The Singapore Free Press, 14 January 1959

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    Masthead
    18 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya 9! Own Family Paper jj Singapore. \|rdneMla>. January 14, 1959. Price 15 Its.
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    England openers out: Still 99 behind
    653 1 England openers out: Still 99 behind t^NGI VND begun well In third Tost at this morning j Lhena dlsastmlnutes betore Milton and In the pavilion At h interval, Eng- were 39 for two wici\ ing them 99 runs the Australian B.t. well and SCOT- I eing beaten by I who
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    Lock icon DULLES HINT ON GERMAN POLLS JOLTS DIPLOMATS
    189 1 DULLES HINT ON GERMAN POLLS JOLTS DIPLOMATS rday by John f o a I i i Secretary eh c- not be the only vhich the reOermany mi B urn. not conPeculate further which left ui the 1 Immediate In Wa cult to judge whether he intended it to be regarded
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    Last-minute snag holds up Cairo finance pact
    101 1 Last-minute snag holds up Cairo finance pact THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN financial talks in Cairo entered a critical stage last night with Sir Denis Rickett, leader of the British delegation, asking London for its views on certain aspects. The last-minute hitch destroyed hopes expressed earlier in Egyptian quarters for a possible announcement
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    Lock icon Stage ban on Errol Flynn
    58 1 Actor Errol Flynn was suspended by Actors' Equity in New York yesterday for walking out on the play "Jane Eyre" In Cincinnati last year. It later opened on Broadway with another RC tor in the starring role Flynn. who recently returned from Cuba. was charged
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    REBELS: JAKARTA HINT TO U.K. ENVOYS
    243 1 REBELS: JAKARTA HINT TO U.K. ENVOYS Consul's move as top diplomats open talks THE Indonesian Government is understood to have explained its stand on rebel activities in the Colony to Singapore and British authorities on the eve of the Eden Hall conference of British representatives in Asia which opened this
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    Lock icon Dutch 'yes' to Mclotov as envoy?
    53 1 Dutch 'yes to Mclotov as envoy? DIPLOMATIC quarters in Moscow said yesterday that the Dutch Government had notified Russia of its acceptance of Mr. Vyacheslav Molotov as Soviet Ambassador in The Hague. Officials at the Dutch Embassy and the Soviet Foreign Ministry told inquirers they had nothing to say on
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    Lock icon 7,500 FLEE AS REBELS ATTACK IN SUMATRA
    91 1 7,500 FLEE AS REBELS ATTACK IN SUMATRA REPORTS from i Medan in North Sumatra said 7,500 re- fugees flooded into < North Sumatra cities to escape rebel attacks < on mountain villages. An official from the North Sumatra gov- < ernor's office said man- ager* of rubber planta- tiotis were
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    RUBBER PRICE
    32 1 February first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened In Singapore this morning at 86 y 8 cents per lb., down oneeighth of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was uncertain.
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    Lock icon Mikoyan back in New York
    51 1 THE Soviet Deputy Premier. Mr. Anastas Mikoyan arrived back in New York early this morning from Los Angeles. There were no demonstrations and no pickets when he drove to Los Angeles airport which was virtually deserted except for a very strong force of police.- Reuter
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    FOUR MORE ENGINEERS LEAVING CITY COUNCIL
    103 1 FOUR MORE ENGINEERS LEAVING CITY COUNCIL Ij^OUR MOKE electrical engineers have resigned from the Singapore City Council. They are Mr. G.C. Smith, district engineer, with effect from Sept. 12; Mr. J.B. McDonald, technical engineer, who will leave on March 5; Mr. J.S. Asherson, assistant technical engineer (Aug. 13), and Mr.
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    Parang attack
    31 1 A 17-yrar-old ChinchO youth, Tan Wah Lek, was slashed with parangs by two secret society Ranft thugs in a coffee shop in Kreta Ayer Road at 4.30 pin yesterday.
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    No-polio Day 6
    21 1 No new polio rasp w;i ported in Singapore up to 5.30 am today for tho ixth successive day.
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    Dulles: 'I'm well'
    17 1 Mr. John Fo.stor Dullefl t.iry Of Btat I I hat he I woll I
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    Lock icon CASTRO HALTS 'WAR CRIMES' REVENGE
    163 2 CASTRO HALTS 'WAR CRIMES' REVENGE CUT. I i to have ord< I r to the "war and executl he country in a ol bloody repri ol ousted President Bati ta. No Immediate confirmation w;i available In Havana, but one such order wa known to have been re- ivi (i by
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    Lock icon Golden glamour girl
    50 2 Golden glamour girl 1)KI II Y blonde Nikki Lynn, :!1 -year-old Xustralian exponent of modern bullet who has been described as the "golden glamovr niri" of Down Under, arrived in Singapore from Tokyo last niuht. Nikki (S4-22-S5) said that >h<» would appear here in a show soon. Free Press picture.
