The Singapore Free Press, 11 April 1958
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Title Section17 1958-04-11 1 The Singaproe Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper s gUlffM«t. Iritlay, April 11. 19:>8. Met 15 tts.17 words
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152 1958-04-11 1 Two broke chute record to save lives ROYAL AIR FORCE ofliwaiting in a hospital ai Chesterfield England, yesterday to take statements from two men W ln world parachute rec< to saw their lives The men an Flight-Lieuten-ant John l!is aged 29, and Flyini Officer Patrick L W, 23. »n oiReuter - 152 words
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Article27 1958-04-11 1 r,;i of Sahara g are being shipped every I outhi Algeria port! i»i .ram and Fr,, re bel sabotage cb; y ter-27 words
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Article15 1958-04-11 1 rubber In Sins morning a t 77% one q»arclose ii veMordav mv ..met.'15 words
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Article39 1958-04-11 1 The Ist Battalion the Sherwood Foresters marched through the streets of Derby, last night with bayonets fixed and colours flying —on their first visit since returning from Germany. They leave for Malays next month. ReuterReuter - 39 words
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157 1958-04-11 1 DOLICE opened fire with automatic rifles and X teargas guns when a crowd of about 5,000 Africans rioted #t Ndola in Northern Rhodesia yesterday. The police, from a mobile unit at Bwana Mkubwa, quelled the riots after four hours. Five Africans wereReuter - 157 words
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Article29 1958-04-11 1 Elizabeth Taylor, in seclusion since the death of her husband Mike Todd in a plane crash last month, is scheduled to return to work on Monday.29 words
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Article124 1958-04-11 1 opposition [omemi 0 !rly M °V ftn S In yesOf i t in a scries i', I balloting for tWO :,„<„. Hereford Hirer i n §£&a But the socialists could make no headway in Rutland, where independents rewon 20 seats to Labour's one, and in Westmorland,Reuter - 124 words
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276 1958-04-11 1 NEW PHONE LINK TO K.L. SPEEDED UP Micro-wave radio system should now be in operation 14 months earlier than expected: U.K. firm gets contract THE Telecommunications Department is speeding up its scheme to instal a 51 4,000,000 micro- wave radio link between the Colony and Kuala Lumpur, with a spur276 words
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Article, Illustration72 1958-04-11 1 Nationalise call is approved THE Ceylon House of Representatives in Colombo has accepted a private member's motion calling for nationalisation of the country's big tea estates, many of which are British owned. Mr. Stanley Zoysa told the House when it approved the motion on Wednesday night that it did not72 words
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Article50 1958-04-11 1 ACTRESS DEBRA PAGET (above) a bride of less than three months, was granted an uncontested divorce at Juarez, Mexico, yesterday from five-times married actor-singer David Street, 37, on grounds of incompatibility. Miss Paget is 24. She married Street last January. It was her first marriage.- U.P.U.P. - 50 words
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Article83 1958-04-11 1 FIRE FUND KEEPS ON GROWING THE Social Welfare Department hay now received about $36,000 tor the Kampong Koo Chye fire fund. This includes $10,000 handed over by the Netherlands Consul-Gen-eral, Mr. R. Middelburg. on behalf of his government. Mr. W. S. Woon, acting director, said donations were still being received.83 words
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84 1958-04-11 1 Rebel raids in Havana cost 17 lives Havana police claimed yesterday that. 16 rebels had been killed for the loss of one policeman in armed clashes in the Cuban capital since Wednesday afternoon. Insurgents under the leadership of Fidel Castro called for a general strike on Wednesday and occupied aReuter - 84 words
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Advertisement14 1958-04-11 1 MJWV Jl(jt(j[)Ji Available from all Good Dealers and branches of the Federal Disfiensaiy Ltd.14 words
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467 1958-04-11 2 II ni'S*K.\XS IM tt.U'K OX BOTH iUKVi^ cjOVIET leader Nikita Khrushchev quoted the Bible yesterday cm his return to Moscow from his tour of Hungary. Speaking about provocation, he remarked that the Bible said il you were struck on one cheekReuter - 467 words
