Eastern Sun, 4 August 1966

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  • 27 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 19. Thursday. August 4 1966. -ft MC (P) 1942 -fa KDN 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • 53 1 Tun Abdul Razak. the Deputy Premier, flanked by the Permanent Secretary to the Foreign Minis* v. Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie (left) and the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, walking towards the Malaysian Airways Comet aircraft before departure to Bangkok for the ASA
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  • 389 1 BANGKOK, Wed. (AP) Philippine Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos said toda> his country's wish v.dS "one of most important motivations behind the Philippines' decision to recognize" Malaysia. Mr. Ramos, in a speech delivered at the opening session of ASA's Ministerial Conference, emphasized that •one
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  • 90 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. l.t. Col. Benny Moerdani, Chief of the Indonesian liaison team here left for Singapore today to see CoL AH Moertopo. He told newsmen at the airport that he received in- tractions from Col. Moertopo to see him there. But he declined further comment. He
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  • 44 1 MOSCOW, Wed, (AFP) The Supreme Soviet today re-elected the entire government of Premier Alexei Kosygin. He was nominated by Leonid Brezhnev, the secretary general of the 6oviet Communist Party, as Presidium Chairman, Mr. Podgorny as titular Head of the Soviet State.
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  • 547 1 BANGKOK, WED. (AP) MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Rozak said today Southeast Asia is "one of the most turbulent areas of the world" because of the Vietnam war. In a speech delivered fro frhe opening session of frhe Ministerial conference of frhe Association of
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  • 379 1 BANGKOK, Wed. (UPI) Thailand today called for a "Peace-for-Asia" conference among interested Asian nations to discuss settlement of the Vietnam war. Thai Foreign Minister Tun Thanat Khoman made the proposal during a speech at the opening of the three-Nation Foreign Ministers'
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  • 285 1 BANGKOK, Wed. (AFP) —The third meeting of ASA (Association of South-east Asia) Foreign Ministers was inaugurated here this morning by Thai Prime Minister Th a no m Kittikachorn with an appeal to Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand to strengthen their economic and cultural partnership
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  • 115 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP) Indonesia's confrontation against Malaysia will be settled immediately In a peaceful way and on basis of the spirit of the Manila Agreements, the country's strongman Cabinet Presidium Chairman General Suharto stated here today. I He made the announcement after a meeting with
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  • 60 1 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Government today defends its stiff newly strengthened Prices and Incomes Bill before a House of Commons debate engineered by the Opposition Conservative Party. The Government has sought to avoid a debate on the economy-controlling bill in an effort to ram
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  • 59 1 LONDON, Wed. (AFP)— Britain will withdraw 10,000 men from Borneo once the Bangkok Agreement ending the confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia has been ratified, British Defence Minister Denis Healey announced today. Britain and Malaysia have reached an agreement for an orderly withdrawal of British troops from Borneo
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  • 211 1 PENANG, Wed. Six Indonesians in a five-ton tongkang. 'Fadjar Timur/ loaded with $90,000 worth of barter goods, were taken by surprise this morning when ten armed men boarded their vessel and robbed them of their goods. Their tongkang arrived from Medan early this morning and
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  • Local News
    • 35 2 Mohamed Nazim with a wistful look on his face as he waves goodbye at the Subang Airport to his father, Tun Abdul Razak, who's now attending the ASA meeting in Bangkok.
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    • 283 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) will hold a public inquiry regarding the four marketing schemes it has proposed at various centres from Aug. 9. Announcing this in a statement today, the Deputy Chairman of the Authority, Inche Abdul
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    • 216 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The 10,000-strong Transport Workers' Union today came out in full support of the demonstration organised by the National Union of Teachers on Saturday at Federal House. The picketing was held to back the union's demand for housing and medical facilities for its members.
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    • 313 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Lim Swee Aun had said that the formation of a Malaysian Customs Union would open up the whole of the Malaysian market to local manufacturers. Preparations to set up the union, were already very advanced
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    • 294 2  -  Sim BEN d'CUNHA I£UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Should the 378 Local Authorities in Malaya be run by elected or nominated representatives or by both elected and nomi- nated representatives? These are the main views the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the working of local councils
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    • 243 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia's first floating trade fair, to boost local products, is provisionally fixed to be opened by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, on Sept. 10. A spokesman of the National Chamber of Malaysian Manufacturers
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    • 130 2 EPOH, Wed. Promotion of tourism betwt.en Malaysi* and Australia to forte a stronfer link between the two countries was foreseen bj the Mayor of the Gold Coast in Queensland. The Mayor, Aldermam Ernest O. Harley, accompanied by Mrs. Harley said this when he visited the
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    • 167 2 KUCHING, Wed. The Minister for Welfare, Youth and Culture, Awang Hlpni bin Pengiran Annu, will declare open the two-week Sibu Trade Fair on Saturday, at Pulau Babi. The trade fair Is being organised by the Sibu Junior Chamber of Commerce. The patron of the trade fair is
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    • 65 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— An unemployed youth was today sent to the Henry Gurney Reform School in Malacca for three years by the President of the Sessions Court, Mr. E. E. Sim. Ta n Ching, 19, pleaded guilty to being in possession of two daggers and a
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    • 62 2 PENANG, Wed. A dental nurse, Tengku Halijah, 21 reported yesterday the loss of her handbag containing cash and articles worth $75 which she had left on the counter in the waiting room at the Dental Training Bchool, Sepoy Lines. Another dental nurse, Shirley Bhakaran, 20, reported the loss
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    • 92 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.The Governor of Luzon, Philippines. Mr. Wenceslao O Vinzona arrived here yesterday, for a four-day visit, to study the country s rural development programmes. Mr Vinzona is the youngest Governor among over 64 provincial Governors in the Republic. Early this morning he
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    • 157 2 KUCHING, Wed. (UPI)— The High Court today provisionally fixed Aug. 29 as the date of hearing the suit filed by Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan against the Governor of Sarawak, Tun Abang Haji Openg, and Chief Minister Penghulu Tawi Sli. Dato Ningkan filed the suit
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    • 96 2 TAIPING. Wed, The second phase of a housing scheme by th e Taiplng Malays Co-operative Limited costing $700,000 to start soon in Creagh Road here. This scheme will consist of 36 bungalow-type detached houses on halfacre plots costing $20,000 each ,and is expected to be completed
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    • 68 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Malaysian Voluntary Social Workers Corps is holding a seminar on social problems. Topics of the three-day session will include talks on social work by Social Welfare Officer, Enche Abu Bakar and children psychology by Mr. Btephen Kornfeld from Tampoi Mental Hospital. An
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    • 50 2 IPOH, Wed. The Perak police are investigating two cases of rape yesterday. A 15-year-old girl from Grik alleged that she' was outraged by a 54-year-old neighbour in the kitchen of her house, a week ago. The other rape victim was also a 15-year-old girl* living in Sungei Siput.
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    • 150 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra will perform in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 5. Thev will be giving performances in Singapore on Sept. 3 rind 4, before coming here. The orchestra will begin its 10-week concert tour tomorrow. It will first perform
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    • 73 2 KUALA UMUPUR. Wed. An 18-year-old youth. V. Senavarson, was today charged in the Magistrate's Court here with using criminal force on Lee Oi. 40, with the intention of outraging her modesty. The offence was alleged to have occurred at the Maternity Hospital here on May
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    • 104 2 KUCHING. Wed. Thi Chief Minister, Penghulu Tawi Sli, said in Slbu that in the past there had been much suspicion and misunderstanding in the minds of the people of government's policies and administration. The Chief Minister flew to Sibu, accompanied by the Federal Minister for Sarawak Affairs.
