The Singapore Free Press, 24 April 1957

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press
  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. *****. Singapore, Wednesday, April 24, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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  • 293 1 UN to discuss Suez again following... EGYPT will announce within 48 hours a Suez Canal plan which will include an advisory organisation formed from world shipping companies, the Cairo afternoon newspaper, Alkahira, predicted yesterday. Th c newspaper's diplomatic correspondent added that Egypt would looking to the World
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  • 472 1 AN UGLY TURN IN JORDAN IS DEVELOPING General strike begins today Warships for M-E? 4S the Jordanian Government crisis worsened and the situation A .hrt,toncd to turn urlv it was disclosed m New York that U. S. warshipfSht Patr«" Middle Ea.t waters, while a U.S- Senator warned^An^aWht beco^^ed ,n wa
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  • 96 1 Rubber price up cent May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at 92 3 4 cents a lb., up a quarter of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was quiet. Towering SSI foot into the sky at tlie Magnolia Petroleum Company's oil refinery m Beaumont,
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  • 161 1 TENGAH DEATHS PROBE AN RAF court of inquiry is being constituted immediatdy to investigate the death of two airmen who were beheaded by the wing of a Venom jet fighter which was taking off on a training flight at Tengah airfield last night. A Far Bait Air Force spokesman said
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    • 8 1 Marshall and the big blast SEE PAGE THREE
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  • 78 2 5 A PREFABRICATED A hut, used as a Sin- g apo r c magistrate's g E courf /or many years. C /ias bmi renovated a»d converted into an o//fce for probation officers of th e courts. C The hut is behind EMe Criminal District a rc d Magistrates*
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  • 27 2 About 200 scientists from 20 countries started a fiveday conference m Amsterdam yesterday at which they will exchange information on the production of radioactive isotopes Reuter
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  • 210 2 Bringing National Opera to Singapore 2 AN Australian woman opera enthusiast, Mrs. Clarise Lorenz, is to start a National Opera of Singapore on international lines to cater for the cosmopolitan races m the Colony. Mrs. Lorenz told the Free Press yesterday, that she had discussed the financial side of the
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  • 195 2 Fr. Ashness gets rousing send-off CASH GIFT FOR A PRIEST rIE parishioners of the Katong Catholic Church have given a rousing send-off and a cheque to their parish priest the Rev. Fr. Rene Ashness. the man who made it easier for them to be good churchmen.' The cheque, which was
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  • 36 2 Shaw Brothers will give free cinema shows to about one million under-privileged children m the Federation on Merdeka Day, August 31. This offer has been made to all Federation Celebration Committees.
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    • 89 2 MORE REDUCTIONS. OUR SPECIAL OFFER FOR A HAPPY HARI RAYA UINIIIIUHIIIIIIHIUIIM M< WE DON'T SELL CHEAP SHOES j WE SELL GOOD SHOES CHEAP I PRICES SIZES: 3-84 SINGAPORE FED OF MALAYA 6? BORNEO Old New Old New MODEL 66 5.90 3.50 5.90 3.90 60 4.90 3.50 5.90 3.90 59 3.20
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  • 180 3 THE STORY OF A POCKET MICROSCOPE THE story of a minia ture microscope which was used to detect the malaria carrying mosquito m Borneo and Sarawak and which took »."> years to perfect, will soon be told by its inventor, Dr. John McArthur. The camera-like microscope was
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  • 274 3 The ATOM-BOMB and David Marshall HE GOT HIS ISLANDS MIXED! T^HE Member for Cairnhill, Mr. David Marshall, was told m the Singa- pore Legislative Assembly today that it would be more appropriate to direct his questions on hydrogen bomb tests to the Russians than to the Singapore Government.Mr. Marshall had
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  • 44 3 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, ill with influenza for the past few days, ihas now developed bronchitis and has had to cancel his forthcoming trip to the United States, it was announced m London last night.— Reuter.
