The Singapore Free Press, 6 May 1957

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. 14X70. Singapore, Monday, May 6, 1957. Price 15 Ct».
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    Lock icon EGYPT IS IN FIRM GRIP OF RUSSIA
    382 1 EGYPT IS IN FIRM GRIP OF RUSSIA Nasser I and is isolated UCYPTI\N President Nasser's machinations have backfired, leaving E^ypt bankrupt and completely at the mercy of Russia economically and hence with no alternative but to take Moscow 8 orders, according to agency reports from Cairo. The Arab alliance has
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    Lock icon 'HUNGARY LET DOWN BY U.S.'
    137 1 'HUNGARY LET DOWN BY U.S.' pENERALISSIMO Chiang Kai-shek was quoted yesterday as saying that the United States 'did not act sufficiently" m the Hungarian crisis. Ecuadorian newsman, Mr. Jorge Fernandez quoted President Chiang as being critical of the way the U.S. acted during the Hungarian uprisings but m complete agreement
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    1500 IN 'FLU QUEUE
    240 1 1500 IN 'FLU QUEUE |NFLI!ENZA has reach- A ed epidemic pro- E portions m Singapore. Public dispensaries are dispensing medicine to lon« queues of patients, j As many a s 500 people, including a 2 number of children, suffering from flu E reported at the out- patient department of C
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    Lock icon 'NO,' SAID THE KING
    288 1 Di^ict wanted to wed Swedish Princess r«OUNT Carl-Keinhold von Essen, Master of the Royal > t household, confirmed In a Press that Mr Kobin Douglas Home, a Lo n don ad ve rt is.ne > arent and jazz pianist, had definitely asked for the > hand
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    Lock icon Israeli border clashes
    120 1 ISRAEL'S Foreign Minister, Mrs. Golda Meil yesterday protested to the United Nations truce organisation against Syrian border shootings and demanded "an Immediate end" to ft vv ive of incidents Mrs. Meir called Col. B.V. Leary, acting Chief of stun 01 the u.n. truce supervisory organisation, to her
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    250 GIRLS ARE WARNED BE POLITE OR FACE DISMISSAL
    363 2 250 GIRLS ARE WARNED BE POLITE OR FACE DISMISSAL Complaints against pnone operators mount inn MMiiii n iiiiiiii THE Singapore Telephone Board today warned its 250 "hello" ffirls that "severe" disciplinary action would be taken against lli,,ni if 4l%Avr t\vs\ fll^/i it\ iV\l\ t\lirtll/' The acting General Manager of the
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    Lock icon A 'clean' fighter
    56 2 Boxer Giancarlo Ducortili turned up at a police station m Milan, Italy, with his face battered to complain: "I've been beaten up m the street." Incredulous policemen asked why he had not fought back. "I had my new suit on and I didn't want to make it
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    POLICEMAN SHOT DEAD
    37 2 A Chinese police constable shot himself through the head with two service revolvers m a Hong Kong police station on Saturday. Police identified the constable as Chu Shao Chung, 26. They are investigating a
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    Lock icon Lady Churchill (72) learns to drive
    27 2 Lady Churchill, who is 72 this year, is learning to drive again although the last time she drove was nearly Reuter
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    ONE FOR THE GIRLS!
    142 2 They always suspected old Fred Smethhurst was E Z one for the girls. Now they know. There he is giving kisses galore to Sabrina's E rival, Corinne Grey. When the camera caught him doling out the j kisses 80-year-old Chelsea Pensioner Fred, asked ef E the
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    Our women rush too much
    240 2 Our women rush too much 'THE high cost of flowers and lack of variety m leaves are quite a problem for Mrs. Kuse Kirn, the Japanese flower arrangement expert, who is now giving lessons to about 20 Singapore women at the SATA Shop m Parsi Road. Mrs. Kirn said that
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    'BAD HATS' CLAUSE COULD BE 'SOFTENED'
    102 2 rHE Washington Post said today that the antisubversives provision mserted by Britain m its new home rule charter for Singapore could be softened" without serious risk. The widely quoted paper said the controversial clause, barring "subversives 1 from running m Singapore's first election under
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      217 2 Professor Oxford invites all childrer to take part m this SIMPLE PAINTING COMPETITION I*l PRIZE Junior Raleigh Cycle 2nd PRIZE Children's Swiss Watch 3rd PRIZE Watercolour Painting Set and 25 consolation prizes of one dollar each. HERE ARE THE RULES READ THEM CAREFULLY Dear Boys Girls. Using watercolour, poster-paint c*
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    Who will be the] tripe champion?
