The Singapore Free Press, 17 April 1958

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  • 16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper siiu.ipon', Thursday, April 17, 1958. Price 15 Cts.
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  • 398 1 EXTORTION THUGS KILL FOUR YOUTHS New crime shock for Colony SECRET society thugs in Singapore are forcing youths, including schoolboys, to aid them in the extortion racket on pain of death or disablement. Police say the thugs have murdered four boys between the ages of 11 and 17 in the
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  • 113 1 Jakarta accuses S'pore attache n-iIE Indonesian army yesi terciav accused its assistant military attache in Singapore or joining a rebel 'plot to "overthrow" the Consulate there. \imy headquarters in Jakarta said it had ordered Major Tenghu Nurdin to return home immediately to report to the Chief of Staff, Major-General Abciul
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  • 29 1 BROKER Beh Siak 800. „i fh t n ri li complaint itn the police that a "oldsmith to whom he entrusted diamonds worth $7 064 has disappeared
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  • 24 1 Dll! <e of Edinburgh. 5 hing a mock attack by c &mp, Surrey, yesterdav nerged laughing but coverlh water, leaves and Reuter
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  • 15 1 NATO will open a rt agency/ 5 for its !mVt next month! Reuter
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  • 94 1 The Queen first, says Margaret E pRINCESS Margaret E -T turned down an in- E E yitation to meet a tour- E E ing; New Zealand eric- E E ket team yesterday on E the grounds she did not E E want to steal a march E Eon her sister,
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  • 30 1 May first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 77J cents a lb., up one-eighth of a crnt on yesterday's close The tone was quiet.
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  • 66 1 Syrian guns force down French plane gYRIAN guns yesterday opened fire on three French locust fighting planes bound from the Lebanon to Turkey. One made a forced landing on Syrian territory, Turkish authorities at Iskandenm Airport said last night. The other two planes landed safely at Iskanderun. They had been
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  • 70 1 MORE BOMB BLASTS IN CYPRUS AC YPR U S electricity authority store in a village 19 miles west of Nicosia was wrecked by several bomb explosions last night. The resulting fire destroyed property worth $25,000. At Athalassa, near Nicosia, a bomb exploded in the toilet of a police headquarters under
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  • 177 1 ALLAN LEWIS r Brat race in Kuala yesterday had mm on schedule, the J "*t planned the JJ**j betting coup hv jave doubled the gains they 1 ■■■>' made. «M' 0^ ra 1 t or^ to hold about ten minutes before the official starting time of
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  • 194 1 HTHE ROYAL NAVY yesterday sent a fishery protection frigate to the scene of a reported clash between Russian and British fishermen on the high seas. The captain of the British fishing boat Harold Cartwright radioed urgently that two Russian trawlers fouled and cut the ship's
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  • 81 1 BENGAL'S provincial government stepped In yesterday to fight the dangerously growing cholera epidemic as Calcutta's hospitals admitted a 20--year record of 324 cholera victims. Workers started sinking 140 sealed wells throughout the city, especially in the slum areas. The city's acute water shortage in the current
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  • 237 2 Envoys preparing in Moscow for summit meeting •yHE British, French and American envoys in Moscow held talks last night following delivery of their governments' notes agreeing to Soviet proposals tr\at ambassadorial talks on a summit conference should open today. Although Russia proposed April 17 for the
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  • 120 2 Dulles to visit Berlin in May as Mayor's guest MR JOHN FOSTER DULLES, IS. Secretary of E It! State, will visit West Berlin briefly alter attenclS ing the Atlantic Pact Ministers 1 meeUm in openE hagen, the State Department announced WashE ing ton yesterday. Mr. Dulles is due to arrive
