The Singapore Free Press, 8 May 1958

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Is lava's Own Family Paper Singapore, Thur&day, M»y N, i9.*»s. priee tSCU.
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    Lock icon U.S. A-blast surprise
    103 1 yar is. Aiomic- Energy commission < onfirmed vtvterda\ that the first nuclear explosion of its current tests was held at the Eniwetok Pacific provingrounds on April 88 the dav that Britain exploded a nuclear device in the Christmas Island The A.F.C. announcement followed disclosure of the first
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    BARGAINING AT TALKS: LITTLE DISPUTE
    410 1 BARGAINING AT TALKS: LITTLE DISPUTE yiIKRE will be much bargaining but not a great deal of dispute at the final conference on Singapore's draft constitution which is due to begin in London on Monday. Sources close to the all-party delegation lold the Free Press this morning: "There will be little
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    'Aid for rebels': Envoys called to talks
    129 1 'Aid for rebels': Envoys called to talks *HE Indonesian For- Hii;i Minister, Dr. Sub; Irio, yesterday in three Western Ambassadors, apto discus? charges of foreign intervi ntion in the In denesian revolt. he Antara news agency the Ambassadors— id Jones of the States, Mr. D. F. lot t of Britain
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    20 held in round-up
    42 1 Twenty secret society men were rounded up by the Singapore police last night. Fourteen Chinese, belonging to Group 24, were arrested in the Tiong Bahru area. The other six were arrested at 2.30 a.m. today in Jalan Besar.
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    Lock icon R.A.F. BLAST YEMEN CANNONS
    73 1 R.A. F. BLAST YEMEN CANNONS A Shackleton bomber also took part in the attack and destroyed gun emplacementa with 1,000 pound bombs. In London it W0 I Officially announced thai Brlta was informing all members of the U.N. Security Council by letter that the action against Yemen was In self-defence
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    Lock icon Margaret greeted by wolf whistles
    95 1 Margaret greeted by wolf whistles minium iimimiipßlNCESS Margaret, sun- tanned, smiling and dressed in vivid yellow, flew into London Airport last night after her 11,000--mile tour of the British West Indies. Her gay, attractive appearance brought a very unconventional tribute a man among the large welcoming crowd greeted her with
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    No electricity for breakfast
    53 1 About 200 flats in the Tiong Bahru area In Singapore had no electricity this morning when a low-voltage cable at the Tlong Bahru sub-station v.as damaged, The failure occurred at übout 7.20 a.m, The City Electrical Engineer, Mr, z k. Fluczek. said the cable wa.s Immediately
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    Lock icon VISIT TO ANNE
    43 1 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh spent about 45 minutes with Princes* Anne last nigni at the Lou don hospital where she Ifl making "normal progress" after an operation for thi removal ot ton 11 and adf noicl Reuter
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    BRITISH H-BOMB STOCK GROWS
    127 1 BRITAIN'S growing stock of atomic weapons was beginning to he supplanted by megaton (hydrogen) bombs, Lorci Gosford. Foreign Under-Secre-tary, said in London last night. He was speaking in a House of Lords debate on the Royal Air Force. He also said the past year had seen
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    Lock icon WEST TAKES FLEXIBLE STAND
    425 2 But an undercurrent of firmness is growing 1W West was seen b> < diploniatit observers in t openhagen last inglit 1 aftei the NATO, foreign ministers' conference as deciding on firmnm combined with flexibility in its approach to summit talks with the a&tkt nStu was reflected
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    Lock icon TV to help pilot ships in double size Suez Canal
    194 2 'pi I fcVISION will be I used to help to pilot ships through a Suez Canal twice its present width, the Egyptian canal authorities said yesterday. Colonel Mahmoud Younis, chairman of the Egyptian Canal Author, ity, told a Press con.
