Singapore Standard, 21 March 1959

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  • 24 1 SINGAPORE STANDARD Telephone ***** 5 Cable "TIGERNEWS" SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. MARCH 21, 1959. Vol. IX No. 261. 15 cts. i 14 Poges 3fl [FINAL EDITION]
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  • 678 1 -MINISTER CITED WRONG SECTION OF ORDINANCE' Surprise turn in controversy over report His powers only concern finance, Council advised THE SINGAPORE City Council has been advised by two legal firms that the Minister for Local Government, Lands and Housing, Dato Abdul Hamid bin Haji Jumat,
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  • 285 1 FOUR-DIGIT CHARACTER RACKETEERS THINK UP NEW IDEA POLICE action has driven the multi-million four-digit characters lottery in Singapore underground. And, yesterday, eve of the first day of the Bukit Timah races, "runners" who collect bets for the bookies vore conspicuous by their absence. The Police "war" against these racketeers flared
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  • 99 1 LONDON. March 20 (UPI) Sir Omar Aii Saifuddin, Sultan of Brunei, and a retinue of officials arrived here today for constitutional talks with the Colonial Office which will put his 2.226 square mile domain on the road towards becoming an independent Islamic State The Sultan and'
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  • 79 1 A 17-year-old boy received a gash wound on his forehead during a gang clash at midnighi last night at the 9J mile, Bukit Timah Road. About 30 thugs fought with parangs and bottles for a few minutes. When Police arrived at the scene, the thugs
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  • 105 1 POLLS: 'KEEP IT CLEAN' CAMPAIGN THE Singapore Government will soon rail a meeting of leaders of all politiral parties to form a liaison committee to plan a clean general election campaign. The chairman of the committee will be the Chief Secretary. Mr. E. B. David, and it will consist of
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  • 46 1 NICOSIA. March 20 (Reuter> Seven bus-loads of EOKA eruerillas arrived here from their mountain hideouts in Cyprus today. The guerillas wearing EOKA fighting uniforms and berets were given a tumultuous welcome by thousands of Cypriots when they drove into the capital.
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  • 111 1 Ramanathan will quit teaching, friends say PENANG, Fri. The Mayor of George Town. Mr. D. S. Ramanathan. will resign from his post as a senior teacher at the Methodist Boys' School here in order to continue in active politics. This is the firm opinion of close associates of the Mayor,
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  • 154 1 FEDERATION ENTRY BAN ON NANYANG VARSITY CLERK KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation Government rftis banned a Nanyang University clerk from entering Malaya. A Gazette notification issued by the Minister of External Affairs today said that the ban on Wu Tee Jin, a clerk in the secretariat of Nanyang University, was
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  • 66 1 Mr. William Tan quits Lib-Socs A SINGAPORE Legislative Assemblyman. Mr. William Tan, has resigned from the Liberal-Socialist Party. Mr. Tan told The Standard yesterday that he was for many reasons sorry to leave the party, in which he had made many friends. Mr. William Tan was a founder member of
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  • 627 1 PRIEST AND ELDERLY WOMEN BEATEN UP BY TEMPLE ROBBERS By DEV SHRIDAR and JENNY LEE FIVE armed teenage thugs showed no merry yesterday afternoon when they robbed the Kuan Yin (Goddess of Mercy) Temple at Queenstown, Singapore, after assaulting a priest and four elderly women attendants. They beat up the
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  • 45 1 TEN Chinese villagers living in the New Territories on the verge of Communist China, who were alleged to have tried to organise a slogan-shouting procession, were yesterday summoned before a Hongkong Court to sign bonds of good behaviour for two years. Reuter
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  • 64 1 Malayan champion beaten Badminton TAN JOE HOCK and Ferry Sonneville. both of Indonesia, qualified for the men's singles final in the Al l England Badminton championships played at Wembley, London, last night. Jo r Hnrk beat Knud Nielsen of Denmark 15-11. 17-14 while Sonneville scored a surprisingly easy victory over
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  • 17 1 BRITAIN'S first push-button naval cruiser. the H.M.S. Tiger, was commissioned in Clydebank. Scotland, yesterday. UPI
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  • 167 1 THUGS SLASH CARPENTER WITH PARANGS IPOH, Fri. Ten gangsters wielding parangs attacked a 20-year-old carpenter, Foo Shau Sen, while he was talking to his girl friend at Menglembu about 10 o'clock last night. Foo was admitted to hospital with a severe wound on his right arm and a minor wound
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  • 201 1 R I planes strafe rebel posts JAKARTA. March 20 (Reuter) The Indonesian Air Force announced last night that it had launched rocket and strafing attacks against rebel concentrations and a rebel radio station in North Celebes. The Air Ptocf also annnunc. ed it was giving air support to the army
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  • 68 1 PITTSBURGH. March 20 (UPI> A Ru^Man-born woman, who wanted to show her appreciation to the United States which had treated her well, bequeathed USS6O,OOO «MslHimhh». to the national treasury, her will disclosed yesterday Mrs. Jennie Silverman. 75, who died of a heart attack on March
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 181 1 i i/ear*. /.c.yl. Is sfi/; N^C^Js^iX as the t f petrol development' in recent years. An even better I LAND-ROVER I .-i-vwhere does anything— more comfort— ||P e^d takes a bigger-than-eyer load W% land-Rover, powered by a 1] litre engine, more powerful. And there s a new fi Rover too.