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  • 172 2 British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer reached •lull agreement" on EastWest issues, including a possible summit conference, it was officially announced in London last night. The two statesmen plunged into the first of three pre-summit meetings highi lighting a
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  • 261 2 'SECOND TERM FOR CHAMOUN' STIRS LEBANESE UNREST TJNREST spread through the Lebanon yesterday over a reported plan by President Chamoun to amend the constitution to enable himself to run for a second six-year term of office. Violence has already flared up on three fronts and Mr. Chamoun \s opponents have
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    14 2 And in between his peace talks here is another warning from Mr. Krushchev
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  • 255 2 More atom power will strengthen NATO's defences J)EFENCE MINISTERS of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation approved plans yesterday to strengthen the NATO West European "shield" by equipping half of a planned 30 divisions with atomic potential. The Ministers meeting in Paris, endorsed a report of the military committee outlining minimum
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  • 178 2 MR. K SAYS P TOTAL A-ARMS BAN IF... INTERNATIONAL agreement for a complete bar on production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons would be possible ii the West followed the Soviet lead on cessation of nuclear weapons tests Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said yesterday. Mr. Khrushchev's statement was made in
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    • 86 2 TWICE AS GOOD WHENTOtyuSE TATE LYLE CU B E SUGAR Sg^§ Imported from England by W' r\jß^«i^S^^fl .^^^^^(M A L AYA LTD. %ggipP jH J^i> O^> JINGAPOm KUAIA IUMPUft PENANG UNIVERSAL WNCH-H-BAC proclical, »ave money and still be well groomed. Carry your unch and Ih. b.v.rag. of you, choice in
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  • 273 3 DIM lUN was among h the leaders last night in a hectic race to get exhibits ready lor the opening today of the Brussels World Fair. S>veral nations were battung grimly against time but had little chance of having their pavilions ready
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  • 102 3 FIVE Ilongot (a tribe in Northern Luzon) headhunters have been arrested for the murder of a former Government official and his two sons last March in Nueva Vizcaya Province in Northern Luzon, according to the Manila Daily Mirror. The newspaper said a Philippine constabulary
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  • 62 3 Drunk— so her donkey jogged on IjK)R driving a donkey cart while under the influence of drink, a woman, Mieta Baadjies, was jailed for three months after being charged in the Prinre Albeit (South Africa) magistrate's court. Evidence was given that she was found lying on the cart drunk while
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  • 68 3 CRUELTY, SO DIVORCE FOR PAT OWENS BRITISH film actress Patricia Owens yesterday obtained a divorce from Hollywood writer-produ-cer Sidney Bartlett on the grounds of physical and mental cruelty. Bartlett. 49. married the 26-year-old actress on April 7. 1956. They separated last July, but delayed divorce proceedings in the hope of
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  • 75 3 THE American llnor Constitution carrying exQueen Soraya of Persia to the United States stopped briefly at Algcciras. Spain, yesterday but visitors were not allowed aboard. Spanish newsmen hoping to board and holding passes handed out by the ship's local agent were turned back at the
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  • 457 3 Unshackle East-West trade. Labour urges the Covt. MR. HAROLD WILSON, Labours chief spokesman on economic affairs, T1 yesterday urged the Government to "throw off the rusty shackles" on East- West trade. Full employment in Britain might depend on expanding this trade, he told ihe House of Commons. Mr. Wilson was
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  • 33 3 Fire caused by a short circuit destroyed the roof of the foreign ministry's NATO section in Ankara yesterday. Officials saved documents as firemen fought the blaze. Reuter
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  • 106 3 AUSSIES PLAN WORLD CRUISE IN CATAMARAN r-i> iiiii 1 1 ii mi 11 1 1 in in mill r'O Sydney men plan to leave soon on a world cruise in a home-built, 35--foot-long timber catamaran. They have copied drawings of ancient Polynesian catamarans to build their craft. The men, Tony