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    • 45 2 SINGAPORE. Wed A public lecture on "Revolutionising Higher Education Southeast Asia", by Dr. Clifton R. Wharton Jr.. Phd., M.A. (Chicago) M.A (Frinceton), will be held the New Lecture Theatre No. 3, University grounds, Bukrt Timah, at 7.30 p.m. oil Au*. 5, this year.
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    • 415 3 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Canadian engineers will be arriving here this month to participate ln a 7. feasibility study of the Blakang Mati-Jurong harbour complex, i is was disclosed by Mr. B. C. Butler, the Canadian High Commissioner to Singapore, at a Rotary Club
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    • 113 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A member of the Sea Cadet Corps in Singapore, Cadet Loh Mun Leong, 16, has just had the experience of his young life—a trip to England for training with the Royal Navy. Cadet Loh, who lives at 420E Jalan Pipit, Singapore 13, and
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    • 162 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. —There is no question that Asians are not fit for democracy, says Dr. R. N Varma, principal of the University of Jaipur's Law College. He explained: "It is the question of the leaders allowing the people the seven fundamental rights, one of which
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    • 282 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Lions Club of Singapore Central is embarking upon a community service project in aid of a deserving cause. This will be Lions Club of Singapore Central's project for the year 1966. It is conducting a fund-raising campaign for the
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    • 167 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A fashion show will be organised by Madam Kuan Geok Lay to promote interests among women folk in dressmaking in the Republie on Aug. 8. The fashion show the second one by Madam Kuan will be held at Fraser and Neave Hall, River
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    • 72 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The official Indonesian news agency, "Antara", will station its correspondent in Singapore as soon as diplomatic relations oetween the two countries are resumed. A member of the Indonesian delegation now in Singapore indicated today that the "Antara" was anxious to seek possibilities of
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    • 105 3 How aesthetic women's gymnastics can be is demonstrated by this young German sportswoman who gave a display of extracts from her gymnastics programme at a sports festival in Wtirttemberg. German women's gymnastics have deliberately specialized in work on a broad basis in the past few years
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    • 92 3 Every new school should hare a gymnasium. This slogan has become an essential element in the building of new schools in the Federal Republic of Germany. A good example of this is the gymnasium of La Comblet School in Diisseldorf (picture). (As they are doing
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    • 111 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Lou Chung Mou. an assistant factory manager, residing in Taman Jurong. was robbed of 51.227 in cash and jewellery by two armed thugs at his home in Taman Jurong. He was relaxing at home with his wife last Monday when at about
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    • 61 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. North Korea is expected to send a trade mission soon to explore possibilities for establishing trade relations with Singapore, diplomatic sources told the Eastern Sun today. This would be the first Asian Communist country to establish trade relations with the Republic.
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    • 84 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Newton Life Church will hold a bazaar on its church grounds at 200 Keng Lee Road on Tuesday, to raise funds for its many educational and welfare projects. The bazaar, which will b#» opened from 10 a.m. to 5 p m., hopes to raise a
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    • 100 3 PENANO, Wed. Th€ Department of Social Welfare here is appealing to the public for information on an eight-year-old Indian girl, who was found strand ed in King Street on July 19. The girl was found by Enche R. Muniandy. who handed her over to the
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    • 80 4 MALACCA, Wed. Police today recovered the motor car used by three armed men, robbed a goldsmith in Java Lane here of goods worth $5,000, yesterday. The car was found abandoned in an estate road, about 100 yards off the 9th mile, Malacca-Alor Gajah Road.
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    • 98 4 IPOH, Wed. A physical culturist in looh, Mr. Tham Woh Peng, 23, who won the 'Mr. Perak' title some time ag* was attacked bj secret society thugs at Man Thin restaurant in Anderson Road here last night Mr. Tham was with friends at dinner, when
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    • 91 4 PENANG, Wed. The Australian Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. R.W.C. Swartz, said here today that his country would be most happy to assist Malaysia in the training of pilots. He was met at the Bayan Lepas airport by the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon
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    • 141 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Overseas Commonwealth Forces Employees' Union has criticised unionists and politicians for blaming the Registrar of Trade Union for the multiplicity of trade unions in the country. "The tendency amongst some people to bLime the government for ever} thing is displaying
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    • 106 4 TAIPING, Wed. The Government Servant's Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Limited, Taiping made a net profit last year or $58,480 the highest recorded in eight years—according to the society's annual report published here. The society awarded scholarships to 51 children of members studying 1 n
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    • 83 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed— A Malaysian electrical instructor left for India for higher training, in the vocational instructors training course today. He is Enche Mat bin Abu Bakad, electrical instructor in the Industrial Training Institute, Kuala Lumpur. The training will be at Kanpur for a period of
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    • 507 4  -  By MAUREEN LEE Kuala Lumpur, Wed. "Um how refreshing after all that physical exercise I did," murmured little Lim Lay Heoh, as she sipped her glass of orange during tea break at the Assunta Day Nursery in Petaling Jaya Lim Is only
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    • 358 4 IfUCHING, Wed.—The new government Is not go to play tricks on anybody or on any the people in the country, but will carefully steer th boat of state along the right course. It will be Just in its dealings with all races and project the
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    • 98 4 KCALA LUMPUR, Wed.— The Democratic Act ion Party here says that some people are using the name of the party to organise a tour to Singapore in conjunction with Singapore Day on Tuesday at a fee of $35 per person. The DAP in a
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    • 174 4 PENANG. Wed. Penang has tremendous potentialities for promoting tourist trade provided it remains a free port and has sufficient backing from the central government. This was stated by the President of Thailand's Sub-Aqua Club, Dr. Max Henn. at a press conference at the E. and O.
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    • 184 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed —South Korea's Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Hyo Sang Rhee will arrive here on Wednesday, Aug. 10, for a fourday official visit. lie has been invited by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dato C. M. YusoL Dr.
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    • 169 4 MALACCA, Wed. Malacca will celebrate the 67th birthday of the Governor, Tun Haji Abdul Male* bin Yusof, on Tuesday, i An illuminated display by the Royal Malaysian Police band at the Kubu stadium will highlight the celebrations. In the morning. His Excellency wiU
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    • 234 4 National Art Gallery's 2month show KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The National Art Gallery, will hold its Ninth National Art Exhibition at its premises at 109, Jalan Ampang, here from Friday for two months. The Minister of Finance, Enche Tan Siew Sin will declare the exhibition open at 5.30 p.m. on Friday.
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    • 60 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Flight Lieutenant, Doong Ngit Kuang of the Royal Malaysian Air Force has been selected to undergo a five-month's qualifying flying instructors' course at the Royal Air Force, Little Rissinton in the United Kingdom. He left Kuala Lumpur by train today for Singapore
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    • 42 4 IPOH, Wed. —The Mentri Besar, Dato Ahmad bin Said, today called on the Ra'ayat to make full use of the numerous projects completed under the rural development plan. He reminded the people of the threat from Communist subversion.
