The Singapore Free Press, 16 August 1958

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    16 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper V| glagapOWi Saturday, August 16, 1958. Price 15Cts.
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    Formosa tension bases
    110 1 Formosa tension bases pension' ;:i fche Formosa I strait appeared to have ea<ed a little yesterday aitn 1 the previous day's air-sea clashes between the Chinese Communists and Hi Nationalists, spokesman for the Natu;nl:.-! LVtvnce Ministry Bald air and naval units were stiii constantly patrolling the troubled area to prevent
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    Lock icon Beirut bomb kills 3
    40 1 A bomb exploded on the foorstep of a grocer's shoo m Beirut yesterday afterpoon, bllin two men and a joman and in)uring 10 D "ier.\ some .seriously. J-e explosion caused a hop.- dGs troyed tne I
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    Lock icon Sabotage probe by K.L.M.
    16 1 sab^; C V, P;>-sibility of WgatS have *> EJe,. 1}l '^n sabo- Reuter
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    Lock icon 145 mph hurricane
    20 1 lea hurricane of the thuriaj '••"•d to be o<-. ln the Atlantic H5 of about Re uter
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    Lock icon OFF-PEKING PURGE: ON-A NEW 'REVOLUTION'
    67 1 OFF-PEKING PURGE: ON-A NEW 'REVOLUTION' THE 15-month-old "rectification" campaign in Communist China is about to be wound up, the New China News Agency said yesterday. The agency said it would be be followed by a new drive for socialist construction as a technical and cultural revolution. The purpose of the
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    Lock icon BULGANIN SENT TO CAUCASUS
    96 1 AI Nikoui BuiPi. "nner Soviet r has been chaii W Post as Bank f the State •ointed to a the Russian Sovie tho ofTicial agency Tass said in Moscow last night. Bulganin's new post is that of chairman .of the economic council in the Stavropo region,
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    Lock icon Foot makes dramatic appeal to Makarios -'perhaps the last'
    213 1 HUGH FOOT, Governor of Cyprus, yesterday made a dramatic "and perhaps the last" appeal to Archbishop Makarios exiled Greek Cypriot leader, for co-operation on the future of Cyprus. The appeal, disclosed in Nicosia last night, was made in a letter sent
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    Lock icon Strijdom: 'Serious'
    17 1 Strijdom: 'Serious Thr condition of the BOUttl African Prime Minister. Mr. StrVidom, last night remained MTiottl Reuter
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    Lock icon Mother, be harsh if your child eats paint
    92 1 rE Belfast city coroner, Dr. H.P. Lowe, told mothers yesterday that if they found their children eating paint they should be harsh with them. He recorded a verdict of accidental death on Teresa Bernadette McManus, six, of Belfast, who was said to
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    Lock icon No pillow for baby
    71 1 At SUTTON, in Southern England, a coroner told an inquest that babies aged up to six months should not be given pillows. Recording a verdict of accidental death on a four-month-old baby who suffocated In a soft pillow, he said: "In general it is undesirable that
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    Lock icon U.S. ROCKET ALL SET TO
    345 1 U.S. ROCKET ALL SET TO iv& iavc iv me moon is on. i A That is the story behind America's attempt due tomorj row night— to get a rocket there before the Russians. The U.S. preparations reached a near-peak at Cape Canaveral, Florida, today amid persistent re- ports that Russia
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    Lock icon 38 took their cars overseas
    33 1 More than 12.0 L overseas tourists have so far taken their own cars to Britain this year through the Automobile Association. Of t.hps« 38 were from Malaya Reuter
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    Lock icon DAG FOR NEW M-E PEACE TRIP?
