The Singapore Free Press, 18 September 1959

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  • 13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS No. *****. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1959. 15 CENTS.
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  • Opinion
    • 134 1 Advancing he merger cause tressed Kuan Yew j ssed the pondents' Wednesday I new but, -ahole. the most im- yet made I problems the 9 Malaya <m but .red by r?aha.«.:ger in sties was ilnder by before :ionpains to e that r.o Com- there d Malayan and 1 Malaythere is
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  • 401 1 Singapore's transport workers will merge into a single national organisation 5, 000 strong N MIDDLE ROAD... Factory and shop men make plans L\\ "national" unions to represent workers in the various industries in Singapore are now being formed. As part of this process, the Singapore Traction
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  • 32 1 OCTOBER first jrade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened in Singapore this morning at 102-5 8 cents per lb.. up five-eijhU of a cent on yesterday's close. The tone was steady, quiet.
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  • 83 1 A culture class for students UNIVERSITY of Mala>a students axe working out a scheme to delude some of their members in the proposed Singapore cultural mission to Indonesia. The Government had hinted at the time of the visit of ?he Indonesian cultural mlssSS \o Singapore last month I that it
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  • 184 1 SINGAPORE GovernO m ent servants were surprised today to hear that their counter-pro-to allowance cuts had been rejected. Thev said they had hoped ♦h«? ihen the Government tn !f hat the door was d^? for negotiation some ,t now appeared that the
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  • 65 1 WATER FOR TWO ISLANDS The Singapore islands Blakang Mati and Pulau Brani now have fresh water thanks to the British Army. Yesterday the Royal Engineers completed a 1.400 ft undersea pipeline and civilian workervconneeted it to City Council mains. The first fresh water was pumped through at 4 p.m. Picture
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  • 178 1 Vernacular languages: Order to schools PRINCIPALS of Singa-| pore Government and aided English schools have been told by the Government to give as much importance to vernacular teaching as to any other subject. In a circular to principals, the Ministry of Education stressed that they must take all steps to
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  • 32 1 BARLETTA (Italy), Fn. The death toll from the collapse of a new apartment building has risen to 48. The authorities fear that possibly 60 persons died In all. U.P.I.
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  • 244 1 VEW YORK, Fri.— Mr. Khrushchev yesterday accused the State Department, of hindering a greater flow of exchange of contacts and delegations between Russia and the United States. He told a civic luncheon in his honour: "Let us have a greater flow of
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  • 44 1 Chinese in Singapore yesterday celebrated the eighth moon harvest festival. Leading Chinese confectioners sold more than 800.000 "moon" cakes worth $1,500,--000. The celebrations, highlighted by paper lantern processions in various homes, were on the same scale as previous years.
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  • 67 1 Dr. Ismail off for U.N. session IONDON, Fri.— Dr. Ismail <** bin Abdul Rahman. Malayan Minister of External Affairs, left London airport for New York yesterday to attend the plenary sessions of the United Nations. He said he particularly wanted to discuss Laos and nuclear tests. He said he was
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  • 30 1 WASHINGTON. Fri. The Voice of America broadcast in English and Russian of President Eisenhower's entire press conference yesterday reached the Soviet Union without jamming.- Reuter
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  • 60 1 The Ministry of Education has summoned a meeting of principals in Singapore whose schools have been registered for secondary schooi examinations. The meeting is to be held at the Cultural Centre in Canning Rise on Monday. They will discuss the date of examinations, procedure for ratings,
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  • 44 1 Mr. Ang Sim Chor, proprietor of a sundry goods shop In Chong Pow Road, off Paya Lebar Road, Singapore, has reported to tne police that thieves broke into his shop at 6 a.m. yesterday and got away with $800 from his safe.
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  • 30 1 MYSTERY ILL ATTACKS CH Mn pore am uBong children tors di I il lorm of gastro-tiiUciv n nillrrl to id syapttaui i hit h imgl by i 1
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    • 47 1 1 8 PAGES TODAY Modern Homes feature pages 5 to 12 Weekend Bargains poge 15 Feminoscope poge 16 Ipoh winding-up gallops poge 17 The trainer who works his own horses on track page 17 Cartoons poge 14 Your lucky star poge 14 Overseas cable news page 18.