    123 3 TIIIE final round of a two-day tripe-cookinK contest opened m Caen. Normandy yesterday at the dose of which 15 Norman Rastronomes will declare the world champion conk of "Tripe a la mode de I Caen." This is the name Riven to a special rnipe—
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    Lock icon COMET SPEEDS AWAY, LEAVES MYSTERY OF 2 TAILS
    287 3 COMET SPEEDS AWAY, LEAVES MYSTERY OF 2 TAILS 4 REND-ROLAND is speeding its way out of the solar A system leaving astronomers a puzzle: the mystery of the comet with two tails. At its brightest Last week, the comet boasted a headlight .shining into outer space a peculiar jet of
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    Lock icon Freak snowstorms sweep Germany
    30 3 Freak snowstorms yesterday swept northern, central and south west Germany. Hail fell m many areas and temperatures m most places were only slishtlv above freezing- Reuter
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    4 3 FIbHINC IN TROUBLED WATERS
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    Lock icon US only to build A-subs? A-subs?
    166 3 US only to build A-subs? A-subs? 1 rw\The United States E E L jtavy's director of 2 under seas war j are said 2 E in testimony released i« Washington that all E /wiure United States E submarines tvould be nuclear powered. E /2ear Admiral F. B. Warder /iad testified
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    Lock icon FOUND DEAD IN AIRCRAFT SEAT
    64 3 A London, hydraulic engineer, Mr. Ronald Hamilton, was found dead m his berth yesterday when a Pan American airliner was preparing to land m Detroit from London. A doctor mot the airliner after the pilot had radioed ahead, and pronounced Mr. Hamilton dead of a
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    Lock icon Chico Marx wants pension
    106 3 FAMOUS COMEDIAN EARNED $240 A ICMuam CIIICO Marx, eldesi of the three Marx brothers comedy team, has applied In Sant i Monica. California for Federal old age benefits. Chico, now IS, s;iid he had been under the lm- pression he was ineligible for the benefits because
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      72 3 ROCK HUDSON as BICK BENEDICT m^B WARNER BROS. Picture directed by ACADEMY AWARD WINNER GEORGE STEVENS Gala Premiere 13th MAY 8.45 P.M. Sfiivon front Tuesday i-Uh Utiy 3 SHOWS DAILY 1.00 5.00 8.45 P.M. $1.50, $3.00, $4.50 (NO FREE LISTS) itOUh VOW CAPITOL ;:BBBaB* 8888 TRY "TUMS" I After me.i!s
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, May 6, 1957. Opinion HUMAN SHARKS
    273 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY, May 6, 1957. Opinion HUMAN SHARKS WHEN will something be done to make that stretch of coastline from Changi Point to Tanah Merah safe for bathers? The waters are safe and it Is a favourite place for our boys and girls to enjoy a swim
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    Pelham Groom
    1117 4 1 WRITES EVERY MONDAY ANEW CAFE. PEST NEW pest has appeared m Singapore, a pest who has joined the ranks of pedlars who infest the cafes. We all know the aged gentleman from India, with his drooping moustache, who hawks a tin of semidemi semi precious stones from
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    THE WAY
    212 4  - THE WAY Beachcomber Ill SHALL follcw closely the fortunes of the new French political party, the Abstentionists. Their policy is to abstain from voting. Since nobody will vote for their candidates there will be no canvassing or speech making, except when it is necessary to persuade an over-eager supporter that,
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      35 4 New Goods. Many Interesting Items Have Just Arrived We suggifi you Ny us a visit to sec what Wf have fieu\ S.P.H. de SUVA LTD. SINGAPORE K. LUMPUR IPOH AIRPORT SINGAPORE mlmll HlllimHIMMMI'll"'"""" 1 1
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      48 4 FOR THAT PRICKLY Heat gfc W feeling there's nothing mt^^^b ,^r quite like soothing A. I. lS^^^-v^m Prickly Heat Lotion— X^ 11^ yood for minor skin Irritations too. S3 prickly heat Si LOTION n Avdilabk from:The FEDERAL DISPENSARY Ltd. 33. RAFFLES PLACE. SPORE COLD STORAGE ARCADE. ORCHARD RD.
