The Straits Times, 17 March 1960

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    11 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845. 15 CENTS THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1960
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    Lock icon COMMON MART TALKS
    179 1 Malaya-Spore committee will discuss projects 'JHE Malayan Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said here today that talks between officials of the Federation and Singapore Governments on the creation of a common market ought to begin soon. He did not say where the talks
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    Hicks jailed 18 months
    399 1  -  GUILTY PLEA TO MANSLAUGHTER AFTER SAYING 'SHE MUST HAVE DIED WHEN I TRIED TO STOP HER SCREAMING' WOMEN WEEP AND CALL 'GOOD LUCK 9 AS HE LEA YES COURT SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THE COURT martial trying Staff Sergeant Lucien iioy Hicks, 39, for the murder of his
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    Exposed-a $2m. racket
    131 1 TAIPEH. Wed. Nationalist Chinese police today said that a IS Air force Sergeant had signed a confession that he smuggled more than three-quarters of a miMion dollars (MS2't million) worth of narcotics and other goods Into Formosa. Col. Chang' Tseng, a police spokesman, said it was the
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    Doctor stabbed by thugs
    167 1 Doctor stabbed by thugs SINGAPORE, Wed. Dr. Kurt Strueber, l 39, a German scientist doing research in Singapore, was last night stabbed three times by four armed thugs who entered his bungalow home at Tanah Mera Besar. A police spokesman said tonight three men have been detained. He is now
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    Jet rams plane
    41 1 NAOOYA. Japan. Wed. An F-86 fighter plane of the Japanese self-defence forces rammed Into a loarded passenger plane today on the runway of Kom<d air field I -here, killing at least, three persons and Injuring several others.— U.P.l-
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    Peronists held
    31 1 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. Army-led police strengthened by a declaration of internal war rounded up suspected terrorist supporters of ousted ex-President Juan Peron In raids throughout the country today. TJP.I.
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    They're off! Singapore bans race broadcasts
    277 1 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. THK Singapore Government has direoied Rcdiffusion (Singapore) Ltd. to stop all horse lacing commentaries or reports. A MinUtry of Culture statement tonight Indicated that this move was in ltn with the Government's efforts to combat illegal bookmaking. The statement said: "In accordance
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    Lock icon Lower air fares
    58 1 PARIS, Wed.-The Int« national Air Transport As soclation today announce agreement here to lower a travel fares in many par of the world. It also announced that i future member airlines wl offer only two classes of sei viee firstclass and a lowe class service to be
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    STOP PRESS
    39 1 ENSURE NO A-AtMi IN ORBIT GLNIV.V W.d Ul D toH 4 lii di2.tr ruirm nl tool bef t todj' Ib^t it niu> br emu ri<j tbji v arc ntur l>ut m" orbit around the in; oni Beatei
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    Bonus: 'Can wait5 story
    856 2 Bonus: 'Can wait 5 story OAKES DENIES THAT HE QUIT THE COMPANY WITHOUT GIVING NOTICE •COMPANY HAD AN OVERDRAFT AT THE BANK. SO I AGREED NOT TO TAKE MONEY THEN 1 MR. WALTER OAKES, a former general manager of George Lee Ltd. in Singapore told Mr. Justice Ambrose in the
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    COMING UP: A TOWN LIKE PETALING JAVA FOR J. BAHRU
    155 2 COMING UP: A TOWN LIKE PETALING JAVA FOR J. BAHRU KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday AN INDUSTRIAL and residential town on the lines of Petaling Jaya is being planned for Johore Bahru. The site, comprising 1.500 acres, Is on the outskirts of the town. It was once earJ;ed for the University oi
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    Road crash witness collapses and dies
    73 2 Road crash witness collapses and dies fAIPING. Wed— A 60-y«r--old pensioner died in hospital here this morn in* after witnessing a fatal accident in Assam Kumbang Boad yesterday evening. S. Snbramaniam. a former Telecommunications Dept. employee, callapsed when he saw a motorcycle ridden by a baker's assistant. Somasundram. 21. collide
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    Court appoints appraiser to value seized ship
    102 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Hißh Court here has appointed an appraiser to value the American freighter, John B. Kulukundis. which has been lying in the lald-up anchorage under an order of seizure since last month. After the appraisal, the iship will be auctioned to
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    Ssomil. airport plan: Wonderful, say the —big airline men—
    275 2 Ssomil. airport plan: Wonderful, say the big airline men— INTERNATIONAL airline operators here today welcomed the Government's proposal to build a $50 million International airport just outside the Federal capital. There are seven international airlines operating at the present moment through Kuala Lumpur. The chairman of the Airline Operators' Committee,