    404 2 Bid to get Anglo-U.S. forces withdrawal A l3 rHORITATIVB Western sourl* CM at the United Nations in New York predicted yesterday that the Secretary-General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld, would soon fly to the Middle East to negotiate arrangements enabling Britain and the United States to
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    Lock icon A-SUB SKATE PAYS CALL ON ICE ISLE SCIENTISTS
    113 2 A-SUB SKATE PAYS CALL ON ICE ISLE SCIENTISTS r rHE ATOMIC SUBMARINE Skate surfaced through the Arctic Ice yesterday to visit 29 servicemen and scientists on a floating Ice island about 300 miles south of the North Pole. The skate cro&sed under the North Pole from the Atlantic earlier this
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    Lock icon V.C. MAJOR DIES
    26 2 Majo] Herbert James, V.C., M.C., died In London yesterday aged 08. lie won the V.C. at GalJipoli in the first world war.— Reuter
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    Lock icon Ex-Jordan envoy: U.K. forces must go
    112 2 IIK BAHA ID-DIN TOUKAN, Jordan's resident representative at the United Nations, said yesterday he had resigned his post because he disagreed with the polity followed by his delegation at the special emergency session of the General Assembly. He said he disagreed completely with the
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    Lock icon FEWER ILLEGAL ARMS FOR LEBANON, UN TOLD
    227 2 npHE United Nations obX server group in the Lebanon reported last night that any illegal infiltration and arms smuggling into that country had markedly diminished since the July 31 Presidential election. In their third report to the Security Council since the group was
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    Lock icon Crown Prince plotted to be King of Syria—lraq paper
    256 2 Crown Prince plotted to be King of Syria— lraq paper npHE BAGDAD newspaper JL Al -Gumohouriya yesterday reported an alleged plot to make Iraq's former Crown Prince Abdul Illah the Kins of Syria. Thr nport preceding the trial of 108 Iraqis on treason and corruption charges, '•aid the plot was
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    Lock icon BEVAN HITS AT DULLES'S 'MONSTROUS OFFENCE'
    140 2 BEVAN HITS AT DULLES'S 'MONSTROUS OFFENCE' j\I R A euri n Bevan. u 1 lle B^tish Labour Party s spokesman on I foreign affairs, y ester- «a y hit out at the 'monstrous offence" of I Mr. John Foster Dulles in trying: to "isolate" Communist China. I Mr Bevan. whose
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    Lock icon Russia is ready for A-arms ban-Mr. K.
    113 2 Russia is ready f or A-arms ban-Mr. K. Ttfß. Nikitu Khru h i governments ;,i th e 3 ed States and BrVtk nl" to use nuclear weaM any circumstance^* by mean- O l tnvr rocket. The Soviet Prune Mimamade thla statemem tot letter sent to leaders J the Brentwood, f\J;
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    Lock icon NEW ASSISTANCE FOR BACKWARD NATIONS STUDIED
    156 2 NEW ASSISTANCE FOR BACKWARD NATIONS STUDIED fTHE North Atlantic Treaty Organisation parA liamentarians' conference, meeting in London, has discussed a new concept of aid to underdeveloped countries. This was reported to a press conference last night by United States Senator J. K. Javits chairman of the economic section of the
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    Lock icon ANTHEA IS BETTER NOW
    58 2 The condition of Anthea Lycett. four-year-old "giveaway" survivor of the Benghazi air crash, was reported to be "quite satisfactory" last night at a London children's hospital. A hospital spokesman said that Anthea, whose adoptive mother died in the crash, would probably be in hospital for "several
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    Lock icon Weekend on the farm for Ike
    23 2 President ElseiUiowi the white House by I tor yesterday to weekend at his farm tysburg, Pennsylvai Reuter
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    Lock icon LIBERIA SUES U.S. FOR GEMS HOARD
    153 3 LIBERIA SUES U.S. FOR GEMS HOARD AY mt national diamond ling ring operat>etw€en Monrovia, A ,uv r p and New York is suspected to have nearly usss,ooo,W orth of smuggled In the last two according to the Government. Ti Liberia n Government has fi with a New York court the
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    Lock icon POPE SENDS WORKERS A MESSAGE
    113 3 POPE SENDS WORKERS A MESSAGE \J overalls and iTi lets mingled with 20,00 other Roman Cai who packed the underground basilica at Lourdes terday for an As s Day mass i the international >" pilgrimage to the shrine. workers were past the altar as a nuge choir sang the Aye
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    Lock icon Appendix lands one-leg escaper dock in prison
    171 3 Appendix lands one-leg escaper dock in prison A CONVICT who escaped wearing an artificial leg was back in prison yesterday because his appendix started troubling him. Thirty-one-year-old Glyn Peters was sent from Wandsworth Prison, South London, on July 2 to have a new artificial leg fitted at Roehampton Hospital. He