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    Lock icon GAITSKELL IN PARIS
    21 2 Th" British Labour Party r, Mr. Hugh Oaitskell n-w into Paris yesterday lor :t three-day private visit. Reuter
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    Britain told Holland last March of plan to cut KLM Singapore flights
    323 2 Britain told Holland last March of plan to cut KLM Singapore flights Britain told the Netherlands government last March that she Intended tj cut down KLM Royal Dutch Airlini terminal landing rights in Singapore, a Foreign Office spokesman revealed in idon yesterday. Subsequent negotiations resulted in the British Not** sent
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    Lock icon Foot: There will be no bargain with violence
    196 2 Foot: There will be no bargain with violence GOVERNOR Sir Hugh Foot told the people of Cyprus in an island-wide broadcast last night "There will be no bargain with violence." But, he said, he believed chances of settling the Cyprus question were now greater than ever before. Sir Hugh .said
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    Lock icon Churchill tours the bazaars
    32 2 Sir Winston Churchill holidaying in Mum, ay kted Oi Marrakcsh lent capital of SouthMoid He drove through the narrow winding cheered by old and yo norbpr craftsmen. Reuter
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    Lock icon NEW BRITISH GUIDED MISSLES PASS TEST
    108 2 NEW BRITISH GUIDED MISSLES PASS TEST BRITAIN'S Firestreak guided missiles were proved 1 successful in trials in the Mediterannean, the Admiralty said last night. Eighty per cent of the missiles nred against Drone aircraft flown from Malta were "completely successful" and the remainder were "very near misses*'. The Admiralty *aid
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    Lock icon Famine threatens 5,000 in Java
    23 2 Centra] Java authorities ng rice shipments for Wonosobo near Magelang, where 5.000 people arc threatened with famine. Reuter
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    Lock icon Red shells end 5-day lull
    27 2 The Chinese Communists terday broke a five-day lull by lightly shelling the Quemoy i lands, thr Defence Ministry announced in Taipeh Reuter
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    Lock icon UNREHEARSED ENTRANCE
    55 2 Surprise, jrei amastmeiH reglsteri on the face 01 lovclj Italian star C.ma l,ollobrii;id;t as her son Miiko. Aged 17 months, inakr, <m unrehetrted mtf/nce Oil the srt of Solomon and Sinba. now brine filmrcl m Madrid. I he Rim iltf Yul Brynnrr rcplaiinc Tyrone Power who died on
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    Lock icon JAPAN'S GLOBE-TROTTING WOMEN...
    66 3 JAPAN'S GLOBE- TROTTING WOMEN... Professor Shizu Akagi (above), of a women's college in Tokyo, flew into Singapore yesterday to attend the Pan-Pacific South-East Asia Women's Association seminar opening tomorrow. The Japanese women's leader, who specialises in economics, said a woman "must first be a good wife and mother." But this
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    Lock icon Trade union chiefs fly to Britain for month's tour
    100 3 Trade union chiefs fly to Britain for month's tour ftiHREE Japanese women trade union leaders rrived oy air in London yesterday from t the invitation of the British Govern- r a months tour of Britain to study Inil relations and facilities for training workers. are Miss Baiko deputy chief wot
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    Lock icon 9 WILL TRAIN AS BOAC HOSTESSES
    89 3 NINE Japanese girls. selected from hundreds of applicants in Tokyo to train as assistant stewardesses with British Overseas Airways. arrived in London yesterday. They will take a sixweek course before starting work on two new 8.0.A.C. services starting in the spring: the Comet service
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    Lock icon War Minister in Malta
    40 3 tophcr Soames tary of State day beiiun a to Britisn n Malta >, who arrived 1 i last night t sir High StoCKmilitary secretary -tauf of his in tour of Bri\rniy installations, will I lon tomorrow. Reuter