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    A horror campaign for road safety
    128 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wednesday. JAY-WALKERS, cyclists and other road users are to be "horrified" into obeying road safety rules in a year -long campaign to be launched next month. The road safety publicity campaign will be sponsored by the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council with the
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    Lock icon India told: Abandon neutrality and organise anti-Red front
    259 3 TNDIA was urged today to abandon its non-alignment policy and organise a united anti-Communist front with the countries of South-East Asia. Mr. C. Rajagopalachari, first Governor-General of independent India and leader of the newly-form- ed Swatantra Party, told a Press conference that
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    Lock icon SPECIAL TALKS ON GROWTH OF POPULATION
    167 3 SPECIAL TALKS ON GROWTH OF POPULATION BANGKOK. Wednesday. A SIAN government representatives decided here yesterday to hold a conference on Asian population growth late in 1962 when the countries of the region had completed their national censuses. They were meeting In the 16th session of the Economic Commission tor Asia
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    Lock icon No divorce, says Moss
    57 3 LONDON. Wed. Stirling Moss, Britain's ace racing driver, said here yesterday that there was "absolutely no truth whatever" in reports that he and his Canadianborn wife had decided on a divorce. Mr. Moss told Reuter that he and 24-year-old Katie Moss had separated. "but there is
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    Lock icon Raiders get $170,000 from bank
    105 3 Raiders get $170,000 from bank LONDON. Wed. Bandits rammed a bank van in SouthEast London yesterday and escaped with about £20,000 ($170,000). A party of four or five men drove their car into the van. overpowered two guards and the driver, and cut the chains securing the money box to
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    Lock icon Morocco backs rebels' plan
    38 3 RABAT. Wed. Morocco yesterday endorsed the Algerian Muslim rebels statement on Monday that they will continue to fight the French for complete independence. "We support (their) political position.*' a Moroccan Government spokesman said U.P.I.
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    Lock icon Banda case: Assassin was to have died, too: Witness
    180 3 Banda case: Assassin was to have died, too: Witness /COLOMBO, Wed— A wit\j ness told the Bandaranaike assassination inquiry today that Anura de Silva (third accused in case) was to have shot the Rev. Somarama Thero (the alleged assassin) soon after the shooting of the late Ceylon Prime Minister. The
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    Lock icon First Filipino cardinal
    62 3 ROME. Wed.— Archjishop Ruflno Santos of \> ant la arrived here today to be Invested by the Pope as the first Filipino cardinal in the history of the Roman Catholic Church. He will receive his red hat, along with seven other cardinals created by the Pope, at
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    Lock icon A luxury floating hotel for London-Sydney run
    134 3 gELFAST. Wed. Every possible luxury that the mid- twentieth century can provide has been incorporated in a floating hotel the new passenger ship Canberra which is to be launched here today. Dame Patti Meniies. wife of the Australian Prime Minsister. has come to
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    Lock icon MAC: LET US NOT BOYCOTT SOUTH AFRICA GOODS
    167 3 MAC: LET US NOT BOYCOTT SOUTH AFRICA GOODS LONDON. Wednesday. MR. MACMILLAN spoke last night of "differences" between Britain and South Africa on "certain subjects" but deplored the boycott of South African goods. He urged that the differences be faced clearly and seen "for what they are." The British Prime
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    Lock icon Parachuting record
    60 3 MOSCOW. Wed— A trio of Soviet parachutists have bettered the existing world record for precision landing by a group of three from a height of about 4,900 ft.. the Soviet news agency Tass reported today. Junmplne at Sverdlovsk, the men achieved an average deviation from the centre of
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    Lock icon Chou says 'yes'
    35 3 NHW DELHI. Wed- Mr. Chou En-Lai, the Chinese Prime Minister, has accepted an invitation from Mr. Nehru to meet him here next month to talk over the 81no- Indian border dispute.— Reuter
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    Rhee wins election
    76 3 SEOUL, Wed.— Mr. Syngman Rhee and his running mate. Mr. Lee Xl Poong. were elected President and VlcePresldent respectively of the Republic of Korea today. The opposition Democrats announced they would protest the elections to the Supreme Court. The 84-year-old Rhee won an unprecedented fourth term by
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    Lock icon Map of moon
    27 3 NEW YORK. Wed. British. French and American scientists are making a map of the moon, showing Its contours as seen On Its surface. —Reuter.