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    Baby Doll catches on
    99 3 Its so easy on the eye Heir is the dftM Paris fcMM been ravins: ftbout Bahy Doll. London has quickly cattfbt on to this lateit fashion gimmick and it If predicted it will b« the most sweeping success since the New Look. lt It's easy to
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    Lock icon STATE FUNERAL FOR CURIE
    33 3 French atomic sciential Frederic Joiiot-curie win be given a state funeral on Tuesday, it was announced in Paris lust night. Professor Curie died on Thursday Fie was 58.- Reuter
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    128 3 W. Indians set church a problem THE Church of England Newspaper an independent religious weekly said yesterday that the. large concentration of Wesi Indian immigrants in somt parts of London and other British cities had brought new problems to the Anglican church. "It is natural that West Indians should wish
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    Lock icon COLOURED vs. WHITE TEST AT THE POLLS
    69 3 COLOURED vs. WHITE TEST AT THE POLLS ACULAJUKbD man is 10 seek election to Parliament in a predominantly European constituency for the first time in Southern Rhodesian history, it was announced in Salisbury yesterday The Constitution (Liberal! Party .said it would nominate Mr. Gaston Thomas Thornlcroft, leader of the coloured
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      227 3 Joe Ift^ TREASURES OF ORIENT As artistic gifts, Drawing Room decorations or for personal use, these object de art arc articles of everlasting interest. Malayan Crafts: Kelantan Silver— Malacca Canes- -Crocodile Handbags, Straw Shopping Bags, etc. etc. Indian Crafts: Kashmir Embroidered goods— Shawls Stoics Namdas— Tea Covers— Buffalo Horn Carvings
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      Opinion Danger, but for whom?
      314 4 Opinion Danger, but for whom? 4 MERICA has so far el fectlvely prevented any major llajv-up between Red China and Formosa. By Interposing the Seventh Fleet between the two it has deterred Peking from court Ing war with the United States. Terms of the U.S.Nationalist China mutual aid pact have
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    30 4 "Grandma says we'll all look silly sifting pn a cloud playing harpi with our heads off telling one another thtf the threat to drop an atom bomb was a hoax."
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    Glorifying Mao—by Order
    1425 4  - Glorifying Mao by Order NILS STEFANSSON by npHE Chinese Com- munist press is curr c n t 1 y publishing dozens of articles about Mao Tse-tung which read like the fulsome Soviet praises of Stalin in the years before the dictator's death. Mao, Premier Chou En-lai and other top Communists
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      23 4 M'Mlll Ol I 1 It ONE MORE WEEK io lIISI'OI I Gent's Tailoring BAJAJ TEXTILES LTD. 71, High Street, Singapore. Tel: 31G21 *****
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      51 4 FOR ALL YOUR NEEDS IN DIAMOND GEM JEWELLERY CULTURED PEARL JEWELLERY COSTUME JEWELLERY SILVER E.P.N.S. WARE CRYSTAL WARE j CUTLERY PRESENTATION ARTICLES SPORTS TROPHIES DIAMONDS, SAPPHIRES EMERALD: AT COMPETITIVE PRICES PLEASE VISIT S.P.H.deSILVALTD. 15, HIGH STREET, AIRPORT SINGAPORE 6, STATION ROAD, IPOH ASSOCIATE COMPANY S.P.H. de SILVA (H.K.) LTD. I
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    EKING PRICE WAR IN STORE
    169 5 0 tendency to push China goods noted ■v o f the Singapore merchants traditionally dealing in Japanese ¥,).(N have switched to selling articles manufactured in Communist a r coincides with the trade offensive launched by China in I vsiu'i countries in order to earn mure
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    Traction engines in rally
    48 5 w tity-i steam trac-t-nginei are expected to part in the annual ral)f the Wi aid of Kent ition Engine Club at dock K( nt. today. oldest engine was t in 1904 and the newest, team lorry capable of 1 50 m.p.h., in 1936. ter.
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    TRADE DRIVE INTENSIFYING
    117 5 well, not for their quality or durability but because they are cheaper than those made in Japan or Europe. During the first four months of this year, China sent to Malaya $1,500,000 worth of rubber manufactured articles besidps a large number .of miscellaneous items.* Main categories of
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    POOL OPEN FOR THAT NIGHT DIP
    47 5 The Farrer Park swimming pool was opened for night swimming yesterday. It will be open every night from 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. Charges for night swimming are 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children under 18 years of age.
