Eastern Sun, 2 August 1966

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    27 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION •fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 17. Tuesday, August 2 1966. ■ft MC (P) 1912 KDN 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon Tunku will be attending September C'wealth talks
    426 1  -  'Problem will not peaceful talks except by force' By: MLSA SCULLY Kuala Lumpur, Mon. ]\[ALAYSIA will press Britain to take stronger measures against the whitedominated government of Rhodesi a— if necessary the use of force —at the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference in London
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    Lock icon Bulls go wild
    131 1 TAIPING, Mon. More than 2,000 people, mainly Hindu devotees, fled in terror last night when two bulls drawing a chariot bearing the golden image of Lord Subramaniam in a procession round town went berserck. The mile-long procession, narking the climax of the Hindu festival, 'Ahdi Puram, had
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    Lock icon Eusebio earns $60,000
    45 1 LISBON, Mon. (AFP) Portuguese sharpshooter Eusebio earned nearly 600,000 escudos during the World Soccer Cup in England, the Portugese sports newspaper "Mundo Desportivo" reported today. The forward's money came from bonuses and advertising in which his name was used, the newspaper added.
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    Lock icon Aussie Minister for air talks
    184 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Australian Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. R.W. C. Swartz arrived in the Federal Capital this afternoon for a five-day official visit. He was met by the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir and the Australian High Commissioner here,
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    Lock icon ASA CONFAB STARTS
    99 1 BANGKOK, Mon. (AP) —The revived threenation South-east Asian Association (ASA) on Wednesday opens its first ministerial conference since 1963 with an emphasis on closer social and economic cooperation and a desire to expand its membership. The three day confer- ence will discuss a wide range of reports
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    Lock icon CHE JAH MAHA QUEEN
    163 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Petite 17-year-old Katijah Hashim beat a bevy of 13 beauties to win the "Miss Kebaya MAHA" tittle last night. Immediately after the crowning, the charming Malay beauty told the Eastern Sun that she liked to become a film star. "This is the first
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    Lock icon Cao Ky NOT contesting coming elections
    255 1 SAIGON, Mon. (AP) Premier Nguyen Cao Ky has told foreign newsmen and close associates that he will NOT be a candidate for president in the forthcoming elections. The news has not been carried in Saigon s censored press. Marshal Ky's decision, informants said, was
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    Lock icon Opposition must be as good as PAP —Lee
    570 1 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Opposition, must k be able to "take on" the ruling People's Action Party Government. Singapore's Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, said this at a televised interview with three foreign correspondents at Television Singapura on July 28. The
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  • Local News
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      Lock icon Wanted urgently: Top notch marketing personnel to ensure success of Malaysia's development.
      397 2  -  By Maureen Lee KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— A greater effort should be made by commercial and industrial firms, as well as the government, to train up an Army of top-notch marketing personnel to ensure the success of Malaysia's economic
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      Lock icon More fringe benefits for motor workers
      304 2  -  By JAMAL ALI XTUALA LUMPUR, Mon. From today 3,000 workers in 14 motor firms will get a new deal. This is the result of a new agreement signed between the States of Malaya Trades' Employers and the National Union of Commercial Workers today at
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      Lock icon Select your candidates now-Dr.Lim
      378 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. —Officials of the Malaysian Chinese Association here have been told to start selecting candidates for the forthcoming general elections. Making this request in a speech to leaders of the MCA in Johore here yesterday, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee
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      Lock icon Miss Danielle Donin, who had been chosen by the Beatles to be their idol in their film "Michele", is now granted with another title for glory. The 19- year-old beauty was awarded the Grand Prix for "The Most Beautiful Eyes of the Cote d'Azur" recently in Cannes. The panel of judges composed of famous writer Alphonse Boudard, songstress Juliotte Greco, singer Claude Nougaro and actor Yul Brynner was charmed by the changing colour of her beautiful eyes, from green to blue.
      80 2 Miss Danielle Donin, who had been chosen by the Beatles to be their idol in their film "Michele", is now granted with another title for glory. The 19-year-old beauty was awarded the Grand Prix for "The Most Beautiful Eyes of the Cote d'Azur" recently in Cannes. The panel of judges
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      Lock icon Emergency Regulations 'Ultra vires'
      207 2 IPOH, Mon. Dato S. P. Seenivasagam, arguing an appeal against the death sentence of a Malaysian, Mohamed Sidin, under the Emergency Regulations in the Federal Court of Appeal here today submitted the appellant should have been given a jury trial. Mohamed Sidin was appealing against the
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      Lock icon Malaysia good place for foreign investors
      228 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Mr. Martin M. Rosen, vice-president of the International Finance Corporation said today there were good prospects for more foreign investment in Malaysia. He was speaking to newsmen at the airport here before leaving for Washington after a 10 day familiarisation tour
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      Lock icon Carlos heads PEA again
      72 2 TAIPING, Mon. Mr. E. B. Carlos has been reelected president of the Perak Eurasian Association. Mr. A. M. Lesslar was reelected vice-president with Messrs: J. D. Moreira (secretary), C. R. Labrooy (treasurer), M. C. Labrooy (sports secretary) and Mrs. M. Daly as social secretary. The following
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      Lock icon Artists urged to take academic courses in art
      122 2 Penang, Mon. The Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, today hoped young artists in the state would not only indulge and develop their interest in art from practical experience, but would also undertake academic courses in art. In declaring open the
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      Lock icon Council to pay arrears
      57 2 MUAR, Mon. The Muar Town Council has been ordered to pay up its arrears of $37,500 to the Johore State Government by the end of this month. The order came from the Secretary of the Johore Government, Enche Suki bin Abdul Kadir, in a letter to
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      Lock icon Artist told to quit SNUJ if he accepts promotion
      427 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. A Straits Times Press employee, Mr. Hui Yip Sens, a creative artist, todav disclosed in the Industrial Arbitration Court, that the company offered him a promotion on condition that res, f" cd h,s membership from the Singapore National I
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      Lock icon Indon mission told: S'pore will trade with any country
      518 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The fifst round of high-level talks between the visiting 25-member Indonesian fact-finding mission and top Singapore Government officials got off to a good start this morning. ,\t the formal opening session of the talks at the conference room of
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      Lock icon New Commander inspects guard
      343 3 gIMGAPORE, M on. Lieutenant General k>r Michael Carver, who turned duty today as the new Commander Far East Land Forces, inspected a guard-of-hon-°ur at his headquarters In Tanglin Park here. The guard-of-honour *as mounted by 50 men frorn 16 Light Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery, accompanied
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      Lock icon Ford approves $702,000 grant
      259 3 SINGAPORE, Mon.—The Ford Foundation has approved a grant of US $234,000 (M 5702,000) to the Singapore Institute of Management over a three-year period. The grant will be used for the development of management training and research The Director of the Institute, Mr. Lim Chew Swee. said:
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      Lock icon Dr. Razif calls on Lee
      37 3 The leader of the Indonesian fact-finding mission Dr. Mohamed Razif paid a courtesy call on the Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew at the Prime Minister's Office in City Hall today.
