The Straits Times, 19 May 1962

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    20 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 100,000 AW*"** The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY. MAY 19, 196' 15 CENTS KDN Oil
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    UP GOES BARRIER
    371 1  -  FRANCIS BOEY Million-dollar 'Berlin Wall' for HK border Banish order to 4,000 refugees From j Hong Kong Friday BERLIN WALL" is Hong Kong's insuer to stem the unabated horde of Chinese refugees entering this British territory. The entire 12-mile frontier from Lok Ma Chow on the west
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    CEREMONY OF HENNA LEA YES
    94 1 CEREMONY OF HENNA LEA YES ONI of Sharifah Salwa's maids of honour, leiuku Noraini of Kelantan. a sister-in-law of the Kaja Permaisuri Aeons, plucking henna leaves during Hie henna plucking ceremony in the Istana Ne«ara u rounds yesterday. The leaves were used later in the night for the traditional henna
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    Form Five send their greetings
    64 1 Form Five send their greetings PENANG. Fri— The Form Five pupils of the Penang Convent former cia^smates of Royal bride Sharifah Salwa today wired their congratulations and good wishes lor a happy marriage. Shariiah Sahva. who was very popular during her school days in the Convent is fondly remembered by
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    Lock icon Orbit flight on Tuesday
    40 1 CAPE CANAVERAL, Frl. The Civilian Space Agency announced last night that it had postponed the scheduled orbital mission of astronaut Scott Carpenter until next Tuesday because of technical difficulties in the space caDsule's parachute mechanism Reuter.
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    Murder city...
    23 1 MANILA. Fri. About 220 known killers and accomplices are believed to be living in the Manila area, according to police.— U.P.l.
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    Lock icon The little girl and the White —House
    278 1 The little girl and the White —House Washington. Fri. Washington is chuckling over a new-ly-published book ot line drawings which takes a sly dig at President Kennedy through the eyes of a little girl obviously intended to be President's daughter Caroline. The New York publishers who deny any political motive,
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    Lock icon Back to the fold?
    148 1 r~ ELISABETHVILLE. Frl. PRKSIDKNT Tshombe has stated openly for the first time that he is prepared to shed Katanga s M>\<-reignty declared in July 1960 when his state srerded from the Congo. He is due to resume talks with Mr vrillr Adoula Congolese Prime Minister, in
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    Lock icon US Marine line faces the Reds
    917 1 BANGKOK, Friday. EIGHTEEN hundred US. Marines in full battle dress and supported by artillery and tanks began taking up positions in the Thai interior today facing its Com-munist-threatened border with Laos. The Marines, members of the 3rd. Bn. 9th. Regiment. 3rd. Marine Division, began
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    Lock icon A cautious push by the army
    204 1 VIENTIANE. Friday. yHE Royal Laotian Army, seeking to regain lost ground, today sent patrols on a cautious push toward the rebel-held garrison at Nam Tha. American advisers accomBtd the patrols part of the ltary sources, just back the battered outpost o: Houei Sal in
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    Next target for Hillary
    64 1 NEW YORK. Frl Sir Edmund Hillary, who conquered Mount Everest, plans to try his skill against another Himalayan mountain next spring He told newsmen in Portland. Maine, his next target was Tawecht. a 21.500-ft ueak near Everest. He said it was far from the highest peak
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    Lock icon Algeria: 'Serious' French moves
    255 1 Algeria: 'Serious' French moves •-TUNIS. Fri. The in- formation Ministry of the "Algerian Provisional Government said here late last lighi that "serious incidents" had occurred on the eastern frontier oi Algeria where French forces surrounded units Of Alger i a n nationalist troops. The incidents occurred between the Tunisian frontier
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    Lock icon Exit tickets on a platter
    301 2 r HONG KONG. Fri. EVIDENCE that the Kwangtung provincial authorities and militia are actively encouraging the mass flight over the Hong Kong border mounted today. Many escapera Interviewed in tiie border area tell of being handed exit pprmit.s "on a platter" and given directions on
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    Lock icon THE OSTRICH GIRL
    73 2 LONDON, Fri. Surgeons found in a six-year old girl's stomach: 118 hl.uk shoelaces, eight socks. >n hair ribbons and many "unidentified pieces of material." it was reported herr yesterday. The case, described in the Weekly Nursing- Mirror. happened in a hospital for mentally handicapped children. Thr case
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    Lock icon PLEA TO DR. S. TO FREE EDITOR
    196 2 PLEA TO DR. S. TO FREE EDITOR DARIS. Fri. The In- ternational Press Institute today passed a resolution appealing to President Soekarno of Indonesia either to bring to trial or to tplease Mochtar Lubis. imprisoned former editor of Indonesia Raya The resolution said: "Th* eleventh genera] assembly <>t the International
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    Moment of disaster...
    67 2 FOREIGN &ESK(2JI»HOTO SPECIAL FLUNC from the saddle, British racing motor-cycl-ist Roy Mayhew rolls from his machine as it churns up the earth in a crash in the last lap of the last event at a race meeting in Kent, England. Picture at right shows a man rushing
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    Lock icon Afro-Asian call
    24 2 NEW YORK. Fri. The Afro- Asian group is to ask the U.N. General Assembly to debate the situation in Southern Rhodesia Renter
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    Lock icon African trade 'not hit by boycott'
    176 2 LX)NDON, Friday. A FRO- ASIAN trade boycotts have had no effect on South African trade. Mr. Felix Wolf, leader of a South African marketing mission to Europe said here yesterday. He told a Press conference"ln fact our exports have Increased "Take our groundnut exports
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    Lock icon MOTHER SEES SON IN PEKING JAIL: 'HE'S FINE'
    154 2 pEKING. Fri. An American mother, Mrs. Mary Downey, yesterday visited her 32--year-old son. John, who is serving a life sentence in a Peking jail for espionage. Mrs Downpy and another son. William, who both arriv d here from Canton by air on
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    Lock icon Million noes
    38 2 LONDON. Fri. A letter published yesterday in the Times, signed by 18 genera! secretaries of British trade unions representing one million workers, opposed ths testing of nuclear weapons hv any nation for any rtMOll whatever Reuter.
