The Singapore Free Press, 24 February 1958

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    17 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya'fl Own Family Paper n Singapore, Monday, February 24, 1958, Price 15 C'ts
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    Lock icon REBELS SET FOR ATTACK BY GOVT. TROOPS
    396 1 REBELS SET FOR ATTACK BY GOVT. TROOPS Landing aftempt may be made from Tanjong Pinang, say Padang experts: Parfial evacuation of city under way BNTRAL SUMATRAN military units are bracing lemselves for further air atcks and possible efforts by the doncoian Government t£ land oops, it was reported in Pamg
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    Lim on need for flood relations in offices, trokshops
    141 1 Lim on need for flood relations in offices, trokshops nPIIE Singapore Chief Minister, Mr. Lim Yew Hock, laid great stress of the techniques of fostering good human relations in offices and workshops when he opened a job relations institute seminar this morning. The seminar, opened in the Hollywood Room of
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    Tilt in the clock tower sends time flying
    136 1 Tilt in the clock tower sends time flying [)!,uPI.F going to work this morning were puzzled by the Victoria Memorial Hall clock. It was 13 minutes last It has become a habit for Singapore people to set their watches according ;u the clock. Several ran? up the Free Press and
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    Lock icon GYPTIAN TROOPS SEEN ON BORDER -SUDANESE PREMIER
    158 1 Sudanese Premier, Mr. Abdullah Khalii, I'd in Khartoum last pW that a Sudanese adfnce post had yesierday s"ifa about a company of typtian troops in a "distfl part 1 of the border pa da tned by both coun- armed Egyptian »aye entered Sudase
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    RUBBER PRICE
    24 1 Aft |T»dt rubber 5 °I* n «l in Sin- :?> mominß at B lb.. Un one 11 !>'hs conts on The ton. was
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    Warships off for week's exercise
    54 1 A task force of the Far East Fleet left Singapore early this morning for the annual fleet exercise near Pulau Tioman. about 100 miles north of Singapore. The force is under the command of Rear Admiral L. G. Durlacher in the cruiser Newcastle. The exercise
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    Wedding tragedy
    28 1 Railway fireman Bernard Durham. 31, of Northampton, England, and his bride. Gloria, 19. wore killed in a car smash three hours after their wedding on Saturday.
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    Lock icon TRADE WAR HINT BY MR. K.
    205 1 <t,|R. NIKITA KIIRUSHItl CHEV, Soviet Communist Party chief, sak 1 that while Russia was equipping its army with "the most terrible weapons of all times.... we wan* peace for all nations." "We want peace for the world to live without fear, to live in
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    Lock icon NEW H-BLAST BY RUSSIANS
    32 1 THE Soviet Union exploded a hydrogen weapon yesterday, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced in Washington. The last Red 11 -blast occurred on December 28 in Siberia. Reuter
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    Lock icon SIR WINSTON: GOOD NEWS
    56 1 CIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S doctors forecast yesterday that he would recover without complications from his attack of pneumonia and pleurisy. The pneumonia has practically cleared up it was understood, but there is a slight touch of pleurisy remaining and until this disperses completely Sir Winston will be
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    Lock icon 'SUMMIT TALKS THIS YEAR'-MAC And he explains why Britian schy have H-bomb
    496 2 'SUMMIT TALKS THIS YEAR' -MAC And he explains why Britian schy have H-bomb r PHE British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Mac- millan, said yesterday he hoped there would be "summit" talks this year. He was answering questions by ITV interviewer Robin Day Asked whether there should be a genera] election
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    Lock icon 'I WON'T SACK LLOYD BECAUSE OF PRESSURE,' SAYS PREMIER
    110 2 'I WON'T SACK LLOYD BECAUSE OF PRESSURE,' SAYS PREMIER MX. Macmillan said during ttie interview that he did not intend to replace Mr. Seluyn Lloyd as Foreign Secretary "as a result of pressure." He had been asked to comment on Press forecasts that Mr. Lloyd would be replaced. lie replied
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    Lock icon TRIP CANCELLED
    30 2 The West' German Chan cdlor, Dr. Konrad Adenaue** l>a s cancelled his proposed visit to South America planned for May. according io official sources In Bom* yesterday.- Reuter
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    SUCCESS FOR GIRL WITH BIG BROWN EYES
    94 2 Liliane Montevecchi, the ru-I with the large brown eyes, lias carved a bi« success for herself as a dancer and actress. Liliane was born in Paris. Her mother is a French hat designer and her lather an Italian painter. Three years ago Liliane
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    Lock icon U.S. disarm policy may be changed
    120 2 'PHE deputy chief of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, Mr. James Wadsworth said in New York last night that there might be "some changes" in United States policy whenever disarmament talks resumed. He iniagined there was a possibility of a Western "piece-by-piece
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    Lock icon MOB ENDS SPEECH BY EX-P.M.
