesia is causing anxiety m Jakarta and doubt is now felt as to the Government's ability to balance the national budget. The Bank of Indonesia has reported that the
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    Lock icon 'India is sorry, not angry'
    86 12 'India is sorry, not angry' -iiiiiiiiu *****1111AN Indian Government spokesman said m New Delhi, "It is very unfortunate there should be anti-Indian demonstrations m some cities of Pakistan" over the integration of Kashmir with India. He added, "India is only sorry but not angry. And for Pakistan's raised fist. India's
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    Lock icon OWN THE LAND YOU TILL
    93 12 THE land reform programme being carried out m the Nationalist-hold island of Quemoy off the Red China coast, is to be completed within six months. The programme on the same pattern as the one carried out m Formosa provides for tenant farmers to own the
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    Lock icon Dire conditions in Jakarta
    47 12 Heavy rains have flooded half of Jakarta, mainly the poorer districts and kanipongs. Flooding was due to the damaged drainage system which remained unrepaired for almost 11 years. Unpaved roads and footpaths and illegal land occupation have turned whole districts Into swamplands. A.P.
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    Lock icon Jap foreign Minister to tour S-E Asia
    391 12 Jap foreign Minister to tour S-E Asia [Glimpses' TAPANESE Foreign Minister Nobusuke Kishi may visit South-East Asian countries late m May after the close of the Diet session, according to Tokyo political observers. Such a visit would be carrying out the new Foreign Minister's desire expressed at the Tokyo conference
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    Lock icon Shirley Yamaguchi coming
    47 12 Miss Shirley Yamaguchi, internationally known Japanese film actress now m New York, plans to make two films soon uith a Chinese film company m Hong Kong. Sfh' will then tour South-East Asia, including Malaya with her lout Chines film "Lady While Serpent." A. P.
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    Untitled
    26 12 I wiajor Muharto Kart- oderdjo (m dark uniform), Indone.sinn Air Attache m Manila, seen en a visit to U.S. Clark Air Base m th'. 1 Philippines.
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    Mother- in-law poser
    89 13 Mother- in -law poser JJOW to live with mother-in-law and like it, that is ;i problem many families have to face these days. Mrs. Carole Liston of Surrey realises th;it older people still like to retain their privacy and independence, so for her mother-fn-law she created ;i self-contained flat out
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    BREAKFAST GIVES YOU AWAY
    504 13  - BREAKFAST GIVES YOU AWAY EILEEN ASCROFT P |\VH <9 fHE kind of breakfast you eat is a key to your character. It was dietician Vivian Sorsbie 9) who told me so. After ten minutes she guessed my normal breakfast orange 6j juice and black coffee. I asked a psychiatrist about
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    HASTY MEALS
    99 13 II ERE are some in- teresting ideas for sandwich spreads. 1 Sweet corn topped with chopped chicken, gam- i ished with fried bananas. 2 Hard boil eggs, scoop out yolks, slice off bases so that they can stand up. and fill with foie gras. 3 Mix the left-over
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    Look glamorous while lounging
    70 13 Look glamorous while lounging Here are exciting jjjnew separates for i :i you to cut a dash jj {HI: m dreamed up iljjj If o r glamorous II lounging about jj ij be it at home m jj i front of the radio!:: ill or at a beach resort, j
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    BRIDGE HAND
    321 13 tjp/EST opened the king of hearts. But had such miserable hand that he didn't want to take charge of the defence: he played the deucr i hearts and West Immediately shifted to a diamond. South won the trick with the queen, drew trump* In two leads and played
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      268 13 CLI'KS ACROSS 3. It st.iys m beet presumably. 1. Eddy Ls one of the ganK from May to August <6). (5, 4). 4. A direction now produce* 5. Whafs meant to be turned It <4> when turned becomes the 5. Inspection* 5 Across initiagirl? (3). tes «7>. 7. Its m
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    Ban the bookies!
