The Singapore Free Press, 23 December 1959

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    13 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1959. No. *****. 15 CENTS.
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    Lock icon LANES CRASH: 60 DIE
    238 1 Aircraft collide m mid-air, then fall onto houses People walking on road struck, injured RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. More than 60 people are feared dead after two planes crashed m mid-air over this city and plunged flaming on houses below. A Viscount airliner of Vialao Aerea
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    Joinion Resignations at Varsity
    75 1 pore abj not be ;rad had -erord" ons m by c Sin- the j I \vh Involved a al and qpected i h and mand while s cf men d high the tttof rethe same 1 dicine. p ii m are d usually :ion kl the
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    Lock icon Ike nears home
    24 1 WASHINGTON. Wed.-Pre-sident Eisenhower arrived at Goose Bay. Labrador last nUht for a refuelling stop on his flisht to Washington. Reuter picture.
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    CADILLAC BUY APPROVED
    68 1 CADILLAC BUY APPROVED IPOH, Wed. An opposition motion depioring tnc purchase by the i'eraK Government ot a $22,000 Caaiihafor the Mentri Besar was defeated alter nearly three hours of debate m tne State Assembly buagei meeting here last night. The motion was introduced by Mr. D. R. Seenivasagam. of the
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    Lock icon 2,000 plead for >var criminal
    41 1 2,000 plead for >var criminal Heidelberg 'West Germany*. Wed. A petition signed by over 2,000 people i asked the Big Four power to pardon and release Albert Speer, former Nazi armaments minister now serving a 20-year sentence for war crimes.- Reuter
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    Lock icon POOLE APPEALS
    31 1 NAIROBI, Wed. An appeal was lodged here yesterday against the conviction and death sentence passed on P.H.R. Poole. 28-year-old Briton, for the murder of an African house servant. Reuter
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    New factory
    21 1 TAIPEH, Wed. Formosa s first electric appliances manufacturing company, established under a Sino-Japanese co-operation project, was inaugurated here yesterday.
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    Lock icon The Prime Minister sees for himself
    49 1 SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and the City Council electrical engin-er. Mr Z.K. Fiuczek. *»xamin a giant turbine at the Pasir Panj;«ng power station yesterday. The Primp Minister also visited the St. James's power station durinr a familiarisation tour. Free Press
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    Army wife gives War Office a useful idea
    245 1 LONDON, Wed. The disappointment of a young soldier's wife who could not have a free passage to join him m Malaya because he was not yet 21 has led to a new War Office order. In future recruiting officers will read and
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    BOY HELD FOR $20,000
    377 1  -  BOB PERIES By Hush-hush search: Father gets 10 demands for cash AN 11-year-old Singapore schoolboy has been kidnapped and is being: held tor a $20,000 ran- som. Police are investigating the Police Secretary. Mr. William Cheng:, told the Free Press this morning. The boy. Tan Eng
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    RUBBER DOWN ONE CENT
    30 1 RUBBER DOWN ONE CENT January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. opened m Singapore this morning at ll€| cents per In., down MM cent on yesterday's close. The tone was •iiiet.
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    Critic hits at Nehru ' over China
    110 1 Critic hits at Nehru over China NEW DELHI. Wed. An Opposition Memoer of Parliament yesterday challenged tlie Prime Minister, Mr. Nehru, for hks assertion that India will 'negotiate to the i bitter end"' witn China about the border dispute. Jaipal Singh. Independent. 1 asked Mr. Nehru why he had broken
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    Lock icon Homer mistaken for Santa
    42 1 Homer mistaken for Santa TOKYO. Wed. Bhhop Homer A Tomlinson. an American who claims to hay»« "melted the iron curtain and raised the bamboo curtain yesterday proclaimed himself "King of Japan Some old Japanese watching thought he was Sajita Claus U.P.I. U.P.I.