    112 2 MOB ENDS SPEECH BY EX-P.M. DEMONSTRATORS broke up a meeting in Toulouse last night which M Edgar Faure, former Radical French Prime Minister, was addressing on "Chin 3 and the problem of BanWest relations." M. Faure had scarce? begun speaking before m audience of 500 *n group of about 100
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    Lock icon Women plan more talks
    104 2 '■WE Afro-Asian conference of women social workers ended its eiuht-day sessions in Colombo yesterday. A conference spokesman said: "We have decided to develop the contacts we have now established and to hold further meetings later on with greater representation." The conference did not adopt an> ip
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    Lock icon FAROUK FOR TRIAL IN ROME: 'HE DIDN'T PAY ME'-JEWELLER
    213 3 FAROUK FOR TRIAL IN ROME: 'HE DIDN'T PAY ME' -JEWELLER •X-KING FAROUK is scheduled to face a civil suit in Rome on charges that he failed to ly a famous Roman jeweller for two "extremely Unable" snuff boxes that once belonged to [ederick the Great of Prussia. The suit is
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    LACIERS MELT
    33 3 ww Zealand's famed Pic glaciers In the uthern Alps are shrinking Jidly, according to an jerican professor, Dr R Goldthwait. who has been idym^ the Glaciers for the 5t year. Renter.
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    Lock icon Radioactive girl's family going home
    84 3 T«HE FAMILY of ttve-year-old Joke Haanschoten, the Dutch girl who became radioactive after hospital treatment with Radium, will leave Isolation and go back to their home in Putten, Holland, tomorrow or Wednesday. Announcing this the Burgomaster of Putten added that Joke herself would have a
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    Lock icon TALKIE FILM PIONEER DIES
    35 3 Gaston Ravel, veteran French film producer, cllod in Cannes yesterday aged 80. He produced the first French talking film. "Collier Do La Reinc," which was screened In Paris in 1929. Reuter
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    Lock icon They yearn for more wedding day glitter
    58 3 URUGUAYAN women, tired of the simplicity of civil weddings, want more glittering ceremonlei In the style of solemn religious betrothals. I'ruKuay is an eminently secular country and religious matches are exceptional. In answer to this pleading. the Municipality of Montevideo is to provide
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    Lock icon Political storm in UK expectedover new rocket bases
    235 3 Political storm in U K expected over new rocket bases JHE British government braced itself today to face an angry political storm against establishing four medium-range rocket bases in Britain. Britons will operate the bases and the missiles will be supplied by America. The bases -the first of which is
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    Lock icon BRITAIN WORKS ON NEW ATOMFREE ZONE
    239 3 BRITAIN is working on a counter-plan to the Rapacki proposal for an European nuclear-free zone which may incorporate some features of the Polish scheme, officials hinted in London. The British plan is still in a phase of "preliminary thinking" and no firm outlines have
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    The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Feb. 24, 1958. Opinion Watch on malaria
    227 4 The Singapore Free Press MONDAY. Feb. 24, 1958. Opinion Watch on malaria inpHE Federation's ma- laria advisory board has warned that malaria is still a serious problem. There is no imminent clanger in Singapore of malaria but there have been reports of more mosquitos in the Colony. The Government's efforts
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    THIS STORY IS M REAL GEM
    419 4 THIS STORY IS M REAL GEM PELHAM GROOM writes every Monday I RECENTLY saw a preview of the film "The Young Stranger" in which the lead La played by a very promising young actor James Mac Arthur. If acting should come naturally to anyone it should certainly come to him
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    Flowers and romanes
    272 4 WE WERE talking ot the association of ideas and someone asked me if the fragrance of flowers recalled romantic memories. I confessed there wasn't a single flower that conjured up a romantic incident of the past, although I don't deny they bring back other memories. An oversized
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    Famous mistakes
    301 4 THE Babble Boxes in the City Council arc under Construction and when Complete should do much to help the Language problem and curtail some of the lengthy sessions of the Council. Mistakes will be made. for Bemant lea Is the great < t problem tir.it man has ev<
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    Learning languages: I confess...
