Singapore Standard, 19 May 1958

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  • 19 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone *****—5 Coble TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1958 Vol. VIM. No. 320. 15 cts. 12 Pages
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  • 182 1 WASHINGTON, May 18 (UP)— The United States announced yesterday it is stepping up military aid to the riot-harassed government of Lebanon. At the same time, the Air Force sent 18 big C-124 transport planes to Europe for possible use in evacuating Americans
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  • 41 1 photo. AN ANGRY crowd turn over and smash a car near the government buildings in Algiers when a mob of 50,000 demonstrated to warn the French Government against any policy of "abandoning" Algeria to the rebel government. UP
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  • 420 1  -  'EVIL FORCES' PREMIER REVEALS PLAN BY People Warned To Guard Against Red Propaganda BENTONG, Sun. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman declared today that an "evil force" of more than 50,000 was plotting to overthrow the Alliance Government and establish a Communist regime in the Federation. The
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  • 303 1 65 DIE IN N. AFRICAN PLANE CRASH HOLOCAUST Only 4 Escape Flaming Wreck BRUSSELS, May 18, (Reuter) Sixty five people were killed when a four engined Belgian airliner crashed on landing at Casablanca, North Africa today. It was one of the worst international air crashes of recent years. Of the
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  • 58 1 THE ashes of the late Inspector Ho Kian Bin, 28, were flown back to Singapore from London by Qantas/ BOAC last night. Inspector Ho died in London last week, a week after he flew there for an emergency operation to save his failing eyesight. His family
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  • 156 1 ALGIERS. May. 18 (AFP) Details of the clandestine return to Algiers from Paris by way of Switzerland yesterday of former Governor General of Algeria Jacques Soustelle were published in the newspaper "Lecho Dalger." The paper s«tid that Soustelle who had been closely watched by French Police
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  • 176 1 Pflimlin Takes A Firm Stand Against 'Rebels' FARIS, May 18 (UP)— Premier Pierre Pflimlin's embattled Cabinet met a new showdown challenge from Gen Charles de Gaulle and his backers tonight by ordering all civil and military authorities to obey its orders alone. In a second desperate action against snowballing insurgence,
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  • 63 1 FORT LEONARDPWOOD, Missouri. May 18 (UP) Two pieces of radioactive military equipment were reported missing this afternoon from an Armed Forces Day display. Criminal investigators here are conducting an intensive search for the two radioactive "test sources" that could result in serious burns on a person
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  • 222 1 MOBILE. Alabama, May 18 (UP) The 30-man crew of the Danish freighter Olivia Winthers and the wife of the Captain were ordered over the side of the burning vessel in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, but the 38-year-old Captain remained aboard. The Coast Guard at
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  • 94 1 TWO STABBED IN SECRET SOCIETY CLASH TWO MEN were stabbed at the Sims Avenue Community Centre last night. They were Tan Boon Seah. 29, and Tang Siang Bock, 26. Both were admitted to hospital in a critical condition. The stabbing followed a clash between two rival secret society gangs in
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  • 230 1 \s additional measure in the overall plan in "Operation Tiger" against Communist terrorists in South Johore, the "Tiger" War Executive Committee yesterday enforced centralized cooking for Ulu Tiram. The Chief Food Denial Officer, Johore. Raja Nonchik bin Raja Ishak. told The Standard that about 2,780
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  • 153 1 LONDON, May 18 (AFP).— The Sunday Times correspondent in Hongkong reported today that the United States was likely to recognize Peoples' China "soon." The correspondent said that recognition of the Chinese Communist Government by the American Gov- ernment was regarded in Hongkong now as
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  • 40 1 TWENTY-FIVE survivor* from the motor tongkang Lambang were picked up by the ship Lucky Trader at 4.40 p.m. yesterday between Palembang and Djambi, according to a report received in Singapore from the master of the vessel, last night.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 441 1 PREMIER'S SPEECH TO THE NATION P. 12. increase the operational efficiency of the troops there. Trie order to obey only the legally constituted government in Paris was announced by the Cabinet at the very moment when tens of thousands of Algerian Frenchmen were giving a frantic hero's welcome to extreme
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  • 782 2 'IRON MAN' DOMINATES THE NEWS PARIS May ia— The triumphant arrival in Algiers of Gauliist deputy and former Algerian Governor General Jacques Soustelle, to offer himself to the service of French Algeria" dominated all other political events yesterday. Another fact of major Importance was the announcement that General Charles de
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  • 589 2 GEN. ELY PARIS, May 18 (Reuter)—The French Cabinet last night accepted the resignation of General Paul Ely as Chief of Staff of the armed forces. General Ely will be replaced by General Henri Lorillot, at present Chief of Staff of the Army, who will
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  • 131 2 "Whether General de Gaulle would really meet the expectations that are the source of his strength Is problematical. But his backers, In particular the Generals In Algeria, count on him to save not only Algeria for France but also the pride of the French Army, which tfter so many
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1293 2 SITUATIONS VACANT SINCAPORE CITf COUNCIL: required for CITY WATER DEPART- MENT: JUNIOR ENGINEER on a two- S vear agreement at a monthly salary J of $695 and $740 for the first and second year plus Variable Allowance. Applicants rnust possess a University Degree recognised by tne Institution I of Civil