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  • 218 4 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, Apr. 17, 1958. OUR GOOD CUSTOMER D;LKLKEKL;E A LARGE Australian trade mission ol industrialists, bankers I and businessmen is in Singapore to study investment possibilities in this Colony and to boost two-way trade. Australia, which ha s already made appreciable investments in both Singapore and
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  • 1312 4 THE TORMENTED LIFE of LANA TURNER Sluriiny iinlufi —it ihrw pttri mtory !>•§ LEONARD MOSLEY ihai i*>lls ma murh at ih*> $-attt€*\ und idols 00 ur tint** The usual recipe in England for this famous pick.me.up is a raw egg, Worcester sauce, red pepper, and salt mixed with sherry, It
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    • 26 4 t*.\ :t§ it isi 1 19 ENGAGEMENT RINGS DIAMONDS ulso in IHAHO.MIS the loveliest I.l'M* U. S. de Suva 106. ORCHARD ROAD, Singapore 9: Tel: *****
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    • 40 4 V HB| Hj P VEHICLE m *G RtcuLruRAL I IT PAYS TO FIT PERKINS GENUINE SPARES mM I OIESEIS Tht Diesel Engine with the Cltan Enhautt {myons MOTORS LTD. wmm mm UNIVItJAI CAtS I** P*A«n« WIAIMt MOV Ku«4« \.mmpm *•.»<•+•» NUtotW
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  • 360 5 Kxirti stuff ia step up wgti' oft smugglers T»HE Singapore Customs war on smugglers, particularly oi x tobacco and liquor, is to be stepped up by recruiting additional staff and acquiring new power craft. Government sources indicated that the increase in tlv> rate of duty on
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  • 142 5 THE Singapore Trade Union Congress is seeking the co-opevation of all unions to celebrate May Day a1 one bin rally to be attended by about 50,000 1 workers. There were two separate major rallies last yearone sponsored by the TUC and
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  • 48 5 Britain's Opposition Lalour Party stated yesterday results of 56 county council lection, to hand showed Labour gained 237 seats and 36, making a net gain of 201 seats. This compared with a net is of 137 seats in the same counties in 1955 Reuter
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  • 23 5 Cairo Zoo has given Damascus Zoo a variety of animals and birds, includ»ng lions, tigers, foxes deer anct swans.— Reuter
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  • 40 5 The eclipse of the sun on Saturday will be seen in Singapore. Beginning at about 8.30 a.m., the sun would be almost completely eclipsed within an hour, according to a spokesman of the Survey Department
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  • 53 5 Helping his bride, the former Miss Noreen Nio, to cut their cake, is Mr. Charlie Tan. a Singapore school teacher, after their wedding which was solemnised at the Wesley Methodist Church. Singapore. The bride was given away by Mr. Wee Kim Wee. president of the Singapore
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  • 106 5 MR. H. J. C. Kulasingha. a member of the Singapore Rural Board, told the Free Press yesterday that the chances of the West Coast Road Community Centre securing a village hall on the army playing field in Pasir Panjang were remote. The centre has
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  • 16 5 Ships at the Singapore Naval Base today are; Andrew, Mounts Bay and Newfoundland
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  • 177 5 THE new Spastic Children's Association of Singapore has started a class for spastic children who arc unable to go to school. The class is being held twice a week in the Paediatric Unit of the General Hospital, which is the temporary headquarters of the association. The
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  • 38 5 Prince Takamatsu. younger brother of the Japanese Emperor, and wife, Princes^ Kikuko yesterday visited one of the oiggest glass factories in the world the Saint Gobain factory near Compiegne. north of Paris.— Reuter
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  • 79 5 BIGGER YOUTH HOLIDAY CAMP PLAN SINGAPORE'S youth holiday resort in Tanah Merah Besar l« popular when about 30,000 youths make use of it each year, a spokesman from the Singapore Youth Council said yesterday. As a result the Youth Council intends to extend and renovate the place and improve conditions.