    287 4 T ALWAYS admire people who can learn languages. I can't. Perhaps it's because I am tone deaf, and after all this time my Malay is still of th^ "tutop the window, and I'll balek for machan" variety. As for Chinese I admit that I don't know
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    MANY SHOPS MAY CLOSE DOWN
    341 5 rip m O# f#ff> SSSSgsitggtJX LARGE number oi the 60.000 shops in Singapore may have (o C i.^ Sl rtown lf a ne vv set of demands from 12 unions is incorporated in the Shop Assistants Employment Ordinance. This is the opinion of senior officials
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    Lock icon Students say 'sorry' for Butler rag
    46 5 Unl 00 Students' Re- > -"'-tativc Council *WJ sent an apology for Fril gpwbardment of Mr. and local omRome sccvo- a leading member t 1)lllf> >. waa pelted sarJa lm.T e hi.^' P* rt vith hl '""liiniHinn as "i QiMgoff UnlT«- Reuter
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    COBRAS? CHARMERS, DOG, GEESE NOW PROTECT A FAMILY
    198 5 COBRAS? CHARMERS, DOG, GEESE NOW PROTECT A FAMILY rFHE snake-frightened A Kulkarni family of Singapore can now take off their eyes from a bush in their compound house in Sennett Road, where 20 black cobras are said to have made their home. An Indonesian snake charmer, Samat bin Ali who
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    Lock icon 'I stole F.A. Cup in '95,' old Harry 'confesses'
    230 5 'I stole F.A. Cup in '95,' old Harry 'confesses' POLICE in Birmingham. England, said last night they were re-opening a case which has baffled Britain for 63 years who stole the original Football Association Cup? This follows a "confession" by an 80-year-old man, Mr. Harry Burge, in yesterday's Sunday Pictorial.
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      53 5 SINGAPORE j j HIGH TIDES j I TODAY: 2.01 p.m. j TOMORROW 2.12 a.m. and 241 p.m. WKDNESDAY: Ml I am. and 3.2f) D.m. j THURSDAY: 8.26 a.m. j and 4 39 p.m. I FRIDAY: 4.20 a.m. and 0.47 p.m. SATURDAY: 5.38 a.m. and 8.44 p m. SUNDAY: 7.15 a.m.
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      473 6 I WORN today, you probably will h| happiest in the creative art writing, painting, music ur scrinturi I Those gifts may lie dormant for 9 I whole lifetime unless they aic dis I covered and developed. Loyal, straightforward and honest 5 yourself, you expect others to hi i I likewise.
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    Students hold nariu in school
    82 7 The mass assembly of overaged students and their voluntary teachers (in front row ABOVE) at the first function organised for all participating in the commercial classes run by the Incorporated Secretaries Students Society of Singapore. Mr. Yap Pheng Geek, the maestro is seen (BELOW) at
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    Query on transport for rural areas
    188 7 Query on transport for rural areas ■SSEMBLYMAN f o r B- Changi, Mr. Lim Cher ■K'^M'4. is anxious that the ■Government should review IK:, position of public Hmnsport services in Sin■Kjporc as early as posm Lim has submitted a X; stion on transport po--1B to be answered by the ■Mbovtrnment
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    You can't buy these yet
    135 7 You can't buy these yet /CAMERA enthusiasts in Singapore attending the International Salon of Photography and Photo Fair now being held in Victoria Memorial Hall are keen to buy some of the latest $100.--»oo worth of equipment on display. The instruments are being Ivertised by 12 firms in colourfully decorated
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    YAP LEADS WAY ITO HARMONY FOR OVERAGED
    346 7 YAP LEADS WAY ITO HARMONY FOR OVERAGED NEARLY 350 overaged students, attending the commercial classes run by the Incorporated Secretaries Students Society of Singapore, went wild with gaiety at their first impromptu get-together over the week-end at the Tanjong Katong Girls' School. The sponsor of the classes. Mr. Yap Pheng
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      121 7 Today's Radio Programme for Singapore 1.15 p.m. A Musical Apertif; 1.30 'lime Signal and New,: ].4O Opening of the B.C.A.F.E Con-, ference; 2.00 close Down; 3.61 Scnooifl iiro.Kh 1. j.oii Inter* ludc for Musif B.lfi Their Khkj ol Music; 8.30 children's Play:n>u.se; 8.00 Students Notebook; G.i") Women's Half-Hour; 6.48 Lights
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    NONSENSE ON THE NILE
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    CROC ON A LEAD
    50 8 CROC ON A LEAD Beautiful blonde Marilyn Maxwell has fun with a stuffed cro- COdlle, above, at the studios where she is co- starring in Jerry Lewis's production "Kork-a- bye Baby Marilyn, playiny a movie Queen, and the rocodile appear in an amusing production number "White Virgin ol <»ie Nile."
