The Singapore Free Press, 7 August 1957

Microfilm: NL2446
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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper L i i'».-»o. Singapore, Wednesday, August 7, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    Lock icon Look! It's Little Lollo
    35 1 Look! It's Little Lollo picture. The pride of Rome, the toast of Italy... The first picture of the little Lollo, son of Italian star Cina Lollobrigida. The baby will have his father's name, Milko. Popper
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    RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON JEWS
    166 1 RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON JEWS I 4 NEW upsurge of I j^ anti-Semitism i n I I Russia is forcing Jews I 1 out of key positions in I I S<>\iet political and I 1 economic life, it was I 1 reported in London I I 1 v-sterday. A survey issued
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    Lock icon SLAP! That's for an insult to the Queen
    749 1 SLAP! That's for an insult to the Queen OUTSPOKEN PEER ON T.V. SAYS WON'T REPENTS THEN... 'SILLY BEHAVIOUR,* HE TELLS :i ANGRY LOYALIST LORD ALTRINCHAM, Britain's outspoken peer, was slapped in the face last night by an angry man, as he left a London television studio after defending his criticisms
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    —AND A LIZA FOR LIZ
    101 1 —AND A LIZA FOR LIZ ACTRESS Elizabeth Tayi lor, wife of producer Mike Todd, had a fourpound, 14-ounce daughter born prematurely last night in a New York hospital. The spokesman said the baby was delivered by Caesarian operation and that mother and child are doing well." He said the baby
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    Rubber price
    26 1 August first grade rubber buyers f.O.b, opened :n Singapore this morning at 92 cents a lb. unchiangrd on yestordays close. The tone was quirt.
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    Friends galore for gay Dannie
    166 2 Friends galore for gay Dannie IHIIMIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIUIIIIHHII IMIIMIIM); I WSIT BY A PETITE STAR IIKK M.uiK is Dannie II Fieng. Slight of build, sh 4 > stands no taller than five feel Hut all who have me! her in the few ii.i>s she has been In Singapore nave been charmed f>>
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    Lock icon AGA KHAN: 1,800 PLEDGE SUPPORT
    41 2 AGA KHAN: 1,800 PLEDGE SUPPORT About 1.800 men. members of the Ismaili Muslim sect, pledged allegiance to their new Imam, the Aga Khan, at a religious ceremony held in Karachi yesterday. Earlier, about 2.000 womon had .separately pledged thpir allegiance Reuter
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    Lock icon ARMY MOVE IN
    35 2 About 200 soldiers were i called in yesterday to carry out emergency tasks at the port in Buenos Aires, where 90 per cent of the stevedores are on a go-slow strike.— Reuter
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    COLONY WILL BE THERE
    132 2 COLONY WILL BE THERE SEVERAL students from the University of Malaya and Nanyang University will shortly leave for Mackinac Island in Michigan. America, to attend the Mora] Rearmament A«s- sembly. Among "the Singapore delegates will be Mr. Peter Lim. of the Anglo-Chinese School, and his "wife. Some i trade union
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    PINE MARKET ROW IS NOW OVER
    261 2 United Kingdom resumes large-scale import] Malaya— Aussie —Africa accord I 1 Malayan Pineapple market in the United Kingdom is back to normal. The chairman of the Central Board of Pineapple Packers, Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, told the Free Piv ss that the United Kingdom,
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    Lock icon QUEEN HONOURS FRESSANGES