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    • 90 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Two opium smokers wert fined $3OO and $lOO each in the Session Court here today for possessing prepared opium and smoking utensils. Loh Kong Foh, 51, wai found by the police In possession of 20 packets of prepared opium and a smoking pipe In
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    • 108 4 IPOH, Wed. An order for a warrant of arrest against Krishnan s/o Suppiah, 28, and a notice to his bailor to show cause for their joint absence wera given by the Magistrate here, Mr. Satchithanandhan, today. Krishnan, who was on $lOO bail, in claiming trial
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    • 126 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Nik Safiah binte Haji Abdul Karim, a lecturer in the Department of Malay Studies at the University of Malaya, will talk on "The Malay People" at 4 p.m. on Sunday at 29, Ipoh Road. The talk is sponsored by the Kuala Lumpur Psychology
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    • 102 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore is offering a number of extension courses in August. A 10-lecture course id one-and-a-halt-hour each on "Law of Contract" will begin on Aug. 15. A refresher course foi chemistry graduate teachers will be held
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    • 61 4 TAIPING, Wed. Foo Yoke Weng alias Ah Weng Chai, 26, a restricted resident of Kuala Lumpur, was today sentenced to three years' jail by the Sessions Court President, Wan Yahavfl bin Pawanteh. He was found guilty of robbing Madam Lee Siew Sun, in her shop
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    • 926 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. -—A woman who had been convicted by a military tribunal for war crimes contested the vice-presidentship of an airline's workers' union, Mr. Justice Buttrose, was told in the High Court here today. She was Mrs. M A OConnor,
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    • 164 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Stephen Sim, Personnel Development Manager of Shell Malaysia Ltd., was elected President of the Singapore Institute of Personnel Management at its inaugural meeting recently. The other office-bearers elected are: Vice-President, Mr. Chew Seng, of Cold Storage (M) Ltd., hon. secretary, Mr. A. R. G.
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    • 50 5 A Royal Air Force crane from R A.F. Chan*i was called in to help when tht (fiant of the sea was washed ashore dead at Nichol Drive, Changri. nearly a ton, it was hauled aboard a truck and taken to the R.A.F. bai>e ior disposal.
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    • 153 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. —The Postal Services Department will issue special commenmorative postage stamps of 15 cts., 20 cts. and 30 cts. denominations on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of Singapore's Independence. This was announced bv the Director of Posts in a press release issued
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    • 57 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Death was inches away from this group of patrons of "Leng Chee Kong" stall near the junction of Mattar Road and Jalan Merpati last night, when a car overshot a pavement and crashed against a foodstall. In this accident two adults and a child were
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    • 658 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. An advocate representing the Straits Times Press in an industrial dispute was today advised in Court to handle his case with greater care in order that the newspaper's case will not be jeopardised. This advice came from Mr. Tan Boon
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    • 69 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. A new Air Services Agreement between the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Netherlands was initialled In Singapore on Aug. 3 following two days of negotiations between the Singapore and Dutch delegations. The Dutch delegation was headed by Mr. H. J. Spanjaard. Director of
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    • 37 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Indian Association will hold a "Cultural Night*' to celebrate the first anniversary of the independence of Singapore. It will be held at 69, Balestier Road on Aug. 13 at 8 p.m.
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    • 151 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. A Chinese temple in Jalan Trus again figured in a political issue between the United Democratic Party (U.D.P.) and the Malayan Chinese Association today. In a statement issued here, the secretary of the U.D.P., Johore Bahru division, Mr. Tee Teong Tong, challenged the
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    • 71 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Lim Hong Kiat, Chairman of the S i n &JP" re Manufacturers' Association, speaking at a dinner given in honour of the Indonesian fact-finding mission, at the National Trades Lnion Congress Conference Hall last night by the association. Sitting at the table in the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 429 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN 53,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 1 Quix for August 4 1966 1. What is a "bolas"? 2. How much of the earth is covered by water? 3. What should a motorist always do before h« signals, changes
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 39 3 K.L. DIARY National Zoo at Ulu Klang 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Muzium Negara 10 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. Jalan Weld Swimming pool 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 712 4 CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipob and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. FN. 5.45 Opening Announcement Prog. Summary; 5.45 News in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10 Youth Forum; 6.35 The Flintstones; Ladies Night at
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 333 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AFP) PRESIDENT Johnson is preparing to make a "Spectacular" statement on Vietnam, probably just before the legislative elections in November, informed sources said here today. The aim of his speech will be to convince the sceptics that he fears neither the
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    • 45 6 LONDON, Wed. (AP). Deaths from lung cancer in Britain have increased by 1,000 a year since 1960 and reached 29,377 in 1965, Health Minister Mr. Kenneth Robinson told Parliament yesterday. "The most important single known cause is cigarette smoking", he said.
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    • 128 6 PERTH AMBOY, New Jersey, Wed. (UPI) Bloody violence broke out in a tense Puerto Rican section of this waterfront city last night. Police arrested 35 persons 28 adults and 7 juveniles shortly after about 100 Puerto Ricans went on a rock-throwing spree. A handful of
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    • 130 6 CAIRO, Wed. (AFP). —Yemen today officially rejected a British protest against the air attack which Britain said was committed on Saturday against Beihan in the South Arabian Federation, the Middle East News agency said. The British protest note, transmitted to the Yemeni government
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    • 63 6 D A R E S SALAAM, Tanzania, Wed. Meeting in front of State House here yesterday from left, Joseph Rfurumbi, Kenyan Vice-Presi-dent, President Kenneth Kauanda of Zambia, President J alius Nyerere of Tanzania and President Milton Obote of Uganda. African leaders met to discuss the effects
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    • 218 6 I ONDON, Wed. (AP). —A member of the House of Commons wants Britain's Defence Ministry to explain why singer Frank Sinatra was allowed to land a private plane at a Royal Air Force (RAF) station. T* man wanting an explanation is Marcus Lipton, a member
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    • 71 6 LONDON, Wed. (AP). Britain will have a Satellite ready for launching early next year. Goronwy Roberts, Minister of State for Education and science, told Parlia ment yesterday. The Satellite—U.K. 11l Wh| examine the ionosphere, the upper atmosphere and radio emissions from natur«i sources in space, Robert
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    • 125 6 TORONTO, Wed. (AP) A Canadian Consulting Engineering firm has been chosen to manage the engineering and construction of the U.S. $24,000,000 Nam Ngum Hydro-Electric Development in Laos. Acres International Ltd. of Niaeara Falls, Ontario, was selected by the World Bank, which administers the
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    • 99 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP; The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) announced it is expediting emergency relief assistance to flood victims in Korea, where 56 have drowned and thousands left homeless. Continuous heavy rains have swollen the Han River and large areas were flooded, with
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    • 78 6 BERLIN, Wed (UPI) India's Congress Party, President Kumarasv/ami Kama raj yesterday said his party stands by the communique recognising the existence of East Germany, the East Germany news service ADN reported. ADN said he stated his party stands by the communique issued by Indian Premier Indira
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    • 53 6 The famous James Bond, actor Sean Connerv (left), seated with Japanese co-star Eiko Wakabayashi, uses a traditional Japanese fan during a location filming of new lan Fleming novel "You Only Live Twice", which was started at Kagoshima, Napoli of Japan on the southern island of Kyushu,
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    • 204 6 NEW YORK, Wed. (AFP). French writers Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir have agreed to sit on a "tribunal" which 94-year old British Philosopher Bertrand Russell wants to set up to inquire into alleged Vietnam war crimes committed by
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    • 58 6 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (AFP) Great Britain has requested an urgent meeting of the Security Council following the air attack of the South Arabian city of Nukun by Yemeni aircraft on July 30. The request was made by British representative at the United Nations. Sir Rceer Jackl'ntz.