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    BIG POLICE HUNT FOR ESCAPED SUSPECT
    40 1 BIG POLICE HUNT FOR ESCAPED SUSPECT mary schools will be arran ,-urding to height of pupiK The first annual general meeting of the Combined SchooU Sports Council will be held on Jan. 22, ar.d that of the Combined Primal \2a
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    Prisoner escapes
    64 1 Prisoner escapes BBREMBAN. Wed A Indian prisoner. Tharm Smnu. 22. escaped at al noon yesterday while workIng outbid*' the prison. Prison authorities said Thannasy had six mouths more to serve out of a oneyear term for theft Mr. Indf-r Singh. Superintendent of Prisons. Negri Scmbilan, said tliis momii '"Tha] tiasy
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    Lock icon 3 KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH
    166 1 The Minister, m a circular to principals of all schools, announced that school sports councils will plaued by new bodies. There will be eight district councils tor primary schools, five district counﾫ'!!.> for secondary schools and two main co-ordinating council-. District lines 'The co-ordinating councils
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    FIRST MALAYAN FUND
    104 1 FIRST MALAYAN FUND Combined Primary Schools Spurt* Council and Comd Sports Council. r< pectlvel; the circular says. district councils will con at least three mbers. from each la up, Most of the sdoiXs contests will be ordistrict basis ﾻchools are asked o-operate by: ﾕ ﾕ Relea and competitors; Relea^i::- teachets
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    Lock icon Tibetan refugees arrive in Nepal
    140 1 Tibetan refugees arrive in Nepal KATMANDU, Wed. Nearly 2,000 Tibetan refugees were reported to have arrived at the principality of Mustang, m north-west Nepal. They were said to have trekked across the slopes of Mt. Dhaulagiri, the world's highest unconquered peak. Prince JhiKmi Paruwal Bista of Mustang told Nepalese newsmen
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      46 1 PAGE Passage of Arms 6 Youth and Ideals 9 Women's section 10 Cartoons 10 Your lucky star 10 Freddie Pope on your motoring problems H Other local news 3. .V 1 Latest financial. shipping and commercial news 2 Sports news 12. 13 Other overseas cables 14
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    A Summit for trade aid
    64 2 A Summit for trade aid BERNE WceJ. M. Max Petitpirrrc. head of the Sujns Foreign Ministry said vrsterday thai the Western si-mmit meetJi:.: m Pari^ "opened a door" to the pre>^nt economic deadlock betu.en the six countries of the Common Market and the 'Outer Seven." Wej hope that it will
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    Lock icon SMALL SPECULATORS LOSE BONUSES
    271 2 SMALL SPECULATORS LOSE BONUSES \\good lesson.* says Tokyo ministry TOKYO, Wednesday. THOUSANDS of small investors, including housewives, complained this week that operations on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had cost them their savings and end-of-the-year bonuses. With bonus payments totalling millions of yen at the end of a prosperous year, this
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    XMAS MARKET HOLIDAYS
    78 2 Sydney and Melbourne stock exchanges will be closed tomorrow after morning call on Dec. 24 and will reopen on Jan. 4. United Kingdom: London rubber market will be closed all day tomorrow. London foreign exchange open all day as usual. J Stock exchange will close at 1
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    Lock icon CLEANER SHIPS CAMPAIGN
    39 2 JAKARTA. Wed. The Indonesian Navy has announced that it plans to rheek the cleanliness of Indone^an merchant ships. Naval officers will inspect ii'erchant vessels, and ".sanctions" will be taken against those found to be dirty. Reuter
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    Lock icon Quicker cargo handling
    40 2 COLOMBO, Wed. The Ceylonese aovernn.cn: has asked a conteretics with snipping: lines to remove surcharges on »'relgbt unloadeu here. Mr. H.S. Amrrasin^he. chairman of Ceylon's Port Cargo Corporation said that c?Tgoes were now being handled expeditiously. U.P.I
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    Lock icon SHIPPING CHIEF DIES
    27 2 SAN FRANCISO. Wed. Mr Thomas E. Cutie. President of the Pacific Far East Line, died m a hospital here yesterday. He WM 62. U.P.I.
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    New York tin
    11 2 NEW YORK. Wed. -Tin R-as quiet but steady.
