The Singapore Free Press, 8 December 1960

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  • 22 1 TO KEEP UP WITH THE LOCAL NEWS YOU MUST READ... The SINGAPORE Free Press No. ***** THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960. 15 CENTS.
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  • 344 1 Xmas wish by blind boy Toby :%T REMEMBER MUM AND IIbUT PLEASE FIND THEM' I know they are alive, says blind boy Toby liic i >lk' li .ml an Hade news ti .001 ts of K)Ut iven away I I I tially I That left him with the partially blind
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  • 103 1 HE ASKS $900,000 DAMAGES FOR BACK-SLAP > t f\v YORK. Thurs. I Gttenn Guuld. Intcr:^i r lor.Lilly known Canadian pianist. 'riled a suit for $900,000 damages, charging an employee ol Steinway .md Sons, piarm manufacturers, with Injuring him by clapping him on the bar:-: and shaking his hand I hard.
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  • 13 1 T \KARTA Thurs. Indonesia a cultural agreooaeiit C mmv > North Vietnam.
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  • 323 1  - GOING IN NEW YEAR: 1,712 JOBS HAROLD SOH Goh budgets for Govt. vacancies m 5)11 FnO four divisions By gINGAPORE CITY, Thurs The Government will have a total of 1,712 vacancies m its various departments next year. The new appointments arc listed m the Memorandum on the Estimates for 1961
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  • 27 1 MOSCOW. Thurs.— An ice-free stretch of Antarctica jutting out into the southern ocean has been named Cape Lunik after me first Russian moon probe.
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  • 179 1 Soprano Maria makes a great comeback MILAN. Thurs. —American Soprano Maria Callas. making a -comeback 1 appearance at La bcaia Opera house last night, interrupted a curtain call to angrily push photographers to the back of the .stage. The incident took place after the second aa t oi "Poliuto," her
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  • 16 1 LONDON. Thurs.— The Duks and Diuhe.ss of Wuici&or arrived for a week's Christmas sHopping-
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  • 14 1 BRUSSELS. Thurs.— Clara Haskil. world famous Swiss pianist, died here yesterday.
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  • 138 1 CITY Thurs.— A speciallywhich 0 cou^otherwLs" be to acute medical Ca ""Vf^nv deservtoS medical easts have to be put ISSSr bed-space I* taken up by chronically sick patients who should be accommnriatpri elsewhere." he said, transferred to the new hospital would
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  • Article, Illustration
    107 1 ARMY SCHOOL STUDENTS PRESENT A FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC AT VICTORIA THEATRE THREE hundred and sixty teenaged children from British Army schools m Singapore and Malaya gave a two-hour programme of Christmas carols at the Victoria Theatre yesterday. Highlight of the concert was a performance of Handel's
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  • 275 1 Trapped sailors lived 1 7 days in sunken American battleship TWO OFFICERS AND 103 RATINGS DIED \K\V BEDFORD (Mass.), Thins. TIIK Xew Bedford Standard-Times yesterday published a hitherto confidential report indicating there was life aboard the sunken battleship West Virginia KJ or 17 days alter the Japanese attack on Pearl
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  • 16 1 TODAY Dec. 8. 1960. is the 19th. anniversary of the Japanese invasion of Malaya.
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  • 17 1 Jakarta. Thurs.— lndonesia's cold reserves dropped by 0.77 per cent over the last week
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  • 96 1 SEAMAN RO; I SINGAPORE CITI i ;>.. i i.m d seawia n i>.< iv i; lU< m.v. v tied M $1 I tin i wed UK War »n Si. <->< i. raw iin STOCK EXCHAN \i ,i i ..•> Sto« k I I il|;t I■ lift !.I I
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  • 36 1 First Malayan Fund manager's pruts today, buying $115 and 'selling $1.23. SeOOOd Malayan Fund manager*! prioes, buying 95 cents and selling $1.01. Pint Hong Kong Fund manager's (Vices, Miying HK51.06 and belling HKM.I3.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 67 1 Eft Fa* MiN Store 1 V jU^EStK^r 51 l)s AIvA/KYOTO j (from Hong Kongt provide tourists i the opportunity ot visiting Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe m Tokjo. 21 return by direct flight to Hong Kong or ~> a' no extra fare. jl'l ot Cathay Pacific air travel. Luxurious I cabin servrce finest cuisine
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    • 85 1 ?MAKE PUNTING PAY TODAY'S FORM GUIDE SHOWS THE WAY SEE P 9 and 10... GALLOPS... P 12 IO9BWE S'pore/Penang $225/Fed. Borneo $270/A startling difference YOl'R ear can hear! y ou mii/i your new iwßl!\Dl(i RADIO, the world of music bursts into magical new Hf e all the wonderful complexity of
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    • 22 1 SQUIRE LONGSON World m^^^Hl Famous J^^^^^^^a^p^B^ngjl British I Piano. *^^^^li^^^^^| B Sole Agents:- SINGAPORE PIANO CO. 1 69, Orchard Road, Singapore -6.
