The Singapore Free Press, 30 December 1958

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper \o. *****. Singapore. Tuesday, December 30. 1958. Price 15 C t.s
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    Lock icon US 'can't search for lost balloon'
    109 1 U S 'can't search for lost balloon' I'NITED STATES coastguard officials said yesterday they had been informed that the whereabouts of the British transatlantic balloon Small World were still unknown, but that the balloon's course was too far south for a search to be instituted. All coastguard stations on the
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    Lock icon Chaplin pays in tax suit
    39 1 Comedian Charlie Chaplin has .settled an income tax suit of about M53, 727.600 bought against him by the L'.S. government, for "several hundred thousand dolthe Internal Revenue "vice announced in Los lea yesterday. Reuter
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    Lock icon BATTLE TO SAVE LIFE OF TINIEST BABY
    106 1 BATTLE TO SAVE LIFE OF TINIEST BABY CHICAGO doctors struggled yesterday to keep life in a day-old girl who, if she survives, will equal the record for the tiniest baby who ever lived. The baby is Gloria Hanses. a 12-ounce handful of flickering life who was born on Sunday to
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    Lock icon Midas's palace found but they don't seek gold
    160 1 Midas' s palace found but they don't seek gold A GROUP of American archaeologists believe they have found the palace of King Midas, the legendary king whose touch turned everything to gold. Dr. Machteld Mellink. leader of a recent expedition to Gordion, Turkey, said In a report to the Archaeological
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    PULIO-FREE
    14 1 No new polio case was notified in Singapore tip to 9.30 a.m. today.
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    RUBBER PRICE
    28 1 January first grade rubbuyers f.o.b. opened in gapore this morning at centa a lb.. down onei'th of a cent on yesterclose. The tone was uni in
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    Dagger gang tie up man in 4 .a.m house raid
    60 1 Dagger gang tie up man in 4 .a.m house raid npiIKKK men armed with 1 daggers broke into a house in Garden Street, off Beach Road, at 4 a.m. today and tied up the owner, Ng Kay Thye. The men tried In vain to open a safe and left the
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    Lock icon 4DENAUER: WE WON'T GIVE WAY TO FORCE
    210 1 4DENAUER: WE WON'T GIVE WAY TO FORCE DR. Konrad Adenauer, West German Chancel in Bonn yesterday (rcrmans would let themselves "be i to their knees or up their demand for in reunification" by landerous propaganda iced by the Russian and official S< He said in an intervU w "no.- the
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    SECOND FORMOSA FOOD CARGO HELD by GOVT.
    272 1 SECOND FORMOSA FOOD CARGO HELD by GOVT. Dec. 16 consignment still not released: Now... fHE Singapore Government, which is still holding up the release for sale to the public of a cargo of foodstuffs which arrived from Formosa on December 16, has detained a second consignment for tests. The second
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    Lock icon 'US blocks Kashmir accord'
    133 1 INDIAN Ambassador In Washington, Mr. M. C. Cliaglu, said yesterday that there would be "every hope" that India and Pakistan might settle their dispute over Kashmir if U.S. aid to Pakistan were halted. He said: "There is only one factor a major factor which unfortunately causes
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    Lock icon Charles is out of plaster
    33 1 The piaster cast on the Prince <>1 Walc.r.s ankl( jured at school recently, was removed yesterday. Prince Charles moi !<) .1 Kii in, Norfolk, Ital from Sandrimtham for Reuter
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    Lock icon 'Boiler' on beach was bomb
    39 1 A bomb <ii ipo .ii quad ot mi a iagc mine on tiic i each ut Bridgi nd Ol imoi ;a i <-■ local children had mbered for more th n had Old boiler Reuter
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    Lock icon IT'S MALICIOUS SAYS NKRUMAH
    350 2 Ghana Premier hits Press DR. KWAMi NKRUMAH, Premier of Ghana, said in New Delhi last night that some Western press charges Of "undemocratic methods" used by the Ghana Government were "founded on nothing more than loose and sometimes malicious speculation." He made reference to 'inaccurate reporting."
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    Lock icon YACHT TRIP fFOR QUEEN IIN CHANA?
    112 2 YACHT TRIP fFOR QUEEN IIN CHANA? mm: QUHN may be taken for a sail in 2 Ghana's new luxury yacht, the Radiant, 5 when she visits Ghana next year, Mr. E. O. Asafu-Adjaye, Ghana E llijjh Commissioner in London, said in Monaco j yesterday. The lavishly-equipped 525-ton yacht will be
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    Lock icon 'MARCH TO PALESTINE' -REFUGEES
    78 2 'MARCH TO PALESTINE' -REFUGEES ARAB refugees in Jordan threatened yesterday to March peacefully back to their homes in Palestine it the Palestine question legacy of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war is not solved soon In a note to the Jordan Government they demanded repatriation and compensation for property lost or damaged
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    Lock icon Dailey for trial on drunk charge
    27 2 Actor Dan Dailey. 45, pleaded not guilty yesterday to a drunken driving charge. His trial was set for Feb. 5. U.P.I.