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    Lock icon MOSCOW SEES NEW BID TO BANG DOOR ON SUMMIT
    106 2 MOSCOW RADIO said iVllast night that the session of the NATO ministerial council in Copenhagen was "a new effort to bang the door on the summit conference.*' "Judging: by deeds/' said Moscow Radio in its home service, it was also "another
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    Lock icon NATO allies now lining up with advice of Dulles
    253 2 NATO allies now lining up with advice of Dulles The x.a.t.o. communique was regarded in Washington a.s giving full support to Mr. John Foster Dulles's cautious approach to a summit conference. It was acknowledged that there wore probably still some members of the North Atlantic alliance who would favour speedier
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    Lock icon RIOT JAIL: SPECIAL BRANCH ON GUARD
    145 2 RIOT JAIL: SPECIAL BRANCH ON GUARD Special branch me, ?H arded M Jui Dublin yesterfl y two battles ov. Tuesda between warders and nri soners. it was learned yesterdi that the trouble best when 18 of the 22 pcS cal prisoners In Mil? broke away from the ex ercise compound
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    Lock icon DISARM AS A MAIN SUBJECT
    130 2 rpHE L8 nato foreign niinistera at the end of their three day meeting in Copenhagen declared controlled dl armament should be one ol the main Quesi ions on i he ag< ida ol mmmil talk wil n Bo> h t Ru la 'i he ton
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    Lock icon ENGLISH GIRL'S SLAYER JAILED FOR LIFE
    244 3 ENGLISH GIRL'S SLAYER JAILED FOR LIFE terday to hard Labour tor li m ;ak r ol mil, 28-year-ham school- years ago. Si wa sentenced by Amiens, Northern ice, to pay one i ban a farthi damages to J: L er Mrs. Dorla Marsh t he read out the sentem year-old
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    U.K. is a magnet for coloured peoples
    133 3 U.K. is a magnet for coloured peoples fJliaiigc to welfare vfLss Pal Hornsby- Smith, joint Parliamentary und e r Secretary to the Home Office, saici in London yesterday that there was no sign of a Slowing up of the influx of coloured Comm 0 nwealth peoples into Britain. There vv
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    19YRS. IN WRAC NOW SHE WINS MEDAL
    154 3 11/ ARRANT OFFICER tt II C. A. McQuade E of the Wonien'^ Royal E Army Corps, with near- r ly 19 years service in E India, Cyprus, Ger- E E many, Kgypt iind Ma- E lava, was the only woman among officers and
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    Lock icon POLICE SWOOP IN SEARCH FOR BANK ROBBERS
    189 3 Detectives yesterday raided London suburban homes in search of the six-man cosh gang which on Tuesday snatched £43.000 in a daring bank raid. But their non-stop hunt has so far yielded few clues to the identity of the thieves, who grabbed the money
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    Lock icon 3 JUDGES RULE ON A WOMAN'S DILEMMA
    193 3 3 JUDGES RULE ON A WOMAN'S DILEMMA WOMAN accidentally locked in a public lavatory wa.s only one-quarter to blame lor breaking her ankle when .she tried tC climb over the door, three judge.s in the Court of Appeal decided in London yesterday. The court allowed with COSta an appeal by
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    They'll put glamour into flying
    111 3 Four English-speaking Japan AirHnes hostesses arrived in Singapore from Tokyo last ni^lit to make preparations for the company's inaugural flight tomorrow. Two of them. Miss 11. Uchida, 23 and Miss M. Akina. 24. both stewardess —will return with the plane on Friday. 1 1 1
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    Lock icon C'WEAITH CADETS SEE MEMORIAL DEDICATED
    282 3 THE new high altar of St. Paul's Cathedral a memorial to the Common. wealth and Empire dead of I both world wars was conj secrated in the presence of i the Queen and the Duke of j Edinburgh yesterday. Officers and cadets from 17 Commonwealth
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      Opinion Unshackle trade
      218 4 Opinion Unshackle trade T ATIONS Of Free Asia will take he art from the rousing call Of President Eisenhower for freer trade throughout the work! The call was directed at the American nation and there was no min- j cing of words. Said Mr. Eisenhower: "If friendly nations are denied
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    The new Comet IV may win air 'Blue Riband'
    355 4  -  PETER WOON By DE iiavimand chiefs have told 8.0.A.C. their Coin'M airlin* r can provide i first nun -.slop New Yorkl .on don airline s( rvice. I* promises 10 be the first jet airliner to carry passengers on the Transatlantic route,
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    Holiday petrol battle
    526 4  -  BASIL CARDEW By GIFTS OF MAPS, RECORDS r rHE battle of the pet- rol giants has entered a new phase with the launching in Britain of a Europe-wide campaign to capture the business of 20,000,--000 motorists. Yes, 20,000,000 motorists a vast figure but that is the number
