The Singapore Free Press, 2 May 1957

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    17 1 TheSingapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. 1*867. Singapore, Thursday, May 2, 1957. Price 15 Cta,
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    BLACK-OUT CATCHES CITY ON WRONG FOOT
    454 1 BLACK-OUT CATCHES CITY ON WRONG FOOT Scruffy beards and chaos m Singapore this morning Cause of failure unknown THERE was a complete power failure m Singapore this morning which lasted 135 minutes, the longest m recent times and reminiscent of the "black days" of 1951-52. The "black-out" lasted from 6.10
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    Lock icon US PLEDGE TO PHILIPPINES
    75 1 MAJ. Oen. John B. Ackerman, 13th American Air Force commander m Manila, yesterday renewed the pedge of the U.S. to defend the Philippines m the event of war. Ackerman said the defence of the Philippines is a mutual responsibility of the two countries. The American general
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    Lock icon 30 die in U.K. air disaster
    174 1 30 die in U.K. air disaster Viking plunges into woodland A TWO engine Viking charter plane clashed m flames at Blackbushe England, last night with a reported death toll of 30 people out of 34 aboard. Rescuers dragged four badly burned survivors from the wreckage scattered through a wood near
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    Missing man: Search is on
    79 1 JHE U.S. State Department said yesterday that the United States consular authorities m Hong Kong had begun an investigation into the disappearance of a United States citizen m nearby Macao. The missing man is David Blackwood, 24, who. with his Korean wife, left Seoul last
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    104 1 i PuUine sad memories of their war-torn homeland behind them, these three Hungarian relate* mustered cheerful smiles for the cameraman m a Singapore bXFnSteSStt** th ii ht of the new life the s Au s J i They are (from left to right) Mrs. Szilasy* Laszhme, her daughter Hajnalka. 18,
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    Lock icon SHORTAGE OF WATER IS FEARED
    97 2 DELEGATES at an international conference m San Francisco yesterday were warned that the world's increase m population was threatening to outpace its water supplies. The conference, attended by 400 delegates from 35 countries, is the third congress of the International Commission on Irrigation, Flood Control
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    Last week's Quiz winners
    55 2 WINNERS of last week's "Free Press Prize Quizzes" are: Quiz 1: Gwee Sunny. 150D East Coast Road, Singapore 15. Quiz 2: Quek Chin Kee, 19 Tannery Lane, Singapore 2 Quiz 3: J E Evans, 18-B St. Martin'a Drive, Singapore 10. Special Quiz: Kwok Weng Tai c/o
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    2 BABIES SURVIVE A CRASH
    274 2 2 BABIES SURVIVE A CRASH I A 30- YEAR-OLD father paused m the spring sunshine to admire his baby daughter as she gurgled m her pram. It was the last glimpse he ever had of her, for within E minutes Edward Poulter, a milkman of El- tham, London, was dead.
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    Lock icon KADAR-RED 'BLOODHOUND'
    48 2 Unknown raiders have cut the hammer and sickle emblem from the official Hungarian flag which hangs m front of the International Fair building m Graz, Austria. The raiders, believed to be Hungarian refugees, pinned a leaflet to the flag reading "death to the Kadar bloodhounds." Reuter
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    415 N.B. MEN'S FATE STILL IN THE BALANCE
    229 2 415 N.B. MEN'S FATE STILL IN THE BALANCE Union warns of unrest THE Singapore Naval Base Union is hoping: that the Admiralty will not take any irrevocable step on its decision to sack 415 workers pending further consultation. The president ot the union, Mr. A. D. Stewart, told the Free
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    BID TO STAY A BILL
    164 2 BID TO STAY A BILL Luxury taxes will hit trade warning T'HE Singapore Chamber of Commerce hopes that the Government will not proceed with its wish to impose luxury taxes as this would hamper trade A Bill to impose such a tax is still being considered by the Government. The
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    63 2 Miss. Pauline Tan only daughter of Dr. and Mrs. S.H. Tan who has just received her I B.A. degree at Trinity College, Dublin. She will be sitting for her M.B. B.Ch. next year, after which she plans to return to Singapore to work at the i Eye Hospital where she
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    Stage Club play on for 3 nights
    50 2 A play, "Someone Walting," by Emlyn Williams is to be staged by the Singapore Stage Club at the Victoria Memorial Hall on May 23. 24 and 25 at 9 p.m. each night. Bookings at $3. $2 and $1 can be made at Robinson's.
