The Singapore Free Press, 29 January 1960

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    14 1 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS >'o. *****. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1960. 15 CENT& V
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    PINION Peking orprise
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    6 SHIPYARDS ON STRIKE
    47 1 NEW YORK. Fri.— Workers Coast shipyards of the Bethlehem Steel Company went on strike early erday to back their ded lor a new employment tract with the company. Two of th«? company's yards and a nuclear research re have been closed since Friday.
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    ALGIERS WAR FEAR
    198 1 Sense of doom hovers over city: Great question is will paratroopers be loyal to Paris Govt.? De Gaulle set for showdown ALGIERS, Friday. TKRRIBLE sense of doom hovered over this city last night, with the comment frequently heard: "It is civil war." The new tension followed the
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    Lock icon DICTATOR SMASHES BIG PLOT
    127 1 DICTATOR SMASHES BIG PLOT IVASHINGTON. Fri.— 11 About 1,000 persons have been arrested m the Dominican Republic following: the discovery of a plot to assassinate President Rafael Trujillo. diplomatic sources said here t. Reliable Informants said that r i»ination attempt had been planned by a group m the middle and
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    First move
    556 1 If, on the other hand, they side with the insurrectionists, the expectation was that the insurrectionists would seize the Prefecture, Government House, central post office and other public buildings m the next 24 hours. They have already seized the radio station, it was announced m Paris early this
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  • THE BIG WALK
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      Florence
      98 1 challenges FLORENCE Ho Pui Yeok. 17, has challenged her Dad. They are going to stride out the Free Press Walk on Sunday, February 28, and see who comes home first. Mr. Ho Swee Hong. 46, will be m the veterans' section but believes he is still fit enough to
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      her dad
      84 1 i Meanwhile, the entries continue to flow m. Closing date is Feb. 19. There will be special prizes for civilian competitors, who may feel they arc at a disadvantage being pitted against Servicemen. On the day of the Walk, which begins at 7 a.m., buses will transport competitors
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    BLAST AND FIRE AT OIL REFINERY
    155 1 MEXICO CITY, Friday. AN explosion and fire raced through a Government oil refinery yesterday, threatening the northwestern part of the city before firemen brought it under control. Emergency hospital officials said four persons were killed and 35 injured. Police reported three others were missing
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    Lock icon ADMIRAL DIES
    24 1 PORTSMOUTH. Fri.—Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Power, one of Britain's leading naval commanders m World War 11. died aged 70. Reuter
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    Lock icon London trains collide
    175 1 T ONDON, Fri.— Several people were injured when two passenger trains were m collision near London Bridge station yesterday. One casualty was taken to hospital for treatment. Three other passengers were treated on the spot for shoe* and several others for minor cuts and bruises. The collision
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    Lock icon CHINA, BURMA IN BORDER TREATY
    412 1 OEKING, Fri. The 1 Burmese Premier, General Ne Win, leaves for home today after concluding an important boundary agreement and nonaggression treaty with China during a fourday stay here. A joint communique announced the conclusion of Doth documents, following "free and frank discussions" between General
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    Break with K.L. after 46 years
    50 1 Break with K.L. after 46 years K. LUMPUR, Fri. The First Secretary of the Ceylon High Commission, Mr. A. Nesaratnam, is to end a 46--year connection with Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month. He has been posted to Brazil where his country is to set up an embassy.
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    X'mas road toll up
    35 1 LONDON, Fri.— The Christmas death-roll on the roads of England and Wales has risen from 147 to 155. Eight seriously injured have since died. Reuter. 'SO NICE TO SEE YOU... picture.
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    LECTURER DIES
    225 1 Varsity loses gifted scholar m Dr. U. Amarasinghe r)R. U. AMARASINGHE, 30, lecturer m English at the University of Malaya In Singapore, died on Monday morning m London. A brilliant scholar and athlete, Dr. Amarasinghe graduated from the University of Ceylon with a First m English m 1950.