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    The future Singapore on show
    135 5 MEMBERS of the public will have a chance to see what the future Singapore looks like at a civics exhibition in the Trade and Industries Fair which opens at the Great World next Friday. The exhibition, called "Our Singapore", is jointly sponsored by the Department
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    ANTI-SUB WARSHIP IS DUE
    69 5 ANTI-SUB WARSHIP IS DUE ONE of Australia's fastesfc and most modem anti-submarine warships, the frigate Quiberon, will arrive In Singapore waters on Tuesday for a period of duty in SouthEast Asia. She is commanded by Commander L. M. Ponton. Quiberon's speed is known to exceed 34 knots and Is fitted
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      119 5 IADELPHI HOTEL Dine, Drink and Dance in cool, cosy comfort NEW ADELPHI QUINTET (Nightly except Sundays) Dance to Gypsy, Calypso, Latin American and Continental Dance Music. f ♦♦♦+><m^++++++^+ 4 j; For that Special Lunch— choose the favourite <> J rendezvous, ADELPHI GRILL. o And for the most delicious Chinese Food,
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      53 5 ■■■■■■■■■a. I SINGAPORE I HIGH TIDES! TODAY: 11.56 a.m. and 11.35 p.m. ■•TOMORROW: 12.30 pm. MONDAY: 0.19 a.m. and 103 p.m. TUESDAY: 105 a.m. a and 1.39 p.m. g WEDNESDAY: 1.53 a.m. B and 2.16 p.m. H THURSDAY: 2.47 a.m. m g and 2.56 p.m. a FRIDAY: 3.52 a.m. m
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      170 6 UlliiiiHiiiytiiiiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiißiVßilllllilli* l JEFF IJWVhI l»> Sydney Jordan ffr CO^iTQOL TO ?**l* /banjo to co^ t wh^ Br mi; L con tcol ~^VfIIBHHHBBIBBIBII >Bl 'BAKJvX) STEEC? «J *?O<3»eC WILOO Affl TACGfcT SKjMTEQ- BbISBU^ ik2?«BffliAM ■s O^6. 66.vf rw, '-^-BftirMßTl^ LISTEN^INJG < -V^ I^Bi TWO B^Bfl b.y Lee Falk and Phil Davis
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      376 6 > I>OKN today, you have y l.vtical mind. Mathematw^ > tne exact sciences Intel < you also have been rivei being able to expreV written word. > Although you can s()( adaptable, you have moods v 'Z V prefer your own companj to tSt Be careful in marriage h, need
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  • THE FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special
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      10 1 THE FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special Saturday, August 16, 1958.
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      ALL THE LATEST SELECTIONS
      352 1 ||BHi»""""--------"-"--""""" Bi THE FREE PRESS THE STRAITS TIMES MALAY MAIL STANDARD sKITIU i ALLAN LEWIS TRESPASSER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTER L. M. Y. SCRUTINEER KWEE LOH KRA KRA PLEASANT DREAM PLEASANT DREAM A ri NA GOLD SRIKANDI ARINA GOLD KRA B»ce l I Pleasant Dream
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      DISTINE IS STILL MY CUP TIP
      642 1  -  ALLAN LEWIS Says hISTINI Amusement v Park, Hopeful Blue md High Socks will prob a hi > dominate tho betting on the His Majesty's the Yang diPertuan Agong's Gold Cup. the most disat the races morning when runners' chances were assessed. lay Time. Downing
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      BEST BETS
      26 1 BF.ST bell today: Parrot Fashion. K.rik and Pleasure Park Best outsiders: Holiday Time. Rocket and Melianthus. I THE GOING The going will bf gOOtf.
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      PROBABLE STARTERS AND RIDERS
      1254 2 RACE 1*2.15: CLASS 4, DIV. 5 ABT. 7 FURS. I 1. 05 NELJANTHUS 3yr cheni <J. H. Luicilaw) Manning 9.00 Franklin 2. ***** TWO DIMENSION 7yr. breg (Bhaw Stable) Martin 8.12 Johnson 3. ***** CLEVER BL(i 7yr. birg (W.T Stable Mdm. Lai) Rodgers 8.11 Chadwid 4.
