Eastern Sun, 5 August 1966

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  • 28 1 EASTERN SUN (Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ft E»td. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 20. Friday, August 5 1966. ft MC (P) 1942 ft KDN 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • 429 1 JJANGKOK, Thurs. (UPI) Thai Foreign Minister Tun Thanat Khoman's call for a Pesce-For-Asia Conference aimed at settlement of the Vietnam war drew warm support from foreign diplomats here. Tun Khoman made his proposal in a speech at the opening of the Association of
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  • 177 1 PENANG, Thurs. About 50,000 school children here will give the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong a rousing welcome during their flve-day official visit to Penang from Aug. 18 to 22. This was disclosed by the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong
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  • 153 1 LONDON, Thurs (AFP) Britain intends to maintain its Singapore defence base "as long as the Singapore Government is happy for us to do so," Miss Judith Hart, Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations, told the House of Commons last night. She was
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  • 324 1 I rid on Govt. ratify Bangkok Accord' JAKARTA, THURS. (AFP) ]NDONESIA intends to terminate its undeclared three-year-old war with neighbouring Malaysia before August 17, Indonesia's Independence Day, Information Minister Burhanuddin Mohammed Diah said here today. Mr. Diah also disclosed that the Indonesian Government would
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  • 127 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Indian journalist said today that there is a political imperative for South-east Asian countries to work together. Mr. Frank Moraes, 59, Chief Editor of the Indian Express was speaking on his arrival at the airport here. "The greatest common problem in
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  • 233 1 SAIGON, Thurs. (AP) U.S. 852 bombers rained explosives on North Vietnamese positions in the neutral buffer zone today in the third raid in six days. On the ground. North Vietnamese regulars near the Cambodian border broke contact with a massive force of U.S. infantrymen and cavalrymen After
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  • 68 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. (AFP) —lndonesia's Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik gave a farewell luncheon here today for the out going Pakistani Ambassador Ashan Ul. Hugue. Mr. Malik left the State Palace in the course of the Cabinet's first plenary meeting to keep the luncheon appointment. The Pakistani envoy will
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  • 109 1 BANGKOK, Thurs. (AP) —The three-nation ministerial conference of the Assocation of South east Asia (ASA) has agreed to i take., lmjoppdlate.-steps to liberalize trade and remove custom barriers among Its member countries, its leading officials said today. They said this could eventually lead to an
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  • Local News
    • 247 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Minister of Finance and President of the Malaysian Chinese Association, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said today he was suprised that the Johore Bahru division of the United Democratic Party had accused him of attempting to use a Chinese temple in Jalan
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    • 82 2 MUAR. Thurs. —The Muar District Rural Development Plan Committee has approved a total of $8.7 mil. to eighteen local councils in the district for extensive development and housing projects. The break-down is as follows: Tangkak ($1,445,000) Serom ($2,002,000), Kebun Bahru ($218,000), Sagil ($371,000), Bukit Kangkar ($529,000), Sungai
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    • 26 2 MUAR, Thurs. The Rengam branch of the Labour Party will hold a variety concert to celebrate its 7th anniversary on Aug. 13 and 14.
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    • 159 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. If everything goes "well, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak will visit Jakarta after the ASA meeting to finalise the resumption of diplomatic relation between Malaysia and Indonesia. A three-man Malaysian liaison team headed by Col Mohamed Yusoff bin
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    • 79 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Major Maurice Thye Choon Lam from the Malaysian Reconnaissance Corps has been chosen to undergo a two-month psychological operations officers' course at the United States Army special warfare school at Fort Bragtf, North Carolina. He is expected to leave Kuala Lumpur by air
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    • 132 2 PENANG, Thurs. Two Penang students, Miss Teh Cheng Yen of the Methodist Boys' School and Mr. Teng Kok Seng of the Penang Free School, left here yesterday for the United States. They were recipients of Malayan-American Commission on Educational Exchange travel grants which pays their transportation
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    • 272 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The Assistant Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Engku Muhsein bin Abdul Kadir, has urged voluntary organisations in the country to help the government combat the problem of unemployment among youths In various skills. "The government cannot combat this problem
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    • 183 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. For the man in i hurry or the harassed office worker lunch could be quite a problem, especially if he has to wait for more than an hour for his food to be served. And this happens very often in Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 114 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs The Malaysian Indian Congress will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a ceremony to be held at Stadium Negara on Aug. 20 at 6.00 p.m. A spokesman of MIC headquarters said: "Fifteen thousand people will attend the forthcoming celebrations. They will come from
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    • 37 2 KUANTAN. Thurs. Dr. Zubaidah binte Abdul Rahman, Lady Medical Officer, general hospital, Kuantan, has been transferred to general hospital, Johore Bahru. Dr. <Miss> Rosalinda C. De. O' CamDO, a Filipino doctor takes her place.
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    • 23 2 MUAR, Thurs. Tenders have been called for the construction of 288 houses at the Bukit Berampang Federal Land Development Scheme here.