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    2 4 SUMMIT MINUET
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      78 4 Airline J DESKS ;T HERE are the \l desks with the Imodern stream m I lined drawer V, I puiis. aii the edges and corners [!^z* ass--;- WI of the desks are j 99HMHBll 9 I rounded and they t **^*<J |W' I i are supported >l 3ll> I ifN
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    Going to Aussie 'varsity? Govt. tip to students
    311 5 SINGAPORE students who seek admission to universities In Australia are advised to send their applications- through the Ministry of Education A spokesman of the Ministry told the Free press that very of! en uni?filii^ sm *^2? tra ii a referred applications from
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    19 5 IM: Kusumowigda, Secretary-General of e Indonesian Foreign fice, ar in Rome by r yes; day from Geneva. Reuter
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    NEW USES THOUGHT UP FOR SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS
    275 5 NEW USES THOUGHT UP FOR SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS I QCHOOL playing fields in Singapore may be open- ed to certain public organisations for limited I use in the near future. The Director of Education, Mr. David McLellan, described the prospects of such a step as •quite good." r He said
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    Commission for Nanyang: Talks now on
    128 5 DISCUSSIONS are now going on between the Ministry of Education and the Nanyang University over the term.s of refer ence for the five-man commission who will inquire into the university'* academic standards. The Permanent Secretary to the Ministry. Mr Lee Siow Mong. said invitations
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    A.A. WILL BE AT NAVY SHOW TO HELP MOTORISTS
    89 5 AN Automobile a tociation unii will be stationed In ld< the Singapore Naval Ba&e f Sunday Lo help mo i tori.sts attending the tenth anniversary ol the Royal Malayan Navy Police win be on duty at both the Rotherham and Canberra
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    31 5 Mr Belwyn Lloyd, the British Foreign Secretary, arrived back in London by air yesterday after attend Ing the three -dav NATO Foreign Minister! Confer eiiQe in Copenhagen Reuter
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    'Killed son' charge woman insane
    50 5 Mrs. Lilian Myra Giles, 52, accused In London of murdering her 16-year-old son with an axe after emptying sleeping tablets Into his tea, was yesterday declared insane and unfit to plead. She was ordered to be detained in custody until the Queen's pleasure be known"
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      93 6 s 1 s J FRESHEST NEW TASTE IX SMOKING J Menthol \lisl makes tin j J big < >'- 1 1. h tobac< o tu*i s frenhej while you smoh i .Hid ilir freshnet i x/ n u r7/j )ow two/ too Vexl i'.h smok( the big M I V
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      92 6 •IKI F lIAWKK bv •lorclaiu 2£^S£=S ufl? DOJT DO WE THINGS L.^E y TMECES SOMETMIMS S,r r ''"GE OP MAMIIC \KI liy Leo Falk and I'liil Davi^ TWIMOSJI INTELLIGENT BEIN6S 1 gjf/ (f)f LOTHAR-OR I^^-!?^- /AvE'RE BEIN6 \J, T\V INMIS (V PROM TMAT GREEM \A >s! /A VOU'LU BE MANPRAKE-A
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      452 6 BORN today. yo u are iom< a cynic and definitely hu j melancholy turn of mind it l portant that you force 'your l look on the brighter Bide The stars have give, E commendable Qualities which need development to pin E right track. What you lack mL all. is
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  • Round the World Market Prices
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      U.K. closing prices
      167 7 I LONDON, Mas 7 Previous ioda> I i > s «i I 20 buyers 21" buyers I 2 1 ei.ei s a 1 I die! lune 20 buyers 21 buyeir 21 ellers 21 sellers r -.u.,1 i buyer! 21 < buyers I 2 1 t,l! r s
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      New York prices
      100 7 NEW OEK, May 7 Previous Today I 94 12 nom 94 50 nom. futui V contract May 93.5d buyers 93. .a buyers 94.12 sellers 94.75 sellers luij 93.00 buyers 93 50 buyers 93.75 sellers 94. 50 sellers L*| steady SALES: Nil p,r,l K I mures M.r\ 24.35
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      31 7 I NF.tV YORK, May 7. I Previous. Today ■Julii-lriaU 4(53.67 462.88 MBailiuads 113.70 ***** ■Bomtstir Bonds 90.11 90.13 MW 1; 77.56 77.50 ■■(inks Composite Vverages.. 159 86 *****
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      U.S. PEPPER
      40 7 I awaiting [W** to 25'.., v oted. LamWU§ aiting release 25'i, May .shipment 25: Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 39 1 >. afloats 39. and May shipment 38'•• sellers ex-dork.* Wk\quoted in U.S. ccJits per W.
