The Singapore Free Press, 20 February 1957

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Largest Afternoon Sale m Malaya No. 14K07. Singapore, Wednesday. February !0. |M1 I'ricr I.'. <ts
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    STILL HOPE OF COMPROMISE ON DEMANDS
    484 1 STILL HOPE OF COMPROMISE ON DEMANDS IF MALAYS ABANDON COMMUNAL STAND.... All-party talks today JU MAT... will he tone down UMNO demands? LI M. .faces delay on his Merdeka talks RAHMAN. ..the right man to be mediator TENSION has been treated m Singapore political quarters by UMNO s insistence, unless
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    Lock icon Arab threat to Air France
    47 1 An all-Arab ban on Air France will go into effect on March 15 if the French company fails to comply with Pan-Arab regulations boycotting Israel, Dr. Abdulkarim Elaydi, Secretary General of the Arab League Boycott Israel Movement, said m Damascus yesterday. A.P.
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    44 1 picturr. >£ r3 Asnuih Mate llaji Rhamat Ttfah <«•>■ jlfe of j Kasim bin Haji Daml«B of the Undak with Ihree of her four ehUdren All o! them are hopini a their father is safe on \h» shio and that he will return home- Free Press
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    Red link?
    44 1 The U.S Semite Internal Security Sub Committee haj issued a subpoena fof Mr. Eugene Dennis, retiring secretary of the Communist Party m the United Stares to explore reports of a ■"connection" between Mr. Dennis and Moscow, it was reported m Washington today.
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    Rubber price
    33 1 March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 36 7 8 cents a lb., up seveneighths of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was I quiet.
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    Search goes on
    70 1 THE air-sea search for the Shell Co. lighter Landak which has been missing now for seven days while on its way from Jesselton to Singapore la still on. Two Shell Company planes based at Seria oilfields have joined the RAF m scouring the South China Sea. A
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    More land for food
    131 2 rpHE Johore Agricultural Department will this year continue its policy of increasing and diversifying the agricultural productivity of land under cultivation m the State, states an official report. Rubber cultivation facilities are available through the Rubber Institute (Replanting) Board to enable replanting to be undertaken i
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    SEVEN CYPRIOT PRIESTS HELD
    38 2 SEVEN more Cyprict Greek priests have been detained a.s suspected terrorists, it was officially announced yesterday. This is the biggest single batch Of priests detained so far and brings the total to 37. Reuter.
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    BUSY CAMP COOKS
    100 2 rpilK 208 Girl Guides, 1 idegalci from 22 countries who attended r the recent Regional Centenary World Camp for girls, >n the Philipl pines, were distributed I among five ramp areas. In these camps each unit had a kitchen where the campers took I turns at demonstrating
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    HT trainer is due soon
    260 2 AN INDIAN C-PLAN GIFT FLYING BLUEPRINT pHE Singapore Government intends to train a number of local men m the Hindustan aircraft which is arriving from India on Sunday. The plane, an HT trainer, manufactured at the Hindustan Aircraft Factory m Bangalore, is a gift to
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    A-PLAN: JAPS BUY BRITISH
    42 2 Japan has decided to buy an atomic power reactor from Britain, rather than from the United States, Senator Albert Gore a member of the Senate House of Representatives Atomic Energy Commission said m a statement last night Reuter
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    Key to higher jobs
    133 2 Key to higher jobs E PROMOTIONS for E Singapore police EE men depend <>n bilin- E qual qualifications, E among others. E "They mu>t know at least two language*.— I E any two" the ptliCC E secretary, Mr. Petel E Claque told the Free E Press yesterday. I fan rlioo*«'
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    The PMU memo
    152 2 I>HE Peninsula Malays' Union are to send a memorandum to the Colonial Office m London next month seeking independence for Singapore on Aug. 31 the Federation's merdeka day. The secretary -general of the union, Inche Isa Zain, said this was one of four main points which would
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    'COPY JAPAN' CALL
    126 3 'COPY JAPAN' CALL Next a British floating fair? A LABOUR Member of Parliament. Mr. Stanley Awbery, yesterday urged the Government to follow Japan's example and promote a "floating fair." He told the House of Commons the Japanese refitted a vessel of 10,000 tons to carry an exhibition of machinery around
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    Youth warned off religion
    62 3 THE Soviet youth newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, published a letter yesterday saying that the growing influence of the church on young people "cannot be tolerated," Moscow Radio reported. The letter said: Religious ideology is In principle, hostile to the entire structure of our life and the youth
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    TWO GRAB BOAT IN BREAK FOR FREEDOM
    81 3 TWO young Polish rusher- men took <>ver their fishing boat m Polish waters, locked up the captain and three other members ot the crew, and sailed their vessel into the port jof Nexoe, on the Danish I island of Bornholm. yes- terday. They
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    39 3 i This Free Press picture shows Group Captain Pelor j Townsend making a dash for the gangway of the j ship Maetsuyoker which left for Australia yesterday, j Ahead of him is a European couple who actompan- ied him.