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      Lock icon Send children to Outward Bound school – Razak
      353 3 Send children to Outward Bound school Razak KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today called on parents to send their children to the Outward Bound School so that they could "test their capabilities" before starting out in adult life. Tun Razak, who was addressing the general
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      Lock icon Teachers told: Change to Eastern Sun
      115 4 PERLIS, Mon —The Perlis branch of the D.T.C. Teachers' Union today came out in strong support of the Eastern Sun. In a letter to the Managing Director, the secretary of the Union, Inche Hassan Basrl Bin Abdul Karim, said that his organisation would make
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      Lock icon Parochial attitude: Throw it away
      122 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The top-level MCA meeting here over the weekend was held to impress on partj leaders the necessity of bringing home to the Chinese population in Malaysia that they must not only be loyal to the country, but "it must be obvious to
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      Lock icon Man without love gets 8 years for robbing woman
      349 4 JOHOEE BAHRU, Mon. JT was the instinct for survival and the "lack of love and money" that led a man to rob an 88-year-old woman, defence counsel, Mr. Sim Teow Gok, said in mitigation in the High Court here today. Mr.
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      Lock icon DTC teachers to vote for strike action
      369 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A resolution calling for a ballot for strike action to be taken by DTC teachers within 40 days will be tabled at the annual delegates' conference of the National Union of DTC Teachers. Altogether 15 resolutions have been "screened" for
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      Lock icon 231 BIRTHS IN MUAR
      53 4 MUAR, Mon. There were 231 births in the Muar district while the deaths totalled 39 This was reported by the Muar Town Council statement for last month. Several cases of prematurity, Ave of fastro enteritis. two of pulmonary tuberculosis, and one of Pyrexia of unknown origin
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      Lock icon Mayor Ooi defies Wong
      353 4 PENANG, Mon. Controversy over the holding of a special meeting by the City Councillors at 4 p.m. tomorrow called by the Mayor, Mr. Ooi Thiam Siew, has gripped this city. Today, the State Government has written a letter to the City Secretary informing possible for the
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      Lock icon Three injured in 4 accidents
      233 4 Johore Bahru Mon. Three people were seriously Injured in four separate accidents here during the last 48 hours. In the first accident, Ang Keat Leng, 29, a constable with the Federal Reserve Unit at Kulai, sustained multiple fractures when the Morris he was driving, went
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      Lock icon Dance Hall loses case
      69 4 PENAWG, Mon. The Happy Dance Hall at Noordin Street was today ordered to pay one month arrears of salaries with costs to six former musicians in the second Magistrate's Court. The musicians, Beh Choon Khai, Liang Ah Bee, Leonard Aeria, Che May bin Syed Hassan, Tan
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      Lock icon Ivy Goh wants to start fund for dumb, deaf boy
      193 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Miss Ivy Goh, 19, today entered the Easern Sun office here and handed in 10 Marks ($7.60) to start a fund for the deaf and dumb boy who was featured in the inaugural issue (July 17) of
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      Lock icon 2000 miles SEACOM cable in operation
      143 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The 2,000-mile s econd stage of the S2OO million SEACOM telephone cable comes into public operation today. This was announced la London at the weekend by Cable and Wireless Limited The section carries 80 channels between Hong Kong and Guam. The
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      Lock icon 'Beyond control' boy sent to reform school
      176 4 TAIPING. Mon, A 16-year-oid student described by a probation officer as "beyond control" was today committed to the Sungai Besi Approved Shcool for three years by Juvenile Court President, W a n Yahaya bin Pawanteh. The youth was charged with wilfully trespassing into
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      Lock icon Businessmen hail re-opening of Bank Negara Indonesia
      295 5 reopen ht" welcomF d the the front page of Eastern Sun today). donesia here soon (as reported on a branch P b°\ ke thT a ßank r \L e ar\ ,a inH an Bankin S Ltd her e sa 'd the re-opening of
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      Lock icon Govt. to sell vegetables to Muar Council on instalment
      126 5 MUAR, Mon. The Muar Town Council was today told that the Johore Government has decided to sell the government fish, vegetable end meat markets to the council on a monthly instalment basis over a period of 15 months, starting from June
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      Lock icon Pioneer factories will contribute $9OO m. to nation's economy
      893 5 SINGAPORE, Mon. The 165 pioneer industries in Jurong and other industrial estates here will contribute $9OO million yearly to the national economy when they are in full production. Apart from this, they will also provide employment for skilled and unskilled labour
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      Lock icon Eyes front for puppet show...
      47 5 SINGAPORE Mon. AH eyes gaze intently straight ahead. Holding these youngsters spellbound was a puppet show organised by Royal Air Force Grammar School at Ch angi, bStW® chil from the Red Cross Crippled Children'* Home were invited* The producer wai Clive Burton,
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      Lock icon Aishah: Support Guide movement
      259 5 SINGAPORE, Mon.Puan Noor Aishah, Patron of the Singapore Girl Guides' Association, today urged members of the public to support the guide movement. She was speaking at the dedication service of the new $lOO,OOO Girl Guides' Association at Clemenceau Avenue yesterday. She said: "My earnest hope is
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      Lock icon Conditions for private vehicles to carry pupils to schools
      181 5 SINGAPORE, Mon. Terms and conditions for the licensing of private motor vehicles to carry schoolchildren for profit are being worked out, it was announced today in a Government press release. The date for the issue of these application forms will be
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      Lock icon Council head
      30 5 MUAR. Mon. The new Muar District Officer, Inche Talib bin Abu this morning made his debut as the President of the Muar Town Council at its monthly meeting.
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      Lock icon 2 die of Cancer
      40 5 MUAR, Mon. Two patients suffering from Cancer lung cancer and leg cancer died in the General Hospital here. This was disclosed in a statement in the monthly report of the Muar Town Council for last month.