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      X.L.race weights
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      114 1 BIPUJMAT CASUAL WEAR KNITTED IVF A R f" 3 >S^/ PYJAMA SUITS ZlVi HANDKERCHIEFS h f^ SINGLETS J fc NECKTIES *T| j*^ SHORTS v 2 HI! BRIEFS -4-^ 4-44 Sheer loveliness! l IVP lkStjAf^ f)S A.KIKO KOJIMA. MISS LMVERfIB vkVV \^l^^J^Um4M Choose CREME PI FF In iS^CtJ vfJm the P°P
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    U.K. STOCK MARKETS UNCERTAIN
    128 2 U.K. STOCK MARKETS UNCERTAIN I ONDON. Fri.— Rather unLi certain conditions prevailed m the London stock markets yesterday. Buyers tended to hold off and some small selling was evident. There was still a certain amount of selective buying m progress but small losses predominated m most sections a,t the close.
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    Rubber easy
    42 2 LONDON. Fri. Improved New York advices contributed to steadiness at the opening of the rubber market here yesterday. However, at the close, it was slightly easier at a decline of one-eighth of a penny a pound for most landed positions.
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    Lock icon JETRO CENTRE
    23 2 TOKYO. Fri.-The Japan Export Trade Promotion Agency (Jetroi will open a Japan trade centre m Australia m March this year. Reuter
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    G.E.C. DIVIDEND
    16 2 LONDON. Fri. General Electric Company has declared an interim dividend of three per cent.
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    TIN STEADY
    13 2 LONDON. Fri. The tin market was yesterday steady with quiet dealings.
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    71 2 SHIPS IN PORT CHIPS lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Sydney 1/2, Pres. Jackson 4/5, Bradeverett 6A. Glenearn 6/7. Straat Van Diemeh 8/9, Singapore 10/11, Azumasan Maru 13/14, Benreoch 15 16, Stavropol 18, Yukikawa Maru 19. Giang Ann 21/22, Rajah Brooke 23. Bronxville 24/25, Benveg
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    Lock icon CHINA SENDS MORE GOODS TO CEYLON
    165 2 Wipes out big barter trade deal debts POLOMBO, Fri.—lmports of Communist Chinese goods into Ceylon has considerably increased m recent months. This has enabled China to wipe out her debts under the rice-rubber barter deal, according to authoritative figures published yesterday. China owed Ceylon
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    Lock icon Bid to step up the use of wheat in Asia
    251 2 Bid to step up the use of wheat in Asia WASHINGTON, Fri. A committee of experts from the world's major wheat exporting countries will fly to Tokyo this weekend to explore the possibilities of stepping up the use of wheat m Asia. In addition to Japan the study mission will
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    Lock icon 18 U.K. COTTON MILLS SOLD
    43 2 MANCHESTER. Fri. -A big Lancashire textile combine has sold 18 cotton mills for I more than M 52.125.000. Trownbay Property Company, the buyers, said it was hoped to attract a variety of new industries to the Dremises.- Reuter
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    Bombay to make isotopes
    66 2 Bombay to make isotopes B O M B A Y. Fri. The Canada-India atomic reactor nearing completion m Trombay, In Bombay, will go into operation In the next two months and will be one of the biggest units producing isotopes m the world. This was disclosed by Dr. I H.
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    HOLIDAY
    14 2 HONG KONG, Fri.— Hong Kong markets were closed yesterday. Chinese New Year Day.
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    U.K. CUTS DOLLAR CONTROLS
    86 2 U.K. CUTS DOLLAR CONTROLS ONDON, Fri.— Britain is \j to remove from control dollar imports of tobacco and tobacco manufactures other than cigars fresh, chilled and frozen fish, synthetic rubber and transistors, the House of Commons was told yesterday. Mr. Reginald Maudling, President of the Board of Trade, said the
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    MALAYAN SHARE MARKET
    909 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE. Tr-ursoav. INDUSTRIALS Tuesday Yeste-r.i. k,n Iricki Prer. 1.95 IJS Ords. 2.23 2.40 ItlM let 11.00 Buyers i 8.8. Petrol 59 61 IB.M. Trustees 5 25 5 25 Son. Tin Smelt Pref. 19 19 Ords 50 6 51/--j Federal Dispensary
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    Round the World Market Prices
    355 2 Round the World Market Prices NUTV: Ait prices below are middle prices. U.K. Closing Prices LONDON* Jan. 28 Yesterday Teday RUBBER No. 1 RSS «.i.f. European p.rts Fob 33 11/16 M Mar 33 13 16 331 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 36< 36j ÜBBER N«. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms
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    Lock icon U.S. messages to Hawaii via moon
    152 3 oO O<> MILES IN 3 SECONDS I WASHINGTON, Saturday. stentey sent messages and a photograph from here b way of the moon a journey of nearly 500,000 MMJS. I this process, using (he moon as a relay station -.K oil \l lor the first
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    SAHARA A-BOMB TEST: NO CHANGE
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    Lock icon THE ENGLISH FIND ENGLISH SO DIFFICULT
    74 3 LONDON. Fn. Two separate committees, which have been reviewing requirements for entry to Oxford and Cambridge Universities erdaj recommended the introduction of a special examination m the use of EneThe Oxford committee said: "We think there will be wide agreement that far too high
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    Lock icon 54 earn over £100,000 a year
    121 3 54 earn over £100,000 a year T ONDON, Fri. Eight more Britons have qualified for the "millionaires' club" by getting an annual income of over £100,000 (M--$850,000). This is disclosed m the inland revenue report for the financial year 1958-59. rhe eight newcomers bring the latest official total of U.K.