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  • 48 2 TWO youths. Lim Ah Tee ann Tun Kim Soon were yesterday acquitted in a Singapore -court on a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to a shop assistant Chua Geok Soon for the purpose of extorTuig money from him at 730 pm. on .Tan 27 at Bea^h Road.
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  • 122 2 Malaya to hold first orchid show PENANG. Fri. Nearly every kind of orchid cultivated in Malaya will be catered for in the Federation Orchid show to* be held here on March 28 and 29. The Pnme Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, will declare the show oprn. The Raja Perempuan of Perlis
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  • 9 2 r I Wong ha L> over h*r I
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  • 28 2 THF. R lege U K Tecr- It v profrarrhi'r i m r add. The vr;*r Examina* Thr in the n tion rou 1 Yenr nf time it
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  • 26 2 Singapore „n |'j theft of Kwpp at Club m V. collided tain;ng the n j raught 1 tht wallei but ho dropped
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  • 20 2 UV'fa-p $66,870 v pong Ko M Enc'i^h S numbfrir <entre 1 did not com mod at."'" It '••"< "-it p.
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    • 594 2 *MM******M MH-*iiH^fl2uLdCflQßtti&S&2l I A LITTLE JIT THAT GO I S lOJHQ WAY J ACKNOWLEDGMENT MR. G. ITT AMR AM convey.. his thanks to all relatives and friends who sent messages o f condolences and /or called on him on his recent bereavement at the loss of hiv be'iovd father, Mr
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    • 507 2 SITUATIONS VACANT LAEGE BRITISH Company requires a lady for the post of F.mplo- ee Information Officer. Applicants should be aged over 25 years, experienced in personnel or welfare work, nnd will be required to write bookets, pamphlets and other em-ploi-pe information material. University degree an advantage. Candidates should apply in
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    • 592 2 NATURALISATION NOTICE is hereby given that BERNARDUS CORNELES MARIA NOOTEBOOM of 8. Kulim Place. Spore 15 i s applying to the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written and signed statement of the facts to the
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    • 534 2 NOTICES NATURALISATION NOTICE is hereby given that MADAM. Shum Shui Yu of 554 Changi Road, Singapore, is applying :o the Governor for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send awrUten and signed statement of the facts to the Chief Secretary,
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    • 134 2 t AN ACTION -PACKED STORY OF j i flKkl. *W ilk* rn V kS^i« RE r ii- ,t|| I TONIGHT QUEENS M/DN'C* I«^ UNITALIA FILM, Rome RL I H W/l announces s PLANS Wa a TlA#^ r\Aw /r 2W5 I NOW lh A TWO DAY t W U d I
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  • 741 3 Singapore Legislative Assembly, as set fhe Rendel Constitution, ended its term on Thursday. The final chapter was at the close of what will be recorded as session in the history of Singapore's ial evolution. The atmosphere was tense, the flashes
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  • 53 3 Ln*l Teck Kim Roaa. Spore 2. PO 80. No 1563 Cables: TICERNfcWS" LUVrPiiB Tpl: ***** <5 lmes) Al departments l ruR i_n,na Insurance Bldg 174. Batu Rd I." -phone ***** ?*NC 93. Cowan St Te': 3829 A Cc A Le.tn St Tel: 4055 91 -A. Buk.t
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  • 1393 3  - The Economic Future Of Singapore J. M. Jumabhoy by Minister for Commerce Industry QVER a century ago, Sir Stamford Raffles saw that the produce of the rich lands of South-east Asia could help to enrich British merchants if only there could be a proper method of collecting and shipping these
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  • 659 3  -  O. M. GREEN by JAKARTA 'TROUBLES mount for Indonesia. The Celebes rebels are on the offensive again. The politicians in Java are still bogged down in the problem of shaping a new form of government now to be called "disciplined" rather than "guided" democracy. And
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  • 1016 3 'Let Us Now Back Up Our Industries Old established trading contacts through Singapore were broken and new direct trading contacts began to be established. The middleman is now usually being looked upon as a parasite and as an obstacle to direct, friendly trade. In some cases the middleman is even
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 65 3 SWISSAIR invites you to fly to NEW YORK m^ tor the I^l% WORLD TRADE FAIR I^A Mav Bth-l!Hh. and ■■■L. WORLD PETROLEUM EXPOSITION MKSSana departures every t^> mPTj^^ TLLSDW \M» SATLRDAY >WW~ 1^ S* Nin BANGKOK. TRAVEL SWISSAIR TIIE COMFORTABLE WAY For further details consult your regular travel agency The