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      Lock icon New name
      32 5 MUAR, Mon. The Muar Town Council, at its monthly meeting today, has agreed to change Lorong Ismail School the name of the Government Housing Trust here to Jalan Tengku Bendahara.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      384 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN $3,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 1 Quiz for August 2 1966. 1. Who said: "Father, I cannot tell a lie"? 2. Who said: "Veni, vidi. vici."? 3. Who said: "England is a nation of shopkeepers," ANSWERS TO
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      178 3 International Company Chooses Rentokil Malaysia Ltd., international pest control consultants recognise the need for service vehicles which are practical, reliable and economical. Their choice was the FIAT 600T;the van's sturdiness, payload capacity, and dependability made the choice an obvious one. The FIAT 600T gives value for money 606r 4 m
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      734 4 Whats on in today's Radio and Television TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. 5.45 Opening Announcement; Pog. Summary; 5.50 News in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10
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      29 5 SPORE DIARY 7.30 p.m. Free Film show* by the Ministry of Culture: Changi R.A.F. Civilian Social Club; Kampong Ang Mo Kio. off Thomson Road; and Kam pong Gob Sooa.
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      47 5 TIME AND TIDE Sedili Kechil: 11.20 a.m. (78 ft.); 9.25 p.m. <6.3 ft.) Singapore: 12.25 a.m. (7.2 ft.); 11.21 p.m. (8.8 ft.). Port Dickson: 7.06 a.m. (8.2 ft.); 7.36 p.m. (8.4 ft.). Port Swettenham: 6.42 a.m. (12.7 ft.); 6.47 p.m. (12.6 ft.). Penang: 1.10 p.m. (8.3 ft.).
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Playboy Bunnies warned: Work hard or else...
      261 6 LONDON, Mon. (UPI). —Britain'! Playboy Bunnies have been warned to get hopping or they may lose their jobs. The problem, says Victor Lowndes, Managing Director of the newly opened London Playboy Club, is similar to that afflicting British industry, British Bunnies just don't
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      Lock icon TRUMAN IS ILL
      103 6 KANSAS CITY, Missouri Mon. (AP) Former U.S. President Mr. Harry S. Truman is suffering from severe Colitis, an intestinal disturbance, his personal physician reported yesterday. Dr. Wallace H. Graham, who has been Mr, Truman's physician for many years, said that the disorder has weaken Mr. Truman and
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      Lock icon All quiet in Kano
      250 6 LAGOS, Nigeria. Mon. (AP) The Lagos Sunday Times said yesterday all was quiet in the military barracks in Kang, Zarla. Enugu and Benin. Tne Times said Lagos and Kano airports are under military guard and no flights are permitted in or out. In Lagos, life continued
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      Lock icon DAILY BRIEFING
      57 6 U.S. Army Spc/4 Joseph Zito of Phoenix, Arisona uses map board of the Armistice area at Panmunjom as he explains the peace site to tourists. Panmunjom, 35 miles north of Seoul, is one of the places where Communist and non-Communist maintain daily contact in the world. Last year
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      Lock icon Retiring envoy says Japan will affect Asia more than China
      470 6 WASHINGTON, Mon. (AP).—Edwin O. Reischauer. retiring U.S. Ambassador to Tokyo, said today Japan is moving into the role of a great economic and world power and he feels that in the long run "Japan will probably do more to affect
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      Lock icon FBI head predicts new move by Red party
      143 6 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI) The Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover predicted yesterday that the Communist Party, U.S.A., will make aggressive new attempts to win converts amcng Negroes, Labour unions and the "new left" on College Campuses. "The Communist Party is
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      Lock icon THAILAND'S GRACIOUS QUEEN
      37 6 CUNNINGHILL. Berkshire Mon. Pictured at their residence during their private visit to Britain are members of the Thailand Royal family. Left to right: Queen Sirikit, Princess Chulabhorn, 9, and King Bhumibol Abdulyadej of Thailand.
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      Lock icon Britain supports US raid
      144 6 LONDON. Mon. (AP) Britain, which disassociated itself from American bombing of the outskirts of Hanoi and Haiphong, yesterday supported the U.S. raid in the demilitarised zone between North and South Vietnam A foreign office spokesman said striking military targets in the zone was consistent with earlier
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      Lock icon Kaunda calls for economic councils
      76 6 LUSAKA, Zambia. Mon. (UPI). Zambian President. Kenneth Kaunda yesterday appealed to the leaders B.ack Africa to co-ordinate economic development of the continent. He warned tha' unless this was done, foreign powers would continue to exploit Africa economically as in the past they had exploited it
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      Lock icon COUNTESS ARRESTED
      71 6 ROME, Mon. (AP). Countess Adfera Franchetti. a well-known Italian socialite and former wife of actor Henry Fonda, was arrested yesterday on a charge of carrying marijuana into Italy Arrested with her was an Italian artist. Mario Schifano. who was charged with complicity. Renato Sangiorgio. deputy chief of Rome
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      Lock icon Ex-officer sets record by living underground
      322 6 LONDON, Mon. (AP).—David Lafferty, 27-year-old former Royal Air Force Intelligence Officer, was credited yesterday with a world record for staying underground in a cave but he doesn't know it. The Englishman at midday beat by hours the record of 126 days set by a
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      Lock icon A GIRL FOR PRINCESS ALEXANDRA
      133 6 LONDON, Mon. (AP) Princess Alexandra last night gave birth to a daughter who becomes 17th in line to the British throne. The princess and the baby who weighed seven pounds, eight ounces were both reported well. Princess Alexandra, 29, is the wife of Angus Ogi
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      Lock icon More vote to reject
      51 6 SAN FRANCISCO Mon. (UPI) The laigest Local of the striking Airline Mechanics Union voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reject the proposed contract reached under White House pressure last Friday. Local 1781, with 5,500 members all employed by United Air Line, voted 3,462 for rejection and 344 for
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      Lock icon WOUNDED JUDGE SAYS: I'LL SEARCH ANYONE FOR WEAPONS
      389 6 PLENTYWOOD, Montana. Mon. (AP)—A tough old judge, recuperating from wounds he suffered on Saturday in a courtroom gunflght that killed two men, says: "Nobody will ever come into my courtroom again without being searched for weapons". Those were the words of William
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      Lock icon Mandy to wed airline steward
      177 6 LONDON, Mon. (UPI). Mandy Rice-Davies who with Christine Keeler was a central figure in the Profumo sex and security scandal was reported yesterday to be engaged to an Israeli airline steward. One night I got something in my eye and he got it out for
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      Lock icon PRINCE OFF TO JAMAICA
      62 6 MELBOURNE, Australia, Mon. (AP) Britain's Prince Charles left Melbourne by plane yesterday on his way to join has father, Prince Philip, and his sister, Princess Anne, at the British Commonwealth Games in Kingston. Jamaica. Charles, 17, had been studying at Timbertop, the mountain branch of Geelong
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      Lock icon Tories call Mr. Wilson a 'lunatic'
      655 7  - Tories call Mr. Wilson a lunatic' B y JOHN MEEHAN J ONDON, Mon. (UPI). The Opposition Conservative Party yesterday accused Prime Minister Harold Wilson of "contradictory lunacy" in seeking to stave off economic disaster and sove the pound by imposing a wageprice freeze. Key Conservative lan MacLeod, who as "shadow"
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      Lock icon British mercenary killed
      154 7 KINSHASA. Mon. (AFP) A British mercenary. First Lieutenant Donald May, aged 27, was killed July 26 by a Congolese soldier In Bouta, some 180 miles north of the mutiny-torn town of Kingsangani, well informed fcources said here yesterday. According to witnesses, 1 May was sitting on the
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      Lock icon Volcano belches for Bond
      171 7 AKIME, Southern Japan, Mon. (AP) An active volcano began belching smoke during the filming nearby of a scene from the James Bond film "You Only Live Twice," and the event was promptly written into the script. The unexpected intruder was Mt. Sakurajima, located on the outskirts
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      Lock icon Narrow shave
      27 7 LA CORUNA, Spain, Mon. (AP). A matador's sword hurtled through the air during a bull-fight yesterday, narrowly missing the Marchioness of Villaverde. General Franco's daughter.
