The Singapore Free Press, 19 March 1959

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    15 1 The Singapore Free Press Malaya's Own Family Paper *****. Siliuapor**. IhuiMla>. Manli 19.">9. Prlec Is('t».
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    Lock icon 'Ex-Queen Soraya to marry Italian Price in 6 weeks'
    154 1 'Ex-Queen Soraya to marry Italian Price in 6 weeks' A GERMAN authorrss s v i yesterda) thai ex-Queen Boraya «»i Persia would marry Prince Raimondo Orsini of Italy In Mis. Huth Hoffmann taM: "I would not say it if didnt know." Mrs. Hoffmann, who im^ m Mankh said s\w h
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    'SPYING, CORRUPTION': SPA ACCUSES
    327 1 Guilty men' charge RKFKRENCE to "spying: and bribery" to corrupt officials was made by Mr. Lim Choon Mong (S.P.A.) when the Legislative Assembly today resumed the debate on a motion to appoint a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances which led to a Ipakaee of
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    Lock icon Mac finds Washington atmosphere is changed
    92 1 MMACMILLAN, the h Prime Minister. rind a changed re m Washinghi n he arrives there for talks with Presnhower dlines alleging m the State aent over his misM( scow and his pressure on the to agree to talks without have been re••uniident asserthe diplomatic
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    BLAST KILLS WOMEN IN BEAUTY SALON
    55 1 BLAST KILLS WOMEN IN BEAUTY SALON rURTEEN people, most Of them (ustomers at a crowded beaut} parlour, were killed yesterday when a stock of fireworks exploded m a buildini; 15 miles from Rio de Janeiro The beauty parlour KM on the ln^t floor of the buildini. Poiiu- &aid *»n propie
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    Lock icon Customs search A-test troops
    190 1 Customs search A-test troops /CUSTOMS men thoV^ roughly searched 108 British servicemen on their return to London yesterday from a year's service at Britain's nuclear testing ground at Christmas Island m the Pacific. But the men of the 12th. Independent Field Squadron of the Royal Engineers did not complain. "We
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    Lock icon LT. GEN. GRIVAS NOW
    66 1 LT. GEN. GRIVAS NOW EOKA leader Col. George Grivas now m Athens was last night promoted to Lieutenant General, the highest rank m the Greeic Army. He will receive for the resr of his life the salary of a general on active service. A Bill to this elTect tabled Government
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    RUBBER PRICE
    20 1 ride rubber fob opened m this morning at "> Per lb., up half t on yesterday's close. WM steady
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    VASAGAR, MAYOR IN NEW ROW
    192 1 I IBERAL Socialist City i Councillor, Mr. S. M. Vasagar, today crit 1 the Mayor, Mr. On» Bng Guan, for naming the council's Chief Admini tive Officer, Mr. P. C Marcus, as the man responsible for a controversial circular. He said an inquiry should have
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    Lock icon S-O-S: FAMINE IN TEN TOWNS
    97 1 AM INK stallU ns m the province of Zamboanga fid Sur on the southern Philippine Island of Mindanao, where all crops have been destroyed by rats, According to police reports reaching Manila. The provincial board has sent an urgent request to Philippine president Carlos Garcia
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    Lock icon Brunei Sultan in London
    46 1 The Sultan of Brunei, arrived m London yesterday for talks with the BritLsh Government on the state's first written constitution. The Sultan and his 11--man party are expected to begin formal talks with the Colonial Secretary Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, on Monday. Reuter
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    Lock icon CANADA: FULL BACKING FOR MAC
    255 2 Firm but flexible policy is right -Premier YfR HAROLD MACiU MILLAN, the British Prime Minister, is believed to have received firm backIng from Mr. John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada, tor his policy of firmness with flexibility over Berlin and Germany. Full support No differences
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    Lock icon MAC'S AHEAD IN SARTORIAL STAKES
    122 2 a lI AT to mat i'h the occasloo appear* to ix* the X A very proper sartorial motto of the British Pre- mier. Mr. Harold Macmillan. When he paid a short \i>it to Ireland, the jaunty Tweed cap (top left) struck just the rkht note.
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    Lock icon Dag in Delhi
    17 2 The United Nations Se-cretary-General, Mr. Dc\4 Hammarskjoeld arrived In New Drlhi yest( rd U.P.I.