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    WENT AGAINST ADVICE OF TOWNSEND
    418 3 gQDN.-LDR. CYRIL N. POLLOCK, vhose wife was injured m a road crash i Siani Sand later brought to Singapore b mercy plane, yesterday said he had bee advised by (Jroup Capi. Peter Townsen that the border roads were unsafe iv ordinary family cars. It was
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    Lock icon RIO BUILDING FALLS-50 DIE
    38 3 (HE Federal savings bank 1 building in the heart >f Rio el- Janeiro collapsed yesterday with an estimated eighty people inside. Officials believed thai tho death toil might br as high as 50.- Reuter
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    Lock icon Now he's a knight
    20 3 Franc* 1 yesterday named actor-director Erich von Stroheim a Kntuht of the Lesion of Honour. U.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1957. Opinion People as a present
    300 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 1957. Opinion People as a present INDIA has accused Pakistan of ma.ssir.L' till levies m Kashmir a Pakistan to embark upon a holy war. Pakistan has countercharged that India has massed large forces alonf Pakistan's border. Both have denied each other's charges but.,
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    Malayan Indians fleeced on their return home
    834 4  - Malayan Indians fleeced on their return home P.M. RAMAN EXTORTION AT MADRAS HARBOUR i I f T J M THE mad scramble of beggars, greedy porters and unscrupulous taxi drivers m the Madras harbour area to fleece the visiting Malayan Indian *till hauntme after two weeks of returning to Singapore
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    BY THE WAY
    255 4  -  Beachomber D f CANNOT a&ree with 1 the curious theory put forward by an "expert" that snoring is caused by boredom. Nobody can be bored if he is asleep, and even if h< dreaming, dream s Arc hardly ever boring. Snoring while awake, as an expression of
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    Lock icon They're so unhappy about the Colony cows
    297 5 They're so unhappy about the Colony cows CHILDREN TAKE AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN FARM LIFE A GROUP of schoolchildren, all members of the Animal Lovers' League, made an interestIng trip to Katong this week under the supervision of their leader. Mrs. A. Keenlyside. They first visited a rural farm where
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    CONSIDERATE DRIVERS ARE LAUDED
    192 5 CONSIDERATE DRIVERS ARE LAUDED IjVDUR FILIPINO newsmen who have just concluded a visit to Singapore think that the traffic problem here is not SO bad as m Manna "We feel that your drivers and other road users are pretty considerate," said| Mr. J. V. Cruz, the leader i of the
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    GUESTS TO FLY IN JET-PROP
    155 5 GUESTS TO FLY IN JET-PROP Bristol Britannia back tomorrow rpHE 8.0.A.C. jet -prop 1 Bristol Britannia GANBE returns to Singapore at noon tomorrow after having visited Jakarta, Darwin, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. The aircraft will make two demonstration flights at 2.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. Some 650 invitations have been
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    Lock icon TO SALVAGE NAZI U-BOAT
    75 5 NAZI Germany's la.st ultni modern U-boat, -sunk at the end ot World War II off Plensbure at the German Danish border, will bo salvaged to serve again iS ihe West German forces. port authorities announced m Hamburg. The submarine is an electrically driven vessel with a
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      180 7 LONDON. Feb. 19. Previous Today Kl I'.UI K No. 1 RSS c.i.f. Luiojxan ports February 2f> U buyers, buyers t .sellers 2o s March 25 buyers 25'* buyers 25 sellers 2 > i MUttl RUBBER No 1 RSS Spot 25 buyers 25 buyer.s 25% sellers 25 i
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      New York prices
      137 7 NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Previous Today TIN Straits spot 101.00 nom. 100.50 nom. TIN futures February 98 26 buyers 98.25 buyers 99.75 sellers 99.75 sellers Standard Contract March 97.25 buyers 97.25 buyers 98.75 sellers 98.75 sellers April 95 75 buyers 9575 buyers 97.00 sellers 97.00 sellers TONE:
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      U.S. PEPPER
      47 7 Malabar Lampong spot 27, release 25-.., White Muntok spot aw.iitiii? releae 26. afloats 25-.. 34. aw-iitiiii? release 34. iifloats 33. to 25',. and February shipment and February shipment lift, Ml 24.. Sarawak spot 26. awaiting sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m US. cents per Ib.