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    Lock icon 'Missing' rescuers find new avalanche victim
    190 2 'Missing' rescuers find new avalanche victim rAKII of 15 rescue <» <t\ workers and Alpine t jj gendarmes, mining f or J. 24 hours, reported yes- terday that they were safe and had recovered 1 <► the body ut another Victim of Sunday's t avalanche in the (ilun- gezer region
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    Lock icon Record claimed for Boeing 707
    59 2 Pan American Airways claimed yesterday ihat one of their Boeins jets set up a new >peed record by living from London to New York in seven hours. 46 minute* nunstop, beating a previous <u. record by 27 minutes. The aircraft flew at an average *peed
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    Lock icon Raise quotas says Monetary Fund
    128 2 rpHE International Mone- tary Funds executive directors in Washington urged yesterday that the fund should raise a further US$5,lOO million from its members by means of an all-round increase of 50 per cent, in quotas. They declared in a report to the fund's governors that
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    Lock icon KILLER 'TOYS' ARE BANNED
    21 2 SWEDEN is 10 ban the Impori ol d nick knives and other dangeroui toys if row. Reuter
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      152 2 //V ■Ty /jK '^k3^9^H /^fyOi^B&M rl ll )?V p f% c v^ i_i r WORK HARD AND PLAY HARD Stiff exams lie ahead of this student. Hard and sustained study will be necessary io gain the credits he requires for the results will have an important bearing on BTDrcfi lt>
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    Lock icon Anti-rocket group say 'No pledge'-face jail
    446 3 I [IRTY-BEVEN campaign* I for nuclear disarmament monsed at Swaffham, Engyesterday for obstructpolice at a nearby guided Bite declared in court would not accept th.^ I rates' order to keep the for a year. fhey were told that failure ■omply with the ruling tin
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    Lock icon 'CRASH BURNS DUE TO NYLON' CLAIM
    215 3 VI .ON clothing might have been responsible for unusual burns suffered by women pass in the French airliner which crashed at bury, Rhodesia, last Friday, according to a ctor. But the theory was refuted yesterday i British linn of nylon manufacturers. 1 Dr. J.
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    Lock icon 'A PHANTOM ORGANIST HAUNTS CHURCH'
    151 3 'A PHANTOM ORGANIST HAUNTS CHURCH' C A GHOSTLY organist C E believed to haunt a .small church in Tor- E quay, South Devon, has c been "reported" to the Bishop of Exeter, Dr. E R. C. Mortimer. Mr. Frederic Fea, organist at the Church of St. Johns, has told 5
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    Lock icon Ex-Minister is fined for helping Hitler
    166 3 Ex-Minister is fined for helping Hitler A WEST BERLIN denazification court yesterday imposed a fine of M57,650 on the Berlin oroperty of Dr. Walter Funk. Hitler'j economics minister. The court ruled that Dr Funk, who is 67, had "actively .supported and furthered the Nazi regime in outstanding posts in the
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    Lock icon CAVE-IN: LAST HOPE DASHED
    79 3 Lr HOPES Of finding anyone alive in the mushroom bed cave-in near Tongrcs, Belgium, were d I la .t night whm rescue workers dlgg 65-rooi to the bunker wh<-re three people were believed to have taken cover found the bunker had coll Hopes oi iving any
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    Lock icon KING BETTER
    30 3 Doctor i reported la it night that tho condition of 59-year-old Kin« Frcderik of Denmark was "quite satisfactory." and thai the damage to his lung was healing. Reuter
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    The Singapore Free Press Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1958. Opinion Motive is suspect
    195 4 The Singapore Free Press Tuesday, Dec. 30, 1958. Opinion Motive is suspect INDONESIA and Singa- pore appear to be at cross-purposes. There is no desire in Singapore to exacerbate the already strained relations with our neighbour. Proof of this is the Government's refusal to react in hostile manner to the
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    Millions will go to church in Russia on New Year's Eve
    715 4 Millions will go to church in Russia on New Year's Eve MILLIONS of RusA sian children will be tucked excitedly into bed tomorrow night knowing that a white bearded o 1 d man wearing a red cloak and hood will creep into their rooms during the night to leave presents
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    REPORT from MOSCOW by ROBERT ELPHICK
    139 4 REPORT from MOSCOW by ROBERT ELPHICK Tables arc laid with col goose, .suckling pig, meat any and ever* Kind, cavia and sturgeon. The centre of attractto will be a traditional Ito sian dish called -khok dyeUT a jelUed mes garnished with pickled n cumbe/s. Bottles ot voffl and wine win
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    WHEN YOU ARE SO OUTSIZE IT DOESN'T MATTER
    394 4  - WHEN YOU ARE SO OUTSIZE IT DOESN'T MATTER PETER EVANS I DON'T give a damn. That's me. Unconventional. Boy, am I unconventional" The speaker is Hollywood actor Aldo Ray. He is tous'rf. outspoken, and outsize. The man Hollywood failed to change. A rare phenomenon in the city where personalities are
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    S'pore tourist boom in 1959 is forecast
    207 5 JINGAPORE is expect- ed to enjoy a tourist bourn in 1959. According to Mr. Krskine-Cruni, publicity chairman of the PATA conference preparatory committee, about 250,000 people would visit the Colony spending over $21,--000,000. Four luxury cruise ship* fould also call at Singapore i
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    Lock icon Soviet oil output up by 15 m. tons?