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  • 119 3 rpHE Netherlands community m Sin- gapore will observe a remembrance cere- mony on Saturday, May 4 from 6.15 p.m. to 7 1 p.m. m honour of all members of the Allied Forces and the civi- lians who gave their I lives for the liberation of the Netherlands
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  • 31 3 Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander m Europe, had a minor operation m a London hospital yesterday for the removal of a mole on his back. Reuter
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  • 58 3 AN Anzac Day dawn service will be held m Singapore at the Cenotaph at 6 am. tomorrow. The Rev. Lester Phankuch, a New Zealander, will preside over the 30--minute non-denominational Anzac Day has been observed for 42 years m commemoration of Australians and New Zealanders who lost
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  • 24 3 The Panama Canal collected U553,608,748 m tolls during March, the largest one-month sum ever received m tno history of the waterway. U.P.
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    • 73 3 come early I'l h 3 f CwHi>^^^k|| j $80.00 $90.00 Gnu p \/»\J\J BOTTLE COVERS A/so £i.T£X ELECTRIC RAZORS m tartan $10.50 (Usually $13.45) Reduced to $27.50 Usually $37.50 PLASTIC COASTERS Plain design, $5.50 A/p i^y i^ (Usually $6.75) iSf /I /2f Bn Ali/I i/f MM Jif' w/7 Spotted design
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    • 243 3 SPORTS FHESE.XTATIOX I for AH Occasions I TROPHIES, MEDALS j I: Etc., t t m Silver and E. P. N. S. t t Always available at: ]t j| G. C. de SILYA BROS., jj Manufacturing Jewellers I 3, Raffles Place, Singapore- 1, Phone *****. j: Special Concessions Schools, Clubs The
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  • 174 4 Opinion AN UNEASY FUTURE VOW Earl Attlee says it. Russia will disintegrate. This astute observer of world affairs bases his prediction on the anti-Russian feeling m the Red satellite countries exemplified by the Hungarian revolt, and upon reports of internal restlessness among Russian yputh. And inadvertently supporting the former British
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  • 744 4  - Now prepare for snobbery on Queen's highway P.M. RAMAN by ONOBBERY may soon be extended to the Queen's Highway if our city fathers carry out their threat to create a new, privileged class of i motorists. The Vehicles and Traffic Committee of the City Council is now considering a proposal
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  • 92 4  -  Beachcomber *>9 rE new craze for serving fish m a jug is great fun One is still surprised when it is poured out, through a specially made spout of large dimensions. The other day an absent-minded waiter poured turbot Into a claret glass. The manager, approaching with
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  • 166 4 ONE effect of the blocking of the Suez Canal has been an all-time record for traffic going through the Panama Canal. Before the war usually only 15 ships a day went through the Canal. Since the war the numbers have been much higher. Just before the
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  • 799 5 A LIVELY SESSION IS EXPECTED IN ASSEMBLY TODAY SSj^^Sj^^^^K^^ffl^9VK^P^Tß^^BF^^r^^T'<FJl^yTJrT Last-minute surprise for Govt? gINfiAI ORE Legislative Assemblymen will be asked today to take the first concrete steps m the move towards self-government by approving the White Paper containing the Merdeka report signed by the all-party delegation m London. The debate
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  • 270 5 POINTS FROM WHITE PAPER T Government White Piper on the Londor t >. published today clearly sets out m detaii all the points on which agreement has been reacheel between the Singapore ai;-;>arty delegation and the colonial Office. It gtarti with an historical background on the growth of democratic institutions
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  • 35 5 Heavy rainstorms covered most parts of Japan early yesterday bringing relief to thousands of acres of parched farmland. The storms also relieved badly depleted water reserves m national reservoirs. Re uter.
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  • 31 5 Japan continued to be the world's leading shipbuilding nation, according to Lloyds Register of shipbuilding returns for the first quarter of this year issued m London today. Reuter.