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      Form of all the horses running today
      1176 2 Form of all the horses running today *AC£ ONE 1 MELIANTHIs l y Went over 3F in The Friar TWO DIMENSION: v 58-Was going better ut Pleasure Park over 3 < CLEVER BLG: No rcceni track report. ARINA GOLD: 8-7.50 Went attractively over up Z TINY JADE: 12-8-M Went over
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      Winning gallop in Class Five
      278 3  - Winning gallop in Class Five ALLAN LEWIS By TECHNICOLOUR (Posner) and Exhibitor (Bougnuro wore the outstanding performers on the training tracks at Kuala Lumpur this morning, They disposed of three in 38 l 2. a winning gallop for 01am B hoiMf MidniK ht Tonifhl i(>(V(ii mid Film Studio (BoilgOUre) ucni
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        MY CUP CHOICE IS GENERAL PIL
        1445 4 I Pick your winners with... TRESPASSER He's capable of beating the best OICKING the first winner of the a ng di Pertuan Agonf'fi Cup is a diflicult task, but I will take a risk and go for General Pil, a speedy three-year-old by Solonaway.
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  • THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE
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      9 1 THE FREE PRESS Saturday MAGAZINE Singapof Auguifr 16, 1958.
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      FEAR!
      885 1 All I could do was lie here, praying... S HAD already started my in*S quiry when a startling letter n fear wai brought to my atlor And I wondered into how many mal| lousandfl of hearts the phrases of "hsßie letter search deep: a letter la from a person
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      John, 89, is always dead
      201 1 on finte pX-SERGEANT MAJOR John (Chick) Grant is known as the smartest man on Stanmore council estate, Winchester, England. He never leaves hi.s homo without his spotless bowler, morning coat and wing collar. Mr. Grant. 89, has ;i 14 inch curly moustache, <arrown when he
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      YOU CAN'T CHANGE A LEADER MUCH
      905 2  -  MARTHA BLOUNT CVift I do anything about MSi/jf It usbaiid *s habits PART II of a SERIES by MAN'S character own will-power. the potential of her What does he value most? (Power? Ideas? Security? Love?) How docs he treat his friends? (Faithfully? Erratically? Generously?
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      15 2 I Sir, n say« Business I never better itay away I another month I I
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      ROUND THE WORLD ON $1,700
      147 2 «np mrm's worZd tour 9' is Mr tfere/c Dodd, a /or/ncr saZesman, ti?^o set out from the city last November. At a total cost of £200 (•^,700) Mr. Dodd travelled 24,600 miles by sea and 8,200 by land, and visited the U.S.A, Canada, Austral* and
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      UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
      616 2  - UNKNOWN UNKNOWN JOCK BY I "fpHE funny thing j *is I can't stand j heights. If I lean j out of a fourth floor window it makes me 1 feel dizzy," said the fragile blue-eyed I beauty in the rosej print dress. j And the funny thing i about THAT
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      They call 'em BEATNIKS
      522 3  - They call 'em BEATNIKS JOHN MONKS RESTLESS NEW WORD IN A NATION'S LANGUAGE By jw N a dimly lit, airless cellar a 1 white-faced, ageless man with a ragged liair-cut screams unintelligibly into a microphone. Around the walls of tfoe cellar, their eyes glazed and their minds seemingly hypnotised by
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      THE LORD MAYOR REMEMBERS
      86 3 SIR BRACEWELL SMITH, a native of Keighley. Yorkshire, and former Lord Mayor of London, has made a further presentation to the town of his birth. A few years ago he presented the borough with ClifTe Castle, a 19th century mansion, and its 37-acre estate. fie later
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      Pelham Groom writes on Chinese customs
      803 3 Peking's ban on fortune tellers is so very strange r f HE IUN the Peking City Government has placed on fortune tellers and palmists is surely one of the most Incredible that has ever been imposed in China for that country, above all others,
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      Film previews
      10 4  -  PELHAM GROOM by CJ9BSE33 miw mini wlyhiM^M wt
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      Alpine setting ideal for Heidi sequel
      215 4 Alpine setting ideal for Heidi sequel LJEIDI AND PETER" is o sequel to "Heidi" which most of us sow lost year. The setting is the Swiss Alps and a more beautiful setting it would be hard to visualise. Heidi (Elsbeth Sigmund) lives with her grandfather (HeinricS Gretler). She is a
