The Singapore Free Press, 18 February 1958

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press
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    21 1 The Singapore Free Press \hi!a\a's Own Family Paper [We ir» 1 1 1 Si"^* >«•**• Tuesday February 18. 1958, Priee 15 Its.
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    A 'cracker war' rages —40 hurt
    278 1 A 'cracker war' rages —40 hurt NHINESE NEW YEAR revellers fought allV night cracker "wars" in several parts of tfngapore last night. They are still at it. Some t the olflt'i residents described the noise as the budest in their experience. So far about 40 people have sought treattun* at
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    STRANGLED WOMAN SCRATCHED KILLERS
    236 1 STRANGLED WOMAN SCRATCHED KILLERS II lAD AM Nar Soon Tene 171 above 30-year-old mother or seven who was pang) tl to death on Sunay evening, left Singapore Wlce vita] clue, which may the capture of her She'waa left to die on a ""Path near her 1!1 Kampong cie t thr
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    Lock icon Busby not told
    31 1 Doctors decided at Munich yesterday not to tell Manchester United manager Matt Busby yet that seven of his players died in the air crash on February 6. Reuter
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    They stand by Sukarno
    25 1 A STATEMENT from the Indonesian Consulate (General this morning said: "The Indonesian Consulate.General fn Singapore is still under the Jakarta Government".
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    New Year stroll on Esplanade
    51 1 These Singapore beauties were in happy mood when out for a Chinese New Year stroll along the Esplanade. The girls in the sleek figure-fitting cheongsams are (from left) Misses Trixie Lee, Doreen Bligh, Daisy Szeto and Freida Chiang. The Free Press wishes all it Chinese
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    SUPPORT IS MOUNTING, SAY REBELS
    248 1 SUPPORT IS MOUNTING, SAY REBELS A happy New Year SUPPORT for the rebel Indonesian "government" from the Celebes and from Atjeh, in Northern Sumatra, was indicated in Padang, Central Sumatra, according to radio messages monitored in Singapore iast night. Lt.-Col. D. J. Somba. military commander of North and Central Celebes,
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    IKE HITS HARD AT KHRUSHCHEV
    561 2 begin to tvonder if §ye can get anywhere 9 hint to 3Mr. B m PRESIDENT EISENHOWER, in bit letter de- livered to Russian Prime Minister Nikolai Boiganin In Moscow yesterday, was sharply critical of Soviet attacks against Tinted States policy. Mr. Eisenhower was especially critical
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    Lock icon OPPOSE ANY QUIT PLAN
    38 2 SUPREME allied commander GeiL Kauris Norstad called on the western powers in Paris yesterday to reject any plan fur the withdrawal of allied or communist troops from Furope if it weakens ♦he west. U.P.
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    SEX KITTEN-'I ATE MUSSELS'-SCOTCHES THAT SUICIDE STORY
    100 2 SEX KITTEN-'I ATE MUSSELS'SCOTCHES THAT SUICIDE STORY »*«*.7 ■i< i3'. v Him siar I Brigitte Bardot, seen I alone on a brief holi- I da y in Italy, laughed I away rumours that she I tried to commit suicide I recently. "1 love living far too much to ever want
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    Lock icon A terrible new menace can be seen'
    76 2 A terrible new menace can be seen' more than merely to talk I about the menace resulting j from what you described as 'the production of ever newer types of weapons/ let jus actually do what even now would importantly reduce the scope of nuclear warfare, both in terms of
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    Lock icon New U.S. envoy
    29 2 The U.S. senate yesterday confirmed president ELseiv hower's nomination of Mr Everett F. Drumright to be ambassador to Nationalist China. He succeeds Karl L Rankln. U.P.
