The Singapore Free Press, 8 May 1957

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper No. *****. Singapore, Wednesday, May 8, 1957. Price 15Cls,
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    Grace has 85 suitors a day
    181 1 HUNDREDS of teenage boys and girls mobbed Miss Grate Chans, the "Mambo Girl" from Hong Hong, when she made her last public appearam> at Singapore's NajMtk Theatre s t night. An equally lar^e number of disappointed toenagen uh o could not get into the
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    Lock icon ADAMS: CHARGE DROPPED
    115 1 rj^HE Crown has decided to drop charges that Dr. John Bodkin Adams committed forgery when he .swore on a cremation certificate that he had no financial interest in the death of one of his wealthy widowed patients, Mrs. Edith Alice Morrell of Eastbourne, England. Dr. Adams wa.s
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    Lock icon SOVIET MOVING WARSHIPS TO EAST
    347 1 SOVIET MOVING WARSHIPS TO EAST Massive Russian fleet in Baltic could easily be bottled up Policy switch RUSSIA has begun shining warships iron; the Baltic Sea because she fears the vessels could be bolt led up there easily in the event of war, according to authoritative Norwegian sources in Oslo.
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    EPIDEMIC IS NOW AT ITS PEAK
    294 1 The flu bug continues to take its toll THE MINISTER FUK HEALTH, Mr A. J. Braga, said this morning that the people of Singapore had no cause to be alarmed about the present flu epidemic as the Ministry had the situation well under control.
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    A MEDIUM'S CLAIM IS CHALLENGED
    459 2  - A MEDIUM'S CLAIM IS CHALLENGED PETER LIM Shock for the temple keepers By J{ 69-YKAR-OLD Chinese randy-seller ha<s challenged the claim of a temple medium that a tortoise, idolised by gamblers, had swum to Singapore from China. He .shocked temple keepers and devotees bj contemptuously dismissing as 'nonsense" th( tale
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    MOVE FOR BUSES
    141 2 MOVE FOR BUSES THE request for a direct bus service from Queenstown to the city area is now being forwarded to the Singapore Omnibus Licensing Authority. The Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Co. Ltd. has undertaken t:> run a service it the authority grants the required permit. A spokesman of the
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  • Article
    Indian dances
    31 2 Miss Uma Shankar, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Shankar. will give an exposition of classical Indian dances at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday at 7 p.m.
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    Deposits may be made now
    156 2 CANDIDATES seeking election to the Legislative V Assembly from Tanjong Pagar and Cairnhill divisions may now submit their deposits of $500 cash with the Accountant-General, Singapore. They should show the receipts to the Returning Officer Mr. M. Ponnuduray, on nomination day May 18. Cheques will
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    Bus talks delayed
    198 2 UNIFICATION of Singapore's public transport has been held up. This Is because Mr. L.C. Hawkins, the London transport expert advising the Government on how to unify the bus services, is ill. A spokesman for the Ministry of Communications and Works yesterday said that Mr. Hawkins was i
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    Lock icon MALAYA UP HEAVAL
    203 3 M ALA YA UP HEAVAL Blocked in Mid-East, Moscow may bring on T*HE Soviet Union checkmated by U. S. E x State Department action in the Middle East may bring on new upheavals in other quarters of the globe, according to Mr. Frank H. Bartholomew, President of the United Press.
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    Lock icon 'Let's televise the elusive Lock Ness Monster'
    308 3 M.P. ASKS FOR UNDERWATER SEARCH A MEMIiER OF PARLIAMENT suggested yesterday that underwater photography and television should be used to search Loch Ness in Scotland for the legendary "Loch Ness Monster" which was reported to have been seen again in March after many
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    Lock icon CUSTOMS SEIZE GOLD HAUL
    37 3 Customs officers at the Bombay Internationa] Airport last night confiscated gold worth more than £12,000 which was said to have been hidden on an Incoming passenger. Tin- passenger was retained for questioning.- Reuter
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    Man-eating lions killed by guard
    34 3 A pair of man-eating lions blamed for 15 deaths were killed near Beira, Mozambique, when a native guard shot the male and finished off the female with a sword.