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    • 70 6 NEW YORK, Wed. (AFP) American Jazz pianist Bud Powell died in a Brooklyn hospital last night from a combination of tuberculoiss, alcoholism and undernourishment. Powell, a Negro was one of the pioneers along with saxophonist Charlie (Bird) Parker and trumpetist Dizzy GLlespie who brought about the transition
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    • 34 6 CANBERRA, Wed. (UPI> The Royal Australian Air "Force's 40 Frenca-bullt Mirage Jet fighters were grounded here yesterday for technical Inspections following the crash of a Mirage fighter near Canberra on July 29.
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    • 209 6 LOS ANGELES, Wed. (UPI). —Actor Jacques Bergerac's attempt to have actress Dorothy Malone found in contempt of court for al--lege d 1 y violating a child custody arrangement was taken off calendar yesterday because she hadn't been served with court papers. The case will
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    • 67 6 TOKYO, Wed. (AP) Communist China charged that a U.S. military plane "intruded" over its territorial waters south of Air»sien country of Hainan Island, Kwangtung Province between 10.58 hours and 11.20 hours yesterday. A new China News Agent*y monitored here today said a spokesman of the foreign Ministry
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    • 75 6 LONDON, Wed. (IIPI) Fourteen firemen, three policemen and 10 onlookers were injured last night when a gas explosion in a flaming three-storey building rocked east London's mile end road. The explosion tore out the front of the building where 50 firemen were fighting the blaze,
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    • 177 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) The Central Intelligence Agency found itself yesterday in the midst of another controversy that involved a highly paid official and allegations of a jewel roberry. Hans V. Tofte, an agency expert in Clandestine operations, notified Washington Police that jewels, reportedly valued at
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    • 38 6 SAN'A, Yemen, Wed. (AP> Flash floods swept parts of SAN'A'S suburbs yesterday causing heavy damage to roads and buildings. Water was more than 10 feet deep in some places. There were no immediate reports of casualties
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    • 150 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) Deaths in the world from natural disaster dropped markedly in the fiscal year 1966 to only 7,086 from 47,160 in the previous fiscal year, U.S. officials reported yesterday. This much smaller list resulted from fewer cyclones, tidal waves, earthquakes and similar disasters,
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    • 72 6 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (AP) A resolution to condemn Israel's July 14 air strike at Syria had five votes pledged in Its favour In the U.N. Security Council today. But whether it could get all the nine votes necessary for adoption was still uncertain. Jordanian Muhammad
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    • 40 6 HELSINKI, Wed. (AFP) Two hundred tons ot milk powder was loaded in Helsinki harbour yesterday for India. This is Finland's part of. the help given India follow ing the severe drought and hunger in that country.
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    • 119 6 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) The Board of Trade yesterday ordered a preliminary inquiry into the disappear* ance of the one-time American harbour boat Darlwin which vanished in a freak storm off the Cornish Coast with 31 persons on board on Sunday. Search for the pleasure
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    • 511 7 yV A SHIN GT °N w «d. (UP!) The Stote Deportment yesterdoy lef open the possibility that U.S. ground forces might attack Communist troops in the southern part of the demilitarised zone between North and South Vietnam. Press Officer Robert J. McCloske/
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    • 129 7 LONDON, Wed (AP) Retired Rhodesian politician Roy Welensky said yesterday that economic sanctions are hurting Rhodesia "but there are no signs that Rhodesia is going to surrender." Mr. Welensky, Prime Minister of the defunct Centra/ African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, came here to attend Saturday's title
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    • 59 7 ROME, Wed. (AFP) Police arrested about 100 long-haired beatniks in a swoop on their favourite haunts here yesterday evening. The youths, mostly French and German, will be sent back to their own countries if they have no means of support. Police carried out similar campaign against the "Capelloni",
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    • 55 7 The five-man nresidium of the new Indonesian cabinet sworn in by President Sukarno. Left to right: LieutGeneral Suharto Foreign Minister Adam Malik. First Minister of Welfare Idham Chalid. First Minister of Economic* and Financial Affairs Sultan Hamengku Buwono, and First Minister for Industrial Development, Sawusi
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    • 203 7 JOHANNESBURG. Wed. (UPI). —African leader yesterday accused the stateowned South African Railways of disregarding a series of train crashes which claimed a heavy loss of black African lives. They were commenting on Monday's crash in which five persons died and 297 were injured.
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    • 207 7 T.AGOS, Wed. (AFP) Further trouble loomed in Nigeria yesterday after the eastern region's military governor publicly refused to recognise Lieut-Colonel Yakabu Gowon as new chief of state and ordered the seifure of a strategic bridge. The bridge, one and a half miles long, crosses the
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    • 50 7 Heavy torrential rains caused the Han River to burst its banks inundating large areas in south Seoul. Some 60 persons were reported dead, 18 were missing, 78 injured and 70,000 made homeless. This photo shows many homes half submerged in water. PANA Photo. PANA Photo.
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    • 371 7 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (UPI). Undersecretary of State George W. Ball on Monday, discussed for 70 minutes with U Thant the Secretary General's gloomy appraisal of current prospects for peace talks or de-escalation of the war in Vietnam. Mr. Ball flew from Washington for a
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    • 255 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) U.S. planes attacked the Haiphong oil storage depot a third time on Monday and preliminary reports show the bombs were "on target" the U.S. Defence Department said yesterday. This Pentagon response issued after Radio Hanoi charged that American aircraft struck Haiphong, North Vietnam's
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    • 95 7 BRUSSELS, Wed. (AP) Belgian Foreign Minister Pierre Harmel interrupted his holiday in Switzerland and flew back to Brussels last night to study Belgium's deteriorating relations with her former colony, the Congo. The Belgium Acting Consul in Lumumhashi (Elisabethville) Pierre Marchal was expelled for alleged derouting of two
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    • 186 7 MEXICO CITY, Wed. (AP) Prince Charles of England toured the Mexican countryside yesterday with a stop at two of the oldest pyramids and lunch at a Mexican ranch. The Prince spent most of the afternoon at the ranch of Juan Sanchez Navarro, a Mexico city brewers
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    • 163 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AFP) Two more Amerl» can Air Force units will shortly be withdrawn from France, according to a reliable source. One group of RB-66 fighter bombers will go to Shaw Field, South Carolina. The other unit of RF 4-6 Phantom fighters will be
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    • 29 7 MOSCOW. Wed. (AFP). Aerobatic experts from Britain will be among the 76 pilots from 16 countries at the world aerobatic championships here from Aug. 7 to 14.