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    Lock icon KOREA TO HAVE TELEVISION
    32 3 Mr. Oh Chae Kyung, director of the Office of Public Information, an- nounced yesterday that the Government will this year establish a television station i in Seoul- Reuter
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    Lock icon MAN ON DOLE WINS £15,000
    118 3 MAN ON DOLE WINS £15,000 A DOWN and out former bricklayer learned yesterday he had won £15,04.'> (about $127,872) for one penny on a football pool. Mr. Percy Barstow. 52. has lived on just over £3 ($25.50) national assistance a week in a London county council lodging house since failing
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    Lock icon Gunman gets away with $13,600 in a 60-second holdup
    102 3 Gunman gets away with $13,600 in a 60-second holdup A GUNMAN staged a 60 second bank hold-up in a busy street in Leicester, England, yesterday and got away with £1,6i)0 ($13,G00). The man held up the staff just before closing time. Forced into backroom He forced them at gunpoint into
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    Lock icon Alarm set off in error sends police to Abbey
    84 3 A burglar alarm, set off in error, sent police cars from all surrounding stations racing early yesterday to Westminster Abbey. A cordon wa.s thrown round the church, all lights switched on and a thorough search made before police were satisfied. Most
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    YEAR'S JAIL FOR KISSING A GIRL
    73 3 YEAR'S JAIL FOR KISSING A GIRL A I.") -year -old man who was sentenced at Kssrn in West Germany yesterday to one year's imprisonment for kissinu a 10--year-old girl against her will, seemed happy with the verdiet. He told the judge he had no joh and no home when he
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    Lock icon DRUNK IN CHARGE OF A HORSE
    29 3 MR, David l).»vi«-s. a 36-ycar-old rarmer wmn Hned 111 «»< Wlfinore, near llrrltord. yrs trrdav for being diunk in CharfC of a horsr. Reuter
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      135 3 m Delicious: Prune ABERDEEN ANGUS Scotch Beef Short Sirloin Roasts "T" Bone Steaks Porterhouse Steaks Rump Steaks 300 Orchard Rood, Singapore 9. Tel. *****-9 ♦.V.V.V.V.V.VAVAVSV.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.t I MODERN i JEWELLERY j! SKILLED (RAFTSMEN I; J Manufacturers of I GEM SET JEWELLERY j": Platinum and Gold j| Dealers in Diamonds, Rubies, Emeralds,
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    The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14, 1959 Opinion All eyes on Mikoyan
    276 4 The Singapore Free Press WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14, 1959 Opinion All eyes on Mikoyan rpilE Soviet Deputy Foreign J. Minister, Mr. Mikoyan. i.s continuing his much-pub- licised "private" visit to the United States in the knowledge that the first part oi his mission lias been accomplished. i Initial task was to
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    RESEARCH INTO A VERY VERY BASIC PROBLEM
    285 4 RESEARCH INTO A VERY VERY BASIC PROBLEM By J. STTBBS WALKER IVDN'T look now. The scientists are watch- ing you! Tney are being pretty perpersonal about it, too. They want to know the size of your bottom, the weight it supports when you sit clown. They want to know why
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    Union's aim is to protect husbands'
    199 4 4 UNION for husbands known as the Married Men's Protection Association has proved so successful in Newark, New Jersey, that its members are thinking of starting branches in England. The union's primary purpose is "to reverse the trend of domesticity that is overtaking husbands."
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    BY THE WAY
    178 4  - BY THE WAY Beachcomber DR. STRABISMUS Whom God Preserve) of Utrecht has more than one amazing iron in the fire. While the Boomerang Stratocruiser is being overhauled the sage is planning to aim a 40.000-ton rocket at Sirius. The distance as the crow would fly if it had no more
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      13 4 PATEK PHILIPPE 01 Geneva I i( nevi (|ualit>" H. SENA, LTD. Singoporc Pcnong.