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    Lock icon M.P. IN VICTORIA'S REIGN
    88 2 V'^wuM I'/llvlHKKr. who was a Member of Parliament in Queen Victoria's reign, died at Crediton, Devon, yesterday i> Red «M Ills death will mean a parliamentary by-election, for his son, Mr. George Lambert, who sneered* to the title, is a member of the House of Commons
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    Lock icon Excellent, declares the West
    76 2 Excellent, declares the West spokesman l>r, considers i M am 5 Eisenhower's i, ?^f 1 Soviet Premier £1 to ■to ".in e,Ste "Britain vv( with h, JK]3S| !ls^ me Soviet B TSSI en abandon i»nd accusation J^n with the West |J I seeking solutions I *5« P/essing ttoi^* erilational lt!
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    Lock icon They're not political footballs
    120 2 They're not political footballs MR. CAMERON COBBOLD Governor oi the Bam Of England. warned agaii I treating the bank's part-time director as a "political foot bail." jHe was referring, at the annual dinner in Londoc of the Overseas Bankers Club, to opposition Labour Party criticism of the bank's practice of
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    Munich disaster survivors leave
    129 3 Service in Loaaion for the victims MANCHESTER UNIT. ED uir disaster survivors Bill Foulkes and Harry Gregg are seen in the Popper picture i above on their way home from Munich by wain, with them is Initeds deputy manaS er Mr Jim Murphy. In London yesterday
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    Lock icon 'AN EVEN CHANCE NO HUMAN WILL EXIST 40 YEARS FROM NOW'
    248 3 'AN EVEN CHANCE NO HUMAN WILL EXIST 40 YEARS FROM NOW' EARL RUSSELL, the philosopher, declared in London last night that it was an "even chance" whether any human being would exist 40 years from now. He was speaking at a i crowded meeting organised by the Campaign for Nuclear
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    Lock icon They plan peace visit
    49 3 A United States pacifist organisation called "Nonviolent Agtion Against Nuclear Weapons", announced yesterday that, it was seeking to send representatives to both Britain and the Soviet Union to protest against further nuclear tests The announcement did not say when the team might bo sent. Reuter
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    Lock icon SWING TO RED BLOC IF U.S. RAISES BARS TO TRADE
    312 3 SWING TO RED BLOC IF U.S. RAISES BARS TO TRADE llflß. SINCLAIR WEEKS, the IT American Secretary of Commerce, said yesterday that some countries might be forced to turn towards the Communist world if the U.S. placed restrictions on its overseas trade. Mr. Weeks, testifying before the Ways and Means
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    Lock icon Margaret's guard doubled? Yard silent
    122 3 Margaret's guard doubled? Yard silent BUCKINGHAM PALACE M3 m and Scotland Yard declined comment yesterday on a Press report that Princess Margaret's personal guard had been doubled because of anonymous threats against her life. Printed letters The Daily Sketch said that printed letters had been handed over to Scotland Yard's
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    Lock icon A premier quits
    31 3 Mr. R. S. Garfield Todd, Prime Minister of southern Rhodesia, formally tendered the resignation of himself and his cabinet to the Governor, Sir Peverill WilliamPowlett, last night. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 1958. Opinion A MAJOR PROBLEM
    221 4 The Singapore Free Press TUESDAY, Feb. 18, 1958. Opinion A MAJOR PROBLEM rpODAY, by far the greater percentage of the citizens of j Singapore will be celebrating the beginning of a New Year. It will be an important year for Singapore for. before it is over, lull .self-government will have
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    A YOUTH S DILEMMA
    1020 4  -  Cha Yak-tai ;.v.v.v. i iV.v.ViV. i .v.vt#jy He came IIOIH6 A STRANGER Mr. Cha is 25. He was a teacher but, j n his J own words, "wanted to further myself acad i mically and to broaden my outlook." He saved i up, gave up his
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    The star who walks
    228 4  -  MICHAEL RUDDY From IT WAS freezing cold in Topeka, Kansas, and in the well-kept grounds of Menninger Foundation, Gene Tierney a long dark mink coat held tightly to her, moved quickly over the snow-covered lawns under the stars. Gene was taking her nightly stroll "just part
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    Big-time tovacco smugglers are lying low
    270 5 Big-time tovacco smugglers are lying low 1 1 J -SS CHANCE OF KSiAPE i\OW [IONSTANT patrols and the acquisition of more speed boats by customs I men tiave driven big-time cigarette smugglers from Singapore's sea a spokesman of the Customs Department said formerly the smugglers used to attempt landings of
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    52 5 I Pretty Miss Meera t- Mitra. 19, a student of A I the Netaji Hindi Hitjh < School, dancing a clas- < sical item at a concert i I when certificates to >- successful students of < Jan examination were p presented. Mr. D. McLellan, the < Director of Education.