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  • 407 2 Tin Council decides not to fix export quota for the first quarter of 1961 I THE WORLD AT NOON by the FREE PRESS FOREIGN SERVICE ROME, Thursday. TMH International Tin Council at its 25th. meeting here decided not to fix a total permissible export amount for the first quarter of
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  • 180 2 Race hate city police guard 2 homes >TEW ORLEANS. ThUTS. I New threats and violence menaced two familes. who broke the back of a white boycott at an integrated school yesterday and police returned to their barricades with orders to arrest the next woman who threw a stone. Police kept
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  • 169 2 NOW VERWOERD SEPARATES THE COLOUREDS FROM THE WHITES CAPETOWN. ThUTS. Dr. Hendrik Verwwerd. the South African Prime MinisIt r, yt >terdav pushed his apartheid policy another stage by announcing that trie, country's one and a ball million coloureds people of mixed rac^ will front now on evolve on lines strlcUy
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  • 23 2 NEW DELHI. Thurs.— The Indian Government has a contract to buy eight Soviet transport aircraft and some helicopters for border development.
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  • 158 2 SHIP IN PORT lying: alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wlianes or expected today are: Straihuaver 1/3. Avala 4/5, Shoyo Maru 6A, Lao 6/7, Kenyo Maiu 8/9, Seibun Maru 10/11, Larut 12, Laura Maezsk 13/14, Gcneial Sikorski 15/16. Jan Matejko 18, Wairimu 19, Sg. Asahan N. Wall 1. Panehan N. Wall
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  • 57 2 HONG KONG, Wed.— Closing prices here today were: Previous Today H. S. Banking Corporation 51. 425 $1,425 sales sales Union Ins. Canton $124.00 $124.00 .sales sales Wheelock Marden 9.55 5 9.50 sales sales H Kong phone $38.00 $38.00 sales sales Dairy Farm Cold Storage $34.25 $34.25 sales
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  • 16 2 WASHINGTON. The United State* has lust $12.940,967 worth of gold on Dec. 1.
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  • 170 2 Stop buying order to US Navy: HK loses $3.5 million trade HONG KONG, Thurs. The United States Navy, which is purchasing an office m Hong Kong, has been asked to stop processing orders for the Western Pacific, the Officer-in-Charge, Lieutenant Commander H. E. Irwin, said yesterday. In terms of annual
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  • 27 2 TAIPEH, Thurs. An American airborne soldier was killed m Northern Formosa last night when he parachuted into high tension wires m a night exercise.
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  • Round the World Market Prices
    • 33 2 Malabar spot 44i. afloats 14. Dec. Shipment 121. Lampong 444, afloats Dec. shipmeni 4:;. M\:ntok white >pot 71, afloata 71. Dec. shipment ti^j. A.bove prices quoted m IS. cents pei Ib.
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    • 111 2 LONDON, Dec. 7. Previous Today RUBBER No. 1 RSS c.i.f European ports. Dec 24 13/16 25J Jan 24 15/14] 2*> 5/16 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Spot 24J 251 RUBBER No. 1 RSS Settlement House Terms. Jan -J4 IS 16 25 7!' Feb 25 16 25 9/16 TONE:
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    • 50 2 NEW YORK. Dec 7. Previous Today TIN Straits spot 102.50 102.25 RUBBER Futures Jan. :>.o! Mar L'-.til? 29.12 i TONE: Firm. SALES. 76 lots. No. 1 RSS Dec. landed prict 35.59 35.54 COFFEE: Futures B Contract Dec. 281 285 Above prices quoted m US rents per lb.