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    • 594 2 TENDER NOTICES TENDER NOTICE TENDERS are invited for he production of Clonal Rubber Seedling Stumps in Vlalacca from seed supplied to he Contractor. Full particuars are obtainable from the state Agricultural Officer, Vlalacca. Tenders must be sealed and clearly marked TENDER CLONAL SEEDLING NURSERY." Tenders 'lose at neon on 31st
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    • 610 2 NOTICES The Bankruptcy Ordinance (CHAPTER 11) In The High Court Of The Colony Of Singapore Is'and Of Singapore IN BANKRUPTCY No. 7 Of 1958 Re: LIM HOCK CHEEP of No. 32, Nankin Street, Singapore, 1. Receiving Order made 2nd January, 1958. Date and Dlace of First Meeting 29th May, 1958,
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    • 123 2 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that I, Madam KONG SIOW HENG, of No. 493-1-D Jalan Labu, Singapore, 14. have applied to the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore f or a 2irl class Public House Licence in respect of premises at Siow Heng Bar at No. 493-1-D. Jalan Labu, Singapore, and
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    • 99 2 BORNEO MOTORS LTD. PHONE (SINGAPORE) PHONE ***** nrrri rnnn ***** ext 7 USED CARS EXT7 MAKE MODEL YEAR PRICE Austin A5O Cambridge 1955 $3,500 Austin A9O Westminster 1956 $4,250/Vauxhall Velox 1955 $3,600 Vauxhall Wyvern 1955 $3,600/Metropolitan Hard Top 1957 $4,800 Standard Vanguard 1955 $2,550/Ford Consul 1957 $4,800Ford Zephyr 1952 $2,200/Plymouth
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  • EDITORIAL SINGAPORE TIGER STANDARD
    • 879 3 THE speed with which scientists are working to use nuclear energy for increasing the war potential of nations must not permit the need for harnessing this power for the benefit of humanity to be shelved. Apart from explorations into outer space, even if these adventures, backed
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  • 987 3 INSIDE AMERICA T'HE decent disposal of the dead is a major industry in America and the Americans have probably gon- further than any other civilisation in removing: the horror and the sting from the funeral and burial. Many morticians, for example, do not lower the coffin into
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  • 1333 3 Too Good For Us' Did you know... LONDON CORNER Hong Kong office in exactly three hours!...." This apparently does not go down with the Chou En-lai's man on the other end of the blower who contents himself with saying "Ho-Ho You are very funny fellow Daddy (snarling)
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 18 3 ffi Its New f^\ Its Fascination Its Inexpensive i f!il3i? £*<«?> Q I 72 HIGH STREET SINGAPORE TEL: *****
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    • 81 3 times m I*l 'i 1 1 It Ck uive these jJmMfy put aQpceiling fan into circulation The CP. higthefflciency cciltng fan has been deuCned to give the greatest possible circulation of air per unit current consumption. A finger-tip wall control enable* it to be rotated at varying speeds to suit
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  • 598 4 'Recruiting For All Races Begins In Two Months' IPOH, Sun. Registration of youths of all races to form a volunteer force for Malaya will begin within the next two months, said the Minister for Defence, Dato Abdul Razak, at the opening of the Perak UMNO delegates conference
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  • 184 4 THREAT TO ALLIANCE UNITY, HE WARNS KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Selangor UMNO's boycott of the State MIC is a step that could break tke unity of the triple Alliance, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, who was reelected president of the Seiangor MIC, declared tonight. Manickavasagam defeated former Congress presiident Mr. K. L.
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  • 37 4 DOCTORS in Russia have put under observation 17.000 old people including 111 over 100 years old In the hope of finding the secret of their longevity, according to Izvestla. the Soviet Government newspaper.— Reuter.
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  • 199 4 New M.I.C. Branch Awaits Approval KLANG, Sun. The newly formed Klang Malayan Indian Congress branch with 170 members is awaiting approval from ihe State MIC Congress headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The branch which was inaugurated last month has sent several letters to the State MIC to clarify the position of
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  • 122 4 MANDATE GIVEN TO TALKS TEAM KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Executive Council of the National Union of Plantation Workers today gave a full mandate to its negotiating committee to arrive at a reasonable solution, without further delay, in its talks with the Malayan Planting Employers Association. The Council, though in favour
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  • 55 4 WASHINGTON. May 18 (Reuter)— The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will begin an inquiry tomorrow into the reasons for the stormy demonstrations in South America against the United States VicePresident, Mr. Richard Nixon. A sweeping congressional review of United States policies in Latin America is expected to
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  • 136 4 Colony Man Finds Freak $10 Note A freak $10 note has been found by the manager of a Singapore furniture shop. The manager, Mr. S. K. Sim, said he was counting a bundle of $10 notes when he noticed that one had a white patch on the obverse side (see
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  • 121 4 (From Page 2) ing "unless the situation should get worse." His wife, who has to do the shopping and feed the family, has not always been so complacent. Aided by memories of the occupation, the idea of food shortage is inevitably associated in her mind with threats
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  • 13 4 MR. Yogaratnam instructs the actors at the final dress rehearsals.