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    Lock icon BERLIN: A PLEDGE TO DR. A. FROM IKE
    203 3 BERLIN: A PLEDGE TO DR. A. FROM IKE WASHINGTON, Wed The West German Chancellor. Dr. Adenauer, and President Eisenhower declared yesterday that any future agreement on Berlin must preserve the freedom of West Berliners. In a joint statement after a one hour 45 minutes confer, ence. the two leaders aaid:
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    Cyprus talks boycott
    72 3 NICOSIA. Wed.- The Turkish Cypriot leader, Dr. Fazlli Kutchuk. yesterday again de clined to attend Anglo-Cyprus talks and sources close to him I said he thought they were "farcical." v was the second day he j has not attended the present 1 series of talks between the
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      335 3 ITour radfio today... RADIO SINGAPORE RADIO MALAYA Medium Wave 476 metres NATIONAL SHOBTWAVE Short Ware 62 metre* RFRVirw 41 7 rn.tr*. from 9.0« 10.00 pm. SERWCE 41.7 metre* AM 6.30 Good Morning; 632 MEDII'M WAVE SERVICES ch 8 e 00 Ne T ThW h 5 e U News; 805 A
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    Anti-flood canal first big job for new work force
    446 4 Anti-flood canal first big job for new work force Flower arrangementthe classical way SINGAPORE, Wednesday. fHE FIRST IMPORTANT task for the pro posed Singapore Workers' Brigade will be to build a long, GO loot-wide canal at Sungei Api Api, near Pasir Ris. This drainage project Is among several priority development
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    20 visit the Aga Khan
    53 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. More than 30 followers of the Aga Khan In Singapore and the Federation have flown to Rangoon to pay their respects to him during his oneweek visit there. The Aga Khan U unrble to accept an invitation to extend his tour to Singapore
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    Shariah Court gets usher
    39 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Shariah Court 'Muslim Religious Court) here will get its first usher tomorrow a man with 13 years' court experience. He is Inche Said bin Bulalman, usher of the Third Criminal District Court.
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    20 WANT TO JOIN SPEECH CONTEST
    121 4 20 WANT TO JOIN SPEECH CONTEST SINGAPORE, W e d.— *3 Twenty applications have been received from Singapore secondary schools for the state wide oratorical contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce here. The chamber president, Mr. Tan Hsian Tsln. said today many more schools were expected to join
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    Signs warn traffic
    46 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Motorists have been warned against using Orchard RoadScots Road junction to avoid congestion. A large section of the road there is under construction. Warning signs were set up at the "approach roads" today in an attempt to reduce the flow of traffic.
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    IT WILL BE EASIER SOON TO PHONE
    263 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. T«HE Singapore Telephone Board plans to introA duce a new and fully automatic public telephone system in" the island in the next three years. A new and more compact mechanism housed in the top half of the coin-box will make calls
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    St. Patrick dance
    28 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A dance is being held at the Sea View Hotel tomorrow night by the Singapore. St. Patrick's^ Society to celebrate St. Patrick's Night.
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    TIP-OFF, AND AXE, KNIVES ARE FOUND
    84 4 TIP-OFF, AND AXE, KNIVES ARE FOUND SINGAPORE, Wed— Police raced to Verdun Road In Jalan Besar district here last night after getting a call about a gang fight. But when they reached there, they found no signs of any hoodlums. On the road, however, the police recovered an axe, two
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    R.I naval chief's four-day visit
    190 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday T<HE Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Navy, ComA modore Martadinata, flew into Singapore by Garuda Airways today for a four-day visit. I Youngish-looking Commodore Martadinata, who is here as guest of Admiral Sir Oerald Gladstone, C-ln-C Par East Station, was accompanied by
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    THE JOHANSSON STORY
    44 4 THE JOHANSSON STORY INGEMAR JOHANSSON continues the story of his fantastic fighting life in the Free Press on Monday, In this second part of his story ha tolls what he thinks about the leoding contenders for the heavyweight title without puffing any punchos hi
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    BALLET SUCCESS STORY
    38 4 BALLET SUCCESS STORY BTwtMRfTCTiro A SINGAPORE girl has bean accepted i by the Royal Academy of Dancing for train- i ing. It is a rare tuc- cass story. The story i is told by Antoinette j today in
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    THAT BIG WALK
    42 4 q^kunCbßß THE BIG WALK certificates are ready. There is one for every competitor who completed the walk on Fob. 28. These certificates may be collected at Time* House, Singapore, during office hours from today until Saturday. Got yours today.