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    • 18 1 DIPLOMAT CASUAL WEAR SHIRTS KNITTED WEAR r*t PYJAMA SUITS /I'is HANDKERCHIEFS y\/y SINGLETS NECKTIES SHORTS BRIEFS "j iHccujtlDlß|
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  • 230 2 A FREIGHTER was blown aground yesterday as Typhoon Sarah swept between South Korea and Kyushu. Japan's southernmost island. The Japanese Maritime Safety Board added that 11 fishing boats had been destroyed while 60 fishermen were missing. The Panamanian freighter went aground off Moji. southern Japan,
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  • 280 2 SLASH FORECAST IN ECONOMIC CONTROLS Coming for Ford course Mr. Balai Bhattacharjee (above), Manager of the Parts and Accessories Division of the United Provinces Commercial Corporation in Calcutta, is due in Singapore at the end of this month to attend a nine-day Ford Sales Training Course. With him will be
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  • 140 2 WALL ST. LOSSES EXTEND TO $1 NEW YORK. Fri. Wall Street yesterday reversed its earlier tendency in late dealings on an increase in selling which included even-ing-up operations prior to Mr. Khrushchev's speech before the United Nations' today. The close was easy with liberally distributed losses extending mostly to one
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  • 96 2 CAN FRANCISCO. Fri.— San Francisco today opens the second annual Pacific Festival, to colourtul days devoted to the culture and commerce oi Pacific peoples, both oriental and occidental. Festival planners say it is first of all a manifestation of i goodwill among the more
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  • 62 2 NEW YORK. Fri.— Soviet Premier Khrushchev said last night he hoped the business men of the United States would gt u>e their influence in the right direction and embrace the cause of peaceful co-existence and competition between us." Mr Khrushchev was speaking at a dinner of
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  • 151 2 WASHINGTON. Friday. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER said yesterday that during his European tour he asked Britain. France and West Germany to study ways of cooperating in aiding the economic development of underdeveloped countries "so that each could take its share of the load." r He said it
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  • 35 2 CANBERRA. Fri. Australian Prime Minister. Mr. Robert Menzies, announced yesterday that negotiations had been completed in New York for the raising by the Commonwealth of a cash loan for U.S. 25-million dollars. Reuter
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  • 58 2 Get busy, Ike tells the steel people WASHINGTON, Fri. President Eisenhower yesterday renewed his appeal to employers and workers to "get busy" and settle the two month old United States steel strike. He reaffirmed at his press conference that he was not going to interfere in the strike and that
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  • 70 2 LONDON. F:i. Statistic*, issued by the International Rubber Study Group show the rubber position in the United Kingdom for the month of July as follows: In long ton figures for July followed with June in brackets: Consumption 12.997 1 18,328 Import* 13.285 1 12.023 1; Re-exports 1,081
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  • 20 2 BERKELEY California Fri.— A medium earthquake, probably centred in the Gulf of California, was recorded here yesterday. U.P.I.
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  • 281 2 SHIPS IN PORT Ships lying: alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Pres. Grant 1 2, Bawean 4/5 Americana 6A, Et Salazar 6/7, Glenroy 8/9, Glenearn 10/11. Chakdina 13, Maas Lloyd 15/16, Eastern Saga, 18, Tohore 19, Semantan Perak N. Wall 4. Emp. Kittiwake 21/22, Mikumo Maru
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 81 2 RUBBER No. 1 Ks^ < it I m f I Oct. I RIBBER No. 1 R>s N>"t RUBBER NO. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms Oct. I Nov. TONE: Quiet but steads Above pru PEPPER: White Sarawak f.a. M c.i.f. European ports sept. Oct. PEPPER: Black Sarawak Special
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    • 40 2 TIN Straits spot TIN future Straits Contract Sept. TONE: Ouiet. s N RIBBER Futures Sept Nov. TONE: Steady after declm. sxii No. 1 RSS Sept. landed prn -^auT COFFEE: Futures 'B' Contract Sept. New Above prices quott
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    • 18 2 30 lndustii.il- I 20 Railroads 40 Domestic Bonds 15 Utilities I 65 Stocks Composite Average*
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    • 34 2 Malabar spot and awa: lease 31J 2. afloats 31 J 2 to 31 September shipment 31. 30 3P 2. cf. Lampong spot and Ing release 311.. afloat* 3: 1 Above prices quoted
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    • 70 2 COPRA Philippines ci.f. I K North European ports delivered weight per lon* ton Sept. COPRA, Straits c.i.f. I'.K. North European ports delivered weight per lone: ton Sept. Oct. COCOM T OIL crude Straits < if European port* in bulk per long ton Sept. Oct COCONTT OIL erode