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  • 283 4 L Chaos if the Govt. falls Into wrong hands— Siglap leader THE Siglap Branch of UMNO, Singapore, yesterday warned that members found to be influenced by the Peoples' Action Party would be expelled. It also warned the PAP of the consequences of using the
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  • 96 4 SOEKARNO 'S WEDDING GIFTS FOR AKIHITO IN S'PORE WEDDING gifts from the President of Indonesia, Dr. Soekarno, to Japan's Crown Prince Akihito. yesterday reached Singapore in sealed wooden case?. The gifts, addressed to the Indonesian Embassy in Tokyo, were flown here by Air India International from Jakarta. Accompanying the gifts
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  • 171 4 TUNKU PLANS A HOLIDAY CAMP FOR WORKERS KTALA LUMPUR, Frl. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, has under consideration a proposal to build a •workers* holiday and health resort", The Standard learnt today, about 15 miles from the Federal capital. The site is expected to be near the dentine Sempah
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  • 46 4 PAN-MALAYAN DRAVIDIAN MEETING THE Pan-Malayan Dravidian Central Association's delegates conference will be held today at 10 a.m. at the Association's building, Chera? Rond Kuala Lumpur. Mr. S. Suppiah. President of *he association, will preside. Tomorrow, the association's annual conference will be held at the Town Hall
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  • 192 4 She seeks an inquiry on SIT CITY Councillor. Mrs. F. Leon Soh. yesterday asked the Singapore City Council to sup- port her demand to Govern- ment to set up an Inquiry Commission to investigate the j workings of the Improvement Trust. Mrs Leon S^h told The Standard last ni^nt that
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  • 44 4 LEE TENG TEE, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Chee Shan, celebrated her ninth birthday in Singapore yesterday. Teng Tee is pictured with her birthday cake designed in the form of a cottage and a garden.
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  • 782 4 No detail too small, as sum involved is not chicken feed- Judge retertertertert 'WHOLE TRUTH NOT TOLD IN COURT KUALA LIMPIR, Fri. Witnesses, apart from Miss Alice Tay, assistant lecturer in Law at the University of Malaya, and two others, had not told the Court the 'unadulterated truth", Mr. Justice
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  • 382 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The retiring President of the Malayan Estate Owners Association, Mr. Leong Hoe Yen* today stressed that it was up to the natural rubber producing countries to make natural rubber available in sufficient quantities to consuming countries at the "right quality and reasonable prices." This, he claimed,
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  • 55 4 A LANDOWN bfpn Kran^rt p?m construct a r at Kamp will r< from tl subm.t plan- f tin within or. Falling will rei steps w a pubhc n News sa ;r! Thp -a the Bnarrj markpt b Pipcp of land M Df thp Biflfftponi Is mrnt Tr Tho oi
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  • 812 4 Recommendations by Millbourn accepted in part by Govt. KI'ALA LI MPIR. Fri. The Federation Government has accepted in principle a recommendation that dork operations at Port Swettenham should be made independent of the Malayan Railway, but the general manager of the Railway will continue to be the port authority.
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    • 118 4 A NATURAL SOURCE OF ENER6Y rln order to overcome tiredness, a child needs bs|2«^^^§s^ an energy restoring food. Taken as a drink or in concentrated form by the spoonful, on bread pjJDENSED MIL* I or with fresh or tinned fruit, MILKMAID swii^S l^ jll Sweetened Condensed Milk constitutes a rich
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  • 180 5 RUSSIAN BOOKS FLOOD THE FED. td magazines carry Propaganda aimed at intellectuals' L u LUMPUR, Fri. Hundreds of Soviet ruining into the Federation, but most irP not subversive in nature, official sources h f Standard today. riodicals nther come direct from Moscow, or cities as London, Paris, New I Delhi
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  • 99 5 MALAYA SETS GOOD EXAMPLE ENVOY I Fri Malaya's in racial harplural society xample to the inadian High r to Malaya, M( nzies, said Ul the guest i linner f the which was f e than 120 Among i Sultan of Perempuan Muda. Kit Yew prence of the ;dent, Mr. Phor.
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  • 221 5 Thugs net $350 in 4 robberies HOLD-UP thugs took over $350 in c&sh and jewellery m four separate incidents m Singapore on Thursday. The rtr.>t robbery was in broad daylight in Serangoon Road near the Beatty Secondary School. A cyclist. Tan Kay Sean. was stopped at 12.15 p.m. by four
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  • 97 5 New Year robbery for trial Lee Fook Loy Chuan. were land trial by a >f inquiry y on the New Year, n, the maI a hotel in vlang, told Mr. in the Ninth Court yesterday ring crackers at l. on F«>h. 8 to usher W.v Year when red the hotel.