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    Lock icon 'Atoms for peace' meeting planned
    31 3 A United Nations advisory committee of scientists from seven countries yesterday decided to recommend that itoms for p conference be h(vlri in Geneva in 1958. Reuter
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    Lock icon Water ration —yet it rains
    93 3 NATURE co-operated with the Hong Kong Govern--1 ment yesterday by drenching the Colony with heavy rains. And while it poured cats and dogs the Government announced that starting Friday summer water hours would go into effect. Water hours will be from 6 a.m. to 10
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    Lock icon SOVIET SUBS IN PACIFIC
    126 3 U.S. admiral warns of Red build-up THE Commander-in-Chicf of the United States Pacific Fleet, Admiral Felix B. Stump, attended a meeting of the Australian Cabinet yesterday and later was guest at a Cabinet luncheon at Parliament House. Admiral Stump, it Is understood, gave Australian Ministers his
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    28 3 picture. Mr. and Mrs Michael Hens Kwmng Hock after their marriage at the life Church. Singapore. Th» »»riH«» is the former Miss Katherin Gwee Ee Sah Free Press
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      48 3 DEAN H as JETT RINK \^Sf 11 WARNER BROS. AW Picture directed by ACADEMY AWARD WINNER B GEORtJE STEVENS B Gala Premiere 13th MAY Ml PM. m S#»rt v«« front Ilih May 3 SHOWS DAILY 1.00, 5.00 A R-45 P.M. MUCKS $1.50, $3.00, (NO FREE LISTS) f/OOfi VOH
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  • PEACE
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      Macmillan wins the confidence of his M.P.s
      590 4 Macmillan wins the confidence of his M.P.s MEMBERS of Parliament in Britain's Conservative Party are in at confident mood these days. They have the feeling that the guidance of Great Britain's affairs is now in firm hands, and that at long last the nation is heading for prosperity. They give
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      BY THE WAY
      155 4  -  Beachcomberr By "CVAST and West meet," says a paper, "in this rajah, who had a public school education.'- He would, for instance, know better than to ride to hounds on an elephant. That is one of the first things they teaeh rajahs at public schools. East and
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      The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, May 8, 1957 Opinion Lesson for Singapore
      176 4 A DISTRESSING account of fraud and other irregularities in the management of Federation Government departmental funds is given in the annual report for 1955 of the Director of Audit. Opportunities for these criminal acts stem from two fundamental
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      48 4 SANOID tothe rescue/ Don't be caught out by sudden injury! Have a SANOID First Aid set ■P*f*Sw| X-t_ are six comprehensive Wo^T^ i^A sets to suit tne nome or BDg^if^S [^""^v factory, sports club or car. THE FEDERAL DISPENSARY LTD. RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE ARCADE. ORCHARD ROAD.
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    Lock icon MUM PINS HER FAITH ON A MIRACLE CURE
    391 5 MUM PINS HER FAITH ON A MIRACLE CURE Doctors say child has incurable disease but... THREE-YEAR-OLD REBECCA is suffering from an inciiruhl* disease at least that is what doctors have told her mother, Mrs. Liza Navaratnam. But the family believe that if earthly drugs cannot cure their girl, who is
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    'Juke box ban is too drastic'
    461 5 'Juke box ban is too drastic' PROPRIETORS of coffee 1 .shops and eating houses in Singapore are angry with City Councillors for banning juke boxes from their premises. They demand to know: "Why single us out and not ban all juke boxes." They said that rich people could go to
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    Lock icon A-power for U.K. merchant ships
    59 5 The British Shipbuilding Research Association announced yesterday that it in setting up a separate section to study atomic energy. This will be in charge of Dr. J. E. Richards a scientist from Harwell, Britain's atomic energy research centre, who has been investigating the prospects of
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    BOOSTING FOOTWEAR
    161 5 H.K. traders to show off their goods TIIK Chinese Manufacturers I'nion of Hons Kong is to hold a trade fair at Singapore's Happy World from Aur. 1 to 14. The union is also to take part in the Merdeka Exhibition to be held in Kuala Lumpur in September.