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  • 619 2 I NOTE: All prices below aro middle pri< rs CAPON .rsoay. INDUSTRIALS Pre»;i»t Teaay A!ex B' -»s Pret 1.75 1.70 cds. ::35 Atas Ice 500 500 B.B. Pef: 48 B.M. Trustee, b.25 5.25 Con T in S 19 19 Oros. x33 9 X35 6 Federal Dispensary 1
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 67 2 POP -Feeling Funny By Gog lIJ l$& .>S OVH IM OfOE OP I|| S# uj^B CO*-* tKJO /I W ii IJkr^ HEAP ENG MOH STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. 33/35, TELOK AVER STREET. Telephone No. ***** Weekly Service to KUCHING, SARIKEI, BINATANG ond SIBU. M/V "GIANG LEE" IN PORT SAILS 19/9 M/V
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  • 111 3 The Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, speaking at a tea party given yesterday by the Muslim community here to celebrate the Prophet Mohamed's I birthday. The party was I held at Raffles Hotel. I Mr. Lee urged the maintenance of the present spirit of
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  • 268 3 'Will aid rural development 9 j" OCAL economists and Jaymen yesterday welcom,J ed the Singapore Government's plans to impose an assessment levy on vacant land in rural areas. They acclaimed this as a wise move which would induce the development of much of the
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  • 105 3 Ingku Aziz, Senior Lecturer of Economics in the University of Malaya, will talk on "Rural Poverty" at the Cultural Centre today at 5.30 p.m. Mr. David Marshall. chairman of the Workers' Party, wfll speak on "Political Trends in Singapore" at 8.30 p.m. today at the University of Malaya
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  • 57 3 No water areas rpHE Singapore Water DeX partment announced yesterday that the Serangoon Garden Estate, Upper Serangoon Road. Tampenis Road, Changi Road, East Coast Road and Geylang Road areas i would be affected by a closure of the water main along Braddell Road from 8 a.m. until midnight tomorrow, for
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  • 108 3 HAWKER TO STAND TRIAL FOR HOMICIDE A 57-year-old hawker. Koo Lew Meng- was yesterday committed for trial at the Singapore Assizes on a charge of culpable homicide- not amounting to murder, by causing the death of his wife, Chng See Moi, 54. The alleged offence was committed at his attap
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  • 200 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Political parties in Indonesia do not comprise all political forces in the country. This was stated yesterday in Kuala Lumpur by an Indian research scholar, Mr. Vishal Singh, who is writing a thesis on Indonesian political parties. Mr. Vishal, who
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  • 238 3 rpHE Singapore Public Services Co-opera-tive Stores Society, which has now a membership of about 10,000, is appealing to all public servants to join and make it a strong body. The chairman of the society, Mr. N.A. Kularajah, told the Free Press that thousands of posters
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  • 20 3 JAKARTA, Fri.— One thousand and fifty-two bales of tobacco have left Indonesia for export to East Germany. Reuter
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  • 177 3 Muslims call for new Federal law KL SOCIAL PROBLEM RUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Muslim social workers in Selangor want legislation to stop prostitution. Yesterday, they called on Members of Parliament to consider taking legislative action. They alleged that prostitution in the Federation, particularly in Kuala Lumpur, was increasing at an "alarming"
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  • 45 3 Poh Chey Kuan, 44, a farmer, was yesterday fined $3,000 or six months' jail for fermenting liquor unlawfully in a hut in Toa Pay oh Road. Singapore, on Aug. 16. The case followed a Custom's seizure of 144 gallons of fermented rice mash.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 211 3 "l/7 lA** CONSOLE TTE I l/jMPr AUTO RADIOGRAM 1 f\ ft W^ Model 5366 .11. wave radio reception 3 up-ro-date styling I'imouc slide-out table and detachable legs j auto-chan^er for 78, 45, and 33 1/3 -ecords. uppi.ed for conversion to the Stcr# A Model *****) later. AT SPECIAL CASH PRICES
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    • 238 3 ?^|t Smartly Styled ■lacks READY-MADE kj or MADE-TO-MEASURE xx X Smart styling and Hi I If- fine tailoring. Come in today and choose I from our wide array of the newest fabrics, patterns and colours. fl There^ something I here to suit every I m I pHtMENS SHOP 86 HIGH
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  • 785 4  - INDIA 'S GARDEN CITY CAN BECOME A QUAGMIRE OF CR UMBLING B UILDINGS V.M. NAIR Mpiwpp in New Delhi by ENGINEERS are battling to save New Delhi against Nature. The city is engaged in a struggle against a flood that cannot be seen. It is an underground lake welling up
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  • 264 4  - By the way Beachcomber by AM glad, in a way, that 1 one of the ladies who are going to scale a Himalayan peak will wear 'golden ballet trousers." Most 25.0001t. peaks need what is celled the "feminine touch." I once wrote a ballet about the Himalayas. The prima ballerina