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    50 5 Cap! Bhargava from India is seen standing m front of the ■Mwttjl l engineer and the first two of the t^iines to sfart flying training at the Hyinj riub From left they are Capt. Bhargava. and Messrs. Amar Singh Gill. How Luen WaTand BouvLd. the Hindustan Aircraft engineer-Free Fress picture.
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    THREE WILL GO TO INDIA FOR TRAINING
    326 5 THREE WILL GO TO INDIA FOR TRAINING S'poreans to become air pilots THREE Singapore young men may be sent to India next month for training to become commercial pilots. They will be chosen from among the six who are now being trained m the Indian HT-2 trainer plane under a
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    54 5 Picture Swiss Ai r on the o*" r.iston of tb« opening I of a new service to Tokyo with stops m Middle and Far Cast capitals held a cock- tail party In London recently. Prominent was beautiful Dnrra. an Arab girl from Bagdad. Here she is seen re- < forming
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    NEW HQ IS NOW NEEDED
    213 5 NEW HQ IS NOW NEEDED Big expansion of Boys' Brigade THE Singapore Battalion of the Boys' Brigade has approached the Government for assistance In building its headquarters. Mr. Lee Thiam Swee, the battalion secretary, said that the battalion was "badly m need of a home of its own." For the
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    Abdullah plans to move in
    139 5 Abdullah plans to move in UNGKU ABDULLAH BIN OMAR, the firebrand of Malay politics m Johore, is moving to Singapore this week to organise what he calls a "truly nationalist party" that is against both colonialism and communism. And m forming the new party, he is Pining to get r^X^
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    Lock icon CENTURIES OLD SKELETON FOUND
    55 5 The Smithsonian institution announced yesterday that an adult human skeleton has been found buried m the Shanidar cave, m northern Iraq. No exact ape can be given for the skeleton, the announcement said, but the layer m which it was found is known to be over
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    CUP-OF-TEA MEETINGS
    166 5 Their aim is to foster racial amity tjU'ROPEAN women m ■i Singapore have taken the first organised step to further good relations among the various races m Singapore. The Women's Committee of the British European Association plans to nold regular over-a-cup-of-tea meetings to listen to lectures and exchange
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      279 6 >l AMMtAKi: by Lee Falk and Phil David I -HEAVILY APM6R KBBp) --/V\APE THE PMONe\ INVISIBLE CLEVEC--B(/r I YES. OF E^ s \OUR MEKJ MIPPEN UMTIL 6>O INTO TVJE AIR? MANPRAKE IT'S A FAKE 7 \COUPSE /YOU HAVEN'T MY SIGNAL, TO A\£XP/\V THREW SOUR VOICE/ RETUBNS --ATRICK£X l!LlS> x I
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      444 6 1 BORN today, you have an inquisitive and investigative nature which, i as a child, may keep you m hot water with the adults m the family most of the time. About the only way to cure your restive nature is to experiment and find out for your- self! Of
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    Olympic lovers
    49 7 THE American Olympic hammer throwing cham- pion. Harold Connolly and his bride. Olga Fiko- tova. the C zech Olympic champion for the discus. are scon m the picture above m Vienna soon after their marriage m Prague. They were both winners at the Melbourne j Olympic Games.
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    PROBLEM OF A NEW ROYAL JALOPY
    290 7 PROBLEM OF A NEW ROYAL JALOPY THE matter of an Austin Princess car is being deliberated by tie States of Deliberation on Guernsey the Parliament of that Channel Isle, fast becoming one of Britain's most popular holiday resorts. For years the LieutenantGovernor, Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst, who is 61.