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    R.A.F. transports a railway
    295 2 R.A.F. transports a railway JIELJCOPTERS and transport aircraft from the RAF. station m Kuala Lumpur have air-lifted and dropped a small complete railway system into Fort Chabai, near the border of Kelantan and Perak. Fort Chabai. established to carry out anti-terrorist operations and to help develop the primitive aboriginal communities
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    Lock icon WEIRD OBJECT PROBE
    103 3 ROYAL AIR FORCE Chiefs are studying reports on another mysterious object which flashed on to the screens of radar stations along England's south coast on Tuesday night. Supersonic Javelin night fighters roared off under emergency orders from the RAF station at Odlham, Hampshire, m pursuit of the
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    Lock icon Menzies is ill
    33 3 The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, is confined to bed In Canberra with a slight fever but his condition is not serious, it was officially announced yesterday. U.P.
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    Lock icon HUSSEIN SWOOPS ON ENEMIES
    337 3 HUSSEIN SWOOPS ON ENEMIES THIS IS THE FLEETS BATTLE LINEUP As U.S. Sixth fleet holds war games*- 50 ships of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, some of them armed with atomic weapons, carried out manoeuvres m the iWediterranean jff the Lebanese coast, King Hussein was conducting a thorough purge of Communist
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    Formosan 'flu
    15 3 The influenza epidemic at Keelung, the North Formosa port near Taipeh, is spreading.
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    Lock icon A BIG BOUQUET FOR HONG KONG
    131 3 TIIK Government of Hour Kong has provided homes for 210.000 squatters, most of them relugttM from Red China, tinHouse of Commons was told yesterday. Mr John Profumo. (oloninl Under Secretary, who Rave this figure m reply to a fuestion, said at least 116.000 of
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    Lock icon U.S. hint to Syria: Quit N. Jordan
    314 3 U.S. hint to Syria: Quit N. Jordan A MERICA, whose powerful Sixth Fleet is poised m Arabian waters, yesterday dropped a broad hint to Syria promptly to begin withdrawing its 5,000 troops from Northern Jordan. U S. Administration officials m Washington said they were "hopeful that Syria would withdraw some
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    THURSDAY, May 2, 1957. Saved—for whom?
    206 4 THURSDAY, May 2, 1957. Saved— for whom? rpHINKING people m Indonesia cannot but be dismayed by Pres i d c n t Sukarno's speech at a mass meeting m West Java this week. He called for a fifth freedom freedom from imperialism. And he has already set out on the
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    BY THE WAY
    49 4 I ofteom her rEV say that when Mr. Yul Brynner, who Is to take the leading part m the film 'The Egg and I." was confirmed, the short-sighted bishop said when he saw the smooth head. "I declare this stone to be well and truly laid/
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    THEY WILL DROP THE H-BOMB
    527 4 THEY WILL DROP THE H-BOMB ■.v.ww.w.v.w.wv; Pictured on J the left are the four men who will be respon- sible for the ul- timate success of Britain's hydro- gen tests m the Christmas Islands. -I Theirs is an un- precedented re- sponsibility. WHILE the politicians argue about the rights and
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    14 4 I'^uAM^*/ -What a marveUou. day! Let'i go fiiU it up with radioactivity and strontium.
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    OVER 80 TO CLOSE?