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  • 244 4 Baok at the If WA A BREATH OF FRENCH AIR. By H. E. Bates. Michael Joseph, 12 6. iyHAT versatile author H. E. Bates has written A books on a wide variety of themes, many of which have reached the best-seller list. Last year
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  • 132 4 Paper-backs that will please JCE COLD IN ALEX. Christopher Landon. Pan Books. $1.25. An unusual war story about An ambulance breaking through the siege of Tobruk and its nightmare journey to Alexandria. Full of suspense and drama. THE NIGHTMARE. C. S. Forester. Pan Books, $1.25. A collection of horror stories
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  • 204 4 Now answer these general knowledge questions and win the book: 1. Complete the couplet "A little knowledge is a dang rous thing..." 2. For what do the initials (a) I.G.Y. and (b) 1.C.8.M. stand? 3. Mrs. M. E. L. Mallowan is better known as a famous
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 625 4 HENDRYS for \X^F_ Shields. Special A W discount f~l to sfl <€- Schools P. H. HENDRY Manufacturing Jeweller 78 North Bridge Read. Singapore, 6. Kuala Lumpur. CLASSIFIED ADS. L ANNOUNCEMENT 29 Words (minimum). DANIEL E. SUNDRAM hereby clarifies that he is Honorary Secretary of Revival Centre Church, and not "HEAD"',
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    • 189 4 FREDDY CANNON Tallahassee Lassie/You Knov. II ANNE HEYWOOD Td Rather Have Roses/ Love s Hi BERT WEEDON Teenage Guitar/Blue Guaar -^HB^BMBSHBHB^BIB^BMB^^^^LLi^ I s t JACKIE DENNIS Summer Snow/Night Bird M I T for the SMART MiJ BUY I I#rl SHIRTS NOW FOR SUPERIOR QUAJTY FOR EXCELLENT VAL.E I At all
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 435 4 I I 12 I |3 |4 15 I 16 CLL'ES ACROSS 5 Go round, the company's com--1 Finai appearance of the Che- St* o Ita an (4K shire cat (4). thats blown on-shore 4 A plain clothes branch has biting properties (4). 7 Put down what's round (6). 7 Part
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  • PREE PRESS FEATURE Modern Homes
    • 1062 5 This could be home of tomorrow i SINGLE Ameri- emplane jpped into Kabul, tan. on the 7,500 it from Dur\<>rth Caron e O Of im naped autois ged, can lisi [Of live of uns. led erected amatic rade 200.000 ded that In a Buck.eodesic 1 d into
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    • 219 5 ROOKING by electricity on the old solid type of boiling plate can be a slow and tedious process, and electricity is wasted in heating the plate itself. In Britain and America solid plates are now almost entirely replaced by the radiant element hot plate
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 19 5 SO HOT h~M UNTIL T FITTH? I \J^ "111 fcK*» V W SIINsASH AIRCONTROL LOUVRES TO IMSTAI THAN HORWAt
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    • 75 5 j|j DIETHELMS If 4^^^^^ '•> w m J 1 1 B M |fi J V| You, too, are invited to visit Diethelm's Exhibition of fine furniture for the home and office. Why not call in to their expanded ground-floor air-conditioned showroom and see for yourself the* hundreds of fine pieces
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  • 454 6 Save time and money with wonder product SCIENCE has again found a solution to the world-wide shortage of good timber. "Man-made timber" was the answer to this problem. "Novobord" is the result of considerable research for top quality sandwich construction panels in sizes that avoid waste
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  • 566 6 2 PRACTICAL USES FOR 'MAN-MADE TIMBER" I bbbMLSM m^ mmmmmMm iiiajiajmam I im» ammmmam mmmmmmMmmmmmiiBBBBBBBBBBBmm VONO beds and mat- tresses are the most popular in the world. Fine craftsmanship and moderate prices ensure continuing success. Vono beds and mattresses are distributed to all
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  • 264 6  - Mother love, home and babies KITTY DIXON a ty J?!Sjn| I f" 1 An.. a JJ»<| kind of touri cv nit J l that k„ (i **J London whfn T*t| up h, I twins I parents J f For Mrs. 12 wa2*| could I 1,! h 2£l men a week
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 229 6 DRIWAL WITH*P6 I KEEPS WALLS DRY. FUNCUS FREE AND BEAUTIFUL PRESERVES PAINTWORK DRIWAL \nth*P6 is a new fungicidal silicone water repellent preserver for the protection and preservation of painted exterior walls. Invisible and intensely water repellent, it needs only one application over Snowcem. type paints and masonry. It completely excludes
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    • 55 6 tsJI \/i\ jA DOOR LOCKS BY •SCHLAGE J|| TRADE MARK REGISTERED \fr V Follow the lead of Singapore's leading hotels specify Schlage locks. Schlage locks add that touch of distinction to any door in hotel, home or office. -r H ffAPFLES See them on display at> A. CLOUET CO. (S)
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  • 1267 7 WHY BE OUT OF DATE TODAY? )P hint to your best friend that her hat i« perrectly >n. ;nreas same ;iid plenty oes about ie "good, -,.iy". Which .she s using hods to do t possibly in being i ither in I louse in the i with
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  • 529 7 Take a real pride in your home -keep it dry ham ature probd care your when one thai l< maydea marred k markings to >ee tht Malay ;m% dirtyour picture peop.ey are can .^ulate— vent of of reIn ire betweer oration the Sili,aed m look ol appearv.iKs. you up their
