Singapore Standard, 1 February 1957

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    15 1 Singapore Standard Vol. VII. No. 213 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1957 12 PAGES 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Changes For The Better ln Education
    487 1 THE Singapore Government will establish an rlucation.il Advisory Council and a Schools Appeal '.tard m accordance with the recommendations made iv the AH Part/ Committee on Education, Mr. Chew twee Kee. Minster for Education, told the Standard 1 a special interview yesterday. In conjunction
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    Lock icon Commons Query On Expats'
    179 1 Commons Query On Expats' ONDOtJ Jan. ißcu- —Mr, bn Protumo, ader-Secretary, the B: tish Gov* uner n rea iy to use ,is good fices to secure »menl on coropwiion° terms f r British employees of the City C m ot Singapore if ere replaced by j en Mr im l
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    Lock icon Townsend Arrives In Ipoh
    40 1 Townsend Arrives In Ipoh j^B Group m ["ownsend arcr lrx)h fr rr P If ■> > Kua Lv pur. r n end on woi r r i hia ive Lane R er. an ived m Ma aft-r his last si >p in
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    67 1 PENANG, Thurs. The n jyor ol the i ity f George Town. .Mr. G. H. Goh. told Counci lors at a •»rc' ing yesterday that he had received congratulatory message from the city of George Town, Texas, U S.A.. op. the icasion of the centenary elebrations. The
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    Lock icon Just 'Diy' This Cat
    250 1 She's Out For A Big Top Career COME down that tree, Begum! If you think you're going up there, you're just a crazy mix-ed-up cat. Begum is twenty-one months old and as handsome a tigress as you could take for a walk. She ts not m
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    Lock icon RAIN SPOILS FUN
    363 1 SHOWERS DRENCH NEW YEAR CROWDS Seventy Traffic Accidents Reported RAIN m Singapore yesterday afternoon dampened much of the fun and gaiety for thousands of Chinese celebrating the New Year. sobering cspcct. Severity i r c*fic Occidents *f€T9 ]y midnight There v\ere no deaths, how>¥ef Fine weather earlier
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    Lock icon Ike Gives King Saud A Pledge
    170 1 Nothing To Fear From U.S. WASHINGTON Jan. 31 (Reuter)— President Eisenhower told King Saud of Saudi Arabia yesterday, that he had nothing to tear and much to gain from j United States proposals to defend the ."Middle East j against Communist subversion and aggression.
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    Lock icon For Dulles Complete Backing
    124 1 For Dulles Complete Backing WASHINGTON, Jan 31. (Reuter). President Elsenhowever told bifl Pres., conference today that United State.- foreign policies had his approval from top to bottom despite Democratic attacks on his Secretary of State, Mr. John Foster Duller The President stood by a statement he made at a Press
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    Lock icon 73rd BIRTHDAY
    31 1 PROFESSOR Theodor li j1 Wesl Germany yesterday elebrated his 73rd birthday auietly at fads official residence m Bonn, the Villa Hammarschmidl on the bank of the Rhine River. Reuter
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    Lock icon SPIES' JAILED
    31 1 FOUR Czechoslovak employees ol the Belgian Legation m Prague have been sentenced to jail terms of 10 to H (1 years en charges of spying for the West.— (Reuter)
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    Lock icon Britain's A-Subs For Trials
    100 1 Britain's A-Subs For Trials LONDON. Jan. 31 I Reuter V Britain is to mstal atomic power m a submarine and give it extensive sea-coins i trials. Mr. Thomas Galbraith i Civil Lord of the Admiralty told the House of Commons yesterday;. Mr. Galbraith .said scientists and naval officers serving at
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    Lock icon Fighting At Aden Border
    69 1 Fighting At Aden Border ADEN. Jan. .Tl (Reuter An official communique here today reported "desultory righting" near the Aden protectorate's border with Yemen. The communique said: "A government guard post at Jih.af. west of Dhala was sniped at. "In the Dhala area routine patrolling continues. "In the Nejd Maiser area
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    Lock icon Invitation Accepted
    45 1 M\NTLA. Jan 31 'Reuter) Mr. J V. Cruz. Press Secretary of the Philippine President. Mr. Ramon Mag.-ay-sav. has accepted an official invitation to visit the Federation of Malaya and Singapore from Feb. 7 to Feb. 15. Three Philippine reporters will accompany Mr. Cruz
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    Lock icon Worlds Smallest Man Wins Suit
    157 1 LONDON. Jan. 31 (Reuter) —A 30-inch tail midget "the world's .-'rarest man' and his yard-high wife, who were injured w ~en a circus e.ophant si impeded, were awarded £3,410 sterling damages with costs m the High Court here yesterday. The midgets. 62-year-old Mr. Henry Behrens
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    Lock icon Help New Dominions, Urges Times
    159 1 Help New Dominions, Urges Times LONDON. Jan. 31 (Reuter) The Times today Cdi'cd for measures to ensure \n'r>.' some of the colonies now reaching dominion status receive administrative, technical and financial facilities they still required from Britain ■Tnr Br ano" immediate need, to supply particular vices to Malaya and Ghana.'