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    49 2 Dissent does not mean w disunity and disagreement can surely be healthy, so long as we avoid, on both sides of the Atlantic, any ill-tempered or ill-conceived remarks which may encourage those who hope to divide and conquer. -President Kennedy on U.S. -European relation.-., in a ipeeeti ywtwdajr
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    Lock icon IPI concerned over kidnap
    36 2 PARIS. Fri. The International Press Institute yesterday passed a resolution expressing concern at what wu described as the kidnapping of a West German lournalisi from West Berlin by East German agents Reuter
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      167 2 See 2 unusual events in one fascinating evening.. .as our guest H Parvirw of thr provocativ* new motion picture in full color. "Dale Ctrntqir't Turning Points" starring TV and KaHio NmmCMMT Morgan Bratly. Dorothy CarnPKir and Lowrll Thomai It's thr movir that puLi a fingrr on thr prohlrm* and tensions
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  • FOREIGN NEWS DESK 2
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      Quick look round....
      296 3 Quick look round.... OTTAWA. Friday. TTWO prisoners who escaped from a jail in Sud- bury, made prepaid long distance telephone calls to tell jail officials they were coming back. prisoner No. l. Henry Mont, telephoned after 11 days of freedom, then hitch-hiked back to finish an 18-month term lor theft.
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      Border guard flees to West
      81 3 KASSEL: An Ejjr Ccrm.in border policeman guarding workers near the West German frontier fled to the West through the barbed wire barricades, taking his sub-machine gun with him. MADRID: The Spanish Government is believed to be drafting legalisation to make strikes legal. At present strikes
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      Teamster boss arrested
      32 3 0 WASHINGTON: Tcamttcr boss lames R. Hoffa 'above i was arrested last night on charges of punching a union official he accused of failing to do his work properly.
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      Lock icon Greetings, says Wang after 7 years of silence
      222 3 Greetings, says Wang after 7 years of silence tyAKSAW, Fri.- After years of silence as he emerged from dozens of secret meetings with the U.S. Ambassador to Warsaw, the Chinese Ambassador finally said something last night —he sent his greetings to the American people. Mr. Wang Ping Nan U normally
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      Lock icon Murder alleged
      29 3 SEOUL. Fri. The United Nations Command said that an American army private. Richard D. Jen.-en. 20. was arrested yesterday for the alleged murder of a Korean sirl.-U.P.I.
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      A big catch
      33 3 TOKYO. Fri— A submarine became entangled in the lines of a group of Japanese fishing vessel off southern Kyushu island today, almost causing two of the vessels to capsize— U.P.l.
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      Lock icon Probe into affairs of millionaire
      168 3 WASHINGTON. Fri. President Kennedy said yesterday that 75 Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were taking part in the probe of the affairs of a millionaire Texas financier. Mr. Billie Sol Estes. The president, at his Press conference, also personally backed his Secretary for Agriculture, Mr.
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      Lock icon U.S. thanked
      20 3 PNOM PENH. Fri.— Prince Norodom Sihanouk has thanked the United State.s for aid given Cambodia during 1962— U.P.1.
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      Lock icon MBOYA: PRESS WILL FACE A 'TRAITOR' CHARGE IF...
      293 3 PARIS. Friday VI R. TOM MBOYA. the Kenyan nationalist leader, lold an audience of international news chiefs here today that the world's press must respond constructively to the challenge of emerging Africa or face the charge of "traitor." He was addressing the
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      Lock icon 2 WESTERN ALLIES CLASH ON N-ARMS
      349 3 2 WESTERN ALLIES CLASH ON N-ARMS France's ambitions may change relations between Big Three PRESIDENT Kennedy's sharp words last nighl aboul the nuclear ambitions of President de Gaulle may mark the beginning o! a new state in relations between France and Britain and America, diplomatic > bservers here said. The
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      Lock icon Without U.S. we are lost: Dr. A
      242 3 HAMBURG. (West Germany). Friday. HTHE West German Chancellor. Dr. Konrad Adex nauer. told the Hamburg newspaper Die Welt that "we must under no circumstances release the United States from the defence alliance without the U.S. we are lost." "In Europe there is no
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      Lock icon Russell telk Labour Party: 'No'
      65 3 Russell telk Labour Party: 'No' I ONDON. Fri.— Karl (Bertrand) Russell. British philosopher and prominent anti-nuclearist. has refused a Labour Party request to withdraw his sponsorship of the World Disarmament Congress in Moscow in July. The request was made in a letter from the party secretary, Mr. I.en Williams, which
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    1,000 workers benefited
    424 4 ARBITRATION AGREEMENTS CERTIFIED IN 1961 ANALYSED SINGAPORE. Fri WAGE INCREASES AND BETTER WORKING CONDITIONS FOR 800 IN CINEMA INDUSTRY THE Singapore Government today published details of 11 collective agreements reached between employers and their employees' unions. An analysis of the agreements which were registered and certified by
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    Call to all Brothers' Old Boys to attend
    144 4 SINGAPORE. Fri..— Tickets for the dinner In honour ot the Superior-General of Christian Brothers. Brother Nicet-Joseph. to be given jointly by the Brothers' school staff and Old Boys at 8 p.m. on June 21 at tht Badminton Hall, are now ready. Brother
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    Appeal Court
    22 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Court ol Criminal Appeal will sit in the Supreme Court Building on May 25 at 10.30 a.m.
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    Dr. Maggie Lim
    45 4 SINGAPORE. Fri.. The Yang di-Pertuan Negara has appointed Dr. Maggie Llm of the. City Council to perform the functions of Senior Health offlcer-in-charge. maternal and child health branch, the Public Health Division of the Ministry of Health and Law from Jan. 1.