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    • 33 2 NEW YORK. Dec. 7. Previous Today 30 Industrials 597.11 604.62 20 Railroads 12»i.s« 126.83 40 Domestic Bonds M.24 .M.24 15 Utilities i«H.;55 96. 76 65 Stocks Composite Averages W.;S2 •JCo.f<s
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    • 80 2 LONDON. Dec. 7. Previous Today COPRA Philippines European ports delivered weight per long ton Dec. $I<6 $173 COPRA. Straits Borneo c.i.t. U.K. North European weight per long ton j Dec. Jan t h J *64J COCONUT OIL crude Straits c.i.f. European ports «n bulk per long ton
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  • 860 2 NOTE: All prices below are middle prices. SINGAPORE. Wednesday, j KEY TO MARKINGS. I cci eim eatttai issue. xall excitant MtfftMit H as exclßlini livifeii. I cli enn bmus issue. 9 ici =s tnlUMg capital retura t ccr ss cub capital returr I el
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  • 119 2 GERMAN FIRM IS WORKING ON NEW TYPES OF SYNTHETIC I Finance and industry I Page Two today I gives you the ups and I downs of your shares. BONN, Thurs. Several new types of synthetic rubber are being developed by Chemische Werke Huels A.G.. one of the mediumsized successor companies
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  • 26 2 TOKYO: The Japanese Trade Ministry expressed the view that there was the possibility of doubling trade between Japan and South Korea m the future.
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  • 111 2 NEW YORK: Wall Street closed firm at or around the current rally highs showing a good representation of gains mostly to one dollar or more. Profit-taking and tax loss selling during the first hour yesterday limited an attempt to extend Tuesday's late hardening which was ascribed to technical
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  • 45 2 TOKYO: Twenty Indian farmers and 10 industrialists have arrived here to study Japanese agricultural and industrial me- thods. Before arriving here the farmers 1 spent three months m the United States studying farming methods. community organisations and cooperatives.
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  • 19 2 MANILA: Morocco has expressed the desire for trade and dipio- matic relations with the Philippines.
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  • 29 2 LONDON: The Financial Times market indices for Dec. 2, last year, week <tgo, previous and yesterday's. respectively Tint.' 233.2. 2C4.6. 265.9, 264.3 Rubber 206.1, 190.3. 190.5. 189.3
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  • 208 2 Rubber producers are improving their hold By the FREE PRESS MARKET CORRECT SINGAPORE v THERE is solid evidence that N ber producers are steadily im D r«v- U competitive position, writes Vustin r the Investors Chronicle. London He makes this cotnnienl aftt the booklet: "Rubber Shares Am, recently published l>\
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  • 164 2 Widespread losses in industrials: Gilts up LONDON, Thurs. Industrial equities lost further ground m the London stock markets yesterday and closed on a depressed note, following overnight government statements indicating that there is little hope of an early relaxation m the credit squeeze. Selling was small but there was an
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  • 206 2 RUBBER MARKET ADVANCE FOLLOWS RALLY IN SINGAPORE: TINS ARE STEADY LONDON, Thuns.— An Initial advance ol a lar thing per pound reflecting a rally at Singapore ms steadily held during yesterday morning although little business was reported beyond some off -take of afloat parcels at a discount from December shipment
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  • 44 2 NEW YORK: A new all-butyl rubber passenger :yre bac been imroduced by ihe Dnlted Siaies Rubber Company The new Lyre, called the U.S. Royal Butylnde. gfwes a iofl aud extremely quiet service. 1' not squeal on turns
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  • 40 2 WASHINGTON: Mr. Frederick H. Mueller, the US. Secretary ol Commerce, said toe Um.ea States must increabe Us exports b\ il least $3,000 million a year soon as possible" a.s Due ol means of solving me potd-dollM problem.
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  • 12 2 OTTAWA: Canada's ao:nesuc exports were valued m $tIZ,IOOjdOO m October.
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  • 50 2 AKRON. Thurs. Cio*i ea Tyre anc; Rubber Compa nas reduced prices of son:'- ol ii.s truck iyres by 7'j per Dent, effective today. The reductions were BUdi bring the company.- publish* prices more m line with acl <■ selling prices at retail leVßli the company suid. i
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 79 2 BARBER U* R«i«.ttSTC M sTfa«TS N; ,«S^ J O«VIUE m »»«rt rAC T U^ FERN-VILLE FAR E A:>1 f H r M0 BARBER-FERN-Vn.^, "ft T.: NEW YOM. lOSION. Ss3tt"*»J«|f" HARRISONS A CB ®f"n,FofHl HARRISONS CROSFIEI-D ISTHMIAN E Spore p Dec Steel Hem Ir Pert/12 Oec 7i DeC I# Suzanne IT/IS
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  • 168 3 A new home for wayward youth is fast going up m the heart of out-of-the-way squatter area SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. A new modern reformative training centre is going up m the heart of a cleared-up squatter area at Ulu Bedok, off the 6k milestone, Changi
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  • 170 3 He is drama's 'Jack of all trades' after 28 years in the business VOW nearly twenty-eight years Mr. Gopalan Nair has been a keen studeni of arl Now at 36. he Is weU-kiiown as a pair.ter. photographer. make-up man, stage director and an expert costume maker. The sole proprietor ol
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  • 91 3 6 FROM NANYANG TO STUDY AT SHELL LAB SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. Six third-year chemistry students from Nanyang University are bring attached to the Shell Company of Singapore's central laboratory at Kallang during their long vacation to do practical work Three batches The six have been split into three batches of
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  • 31 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman said that expatriate officers were still being employed m the public services because Malaya -wants them and needs thenhelp.'*
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  • 111 3 npiOXG BAHRU, Thurs. J. Bicycle shops m the Hong Bahru Alexandra areas report a boom m the 30 cents-an-hour hire business. The customers are mostly schoolchildren on holiday. Said one dealer. Mr. Ong Chin Geok. ol Hong Bahru Road: '"I did
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  • 49 3 STAMFORD, Thurs. TheStamford Community Centre is to hold a '"Members Night" on Saturday at the St. John Ambulance Headquarters m j Beach Road. Tickets priced at $3 I (double or single) will be available at the door. Music will be provided by Rhythm Makers.