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    Lock icon 300 Rebels Sack Pegu. 15 Slain
    119 1 300 Rebels Sack Pegu. 15 Slain RANGOON, Jan. 31 (Reuter) An official source said over 300 Karen ano Communist rebels launched a surprise attack on Pegu. 45 miles to the north, iron; several directions. At Least 15 persons, mcli ling some policemen were killed The rebel? concentrated their fire on
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    Lock icon Unhappy Day For 23
    89 1 Unhappy Day For 23 TWENTY-THREE people vc. terda enl a verj unhappy Chinese new >ear. Thei ittap bouse m Aled B 1 was gutted by w hich yed ail be) ■jar rtly relieved to flying sparks en stove c Tan t at 1 c time r peop 1 c three
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    Lock icon HOLDER TO BE THE NEW A.O.C.
    45 1 Ul r P O H D rectoc the wi i ie- c E ton m I > r A O.C Roi al ore. on, New I thaj S€i c for flight m a ght ail a to New Zealai back
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    Lock icon $85,000 GRANT FOR POLYTECHNIC
    130 1 THE Singapore Polytechnic wfl receive 885,000 worth of technical assistance from the New Zealand Government under the Colombo Plan, Mr. Chew Swee Kee, Minister for Education, fold the Standard yester- 1 day. Thi<; Is now the third Commonwealth country to come to the aid of the
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    Lock icon LEAFLET RAID
    28 1 WAVES' of Nationalist planes dropped millions of anti Communist propaganda leaflets over many provinces of Communist China on Wednesday night eve of Chinese New Year. Reuter
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    Lock icon FLOODS HIT VIRGINIA
    31 1 Nf YORK, Jan. II I fcr') Eleven people were and the m Is rrr r r as floods swept large areas of Kentucky, Virginia. West Virginia and Tenne;
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    Lock icon MISADVENTURE
    62 2 A VERDICT of misadven- i tire was returned yesterday j by a Singapore Coroner. Air. Giam Chon<j Hins?. at the inquest into the death of N^iam Keng Yce. 44, a cook on board the m v Tanjons Üban. who was fourr! dead m a car. parked m a -ide-
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE CENSUS IS SET FOR JUNE, 1957
    917 2  -  TERRY PILLAY By SOME TIME m June probably around the middle of the month, 14 importtnt questions are going to be asked of YOI T and every other adult inhabitant ot Singapore. Th.ir is. i£ you are lucky. If you are not. and
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    Lock icon $80,000 SEASIDE PARK IS OPENED
    153 2 THE people of Pasir Panjane;. Singapore received a Chinese New Year gift yesterday when an •580,000 seaside park was declared open by a member of the Rural Board. Mr. H. J. C. Kualasingha. "I want the Chinese people m Pasir Pan.iang to come to the
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    Lock icon Her Reward For 3 Sleepless Weeks
    104 2 THREE weeks of sleepless nights earned a 14--year-old, New Zealand schoolgirl. Miss Diane Smith, a trip around the world. For that was the time Miss Smith took to colouring a drawing for a tea company m her country. It was selected the winner. Miss
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    Lock icon All-Out Campaign For Votes Over Chinese New Year
    300 2 All-Out Campaign For Votes Over Chinese New Year BUKIT IMERTAJAM, Thurs.— Political parties and independents, contesting m both the Rural District Council elections m the Central and South Districts of Province Wellesley are going all out m their campaigning over the Chinese New Year holidays. The Alliance^ is contesting for
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    Lock icon HOLLYWOOD'S QUIET COUPLE:? BILL AND! BRENDA HOLDEN
    240 2 HOLLYWOOD'S QUIET COUPLE:? BILL AND! BRENDA HOLDEN BEAUTIFUL Brenda Marshall (Mrs. William Holden) says she and lirr hurband are one of •Hollywood's quiet couples". Spraking on arrival m Singapore wilh her husband on Wednesday, the Jnrmer actress, however, admitted that they "do have a swimming pool". "But m Hollywood, we
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    Lock icon S'PORE GOVT. SEEKS LINGUISTS
    76 2 S'PORE GOVT. SEEKS LINGUISTS THE Singapore Government is now oking for competent interpreters oi Eng I Mandarin and for simultaneous oral tr of speeches m the Legislative Assembly. A select comm lb c o r tbs Assembly is now I possibilities ol implei enting 'he re^olu'rn of the r r
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    Lock icon Busy 3 Years Comes To A Close Soon
    355 2 BETTY FISKE SA VS FAREWELL THREE years of philanthropic, social and sports activities m Singapore will be among the most vivid memories Mrs. Betty Fiske will take with her when she leaves for England for cood next month. She will sail m
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    Lock icon Debating Team To Be Formed
    89 2 Debating Team To Be Formed THE Study Group Movement announced yesterday that it is forming a 'Singapore debating team to stimulate an interest m debating m schools and ether institutions. Those interested In the art of public speaking and who arc- willing to become active members of the team are
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    Lock icon Mentri Pays Official Visit
    36 2 KUALA TRENGGANU Thur.s. The Mentri Besar of Ticnaganu. Enche Kamaruddin bin Haji Idris. yesterday paid an official visit to Kuala Eerang. captial of Ulu Trengganu district, to attend the penghulu^ monthly conference.