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    Lock icon NEW RED PLEDGE TO BOOST TRADE WITH BRITAIN
    175 2 NEW RED PLEDGE TO BOOST TRADE WITH BRITAIN VIR. Semyon Skachkov, a leading Soviet foreign 1 trade expert, hinted In London yesterday that Russia would be prepared to adjust her new seven-year economic plan to cope with an expansion of trade with Britain. Addressing a luncheon audience of the British
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    Lock icon Geneva A-talk held up
    72 2 tmie Geneva conference between the United Stati Britain and Russia on discontinuing nuclear weapon may .shortly agree to till after Easter, a reliable source said In London yesterday. The conference, which began on er 31, h met m recent weeks it has (1 to make pi
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    Lock icon REVOLT PLOT BY TOP REDS IN RUSSIA
    96 2 Italian Continental Agency said last i'i&ht that the chiefs of the Turkmenistan Communist Party had been removed from their posts following wi.scovery of a plot to rebel against the Soviet Union nnd establish an independent Turkmenistan republic The agency claimed the VwM secretary
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    Lock icon Wanted man ignored call, shot in street
    98 2 TWO detectives armed with pistols and a shotgun early yesterday shot dead a wanted gunman In a west Perth, Australia, street. The man. Harlcy Donald Stewart, was challenged as he ran for a stolen ear. He ignored the warnings and drew two pistols
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    Lock icon PLASTIC FLYING CAR TO BEAT TRAFFIC JAMS
    69 2 A lightweight flying car rated with a heiicopter rotor to beat traffic jams by flying over them was forecast In London yesterday by Mr. H. Pot tor, 'president of Ihe British PL' These "auto-helicopt< were a logical development of the light construction provided
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    Lock icon CYPRIOT GANG STONES HOTEL
    99 2 riot nlghi i Urn plati of a d by Brito nt de- Coka'a anii-i Intimidi The only Royal Aii Force lifted Its ban on tnployei I November When two airmen were killed In NiCO la KAK club to i bon Earlirr the same thrtW an ink
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    Holland: regrets' cut in K.L.M. flights
    377 2 Holland: regrets' cut in K.L.M. flights AN official <<>minuni- issued by the I Netherlands Ministry of I transport and Witer-I ways last night describ-1 led as "regrettable" I I the British decision to cut X.1...M. tights to 1 1 Singapore from two t v I I one a week. The
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    Lock icon HEW FILM STAR CHOSEN MISS GOLDEN GLOBE
    42 3 picture. ,U' NORLUND, a Columbia Pictures newcomer, been elected Miss Golden Globe by the Hollyv' Foreign Press Association. iv>. a former Miss Denmark, will make the illations at the association's annual film i banquet.- Reuter
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    Lock icon 1,200 relatives of Japs' war victims get no compensation
    269 3 1 ,200 relatives of Japs' war victims get no compensation j HOUSE of Commons told yesterday thai had been 1.200 unful applications for c payments to reol EJritish prisonei i i who died m caperl Mathew <Conitive) asked the Govnt: many cases haw kin of Japanese of war who were
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    Lock icon DUCHESS OF KENT ENDS HER TOUR. FLIES HOME
    108 3 DUCHESS OF KENT ENDS HER TOUR. FLIES HOME TiRE Duchess ot Kent and Princess Alexandra left Rio 6e Janeiro yesterday for home m a Britannia after their fiveweek Latin-American tour. A steward aboard the plane, Luiz Montanhez, was shot m the chest on 1 uesday when two gaii attempted a
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    Lock icon Algeria visit
    32 3 The French Premier, Mr. Detrt wUI pay a 48-hour viMt to Ea tern Algeria with Svcral member ol I tt next 8u formed sources a <i m w" rday Reuter
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    Lock icon ARCTIC TRAINING FOR BRITISH TROOPS
    52 3 wMKTY-FIVK British sold W»ter cond 1 Arc, reamed to I Maukstadm northern Rhine Army sp<»k. spokctman aid thf men. rron Army units In Western G«-rmai. Ip ol I: er with the NAnnv Tlwv tonn the I [ndepondent Hki Detachnv ualty who suffered from I i>e.