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  • 137 3 Xmas shopping! Save your loose change for the Rotary Club Cheer Fund. QUEENSTOWN. UNITS. The newly opened Buller Terrace community centre has big plans for the future. Its team leader is Mr. Lee Boon Chow, who was among the first batch of centre leaders to be
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 265 3 IR\DIO MALAYA Malayan stock exchange report; Medium Wave 476 metres TOO Time s i gn al, news; 7.15 short Wave- bJ mrtr«- 41 7 n*™^ The Singapore Six: 7.30 Calling Miori u^«". Tiflta dite I3(J on You: 8.00 Dewan ruayai: 8-1;j i4:»o kc/s.) from Time signal news; 1.40 UN. For
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  • 1355 4  -  Dr. J. GORSKY A man-made artery that gave life to a doomed leg By Continuing THE SOUL BARRIER the story of how science is rapidly breaking through the last great obstacle to a new miracle age of surgery. This report tells of remarkable
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 221 4 ii o nun j^ TT/^y OR NEVER!" /Jfkfl£7 That's what jTjf captioned this /^S^KF^/ •Hit Parade* iJxivJ^^J cartoon Cm you rum of A BETTER TtTLE? -If so, here's your chance to win a cash award by entering this week's 111 KAUi —and for the Film Fan, Pop Fan and Memory-Man
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    • 151 4 SOMETHING'S CHANCINC^r^Q-<l PAMMASTiI ?^>brin9s extra y J J'/ii*' p' i TJl^B TH« WQ W UO» E T EM UL» l<m SOLE AGENTS: THE EAST ASIATIC CO it SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPU» JDdSEIEJO!/ Bfßi^^ QUALITY FURNITU Dunlopillo Foam _J Rubber Mattress \IESRITfSS! Now Available on /^^Ti Hire Purchase I'| jui from $15.00
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 464 4 CLUES ACROSS 2. City In which to get oneself BMTiTMn^ I I* I lil TBB7* M T" M Tti^T* M 1 plastered? (5). B 1 BB 6 I P I P* I 3 IP! 5. It makes a noisy return (4). Bi»-J «-^J-«»^J-«J Lop-^JaMw^J 7. Brook to char (4). B
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  • Social and Club
    • 438 5 WUINIMLY GET-TOGETHER AT SERANGOON nice fun. ***** itIhe rmaJ i a v.v a Mistaken '.v n ing or „:t rhe and i re< ted t,»n hr> I UP mi a a ihe In m north Park. uith rrs stepping n the ehi itstaßes the
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    • 61 5 THIS forum today is certainly going to be an interesting, one: The Pan Pacific South-East Asian Women's Association is holding a forum on "What stimuli would encourage women to take on civic responsibility" at 5.45 p.m. at the Cultural Centre. Miss J. Robertson. :Mrs. Gillian Mills,
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    • 313 5 I HAVE read and heard about brides dressing m melting shades other than white on their wedding day. but it was the first, time I had seen a bride dressed differently and I've never seen anyone look more beautiful. She was a PINK
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 26 5 I J umalefe ronge of I n super 1 1 ROTAX I] Jl miliM I ike. \IHITH m •Din I ratea ■■'"UN V., f r,c em
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    • 158 5 X f means j p^j xiiiie r P~ 86, High Street, I 4 Singapore 6. Tel: *****. L i V wT Dress up with the newest and the latest m fashion fabrics specially imported for the I Festive season. II For day or night wear you II will appreciate the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 198 5 RIP KIRBY by John Prentice 6c Fred Dickenson w \JCNSCObS AHEM I I .^IY r%\OUT- I &7 YES, THANK YOU. I[ S? NELESS R2CL.' T BROUGHT HERE H*= POESN'T ANYWHERE. I MagtX MONA. 1...1 PON'T WELL, THEY'LL /V, /^J$«S*/ C<ffi?k K\OW^VHSgE"THi'3 "^a^ y >CJ SSEC7 /^SfcA KUOW WHETHER I BOTH
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  • 296 6 Atom-free zone in the Pacific TELLING THE I PEOPLE I IN MOSCOW Mr. Ni- kita Khrushchev triumphs and the Communist Chinese sip the cup of bitter defeat. The Communist world accepts the Russian analysis of the international situation, accepts the Russian theory of coexistence. But by no means has the
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  • 20 6 Ireland is a country m which the probable never happens and the impossible always does. John Pentland Mahaffey.