    52 2 The Queen at Bucking- ham Palace yesterday rei ceived Air Marshal Sir j Francis Fressanges on reI linquishing his appointment as C-in-C Far East Air I Force, and conferred upon i him the honour of knight- hood in respect of the K.B.E awarded him in June. j
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    District courts together now
    172 2 SINGAPORE will have a new law court the third addition within reCPnt weeks. Mr S. X Lee will prr side over the new Fifth Criminal District Court in addition to his work is magistrate. lit- is the second magistrate to be promoted a district |ndfe recently
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    A name they can't forget
    143 2 A name they can't forget I IyHEN a Dal< Carnegie demonstration was given M T? the American Club this week, members oi the ?'M fessional Women's Association and the Sln»ipor« YrM i Peoples Association had no difficulty in nWmfe'-JI the name of stnp-teaser Rose Chan dur::i, i pv^nl Mr. Norvell
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    UNESCO show
    95 2 UNESCO show ONE in v\vi\ f UNESCO exiub.Sa^: Energy and iJ^; formation. Ml igj P«re has hoil^! the exhibit,. s l<) The exhibition hj Sen, Sohoo, ..^Jj I lh :?r ri ':s!£j tions. said Mr p|> I Bandyopadhv.iy the di rector, on Tuesday H\ I las day of |he show
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    TWO U.S. SUBS IN COLLISION
    39 2 Two submarine* of i:M I United Stafc s Atlantic f:«:H collided under water ye.ver-H But they were 'T'.y .^:ght-B ly damaged and no-ow v,iß injured, a naval spokesir.aij' said in New Yor< -Reiner. l
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    Lock icon Mass marches to ban the H-bomb
    474 3 Mass marches to ban the H-bomb HIROSHIMA RALLY Jilt] 12th anniversary of the atomic bomb. ing of Hiroshima city was marked yes lerclay by mass demonstrations in Hiroshima and Moscow while Western scientists renewed warnings of the dangers of radioactivity. About 20,000 persons, Including Prince and Princess Mikasa, gathered at
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    BLIND CHILDREN LOSE THEIR PETS
    51 3 The children of the Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind have lost their pet rabbits, eight In number. These rabbits were given to them by the Regent of Johore last year. The rabbits were killed by a do^ which found its way into the rabbit
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    IT WAS PRAYERS ALL THE WAY...
    215 3 Funny man Red and sick son home again COMEDIAN Red Skelton and his critically ill son Richard, returned home to Los Angeles yesterday after cutting short a tour of Europe. They were greeted by a crowd of about 100 people, some of whom carried
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      142 3 We offer fhe following services:1. Travel facilities of all kinds. 2. Individual tours planned and organised to and in all parts of the world. ?>. Hotel accommodation reserved. 4. Steamer passages to all countries. 5. Air passages reserved on all airlines. 6. Road travel arranged by coach and private cars.
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      260 3 iBBBBBBBiBBB^B^ieHBBBBBB 'Should rank top khrUtoi oi bi r< vr 1 i> \n. v >kkk;i ■One vi t lie mo^t gripping Ac gIUMMM BWI horribltfi 1 enuugh to send you bOMi IB ii:>;h' m.ue" DAILY MIKUOU I ■liorni'\ui<r new murder mystery" THt TIMES B "Mast macabre ruurder mystery '••■n —DAILY MAIL
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7. 1957. Dangerous partners
    204 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7. 1957. Dangerous partners INDONESIA'S m a in island of Java, on which live the greater proportion of th c Republic's population. is m dire danger of coming under Communist political control. And this, within only a few months of Pre sident Sukarno's dangerous
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    Humanity's historic debt to the medical profession...