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  • 140 5 TIIK Finance Secretary, Mr. T.M. Hart, will ask the Legislative Assembly today to approve supplementary expenditure of more than $0,700,000. The money is needed to cover various public projects. About $300,000 is needed to expand teleprint er facilities m the Colony. Supplementary provision of nearly 51.280,000
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    • 253 6 >l \M»lt \Kk by Lee Falk and Phil !>»«" /UPSEE-Y FINE-- NOW t?O I UP-SEE-RMSV- j PAISV yVITATMIM. VVMV--lC>lP|Tr V START \/VERV WELL. POTWiS W^W r 1/ ALL BY s^\ V" l^^ 'V v f~\ TABZAiX by Edgar Rice Burroughs I THINICING OUICICLV, *0t CHECICE7 THE I I ToZ 1
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    • 464 6 BORN today, you have a pom 1 and progressive personality, y,,, have the magnetic charm and the i ability to chart your course and h«)M to it while encouraging others espouse it. as well. You are. at times, quite reekl. m your approach toward life. Y< v will dare anything
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  • Hound the World Market Prices
    • 200 7 LONDON. April 23- RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.if. PreYi Us To<Uy European ports April 2 74 buyers 27 buyers 27 4 sellers 27 4 sellers OT *J 274 buyers 27 buyers pi-rrpd m« i oco c 274 severs 274 sellers RLBBER No- 1 RSS Spot 2 74
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    • 120 7 NEW YORK. April 23. Previous Iodav TIN Straits spots 99 87 nom 99.75 nom. TIN futures Standard Contract April 98.50 buyers 98.50 buyers 99 50 sellers 99 50 sellers May 98 37 buyers 9G 37 buyers 99.50 sellers 99.50 sellers TONE: Steady. SALES: Nil. Straits Contract April
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    • 48 7 NEW YORK. April 23. Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per Ib. Previous Today SO Industrials 488.79 491 88 20 Railroads 144 97 1 145 91 40 Domestic Bonds 90 60 90 40 15 Utilities 72 40 72 99 65 Stocks Composite Averages 171.50 172.66
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    • 57 7 Malabar/T.ampong spot and awaiting release 27. afloats 26' v to 26 April shipment Malabar 25%. Lampong 25V Sarawak spot 26, April shipment 24-... May shipment tt%, June slilpment 22*4. Muntok white, spot and awaiting release 34 u l-, afloats M to 32. April shipment 11%, sellers ex-dock, Above
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    • 101 7 COPRA Philippines eLf. UK./ North European delivered wri/tht per lonr ton April /May COPRA, Straits cJ-f. U.K/North European delivered weight per lone ton April May May/June COCONUT OIL crude Straits c i.f- I X .North Evropean In hulk per lonr ton April /May.. COCONUT OIL crude,
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  • 233 7 The wife who was so forgiving [TOW far will a woman go m forgiving the man 1 she loves? Mrs. Barbara Joan Sears was so forgiving that when her husband told her another woman was expecting his child she wanted to adopt it, said Mr. Commissioner Flowers at London Divorce
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  • 66 7 Because of complaints that smoke went down the chimneys and filled the living rooms into which they had moved only three months previously, 24 Sunderland (England) families have been given new homes by the Corporation. Freak air conditions are blamed for the defect which stubbornly resisted the treatment
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  • 74 7 FILM Director, Peter Bradford, and Prima Bal- lerina of the Koyal Ballet Mirgot Fonteyn are seen m the picture above discussing the stage setting at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. London, during the filming of "Birthday Offering" for the British Travel Association. Dame Margot and seven
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    • 148 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1 15 p.m. Wednesday Serenade: 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Everybody Sing; 5.00 Songs from the Plantations; 5.15 Hawaiian Blossoms; 5.30 Tea Dance; 6.00 Time Announcement and Programme Summary: fi 02 Mall Bag opened by Sarojinl Lourdes; 6.55; Announcements and Singapore Share Market Report;
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  • 2041 8  - SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT Adelaide Eastley BY.. A wnillionaire a art... A woman v with an eye far I'itha missioMi... happens to priceless treasures once cherished by Singapore's old Chin- ese families and were the decorative props of homes world-re-nowned for their picture. beauty and Eastern hospitality? I can tell you. Many
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  • 47 10 Mr. Ronald George Whiteley. 66-year-old second son of the nrst Baron Marchamley, has been found dead at his home near Horsham. England, with gunshot wounds, it was announced yesterday. His elder brother, the second Baron, shot himself m London eight years ago. Reuter