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  • 132 4 CONTEST TO PICK 'FESTIVAL QUEEN' PENANG, Sun. The Penang Festival Week of 1958 will be held from June 16 to 22. The festival month, with its galaxy of sporting events, opens on June 7 and lasts till June 29. Highlights are an art exhibition at the British Council Hall from
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  • 118 4 Oversea Students Aid Fire Fund THE Malayan Students' Association in Victoria, Australia, has formed a Relief Committee to raise £500 in aid of the Kampong Koo Chai Singapore, fire victims. The association expects to raise the amount by the end of the month. A concert will be held to boost
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  • 45 4 MR. AUSTIN Coates. and well-known person the Far East, will arr.- i Singapore next week by air from London. He is the author of tion to a Far Eastern F< and the more recent bor travel and reminiscence "Personal and Oriental."
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  • 484 4 Asian Produces A Shaw Play In Canberra THE curtain came down and the theatre audience, including Australia's key repertory actors and producers, clapped enthusiastically. Back-stage the man behind the play's success, Colombo Plan Fellow, Mr. T. R. Yogaratnam, the first Asian to produce a play in the drama competition of
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  • 170 4 Aid For Learner Drivers SINGAPORE learner drivers can now knock down lamp posts and traffic signs without getting into trouble with the law. But they can only do this in a "car" that goes nowhere. It's the invention of Singapore driving instructor Mr. Roy Lambert and consists of a driving
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  • 64 4 PARACHUTE REGT. FOR MIDDLE EAST ALDERSHOT, Eng and, Maf 18 (Reuter) A battalirthe Parachute Regiment f by here today ready to b« flown to the Middle East. A War Office official troops' weekend leave been cancelled and they been ordered to stay near their depot. The precaution had been taken
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  • 310 5 Malayans Might Become Economic Slaves, He Warns KUAIA LUMPUR, Sun.— The Government must legislate measures to prevent foreign manufacturers from coming to Malaya, or the people might find themselves economic slaves in their own homes, Mr. Shum Kwai Hong, president of the Malayan Rubber Goods Manufacturers
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  • 222 5 BUILD' FOR FUTURE OF S'PORE THOMSON THE Director of Information Services, Mr. George G. Thomson, yesterday appealed to every individual and groups in Singapore to adjust themselves to the future state during this crucial time on the threshold of selfgovernment. Mr. Thomson made this appeal when addressing the Commonwealth Sunday
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  • 51 5 IPOH, Sun.— Radio Malaya's Zdinal Alam. will be master-of-ceremonies in a variety organized by the Perak ?y Association, at Park, on May 31. There will be two performat night, starting at p.m. and 9.15 p.m. and orogramme includes music he "Panchawarna Orkest" band led by Jimmy
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  • 140 5 A BOAC COMET 11-E on Friday night broke the Gander— London record which it had established only tw> days earlier by making the trans- Atlantic flight in lour hours 21 minutes, a BOAC spokesman told The Standard yesterday. At one stage. It attained
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  • 97 5 POLICE HUNT FOR FIVE 'TEDDY BOYS' ALOR STAR. Sun.— Police here today threw a dragnet n the surrounding areas of Penang, in an effort to catch another five 'Teddy Boys," wno were alleged to have raped a gi In a swoop carried out yesterday on their homes and kampongs. Police
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  • 65 5 TWO men reported to the that they were robbed on their way home yesBock Huat, 19. a hawid he came out of a ien in Sago Lane pproached by a man him for a loan, he refused, he was forct lane and rob.md assaulted, took the
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  • 98 5 THE Deputy City Assessor, Mr. T. F. Stevenson, will take over as City Assessor, on the retirement under Malayanization of Mr. J. Aspinall. A recommendation to this effect has been made by a Joint Committee of the Singapore City Council, which will come up for approval at
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  • 264 5 THE object of the present Government education policy was to regularize the education system in Singapore and to promote the education of the various races. Mr. Lee Siow Mong. the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Education, said this last night at the 22th Anniversary
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  • 97 5 COLONEL Commandant of the Royal Military Police Corps, Lieu-tenant-General Sir A. James H. Cassell, who is the Director of Operations, Malaya, officially opened th c new $45,000 Combined Provost Headquarters in Waterloo Street. Singapore, on Saturday. Among those present were -he Provost Marshal. Major L.