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      43 7 NEW YORK. Feb It. Previous Today 30 Industrials 467.40 4H6 84 20 Railroads 142.40 142.40 40 Domestic Bonds 90-99 91.01 15 Utilities 70.04 70 06 65 Stocks Composite Averages 165.38 1U5 28 Above vrices quoted in U.S. cents per Ib.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      104 7 LONDON. Feb. 19. Previous Today COPRA Philippine! c if IK./ North European delivered weight per long ton Feb. Mar. $180 00 filers $179 sellers COPRA, Straits oi.f. UK. North Furopea.n delivered weight per IMVi buyers 1:66'^ buyers H>ng ton Feb. March EM* Mlten £G7 .sellers March
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    Ace driver 100 fast for heiress
    324 7 Ace driver 100 fast for heiress A RICH senorita sobbed when she heard that handsome 26-year-old Peter Collins, British pin-up boy of the world's racing drivers, was to marry. "I cant believe it. heiress Eleanor Herrera said at her mother's ranch m Uruguay. Collins, fair-haired .son of a Kidderminster. Worcs,
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    Reds did deport rebels
    136 7 Reds did deport rebels MISS A N N A KBTHLT, Minister of State of tin* ousted v Hungarian regime of Imre Nagy is seen g B here holdin*; photostats of mercy mes- B sages thrown from g I trains inside Hungary by deportees en route to Russia. I'hcv. notes are
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    KEEP BOAT THAT BEAT ATLANTIC
    132 7 T*HE Nova Espero. the X smallest boat to have made a double crossing of the Atlantic, may be preserved as an inspiration to British youth. It was m July 1949 that the Smith Brothers. Stanley and Colin, set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia, m their
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      89 7 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 j 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f ii£ I SINCAPORE I I HIGH TIDES! TODAY: 2.57 p.m. E TOMORROW: 2.53 a.m. E and 3.52
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    Lady Black's interest
    668 8 Lady Black, wife of the Sing /poll.' Governor I (centre), showing interest m samples of handi- work at the exhibition of arts and crafts at the j Malay Girls School, Geylang. With her are the Minister for Edu- cation, Mr. Chew Swee i Kee, and Chik binte
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1804 8  - SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT adelaide eastley BY.. the Raffles Hotel which nightly draws throngs of dance fays. Giancurlo, who fias played before sophisticated French and Italian Ririera crowds for years, should know. "Do our feminine dancers excel the men?" 1 demanded. *'Singapore women," exclaimed Giancarlo, blowing kisses and. rolling his eyes heavenward,
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    64 9 OH! THOSE MEN TH E question: What do you think of Singapore women's dancing?" drew the appreciative gesture below from Italy -born Giancarlo Barigozzi, popular Raffles Hotel bandsman "S i n g a p or c's women," said he, "are beautiful!" Giancarlo's expressive Latin gesture (left) however, followed the query:
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    Tengku meets a 'fighter'
    118 9 The Federation Chief Minister. Tvnftku Abdul Rahman, last week visited the Snecial Air Service Refiment at VVardieburn (amp. near Koala Lumpur. and spokr (o some of the "61 lit in* Senol," the band of SI aborifinei now being trained as soldiers. They mav form the nucleus
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    Tommy's top fan gets in his hair
    169 10 Tommy's top fan gets in his hair KATIE JUNES is aiier Tommy Steele, the 18-year-old rock 'n' roll sensation, again. She If the girl he calls his most fanatical fan. but Katie Jones is not her real name. "It is the name she gives when anybody tackles her about her
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    6 baby 'giants'
    59 10 6 baby 'giants' SIX baby "giant" tortoises, the youngest of their kind the London Zoo has ever attempted to rear, have arrived from the Seychelles. Four have been given by Sir William Addis. Governor of the Seychelles, and two are being kept at the zoo for him. The "giant" tortoises
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    BRIDGE HAND
    451 10 Vul: NORTH Son. UK 0 52 X J 108 7 64 WEST EAST 754 3 2 <J J 9 6 V A CX 752 ***** A Q J 3 *Q9532 A SOUTH (D) A 10 <?Q J ***** 0 K9B 76 The bidding: Soul* Vest Noria East IV
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    Hero driver dies in 60 mph train collision
    394 10 Hero driver dies in 60 mph train collision pOR two dramatic minutes British railwayman John Axon wrestled with the controls of his runaway engine He could have jumped clear but he chose to stay, and died as the train hurtled at 60 m.p.h. into the rear of another goods train.