    860 4 Humanity's historic debt to the medical profession l IOW main of Hi arc inclined to I (iike for granted the wonders of Medicine, and to forget the long story of pro* fossion to which tlu 1 human rate owes vast a debt? The earliest records of the practice of medicine
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    REBEL TRIBES
    169 4 'MSWSAMP today Bi" i/ioit-6- the sandy, sunbaked corner of Arabia where the Sultan —0/ Muscat and Oman is confronted by rebel- lious tribesmen uho B control about 5.000 square miles of his territory. M The revolt is led by m the deposed Imam, or religions leader, of m
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    BY THE WAY
    235 4  -  Beachcomber ■a ners and. i,, I "ses, a punishZl oftenre to lav mechanical I should permit mv self a tiuitt chuekk over the sto n lf electronic bra,,, was bea t draughts by human being The brain was i;i i to h capable of nukini loouS decisions
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      78 4 PATEK PHILIPPE Ih< ol hi- fol < lilo-l v^.i|< h I Tin t,,>i PrisM I I In- .i id > i<iil<. ttn fut eisioM urn itf tin- lit g. rin 1 wiititiitft thrtmu- 5 ntt'lfts, 7 tin I'tiltk ~jf Philippe. Out thm i I i c«'-m imii nfi ml fiislt
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      65 4 j j JUST RECEIVED! j 55o o DACRON 15# WOOL S( ITS j WHICH j II i HAS MORE FASHION FEATURES j| AND ADVANTAGES OF j If j WASH N' WEAR j READY MADE j j 0R i j MADE TO MEASURE j I j (WITH GUARANTEED FITTiNG) j I
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      LEARN TO BE POLITE
      152 5 Audiences lack courtesy jMi ORE the people IJ 01 Singapore can expe< I to have the culi re of the theatre brought to them they v i learn theatre j: lilllt'l'S. was horrified by i luiviour of audi--5 on the two occaI sions I attended the
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      Competition could be good for them
      147 5 I MUSICIANS' STAND ON FOREIGN 1 BANDS IS CHILDISH E J*Hh Singapore Musicians' Union will never tfet anywhere by childishly refusing to E face competition. Their refusal to allow more than a limited number of overseas bands to perform in Singa- pore at once
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      WHAT TO PAY FOR ORCHIDS?
      178 5 I T WAS very interested in J.N.D.'s article in the Free Press Saturday Magazine section on Orchids. Unfortunately J missed his previous articles on the same subject. What I am particularly Interested in Is how docs one start when one lives in Singapore. As he
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      Oh, for that old system!.
      107 5 Oh, for that old system *pHE new accounting system in the City Council Elcctncih/ Department is still complicated to the arcrime hOUSCWIft I. for one. WOiUd prefer the Old system when 'he notices for payment used to dearly 9tOte hOW murk I had paid and how much mor§ I had
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      A Pees gets a rocket
      87 5 I T ORD Altrincham s !> 11^ attack on the I Queen is without doubt <► I the ffreatest argument H in favour of the reform o I of the House of Lords <► that has ever been presented. X Had it not been for
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      98 5 C. -j. If --MM MMmL— MM MMmI BMMIZIII^ jr |J EAST AFRICAN *O^ T BEYOND COMPARE! V \SS^ Beyond '^nfiX Mombasa ,^L F| l'"*d in Africa .where passions blai« b#yond control? ,'a RSH RANDFU *xl 'nrrjdur'm fOOif r.A(vn»l rh» Mm with ihf Cddw f'lW!" k-jsP Str**^^ hi »k hard [nci