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    Lock icon TWO MORE REDS QUIT THE PARTY
    74 5 Two more leading British Communists have resigned from the party following hundreds of similar resignations since the Soviet intervention in Hungary, it was learned in Oxford yesterday. The latest resignations are those of Mr. Ted Faulkner, a leading member of the Trades Council in
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      127 6 TIAivDBAKE by Lee Falk and Phil Davis TAHZAX by Ed^ar Ri«*e Burroughs HUhU&H A>cC£AM Of BfIPSFVBVf K *\OwSTEOUS «OCOCiI6 with ATfVIjH THE SAIM by Leslie Charieris HHIIHiH^HHKwaLT- 1 IKi ve got to do a Y whx sure/) I While the man she hopes p GEE. KIM, I ALWAYS BRAI^ABOUt'itJ AND^PORTS-
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      473 6 BORN today, the stars have given you talents beyond those of the average individual. There is. indeed, a touch of genius in your makeup. But that needs to be developed if it is to bring you the success and fame which you so richly deserve. Even the finest talents come
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      181 7 LONDON, May 7- Previous Today RIBBER No. 1 RSS c.i f- 2 5 A buyers 26 A buyers European ports May 2 64 sellers 26 sellers J uno 25 7 buyers buyers 26'; sellers sellers RUBBER No- 1 RSS Spot 26% buyers U\ buyers 26^ sellers 26
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      New York prices
      119 7 NEW YORK. May 7. Previous Today ri\ Straits spot 99 00 nom. 98 62 nom riN future^ Standard Contract May 97 50 buyers 97 12 buyers 98.75 sellers 98 37 sellers June unquoted unquoted .TONE: Quiet. SALES: Nil. Uraits Contract May 98 50 buyers 98.12 buyers 99
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      50 7 NEW YORK. May 1. Previous Today 10 Industrials 496 32 494 68 50 Railroads 147 11 146 58 10 Domestic Bond, 90 10 90 11 15 utilities 73 34 73 11 »5 Stocks Composite Averages 174 03 I mm Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per 10.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      50 7 Malabar/Lampong spot 27'.. floats 27 to 26'- Malabar Maf ihlpmmt U%, LJUnpom Uaf shipment 25S Sarawak ipot 16%, afloats 26, May shipment Above prices quoted 25. June shipment 24- Mttntok Wbit« ipot and awaiting reh- e K >:t.t(> 33 to 32',. sellers exdock. in US. cents per id.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      111 7 COPRA Philippines c if. U.K-/ North European delivered weight per lon* ton May/June COPRA, Straits c i.f. UK /North European delivered weight per long ton May/ June June July I'OCONUT OIL erude Straits cjf. UK North European in bulk per long ton May June COCONUT OIL
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    THE CREATION, AS I SEE IT,-BY JUVIN
    77 7 THE CREATION, AS I SEE IT,-BY JUVIN TIIF two figures seen on the left by Juvm of Me Kcole I>e Paris, entitled "Creation" ("La Crea- tion") are on display at the Pavilion l>e Marsan at m the Louvre Museum in Paris, as part of the Blennale 1957 a Menial exhibition
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    Phantom of the underground...
    158 7 A PHANTOM -LIKE figure flashing past u s in the j tunnel that's what London underground train drivers reported at two Inner Circle stations. For five days the reports came in— but night searches by maintenance staffs revealed nothing. Then the staff at Tower Hill station
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      107 7 Today's Radio Programme tor Singapore 1 00 pjn Wednesday Serenade; 1. 30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 Everybody Sing; 5.00 Songs from he Plantations: 5.15 Hawaiian Blossoms; 5.30 Tea Dance; 6.00, rime Announcement and Programme Summary; 6.02 Designd for Dancing; 6 30 Four Star Variety; 6.55 Announcements ind Singapore Share
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      50 7 1 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 6.37 pm. TOMORROW; GO3 a.m. and 7.41 p.m. E FRIDAY- 7.41 a.m. and E 8.28 p.m. SATI RDAY: 8.51 a.m. E and 9.07 p.m. SUNDAY: 9.48 a.m. and 9.42 p.m. MONDAY: 1038 a.m. E and 10.16 nm. E TUESDAY. *U.!6 MB. and 10.51 p.m. ■Tllllllllllllllllllllllllllltilllllllll
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    2483 8  - SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT Adelaide Eastley Bt\. JHE Republic of Germany's current liberal publication Die Welt, commenting upon our progress toward mercleka says: "In the coming year when Singapore becomes an autonomous state, Britain will lose another of her colonies. "However, in this case, Britain will gather the fruits of the wise
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    'Scene Shifters' are back
    114 9 Two "New Scene Shifters," Mrs. Lily P. L. Chon and Anthony Cobley, rehearse their parts for Gilbert and Sulli- van's "Gondoliers." This opera is the first production of the recently revived dramatic society, "The New Scene-Shifters, which was first formed in 1933, but disbanded at the