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    Lock icon BACK AFTER VISIT TO FRANCE
    105 2 BACK AFTER VISIT TO FRANCE MR. P. Lignon. managing director of A. Cased Co.. (M) Ltd.. who returned to Singapore on Wednesday night after a short trip to Europe. In France. Mr. Lignon visited Messrs. Bisquit Dubouche Cie. at Jarnao on the banks of the River Charente. who have their
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    Lock icon Malays To Meet Today
    36 2 N p c i eet 'the effect v Unii n part icipal jcenl i Liar n C tical stat 1 local I iss a M ihat c O the i r tal
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    58 2 For Varsity TllY Ui M a tyi has te -r grant i trc th« F ion to J ti F t aa. r Ia 1 i n of I Lecturer In 1 T ed for I r 1 1 <- 1 I Sj i be paid 1 another aspect
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    30 2 'PAI Bl i I nighl o 5J Sti o. jjed 78 rhel o rtejK eav< i r r, foi Buk.* Brown cemetery on J Sund y. Feb. 2 pai
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    Lock icon R.A.C. Chief Here On Visit
    53 2 MAJOR GENERAL H R. B Foo:e. Director oi the Royal Armoured Corps, arrived In Singapore m Wedne day on a 18-day visit of the far East Land Forci Major General Foote will visit units m the Colony, the Federation and Hongkong before returning to Britain
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    Lock icon CHINESE NEW YEAR TREAT FOR A NEW VILLAGE
    78 3 OFFICERS and men of New Year treat. Above: a Salak South RAF Station. Kuala Lum- Besides the traditional New Village girl receives pur. on Wednesday gave ang .P° ws the villagers an "ang pow" from a re,udm mm****** s,i,tr Sn„»v, we J
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    Lock icon Chinese Muslims Plan To Settle Down In Johore
    186 3 Chinese Muslims Plan To Settle Down In Johore JOHORE BAHRU. Thurs. —Four hundred Chinese Muslim families from Singapore and the Fcdera:ion are prepared to settle down m Johore. Haji Musa Ma, Chinese Muslim Religious Officer of the Johore Govern- 100-Acre Site Sought For 400 Families ment, told the Standard today.
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    Lock icon She Claims Support For Self. Child
    131 3 She Claims Support For Self. Child MALACCA. Thurs. Ngim Khek Yong, a clerk, claiming' maintenance for herself and child :old the magistrate here she was prepared to resume marital rela:.; ns with her husband at any time. Ngim, claiming $150 a month from Michael Ante, a salesman, said th( v
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    61 3 PENANG, Th irs Restriein the use ot industrial power will be re noved "ow. while time m tion with hired apparatus arr being with_is was the i eply tabled at City Coun* il me< ting wer to Mr A. Sabapathy, wanted to kr. v tether L
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    Lock icon Non-Muslims Must Not Co Free, 1f.,.
    157 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— Non-Muslims found m •'retirement with and m suspicious proximity to Muslim girls" should be punished, an Islamic Code revision committee here ruled today. Headed by the chief of the Selangor Religious Affairs Department Tuan Haji Paten Akhir. the committee abo held
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    Lock icon Delegation Gets Results
    73 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— A delegation ol Government temporary officers yesterday met the Education Minister, Dato Abdul Razak, here and proteste I against the "preposterous" Pi lice regulation for in_ temporary clerks with private school certificates to sit tor Form Four examinations even utter eight years' service. The
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    Lock icon DRUGS CHARGE
    23 3 PRESIDENT i I the Sessions C rt. Mr. K. Somasundaram, luitted a hosai Rajah. possession of Irugs wit! >ut a licence.
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    171 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Municipal Council was on Tuesday urged to create a subcommittee to vet applications for summons for offences against its bylaws, to protect the public from arbitrary action of petty bureaucrats. Alliance Councillor, Raja Mohamed bin Raja Allang declared that
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    Lock icon Mentri Besar Lauds SWEC
    68 3 ALOR STAR. Thurs. The Mentri Besar of Kedah, Tengku Ismail b:n Tcngku Yahya yesterday told a meeting of the Circle War Executive Committee of South Kedah£ "The South Kcctah State War Executive Committee has done an excellent job m deal-_ ing with Emergency Problems' m the
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    23 3 THE Sultan of Pahang this week completed a week's visit to the Bentong district during which he toured many remote kampongs.