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    Lock icon Stones in Parliament were not true
    419 3 fOHN WATERS, v IG-year-uld grocer's boy, tolling the story n Im J ness. Scotland, yesterday of how two policemen In his home town of Thuiso arc alleged to have beaten him up In an alley, declared that things said about his case m Parliament
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    Lock icon NAVY DIVERS TO HELP FIND DOCKER GEMS
    53 3 A 1 1 \M or Royal frogmen arrival m >outhampton yesterday to help m the iearcn lor the CISMOO i» \\»-N ■iolcn from Ladj Dock" it last wi-ck. A Navy spokrsm.in said Southampton po llOt had Askvd it Hie clivers could help m
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    Lock icon 'Push button' cruiser
    42 3 The Tiger, the Brlti h Navy "pu.h button" cruiser h«-r rum., an- ftred by an elftctronlc computer linked to radar wa com,ned at ciydrbank. Lerdaj Her i r« output Is mure than twice that ol »ny crul i Reuter
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      238 3 VICE KING IS TO BE DEPORTED nARMELLO MESSINA, an Italian said to have run a I, vice racket m London with hi, tour brother I! be deported to Italy tomorrow, the British Home on. ftnn Messlna y finished' a six-month sentence for lU< entry Into Britain a week ago and
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    The Singapore Free Press Thursday, March 19 1959. Opinion Temptation for Nasser
    224 4 IT was probably inevitable that that inveterate fisher m troubled diplomatic waters. Mr. Khrushchev, should take it upon himself to stir up further rancour m the j war of words raging betweefi Iraq and the Uniud Arab Republic.
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    SPLIT PERSONALITY
    591 4 CITY Berlin—window on Communist world 4 CITY more than seven hundred a yturs old and one that developed trim the union of two 13th century settlements, is now a world symbol of disunity and division and ha> been for the last decade or so roll is tiie city
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    WANTED-A SUPER-SHIP!
    665 4  -  Montague Lacy by ON Budget Day the Chancellor of the Exchequer has a big chance to put Britain back on the Atlantic with a big splash. He could, and I believe he might, give the word that would set the Clyde busy building a new superliner for the
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      25 4 I RINGS TO CHERISH j DIAMOND EMERALD RINGS DIAMOND RUBY RIN6S Quality Value U.S. 4* SUVA Jewellers 106. ORCHARD RD.. I Tel: ***** j >'M..11.1*
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    CO-OPERATE WITH POLICE, BLADES ASKS THE PUBLIC
    222 5 CO-OPERATE WITH POLICE, BLADES ASKS THE PUBLIC [ff nmissioner of Police, Mr. i II yesterday called <>n the people <>i ISi ix. organise "collective protection for Uj urn* use the police force as it should mmissioner added that permanent I m ;ainst widespread crime and ganj only be achieved m
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    'Colony maps must keep pace with development'
    97 5 'Colony maps must keep pace with development' Ntn t Survey De--1 must keep rapid urban li i lopment by pi ng up-to-date i. >rding to the i lef Surveyor, i 1 walker-Taylor. X Intensive urban development l)iit our map^ out kly. re essential for Department to with this devev providino
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    Lock icon Rebels murder couple
    39 5 French troops have killed 42 Algerian insurgents m the last 24 hours, military sources said m Algeria yesterday. They said insurgents hud ambushed and killed a French couple m woods near Constantinc m East Ai Reuter
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    Willem Ruys gets 'new look'
    39 5 The newly-renovated Royal Rotterdam Lloyd liner Willem Ruys is due m Singapore next Thursday on round-the-world voyage. She Is now air-condition-ed throughout, her deck; have been extruded, and many sections have been re fitted.
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    Lock icon A-stand at fair
    19 5 Hi iti h .V Authority will exhibit fti the Interne drlv( hi We t rry Reuter
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    31 ITEMS DURING EIGHT-DAY FESTIVAL
    142 5 A l 26 show., exhibit iId during the •pore F' tO be op. Sir Wil M the Viet, \pill 1. io Will be ai r "Dance be Btst 1 to ar fe Of thp gon and lion dances al Hong Lim Green at G.:i.) p.m.;
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    Govt. to keep on using services of Crown Agents
    190 5 Govt. to keep on using services of Crown Agents T^HE Singapore Government will continue to use the services of the Crown Agents In London till other arrangements are made to handle its transactions m Britain. The estimates committee of the Legislative Assembly, after considering various suggestions, was unable to make
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    WOMEN IN THE LEAD
    64 5 THE Singapore branch of the Pan Pacific SouthFast Asia Women's Association is organising a leadership course. About 100 wonim are expected to attend the series of 10 lectures at the Cultural Centre, Canning Kise. The first Icture will be held on Thursday, April The course aims
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    Lock icon BRITAINS ANSWER TO BARDOT
    71 5 BRITAINS ANSWER TO BARDOT Eighteen year old PENELOPE lIORNER, known as Britain's answer to Brigitte Bardot, signs a sevenyear X, 50,000 ($125,000) film contract for producer Sydney Box m his London office. Penelope, daughter of a chartered accountant of Esher, Surrey, was "discovered" by Sydney m the play "Danton's Death"
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    Chamber meeting
    19 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual general meeting m Denmark H 2.15 p.m. tomorrow.