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    • 286 7 NEW YORK Wed. (AP). Malaysia ranked third among nations of Asia and the Middle East in a world compilation of gross national product per capita, released yesterday by Dr. Franz Pick, international known currency expert. The compilation Includes 68 countries whose gross national products
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    • 246 7 PARIS. Wed. (UPI) President Charles de Gaulle yesterday moved a step nearer the Ho Chi Minh regime in North Vietnam by raising the status of the North Vietnamese mission here. Mai Van 80, North Vietnamese Minister Plenipotentiary, announced his trade mission in France has been
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    • 323 10 BIRMINGHAM, Albama, Wed. (AP). A magazine article quoting John Lennon of the Beatles as saying his group is more popular than Jesus has ignited a "ban the Beatles records" campaign by Birmingham Radio Station WAQY. Station Manager, Tommy Charles
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    • 87 10 HOLLYWOOD, California. Wed (AP) Actor Jack Palance was involved in a traffic accident late last night and taken to Queen of Angels Hospital where a spokesman said he was in good condition. Details of the accident were not immediately available. Gann quoted Palance's doctor as saying
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    • 58 10 NEW DELHI, Wed. (AP) —A Municipal survey found two out of five school childien in New Delhi suffering from one or home ailments. A city health official said the rate of illness among children was "alarmingly high" and not only represented a health problem buc also presented
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    • 115 10 A senior girl at the Moels Cop Secondary School, in Southport. Lancashire in northwest England, watches a young: artist from a nursery school, during the child care course. For senior girls this progressive school now offers the choice of 5 courses, the General
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    • 93 10 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) A 29-year-old woman under the influence of the drug LSD jumped out of a fourth floor window flapping her arms like wings because she thought she cou?d fly. The woman who was not identified was reported in serious condition in a
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    • 67 10 NEW DELHI, Wed. (AP) Devaluation of India's rupee, criticised by many government officials and opposition politicians, found a defender in Karumbur Rangachari, Editor of the Daily newspaper statesman. Rangachari said there should be no criticism of Western countries for pressuring India into devaluating. "Surely, after investing
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    • 61 10 MANILA, Wed. (AFP) The Philippine Navy yesterday raised an alert against foreign vessels poaching in Philippine waters, following the apprehension of two Taiwanese fishing craft in national waters, a spokesman said late yesterday. Commodore Heracleo J. Alano, Philippine Navy Chief, directed the alert on the belief
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    • 551 10 Police: Grand jury nothing to act on TEXAS HORROR CRIME AUSTIN, Texas, Wed. (AP). AN autopsy revealed a small tumour in the brain of Charles Joseph Whitman yesterday, and officials said it could have led indirectly to his mad slaying of 15 persons before
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    • 138 10 KUSHIRO, Japan, Wed. (UPI). Five persons died and three others were in serious conditions as a result of suicide attempt by poisoning gas here yesterday, police reported. According to the police, a Junior High School Boy who visited the home of a friend found three
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    • 35 10 ANDUJAR, Spain, Wed. (AP) Two jet fighter planes crashed near the Sierra Norena mountain, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from here, the Spanish news agency CIFRA reported yesterday. No other details were immediately available.
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    • 160 10 TOKYO, Wed. (AP) U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin Q. Reischauer yesterday said he could see no reason why Japan should be afraid of Communist China since Japan is powerful enough in Asia. The fact that China has a vast population of more than 600 million.
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    • 96 10 MILPITAS, California, Wed. (AP) Five person® died in an apparent murdersuicide in this town 50 miles Southeast of San Francisco. Milpitas Police said Kent George Euert, 45, his wife Jeanette. 32, their children Denies, 8, Eric, 7, and Randy 5, all were found dead in
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    • 78 10 PfOME, Wed. A section of the 10,000 Communist-led demonstrators, some carrying posters denouncing "Johnson the assassin" seen as they parade through downtown Rome on July 27th followed by a rally protesting American policy in Vietnam. Also being carried bv the demonstrators is a large portrait of
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    • 120 10 MONTICELLO, New York Wed. (AP) A Peace group here said last night It had received a telegram from Ho Chi Minh's office saying the North Vietnamese government would consider "when conditions permit" allowing American journalists to observe first hand the results of United States bombing
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    • 96 10 PRAGUE, Wed. (AP) Indian National Congress Party Chairman Kamaraswami Kamaraj was received yesterday by Deputy Premier Frantisek Krajoir on the first day of his visit to Czechoslovakia. He was accompanied by several members of the group he heads and by the Indian Charge d'Affaires :n Czechoslovakia.
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    • 36 10 BOGOTA, Wed. (AFP).— Nine outlaws were killed and 34 captured during July, an armed forces communique said here. Government forces also seizec a large quantity of war material including rifles, pistols, grenades and cartridges.
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    • 262 10 CHICAGO, Wed. (UPI) Grim-faced white teen-agers clutching rocks and empty bottles yesterday met members of Dr. Martin Luther King's Chicago Civil Rights campaign outside a Northwest side Real Estate office where they protested alleged housing descrimination. At least one rock was thrown and one young
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    • 52 10 KUWAIT. Wed. (AP) Police cracked a narcotics smuggling ring yesterday by cracking open some flower pots. The smugglers tried to take the drug abroad a bus travelling from Kuwait to Amman. Jordan, concealed in the soil in large tin flower pots. Two smugglers were arrested and a
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    • 103 10 COTONU, Wed. (AFP) Ousted Nigerian ruler, Major General Aguiyi Ironsi and Western Nigeria Military Governor Lt. Col. F. A. Fauuyi were executed last Friday by rebel soldiers after being transported by car to village near Ibadan, according to usually reliable unofficial Nigerian sources. Their bodies
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    • 61 10 NEW DELHI, Wed. (AP>— Officials in the North eastern state of Assam have asked the Central government to step up its flood control aid to their state, which suffer! annually from disastrou! floods along the Brahmaputra river. An official said at the present rate
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    • 56 10 BOISE, Idaho, Wed. (AP) Governor Robert ESmylie failed m his bid a fourth term last night, losing to state Senator Don Samuelson for the Republican Gubernatorial nomination i:i a singular upset. Scmuelson carved his primary election victory »b almost every one of the states 44 counties, piling
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  • 419 8 ■JpHE change of regime in Indonesia and the end of confrontation have made puppet "provisional governments" persona non grata in that country. These phoney regimes, created by the Partai Komunist Indonesia to incite revolutions in Malaysia, are now on the run. It is reported that Azaharl,
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  • 298 8 fpHE responsibilities of trade unions were stressed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein, when he addressed the Asian Trade Union Seminar at Kuala Lumpur this week. He said that it was not too much for any country to ask that, in the interest of
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  • 927 8 THE great involvement of America in Vietnam today is not unrelated to the need to be concerned about the rising and eventual threat to peace and freedom in south Africa. For South Africa today presents the kind of problem that Vietnam was some years ago before
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  • 605 8 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) local Press report today said that a former secretary and speech writer for Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung has been purged. He was identified as Hu ChiaoMu by the reports, which quoted unidentified Chinese sources. There
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  • 1107 8 THE present state of affairs in the accountancy profession leaves much td be desired, and it is essential that serious thought is given on how best to promote the interests of the profession in Malaysia and Singapore. The Civil Service is now almost completely Malayanised,
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 161 9 SINGAPORE, Wed- Italian investment capital may flow into Malaysia to keep pace with the country's five-year development plan, the former Italian ambassador to that country predicted Dr. Mario Filo della Torre Santa Susanna, who did not go into details, said this was considered. He pointed out
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    • 145 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysian statistics just issued show an overall increase in rubber production and stock figures for June. Production of rubber in the States of Malaya in June b mounted to 79,174 tons (May 68.4.04 tons). For Jan/ June 1966 the figure was 420, 436
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    • 54 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI). futures closed unchanged on sales of two contracts on the New York Com modity Exchange yesterday Sep. 23.75 24.00 Nov. 23.90 24.10 Jan. 23.90 24.25 Mar. 24.25T May. 24.15 24.30 Jul. 24.15 24.30 Sep. 24.15 24.30 Locally. No. 1 RSS was unchanged at 23-|
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    • 46 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. A •pecial Austin 1100 demonstration chassis was presented to the Singapore Vocational Institute today for use by the pupils and trainees of the Institute. The presentation was r bv Mr. Vernon Harper. General Manager for the Far East, for British Motor Corporation.