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING
    267 2 SHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or evpected today are: I 2. Pres. Cooliage 4/5 [on 6A. Lauit Maeisk 6/7. Be r. alder 89. Victoria 10/11. una Maru 13/14. Langkoea--18 Ellen Maer*k 19. Sn Trer.gN. Wall 1. Snusa N. Wall 2. Salons N. Wall 3. Serfdom
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    I World market prices
    365 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON. Dee. 22. I Yesttrday Today I RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f. Europaan port* Dec unquoted unquoted Jan 341 34* RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 15 M ÜBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement Houst Terms Jan 3&|
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    UK STOCK MARKET ADVANCES
    182 2 UK STOCK MARKET ADVANCES LONDON. Wed.— A feature of the stock markets yesterday was a further advance m industrial equities. Buying was less vigorous than on Monday and m some cases there was reaction from the best levels but gains were still fairly numerous and m some instances substantial. Steel
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    HONG KONG PRICES
    61 2 HONG KONG. Tuesday Closing prices here today were. Yesterday Today H <<: S Banking Corporation $1,080 81.080 .sales sales Union Ins. Canton $86.00 $88.00 sale* sellers Wheelock Marden 565 5.65 A:s ."■> 60 sales sales H Kong phone $31.00 $30 75 <*****.75 sales sales Dairy Farm Cold
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    Lock icon NEW REVENUE CODE
    20 2 BANGKOK. Wed. The Finance Ministry will draft a new revenue code to replace the present revenue. Reuter
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    866 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. p CRt. T-escay. i INDUSTRIALS k Us Pret. o 1.70 j Oros. I 99 1.99 »t as lea DO Bu.ers i b.b. Patrol 50 49 3 B.M. T-jstees 5o Con. Tin Sme t Pref. 19'- OrtJs 48 3 48 6
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    Lock icon RUBBER INCREAS IS FORECAST
    119 2 RUBBER INCRE AS IS FORECAST NEW YORK. Wed Price increases are expected n rubber early next year, according to Purchasing; Week, a McGrawHill publication. However, it added, sizeable inventories a result of the steel strike's curtailment of car production as well at competition, are expected to prevent car tyre manufacturers
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    Lock icon U.S FORCES TO QUIT MOROCCO BY 1963
    313 3 Ike makes a p| O€ ij, o as ho hack l» Washing,,,,, aher io r Wed. T Kisenhower k to Washington ter a 20 9 000 mile ti»ur. ft Morocco he American forces country by the \merican airrs from the United Sta n
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    And up went the cost for father
    103 3 And up went the cost for father A SINGAPORE transport company worker, drawing $140 a month, offered m j court yesterday to pay $10 a month as maintenance for each of his two daughters. "That's too low." said Mr. IN. A. DTRozario, the magistrate. Sairi bin Nakop. the father, i
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    Lock icon Xmas gifts for 50,000 poor Manila children
    240 3 F__,_ xr MANILA, Wednesday. ltT\ thousand children of poor families overran the green lawns of Malacanang Palace yesterday as the Philippines first lady, Mrs. Leonila Garcia, distributed Christmas gift packages. The traditional Christmas palace festival welcomes the children of Manilas poor to the
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    Lock icon GAP IN RAIL BLAMED FOR CRASH
    79 3 GAP IN RAIL BLAMED FOR CRASH LONDON. Wed- An express travelling from London at 70 miles an hour ran oil the rails at Slough and broke In two last May after running over an eight-inch gap m one rail, an official report said yesterday. The break m the rail \va.>
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    Lock icon RADIO IN SPACE
    56 3 GENEVA, Wed. The International Telecommunication Union wound up its two conferences here by approving new radio regulations for the world. They include provision for the first special wavebands for space satellites. The union also decided to convene an extraordinary conference to consider the whole problem of space
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    Lock icon OIL FOR HIS LEG
    67 3 OILING the contraption he made for himself after doctors failed to nut him on his feet is Nitaha-Jussi, 83, of Norway. He made a special journey to Oslo to display the device and to complain of the inefficiency of the medical profession. Doctors were highly amused,
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    New branch
    25 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Transport Workers' Union. Federation of Malaya, will inaugurate its Negri Sembilan branch at a meeting m Seremban next month.
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    Lock icon NEW BOSS TO MAKE THE REBELS TOUGHER
    160 3 PARIS, Wed. Reports that the Algerian insurgent leader Mr. Ferhat Abbas had been replaced by his War Minister Mr. Krim Belkacem m the socalled "Provisional Algerian Government' roused little interest m Government circles here. Sources close to the President Charles de Gaulle said
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    No-water areas
    39 3 Water is being cut off today m Ama Keng Road off 17% m.s.. Urn Chu Kang Road, Singapore, until 3 p.m. to lay a connection, and m Kampong Hock Boon until 6 p.m. to divert a main.