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    Heads say comparison of passes is unfair to schools
    161 5 5j ij princlp i comparisons bet hools preparing candidates for the Cambridge School Certlflexamintl lon. They argue thai such comparisons pre ienl a (ii torted picture ol the r« latlve ability ol the differ cm Institutions to prepan candldat .Sonic schools
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    34 5 A 12-natlon conference on Antarctica might well disi he suggestions by Mr. R. G. Casey, Australian External Affairs Minister, lor an Antarctic pact, British officials said m London y< ih rday. Reuter
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      46 6 j mtSUMNEWrerciNSMCKINS! Ron-iff Oasis wtth sogmiNS mintmoi mist- Menthol Mitt makei lh< J o"^ rich tobacco /<!«/ while freshnest stays with !,>„£ after tmokin i i pack Mnokc ili«' !i Mnnufiunirrtl h) A > Tnhmrrn t s I wn i 1 111 si i inn m *ttd i a
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      226 6 I BORN today, I i«)u hai t perl rm. You I i m\ optlmlsi e-. i make a bettet-than- ivi i have an emotii i arc popular with memb poslte sex. You enj I harmony m your own h have congenial surroun< I to do your best worfc To find
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      U.K. closing prices
      75 7 LONDON, Mai. Frevteiu i uiu> i Mi tXt March VprU -pot J I KSS Settlement \piil i m pence. ,1 ports March lu.ik Special ports .March HI We price* Quoted m pence. ■jjv urn si>ot buyers £781. b £784 sellers C 782 sellers l!»s £786 sellers £78
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      New York prices
      107 7 NEW YORK, Mar. 18. Previous. Today Ti\ Slrai Spot 103.50 nom. 103.37 nom. TIN futures Straits Contract March 101.87 buyers 101.87 buyers 103.87 sellers 103.87 sellers May ***** buyers 101.75 buyers 103.75 sellers 103.75 sellers TOM Selected. SALES: Nil. HBBKR I uturcs March 31.25 buyers 31.85 buyers
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      DOW JONES AVERAGES
      33 7 NEW YORK, Mar. 18. Previous Today 3n liidi!>tii.iK 612.69 610.87 3D Railroads 163.67 164.07 II Domestic Bonds 86.15 86 14 15 Itilities 9457 94.70 15 Stocks < omposlte Averages 211.61 *****
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      U.S. PEPPER
      51 7 pot 25 1 4, waiting floats 25, March 25*4 to 25 1 cf. I awaiting re--25, March ship- ment 25, 25 4 cif. Sarawak unquoted. Muntok white spot 46, await inpr release unquoted, afloats 46. and March shipment 46. sellers ex-dock. Above prices quoted m U.S. cents per
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      Copra, coconut oil prices
      84 7 COPRA Philippine* c.i.f. U.K./ North European ports delivered i long ton Mar./ Apr. (O l'l I r.i.f. L'.K./North ports delivered n X ton Mar./ Apr COCONI I OIL crude Straits opean ports m bulk ton Mar. 1 OIL crude Ceylon m ports m bulk ton \pr.
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    RUBBER SHARES ADVANCE AGAIN
    139 7 G firm condi:led m the markets yes/ernight rise cheered d budget optit to bniulus. ccurities met ►port and wid( pread i'eeks foln Wall re fully 'livl- Stores rallied after a dull opening. Mappin and Webb advanced several shillings to 26/3 on news that the company is
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    'BUY LOCAL' ORDER TO GOVT. DEPARTMENTS
    195 7 4LL Government departments have been told to give preference to local traders when buying stores for public purposes, subject to considerations of economy. Departments have also been told to give preference m all cases to locally-manufactured articles "even though initially it may be necessary
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    Lock icon $212 m. loan pact is signed
    45 7 $21 2 m. loan pact is signed The United States signed a M52i2,400,000 loan agreement with Indonesia yesterday for the .sale of surplus American agricultural commodities. It was described n.s one of the biggest agreements of its kind ever concluded by the U.S. Government.- U.P.I.
