The Singapore Free Press, 19 August 1957

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    18 1 The Singapore Free Press X Malaya's Own Family Paper 1968- Singapore, Monday, August 19, 1957. Price 15 Cts.
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    A SHOW OF STRENGTH BY THE 'PHONE MEN
    304 1 A SHOW OF STRENGTH BY THE 'PHONE MEN Hundreds mass in Colony A MAJORITY of the 1,000 employees of the Singapore Telephone Board who have been on strike for the past 43 days gathered on both sides of Telephone House in Hill Street this morning in a show of strength
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    Lock icon TUNNEL TRAPS THREE
    82 1 riMIREE men were re- ported trapped in I a 5,000-foot tunnel under Lake Ontario, New York State, today, with water seeping in and the air supply running out. A premature explo- I sion caught eight I workers in the tunnel, which is part of a new I
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    Lock icon Army law Now in Syria?
    231 1 Army law Now in Syria? pEN. AFIF BIZRY, vl described as a cardcarrying Communist, took over Syria's army yesterday in what amounted to a coup d"e;a: and at once demanded that martial law be re imposed throughout the state. It iras lifted only a few weeks ago. Simultaneously, the Syrian
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    Lock icon TOWNSEND HOUNDED
    55 1 PETER TOWNSEND, Princess Margaret's former suitor, was hounded by a swarm of photographers on motorcycles until he drove out of Managua, Nicaragua, on Saturday headed for Costa Rica. Townsend's jeep's speedometer had clocked 53.740 kilometers (33.391 miles^ since he left Brussels for hU trip through Singapore. Australia. New
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    Lock icon B.O.A.C.'s Britannias for U.S.
    92 1 BRITISH Overseas Airways Corporation has agreed to give up four of the 18 long-range Bristol Britannia airliners it has on order to help British sales in the United States, the News Chronicle reported in London today. Earlier this month, it was reported that Bristola had asked
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    Lock icon FIVE KILLED
    23 1 A.P. Five persons, including one woman, were killed in Japan while mountainclimbing or swimming at the beach yesterday, police reported today
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    Lock icon Queen spends her holiday indoors
    52 1 Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are sulTerlng from slight throat Infections and have been advised to remain indoors. The Queen and her sister are spending their summer holiday at Balmoral With them are Prince Philip and the tw>> royal childr< n Prince Charlei and Princea
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    Rubber price
    30 1 September flr f grade rubber buyers f.o.b opened In Singapore thia mornlnfl at 03-' centi a i*> u !> threeeighth 01 a Cent On Friday's CIOM Thl tone WU
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    Why we will stay base for Britain
    171 2 Why we will stay base for Britain POLITICAL circles In the Colony were not surprised at the British Defence Minister. Mr. Duncan Sandys' assertion in Sydney that Singapore would remain Britain's main base in th€ Far East. The guarantee of facilities for maintaining and operating a base formed part of
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    AMERICAN PALS
    35 2 Malayans wishing to correspond with pen pals in America should contact American organisations arranging such exchanges direct and not write to the USIS office in Singapore, according to an American Consulate press statement.
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    JOINT EFFORT WITH BEST LEADERS
    406 2 JOINT EFFORT WITH BEST LEADERS Mr. Yap urges 4-year political truce in Singapore New sovereign state 'THE call for political unity at the tune of the next (General Elections to the Singapore Legislative Assembly issued by Mr, Van Pheng Geek, prominent Chinese banker and community leader, is being discussed by
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    KENG HUAS BLOOM FOR AN AMATEUR
    335 2 TWENTY-EIGHT keng X huas (bunga rajahs) la.st week bloomed in a garden in Cavenagh Road, Singapore watched by a select group of flowerlovers. Keng huas, introduced in Singapore in 1921, have been blossoming, in all their petalled glory, each month since August 1955, in
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    95 2 m F 5 f Itee1 teen "y ear 0 W Miss Mieko Sato, daughter of Mr H. Sato of the I»P*« iiJii«» .JS^u receivln fr °m K. Oyama, a box containing the bill worf k ?9n nan docuni t nts and a list of the 8«f Japanese fireworks Maru —at
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    Lock icon ALTRINCHAM HOME DEFACED
    231 3 ALT RIN CHAM HOME DEFACED Dripping yellow letters warn: Stop the attacks [JIGE yellow painted letters in front of the Homes of two lords who recently criticised Queen Elisabeth spelt out (his warning yesterday, lne attacks on our monarchy must cease —Empire Loyalists." if fSS tJSS™ v Were daub( 'd
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    47 3 Four-and-a-half year old Terry Ann Ross mea- sures herself against the screen's all-time favourite iiu actress Shirley Temple, represented here by a I life-size cut-oat of one of her screen roles. Little Miss Ross is featured in 20th Century-Fox's Cinema- Scope drama "THE THREE FACES OF EVE."