    33 5 Soviet oil output up by 15 m. tons? P I specialists believe t oil output In I 'be 113.500.000 tons, W 000 tons more than In W' Sovlei news agency fted yesterday Reuter
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    Lock icon 8,000 more join U.K. unions
    18 5 8,000 more join U.K. unions Ilp ol British Increased by t year to about he Labour Ministry Reuter
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    Delay an teaiters marries the CAO
    200 5 Delay an te a iters marries the CAO rE Chief Administrative Officer of the Singapore City Council, Mr. P. C. Marcus, is concerned at the way the tender committees had worked in recent months. In a report to the council, Mr. Marcus said that, due to poor attendances at those
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    Lock icon M.P. DIES
    23 5 A Conservative member of Parliament for Oallov since 1931. Mr. John Hamilton Mackie. died yesterday at his home near Kircudbright Reuter
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    20 GIRLS SELECTED
    77 5 lIPOW Exposition mmutee has finally w girls out of over 1 '"t i to serve as md guides at. nth long fair, be January 24. Birls w<ro selected »>«'ci;il- rive-man <i InI pllcants at the Chim < hambei bonunen Mr. Llm Kv< Miim. 8i tary of the
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    EXAM RESULTS ON JAN. 10
    274 5 15,000 pupils had tests twice results of the Singapore ondary schools entrance examination will be Announced on JanuAbout 15,000 boys and girls sat for the examination twice the principal test and subsequently a supplementary one, as there was a leakage of question papers. On past
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      119 5 GERMANY'S MOST UP-TO-DATE 9V' dynamic woofer, Hi^ another 8i" dynamic 1^ speaker for the middle Oval dynamic tweeter. HERE ARE A FEW MORE OF THE (J!^^ OUTSTANDING SMALLER MODELS KORA 924 T LOTOS 911 T/CH e PALETTE Thril- A Xf ""cnt Radio 11 755 w lon made J changer of
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      444 6 BORN today you have friendly perMfimlit^V.t U 3 you are a little too mtnlp^V, your own best good. N You have a deeply spirit u il n. 1 tore and everything that you likely to be motivated by th 1 of your thinking. You often disillusioned and eve.i is J
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      263 6 JKFF II \\\Ki: b Sydney Jordan ir9/M» t*e*Y T&CX ev 7V4F aKWtAT, JCFF TAKES W** ~""^0B«^ ym. 4?ie»s/nf action at retro reer. to akxo me rui€ low tvtritc not oonc Ul vc mavb^nt a chamck, K STABS*** H§ AT BAYS Of Tug MARTIAN PVKSU£HS PIVIN6 OOCSNT I VET. MAC WBlt
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      U.K. closing prices
      132 7 LONDON 29. ioim no i im cii. Prevt0 lo<u European ports Jan buyers buyers H% filers sellers fel) buyers buyers lUBBER No. IMt Spot l\ 1 SSK KUBBER No KSS Selt.eme.,l i 24 3 House Tmiis l,h 24', buyers 24',. buyers fellers 24 sellers buvers buyers TON*
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      New York prices
      103 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Previous Today TIN Straits Spot 98 87 nom 98.75 nom. TIN futures Straits Contract Jan 97 25 buyers 97.25 buyers 99.25 sellers 98.75 sellers March 97.25 buyers 97.25 buyers 99.25 sellers 98.75 sellers TONE: Quiet. SALES: Nil. IUBBLR: Futures Jan. 30.15 buyers 30.02
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      28 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 29. Previous Today 30 Industrials 566.39 delayed 20 Railroads 154.28 40 Domestic Bonds 86.51 15 Utilities 89.02 65 Stocks Composite Averages 197.09
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      U.S. PEPPER
      61 7 Malabar spot 24, awaiting release 23 li, afloats 23'i to 23, December shipment 23, 22U c and f. Lampong spot 24, awaiting release tttt, afloats 23 to 23, December shipAbove prices quoted ment 23. Sarawak unquoted, Muntok white spot and await ing release 39, afloats 38H, and December
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      88 7 COPRA Philippines c.i.f. U.K./ North European ports delivered weight per lone ton Jan./Feb. COPRA. Straits c.l.f. UK/North European ports delivered treifht per ion* ton Dec./Jan. OCONUT OIL erode Strait* ci.f. European ports In bulk per lon* ton Dec./Jan. OCONUT OIL erode Ceylon cJi. European ports In
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    GILT-EDGED IN GOOD DEMAND
    209 7 4LTHOUGH it was the A gilt-edged market that derived most benefit from he week-end currency noves, the London stock markets as a whole had a i/ery good day. with Industrial equities displaying marked strength. The investment demand 'or equities already existed out the further move to
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    Lock icon SOME HOUSES MAY BE GIVEN A 'REPRIEVE'