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    KIRKMAN OFF TO VISIT ST. JOHN BRIGADE IN K.L.
    38 5 KIRKMAN OFF TO VISIT ST. JOHN BRIGADE IN K.L. I,;; Commissioner-in- ol the St. John Am Uilanf 'c Brigade Maior Jenprai t m wri lv ujor or Knoi I Klrkm *n. left ft I,™ day on Feb. 24
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    Lock icon Army axe 3,199 officers, N.C.O.s
    39 5 j and .senior v!.; ;nssionod officer* feu 2 !1 -^1 from the be V'; 1 in KB yoar V,,, (r Ull; April, the ln aZ. [-^Hiaru-los follow n J n K nvoral Mreneth, Reuter
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    Hindus to observe two birthdays
    29 5 The birthday celebration-, of Sri Ramakrishna and Swam! Vivekananda will beheld at the Sri Ramakrishna Temple in Bartley Road Singapore, on Thursday and Sunday.
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    Lock icon SOVIET MINISTER IN ROME
    45 5 Nikolai Firubin, Soviet deputy foreign minister, arrived in Rome yesterday by plane from Paris on his way to Malaya where he will attend a conference next month on the economic development of A.sian countries. He was accomoanicd by three officials. Reuter
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    27 5 Mr Amos William Dawe, Jr., and his bride, formerly Miss Angela Chan Ah May, after their wedding at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. Singapore, at the
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    BIG Y.W.C.A. DRIVE FOR FUNDS
    140 5 >T«HE Singapore Y.W.C.A. has launched a campaign to raise $35,000 to finance its activities this year. Organisers of the cam- paign are Mrs:\ Martha Holdridge and Mrs. Shufen Khoo. A spokesman told the Free Press "The association needs at least $1,500 a month to carry
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    Lock icon 'BREAK DISARM DEADLOCK' PLEA
    32 5 Indian Defence Minister, Mr. V. K. Krishna Menon, yesterday appealed to the United States and Ru.ssia to come together to break the deadlock over disarma- tnent. Re uter
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    North Borneo federation call is welcomed
    116 5 North Borneo federation call is welcomed rpHE suggestion of a federation of the three North Borneo territories by the Governor of North Borneo, Sir Roland Turnbull, has been warmly welcomed by several sections of the people in Jesselton. This was shown in a radio survey made during the past few
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    ISLANDERS -NO MOVE YET BY GOVT.