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    • 40 9 WASHINGTON Wed. (AP) The U.S. Government sold 70 tons of surplus stockpile tin yesterday, 60 tons Grade A at U551.5675 a pound, 5 tons Grade B at U551.5525 a pound and 5 tons Grade C at U551.5475 pound.
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    • 380 9 YORK, Wed. (AFP) Expanding two-day th teconornic relations between Japan and J? past decade have helped stem e ay e significantly contributed to the economic and technological growth of both nations. r These and other benefits or continued free trade between the two countries are
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    • 236 9 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) The 10 per cent increase in car Import duties which has Just been announced by the Australian authorities will be a sharp check on the growth of Japanese car exports to Australia, the "Financial Times" correspondent reports from MeiDourne. Despite a previous tariff
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    • 121 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) British Overseas Airways Corp. (BOAC) yesterday won initial U.S. approval to schedule flights beginning early in 1967 from London to the South Pacific and Australia via the United States. A Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) examiner approved BOAC's application, which would give it a
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    • 61 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Chi nese Produce Exchange, Singapore noon prices per picul today. Coconut oil: bulk $4 5.J sellers, drum s47* sellers. Pepper: Muntok white s2o2* sellers, Sarawak white $2OO sellers, special Sarawak black $1474 sellers garbled Lampong black sl47* (N) sellers (all 96% NLW) ASTA $1624 sellers NLW). Singapore
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    • 121 9 TEL AVIV, Israel, Wed. (UPI) Israel's trade with Asia Is growing steadily and is expected to reach US$5O million by the end of the year, according to a report yesterday by the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce. Trade with Asia in 1965
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    • 289 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. August first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. today in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur at 64* cents per lb., unchanged on the previous close. The closing tone was very quiet. After an unchanged opening the market steadied on trade enquiry and a reserve of sellers.
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    • 455 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Reports that a double taxation agreement had been concluded between Singapore and Malaysia resulted in a buoyant market for industrials in the Stock Exchange today. Gammons which had sellers at $2.16 in the morning closed at $2.18. Properties also were faiily active. The reports
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    • 84 9 Canada: buying T.T. 351/8; airmail, O.D. 35-$. 90 <l/ st 35-13/16 credit bills, 35-| trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: New York 32-7/16 Canada 34-13/16, Holland Guilders 11-|; Swiss Francs 140J; French Francs 158-J; Italian Lire *****: Danish Kroner 224-4; Norwegian Kroner 231-3/4. Other change rates remain unaltered.
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    • 30 9 LONDON, Wed. (UH)— The tfovemment has authorised British Overseas Air ways Corp. (BOAC) to buy six American-built Boeing 747, 400-seater jetliners, it was announced in Parliament yesterday.
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 187 9 B S RomtPftri 1.55 1.53 Chemical Co 1.55 Cold Storage 2.94 2.95 Dunlop 2.45 2.50 Esso Ords 3.06 3.08 CJnited Holdings CCR 2.00 2.02 F N. Ords 3.70 3.76 Gammon 2.17 2.20 Georgetown CD 1.32 Guinness 2.36 Hotel S'pura 1.04 1.05 Hume (M) Ltd 1.80 1.83 Hume (F.E.) Ord
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      • 34 9 Central Prop. CD 81 .96 City Dev 38 .38 Faber Union .52* Island Hotel 62 Island Pen 47* .48 K. L. Prop 89* Sel. Prop S'pore Land 61i .62 Town City CD 91
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      • 112 9 Austral Amal. 24/3 24/6 Austral Malay CR 43/6 Ayer Hltam 23/23/1* Berjuntai CD 36/26/4J Hong Kong 36/6 38/Idris Hyd. CD 15/9 16/9 K'pong Lanjut 24/1* 24/3 Kamunting > 20/3 Kent 10/Kesang i.... .55 Killinghall >.... 49/Kramat >.... 13/3 Kuala Kampar >.... 26/3 Kuchai 1.94 2.05 Larut 12/41 Lingui 1.98
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      • 53 9 Ayer Hitam 1.20 Bassett (50cts) 95 1.07 Batu Lintang 1.67 1.70 Bedford CD Benta 1.40 Glenealy 1.52 Kempas 1.99 2.01 Kepong Plant 1.90 Kundong Tg. Pau 1.80 1.84 Kuala Sidim 1.70 New Serendah 2 27 Riverview XD 2/5 2/6 Sel Coconut 3.22 Sungei Bagan 1.60 Temerloh 2 00
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      • 19 9 Bangawan 3d 6d Bukit Sembawang 5/7 High Low 3/3 3/6 Nyalas 1.06 Singapore Para 1/44 1/5J Seafleld 3/7
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      • 24 9 Anglo-Asian 1/2 Anglo Oriental 3/4* 3/7 Craigielea 1/5 1/6 E. Asiatic 1/7 Golden Hope 4/10 K L. Kepong 2/3 Malaya General 2/5
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS – SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 178 9 TIME: FLIGHT; FROM: 1.05 a.m. 4.00 a.m. EG 130 AC 116 London, Colombo. London, Rome, Karachi, Colom8.20 a.m. MAL 019 bo. Kuala Lumpur. Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. 10.55 a.m. MAL 121 MAL 005 Kuala Lumpur. Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. 11.05 a.m. 12.50 p.m. 2.45 p.m. MAL
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      • 172 9 TIME: FLIGHT: TO: 1.00 a.m. 7.00 a.m. 7.31 a.m. 7.40 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 8 00 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 8.30 a.m. 9.00 a.m. 10.15 a.m. 11.30 a.m. 11.45 a.m. 1.00 p.m. 3.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. 6.40 p.m. 7.10 p.m. 7.20 p.m. 9.00 p.m. EG 176 MAX.
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      • 131 9 TIME AIRLINE: FROM: 7.45 a.m. BO AC (BA 797) Singapore. 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122/121) Singapore. 8.25 a .m. MAL (ML 034). Singapore, Malacca. 8.40 a.m. Cathay Pacific 9.15 (CX 576). Singapore. a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang, Ipoh. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Singapore. 12.35 p.m.