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  • 90 10 A huge 4 ,500- to n oil drilling barge is seen m the picture above at Audorf, near Rendsburg, on the Kiel Canal, Germany, after it was launched by Mrs. Beat* Ornstein, wife of the deputy- chairman of a prominent British oil company. It to
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  • 273 10 Boss,. 67, in love, asks Dad ,90: 'Can I wed?' MR. GEORGE HASLAM. aged 67, wanted to marry a 23--year-old girl —so he asked his 90-year-old father's advice. Said Mr. Haslam: "I was worried because I thought gossips would say: 'There's no fool like an old fool.' "Dad could see
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  • 145 10 A 26 YEAR OLD I housewife describ- 1 Ed to police last week the Ml RDER SHE SAW THROUGH A LETTERBOX. Mrs Lilian Hawkins peeped through her neighbour's letter-box when she heard screams m their flat. She saw 35-year-old Albert Johnson dragging his 13-year-old
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    342 10 The bidding: South West NorU East 2** Pass 20« Pass 2 Pass 2 N.T. Pass 3tf Pass 4* P"« 4 0 Pass 5 9 Pass 6^ Ml Pass Artificial forcing bit m response rpODAY'S hand reminds this column of a celebrated bit of diplomacy on the part of
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 199 10 CLUES ACEOSS 2 At nrst Vfeoefc kings revel ittW&'i** i fetus su.. 9Uy an art g ,Uery at last I? Kn *ln S l^ter <4>. 7 gU V II I begin a very small thing g lemon (5). 13 Court m a wood (3). 14 Trade two thousand within 15
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  • 2 11 Photo News
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  • 177 11 COACH, operated by a tour firm set out from the Victoria Coach Station (London) recently on the pioneer run of the world's longest coach route London -to-Cal-cutta. This i> a 10.000-mile route through 15 countries. by way of Paris, Lyons, Turin, Milan, Venice, Belgrade, Sophia, Istanbul,
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  • 233 11 IT'S a big world for small bears and Kodiake bear Chatkah," brought her three month's old youngsters out for the first time recently at Whipsnade Zoo. In the picture left 'Mvm 1 smiles at one of them trying to crawl up the rock.
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  • 395 12 Warning by Mme. Chiang gOVIET action m Hungary showed that the Communist attitude is to "see what action would follow after all the tough talk of the Free World/ said Madame Chiang Kai-shek m a public address m Taipeh to
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  • 89 12 TokyoKarachi trade up rnHE forthcoming tallut a between Pakistan's Premier, Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy, and Japanese leaders are expected further to strengthen the already strong commercial ties between the two countries, it to learned In 1 Karachi. Mr. Suhrawardy left On his seven day goodwill visit to Japan on Monday.
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  • 87 12 BURMA'S four year economic recovery programme has received a boost from a United States loan of U5542,300,000. Some projects which were dropped from the plan have now been put back into the programme, and other schemes are being accelerated. Work on a fertiliser plant, a rubber
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  • 25 12 The Communist North Korean Government has decorated Polish Premier Josef Cyranklewicz with a First Class National Flag Medal m Pyongyang U.P.
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  • Glimpses
    • 227 12 Pill ...featuring news HI V W and views VLUL about Asia today A CUT of at least 16 per cent, m the yearly ration of cloth for every Chinese has been announced m Peking. rhe decision of the State Council said the reason was to
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    • 17 12 Some 3,500,000 workers are expected to take part m the forthcoming May Day rallies throughout Japan. Reuter
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    • 28 12 Mr. V. A. Sugathadasa, Mayor of Colombo, will head a delegation of Ceylon's municipal councillors to Peking m July. Afterwards he intends to visit the Soviet Union. Reuter
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    • 38 12 MASS ARRESTS OF CHINESE WITH SAFE CONDUCT PASSES TO GO TO FORMOSA HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN KWANGTUNG PROVINCE BY PERSONS ARRIVING FROM THE CHINESE MAINLAND. MOST OF THOSE ARRESTED CAME FROM THE CITIES OF KANHSIEN AND FOOCHOW. A.P.
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    • 32 12 The Taipeh Defence Ministry has warned that preventive measures for survival against nuclear attack were necessary m Formosa because Soviet Russia had nuclear weapons and possibility of an attack always exists A.P.
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    • 28 12 The Japanese Foreign Ministry said that 381 persons held m Russia as Japanese war criminals would be returned to Japan next month. They include 146 Korean nationals. A.P.