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    Lock icon Balestier Road obstruction much less
    173 5 JAWKER obstruction in Balestier Road, Sin- gapore, is much less than a week ago. This has been brought about by a police warning entle persuasion" following motorists' plaints published in the Free Press. reporter who ue noted whereas there were a> rows oj hawind stalls
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    Lock icon MIDDLE EAST TALKS
    36 5 Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld. U.N. Secretary General, yesterday discussed the Middle East situation with delegates of the United Arab Republic and Iraq following his return last Friday from a visit to the area.- Reuter
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    'WATCHDOGS ON HIGH HEELS' GUIDE VOTERS
    150 5 said: "We hope to j achieve this by telling the j people what the new Government will be em- j powered to do and that J any candidate makes j fantastic promises he i* not the right choice." I^EN Singapore women who style themselves
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    Lock icon Otto in Delhi
    26 5 Reuter Mr. Nehru and tin German Prime Minister, Herr otto Orotewohl, had second meeting In New I Delhi yesterday at Mr. Nrhru's house
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    'Dragon boat race opponents are provincial'
    80 5 'Dragon boat race opponents are provincial' in i the Univ( nave been crl m inde it publica 1 VVh.it 1 cusei tiir dragon opponenti ol being provincial." h says: "On I number (•t national i wide variety of h;il>it.v toma and arts of tho mmunli represent) irt ol the Malayan
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    Business leaders urge caution over tariffs Bill
    319 5 Business leaders urge caution over tariffs Bill OEFRESENTATIVES of the four Singapore chambers of commerce who appeared before the Legislative Assembly select committee on the Control of Manufactures Bill urged the Government to exercise extreme caution in giving protection to industries. It should particularly take care that a new venture
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    Children's Society finances 'strained'
    114 5 Children's Society finances 'strained' THE Singapore Children's Society is short Of funds to c\lend its convalescent home at Tanmh Merah. Mr. John Lloyd, secretary of the society, said their financial resources were "strained." "It COStS about S(JO,--0(M) a year to run the society and the home, he said. "Until we
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    NEW SCOUT HQ READY IN MARCH
    71 5 NEW SCOUT HQ READY IN MARCH Til I*: Singapore Boy Scouts Association hopes that its $150,000 headquarters in Cle-meiu-euu Avenue will be ready in March. The association needs another $47,000 to pay for the building and the Commissioner, Mi L. A. Woodford, has appealed to the public for contributions. Mr.
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      101 6 nil Ji;iV""llA%VKi: by Sydney Jordaw sfavpiSm TO /A/ fH£ mASTIAN SHIPS KOLJEK-TM£«Q TUi»ik D«h/ FIx)NT«OL-TMt 6K»e<*v j U» 'lSr SWIPS AC6 COMPLETELY r f^^ >1 Wllll AKi; by Lee Falk and Phil Ha* is f I AALMD IP I EXAMINE \/'?V I I'M SO UPSET- 1 PON'T PROTecT^OM~ASA^^4STy /o/) I
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      428 6 m %y BORN today, you I ambitions a- well overpowering desire to B the world. Original. artistic, your idea ol "getting Is to reach the top of your i H slon not necessarily to 1 million dollars. a You will never do your b, if you permit yoursoit to 2
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    Lock icon Exposition emblem
    42 7 picture. THE enblem of the Singapore Constitution Exposition (above) features four intertwining circles representing the major races in the Colony. One of the exposition fountains is depicted along with the City Council's crest and the motto "Majullah Singapura."- Free Press
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    Diphtheria inoculation to resume
    250 7 Diphtheria inoculation to resume INOCULATIONS against diphtheria, which have been suspended for the past three months because of the Singapore polio epidemic, will be resumed shortly. A spokesman of the City Council Health Department said that despite the intensive campaign against the dangers of the infection mothers were still apathetic
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  • COMMODITIES
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      U.K. closing prices
      191 7 LONDON, Jan. 13. Previous Today No 1 |{N> if |BB ports Jan 24% buyers 24v, buyers ul01 25 sellers 25 sellers l«b 24 ~h buyers 25 buyers 25 sellers sellers .■•rrfk So 1 S|>ol 24T b Hy ers 25 buyers I IBBhK 25 >» sellers 25 »i
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      New York prices
      104 7 NEW YORK, Jan. 13. Previous Today TIN Mraits Spot 99.12 nom. 96.87 nom. TIN futures straits Contract »an 97.25 buyers 97.12 buyers 99.25 sellers 99.12 sellers March »7.25 buyers 97.12 buyers 99.25 sellers 99.12 sellers roNF Dull SALES: NIL Bt RHI K Futures Jan. 30.40 buyers 30.50
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      33 7 NEW YORK. Jan. 13. Previous Today 10 Indu>tri^L 592.64 590.70 N Railroads 163.67 163.45 10 Domestic Bonds 86.48 86.45 15 I tilities 91.92 91.58 55 Stocks Composite \\rragrs 206.33 205.73
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      U.S. PEPPER
      66 7 Malabar spot 24. awaiting release 23 afl its 23 to 13':, January shipment 23, o 23 cf. Lampong spot 24. i release; 23 4 afloats I U\ to 23 January .shipment 23. 22 H to 22 Vi oif. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot and awaiting release 39, afloats