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    [AIR ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES
    310 4 •pHE following is toaays schex dule of civil aircmit movements at Pays Lebar airport. •Singapore. ARRIVALS BOAC: From London. Rome, Beirut. Karachi, Calcutta. Kuala Lumpur (BA 714) 5.35 p.m. from Sydney. Darrin. Jakart* <BA 715 > 9.50 p.m. Thai International; From Jakarta (TO 402) 10 a.m.;
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    LONDON STOCK MARKET
    391 4 LONDON, Frt Block market* ended a depressed week with a I fresh fall m most, sections today. The main exceptions were provided by South African gold shares which made further headway on j renewed American buying and glltedged securities which maln- Uined their recent C*int>. Markets failed
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    NEW RULES FOR CONTROL OF SAND QUARRIES
    360 4 NEW RULES FOR CONTROL OF SAND QUARRIES SINGAPORE, Fri. i The Government is finalising regulations for the licensing and control of sand quarriers in the State, and these regulations will soon be gazetted, the Straits Times was told today. The regulations will be made under the Sand Quarrlers Ordinance, which
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    Tengah Theatre Club play
    410 4 CJINGAPORE. Fri. The »5 Tengah Theatre Club is currently mounting a thoughtful and highly competent production by Ron Roberts ol Norman Latimer's play. "The Still Small Voice." at the Cultural Centre. The S.S.V. ls conscience, the Inner voice that criticises or applauds mortal actions. It is
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      88 4 Singapore diary... SAMAKKISHNA MISSION GEVLAVg STRAITS CHI(9. Norris Roadt; Class on Bha- neke METHODIST CHl'Ri. H gavad Olta 'DlsifttWebKo M.V.P. "Story of the Church" Work" by Swaml Damodara- 7 p.m. nanda, 7 p.m. CHINESE V.M.C.A.: Brass n*E£A 'Outram Rood): band music class. Music Studio. ?It ss makln m JJS? 330
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      BORNEO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPANISH TERRITORY
      1679 5  - BORNEO MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPANISH TERRITORY H.T.S. *#j LOOKING back over the centuries which decided the shape of South East Asia as we know it today there are moments of destiny which can be picked out from the routine of normal events. The attack on Pearl Harbour; Kaiser Wilhelm's invasion
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      THE FRIENDLY FOLK WHO ASK NO FAVOURS
      620 5 A link with the past IN and out of the mangrove swamps along the Straits of Johore some quiet afternoon, you might well come ocross a little family of fisherfolk, minding their own business and asking favours from nobody. It would be gracious,
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    BEST-EVER WESAK FOR THOUSANDS
    356 6 Holiday brings more elaborate celebrations STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS ITUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Buddhists in Malaya today celebrated Wesak Day on a more elaborate scale than ever. This year Malayan Buddhists had more cause to rejoice for this is the first time that Wesak Day was declared a
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    'ANG POWS' FOR BOYS AND OLD PEOPLE
    167 6 pows of $2 each were distributed to the inmates of the Malacca Boys' Jubilee Home and two old folks' homes. Buddhist thanksgiving services were held in temples throughout Malacca. In SINGAPORE, A glittering procession tonight climaxed the day-long Wesak celebrations by thousands of
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    Another peace team
    109 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri— A second batch of 31 of President Kennedy's Peace Corps volunteers Is expected here on June 1. The first group of 36, including 23 women, who arrived here four months ago, are now working In various parts of the Federation. A Government statement today
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      172 6 MJ'i \bnor By At Capp :TLc.!T '-F'PAPP-y DONE. "NI/tu WCRSTO' T2j fPO'GIT IT, DEAR.'.'~"\ TO A-Soft'-FOSDICK^ I M-MAH HEARTS A FAINTED/.'- ME i, I wisUFE- !i F^/Vs/^, RDSDICK IS oEST J FAN, HE IS K)O -J kH BPOKE.Ti MUSTOPHADA fiAAie *r W A CRJDELV DRAWN yMORE OF A /£/Y~Tj Mf»T
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    ROBBERS GET $1,560 IN RAIDS
    119 7 ROBBERS GET $1,560 IN RAIDS uIXGAPORE. Fri. In three raids in thp past 24 hours, thugs here stole $1,560 in cash and jewellery. At 4 a.m. today four youths armed with dagger.-, climbed aito a cubicle in Desker Road, held up Madam Koh Ah Lang and her husband and took
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    Five beauty queens
    62 7 BEAUTY QUEENS from five towns in Perak who will contest for the "Miss Malaya" title from left Miss Wong Chew Mui. 19 (Miss Telok Anson), Che Salmi binte A. Salim. 20 (Miss Kuala Kangsar). Miss Jenny Yap. 19 (Miss Ipoh). Che Tik Maimunah binte Musthaffa. 19 Miss
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    Brunei alert for opium ships
    142 7 BRUNEI TOWN. Friday. /CUSTOMS in the Borneo territories have stepped up their vigil against opium smuggling following the recent world-wide alert that certain Royal Navy ships were possible drug-carriers. All vessels. particularly those plying between Hong Kong or Singapore and Borneo ports are being closely
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    Electricity stolen: 8 fined
    88 7 j^UALA LUMPUR. Fri. Eight people convicted of stealing electricity current in the Federation during the last seven months were fined a total of $2,050 in court. A statement from the Central Electricity Board says; "The C.E.B. would like to advise the Dublic again that they must
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    A play by Ipoh ACS
    53 7 IPOH. fri. The An*' iiinesr School's drama society will present The Merchant of Venice on June 8. 9. 11. 12. 15 and 16. Elaine Watson, who in hei four years in Ipoh has appeared in Perak Players' presentations of Before The Party and The Hollow,
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    Fell into sea
    32 7 PENANG. Fri— A port labourer. N. Gopal. 46. has been reported missing sine- 3 Wednesday. Gopal fell into thp -pa while loading cargo on a ship in Penang harbour
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    Readers send in $110 for the 'rare coin' fund
    222 7 Readers send in $110 for the 'rare coin' fund SINGAPORE. Fri. Straits Times readers have sent in a U)tul of $111.60 for a Royal Air Force Densioner. Mr. A. P. Morris. 57. to aelp pay for the coSt of in .operation to save nis sight. Mr Morris last week hacj
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    Razak's visit
    23 7 IPOH. Fri. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development. Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, will visit Perak next Friday
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    THUGS OF OTHER LANDS
    151 7 THUGS OF OTHER LANDS •^JECRET societies continue to he a menace to Singapore and Malaya But other nations haw suffered too in the past from terror gangs. Mow these gangs flourished —and were eventually robbed of their power— ls told I in "Brothers in Conspiracy.' an exciting new merles beginning
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    Govt clerks in Penang form union
    79 7 PENANG. Fri.— Government clerks in Penang unanimously decided last night to form a union of their own. j "We hope eventually to join with sister unions in the other states to form a national union of Governnunt clerical services." tiie chairman. Mr. R. Vasuthevan.