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    THE CASE OF A PROUD WORKER
    220 10 I rpHE story of Tomas Arroyo astonished the magistrates when they heard it. Stranger than fiction," they said. "Fantastic, said the police. It was certainly unusual for this day and age. This is what happened At 9.30 one night, small and swarthy Tomas, Spa-nish-born,
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    54 10 photo, i This "lolly Roger" sweater in Red. White and Blue with pants in navy blue velvet for sail- E E inj; of course was one of the highlights of a fashion show held in London last week by the Knitting Wool Council. The Council emphasised E E the latest
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      61 10 Silvo shines as it cleans Iff Hhining, shimmering silver and plate can be yours if you use Silvo. In a twinkling Silvo gives a high gloss polish that really sparkles; and because it is made from the finest, gentlest ingredients, it is com* pletely safe for your silver—and gives il
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    BANG! AND IT'S A BULL
    53 11 BANG! AND IT'S A BULL HERE are some of the best shots m the W.R.A.C. and W.R.A.F. who took part m the Women's small bore rifle championship held recently at Uxbridgc, Middlesex. From left to right: Pte. Margaret Bonthe, of Edinburgh, Sgt. Eileen Williams, of Yovil and Pte. Kathrine Rooney,
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    SMILE A MILE WIDE
    73 11 SMILE A MILE WIDE AM)THER Bannister E flits the headlines. E The proud parents are the world's first 4-min- E ute miler, D. Roger E Bannister, and his 27- E year-old Wife. E The day -old baby, E who iveiyhed 7lbs. 11 ounces at birth, WiU be named Carol Erin
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    Ooh! Ooh! that's nice
    57 11 I ASSIE, A TWO-YEAR-OLD CROSSBRED j J COLLIE JUST LOVES VACUUM CLEAN- j ERS AND UNTIL SHE HAS HAD HER DAILY j SWEEP DOWN FROM HEAD TO TAIL HER OWNER, MRS KATHLEEN BUDDARD, OF MEXBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, FINDS IT IMPOSSIBLE TO (JET ON WITH j THE
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    The Admiralty says 'thanks'
    124 11 The Admiralty says 'thanks TO mark its appreciation of a Scheme under which the United states yam has trained some 258 I Fleet Air Arm fliers tor the Royal Navy, the Admiralty I has made a silver trophy replica < fighter for m j presentation to the vs. Naval Air
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    Lock icon FREE ASIA PARTNERSHIP GOAL IS NOW URGED
    1225 12 FREE ASIA PARTNERSHIP GOAL IS NOW URGED Mill OF ...featuring news Mill XP and views I Vkllb about Asia today y v EARNING that "the dangers along the road to independence are plain," the London Times poses the desirability of inter dependence among the nations of non-Communist Asia. The peoples
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    Lock icon RED MINERS TO VISIT JAPAN
    54 12 Communist Chinese and Russian coal mine labour representatives will visit Japan on April 20 for a three-week inspection tour, the Japan Coal Miners Union said In Tokyo. The visit will repay one which 30 Japanese coal mine representatives made to Red China anH Soviet Union
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    Lock icon Slight fall in India prices
    56 12 India's prices, which have been rising steadily for many months, fell slightly during January. The official wholesale price index for that month was 422.1 as compared to 428.8 during December. However, in January 1956 it was 376. 'The index base of 100 is determined for
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    Lock icon 'Pool Japan-U.S. aid resources'
    98 12 'Pool Japan-U.S. aid resources' JAPANESE Ambassador Masayuki Tani has urged that Japan and the I'nited States form an ec— mic partnership for the development of the new nations of Free Asia. In a speech at New Orleans, he said that Japan, with the largest concentration of skilled manpower and technical
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    A BEECHAM TRIUMPH
    596 13 Jonathan Russell reviews the best records of the week Fine disc of Elgar's Variations THE Beecham performance of Elgar's Enigma Variations, now available on Philips A *****, is undoubtedly the finest recording of this popular work ever made. Sir Thomas, it is said, avoided making a recording
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  • FOUR ACES
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      ORCH.