    250 7 picture. ITNAUTHORISED houses within Singapore city limits built before July this year may be given temporary permits if they are structurally sound. A decision to this effect, taken by the council's estates and building committee, will come up for approval tomorrow. The committee
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      146 7 (Ivtton In Ear Iran*]) THavjaxde Skiff Pluth animal* crtated by Margarcta KOaII S T I C yout children By ploying w.th thtm baby will o«t hi* first Taw AnirM^il* <mpre*tion o» hit tuturo comrade*: «OV MnifnalS the onimal* Mak. toy with tha "Steiff "-ioo of lifutike animal*. JUST ARRIVED FROM
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      57 7 SINGAPORE I I HIGH TIDES) E TODAY: 1.00 p.m. S TOMORROW. 2.18 a.m. E and 1.42 p.m. S E THURSDAY: 2.55 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. E FRIDAY: 3.39 a.m. and E 3.29 p.m. SATURDAY: 4.29 a.m. and 4.50 p.m. E SUNDAY: 5.30 a.m. and E and 6.39 p.m. E MONDAY:
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      98 7 Today's radio programme 1.15 p.m. Musical Comedy Favourites; 1.30 Time Signal and News; 1.45 More Musical Comedy Favourites; 200 Close Down; 5.00 A Special Christmas Meeting of The Rocket Club; 5.30 Fiesta; 6.00 Happy Anniversary, presented by Zalnal Alam; 6.45 Lights On; 6.53 Announcements and Singapore Share Markrf Report; 7.00
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    Ship without a funnel
    128 8 Novel features of .the new 9,200 ton cargo ship "Manchester Miller" include the omission of the traditional funnel and the placing of the engine aft instead of amidships. The exhaust fumes will be carried away via two pipes disguised as derricks and the placing of the
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    The long and short of love
    214 8 The long and short of love FOUR-FEET tall Leonard ("Lofty") Hooper, 20 year old page boy at the s Hotel, Birmingham, let out a last week: For ven months he has been engaged to be married. .ir-old fiancee, footer i lour stone heavier lit is. "We are very much in
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    Protect this ex-gangster, says M.P.
    314 9 Protect this ex-gangster, says M.P. pHIOHTKNED ex-gangster telephoned Mr. Norman Uodds, M.P. for Erith, Kent the other it Ami because of that call, Mr. Dodds resell to the Home Secretary, Mr. R. A. Butler, t request he made to Scotland Yard: "Please Mjvide police protection for Scarface' Johnny irtei Mr.
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    Lock icon NIGHTCAP FOR MARY
    111 9 NIGHTCAP FOR MARY Mrs. Reg Bloom, wife E of the assistant curaE tor of Chester Zoo, has saved the life of "Mary'' a baby chimp E that was abandoned by E its mother, by taking it into her home and caring for it like a hu- man baby. "Mary' 1
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    THE (SEA) LION'S SHARE
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    Lock icon LET IT RAIN, LET IT POUR
    82 9 "What do you mean, I pinched your dinner. Why for two fish bones I'd come over there and show you who's boss in this pool" Bill, the sea lion is caught by the camera in belligerent mood at the London Zoo. Below, Eliax Ambrose
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    Lock icon BURMESE HAPPIER WITH NEW 'DEEDS, NOT WORDS' REGIME
    380 10 MOST PEOPLE in Hurma seem happx with the caretaker" government of General Ne Win despite stringent eontrols. The new government, which took over late In October, has brought about a new look and, although some actions seem a bit hasty and rigid
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    Lock icon Why PI seeks Asia ties
    151 10 Why PI seeks Asia ties PRESIDENT Carlos P. Garcia has denied that there had been a shift or the Philippine Government's foreign policy. The Philippines was not abandoning its present ties with other countries, he said. President Garcia said in Manila that increased emphasis upon closer ties witn the Philippines'
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    Lock icon Jurists to confer
    37 10 Mr. Saizo Suzuki, chief of the Tokyo Justice Ministry's human rights protection bureau, would represent Japan at the international congress of jurists to be held in New Delhi from January 5 to 9. Reuter
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    Lock icon Big U.S. loan soon to PI
    62 10 AMBASSADOR Carlos P. A Romulo said in Washington that he had been assured that U.S. loans to the Philippines will be announced next month. Romulo branded as "absolutely unjustified" fears in Manila that the United States would not live up to its promise to
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    Lock icon New Peking adventure?