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      SMILEY JUST CAN'T BE GOOD
      213 4 SMILEY GETS A GUN" is another sequel and Chips Rafferty as Sergeant Flaxman is back with us to be pestered by Smiley, but In this part Colin Peterson ha.s been replaced by Keith Calvert and Dame Sybil Thorndike appeals as a crotchety old Granny with
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      NATURE IS CRUEL-BUT NOT HIS CRUEL
      248 4 NATURE IS CRUEL-BUT NOT HIS CRUEL "WONDERLAND Of Naff tu re" is a remarkable film In many ways. The colour, the photography, and the setting are all excellent and much of the film is very beautiful but it is the beauty of Lucrezia Borgia. For underlying that beauty is unrelieved
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      Audie heads West in loot orgy
      198 4 Audie heads West in loot orgy "Kansas Raiders" is a Ptory of the robber band* which under the guise of patriotism, waged t.h?lr own private war while the Union and Confederate Armies were at each other's throats. Audie Murphy, as young Jesse James, joins one of these bands led by
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      FILM THAT'S FULL OF FUN
      145 4 FILM THAT'S FULL OF FUN PARAMOUNT'S "Hear Me Good" will make you chuckle from beginning to end. The dialogue is si crisp, so witty and so rapid that it almost passes from the realm of fcriptwritlng into that of gagwriting, iv. fact it is more of the T.V technique than
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      A FLY THAT GIVES YOU THE CREEPS
      218 4 "fplE FLY' is a Horror Film and one thin* that J« cannot do is to probe too deeply into a film this kind. As one of the characters so rightly points out our great grandparents would have said that the trans mission of
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        182 5 Above prices quoted in vence I'ilTIK. White Sarawak f.a.q. ,it luropean ports Aug. 30',; sellers 30 U sellers p] PPEBi Black Sarawak Special if. European ports Aug. 18% seller* 18*. sellers LONDON, Aug. 15. Prirtiou-s lodm BIBBEI Wa I ,{SS iXt parti Aug 23 s buyers 23%"
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        93 5 NEW YORK, Aug. 15. Previous Today riN Straits Spot 94.37 nom. 94.12 norn Il\ futures Straits Contract s 0 pt 93.50 buyers 93.50 buyers 94.37 sellers 94.25 sellers ct 93.37 buyers 93.50 buyers 94.25 sellers 94.00 sellers K>NE: Quiet. S.ALES: Nil RUBBER: Futures Sept. 2 8.80 paid
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        DOW JONES AVERAGES
        28 5 NEW YORK, Aug. 15. Previous Today HatoaTs ***** ***** [0 Dom«Uo Bonds' "Jw "lm 5 Utilities 7929 73 57 55 Stock! Composite Averages 175.28 173.63
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        U.S. PEPPER
        67 5 abar spot l 1 7 awaiting 27, afloats 27 to 26%, half Aug-ast shipment united. Lampong spot 27 v aiting release 27. afloats 27 26%, first half August ship- ment 26 I*,1 26 cif. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and. awaiting release 42, afloats 41 to 40, and
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        Copra, coconut oil prices
        90 5 OJfcJ Philippines c.i.f. U.K. •wth European ports delivered J Pf }ong ton Aug./ Sept. OPBA, Straits c.i.f. U.K./North European ports delivered ;NIT OIL crude Straits MX European ports In balk P« long ton Aug./ Sept. fOms OIL crude Ceylon "r European ports in bulk pei long
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      163 5 MARKETS GOOD WEEK i i ondon stock mar--11 p "decl their best hil} i ur 80me months on a satisfactory note „/;'->>■. although conwere quieter than •■:T i :<l»; g days despite the British bank v ml influences, parruin atter a week of SSf? S«» made for a /^itious approach
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      THIS WAS SCOnS ROAD YESTERDAY
      44 5 The floods yesterday brought a tough job for the knee-deep policeman seen above trying to "direct" the traffic, but j for the boys (below) it meant fun and a dip. Both Free Press pictures were taken in Scotts Road.
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      Two Japanese trade missions coming
      239 5 Two Japanese trade missions coming f PWO Japanese trade A delegations are due to arrive in Singapore within the next eierht days to study further trade possibilities with Malaya. The first delegation consisting of four leading wool and linen textile merchants is due to arrive on August 21. Five trader^
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      Lock icon GUNNER JAILED IN H. KONG
      37 5 A Hong Kong court yesterday sentenced 20-year-oic Gunner John Anderson )1 Falkirk, Scotland, to twe years of hard labour foi burglary, assault and larceny. Anderson will servo hi. sentence In Britain Reuter
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      What did you spend?