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  • 307 6 Churches in Malaya give $30,000 to World Refugee Year funds SINGAPORE CITY, Thursday. MALAYAN churches contributed $30,000 during World Refugee Year for the relief of refugees and displaced persons throughout Ihe world. The Rev. John Fleming of the Malayan Christian I Council disclosed this at the opening day of the
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  • 206 6 Banda leads African onslaught on 'sit tight' Welensky LONDON, Thurs.—Nyasaland African nationalist leader Dr. Hastings Banda yesterday spearheaded the African attack on the White governed Central African Federation with a "death to federation'" speech at the constitutional conference here. He was joined by two other African nationalists from Northern Rhodesia
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  • 176 6 Ayub backs Indonesian claim to West Irian Sukarno OANDUNG, Thurs. D "President Ayub Khan has expressed his support for the Indonesian struggle to get back West Irian. The Pakistani people are behind us m this struggle," President Sukarno told a rally of 100.000 people here yesterday after his State guest.
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  • 79 6 MIDNIGHT SWOOP: ILLICIT SAMSOO SEIZED SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. In a midnight swoop Special Branch men from the Customs seized 1,500 gallons of illicit samsoo. worth about $5,000, from an underground distillery m a squatter village off Braddell Heights. The liquor was m 23 earthen jars. It was dug up from
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  • 420 6 BORN today you have a deep social consciousness and you will always be the one to do a good deed when it is needed. You have the gift of the crusading pen and will always use it to good effect. The stars have given
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  • 685 6  -  TAY YONG WEE A GIRL MAY MARRY OUTSIDE HER RACE JUST TO DRAW ATTENTuu, By SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. MO PROBLEMS of organic or genetic nature arise m an inter-raciai marriage, but general findings show that there
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  • 128 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. Firms specialising m Him insurance have had an expensive time lately because of stars dying, falling ill or meeting with accidents, Time magazine reported. The death of Tyrone Power m the middle of "Solomon and Sheba" resulted m the biggest settlement
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 64 6 DRIVE DISAPPOINTMENT AWAY FOR X'MAS a ORDER wL y< *\^Mf' i DAY! V \j\-\±j We are definitely CT not the cheapest u\ But We Are The Best! /A 'wen i I J TAILORING COMPAQ Ns^r n (MM 24, Colcmon St Sin9<>P 0 I RICKWOOD CO LT B f Pocking ond
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  • 248 7 Record Xmas mail is expected Help postal workers call public mvi? n SINGAPORE CITY, Thursday. THE General Post Office m Singapore is expected to handle over 1,000,000 postcards, letters and parcels before Christmas Day a record for any year. From Nov. 5 to 24 alone, a total of 40,000 Christmas
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  • 103 7 Boy friend insisted so she wins photo prize MISS CHEONG WAI FONG, winner of The Free Press "Beginner of the Month" camera competition, would not have entered but for the insistence of her boy friend. Miss Cheong, 19, of Prince Charles Crescent, took up photography only eight months ago. She
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  • 173 7 HOSTESSES FROM CABARETS TAKE TIME OFF TO LEARN FOLK DANCING SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. American folk and square dancing has caught on with dance hostesses In Singapore, too. These hostesses, whose specialities are cha chas and mambos and the jive, have taken time off to learn this new dance. It has
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  • 103 7 XMAS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN AT SALVATION ARMY HOME PASIR PANJANG, Thurs. —A "Christmas" evening will be held at the Salvation Army children's home m Pasir Panjang tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. The superintendent of the home, Captain K.J. Spikin, said that guests at the function will be those who had helped
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  • 27 7 SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. More than 3,000 candidates are expected to sit for the third Government sponsored national language public examinations, m March next year.