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    KUCHING YOUTH STRANDED
    110 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. A Sarawak Malay youth today appealed to the Straits Times for help to contact his. mother so that he can return to his native town. Kuchlng Jalanl bin Abdullah. 23, said his mother, Salni binte Mall, now In Kuchlng, was the only one who could
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    DANCERS OF CEYLON IN ACTION SOON
    124 4 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. SINGAPOREANS who enjoy watching traditional dances will have the opportunity to see Ceylon's finest dancers, "The Dancers of Ceylon," in action when they open their season here at the Happy World Stadium on March 21. The company was formed In 1946 and
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    Camps to speak at luncheon
    39 4 SINOAPORE. Wed. Dr. Frauds Camps, the eminent British pathologist who is In Singapore in connection with the Hicks trial, will be guest speaker at the Lions Club International luncheon at the Adelphl Hotel tomorrow.
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      225 4 RAOB (Pride of the bit building and weight 4 pm: Lodgei Weakly meeting at the judo apacUl Intensive course S.i 6 Stralu Merchant Service Guild. pja.; Malay drll Service Std. I l -A Raffles Quay 8.30 pjn Intermediate 5.30 p.m.; Boon** BINOATOBE KECOEOED shifters "Ruddlgort" rehearasU MUSIC SOCIETY: Weekly sym*
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    The Peak a 'magnet' for iron ore firms
    209 5 The Peak a 'magnet' for iron ore firms A LOR STAR, Wed.— A rush for iron ore concessions has developed in the Kedah Peak area since the lifting of the dusk-to-dawn purfew and food restrictions in central Kedah earlier this year. The 3.000 ft. Peak, once Kedah's blackest area, l
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    Lottery fine
    24 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed.— Hussein bin All was fined $1,500 In the magistrate's court here for assisting In carrying on a character lottery.
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    FROG IN POCKET—IT'S GOOD FOR CHILDREN, SAYS LECTURER
    362 5 FROG IN POCKET— IT'S GOOD FOR CHILDREN, SAYS LECTURER T*HE time has come when parents who shudder at the sight of a reptile will have to get used to seeing their children playing with it or cutting it up. More than 290 teachers attendine a vacation course here today were
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    TWO IN A HURRY: GOVERNOR'S SON, ENVOY
    96 5 TWO IN A HURRY: GOVERNOR'S SON, ENVOY CLIM RIVER, Wed. A governor's son and a Vietnam consulate official were fined yesterday for speeding within the Slim River local council limits on Dec. 24 last year. Raja Kamarudin bin Raja Uda,' 28, son of the Governor of Penang, and Nguyen Van
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    Airdrop cats now go after those rats
    64 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Twenty-three cats were dropped by parachute from a giant RAF Beverley transport plane last week into the Bario district of the Kelabit Highlands in Sarawak. The cats, packeo expertly in wicker baskets, were for the people of Bario. whose food crops
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    Murder trial hears about death of a cat
    512 5 Murder trial hears about death of a cat DRIVER IS INJURED AS STONE HITS BUS BUKIT MLRTAJAM. Wed. A bus belonging to the Province Central Omnibus Company was stoned as it was about to halt at the Simpang Am-pat-Bukit Tengab junction near here this morning. One big stone landed on
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    Govt. agrees to allowance
    36 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Government lias agreed to pay overtime transport allowance to the Paya Lebar airport police. The Treasury has allocated about $8,000 for this year, a police spokesman said today.
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    Stabbed by 10 thugs
    42 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. A youth was stabbed by 10 thugs beside a fish pond near Sennett Estate here today. Quek Huang Kee, *19. an Ice-cream vendor, has been admitted to the General Hospital. He received wounds on nil body.