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      83 7 COPRA Philippines r.i.f. U.K./ Jjtrth European ports delivered r/Sfr* p '""< lon Jan. IVb. <( ;V Stl ul l 1 K. /North lun.pr.u. ports drlivrred rnrnv! r" tOM '•"•/Feb. COCOM r OIL crude straits ir »un pcan ports in bulk (<)(ON i OIL crude CeyWn lon*
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      SUPPORT FOR JAP ISSUES
      146 7 I on the Kchange quieter the fortted and under! despite c ur 1 tie s "i busit'ut uneacted In the the market drift Dc winch i thai ;n market tain were were a good fed b toe ir night indecision on Wall Street. Industrials showed no
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      146 7 I SINCAPORE 1 HIGH TIDESf E TODAY: 1.52 p.m. TOMORROW: 2.46 a.m. and 2.34 p.m. E HI IDA V: ;.18 am and E 3.18 p.m. E SATURDAY: 1.54 a.m. E and Ll3 p.m. E SUNDAY: i.?,X a.m. and E 5.30 p.m. E MONDAY: 5.33 a.m. E and 7.31 p.m. TUESDAY;
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    500,000 YEARS OLD TOOL FOUND
    244 8 500,000 YEARS OLD TOOL FOUND The first primitive bone implement ever to be found has been discovered in t h e Sterkfontein caves, near Krugersdorp, about 20 miles from Johannesburg in South Africa. Worn smooth and shiny with use, its age is estimated at between 500,000 and 750.000 years. It
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    POOR AFTER CARE-SO MANY FIRST OFFENDERS GO BACK TO JAIL
    650 8  - POOR AFTER CARE -SO MANY FIRST OFFENDERS GO BACK TO JAIL PETER WILSHER Hv LK)UR thousand men and women now n\\r their first sentences in British prisons will be bark behind bars w I thin months if nol weeks of their releai U ol them will i to blame the
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    British chi have
    296 8 British chi have J WAS brought up in ISorth Devon, England, on the edge of the Allanti c Ocean with broad, sandy beaches, wild cliffs and surf -riding seas almost on my doorsteps and by contrast, the soft luxuria nee of small fields, deep lanes and heavilywooded valleys among: the
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    Iren in country many hobbies
    307 9 Iren in country many hobbies was the time i our quiet seapi ac e was ded with holinakers from r parts of Brisame families to come year e r year, and y of us had close ids among them. own best friend such .i visitor, rl whom I saw .WARD
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    JAK AT THE BOAT SHOW
    16 9 m about his DDay hiding »»ptrltnctt-whtn hit fact turned all gftn!
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    Would you give up $4 a week for your religion...?
    750 9 Would you give up $4 a week for your religion...? I HAVE BEEN MEETING PEOPLE WHO 00... SAYS HUGH CLELAND r AST year has seen two notable religious conferences in Britain. At Lambeth, Anglican bishops from all over the world met together in a blaze of publicity for their 10-yearly
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      Turtle Isle—where Chinese worship at a Malay shrine
      708 10 Turtle Isle— where Chinese worship at a Malay shrine ■T IS VERY DIFFICULT to give an adequate definition Ol the Malay word Kenunut bet en §uch a wide field. The word Ifl Of Arabic origin and means ianctitv. but, kn Malay, it If more uriu-rally u n adjective and is
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      BUNS FOR THEIR GOD
      28 10 On the left are some of the turtle shaped buns which worshippers bring along as offerings to the God of Prosperity, Tua Peh Kong.
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      6 die, 18 missing in tanker blast
      111 10 SIX people were killed and 18 aro missing after the 20,762-ton tankor Mirador blew up in harbour in Iskanderon, Turkey. There were six men aboard thr Mirador and 36 on tho salvage boat Imroz who n the explosion occuit- ed. Only one was
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  • Curtain Up
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      So 'The Boy Friend' is ending its run at last
      323 11  -  WILLIAM HICKEY By OO 'The Boy Frend,'' Sandy Wilson's delicious musical burlesque of the 'twenties, is ending its West End run at last. It will come otT after its 2.084th performance on February 7... and London, to me at least,
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      HERE COMES A NEW RITA FROM HOLLYWOOD
      178 11 HERE COMES A NEW RITA FROM HOLLYWOOD ifter fl marru four divorces. two children, 40 aims, and no Academy Awards, we are about to see a new Rita i lay worth. The actress they once called The Love Goddes today being groomed a.s the mature Rita. In They Came to
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      You can still live with a flop in the family
      640 11  -  John Thompson By I^AY KENDALL, Gladys Could any three theatre seem a sounder La Kendall, brilliant rcomic and beautiful girl; Gladys Cooper, still at 70 as unbelievably glamorous as when she was an Edwardian Gaiety Girl; Rex Harrison, the king
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      Short and sweet
      191 11 WK are due for a re-visit to Peyton Place. Jerry Wald, who produced the highly successful, if slightly censored, iilm version of the b(X)k has commissioned the author Grace Metalious, to write a sequel esilly for Aiming to be railed Return to Peyton Plai DIRECTOR |ACK LEE
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    Lock icon TITO'S ASIA TRIP: A DENIAL
    210 12 He isn't aiming at creation of a 'third force 4 VtGOSI \v GOVERNMENT spokesman baa A SIU it u.»s 'completely untrue" that Pre.sidmt Titos current Asian tour was aimed at creatini a third force.* Mr Drago Kunc the Government's Official spokesman, also denied Soviet bloc
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    Students of 8 coutries meet in U.S.