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    • 118 5 LOVELY FASHION FABRICS FROM THE CONTINENTS AT SLASHED PRICES r SALE NOW ON AT CHAMPAKLAL^S 84 ARAB STREET PHONE ***** SINGAPORE I ml V. bT LJ A JL K. H I JSk El\ B y(T^> O O K I W^BUl SINCLE LENS REFLEX H B ifel T^i^^l INTERCHANGEABLE LENSES H
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 271 6 JEFF II AN Kl by Bytmmy Jordan The Got at ship BRiCXst tut IW' OUG2 u>oorjrfj GbStfeivEP a RK^*^ an invasion 38 6U(fS BETWEEN THf^ SVAX<>^> >»r I HUGE FLEET MOWNG AS A CLOUD WIT f ir L T jG^pr mAW^'E t>F>EEC> Which MAk t 1 1 UH >' I
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    • 451 6 BORN today, you have an extremi ly active mind which must ha\ something to keep it busy all it time. In fact, you a.re the type wi probably will have more than oi active career, since you nee<j chai i nelfi into which you can turn you i energies. Science
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 156 7 LONDON, April 16. Previous Today Kii-i'.iK No IAJ«Sl A J« S 1 23 buyers 23', buyers European P«' 1 ru 23!; sellers 23V sellers M av 22T-, buyers 23 buyers mm9 23 sellers 23 »i sellers \n 1 RSS Spot 23?i buyers 23 7 S buyers Kir.ciK
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    • 110 7 NEW YORK, April 16. Previous Today TIN Straits Spat 92.37 nom. 92.87 nom. In N it U "tonirui-t May Y. 92.00 buyers 92.50 buyers straits conuaci .uaj 9262 geilers 93.00 sellers julv 91.75 buyers 92.00 buyers 92.50 sellers 92.75 sellers io\i Steady. SALES: Nil RUBBER: Futures Ma
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    • 33 7 NEW YORK, April 16. Previous Today 30 Industries 447.58 444.35 Mi Railroads 106.67 105 98 In Domestic Bonds 88.82 88.82 IS llilities 75.77 75.76 65 Stocks Composite Averages.. 153.84 152.97
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    • 57 7 bar spot and awaiting e 26 1 ,2 afloats 26 4 to 26, kpril shipment 25%. Lampong and awaiting release 26'a. floats 26H to 26, April ship- tnent 25%. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 41, afloats 40, and April shipment 39^, sellers ex-dock I Above
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    • 95 7 COPRA I'hilippines c.i.f. U.K./ N'ortfa Kuropean ports delivered »<ii:M per lonjj ton Apr/. May < OPRA, straits c.i.f. U.K /North European ports delivered weight per long ton Apr/. May May/June COCONUT OIL crude Straits ell. Kuropean ports in bulk ,^,S ton Apr/May <<><OMT OIL crude Ceylon
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  • 81 7 With a swirl of frilled skirts and black stockings, these attractive Australian teenagers brought the French can-can to Singapore. The girls, who are all from Sydney, are members of the Hildas dancing troupe which began a sea- son last night in a Colony nightspot. The
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  • 185 7 WOMAN AND THREE MEN TO HEAR APPEAL BY SKELT F[E appeal of Mr. George Skelt (left) who was dismissed from Singapore City Council service following an allegation that he embraced a Chinese girl typist, will be considered by committee of three men and a woman next Thursday. They will sit
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  • 90 7 A London office for our Trade Commission THE Singapore Government is to acquire the lease of a house in London to house the offices of its trade commissioner. A Government statement said yesterday that accommodation at Malaya House, where the trade commissioner's office now is, was inadequate. The lease of
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  • 89 7 CALL TO SET UP SHARIAH COURT THE Singapore Legislative Assembly will be asked next Tuesday to give the green light for the establishment of a Shariah Court and a Registrar of Muslim Marriages. The Government has proposed that it should bo allowed to spend $7,452 this year on the officer's
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  • 21 7 Mr. John Hay Whitney, American Ambassador to Britain, arrived in London yesterday by air from New York.— Reuter
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  • 33 7 Lieut. General Chitti Navisathira, Siamese Minister for Economic Affairs, yesterday, arrived in New York by air from London for an official three-week visit to the United States.— Reuter
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    • 135 7 I SINGAPORE I HIGH TIDES I TODAY: 10.06 a.m. and 10.20 p.m. TOMORROW: 10.41 a.m. and 10.43 p.m. SATURDAY: 11.15 am. and 11.08 p.m. I SUNDAY: 11.49 a.m. and 11.34 p.m. MONDAY: 12.24 p.m. I TUESDAY: 0.02 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 0.33 I a.m.andO7pm. Today's radio programme 1.15 p.m.