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    Lock icon FAREWELL FOR STATE SECRETARY
    59 3  -  j, T n,-. r R-irhanuddin of Selangor, State Secretary (seated sixth from left) was entertained to a fareinte **»Z**gJ^ Eastern Hotel, Kuala Lumpur recently. Tunku Mohamed will be succeeded EncL P AMuI Jamil to Abdul Rais, (seated sth from left). The Tunku will take up the
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    Lock icon Shortage Of Funds Crimps Penang Welfare Aid
    270 3 Shortage Of Funds Crimps Penang Welfare Aid PENANG, Thurs. Because there was not enough money, the Social Welfare Department was, last year, forced to give only minimum assistance to only the most deserving cases. This was disclosed by the Social Welfare Officer, Mr. Goon Sem Sye. m his annual report
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    Lock icon Man Pleads The Unwritten Law And Escapes Noose
    139 3 MUAR, Thurs.— lbrahim bin Abdullah, 22, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment by Mr. Josticc Shepherd m the Muar High Court recently, ior killing Talib bin Yusof at Eng Kee Estate, Tangkak, on Aug 15 last year. The court found him guilty
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    Lock icon 1,000 Seek Entry To University
    87 3 1,000 Seek Entry To University MORE than 1 .HOO students have applied lor admission into the University of .Malaya for the new academic vc, i leginning m September, the Registrar. Mr. Maurice Brown, told the Standard yesterday. Mr. Brown said the number that will be placed eventual will depend on
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    34 3 BUTTERWORTH. Tr. rs —A fun fair during the Chinese New Year season is being he rj at Kampong Java here by the Province WeHesley Labour Party, m aid of its building fund.
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    212 3 Penang City Council No Multi Lingualism PENANG. Thurs.— lf Chinese and Tamil were used as official languages m the City Council, beside; Malay and English, it would take four times the length oi time to conclude any meeting. Mr. P- U. David. (Labour! stated this at the City Council meeting
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    48 3 KLAXG. Thurs— The Muslim College has set up a translation bureau for transcribing, m Malay, scientific and technical books of English and Arabic origin. The College secretary. Inche Dzu'kifiv Mohamed. told the Standard that the bureau would also do research into Malay proverbs, literature and legend.
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    47 4 THE (oUowins were elected office-bearers of the Women's Section ol the British European Association, Singapore. Chairman lira. A.D. Williamson; Secretary Mrs. P. Hamoson: Committee Mrs a. Gilmour, Mrs. a. i Thorne, Mrs. TEA. Baird. Mrs. J. N Lockerbie and Mrs. R.B. Mumtord i 1
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    213 4 Girl 8, Tied Up Wth Dog's Chain Deities Say It's Way To Rid Spirits PENANG, Thurs. An eight-year-old girl was chained with a dog's chain round the ankle by her mother, who had consulted temple deities and* had been told that some evil spirits were trying to lead her daughter
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    41 4 Standardpic by_ MISS LoretU Frankford. eldest daughter of Mr. .and Mrs. L.J. Frankford of Kuala Lumpur blows the candles out on her key-shape birthday cake at her 21st birthday party held at the Kuala Lumpur Air Port Restaurant. Yong
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    157 4 KLALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Federation will have to reorient immediately its*agriculturaa policy and co-operative development on the Indian pattern, Agriculture" Minister Aziz bin Ishak declared yesterday on return from New Delhi. "Otherwise, we w never set quick results like India, where Government officials
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    53 4 A COMEDY m three languages. Tamil, Hindi and English, will be staged on Saturday at 8 p.m. at the Beatty Secondary School The play, which includes music and dancing, is •being presented by the students of the Singapore Netaji Hindi High School for the benefit to
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    178 4 NO CENTENARY SNUB SAYS PENANG PENANG, Thurs. An investigation has been made into allegations" by some Kuala Lumpur' Municipal Councillors who said they were disappointed over the official recept- ion accorded them during the centenary celebration visit. A written answer to Mr. A Balakrishnan's question, tabl- ed at the Uity
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    122 4 K.L. To Foot The Bill KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs.— The Municipal Council Is ••confidentially" working out a compensation scheme for its expatriate officers through its Establishment Committee. The committee's recommendations, m pink confidential files, were circulated to Councillors before their monthly meeting on Tuesday. Asked by Miss Gunn Chit Wha (Alliance)
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    276 5 Servicemen Are Considered Fair Game Bu All 'EVERY TYPE OF PERVERSITY IS OFFERED IN JAPAN' ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. U (AP)— A vivid description was ottered here of the kind oi Irish-pressure competition encountered by Christian morality around some overseas U.S. military bases. A report of