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Article, Illustration326 1958-04-11 2 AMERICAN Government scientists were reported yesterday to doubt whether the forthcoming United States nuclear tests in the Pacific would yield enough information lor President Eisenhower to call off further experiments. The President said on Wednesday that he would consider very seriously a unilateralFree Press - 326 words
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48 1958-04-11 2 Soviet rail way men's union has seni .c 5.000 to each oi the widows of two British trade union leaders killed in a road accident m Russia last November. The widows are Mrs. Tom Hollywood and Mrs. Jam< 1 'ampbell. ReuterReuter - 48 words
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Article89 1958-04-11 2 JHE eff( cU 01 the tour-day f)0-miir Baster march In protect agalrui rruclear weapons wert described yesterday by one of the sponaora as "disappointing." hi. Donald Soper, .1 prominent Mothodi^t clergyman, wrote in the Leftwing weekly Tribune: A.s a demonstration we ran Claim a moderate .success. a.sReuter - 89 words
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153 1958-04-11 2 Pope defines limits for the Catholic psychologist THE Pope yesterday warned Catholic psy- chologists that they j may not penetrate, without a patients freely given consent, into "the interior domain of his person- ality. The pontifl explained the limits placed by the Catholic Church on the methods used by psy-153 words
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Advertisement112 1958-04-11 2 For a meal £**> LI I in v W in a jiily! p SAFE CLEAN i v\^ CONVENIENT iiA l/i 1/^ i ■IK /^\\'M/ll ln%\ Sterno canned heat fjp^ N COOKING FUEL MIRRO "~J-J^ CHAFING DISH ?rS5n /,/(■<// /o/- //w Sterno Canned Heat MAROEN COMPANY 82, Orchard Road, Tel: *****,112 words
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304 1958-04-11 3 'AN END TO TRADE UNIONS IF THEY DON'T MEND WAYS' I OBJ) HINCHINGBROOKE, an independent Conservative Member of ParL t in« nt said In London last night that the trade unions must "mend vs 0I there will be an end to them." He told a Conservative meeting that "any massiveReuter - 304 words
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368 1958-04-11 3 'I am proud of Cheryl' says father FILM STAR Lana Turners second husband, Stephen Crane, said yesterday he was '"proud" of their 14-year-old daughter Cheryl, accused of stabbing to death Lana's boy friend Johnny Stompanato. He told reporters in Hollywood: "She only did what I, you or almost anyone elseReuter - 368 words
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113 1958-04-11 3 THE British Broadcasting Corporation "slighted" Big Ben last night one hour after London's famous clock had celebrated its 100 th. birthday. At 8 p.m. Big Ben originally the name of the bell but now popularly applied to the clock itself —was a centuryReuter - 113 words
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Article, Illustration120 1958-04-11 3 Tonight's play will decide their future rpWENTY-three drama S X pupils in Singapore, E each with an eye on a five-year film contract, will make their stage debut at the Victoria Memorial Hall tonight. The group, including S 10 girls, forms the cast of "The Big Circus," a well-known ChineseFree Press - 120 words
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68 1958-04-11 3 'UNITED FRONT TO DEFEAT THE SOCIALISTS' An organisation that hopes to persuade the Government to introduce the Australian "alternative vote* .system in Britain launched its campaign yesterday with full-page press advertisements. The group, called the Anti-Socialist Front, has been formed by a group of Conservatives, Liberals and Independents. It announcedReuter - 68 words
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Advertisement43 1958-04-11 3 BfLDIT The fascinating Constructional Toy So simple so clever Keeps little kinds busy fa/Si i machini gun Junior X t 68pcs $3.50 Standard Kit 1 26pcs $5.25 Senioi k i $7.75 THE ORCHARD STORE Orchard Road. (apore -9. car^ ftriffc WATCH CO 11»43 words
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Advertisement135 1958-04-11 3 ■■i Ir3l T C 7 ■> X-^^B^ke^Aitatf^fllr JyF 9 For construction of highway lay-outs with control for driving B Schuco-Varianto games tffor counties; in and out. Set consists of 2 playing possibilities AH parts either clock-work cars, 4 straight rods 4-3/8"; 4 bent rods 4-3/8 w in the kits oi135 words
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The Singapore Free Press FRIDAY, Apr, 11, 1958.