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    Lock icon BOOSTING TRADE
    22 3 ROME. Wed— Russia and Italy have agreed to increase their trade exchanges by about. 95 npr r»pnt npvt vpnr Reuter
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    TV twitch doctors give a warning
    161 3 TV twitch doctors give a warning T ONDON, Wed. The Lancet, medical weekly, said yesterday that doctors now recognised several forms of acute "television collapse." Simple faints by viewers and car drivers could be caused by venous thrombosis due to prolonged immobility m an awkward position, it added. Addicts were
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    Lock icon TOWNSEND AND BRIDE 'HAVE LEFT'
    51 3 BRUSSELS, Wed. Mmc Franz Jamagne said yesterday her daughter MarieLuce and Group Captain Peter Townsend, who were married secretly on Monday, 'have left Belgium." "You will understand that I cannot say where they have gone," she added, "as naturally they want to be alone." Reuter
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      196 3 r \7 1* f f Jff^ WORLD FAMOUS CULTURED PEARLS Distributors: G. C. de SUVA BROS., "Jewellers" 3, Raffles Place, Singapore- 1. Phone *****. BARGAIN OF THE DAY! A H.M.V. MODEL X 1137 5 valve, 4 waveband AC mains table receiver with built-in ocrial and fingertip controls. FOR ONLY Whilst
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    400 GANG CLASHES IN S'PORE THIS YEAR
    173 5 400 GANG CLASHES IN S'PORE THIS YEAR PHEM u,ro 400 s,, r t so J f*nls m SinNice Secretary, Mr u,i I Inn,, chs, W d lerday. Thirteen peopi,. trert k t»»- am n mnnlhs !1 >r ar th »rr were 1,301 .ported m uhol,. Jf fc^ The number of
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    Lock icon Khir and party meet Nasser
    34 5 Khir and party meet Nasser CAIRO. \Y X U ion w 3 I were >sed by Pi buildi: Khir said the 1 guest of Damascus toluled :h m< i mdependrnci :here on J. Reuter
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    Wife changed her mind
    16 5 W ife changed her mind ad dt during di•iaim r chil- Halimah I Karta brevs month
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    Varsity talk
    33 5 Varsity talk Eugei.e Kamenka, a r m Philo.so U ..versity of Malaya s Division, will at the institutions re Theatre. Bukit 8 p.m. today. T] Ik will be on. •Mo oidards and acade-
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    XMAS PARTY iOR EX -TB PATIENTS
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    New school sports bodies
    367 5 PRESENT COUNCILS TO GO, ORDERS A PORK'S .Minister 1 c r Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, has ordered the disbandinent of sports councils m all schools m the State. He has also told school principals that future sports meetings will not be run on communal basis.
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    Prizes now turned over to the Cheer Fund
    158 5 Prizes now turned over to the Cheer Fund ¥>RIZES promised by rious local firm* to: j tea dance to be held la I conjunction with the lilm "Solomon and Sheba" have been handed over I Straits Times Cheer Fund The dance, at which the Queen ol Sheba ai.d King I
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    Safely fence for Bridge of Death
    182 5 A SAFETY fence now protects the "wild ones" on motorcycles from crashing against the steel ami concrete structure on Singapore's Anderson Bridge and killing themselves. Known as the "Bridge of Death among motorists. it has taken 15 lives within months. Traffic authorities told the
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    PASSAGE OF ARMS
    1358 6  - PASSAGE OF ARMS ERIC AMBLER ROBB b> DBAWiXG BY (I'\HT I OIK) THE FREE PRESS SERIAL THAT KEEPS YOU APACE OF THE LATEST TOP FICTION American holida\ maker Greg Nilsen, travelling: m the Far East with his wife Dorothy, has become the bewildered front-man for a Chinese group selling arms
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    By THE WAY
    101 6  -  FIDGETY singers make the audience nervous by scratching their heels against the piano, or blowing their noses loudly, or giggling behind their hands, or putting their tongues out at the accompanist. On the other hand, immobility, if too prolong*"becomes tedious and provokes shouts from the audience: "Get
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      265 6 Daily Crossword LUES ACROSS 4. This may be worn beneath 1. It's nothing to friends to bt lin os nat (6) -precious (5». 5 Olcl priests m office at the 4. What's solid underneath Eisteddfod (6>. naturally makes it hard for Growth too hard to peel? (9). sleeping (7). 'Yale'
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      39 6 TODAYS PROGRAMME FOR RADIO SINGAPORE P.M. 1.00 Programme summary; 1.02 Easy on the ear; 1.30 The news; 1.40 Newstalk; 1.45 The NBC Symphony Orchestra; 2.00 Close down. 5.00 Programme summary; 503 A place In the sun; 5.30 A tale
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      44 6 to tell "The Magic Shop"; 6.00 BBC. jazz club; 6.30 Personal choice; 6.45 Sunset serenade. 6.53 Announcements; 6.55 Singapore share market report; 7.00 The news; 7.10 Newstalk; 7.15 Sports reel, Kelvin Reutens brines you news and highlights from the sports world; 7.30 Wednesday concert.