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    112 5 A SKIRT WITH PANELS This short evening ilross of black and white organza features a large skirt with panels and is one of the creations from the Rome fashion house of Carosa. (AP.) BRILLIANT YELLOW SATIN A P. WHITE faille forms this huge bow called "verso
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    119 5 LONDON. Jan. 31 (IT)— lron curtain experts re ported \c^terdav that Russia was cutting back the size •1 the miliion-nian satellite armies, apparently for fear some of R le A- I DO attemp- to re- ing v Lan army to the strength it
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    51 5 High Kicks At House Of Lords I >NDON, Jan iter) hundred Members of Par', i Peers, m ;he stately surroundings of a House of Lords committee 1 intily-clad, Th< monstration of a method of ision be introduced tain Millions of oth A it Bra show on I leir I --ai
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    30 5 PARIS fßeuter) i age piled up -bins m Paris m< day as stayed away froi for the second successive c dustmen are es and "dirtj j
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    31 5 :OSIA Tan UP 1 Greek CyDri taxi who was sitting m a h p tn the main street hr kiilin a C Cvnriot m Kj i
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    65 5 LONDON' SI •Et —An inque I i yestei mcd a verdict of a< idde ith on four i rev* bers killed when a Vulcan at London Airi at 1 t coroner said it must 'oc plain that no person Cpnne nth the plane or the
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    Lock icon Lanza Sued For $70,000
    58 5 LOS ANGELES, Jan. SI. \p taxi driver yester- Mario Lanza for US$7O 00 1 damagi alleging singer was driving »us Indiffi rence :ng circumstan- day night Seyn ir E Maslow, 32, assuffi n d head, back tnjurii when his and Lanza's car collided. also a free-lance
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    Lock icon THE DUKE SHOOTS A 13-FOOT CROCODILE
    102 5 BATHURBT, Gambia. Jan. 31 (Reuter). The Duke oi Edinburgh yesterday journeyed up the Gambia River— iirst Prince to do bo ior more than tour centuries and shot a 13-100, crocodile. The Bolong region, where he inspected agricultural developments, abounds m crocodiles, alligators and rare
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    45 5 Paris. Jan. 31 (Reuter)— Bolivian who threw a stone at Leonardo Da Vinci's famous portrait ol the Mona Li.sa vi the Louvre Gallery here has been found "completer! Insane" by a psychiatrist and will not be prosecuted, it was announced yesterday.
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    76 5 NEW YORK. Jan. 31 (AP) —Ernest Hemingway and hia wile. Mary, arrived here yesterday on the French liner He de France and told newsmen there is "no bad feeling" against Americans m France. The autnor, who has been m France and Spain since September, is scheduled
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    70 5 WINNIPEG, Jan 31 (AP>- Bristol Britannia long-range airliner, called the "Whi Ing Giant." landed at Winnipeg's Stevenson Field yesterday. 10 hours and 52 rninuti after si art ins its nonflight from PrestwicK, Scotland. It established an ma igura rommcrcial mark for a flight
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    51 5 POONA. Jan. 31 < Renter > Marshal Zhukov. Soviet Defence Minister, said here yesterday it India and Russia Stand united there would bf no occasion tor any future world war." lie was speaking at a banquet given by officers and cadets of the National Defence
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    122 5 HEW YORK. Jan. U I \p)_(, corse Metesky. 54. New York s "mad bomber" V M indicted by a grand jury yesterday on 47 counts, including seven counts of attempted murder. If convicted on all counts, he could face a possible sentence of 815
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    165 5 ELOPING HEIRESS ON MERRY CHASE CU DAI) TRI.JILLO. Lan H (UP) A 17-year-old British heiress >esterday was ducking pursuing detectives hired by her mother j after her elopement >es- j terday from Nassau to j marry a socialite New York interior decorator. Sh<-> i- Fredericks Slgrist, who La to Inherit
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    168 5 OIL FOR EUROPE WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Reuter)— United States officials said last night they might have to resort to rederal Government action to step up urgently-need-ed crude oil shipments to Europe. There were important limitations to this.' they said, Washington had no newer over state
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    84 5 English Ale Goes By Air To Grace fcSIKAU.MjIm.VI. Ll I r Jan. 31 (Reuter)— An Eng brewery here yesterday sent two eaaea or pale ale to Princess Grace Of Monaco "m view of the advice from her doctor." "The ale Is a a pokesman fOX the bm nil "We notice
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    59 5 VIENNA, Jan. B Hungarian units today again violated thi tntegi ty I I the Austrian border, tt wa; officially reported here. The report said thai ndorf arid i.. nberi tri ts, Hungariai uorder I opened tire on two lelugees. who had all i a bed Aust rian
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      532 6 Federation Chief Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, m wishing Malayan Chinese a happy and prosperous new year, touched on a Malayan characteristic winch la dear to everyone ln this country wtten lie said. "This spirit of enjoyIn? other people s big days is a trait and characteristic of