    113 12 Students of 8 coutries meet in U.S. The Foreign Student 1 Centre in Washington) Mews, New York, is a g good place to talk, read or just relax. Here" Asian students from B eight countries arc. enjoying a social hour. 1 They are (from left): Teddy Oei of Jakarta.. Ahmed
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    Lock icon 'U.S. watch on Rhee's new laws'
    155 12 'U.S. watch on Rhee's new laws SOUTH KOREA coUld not. expect the United States Government to remain' Indifferent to "move. which could make a sham of representative Insttiutlons" in Korea the Wash Ington Post has declared. "The new national security law passed by v i iberal majority In the Ay
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    63 12 AMERICAN RED CROSS TO AID PHILIPPINE PoWs THE American Red Cross has offered to assist Philippine nationals who were taken prisoner by t laJapanese in World War II and who are entitled to compensation under the terms of the peace treaty with Japan. All Philippine nationals captured while serving with
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    136 12 rwM\K Nationalist Chini Ministry has dl 1 closed that a total of 000 offic< rs and men had beei killed from the beginning >i the Communist bombard men! of the Quemoya last August until the end of the year. Mo&i ol the casualties
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    Japan to buy 3-ton supply of uranium
    366 12 Japan to buy 3-ton supply of uranium l APAN is to buy throe J tons of natural uranium from the International Atomic Energy Agency to be used in a heavy water research reactor. The primary purpose of the reactor will be .engineering testing and the production of radioisotopes. Renter. China*i
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    77 12 JAP FLAG FIRM HAS U.S. STAR TROUBLE TIIK new star in tin- I niled Slates llk tot .W a Is Riving Japanis,. flagmakf ts I lot pi l lir One Tokyo manufacturer has 700 old |)0 .n flags in stork worth about .100.000 yen |(l<) ,i The fompany hopes to
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    77 12 GOODWILL SHIP MAY HAVE ATOM WEAPONS THE U.S. Navy rw*J to say whethi Helena, flagship i Jf fj fleet, is weapons on irrenl goodwill visit to Ja] n. The Helena Is fitted J carry Regulus bombardm missiles which Jjg either atomic" >me tionai warhead But a Navy said he did
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    Love is the theme
    226 13 Love is the theme rO \i\RTIN «"d W« lf u, d Amour, Many Mv one And Only Love. [L..1 W.lody. Mesh»«e of Plaisii U Amour. Love of ilt to Heart Moonlight in 1.-mpUtion Walt., f lixh <•« ro lydoi lt-taefc ***** VM] ovk. they say, J makes the world go
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    65 13 A YOUNG man who is fa>t making a name for himself in the world of music is Roy Castle, This Yorkshire born star is 26 years old and was a smash hit at the Royal Variety Show after only six months in show business. What does he do?
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    Second-hand favourites
    126 13 rpHEY are busy turning 1 the clocks back along Tin Pan Alley. We are entering the era of the second-hand hit. The "new" records the teenagers play art the •ancient" bewhlskered songs of their grandfathers—but with a difference. They now have a modern beat. Into the record lists
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    Blues for the broad minded
    178 13 Blues for the broad minded BEST IN JAZZ I'll BLI KST. by Sonny T<rr> and Brownie SlcGhee. Woman "s Lover Blues, 81-M-k Hoi* Blues, AutoHwhank Blues. Wholesale '»d Retail. (Nixa EP, NJE 106(1) THEY'RE getting h road minded >n the censor's oftlu.se days if these earthy blues numbers are any
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    HAUNTING TUNES LEGRAND PRESENTS THE COLE PORTER MAGIC
    540 13  - HAUNTING TUNES LEGRAND PRESENTS THE COLE PORTER MAGIC Jonathan Russell by JVfJCHEL LEGRAND, and his Orchestra. "The Musk- of Cole Porter." Begin the beffuine, In the still of the night, Just one of those things, So in love, Don't fence me in. Anything joes, Love for sale, 1 get a
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    A MEERICAL ...