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      97 7 I' Pli lines i .if. r.K,/ l llh mopean ports clolivercd g ton May June KV Straits r.i.f. C.K, North Wan ports delivered lsht I" lon May June ()Ni I Oil crude Straits ro Pean ports in bull. r ton May f )N Oil crude Ceylon
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    INSURANCE BUSINESS FOR CO-OPS
    66 7 INSURANCE BUSINESS FOR CO-OPS societies Kk r will be insurance EC Legislative E. a Bill prok Government. he ltor y note. E said that a h R ty wu.s be--1 the colony ■Cl "I carrying i] businesS. ho l() nicroa.se m f!( T tho CoI, etiea OrdinI additional 1 n.r.
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    MALAYANS TOUR SHEEP COUNTRY
    113 7 SIXTEEN students from Malaya and Singapore were among a party who made a tour of sheep and cattle country in New South Wales as guests of the Goulburn Rotary Club. The party, who had travelled 130 miles from Sydney visited places of interest and watched a
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    200 MORE JOIN CITY COUNCIL MALAY CLASSES
    155 7 200 MORE JOIN CITY COUNCIL MALAY CLASSES ;r THE first batch of 320 employees of the Singapore City Council who started learning Maiay in March will finish their primary course at the end of this month. A council spokesman said they would take advanced classes for another three months. Another
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    Ivory flown here for blind bazaar
    145 7 Ivory flown here for blind bazaar Hundreds ol dollars worth ot ivory, mahogany .statues and various handicrafts from Viet nam are expected to arrive here today for the Sixth International Bazaar in aid Of the Singapore Association for the Blind The Bazaar, organised each I year by the Singapore Association
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      187 7 rJII'lllllllllllilllllllllimilllllilll!I SINGAPORE I I HIGH TIDES 1 E TOJ>\Y. >,:»t p.m. TOMORROW: 2.00 a.m. 5 and 3.43 p.m. SATURDAY: MX am and 4.38 p.m. E E SUNDAY: 3.42 a.m. E and 5*45 p.m. E MONDAY: 4.41 a.m. E and (>.. r )f) p. m E E TUESDAY: 6.30 a.m. E
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    Unknwon you?