    968 14  -  JOHN FARROW ITS THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE MAJOR RACING CRISIS, SAY OWNERS By J^ BIG, red-faced man, puffing away at a king-size cigar, shouted the I betting odds: "Three to one the BeM." Nearby, a sharpfeatured gent with peering: eyes moved white gloved hands like a
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    Lock icon FOUR MEN DEAD-HEAT
    72 14 pOUR sprinters dead -heated m a race at Wangaratta Showgrounds (Melbourne) on Monday night an electric judging machine showed. The event was a semi-final of the 75-yard professional handicap. When the run-off took place about two hours later they nearly dead -heated again. The winner was given
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    15-year-old wonder likes badminton too
    72 14 SPORTS STARS OF THE WORLD U.S. tennis experts predict that 15-year-old Nancy O'Connell will be one of the top players m the near future. In December 1955 she won four titles m the U.S. girls indoor t0ur- I. MMMMMMHM MM nament. She is a better
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    BUCK BELT HOLDER LEAVES SINGAPORE
    185 14 BUCK BELT HOLDER LEAVES SINGAPORE WARWICK Stepto. a third dan black belt holder from Britain, left Singapore for Japan on the Chusan yesterday after a two-day visit. He is to take up a three-year course In judo. Warwick's course, which Is sponsored by the Tokyo Kodokan (world's foremost judo college),
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    41 14 DOMMY Ursua of Manila I knocked out Al Wileher of Los Angeles m the fourth round of a scheduled 12 round bout last night m Stockton. California. It was his sixth win m seven bouU m the U.S. Reuter
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    Tied up in a corner
    105 14 Tied up in a corner IT HAPPENS IN BOXING GOLDEN glove boxer Bob Gamlin had to be cut loose with scissors to answer the bell for the first round m Manchester (New Hampshire). Gamlin's seconds had laced on his gloves while his arms were still m the sleeves of his
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    Nugent nets six goals
    39 14 R.A. F. Changi beat R.A.F. Seletar 7—2 in the annual inter-station knockout competition yesterday at Changi. Nugent scored a double hat trick for Changi. McIntyre gained the other goal. Seletar scorers were Zadari and Watts.
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    168 14 T^OIR world water speed re- r»rds fell unofficially to Bill Tenney of Crystab Bay, Minnesota, and Bud Wlpet tf Concord, California, In the 12th annual Valencia Regatta. Tenney set records m the races for Class- B hydroplanes and for Class-C hydros. Wijret set new marks
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    POLICE PLAN NEW TACTICS THIS YEAR
    468 15  -  FRANCIS ROZARIO fgffgdgdsg —and hope to topple SAFA League giants j DOUCE Spoils Asso- elation are prej paring to launch a new scheme of training I this year. From what I gather, they should create some upsets m the forthcoming Singa- pore A.F.A. League.
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    295 15 rpAIWAN'S 16-year-old Shu I ong Shung last night eliminated India's S.K. Thackersey m the men's singles semi-finals m the Asian Table Tennis Championships In Manila. Shu won m straight sets by 21-9, 21-4. Shu meets Hong Kong.- Lav S<k Fong m the
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    90 15 "r HOPE I do not have to play such a game again," said Simmpore's Ong Chew Bee yesterday m Bangkok. He and Khong Kit Soon had just qualified for the final of the men's doubles m the Thai Lawn Tennia championships. They
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    79 15 JOHN MARSHALL, 26. J who once held 19 world swimming re- cords simultaneously, EE died m a Melbourne i hospital yesterday EE after being uncon- scious f«r five days following a motor accident. He was seriously m jured on Jan. 25 m an accident at Clunes. 97
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    67 15 East Perth Football Club arc planning a trip to < Singapore at the vm\ of the 1958 season The secretary. Mr. Eric Sweet, said the Club Committee had decided to < se<»k approval from the Western Australia National Foot- < ball League for the proposed visit
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    267 16 CALL TO 'PROTECT' EXPATS THE Colonial t'ndi Profumo, said m I British Government w oil ices to secure any tion terms for Britisl Council of Singapore i local men. Mr. William Coldrick Labour, had asked m the House of Commons whai efforts were being made tc protect the interests ol