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    Killer disease foxes doctors
    104 8 MYSTEHI disease which ran kill within 48 hours is affecting Britain's babies. Throe babies iaV e died in Birmingham where hospitals and clinics nro crowded with the .sick children. Ami the disease has been i 'ported from other parts of the country, including London, .said Professor
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    HE STAYS—TO KEEP DAUGHTER
    197 8 HE STAYS— TO KEEP DAUGHTER A POLISH- BORN BRITON who was allowed home because his daughter was ill, on condition that he return to Warsaw by January 30 to face trial on currency charges, is n<^ keeping his annn ment He is Dr. Joseph Klupt, aged 57, of Barnes. London,
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    UNKNOWN
    214 8 JUE 13-year search of a British sea captain is over he has found the Nazi submarine c o m mander whose hand he wants to shake. For Captain Howard Baker is pulling pints at the Poole Arms in Dorset only because the torpedo that sank his ship in 1941
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    Baby rock
    73 8 Baby rock Meet rock n I Paul Peacock. W Even for the pi a prodigy just threflp I But Paul's a bigl j he's been doing Elvis I his own guitar accoml Big boy? His ml North Shields, Englanl he's the family's hcavl He takes site tenH old brothers clothes,
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    UNKNOWN
    44 9 H)f the future baby ■Hiage rock stars he's I for the past month i 'All Shook Up" to Irs. Ann Peacock of Km Rocky" because WiMrs his eight-year- I stone 10 Ib.. and is km and has remained Bs doing his rock n'
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    82 9 A mask hides thr face of beautiful French actress Michj'le Morgan Imt it's not that face of beauty known to cinema- goers; it's "By. very ngljr, but only for the film. Tor Michrlr, scon daring filming with Gerard Oury (Irft) and Sanda Milo, starts the film with her ugly fare
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    Gunman who took the wrong keys
    441 9 Gunman who took the wrong keys Am amazing cycling gunman posed as a doctor last week in his second attempt to rob a bank. He trussed the manager and his staff with ropes us he did last October. 'I'm getting tired of him,'' said the bank manager, 51 -year-old Mr.
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      60 9 ft 'r DU I r adew wa* -m. Herr Wiihclrr Hamburi I: nan bul *m tin Schuiz JR: U 124 durj Holiday missing X invitation lias Jlj n Captain Baker Schula asking JJ" i i holldajf at ujL mug little nc nd of Si war story how I. Baker sailed
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    PIONEER WRECKED THE STONE OF SECRETS
    787 10 PIONEER WRECKED THE STONE OF SECRETS (i. I). Coleman is an important name in the early history ol Singapore for he was Superintendent of Public Works, and the house he designed for himself still stands in the load which hears his nnmp i It was he who designed the oldest
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    TINKLING COUGH REVEALS HOARD
    157 10 TINKLING COUGH REVEALS HOARD THE iirst clue to the mlniatur P junk shop inside Buster's tummy came when he couKhed and three halfpennies shot on to the floor. Mrs. Elizabeth Bunyan. stared at the coins in the living room of her home in New North-road, Barkingside. Essex, England. Then she
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    No babyl so wife left home
    295 10 No babyl so wife left home CHARLES lU! Hhdl thought marrlej would be n ;i!f er l tul. Kut his nial did not tncludi child.! I Aml to would I 1 i e l^ J yi ■.■all toacnru wife havi ab I she lett Him, a dv I judge said
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    'Stilton cheese' said label, but it wasn't
    263 10 'Stilton cheese' said label, but it wasn't lUHEN Mrs. Nancy Langdon, wife of a naval ff officer, tasted the cheese she had bought, she said to her husband: "This isn't Stilton— and I asked for Stilton." Tnen sne took it back to the shop, NWller and Steel, of Queenstreet, Ipswich,
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    The shadow nobody dares to talk about
    1628 11 The shadow nobody dares to talk about RENE MacCOLL ENDS HIS ON-THE-SPOT ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO KING SAUD I Amu unending pro I 1 cession of brand I |w giant American I Krs nosed slowly I ■on? the dusty street. Hhr shop windows neai I were crammed with ■Serin;;
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    SINGAPORE DOCTOR
    424 12 A DOG bite, no matter how smili, is always I cause for alarm not only for the person who is bitten but also for the owner of the dog and the on looker. f therefore n >> uni eas triable I h a i there should i>< p