      173 5 What did you spend? QUESTIONS FOR TOURISTS ALL visitors to Singalx pore will soon be asked to help the Govvernment to plan foi their future comfort. The Singapore Tourist Advisory Committee ha? prepared a questionnaire which travel agents shipping and air line; will be asked to pass or to all
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      29 5 The East -West nuclear test talks are making "good progress" and .should conclude early next week, an authoritative source said in Geneva yesterday Reuter
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        88 5 Today's radio programme 1.18 p.m. FTogramme Summaiy and Tunes with your Tiffin; i .30 Time Signal and News; 1.46 More Tune.s with your Tiffin; 2.00 Saturday E>ate; 2.30 Commentaries on Sport; 6.45 Ligfits On; 7.00 Time Signal and News; 7.15 Visitors Book; 7.30 The Big Record; 8.00 Listeners Calling, presented
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      MOTHER TAKES TRIP IN THE BOAT
      1251 6  - MOTHER TAKES TRIP IN THE BOAT DIANA ROSS The Poor Folk of Galloway Wjst^^jsc 1 L'l A i'il^^K i i r^^T?' 7 iT^TKm l^B THE STOKY SO FAR lAN, a nine year-old lad gets caught in a mist on his way home and is forced to pass the Lych Stone
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      THE ADVENTURE OF RUPERT AND RUSTY
      47 6 ,^BS iWHB i^i we heard, tome on, this is exerting But by the time they reach the cltf edge Black* ha, diuppeared again. n My. what ternbit drop to that rocky •hore, tay> Rupert. Ye«. and little bay," U f« Ruaty.
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        65 6 LAST WEEK'S WINNERS THE winners of last week's colour- in contest (each of whom will receive a $5 prize in auv course) are as follows: Miss Anna Ng (12), 794-C Florence Road, Singapore la. Miss Patricia Komlosy (11), 80 Ridley Park, Tanghn, Singapore 10. Master Patrick Tan (14), H-3 Rochore
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        355 6 A colour-in contest With prizes for you! POCKET-MONEY prizes Name (Master Miss) are offered for colouring 1 this scene with paints, crayons or chalks. There are four prizes offered each of $5 (two for boys and two for girls). All you have to do is to Address set to work
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      FAITH SOLVES ALL PROBLEMS
      762 7  -  Christian Layman Sn i ii relay «c*r moil by dbri rd wui hls I !> hoolmataa from pore were on to the Ca- Highlands for a holiday. car had passed and they were bending their ip the winding road towards Tanah Hat a. Bu idenly they
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        294 7 i MIIIM Hiumtti uinmii inim im umim Sunday church 1 announ cements > I CHURCH OF ENGLAND ■I >t. Andrew'! Cathedral: 7.00 ■p::i.'ii'-'v Communion; 8.00 a.m communion; 9-30 a.m. ■*"'iiay School; 10.30 a.m. MornHi Prayer; 11.00 a.m. Mandarin Service (Memorial Hall); 11.43 mix Holy Communion; 6 00 p.m. St muiiTi
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        456 7 ROMAN CATHOLIC Cathedral of The Good Shep nerd (Victoria Street): Mass sermon In English. 6-30. 8 a.m 10 a.m and 6 pm. SS. Peter Paul's Chore* iQueen Street): Mass, sermor m Chinese 6.15. 7.30 and 9am and 5.30 p.m. Sacred Heart Church (Tani Road); Mass, Sermon 6.15. 1 and 8.15
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        385 7 Barker Road Methodist Cha--1*1 —46 Barker Road: 830 n.m Sunday School. 9.30 a.m. Worship Service- Mr. S. T. Peter Lim. St. Peter's Church, Tavistock Avenue.- 4.30 p.m. Service. PRESBYTERIAN Presbyterian Cnurch (Orchard Road): 9 am. Morning Service ano Sunday School; 6 p.m. Evening Service. Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church: 8.30 am.
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        138 7 No. 25 Evcritt Road: 9.00 a.m Sunday School; 10.30 a.m. Morning Worship. BAI'TISI Baptist Church (51 Thomson ?/?u? 15 am Sunday SchooJ (Chinese), 10.15 a.m. Worship SS°^L iM pm Bunda y School, (Eng.) 5.30 p.m Worship (Eng.). Baptist Church (43 Tras 1 St****): 9-15 a.m. Sunday SchooJ (Chinese), 10.30 a.m.