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      Lock icon THERE'S MONEY IN SEA WATER
      189 7 JONAHHESBURG. Mon. (AP) Sea-water cocktails are fast becoming a popular drink among South Africa's Zulu population and the only side effects are a parching thirst. A Johannesburgm businesman, Mr. G. R Westerman, started the craze, which is fast becoming a profitable business. Owner of a
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      Lock icon Soviet to okay Kremlin policies
      171 7 MOSCOW, Mon. (UPI). The Soviet Communist Party's ruling Central Committee has met secretary to lay guideline for the newlyelected Supreme Sov ie t (Parliament), informed sources said yesterday. The Supreme Soviet is to meet in the Kremlin tomorrow for the first time since parliamentary elections
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      Lock icon A WAY TO BEAT THE SMOG
      47 7 A policeman directing: traffic in Tokyo inhales pure air from an oxygen tank during a break. Traffic police get the "pep-up" following reports that some of them suffered nausea and dizziness through breathing air contaminated by automobile exhausts.—AP Photo. AP Photo.
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      Lock icon Soviet advisers in N. Vietnam
      368 7 MOSCOW, Mon. (UPI). —The Soviet Union yesterday admitted officially it has sent military advisers to North Vietnam. The newspaper, Moscow Young Communist, reported that two veteran Soviet border guards, Col. Vladimir Naumov and Col. Nikita Karatzupa, were sent to Hanoi to help train North Vietnamese
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      Lock icon 5 burned to death in road mishap
      127 7 MONTPELLIER, France, Mon. (AP) —Five persons burned to death in a headon automobile collision near Montpellier last night. Over France, about 50 persons died yesterday in traffic accident as millions of Frenchmen crowded the highways at the start of the August vacation rush.
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      Lock icon German visit
      26 7 BERLIN Mon. (AP) Kumaraswamy Kamaraj, President of the Indian National Congress, began a visit to East Germany yesterday the East German news ADN reported.
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      Lock icon Black policeman row
      42 7 RYTON-ON-DUNSMORE, England, Mon. (UPI). Swastikas and the slogan "no black police" were found painted on a building at a police training centre here yesterday. The first West Indian policeman is scheduled to begin training at the centre next month.
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      Lock icon THEY KEEP THE PEACE
      57 7 U S Navy Lieut Cmdr. Philip A. Barnes, duty secretary for the United Nations Command, sits across the table from North Korean representatives, headed by Major Kim Chang-heun, (centre right) for a routine meeting at Panmunjom, Korea. They provide a day-to-day working link that keeps alive
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      Lock icon TANKERS NEARLY COLLIDE
      74 7 SUEZ. Mon. (AP) Two oil tankers, one carrying 38,000 tons of oil, narrowly missed colliding in the Suez Canal yesterday during an accident that brought a 30ship convoy to a complete standstill. The south-north canal traffic was still blocked late yesterday afternoon. The accident occured when the
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      253 7 LONDON, Mon. (AP)*. —The President of one of Britain's leading scientific societies yesterday blamed professional prejudice for the blackballing of Prince Philip from honorary membership. Sir Gordon Sutherland, President of the Institute of Physics and the Physical Bociety and Master of Emmanuel College Cambridge, told
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      424 7 UNITED NATIONS, Mon. (AP).-The U.N. General Assembly some day will be able to meet In Geneva If it approves building plans put forward by SecretarvGeneral U Thant. U Thant outlines the plans In a report to the 117nation assembly for study in its budgetary committee
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      96 7 HONOLULU, Mon. (AP) Lieutenant General Nguyen Chanh Thi arrived yesterday from Saigon enroute to his second political exile. The sharp-tongued corps commander who is a rival to South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky is under technical 60-day sentence for his part in the Buddhist
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      62 7 HAMBURG, Mon. (AFP) A small German cargo ship hauled up its anchor and found a live bomb caught on the end of it yesterday. The little freighter "Falke", 1.460 tons, which fished up this most unwelcome object apparently left over from World War Two bombings of Hamburg
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      185 10 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI)— Brigitte Bardot, dressed in a tan. sleeveless sweater and tight tan and red stripped slacks, arrived at Kennedy Airport yesterday enroute to Switzerland from her Mexican honeymoon. Brigitte and her husband, German business tycoon Gunther Sachs, spent 90 minutes at the airport
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      70 10 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP) Five White youths were stabbed by Negro youths armed with knives and machetes last night in the New York borough of Brooklyn, police said. An 18-year-old Negro was booked on felonious assault and weapons charges, and police held three younger boys as
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      51 10 "RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon. '(UPI) Brazilian television stations began sending their scripts to government censors for prior approval this weekend. A Federal decree published on Thursday ordered the stations to submit their scripts three working days before broadcast day or face penalties ranging up to suspension of
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      79 10 UPI LONDON, Mon. (UPI) The National Housing Plan will be seriously affected if the mortgage rate cannot be raised in October because of the wages and prices freeze, the Chairman of the Building Societies Association said yesterday. Donald Gould said he understood that the
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      255 10 (CHICAGO, Mon. (AP) of police were rushed to the South-west side of Chicago last night after reports were received that cars had ben set afire. A short time before, a handful of persons were injured while some 350 Civil Rights marchers were demonstrating In the allWhlte
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      87 10 PRINCETON, New Jersey, Mon. Princeton University has inaugurated a Korean language and cultural programme for next year. Announcement of the programme follows the appointment to the Department of Oriental Studies of Dr. William E. Henthorn. 38. an Authority n Korean linguistics. In announcing the programme, the
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      41 10 MOSCOW, Mon. (AFP) The Supreme Soviet (Parliament) will open its seventh session next Tuesday, the government newspaper "Izvestia" said. Following separate meetings in the morning, the lower and upper houses will hold a joint session in the afternoon.