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  • 201 5 .LOi?OQUINE is most used in the treat- of acute malaria in ipore and Malaya, acng to a report from the jal Research division of tute for Medical Research aya. e report, made by two of institute's research scienMr T. Wilson and Mr. J F. B. Edeson.
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  • 53 5 HE CHECKS UP ON THE RICE Standardpic JOHORE State Secretary, Dato Abdul Rahman bin Musa, "sampling" rice at the central kitchen in Ulu Tiram, where centralized cooking was enforced yesterday as a further measure against Communist terrorists in ISouth Johore. Mr. D. B. Graham, Food Deniel Officer, is seen standing
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  • 114 5 IPOH, Sun.— A five-member delegation from the Perak U.M.N.O. will see the Sultan of Perak to ask for a pardon be given to Mariam binti Mat Aris, 31. a mother of five, who was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in the High Court last Tuesday. Mariam, a
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  • 230 5 Fire Victims Cannot Afford SIT Rentals IN most cases, five victims have refused to be accommodated by the Singapore Improvement Trust because they were not in a position to meet the rentals charged. This was the written reply given by the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Singapore City
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  • 32 5 THE Senior Investigation Officer. Klang. Inspector Arkhbal Singh Parmar has been transferred to Kuala Lumpur as court inspector. Insp. K. Suppiah from the Kuala Lumpur 'A' Division has succeeded Inspector Parmar.
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  • 76 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Government of the United Arab Republic has announced the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Rachad Danish as first envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-potentiary of the Republic in Malaya Mr. Danish holds the rank of Minister and is Director of the Consular Department in
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  • 23 5 THIRTY Malay religious teachers from Arabic schools in Selangor, including five women, were interviewed yesterday at the State Religious Department for promotion.
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  • 256 5 NEW conditions and terms of service for Singapore's Fire Chief, Mr. J. Angus, whose services are to be extended at the end of his retirement, will come before the full meeting of the Singapore City Council today for approval. The Finance and
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  • 100 5 ALOR STAR, Sun Othman Din, 21, of Kota Sarang Semut, who had twice been convicted for failing to replace a lost identity card, was today sentenced to three months' jail by Tunku Zainol Abidin. The Magistrate told Othman: "You have twice been convicted on
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 283 6 But Many Are In Employment ALTHOUGH there are about 8,000 names registered at the Singapore Government Employment Exchange, there are many who are already in employment, a spokesman for the Exchange told The Standard yesterday. rle said it has never been possible to arrive at
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  • 172 6 U.M.N.O. Joins The Youth Council KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— UMNO Youth Section today became the first political organization to be affiliated to the Malayan Youth Council. Its leaders adopted the decision after a four-hour debate at a special delegates conference here last night. The conference also selected a delegation headed by
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  • 144 6 STAFF ASSN. CRITICIZES S.H.B. CHIEF THE general secretary of the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association, Mr. Jamit Singh, in a statement last night, criticized the chairman of the S.H.B. regarding the statement he made to the Press on May 17, as having "no logic." He accused the chairman of trying
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  • 55 6 PENANG, Sun.— Music lovers here will be given a treat on Saturday, May 24 at the piano recital to be given by Miss Wu Mee Chee at the auditorium of the Methodist Girls' School. The Methodist Girls' school choir and Glee Club which will also render
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  • 66 6 THE Estates and Building Committee of the Singapore City Council has recommended in principle to set aside a small confined space in City Hall for the use of its Muslim staff for prayers. The space is to be sited on the ground floor near a water tap
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  • 293 6 CERTIFICATES of membership issued by the Central Provident Fund Board for employees who have been registered as members of the Fund must be handed to the employees concerned by their employers as soon as they received the certificates from the Board. This announcement was made
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  • 45 6 MISS Shirley Au-Yong Moh Cheng, daughter of Mr. P.W. Au-Yong, well-known Kuala Lumpur lawyer and Mrs. Au-Yong. recently graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree at Adelaide University. She is now reading for her honours degree in bacteriology. Standardpic by Yong Poh Seong
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  • 184 6 PENANG, Sun.— Thirty-three babies took part in a baby show, held in conjunction with the World Health Day, at the Kenyon-Rea Methodist Girls' School, Sungei Pinang, yesterday. Eight baby boys and four girls won prizes. The chairman of the Penang State Health Day Committee,
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  • 148 6 Proposal Goes Before Council THE Vehicles and Fire Brigaae Committee oi the Singapore City Council has recommended the appointment of a special five-man committee to study a number of traffic proposals raised by Labour Front Councillor Mr. Tang Peng Yeu. In a motion tabled last month. Mr. Tang had asked
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  • 61 6 THE SINGAPORE Improvement Trust Local Officers' Association, at its recent annual general meeting elected the following officials President: Mr. Khalaff Albasrawy; vice presidents Messrs. A. D. Ponnambalam and Chan Thye Swee; non. sec Mr. M. M. M. Menon; non asst sec. Mr. C. V. Dharan; treasurer- Mr.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 504 7 Don't see too much of your Husband Gloria Gordon advises: YTANT to know one of the tets of a happy larriage? DONT SEE 00 MUCH OF YOUR HUSBAND. ays believed that nothing like a short I J to make a woman romantic about her oand as she did before married
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  • 606 7 THOSE LITTLE WHITE LIES tells the truth about fibs.. 11 ISS BROWN picked up the telephone receiver, put her hand over the mouthpiece and said to her boss: "Are you in to Mr. Smith?" The boss shook his head. Miss Brown said into the receiver: "Terribly sorry, Mr. Smith, he's
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  • 42 7 Peter Pan Creations For The Beach PARIS Mayogaine and Peter Pan creations are presented to elegant Parisians during the '58' summer time collection at the Ambassadeurs A young and gay coloured model of Empire style inspirations is this bathing-suit, 'LA VOIE LACTEE'.