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    MAN WHO WIELDED PEN OF POISON IS NOW UNMASKED
    542 10 T HE "FOUL" ANONYMOIS LETTERS WRITTEN TO BEREAVED I A MOTHERS ALL OVER BRITAIN BY AN OLD MAN WHO HATES BABIES COST HIM £50 LAST WEEK. IT WAS THE HEAVIEST PUN- 5 ISHMENT THAT COI'I.D BE GIVEN TO HIM. And the
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    Vicar's flock loves Lucy
    184 10 Vicar's flock loves Lucy 'PHE village parson A of Steventon, Berks., England, has an unusual problem. A gay strawberry blonde named Lucille Ball is wooing his congregation away from the church. And because most of his parishioners do not want to mi&s "I Love Lucy" on television at 7.30 on
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      240 10 > i —^—^____i__^^ B^^i Biß Im^J CLUES ACROSS 7. A servant has a drink in1. Name Ella within (11). side (5). 8. Plead more white (s>. I 3 A corporal ends a word 9. A branch the French begin identical in meaning (7). (7). 15. Engineer begins further 10. Shake
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      A bundle of mischief
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      THAT GRAND OLD MAN
      65 11 THAT GRAND OLD MAN Sir Winston Churchill; recently went to the ran I at Sundown Park. More-: over, he had more than a perfunctory interest in the event. He had a runner "I.e Pretendant" in the Corona- I tion Stakes- I And there above is I Sir Winston with ci«ar
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      MONKEY BUSINESS!
      88 11 The six )8-months-old chimps, which arrived at the London Zoo three weeks ago from Soest. Holland, have now been transferred to their quarters in the Monkey House after their period of Quarantine in the Zoo Sanatorium. Full of fun and mischief, the chimps are to be trained for
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      SUMMER STYLES
      75 11 Fire Parisian models nj the picture on the left display the latest hair-S style creations fro?n theS Salon of Paris CoiffeurE Rene Bourgeois. Tiro distinct turn-of-E the-centuni motifs marklz lions, a set style, stressing the contours* of the face, and a fcjnininc.S asymmetrical sirc p t t/pE coiffure
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    MASS ASIA BAN H-BOMB TESTS' PROTEST
    270 12 MASS ASIA BAN H-BOMB TESTS' PROTEST Prime Ministers of Ceylon and India, Mr. Solomon Bandaranaike and Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, are expected soon to make a joint appeal to the big powers to halt hydroRen bomb tests. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE THE FIRST MOVE TO ORGANISE A MASS PROTEST OF
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    Ready to visit Moscow
    202 12 Ready to visit Moscow KISHI SAYS- JAPANESE Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi expressed his willingness to visit Russia on a goodwill mission and said Soviet i leaders could visit Ja^.a if tney wished. Mr. Kishi, who was visiting 1st to "report" his assumption of the premiership to the Sun Goddess Amaterasi
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    U.S. loan aid for Tata expansion expectod soon
    52 12 U.S. loan aid for Tata expansion expectod soon World Bank officials in Washington said a loan of US$10 million Is expected to be made soon to the pri-vately-owned Tata Power Interests of Bombay. The funds will provide foreign exchange for the construction of a third unit for the Trombay hydro-electric
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    'JAP EXPERTS FOR SIBERIA'
    94 12 'JAP EXPERTS FOR SIBERIA' riE Russian Embassy in Tokyo will shortly ask Japan to co-operate in the development of Siberia, ac- cording to the Tokyo newspaper Sankei-Jiji. The paper, quoting "informed sources," said the Soviet Union wants Japan to dispatch from 30 to 60 technicians to Siberia. The Soviet Union
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    New Kashmir war call made
    384 12 New Kashmir war call made SARDAR Mohammad Ibrahim Khan. President of Azad Kashmir Government (on the Pakistan side), has threatened to resume the "armed struggle" against India He said in Rawalpindi, "We Kashmiris postponed our armed struggle against Indian aggression in January. 1949. on the assurance of the United Nations
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    'Taipeh behind peace report'
    302 12 IT has all the earmarks of a trial balloon sent up by the Formosa regime to sound out the reaction of Overseas Chinese to a peace settlement with the Chinese Communists." This comment was made by the San Francisco Chinese Daily World, largest Chinese dally in
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    CEYLONESE TO BE GHANA GOVERNOR-GENERAL?