    152 5 ISLANDERS -NO MOVE YET BY GOVT. 1 rpHE Singapore Immigra i i tion Department \i waiting for mure appli cations for entry permits from people reported to be stranded in Indonesia to come in before sending out a team of officers to investigate their cases. These people -about 160 of
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    Lock icon UK-US base pact
    21 5 The signing of the AngloAmerican missile bases agreement may take place today officials said in Washington yesterday. Reuter
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      85 5 "MAGIC" INSTANT COFFEE > Travellers aboard 8.0.A.C. airliners have, for many years, J > enjoyed with every satisfaction Hie exquisite flavour of < J "MOCAFINO" instant Coffee. < > Sole Agents: EASTERN MERCANTILE TRADERS < >^^v>vs^3yi^Os!fe>^J Box 1959 Spore. Tel: *****. < 142 YEARS of experience jQ^^^^S IN WATCHMAKING y^SSsP^n)
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      48 6 I MUCH MORE FLAVOUR j LESS NICOTINE J For the first time filter tip i smokers are getting what thry want... much more flavour and aroma with much ess S nicotine. After the first few J puffs from an L a w^ THisVrn j ""IJ^ 11 Crushproof, Refful
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      250 6 jEipF"ii"\U V iii: by Sydney Jordan THE EVIL TAU99AK AKIO UIS LIEUTENANT f \f. TAUBAK MOLOS THE v" v THE OLD ONES AS A REMINDER OF THEIR PLAKJET WITM TMfi WEAPONS A GGSATNF.SS AA/O SKILL JEFF HAWKE WVMICM TME OLD OWES +^*W> AND PGINCESS TALA'S FOLLOWERS. V LEFT TMECE wBT
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      454 6 OORN today, you are hiyhi 1 13 emotional and are apt to S your feelings, frankly and open v I Experience will show you when I! i is best to give a matter careful cni deration and when you can ri I taking that calculated risk hau e i] rt
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      182 7 LONDON, Feb. 17. Previous Today 1,.,!; W 1 KSS Cit I,, mi- P«HI »«l» 22", buyers 22 7 d buyers 23 sellers u sellers Marco 22 i buyers 22 r a buyers 23 sellers 23 sellers ■Mil KNo I K^S Spal 22 T s buyers 22 a
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      New York prices
      97 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 17. Previous Today 93.37 nom. 93.25 nom. Straits spot future-. 92.00 buyers 92.37 buyers its Contract March 93.00 sellers 9312 sellers 91.62 buyers 92.00 buyers May 92 62 sellers 92.75 sellers SALES: Nil. JF: Steady. 26.00 buyers 26.15 buyers IBER: Futures March 26.10 sellers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      30 7 NEW YORK. Feb. 17. rrr set as? F aUr °ads 107.70 107.01 fromestic Bonds 88 87 88 82 ptflWM 72.05 72.12 >t<Kk s Composite Averages.. 151.92 151.31
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      U.S. PEPPER
      53 7 filabar I impong qx>t, awaiting a.se and afloats 24; Malabar I■' hipmeni l>4. Laming Puary .shipment 23Vi. &vra!i. awaiting release 23' 2, afloats and February shipment unqgoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 33. afloats 32 1 2. February shipment 32. sellers ex-dock. Aoove prices Quoted in U.S.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      87 7 PRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K./ o'tli European ports delivered rouht i*' r '«>•■? ton Feb. /Mar ZL? TAiis Cit U.K./North jropean p<, r t s delivered [«*M per leng ten Feb. March March April gjNUT Ott crude Straits BSSiSPXirL^ LONDON. Feb. 17. Previous Today $189 sellers $189
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    NEW HOUSING AUTHORITY LEGISLATION READY SOON
    232 7 NEW HOUSING AUTHORITY LEGISLATION READY SOON T«HE new Housing Authority, which is to take over the functions of the Singapore Improvement Trust and will be the Government's main agency for development programmes, may come into being by the end of this year. The Free Press understands that the Government has
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    43 7 Lieut. Lopez of the Ist Bn., Federation Regiment, helps his bride, the former Miss Margaret Nancy Yeow, to cut their wedding cake at a reception after their marriage in Malacca. The bridegroom is the tWird son of Mr. W. B. Lopez of Singapore.
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    353 pictures for S'pore show
    406 7 the last two years th? same set of photographs portraying "the best parts of the country," and were bashful to enter any ex hlbitions this year as the pictures were a little stale now. As for Red China, he added the standard was ver* very
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    Lock icon U.K. textile show biggest ever
    36 7 Diplomats from 50 countries attended yesterday's opening of Britain's textile show in London, the largest ever held there. Men's wear, household textiles, carpets and cloth all British are on view. Reuter
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    Lock icon U.K.-Egypt talks to be resumed
    35 7 U.K. -Egypt talks to be resumed Anglo-Egyptian finance talks are to be resumed "in about a week's time," Mr. David Ormsby-Oore, Minister of State at the Foreign Office, told the House of Commons yesterday. Reuter
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    SHIPS AT BASE
    20 7 Ships in the Singapore Base arc: Modest' 1 Uert, Newcastle, Mount*Say, Waramunge, Andrew md St. Bride's B;iy.