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Article191 1958-04-11 4 Opinion Stern, swift justice •SINGAPORE, like any other territory with a fairly large number of motorists, has its share of reckless drivers. And the fact thai our streets are as congested as they are makes the offence all the graver. The speeding truck driver whose heavy vehicle cannot quickly be191 words
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Article724 1958-04-11 4 |i- ii n M i lim ruler ?> oi Hyderabad .state h aii a pr< domii ant Hindu population did not wish to accede whollj to either Pakistan or India and expre&< ed nr d< Ire to enter Into B peel U treaty nri >in |i .i.t724 words
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Article157 1958-04-11 4 CORRESPONDENT who ha.s made a .study of three-legged race* has raUed the question of a three- legged race in which the two right legs or thr two left legs aro tied together. This will be dealt with in a special coloured iup« pigment, with contribution.., hv noted157 words
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Article193 1958-04-11 4 Few political issues have been so controversial as that of Kashmir. And still the argument rages without hopes of a solution satisfac tory to all. On March 19, the Free Press published an outspoken article by Derek Marks. It was written following a bitter attack on Britain193 words
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Article520 1958-04-11 4 within a given period and once more while Pakistan accepted India refused the resolution. Mr. Ast liana states that tin 1 people residing in that part of Kashmir, which is under the control of the Government of Kashmir proper, have been able to express their will through520 words
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Article351 1958-04-11 5 'frtid** wevsston tit Colony ami lower iivs tt tilt tamilivs nvGAPORE Chinese are cutting down remit- > tanC es to their families in China due to a ra i r u j r recession and lack of surplus money. .man for an exchange bank which351 words
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Article17 1958-04-11 5 a 1 tii, Singapore today: Andrew. s Hay. Si Bride's Bay, Newcaslte. and Cossack.17 words
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Article20 1958-04-11 5 a four-engine Superstarliner left Paris last night to Inaugurate Air Prance's North Pole route to Tokyo ReuterReuter - 20 words
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132 1958-04-11 5 /|MiE five clubs affiliated to the Singapore YWCA are being invited to submit names of members wishing to represent the colony at the bi-ennial conference In Penang in August. The clubs are the Blue Triangle Club. Business and Professional Women's Club, Square132 words
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Article, Illustration111 1958-04-11 5 THERE has been •quite a rush" of new members to Rallies Library since it became Singapore's Free National Library on April 1, according to the Librarian. Mr. L. M. Harrod. Mr. Harrod said the stall' had not only to register new members according to the111 words
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Article96 1958-04-11 5 COLONY'S LAW ON MARKETS THAWS MORE refrigerating facilities will now be available in municipal markets in Singapore. The City Council at its recent meeting lifted the ban on the capacity of refrigerators to be installed in markets for the use of two or more stallholders. This means that if stallholders96 words
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Article19 1958-04-11 5 Sir Charles Brinslcy Peake, 61. former British ambassador in Athens, died in hospital in London yesterday.— ReuterReuter - 19 words
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Article, Illustration217 1958-04-11 5 Folk song-dance show for S'pore rpHF Folk Dance X (.inu i) of Malacca s will stage "Feria Em E Portugal*' (April in E Portugal), a concert of E folk songs and dances of old Portugal, at St. Joseph's Institution E Hall, Bras Basah Kd E Singapore, tomorrow at E i>217 words
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Advertisement19 1958-04-11 5 if i SHADES S(^nted with TRBLJ Fr agrance kia ngwan^Tltd »'^AP ORE0 RE R up tL' U k KNANG19 words
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Advertisement141 1958-04-11 5 w!M M Most up-to-date Fabrics for 19 m decorating your house bungalow Rj H JUST UNPACKED... H H Well known brands of no M carpets and rugs in H H beautiful shades. W [fl Now /s ffie rig/i/ f/me. N M Come and see our Furnishing Dept., [fl PAN SINGH141 words