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      186 5 r.. ;'">! v p— CT^^/fel.^T'f-- -:^^r COTTON YARN Y^!^^^' l^l^r RUGS CARPETS E Price 9 x 12 $60.00 *^P^^^ Price 9' x 6' $30.00 Price 6'x 3' $10.00 Also available in various sizes, designs and colours fv Agency showroom: a/ ft h h 47/49, Stamford Rd., Singapore-6, W^i>CinniTr^^ 4l< Bitu
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      218 6 iVBA^IIIiAIiB; Im Lee Falk antl I^liil Davi« v^i, -^xl I THAT'S FiNt LT-VELOP T£ V\M SORRY, MR. BANKS*] > S .jW/^k. THOSE FILMS, AK4P WE LL J BUT TME'Jti PILMS ARE i APAVO, f> 'H jypf •«^< 4j:afl HAVE ALDO<A' THEM V ALL KUirsiFC! THEWE Oi[ V TOKII^MI I SEEN
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      575 6 i» E I BORN today, you are fu.. t ill thusiasm and the ioy f n v s 'II Fond of an out door life v c that you will enjoy 'compeffi I sports i n youth and contm;., i i supporter and observer whe yours^° dl ill You have
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      183 7 I lON DON. Aug. Previous Today ■I, Ut No. 1 RSS cif. [j ipean ports August 27 buyers 37 U buyer s 27 a sellers 27 sellers Sept. 27 buyers 27 buyers 27',; sellers 27', sellers kjßßEft No. 1 RSS Spot 27'u buyers 27 I,*1 buyers 27
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      New York prices
      103 7 NEW YORK. Auff. 6. Previous Today N v U;l its spot 95 37 nom. 95.37 nomN tutures in Lid Contract Aug. unquoted unquoted Sept. unquoted unquoted iM Quiet. SALES: Nil. •ait^ Contract Aug. 94.62 buyers 94.37 buyers 95.25 sellers 95.12 sellers Sept. 94.50 buyers 94 37 buyers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      38 7 I NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Previous Today Industrials 500.78 494.13 Railroads ***** 147.16 Domestic Bonds 86.20 86.21 Utilities 69.88 69 63 Stocks Composite Averages 174.06 172 00 Above prices quoted in U.S. cents per lb.
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      U.S. PEPPER
      58 7 r I .tmix)ne sp.it 26"i aw i Lease 26^ a Moats 9L alabar August shipment 25 i>>n^ August shipment rawak spot 26, awaiting Above ]>r;ccs quoted release 25%, afloats 25%, August shipment 25' t Muntok white pepper also was higher with spot 34' 1 afloat > 34%. August
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      119 7 i LONDON. Aug. 6. Previous Today PRA Philippines c.i f. UK forth European delivered '< phi [H-r Ion? ton Aug. Sept. $167 sellers $167' sellers PRA, Straits c.i.f. C.X- North European delivered weight per ton Aug. Sept. £ti3'j buyers E»33 T^ buyers £64 sellers £64 sellers
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    RED HOLD ON JAVA GROWING
    247 7 Muslim front urged I THE Times of Indonesia said yesterday that unless a "united front is formed the greater part of Java will fall into Communist hands. In a forthright editorial, the English language newspaper also chided President Sukarno for "flirting" with the Communists who
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    New ship link with Malaya?
    143 7 SPORE TRADERS ME CHIANG VJATIONALIST Chinese ll President Chiang Kaishek yesterday received the visiting 63-man trade mission from Singapore and Malaya at his headquarters in Taipeh. It was their second meeting with the President. Agreements reached between delegation members and the Formosa Government include: Establishment
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    LIGHTNING KILLS FROM AFAR
    48 7 Lightning killed 27-year-old Francesca Cremas in Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, without touching her. The lightning struck a tree, a short distance from Miss Crema.s' house, scaring her so much that she lost her balance and fell to her death down a flight of stairs,- UP.