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    Lock icon Russians able to 'recharge' heart
    102 3 Russians able to 'recharge' heart MOSCOW. Fri. Russian scientists have developed an instrument to "recharge" the weakened muscles of a diseased heart with the beat of a healthy heart, the Soviet news agency Tass reported ye*terday. It said an electrode placed on the wrist ot a person with a healthy
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    racked down at last he common cold virus
    203 3 B British I >trrday B have B (i m isoB ing B :?imon I i;lture>. :il be tow ers of B X B B iot more work Is still needed. The doctors of the Common Cold Research Unit. who have been working
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    Now fancy that... MONSTER OR OTTERS?
    176 3 LIVINGSTON, (Northern Rhodesia). Fri. The ''Zambezi monster.'" a giant two-headed serpent seen here recently, may have been only a school of otters swimming nose to tail. or a pair of mating crocodiles, according to Mr. Clayton Holliday and Mr. B. L. Mitchell, technical ofliccr
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    Lock icon FINE TRAGEDY PROBE
    68 3 into r m been rduy. erica which is sinking a supply and ventilation shaft to the entombed miners will not reach the trapped men until Monday, it was announced yesterday. A rescue shaft beina: sunk nearby will, it is estimated, take about 25 days to reach the
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    William Tell Japan style
    31 3 With one deft swing Kimiko Ono, a 19-year-old Japanese swordswoman, cleaves into two portions m apple balanced on the head of her trainer, master swordsman Taizan Yamamoto.
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    Lock icon BUTLER STANDS UP FOR EDEN: No IRREGULARITY
    327 3 BUTLER STANDS UP FOR EDEN: No IRREGULARITY LONDON, Friday. ]tf R. R. A. BUTLER, the Home Secretary, said yesterday that as far as he could see nothing irregular had been done m the publication of Sir Anthony Eden's memoirs. He was answering a barrage of questions m the House of
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    Lock icon THE 'LAROCHE LOOK'
    287 3 Latest fashion for girls who refuse to 'waist away' PARIS, Friday. GIRLS who refuse to "waist away" will love Guy Laroche. His young debutante silhouette launched here yesterday, stars a well marked waist line played up with corselet inset, broad cummerbunds or shaped gores. Suits feature bloused
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    Seamless tubes
    30 3 JAMSHEDPUR, Fri. Mr. i Morarji Desai. India's Finance Minister, yesterday i inaugurated the country's first seamless tube plant, built at a cost of Rs. 30 mil- lion. i
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    8 words that rocked a nation
    1560 4 8 words that rocked a nation HAVE Ui Hi MjV MY HAND A LIST. Tlie man who panicked a nation 6 BY RICHARD ROVERE TURIOUS about Senator McCarthy's dispute with the Army, and at that time ignorant of its background, I followed McCarthy into the corridor and asked him if
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    Lock icon CHINESE HAVE BIG ROLE IN S-E ASIA
    472 4  -  TEATSWORTH By RALPH YEW YORK. Frank Moraes, distinguished Indian editor, said that South-East Asian countries must be ready to fight for their hardearned freedom or be swallowed up by Communist China. He made that statement m his latest book, "The Revolt m Tibet."