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 133 7 The WONDER BOARD of the age s§£ 3^ 7s^ iHHHMHwiHHHMKHMnaHHLJI^MBaJEMbar m b am plastic surfaced V 19 i\ PAINTING ft /\j| f\ )w|HHr CDEEEBQII -^\y p FOR VARNISHING AND F^ VENEERING f I B T^^T7 HV^ a few of the u ses of IHIr NOVOBORD: Cupboards, wKmr drawers, bookcases, tableW
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  • 630 8 Modern churches NEW STYLE OF WALLS GIVES SYNAGOGUE CLEAN LOOK New designs are popular Q\E of the most striking developments in American architecture during recent years has been the widespread trend to contemporary design for houses of worship. Although the concept of "living architecture' —functional buildings that serve the needs
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 265 8 "f I i J Mm I \|l MAKE ROOM FOR EXTRA CABINETS WITH MODERNFOLD DOORS Kitchens certainly have changed since Grandma's day. and now there's a door that's just as up to date as your new appliances! Modernfold is a folding d00r it folds just like an accordion, to save
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  • 32 9 uf •I'urrinates the metal altar screen by sculptor thr h ssa a c h P u's a e S ns &X* of Technologv. The bu.ld.ng was dcs.gned by
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 1275 10 Even more famous than his faffo. HIS IDEAS JOLTED U.S. ARCHITECTURE Work of daring pioneer taken to new heights A realist who wins contests FIRST, the father, then the son. The architect Eliel Saarinen died in 1950 at the age of 76, so renowned that his
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 245 10 STRONG... PRACTICAL ECONOMICAL /'t THE TRANSLUCENT CORRUGATED SHEETING fM^ A VAIL ABLE IN ROLLS OF PLASTICLAIR in rolls con save you up c^ s^^^^'^JTr; to 10% in comporision to other similar >■* materials in sheets of limited dimensions necessitating overlapping and joints. p PLASTICLAIR is a translucent polyester corrugated sheet
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  • 267 12 KEEPING PACE WITH SPACE IF your family is crowing faster than your house, consider Modern fold doors and folding partitions to help you keep pace. Costly remodeling and structural alterations are frequently unnecessary when Modern fold room dividers are used. These beautiful and modern expanding walls and doors are designed
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  • 741 12 TAKE a look around, at cars and clothes, at fabrics and furnishings, and what do you notice? That the keynote of modern living is colour. Ask any decorator, and he'll tell you ttiat colour has caught the imagination of both professional and do-it-yourself decorators.
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  • 362 12 No defrosting needed with this machine because no frost can form inside it TF you hate defrosting— x and Where's the housewife who doesn't?— tnere is just one refrigerator for you, the fabulous, new Frigidaire Frost-Proof re-frigerator-freezer. This modei has been acclaimed as the greatest advance in nome
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  • 479 12 AMERICAN troops, fightA ing to gain a foothold on islands in the South Pacific during the last war. were surprised to see enormous objects, like outsize pantechnicons, being landed on the beaches behind them. "What's this" they wondered, "America's secret weapon?" But no. they were giant
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • 493 13  -  ROY LAZAROO RACKETEERS ARE WORk-im^ wuRKINr: a NEW TRICK-POLICE INVESTIGATE HE WANTED TO SELL CAR -INSTEAD LOST $5,000 By angry Singapore businessman walked into the Free Press office vesterday. "I've been swindled,'* he said, and told how he had been tricked" out of $5,000. Mister
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  • Article, Illustration
    320 13 Organists were scarce •r occasion he spent a couple of weird a "dead" man. It seemed a Japan- died and the friends of the deceased his ashes inside a casket. the table behind the casket was tne he dead man. •vho is still doing active work at the St.
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  • 123 13 Moneylenders can't collect until they have taken out licences THE Singapore nment y f erday^ warned i Unli ?fn n tU mey haaCen out Ucences. loans until tney nau w**» Bvrne The Minister for La*>ur and La*^Mr K "de^the h a e n m e,U r He said
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  • 183 13 THE President of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Mr. R. M. McLeish. has started a personal hunt for a dog his own Dalmatian. His two-year-old dog answers to the name of "Kim." According to Mr. McLeish, Kim had a
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  • 36 13 BONN, Fri. Six-year-old Rajendra Kumar Pawa of Singapore was stated at the University Hospital in Cologne to be ''looking fine" as doctors prepared for two delicate operations to save his life.— Reuter
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  • 117 13 Committee to study the Evidence Bill The select committee of the Singapore Legislative Assembly considering the Criminal Precedure Code (Amendment) Bill will also consider the Evidence (Amendment) Bill. Committee members are Mr. K. M. Byrne, Minister for Labour and Law, who introduced the Bills, Mr. C. H. Koh and Mr.