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      123 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 10.35 a.m. and 11.45 p.m TOMORROW: 11.11 a.m. THURSDAY: 0.08 a.m. and 11.46 a,m. FRIDAY: 0.30 am and 12.21 p-m. < SATURDAY: 0.53 a.m. and 12.54 p.m. SUNDAY: 1.18 a.m. and < 1.28 p.m. MONDAY: 1.44 a.m. and 2.04 p.m. Today's Radio Programme 1.15 p.m. Lucky
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    Hoist that Jolly Roger!
    302 8 Captain Dan Tempest the second, and as bold a bunch of pirates as you could meet, raided the Port of London during one week-end recently. Undetected by patrols they seised a barge near Tower Bridge wharf. They had their cutlasses at the ready but met no
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    Canal trips on those floating classrooms
    155 8 Canal trips on those floating classrooms MORE tlmii 4,000 A? hr;i f masters have been (old that floating classrooms are to b«' run this spring on canals and rivers round London. titty seat converted nar row boats have been fitted with loud speakers so that pupil, can hear their, tea
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    UNKNOWN
    301 8 WHEN Bert King left the Divorce Court after getting a decree nisi against his second wife, the first thing he did was to send a telegram to the woman he married 41 years ago. It let her know he would soon be free to marry her again. At his
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    75 8 TWO-SEVENTHS of all makers, the "Tempt! spec t ion. Trombonist Xormai Innes. drums (right belo "Normally we are oo their leader, convenor lemnly explaining the bers. "But lately we are "We have four art! Printing man. someone ll a gentleman of leisure v can only afford to play i
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  • THE PAPER WITHIN A PAPER Eve
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      10 1 THE PAPER WITHIN A PAPER Eve Tuesday, February 18, 1958.
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      A toast to Lady Dorothy!
      417 1 A toast to Lady Dorothy! HllllfCJlflflflllilM aiUHllllCJllllllllilUC3illlllllllllCJlimillHHCatllllHUl^ j PREMIER'S WIFE MEETS I j CITY COUNCILLORS j ft^ TOAST to Lady Dorothy Macmillan! She fices the world with such good humour 1~ -one os the wife of Britain's Prime Minister mhz musi hsve much to try her patience. her nusoana m
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      It's hard work but keep it... ...UNDER YOUR HAT
      132 2 It's hard work but keep it... ...UNDER YOUR HAT THEY SAY THAT A WOMAN'S HAIR IS HER CROWNING GLORY TRUE MAYBE, BUT SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK THAT HATS ARE. •TOO In the top picture a beautiful mannequin looks delightfully into the camera a click and her enchanting impression is
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      PUT WARMTH INTO YOUR ICE CREAM
      366 2 PUT WARMTH INTO YOUR ICE CREAM \YHATEVER the climate in which a person liv^s, \a here ls .no clos e season for the world's coldest confection— unless, of course, you are one of those rare individuals who dislike ice-cream. h..f ?fu be y U have a weak «ess for ice-cream,
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      35 2 The new soda smooth lines mok look" and i& tlm summer teams ij "Sack" in 1955. Thi in m Tulle, in called "tt because it requirel Below arc tuo: JJ" "square" look. .Vo!; ■"■V.V.-.W.V.Vi
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      Not a waist to be seen—but lots of leg
      713 3  - Not a waist to be seen but lots of leg JOY MATTHEWS By ►vIOR-TRAINED Pierre Cardin, aged 33, plantt his standard firmly and truly in the big fashion battle of Paris which began recently. His whole collection was a dazzle of colour, and there was hardly a waist to be
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      ARE' LOOK
      41 3 Paris has had the t c this "square s\ ;or the spring and Simko, creator of the m s 5 Id silk covered with ?,,7 termed "economical" mall amount of material. the sack dress with the msed back. •V.V.V.V.V-Vl
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      Lots of sacks