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    Lock icon Ancient poison kris stolen
    194 3 Police warns of death cut RARE, ornate dagger, its blade coated with poison, had been stolen from the Riverdale apartment of an Indonesian oilicial, New York P"li< -v said yesterday. r the burglary might havi been the work of th, police immediately l warning that a
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    Lock icon Deaths cloud wedding joy
    76 3 A WEDDING ceremony in Hanover, Jamaica, ended in mourning when the mothers of the bride and groom died during the reception. Newly-weds Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Beecher had cut the wedding cake when Mrs. Amy Beecher, 50, mother of the groom, became ill and was taken
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    Lock icon WORK BEGINS ON HELD-UP SHIPS
    51 3 The first of more than 12,000 London dockers who have been on strike for the last 11 days, holding up more than 100 ships, returned to work early today. Normal shift -work was expected to be resumed ai all London dock.s later in the day
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    Lock icon Operation Angel
    71 3 A UNITED STATES Air 1 V force helicopter IOU ercd a copper statue of flfl angel on to the top of the IBl'foot high steeple of Sallce'B 15th century church near Udinc, Italy, yesterday. The stalur, seven feel 10 Inches high end weighing 478 pounds was slung down
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    Lock icon Another US atom bang
    105 3 rpHE U.S. Atomic Energy A Commission exploded the 13th Nuclear weapon ot the current scries at the Nevada desert site yesterday. The usually bright orange flash that lingers over the area dusappearei in a matter of seconds. The initial momentary orange flash turned into bright purple
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    Lock icon Aga Khan's widow 'is depressed'
    36 3 The Begum Aga Khan, widow of the late Ago, Khan 111, is ill at her villa in Cannes, France. Members of her household said she is suffering from "nervous" depression." A.P.
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    The Singapore Free Press Opinion Why lower standards?
    238 4 The Singapore Free Press Opinion Why lower standards? r TOO often do we hear of requests and suggestions that the qualifying marks u-.v examinations should be lowered. In one instance it was suggested that 50 per cent, instead of the normal GO would be quite sufficient. It is, of course,
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    Pelham Groom
    984 4 I WRITES EVERY MONDAY I AST wet*k, someone in a Scottish Court thought fit to say that had Shakespeare's Juliet been alive today she would have been brought before a Children's Court and would have been lucky if she was only called a "problem child". That may be
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    BY THE WAY
    220 4  -  Beachcomber 1* A DVICE to gir X 77 A careful about 1.,^ 3tf&2°2 ftSjJ It broadens the i iet he. and a broad facj 1 vulgar. He added *J laughter is tth«J h ed that "nothins a silent a d f. ni simper shot Id eve?^ dulged
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    13 4 "The insurance company sent me ro |H A rd your w,f,', fur co.it!"