    174 5 Complaints against many Spore hotels j S THE Singapore Police and Social Welfare Department have raised objections to the issue of licences to more than 80 of the E Colony's hotels. More than 250 hotels have applied to the Hotels Licensing Board for registration under the
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    Chinese to study the Education Bill
    188 5 CHAMBER FORMS COMMITTEE THK Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce has set up a nineman sub-committee to study the new Education Bill m detail. Mr. Tan Siak Kew, president of trie unamoer and chairman of the sub-committee, yesterday said that it would meet soon to
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    PAKISTANI PREMIER COMING
    162 5 PAKISTANI PREMIER COMING THE Primp Minister of Pakistan, Mr. H. S. Suhrawardy. is visiting Sin- gapore next week m the course of a goodwill tour of four Asian countries. He has already spent a week m Japan and is now In the Philippines, from where he will go to Siam
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    Lock icon To use Suez Canal
    23 5 Dutch shipping companies are preparing to use the Suez Canal again, according to informed sources at The Hague. U.P.
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    GONDOLIERS TO RUN FOR 3 DAYS
    60 5 The New Sceneshifters of the Singapore V.M.C.A. are to stage Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondoliers" on May 15. 17 and 18 at 8.30 p.m. at the Cultural Centre of the Singapore Council for Adult Education m Fort Canning Road. Bookings can now be made
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    Lock icon BURMA REDS ASK PEACE
    73 5 f>URMESE Communist boss Thakin Than Tun has renewed his plea for "peace talks" with the Rangoon Government. In a joint statement with the boss of the People's Comrade Party, Bo Ohn Tin, the appeal was directed to Premier U Nu to reconsider his recent rejection of
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    40 5 picture. MISS ANNIE TAN, 17. a >* Kuchin? accounts cleHc, who chose Singapore for her first overseas holiday < has just flown into the Colony by Malayan Air- ways. She will be here i < for three week» with V friends. Free Press
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    Lock icon Service ballots
    27 5 Australia is to select trainees for national service by a balloting system, the Government announced m the House of Representatives at Canberra last night. Reuter
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    54 5 picture. i The new French commercial jet aircraft "Caravelle" i*:»de by the "Sad- Aviation" has left Orly Airport, neat ParVfor the Un£dTate s and South America where it is to undergo flight trials which w,U last appro**- I matPlv two months. Here is the Caravelle at Orly Airport prior to
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      245 5 +c AftCAU G/VLA opening tomorrow! if F* An Adven ture high as the peaks that J -^t ripprd thr sk<rs apart! 3^" 111 4 aB /C rwMipo jymwp fifflMPffl 4 A A k k A Bt NEOiCI B'-OeAuS Prodgcl.on A A A A A CINEMAScOPe COLO toy OC LUXK tihat
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      253 6 >l WIMt AKI M Lee I alk and Phil I I'LL HANPLE ALL THAT! ILL I PIP YOU Vt PUNWO. HE S^VS II WE CRACK AZ' SO TyATS rti£ S^ "~^-n TURN THE 6UARf UP- <* HEAR THATff HE LEARNEP THIS STATe RANId/ BAA/X?M>WANY \/VEAM. MOWRS SIPE POWN- -ANP MCITJ
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      395 6 BORN today, you are extremely adaptable. Your originality and inventiveness make it possible for you to adjust to changing circumstances with the greatest of ease. You believe that everyone should have the self-confidence and self- sufficiency which you. yourself, pos- sess. I You are artistic and are happiest j when
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      167 7 LONDON, May 1. RUBBER N». 1 KSS cJf. 26?buyera European ports May 26\ sellers 26% sellers June i buyers 26% buyers RUBBER N.. RSS Spot g$ IT" SJS 27 sellers 27% sellers Rl BBER No 1 RSS Settlement 26^ buyers 27 buyers House Terms Jun« 27 sellers
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      New York prices
      127 7 NEW YORK, May ft< Previous Today TIN Straits spots 98 87 nom. 99.00 nom. TIN futures stand ird Contract May 97 50 buyers 97 50 bi. 98 50 sellers 98.50 sellers Jane 97 00 buyers unquoted 98.00 sellers TONC: Quiet SALES: Nil. Straits Contract May 98 50
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      44 7 Above prices quoted tn u.s. cenis per iv. NEW YORK, May I* Previous Today M Industrials 494 36 495 76 2t Railroads 145 84 146 13 4* Domestic Bonds 15 Utilities 73.01 ™33 65 Stocks Composite Averafts 173 14 173 66
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      U.S. PEPPER
      46 7 Muntok white, spot and awaiting release 34\, afloat* 33 4 to 33, sellers ex-dock Malabar /Lam pong spot 27 afloats 26>, to 26V 4 Sarawak spot 26 4. afloats 26. May shipment r>4V. .Jump shinment 23\. Above prices quoted m US. cents per rt>.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      116 7 LONDON. May 1. Previow Today COPRA Philippine, c^f. VX-/ North European delivered May /June weifht per lone ton April/May $175 sellers $175 4 sellers COPRA, Stralt» c iJ. UK /North European delivered weight per U» Apr.. Ma, Igg May June £63 U buyers £63 V z
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    TRY THIS FOR SOUND
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    No wonder silence is golden!