    59 10 VTATIONALIST Chinese ll intelligence sources said in Taipeh that they have good reasons to believe the Chinese Communists made some Important military decisions at their Wuhan meeting in addition to approving Mao Tsetung's step-down. Foremost of these unannounced decisions, the sources believed, was the one to launch
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    Lock icon Motorboats for RI
    24 10 The Indonesian Navy has ordered eight motorboats from a West German shipyard in Bremen. These will be delivered in 1960. Reuter
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    Lock icon TOKYO WOMEN LAUNCH WAR ON THE DRUNKS
    100 10 rKYO'S militant Federation of Women's Organisations has declared open warfare on holiday drunks. A federation directive entitled "keep an eye on I" instructs women to dial 110. the emergency police number, and call for a patrol car to pick up any Intoxicated male
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    Lock icon Red move to turn Canton into steel centre
    531 10 Red move to turn Canton into steel centre A symbolic presentation of a small bag of wheat, aboard an U.S. tanker I in Bombay harbour, marked the ari rival of the 2.000,000th ton of wheat supplied by America under a special aid programme. pOMMUNIST China is making its big commercial
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    Lock icon Glimpses
    103 10 The first shipment of 1,000 tons of Formosa rice to the Ryukyu Islands under a new contract has left Keelung. A second shipment of 7,000 tons will b* made before the end of May. Mr. Kwok Chan, leader of an official Hong Kon* trade mission to Central, North and
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    Lock icon Peking is losing Asian admiration
    362 11 Peking is losing Asian admiration |>l KIN(. s popularity is fading in many countries of Asia as actual conditions in Red China become better known. News comes out of Communist China via Red newspapers, magazines, news agencies and radio stations, in addition to that brought out by travellers and refugees.
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    Lock icon LEAD ARMOUR FOR A-WAR?
    235 11 LEAD ARMOUR FOR A- WAR? I^ER DEUTSCHE SOL--1 DAT, a West German publication devoted to military matters, has reported the discovery of a Soviet helmet made of quarter-inch lead on the Turkish border, and said it might be to protect Russian soldiers in nuclear warfare. Quoting a correspondent In Ankara,
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    TEAM UP CALL TO CANADA PLANE EXPERTS
    126 11 TEAM UP CALL TO CANADA PLANE EXPERTS THE head of the Amu i Vanguard rocket programme. Mr. Kurt Stehllng, said in Toronto that Britain, Canada and other Commonwealth count rie., should pool their resources and produce a common aircraft or family of aircraft suitable for their various logistic requirements. Space
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    Lock icon U.S. MAY MAKE BRITISH INCH LONGER
    163 11 U.S. MAY MAKE BRITISH INCH LONGER ALONG STANDING factual difference of opinion between the United States and Britain, all over five-millionths of an inch, is on its way towards a settlement. One possible result of that settlement is that t lie Britisli inch may become five-millionths longer. Recently the Royal
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      82 11 BLUE SPOT PRESS BUTTON CAR RADIO Suits Ait Car* Prices from $200 -to $700/Sole Audits: KEE HUAT RADIO CO., LTD. STORE— KIIMI'I K— PENAXC. GIFTS for the House... SILVER E.P.N.S. WARE TEA COFFEE SETS, ENTREE DISHES, CAKE BASKETS, SALVERS, SAUCE BOATS, OVENPROOF CASSEROLE DISHES, etc. LANKA Jewellers, IHI HOUSE FOR
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      80 11 r orwkt m^^3 Meducrin w*\ M WtmM (LOTION BtFORi CREAM) Mad* in DcruKt Germany. J^iltfaifll VERY EFFECTIVE Ml^M AGAINST PALLm mjtWß ing hair .jM^O*] SCALP ITCH HHp dandruff Equally effective |H Jm for Men and ■k r^^U Women, young AFTER d old Thousand* of tatlsfied uuri. $12 50 per *et
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    22 12  - C alling aii Photographers SUNNY GIAM compih'd by by A.R.P.S. A.R.P.S. by Lim Ming Loon MISS VAN MOKMm; STROLL Lim Ming Loon
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    456 12 lIAPI'V CHRISTMAS lldlllffl were received by photographer Kwan Sam Hoi. vice -president ol the South Kast Asia Photographic Society. in a letter from the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain came the news that he is now a F.R.P.S. This makes Kwan th. cond lensman in Binga pore
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    ENTRIES CLOSE ON FRIDAY
    120 12 I the LI foundation, peclai I i i ntrants who In the 10th n itlonal Sa■«so a thousand ■>• n received ahr >tod md Germany. Local photographers an* reminded thai the last day to submit print i riday. Prints from Singapore and tlOll of Malaya must
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    MERRY KINGS MADE IT EASY FOR THE ASSASSIN