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    Car smash inquest
    55 7 TELUK ANSON: Fri.-A verdict of misadventure was recorded here yesterday at an inquest on Aman bin Lebui Hassin. 61 Aman was knocked down by a car after alighting from a b4s at the 18i mile. Teluk Anson -Bagan Datoh road, nn Dec. 2 last year. He died
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    New secretary
    28 7 SINGAPORE. Fn. Mr V Ramalingam has been appointed secretary to the Board of Film Censors. Malaya, from May 4 in place of Mr. Ow Fook Kay.
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    Tengku to clear air on Malay doubts
    175 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. -The Federation Prime Minister and national President of Umno, Tengku Abdul Rahman, will visit Pxilau Bukom on May 26, where he will "clear the air" regarding Malay doubts as to their rights under Malaysia The secretary-general ol Singapore Umno. Syed Esa
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  • Obituary
    IN MEMORIAM
    52 8 M Wurdu SIB (Minimum) IN LOVING MEMORY or Mr. Ng r d from us on :'"th M..y im rxtaa lonely baan■JiaM tear for on* we love Inmrtcd hy his wife and children. Ttierc will be an Annivernary larvlM at The Brdok M.-hodlst Cburcb at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    196 8 ;o Word, Sit (Minimum) THE COCKPIT'S Java Rijsttafel I* ■arMi every Saturday and Sunday luocb time. CORNEAL MICRO LENSES R.V lleyer Optlcltum 6 Raffles Place Singapore. Kor appointment Telephone MM FRENCH CLASSES, fbegtnne.-* and I eouraea) starting soon. AiliMbJm -.1. Chatawortb Hoad. I'l lilt 13. TODAY'S LAST DAY to
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    RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS
    111 8 t :0 Word, S2.ili (Vm.) PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH In Orchard Road. Rtjaaajf Ser•i and 6 p.m. All welcome. WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH, 6, Fnrt "".inning Road. Singapore. Telephone MBTti Services Sunday 7.30 a.m. i nod h3O pin. Sunday School Ito mla Kteryt>ody Weleoir.o IT. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL I AnKlaaa.* servioea Holy
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      Laos Crisis Eases
      672 8 It has never been our view that the Pathet Lao capture of Nam Tha marked the onset of fresh crisis in South East Asia. More than ever this seems to be correct provided Mr. Kennedy's response to this breach of the Laotian truce remains as modest as
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      Confrontation
      427 8 In the latest issue of its political journal, the Plebeian, the Barisan Sosialis speaks ominously of the possibility ol "brutal confrontation" should Britain transfer sovereignty over Singapore in a Malaysian merger. Barisan does not explain what this means: the images of violence that its language projects are nevertheless discernible.
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      Unlicensed
      146 8 It is a little startling to be told by an official of Radii Malaya that there may be a« many as 300,000 unlicensed radio sets, a missing $3 600.000 in fees which would put broad casting on the ri«h» side of the ledger without the profits advertisements. If the
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    FLIGHT FROM FAMINE IN CHINA
    1039 8 FLIGHT FROM FAMINE IN CHINA THE ORDERS FROM PEKING —EXODUS FOR 500.000 BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG. Friday TODAY I had a ringside seat at Lok Ma Chau on the Sino-British border watching a large band of half-starved refugees making their bid for freedom from the land of perennial
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    FAIR LADY'S MILLIONS
    638 8 What would Shaw have said? T^HE musical production My Fair Lady based on George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, has now earned nearly twice as much money for the Shaw estate as Shaw left when he died in 1950; an irony Shaw might not have appreciated Now entering its
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    Move for a single union for teachers
    577 9  -  TAI SING ONN 42 BODIES INVITED TO FIRST MEETING By KUALA LUMPUR, Friday A MOVE is on to get the 46,009 teachers of 42 teacher unions and organisations in this country to form themselves into a single teachers' union. The initiative is being
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    Remarkable Miss Pat
    142 9 THE anti-nuclear movement in Britain has thrown up many remarkable persons, and one ot the most remarkable of them is a woman Miss Pat Arrowsmith. She has attempted to sail into the danger area in protest against nuclear tests, climbed into concrete mixers to protest against the
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    Busmen pick most of the old team
    69 9 Busmen pick most of the old team SINGAPORE. Kri. About 3.000 members of the Singapore Traction Company's Employees' Union have re-elected must ot la«; year's 73 -man genera! council, areordlrw tc the union honorary secretary. Mr Ow Kee Cheok. Mr Ow said that the re .suits of the two-da} annual
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    TIN STOCKPILE MOVE: MTUC 'ACT CALL
    222 9 TIN STOCKPILE MOVE: MTUC 'ACT CALL SEREMBAN, Friday. |MR. TUHIN MUKERJIE, the Negri Sembilan ITI representative of the Malayan Trade Union Congress general council, has urged it to call an emergency meeting to study the threat to Malayan economic, political and social stability posed by the American proposal to release
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    Midwife No 1 of Spore
    106 9 .-SINGAPORE. Fri. A woman with registration No. 1 is among the 1,041 registered midwives in the State She U Madam Alice Wong Slew Sing, of 56. Bianz Tuan Avenue, who was registered on May 7. 1917 According to the list published in the Government Gazette
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    15,000 for rally
    61 9 KUCHINO, Fri. About 15,000 people are expected to attend a rally here to mark the third anniversary of the Sarawak United People's Party on June 1. They will include repres«ntatives of the Barisan Sosialls of Singapore. Labour Party of Malaya, Party Rr.'avat of Brunei and North Borneo's
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    TWO GROUPS OF BORNEO GUESTS SEE IPOH
    131 9 r&H. Fri— Two groups ot visitors from Sarawak and North Borneo who are in Malaya as guests of the Federation Government arrived today to visit places of interest in Ipoh. The first to arrive were 18 members of the United Party from North
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    Mr. Heah not officially dead until he enters his home
    324 9 TRADITIONAL WELCOME HOME-NO TEARS OR SOBBING— WHEN BODY LANDS AT PENANG AIRPORT pENANG. Fri. The Penang M.C.A. President, Mr. Heah Joo Seang, who died in a London hospital last Monday, will receive a traditional welcome home when his body lands
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    557 more cars in Spore
    50 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. There were 72.392 registered cars in Singapore at the end of last month an increase of 557 over the previous month. The number of motor cycles has also gone up by 510 bringing the total number at the end of April to 30.496.