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      190 10 •'tt V^ on (UPI). —A new plane called the u-iM capable of carrying 160 passengers at 560 miles per hour, will be put into service "within the next lew years," it was announced yesterday, the Soviet news agency Tass said. i he agency
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      421 10 LONDON, Mon. (AP).—The British Colonial Office, which once shared the greatest imperial responsibility in history, struck the flag at midnight yesterday. The official shutdown came without tears or ceremony as another remnant of the old British Empire passed away. Administration jurisdiction over the
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      173 10 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) Eleven persons, all connected with a condemned murderer who told of vicious gang warfare in London during his South African trial, were in police custody yesterday awaiting a court appearance this morning. The 11, who include a prominent London businessman were rounded
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      78 10 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, Mon. (AP)—Foreign Minister Dr. Hilgrad Muller returned to Johannesburg yesterday from his 30,000mile, three-week tour of Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. At an airport press conference, Dr. Muller said both the governments of Brazil and Argentina were interested in the proposed direct South
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      95 10 LONDON, Mon. (AP) Singer Frank Sinatra. 50, and his 21-year-old bride Mia Farrow arrived quietly in London last night. The couple flew by jet from the United States to Prestwick, Scotland, where Sinatra's private plane was waiting to fly them south. They landed at Northolt
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      121 10 WASHINGTON, Mon. (AP) The Army disclosed today it is seeking ways to solve a so far unsolvable problem: How to get more than 130,000 National Guard and reserve recruits into basic training. The backlog of guardsmen and reservists waiting to undergo active duty
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      64 10 OMAHA, Nebraska, Mon. (AP). Fire bombs, bricks and bottles were hurled early today in the predominately Negro Omaha near North side. Fire bombs damaged two cleaning establishments and a drug store. Police believe the bombs were thrown from automobiles. Late last night another fire bomb was
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      80 10 CAIRO, Egypt, Mon. (AP) —The authoritative newspaper A 1 Ahram reported today agreement had been reached among several African government to hold the next African summit conference in Addis Ababa on November 5. The conference would last until November 8, the newspaper said. It quoted
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      90 10 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, Mon. (AP) Four members of a family were killed yesterday when their small plane overshot an airport runway and flipped into a bay. The victims were parents and two children. A witness said the plane was coming in for a landing but
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      225 10 VIENNA, Mon. (UPl).—The floods in Hungary and Czechoslovakia now appear to be receding after having inflicted great damage in many areas during the past week. But both countries reported that the "second degree'* flood alert has not been called off. In Northern Hungary and
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      144 10 COTONOU, Dahomey, Mon. (AFP) Nigerian Head of State Mr. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, seized by rebel soldiers in Ibadam on Friday, was killed that same morning, according to a very well-informed unofficial Nigerian source. The source said that Western Region Military Governor Lt. Colonel F.A. Fajuyi, who was seized
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      99 10 THESE two students are the first Asians to win the annual fashion Design Awards at the Royal Institute of Technology. Irene Seow Goh Lim, 21 (right), and Joanna Sock Tin Ng, 23, both came to Australia five years ago from Singapore and now are
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      242 10 Raleigh, North Carolina, Mon (UPI) Up to 1,800 robed Klansmen, many of them holding hands with wives and children, paraded through downtown Raleigh yesterday while the Rev. Martin Luther King visited here. Unusual numbers of city and state police turned to handle the crowds and traffic.
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      91 10 STOCKHOLM. Mon. The Swedes knowledge, behaviour pattern and attitudes as regards sex will be the targets of an extensive survey made by BIFO, the Swedish Institute of Public Opinion Research, according to a proposal submitted to the Minister of Education by an expert committee. The study would
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      150 10 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, accompanied by Queen Sirikit, will open the re-cently-founded "Buddhapadipa temple" in London tomorrow, the Thai Embassy announced. The King will anoint ceremonially the name plate of the temple, located in the southwest area of London. The King and
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      73 10 BUENOS AIRES. Mo n (UPI) The revolutionary government yesterday ordered the suspension of all classes in the National Universities of Argentina until August 16. Classes also will be suspended in all high schools run by the universities. The closing order came after a meeting last night by
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      35 10 ANKARA, Turkey, Mon. (AP). Romanian Prime Minister lon Gheorghe Maurer today ends his week-long visit to Turkey which, according to a communique, made "important contributions to good neighbourly relations between the two countries."
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      212 10 HONG KONG, Mon.—A French student touring Communist China was sent home suffering from a nervous breakdown after an incident in which he claimed he spoke to three Chinese students who disagreed with Communist policies, the South China Morning Post reported today. The newspaper attributed its
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      62 10 LONDON, Mon. (UPI>Hong Kong Governor, Sii David Trench last nighl opened the New Club Room at Hong Kong House. Mr. Trench, on horr>« leave, was greeted by about 150 people at the openinl ceremonies led by Hong Kong House Board Chairman Mr. H. C. Margrett, Cham man of
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    459 8 TN his political testament, Tunku Abdul Rahman says the members of the Alliance realise that the peace, happiness and security of Malaysia depend on the co-operation between the Malays and the non-Malays. He also exhorts every citizen to stay and work together In peace so as to ensure
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    287 8 Q* INGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, told the People's Defence Force last Sunday that the days of fierce slogan shouting were over. Slogans and resolutions do not impress the people any more. At one stage of Singapore's political evolution, members of political parties and trade
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      Lock icon DTC teachers ate HSC holders, too
      509 8  -  Chan Ah Kow With reference to your editorial 27/7/66 with regards to D.T.C. trained teachers, I would like to bring to your notice that D.T.C. trained teachers are not only S.C./F.M.C. holders, but H.S.C. holders too. At the time of entry a good number
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      Lock icon 'Diplomatic hypocrisy'
      177 8  -  J. Daniel. The "Eastern Lion" of Johore Bharu has criticised the American bombing of North Vietnam by saying that "it is not a creditable act" since it involves the "killing of people and the destroying of property". But the so called "liberators" of South Vietnam have killed numerous
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      222 8  -  A PEREIRA Ag. Superintendent, Public Cleansing, Public Health Division, Singapore. I wish to refer to the complaint in the Eastern Sun by "Keep Singapore Clean" in your issue of Friday. 22nd July, 1966. I have to clarify that the refuse collecting vehicle referred to is a
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      39 8  -  Paul Poh. At long last we have once again an English language daily produced bv the local people for the local people. A good newspaper which speaks for truth and decency is King. Long may it reign!