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    Train driver saw 'chicks'
    62 7 RAILWAY officials reported in Melbourne yesterday that two three-year-olds I had played a variation of the game teenagers call "chicken." They said the children stood on a railroad track, contesting to see which one would be the last t o jump clear as <an express train
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      64 7 M lH l! 'l 'H B B'"!Ml JB :1 W" ;r i singapore 1 Ihigh tides TODAY: 832 p.m. m TOMORROW. 10 30 am a and 923 p.m. m FRIDAY: 11 02 a.m. and W 10.06 p m. SATURDAY: 11.27 am p and 10.43 p.m. SUNDAY: 11.52 a.m. and 11
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      228 7 A HEALTHFUL DRINK and so easily made I ]K I f mTo make a refreshing drink 1 1 f "-^V II at rea^y oes y° u s oo^* us \3r\. W^ Robinson's Patent Harley j S %> < —^C a if,i<j c choice of wij>e folk the ROBINSONS 'PATENT' BARLEY
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      109 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore i j 1.15 Footlights Parade; 130 i j rime Signal and News; 1.40 The Hoad to Independence: i .50 Footlights Parade— l';. rt 2, 500 Voices In Harmony; 5 i> ECawaiian Blossoms; 530 Tea Dance; 600 Time Announcement uid Programme Summary; 6 o',? Children's Corner;
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    SINGAPORE
    1101 8 f orifi iittff the pracee€ls\ Members of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes on Sundau way- I laid motorists going to Changi to collect funds for the Children's Convalescent Home at Tanah Mcrah Besar. I This Free Press picture shows Warrant Officer W. E P Dunn of RAF j
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    967 9 I They're still celebrating j Z The Geytang Muslim Community in Singapore celebrated Hari Raya Haji on Sun- I day at the Sim's Avenue Community Centre, Lorong 31, Ccy(ang. 1 "Though Hari Raya Haji Day is over, we can still celebrate it within its one- I month period," said
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    I meet the man I 'murdered'
    725 10 Names can spell trouble, says PELHAM GROOM "JMIK other day I had the most extraordiiu was introduced to a stranger, and yet, ir stranger: he was the man that I had killed. I think you will agree that is an unusual occurrence, and it
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    FRANCE IS A BOOMING BANKRUPT NOW
    515 10 FRANCE IS A BOOMING BANKRUPT NOW M Y Paris greeniTl grocer," reports Sydney Smith, "patted three slender boxes of lettuce and said: "I paid £11 wholesale for that lot this morning that is why I cannot sell you a tiny one for less than 2s. (Ud," My tomatoes to" go
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    CAGES WITHOUT BARS
    98 10 BELFAST ZOO in Northern Ireland is introducing cages without bars' 1 along the lives of the <► successful system adopted at the world -famous Ham- > burg Zoological Gardens. j; Sheila, an elephant, will be the first inmate > whose accommodation will take the form of a
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    147 10 i ROUND off the arms on the light axle case pre.s.s and you eliminate grinding." These words may mean little to many people, but tht firm of Rubery Owen and Company, Limited, ot Darlaston, Staffordshire. England, found them of sufneient significance to pay the employee
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    They look to the future with rockets
    366 10 They look to the future with rockets RESEARCH rockets now being tested by the I.S. National Advisory Committee For Aeroliautics are preparing for the day when man will travel thousands of miles an hour in the air- trait (it tomorrow. The Committee Ifl the Government Agency that conducts basic research
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    U.S. jets ready for take off
    77 11 U.S. jets ready for take off r r\VO of the U.S. Nury's 1.000 mile-per-hour m "Crusader" jets line up for take-off on the m powerful steam driven catapults of the air- m craft carrier, U.S.S. Bonhonune Richard. The attack-carrier take-off was the be- ginning of a transcontinental dash from the
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    Dean of all travellers
    111 11 JI'RTON HOLMES the famous travelIt r is seen in the picture on the right at his desk in his Hollywood, alifornia home. One of the early de- velopers of motion pictures used to illustrate travel talks. IVIr. Holmes' writings and lectures on his world travels have
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    Photo News
    87 11 Photo News A cow ■ot the Queen vJ«»i s Jersey island's *if( to the Queen l(>r name is BeauP Oxford Lady. Hve year 0 1(1 j cow, and making presentation in the (V on the rishl, o n <>l the islands ff'CUltural and Hortitural Society. i s Mr. II Lebrnn,
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    263 12 'Church is now tool of Peking' Ko ma n Catholli leaders m Formo sa have condemned i i. tiona] association o; Catholics in Red Chine which announced Jt; decision to break ofl ditical and economic ties with the Vatican Catholic leaders In Taipeh said the P< king conf nee 01
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    36 12 Mis^ Purifieaeion 8. Merino, of the Philippines, addresses 1 P*nel meeting: of the Internationa] student Assembly at HTUliamsburf, Virginia, ISA. The assembly E was attended bj representatives of 10 countries and 33 IS. universities and colleges.