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    St. Andrew's in hunt for a very old boy
    129 9 St. Andrew's in hunt for a very old boy SINGAPORE. Fri.— The St. Andrew's School Old Boys' Association is looking for an old pupil who was in the school before 1900. The association wants the "oldest old boy" to be one of the guests of honour at their grand dinner
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    Health: 160,000 will benefit
    166 9 IPOH. Friday. 4 BOUT 160,000 people living in the rural areas in Perak will benefit from 10 sub-centres for health and 31 clinics which the State Medical and Health Department intends to open this year. The?, will be In addition to several sub-centres and clinics which
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    PORT PAY TALKS POSTPONED AT LAST MINUTE
    92 9 PORT PAY TALKS POSTPONED AT LAST MINUTE PENANG. Fri. A Joint council meeting to negotiate further on the claims of Penaiiß Port Commission workers for a general revision of wages was postponed at the eleventh hour yesterday at the request ot the clerical section of the employers They sought this
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      490 9 RADIO MALAYA J BSO Tht r Calta<l Hlm P**»«>t; Jso News: mo WtekvaVTkH. L..~r~. Bh l; 45 Ton y S°»«no Trio; ly Share Market Report; 1.45 JJ2? AL SHORTWAVE B.SO Time BifnaJ. The Newi; 9.40 Werren MuUer Conducts: 200 SKRVK y 41.7 metres Newsralk. Interlude; 9.45 Juat A The Scarlet
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      177 10 •THE Tengkus proposd flve-day week for all 1 those employed in Government departments will receive backing from many a public servant. This is quite natural because of the two-day holiday. How the Tengku has proposed this is still hard to understand when some States are
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      56 10 THE BAD AND DANGEROUS... UPPLR fc-asi Coaai Road is very narrow and dangerous especially at the 7th mile. Accidents happen often at the junction with Jalan Sempadan. several fatal. I suggest this road be widened or have footpaths built for pedestrians with a Zebra crossing near the junction with
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      65 10 DESPITE a mass petition Lorong Marzuki Road remains a private road in PWD records but with street lighting. Taxis and trishas refuse to enter this lorong because of the risky conditions. A woman in labour gave birth on the roadside because of the difliculty of getting transport. What can we
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      58 10 fr is to be regretted that M. the police still make arrests of drivers making U turns along streets in Batu Pahat. May I urge the police to put up "No U turn" signs before they make arrests. Many people, especially those from outstation. do not realise there is this
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      96 10 I HAVE been away from my home town Kuala Trengganu for about six months. To my utter disappointment I have not seen any improvement at all regarding the roads which are just as they were six months ago. badly in need of proper surfacing even in the heart of town
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      Pay for grads
      109 10 |\r is heartening to note M. that a "Memorandum on bigger starting pay tor grads will be submitted to ihe Federation Government by the University ol Malaya Graduates Society. However, Mr. Lawrence Huang, the society's general secretary, has not adequately presented the whole situation. On a point
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      Missing fish
      81 10 LAST year there was quite a fracas among our fisheries experts about the introduction of foreign fish Into Malaya's inland waters. I wonder if these ichtyologists can enlighten us as to why the Ikan Terubok has disappeared from Malayan seas and Malayan dining tables. This delicious fish was
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      WHY THIS FEE FOR A LOST PARCEL?