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      121 8  -  I. O. MERICAN I refer to the article headed 'Hello darling calls cut down by surcharge" appearing in your columns dated 21 st July 1966. I wish to make it clear that local calls are NOT restricted to three minutes. This also applied to local calls
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      113 8 Though clerical errors are understandable in the present National Registration, how convenient to all concerned if they could be kept to the minimum. Recently a new identity card issued to a student relation of mine had the name mis-spelt despite the fact that the old identity card
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      Lock icon Oh! It's so smelly in Jalan Wakaff
      170 8 For the past years, residents of Jalan W r akaff off Changi Road have been dumping their refuse in front of a house on that road. This is not an authorised refuse-dump, and the PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION CLEANSING WORKERS have ignored it. Consequently,
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      Lock icon Aunty Tan deserves a pat
      97 8  -  Sally Chew I was very surprised to read in your Sunday paper the story of a bar girl who asked Aunty Tan for advice. Aunty Tan certainly deserves a pat for the sound advice she gave to this poor widow who has to earn her
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      250 8  -  Wong Chee Teng, Johore Bharu. I have read with great interest Mr. H. L. Tang's efforts in the Johore State Assembly in pleading for the establishment of Centralised Research Institute for the Palm Oil Industry (Eastern Sun 28th July, 1966). Palm Oil being a
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    1456 8 MATSUSHIRO, Japan, Mon. (AP) On Wednesday this rural Japanese town marks an anniversary it would rather forget a year of shaking, a year filled with half a million earth tremors. 11 s residents are understandably nervous. The earth under them has shaken, twitched, rumbled and
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      Lock icon 'HOW TO INVEST' BY EXPERTS
      274 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. An attractive booklet at an attractive price of Si is Lembaga Gerakan Pelajran Dewasa's (Adult Education Board's) "Investments in Singapore," bused on a series of radio talks. Although "elementary" to those with a formal training in the science of economics the publication will
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      73 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are expected to be in port today: Ciodowns Vessels 3/4 Cathay 8/9 City of Winnipeg 10/11 Perseus 13/14 Telemarchua 23/24 Batjan 25/26 Hai Hoi 29/30 Isuzu Maru 31/32 Glengyle 35/36 Janek Krasicki 40/41 Nisshin Maru 44 Tjibantjet 45 Tanagra 47 Straits of Madras The
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      62 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. Chinese Produce Exchange, Singapore noon prices per picul today. Coconut oilr bulk S4SJ tcliers, drum s47£ sellers. Pepper: Muntok white $195 sellers, Sarawak white SI92J sellers, special Sarawak black $145 sellers, garbl d Lampong black $145 (N) sellers (all 96% NLW) ASTA $l6O sellers (100% NLW). Singapore
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      1154 9 Won.—The Commonwealth Economic V ice re P° rt Just published here states I ldian 1L ric harvest in 1965-66 is still estimated to have been some six million tons below the previous year's figure. Production, outside India and excluding China, probably showed a slight rise
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      193 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon—The E.A.C. Lines has commenced a new express Scandinavia, Northern Europe and Port S The service will cut eral days off the sailing t me from European ports t Port Swettenham. In Particular, sailing time from Rotterdam to Port Swettenham will be reduced
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      390 9 SINGAPORE, Mon Price movements in the industrial section of the Stock Exchange today were once again small with gains and losses balanced somewhat. Tins were slightly easier with Ayer Hitam done at 23/71/2. In rubbers, Bassetts featured with a Jump from $1.05 to $l.OB closing at $1.07
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      83 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. (UFI) —Minister of Trade, Maj. Gen. Ashari said Indonesia's export trade was now progressing as evidenced by the 70 per cent increase in Indonesian exports to Hong Kong during the last few months, Radio Jakarta reported yesterday. The broadcast, monitored in Singapore, said that the
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      13 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. The tin price to-day was $625 per picul, down $3/8.
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        200 9 B S Boustead 1.56 1 60 Chemical Co 1.53 1.54 Cold 8torage 2.93 2.95 Dunlop 2.46 2.51 E. Smelting 3.92 4.00 Esso Ords. 3.06 3.08 United Holdings CCR 2.00 2.08 Fitzpatricks 1.85 F N. Ords 3.70 3.72 Gammon 2.17 2.19 frwireftown 1 31 2.36 Guinness 2.37 fi'nura 1 05
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        36 9 Central Prop 92 .96 City Dev. 38 .38* Faber Union 52 Island Hotel 60* Island Pen 47* .49* K. L. Prop 87 .88* San Holdings 33* .34 Sel. Prop 1.36 1.50 S'pore Land 62* .63
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        119 9 Ampat CCR 9/9 Aokam 3.50 Austral Amal. 24/4* 24/9 Austral Malay CR 43/- Ayer Hitam 23/9 Berjuntai CD 35/9 36/6 GoDene CD 38/Hong Kong 36/6 37/3 Idris Hyd. CD 16/7* 16/9 K'pong Lanjut XCR 24/1* 24/6 Kent 10/Kesane 55 Killinghall 46/6 49/Kramat 13/3 Kuala Kampar XCR 25/7* 26/3 Kuchai
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        10 9 Esso Deb 1.02 Shell Deb 1.00 CCM Deb 1.03
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        68 9 Ayer Hitam 1.20 Bassett (50cts) 1.00 1.07 Batu Lintang 1.65 Bedford CD 1.40 Glenealy 1.50 Jeram Kuantan 2.18 2.25 Kempas 2.00 2.02 Kepong Plant 1.75 Kluang Ord 1.78 1.80 Kundong Tg. Pau 1.80 1.84 Kuala Sid 1m XAIJ 1.75 New Serendah 2.28 2.32 Parit Perak 4.00 a Riverview
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        21 9 Bukit Katil 2.50 Bekoh Con 2/6 Bukit Sembawang 5/7 High Low 3/7 Nyalas 1.06 Singapore Para 1/4* 1/5J Seafield 3/6
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        33 9 Anglo-Asian Anglo Oriental 3/4* 3/7 B. Panjong 2/6 Craigielea 1/5 Duff Dev 11/3 12/3 Golden Hope 4/10 K. L. Kepong 2/6 Kulim 1/8* 1/9 Malaya General 2/5 Rub. Est. Malaya 3/-
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        108 9 TIME: FLIGHT: FROM: 2.45 p.m. 5.00 p.m. 5.35 p.m. 5.50 p.m. 6.45 p.m. MAL 045 MAL 613 QF 733 JAL 711 CPA 575 Kota Bahru, Kuantan, Kuala Lumpur. Honfkong. Sydney. Tokyo, Hongkong. Bangkok. Tokyo, Osaka, Taipeh, Hongkong, Kuala Lumpur. 6.50 p.m. 7.10 p.m. 7.25 p.m. 7.35 p.m.