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    • 357 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Terminaion of the government's surrender terms to Communist and subversive elements in Sabah and Sarawak will depend on the signing of the Bangkok Accord. The Minister of Home Affairs Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato' Abdul Rahman said
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    • 33 2 MUAR, Thurs. The Johore Government has built two ponds at the Chempelak Federal Land Development Authority Scheme, about 70 miles north of here, to enable the settlers to breed fish.
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    • 61 2 PENANG, Thurs. Mr. Teoh Thye Moh, managing director of the Straits Echo and Times of Malaya, died in the General Hospital here this morning following a short illness. He was 65. He was an active member of the Penang Rotary Club. He was also a Justice
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    • 190 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Sir Michael Walker, British High Commissioner in Malaysia. will present equipment and books worth $137,000 to the Kuala Lumpur Technical College in Jalan Gurney, tomorrow. Mr. P. Navartnam, Principal of the College, will receive the gift at a formal ceremony scheduled to
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    • 150 2 IPOH, Thurs. NonMalays conversant with the National Language were urged to encourage their fellow men to learn the language. "This is one way that the National Language can be widely used by all citizens," the Mentri Besar, Dato Ahmad bin said, said at the opening
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    • 95 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Mentri Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Hajl Idrls, today warned kamoong people that subversive elements were trying to undermine the people of this country, especially after the Bangkok Accord. These elements, he added were more dangerous than these from outside. Dato Harun
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    • 178 2 PENANG, Thurs. —The Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, today stressed that the State Government's decision to transfer the functions of the City Council to the Chief Minister, remained the same, but the question of legality was a different matter. He said that the Alliance Government
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    • 37 2 KUANTAN. Thurs—Three standard-type temporary building plans for onestorey plank house ranging from two to three rooms are on sale to the public. These building plans have been approved by the Kuantan Town Council recently.
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    • 63 2 PENANG, Thurs. Over 300 butchers went col strike for one hour at Jfrie city abattoirs in Cecil Street last night when the clerk in charge refused their request to slaughter some pigs earlier than the scheduled time. A senior officer came later and managed to pacify
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    • 52 2 PENANG, Thurs. A T. V. set with radiogram worth more than $3,700 was reported stolen from the house of the Assistant Commissioner for Cooperative Societies, Penang. Mr. H. J. Putra. at Lahat Road yesterday. Mr. Putra was away in Kuala Lumpur attending a meeting when the
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    • 66 2 JESSELTON, Thurs. —Tht government has released funds totalling $104,150 for the implementation of minor projects in the Jesselton dis** trict for this year In announcing this, tn« State Development Officer, Enche Rozhan Haji Kunto ti said that $83,500 were Federal funds released by him and the remaining
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    • 621 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. Justice Buttrose remarked in the High Court here today that a conviction against a woman for war crimes arose out of completely "unusual circumstances" at that time. As such, it must not be compared with convictions in cases of
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    • 311 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The progress in the Republic will depend on the response of her generation to the current economic, political and cultural changes. Mr. S. Ramaswamy, Parliamentary S ec ary the Ministry of Finance, said this at the Gan Lng School's
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    • 92 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. T V SingaDura will telecast a discussion on "Education In the Malay Stream" in the National language at 825 tomorrow over channel 8. This discussion is to show the recent developments and progress in education in the Malay stream after 1959. Speakers
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    • 114 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—The Eastern Sun has received a cheque of $5O from the Singapore Polytechnic staff for the deaf and dumb boy in Ipoh. The plight of this child was first reported on page 8 in our inaugural issue on July 17, 1966. It was
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    • 111 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. August 9 shall be known as National Day and not Independence as previously announced. Those who have flags of the Republic of Singapore are asked to have them from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Members of the public who wish to watch the
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    • 158 4 MALACCA, Thurs.—The National Uoion of Teachers will hold its annual delegates conference here tomorrow. The Minister of Educat ion, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari who was scheduled to open the conference, today cabled the union saying that he could not keep the appointment as he had to
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    • 44 4 KUALA KRAI, Thurs. The Sultan of Kelantan today opened the National Union of Plantation Workers' second student hostel costing $BO,OOO here and with it another giant step has been taken by the union to advance the lot of its members' children.
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    • 278 4 PENANG, Thurs. Fresh hopes have returned to 19-year-old Chuan Chye Yeng, who developed a defective heart valve after an attack of rheumatic fever. The Rotary Club of has decided to sponsor her trip to Melbourne for a heart operation. Until the
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    • 35 4 KUANTAN. Thurs. Mr. Teong Kian Meng, field officer. Department of Information. East Pahang, yesterday led a team of 40 Chinese school teachers from East Pahang for a five-day civic tour to Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 249 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Australian Liberal Party Senator P. Sim, now visiting Malaysia, today expressed his view that Australia would always focus" its eyes on the free developing Asian countries. The Senator now on a stud y-tour of South-east Asian countries said this in an exclusive interview
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    • 33 4 $5000/bail PENANG, Thurs. Goh Gim Hoe, 50, was granted $5,000 ball today in the Sessions Court when he claimed trial to possessing more than 20 lbs. of Indian hemo at Weld Quay yesterday.