    494 13  - MERRY KINGS MADE IT EASY FOR THE ASSASSIN GEORGE MALCOLM THOMSON fj^y JHE kings looked on the bright side of things. They rode in their open carriages, surrounded by glittering and quite useless lifeguards, between rows of equally useless soldiers presenting arms, just as if they were not clearly marked
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    WAY TO KEEP UNCLE HAPPY
    225 13  -  Harold Harris The Free Press I [BOOK PAGE [by HfERE is a bevy of Chn tinus glossies for f avoir L uncles ami uunts. Packed in a black and gok box the 18th Saturday Book (edited by John HadMeld Hutchinson. 305.) is more sumptuous than
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    The Cardinal had a nice touch in love letters
    410 13  - The Cardinal had a nice touch in love letters ROGER FULFORD READING this Car- dinars life, we can understand how it was that Carlyle and other typical Victorians loathed the Eighteenth Century, and roared against its corruption, its immorality, its frippery. (THE CARDINAL DE BERNIS. By Marcus Cheke. Cassell. 255.)
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    QUICK GLANCES...
    89 13 ri!E DOOMBTERB. J»hn Ross Macdonald. assrll. 12s. 6d. The title and dust-jacket blurb may mislead, but this i. first-class American thriller about multiple murders, and the hunt for the escaped mental patient accused of committing them. Tfcnse, tight, and immaculately written, with a good, unexpected ending. AND BK
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    HOW TO BE THE WORLD'S BEST HORSE TRAINER
    941 14  -  SAM EDGAR -By |7INCBNT O'BKIEN HAS BEEN CALLED MANY NICE THINGS IN MANY TONGUEB IN THESE LAST FEW MOMENTOUS MONTHS. No one can truthfully say that his phenomenal successes as a racehorse trainer have been due to luck, in the sense that
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    BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE
    163 14 BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE „l>«*ler: South North-South fame Q ?6 5 3 2 ♦QJ 7 6 4 K 8 3 2 10 8. 4> A K 8 A 5 By M. HAKRISON-c;,. u »T«his Bridft Two-bid U signed fur distiibutiona hands with too much honoui strength for a pre-emi but
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      101 14 >v V\ yv /j|j^|^ LATEST FROM NEW YORK ■BH^ for the new year EMM W^yf ARROW, BERNARD OF \S NEW VORK MERRIL \fP J^^'P|K^y SHARPE, and many othoi 0N us TODAV AND SEE 86. HIGH ST., SINGAPORE. Tel: tMK. B- BBBSS^*wBBm '"*-*^towbo^^BbpBppw& •'oScSßk^ Complimen ts of the Season from BOAC^
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      223 14 I clues across 2. To bestow .< meaaore u SJTWp 8 <$r"° nS (01 3. Measured dime™, 4. Snakes pass this way (4;. penny isj. 8. Half-way it shows a dull 5. First cross a dou (7), return (3). 6. Abrupt increase of run 9. Artist is first or last
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    OVERSPIN CATCHES ATTENTION IN TRACK TRIAL
    626 15  -  ALLAN LEWIS 1— By 'pIERE was no real attempt at time making this morning on the outside of the still rock hard Number One track at Penan g. Overspin (D Jones) worked as well a^ anything when he was nicely on the bit to
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    MAY AND GRAVENEY HEAD THE M.C.C. BATTING AVERAGES
    339 15 pKTER MAY and Tom Graveney are running neck and neck in the M.C.C. batting averages. Tiny will enter the second Test, beginning in Melbourne on Wednesday, with only six runs diilerence between them. May tops the list with 686 runs in 13
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    Lock icon BRADSHAW IS GOLFER OF THE YEAR
    86 15 |AR RY BRADOHAW 1 niARNOCK), THI ■'>! H CUP PRO \L HAS ED ON PERS' TROPHY I Hr wa i placed nr t In .< poll conducted by th< soclatlon <>f 001l Wi to decide who in their opinion "had clone mo t for
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    Lock icon Transvaal top of the table
    216 15 Transvaal top of the table CURRIE CUP TRANSVAAL went to the top of the "A" section of the Currie Cup cricket competition yesterday when they beat Natal by four wickets in Johannesburg. Set to make 145 to win Transvaal lost five wickets for 52 but a sixth wicket stand of
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    Lock icon 76-run victory
    62 15 tern Province di North tern Ti.insviial for 118 In the fi inning*, to win their < ction Currie match by 76 i una In Port Elizabeth Bcoi t k.i t( .11 Dold 74 Bolt, ii 5 fOT 4H) mikl 183 (F. Sinulf 0 foi rn «;il 153 (Athoi
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    Lock icon Cooper avenges an old defeat
    219 15 Cooper avenges an old defeat IN defeating Amcan Barry Mackay to level the Davis Cup score one-all yesterday in Brisbane. Ashley Cooper avenged his deft in last year's Challenge Round. Last year, Mackay beat Cooper, but Australia went on to win the Challenge Round 3-2. The Australians have held the
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    THE INDIAN GUINEAS
    41 15 The Maharaja Of Kashmir's colt. Fair Wood, won the Indian 2.000 Guineas run over one mile in Bombay. Fair Wood started 5-2 on favourite for ihis second classic of the Bombay .season and won by Z\ 2 lengths.