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  • 37 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman announced m the House of Representatives that he has dropped his plans to try to settle the dispute between Indonesia and Holland over West Irian.
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  • 28 7 SINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. —The Singapore Cold Storage Social and Sports Club will hold a "variety night" at the Victoria Theatre tomor- row at 8 p.m.
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  • 30 7 MAKE YOUR XMAS TABLE GLOW You can make yo u r Christinas table glow by copying Ihe decorations, presented m full-colour, m Dccc m her HER WORLD— on sale now.
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  • 303 7  -  TAY YONG WEE BUKIT TIMAH By Thurs. rpHE University of A Malaya m Singapore Students' Union plans to set up a National Union of Singapore Students by June next year. This was revealed at a tea party to welcome members of the Social
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  • 55 7 SELETAR, Thurs. A five-foot barracuda was recently captured by members of the RAF Seletar Sub-Aqua Club during a deep-sea outing. The Seletar club's "frogmen" also caught several small sharks The club arranges underwater "trips" for its members regularly. The club here is a branch of the
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  • 86 7 YOUR DIARY TODAY Y.M.CA-: Billiards room open, 9 ajn.; Junior dept. open, 2 p.m.; table tennis practice, 2 p.m.; body building and weight lifting, 430 p.m.; lawn tennis, 4.30 p.m.; Junior judo class, 4.45 p.m.; Singapore Academy Fencers, 7.30 p.m.; Sceneshifters rehearsal, 8 p.m. y.W.CA. (Outram Road): Dressmaking. 11 a.m.;
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  • 28 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The Malayan Magic Circle will hold a dinner at the Peking Restaurant m the New World Amusement Park on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 35 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Pupils of a school In Kampong Jerai, Kedah, are to have a bridge rebuilt specially for them— so that they can get to school dry and on tim<
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • 284 8 OVER 50 photographers, experts and beginners attended the print clinic of the Photographic Society of Singapore m which the Free Press Beginner of the Month Photo Contest was judged. Led by ARPS Wan Yue Konj?. Ho Tat Senc. Au Thian Chor. Yip Cheong Fun and Wang
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    • 172 8 SUNNY IS THE TOP CRITIC WITH 'PAPA LOVES MAMA' OUR winning Amateur Critic is Sunny Gwee, 150-D. East Coast Road, Singapore 15. Sunny writes: "Papa Loves Mama" that's my choice of the current popular hits. I have chosen the version by Donald Peers and Janet Osborne on Columbia DO 4156.
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    • 75 8 TIERE'S another $10 to be won this week. Write down the name of a current hit and the artist you have heard singing it. If possible* give us the number too. It may be a big star, a group, or perhaps an orchestra. Whatever the case, we
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    • 427 8 SOMETHING differ- ent for Christmas? I have selected three records that are well above the average. CHORAL. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will give you Christmas m all its sacred beauty. "Silent Night" and "Come all ye faithful" are among the all-time favourites, but
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  • 153 8 SONG WRITER with a sense of humour Miss E. Mahe.s Deir, 27 Robin Road, Singapore 10. She wins two Philips EP discs with this last line to our verse Palms are swaying m the breeze The golden sands stretch far, But my heart has no
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    237 8  -  SUNNY GIAM By IF the first and second safaris of the Photographic Society of Singapore were a success, then you should have seen the third Held at Botanic Gardens last Sunday, it was a hilarious riot for 600 cameramen and women. Squad leaders had a busy time.