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    Tinned food ban: It is unjust'
    183 5 THE Singapore Private Markets Association is petitioning the Government and the City Council to lift the ban on the sale of tinned food in markets. The secretary of the association, Mr Goh York Slang, told the Free Press that they would shortly send a
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    Holiday air' on tap in Paris
    95 5 >.i!;uliere, a Paris restaurant, lias a new attraction for its patrons. Before or after >i»e can have a dose of "mountain iring a mask and breathing oxygen. in great i omfort on a couch for the sum of five dollars per hall hour. Afterwards,
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    MALAYA TO SEE NEW JAPANESE CARS
    309 5 Exhibits for X.L Merdeka show JAPANESE motor cars will be introduced to Malaya tor the firs t!m at the Merdeka celebrations in Kuala Lumpur at the end o is month, sman of the Japanese Consulate in told the Free Press that lour '•Land similar
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    Lock icon BOY DRIVER (9) HURTS FRIEND
    47 5 Japanese traffic police m Chiba City, near Tokyo. last night took into custody a nine-year-old boy who climbed into his father's car, drove ofT and run down his three-year-old playmate. The young victim who was seriously injured was taken to hospital. Reuter
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    Country schools planned
    128 5 Country schools planned TH E Singapore j Ministry of Edu- cation has announced plans for a number of schools in rural areas. The ministry said a Malay school had just i I been completed at the 15th mile, Sembawang Road. Others were be ins built or planned at Ayer Rajah
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    Lock icon Diving turret
    30 5 A diving turret for underwater explorations was successfully tos t o d at a depth of 2.132 feet, it was announced in La Snezia, Italy, yesterday. U .P.
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      18 5 [ADARY SHIRTS 1 i V i j i </ R^» I f V-ihrunk. f '> *uit every AGENCIES Sadary Shirts
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      316 6 3i'.'i"\i»ii"%Ki'i i»V ii^ i^tiik and ■•■■ii iiiavi* 7^\(SfS^*Vj t WHAT'S THE MAT IT RY I I SHOOT f<,V:k?HL HASyl,^^^ RHAL &CA-LF t"S?//^ 1 (I Jif NO6OPV'3SMCCrriM(& BACK REAL &17LLETS IN WHAT'S THE KNOW MOW (L^^" Trr\^'^''/ HEY- AT REX. r THEY'VE RUiKI£P J HIS GUN WE YUw MEANIN6 OP I
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    WIFE LEAVES THEN DRUG DOCTOR DIES
    307 7 WIFE LEAVES THEN DRUG DOCTOR DIES ,j,, time lovely, ash-blonde Ann iron ton her brilliant doctor husband she was ,i( of their horne for good. Wtl ier went their three-year-old daughter A Trouton usband, Dr. touton, 33-yvar- l t was dead. whose job was 1 md shape other was found
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    SCOUT DIED IN GLACIER TRAP
    224 7 SCOUT leader Alastair Mackenzie talked quietly with two boyt a^ he lay trapped 20 feet down In i glacier crevice. Gradually his strength failed. HU voice faded. And at dawn 32-year-old Mackenzie, the Scoutmaster in charge of the 15th Dagenham (Mar ley School) Sea Scout
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    VIVIEN LEIGH AND THAT HOLIDAY TRIP
    120 7 FjWMOUS actress Vivien Leigh wife of actor Sir Laurence Olivier, recently set off on a motoring holiday with her first husband, stock-broker Leigh Holman. iiiimmi m With them was their s 23-year-old daughter, Suzanne Holman. It is the first time that Vivien Leigh and
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      49 7 SINGAPORE Hid TIDES TODAI \i p.m. E TOMORROW 5.26 a.m. m. HI I NESDAY: 7.44 a.m. p.m. I>AY: 9.03 a.m. md i pmi 918 a.m. p.m. I>Al 10.26 b m 1 M 9 p m I 1 00 a m i> :n. s r a m m v m
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      126 7 Todays Radio Programme for Singapore 1 16 Keep 11 Bright; 1 w Time Signal and News; 1 40 The i Road to independence; i w Clifford Brown. 8 oo Children I Playtime; 830 Interlude i& Music 8.48 At the Hammond. 16 oo Programme Summary; G. 02 Women's II 'if Hour.