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      391 6 f)NCE iga iiscomfitur< an 1 chagrin of the critics Britain and the United S have provided evidence of the full partnership which exists between the two countries. The A:: rican Government's agreem nt to enter into a new arrangement with the British to pool mi ton guided missiles
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    1144 6 *TRAVEL figures for last A year, just issued by the French Tourist Office, show that France still fulfils her traditional role as the Horld's favourite playground Foreign visitors m 195 1 totalled 1b.500.000 (that is. almost one to every three inhabitants) and of these M. Andre Boucoiran, Director
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    228 6 Sir; TIM Central Pro- than two In the bush" vtdent Fund may prove and therefore the fear of advantageous to older money-inflation, etc. may workers, but it is not a cause contributors to lose r r i scheme for younger faith ln the scheme. So workers especially,
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    195 6 Sir; Inche Yahya bin Abdul Razak. the Chairman of the Associated Malay Chambers of Commerce of Malaya was obviously commenting on my speech made at Ipoh on the 19th Instant when I addressed a public meeting. Inche Yahya accuses me of oojecting to special privileges for the
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    337 6 Sir; Tie article headed "H c Replanting: A Sorry Re I In Negri" on page four cf your issue of January 24 baa caused considerao'e confusion m certain quarters 1 must ask you to publish m r.:.!. the relevant paragraph from my report. "'lnterest m acquiring new land
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    116 6 we the PEOPLE the English dailies were necessarily brief they confirm what I have set out above. It Is to be regretted that Ihche Yahya did not check his facts before levelling his attack on me. With what I said I do not think even Inche Yahya can feel annoyed.
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    183 6 Sir; I would refer to the comments regarding posting boxes m the Geylang area which appeared m the Singapore Standard of the 29th January, 1957. under the caption "The News as it Strikes Me." The true position Is that at present there are four posting boxes on Geylang
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    722 6  - Kenya starts war on a new enemy Gordon Maclean by NAIROBI KENYA is hunting a new enemy, very different from the Mau Mau outlaws who once sheltered m the Mount Kenya forests and the thick bamboo clothing the Aberdare Mountains. The hunt is for big game poachers who are decimating
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    68 6 "FROM Bcientiflc rrr* oi is Interest ins to sec thai a isl y's r s < one c of dog-] per r 1 a f( s C f r rvv 'Or weight, the U not n tisisting mail < niai -pt can. butter. a sniff cf
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    61 7 ruiian Premier JawaharNeaora geei bate the t of tatiatga SS be dances in-arm with aboriginal belles m a folk dance. V ru was i-iiin^ the Talk i i Gardens where troupes from all o\°r India a ere sUi>in,' lur the c 1> i > ceremonies. The gUi
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    175 7 'WHOLESALE KILLER' HELD IN NICOSIA More Than A Dozen Shot Dead In 'Murder Mile NICOSIA, Jan. 31 (AP)— Police arrested a former newspaper reporter and accused him yesterday ot being the wholesale killer of Nicosia's "Murder Mile." More than l dozen persons have been shot dead m the area along
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    367 7 Rich Uranium Find In N.Z. UCKLAND, Jan 31 (AP) The New Zealand Mines r^partment announced last nijrht rich uranium reserves \V_,0.000.000 have been discovered m the ragged Buller I Ami ri •m »n--aid to be lnt< i est•d The announcem 'nt implt s register twi Der cent ur mium
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    67 7 MEXICO CITY. Jan. SI (AP)— The Mexican moTing picture Industry plans to eliminate nudes from 1957 pictures and probably cut back on general production. The producers' association was told at a meeting that the Banco Nacional Cinematografico, which helps finance movies, has said it
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    101 7 Britain Wants UN In Gaza Secret iry S I iid last night that Brii\ irs Un.tr d Nati< ns tra:ion tl Ga r i Q v I I QUestlon m the H of C Llo: d said: "We h.. b an mon than r: n this t an i m-
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    24 7 THE SO nation executive board of the UN Children. Fund (UNICEF) has elected Mahmood Shafquat of Pakistan as its 1957 chairman.— A. P.
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    219 7 Kashmir Dispute May Lead To C 'wealth Break By India Relations With Britain Now At Lowest Ebb LONDON, Jan. I! (AF). The Kashmir dispute has plunged India's family relations wilh Britain to then lowest le\ci since this country -ranted the Indian sub-con-linent independence 10 years I -Tx issue i: 1
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    56 7 NEW YORK. Jan. SI 'UP). Foreign films grossed more than ussio million m the United St. -s during 1956 With Mexico leading be list, Variety, the show busint iS weekly estimated yesto rday. Britain was fourth on the Ust and Japan .sixth Russia placed ahead of
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    22 7 AN EGYPTIAN General Federation of Labour wa.s formed m Egypt on Wednesday the first of its kind m Egypt. A.P.