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  • 748 7 J^OW careful and methodical are you when you clean your home? Newly-hatched moths and woodworms are always looking for nice, dusty upholstery and furniture to sink their teeth into. So get down to your spring-cleaning every three months thoroughly, especially when you have a large abode. Tackle one room
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 476 7 rpODAY'S QUOTATION: HHHHHfIRHPV "Determine that the 819 B&& thing can and shall be I done, and then we shall I l^fcj^^K find the way B^ 9_^^^^l Abraham Lincoln I H^n MONDAY FOR EYERY- I ONE: Allow extra time en ■^p9S^^^i^l route so as to avoid both I tard ness or
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 1114 8 Tel: 2405 MANSFIELD 6c CO., LTD. Tel: 2412 (18 lines) (Incorporated in Singapore) lines) ■gf THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE SAILINGS to LIVERPOOL. CLASCOW. LONDON CONTINENTAL PORTS Carriers option to proceed via other ports to load and discharge cargo (Via Suez with liberty to proceed via Panama or Cape ot Cood
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  • 541 9 FMNAiXCE AMD COMMERCE Turnover Mostly In Industrials THE MALAYAN share market has had another uninspiring week, with price movements in all sections between narrow limits, writes a market correspondent. The volume of business written was smaller than of la*e with industrials accounting for most of
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  • 252 9 Business done as from May 10 to 16: Industrials. Fraser and Neave Ords $2.50 to $2,474 to $2.50; Gammons $205 Gammon Rights 45 cents, Hammer and Co. $1.56. Hume Industries (F.E.) Ltd Cum Part. A4/9. Wm. Jacks $1.58 Jackson and Co $1.08 and $1.09 cd., Malayan Cement
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  • 49 9 A SHIPBUILDING company and a nuclear engineering organization in Britain have announced that they are entering into collaboration for the design and construction of nuclear-powered ships. The shipbuilding company has shipyards and works on the Tyne at Wallsend and Walker and on the Clyde.
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  • 43 9 to take place at the Tunku Abdul Rahman Hall next month. Standardpic shows Mrs. Nilam (centre) at the Cey lonese Con?ress party. On her left is Congress President. Mr. M.W. Navaratnam. with Mrs. E. M. Ramachandran on her right.
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  • 105 9 nongkon; Tin Ltd.: For the year ended 30/9/57. a loss of £10.297 was suffered. No dividend is recommended for the year under review. Net liquid assets at balancing date were equal to 2/- per share and Stores were worth a further 2/- per share. Buffer Stock contributions at
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  • 239 9 ALTHOUGH copra shipments totalling 8,000/9.000 tons have reached Singapore from East Indonesia, very little if any, of this copra is likely to be landed in this market, says Lewis Peat (S'pore) Ltd.'s weekly produce report The report adds that all the copra appears to have
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  • 52 9 THE Malayan Exchange Banks Association made the following changes in its rates to merchants on Saturday: Canada: buying, T.T. 21-15/16, O.D. 32-1/16, 90 days airmail 32-3/8 credit bills. 32$ trade bills. Selling. T.T. or O.D. ready were: Canada 31-9/16: Belgian Francs 1613-3/4; Italian Lire *****. Other ex:hange rates
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  • 26 9 A PARTY of four Japanese geology and mining experts is now in Quetta, Pakistan, on an extensive tour of coal, chromite and lead fields.
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  • 209 9 A build-it-yourself aluminium house which can be packed in a crate smaller than an office desk and yet erected by unskilled labour in a day is winning export orders for a British firm. The crate comes complete with nuts, bolts and assembly tools. The aluminium house is
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  • 270 9 JESSELTON, Sun. Under the provisions of the Pioneer Industries Ordinance in force in North Borneo, representations may be made to the Chief Secretary, for an industry to be declared a "pioneer industry. Qualifications which govern the declaration of any industry as a "pioneer" industry, are
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  • 29 9 CONSUMPTION of U.S. leaf tobacco in Japanese factories in 1957. was 9.100,000 oounds, or 27 per cent above ihe 1956 level, and nearly double that in 1955.