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  • 70 5 I members of the Malaya Archaeo- ti rday left Indonesia on a r >iir of historideparture by h. the party the Indonesian Maj.-Gen it was might be the relations beintries. that Indonesia 1 re supposed s.* 1 v Mr. S. T. ideni of the
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  • 173 5 Many TB sufferers turned away MALACCA. Fri. Dozens of out-patients suffering from tuberculosis are being turned away from the Malacca Hospital every day because of insufficient facilities for dealing with them. Last year more than 15.000 people were X-rayed, but The Standard learns that the figure would have been considerably
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  • 177 5 DENTAL SURGEONS CONFAB IPOH. Fri. Dental surgeons from all over Malaya and Singapore are to attend a three-day meeting here, from March 27 to 29, at the Ipoh YMCA. This is the first time that Ipoh is the venue for this conference, at which the 16th annual general meeting of
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  • 211 5 MR. RAJAH IS NOW THE MOST SENIOR ASIAN OFFICER IN POLICE ANOTHER Asian officer has been appointed to a top post in the Singapore Police Force, The Standard learned yesterday. The officer is Mr. A. T. Rajah, who takes over as Senior Assistant Commissioner. "Areas." Announcing this, the Police Secretary,
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  • 81 5 Wednesdays bad days for crashes TWENTY people were killed in Singapore during the month of February compared to 15 killed in the previous month. In the same month there u-ere 2.144 accidents, 117 less accidents than January 92 were seriously injured, with 421 casualties in all. Wednesdays were the worst
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  • 272 5 Out to conquer four continents A FRENCH writer-photogra-pher flew his own plane into Singapore yesterday a f ter a 25,000-mile flight from Paris. Mr. Roger J. Godet. the 38--year-old adventurous pilot and owner of the $40,000 French-built Mousquetaire. Is out to conquer four continents. The piano has taken him across
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  • 140 5 THREE thugs last night trailed a 20-year-old youth. Low Heng Boon, and stabbed him in the back in Rangoon Road, Singapore. Low was cycling home in Moulmein Road when the thugs, also on bicycles, cornered him at the junction of Rangoon and Dorset roads.
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  • 231 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Acting Minister for Health, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin, accompanied by the Director of Medical Services, the Secretary to the Ministry of Health, the Chief Medical and Health Officer, Selangor, Senior Executive Engineer, Kuala Lumpur, and the Medical Superintendent,
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  • 141 5 THE ROYAL STANDARD FOR No. 205 SQUADRON THE QUEEX'S personal representative. Air Marshal Sir Alick Stevens, yesterday presented the Royal Standard to Xo. 205 Squadron of the Royal Air Force in a brief ceremony at RAF' Chansi. The Standard was earlier blessed in a consecration service by the assistant Chaplain
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  • 329 5 'Tec and three others get 18 months' jail tor armed robbery PENANG, Fri. Sentencing a Malacca Special Branch detective, Chang Weng Kuan, to 18 months' jail for armed robbery, the Sessions Judge, Mr. Au Ah Wan, told him: "By committing this offence you were running with the hare and hunting
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  • 111 5 Character lottery: It's for Privy Council next LEE YANG HEE yesterday applied for special leave to appeal to the Privy Council in London against a Singapore High Court judgment which held that a characters lottery is illegal. A Court of Appeal, consisting of the Chief Justice, Sir Alan Rose. Mr.
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    • 190 6 Now wear the date on your wrist The handiest place for 3~calendar? Obviously the dial of your watch, especially if it's an Omega Seamastar. For then you wear a fully automatic, high-precision timepiece on whose dial the I new date appears unerringly each day at midnight. The Seamaster Calendar is
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 138 7 s"^i^pofC Pn(f| Mod«t 2849 St*.nless Steel $190 Gold Top Steel ?ock $235 14K Go'd <47n »8K Gold $520 All prices are factory-controlled. .Some day you too will own one L h Q OZ/tetel Jt.tete,,:- Exc(u,,ve.y so.d and servlcedby SINGAPORE FEDERATION OF MALAYA hup 8 ,0«,. r H m h r,L
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  • 312 7 Family planning on national scale must come, says Minister KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Ten years from today about 700,000 Malayans would be unemployed, the Minister for Commerce and Industry, hAr. Tan Siew Sin, told the ECAFE conference in Australia held earlier this month. In his statement
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  • 63 7 MARJORIE SALVADOR, one of the finalists in the "Miss Nightingale" section of the gala talentime show to be held at the Chin Woo Auditorium, Kuala Lumpur, today. The show is in aid of the Sentul Convent Extension Fund. Highlight of the evening's programme will be the
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  • 166 7 RUBBER TIN PRICES CLOSING rubber prices (cents per Ib.) in Singapore yesterday were: Buyers Sellers Spot 90i 91 R.S.S. No. 1 April 91 911 IR.S.S No. 1 May 9U 9H R.S.S. No. 2 90 90* R.S.S. No. 3 88? 89i Tone: Very quiet. Steady The tin price in Singapore was
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  • 27 7 THE Liberal Socialist Party will hold a pre-election mass :3 rally at Bukit Panjang Vil- 3 lage, 10th mile, Singapore at 1j 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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  • 107 7 Park fight: Police nab 15 'Yankee Boys' MALACCA, Fri. About 25 "Yankee boys" were held by the Police in the City Park last night, following a gang fight there. The youths were released after interrogation. The fight started when about ten secret society thugs beat up a member of another
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  • 63 7 THE S f andard-Vacuum Oil Company Limited in Singapore yesterday presented three sets of survey equipments to the University of Malaya. The equipment will be used by the geography students in their, field work. The presentation was mad? by Mr. Steve Neoh. Stanvar's Public Relations Officer,