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        134 9 TIME: FLIGHT: TO: 5.20 a.m. EG 133 Colombo, Kuwait, Istanbul, London. 7.00 a.m. MAL 034 Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang, Alor Star. K. Bahru 7.00 a.m. BOAC 739 Kuala Lumpur, Colombo. Bombay, Cairo, London. 8.00 a.m. PAA 842 Saigon, Manila, Guam, Honolulu, L. Angeles, S. Francisco. 8.30
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        94 9 TIME AIRLINE: FROM: 7.45 a.m. BOAC (BA 789) Singapore. 8.25 a.m. MAL (ML 034) Singapore, Malacca. 9.40 a.m. Cathay Pacific 10.05 (CX 574) Singapore. a.m. MAL (ML 642) Singapore. 12.30 p.m. ML (ML 512) Singapore. 12.45 p.m. ML (ML 045) Kota Bharu, Kuantan. 2.30 p.m. MAL
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        99 9 TIME AIRLINE: TO: 8.25 a.m. BOAC (BA 789) Colombo, Bombay, Cairo, 845 London. a.m. MAL (ML 034) Ipoh, Penang, Alor Star, 10.05 Kota Bharu. a.m. Cathay Pacific: (CX 574) Hongkong, Taipeh, Tokyo. Osaka, 10.20 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Kota Bharu. 1.05 p.m. MAL (ML 512) Bangkok.
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      Lock icon S'PORE RUBBER CLOSES QUIET
      308 9 Singapore, Mon Aug. first grade rubber buyers f. o. b. closed at 5 p.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to-day at 64i cents per lb., down i cent on Friday. The tone was very quiet. Opening quotations were marked down by i c ent. Production and
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      Lock icon S.T.C. UNION SCHEME BENEFITS MEMBERS
      151 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. A unique mutual benefit scheme has been the bait for increasing membership in the Singapore Traction Company Employee's Union. Its president, Enche Hashlm Idrls. explained the arrangement involved the 3.000 workers representing almost 100 percent membership in the union. It worked as follows:
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      60 11 Twenty-one-year-old Maureen Lynne chosen by the United Kingdom branch of the International Wool Secretariat as one of the four model faces likely to succeed in 1966—is here seen wearing a pure new wool lambswool sweater with art nouveau bodice in Sure new wool chaliis, from the
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      425 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.— You teenagers are extremely touchy about your skin, aren't you? And why not! Now. for the very first time, you find yourself completely responsible for the condition cf your complexion. As your first act cf independence, wouldn't you like to make a
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      Lock icon Khatijah prefers country life
      329 11 PARTIES, socials and diamonds are not the only things in life that a woman care for; not for Puan Sri Khatijah Shafie anyway. Puan Sri Khatijah, wife of the permanent secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, Tan Sri Mohamed Ghazlie Shafie, said that a simple
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      133 11 KUANTAN, Mon. She's sweet 19. She has just won a beauty title. But Miss Lee Oi Ling, 19, of Telecoms Dept. here just elected "Miss Telecoms East Coast" told the Eastern Sun today that after trying for the national title she would give up chasing beauty titles. "I
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      80 11 LUMUT. Mon. Eighteen-year-old Miss Valerie Ong Chew Lee of Sitiawan was crowned Testa Queen' last night in a beauty contest, highlighted the three-day sea carnival here. She won a free return air passage to Bangkok, and a cash prize of S3OO as pocket money for her
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      201 11 LONDON, Mon. A small family firm of spectacle makers has been impressing the world of fashion in London with sunglasses especially at the recent international Optical Trade Fair. P. Oliver Goldsmith Ltd.. is a dynamic father and son team who have made spectacles whether optically
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      361 11 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) The short, short hemline got a distinct let-down today in the chandelier-hung salons of London's Royal couturiers. While London's young re-ady-to-wear designers have put hems many inches above the knee for fall, the dressmakers to Queen Elizabeth II gave a very discreet
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      467 11 MUAR, Mon. A visiting ballet teacher from Formosa, Miss Lee Shu Fun today called on the government to set up a school of ballet in the country. Such an institution is imperative for the promotion of a national dance —a Malaysian dance accepted by the
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      141 11 5 Laat Pay; 11. 2.30 0 it 9 p.m. t Group' starts promptly at P 11 Jo a.m.. 2..V), 6.20 9. !5 p.m J "THE GROUP" color (UA» > Candice Bergen Joan Hacke" Tomorrow A Thursday only Maximilian Schell. Samantha Eggar 4 "Bin K\ FBOM THE ASHES Pa CAPITOL Phone
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    Lock icon Dewi (People don't like me) says: I will always remain with Soek
    1184 13 FRANK TALK BY A JAPANESE WOMAN... JAKARTA, Mon. (UPI) —One of the happiest saddest international love affairs of all time has been going on in Indonesia for seven years and a little more now. The afTair Is between
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    655 13 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP). —How far back does American military involvement in Vietnam go? It could be dated more than 20 years ago —as a quirk of history. The Vietnamese leader U.S. military men tried to help during World War II was
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    148 13 MOSCOW, Mon. (UPI) Iraqi Premier Abdel Rahman A 1 Bazzaz said yesterday his country's foreign policy had "much in common" with that of the Soviet Union and expressed confidence his visit would strengthen relations between the two countries. Bazzaz, on a week-long
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    33 13 ADEN, Mon. (AP) The South Arabia Federation yesterday urged Britain to fulflll treaty obligations by retaliating for Saturday's attack by Eqyplian MIG fighters on Naqub town, Beihan state, reliable sources reported.
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    806 13 WASHINGTON, Mon.—America's Gemini space flights have demonstrated all the critical techniques needed to land men on the Moon and more. The 10 flights to date the first two unmanned, the others with two-man crews have achieved all the stated obectives of the Gemini program.
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    Lock icon Youth, 20, jumps to his death
    158 13 BERKELEY, California, Mon. (UPI) A 20-year-old Berkeley youth, "flying high on LSD," jumped three stories to his death yesterday, Berkeley police said. The youth, identified as Vernon P. Cox, took his first and last dose of LSD at a "trip party" held at his
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    457 13 SYDNEY, Mon. (AP) —Rabbits Mention the word, and many Australian hearts skip a beat, for the people remain conscious of the great loss caused by rabbits in the first half of this century. A couple of decades ago, they scampered over the countryside in hundreds of millions.