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    Lock icon Term 'Jap' rouses Tokyo newspapers
    105 12 JAPANESE vernacular newspapers have strongly criticised Mr. Koto Matsudaira. Japan's Ambassador to the United NatioJis, for sayiny during a television broadcast in the United States that he had no objtction to the use of the word "Jap." Tokyo newspapers said it mas rcurettablc that a
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    Lock icon NEW RED BID TO UNSEAT CHIANG AT U.N.
    139 12 NEW RED BID TO UNSEAT CHIANG AT U.N. COVIET RUSSIA will attempt to have Nationalist China ousted! from the United Nations in favour of Communist China when the U.N. General Assembly opens in New York on September 17, the Taipeh newspaper China Post said. But, said the paper quoting authoritative
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    Lock icon 'New life' move makes impact
    146 12 IMPACT of Dr. Sukarno's "new life" movement, aimed at making: a new race of Indonesians, i already is being felt in Jakarta. Under the movement for r a nationwide "mental revolution," which will be officially inaugurated on Aug. 17, Cabinet ministers have been urged to
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    Lock icon Pakistan buys Burma rice
    43 12 Burma's rice exports during the first thre« months of 1057 totalled 485.000 tons, an Increase of 3 4 per cent over the corresponding quarter in 1956 Pakistan has emerged as an important cash customer country, buying m.ooo U.P. tons,
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    Lock icon Plan to buy more from Singapore
    89 12 MEMBERS of the visiting Singapore and Malayan trade i delegation s a id in Taipeh that Formosan I salt, paper, cement and tea appeared to be j the most promising products for export to Singapore and Malaya. I The Nationalist Chi- I nese Supply
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    Lock icon S-EA finance ministers' meet urged
    106 12 S-EA finance ministers' meet urged ■illllllfllf illli lII 111 I' X^M^JI PHE Japanese Minister of Finance has p ro 1 posed a South-East Asian finance ministers' cvnference to discuss "positive measures' 1 fop the formation of a South-East Asian comma! market. Mr. Ichimada, in a formal statement, said hto proposal
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    26 12 japan's four electric power companies will shortly apply for U*****. 064. 000 in World Bank loans for construction of hydro-electric power stations throughout the country. A.P.
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    52 12 Pakistani Premier H. S. Suhrawardy said in Los Angeles that Overseas Chinese certainly take a certain pride in their mother country growing in strength, "but when one sees the prosperous conditions of the Chinese in Singapore and Hang kok, one realises these Chinese do not want ta become Communists a'
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    30 12 Mr. W. D. Gunaratna. permanent secretary in Ceylon's Minis- mm mm^___ try o( H e a It a, has been a p p ointed to be ambassador to Burma. Reuter
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    10 12 India will issue six new commemorative stamps A.P. this autmnn
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    29 12 The French Union Assem bly lias approved :i rt* solution Inviting tin- government to provide an additional 3.000 million francs aid for social and economic development in Cambodia Reuter
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    17 12 The New Aga Khan has arrived in Karachi on a tour of Pakistan, India and Africa. Reuter
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    15 12 The Karachi Government has prohibited the import and assembling of big car.s in Pakistan. A.P.
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    29 12 THE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY HAS DECIDED TO INVITE 50 STUDENTS FROM 21 COUNTRIES TO STUDY IN JAPAN IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR THEY INCLUDE TWO KKOM MAI.AYA A P.
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    33 12 Ceylon'fl Ministry „f i n dustries has united the Ciechoslovak (loy« ernment to send i team of industrial consultants to investigate the possi. bility of developim; hydro, electric power on the island. U.P.
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    10 12 Nationalist China has recognised the newly-form-ed Republic of Tunisia.— U.P.