    123 13 A MEERIC AL AL JOLSOM. April Showers, You Are Too Beauti ul. Ko<k-a-bre your babv. Hallelujah I'm a Tramp. (Fontana KP. 462 132 TE) The modern miracle of recording has enabled us to hoar many star entertainers lons after th<\\ ceAM (o perform. The late Al Jolson who san« and
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    365 13 Mathis makes the most of religious songs JOIINNY MATHIS. Heavent.ood Night D«ar Lord, Swing Low Sweet Chaiiot, Mu\ 1h« i.iHtd Lord Blet* And Keep Vou, I Heard A Forest Praying, The Rosary, One t.od. Deep River, Where tan I (io. Mi Eli. Kol Nidre, Ave Maria (Sihubert), Ave Maria (Bach
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    MANAGERS WHO TRAIN WITH THEIR TEAMS
    415 14  - MANAGERS WHO TRAIN WITH THEIR TEAMS ARCHIE QUICK Hv NEVER before have I seen three League managers ou( actively training with their teams until West Ham United, Fulham and Portsmouth congregated for a week's special training prior to their Third Round F.A. Cup ties with Spurs, Peterborough and Swansea. Yet
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    BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE
    166 14 BRUSH UP YOUR BRIDGE by M. Hjrriton-Cray DraJrr Iftdlll t A st Wrst ramp PROTECTIVE situation often caii for Imagination *nd partnership confidence North's third-hand bid ol one spade on the above deal was passed round to West, who ri'.'.ii'iv reopened with One No-Trump; at hii next turn, however, he
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    VICTORY FOR SPURS
    43 14 LEYLAND, Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper, reaches for the ball but finds time to keep an eye on the incoming Dunmore, Tottenham Hotspur's inside-left, in their English F.A. Div. 1 League match at White Hart Lane ground. Spurs won 3-I.— Keuter picture.
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    326 14 THE United States of America will hold the Davis Cup for a long time unless professional tennis promoter Jack Kramer signs on leading American amateurs hh x Olmedo. Barry MacKay and Earl Buchholz. Former American Davis Cup Bill Talbert makes this prediction. "To
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    77 14 JAPS WILL CONTEST MARATHON THE Japan Athlete M»J 1 elation y^terd.J J firmed it was lending wj Japanese runner to Boston Marathon race April 19 this y« K M The association S buyoshi Sadanaga TaM Nakao. Aki> onr other, yet to b f cW l would run for Jtpaj 1
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    169 14 South African bid to change amateur rules DEVISION of amateur status and the question of open tournaments are expected to be discussed at the annual meeting of the South African Lawn Tennis Union in Johannesburg In March. Mr. Frank Hackney, president of the South African L.T.U., said that some members
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      90 14 c I I 8 ROBS 1 Bp) fai inc.i! (or undersround workers <6. I a singular chanft would ■teei thl vehicle Into little Laurence (5i Collet i stumers (7). iu Type ol claim bj .1 .hopassistant, perhaps 1 11 Ht'i In 1 (6). 14 piece <(i> 18 Pal ok ,n
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      110 14 Quaker Girl" were such Comedies (7j. U Seems the manuscript Is missing (3). 7 Terse change (5). U Frighten a Hollywood person at first (7). 15 A little speculation begins In these kinds of people <.7>. 16 Decides and payi up (7). 17 Topers change the magiclan's word (6;. 18
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    100 15 (Cap hit wicket) land crl S re wonderwhether they should d their caps Ken batting, as a re]t of ;t!1 incident to e oi their colteagu u a country mutch in Wellington. In 011 of l he most un- dismissals on record. latsman wi it hit wicket.