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    STORE RADIO
    193 4 A.M. 10.00 Shacfcleton; 10.30 Prom Hawaii; 11.00 Latin American beat; 11.30 Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) and Bruno Walter (piano). 12.00 Mediterranean medley; 12.30 A laugh a minute; 100 Programme summary; 102 North and South of Panama; 1.30 The news; 1.40 Ncwstalk. 1.45 Made m Vienna; 2.00 Here come the
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    PRIVATE SECRETARY IS MISTAKEN FOR FIRST LORD
    297 4 PRIVATE SECRETARY IS MISTAKEN FOR FIRST LORD LONDON. Redfaced Royal Navy officials did their best to explain away a comedy of errors featuring the new First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Carrington. But with little success. The whole performance which took place at Portsmouth was seen from start to finish
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      303 4 CLUES ACROSS 3. Out of canvas, to this degree 1. To impale the principal at A )m the front of the attack (9». J*? r confused wager! (4). 5. Spoil the butting animal re- 5 s ma >' contain whafs turning (3>. been posted (7). 7. No loud flute used
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    FOR SINGAPORE THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE JET
    648 5 Gnawing worries" but progress must come By CHAN SWAN BEE THE jet-powered Year of the Rat at Singapore airport glitters with promise and bulges with problems. One of the biggest pro ble m s authorities face is shortage of space for
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    Broom time after night of crackers
    152 5 300 TONS OF GARBAGE npHE 1.200-strong labour squad of the Singapore I x City Council Cleansing Department was called out yesterday, a public holiday, for an "operation clean-up." i Armed with brooms, changkols and other equipment they went into action at 7 a.m. Within
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    'Call them national schools'
    104 5 'Call them national schools THE Malay Education Coun- cil oi Singapore this week expressed its support for a proposal to call all Malay schools m the state "national schools.' The proposal was made some time ago by the Malay Education Advisory Committee to the Singapore Government. The Council has unanimously
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    CHEER PARTY FOR BLIND
    29 5 CHEER PARTY FOR BLIND JOHORE BAHRU. Fri.— The Princess Elizabeth School for the Blind will hold its Straits Times Cheer Fund children's party at the school on Feb. 4.
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    Lock icon Tropical fish are now sent overseas by air
    327 5 By TAN THUAN KOK SINGAPORE dealers m tropical aquarium fish now prefer to export nsh by air than by sea. One of the biggest tropical fish exporter's here, Mr. Harris Teo, told the Free Press yesterday that he first experimented by sending
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    Visit to Istana grounds
    130 5 mHOUSANDS of Singapore- ans visited the Istana Negara grounds yesterday. It was open to the public for the second time since the installation of Inche Yusof bin Ishak. as first Malayan-born Yang diPertuan Negara, m December. Nearly every nook and corner was occupied by New Year
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    EXTRA HOLIDAY FOR SCHOOLS
    141 5 piOR the first time since the inception of the six-day week m Singapore schools, thousands of pupils and hundreds of teachers will have a Saturday holiday tomorrow. This follows a circular sent to all Singapore school principals by the Deputy Director (.Administration; of Education, Mr. G.
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    S'pore takes precaution
    86 5 SINGAPORE has sent for a sample of the virus of the Asian flu epidemic reported to have broken out m North Borneo, for identification. Dr. W.W. Yung, Director of the Singapore Epidemiological Intelligence Station of the World Health Organisation, said he had written to the medical department
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    Dance at Y.M.C.A.
    35 5 The third annual Chinese new year dance sponsored by the Boy Scouts troop of the Singapore Chinese V.M.C.A. will be held tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the V.M.C.A. premises 16 South Pier.
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    Musical recital
    26 5 The president of the Ramakrishna Mission, Singapore. Swami Siddhatmananda, will conduct a 'Bhagavad Gita' (musical recital) at 9. Norris Road, tomorrow at 6.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon North Thailand to supply Burmese
    57 5 North Thailand to supply Burmese BANGKOK, Fri.-A Foreign Office spokesman said here that the Cabinet has decided to approve a request by the Burmese embassy to buy supplies m Northern Thailand for the Burmese army units m Northern Burma. The Burmese would buy m Thailand fuel oil, lubricating oil. rice,
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      41 5 SINGAPORE wl^^^^^ TODAY: 11.10 a.m. TOMORROW: 0.32 a.m. and 11.55 p.m. SUNDAY: 1.08 a.m. and 12.38 p.m. MONDAY: 1.41 a.m. and 1.21 p.m. TUESDAY: 2.12 ajn. and 2.04 p.m. WEDNESDAY: 2.43 a.m. and 2.49 p.m. THURSDAY: 3.17 a.m. and 3.39 p.m.