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    Lock icon AUSTERITY PLAN IS RECEIVED CALMLY IN FRANCE
    397 16 AUSTERITY PLAN IS RECEIVED CALMLY IN FRANCE UK gives backing FRANCE faced the government's new austerity programme yesterday with calmness. General de Gaulle's overnight call for "pride, courage and hope" in meeting the sacrifices asked for in order to put France's financial house in order once and for all was
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    Lock icon U.S. Navy aids razed city in Japan
    191 16 LATEST reports from the United States Navy carrier task group rendering humanitarian aid and assistance to firerazed Konlya City, on Oshlma Island, Japan, indicate tha: the city's homeless are being sheltered in undamaged homes, schools and tents. the U.S. Navy announced in Tokyo
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    Lock icon 45 days more in orbit
    35 16 America's big Atlas satellite probably will orbit the earth for 45 days, or more than twice as long as originally expected, the U.S. Defence Department announced in Washington yesterday.- U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Life sentence
    30 16 Istvan Bibo, Minister of State in the Imre Nagy Government during the 1956 Hungarian rising, is serving a life sentence, a Government spokesman confirmed in Budapest yesterday.— Reuter
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    Lock icon DOCKERS BACK AT WORK AFTER ROW OVER 'GHOST' FOREMAN
    81 16 GLASGOW'S 2.850 dockers returned to work yesterday after a three-day strike over the appointment of a "ghost" foreman. They walked out last Friday when a work-mate was named temporarily to take charge of gangs drafted in from other docks. He refused
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    83 16 T'HE London Foreign Exchange dealers had a rather hectic day yesterday following the weekend announcements of European currency convertibility. Initial dealings were confused but the market eventually settled down and by the end of the day business was back to normal. Throughout the day the pound
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    Lock icon Portugal in bid to join EMA
    41 16 Portugal in bid to join EM A The organisation for European Economic Cooperation (0.E.E.C.) announced in Paris last night that Portugal had applied to join the European Monetary Agreement, the organisation which replaced the European Payments Union at the weekend. Reuter
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    39 16 The Soviet Union plans to establish a new Antarctic research station called Lazarev at Queen Maud Land, the Soviet news agency Tass, said yesterday Queen Maud Land is under Norwegian jurisdiction. Reuter
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    Lock icon TURKS MAY CONFER WITH MAKARIOS
    118 16 TURKS MAY CONFER WITH MAKARIOS A Turkish community f\ leader Mr. Raoui Deiik tush, said in Nicosia ve V terduv that the Internal tional talks on Cyprus hi announced earlier in the day intent be held within a week or 10 days. Asked if he and other Turkish leaders wire
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    57 16 The six-nation European Coal and Steel Community! has lost several million US dollars as a result of the devaluation of the French franc, sources close to the community's governing body said in Luxembourg last night. The loss occurred because a part of the community's production
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      30 16 Reuter üban army annoui it of rebel band which attacked city of Santo IliwiatH Rebels fli-d. ug many dead and much equipment. I tt be K taken prison
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      19 16 French troops killed, raptured or wounded 428 terrorist* in past week. military headquarter* said in Algiers.- U.P.I.
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      455 16 CLASSIFIED ADS. DEATH 20 Words $0 /minimum) OH Oh Choon Hock L.D.S. paaaad away peace. ull> Huspital Singapore on 28th December funeral service Teresa I Church Kampong Bahru 5 p.m. 30th December Thence Interment at Bldadari 4T VOIR SERVKI tO Words $2 (Mm.)— Box SO cts. extrm. PHOlObirtlS ri» KOIOMA
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      5 1 Eve Tuesday, December 30, 1958.