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  • 56 13 The First Coroner. Singapore, Mr. Gtam Chong Hing, and a jury of five men yesterday found that a mental patient choked to death while he was having a breakfast of tea and bread on Aug. 24. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded on
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  • 160 13 Rules made simpler for attap repair 'THE Singapore Ministry of National Development yesterday announced that it had simplified the regulations governing the repair of attap houses. Under the new procedure, which was brought to the attention of all attap dwellers through notices, all general repairs to and reconstruction of attap
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  • 43 13 The non-residential students of the University of Malaya, Singapore, will hold masquerade dance at the Oei Tiong Rail in Bukit Timah tomorrow from 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. The dance, will feature Joan Booty's mannequins in swim suits and sports wear.
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  • 132 13 SINGAPORE taxi drivers are now observing a "gentleman's agreement" with the Traffic Police not to create chaos outside ten major theatres immediately after shows are over. The Police had earlier assured the 'taximen that they would not be harassed If they caused no obstruction
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 96 13 kmT** *ft exhibition at x H ONOMICS Lwturf on Rural 1^7 to Combat it, *bdui A Zlilf tne Nrri^s on Mala van ultural Centre. >utram Road) »-r- 5.3" a.m.. Malay br «d«p 7.30 pjB.; l^ ?*dt beginners k I p.na. Lower Vj Pm. I lUffirs Quay) jjj^ fOMersation 9.15 sVsja.
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    • 41 13 HIGH TIDES TODAY: 11.38 a.m. and 11.46 p.m. TOMORROW: 12.03 p.m. SUNDAY: 0.23 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. MONDAY: 1.00 a.m. and 12.59 p.m. TUESDAY: 1.36 a.m. and 1.28 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 214 a.m. and 1.59 p.m. THURSDAY: 2.54 a.m. and 2.34 p.m.
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  • 263 14 PARENTS TO BLAME fJ THEIR RELUCTANCJIfT ACCEPT RESPONSIBUjf; KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Youths in Malaya lacked the willingness to shoulder responsibility because too often their parents decided matters for them said Canon Chiu Ban It, the Vicar of Selangor in Kuala Lumpur, before leaving for Singapore en
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  • 168 14 Members warned: Don't aid new party KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Party Rakyat has decided to take severe disciplinary action against its members who take part in the formation of a new political party which some former Malayan Chinese Association members are planning to set up. A spokesman for the Party said
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  • 90 14 Radio talk on China by Mrs. F. MRS. Shirin Fo2dar. Secretary' of the Singapore Council of Women, who visited China last month at the invitation of the National Women's Federation there, will discuss her tour in a recorded interview over Radio Singapore today at 8.15 p.m. Her discussion lasting about
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  • 52 14 The Pan Pacific SoulhEast Asia Women's Association in Singapore is running a Malay class for women at 9.30 a.m. every Friday at 593-A. Serangoon Road. The lee is $5 a month. Those interested are asked to contact Mrs. K. C. George (tel. ***** The first class
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  • 104 14 PUTTING SNAILS BACK INTO THEIR SHELLS THE PIN GIRL Trying out a "Do-It-Yourself Snail Kit," Japanese singer Pat Suzuki is reversing the usual process by stuffing the tasty little animals back into their shells at the Fancj Foods and Confection Show in Manhattan. A food law requires that the snails
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    • 176 14 JEFF HAWKE by Sydney Jordan f IK»ff7w^urm<voo»mMuss */<sgrpgyT^ they described if as a zone of IT rr defied investigation by any imtmwieiei] t you co/l Amundsen near J 'black energy*. impenetrable then mcHtabie, so tfiey left ft afawe- <■ J I tHt South Pols of the Moon, our eorfy *iyst&nous
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    • 218 15 NEW SHIPMENTS CHEAPER NOW? Ladies' Fancy Leetfcer Slipper* $2.50 Ladies' Bags, Belts, etc $1.00 Man's Shirts All Sires $2.70 Bathtowels All Colours $1.00 Moidenform Brassieres, Jantxen Costumes, Blankets, BedsHoets. A Visit will Pay ya«. LUCK'S LTD. 17. Orchard Rd, Phone: 3651 3. Headquarters for Fomous Christmas Cards In our large
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  • 422 16 $30 for your household hints ....'1.^.... tnwitt^—^ MiaMa g aMMM^ M TRY AGAIN IF YOU DIDNT WIN THIS TIME THERE is another "Household Hints" competition this week. Send your entry to Feminascope, The Free Press, Times House, River Valley Road. Singapore, 9, and mark
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  • 312 16 GET MET UP AND LOSE EXTRA LBS. WHY don't we lose weight when we perspire? Although you may drip with perspiration and think you are losing pounds in weight you are only losing the surface moisture. The deep-seated fat and impurities remain. There is a machine in Singapore which makes
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  • UP-TO-THE-MINUTE NEWS FOR WOMEN Feminascope
    • 160 16 „..■••••••••••••••••••••••••••"1 I YOUR I BABY I QUERIES ANSWERED QMy little girl aged 15 months refuses to eat eggs. If I try to force her she is sick. A FIRST, never try to force a child to take any special food. No one artiI o)t- of diet
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    • 422 16 NURSE MEG WRITES EVERY Friday WEANING baby means changing baby's diet from milk alone to a more varied and more solid diet. Nowadays this is done much earlier than was previously the custom. I The time at which to start depends on the individual baby to
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  • 32 17 AP HORSE TO RACE IN U.S. H trOand. Fri. try in the inter,iu.\p race. 2. uill leave Tokyo r.ur will be 11 over i milr (.ra^N rL r on ten I lp.in.