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      59 5 ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL: clothing shop m CWA room, from 10 a.m. to noon. PAN-PACIFIC SEA. WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION: Malay classes for beginners, 9.30 to 10.30 a.m. at 593-A, Serangoon Road. KAMALA CLUB (Moulmein Road): Malayalam classes. 9 to 11 a.m., and 4 to 6 p.m. YUKING YOUTH CLUB: Dancing class, 7.30
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    SO THESE ARE THE WOMEN of JAPAN!
    335 6 SO THESE ARE THE WOMEN of JAPAN! FREE PRESS BOOK OF THE WEEK WOMEN OF. JAPAN. By Christine Arnothy and Marc Riboud, Bruna-Andre Deutsch, 8/6. fHERE must be more illusions and vague notions about Japanese women than about any other women m the world. They are always calm, always good-tempered
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    WHO IS KISHI'S FOREIGN MINISTER?
    268 6 THE Book of the Week is about Japan, so let's start General Knowledge Quiz this week with some questions about that country. 1. You all know that Japan's Prime Minister is Mr. Kishi but can you name his Foreign Minister? 2. The population of Japan
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    NARVIK—A CAPTAIN TELLS
    86 6 NARVIK— A CAPTAIN TELLS General Knowledge experts were right on the beam with last week's quiz. Most entries were all-correct —and none of the others had more than one error! LATEST among books about World War II i.s NARVIK by Captain Donald Maclntyre. R. N. (Evans. 18.>.>. which tells the
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    A cheat and aliar—but men could not resist her...
    377 6 A cheat and a liar but men could not resist her A WOMAN OF BANGKOK. Jack Reynolds. Pan Books, $1.75. Powerful novel of a Bangkok dancing girl. Men could not resist her and to one Englishman she became an obsession even though she was a cheat and a liar. THE
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    CRIME SHELF
    181 6 NO End To Fear. Harry Hossent. John Long. 11s. (id. Max Heald (who must be James Bond's first cousin represents British Intelligence m some fairly strenuous encounters with Hungarian secret police m Switzerland. A beautiful dancer and a villainous Yorkshireman are on hand, too. Mix Me A Person.
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      74 6 RIP KIRBY By John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson "I'M m• jyy mm m^+* 1 mWmm^ m m ~~~~*~~T~'mUm^mT~~ t n -^J^y .^J' jL^^ x-A KlßB^ jV4 \j||^7 someone. c-.reAKf^' 1 r wonq MANDRAKE by Lee FaUl and phU Dav|s ff^F^^f THE WHIRLING- CENTRiru&E— YOU'LL CE A ~-TP I'm STti i
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    Kissin' don't last but cookin' do
    273 7 \b I walked into a bright and cosy kitchen the first thing that caught my eye was a wooden plaque showing a husband blowing an airy kiss to his wife. Underneath was written "Kissin' don't last but cookin' do." In this precept 23-year-old Dolores
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    Nurse Meg answeres your baby queries
    396 7 Nurse Meg answeres your baby queries QCan I give red palm oil to my children i/^cead of cod liver oil? A Cod liver oil is a valuable source of vitamin A, the anti-infec-tive vitamin which especially protects the chest and the eyes, and also of vitamin I), the sunshine vitamin
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    There's no need to feel old at 40
    143 7 There 's no need to feel old at 40 HAVE you ever thought how much better it would be if we could for- get our birthdays? The thought of advanc--1 ing years can be terrify- ing, as I realised when I met a friend. She had just celebrated her birthday