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    Rabies: Only cure is prevention
    720 12 of infection for humans. Louis Pasteur, In 1881, discovered that rabies could be transferred in series from animal to animal, and that after many transfer* the virus became less virulent and less harmful. The result was the Pasteur prophylactic method of treatment which is still
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    UNKNOWN
    661 12  -  CHAPMAN PINCHED Dv THE most definite medical pronouncement J dangers of smoking yet made has been publ kH as a 16 page pamphlet by the British Medical AM ciation. M Yet the official who wrote it, 46-year-old Dr. Harvey Flack, is an Inveterate smoker ol cigarettes and has no
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    STRUGGLE FOR SPACE POWER
    544 13  - STRUGGLE FOR SPACE POWER HENRY BRANDON By MFRICA'S first reconnaissance satellite" can i h( launched before the end of this year, ac- 0 the confident forecast of Dr. Wernher I 1 \fi "***** whose team successfully fired ExX r The television equipment for the satellite already n tull working order.
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    Joint bid fort air secrets
    326 13 Joint bid fort air secrets DOZENS of huge high altitude rockets will be fired day and night to explore outer space during the international geophysical year rocket week from May 16 to May 24. Uf, D. F. Marty n. Chairman of Australia's Upper At mosphere Research Com mittee, said rockets
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    Lock icon Flight to the moon possible
    171 13 AN American plane which will put man on the edge of space and bring him back to earth will be flown next year, a United States aviation industry leader, retired General Orval B. Cook, has predicted. He said the plane was designed to reach altitudes
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    Lock icon X-RAY BAN
    31 13 The. French government proposes to make it illegal for x-ray machines to be used In Bhoe shops to* customers t f > n( !1 the'.t new shoes lit. Reuter Reuter
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    Lock icon IT'S 'NOT SO DUSTY' OUT THERE
    119 13 IT'S 'NOT SO DUSTY' OUT THERE OCIENTISTS .sifting the 10 mass o! Information transmitted by the United States' first earth satellite have come to the tentative conclusion that space i s literally "not so dusty" as was previously supposed. Among the objects In installing a delicate array of instruments in
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    The goal that knocked West Ham out of the Cup
    75 14 the angui^P expression of West nJm^ goalkeeper Gre«or, a J most say s so Us h e help' ll lessly watches lhe 'If speed towards the net W'' Scorer was j ohnnv lp Haynes, the 1 ulham 9^ inside-left (wlui
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    SWANSEA FANS FEAR MORE STAR MOVES
    479 14  -  ARCHIE QUICK i*> J^HERE is indeed trouble in store for Swansea Town. They may be £85,000 better off by the selling: of Gunner Cliff Jones, of the Royal Horse Artillery, to Tottenham Hotspur, but there is bitter resentment in this West Wales town over
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    Lock icon Soviet search for sprinters
    302 14 OOVIfcT athletes, who are hoping to sweep the board in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, are being urged to devote more time to the sprint distances so that the Soviet Union can have as many potential gold medallists in the shorter distances as they have
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    FIGHTER JOE RUNS A STORE NOW
    177 14 TtHE cosy Village at the x top of Highgate Hill made famous by Dick U'hittington seems an Improbable spot to find an old time East of London fighter, but Joe Conn has kept the Health Stores there for over 30 years, and Joe was
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    -And the chance which could have saved them
    52 14 close call lor fuinam might have earned H West Ham a replay—but goalkeeper Macedo \visin=B sreat form. He safely held the ball in spitr of this hefty tackle by West Ham inside-left Dick. Iookin»:| on anxiously from the left is Fulham riuht-h-iff
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    123 14 Real Madrid enter last 4 REAL Madrid, the hold ers, joined Manchesto United in the semi-final: of the European soccer cuj yesterday by eliminatins Seville in the quarterfinals. The Madrid club, whc won the first leg 8-0 ir Madrid a month ago drew 2-2 at Seville yesterday tc Qualify on