      128 10 WHY THIS FEE FOR A LOST PARCEL? Aparrrl I sent to Ensland has failed to reach its destination. Enquiring at the post office I was given a form to complete. To my surprise I find that, because somewhere along the system the parcel has been mislaid. I have to pay
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      WORK IN CHINESE SCHOOLS
      104 10 DR. Thio Chan Bee .should check up his facts. I have been teaching in a Chinese school for ten years and I never at any time have less than forty-five periods of thirty minutes per week. I have to teach large classes of 40 to 48
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      STOCKPILE TIN: A WORD FOR THE U.S. TAXPAYER
      223 10 STOCKPILE TIN: A WORD FOR THE U.S. TAXPAYER APROPOS the current near-hysteria following the threat of U.S. stockpile tin sales in the near future, surely the U.S. Government has every right to sell without recrimination from producing countries. Every Government must place the interests of Itl own taxpayers above everything
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      Pirate radios: How dealers can help
      265 10 'THE number of "pirate" radio listeners revealed A by the Deputy Director. Radio Malaya, is fantastic. But it was nothing surprising, considering the fact that any Tom. Dick and Harry can, for $20. or $30 get a radio set and operate it. Cannot the
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      295 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS nations' poetry <>> 1. The way lo get sllmenu. «o- 7. A loop on the foreign inaet ing to the pictures (6>. <s>. 6. A broken cask? Sound as a 8. Strange thing, a curl disturbbell! Just teasing! iB>. Ing the danseuse '8. 9. A disadvantage
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      146 10 STOCK CLIARANCIt NIC of SPORT SHIRTS GERMAN FABRICS HAWAIIAN SHIRTS Hundreds of unusual designs and colours Usual Price $8.50 each NOW 2 for $10.00 wuHK gffl GLOBE SILK STORE 55 57. Batu Koad. Kuala Lumpur. Tel: 847?.>-8470?. r E U? L F L ES J FLAVOUR EXTRA STURDY... m£ mm
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    Gold-plated Buddha -arrives by lorry
    177 11 - If IML A 1.1 >IPIR, Fri. A gold-plated 8} ft. statue of Buddha, meant for the Buddhist temple now i hi; built in Petaling Jaya, arrived here last light in time for the M*k Day celebrations to<la>. The statue, together with two other gojd-plated statin's
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    MEETING to DECIDE ON C'WEALTH SOCIETY
    276 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri 4 PUBLIC meeting will be held here on Thursday to discuss forming a Malayan branch of a 94--year-old society the Royal Commonwealth Society whose main object is to strengthen ties between Commonwealth member countries. The President of the Senate. v.>* Abdul
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    Nations poised like Wild West gunmen'
    253 11 PENANG, Friday. THE mayor. Mr. 00l Thlam Slew, said today the nations of the world were "poised tensely like gunmen of the Wild West watching for the first sipn of a draw." "One false move and a radioactive explosion will blast the world," he
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    SWITCHES IN POLICE POSTS
    69 11 ALOR STAR, Frl.— Deputy Supt. Azlzul Hassan bin Haji Abdul Rani has taken over as Offlcer-in-Charge, Criminal Investigations, Kedah and Perils. He succeeds Supt. Joglnder Singh, who has left for a .senior administrative course at Kuala Kubu. Asst. Supt. H.B. Almeida succeeds Inche Azizul as Deputy
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    THE VITAL ROLE OF SMALL PLANTERS
    158 11 THE VITAL ROLE OF SMALL PLANTERS KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. —The Chief Replantng Officer, Mr. Tan feng Poey, today stressed the vital role of smallholders in the .uture of the natural übber industry. Speaking at the third annual meeting of the Selangor branch of the Federation Replanting Staff Union, he said:
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    President
    39 11 SUNGEI PATANI, Frl.— Tengku Slti Hajar binte Tengku Mohamed, wife of the District Officer, has been elected president of the Kuala Muda Girl Guides' Association, which was formed at a meeting held In the Gandhi Memorial hall here.
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    Civics course
    32 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Frl. Forty people from Batu Pahat and Yong Peng will arrive here on Monday on a civics visit. They will be led by Inche Bostani bin Haji Yusof.
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    DATO KAMIL JOINS BANK AS GENERAL ADVISER
    36 11 DATO KAMIL JOINS BANK AS GENERAL ADVISER OATO Nik Ahmad Kamil (above), former Malayan Ambassador to the United States, has joined Malayan Banking Ltd. in Kuala Lumpur as general adviser. Dato Kamil returned to Malaya recently.
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    A UNION'S 'PERSONAL TOUCH'
    169 11 SEREMBAN, Friday r J"HE Negrl Sembilan Government Clerical Service Union 1* sending letters to the 200 of the 400 Government clerks In the State who have not yet become members. The newly elected president. Inche Ismail bin Kasslm, who Is sending the lettersr told the Straits
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      30,000 died when a mountain blew up
      1879 12 30,000 died when a mountain blew up FOR four days from May 7. 1902, the State Department in Washington. U.S., was inundated with a flood of conflicting reports concerning the fate of the city of St. Pierre on the Caribbean island of Martinique. Officials knew some terrible disaster had overtaken
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    STRAITS TIN PRICE HAS ANOTHER DROP
    265 14 From Our Market Correspondent THE Straits Tin price continued its irregular course again yesterday and fell $2.75 to $456.62} on an offering of 220 tons. This followed a rise of $7.87$ on Thursday, a drop of $8.75 on Wednesday and an advance of $5.12J
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    James Warren