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      57 6 8.30 Test Room Bight 4. "Interlude m Manchester" (Repeat of last Sunday's broadcast) 9.00 The Malay ana ires; 9. 30 The news; 9.40 Newstalk; 945 Tiga Sekawan. 10.00 Music Magazine, compiled by Tan Siew Loon; 10.15 Accent on the accordion; 10.30 The best m music, featuring famous American artists of
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    YOUTH AND IDEALS
    774 7  -  Catherina Ng By (m-YUEN ((ie ar nou d).is the cirl "-VT f a bcautif "> Singapore Kirl Chu-yuen- is to be the title unw,M ovc •t0 which this e irl h snir, gly lent herselt as inspiration. Chi/vn!^!! wlth a rasual m«etlni rica!? n, J, h n
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    Teenage path to tippling
    244 7 THOSE TAKING TO ALCOHOL AT 12... rpHE drinking habits j formed by a teenager will set the pattern of drinking throughout his entire Ufc. This is the conclusion reached from the first comprehensive study made m the U.S. of drinking by people aged 60 or over.
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    Lock icon RIDDLE OF CARVINGS ON LAKE ISLAiND
    184 7 PORT MORESBY Carved stone pillars and boulders which the loca people believe have magical powers have been found on a tiny New Guinea island by a EU H r e o Ts an Mr ra p 0 eter England who was shown native carvimls
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    A face full of character
    263 7  - A face full of character Margaret Wee By \FACE full of character, that is how I would describe the looks of Debbie Moberly. Her deep set brown eyes sparkle with delight whenever she laughs. I am not surprised why she has been named for the stage production of •The Diary
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    SHE WILL PLAY ANNE FRANK
    33 8 ANTONIA SOBRIELLO who has l>een selected to play the role of Margofl m 'The Diary of Anne Frank" to be presented by the Singapore Stage Club m April.
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    Yulelide recipe
    309 8 I^ANCY stuffings are V grand when you have turkey frequently, E but an old-fashioned E one is as good as any. E The quantities here are lor a i »lb. oird. E (iently lry ilb. chopE ped streaky bacon to exE tract the fat. Simmer E a finely
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    She's back with fresh ideas and diploma
    235 8  - She's back with fresh ideas and diploma MARGARET WEE By JAPANESE flower ar- rangement expert Mrs. K. Kirn has just returned from Tokyo, bursting with newideas to pass on to her students, the latest designs m flower arrangement and a diploma. A former pupil of the Sogetsu School of Japanese
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    HOW TO GIVE CHRISTMAS
    602 8 ANNE SCOTT- JAMES ON TtfEVKR be deceived by the touching, innocent appearance ol dressed for a Christmas party. Behind every velvet btislei suit there heats the heart of Al Capone. Children judge a i strictly by the loot, and every year they plot together to add
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      162 8 i lifr,-____Utt_^_B_i_fc_^_fc~'^_M_^_^_^»_«iij_i_^_^_^_F^*^*t^^ w-. •Jul BhbW^MJ m^r^ T-B HLWII-^-^-ttaft^-i BORN on the first day of incoming sign, Capricorn, you are ruled by Saturn, the god of time, who brings many of the i teristics of the amba patriarch and counsellor. The btar.s have given you versatility which makt possible ior you
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    Dual aim of drive on vice
    217 9 Li MgN_THE TARGET IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST PROSTITUTION RAIDS A WEEK B) POLICE AND UItARE OFFICERS SINGAPORE Weltare Department has two targets m its planned cam*mash vice m Singapore. immediate target: To stoo m being used as contacts to con- i brothels and prostitutestarget: To