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    A SCHOOL BEHIND THE FOOTLIGHTS
    503 8  -  Peter followed by disappointment when it wjs found that Grandfather would not stay dead was the theme of the winning play at the third annual drama competition of the ACS. Theatre Club Held recently at the Lee Kuo Chuan Auditorium of the Anglo-Chmese School, Singapore,
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    Princess arrives on scene
    110 8 Princess arrives on scene A PRINCESS arrives! Miss Lenn Mci Ling of Form Six makes her appearance, abo^ve, as the Persian princess in the NamazieTan interpretation of "The Persian Market." The slaves are students of Form Four and Five when they are off-duty. The Namazie-Tan Inc. Persian princess is photographed
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    A smile of victory
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    Captured: by a Corsican
    93 9 Captured: by a Corsican ...Yes that's what <► appears to be happeni* ing to actor Peter Finch seen above enjoying <> the Corsican climate on location filming; for *> "Windom's Way." o And the young Cor- o <* sican who has cap- tured his heart is 4* Rosemary Barlolli o
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    NO FISH —BUT A LAMB
    76 9 NO FISH —BUT A LAMB When 74-year-old lobster fish* rman Mr. James Watt recently came sailing into wn-k harbour Scotland, in.s motor-boal contained nothing in it, hold but ft small, live lamb. Mr Watt >;iw H" 1 en at UM stranded on b rock and believei it, must have fallen
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    Gunman and a killer dine and wine in style
    358 9 Gunman and a killer dine and wine in style (QUESTS .sonic of them f millionaires at the live-star hotel did not know they lunched every Saturday with a convicted gunman. And no one at the luxury hotel suspected that, after a Shopping jaunt the gunman, with Whom they chatted in
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    THE LONG LOST LEGEND OF HOLLYWOOD—THE CITY THAT HAS CHANGED
    1040 10 THE LONG LOST LEGEND OF HOLLYWOOD THE CITY THAT HAS CHANGED m m i m Mm 9 Its a tough time for those stars of the old school =f The sensational "Confidential" and "Whisper" E E libel case now going on in America has turned E E the spotlight on
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    'GENIUS' IS A FAST WORKER
    163 10 'GENIUS' IS A FAST WORKER 4 NEW electronic brain which can solve problems up to fifty times faster than any j computer made In I Western Furope will I shortly he used to s|xed up Britain's New look" defence pr'i<(ramme. Known aa thr Ferrant] More .ry n will be used
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    ADMIRAL BLAKE HAD ONE FAILING
    137 10 4DMIRAL Robert Blake whose nth. century adventures on the high seas have stirred the Imagination of boy.s through the centuries had one falling he could not be bothered pay hi s sailors. This i.s revealed in an exhibition h Britain's National Maritime Museum tO mark
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    Skipper sails south —dry
    229 10 Skipper sails south —dry THE little trawl, r which last "^V n the N °rth s'a with her captain in his cabin, ha. Harwich, England She will be a dry n in ttu the rest of her \lJ month voyage N Zealand. w Her lockers were emptied of the 61
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    HIGH HEELS ARE GOOD FOR YOU
    234 10 E yv r OMEN can step out in their high heels with extra zip today. Here is a family doctor say- ing their shoes are medic- ally GOOD for the figure. Fashionable women have long been under attack in the medical Journals for distorting
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE SPOTLIGHT
    1435 11  -  Eastley BY.. i\ ir zeal for the preservation of those mdards of Chinese civilisation not in•us to Singapore, it is interesting to know liow the civil service of old China of, Ik Sung era, bear resemblance to ours of modern loiony. least one Singaporean, Mr. j. d. Duncandone
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    SOCIETY TO HELP DIABETICS NEEDED IN COLONY...
    1158 12 SOCIETY TO HELP DIABETICS NEEDED IN COLONY... s *i£ is: ™::s? fii: v:::: :i\::::::: r:: V I 2 IS! Si si k JI ,J S" ll'ii A SLJS .pa- iiSSfc.JL-sl_-!l i L H :::ii ■■■■■■SSSSSS" ..>;';Szs..«";;:;iii:;;;;;;»5i;;;«;;;;;;;;;i;;!i;;;;;v;-f;;;; > y-'''g;;;^^^s: \f Wong, a man of ;iboiil 10, was sent lo my surgery
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    'Tell me Doctor...'