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      132 5 The Saint By Leslie harteris m fiP XHAT^ A WM6K THITHER THE T Will I CAN TELL X>J/ MR TEMPLAR ANP l"\ W iOU WOULP HAVE MO~^\ &*> REQUEST. J COHCtESGe HOK WEKT OUT TOGtTHK ANP THERE MAS MO j I OBJECTION TO 4UTM A %^^^lW INSPECTOR /IT THE POOR
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    125 6 J0 Wtrii tit (Minimum) OR. K. KAIINATHAN Retired Madras Gazetted Officer of Slthankernv, Orion, (formerly KM. B. Oovt: BMdent Assistant Bur* eon) thanks all bli relation* and friends who kindly attended the temples, prayed for him nnd blessed him on his sixtieth birthday ceremony on 6.3.1M0. Be alas thanks
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
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    2to £trahs ijimrs Thursday, March 17, 1960. Chicken And Egg
    685 6 2to £trahs ijimrs Thursday, March 17, 1960. Chicken And Egg Rural development, as the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives has reminded everybody, is not all a matter of rubber and rice. There is a fortune to be made in poultry farming and in livestock generally. The Ministry is to encourage
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    A Door Closed
    301 6 Whatever General de Gaulle said in his talks to French officers in Algeria, the first consequences are as forthright as his references to a military solution invited. The Algerian "provisional government" regards the door to negotiation and peace as now firmly closed, and it will fight on
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    Package Travel
    292 6 Regional co-operation has been so much in the South East Asian air that it is hardly surprising to find tourist promotion brought within its range. Conceived at the recent conference of the Pacific Are* Travel Association in New Zealand, the plan is to launch a "Visit the Orient
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    Subversion
    1346 6  -  Political infiltration, intelligence work, press subversion and espionage IN the summer of 1956, while on leave in Moscow, I was informed by high-ranking KGB (State Security Branch) officers that I had been selected to do political intelligence work in Burma. The two men who directed me to Join KGB
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      THE SAVINGS BANK: A TOTAL BALANCE OF $139 mil
      445 6 THE SAVINGS BANK: A TOTAL BALANCE OF $139 mil liriTH reference to the inVI qulry by "DJt." In the Saturday Forum of March 12 the following latest information may be of interest: The number of active accounts Is 455,030 with a total balance of $139,684.--486; the number of dormant accounts
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      Of flags, patriotism and respect
      202 6 Of flags, patriotism and respect IN my commentary on Tuesday I mentioned a similarity between Singapore's new flag and the flag with which a ship's captain calls for a pilot. This suggestion, i learn, has caused offence, since I am held to have insulted Singapore's national emblem. Nothing could have
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    The defence
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    SHE WAS SCREAMING ...ALL THE TIME SHE WAS SCREAMING...I THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT I WAS BEATING HER...
    1093 7 SHE WAS SCREAMING ...ALL THE TIME SHE WAS SCREAMING...I THOUGHT PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT I WAS BEATING HER... STAFF SERGEANT Lucien Roy Hicks, 39, today told the story of his life to the court martial trying him on a charge of murdering his German wife at their Alexandra Avenue home
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    97 7 in the case THE ACCUSED SCT. LUCIEN ROY HICKS. 39. REME. charged with murdering his wife Helga. 37, in their Alexandra Avenue home on Sept. 18. 1959. THE COURT Maj-Gen. J. A. R. Robertson (president). Brig. D. Welsh. Col. S. Douglas. Lt. Col P. Mean. Lt.-Col. H. C. Brayru Major
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    3296 7 HICKS BREAKS DOWN AND WEEPS WHEN REMINDED OF MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER mlnatlon until it was too late. Asked by Mr. Marshall If he was annoyed. Hicks replied: "I would not say I was annoyed." The next year, his wife was pregnant again. The result was their only son Peter. Clean
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    717 10 UPTURN CONTINUES IN PRICES OF LOCAL SHARES By Our Market Correspondent THE slight upturn which became apparent a couple of days ago continued on the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday and gained momentum. Prices in all sections were a •shade better with buyers now willing to pay more for small scattered
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    717 10 ON the Malayan Stock Exchange yesterday, all sections improved and "the turnover was good. Members of the Exchange reported the following business at the afternoon call Industrials: Fraser and Neave ords tl 97: Gammon $2 48 to $2.50; Henry Waugh $1.63; Hume pref. Ass. l'iid. cd.. ords Ass.
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    36 10 SINGAPORE. MAR. 16. RUBBER: $1.19 per lb. (up five-eighth s of a cent). 5 p.m. close: $1,191 (very steady). TIN: $391.25 per picul (up 50 cents). Estimated unofficial offering 210 tons (down 10 tons).