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      GET GAY FOR the NEW YEAR with COLOUR
      819 1 GET GAY FOR the NEW YEAR with COLOUR Let your holiday mutch u m z m spirit of the seuson lUST as Christmas is a time when I families gather in the home, so New Year is a time when people become noisier with their celebrating and go out to
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        169 1 try today's best "tranquilizer" J*s/~&=iD C^oO^A^S witn Modern, Saving MIRRO'MATIC Grandma may ha^c had time to let 4M*fi timmrr Ym mrely don't Today tempo 11 too heaii t.w iefJMM4MIg (or any but the ttstt truuhlevomc way of Jom£ thingi that's iptJ cookin*. with MIRRO MAI IC It nuke* moJcrn minure*
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      She shall have music...
      107 2 She shall have music it plays a sentimental tune. There is a choice of many surface designs, such as Egyptian, floral, animal or modern. Basic textures include metal, enamel and bead-em-broidered fabric. Different compacts play diffe- rent tunes. Displayed with the compacts are sterling silver lipstick cases with built-on mirrors.
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      Hash is answer to party left-overs
      382 2 Hash is answer to party left-overs AFTER holidays every housewife is faced with a problem what to do with the leftovers? Now that Christmas Is past, you can make delicious meals from your left-over food by turning it into hash. Perk and sweet-potato ihash: Finely mince about one pound cooked
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      Pour out your sun tan
      100 2 Pour out your sun tan pOUR yourself a luscious tan from the bronze bottle of sun bath put out by an American cosmetic company. The lotion permits beautiful tanning and yet leaves your skin soft and supple. It is formulated to screen out the harmful rays of the sun. prevent
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      Chocolates in novel box
      56 2 A CELLOPHANE -SEALED open- face box is a novel packing for chocolates. The box is encased in a book cover of fine Italian leather with stamped gold trimming and moire lining. Eat the chocolates and you still have a very useful souvenir a portfolio with a
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      He guards your pyjamas
      55 2 He guards your pyjamas THE SLEEPY SPANIEL is all ready to curl up and snatch a snooze on your bed (or your daughter's). Made of fluffy nylon fur, this spotted dog has a black iwlvet nose, long red felt lashes and big floppy ears. The back unzips to <il a
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      Nothing can replace a pretty hankie
      303 2 Nothing can replace a pretty hankie j |>AT TARLTON dreamt j she did the Char- j Irston in hrr flapper I I nightir. In prat-h or sea |NCI nylon. th<- nightie has a beribbonrd square neck •of nylon laer. The bodice is double lined. I The filmy. floiuurd i skirt
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      Peep, pa prep... puff, puff...
      78 2 Peep, pa prep... puff, puff... CIHRISTMAB is OVef and J Fvr should stop talking about jo>s but just COUld n I resist showin^'you this little engine. About foot lone, it is bright red .\nd black with fold trimming. painted driver and fireman look out of the <ab windows \ikl When
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      Try oatmeal face pack
      54 3 OATMEAL makes a good face pack. Moisten a little with warm water and add a tew drops of lemon juice. Pack onto your face and let dry. While drying lie down and rest. Try not to break the mask by speaking. Rinse oil with warm waver
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        106 3 m I/EEP the festive 1V spirit burning bright long after 1 New Year's Day has passed and gone with these gigantic super-candles. B Fully 34 inches high, they are about five inches in dia--1 meter. They burn at the 1 rate of 10 hours per inch.
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        A geisha fan adds to your finery
        89 3 STRAIGHT from Japan is a geisha fan (below) to add an air of mystery to milady's New Year finery. On a gold background is painted a vivid Mandarin red sky in which curly little gold clouds are floating. Below this brilliant firmament on
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      SATA shop has new line: Sportswear
      533 4 SATA shop has new line: Sportswear STYLES AttE SMART AND SO UP-TO-DATE •i 1 1 1 1 ii 11: ibiiiiiiba in i ii in 1 1 1 j in 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 it t all 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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      Evening glamour from Vietnam
      100 4 Evening glamour from Vietnam SMIRISTINE SIPIERE is a V beautiful young Vietnamese wife and mother who models on occasion if you can persuade her to. Eve was lucky enough to succeed, and here Chris, tine displays her national evening costume. The coat of rich white brocade is similar to the
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      TWO ENSEMBLES FROM THE NEW COLLECTION
      69 4 TWO ENSEMBLES FROM THE NEW COLLECTION OVELY young model Pat Benson shows ojjt tivo ensembles from the SATA shop's I new sports collection. Above she wears a suit— pedal-pushers with a jacket blouse that buttons at the back in yellow and tangerine. g A different suit (left) in lime green
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