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  • 104 9 75th Year In Electrical Enterprise A GERMAN firm, Allgemeine Eiektricitats-Ge> schaft (A.E.G.) renown for il« assoriation with the development of electricity, recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. Founded in 1883, the rompany exploited the electric light bulb an invention which introduced electric lighting throughout Germany. First overseas inquiries received by the
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  • 72 9 A SERVICE to give research, development and testing facilities to overseas clients, nas become possible through the efforts of a British group of companies. The companies are Yarsley Research Laboratories Ltd. and Yarsley Testing Laboratories Ltd., Chessington. Surrey, whose service is staffed by over 100 people, including chemists,
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  • 397 9 BORNEO AIRWAYS INTRODUCE THE TWIN PIONEER. AS THE CHANCES IN SCHEDULE WILL NECESSITATE RE-ALLOCATION OF BOOKINGS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL BORNEO AIRWAYS OFFICE OR AGENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. NEW SCHEDULES EFFECTIVE 25TH MAY 1958. T.P. TWIN PIONEER. Mon. Mon. Wed. Tues Wed. Sat Wed. Thur. Fri. DHB9 T.P. T.P. T.P.
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  • 34 10 JACKIE JONES on Rio rides vigorously to beat fastfinishing Staff Officer (Geyer). on the outside, and the early leader, Peking (Donnelly), in the first race at Bukit Timah last Saturday.
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  • 98 10 LONDON, May 18 (AFP) Cockie Castelaars. of Holland, yesterday set up a new women's European 110 yards freestyle swimming record when she clocked one minute 3.9 seconds at Blackpool, Northern England. She set ud the new record when she won the 110 yards event during the
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  • 373 10 A SPECTACLE TO RIVAL OLYMPICS TOKYO, May 18 (Reuter) A flaring torch from the Philippines today came within one hundred miles of Tokyo as Japanese runners raced in relays to the capital with the symbol flame for the Third Asian Games. It will be a royal occasion in every way,
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  • 235 10 Day Of Fluctuating Cricket At Lords LONDON, May, 18 (Reuter)— The New Zealanders collapsed after a great start on the open. ing day of their cricket match against the MCC at Lordg here yesterday. They were all out at the tea interval for a first innings score of 190 after
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  • 85 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Anthony David took the championship title in the annual Railway Recreation Club athletic meet at Sentul yesterday. David won the 100 yds 220 yds. and 440 yds. events. The best event of the day was the two miles invitation race which was won by Sgt.
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  • 72 10 PAISLEY. Scotland, May 18, (Reuter) A leading Scottish cricketer, 32-year-old James Bissland. collapsed and died here yesterday after a bowling spell. He had been captaining the Anchor Club in a game against Milngavie and Bearsden. Bissland had Just completed an over in which he had taken the
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  • 35 10 AUBOUE, France, May 18. (AFP) Promoters yesterday, cancelled men's and women's basketball games which were scheduled here for today between Chinese teams and local players. No reason was given for the cancellation.
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  • 30 10 BERLIN, May 18 (Reuter).— Scotland and East Germany drew 5-5 in an international amateur boxing match at Schwerin last night, according *o tne East German New Agency Ada.
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    • 1426 10 Probable Fields For Wednesday FOLLOWING are weights and probable star°rs for all eight races on Wednesday, second day of ihg Singapore Turf Club May Meeting: Class 1, Div. I—6 Furs. 6**281 DISTINE 6y 10.05 HOBBS Mr W. McGregor Watt 1225H HOPEFUL BLUE 4y 813 SULLIVAN Sporr.ng Stable 5861*4 AMUSEMtNT PARK
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  • 460 11 REVIEW OF SATURDAY'S RACING AT BUKIT TIMAH By WINDSOR LAD a dav of keen racing, Steam On and Powgave sparkling disn annexing their pectivc races over the mile at Bukit Timah on Saturday. Tufton, for to;. milers ir. Cleverly ride N. Kamis, was quickly out in m after the start
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  • 215 11 THE following qualified for Match Play on Saturday, May 24, in the Royal Singapore Golf Club tournament: (2.10) G.A.P. Sutherland &K. C. M Pryce "Chart. Bank) v P. robin A. K Cluderay (Holy Fathers). (2.15) J. P. R. Molli;on J. A. R. Harford (ExPenang) v ht. C. Bain
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  • 73 11 SINGAPORE SAFA League: Div. 2 B Minto SU vs Springdale SC at Geylang; Div. 3 B Darul Afiah vs Junior A A at MFA Friendly: STB vs P T at SRC. PENANG SOCCER: Div. 2— Ramblers "B" vs DAFC Dato Kramat •A"; MRC "B" vs IRC Dato Krcunat
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  • 76 11 KUALA KANGSAR. Sun. Fwo new records were set up at the Kuala Kangsar Poiice Circle sDorts held on the Clifford School padang yesteriay afternoon. Inspector Teh Kong Bee of Jrik bettered the shot-putt •ecord by ten inches with a hrow of 32 ft. 3 ins. The other
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  • 477 11 Pakistan's Shock Defeat Singapore Selection 1 Pakistan 0 SINGAPORE'S biggest soccer victory of the year was scored at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday when Us second eleven, called The Singapore Selection, bea the Pakistan Asian Games team by... a solitary goal. It was a spectacular
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  • 80 11 LAST TO LEAVE FOR TOKYO THE SECOND and last batch of Asian Games athletes from Singapore left the Colony by CPA plane on the first leg of their journey to Tokyo at 6 a.m. yesterday. The party of 29 included the entire soccer team of 18 players and two officials,
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  • 342 11 REDS BOOED AFTER DRAW LENIN STADIUM, Moscow. May 18 (Reuter)England drew with the Soviet I nion I—l1 1 in their first soccer international here today before a capacity crowd of more than 100,000, thus regaining much of the prestige lost last Sunday when the Yugoslavs beat
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  • 229 11 PENANG CRICKET SENSATION PENANG, Sun.— The Chinese Recreation Club, one of the strongest cricket sides in North Malaya, has withdrawn trom the league run by the Penang Cricket Association The Chinese were to play "gainst the Indians on the Dato Kramat ground. The Chinese considered the ground unfit for cricket.