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Miscellaneous183 1958-04-11 6 f JBBBHHBfflffi^ iiiiiiiiiiiiMi'iiiiMfflifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii™ •'jiw'iiiwKE iiy'SySiW .lortlan >I\MMI \Ki by Lee I alk and Phil Davis JA\i: by llubbartl |J^^SG22> V£ SEEN SO .Osi %v£ 7M S^^/W/S S^/T" f v LONDON J^Z STUDiOS-^>.<. VIA^E. S'POSE] 07 S*E2 ZiC^SON S^^T BLTTTEffCUA* THE OOW WHO'S TAKEN ■P ppß^™^ 1 W i LL ShOw183 words
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Miscellaneous479 1958-04-11 6 !><jrn today, y«»u are one i I vi 13 ail-around individual p ipulaj, magnetic and w rj jet along with under any i circumstances. You kii'!\v pretty definitely wli a you want out OZ lift and you go ab X getting It In a Quiet, orderly >) ion. You may479 words
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Article162 1958-04-11 7 LONDON, April 10. Previous Today t RSS Ctlf.i IIBBKB N 22 7 ,s buyers 22 buyers Eur©F al1 U 23 BeUers 23 sellers Mn 22" i buyers 22% buyers 22% sellers 22 sellers i gaol 23 \i buyers 23% buyers |tBBt« x 23 sellers 23 >^ sellers162 words
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Article98 1958-04-11 7 NEW YORK, April 10. Previous Today liN stra it s spot y3 5 nom 9300 nonL SKlfcXtrad Haj 92.50 buyers »2. 12 buyers Straus ton 93 25 sellers 93.12 sellers inly 92.25 buyers 92.00 buyers 93.25 sellers 92.87 sellers X0X1 Quiet, SALES: Nil-Ri-feBER Futures Mas 26. G598 words
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Article33 1958-04-11 7 NEW YORK. April 10 Previous Today So Industries 441.88 4410U !o Hjilro.uU 102.07 102.99 10 Oomestii Bonds 88.87 88.78 1" I tilities 74.70 74.83 id Stocks Composite Averages., 150.95 151.0933 words
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Article54 1958-04-11 7 and awaiting relea ats 25.. first half A nent unquoted. Lam- awaiting release L 25^, first half 1 prices quoted j April shipment 25%. Sarawak I unquoted. Muntok white spot i and awaiting release 39. a floats 38'j. first half April shipment 38' j. all prices ex-dock. in54 words
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Article92 1958-04-11 7 LONDON. April 10. (hi i,. Previous Today 01 R Philippines < i.f. U.K./ v fth 1 uropean ports delivered "nfffiilTfjftjjBfiK SIM seUers i™***"* i"" is delivered l;t l" lon| ton Apr. .May t5 {»i, buyers £69', buyers £69% .sellers £693 sellers 0CON1 1 ,,n la >/-92 words
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315 1958-04-11 7 WE ARE TIRED OF PROMISES, SAY ESTATE RESIDENTS "WHEN will we get our sewerage system?" This f? was the question 1,000 angry residents of Opera Estate, off Changi Road, yesterday put to the Singapore Government, the City Council and the Rural Board. Residents told the Free Press they were sick315 words
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Article228 1958-04-11 7 TWO NEW BRIDGES ARE NOW PROPOSED TWO notorious traffic bottlenecks tn Singapore will be eliminated with the construction of two bridges over Rochore Canal and rebuilding of the Jalan Besar and Syed Alwi Bridges. These proposals have been recommended by the Deputy City Engineer. Mr. P.C Perry, on behalf of228 words
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Advertisement265 1958-04-11 7 There is no closer equisj^^^^&^z^ V healthy. well-nourished <^BBa**'---^^r J> mothers V SIMILAC is an infant I \T ..Mil \v\ formula especially de- \S\N*»" J 1 signed to meet the nutri- I Pvwd^^ J1 tional needs of babies. V rfrfl^ It is completely modified \m^^*^w£zT cow's milk that has been265 words
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Miscellaneous154 1958-04-11 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 5.20 p.m. TOMORROW: 4.05 am aorl 7.08 p.m. SUNDAY: 5.28 a.m. and 8.23 p.m. MONDAY? 7.22 a.m. and and O.o:» p.m. TUESDAY; 8.37 a.m. and 0 31 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 9.26 a.m. and 9.59 p.m. THURSDAY: 10.06 a.m. and 10.20 p.m. Today's radio programme 115 pin Bweet154 words
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Article, Illustration70 1958-04-11 8 SEEN in the picture above is a Picasso jug, one of the exhibits in a display of works by famous French artist Picasso. The exhibition, called '"150 Ceramics by Picasso," was held at the Maison de la Pensce Francaise in Paris recently. jfr -a iLWEN70 words