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    227 10 A PRIL first trade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 119 cents per lb., up five-eighths of a cent on Tuesday's close. The Closing tone was steady. S.C.C.R.A- closing; prlees in cents per lb., yesterday were: Int. l R.S.S. Spot f.o.b. buyers 119',, sellers 119 Int.
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    112 10 OINGAPORE Chinese Prodace J Exchange noon prices per picul 'yesterday were: Copra: quiet; UK/Continent March/April shipments $39 buyers, $39\ sellers. oconut oil: quiet; bulk $59 'j sellers, drum $62' 2 sellers. Proper: quiet; no business was reported done. Muntok white $305. Sarawak $300, special Sarawak black $200. garbled
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    S'pore SHIPPING
    136 10 CHIPS lying alon«side the Sinfa- pore Harbour Board wharves or expected today are: Straat Van Diemen 12, New York Maru 4/5, Osaka Maru 6A. Elizabeth Baklce 6 7, City of Wellington 8 9. Olenroy 10/11. President Hayes 13/14, Enillie Maersk 19/16. Auiomedon 18. Isarco 19. Semantan N Wall
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    10 10 Amal Rubber Estates produced 864^00 lb. In February.
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    23 10 Malayan Stock Exchange: March 16 March 15 Industrial*: 1M.91 131.69 Ims ***** 151.57 I g«M>eri: '67.8S 167.69 Jan. T 1958 100.
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    133 10 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT shares remained x firm here today, the only move being Marrobrrtkons down Ml Base metals eased while the oils remained steady. G. J. Coles went up to 19s. 8d following the announcement of a three-for-ten new issue. Commonwealth loans were firm on a large turnover.
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    94 10 rpHE Malayan Exehance Banks' A Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): New York: buying airmail T.T. 32 7/8. O.D. S3. 90 d/st 33 5/16 credit bills. 33 7/16 trade blUs. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: New York 32 11/16;
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      394 10 NOTICES SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL 3 f f DEBENTI RE STOCK 1935/75-S5. NOTICE Is hereby given that the Transfer Books of the above Stock will be closed from 19th March to. Ist April. 1960. both days Inclusive, for the preparation of Interest Warrants. S. S. SCALES, City Treasurer and Registrar of Loans
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      792 10 NOTICES STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO. LTD. (Incorporated In Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Seventyfourth Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office, Ocean Building, Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Saturday, 9th April. 1960 at 12 noon when the Directors will recommend for approval payment of
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      1361 11 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA IN KUALA LUMPUR Applications are invited for the j Post of Driver tn the Estates Department, University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur. Salary Scale 8120 x 4 138/133. Variable allowance at current rates and Provident Fund. Applications (In Triplicate) must be made on prescribed Forms,
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    579 12 COURT ADJOURNS FOR TEN MINUTES AND DECIDES TO ACCEPT HICKS' PLEA OF GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER almost immediate death. He thought that the court might feel that this was a matter which would not be in the knowledge of a layman. He also thought that the court might feel satisfied, on
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    158 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, but night told a group o f Government officers to fight falsehood and propaganda with troth. He was add-essing 29 officials of the Information Services and the Malayan Film Unit at the end of their five-day
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    1996 13  -  FIRST WINNER FOR SONNY LIM By EPSOM JEEP: Ipoh, Wednesday MADAM C. Goh's Nee-Hau-Ma which is mandarin for "How are you?" created an upset in the 3.20 race here today, giving apprentice Sonny Lim- his first winner. Nee-Hau-Ma paid $157 and $26 on the tote. Top rider of
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    776 13 ENTRIES FOR BUKIT TIMAH RACES CINGAPORE, Wed.— Only ten entries have been received for the Singapore Derby to be run over 1£ miles on April 3 at Bukit Timah. They are Dreamboat. The Little King. Marksman. Oleander 11. Peaceful King, Pinkson. Prince of Lallta. Straits Code.
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    157 13 Singapore v Malaya at soccer next month SINOAPORE. Wed— A Malayan soccer team will play two International matches against Singapore here next month. Singapore will later visit Kuala Lumpur for two more matches. Singapore Amateur FA. president Mr. Son Ghee Soon told the Straits Times today that he hoped thus
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    46 13 LONDON. Wed. Results of last night's British football! wereDIV. 1 Arsenal 1 Leicester 1 DIV. 2 Axton Villa 3 Derby County 2 DIV. 3 Bradford City 2 Shrewsbury 3. DIV. 4 Rochdale 0 Bradford 1. SCOTTISH DIV 1 Partick Thistle 1 Hearts 2 —Renter
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    30 13 HOCKEY Singapore Junior knockout final: Eveready v Serangoon Oarden ipadang) ATHLETICS— Singapore schools' Paslr Pan]ang district cross country r»w (Paslr Pantang). POI/> Mvra Om competition (Thomson Road. Singapore).