    105 12 (\FFICIAL intimation of Ghana's desire to have a 5 X, Ce y lonese as Governor General has now reached I Colombo. Mr. George Padmore. Political Adviser to the i unana Government has written to the Parliamentary 2 Secretary to Ceylon's Minister of External Affairs. 1
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    KOSTELANETZ TURNS TO OPERA
    468 12 ANDRE KOSTELANETZ, King of the concert orchestra, rises to greater things In a remarkable LP recording which combines Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. The first is a "symphonic picture" by Robert Russell Bennett, containing highlights from the famous American folk-opera. The
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    BEST ON 78s
    198 12 78s\ KiK'KIV RHYTHM ROLL l« played by, of all people, E Z our old friend Victor Silvester, who now boasts one of En*- E land's best rock 'n' roll combinations. On the reverse is r: Society Rock. Sizslinc stuff on Columbia DB 3888. and com- E Plete
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    BEST ON 45s
    272 12 THE VOICE Why, it's Frank Sinatra stretching a E E hand into the past and producing four of his greatest f=uc- cesses on Philips 429 244 BE—Nancy. Stormy Weather, She's E Funny That Way and All The Things You Are. Orchestra is E under the direction of
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    Four Aces
    343 12 A GLORIOUS jam session by Buck Clayton and his boys, aptly labelled H»>w lii the Fi? should be a best seller on Philips B *****1 L. Buck kicks off with the title number and follows it up with Blue Moon, Sentimental Journey and Moten Swing. Never ha s
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    GODDARD RALLY SIDE TO WIN AFTER A COLLAPSE
    544 14 GODDARD RALLY SIDE TO WIN AFTER A COLLAPSE WEST INDIANS ARE NOT WORLD BEATERS' WEST INDIES fol- lowed up their innings victory over Worcestershire in the opening match of the tour by beating Northamptonshire by four wickets in an exciting finish to the second game at Northampton yesterday. The touring
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    Grada beaten by an unknown
    201 14 Grada beaten by an unknown GUY GRACIA, of France, who has built up a reputation as a scourge of British lightweights, was surprisingly beaten on points over ten rounds by Ron Hinson. 25-year-old relatively unconsidered British boxer, at the Royal Albert Hall. London, last night. GracLa has beaten prominent British
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    BASSEY GETS TITLE. FIGHT
    68 14 EUROPeW^ featherweight champion Cherif Hamia, of France, and Hogan "Kid"' Bassey. of Nigeria, British Empire champion, will meet for the world crown at Syracuse, New York, o June 7, according to Bassey 's manager George Biddies. Biddies said last night that following a telephone call from
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    32 14 MISS SHIRLEY BLOOMER, who retained her women's singles title in the British Hardcourts Tennis championships at Bournemouth last Saturday, is seen returning a low shot in her match against Miss S. Prettejohn.
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    HUNGARY LIFT BAN ON 11 PLAYERS
    115 14 HUNGARY'S Soccer Federation has suspended the punishment of 11 members of the national team, temporarily barred from play for tailing to return home after the recent revolt. This measure will enable them to train for Hungary's game against Norway scheduled for June 12 in
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    CHISHOLM DOES A HATTRICK
    55 14 Pilot Officer Chisholm yesterday completed a hattrick when he von the "B" division monthly cup competition of the R.A.F. Seletar Golf Club with a nett 72. the Joyce Cup and the ball gweep. The A division winner whs J/T J. Steel with 71 and T Bomber
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    Javelin hope
    54 14 EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD Nicholas Head, of Somerset, has his stance checked by his mathematics master, Mr. Mike Reilly. who is his coach In javelin throw Nicholas has thrown the javelin 2(J0f t about 30 feet farther than the British record during training. He uses permitted variation of the banned Spanish
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    Golf tournament profits to help Japanese students
    182 14 Golf tournament profits to help Japanese students ANY profits from this year's Canada Cup Golf Tournament in Tokyo will be used to establish a scholarship fund to send a Japanese student to an American University, said Mr. John J. Hopkins, chairman of the International Golf Association, in New York. He
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    SIAMESE BEATEN
    21 14 A Siamese basketball team were beaten by 109-66 by the China Dynamic Sports iation in Peking last night.— UP.
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    RECORD 68 BY JIMMY HITCHCOCK
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