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    $30 for hints winners
    460 7 4 SUGGESTION on A^ how to make ice strips to fit picnic flasks wins the first prize of $20 m the "Household Hints" contest for Mrs. A. C. Bartels, 539-6, Yio Chu Kane Road. 62 mile. Singapore. 19. She says: "The job of breaking ice cubes
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    IF YOUR CHILD CRIES IT MAY ONLY BE HUNGER
    644 7 T^URSES and midwives nearly always learn by rote that a baby's crying is its "reaction to its environment." Crying is to a baby what speech is to an older person. There is just as likely to be something wrong with a
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    O'Neill batting
    196 8 O'Neill batting CALCUTTA. Fri. VORMAN O'Neill tops butting averages for traliu m the five- 1 tcta Test series with India. With two centuries m the i vt' raged 62.66 m I Davidson, left-arm pace. I the bowling list, taking 29 each. Richie Be■ho took 29 wickets m the it they
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      TICKETS FOR GRAND PRIX
      185 8 rpiCKETS for the Shell--1 sponsored Johore Coronation Grand Prix will be on sale from Monday at Robinson's, Singapore. A hundred yachts and dinghies will take part m the Naval Base Sailing Club regatta on Sunday at the Red House, HMS Terror. PAISLEY. Chic Calderwood of Scotland
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      EASY VICTORY FOR ALSAGOFF
      57 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— I.A. Alsagoff had an easy victory m the first round of the men's singles m the AllMalayan Malays tennis championships yesterday. He beat Hussein Aman 6-3, 6-1 to become the first player to enter the last eight Singapore's Sharin Osman entered the second
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    WEEKH-END Barqains
    1120 8 WEEKH-END Barqains On this page are some of the best bargains m town, so scan them closely for your shopping needs for Chinese New Year. The Bargains Page is a regular Free Press feature, appearing every Tuesday and Friday. YOU OWE IT to your feet to give them the shoes
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    Now they Ran
    444 9 LEWIS SUMS UP; YESTERDAY'S FORMJ A LUMPUR, Friday. of Australia's leadingIn Kuala Lumpur on: er to the Veni Vici Sta-: form at Kuala Lum-- I H H H. iank B B r »e«ned to strike trouble was just enough to I .<» his downfall. Fonfet-Me-Not was just
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    Pre-Olympic Games meet
    77 9 Pre-Olympic Games meet TOKYO. Fri. Asian ath- letes will get a chance to test their strength against the I world's top athletes one year before the 1964 Olympic Games m Tokyo. Singapore and Malayan athletes will be invited to attend a special pre-Olympic tournament m 1963. It will give Asian
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    Lock icon FILIPINO CAGERS SUPREME
    154 9 MANILA, Fri. Undefeated Philippines became the first Asian basketball con- ference champions last night, beating Formosa 99-78. The Filipinos displayed an almost perfect zone defence. Unable to penetrate, the Chi- nese were forced to take long outside shots. Japan beat South Korea 86-83 to take third piace.
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    Lock icon ENGLAND RALLY TO HIT UP 220 FOR 4
    193 9 howled by left-arm spinner < harran Singh, who is making his Test debut for West Indies. Barrington went through haky period against I \CiL\ND Ist. Innfs. r c Alexandra b Watson 11 Cowdrev b Hall Barrington not out 9 3 May c
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    IS THIS THE WINNER?