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  • 92 8 "THINKING AHEAD' is strictly a flash picture. Its tone quality is not bad. Weak point lies m the hand, and this adds considerable failure t© its composition. "Whose hand? Is someone pushing the chin?*' asked a member of the clinic. Furthermore, the hand
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  • 118 8 He took a prize photograph with his last exposure >TEW YORK, Thurs. I One of the year's great news pictures shot with the photographer's last sheet of film won the United Press International monthly news pictures contest. UPI executive editor Harold Blumenfeld announced the award. The picture, by Yasuki Nagoa
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    97 11  -  RONALD SUM CHANGI. Thurs .21, the scion of a Pathan ((rated U> Singapore from years ago, is heir to a strange a man inheriting it is nevertheless true." man. squr at six and a half was built In Bismillnh ml here from the Punjab c the turn of this
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  • 95 11 ST. JOHN'S CHIEF CALLS FOR IDEAS TO EXPAND ORGANISATION BUKIT PAN JANG. ThUTS. The organising secretary oi the St. John Ambulance anc. Brigade divisional body here. Mr. Pang Ah Lek. has called on the public for suggestions to expand the organisation. Mr. Pang made this call at a special meeting
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  • 195 11 Swaran Singh was once turned down— now he is the top cadet SINGAPORE CITY, Thursday. AX under-officer of the Victoria School Cadet Corps, Swaran Singh, who has left the school, is a shining example of a cadet with a will to reach the top. The Captain of the corps, Mr
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  • 218 11 This private badminton court is open to the public •QIGLAP, Thurs. Mr. C. B. Nair of 51, Aida Street, Opera Estate has built a badminton court m his house for use of residents here. Well-known as the first resident of the Estate, Mr. Nair is an active official of the
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  • 57 11 CHANGI, Thurs. Ng Kum Hong 16. a trainee life-guard of the Singapore Life Guard Corps, rescued a drowning student, Hui Ngok See, i 6, of Gan Eng Seng School, at Changi Point, over the weekend. Ngok See was given artificial respiration for sometime at the
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  • 74 11 'MISS SHAMROCK' NAMED AT CHANGI PICNIC CHANGI, Thurs. More than 100 people attended the Shamrock picnic organised by Messrs. G. Thamboo, Alex Alaggapan, Alice Lingam, and Anne Wong at Telok Paku, off Changi. Mr. S. R. Chandran was elected "Mr. Shamrock" and Miss Bhasthi won the "Miss Shamrock title. The
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  • 107 11 MRS. CHEANG TO HOLD A JUMBLE SALE FOR THE POOR CHANGI. Thurs. Mrs. L. V. Cheang will hold another jumble sale for the underprivileged children on Saturday, and hopes that it will be a success. She was very disappointed with last week's first jumble sale which was held at her
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  • 31 11 SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. —The Arts Council will hold its sixth annual general meeting at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at Amber Mansions (First Floor), 1A Orchard Road.
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  • 163 11 Cathedral group visits children's homes bat needs more members to expand its work QINGAPORE CITY. Thurs. The^ service O and social welfare group of Majlis Anglican a recently-formed organisation of St Andrew's Cathedral, has started visitine threp Singapore children's homes g -n?e group under the chairmanship of Mi^SrJila Hands, assisted
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  • 836 11 SERVICES CHATTER by SALLY DEAN AT Changi m 1934, Squadron Leader G. R. Podevin, who was Command Physical Fitness Officer, decided to make tests m secondary jungle using the air ere w equipment which was available The fact that Communist terrorists
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  • 184 11  - He could not find job on land so he turned to the sea and happily digs for living H.C. YEO By r«HANGI, Thur s.— Every day at Telok Paku brawny men may be seen m the sea digging for shells. The shells are their living. But only the fit can
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    • 190 11 It! to list December Beauty Specialist you FREE advice on nd make-up at m»i t.iMit \i sroiti UXGI POINT SINGAPORE "iiiiHiAiiiilliiiii BAZAAR now m full swing with o wide *^A5 GIFTS and Novelties both for young and old. TOYS, MODEL KITS, &HDDY BEARS, STATIONERY GIFT i and Tiony other valuable
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    • 14 11 Any bank will receive your donation to the 1960 Rotary Club Cheer Fund. J
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    • 195 11 BUSES AVAILABLE MR* CHARTER* i SPECIALLY FITTED FOR i 4 CHRISTMAS CAROLLING PARTIES 4 PICNICS AND OUTINGS i FESTIVALS ETC. J a Iso Frequent Buses From CAPITOL THEATRE To CHANGI BEACH for only 60 ets. Charter rates available from CHANGI BUS CO., LTD. j ji 200, Changi Road, Singapore-14. B
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  • 138 12 SCHOOLS' RUGBY FINAL: PERAK LUCKY TO HOLD JOHORE Perak 8 Johore 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Perak. the holders, were j lucky to hold Johore to a 8-8 draw m the final of the Federation's Inter-State Combined Schools rugby competition at the Merdeka Stadium last night. Perak were trailing 3-S with
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  • 92 12 Setia Java .">: Pulau Rukom 0. FAKRER PARK. ThUTS- Buang Hamid scared a hat-irick m the Youth Cup here yesterday. Then he got a fourth coal ana paved the way tor No. 5. seared by Ismail "Xormien Setia Java: Anwaii Shawal; Ahmad Basri Anwar
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  • 165 12 The Keppel Club's "B" Division winner KEPPEL. Thurs.— The Keppel Club December Medal Bogey attracted 37 entries. I Reid and T. Dixon, who tied m "A" Division, will playoff this Saturday to decide the winner. A Division Ball Sweep winners: Kst. Nine: Al Moody, 1. Reid, T. Dixon and J.