      277 3 to say for certain what Englishwomen will be wearing this year. GUY LAROCHE gave no reprieve at his saloi for the faint-hearted who invested in the full skirts and fitted waists this year hoping they would last them for years. There were plenty of sacks, boxey suits
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      Girl who made Paris stare
      57 4 IyOKKKKK in fashion conscious Paris stop work (LEFT) to express their admiration for this model from London as she walks out In a suit with the new short skirt line. And they would have whistled even louder If they had khown that year-old Hazel (iraemeni
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      FORWARD, WIVES WHO SAY 'MONEY COMES SECOND'
      347 4  - FORWARD, WIVES WHO SAY 'MONEY COMES SECOND' JOHN LAMBERT By WtlfcN a man, at 44, gives up a jm)JMk,»ou-a- week job to begin a new career what attitude should his wile take? That is what I wondered yesterday when l met a woman culled Julie Cardiff. She Is 40, attractive,
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      COTTON IS NOW IN SNOR CLASS OF FABRIC WORLD
      386 4 COTTON IS NOW IN SNOR CLASS OF FABRIC WORLD \[''> mote ii cotton to be the "poor relation" of the fabric world. This yc:ir will see it beat the best Of the .snob class materials by Its versatility and wearability. Its rise In .status has been meteoric. Once it was
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      Lock icon Oxygen revires the complexion
      109 4 WOMEN in Johannesburg arc being otTered a now aid to beauty. The claim is that oxygen, applied internally and externally. can revive tired complexions and give them a new glow of vitality and youth. Four steps aro used in the oxygen treatment. The first is a
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      UNKNOWN
      57 9 j you she fcaid: i know. 1 I Well, I was j, wouldn't mind „t together And she said: eady as soon as you So thai was fixed. had to ask for ci »c over here on dep grounds alh Blanche herself parried someone else ago, w we ran
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      The Seamaster
      52 9 This is the T.S. Navy's latest jet seaplane PbM Martin Seamasler— a 600 m.p.h. mine- I layer which has recently been undergoing high speed trials at low altitudes. The seaplane, which pan also be used for I photographic reconnaissance carries a crew of four and weighs 160,000 pounds.
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      AG JAZZ MEN STRIKE UP THE BAND
      187 9 AG JAZZ MEN STRIKE UP THE BAND group of jazz music ren" invite your mill below, and Brian c seven" said Brian, ussion virtuoso, soiscrepancy in num. nv over the eight. a London School of oyal School of Music, irking man me. We > nights a week, but a boat.
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      FLASHNIK' WAS A HOAX
      160 9 I It UHU dark and lonely OH Mitch am Common near London in the early hours, when Police Constable Hurst $QW a i atranyc, flushing light in the niuht sky. Cautioush/ he apI proached to Investigate and found a tuo-fee.t long cylinder uith a I flushing
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        216 10 REPARATIONS HAVE OPENED DOOR OF S-EA TO JAPANESE A MESSAGE in the London Financial Times stated that Japan's drive to improve "economic co-operation" with the nations of SouthEast Asia is attaining unexpected successes despite initial chilly responses in Asia and the I nited States. "The Ki.shi plan tor an Asian
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        85 10 r SMIt: Ford Foundation i JL has announced in New York grants of U5*2,233,000 to aid in development of small I Industries in India. The grants to the I Indian Ministry of Commerce and Indus- try provide U551,280,000 i for machinery and equipment. U*****,000 for salaries
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        113 10 U.S. FORCES IN KOREA WILL STAY-DULLES MR JOHN FOSTER DULLES. U.S. State Secretary, said in Washington that the United States did not plan i^ny ffurther material reductions of United Nations forces in South Korea, which were mostly American troops. This announcement was made in connection with Red China's call for
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        22 10 The Philippines Government has approached the U.S. Government tor the purchase ot 100.000 metric tons of rice from America.