    328 7  -  JAMES DOW great city. That was m an underground train held up with Its engine switched off. The needle sank to 10 decibels. above is James Dow m a London street with his sound-level meter. By IN the middle of a crowd m a busy
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      61 7 jiiiiiMiiiiiimimiiiiiiimmim^ I SINGAPORE [high tides I E TODAY: l?.4O pm. r: TOMORKOW; 0.06 am. and I.2t> p.m. E SATURDAY: 0.44 a.m. E and 2.13 pm. SUNDAY: 1.25 a.m. and 3 3.05 p^m. E z MONDAY: 2 11 a.m E S and 4.05 p.m. r. TUESDAY: 309 a.m. and 5.17 p.m.
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      105 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore il5 p.m. Lunch Time Concert 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Ladies Only; 5.00 Calling All Hospitals presented by Maisie Conceicao; 6.00 Time Announcement and Programme Summary; 6.02 Children's Programme; 6.30 Radio Dance Club- 6.55 Announcements and Singapore Share Market Report; 7.00 Time Signal and
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    'I didn't force her to stay'
    336 9 The inventor John Bridal, who came to London from Bradford ten years ago, said he wanted Marjorie to help him with his experiments. His version of the story went like this: I had to lock her m the first few days. After that she
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    ...JUST THE CLICK OF KNITTING NEEDLES
    282 9 WHAT did Marjorie do to while away the time when she wasn't shovelling sand and clay for Bridal? Boredom as much as fear must have needed all her willpower to fight. Here she tells how she passed her time m her 'priso?i': "He asked
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    RIDDLE OF THE CLAWS OF DEATH
    2076 10  - RIDDLE OF THE CLAWS OF DEATH Pel ham Groom Q^^^f '^P*tB"0F 0 *&^9^r W *^H 0VV0 *j gjfgbhfghfgh "YOU'RE a Malay, Latiff, how much faith do you put m the powers of Bomoh's?" Lai Peng looked across the table and Latiff shrugged his shoulders. "That's a very difficult question to
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  • SPOTLIGHT ON THE SERVICES
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      Goodwill visit to Saigon...
      333 11 Goodwill visit to Saigon npHE seaward defence motor launch H.M.S. 1 Panglima, recently built by the Singapore Government for the Singapore Division of the Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, has returned to Singapore after a goodwill visit to Saigon, capital of Vietnam. "Her visit marked the celebration by the British
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    Lock icon DELHI PARLIAMENT NOW HAS NEW LOOK'
    362 12 THE new Indian Parliament will have "new blood" m half iU> ranks and a "new look" here and there amid the turbans and saris. The old Parliament, elected m 1951, hus been dissolved following the recent national election. The New House will meet on
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    Lock icon Peking is near cailapse]
    118 12 Peking is near cailapse] PRESIDENT Chiang I X Kai-shek has pre- dieted that another year of embargo against the Communist Chinese regime would result m total economic collapse on the Chinese mainland. In an interview m Taipeh with Mr. John A. Davenport, editor 1 of Fortune Magazine of New York
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    Lock icon POLYGAMY IS ENDING IN S. VIETNAM
    105 12 POLYGAMY IS ENDING IN S. VIETNAM POLYGAMY m South 1 Vietnam has been virtually priced out of existence and a bill to ban the practice tabled m the South Vietnamese Assembly is regarded as little more than a formality. The western outlook on marriage is now accepted by most young
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    Lock icon GOODWILL TOUR
    34 12 South Korean President Syngman Rhee's personal representative, former air force chief -of -staff Lieutenant General Kirn Jung Yul will soon make a goodwill tour of North African and Middle East countries. Reuter
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    All-purpose food is Asia's need
    455 12 All-purpose food is Asia's need 1 /CLIFFORD CLINTON j lived m a famine i district of China as a i small boy and saw 1 starvation at first hand. Appalled by the suffering around him, he told his American missionary parents that he was determined some day to find a
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    Big rail order
    16 12 Indian railways have ordered from a Japanese firm equipment worth about Rs. 42,000,000.—Reuter.