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    108 16 rWO United States assistant military attaches m Moscow have been asked to leave Russia, the Soviet News Agency Tass said yesterday. The Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. N. S. Patolichev, yesterday summoned t h c American Ambassador m Moscow, Mr. Charles E. Bohlen, and handed him
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    219 16 Bang! -goes New Year THOUSANDS JOIN FESTIVITIES AS... MILLIONS of exploding crackers and rockets jshrred m the Chinese Vcw Year the year of the Rooster— at midnight last night. And with the dawn of the first day of the year. :ame hopes of a bright political future "for the colony
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    320 16 IKE IS GIVEN GREEN LIGHT FOR HIS M.-E. PLAN Wrong to snub King Saud —then... AMERICA'S House of Representatives yesterday voted overwhelmingly to give President Eisenhower the power to use mill tary and money to block possible Communist aggression m the Middle East. It passed and sent to the Senate
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    185 16 COLOUR TV FOR PEERS E rj'UKli: hundred r members of Parlia- i ment and Peers, m the stately surround- E injjs of a House of E Lords committee room, last night watched a I colour television show 1 featuring scantily- E clad, high-kicking E chorus girls. They were watching E
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    142 16 U.S. will have all-nuclear ships THE United States Navy is I X planning to operate an all-nuclear powered fleet by about 1970, Admiral Arleigh Burke, Chief ol Naval Operations said In Washington yesterday. Admiral Burke, told the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee hearing on the military
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    56 16 Rotten eggs were thrown at the closed limousine of the new Soviet Ambassador to Buenos Aires, Mr. Mikjal KosJtylev, as he returned yesterday from Government House where he had presented his credentials. In a clash between Communists and anti Communist demonstrators a few people received bruises
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      CARACAS WILL START FAVOURITE
      910 1  - CARACAS WILL START FAVOURITE ALLAN LEWIS -By Sterling m form (CARACAS will probably start a hot favourite m the main race this afternoon. He was the only horse mentioned as the winner when the race was under discussion this morning. Caracas was a little unlucky the first day when the
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      BEST BETS
      27 1 BEST bets at Kuala Lumpur today are Caracas, Delgay and Trailer. Best outsiders: Indian Heather II and Hush. The going will be hard and fast.
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      307 1 ♦>♦♦+ 4 MH THE FREE PRESS ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER NAB II NAB II > Race 1. 8.30 Budff«rif»r Budfenjar PONTICAN COLOMBIA Race 2. ColoßlWm Davenport 1.00 Roman Hrrr Roman Flyer TRAILER PEARLY 5 My.teriiHis Trailer 35 Pearly Proctor PHRIWINKLE ORISSA 4 Ori»» Port of Sprin flt
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        53 1 «»-*irw|t^ fpiELiipf Dors] pEI VNDOK'S best t^BjH Proctor (Race Three) j x 1 ;md flush (Race Six). PERIWINKLE (Race Four) FIRST :3^frjss~ past tiii; post^ r* Oa I yfl With r»*gar<l to quality Vr^ I/I an<^ flavour. Cognac sMss/ l>iv|uit alw.iyi NMI 1 COG XAC ■OLI 4CEWT»i A. CLOUIf A
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      802 2 RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 3, DIV. 4-6 FURS. 1. 798 HIGH NOON 5y bnzh (Kentucky Stable) Martin 8.11 Chadwkk 2. 450 NUFENEN 5y bag (Lim Stable) Martin 8.10 Bougoure NAB II 4y birg <Seng Stable) Donnelly 8.09 4. 080 GRAZIE 6y beg (Teng Yin Fooij Donnelly B.OS
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      1069 2 TRACK FORM OF ALL THE RUNNERS AT K. LUMPUR RACE ONE Cl. 3, Div. 4— 6 Furs. HIGH NOON: 26-1-57 Eighth m Div. 2— 7P race. NUFENEN: 22-1-57 Easily disposed of 3P In 37 4/5 24-1-57 Disposed of 3F m 38: 26-1-57 Twelfth m Div. 2— SV?P race. NAB II:
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        142 3 yin L > Brilliant performance of Sunbeam Rapier m 1956 Mille Miglia race 2nd K2TJ3 M ,:U" S>."«am Rapiers enter. J m M Axcrapc ipMd o\cr COMTM pruelling 1000 mile race compclinp m Mllni p h (BRI SCIA to ICI( C JSS m^mly at-'ainst cars of hif!\i KOML 7: m
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      WHITE MAGIC IS BEST IN THE MAIN SPRINT
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      305 4 SMALL OUTLAY PAYS WITH THESE RULES... Mr. S V. LIM OUR guest tipster today is Mr. Sydney Vincent Inn. a civilian em ployed by the Army. A successful "small punter" Mr. Lim finds that racing pays when he follows certain rules. He explained them t« the Free Press
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