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    135 13 BOG ALUS A, Louisiana, Mon. (UPI) Bogalusa police chief Claxton Knight said yesterday that the might time slaying of Negro Clarence Triggs was "definitely not" a racial murder and said he expected an arrest in the case "within 48 hours." Mr. Knight withheld further
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    96 13 BUDAPEST, Mon. (UPI) Raging floods swept away houses, bridges and roads following heavy rainstorms in Northern Hungary on Friday night. The already swollen river overflowed its banks and flooded fields around six villages. The gushing torrent whisked away bridges, damaged houses, underwashed a railway line and roads
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    66 13 JOHANNESBURG, Mon.. (AFP) South African Airways (SAA) have ordered four new Boeing jets, thus bringing its jet fleet to 16 aircraft, it was announced last night. To do long range versions of the Boeing-707 and two short-haul commuters 737, costing altogether £8 million will be delivered
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    129 13 BERLIN, Mo.n (AP) The official East German News Agency claimed yesterday it had "new proof* that West German mercenaries were fighting for the United States in Vietnam. ADN said it has learned that German-born Franz Xaver Wallner was killed in South Vietnam on June
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    76 13 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP)— The New York Times reported today that General Vo Nguyen Giap, Commander of the North Vietnamese Army, has not been seen publicly since May 10 and said some analysis in Saigon are spec ulating he has fallen. The Times, In a despatch from
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    244 13 LONDON, Mon. Seven aircrafts from other European countries ranging from a maritime reconnaissance aircraft to jet trainers and a helicopter—are expected to take part In this year's major British flying display at Farnborough, near London, from September 5 11. It Is the first time
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      Lock icon WORLD CUP SOCCER IN PICTURES
      192 14 Portugal's Jose Torres leaps high into the air after scoring his country's second and winning goal in the World Cup third place final against Russia at Wembley Stadium recently. The goal came with only two minutes left to play. The final score was Portugal 2;
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      Lock icon New ruling for M-football tournament
      183 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A new rule t !f bli "f l e rmlacement of a goal-keeper or any other P l at anv time of the match including an extension ot time will be observed for the first time in this years 9th Merdeka Football
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      95 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Steve Hough of Singapore will lead the South Cricket Eleven, for the annual NorthSouth cricket match to be played at Malacca for three days from Aug. 26. The South line-up will comprise of six players from Singapore and the rest from Negri
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      Lock icon Tawi Sli: Sportsmen politicians have same responsibility
      111 14 KUCHING, Mon. The Chief Minister, Penghulu Tawi Sli said that sportsmen and sports women have the same responsibility as political leaders in achieving national unity. It was, therefore, important that they, while striving hard to gain points to ensure victory they must not
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      Lock icon It's sheer grace and beauty...
      68 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The new bowling centre at IVlerlin Hotel has proved to be very popular with bowling enthusiasts. The eight-lane bowling alley has the latest automatic equipment to facilitate smooth running of the game. It is open to the public daily from 9 a.m
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      Lock icon Combined Services bt S'pore Civilians
      293 14 SINGAPORE, Mon Far East Combined Services beat Singapore Civilians by matches to 5 in a friendly tennis tournament at the Singapore Cricket Club yesterday. The most interesting match in the first round tie was between the Singapore pair, Michael Wee and Choo Cheok Hai and
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      Lock icon Kuala Lumpur Second Day Race Weights
      400 15 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Mon.—The following are weights for the second day of the Selangor Turf Club meeting: Horses: Class 4 Div. I 7 F. Kilowatt 9.00 Rubber Estate II 8.10 Lorn bong Mas 8.09 L<?isrika 8.08 P>uaya Tapah 8.08 Shah Jehan 8.07 Juridical 8.07
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      194 15 Kf'AL l LUMPUR, Mon.—The following are weights lirce races only for the third day of the Selangor T. rf Ciub meeting:— Horses: Class l Div. 1 7 F. Top Honour 9.11 Silver Crown 9.11 l ord Jim 9.09 Ilokoru 9.05 Pizarro II 8.12 Jolly Scout 8.12
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      415 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The following are the Malayan Racing Association Classification List:— Class 1 107 Amendment No 2 Class 2 128 Issued: 28th July 1966 Class 3 127 Class 4 r= 117 Class 5 83 Class 6 69 Total: 631 Promotions: —(Total 4) From Class 2 to
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      Lock icon Bintang Sarawak does impressive workout
      310 15  -  By Windsor Lad BINTANG SARAWAK (Subian) did an impressive workout on a yielding track this morning when he reeled off 3f in 39 4/5 sees, striding out faultlessly all the way. Bintang Sarawak is retaining his last start winning form and should give a good
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      Lock icon Noordin president (8th time) again
      69 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon.—For the eighth year in succession O. M Noordin was elected President of the Trainers' Association of Malaya and Singapore at the annual general meeting on the Association held at Hotel Majestic here on Saturday. The following were elected to serve in the
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      Lock icon Big rugby match
      117 15 SINGAPORE Mon. The Singapore Asian Rugby team is preparing for their big match against the "Rest of Singapore" on Aug. 10 for the "Pesta Sukan Asian Cup", to be held in conjunction with Pesta Sukan Minggu Merdeka, organised by the Singapore Sports' Council. From the trials held
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      46 15 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. A rare combination of beauty and muscles. These two qualities should be envied by most girls. And one charming girl who has them is Teo Peck Eng, who won the discus event for women in an athletic meet here recently.
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      Lock icon Festival of Sports for Methodist Schools
      155 15 IPOH, Mon. A festival of sports among four major Methodist schools in Malaysia and Singapore will take place here from Aug. 10-14. The campus of the AngloChinese School here wtfl become a little 'Olympic village' with the athletes from the schools taking part being
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      Lock icon Penang bags 16 golds in swim meet
      509 15 PENANG, Mon. Penang collected a total of 16 gold medals to become champions in the two-day Malaysian Swimming Championships at the Chinese Swimming Club here during the weekend. Champion free-styler from Selangor, Chan Chee Seng was the outstanding performer in the men's individual
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      Lock icon No word yet from India for hockey coach
      347 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian Hockey Federation is yet to receive word from the Indian Hockey Association to its request for a coach to train the Malaysian team in preparation for the fifth Asian Games at Bangkok in December. Mr. G. Vijayanathan,
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      Lock icon Dattaya, Perak AAA champion athlete
      748 15 Ipoh, Mon. The central zone won both the men and women championships with 225 points (men) and 99 points (women) at the Perak A.A.A. meet which ended here yesterday. M. DATTAYA of the north zone was the champion athlete for men, while SALASIAH JAAFAR of
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