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  • 'TRAMP' HONOURED
    • 237 8 Filmland's top awards for Guinness rpHE grey-haired, unkempt "tramp" stood at the entrance of London's plush Savoy Hotel last week, his arms wrapped round a foot-high gold Oscar and a massive silver heart. "Gentlemen," he said, very embarrassed, "if I go out like this the very first copper I meet
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    • 37 8 \NIMALS, birds, flowers and clouds of filmy fabric make up the tall and complicated bonnet worn by Lucy Oberson from Switzerland at the Hyde Park Corner, London, recently. Miss Oberson made the hat herself.
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    • 205 9 THE young men in flannels a new driving A force in London's show business announced last week: "We've raised £100,000 and we're going to open the brightest, most-talked-of club in Europe. It's success or bust for us." They are 25-year-old Ray Jackson, from
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    • 105 9 SHORTLY after the death of Eva Peron, the then Argentine dictator Juan Peron commissioned Leone Tommasi to produce a huge monument to his late wife. Since then, Peron has been thrown out of office and the partly -finished work, consisting of a number of large
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  • 2603 10  - THE 'GAS CHAMBER' FOR MR. ENGLISH Pelham Groom An annoying meeting at a dance leads the to a most diabolical murder=^ c Another Latiff story by,... ON THE AIR The seventh of the Latiff plays The Only Son" will be broadcast at 8.75 p.m. tomorrow. AN OLD ENGLISH CLOCK i
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  • 558 11 I Two hours full i of springtime <► l^v Jbb^^ J E^A fli^Sk SONGS, DANCES AND COMEDY SKETCHES -ALL TO AID THE ASIAN GAMES FUND It was learnt last night that Pte. Sandra White has been admitted to hospital, and may not be able to ap-
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  • 93 11 They' re stars < q Couple of Swells" T lr Sandra White {left) VrA Sylvia Wragg going witgn the number. 7; Megance oj the Regency < ine ooisterousness of the Gay venues are depicted in "Dane- j lu l 071 i/e/n t/iai pre- s to stately 7wi?iMci a?id </ic TOcrani
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  • 192 12 PEKING BACKING FOR JAPANESE SOCIALISTS SEEN t<OMMUNISI liin.i has otiniiiis informed Japan tii.it >\n- «.is iiM.iMt t<» accept the Japanese Govern ment's position towards the recently signed private Japanese-Communist China trade Agreement. Th< Japanesi Primi Mini ter, Mr. Kobusuke Ki hi said nij recognition oi Communi i Chins was Involved
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  • 353 12 PARLEYS RESUMED BUT NOW TAIPEH IS COOL THERE has been noth tMi>lr hardenin i: <»f Nationalist China's attitude toward Japan despite settlement of the Tai-peh-Tokyo dispute over the unofficial TokyoPeking trade agree ment. And despite resumption oi' formal JapaneseFormsa negotiations tor their seventh annual trade pact, after a month-long suspension,
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  • 102 12 THE Washington Post, praising the recent release of the last 10 major Japanese war criminals, said "many sources, including this newspaper, have come to question the wisdom of the ex-post facto trial, which resulted In retributive sentences and executions long after the event." It said that
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  • 79 12 TOKYO SEOUL TALKS OPTIMISM MR. lien C. Limb. Chiei ol the Korean delegation to the newly-opened JapanSouth Korea talk s in Tokyo, declared that chances were bright that the two countries would reach •a satisfactory settlement. Mr. Limb, Korean Ambassador to the United Nations, said he would "try hard" to
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  • 453 12 Plea to India on territorial waters stand D;KLKKL;E THE Manchester Guar- dian has called on India to drop her proposal, made jointly with Mexico at the Geneva conference on the law of the sea, th a t stales should choose their own territorial sea up to a 12--mile maximum, and
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  • 148 12 Biy upnntr wins pledge by 601Y. RATIONALIST Chinese i Interior Minister, Tien Chon-chin said in Taipeh that his government would not interfere with the freedom of the press. lie gave this assurance after an uproar in the newspapers about a Bill which, according to inM ed sources, is being ll(ll(