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    Lock icon 90 m. Japanese
    15 12 Japan registered 1,660,--000 births m 1956. bringing the population to 90,400.000. A.P.
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    Lock icon PULSE
    88 12 •••featuring news and views about Asia today > EXPOSE CORRUPT OFFICIALS pRESIDENT Carlos P. I Garcia, vowing always to uphold the freedom of the Press, has called upon newspapers to criticise Government official* for their wrongdoings m order to preserve democracy m the Philippines. "1 have always been m
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    Peking admits rift in China
    138 12 Peking admits rift in China iX)MMUNIST China's leading newspaper has admitted that cleavages have developed between the people and the leaders of Communist China. The Peking People's Daily, m an editorial, warned Communist officials against "using compulsory methods" to meet this problem. It said they should rather adopt "patient methods
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    Lock icon U.S. wharf in Inland Sea
    67 12 T'HE Japanese Governx ment has approved a plan by an American shipbuilding company to construct m the Inland Sea a giant wharf capable of stocking 500,000 tons of iron ore and accommodating 50,000-ton vessels. A Transportation Ministry spokesman said the Government had agreed to grant
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    Star reveals her glove tricks
    756 13  - Star reveals her glove tricks BARBARA GRIGGS by TilF expensive accessory that makes any outfit look twice as expensive is a pair of pale kid gloves. And the elegant woman who is never without them on formal occasions is actress DIANA WYNYARD. "I used to spend a fortune on them,"
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    NOW RAILWAY HOSTESS JOBS
    257 13 NO W RAIL WAY HOSTESS JOBS TfRENCH railways are copying the airline companies and staffin g their stations with pretty girls m uniform. The new railway hostesses will cope with anything from screaming babies to lost baggage. They will check your train or tell you about the latest night-club. They
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    BRIDGE HAND
    374 13 rpHE bidding is an excellent guide to the play of the hand. The player who remembers what was bid and what wasn't bid, and figures out why, will have a tremendous advai.tage. But sometimes there are situations where you don't have to rely on the bidding West opened
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      216 13 CLUES ACROSS 5. Mostly directions for these 1 Inspire a doctor inside (5). Payments (4). 6 He studies for the scouU 5. Tendered for feed? (7). perhaps (6). 8. A vehicle introduces a quad- Distinguishes between ft xuped (4-5) record a first 1 13) 9 rtip'^ 1 8 a Steam
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    Lock icon Ireland outplay Portugal in World Cup soccer tie
    231 14 Ireland outplay Portugal in World Cup soccer tie NORTHERN IRELAND beat Portugal, at Windsor Park, Belfast, last night by three goals to nil m their World Cup (Group 8) preliminary match. They led by one goal at half time. This result leaves Ireland at the top of their group with
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    Lock icon VERNON'S GOAL WINS FOR WALES
    181 14 WALES beat Czechoslovakia m their World Cup (Group 4) preliminary match at Cardiff last night by one goal to nil, after a goalless first half. Just when a goalless draw appeared likely Royston Vernon. the Blackburn Rovers and Welsh inside left, took a dropping ball
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    Lock icon Lincoln to race in America
    149 14 Lincoln to race in America AUSTRALIAN middle disA. tance runner and fourminute miler, Mervyn Lincoln, said m Melbourne yesterday he hoped to be at his peak condition by the end of June when he competes m the United States National Amateur Athletic Championship at Dayton, Ohio. The U.S. Amateur Athletic
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    EASY FOR MOORE
    106 14 Archie Moore scored an easy points victory over Germany's Hans Kalbfell over 10 rounds at Essen last I night.— A.P. i TOP: Victoria's Lim Swee Leng fails m a bid near the finish to pass Kanava Sabapathy (Right) m the 880 yards event at the inter-school triangular
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    SELETAR WIN
    25 14 In a friendly game of tabl? tennis played yesterday R.A.F. Seletar beat Malayan Auxilary Air Force 6—4. winning five singles and a doubles.