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  • 325 17 HOBBSTRALNED HORSES REVEL ON SOFT TRACK So/tf //wm goes footer at th" f eiS^tgM J§ 5 nt ***** i r ranklin) on the bit 5 was kept well cemre°Vth S e ffi fOr her three h 39 pace^wJrTw^h^hr^^ 1^ Bintan 11mor fll^hed their ov^ s^t W th?ee
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  • 106 17 BRISBANE, Fri.— The Australian Board of Cricket Control discussed the Imperial Cricket Conference's report on throwing and dragging last night after watching bowlers in action at Brisbane cricket ground. The bowlers Ray Lindwail. Ken Mackay and Barry Fisher— changed their action as requested by the
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  • 37 17 LONDON. Fri. Terry Downes of London, who lost his British middleweight championship to John McCormack (Glasgow) on Tuesday through disqualification, will meet the Scot in a return title fight at Wembley here on November 3.
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  • 68 17 Maxwell Sports Club avenged their first round defeat by the Indian Recreation Club when they trounced the Indians 7-1 in yesterday's SAFA Div. 1 League match at J&lan Besar Stadium. Maxwell were six up in the first half with goals by All Astar. Kaslm Ashlk <2> Karim,
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  • 95 17 RAHIM TO PLAY FOR SELANGOR RAHIM OMAR will definitely play for Selangor in the Malaya Cup final against Perak on Sept. 26. Rahim. the problem boy soccer star who kept the Football Association of Selangor guessing his whereabouts left Singapore by train last I night. The FAS has been looking
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  • 32 17 LONDON. Fri. Results of yesterday's football matches were: League Two: Scunthorpe 1 Liverpool 1; Swansea 3 Hudderslield 1. League Four: Exeter 2 Chester 0: Notts 4 Gateshead 0. Reuter.
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  • 192 17 ONDON, Fri. Mike |j Smith, the only player this century to be capped by England at cricket, rugby and football has won the special 100 pineas cricket award for the season's outstanding performance. with 57.94 runs, formance by a menuw[ who scored a
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  • 75 17 The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association last night decided to send a eight-man team to the South East Asia Games to be held or Ranckok in December. at The SASA will pick the team after a time trial In I November. The State will be represented
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  • 210 17 SEVENTEEN boxers in Singapore have been invited to train at the Police Training School gym in preparation for the forthcoming tournament against Burma. An official of the SABA, said that training will start from today. He added that the boxers have
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  • 189 17 3-day S'pore Gold Cup meeting The Singapore Turf Club Gold Cup meeting will be held next month. Racing dates are Saturday, Oct. 17, Wednesday Oct. 21 and Saturday Oct. 24. The Gold Cup race over U miles for Class 1, Dlv. 1 horses, worth $35,000 In stakes (no added money),
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  • 90 17 Division 2 champions. RAF Tengah. trounced Stable Boys Sports Club by six goals to two in yesterday's SAFA Junior Cuptie played at Geylang Stadium. Stable Boys Sports Club are the Division 1118 champions but the airmen were the more superior side. The airmen found the going hard
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  • 28 17 PORTLAND, OREGON. Fri. Eddie Machen, fourth ranking challenger for the world heavy-weight championship, unanimously out pointed German-born Willie Besmanoff, in a 10-round bout here last night.
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  • 33 17 A cycle track race sponsored by the Malayan Rough Riders Cycling Club of Singapore will be held nightly at the Great World Park from Oct. 1 to 4, at 8.45 p.m.