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    Those 'daily dozen' chores
    153 7 Those 'daily dozen' chores BY treating household duties like the "daily dozen," housewives should be able to save their vitality and .ivoiri Krowinc old be- fore their time. This was the view of a recent Birmingham conference of the Central Council of Physical Recreation. The secret of the easy way
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    Lock icon NEW CHAMPION
    33 7 Margaret Masters, a member of the Australian women's touring team, has become South African woman golf champion when she beat Mrs. Rita Easton, four times winner, at the 37th hole- Reuter
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    PHILIP GIVES JOB TO HIS HEAD BOY
    315 7 pRINCE PHILIP has picked a new private secretary a man who was head boy when they were schoolboys together at Gordonstoun m the 'thirties. He is James Bernard Vivian Orr. a 39-year-old bachelor, three years older than the Prince. When Orr left Gordonstoun
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      120 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1.15 p m. Monday Lunch Date; 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Three or More; 5.00 Children'b Playtime; 5.30 The Singapore Six; 545 At the Hammond; 6.00 Time Announcement and Programme Summary; 6.02 Women's Half Hour; 6.30 The Music of Francis Scott and his Orchestra;
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      57 7 SINGAPORE j I HIGH TIDES E TODAY: 4.05 p.m. E TOMORROW: 3.09 a.m. E and 517 p.m. E WEDNESDAY: 4.23 a.m. E and 637 p.m. THURSDAY: 6.03 a.m. E and 7.41 p.m. E FRIDAY; 7.41 a.m. and E 828 p.m. E SATI RDAY: 8.51 a.m. S and 9.07 p.m. E
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    Hussein and Dma are together a again?
    894 8 Hussein and Dma are together a again? He needs mi says his Q le nowQueen J In the picture below Archbishop Makarios is seen conducting midnight mass m the Athens Church of St. Irene, shortly after his release from exile on the C Seychelles Islands. Many years ago he served
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    Princess sees 'hat trick
    84 8 Princess sees 'hat trick PRINCESS MAR 1 GARET recently attended the Kempton Park race meeting m Britain to see the Queen's horse "Dontelle" win the 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes, thus completing a hattrick for the Queen who has won this event for the past three years. Her Royal Highness wore
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    She had baby at bus stop
    77 8 JOAN MAGUIRE, aged 29, told her husband m a bus queue: "I'm going to have a baby." And she did, m a near-by shop doorway m Oldham, Lanes., England. "I was staggered," said store manager John after acting as midwife. "But Joan was wonderful.
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    A-battery size of a button
    170 9 A-battery size of a button A BRITISH firm is to make an atomic battery no bigger than a shirt button to power what will be the world's smallest hearing aid. The firm has approached the Harwell atom station about supplies of an atomic byproduct called prometheum 147 to fuel the
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    A holiday splash
    42 9 Easter holiday-makers are seen m the above pic- ture enjoying the thrill of hitting the water at 40 n.p.h on the new water chuie —one of the latest at- t tractions at the Pleasure Park, Belle Vue, Manches- ter.
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    GLAMOUR LEGS ON SHOW
    50 9 Take a look at those legs. They are reputed to be among the most J, shapely m show business. V The glamorous owner is showgirl Hilary Paterson appearing m a show at x the Pavilion m Glasgow. y Other statistics are unfortunately not available at present.
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    Pilgrim ship heads into 'storm'
    696 10 GET RICH MEN MOVING IN ON MAYFLOWER II THE "non-profit making" Mayflower li, now m mid-Atlantic, is m fact sailing towards a colossal money-making razmataz. As for her Anglo-American "friendship mission"—it is likely to result m a bitter row. For a syndicate of big business
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    Plea for unwed mothers...