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      • 129 9 TIME AIBLINE: TO: 7.15. a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. 8.25 a.m. BOAC (BA 797) Colombo, Bombay, Cairo, London. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 034) Ipoh, Penang, Alor Star. Kota 9.05 a.m. Cathay Pacific Bharu. (CX 576) Bangkok. Hongkong, Taipeh. 9 30
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    • 103 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) The New York Stock Exchange, working under the threat of a continuing airline strike, suffered a severe setback again yesterday. The United Press International stock market indicator. which uses April 1, 1966. prices as a base of 100. stood at 92.04 at
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    • 161 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are expected to be in port today:— Godowns Vessels 1/2 Benrinnes 3/4 Bengloe 5 Sir Lancelot 6/7 Sindh 8/9 Mexico Maru 10/11 Perseus 15/10 Riverbank 10 Lars Maersk 21/22 Empire Gannet 23/24 Katong 25 26 Hoi Houw 31/32 Yamaguchi Maru 33 34 Eastern Ranger
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  • 354 11  -  *L SPENCER DAVIS WASHINGTON, Wed, (AP) Future American aid to India and Pakistan must be related directly to progress toward securing the peace between them, Congress has been informed. In censored testimony released today, Mr. Raymond A. Hare, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
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  • 26 11 KARACHI, Wed. (AP) Mr. Richard Nixon, former U.S. Vice President arrived in Rawalpindi this morning for a luncheon meeting with President Ayub Khan.
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  • 84 11 ROME, Wed. (UPl)—Baroness Afedera Franchetti and Italian pop artist Mario Schifano pleaded innocent yesterday to charges involving narcotics smuggling but told different stories about a packet of marijuana which police seized from the the Baroness on Saturday. TThe 33-year old socialite baroness, former wife of actor
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  • 281 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Slew Sin, this morning announced that the Malaysian Government had approved the draft of a double tax agreement with Singapore. Speaking to newsmen after the weekly cabinet meeting here, Mr. Tan said that. "We are
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  • 144 11 TOKYO, Wed (AP) Communist China today defended its periodic talfcs with the United States in Warsaw against what it called Soviet "implications" and said the U.S. "has failed to gain anything" from them. The comments on the talks, between the U.S. and Chinese ambassadors in the Polish
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  • 544 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. In a well-planned operation five men, two of them armed with pistols last night hijacked a lorry at the 47-1/2 mile Kuala Lumpur-Gap Road and escaped with goods worth about $lO,OOO. The scene of the crime was a lonely stretch
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  • 395 11 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) Secretary of State Dean Rusk has told Congress the United States observes a nobombing buffer zone along the North Vietnamese border with Communist China "as a precaution against overrun" of Chinese Territory. In testimony before a House Appropriations Subcommittee on May 11,
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  • 164 11 NEW YORK, Wed. <AP) Growing numbers of Communist terrorists are posing a serious threat of insurgency in Southern Thailand, the Reporter Magazine says in its current issue. Mr. Maynard Parker, a former U.S. army public information officer in Thailand, writes in the magazine of news and
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  • 713 12 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) WHEN Nigeria got its independence from Britain in October, 1960, it was hailed as "the Gentle Giant" of Africa and the showpiece of western-style democracy on the continent. That myth exploded last Jan. 15 when a group of "Young
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  • 541 12 TIME and again, throughout more than a decaoe, spokesmen of the developing countries have urged most strongly that there is no substitute, measured both by real economic progress and by self-re-spect, for a rational foundation of world trade. It is futile to condone and to perpetuate a
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  • 1029 12 MILAN, Wed. TN its recent session in Milan, the Governing Council 1 of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) approved fourteen new development projects for countries in the Americas. The total cost of these projects is fifty and a half million dollars. Beneficiary countries
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  • 99 12 JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania, Wed. (AP) A Rhodes scholar from Johnstown was among those shot to death yesterday by a sniper at the University of Texas in Austin. Dr. Robert Boyer, 33, this city's only Rhodes scholar, was graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1953 and
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  • 35 12 HONG KONG, Wed. Skydivers take a training. In training considerable emphasis is placed upon air defence and defence against nuclear or chemicalbiological warfare. The picture was obtained from official Chinese Communist sources.
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  • 47 12 MANILA, Wed. (AFP) two armed bandits robbed the Philippine National Railways (PNR-) train, "Bicol Express", last night some 65 kilometers north of Manila, a PNR spokesman said today. The bandits, both masked, took a loot of over 37,000 pesos or over US$9,OOO tht spokesman said.
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  • 39 12 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP) Pakistan's Ambassador to Indonesia, Ahsan ul Huque will leave Jakarta on Sunday at the end of his two-and-a-half year service here, it was officially announced today He has been appointed Ambassador to Rumania.
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  • 105 12 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) The Indonesian Nationalist Student Organization (GMNI) lodged a strong protest against a decision by the University of Indonesia to dismiss more than a thousand students from the university. The GMNI statement, published in the nationalist morning daily "Torch of the Worker." said: More than
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  • 34 12 HAMILTON, Ontario, Wed. (AP) A shapely Toronto blonde said yesterday that topless and see-through fashions are degrading. She was only wearing a wristwatch herself as she spoke at a nudist convention.
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  • 111 12 TEL AVIV, Wed. (AFP) A primitive "time bomb" containing gunpowder disguised as a box of chocolates has been sent to Uri Avnery, Israeli M.P. and editor-in chief of the controversial Tel Aviv weekly "Haolam Hazeh". It was reported today. Mr. Avnery's secretary immediately informed the
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  • 24 12 ROME. Wed. 3 (UPI) Maj. Gen. N.A.M. Raza flew into Rome yesterday to begin his duties as Pakistan's new Ambassador to Italy.