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    38 14 Germany beat Ireland W right bouts to two n> I amateur boxing Intejw tional last night In COfl I Republic of Ireland. I The countries d'' 1 I in a tournament in D on Friday.- Reuter
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    823 15  - LARKIN'S FAREWELL GIFT TO TRAINER ALLAN LEWIS mOinning this race for Doc Rodgers has given me more W^ satisfaction than any other race I have won' By inKiM i: oi Lalita, who I* was a doubtful Iwartei on Saturday Mnorning, easily won l«ie Selaiiffor Turf jfcub's Gold Cup on ißaturday,
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    152 15 Make a note of these... )l I these on your short list, because it will not be long before they win.... ON PAROLE finished fifth in the race won by Eastern ay. COURTIER was sixth in the same race. These two •II improve tons from the race. IHK BEAUTY, fifth
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    87 15 Tudor Badminton Party officebearers for the year 1958 are: President: Mr. Mohd. Shah bin Abdullah. Vice-Presidents: Messrs. Yeo Swee Chye, Ang Boon Seang and Thomas Erdhuetter. Secretary: Mr. Georgie Wee. Asst. Secretary: Mr. Yeo Chiang Chwee. Treasurer: Mr. Quek Keng Kiat. A-sst. Treasurer: Mr. Mohd. Salleh bin
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    48 15 J 1 Prince of Lalita, ridden by Eddie Larklin, romps home a four-length winner in the Selangor Gold Cup I H over 11,I 1 miles. On Stage (Bougoure) finishes on the outside to beat James Aitch for second nlace. Fourth is Programme (Posner).- picture. Free Press
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    203 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS By BAGBY trained horses were the only ones to go fast at Penang this morning on the dry and hard number two track. All work was done on the outside. I thought Holiday Flight went as well as anything when Ue easily disposed
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    71 16 NE W DEAN OF ST. ANDREW'S The Governor of Singapore, Sir William Goode, shaking hands with the Rev ranon E. O. Shield who was installed as the new Dean and Vicar of St. Andrews Cathedral yesterday by the Bishop of Singapore, the Rt. Rev. 11. W. Baines. In the centre
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    89 16 TAX CUT HINT IF JOBLESS SOAR IN U.S. PRESIDENT EISEN- HOWERS administration may recommend a taj cut if unemployment continues to increase next month, the Secretary of Labour, Mr. James Mitchell, said in Washington yesteri day. But, he added in a television interview, he believed the unemployment situation would improve
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    54 16 prisoners in Hobart's new jail will find their cells have more of a "homely" touch than in previous prisons. The new jail has been designed to reform prisoners rather than punish them, it Is so up to date that central heating will be installed
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    315 16 'PENSION between France and Tunisia showed no signs of rel ixit, H 1 yesterday as the French Foreign Ministry prepared to discuss ii" 11 3 (ion with the American Government's "good offices" represent r Mtua B Robert Murphy, who is expected
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    146 16 ISRAEL STUDIES BORDER POSER ISRAELI Premier Davm Ben Gurion called his Cabinet into session in Jerusalem yesterday to consider the effects of the new United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria on Israeli policy. Israel is reported to consider that the U. N mixed armistice agreement now needs renegotiating. Th
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    96 16 CROWN PRINCE El Badr of the Yemen i s expected in Cairo within the next few days to discuss his country's merger with the newly-created United Arab Republic of Egypt and Syria. Meanwhile, in Teheran yesterday the Persian Premier. Mr. Manutscher Eghbal, said his country would
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    66 16 mm U Australia's unemployment figures 74.765 registered out of a total working population of about four million —have brought the Federal Government under fire ttOVi unions and businessmen newspapers and the Laboui opposition. Concern has spreac throughout the country, al though the increase has been mainly
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    38 16 Mr.Aneurin Bevan will go to Belgrade "fairly soon" as a member of a Socialist International delegation to discuss the Imprisonment of three former Yugoslav So-cial-Democrat leaders, a Labour Party spokesman said 'n London yesterday.- Reuter
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