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Article, Illustration136 1958-04-11 8 rwsHERI are those who wy thai ia "drives 'hem up 1 the wall* 1 But students (see below) at the Royal College O) Art in South Kensington, London, arc transferring jazz to a muni! or the music stand ut the International Exhibition in Brussels this summer. The mural,136 words
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Article, Illustration78 1958-04-11 8 Jeannie back in films 3j IE AN Carson, the > girl from Pudsey, Yorkshire, who plays jC a Scot in the Amell rican "Hey Jcaniiie" television series, was at the May fair Hotel J in London recently to discuss a film > script. ■I The script ivas for j CompUm78 words
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Article137 1958-04-11 8 rpVENTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Philip Lowe saw r something at an optician's which made him die of fright, it was .stated at an inquest in London last week. But what he saw will stay a mystery, because it was seen by no one else. Gillian Kendall, the137 words
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Article, Illustration48 1958-04-11 8 I QN EIGHT is an J missile cruisej i States' first nucleai now under constra Quiney, Massachu« expected to be laun, 5 JN T THF noiti, (ll 5 A the demolition ft the 200 it. chimney S brought down by The site is to be us < I48 words
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Article74 1958-04-11 8 ALONG-MISSING £20,000, went on lost to the world bee Mr. Rex Nan K 1 director of the Reaiej Mayfair, bought the P» Paris gallery 30 years It was sold a.= th€ friend Emile Bernard, drooping-moustarlM (i V Ist with his magi- the background. Mr. Nan Klvr! lesser-known Ben J74 words
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Article, Illustration31 1958-04-11 9 Lg Beach the United Bgl surface mnhlp. X Bethlehem Steel'i Gpyard fhe vessel is linn specialiset i«^ chimneys. Below iKJckwoiks al O*oi is 1 3 placed explosives, a bousing project31 words
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Article153 1958-04-11 9 IS SOLVED THE GREAT ART WHODUNIT P tawlon uS/52? >ai t f r Gau uln worth ls owner kne. 7 a P«*ure that has been ):r g P e w too much about art. tallerj :i in a pa 11 t oj th e Christ in r; v in other's153 words
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189 1958-04-11 9 lAUGHING dancing girl A Doina Tranda Bur (above) said She "escaped" from the Rumanian state dance company "so that I can live in freedom" in Britain. Doina vanished just before she was due to appear in a show with189 words
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Advertisement90 1958-04-11 9 I I I ONE-STOP SERVICE TO I Js/h£belhf_ I Now you can visit New Delhi, Agra and I the nearby Taj Mahal over the week-end! I Pan American now offers a convenient 9 new service that leaves Bangkok every I Friday afternoon at 3:45, gets you to B New Delhi90 words
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Article, Illustration171 1958-04-11 10 THE WAY TO HOLD A secref of Eastern feminity: tfKOM lovely Japanese starj Yoko Tarn, who is making Rank Organisation's "The Wind Cannot Read," Britain recently heard the secret of the fascina- j tion of women from the East. "Between a man and woman there must always be harmony," sheReuter - 171 words
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Article97 1958-04-11 10 CURVES and straight hues make a harmonious pattern against the sky in thispicture of the three bridges which cnnij Newcastle on Tyne to Oateshead mam traffic over the River Tyne, Neucustir (j h, the right <>j the photograph and Qateshead to the left, In the foreground97 words
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156 1958-04-11 10 HUGH POND - 'Browned-off' and angry men stir Army HUGH POND by THE ARMY has called on its commanding generals throughout the world to try to calm down 13,000 "browned-off" officers. Adjutant General Sir Charles Loewen, (above right) has written asking them lo explain to their officers the difficulties the Army laces during156 words
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Article, Illustration131 1958-04-11 10 WHO IS TO BE AXED? AN ORDER IS SENT OUT TO TOP BRASS grievances to the House of Commons. All the men in the Ncvy and the U.A.F. who are to be axed know already alien they will go and can plan for the future. General Loewen says he knows131 words
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Article134 1958-04-11 10 BKITAIN'S cinemas had a gloomy winter, tlie Board of Trade Journal reports. In the last quarter ot 1057 the 190 million admis* siona were 22 per cent below those in the quarter of 1956. This was the bl quarterly drop In the134 words