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  • SUNSPORT
    • 366 14 1,400 athletes start warming-up KINGSTON, JAMAICA, WED. (AP) A TOTAL of 1,400 athletes have started warming up for the eighth British Empire and Commonwealth Games with official predicting that world records could go in the three miles and the 880 yards and even in
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    • 299 14 NEW DELHI, Wed. (AP) The Indian Olympic Association plans tentatively to send a 150-man contingent to the Bangkok Asian Games in December to compete in 14 events. But a crucial lack of foreign exchange in India may force drastic slashing of
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    • 54 14 A contingent of the England athletic team are seen here boarding an aircraft at London Airport, shortly before leaving for the British Empire and Commonwealth Games to be held in Jamaica. The Games will be the eighth in the series and will last from August
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    • 393 14 KINGSTON, Wed. (AFP) JAMAICA has provided the most spacious and beautiful layout of any Commonwealth games villages for participants in the eighth games starting here tomorrow. In fact, the present village seems better than any Olympic village seen up to date. The village, able
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    • 122 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. For the first time, the National Shooting Association of Malaysia will hold a National Shooting Championship at Malaysian level. The championships which will be held at the National shooting range In Subang, will be from Aug. 27 to Sept. International shooting
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    • 83 14 KINGSTON, Wed. (AFP)—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne are due to arrive here today for the opening ceremony of the eighth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. The Duke will open the Games by reading the Queen's message, contained in
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    • 72 14 Jack Brabham (Repco Brabham), is seen here after passing Jim Clark (Lotus-Climax) on the 76th lap of the 90 lap Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort recently. Brabham went on to gain his third successive world championship win. Graham Hill (BRM) was second in the race
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    • 809 14 KINGSTON, Wed. (AFP) The Malaysian team for the British Empire and Commonwealth games has settled down well here after its exhausting thirty-six-hour journey from home. "We had a very tiring trip and took a few days to get over it. But we are right
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    • 100 14 KINGSTON, Wed. (AFP) A smiling and confident Ron Clarke said today he was in "tip-top" shape and ready for a try at gold medals in the three and six-mile runs and the marathon at the eight British Empire and Commonwealth Games here. "I feel just great",
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  • 1697 15  -  Rubber wins after terrific with Devil's Peak K.L. Race By WINDSOR LAD VT ALA LUMPUR, Wed. Dcs Coleman landed a grand treble—Sri Tasek, Dust Fury and Rubber Estate ll—at Kuala Lumpur today. Sri Tasek, who st ored his maiden win, paid $25 while Dust Fury and
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  • 190 15 LONDON, Wed. (AP)— World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay has banned the public from his final workout today for his title fight on Saturday with Britain's Brian London. Reason for the secrecy: says Clay. Spectators are banned f m now until fight ti -ne." Clay
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  • 567 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed II all top-ranking athletes competing at the Commonwealth Games here succeed in producing their best form of the season, every record for the championships will be broken before the Games Close on August 13. Evidence of the standard
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  • 202 15 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The place of the national language in Malaysia was increasingly becoming more absolute and its acceptance as the nation's first language was now almost unquestionable. This was said by Tuan Syed Nasir bin Ismail, the Director of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka at
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  • 96 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor raised their ciiances of winning the Malaya Cup when they beat Selangor Chinese Recreation Club one of the strongest football clubs her e in a practice match, by five goals to one. Selangor will meet Armed Forces in the Malaya Cup
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  • 614 15 KINGSTON, Wed. (AFP) Tan Alk Huang Malaysia's practical certainty for a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, is in fine shape. "He is playing well and should give a good account of himself/' his team captain, Tan Yee Khan, told A.F.P. here
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  • 229 15 LONDON, Wed. (AP) Present indications are that a fairly stable period lies ahead for tin, with subsequent price movements mainly in a downward direction. As with most other metals, the vacation season has brought the usual decline in industrial demand, both in Britain and in
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  • 140 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister of Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, will give away 24 scholarships of $lOO each to deserving students living in Queenstown constituency at the Queenstown Community Centre on Aug. 10 at 9 p.m. The ceremony will be held In conjunction with a special dinner in
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  • 81 15 KUCHING, Wed. The newly-formed Party Barjasa branches at Rejang. Belawai and Paloh. Third Division. have declared their full support for Penghulu Tawi Sli on his appointment as new chief minister. They also expressed their full co-operation to the new government This was stated by the party
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  • 71 15 ALOR STAR, Wed. Three youth leaders from Sungei Lalang Youth Club, are now attending a 22-day youth seminar in Kuala Kubu Bahru. They are: Mr. Lim Lee Seng. Mr. Tng Siak Leng and Miss Lim Sok Heang. The seminar incluoes courses on Youth Leadership. Phootography and
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  • 52 15 SINGAPORE, Wed The Public Utilities Board has announced that certain water mains will be interrupted on Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the following areas: Jalan Kembangan (between Jalan Lapan* and Primary School. Lengkong Tiga), Lengkong Dua, Lengkong Satu, Pachitan Empat, Pachitan Lima, Pachitan and
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  • 88 15 SINGAPORE. Wed. Seawater at 10 cents a gallon will be sold by the Van Kleef Aquarium soon. This follows the greatly increased interest in the rearing of marine fish, molluses and other animals and plants in the homes, schools, club-houses and a great volume of export
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  • 69 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. Five hundred under-privi-leged children will be entertained to a picnic on Singapore's Economy at the Hans Anderson Club. The picnic will be held by Singapore's first Independence Day at Kallang Park. The cnlldren. between the ages of six and thirteen, will be drawn
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 51 15 TOTAL POOL: $89,676 FIRST PRIZE No. *****0 $22,194 SECOND PRIZE No. *****7 $11,097 THIRD PRIZE No. *****3 3.051 THIRD PRIZE No. *****7 3,051 Starters: ($554 each) Nos. *****9, *****1 *****1, *****3, *****4, *****9, *****1, 1 *****9, *****4. Consolations: ($493 each) Nos. *****8. *****8, *****7, *****3, *****4, *****9 *****5, *****2, *****3,
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  • ASIAN NEWS
    • 515 16 'pOKYO/ Wed. (AP) Communist chairman Mao Tse-tung has issued two sweeping directives which virtually revolutionise Chinese life on the farms, in the factories and in the 2,500,000 man army. When the directives were issued and their exact contents have not been disclosed.
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    • 247 16 JAKARTA, Wed. (UPI) Militant mass organisations took over National Front headquarters yesterday as the new Indonesian cabinet began to transfer duties to new ministers and get down to business. The National Front was formed by President Sukarno when he announced his concept of "guided democracy"
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    • 545 16 ALONG THE CAMBODIAN BORDER. Wed (UPI) Dawn. A 12-man squad of plain old American fo:»t--soldiers treads softly through the jungle on its way home from a night in an outpost half a mile from the Cambodian border. In fifteen mmutes, five of these
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    • 360 16 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) A wave of terrorism and violence inspired by black-jacketed Indonesian youths identifying themselves as die-hard followers of President Sukarno is spreading in Central Java, a Manila newspaper reported today. The Manila Times carried i a dispatch from its correspondent in Indonesia, datelined
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    • 25 16 TOKYO. Wed. (AFP)—The International Ban-the-Bomb Movement fragmented itself into smaller pieces today, three days before the annual commemoration of the Hiroshima nuclear bombing.
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    • 204 16 TOKYO. Wed. (AP) Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said yesterdav he foresees a greater role for Japan i n Asia's economic development, particularly in the field of agriculture. Speaking before a na-tionally-televised news conference at his official residence his first since he reshuffled his cabinet earlier
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    • 92 16 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) President Sukarno is expected to personally preside over the first meeting of his new cabinet tomorrow at Merdeka Presidential Palace, according to reports published here today. The point had been in doubt because military strongman Gen. Suharto was designated chairman of the
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    • 26 16 MANILA. Wed. Two teenage girls went to a dance and several hours later wound up in jail on charges of Illegal possession of firearms.
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    • 231 16 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) Japan will hold a Southeast Asian conference on agricultural development in Tokyo starting Nov. 29, Kyodo said. The agency said the decision was taken by the Foreign Office and the Agricul-ture-Forestry Ministry in accordance with an earlier recommendation by ten nations. The
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    • 130 16 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Another volcano in the Philippines was reported today to be showing signs of activity while Taal volcano, only 40 miles from Manila, continued with its ash-belching eruptions. The Philippine News Service, quoting military reports, said Mt, Bulusan, about 250 miles south of Manila, was
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    • 54 16 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Manila Mayor Antonio Villegas appears determined to disprove the saying "in life, the only things you can't avoid are death and taxes." Recently he issued an order abolishing the tax on residential real estate on grounds that charity begins at home. The order takes
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    • 105 16 PHNOMPENH, Wed. (AFP) For the third time this week a combined force of U.S. and South Vietnamese planes yesterday bombed the Cambodian border village of Amlong Trach, this time barely missing a team of the International Control Commission sent there following the two previous attacks, Cambodian officials
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    • 41 16 SEOL. Wed. (AP) Army troops yesterday killed two North Korean agents and captured another in two separate engagements, the army announced yesterday. Over 70 weapons and other equipment including two machinegms were seized from the agents, the army said
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    • 79 16 CALCUTTA, Wed. (AFP) —An old woman in Bataluka village near Jamshedpur 150 miles from here has been killed by villagers because they think she has been practicing witchcraft, reports reaching here said. Over 50 people in the village died of smallpox last month and the
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