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    • 31 12 Prime Minister Nobosuke KLshi will visit India and Nationalist China before his trip to the United States m June. He plans also to go to Pakistan, Siam. Burma and Ceylon. A.P.
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    • 30 12 The Dalai Lama, the spirlual leader of Tibet, has moved out of Potala Palace, traditional residence m Lhasa of Dalai Lamas to a new building nearby with modern conveniences Reuter
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    • 17 12 A North Korean delegation for promoting international trade is now on a visit to Indonesia. U. P.
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  • 21 12 Mr. Mohammed Mir Khan of Pakistan has bee n elected president of the United sioSindr c and *>- U.P.
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  • 186 12 Japan to give economic aid to Ethiopia JAPAN may be asked by the Ethiopian Government to help develop oil resources m Eritrea, the Tokyo newspaper Mainichi reported. A Japanese delegation headed by ex-Lieut.-Gen. Sumihisa Ideda is expected to leave for the African kingdom later this month to discuss economic cooperation
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  • 82 12 ASIAN LEGAL HQ. TO BE IN NEW DELHI A PERMANENT headquarters of the Asian Legal Consultative Committee will be set up tn New Delhi, it has been decided m New Delhi. The committee has also decided to establish consultative arrangements with the United Nations and its specialised agencies. These agencies
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  • 492 13 jTonathanJUissell reviews the best records off the week gXOTic and exciting is a recording of Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo (Wedded By Witchcraft) Ballet played by Urchestre des Concerts Lamoureux conducted by Jean MartinS n^n? o d t SUn by Corinne v °zza on Philips
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    333 13 A VISIT To Jazzland No. 4 on Philips B ***** R continues a series that has been loudly applauded by jazz fans. Expressly designed for those enthusiasts who are eager to learn more about jazz styles it presents closeups of bands old and new. On this disc are
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  • 34 13 Latest Luis Alberto del Parana recording has arrived on Philips 421 025 PE. With the Trio los Paraguayos he sings El Pescador, Nube Gris, Zamba de la Candelaria and Al Partir.
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  • 224 13 JAN TROMP is a youn* man who can whistle better than 52 bir on Phill P s 422 58 PE he demonstrates his skill giving his own versions of A Perfect Day, Beautiful Isle, of Somewhere. Poeme and La GoJondrina with orchestral accompaniment. FRANK SINATRA returns on
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  • 176 13 JOE LOSS AND HIS ORCHESTRA are dearly at the top of their form on HMV Pop 297 whm they present two old but firm favourites m their Dancing Time for Dancers wries 1'" G»* By and Amore, the first a foxtrot and the second a samba.
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  • 962 14  -  GEORGE WHITING .By i HE IS THE MERCURIAL COLLIE SMITH pRICKET this summcr, it seems, is to be brightened up by the calculus and calypsos. The men of the counties, having bored the customers and all but played themselves out of business, are
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  • 356 14 AUSTRALIA has another recordbreaking miler to follow m the footsteps of world famous John Landy. He is West Australian "Wonder Boy" Herb Elliott, who has amazed local experts with his improvement m a comeback this year. Elliott, a six-footer who weighs 154 pounds, retired from
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    15 14 WINGFOOT (Paterson) bring led m after winning the first race at Bukit Timah on Monday.
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  • 90 14 THE condition of Tulyar. famed winner of the 1952 Epsom Derby, remained unchanged at Claiborne Farm. Paris, m Kentucky. The eight-year-old thoroughbred was stricken with a virus infection on Feb. 5 and was taken out of stud. Col. Floyd Sagar, Claiborne i veterinarian, said Tulyar has
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  • 407 14 VETERAN ITALIAN BOXER TRAINS ON HORSE MEAT pAETANO ANNA- LOR O, veteran Italian featherweight who trains on horse meat, thinks he can box for six more years if he returns to Europe but only two if he stays m America. Your boxing is so much more bom bom bom. Rougher."