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    447 13 GEORGETOWN, Wednesday. ENGLAND, who drew the Fourth Test, are certain of at least sharing the rubber with West Indies. England, who are leading 1-0 in a flve-match series, need only a draw in the final Test starting in Trinidad on March 25 to become the first full
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    94 13 pEOROETOWN. Wed. Peter VI May. the England cricket captain, and his wife, will fly home from Trinidad on Saturday. Mr. Walter Robins, manager of the MCC team, made the announcement here today. May has beea suffering from a constantly reopening operation wound. With May and his
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    20 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. Singapore schools inter-district soccer competition semi-finals; Pasir Panjang 13 Katong 0; Serangoon 4 Buklt Timah 1.
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    457 14 BRITISH DELEGATE FORMALLY TABLES THE WESTERN THREE-STAGE PLAN LIMIT US, SOVIET AND CHINESE TROOPS TO 1,700,000 BRITISH, FRENCH TO 650,000 I^HK Soviet Union today proposed that during the first phase of disarmament the armed forces of the United States, Russia and Communist China should be reduced
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    59 14 THE FAMILY OP the late Mr. Charlfa Sect Chens Tuan thanki all relative* and friend* for their kind axaiitance. gift*, condolence*, visits and attendance al the funeral. CHAN CHWEE LIM. KoV Guan. Kok Sens, slater* thank all relatives, friends for amtstance. loan of cars, contributions, nlKhl visit", wreath", attendance
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    113 14 U.S. plans underground A-test in January WASHINGTON, Wed. America is to conduct an underground nuclear test explosion in New Mexico in January to provide information on proposed peaceful uses of atomic energy such as blasting new harbours. A Government spokesman said today that it would be known as Project Gnome
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    426 14 'THE MINISTER FOR CULTURE, Mr. S. Rajaratnam said today tourists should not be treated as potential victims "to be skinned, fleeced and bled," but as customers who should go away satisfied and convinced that they had value for money. Mr. Rajaratnani said: "Such
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    82 14 Chittagong port chief to run Port Swettenham KUALA LI'MPUR, Wed. The new Chief Port Manager for Port Swettenhara. .Mr. S. M. Maroof. arrived here by air today from Pakistan. He will succeed Mr. E. JefTtries. who will retire under Malayanisation on April 17. Mr. Maroof was formerly Port Manager in
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    263 14 Byrne plans crackdown on bogus firms that operate from 5-ft. way SINGAPORE, Wednesday. fHK .MINISTER FOR LABOUR and Law, Mi. K. If. Byrne, said to day that legislation would be tightened to eliminate "bogus" firms in Singapore. He said these firms set up bogus oflices. bought goods on credit, sold
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    CLERK KEEPS ALL-NIGHT VIGIL AT CREEK FOR A 20-ft. CROCODILE
    104 14 CLERK KEEPS ALL-NIGHT VIGIL AT CREEK FOR A 20-ft. CROCODILE SINGAPORE. Wed. -A 31--year-old clerk, Mr. hew Kok Lee, tonight began an all-night vigil at a muddy creek in Ponggol for a 20-ft. crocodile. The crocodile was first seen In the creek two days age by a group of iishermen
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    291 14 LONDON. Wed— A further advance in equity share prices gathered momentum on the London Stock Exchange today and widespread gains were established. Buyers were not always successful In obtaining stock, as In spite of the fall In .the past few weeks, the market Is still short of good
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    22 14 LONDON. Wed.— Buyer C 791. sellers €792. Forward buyers £789',. sellers £790. Settlement £792 Turnover am. 215 tons. p m. 65
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    176 14 LONDON, Wednesday. Labour Party members rose in open revolt against Mr. Hugh Gaitskell yesterday in what may be a decisive test of his leadership. The 64— a1l MPs demanded that the party's national executive reject Mr. Oaitskell's moderate views on nationalisation Mr. Gaitskell wants
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    135 14 rpELUK ANSON, Wed.— A About 140 people were made homeless by a fire which destroyed 12 plank and at tap houses in the main street here this afternoon. The houses were in the congested Maha Tong area at the end of Market Street. A woman,
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