    81 10 pLANS for an hotel for unmarried mothers were announced at the weekend by the French leader of the Salvation Army. M. Charles Pean, when he issued an appeal for aid. He said one child m 16 was illegitimate m France. "Our urgent aim is to provide
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    Nobody wants to buy Mr. K's autograph
    156 10 i^NE of the autographs Mr. Khruschev gave during his tour of Great Britain is for sale —to aid victims of Russian terror m Hungary. Offering the autograph and so far finding no •takers'— is fifteen -year-old Richard Morgan. Before the visit of B.
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    A BABY- SITTER STRANGLED THE BABY
    280 10 A BABY- SITTER STRANGLED THE BABY A 21-YEAR-OLD girl was sent to jail for life at Leeds Assizes last week for strangling a baby. The girl Shirley Campbell, a coloured millworker, was baby-sitting while the child's parents were at a cinema. The jury of three women and nine men found
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    SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1380 11  -  Adelaide Eastley BY., CIXdAPOHK LAIMHK FRONT'S KATONG BRANCH IS GOING INTO SHOW BUSINESS! IT'S ALL FOX LOCAL CHARITIES The first of a series of charity events to be held by the lively organisation will take place on the night of June 1 at Badminton Hall, featuring local talent
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    BRIDGE HAND
    393 12 lie Mddtag: JmUi We»i Ne*ta £«M I 4 DM. 4 4 All Pas* irrEST opened the ace of clubs, took a look at dummy and hastily grabbed the ace of hearts before exiting with the the Jack of clubs. Declarer drew trumps and limited his diamond losses to
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    The NEWEST thing in pain killers
    731 12 The NEWEST thing in pain killers AMNB Maw learjns^to AFTER years of optimistic searching I have found that only one thing really seems to unite humanity. This is an impartial, free from all racial, commercial and geographical prejudice, LOATHING— of the dentist's drill. But there I was with this ghastly
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    Lock icon PUT TO SLEEP FOR 60 DAYS
    339 12 PUT TO SLEEP FOR 60 DAYS fa NEW technique ol treating neurotic patients, by putting them into a deep sleep for as along as 60 days and utilising recordings to restore their confidence, was described m Dallas, Texas by a Canadian psychiatrist. The treatment begins with the patient being put
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      206 12 CLUES ACROSS 5. Awakes America inside (6). 1. Accommodation for the 6. Lover rues a rearrangement moors (5). (9). 4. Preachers perhaps pass Ron 7. This rider has a precipitous this way (7). beginning (13). 8. Press at last this monetary 9. This church dignitary has a discipline (6-7). soft,
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    BROADWAY SPOTLIGHT ON ETHEL
    350 13  -  Alan Braian [inside show business] WHERE YOU FIND THE FATFRTAI^.MEVT JfEWS Hi/ THERE are only Iwo kinds of shows on Broadway this week the flop and the musical. Last week two more straight plays closed, bringing the casualty list up to 20 for the season. But
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    27 13 HititttmtmiHtinitmHtHHMHHtt ELEANOR PAR- 1 KER AS THE GIRL WITH THREE PER- SONALITIES IN HER LATEST FILM LIZZIE. CO-STARS ARE RICHARD BOONE AND DIREC- TOR HUGO HAAS. iiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiir
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    A 'hypnotised star...
    251 13 A 'hypnotised star... I dropped out to Stajrc One of KlingCalifornia studios, to see Richard Boone "hypnotize" Eleanor Parker m the Bryna film, Lizzie, for M-G-M release, and came away with a new appreciation of the "art." \O TURKS The demonstration was not being staged a s a parlour trick,
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    Who said Grarbo lias big feet?
    249 13 Who said Grarbo lias big feet? AT last the secret is out. Greta I Garbo, notorious for her big j feet, takes only a size five. jt one of the pedestrian dis- closl i alcd m the outobiogrophy of i the one time destitute cobbler, who nrw Kfl among his
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    How does a wife feel to be a cricket widow?