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Article, Illustration534 1958-04-11 11 YOUR A.B.C. TO BETTER PICTURES i KIVED SO MANY QUERIES FROM NOVICES, WE v ii )i(ll)ll) THAT PHOTOGRAPHY IN SINGAPORE ,x' o'il ENTHUSIASTS EVERY DAY. i N> i benefit of the many beginners to this fascinating hobby, here prints its basic guide to better pictures. mt l 0 DEVELOPMENT con534 words
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Article, Illustration69 1958-04-11 11 hnsir'iV 1 'IV Silvs lhr liltl^ *'<"«' the IlltlC pooch, '«ioun-ups tmpraman n r vou kn ow cant tako a wash tlirsr days without v( M a,H L lSlln s. lHllbs aIF ovor Wl<> bathroom. They're the limit. IIM Uhv i i ITlp ust dont69 words
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Article726 1958-04-11 11 snapping the shutter, exposing a piece of film to light and a picture subject. Second, exposure can mean the lens aperture and shutter time ratio used in taking a picture. Then too. exposure can refer to the total amount of light which reaches thp film. F-SYSTEM— a726 words
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Miscellaneous45 1958-04-11 11 I SUNDAY I I POSE... MISS Agatha Chong the girl with the I high-slit cheongsam, will pose for members of the Pulau Bukom Camera Club at the I Pulau Bukom Com- j in unit y Association swimming pool on Sun- clay from 2-3 p.m. iIIIIIIMIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIII45 words
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365 1958-04-11 12 MARITIME nations of Asia havr noted with interest and approval the proposal oi Western atomic powers America and Britain, for disposal of radioactive wastes so as to avoid pollution «>1 the seas. The proposal urged tin- 87-state conference In Geneva codifyingReuter - 365 words
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107 1958-04-11 12 'Industrial growth of s'p ore to be slow' |il l TAT-CHEE, E a I*l Hong Kong's dele- «ati<»n member to the E E recent Kuala Lumpur E E.C.A.F.E. conference, E E said in Hongkong that, E in his opinion, indus- trial development in South-East Asian conn- E ti its likeReuter - 107 words
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123 1958-04-11 12 Court asked to prevent atomic tests a Calcutta police magistrate has rejected a petition by Mr. Krishna Kumar Chatter jce, a resident of Calcutta, praying tor an order under the Indian Criminal Procedure Code restraining the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom from carrying out nuclear weaponsReuter - 123 words
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496 1958-04-11 12 Original Buddhist sutras to be photographed rHE world's only complete collection of th c Buddhist scriptures carved on stone is being copied by Chinese scholars from 14,000 slabs discovered in the ruins ot a monastery near Peking. The .slab.s were found hidden In mountain cave.s and buried underground at YunReuter - 496 words
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Article, Illustration62 1958-04-11 12 Burmoc C( > in munist rebel leader Be Mm Thu (right) i.\ seen giving up an automatic r i j I c wrapped in a Communist flay In token oj surrender to deputy Chief-oj-Stafj t. Clift of the Burmese Army at a ceremony field at Shwebo. A62 words
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148 1958-04-11 12 warning on A.-pollution of Pacific 4 TOP Japanese expert has claimed thai radl /A active contamination of waters of the lyj crn Pacific is ten times that of the Alhm Ocean because of I.S. nuclear tests. Dr. Yasuo Miyake, professor of r ok university and a leader in Japanese criisadiU.P. - 148 words
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75 1958-04-11 12 'THE United Arab ReM lie of Egypt and Syr; is seeking Japanese al along with that of s&m other nations for ctredgit the Suez Canal, Tokj sources have di>cl--ed. The sources said thatti Overseas Construction Co: poration. made up i JapaneseU.P. - 75 words
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Article, Illustration1279 1958-04-11 13 ROBERT PITMAN - hnd this is what writing a best seller has brought him &/HIL.E rh cobbles of Bradford's steep streets gleamed W like wet coal in the evening drizzle, Bradford's new 1 0 Distinction was helping me to choose a tie. "Take E tin he said- "Buy an all-wool one a1,279 words