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  • 143 7 Publicising to urism THE SINGAPORE Government yesterday entrusted the "Pearl of the Orient," Daisy Szeto, with an official assignment of publicising the Colony's Department of Tourism. Daisy was handed pamphlets of Singapore, and miniature Malayan dolls for wives of Burmese officials, during her forthcoming trip to Burma, which is expected
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  • 143 7 CUPID BUSY AMONG GIRLS AT THE POH LEUNG KEK PENANG, Fri.— Girls in the Po Leung Kek Home here are marrying off so rapidly that there are only 13 girls left. This was stated by the State Social Welfare Officer, Mr. Goon Sem Sye, who told The Standard today that
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  • 98 7 WHILE her father wa s at a wedding dinner one night In December last year. Chew Swee Lee. 25. jumped from the 1 fourth floor of a Singapore Improvement Trust flat to end her life, a Coroner's Court was told yesterday. The incident took
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  • 400 9 Send Rubber Mission Call By Sir Clough m I I'MPI^A. Fri. M deration should send m mission to all PI jonsuming councl m ilate sale and fl c long term K c for the profc*'| today IT-I lent of the I 'W O*xnrrs AssoW igh Thu- associatlon'i p-'j meeting. m
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  • 55 9 Price Slips 3/ 8 Cent DL e rubber price k ent yesterday. r ts per Lb. for L ret grade H nt. EK markpd down ym. the opening on E; advices, and r with volumes I Interest wm K h enquiries grade. ■r; i quiet. K D was dull. again
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    20 9 E Chamber of ner Association cents per lb.. Buyers SeVers POi 91 911 911 89 BPJ Mr I.uk
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  • 45 9 I uk Thau Min. son of »rd Mrs Ink Shui Shin. i^ikin. North Borneo, admitted as an i Member of the tuto of Chartered Act*»ta in England and t is p\pr« ted to leave for his home town thp end of May.
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  • 100 9 SINGAPORE Chinese Produce Exchange noon closing prices per picul yesterday were: Copra Mar.-Apr. $43 buj-ers; $44 sellers, coconut oil in bulk $83$ sellers, in drums $67 sellers: Muntok white pepper $160 seller?; Sarawak white $159 sellers; special Sarawak black $84. Singapore Copra Association closing prices fair merchantable mixed copra
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  • 287 9 Weekly Report AFTER a somewhat hesitant opening the market improved considerably during the week on renewed Russian buying for 1, 2, and 3 R.S.S. for April shipment, says Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd's report. i This demand for one sheet caused a sharp narrowing
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  • 92 9 A par:y of about 20 retired American farmers will arrive in Singapore today, in the course of an extensive tour to study Asian methods of farming. Led by Mrs. Edward Lawshe, the party will spend three days in Singapore and Johore before proceeding to Bangkok. From
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  • 200 9 Chinese Dumping Hits Indian Industry Textiles RED China's dumping of textiles in South-east Asian countries is hitting the Indian textile industry, the Indian Minister for Commerce, Mr. N. Kanungo, said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Kanungo arrived in Singapore from Broadbeach. Australia, where he headed his country's delegation to the Economic
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  • 21 9 THE lpfio American Textile Machinery Exhibition will be held at Atlantic City, New Jersey from May 23 to 27.
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  • 54 9 8.0A.C. announced in London yesterday the appointment of Mr. T. E. Orpin as sales manager. E. Routes, in succession to Mr. If. A. Snowball, whose appointment as assistant general manager. S. America. was announced last week. Mr. Orpin who is presently sales training and procedures manager,
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  • 457 9 MALAYAN sharebrokers reported the following business done yesterday: G'town Diso $2.10: H Waugh $1.15; Hume prefs. A5/1J cd.; M. Cement 61.52. $1.51; M. Colls. 69c. to 70c; Metal Box $1 52, overnight: Cold Storage 87c. 86$c S- Steamship 68c to 64.; S. Times $1.77; S. Traders $1.07, $1.62*
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  • 162 9 Industrials Improve On Share Mart STERLING Rubbers were firm, while Local Counters were quieter on the Malayan share market yesterday. Industrials were selectively better, but Tins were dull. Turnover was fair. Price changes announced by the Malayan Sharebrokers Association were INDUSTRIALS Buvers Sellera B B. Petrol 48/- 49/G'town Disp. 210
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  • 161 9 PROPRIETOR of Goyal Dresses, manufacturers and exporters of ready-made garments in India, Mr. O. P. Goyal, will arrive in Singapore at the end of this month to study the Malayan market for his goods. Mr. Goyal plans to introduce ready-made garments from his factory
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  • 510 9 FUSION WITH MALAYA VITAL TO NEXT GOVT. \Finanv€> And Vontntervo L^^— CHAIRMAN of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. A. W. Scott, yesterday expressed the hope that the next Government whatever the Party constituting it would give first priority to the well being of Singapore's economic structure and do what
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  • 174 9 ECONOMIC and political conditions in the Federation of West Indies were at present most favourable for foreign investment. Mr. Carlton K. Mack, a prominent businessman from Trinidad, said in Singapore yesterday. Mr. Mack and his wife are spending a few days in the Colony, in
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  • 97 9 The first shipment of motor vehicles from mainland China 30 five -ton trucks, valuer! a t $240,600— wi1l arrive in Singapore at the end of this month, a spokesman of Hai Loo Ltd.. the importers, said yesterday He added that "the firm would import more tnirks
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  • 31 9 The Malayan Exchange Bank* Association made the following change!! i n its rates to merchants yesterday: Canada: selling, TT. or O C 31-11/16 ready. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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  • 56 9 MR AW. Scott was reelected chairman of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, at the annual general meeting yesterday. Nine other members of the committee were reelected. The v are: Messrs JA. Donald (deputy chairman), HA. Eccles. NI) Holt. FL. Lane. LET. Letts, J B Pickering. AJ M Ramsay.