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  • 42 11 Letchumanan' s X-Country IPOH, Sun.— Twenty-three-year-old A. Letchumanan of Tanjong Rambutan today won the seventh Perak State cross country championships run over a five-mile track. Letchumanan won in the time of 31 mins 11.5 sees, in competition with 47 other entrants. B"ia
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  • 81 11 $2,500 Civic Reception For Cuppers THE Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Singapore City Council has recommended the expenditure of $2,500 for a civic reception of players and officials participating in the Thomas Cup tournament. The reception arrangements will be in the hands of a special committee comprising Messrs.
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  • 872 11 WITH one more week to complete the first round of the SCA senior league fixtures, Singapore Cricket Club kept their 100 per cent record intact when they beat Ceylcn Sports Club by 16 runs at Balestier Road yesterday Three batsmen C Thuraisingam
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  • 37 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Another Federation famesman will not make the trip to Tokyo for the Third Asian Games this month. He is Chicn Kok Chens of Selangor. Chien represented Formosa at the Olympics at Mel-
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  • 35 11 bourne in 1956. The Asian Games Federation Organising Committee today sent the FOMOC a telegram stating that Chien cannot represent the Federation at the Asian Games because b« had already represented another country.
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  • 176 11 GOOD bowling by Gurdial Singh (7 for 26) helped Police Sports A.->>ociation to I Ceylon Sorts Club by 19 runs In the SCA junior fixture at Thomson Road yesterday. Another good bowling performance was given by W< of RAF Seletar. He took for 12
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  • 115 11 PENANG. Son— A hattrick by B. R McMullrn marked the opening of the Penang cricket league today. McMullen, playing for Penang Sports Club, took wickets for seven runs He was mainly responsible for his club's seven wickets victory over the RAAF. Sivakumaran of the Malayan Teachers' College
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 237 12 DIPLOMATS SPEND TOO MUCH TIME WITH THE ELITE WASHINGTON, May 18 (UP Vice-President Richard BL Nixon, fresh from mob violence in Latin America, ieels that U.S. diplomats there have been spending too much time in the drawing rooms of Rulers and the socially elite and not enough with the ordiuary
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    • 42 12 Pi*. TWENTY YEAR -OLD Molly Susan Issi who is reported engaged to Godfrey (Faris) Glubb, son of the former Chief of Staff of the Jordanian Army, General John Glubb Pasha. She is pictured at her home in Amman.
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    • 164 12 \HORE, West Pakistan, May 18 (AFP)— Chief Editor Z. A. Suleri and Resident Editor Umar Qreshi of the Pakistan English language daily 'Times of Karachi" were both sentenced to two years' imprisonment by the West Pakistan High Court yesterday, lor publishing a "photostat copy
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    • 89 12 LONDON. May 18 (Reuter). hur John Bosworth, 20. sentenced to death last month for the murder of a 55-year-old caretaker, was vesterday reprieved by the Home Secretary. Bosworth was the first perI ntenced to death at the Bailey, London's Central Criminal Court, since the passing of the
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    • 21 12 ADMIRAL Gerald Gladstone. r-in-Chief of the Far East Station, I ngkong for Manila by tta for a short visit.
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    • 79 12 IT'S HOME AT LAST FOR JAP FISHERMEN TOKYO, May 18 (Reuter)— After a year and a half of detention in Korea. 122 Japanese fishermen returned to Shimonoseki in Western Japan aboard the 546-ton Korean vessel "Pyong Tiek Ho" this morning. This was the last grouo of 922 Japanese fishermen who
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    • 38 12 FOUR Hungarians convicted of trying to "overthrow the Peoples Democratic State order" during the 1956 Hungarian rising have been executed after trial before the Supreme Court, the official Hungarian News Agency M.T.I, reported last night.