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        430 8 M ore correct answers than ever.., B^^^i^agi^^^^^^^^^^y^'^ I -jo-- i •^•i-- I .2^sHl^L^.^Bßbi x fliiswcrs I received iienerjii ivnowleclg'e it w<is n delicious JS5| -vi\ r jBBBBg J^SSHOr^mS^S^^^^^^^^-'^M'^ aSE Rm^' ■■^B^^B B^ -f^^itßf ml>- n^^^^Nn^^SHy w^fflfeiiiiiiiiiiiiifflitMii]ffloig™iiißffiß^^Mff^^ wW 1 1 £9 L LKlId s^^^n 1 J i 1, Michael Hordern; 2.
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      Lock icon MARCHING A LONG TO A SINGAPORE WELCOME
      934 9  - MARCHING A LONG TO A SINGAPORE WELCOME JOHN WOODROW By THE BAND ON PARADE ■j|\i i- Ilicir h rival in the F;ir luisl List May, Ihc hand of [\w lsl P i; I Uilion .the Cheshire Regiment have been getting into full ■suln-. fulfilling engagements in southern and central Malaya.
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      THE CHESHIRE CATS
      64 9 r After duty hours it's the turn of the cool cats 5 of the Cheshire Regiment to perform their modern jazz. Formed during the sea voyage to Malaya, this group has been given every encouragement. Here we have (left to right) 19-year-old BandsS man Alan Davenport on
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        17 9 BuiiimmiiimiminiimiiMiiiitii whenever friends ■nee*, the occasion Kails £0r... I Sole Distributors: i*: < F ft i mv« a
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        33 9 5 PICTURES Make arrangements j fioir FREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPH Telephone. Smg.iporu 2000 or Mrriti to Free Press Photographic Dept. TIMES HOUSE, RIVER VALLEY ROAD, SINGAPORE THE SERVICE i c ONLY AVAILABLE IN ■INQAPOftI
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      Lock icon FRASER NOW PLAYS COOPER
      81 10 JAPAN'S Kosei Kanio. wiiu was unseeded, was beaten by third seeded Australian Neale Fra >er In the quarter-finals oi the N port international lawn tennis tournament yesterday at Rhode Island Fraser won 6-1, 7-5. 6-2 Kamo led 4-1 m the sea nd set but wilted baiiiv
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      Lock icon Somerset strengthen their title hopes
      300 10 Somerset strengthen their title hopes SPINNER LANGFORD BOWLS HIS COUNTY INTO THE RACE SOMERSET joi nee! Surrey and Hampshire as contender! for the English county tricket championships when a remarkable performance by offspinner Brian Langford earned them a 89 run victory over Lancashire yesterday at Weston Super Mare. Langford captured
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      Overseas tours are paying off
      328 10 By Our Penang Correspondent THE Federation of Malaya Amateur Athletic Union's experiment in sending Malayan athletes to take part in international meets such as the Olympic Games in Melbourne, Asian Games (Tokyo) and the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff is paying dividends in
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      THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN
      141 10 THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN Going to fight King Kong SINGAPORE sports fans have witnessed a long procession of tough customers in the wrestling ring. There have been full-blooded Redskins and monsterfaced Angels, masked marvels thirsting for blood, and wild men from the plains of India. Fearsome characters all. But the latest,
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      Lock icon Konrads and Jap rival in return clash
      324 10 Konrads and Jap rival in return clash A USTRALIA'S wonderx\ boy swimmer Jon Konrads and his most powerful Japanese rival Tsuyoshi Yamanaka are expected to put on another thrilling race today when they meet in the men's 400 metres freestyle final on the third day of the Japanese national swimming
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      Lock icon U.S. LEAD IN DAVIS CUP
      73 10 The United States won the opening singles match igainst Argentina In the American Zone final of the Davis Cup yesterday In York. A thunderstorm stopped May for the day during the ;hlrd set of the second singles. Barry Mackay gave the United States a good
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      Lock icon RESULTS
      176 10 At Weston Super \i,,. Somerset beat Iv y t by 89 runs, g Z" a ;^e and 177 ir. silS 77* Palmer 56, R. Tattersi'i for 46, M. Hilton a? ?2 85). Lancashire 8 9 and <B. Langtord six for 2 fi, Somerset 12 points im shire four points
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      NZ DRAW v. NORTHANTS
      42 10 AFTER a day of declarations, aimed at getting a result, Northamptonshire found their final target of 240 runs in 150 mi .utes too much for them against the New Zealanders yesterday and the match ended in a draw.
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