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  • Article, Illustration
    180 17  -  M. Harrison-Cray by TT is impossible to rover all A aspects of rhe Losing Trick Count In the brief summary supplied to my readers on request. The above example shows how the LTC irons out a situation which often leads to an argu- ment. South and North bid
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  • 492 17  - Nothing can be done about a horse that's no good— Trainer CHAN KWON HOI By HOWEVER good a trainer or a jockey may be, the result of a race depended, in the final analysis, on the horse. If a horse is no good, nothing much can be done about it.
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  • 157 17 MARIE BRIDGEFORD. Malayan champion in the I discus, shot put and 80 metres hurdles events, has entered for seven individual events in the Swifts Athletes Association annual championships at Farrer Park on Sunday, starting at 2.30 p.m. A number of Malayan and Singapoye
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  • 23 17 Beatty Secondary School beat St. Joseph's Institution at rugby by 11 points (a goal and two penalties) to nil yesterday.
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  • 62 17 HOCKEY- SHA League. Div. 1 Police v T.T.C., Thomson Road: Div. 2— S.R.C. "B v R.M.N., padang; Div. 3— RAI Changi v SCC padang; S.H.B. Police v Prison*. Bukit Chermin; Div 4 Queenstown v YMCA, Balestier Road SOCCER: Sultan's Gold Cup Singapore v Johore, Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m.
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  • 19 17 In a Naval Base Community Knockout soccer match yesterday, Malays and Chinese played to a scoreless draw.
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  • 134 17 Seah breaks two swim records gINGAPORE'S promising schoolboy swimming champion Seah Pong Pin. was the best performer at the St. Andrew's School annual swimming championships at Amber Road, yesterday. Seaji set up two of the four new records at the meet. He bettered the live-year-old 100 metres butterfly record of
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  • 663 18 WEST STATES ITS TERMS FOR DISARM PROJECT The result 'may determine Man's future 9 LONDON, Friday. DISARMAMENT is expected to be the overriding international issu, U of coming months, following a call yesterday for a fresh start by British Foreign Secretary. Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, and the new proposal promised by
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  • 303 18 'China shake-up doesn't mean war adventure' WASHINGTON, Friday,— Far Eastern experts here yesterday viewed China's military shake-up as an outgrowth of a squabble among factions of the Chinese Communist Party. They did not think it meant China was preparing for some military adventure. The dramatic shift in top military posts
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  • 32 18 BUENOS AIRES. Fri.—Professor Eduardo Busso. a former ArgenUnian Minister of the Interior, was taken to hospital seriously injured after a bomb had exploded in his Buenos Aires home.— Reuter
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  • 132 18 INDIA AND CHINA TO TALK IN MOSCOW? NEW DELHI, Fri.— The Times of India quoted soviet diplomatic sources in London as saying there were "good chances" of a meeting between InJian and Chinese plenipotentiaries in Moscow to discuss the Sino-Indian border dispute. ine dispatch said Soviet Prime Minister ivhrushchev was
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  • 77 18 PARIS. Fri. Gunmen sprayed gunfire in the general direction of Algerian nationalist leader. Messali Hadj, outside his house near Chantilly yesterday but missed him by a mile. One of his aides, however, was injured. Earlier a 14-year-old boy was shot dead and two
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  • 103 18 IKE: 'HE'S SEEKING POSITION ON WHICH WE CAN AGREE WASHINGTON, Fri.— President Eisenhower said yesterday it was too early to say how he felt after his initial talk with Mr. Khrushchev last Tuesday. But he said Mr. Khrush- chev's attitude had been extremely friendly. Their talk had been confined to
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  • 608 18 T.V. 'Portrait of K' by K. himself \TE\V YORK, Fri. Russia's most powerful figure yesterday gave tens of x^ millions of Americans a 45-minute "Picture of K." The revealing, intimate portrait of Communism's most dynamic figure as he addressed 1,200 guests at a civic luncheon here was televised into living
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  • 76 18 EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California. Fri. America launched a rocket plane yesterday— the X-15. Controlling it as it streaked away at 1.400 *m.p.h. was test pilot Scott orossfield. He reached 50,000 feet in the stub-winged craft before landing it at 200 m.p.h. on
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  • 208 18 HERTER HITS AT 'BRIITA' CHINESE REDS NEW YORK, Fri— As fi C hUn t the United Nations fact-hndZ^ *U. maps, the General Assembh v 1; uu, condemnation of ComniuniM It came from is lh J^ H i A. Hertcr. He referred to th» >",. t n> Mr the brutal Chinese
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  • 169 18 Westerns seen as threat to big U.K. poll POLITICAL campaigners i. an American Wild Wesl disorganise the round-up of general election night At 6 p.m. tnat night, v. electors ihould be in their mnnens 10 U3 iot boxes, television Kill be making a strong counterbio for their attention with an
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  • 18 18 WHITEHALL PONDERS OVER PIN-UP LO two shap hv Ro.v ai The 32 i'hougnA Ter: *l For. recr Reuter
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