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    42 12 The 6,650-ton Blue Funnel freighter Phemius hn arrived bl Hong Kong from Liverpool to be broken up for scrap. The Phemius was at one time a pilgrim ship carrying eu many as 1.200 pilgrims from Malaya and the Ead to Mecca.- U.P
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    37 12 3urmese Premier U Mu said in Rangoon, "In recent weeks, Burmese Immigration authorities have arr e s t e d many Illegal immigrants, both in t l C h I n aBurma and PakistanBurma frontier areas."— Reuter
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    20 12 President Ngo Dinjb Pi< South Vietnam will arrive In Rangoon on August 20 i n a short .state visit. Reuter
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    24 12 Communist Chi?w has declined an invitation I tend the Universal Esperanto Congres< scilles because the C ">- -press had also invited N^* tionalist China.- U.P
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    36 12 An Indonesian "Australian Friendship Association has been Inaugurated in Jakarta- Renter. Major-General Moha Bahibullah Khan Pakistani Army feat up his new l" 1 U J Bagdad as direrthe combined n planning organisati" A.P. the Bagdad Pact
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    120 12 rpilE Colombo Morning A Times said that Mr. Maxwell H. OIUCk would be Uk> butt of a lot of unkind humour' if ho took up hi.s post as now US ambassador to Ceylon, A columnist in the newspaper was commenting on Mr. Gluck's
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    A SWITCH TO MODERN COMPOSERS
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    51 14 picture, PLAYERS <>1 the Liver- poo] FootbalJ Club st;ut oil' on a five-mile 3 run in>m their ground a at Liverpool as part of their training in readi- c c n«ss for the opening i Of the League fooihall 5 season on Aug. 24, Paul
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    88 14 Dan Waern again beats 4 minutes for mile DAN WAERN, of Sweden, beat four minutes [or the mile in Malmoe. Sweden, last night, clocking 3min 59.75ec. Waern won the event from Gordon Pirie, of Britain, who clocked 4min s.7sec. with Tor Hammersland, o[ Norway, third in 4min 5.9.5ee. The four-minute
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    67 14 Hugh Stewart, the U.S. 11th ranking player now playing in Europe, was yesterday .suspended indefinitely by the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association for violation of USLTA policy and disregard of instructions. The International Lawn Tennis Association and various tennis associations in Europe were directed to forbid his
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    67 14 MISS Chang Shiu-Mien defeated veteran tennis champion Miss Liv Hsl-ang-Ko yesterday to become the new tennis queen of Nationalist China The attractive 24-year-old Formo.san girl'a victory was a major upset. Miss Uu, who has dominated Chinese tennla courts for more than a decade had been heavily
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    576 14 CLUBS FOLLOW MANCHESTER UNITED'S POLICY By GEORGE (HANDLER ENGLAND'S 3,000 professional and part-time s o c c c r players for the past two weeks have been pounding their club running tracks, shedding surplus weight in readiness for the opening of the 1957--58 League season on Aug. 24. The senson
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    201 14 UPSETS IN US TENNIS TOURNEY C MAXWELL BR< >WH J'lj (U.S.), yesti lay B nated Indian D tvis CupM Ram an a than X 1 the Eastern G I championship wit -'-W 2— 6. 7—5 triumph Brown, former No 4 l^B junior, provided jn |M major upset in v se
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    211 14 Players kick, punch, butt and scuffle in friendly match fpilE Rumanian and Czech j teams swapped kicks and punches, causing many injuries, in their brawling match in the In- ternational Friendly: Youth Games rugby tour- j nament in Moscow yesterday. Rumania finally clinched their narrow victory by 12 j points
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    33 14 England beal south Africa i i in the second badminton i' 1 it mulch ai Pori Bllsal)(>ttl jasi night England won J he first f8:? in Cap< i town. Reuter
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    66 14 ROBERTO DE VINCENZO Argentina, won the U.&.52j.000 All American i Professional Golf Tourna- ment by four strokes in Chicago yesterday with a 15-under.par 273 i or the 72: holes. $3 Tho victory «v worth Gene Littler (California) was .second at 277 and won g
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    376 15 r LANCASHIRE HOLD YORKSHIRE IN -ROSES- BATTLE i Lighting fifty i by peter may i decides match a FIGHTING half century by England and I A Surrey captain, Peter May, carried Surrey to another win in the County cricket champion- ship at the Oval yesterday. rh<
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    135 15 F.P. Form Guide is out tomorrow I rplK Free Press Form I 1 (.uide will be out I igain tomorrow to I serve you at tne I Selangor Turf Club j lugust meeting:, start- ing at Kuala Lumpur I on Saturday^ I The four-page v orm I Guide is a
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    68 15 Malayan water ski meet T Malayan Waterski ssociation championjj HI be held at Pasir Kij >n Sept, 14 and 15. W! i!s are slalom (open ovice), jumping (open) tricks (open and no- ata for the Shilom and will hv held on Sept. I lie finals and jumping '•n Sept. 15.