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  • 129 12 INDIAN 'NO' TO CLAIM BY PORTUGAL INDIAN Prime Mlnlsti Nehru. referring t( Portugal's claim before tin International Court o Justice for "right of pass age" between her India: possessions, said he did no think any country coui< be told to invite toreigi forces on its soil. He told the House
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  • 19 12 Mr. Matsunosuko Tsuto moto. oldest Ja: American in the unjjj States, has clieci Francisco at thi Reuter
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  • 314 12 r riiK London Times lU scribed Japan a the \<-^ cafifi fOl 1 til-- '■nmriiajM bt-1 a en j Ea^t and West ana said thai 11 is BtHJ too early to foretell whel I hei the "marriag< I will survive In Its w
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  • 313 13 i; N JOY MATTHKWS ill pretties! and the brightest fabrics this English siimiiKi season will be going l<> All b< ;t-dressed girls will be mixing :hing their shots and their chemiseinstead of sticking to those plain old idea is: plain dress, and brilliantly'
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  • 41 13 JBW sleeping pin claimed to be nonn 't forming and free any after-effects Met hero. Pin, recently ex- Hie Amerietin (al AM octetion P ln Philadel*.has boon tested J°£ople suffering 1M Every patient > V, 1 Ji
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  • 235 13  -  GEORGE HOGAN by ABOUT 92 per cent of all women's stockings produced in Britain today are made of nylon. About half the men's socks now being sold are manufactured in the same material. Britain is the biggest producer of nylon outside America and the
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  • 327 13 QNCE upon a time only the sinfully rich cai peted their homes in pale pastel colours. Only the rich could hang their windows with porcelain-blue curtains, cover their chairs with off -white linen, or scatter their sofas with Everybody else had to be practical and
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  • 89 13 TURBAN THAT COSTS $35... VIEWER than the rolled-brim breton and the halo hat is the turban, whirled round the head and whipped up into a topknot. And it symbolises the amazing story in fabrics the story that spans the vast new range of wonder fabrics. The turban is newer than
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  • 140 13 NOTING that 54 per cent of all deaths in America last year were due to heart diseases and that the majority of the victims were husbands, the Washington Heart Association has listed the following tips for wives who wish to keep their husbands happy
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  • 140 14 Australia's opening batsman Jmi Bui Ice was told yesterday he has iiad a biukt n nb since the fifth Test match in South Africa early last month. Burke was hurt during B whirlwind attack by South African fast bowlers Adcock ami Heine at Port
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    59 14 PIC TUBED at the I wheel of a powerful I D-type Jaguar at Oui- ton Park. Cheshire, is 38-year-old former world cycling chum. I pion ilvu, Harris. He is taking up car racing this season, and is pictured during prac- I lite. The Jaguar is owned by Mr. jack Broadhead,
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  • 54 14 Results in last night's Briti h rugby union and league matches were: RUGBY LEAGI I Huddersfl< Id 1 1 v. •> 31; Oidhana w Hull RUGBY UNION Coventry 2] Rugby L4; M le iiv ;j Glamorgan Wanden rs 13; Redi hi h 1 1 Pena rth 11; 1
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  • 459 14 TKRHY McClenaughan, co-manager of the Wallabies Rugby Union touring team, will recommend shorter tours in future. THE TEAM HAD THE WORST RECORD OF ANY AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS. LOSING ALL OF ITS FIVE INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. According to McClenaughan. there were four reasons for the team winning
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  • 328 14 WHY HAVE ANOTHER TRIAL? SPORTS LETTr* another trial tor Sim, pore amateur box! with hopes ol competing the Asian Games in Tokv, Pass me the smelling a This decision Boors nn l Whatever the i it my memorj j rightly 1 ni p ;;1 J punch drunk the SAI secretary
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    7 14 "Fine thil races -and nil scratched!"