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    120 15 QUEENSLAND WIN BY 5 MINUTES i a thrilling race against time, Queensland beat estern Australia by six ckets in their Sheffield atch with five minutes to are yesterday in Perth. Western Australia, making sporting declaration at for two, left Queensnd to pet 182 for an tright win. Queensnd accepted the
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    86 15 I> third •<> roiulitions. the Football Association niltl n. V/" n t! 1 bet wern Middhsbnumh and Bir*r" i»oslm \Z'a* was dIIP (o b<> Pli»>rcl todav hai all M r; 1 A 1 1 1 l«n«Mj V). The malrh »ll V( Icvrl i Sat r<l ay
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    GRAND NATIONAL ENTRIES ARE FEWER THIS YEAR
    696 15  - GRAND NATIONAL ENTRIES ARE FEWER THIS YEAR MICHAEL WEBB by THE number of entries for Britain's toughest steeplechase, the Grand National, to be run at Aintree on Mareh 21, is fewer than in many previous years. But the 55 entered include far fewer moderate horses. The comparatively meagre total, one
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    38 15 Tonv Vandervell. 60-year-old chief of the British Vanwall motor racing team, confirmed in London yesterday that he had decided to give up Grand Prix racing. He has decided to disband the victorious Vanwall team. Reuter
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    Gonzales meets Sedgman
    31 15 Gonzalea (U.S.) jma i (Aus- semi-tinal the £6,500 Viclonal tennis at M c 1 Aussie B-6, (5-2 6-3 (allied to brat ol Ecuador 6-2. Oonzales -t in the
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    22 15 i were Group Three Porto Rico Jhcn the draw are 12 I 1 for Hi.. Reuter U.P.I.
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    STIRLING MOSS TAKES TO THE WATER
    78 15 British racing driver Stirling Moss, who recently won the Auckland Grand Prix will head for the Bahamas when it is time to return home. For that is where he has just completed his dream house, one which he designed himself. This is a picture
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    SPORTRAIT
    19 15 On the other hand sir if youve really got the spirit of adventure. you couldn't beat this model
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    169 15 Eric Cremin and Frank Phillips tied with three below par 69 for fifth p!ace. with a team composed of the 1958 Canada Cup winner Angel Miguel of Spain and Larry Monte.s of the Philippines- \N Australian golf team of Bruce Crampton and Norman Vonnida won an
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    43 15 Hentie Krugor. 29-year-old South African holder of the Empire pole vault record, announced his retirement from athletics yesterday. "I have lost interest," he declared. "Pole vaulting has become a labour and I don't enjoy it any more." Reuter
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    PARIS PARDON FOR REBELS
    216 16 Hong Kong is alarmed by US move u curb ber clotb export! I EADING textile industrialists In Hong Kong yesterday expressed alarm at a Washington report that the United States "wanted to curb the Colony's textile exports. They were commenting on a report that a senior
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    195 16 FRANCE yesterday announced clemency measures for Algerian nationalists, including the freeIng of 7.000 people now held in Algeria. The announcement also said that all death sentences on rebels passed by French courts will be commuted to forced labour for life. Under the amnesty,
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    SINGAPORE AT SAIGON TALKS
    38 16 An international marine science congress will open In Saigon today, the Vietnam Press agency reported yesterday. The COtlgress will be attended by delegates from Malaya, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and UNESCO representath Renter.
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      9 1 FREE PRESS RACE DAY Special Wedr.eiddy, January 14, 1959.
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      MAIN RACE APPEARS TO BE OPEN
      513 1  -  ALLAN LEWIS -by THE main race at Ipoh this afternoon Class 3, Div. i over the straight 5\F is open. This morning at the racecourse I was given Bestcrete, Blue Swell, Carbon Paper. Britannia, Peking:, Satoro and Safe Invest as the probable winner. After
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        31 1 BEST BETS BFST BFTS:— Movie House 11. Knlffhtf- bridge and Bw OlTiro II g Best outsiders:— The Giant, Gtondort and Foghorn I THE GOING I The going will I>«* good. g <■■■■■■■■■»-
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      836 2 RACE 1-2.30: CLASS 5, DIV. 3-6 FURS. 1. ***** TALENT *jri birg iKema Stable) Bpencer 900 Posner 2. DO4G7 (iOM) ui.\ 4yr. birg (Hook Kongsi) Tjoa 8-10 Buang ATMS EXHIBITOR II 4yr. brirg (Shaw Stabler Martin 8.09 Bougourr 4 ***** M NslllM KW 4vr chag (Sunny Statist R.
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      BESTCRETE HAS HIT BEST FORM
      1039 4 Movie House safe Prize Entry appeals DAFE INVEST is i K danger, hut my choice for the main sprint today (Race six) is Besterete, who has hit a bright patch. One ol the day's best bets is Movie House II In Race Four. According to
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