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        59 10 SIAM'S film actresses are making a lively contribu- j tion towards creating goodwill for their country by happily taking part in functions honouring foreign j visitors. Here popular film star Amara Asavanont plays j her role as a member of a welcoming committee, garlanding passengers as
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        119 10 Nehru's call to the Afghans pRIME MINISTER Jawaharlal Nehru said that greater co-operation and collaboration in all matters between India and Afghanistan urns essential to safeguard freedom of the tivo countries and preserve peace in Asia and the world. Mr. Nehru spoke at a riinc reception in New Delhi honouring
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        110 10 CIO M MI! N IST North Vietnam has been i experiencing a period of drought, one of the most serious since the signing of the 1954 armistice agreements Peking Radio reported. The radio said that President Ho hi-rninh has appealed ti> peasants and ••"M-i'iv to
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        201 10 GLIMPS TEYLON is to up permanent a ((;nii( energy committee S keep a watching brier on develop merits in nuclear power. lh€ committee, which wr include scientists and officials of the Nations Planning Council wii draw up a programme for the development of
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        212 10 U.N. AID TO SPEED UP TRANSPORT IN THE ORIENT WITH the growth of industries and expansion of agriculture, most governments of Asia and the Far East have been attaching increasing importance to the development of rapid and economic means of transportation, says a report by the UN economic commission for
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        51 10 Tokyo Foreign Minister Aiichiro Fujiyama told the Diet that Japan would "positively assert" Its stand against South Korea's Rhee (fishery restriction) and the Soviet closure o» Peter the Great Bay ftt tj cominfc United N i conference in Gono^ the l:iw Of the sea
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      407 11 Disaster looms: Why Rhee said yes to A-weapons TIIK greatest need today is for a realistic laying of the great disaster that may come at any moment. 11 In these words, South Korean Presided Syngman Rhee exDiained why all but aione among tn c atom -shy leaders of L ia
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      43 11 CHIANG ISLES NEW YEAR ALERT Nationalist garrisons on the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu have been put on the alert without leave during the Chinese New Year holidays. This followed gunfire exchange.; in the last few days across the Formosa Strait.— Reuter
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      157 11 MR. KRISHNA MENON, India's Defence Minister, declared in Bombay that a solution of the Kashmir issue rested with Pakistan, while great responsibility also rested with the United Nations. Mr. Menon was addressing a meeting, held under the auspices of the newly- formed Kashmir
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      67 11 MR. Saichi Kaneshi, leftwing mayor of Nah-i who wants immediate with drawal of United State; forces from Okinawa, has strongly denied allegations that he was a communist Mr. Kaneshi, who campaigned for office on a "reunite with Japan" plat form, said he planned to send
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      169 14 WOLVES v. BOLTON IN F.A. CUP II r OLVER HA M PTON Wanderers, leaders of the English first division! have one ol the hardest ties in the quarter- f inal.i ol the fa. cup, the draw lor which wa.s made last night in London. Wolves, chasing the double of Cup
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      72 14 rMMY ROMULO. Filipino lightweight, made an auspicious Australian debut in Sydney last night, knocking out Russell Sands, a contender for the Australian title, in the seventh round. It was one of the most v.cious fights seen at the Sydney Stadium for many years. Sands was down
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      46 14 five million swimming pool picture. This is the swimming pool which will be used during the Empire Games in Cardiff, Wales, in July. Now nearing completion, it measures 165 feet by 60 feet with depths from three feet to 16 feet Probable cost: M 55,120,000. Fox
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      61 14 JAN JOE HOCK, Inr donesia's number one badminton player, retained his singles title in the East Indian championships yesterday in Calcutta He beat his compatriot Eddy Yusuf 15-10, 15-9 in the final. Gajanan Hemmady and Vikram Bhat, of India, won the doubles,
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      113 14 rE Seletar Cycle Racing Club and the Changl Cycling Club are organising extra time trial meets. These events will be held every Wednesday a distance of 10-miles starting from Tampenis Road, Singapore at 5.30 p.m.— the first to be held tomorrow. An official of the Change C.C.,