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    Ready to fly with BOAC
    74 7 SIX CHINESE stewardesses O of 8.0.A.C., who have been undergoing training In London, returned to Hony Kong last week to bejjin work on 8.0.A.C services m the Far Fast. 8.0.A.C now has IS Chinese and 16 Japanese stewardesses who will be flying on the Comet
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    Grant to Sarawak
    23 7 to British territo- under the Colonial Development, ;ind Wellast month Includ--212,188 to Sarawak to build the Batu lintang In London
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    DONKEYS VANISHING FROM U.K. BEACHES
    140 7 DONKEYS VANISHING FROM U.K. BEACHES D. In z t Britain. Ir place la beini by inm< Before the war t\. than inn under a dozen. Explained a M m Ci] spoke tnan j change and t; the problem of highei A sea Ide donkey worlu about f"iir month Cost ol
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      97 7 1.01 p.m. Lunchtime Concert; 1.30 Time Signal and New.<; 1 45 Grandstand; 2.00 CIom? Down; 4.30 Schools' Broadcasts; 5.00 Programme Summary and Masten ot Melody; 5-30 Toy Town; 6.00 Calling All Hospitals, presented by Maisie Conoruao; 6.45 Sunset. Serenade; 6.53 Announcements and Singapore Share Market Report; 7.00 lime Signal and
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      43 7 SINGAPORE HIGH TIDES TODAY: 7.39 p.m. TOMORROW: 8.16 am. and 8.52 p.m. SATURDAY: 7.40 a.m. and 9.32 p.m. SUNDAY: 8.50 a.m. and 10.0.: p.m. MONDAY: 9.39 a.m. and 10.34 p.m. TUESDAY: 10. M am. and 11.05 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 11*08 a.m. and 11.37 p.m.
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    Lock icon THE SHIP THA T SNAPPED
    62 8 l>i(ture. r Koeki »t H Ul Minds of tons f liuld. t-t onto the rocks, E i i Fier, only Lin th« l»arbour on E ttt n iverc rescued, L,,.n<- by lifeboat.— I BI>Ul thumb* Th tur,, N ipewN fr, Tll< colliet whit h akin
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    Lock icon $170,000 will be spent on this ruined castle
    141 8 FANCY: A total of 8170,000 will be spent on the ruins of this old cattle, pictured on a hilltop overlooking the village of orfe near Wareham (Dorset >. For three C< nturiea ancient (orfe Castle has been conducting its own solitary battle
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    40 8 IT'S BR ISH ABO\ I its nol I I itorej reiopmenf an »th« ROC RIOHI hli C appro i< h m cliiin h€ SFFSDGSDFSD Ii Britain— but odd of ti i of the redcl! >». "Tow. 11 -loi< tie— will Popper
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    THRILLING DRAMA ON AN ISLAND NEAR S'PORE
    2411 10  -  Pelham Groom by Mystery sampan! ghost, they said Another Latiff story had >pendanu)i. the It was my night m morning I would pack at return to I had spread mv '>uiid-sheet and v aiding beneath palm at the water's smoking a final It
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    THE MAN WHO SHAPES THE NEW No. 10
    904 11  - THE MAN WHO SHAPES THE NEW No. 10 J.W.M. Thompson by riME now tne A tish >vernplana for reDow n 1 1 i will be made n. One ihing we can ny of already is there Is not goi be any unseemuption of modem itecture there. Mr Raymond Erith. architect
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    Lock icon Michiko to wear a 1943 gown at her wedding Akihito
    108 11 Michiko to wear a 1943 gown at her wedding Akihito 'pWS is the Juni--1 lliloe (iornial wedding i;uum) which commoner Miss Mlchlko Shoda will wear at her wedding on April 10 to Japan's Crown Prince Akihito. It consists of live uiilincd white silken robe* <ut so that each sleeve is
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    Lock icon THE COMMUNES' TOLL
    177 12 '30 million executed or condemned to death' r rni r rie'a 1 01 communes di human •it- fundatal ins to "i. work. popul munisi Ch Chine rted the I In mar .ion been i or r ..<-il t camps Impertinent' swering a Soviet ment that nmunist China,
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    Lock icon FORMOSA'S SEA GIANT LAUNCHED
    66 12 rHOUSANDS or people, including VicePresident Chen Cheng of Nationalist China and American officials, watch the first super tanker built m Formosa by the ChineseAmerican operated In-Kails-Formosa Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corporation during the launching ceremony at Keelung. The 3G.000-ton Faith va s christened by Mrs. Magnus
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    Lock icon Gunners here are happy
    74 12 r lhe representative of the Colonel Commandant of thr Royal Artillery. Major-Gen-eral E. B. de Fonblanque, said on arrival m Hon^ Kong that the gunners of Royal Artillery units In Malaya and Singapore were m good form and very happy. The general, who has just concluded
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    Lock icon Laos denies Red border crossing
    44 12 The Laotian Embassy m Paris has denied press reports from Peking which claimed Chinese Nationalist troop stationed m the Laotian provinces of Phong-saly and Sam-neva crossed the Communist Chinese border into Yunnan several times during the six month Reuter
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