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    • 103 12 NATO Necessary For Free World -Pope VATICAN CITY, May 18. (UP)— Pope Pius XII said in a speech released yesterday that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is necessary to keep the free world "alert against an attack." The Pontiff made the re- mark in an English language address yesterday at
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    • 66 12 MADRID, May 18 (Reuter). Antonio Bienvenida, 35. a leading Spanish matador, was gored and tossed by a bull and seriously injured here today. He received severe cuts to hie face and ear and was inlured in the chest and nerk. He war taken to hospital where a
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    • 88 12 A Timely Advice To Italians ROME, May 18 (Reuter).— Warnings to Italians to take action to prevent a Frenchstyle crisis overtaking the .-ountry are being used by rival parties to rally voters in the last stages of a general election campaign. Some 32,000.000 voters will go to the polls next
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    • 96 12 PHILIPPINE AIRLINE MEN GO ON STRIKE MANILA, May 18, (UP)— Fifteen hundred employees at the Philippines, Airlines struck work last night in pro. test against the dismissal of 47 company old-timers but the walk out did not paralyze its regional flights to Hongkong and the domestic services. "All P.A.L. plane*
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    • 131 12 Queen Sends Youth Sunday Greetings LONDON, May 18, (Reuter) A special message from the Queen to all taking part in today's Commonwealth Youth Sunday ceremonies was read in churches and gatherings throughout the Commonwealth. The Queen stated that thank s should be given for the continued growth of the observance
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    • 223 12 GRETXA GREEN. Scotland -r>.— The daugh ter of a wealthy Dutchman ist night with oart and told the refoot escape to a Renesse. 21, of V wth JB-vear-o!d f Rotterdam. i marry in three :nne. They had crossed the channel om Ostend to
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    • 601 12 Pflimlin Warns His People Of Dangers Within PARIS, May 18, (AFP)— French Premier Pierre Pflimlin last night denounced the action of ringleaders who caused a situation in Algeria threatening national unity. The Premier said in a radio speech which was heard throughout the nation that
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    • 235 12 FRANCO ISSUES A 'MAGNA CARTA' MADRID, May 18. (Renter) General Franc Franco, Spanish head state, yesterday issued a '•magna carta' setting the principles of his gime. In a speech laitinf minutes, Genera sisted that the regi t monarchic in charac gave no hint of a restoration of the monarchy. He
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    • 63 12 PEKING. May 18. (Renter) —Shanghai Custon. has discovered 13 per cent more cases of smuggling *o far this year than during whole of 1957, Takung Pao. a newspaper which specia in economic affairs, repyesterday. The newspaper said that a two-month "anti-smugt exhibition" which has just ended
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    • 108 12 Smuggling 2 Chinese Arrested SEOUL, May 18 (UP)— Seoul Police have arrested two Chinese businessmen on charges of smuggling watches, silk and nylon fabrics from Hongkong. One ol the Chinese was identified as Francisco D. Cahng, 31, who was tried by the Korean court for carrying out smuggling activities and
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    • 99 12 WAR ON RED SPIES IN SOUTH KOREA SEOUL, Korea, May 18, (UP) The Director of the ROK National Police ordered a stepped-up campaign against Communist spies in South Korea. Suh Chung Hak issued the order as a result of the large number of agents sent into Korea early this year
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    • 23 12 TWO American professors have proposed the use of insects as aids to space men pilots of future interplanetary I rockets. (AFP)
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    • 69 12 Photo. United Press SEEN at a reception for the Moscow Arts Theatre at Sadler's Wells. London, are three new actresses of the famous Company (left) Viktorina Rayissa Maximova, 30. Kira Nokolayevna Ivanova, 41, and Margarita Valentinova Yuryeva 33. They are to play the three sisters in "The
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    • 194 12 PENRHYNDEUDRAETH, Wales May 18 (Reuter) Bert rand Russell (Earl Russell), the Nobel prizewinning philosopher, will celebrate his 86th birthday at his home here today probably by going for a fivemile walk. "I used to consider 25 miles a reasonable distance, but I'm slowing
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    • 202 12 WASHINGTON, May 18, (Reuter)— The National Planning Association today urged the United States to develop a "positive*' foreign policy and suggested a bolder programme of aid to underdeveloped countries The recommendations were contained in a report issued by the International Committee of National Planning
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    • 43 12 PRESIDENT Eisenhower has ordered flags to fly to half mast on May 28 throughout the United States when the bodies of two unknown soldiers from World War II and Korea are brought home for burial at Arlington National Cemetery. (Reuter)
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    • 104 12 THESE are the new stamps for the West Indies Federation. Queen Elizabeth looks out across a background map of the new Federation, set in the heart of the Caribbean. The portrait used for the reproduction is the one recently painted by Pietro Annigoni and shows
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