    244 12 ]Vf R B. of Singapore E iT *writes: "I always seem to be suffering S from styes on my E eyelids. Could you E please tell me what E causes styes and what is the treatE ment? An individual who 5 suiters from styes off E and
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      346 12 ■■^HpiwpiMWMMBMM CLUES ACROSS ffIRH B^ H-5 fl fi B^ 9Hh Sid shlocl 1:1 tv ti:ls wa >' I^l d> IjJIIJI I 111 I I confused brawl introduces LhJ the rnniin IIS (11 ■SSI leB IBS ■Hi hßs 12 Sa!t on the claws 6 l -■5 R^l ff^l 1 Mostly periods
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    Balconies and lovers go well together...
    177 13 since "Romeo and Juliet" balconies a?id lovers seem to go rr s <> it's quite in order that British actor REX HARRISON bride, KAY KENDALL, should be pictured together on a < lf the "Twenty-One Club" in Hamilton, Bermuda. The couple were spending a
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    TOURISTS ARE SET FOR A BIG WIN
    611 14  -  F. SALAHUDIN Day's honours to Yatawara, Fernando, Laffir and Pieris THEY HOLD 76-RUN LEAD WITH FIVE WICKETS IN HAND By rpilF CEYLON cricket tourists arc set for big win in the opening match of their 'Malayan t«»ur against Singapore <>v the S. C.
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    Lock icon ANDERSON GETS FIRST U.S. TITLE
    106 14 MAL ANDERSON, thirdranked Australian, won his first U.S. grass court championship yesterday by beating Mike DKVies. England's No. 1. 4 6, 6 1, 6 4. I—f,, 6—2 in the final of the Newport Invitation Tournament final. Anderson wag erratic on occasions but his overall performance
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    21 14 COLZA (Omir) ginning the wientlcei raot from E«item Wl7 (lee) Mneeb <..ft (Kham.s) ajid Canton II (Maniam) at Kuala Lumpur SaturdaJ
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    Lock icon England team for final Test
    86 14 England's team for the final Test cricket match against th c West Indies at The Oval on Thursday will b e chosen from the following 12 players: P. B. May (Surrey, captain), T. E. Bailey (Essex), M. C. Cowdrey <Kent>, T. G. Evans (Kent-, T.
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    Lock icon START OF SINGAPORE'S COLLAPSE
    58 14 picture. m Allan Grindrod, Sin- gapore s opening bats- man, edged one oft" Alwis to Sonny Yata- I wara (extreme right) j I to start the Colony collapse. The other j batsman is John Martens. Behind the wicket are Ceylon's wicket-keeper and cap- tain, Fernando, Reid
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    New Zealander first in 57 miles road race
    234 14 WARWICK DALTON, one of the four-man New Zealand cycle racing team to the Merdeka Games at Kuala Lumpur next month, won a thrilling finish at yesterday's 57-mile Tour of Singapore. As Dalton was a guest rider, the first prize was awarded to
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    Lock icon A DOUBLE BY ALTHEA
    63 14 Miss Althe.i Gibson, the Wimbledon champion, won thp singles titlo In the Essex Women's Lawn Tenni.s Tournament at Manchester, Massachusetts. yesterday, beating Miss Loui.se Brouph 9-7, 6-4 in. the final. Miss OibSOn and Miss Darlen c Hard won the doubles championship with a 7-7. 7-5 Victory
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    Lock icon Kowloon Bus bed Siam 3-1
    112 14 THE Kowloon Motorba soccer team, of Hor.i Kong, scored the fourth lfc of the Siam tour yesterdaj against the Siam National side, which is to play :D Malaya's Merdeka GaBMI They won 3-1. Kowloon were not at ftj) best in the first half, an; could
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    Lock icon MERVYN ROSE WINS TITLE
    45 14 AUSTRALIA'S Ros r won the i^^ Internatio nal Tourn.'imont yi defeating Bud ;.j (U.S.) 5-7. 12 1 and 6-4. v( Th> match Ifl and a half tiOV watched by 5,000 Roses win was to his cannon I and powerful d A.P.