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  • 275 15 FOREST HAVE A STRONG CHANCE FOR PROMOTION PROMOTION and relegation problems m the Second Division of the English Football League were partially solved yesterday when Notts County beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 m Nottingham. The win meant that Notts County had made certain of avoiding relegation to
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  • 90 15 DAI DOWER DROPPED FROM LIST 'fOSHIJI MISAKO, the Japanese flyweight is ranked fifth contender for the world title m this month's ratings of The Ring, the American boxing magazine. The four leading challengers for the crown, held by Argentina's Pascual Perez, are given as: Memo Diez (Mexico), Young Martin (Spain),
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  • 231 15 f PHE manager of Ceylon's Davis Cup team said today he was certain Red China would enter the Ea«stern Zone Davis Cup tennis competition npvt vpar "They have two excellent players m Mci Fu-chi and Chu Chen-hua." Eric Rajapakse stated. "I'm sure
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  • 88 15 Woodburn is free to play again WILLIE WOODBURN, the former Glasgow Rangers and Scotland centre-half who was suspended indefinitely by the Scottish Football Association Referees Committee m September. 1954, is free to play football again. Yesterday the Committee considered Woodburn's fourth appeal and announced they had lifted the suspension. Wocdburn
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  • 98 15 LEW HOAD. the reigning Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, yesterday played and won his first tournament match since his back Injury m the Australian Championships m January. He beat the unranked Italian player, Giovonni Mogos, 6-3, 6-2 m the first i round of the international
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  • 60 15 Hamilton Richardson and Herb Flam would be the United States' official representatives at Wimbledon this year, the American Lawn Tennis Association announced m New York yesterday. Althea Gibson and Louise Brough would be the official American players m the women's events. Shirley Fry, who was married
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  • 103 15 RESULTS of yesterday's Rugby Union matches were: Bridgwater and Albion 0 Penarth 10; Bridgend 17 Cross Keys 3; Cheltenham 6 Bristol 19; Llanelly 24 Universities Athletic Union 9; Lydney 0 Gloucester 14; Maesteg 3 London University 3; Newport 5 Barbarians 8; Penzance and Newlyn 23 St. Marys
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  • 31 15 The Japanese table tennis team, on their way home from European defeated Hong Kong by 7-1 m Hong Kong last night. Yung Kwok Tsui defeated Ogimura 21-19. 21-13. A.P.
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  • 26 15 PADIO PEKING reported today that the first Siamese basketball team to visit Communist China were beaten 79-56 by Canton at Canton on Monday. U.P.
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  • 41 15 AUSTRIA yesterday won the International Youth Football Tournament when they beat Spain 3-2 m the final played at Madrid. They led 2-1 at half time. Italy and France tied for third place after a goalless draw. Reuter
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  • 234 15 TIGERS LUCKY TO GET A POINT T»IGERS Sporting Association, after two fine victories m their two previous outings, are back m the doldrums. Yesterday they were lucky to share two goals and points with Chinese Athletic. Tigers, springing for their third kill, played wing halves Hee Jong and Hin Weng
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  • 58 16 JAPANESE police reported yesterday that 14 persons were sent to hospital when they were overcome by gas fumes m Shimizu City, near Tokyo. Police cordoned off an area of more than 500 square yards and evacuated all families when the gas was found leaking from a
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    69 16 Britain's candidate for »c *orid s perieci air hostess is 26-year-old Margaret Sheffield a 8.0.A.C stewardess for three year S| Six Judge, ch ose her at a competition m London last week Now Margaret will represent Britain m the competition finals If The wins Margaret will be known as "Miss
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  • 352 16 A fono Red letter from Bulaanin to^Mac Is peace plea genuine r A NEW 8,000-word letter couched in "very Prtaw 1«5LSKS£. 5? USEnounced in London yesterdayThe text of the letter, issued in Moscow today by the Soviet News Agency, Tass, proposes that the
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  • 102 16 THE Eighth United 1 States Air Force Headquarters said today its engineers have started work on a 5,000- foot runway 100 miles from the North Pole. The runway will be on Fletcher's Island m the Arctic Ocean and ready for normal traffic next month. The runway
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  • 60 16 I)RESIDENT Eisenhower yesterday reaffirmed that the United States is confident "controls and reduction of arms are possible, desirable and m the last reckoning, indispensable." The President's view was made m a statement issued at h» s vacation headquarters m Augusta, Georgia, after he had conferred for "J5
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