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    • 142 9 HAL now offers PUSHPAK— the first ultralight aircraft made in India This aircraft should ■hbhblmA|al be within easy reach of most fly irg enthusiasts as its cost is low, but what is still more important; the aircraft is so cheap to operate. Rugged in design, and simple to maintain, this
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    • 172 9 OUTER ROADS Tyndareus, Tamesis. Myrmiden, Kanmoen, Northia, Jaroslav, Tjiluwah. Kahanda. Sagafjord. Lian Min, Negostar. San Ricardo, Fernvide. Ophir, Baud, Weltervreden. Maetsuycker. Barito, Saidja. Empire Kittiwake, Tai Seun Hong, Eastern Saga. Kian Aun. Fort Fetterman. Stv. Canberra. Batoela. Desmoulea, Kryptes. Camphuys, Karaton, Sabang, Miahur. INNER ROADS Tong Hong, Bruas. Maruda. Landak,
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  • 91 10 Standardpic by (ABOVE) Twenty-nine hill* dwellers from Penang Island who recently attended a five-day civics course are seen with Penang' s Chief Minister, Dato Wong Pow Nee (seated centre) at the Lo Pan Hong. Penang. (LEFT) The Minister for Works. Posts and Telecommunications. Inrhe Sardon bin Ha.ii
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  • 48 10 (LEFT) Inchc Abdul Hamid J bin Sultan. Official Army Photographer, Malacca, was 2 recentlv married to Che 2 Fatimah binte Haji Moha- med Kin of Muar at I'.iong > Pasir. Malacca. More than 2 300 relatives and friends at- tended the wedding. A.B. Hamid Photo Service. 2
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  • 76 10 AIR MARSHAL Sir Hubert Patch, the Air Member f«r Personnel Designate, paid a visit to RAF. Tengah while I on a tour of the Far East Air Force which he made from March 7 to March 17. prior to his appointment. He is seen talking:
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  • 80 10 —Picture by Ch'ng Seng Poh (LEFT) Winner of the Air Hostess Singing Competition organised by the Cathay Organisation held at the Regal Theatre, Klang. on Monday, are seen after the prize presentation ceremony in conjunction with the screening of "Air Hostess". (From left) are Mr. N. K.
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  • 60 10 STANDARD PICTURE ROUND-UP A 11-day bus tour through Australian country areas it the main part of an international conference being attended by a Malayan delegate, a senior engineer of the Malayan Drainage and Irrigation Department, Mr. Ow Yang, who shares a joke with the Australian Minister for National Development, Senator«
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  • 72 10 AWARD FOR GOOD SERVICE J Hurl I ,rF3J 1 Ul Marshal Tfci 2 Bandoa, prfvnu monials f or IO J 5 to thrrr i^ 2 «>mplo\<' riviljw t fonfer.tH,I Headqiurlfri f. \ir Htm onti, Ch«M»n llr f 1^ m the ommißi I tn s Kr.imh y T I j Ihr
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  • 145 10 Standard- pic by Standardpic by (RIGHT) Those youths at the Kuala Lumpur Employment Exchange are seen listening careful'y to the Minister for Labour and Social Welfare, Mr. Ong Yoke Lin. telling them: **It L better to have some work than starve without any work." He told them to
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  • REDIFFUSION
    • 109 11 SCRUTINEER •«^«Mac«s% FRANCIS VttAMCIS Aace i Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race C Race 7 Race 8 c.nrauf RLAND P R!, SH« WIT numismate grand coup pendekar downing st. kawanua c^ac Z™S* mf f ol| V Slipper Eosy Winner Perhops So Feimo Conostro Emerald Bay Seaport
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      1592 11 My best hvts of thv day arv Rn*» Malaya in Roe* 3 and JFeinuß in Raco J-*RAi\€tS. m 2.15 p.m. Cl. 2. D/v. 4 6 Furs. I. 685-V2 San Siro br ns g $y 900 Donnelly E. B'kelen Sons Souci StobU Lover Boy beg 4y 8.13 King R.