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    Seed from Singapore flowers in Japan
    232 9 Seed from Singapore flowers in Japan A JAPANESE visitor who took home seeds from Cathedral House garden, Singapore, last year, has written to the Dean of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Rev. E. O. Shield to say a plant has flowered. Mr. Kenzo J. Katsube. Principal of St. Andrew's University m Osaka,
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    Lock icon RETIRING AFTER 33 YEARS' SERVICE
    52 9 picture. The general manager of Robinson and Co.. Ltd., Singapore. Mr. F. A. Hare, and Mrs. Hare at a farewell dinner given by the management and staff of the firm. Mr. Hare is retiring th«- «>ml of *h*» month nffpr 22 years with the firm
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    Move for the Assembly to sit half hour longer
    172 9 |r THE Singapore LegisA tive Assembly sessions will be longer next year if a recommendation by the Standing, Orders Committee is approved by the Assembly next Tuesday. The recommendations are presented to the Assembly m the rorm of a motion by
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    FURNITURE MEN WANT TAX ABOLISHED
    274 9 'Import duty on methylated spirits hits the industry 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. rpHE Nelangor Furniture Makers and Traders Association is to urge the Federation Government to abolish the import tax imposed on methylated spirits or at least to reduce it. The hon. secretary of the
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    OVER 65s SHOULD GIVE UP WORKING —BYRNE
    211 9 II nIKERS the f age oi 65 should not b<' allowed to continue m employment, Singapore's Minister for Labour and Law, Mr. K. M. B>riH\ said relay. ad that by employing c elderly people, Plo> < pram. youths oi their chance to find
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    Jaycee honour
    27 9 A pa.^t president oi the Sit.--gapoi-' r Churnb* I Commerce. Mr. I i Chiew Wing, has been electee president <•! the CommJ of Junior Chamber In:--ttonal.
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    Miracle Mile of 1954 beats all
    581 12  -  STEVE SNIDER £lfete> I By \EW YORK .—Roger Bannister's miracle mile m 1954 heads the list of top ten sports stories m the "fabulous fifties" selected today by United Press International. Right behind solidly m second place, was Don Larsen's perfect pitching for the
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    Gorbex will spn cult of King Wilio
    269 12  -  VERITY CILL By JJIS ex-students still call him "master." Hi> 1 I bex. Others call him a jrood old sport On Christmas Day, Gorbex Singh, wellknown cricket and hockey star of recent years, bids farewell to the Malayan sporting scene. Malaya's loss will
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    54 12 MELBOURNE. Top lawn U fessionals would m open toum less they were n ed on a world boa management, pn Jack Kramer laid In any deal arr.i fessionals mv.st h. 50 per cent We've got the tal can't do anything 1! us. Kramer said. Speaking at sports writers
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    deals in no contry
    56 12 deals in no contry Lending equipment and providing facilities, for secondary and middle schools will be organised according to but contests m primary schools will be arran ,-urding to height of pupiK The first annual general meeting of the Combined SchooU Sports Council will be held on Jan. 22, ar.d
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    W.I. eager to avoid trouble
    178 12  - W.I. eager to avoid trouble Leslie Smith By Grenada, Windward Islands, Wed. The West Indies are making a bold attempt to avoid one of cricket's most controversial problems disagreements over umpire rulings. This is m keeping with the obvious desire of both sides to prevent trouble on the present M.C.C.