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    37 15 lOSLAV DROBNY yes- rday won his thirdmatch in the German national tennis chamWps, but then withOn news that hil In-lail had died. y. who loft imately for I^ondon. had 'uiishrd defeating Bucholz of Germany A.P.
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    63 15 i 'FHE American ProfessionI al Golfers Association yesterday announced the names of the ten members Of the United States Ryder i Cup team which will meet Britain at Lindriek, Eng- land, on Oct. 4 and 5. They arc: Tommy 801, Jack Burke. Don Fin.sterwald, Doug Ford,
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    147 15 RESULTS in yesterday's cricket matches wore: At Leyton: Match drawn. Worcrstcrshirr 828-9 dec. and 202 for seven (Horton 1 54); Essex 381-7 dec, At Leicostrr: Norfhamj)--j tonshlre beat, Leicestershire ,by elghi wickets Leicesiersnire r > 7 and 132 (Palmer 79 not out 1 Northamptoni .shire
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    342 15 j WEST INDIES, for the second time this season, beat Glamorgan when they won by six wickets at Swansea yesterday. They won the first match at Cardiff by five wickets. With a first innings lead of 113 (254 to 141) West Indies had Glamorgan
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    161 15 Gonzales, Kramer fail to agree PROFESSIONAL tennis champion Paneho Gonzales and promoter Jack Kramer failed in an attempt yesterday to solve a contract dispute. razner, in a statement issued through is office yesterday, said lie instructed his lawyer to take the matter into court, if necessary, to determine his rights
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    42 16 The Soviet union and Syna signed a Joint communique In Moscow last night after a fortnights talks between Soviet Government and army representatives and b Syrian delegation headed by the Defence Minister, Mr. Knalod El Azem. Reuter
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    429 16 A counter to Red China THESE BASES AS SAFEGUARD ACAINST SUDD^U —^M^— 1 I ATTACK FROM FAR EAST 1 MR. STASSEN CLARIFIES I THE question of Red China and her eventual inclusion in am mv I L era] disarmament agreement has now emerged in tho London disarmament talks. I At
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    28 16 The French Deputy Foreign Minister, M Mau- rice Faure. will leave for Malaya on Aug. 26 to attend the independent I*'1 cek'bra- I tions.- Reuter
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    223 16 ACCUSED OF MISMANAGING MUSCAT REVOLT BRITAIN S top military leaders conferred in London yesterday to work I out a quick end to the i Oman rebellion, threatening to embroil Britain in j another Middle Fast crisis. i The meetings were held amid (rowing criticism of thf handling
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    163 16 Now Weat is more hopeful MR. Valerian Zorin, i I the Soviet delegate j I to the London disarms- j I 5 ment talks, yesterday I I neither accepted nor I I rejected the Western j I over-all Inspection pro- j I General opinion is j I that, even if
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