    99 14 Group net profit Of James Warren and Co., merchants and plantation agents, secretaries, etc., increased to £144.525 for the year ended September 30, 1961, from 124.885 previously, after heavier tax of £214.023 (£195,000). Wuh a maintained final distribution of 20 per cent, dividend and 10 per cent, bonus,
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    Nearby rubber: Keen interest
    526 14 ITHE three day Rubber 1 Market have been influenced by outside political news, to the exclusion of other market considerations state H.C.B. Co. Ltd. The Laotian and West Irian news was also reportedly the reason for London's steadiness when Singapore was closed, on Monday, adds the
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    AUSTRALIAN STOCKS
    102 14 MELBOURNE. PH. Investmcni share* lmJ provfxl today over fairly Hide ranfre nltliough leader B.H.P. lost 3d. to 625. 9d. Oils improved after Oas Show report from Wwtgrove Well but undertone -till ea*y. Bane mfnl« were barely steady To«ns wfe firm. Ampol II S» N.B H. 1S'1» A f.t
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    SHIPS IN PORT
    64 14 Ship* k. Panini Narbaur tort.* In th. r.adi: Tamsouhl Maru, Poli>»t. Sn"Ko!n. Mandowl Al lha ■tartl siht. of Uadrma. Mrlhotirnr Mini. Wharf b.rtht. Trooob. dDalla. Roerwi. Karma n't Itraam b.rlht RmVorlirh Aamani. Thoraninl Polv«1on>». Kenaldrr. Toledo. TaJlflman At daat>*atar oointt Rv Arlventuro. Amhra. Slt-.i Br*ttt. Virra. Fernandal*
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    EXCHANGE RATES
    31 14 Hans Khii ve«ierd.<y. the U.S. d.llir wsa quoted nt S 701 *ck T.T. and API foi c«Mt tuning guotrrt hi is. *4 «o<i mm la.' af (aid ni 2S-JI
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    9 14 Amalcamatrd Rubber produced 855.3U0 Ib. In April
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      799 14 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD C TTie vacancies for Ch%rt»r««l Civil Enuinrrr and AsalsUnt En- f rinrrrs advertised on 9 3.62 have been (Hied. J j All applicant* thanked. t SELANGOR TURF CLUB THKEE DIGITS HiKH l-l SALAK -Ol 111 BRANCH The pu:>Hc are advised that, I commencing with the Singapore I
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      77 14 TENDER CITY COUNCIL OF SINGAPORE TENDERS Hrrtrinti Dppartmrnt (a) Supply of 10 No* Si.OUO/ 6.600 Volts Traiteformei*. lender depart $200/-. <bi Supply Ol 6.600 Volu Swltrlige&r Tender depu>n $200/ renaiMg «a> and <b> daat at 2.15 p m on 19tli June. I9i>..\ Tender document* may be inspected without cliarge «t
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      844 15 VEHICLES FOR SALE :n Word, Si (Mm.)— Box it rts. extra MAYFLOWER IMS good condition. SI.'HKI 0.D.0. Tel. Spore '.'4l j Kxt I I4>» I.etwern I—ll t in I9SS MOA S3ISU o.no M mpg: oe« j 'turquoise iKilnt: mire wheel? radio: red ui>nol>t«ry; owner buy Inn saloon Ring iS'l«jt<" J406
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      132 16 Murray enters hospital, he will miss First Test LONDON. Fri.— John Murray. England's first-choice wlcketkeeper. will miss the Fir.^t Test match against Pakistan at Edgbastuii which starts on May 31. The Middlesex player entered hospital yesterday to undergo an operation on the tendons of his right lout. He will be
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      101 16 Six schools for long race IPOH. Fri. -Six schools will take part in the croscountry race here tomorrow starting 8 am They are Victoria Institution and St. John's Institution, 'both of Kuala Lumpur >, Anglo-Cninese School. St Michael's Institution. Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Anderson School 'all of IpohV The
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      195 16 Seven Real stars in Spain side REAL Madrid. European players in Spain's Woi They include Alfredo tl'Stefano. Argentine-b o m centre-forward, and lormer Hungarian star Ferenc Pus>:<as. inside-left. Inside-forward Luis Sauarez. who was transferred from Barcelona to Internazionale of Milan for a reported world record £150.<wv> last year, li the
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      102 16 LUGANO, (Switzerland i. Fri. —Three seeded Australian players were eliminated from Ihe men's singles in the Swis* international lawn tennu championships here yesterday. Bob Hewitt, seeded No. 6. lost 6-1. 7-5 to Manual Olvera 'Ecuador). Ken Fletcher <No 7) was beaten 6-4, 8-6 by his compatriot Martin Mulligan,
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      101 16 Nicklaus in first round flop VOUTHPORT. Fri. Jack Nicklaus. the 22-year-old American power golfer, ilopped before a large gallery in his first British professional tournament here yesterday. Buffeted by a near galeforce wind, which sent .score*rocketting. Nicklaua had a first round ol 79 in the 8.000 Piccadilly No. 1 tournament
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      1291 16 A CCEPTORS and riders for the (Tolus^on^ A first day of the May Meeting at Fftr Bukit Timah tomorrow; I rorm i Race 1: 2.0 CI 3 Div 5— 6£ 88<;B7 Korrarkan iPln.st«r Sl.i Daniels. 6 9.0 5 Maynard J ***** Good Wind <XV Linn AliniHd. 6 813
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      73 16 CARDIFF. Fri. Peter Radford. bronze medallist in the 1960 Rome Olympics Games, won the 100 yard-> and 220 yards in good time v a meeting here last nieht. Radford. one of Britain's main "hopes" for the European championships and the British Empire and Commonwealth Games,
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      40 16 TOKYO. Fri. The Japan Swimming Association said today it had decided to invite American, Australiar and Dutch swimmers to tlif Japanese national swimming championships to be held for five days from July 25 I* Oi>aka.— Reuter.
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      559 16 gINGAPORE, Fri.— Sat hi and Magic Key, two smartlooking newcomers, are in peak condition. Do not be surprised if they win first time out at Bukit Timah on Sunday. Sathi. Keith Moxharo up. went faultlessly over 3f in 38 2 5. Magic
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      158 16 SPORTS DIARY SOtCKK TOIR MAKH: KAM v Eiutracht of Germany (Merdeka Stadium. 8 p.m.). s (,()K i.Dlili DIV. 1: Blue Circle v Pilmoor <Rawang'. STOItt DIV. 3B: Katonp I Djnm;ni Pioneers <Oeylang): Customs v AAA iFarrer Pk>. Friendlier Dockyard v IRC Dockyard grd.i; Raiai; v RMP iFarrer Pk^ KI.IWO DIV.