    769 14 How does a wife feel to be a cricket widow? By EILEEN ASCROFT THE calypso cricketers are here ...the happy bunch of West Indians, who began their tour officially yesterday. They are here until mid-Sep-tember five months A lons time to be away from horne and, for the married men,
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    McATEER'S OPPONENT DIES IN HOSPITAL
    256 14 McATEER'S OPPONENT DIES IN HOSPITAL PAT McATEER, the British middleweight champion, broke down and wept when he heard of the death yesterday of Jimmy Elliott, his opponent m > title bout m Johannesburg on Saturday. McAteer and his manager, Mr. Campbell, had arranged to go to a night club to
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    68 14 ROD HUNDLEY (left) one of the leading U.S. basketball players, gets into a tussle for the ball during play m the match between the University of West Virginia and Canisius College at Madison Square Oar. den. Hundley led West Virginia to the best season this year m the varsity's history
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    Lock icon GERMAN KNOCKS RIVAL OUT IN 6th
    161 14 UNDEFEATED Stefan Redl of Paterson, New Jersey, stopped Al Rocky Milone of Brooklyn, New York, m the sixth round of their scheduled 10-round bout at Paterson on Saturday night. Milone. who was floored three times, was not allowed to continue by an Athle- tic
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    Lock icon O'Brien beats own record
    63 14 Parry O'Brien. Olympic md world record shot put champion, established a Canadian record of 59ft. Jin. at Vancouver yesterday. O'Brien, an unattached ithlete from Los Angeles, lettered his own Canadian record of 59ft. 4£in. set at roronto m 1955. His discus throw of 183 ft. 3in.
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    Lock icon ONLY GOAL WIN
    24 14 Austria beat Sweden I— o on Saturday In an in;ernatkmal football match it Vienna at' line I—o it half tinie.- Reuter
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    Lock icon BIG UPSET BY POLAND
    36 14 Poland scored a shock I—o victory over Hungary m a soccer international watched by a croud of 50,000 at Warsaw yesterday. Jan kowski scored the winning goal m the third minute Reuter
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    Lock icon GOALLESS DRAW
    31 14 Greece and Yugoslavia played a goalless draw at Athens ye.sterday In their Group 7 World Soccer Cup preliminary match. The countries will meet again m Yugoslavia m November.— Reuter
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    Lock icon ANTHONY IS 'BOXER OF THE MONTH'
    91 14 J^EW YORK CUT'S Tony Anthony, who knocked out Chuck Speiser, named the No 1 light heavyweight challen selected aa "Boxer of the Month" m tiie Nationa] Boxing Association May rati ings. Anthony knocked out Bpeiser m three rounds i I April 5 m Detroit,
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    Lock icon HOLLAND ARE CHAMPIONS
    48 14 South Africa beat Austria 5-0 at Barcelona yesterday In :i match to decide third and fourth place m the four-day international field i v tournament. There were 10.000 spectators at the Las Cor? Hum. The Netherlan nt by deting Spain 2-0 earlier on Sunday. A.P.
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    Lock icon Aussie stars keen to go to Moscow
    111 14 Aussie stars keen to go to Moscow U/TMBLEDON champion Lew Hoad and seven top athletes and swimmers have been invited to compete in the International Youth Festival at Moscow, it was announced in Sydney yesterday. Cuthbertl have! the invitation I Jon Hen- I Dawn Lor- 1 distance! ar--B to i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^H
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    Lock icon HOAD AND COOPER ARE TOP SEEDS
    147 14 DAVIS CUP players from six nation* and entries from five other countries will begin play today m Rome's nine-day Italian Tennis championship. The championships will end on May 14. Australian Davis Cuppers. Lewis Hoad and Ashley Cooper, are top seeded m the men's singles.
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    BLUE ICE SHOWS HE IS CLASS ONE MATERIAL
    395 15 BLUE ICE SHOWS HE IS CLASS ONE MATERIAL By ALLAN LEWIS OLIE ICE, promoted to Class Two for his win on the first day of the meeting, proved his form over nine furlongs at Singapore all wrong, when he easily won The Kedah Cup, main race of the day over
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    Jockey west is in his best form
    304 15 WHITE HEATHER won the main race for Class horses The Club Cup, over »4 furlongs. He was ridden by George West, who had only two rides m the day s racing. West, who is riding right at the top of his form, had
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