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Article185 1958-04-11 13 LEOPARD CATCHES KILLER THE LEOPARD, by V. S. Reid. Heinemann, 13s. 6d. Short, remarkable book by a West Indian writer about a Mau Mau recruit who kills a white man for his rifle, and is tracked down in turn by a patient leopard. Entirely non-partisan, deeply understanding, and told in185 words
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320 1958-04-11 13 BOOK of the WEEK Holiday but not a rest SPINNER OF THE DREAM By John H. Secondari (Alvin Redman 15/-). JOHN H. SECON- DARI'S previous novel was the basis of the highly successful film Three Coins in the Fountain." In his new novel he has returned to the same Mediterranean320 words
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Miscellaneous514 1958-04-11 14 m ||JL 11 fiv jh JKS h! B^^b 3^K "KB Black Charm looks good QLACK CHARM appeals H to me aa the winner Cl. 3 Div. 2-5-! Furs. cj the (.'ia .s 3 i)i v 2 even! over GIF ni..,,;, ri.Mro, u.t i i lsl.i<k (hanii S.OO, Mritaiinia Bl.uk Charm514 words
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Miscellaneous1326 1958-04-11 14 BEST BETS ON TOMORROWS PROGRAM^ UP FOUR DIVISIONSCl. 3, Div. 1-51 Furs. ■|||Mp ■H■ft "^^iij VJan l».l, 'mm, sea Luck ft^ II I lAJI I 111 U Wragon s,, *>,'„',;, ,i •ii.r D ll I IVI Übn s <""""" ShoMn-s II so:. Balkan l>«- HV SV I 111 WV WV1,326 words
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Article133 1958-04-11 15 PROPOSAL tot world track and field championships to bf held ear s between Olympiads will be considered by the Interna\mateur Athletic Ft deration CoilfreSi in Stockholm in luU> 'll lls v s stated there yesterday I>\ Mr. Tage Erirscm, Presi< i Swedish Athletic Federation and a member133 words
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Article377 1958-04-11 15 on." Mr. Ericson suggested that world championships might replace the European championships, Asian G a m c s, Pan -American championships and other big multi-racial events of that kind. He continued: 'The matter is, of course, largely ah economic one. A world championship would probably bring377 words
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Article104 1958-04-11 15 JINGAPORE swimmers will have another at- > tempt to qualify for the Asian Games today. [t the Chinese Swimming Club yesterday nobody 'as good enough to earn the Tokyo trip with 1. exception of a 17-year-old girl who qualified nth a time of 84.5 sec for 100 metres backstroke.104 words
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Article63 1958-04-11 15 Reuter i p'TlNo fight pro- L moter Lope Surreal yesterday claimed that Bjs son-in-law, Flash fjorde, was the next logical contender to ial!rn^' world fca- j ffsJ wel »W champion H°gan Kid) Ba.s S ev 'or the title. Elorde, fourth rank- (l featherweight in *"8 V 1Reuter; U.P. - 63 words
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79 1958-04-11 15 RE c L h A ND make two S the world nje which beal Italy 1 fo, ,h,ir inter? ,fccer match at Cardiff, on replaces Up. l eeper, and Blanchi lower in the Munich air crash. To am: GreggReuter - 79 words
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Article111 1958-04-11 15 11 pton lli'"'1 Ii I r"• t unp Hl '''i Cirarle, >mazon« Choice, Amerigo, Kingroy, Otapitaini Corcoran, Attack," Arctic Oittoll, Bengal Lancer, Himself. Petticorn, Pleiades, Castro and Linger Not. Eighteen final Accepotrs. with Weights, for the Frrr HandiP»P for thrrc-yo.ir-ol.ls to be run overReuter - 111 words
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Article308 1958-04-11 15 LXJUR horses have been promoted to Class Onv by the Straits Racing 1 Association. They are Downing Street, Waxer. The Brave One, and 3 team On. Eight Class One horses have been demoted to Class Two. Full list of new classifications is as308 words
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Article60 1958-04-11 15 The Football Association yesterday banned the scheduled tour of Israel by the second division Sheffield United Club, owing to the political situation in the Middle East. A spokesman for the club said: "The Football Association are not happy about the Middle East position. They are goingU.P. - 60 words
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Advertisement228 1958-04-11 15 You #usf can'f fceof it! Crammed with interesting week-end reading mm* Some of f /iis week's stories «?> .fIH THUGS CONTROL PUBLIC WATER STANDPIPES Vft W Teenaged agents of gangland collect dues from users W\ iPRHP* CAN A SEX MANIAC BE CURED? '-*> Doctor's challenge it's amazing MEET THE MAN228 words