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    HOGAN RETIRES
    95 12 FROM ATHLETICS BRISBANE. Wea.— Hector Hogan. Australian joint holder of the world 100 yards record, announced his retirement from athletics yesterday. LOS ANGELES: Milkha Singh, the Indian runner, has been voted Asia's outstanding athlete of 1959 by the Helms Foundation. BANGKOK —Miss Prathu•ang Pattapon^s, Thailand's leading woman badminton
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    RAJA LOKE TROPHY
    61 12 A team of leading Malay hockey players from the three services will compete m the hockey Carnival for the Brig. Raja Loke trophy, to be held m Ipoh from Dec 24 to 27. This is the first time Malays from the services are taking part m the
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    224 13 ALL CLEAR SHOWS THE BEST ALLAN LEWIS REPORTS ON THIS MORNING'S GALLOPS PENANG, Wednesday. THERE was not much fast work at Penang this morning. The number two track was again opened and a few horses from the Martin stable were the only ones to take advantage of it. All Clear
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    MALACCA B'TON SHOCK
    229 13 "THK Malacca Badmin- ton Association has t-anc-flled its open championships scheduled for I>ec. r>-27 at Malacca owing to lack of sufficient entries. This action had to be taken despite the fact that the Singapore Badminton Association entered seven players for the championships. The secretary of the Singapore
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    57 13 RUGCitIK: Nee Soon Garrison v Naval Base. Nee Soon; S.C.C. 'A' v REME, padan*: 19 Sig. Regiment v 443 8.A.1), Changi; Cheshire Regiment v R.A.S.C^ Srlarang; SOCCER; Spore Malays junior league Pondok Peranakan v Sukaramai, MI A Balestier Road; Tamil Festival Indian Youngsters v Joyful Indians. Farrer Park;
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    Boxer of the Year
    319 13  -  ROY LAZAROO By BRIAN IS FIRST, MUN HONG SECOND T>RIAN Isaac, of the Sin- gapore Infantry Regiment, is my choice for "Boxer of the Year 1959." And Ow Mun Hong who won a gold medal at the SEAP Games must be placed a close second. Brian
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    106 13 EAST LONDON. Cape Province, Wed. A first class cricket record was set and another equalled when Border were dismissed twice for a total of 34 runs m the Currie Cup match here. The Natal wicket keeper Malcolm Spence equalled a record by helping m the dismissal of seven
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    43 13 KANPUR W« Vr v i a rest day In the second Test match here between India and Australia. India resume their second innings today with a lead of 159 Scores: India 152 and 226 for 6; Australia 219. Reuter
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    400 14 O n <Tr n over varying inierpretations ok* strategy line on Berlin issue tIASHINGTON. We d Concern was evident here yesterday over Western differences on Berlin strategy, notably those between West Germany and Britain, which came into the open at the East-West summit meeting m Paris.
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    93 14 FULL NATO SUPPORT FOR BIG FOUR PAKIS. Wed. The 13--nalion ministerial council of the Atlantic Alliance yesterday gave its "full support to the Bi« Four Western Powers' position summit talks with Russia. A communique issued after a iinal session had heard reports from the four Foreign Ministers on the v\eekend
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    86 14 PARIS. Wed. Mr. Khru>hthevs visit to France on March 13 is expected |o last between nine and eleven days. Sources close to the Presidential palace here said it was expected that he would -pend four or five da>s m Paris for political conversa- lions and
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    32 14 MANILA. Wed. Twentynine deaths have so far been reported In the wake of Typhoon Gilda. These include 14 who perished in the sink- h\z of the passenger ship MV Rizal.
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    31 14 RANGOON, Wed. Burma has curtailed all imports from Japan m protest against Japan's reply to Burma's request for increased reparations, and Japanese mirchase of Burmese rice.- U.P.I.
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    130 14 TOKYO, Wednesday. COMMUNIST China painted a grim picture yesterday of a series of droughts, floods, typhoons and insect pests during 1959. But despite these "exkrdinary serious calamities." New China news agency claimed that total grain output was greater than last >.r. The commentary on Red China's
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    25 14 Reuter Some of the 8.">0 primary school children enjoying the Christmas party piven for them this year at RAF. Chanj;i. Singapore.
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    311 14 Rest of the news m brief SAIGON. Wed.— Four mourners were killed when terrorists fired on a boat carrying a dead man to his tomb, Vietnam Press Agency reports. LONDON. Dr. Barbara Moore was within 100 miles of London yesterday on a 373-mile walk from Edinburgh. LOS
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    161 14 STARVING WIFE IS IN HOSPITAL TX)RT WORTH Texas f wed Mrs. Marie Mackey 25-year-old Korean war bride who with her two v.mng daughters \va,s found near starvation on Sunday, was being fed Intravenously »terday In a Fort Worth hospital. Her husband, Jack Mackey. was In Tarrant eoui. I jail, held
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    36 14 TOKYO V rhe central commif the Laotian Lac Haksat iCommu Party has said it is -prepared to negotiate with the B Government In order to solve the Laotian ijuestioif peacefully/ U.P.I
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    189 14 Captain remain; to defy the pounding seas MIAMI. (11, 4 CUBAN Navy vessel pi, from a battered Dutch i.. reef yesterda>. But the ship's Wilhelm de Jong. 19, fleet alone to face a night <»i pou The U.S. Coast Guard n 68-ton June, was m c, Reports of the rescue
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    23 14 U.S AID FOR CAIRO AIRPORT WASHINGTON. U.S. Federal Avia* is aRopublic m a multi-n dollar project Cairo Airport lor I U.P.I p!< t:
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