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      299 17 States may defy MHF By ERNEIST FRIDA JOIIORE BAHRL, Fri. Disagreement over whether the postponed South Zone quadrangular hockey tournament should be continued or replayed may lead to open defiance of the Malayan Hockey Federation by the competing states The MHF have ordered t,he tournament, which
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      100 17 lIONU KONG. Krl. Hong Kong FA. interport selection committee today named the team to meet Singapori lti the Aw Hoe Cup match at Singapore on June 9. The team: Kwok Chow Ming Lo Pak. Kwok Kam Huns: Lo Chung Kong. Lav Tim. Wong Man Wai. Wong
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      61 17 Thumbs up' for triumphant Wakefield Trinity team MEMBERS of the victorious Wakefleld Trinity team give the "thumbs up" sign as they surround their captain, D. Turner, who is holding aloft the Rugby League Cup after their 12-6 win over Huddersrield in the 61st final at Wembley last Saturday. The cup
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      YOUNGSTERS SET FINE EXAMPLES
      225 17 SINGAPORE. Friday. TWO of Singapore's most promising young athletes, 1 lb-year-old Eric Lee and Dasson Mani (17) will be in action at the Anglo-Chinese School championships at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow. Dasson is considered th. best middle-distance runntv amonn Singapore schoolboy.--today Running with style ano action
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      28 17 SINGAPORE. Fri The Singapore Amateur Cycling Association will hold a 25--mile time trial 'two up) meet at the BukJt Timah course on Rnnd:iv at 7. a.m
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      All 'seeds' clear Ist round
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      'Malayan Referee' gets praise from FIFA
      85 17 'Malayan Referee' gets praise from FIFA PENANG. Frl.— The Football Retcrvrs Association of Malaya has received "favourable and encouraging comments" from the FA. England, and FIFA on its recent publication. "Th* Malayan Referee "With such encouragement. it is to be hoped the publications committee will he spurred to greater efforts
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      46 17 SINGAPORE. Fri. Singapore Badminton Association will hold Its Junior and veterans championships from June 3. The tournament is expected to be completed within a week. Entries close tomorrow. The draw will be made at Badminton Stadium on May 23 at 8 p.m.
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      151 17 THE LIONS OF MANILA ARE COMING ON MAY 24 SINGAPORE. Fri. The r Lions, soccer champions of Manila, wiil arrive here 00 May 24. They were originally sche- 1 duled to play here this weekend but postponed their tew because five of their players have to turn out for South
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      22 17 LISBON. Fri— Belgium beat Portugal 2-1 after leading 2-0 at half-time in an international soccer match here last night —Reuter.
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      171 17 PERTH. Fri. Perth residents are preoarln? to take up to 10.000 visitors into their homes during the Commonwealth Games here next November. The specially >et-up Games Accommodation Bureau has already made reservations ror 'ntendlne visitors from Malaya. Hong Kong, Canada Britain and other Commonwealth countries.— Reuter.
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      265 17 British women v world's best T ONDOI^, Fri.— Leadlj ing women athletes from overseas, including several world record holders, have been invited to compete at this year's British women's championships at the White City track here on July 7 They Include lolanda Balas. the Rumanian high Jumper, and the Soviet
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      35 17 FRANKFURT. Frl. The West German Olympics Committee has rejected the International Olympics Committee's request for talks with East Germany "in the immediate future" to form allGerman teams for the 1964 Olym pics.— Reuter.
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      234 17 c;oOQT«S QIIMIIADV mm* Vs#sT% Imm mm%m*vßWvn*%X%m TENNIS SCOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (XL) Men's singles Ist rd P.O. Williams bt Lim Kok Lee 6-2. 6-1: C Kanagendram bt A. Karlm Nanas 6-1. 6-1; Koay Khoon Leong bt Kwok Yoke How 10-8. 6-3; Hamidy Osman bt Foo Mun Hoy 6-4. 6-4; EJJH. Yong bt
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      185 17 6-2. Notice* Singles: Lee Leong Chye bt Wm* <■"•••- Hor 6-0. 6-0 CRICKET 81. \IR silir.M) .Peruing)- Kedah Police drew with Penans Police. Kedah 118 (Dorairajah 49 n.0.). Penang 91-8 (Jeganuthan 22). CABLE SPORT CRICKET: Engiteb nulchn. close of play scores: At Cambridge: Pakistan 444-8 dec Cambridge T7 238 'Craig
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    27 18 THE ROYAL WEDDING BEAUTIFUL maids dancing a Malay folk dance while plucking henna leaves at the ceremony in the Istana Negara uruunds yesterday.
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    OLD CUSTOMS REVIVED FOR ROYAL WEDDING
    542 18 pOLKTEEN schoolgirls carrying Kelantar made silver bowls danced lithely round j specially set up rock garden by the side oi Istana Negara this afternoon, plucking henna leaves for Hie wedding of Sharif'ah Salwa and Tengku Suleiman. Thi.s henna (leaves) plucking ceremony an ancient royal
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    221 18 Spore hiker Eric (in RAF) waits to move out again LONDON. Fri.— A leadtng aircraitman in the R.A.F. wno hitchhiked about 10.000 miles from his home in Singapore to join the service In England, is shortly to be posted to the Middle East. He is Eric Sim Kirn Meng. 20.
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    25 18 HAVANA. Fri. Fidel CMtro. the Cuban Prime Minister, last night said that des. pit* the "Imperialist" blockade. Cubans were not hungry.— Reuter
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    262 18 'Zazou' cry as sides exchange insults during Salan trial PARIS. Friday. lAEFENCE counsel called the prosecutor a "Zazou" old-time French for Teddy Boy—as insults flew between the two sides at the trial ul ex-general Raoul Salan here yesterday. Judge Charles Bornet called the lawyers to order and said the hearing
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    39 18 JAKARTA, Fri Qaruda, the Indonesian national airline, lias been designated ;n an auxiliary transport win* of the Air Force. The chairman oi the company. Capt. Part) no. has been Riven the rank of colonel Reuter
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    21 18 CANBERRA, i An tralian military instructs are expected to leave .-oon I South Vietnam, it w. nounced here today.
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    57 18 THE FAMILY of tiie late Mr. Samuel Edward Austin Dauson, ackr.owledne with grateful thanks the many expressions o! sympathy receiyed from all their friends and also for the valuable usUUnet rendered in their recent bereavement. THE FAMILY of U)r I-aie Mr Lim Bens Leonu tbank friends .md relatives for
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    24 18 JOAN BOOTY'S tortbeoming fashion show*. Glamour Club 22.5.62. Cathay Cinema 24 IH2 Cat.iay Restaurant 26.5.62 Odron Cinema 30 5 62. Seavlew Hotel 3.6.62.
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