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    86 7 POR v SAID, Jan. SI (AP) —A pontoon sank In 'he Suez Canal yesterday after a c illision with the Dutch crane Havik, a spokesman r the un. salvage Beet reported. "This bl Ingi me more wn ck to be lifted from the canal by^i ur
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    91 7 Another Call For U.N. Troops UNITED NATIONS. Jan 31 (AP). Pakistan urged the UN. Security Council again yesterday to send a U.N. force to Ka hmir, demilitarise that disputed state and hold a plebiscite on i s political future Pakistan Foreign Minister Malik FiTOS Khan Noon .said. "Any delay m
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    123 7 US Intervention In M-E WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (AP) The House of Kcprcsentatives yesterday voted overwhelmingly to {jive President Eisenhower power to use American military force and money to block Communist aggression m the Middle East. it passed and sent to the Senate a
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    75 7 Probe Into Labour Corruption WASHINGTON. Jan 31 (AP)— The U.S. Senate by unanimous voice vote yesterday na.-sed a resolution authorising a nationwide U*****,000 Senate investigation ot alleged racketeering m labour unions and industry. The measure creates a special eight-member committee to conduct the yearlong Inquiry. Senate leaders did not Immediately
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    64 7 NLW YORK. Jan 31 (AP). A etoyear-Old man wanted lor questioning m the triple slaying ol teen-aged Chicago brothers 15 mon hs ago was arrested at Idlowild Airport yesterday as he stepped off a plane from Amsterdam The man was Identified as William Rexford Brooxe. Who whs
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    54 7 NEW DEL, lil, Jan. II i ter) Inciiarr £-..1 ever the cc ..ence for tWO minutes: ye 'err v to the ninth anniversary of the asaaarinatioii of Mahatma Gandhi TA.r g o'-rerved as "Martyr D f li om of those m the itr igg i I
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    32 7 THOUSANDS of people fled from their homes m parts of Kentu :ky Tennes Wt Virginia d.. We Ines lay nighl b ri -x. i Irenching rain stoi wed their banks. Reuter
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    165 7 UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 31 (AP) The Unitet States last night urged Egypt and Israel to accept moderately-worded proposal opening the door lor an eventual settlement of the Israeli Egyptian impasse. Diplomatic sources said the I plan, written chiefly by Canadian Foreign
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    131 7 No Toasts For King Saud WASHINGTON. Jan 31 (AP>. King Saud oi Saudi Arabia was honoured last night with a formal dinner that minus the toast! usuallj exchanged on such diplomaticoccasions. The White House at first announced that toasts would be exchanged between President Eisenhower and Saud fruit juices m
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    88 7 JOAN COLLINS has so BUUaj trp ratal lately that j 5 it's difficult to keep track of them J She'll be seen dressed like this m Danyl F. Z-anuck I t Z "Island In The Sun." filmed m colour m thr British 5 West Indies recently
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    105 7 WASHINGTON, Jan. :;i (AP)— The IS. Navy told Congress \csterday it expects to be operating essentially an all-nuclear powered fleet by about 1970. Admit v igh A B i Chief Navi Operations, le the for Xi S Comm He reminded the Congrcw men that th.
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    80 7 Moscow J reefer) Tv. I ant military i M c rw havi r> i n a ke< I th< Boviel Union I E news raerj eaafl jfj ir« d a v Minisb i B. Patoll I rday amm i I the American Amba.-sad' r
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    160 7 RUSSIA'S AGENT ARRESTED' Espionage In Sweden M(>( KHOI.M Jan H AP Sweden lmounred yestrrdaj th« arret.! of a Turkish citizen on charge* of "grand espionace and conspirat foi Brand espionage" m ta\our nf a foreign country "which is mU l urke > See v n ffl lals said Vv inlng
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    41 7 Envoy Is Battered To Death RID. Jan. 31 \T Mar Wan; a nalist Spa War II a P Madrid polio In- i wa 'ap- j by a v f the dip! motive for irenU: *as I student i amount of money
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    39 7 MELBOURNE 4 I One hurr j i c.--v luit work i I „w of 103 r I The temperatui nearly ab m« bourn( Janrag i i sands r pt nt thi eej on the .-and
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    189 9 Canada's Exports Top Record CANADA'S exports of news- wheat and oil rose; sharply tai the "first eleven months of 1956 and total exporti reached an all-time re--rd. the Bureau of Statistics :-;r-rted m Ottawa. 3.:: total imports exceeded t exports. N'e-.vsprint exports for the >n-month period Increased Can. 54 j
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    16 9 1 honey frara Taanaalaa leatr.er\veo->. tree blossoms is m3<.og a name m Britain.