    640 9 Ward rides trial on favourite Toledo goes alone m good run Three Rings shows strong pace Only the weather can defeat Prince of Lalita m Gold Cup GOLD CUP candidates were sent against the watch at Kuala Lumpur this morning with the exception of Peaceful King
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    Lock icon IMTTABONGS BIDS FOR ALL-EXGLAND
    90 9 IMTTABONGS BIDS FOR ALL-EXGLAND LONDON. Fri.— Miss Pra- .< Pattabongs. 23-year-badminton star from k and holder of the title, will again ge for the women's in«?les title m the All-Eng-i badminton championi: March. Pattaboug.^. who ll m J for 18 months on a secretarial course, said she would not necessarily
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    Sunday weights
    132 9 Weights for two races on Sunday: THE GOLD CUP— (Class 1. Div. 1-lliE): Prince of Lalita 9.00. Toledo 9.00, Technicolor II 8.08, Big Daddy 8.06, Rogerthorpe 8.05, Peaceful King 8.04, Dreamboat 8.03, Couag 8.01, Lord Ar^:oganc<» 8.01, Kwan Kong 7.13, Campdale 7.11, Three Rings 7.10. Gembira 7.10, Pinkson
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    158 9  -  The Rambler m SQUAWK VALLEY f|NE athlete wants to deep. Another wants to read m bed. So when four of them are sharing a room it can lead to difficulties. This is what worries Soviet contestants m next month's Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, California. But this worry is
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    Lock icon DEMAND IS FOR A FREE AFRICA
    197 10 pONAKRY, Guinea, Fri. President Sekou Toure said yesterday that he primary target of newly-free Guinea is to achieve Africa's independence and unity "on the continental level." Toure said African tcrritori- struggling for independence will be truly free only if they reject any allegiance and
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    Lock icon The Empire Fowey 'pensioned off'
    43 10 The Empire Fowey 'pensioned off' LOXDQN. Fri. British troopship Empire Fowey i^ to be "pensioned next month. The troop>hip. one of a fleet of six. will make her trip on February 9 to Cypru>. She will then probably be advertised for sale Reuter
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    26 10 BANGKOK. Fri. The South-Ea>t Asia Treaty Organisation will hold a seminar ■ommunist .subversion m Lahore. Pakistan, from I ruary 9 to I Reuter
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    Lock icon BIG NEW ISSUE FACES WORLD
    180 10 Right relationship is essential between industrial North and developing South LONDON; Friday. CIR OLIVER FRANKS, chairman of Lloyds Bank, said yesterday, that the East West question was no longer the sole great political issue of the world because the North-South problem equalled it m importance.
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    83 10 NO PAIN" GIRL BAFFLES THE DOCTORS LONDON, Fri.— The mystery of a 14-year-old London girl who is immune to pain is baffling Britbh doctors. She has bitten oil the tip of her tongue— but has never telt it. She is immune to electric shocks and itching powder. She once crushed
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    21 10 GLASGOW. Fri.— Mr. Alexander Ewtng. a prominent figure m the Scottish newspaper industry, died aged I 90, Reuter
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    Lock icon Big aid loans by US, Russia
    173 10 Big aid loans by US, Russia WASHINGTON. Fri. The I'nited States Government Fxport- Import Bank yesterday granted Indonesia two loans totalling MSI 12 million. One loan of MSH9.tiOO.OOO will aid construction of a fertiliser plant at Palembang. Sumatra, and the other M54?.H00.000 is for the building of a thermal electric
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    Lock icon 'Vital to each other'
    181 10 'Vital to each other' INDIA-NEPAL PROCLAMATION YEW DELHI, Fri.— The Indian and Nepalese prime ministers, Mr. Nehru and Mr. Bisheshwar Prasad Koirala m a comm v n i q v c yesterday said they "recognised that Nepal and India have a vital interest m each other's freedom, integrity and security
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    CYPRUS BASE TALKS END NO ACCORD
    53 10 CYPRUS BASE TALKS END NO ACCORD T ONDON. Fri.— The 10-day Ld talks between Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, Foreign Secretary. Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Fadil Kutchuk, Cyprlot President and Vice-President elect, ended here last night \dthout agreement on the size of the sovereign bases Britain is to retain m an independent
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    Lock icon S.E.A.T.O. begins exercise
    47 10 S.E.A.T.O. begins exercise BANGKOK. Fri. Personnel from Australia, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States yesterday began SEATO's amphibious reconnaissance exercise "Teamwork Two" m the Gulf of Siam. Over 70 dare-devil frogmen participated m phase one of the exercise. The exercise will continue to Feb. 7, Reuter
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    Last rehearsals for big show
    43 10 The last rehearsals are now being held for Radio Singapore's big Chinese New Year variety show, which will be staged at the Badminton Hall on Monday at 8 p.m. Tickets are priced at $5, $3, $2 and $1.
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    Lock icon Fewer divorces now in England
    43 10 Fewer divorces now in England LONDON. Fri— Fewer new divorce petitions were filed m England and Wales m 1958 than m any year since 1945, says the Registrar-Generals annual statistical review. Petitions filed m 1958 totalled 26.239 compared with 25.711 m 1945. Reuter
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    67 10 TIMS, I "n. A delegate t« th^ African Peoples conference here. Mr. Ntsu Mokhele. president of the Basutoland National Congress, said that when a belt of territory stretching across Southern Africa, and including Tanganyika and the Belgian Congo, became full> independent, it would b<possible to isolate
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