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    Lock icon SEIXAS OR YOUTH, U.S. SELECTORS TO DECIDE
    232 14 SEIXAS OR YOUTH, U.S. SELECTORS TO DECIDE THE United States will have to decide whether it will gamble all on younger players, who have limited international experience, m this year's Davis Cup tennis competition. Since Tony Trabert turned professional. Vie Seixas has been the mainstay of the team. Seixas is
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    IPSWICH WIN PROMOTION TO DIV. TWO
    179 14 T AST promotion problem of the English football season was settled last night when Ipswich Town gained promotion from Division Three (South) to Division Two. They earned this by beating Southampton away 45 minutes before Torquay, who needed to win at Crystal Palace, drew
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    Lock icon Japan win exhibition
    64 14 THE Japanese Davis Cup team yesterday beat the visiting Ceylonese tennis players 3-1 m a goodwill exhibition match m Osaka, Western Japan. In the singles, Rupert Ferdinands defeated Susumu Matsuura 6-2, 6-4; Tfcunc'take Okadome defeated Raja Praesody 6-0, 6-2 and Kosei Kam 0 defeated Bernard Pinto 6-0,
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    Lock icon MAY HITS BRILLIANT 151 OFF MCC BOWLERS
    295 15 MAY HITS BRILLIANT 151 OFF MCC BOWLERS English first-class cricket off to good start THKC.L cemuries including one by England captain Peter May were scored m yesterday's opening programme of first class cricket. First to reach thn c figures was Alan Wharton, playing for Lancashire against Oxford University. He scored
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    ALLAN LEWIS TIPS SIX WINNERS
    98 15 ALLAN LEWIS TIPS SIX WINNERS FREE PRESS racing c o r r espondent Allan Lewis was the leading tipster on the first day of the Penang Turf Club May Meeting at Penang yesterday. He tipped six direct winners Magic Eye (Race 2), Lycos (Race 3), Acrobat (Race 4), Honey Bird
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    FIRE KILLS 20
    23 15 Twenty racehorses were burned to death when firr gutted two stables of the Ohi racecourse, m Tokyo. early this morning.
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    Lock icon Knight upsets Becker
    158 15 I^HE men's and women's singles m the British Open Hardcourt Lawn Tennis Championships were reduced to the quarter-finals yesterday. Six of the seeded players m the men's singles reached the last eight, including Wimbledon champion Lew Hoad (Australia) and Jaroslav Drobny (Egypt*, who are seeded to meet
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    Lock icon HAMIA SCORES POINTS WIN
    44 15 Cherif Hamia (France) European featherweight I boxing champion outpointed Bobby Bell (Ohio) m a 10I round bout m Montreal last night. Hamia and Hogan 'Kid' Bassey Nigeria >, British Empire champion, are expected to meet for the vacant world title. Reuter
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    PENANC TC WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY
    306 15 PENANC TC WEIGHTS FOR SATURDAY WEIGHTS for all seven races on Saturday, final Day of the I'onanp Turf Club's Snmmrr Meeting, are: THE KEDAH COT CLASS 2—B'.: P. Honey Bird 9.00 Opera II 8.13 I'ndoubtable 8.13 NumLsmate 8.12 i Blue Ice 8.10 Irish Pearl 8.08 Credit Balance 807 Star Signal
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