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      21 14 Distillery and Ards drew one-all in an Irish League soccer match playett unde; floodlights last night in Belfast. Reuter
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      458 14 Wing-three scored 55 points in one rugby match -AND THE SELECTOR OVERLOOKED HIM! WILLY FRY never won an International "cap," but he holds a rugby football record which has stood for 25 years and is not likely to be surpassed. quarter of a century ago, as a schoolboy, playing for
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      425 14 Improve your tennis with these final pointers to good play Says DAN I MASKELL The famous English coach MANY PEOPLE iTI ASK ME "WHAT OTHER TIPS CAN YOU OFFER?" Most of them were astonished at the improvement in their play now that they are positioning themselves to take the ball
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        213 14 MlM^ I 111 I CLUKS ACROSS 4 A lad turns up to meet It 1 Trap ape this way (7). upside down (5). 5 Seat of authority (5). 5 Cries lost in the quadrangles 8 Ted and Rene confused (9) went in (7>. 6 Ideas shaken up (5). 9 I
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        629 15 MISS HARMONY SHOULD WIN IN CLASS FOUR My, HAKiVIOW, HJf ri winne B should tak< if 4 Div< 1 7I X i highe M her las [think tin ill bi bettei l< w her I the i rain IB as Is H I ove H' \^i ond t< B- n
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        981 15 Amusement Park gets light treatment in the handicaps ALLAN LEWIS REVIEWS PROSPECTS FOR TOMORRmm -1 THESE HORSES WON'T START! TOMORROW Following horses will not start tomorrow:- I E Courtier, M o vie I E House 11, On Parole, E Cayman, Tootle, Eve- lyn, ami Hurry Hurry. U. 1 Div. 1-6
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        297 15 \IAI,AY MI.M 11. Tootle a Colombia. Stem, Jara and Bvelyn can all be gives winning chances in the dasa 4 niv. 2 race ovex 7P\ Ma-iay film ii was promoted to this dan for i>i.s last two wins over one mile at Penang In Dcffmhor
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        245 15 Monitor in winnning track spin TODAY'S GALLOPS Monitor (Jobs on), who i.s probably the dangei to Amusement Park In the Henggler Memorial trophy tomorrow at k.1., was the most impressive worker this i morning when he easily disposed of three In 36 J/5 in th€ centre oi the number two
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      293 16 TLMiVi'T lias laid claim to an area of Northern J Sudan and Egyptian troops are on the way to the area, the Sudanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Mohamed MahgOUb, stated in Khartoum last night. The Sudanese Council of Ministers met yesterday and decided
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      28 16 West German Chancellor Adenauer may visit Britain in the near future to smooth ruffled Anglo-German rela- 1 tions, diplomatic sources said in London yesterday U.P.
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      43 16 picture. tilm star Elizabeth Taylor and her film producer husband sight-seeing in Athens, during their recent visit there for the premiere of Mike's film "Around the World in Eighty Days" which is now showing in Singapore. Behind them is the famous Acropolis. Popper
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      58 16 General Nuri es Said, former Iraqi prime minister, unexpectedly left London last night by air for Bagdad. According to a usually well informed source he may form a strong comprehensive coalition government of national unity to carry through the measures consequent on last Saturday's creation of
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      57 16 Jordanian positions opened f)r<. on an Israeli P')llc van n<>ar Tulkarm yesterday, an Israel army spokesman said In jrrusalem. Th r spokesman snld tho Jordanians opened fire with machine guns and rifles. The police returned the flre and continued their journey, he said. There wer 0
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      279 16 Now Tunisia seeks U.N. discussion of Algerian 'war' rpUNISIA last night exA panded the complaint she submitted to the Security Council after the French bombing of Sakiet village, she asserted that International peace and security could not be settled unless the whole- problem of the "Algerian war" were discussed. Handed
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      268 16 Mr. Ascoli is dead: Rubber trade leader rpJIK death was announced in London A of Mr. Frank Ascoli, m&aging dM Dunlop Plantations Limited until lus r Or< in 1955. He was 74. letlr «*i Mr.Ascoli, who died in hospij t v on Friday, joined the Dunlop Com? ->■ from the
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