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    • 344 11 dfgdfgdfgfdgdfgdfgfdggf Wonderland who showed some of his old dash In his two races at Ipoh looks a reasonably good each-way chance in this weak company. He ran fourth to Handsome over 6f. then a close-up sixth to Crown Link, also over the six.
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    • 753 11  - DOWNING ST. FOR SPRING CUP SCRUTINEER By He's at his peak TOOArS GOING GOOD DOWNING STREET has hit his peak and with his devastating finishing burst, the Spring Cup event over the mile (Race 6) at Bukit Timah this afternoon should be ideal for him. I give him a confident
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    • 377 11 STANDARD NAP Grand Coup NUMISMATE Numismate deserves a winning break after some game efforts in recent starts. He was running on in both his races at Ipoh when third, with 8.9, to Handsome and fourth with 8.11, t o Crown Link. H e is well handicapped here with 1-lb more
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  • 817 12 ddfgdfgdfgdfgfgdfgdfgdfgf dfgdfgdfgdfgdfgdfgfdgdfg Malayans still in the doubles hunt WEMBLEY, London, Mor. 20 (Reuter) Indonesia s two top badminton players, Tan Joe Hock and Ferry Sonneville will clash in the men's singles final of the All-England Badminton Championships after scoring straight-set victories in their semi-final matches here tonight.
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  • 783 12 ALL THE RESULTS MEN'S SINGLES Semi-finals Ferry Sonneville (Indonesia) beat (V Watanasin (Thailand' 15-4 15-3. Tan Joe Hock (Indonesia* beat Knud A Nielsen (Denmark) 15-11, 17-14. MEN'S DOIBLES Third round l.im Say Hup and Teh Keu San (Malaya) beat J. R. and A.I). Jordan (England) 15-10 15-12. WOMEN'S SINGLES Semi-finals
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  • 229 12 LONDOX, Mar 20 (Router) Bafted favourites to beat Scotland in the al« utta (uj t national Rugby Tnion match at Tmcknih im to* f It ir 21 years mmc> Scotl.r d won at Twickenham and their hopes or ending their losing run at
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  • 151 12 COLONY SHUTTLERS TO PLAY IN SANDAKAN? Singapore's most promising shuttlers may be given a trip to Sandakan. North Borneo, to participate in the Sandakan Badminton Association's championships in August. A decision on this will be made pending the receipt of an official invitation. said Mr. We e Kim Wee. the
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  • 297 12 HONOURS SHARED IN INDONESIAN, COLONY GALA THE visiting Indonesian swimming club, Tirta Kentjana and Colony swimmers shared honours in the first of a four dav friendly meet at the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday. They won three events each. Tirta Kenjana's three v'.ctor.es were in the 100 metres breaststroke <men> 100
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  • 565 12 The Eclipse Of Malaya As Top Badminton Nation LONDON, March 20 (Reuter) The eclipse of Malaya as the worlds leading badminton nation was underlined in the All-England championships here yesterday, when the last of the Malayans were knocked out in the quarter-finals. Oon Chong Teik and the seeded Teh Kew
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  • 80 12 HK's KMB To Play Here HONGKONG'S Kowloon Motor Bus soccer team will play two matches in Singapore sometime in July it was announced at SAFA's Finance and Administrative Committee meeting at Jalan Besar yesterday. The Finance and Administrative Committee decided not to take action on charges made by Mr. Rahmim
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  • 19 12 kirk; B| 1 Off W ITIP< I I rjW th^ end i Road J*
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    • 76 12 SOCCER: Premier League: RAF vs Dockyard/ Vavy. Jalan Besar, 5.15 p.m. Dn\ 3 A: Seletar Yotith Indians V§ Queenstoicn. Jalan Bcsar 4 p.m Friendly' Rnjajt vs RMP F. Park SIS p.m. ATHLETICS: Spore Teachers Training College Students Union .neet, Paterson Road. 3 p.m. SWIMMING: Indonesia vt local. CSC, 5 p.m.