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    207 9 MOST major United states industries are likeIrv to enjoy continuing prosperity through the first six months of 1957, Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks said, m Washington. A- year-end rarrej of 25 Industries by :'r. 3 Commerce apartment's Business and yt-tence Serv.r;s Adminis- tratlon indicates that,
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    99 9 ANOTHER British export as innoui ?ed m n It is that ot the radio try. Last year, .-ays the Radio Industry uncil. rts of British ra i a equio- kinds rea "hed the figure yet £4 Thai is a Cl mi m the year and jarly
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    26 9 WORK has begun at Rum Jungle, m the Northern Territory, on *he construction of the Mffttt aclci Plant m any mining region In Australia.
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    346 9 Bid To Cut Down Costs ONE of S i n g a pore's leading brick and tile works, the Alexandra Brick Works Ltd. is now increasing its output m a bid to cut costs. Current production from this factory is 1,400.000 bricks and 100,000 tiles, a
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    151 9 A FIRM at Vlaardlnftn (the Netherlands) builds a small and handy racing-class sailing yacht, the hull of which is made of polyester resin reinforced with class fibre. As this hull is pressed from one piece, leakage is out of the question The boat requires no maintenance
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    962 9  - SOVIET BLOC TRADE RISES UP TO 85% IN THE RED ORBIT Stephen E. Schattmann By Fellow of Britain's Royal Statistical Society THE total volume of trade within the SovietChina bsoc was more than 2.5 times higher m 1955 than before the war, while its trade with the rest of the
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    138 9 New Freight And Tourist Aircraft BRITAIN'S growing BUCCeSI In civil aviation markets is to be followed up by a new venture the world's first pressurised freight and tourist coach aircraft. This is the A.W. 650 freightliner, to he built by Armstrong Whitworth. a memner of the Hawker Siddeley Group. This
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    46 9 A SOMERSET firm is winning an export market for Britain with its new type of school chalkboards normally known as blackboards, but I the new ones are green. I The boards consist of paper honeycomb sandwiched between shelts of rrardboard under pressure.
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    67 9 AGENTS of American International Assurance Co.. Ltd. celebrated their annual agency prite giving with a dinner party held at the Mak Yee restaurant m 8.8. Park. Kuala Lumpur recently. Picture shows the prize winners with their trophies won for record sales m last year. Mr. Liau Eng Seong.
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    609 10  -  STEVE NEOH Reviewed by )lAYBE it's FICTION, maybe it's FACT and despite the ruling by legal machinery twice m 16 years to disprove claims for authenticity by one Mrs. Anna Anderson only, the Grand Duchess Anastasia herself would know the truth if she's living today. However, m a token
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    38 10 An Echo of Pygmalion Making a princess of destitute Ingrid Bergman is the task of adventurer Yul Brynner who schemes to pass off Ingrid as the Grand Duchess Anastasia but who finds love at the end of it.
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    191 10 (XNLY one vision remains dear a.s I recall Warner Bros, latest film, THE GUN RUNNER, and that is the "enchanting Grecian loveliness of Rossann Podesta. "the face that launched a thousand ships." As for the others m this unpalatable Chinese New Year ofter Alan I. add has to
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    116 10 Indian Fantasy pUL-E B IK A\ 111, the _U I Rttfl Ua for Singapore, is an ent crt a. Tv r and fit; :n well with OH holiday season Originally produced ki Tamil by the Madras Cine Arts, and now dabbed into Hindi because of the success of the Tamil
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    46 11 GOSFORTH. Newcastle, Jar. Reuter) The Combined Sou'- African Universities team beat a Northern C 17-11 here today b baling 11-3 at half-time. Tho Sables, playing briDiant footba 1, scored one goal, penalty goal and three 3 one n a: and two tries
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    515 11 PATTERSON IS ITCHING' FOR RING ACTION NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (IP) Floyd Patterson vivs it "feels better every riiv" being heavyweight vh.impion of the World but he's itching for some ring action. It ll be either a June fight tn the U.S. or a World Exh tion tour and he
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    196 11 LONDON". Jan. M (Renter) Totd fearless powerful j Trc. or Ford former Welsh centre forward who cost Aston i-emational and British 5— Vl !n Sunderl and and Cardiff '6 I, 00 tran tei} fees later I nost and contro- offered to support his stateversial lyer been sus- menta
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    143 11 RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 31 (AP)— Hungary's wandering Honved soccer team will leave lor Vienna on Feb. 15 and it is believed most of the players, under pressure from their families, will return to Budapest. Bela Guttman, director oi the exiled team, said "Almost 1 the
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    80 11 MELBOURNE, Jan. 31 (UP) John M;iisha.i. lormer YalO, University iwimming star, whe tmi>^hed i? 8 world freestyle records between 1950 and 1954, died yesterday ftve days after being injured m an automobile accident. Surgeons performed low operations since the accidenl m i vain effort to save
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    40 11 PENANG Thurs. Indian Association scored a four goali win over Roya Alt Forr-c ba a league hockey match on Daio Kramal ground yearterday. Half lime .■-'•ore one-nil. Scorers were Rattan Singh, Monera Singh, K<»rtar Singh and Sucha Sir.^h
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