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  • 56 12 JALAN BESAR. Thurs~-The Marines, tail-enders with Darul Afiah m the SAFA Division one. pih up a grand fight to beat Maxwell S.C. 5-1 m this SAFA Senior Cuptie here yesterday. The scorers for Marines were Ali Johan (2), Awang Mai. Tahir Abu and a gift goal. Haron
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  • 110 12 ONG CHEW BEE IN TOP FORM TO BEAT MALAYA CHAMPION SINGAPORE CITY, Thurs. State singles champion Ong Chew Bee was m top form yesterday at YMCA. In a. Kliney Cup match he beat Sharin Osman, Malayan Malays champion, 6-3, 6-2. Singapore Chinese Recreation Club beat Malay Sports Association 5-1 m
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  • 75 12 The Blacks 9; S.C.C. *B 6. SINGAPORE PADANG. Thurs. All Blacks won with 14 men. Second-row forward David Kee tore his left ear m a set scrum after 13 minutes of play and Had to retire. It required four chesTne nippy Blacks were
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  • 42 12 Marines. .8; Schools. .1. FARRER PARK. Thurs.— Omar Mohd scored four goals m yesterday's Youth Cup match. It rained throughout. Other scorers: Osman Aman (2). Abdul Rahman Omar. Yunahar Ibrahim U>. Balan netted for Combined Schools.
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  • 681 12  -  ALLAN LEWIS H?AWI^iGIL^^SINGAPOR?S TRAINING TRACKS by BUKIT TIMAH 5.30 a.m. HE WILL BE HARD TO BEAT AFTER THIS BRILLIANT GALLOP RRANTAS (Ismail) did a brilliant gallop on D the heavy number two track this morning Starting from about the six at a steady pace, he
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  • 55 12 Federation sport KUALA LUMPUR. Rugby: Selangor Club bt. CoHege of Agriculture. Serdang, 26-8. Johore. Soccer: Malays bt. Geruda Hitam 5-1 at Segamat. Youth Club drew with Batu Anam 1-1 Hockey: Segamat Y.C. bt. Rest 3-1. Rugby: Sarawak Rangers drew with sth Dog Coy. R.M.P. 3-3 at J.B KUALA KANGSAR. Hockey
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  • 140 12 In a few words Birmingham m the semi-finals LONDON. Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: Birmingham City, entered semi-finals beating Bold Club. Copenhagen, 5-0. Anglo-Franco-Scottish Friendship League: Dundee beat Valenciennes (.France) 4-2. NEW YORK. Joey Giambra won a 10-round decision over Ralph (Tiger) Jones m a middleweight bout. CORNWALL. The South African Rugby
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  • 107 12 HOME IN TIME FOR TEA DAILY DOSE BY JEFFREY JAMES rE deadlock over which day Singapore play Malaya m a hockey international at Kuala Lumpur has been settled. They play on Sunday at 8 a.m. A second team international will be played on Saturday. I wonder why the associations did
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  • 76 12 Hat-trick for Awang Bakar Police 6; HMS Terror 1. THOMSON, Unas. Awang Bakar scored a hat-trick m the opening match of ilie Singapore Police invitation knoekom soccer competition. Other teams competing are RAF Tengah. RASC, RAT JICTDUg, Inshore Flotilla. 18 Royai Signals. 42 Commando. SMF. REME. RAPC. HMS Bulwark. HMS
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  • 83 12 PAYA LEBAR, Tliurs.— The Kramer troupe of four professional tennis players, Ashley Cooper, Andre Gimeno, Pancho Segura and Alex Olmedo, hact a brief stop over here at noon yesterday. They arrived from Saieon and left a hour later for Kuala Lumpur. They return tais morning for their
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  • 14 12 GET^LANG. Thurs- 42 Commoncios, Sembawang, beat Joyful Indians 5-2 m a soccer maun yesterday.
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  • 53 12 BRISBANE, Thurs. West Indies announced their team to meet Australia m the first Test which begins tomorrow. The team: Frank Worrell (captain), Gerry Alexander, Conrad Hunte, Cammie Smith, Garfield Sobers, Rohan Kanhai, Joe Solomon, Peter Lashley, Sonny Hamadhin, Alf Valentine and Wesley Hall. Lance Gibbs
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    • 17 12 Thousands of under privileged children need your help! Give generously to the 1960 Rotary Club Cheer Fund.
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