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  • 163 13 Ik FederaL ion Armoured I Regiment, one multi-racial I of the Federahas been ding escorts for Majesty the since Merdeka „s a unique which the men* very d of. King drives r e cities, i lountryside of p jtion escorts r »d *or him by P ArmourESI FSCORTS
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  • 321 13 The King's Escort— Car Escorts are drawn from Malays, Chinese, and Indian, and sometimes the eye is caught by the scarlet turban of a Sikh Trooper in contrast to the flat tops of the more usual scarlet hats. The tactical escorts for the
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  • 497 13 New Commonwealth Rendezvous MARLBOROUCH HOUSE, LONDON by DEREK STANDARD REPRESENTATIVES of the nations of the Commonwealth meet together so frequently nowadays that it is good to know that a permanent headquarters has been made available for them in London. It is Mar!boro:;^h House in Pali Mall, regarded as second only
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 171 13 RITA DEL MAR lru S Wl OTATION: \n«l from the disronn man t><*M progress --Hl.i Wheeler Wilcox lay for buying attention to ambide^ 1 2 <; W ith f. be irly, pnioy N H RIRTHDATI D \M» MIRTHSIGN RHx Warch 21 to U| useful Dlanj; get *e,. those uRI S
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    • 220 13 LI'L ABNER By Al "uET^NOTHAfiSLE^SK^ETA^) I -Bill Of Sale- 1 1/ SS^JE&S^JP "ifl i BULLION IKJ CASH, Xh BJLL-OF- L/ For P*I»«»* r««»lr»d of oo« billloa delltrt f ,P NT V is^^^\is?^raS %t 7our #xpen- ALLEY OOP By V. T. Ma^ilin t<f "fOU'Rfc V^ \>^ A^ 500N XXJ KMCW, \O»
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 49 14 Pro-Kassem crowds in Baghdad Photo IRAQ Premier General Kassem stands on the roof of the Ministry of Defence and waves to the crowds below him. Thousands of pro-Kas-sem demonstrators In Baghdad paraded last week condemning the Mosul mutiny and then converged on the Ministry to hail the Premier. UPI
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    • 226 14 African woman killed as more arrests are made BLA.NTYRE, Nyasaland. March 20 (Router) An African woman was shot dead by security forces yesterday in the Visanza District of Central Nyasaland, it I was officially announced. The statement said she i was shot while attempting to escape after receiving two warnings,
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    • 160 14 Killed Wife Cremated Her Body In An Oven TOI'RS, Central France, March 20 'Reuter). Pierre Duport. a 35--year-old village baker of La Celle-Saint-A\ant, near Tours, was sentenced to forced labour for life yesterday, for murdering his wife and cremating the body in his oven. Duport uas accused of strangling his
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    • 65 14 LONDON, March 20 (Reuter) A 34-year-old BOAC steward was taken to hospital yesterday with a bullet wound after flying to London in the same aircraft as the Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandra. The steward Lus Montenez. who was serving on the Royal flight, was
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    • 132 14 By-election results dampen Tory hopes LONDON. March, 20 <Reuter) Conservative government supporters held two seats at by-elections yesterday but with reduced majorities. The results of the two polls declared around midnight! was seen by observers as like- I ly to cool the ardour of those Conservatives who have been clamouring
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    • 139 14 WESTFORD. Massachusetts, March 20 ißeuten American scientists have bounced a radar echo on Venus and back to earth a total distance of about 56 million miles, it was disclosed here today. Scientists of the Lincoln Laboratory, run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on
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    • 345 14 ARABS vs REDS WAR HAS BEGUN -NASSER CAIRO, March 20 (Renter)— The state -controlled Cairo Radio yesterday accused Russia of making a switch in its policy towards the Arabs and declared "the struggle between communists supported by Moscow and the Arab nationalists" had now begun. Broadcasting the text of a
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    • 318 14 TROOPS CUTS 'MUST' A means of lessening tension Mac to tell Ike 3 -day talks to forge common policy start WASHINGTON, March 20, (UPl)— Brifish Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was reported hopeful today of persuading President Eisenhower to negotiate with Russia on a limited pull-back of troops in Europe. The
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    • NEWSBRIEFS
      • 221 14 Casey to spend day in S'pore CANBERRA. Mar. 20 (Reuter>. The Australian Minister for External Affairs. Mr. Richard Casey, will leave Melbourne on Saturday for an official two-week goodwill visit to the Far East. He will spend a week in Japan, three days in South Korea and a day in
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    • 202 14 Canada's Diefenbaker OTTAWA, March 20 (IPI) Prime Minister John Diefenbaker last night called on the United Nations to make a "more careful study" of the Berlin problem and said the U.N. "might play some most significant role" in the crisis. Mr. Diefenbaker told
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    • 190 14 DRUG TO KEEP SEX IMPULSES AT BAY! LONDON. March 20. (Reuten A British doctor suggests that a drug or injection to hold sexual impulses at bay might solve the state and churches problem over premarital sex experience Dr. C. B. Heald. a Gloucestershire doctor was referring in a letter to
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    • 46 14 THE Manchester Guardian today accused the British government of a "restrict ion--Ist mentality" i n the recent decision regarding KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight* to Singapore and urged that there should be no limiting of KLM's growth by anything but fair commercial comr>etition. Reuter
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    • 96 14 Litchfield dies in Arizona MR. P.W. Litchfield. one of the great Jeade: of American industry and a pioneer who made outstanding contributions to the advancement of ground and air transportation, died vn Thursday night in St. Josephs' Hospital, in Phoenix. Arizona. He was actively associated with the Goodyear Tire and
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    • 24 14 THE BANK of England has today relaxed the controb on forward dealings In foreign exchange and on the London gold market Reuter
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    • 66 14 JAKARTA, March 20 (Reu ter)— A witness was knocked out by an accused before th e Judge and prosecutor in th« Jakarta District Court. The prosecutor suggested the witness go home to recover and told him that when he cam e back :o court, he would be
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