    513 8 Unknwon you? COURAGE GIRLS! I^IIAT rath«r «\ti aordin ary woman, (iina I.olloongida. ba« stt down her provocative thought*, on fashion. I writ what suits mt B After a month o r "tore of the new, low-waisted E l k som<> i"""'" are in despair. Courage\ Couraue\ There is an alternative-,
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    Now comes that Buttoned-up look
    91 8 Now comes that Buttoned-up look Spring coat with all tin M, lines and easy ova shape, S wider-neckline, and a band urM* button at the hern. Bc< ><use nmt 5 short it's not difficult to :>.dkii!m 5 At least that's what the uishioM experts say. It is designed H, Spectator
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    EPITAPH FOR PETER IS 'REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE'
    356 8 EPITAPH FOR PETER IS 'REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE' DETER WINCHESTER eemed to be .1 r< l > i withoui ,i ran 1 j aid Mr M 8h« rrard at Southwark, London, lasi week He v/a appearii g for Peter 1 parents v I on the boj 0 -a,, found I^2
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    Nurse stole gas to sniff for fun—and died
    297 9 Nurse stole gas to sniff for fun— and died A 16-YEAR-OLD den lX tal nurse liked to take v\ hills oi ethvlehloridc a «as used for patients at the surgery where she worked. Tlie gas Kave her a pleasant, exciting feelIng. Then she bfigftP to take home little cylinders of
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    ...ASKS GINA
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    Sue is so shy
    101 9 An event at YYhipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, a lew weeks ago was the birth of a pigmy donkey, "Peggy Sue" which now stands at two-feet-high. I Although small, "Peggy Sue" is certainly very lively, and is quite a handful for the Zoo hostesses. I Just the same,
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    Air crash wife lies 3 nights in snow
    264 9 I^OR two days and three nights 35-year-old Mrs. Patricia Da,vis lay lashed by pain under the wing of a tiny airplane on a snowswept Oregon moun tainside. She spent a lot of the time praying. Often she talked to herself to keep
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    THE FIRE THAT BECAME TOO HOT FOR SEPTIMUS
    2313 10  - THE FIRE THAT BECAME TOO HOT FOR SEPTIMUS Pelham Groom I Another Latiff story by.... £EPTIMUS SIM put Nil f l.iss on the Club b.ir .is the fire engines willed their urgent w.iy pnst th building. He qlanccd at his watch. "They are going tc be busy tonighr/' he laid
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    R.M.N. CLEAR THE DECKS FOR THAT BIG WELCOME ABOARD'
    935 11 R.M.N. CLEAR THE DECKS FOR THAT BIG WELCOME ABOARD' i/>N SUNDAY THE ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY CELEBRATES ITS TENTH f 0 BIRTHDAY. TO MARK THE OCCASION IT WILL BE HOLDING A I royal MALAYAN NAVY DAY', WHEN THE SHIPS AND THE BAR- RACKS AT WOODLANDS, IN THE NAVAL BASE, WILL BE
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    MANNING THE GUNS
    67 11 s< Firing practices are often held at sea and these \i Naval gunners soon learn that it is not easy to be \< "on target' when firing from a pitching deck. For- innately when this picture was taken there was a dead calm and their aim was
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    Pirate hunters
    40 11 n Armed m o t o r launches are pic- tared here out on patrol. Essentially 8 support craft they serve a variety oj purposes such as k limiting pirates and protecting fisher- I H > men. I I
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    Lock icon U.S. LAUDS GROWING INFLUENCE OF JAPAN
    356 12 U.S. LAUDS GROWING INFLUENCE OF JAPAN \jk. Waller Robertson, Uu is Assistant sr< retary of state for Far Eastern xn.iirs. said thai Japan's Influence was being fell Increas in^iv around the world. Giving testimony before an appropriation sub-commUtee of the House ol Representatives, he added; "Her geographic location is of
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    Lock icon Thousands wept for tragic boy
    163 12 rpHOUSANDS Of men and 1 women ot Hiroshima wept as a badly scarred lit- j tie boy climbed painfully up a number of steps to unveil a bronze statue dedicated to those children who died when that city was hit with nn atomic- bomb In
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    110 12 'Indonesians do not want TO fight each other' \N [ndonesian newspaper editor said in Manila thai the majority of the Indonesian people '"don't care what happens" to the .Sukarno Government In its fighi against the Sumatra rebel,. The editor, who requested anonymity, was quoted by the Philippine News Ser vice
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      23 12 South Korean mission sources in Tokyo said pieces of the assets former Korean roya mily confiscated by havo been returned South Korea. Reuter
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      45 12 The Katmandu newspaper Kalpana reported that Nepalese frontier checkposts had recently intercepted arms being sniusSled into Tibet to hrU> anti-Communist group* there. The Chinese Coy ernment recently ap proached Nepal to tukr effective measures to check arms smuggling into Tibet through Nepalese tern- tory.- Reuter
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      28 12 Mr. Tashiro Hayama, pul lie prosecutor from the Tokyo's Ministry of Justice office, spent a whole day at Bow street magistrates' court in London listening to cases- Reuter
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      28 12 Ireut. General Ayu b h Khan, Pakistan's Army commander-in-chief, iid Air Vice Marsh.il teghar Khan, Pakistani Air Force Chief, are now in Washington for military dis- cussions.- U.P.