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Miscellaneous103 1958-04-11 15 Their times This is how they fared yesterday: 200 M freestyle (4 x 200 m relay): (standard 2min 21.8 sec> Fong Hoe Bens 2: 27.1: Lionel Choc 2: 24.1: Gan Eng Guan 2: 22.2; Tan Cheow Choon 2: 25.2; Thlo Gim Hock 2: 25.3: Foo Chee Han 2: 23.9: Gan103 words
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193 1958-04-11 16 Dag honoured as 'a foremost world diplomat' world diplomat' MX. DAG H am vi XKsK.ioi 1 1>. the i nited \utions Secretary-General, described m a "foremost diplomat Of the world," was granted the freedom <»i New York yesterday. A luncheon was given by the City to mark the beginning ofReuter - 193 words
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Article47 1958-04-11 16 2o Worit $f> (minimum)' I EE HOCK LOCK Oi 18 Lokv Minn, p:i' <•(.! iiv.-ny jx-iue-f iiiy cm 9.4.58, Leaving behind hi wife, only .son John, only (i,iU'..'h!<-'i- Guck Ii.'.n, son-in-hr.v. daughter-in-law, and 2 grand* hfldren. Funeral will leave for Jurtmg Cemetery to-da\ at l p. in47 words
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252 1958-04-11 16 'FAIL-SAFE' IS U.S. SYSTEM TO AVOID ACCIDENTALLY STARTING A WAR RETAILS of the United States Strategic Air Command's "fail-safe" system to ensure that bombers do not accidentally set off a war were made public in Washington yesterday by the U. S. Air Force. A S.A.C. spokesman said the procedure wasReuter - 252 words
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176 1958-04-11 16 DUKE RECALLS WHEN HE WAS BORED, WET, SICK, TIRED rpiiE Duke of Edinburgh I declared in London last night that the comforts of civilised life may bo very Important but "it la much more important thai t.ho human spirit should not be stifled by easy living." lie was addressing aReuter - 176 words
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Article26 1958-04-11 16 A special Cabinet meeting in Paris today will consider how the French Government can break the deadlock in the 'good offices" mission over Tunisia. ReuterReuter - 26 words
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Article30 1958-04-11 16 The last group of the 41.000 Soviet -soldiers withdrawn from East Germany during the past few weeks Left yesterday. the East German news agency A.D.N reported.— ReuterReuter - 30 words
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355 1958-04-11 16 STRIJDOM HITS OUT AT UK LABOUR ATTACKS Imt: South African Prime Minister, Mr. Johannes Strijdom, said in Pretoria last night that he would like to ask the British Labour Party whether, if they came into power, they would continue as a Government with their "uncalled for and unjustifiable" attacks onReuter - 355 words
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Article49 1958-04-11 16 Britons spend more and mor el BRITONS .pent more J goods, services a 3 food last year than 2& before, according t, ernment statistics lished in London tod iv I The total of fcheir 1 sonal expenditure was Pi/i 045,000,000. The comDarahiJ 1948 iigure was E8 47?» 000. ReuterReuter - 49 words
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121 1958-04-11 16 I>ROTEST again A a British Broadcasting CorIporation medical television I programme arose again yes- terday after a third suicide was unofficially blamed on i the ,how. A coroner at Oldliam. Lancashire returned a verl diet Of suicide in the death of Miss MaryU.P. - 121 words
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Article29 1958-04-11 16 The 58-year-old Bishon of Bath and Wells, the Rt Rr Harold Bradfield, married i clergyman's widow in a quiet ceremony in Well. Som^J yet, yesterday.— ReuterReuter - 29 words
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Article58 1958-04-11 16 Mr. Lourdesamy Pakiam, 71, former foreman in v,,' Straits Times Press Ltd, died in Singapore early today. He joined the Strait? Times Press at an early age and retired some years ago. He leaves a wile, five sons, five daughters-in-law and five grandchildren. Funeral at58 words
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Article25 1958-04-11 16 Premier Nehru told the Delhi parliament yesterday that India will be one of the world's largest producers of radioactive isotopes by 1960 U.P.U.P. - 25 words
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Article24 1958-04-11 16 Radio Moscow lasi night issued its normal pri gress report on Sputnik II but made no mention of Its disintegration.- U.P.U.P. - 24 words
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