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    HOBB'S HORSES OUT IN FORCE
    396 15 ALLAN LEWIS reports this m < fPorrs^this mornings tast work at H.Q. The Ringer and Sir franc is do best work HOBBS'S TRAINEE horses were the onl\ "s to take advantage of the good roing <>n the second 'nuk it Bukit Timah [\u< morning. The
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    Mawi's jockeyship decides 2 races
    816 15 4BDUL MAWI was A in «reat form at Kuala Lumpur on I Saturday when he rode a winning double Binso and Miss Harmony. Mawi's cleveiand heady riding was the main factor in each horse's win. Bingo put up a cood performance to win' the main
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    SEVEN FOR YOUR SHORT LIST
    235 15 By ALLAN LEWIS HORN IS seen out at (ho Kuala Lumpur meeting that should he worth following are: SUNNY LAD: Won COB. vincingly over 5! 2 f. OH the second day. Looked a bit above himself, so there is plenty of room for improvement. A
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    Lock icon CARL OLSON SUFFERS KNOCKOUT DEFEAT
    165 15 CARL OLSON SUFFERS KNOCKOUT DEFEAT OAT MCMUKTKY. a pro--1 mi.smg yinmK heavyI weight knocked out Carl <Bobo> Olson, former world middleweight champion, in the .second round of their scheduled 10-round outdoor fight at Portland, Oregon last night. b Before the crowd had hardly settled in their .seats. McMurtry lashed out
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    Lock icon BREAKS A LEG
    35 15 Frank Blunstone. the England and Chelsea out-side-left, broke a le^ at Amsterdam yesterday "during the soccer match between Chelsea and the Dutch First Division club. Ajax. Chelsea won the match 4-2. Reuter
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    83 16 The American representative of the Dale Car- I negie courses. Mr. Novell Brickcll left Singapore for I the United States over the weekend with his wife. Jane and his eight year-old daughter. Pam. T Mr Brickell who came to Singapore two months ago to conduct the successful leadership courses told
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    Lock icon Milk from music
    78 16 RED China's cows are producing more milk on a diet of soft, sweet music, Peking Radio reported on Saturday. The broadcast, quoting the official People's Daily, said farmers in the Shansi Province boosted output after reading about musical experiments tried out in Indonesia. Daily average yields went
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    22 16 2D Words $H (minimum). CHUA: To Florence Sumei and Choo Lim at K.K. Hospital on 17 8.57, B daughter. Both well.
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    82 16 rpWO German climbers and possibly a third and three Italian Alpine guides were last night stranded In a blizzard high on the sheer south face of the 10,860 feet Mamolada Peak in the Italian Alps with no hope of moving until late today. The Germans, trapped
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    363 16 Frantic phone call by Churchill's son-in-l ay Overdose of sleeping pills blamed 4 NTHONY BF\LTH\MP t husband of Sir >\ uiston I tiurcnili 6 aciiA ress daughter Sarah, was found dead yesterday in his apartment overlooking Hyde Park. Police blamed an overdose of sleepPolice rushed to
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    107 16 NOT SO NOISY JETS A US. Government agency reporting on the future of civil jet aviation has decided it is not going to be as noisy as you may think. A report by the Civil Aeronautics Administration yesterday urged the public not to pre-judge civil jet airliners of the future
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    126 16 DENNIS HAMILTON tIAS started B million dollar action against Confidential magazine for an article entitled, "What Diana Dors Never Knew About Her Ever-Loving Husband," the Daily Sketch reported yesterday. The muscular 32-year-old husband of the bosomy British film star angrily told Sketch interviewers,
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    49 16 Ceylon's Deputy Minister of Finance. Senator C. Wijesinghe. said yesterday a Red China-Ceylon trade barter pact has been agreed on in principle. Under the pact. Ceylon would supply China with coconut oil and rubber in exchange for coal. Senator Wijesinghe said. A.P.
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    55 16 EDINBURGH: IT'S FESTIVAL TIME The 11th Edinburgh International Festival Music and Drama opened yesterday. During the next three weeks more than 2.0 M artists will take part in 166 performances. Thirty plays will be presented. Present* tion of films was started last night with the world premiere of the British
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