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  • RACING
    • 590 15 D;LK;LKE L. pAROLE proved himself the "certainty I ev eryone thought be was when he won the st j ce at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, defeating ablemate Hamlet and bringing off a well planed betting coup. (See story on Page 1). On Parole raced to the
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    • 47 15 8 Waterman, the p*. 825 Eiir °p™n n,y est Berd8 erd l)oxin s <*«»- -i rem «nl f 1( )in the irnlev n &ut r 2 m Dave l Am^ h ended hU wn t() hav^ Italy i« ur °P^an title Ilio n j n^ against
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    • 147 15 THE twentyone final acceptors, with weights, for the Great Metropolitan Handicap, to be run over two miles and a quarter, at Epsom on April 22. are: Maelschaechlainn 9.07, Articulate 9.06, Gads Hill 9.04, Sandiacre 8.12, Lanza and Hollyhock, 8.04, Chamanna 8.02, Gudmenarmist 801, Lucky White Heather 7.12,
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    • 407 15  - A WINNING GALLOP BY REMEMBRANCE 3f in 36 ALLAN LEWIS THIS MORNINGS TRAINING ON THE K.L TRACK d9R ■fIJCKRJPTJCIfIiUMfII^^K ft jIB^^QOWB R MEMBRANCE (11 o on), who finished second to Black Charm the first day, showed improyement this morning to dispose of three in 36 wide out on the number
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    • 167 15 vrORTHERN Ireland made sure of at least sharing the international soccer championship of Britain when they drew 1-1 with Wales in Cardiff yesterday. If Saturday's match between Scotland and England in Glasgow is drawn, Ireland will become outright winners of the championship for the first time
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    • 155 15 British League results:— LEAGUE ONE: Portsmouth 3 Manchester United 3. LEAGUE THREE Southern: Crystal Palace 2 Queens Park Rangers 3; Exeter City 2 Shrewsbury Town 1; Gillingham 1 Bournemouth 1; Norwich City 5 Newport County 2; Southend United 2 Plymouth Argyle 1; Torquay United 1 Northampton
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    • 72 15 REAL MADRID, holders of the European Soccer Cup qualified for the final of this year's competition although they were beaten 2-0 by Vasas in their second leg fjemi-flnal match In Budapest. They won the tie on an aggregate of 4-2. having won the first leg
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    • 72 15 ]VfR. H. Wallington's Fault- less Speech won the Free Handicap for three-year-olds yesterday at Newmarket. Mrs. H. Lloyd's Masquerade was second, with Mr. J. Olding's Okaye third. Fifteen ran. Official starting prices: 10 to 1 Faultless Speech, 100 to 8 Masquerade, 100 to 3 Okaye. Supreme Joy
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    • 22 15 Britain beat France 19-8 in a rugby league international in Leeds yesterday. Britain led 9-5 at half- time.— Reuter
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  • 138 16 Voteless in polls marked by race issue 4S 1.500.000 whites voted in Sout'.i A f r i C a yesterday, 8,000.000 vote 1 e s s Africans watched In silence. The general election was dominated by the Lssue of racial segregation. A total of 272
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  • 267 16 TilF leader of Russia's Young Coni- munists said In a report published in Moscow yesterday that some form of marriage vows should be introduced in the Soviet Vnion and the ceremony made more beautiful. Mr. A. N. Shelepin, First Secretary oi the Young
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  • 196 16 AS France began her search, yesterday for a new Prime Minister, it was disclosed in Paris last night that President Rene Coty. was expected to call on ex-Gaullist M. Jacques Soustelle tomorrow. M. Soustelle is not expected to succeed in getting sufficient parliamentary
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