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      29 12 Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Chung Kwan, in a joint communique issued in Seoul stressed. "No free nations could co-exist ivith an Reuter
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      43 12 I'nder the Anglo-Japanese trade agreement, just signed in London for one year. Japan's exports to the British colonies are expected to bo valued at £150 million sterling while Japanese imports from the colonies are likely to be worth between V:7O m lion.— Reuter
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      28 12 munist Chinese Trade Mission are now on a tour of factories in Bri- tain to investigate a range of Eiitish products s<ud possibly to con ing detracts.-— Reeter
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      44 12 Dne thousand pullets have reached Saigon by sea as part of an American-aid programme to build up the poultry industry in South Vietnam. Saigon Government officials said altogether 5,000 pullets had been bought from as of Japan programme. Reuter embers of a 12-man Com-
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      20 12 -A New Siamese Ambassa 1 r Vice-Admiral Sunthorn Sunthornnavin is due to arrive in Taipeh this M month. Ren Reuter
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      25 12 Pilgrimi from Singapore and thr Federation of Malaya were among 10.000 people from nine different nations received in a mass audie Pius XII. -U U.P.
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      33 12 The treaty of commerce and navigation which Communist China and Russia have just signed has been declared to be "absolutely illegal and, therefore, null and void* by the Nationalist Ministry in Taipeh. Reuter
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      30 12 The Japanese Ministry of Education has said it would enforce in mid-May tne revised co p y r ight law. which applies stricter penalties to piracy of foreign books. Reuter
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      19 12 About 200 Japanese tuna fishing boats operating near Christmas Island have been warned about the British niielear tests. Reuter
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      188 12 200,000 Reds rule India's 370 million? Never, he says INDIA will never turn communist despite success tile communists have had in some areas such P.s Kerala State. Dr. K. M. Munshi, said in Tokyo. The former Indian Government Minister said the local successes the Communists had had in India were
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    85 12 A.-power plants idea for Pakistan report said M ull I cl< Power Plants might be suit' able tor outlying oar of East •um \y, Pa j. L bv B t U hr tl I 1 T t S IV v n PUblL^d DI trie V b N ning Associal n
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    98 12 An Influential Taipoh Chinese journalist has boldly suggested that the Nationalist Government should give up its attempt to control the estimated 13 million Overseas Chinese living In South-Ea 1 countries. Mr. Stan way director-editor of th< dependent China said. "The best solut
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    577 14 COACH MUST GO, SAY SINGAPORE'S BOXING FANS SINGAPORE fight faHs veslerda^ stated that the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council should reconsider the decision nol to send a coach the two boxers al the Asian Games, Boxi r> to t < preseni th< lolony at th< i tem this mon h
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    119 14 SCOTLAND and Hungary O drew 1-1 in the soccer international played at Hampden Park, Glasgow, last night. A crowd of 55,000 several time.s booed the Hungarians for robust tackling. Casualties were numerous, and Scottish fullback Howie and inside-left Collin.s both had to receive treatment for
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    332 15 Loader shines in rout of Kiwi XI ImjdT medium bowler |T i, i Loader sent K, w ;ealand wickets ■tun' 1 in the last 85 Iminu yesterday dur- in tourists' match ■a i uui) Surrey at The I .w Zealand lost half their side for 41 runs when ■replyin to
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    137 16 UN EM PL OYMENT In Britain re.lc h e d Its highesi point la t month nince January, h»;>3. a Ministry oi Labour report disclosed today. On h check day during April, there were 110,0011 people registered as an* employed—* two per cent. of the
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    60 16 rriHIRTY-four ships have I either bypassed Colombo or left the harbour without loading their cargoes in the last two weeks in which a Ceylon Trade Union Federation strike has been In e fleet. The Ceylon Employers Federation has applied to the labour commissioner for permission to prosecute
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