      91 13 WHAT a service was rendered to the world of music when .some of Bach's vocal and organ worka were arranged for full orchestra! This Is proved b» yond doubt by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Oirhestra on Philips S C4CI4 L. They play Mich gems as Air for the
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      VOCAL
      51 13 VERSATILE .singer Caterina Valente has produced another successful disc on Polydor 20 715 EPH. The mood Ifi decidedly romantic and the setting is Paris. She sings L'amour Defendu. Dant> Ma Vie. Lcs Filles de Paris and La Vie Me Pousse. Armand Migiani and his Orchestra provide her with strong
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      POPS
      57 13 WHEN Xavier Cugat visited Singapore m 1953 he created such a lasting Impresstpn that today his recordings are still very much m demand. Latest and perhaps greatest Is Cugat Cocktail on Philips 429 218 BE, a Latin American selection that will leave you breathless. Included are: Cbmpadre Pedro Juan.
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      JAZZ
      60 13 oaid to be a sensation In the States, Les Elgari and his Orchestra, are Just catching on m Singapore It's music designed for the young m heart, hot, pulsating stufT but rich In melody and texture. On Philips 429 222 BE you can find Stress On Les, a popular
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    Latin American treat
    66 13 HAVE you heard Luis Alberto del Parana yet? Luis specialises m Latin American music, and, together with Andres Feres Fereira and his orchestra, has just recorded a first class album of songs on Philips P ***** L Venganza. Maria Bonita. Luna de Mexico Te Quicro and a
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    TOP OF THE 78s
    242 13 TOP OF THE 78s 13UBY MURRAY is back V with a (Use that' the top 78 oi the w« k ick>] bia DB 3852 1. Recorded fr.im the .sound truck of the film A Touch <.f the Sun, both numbers have popular appeal. O'Malkys Tango is an amusing ditty, while
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    Give our kids some coaching!
    300 14 VOW that interstate A^ schoolboy matches have come to Malaya it's time for a more ambitious coaching policy m the schools. S.A.F.A. coach Mr. John Then told me that if approached he and his colleagues would be very interested m teaching children. "I think it
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    BIG-MATCH POLICY
    68 14 MORF international matches that's the new season policy of the Football Association of Malaya. Secretary Mr. Kwok Kin Kenu said m his report to the association's general piitlll m Kuala Lumpur that the Federation has already achieved "international status" by playing m the Asian Cup competition. Statement of
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    WATCH OUT FOR THE GREAT NEW DOCKYARD
    263 14 WATCH OUT FOR THE GREAT NEW DOCKYARD iy)CKYAKD Football Association, who only managed a ninth place In last year's league, hope to be the closest rivals for defending champions Tigers this season. They proved their acquired skill last Sunday when they held the regular Tigers team to a three-all draw.
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    CUP STARS IN THE MAKING
    287 14 FRANCIS ROZARIO writes on Singapore's most popular sport Singapore trams special group SINGAPORE Amateur Football Association have started training a young Colony soccer group with the intention of building a strong Singapore "A" XI. Thirteen players, all under 23. have just started training with the
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    'I don't blame players'
    228 14  - 'I don't blame players' MR. SOH -SAYS THE president of the Singapore Amateur Football Association, Mr. Son Ghee Soon, yesterday said they were making arrangements to give Colony soccer players every necessary protection possible. He was commenting on the article "players demand for insurance," which appeared m last Saturday's Free
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    INSURED!
    170 14 'pHE Singapore Chi- nese Athletic are the first soccer club m the Colony to insure their players, which has been done for the coming; season. Their policy covers the whole team for any game, pven friendlies. It states that... Medical bills incurred by the players during any game will
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    Schools star signs for Chinese Ath. this season
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