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    • 265 4  -  BY CHAN KAM YAU KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The relentless "One Man One Wife" campaign by women leaders in Malaya seems to be gaining momentum More and more women are now in favour of civil marriages to prevent restless husbands from marrying
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    • 79 4 The Chief Minister, Penang. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, declared open the Ex hibition of Paintings by Mr. Foo Hong Tatt at the U.S.I.S. Auditorium. Beach Street. The Exhibition is sponsored by the Penang Arts Council. Picture shows Mr. Foo, the artist, explaining to the Chief Minister one of his
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    • 123 4 PENANG, Thurs. Penang police raided a godown in the Weld Quay area last night and successfully recovered 17 drums of patchouli oil, worth $60,000. The drums of patchouli oil were part of the goods stolen from the Indonesian tongkang, "Fadjar Timur" in the
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    • 90 4 KUCHING, Thurs. The Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Inche Abdul Taib bin Mahmud, will open the four-day adult education teachers' course at Sekolah Menengah Ra'ayat Tunku Abdul Rahman, Mat a n g Road, on Tuesday at 9 a.m. The course is being held under the auspices of the
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    • 44 4 SEREMBAN, Thurs.—One hundred girl guides and guiders were last night advisee to work collectively and grow in strength through friendship. This advice came from Enche Kamaruddin bin Abdul Rahman, District Officer, here, at the close of a girl guide jubilee camp.
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    • 337 4 IPOH, Thurs—The High Court here was told today how an assistant tin mine kepala had his legs amputated following an injury caused when a woman tin mine bund builder slashed it with a sickle. The woman, Chin Tai Hee Alias Chin Kong Foong, 26,
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    • 71 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, will be given the highest Indian traditional welcoming ceremony on Aug. 20 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Malaysian Indian Congress to be held at Stadium Negara. This was disclosed here this evening by the National
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    • 157 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Colonel Othman bin Ibrahim, a graduate of the Staff College, Camberley, Britain, has been named the new Chief of Staff to the Ministry of Defence. He succeeds Brigadier Ungku Nazaruddin bin Mohamed who is talking over the command of the 3rd. Malaysian Infantry
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    • 107 4 LONDON, Thurs. British methods of nursing education, including many of the fundamental aspects of psychiatric and general nursing, are being studied in London by a Malaysian hospital assistant, Mr. Lee It Keat, who arrived in England last September. Under the Colombo Plan, Mr. Lee is taking
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    • 56 4 SEREMBAN, Thurs The Governor of Luzon, Philippines, Mr. Wenceslo G. Vinzons, paid a flying visit to Seremban today during which he was briefed on the state's development programmes at the State Operations Room. He also met the Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Dato (Dr.) Said bin Mohamed and
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    • 390 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. There must be on independent trade union movement free from political control. This is one of the eight conditions to ensure true democracy and the growth of a loyal, sane and healthy opposition the Alliance Party Singapura has put to
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    • 67 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Pardesi Khalsa Dharmak Diwan will serve free food to the oublic on Aug. 9 to mark the first Independence Day Celebration of the Republic. Prayers will be said for the prosperity of the Republic of Singapore from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. The
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    • 104 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs—The Singapore Indian Association will start off its Independence Day celebrations with a tombola. This will be followed on the second day (Aug. 10) by the Association's official opening of the new Tennis Court at 5.30 p.m. The American Tennis Tournaments will be held on Aug. 11
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    • 433 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Government must maintain its present strict quarantine measures to prevent the importation of communicable diseases into the Republic, the Minister for Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, said today. He was speaking to reporters at the end of his tour of the
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    • 79 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr and Mrs.Chan Ching Hong after their wedding at the Registry of Marriages here this morning. Mr. Chan, 26, a graduate of Nanyang University, is the assistant accountant •f Eastern Sun. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Cheng Phang. The bride, the
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    • 161 5 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs.—A labourer with the Central Electricity Board here, Amin bin Majid, 20, was placed on a year's probation when he was found guilty in the Magistrate's Court today for outraging the modesty of a 12-year-old girl. The court was earlier told
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    • 105 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Lions Club of Singapore Central is organising a charity film premiere, entitled: "Born Free" for the St. John's Home For The Aged. The premiere will be held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Singapore, Enche Yusof bin Ishak. Both
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    • 58 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Shaw Vee. King, 22, son of film magnate, Tan Sri R u m m e Shaw, has graduated from University of Dublin, Trinity College, with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Engineering. He will return to Dublin soon
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    • 91 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr S. Haridas, B.A. (Hons) will give a lecture on the "Role of Labour in Singapore's Economy" at the Lecture Room. 2nd floor of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Building, Hill Street, on Aug. 10 at 5.30 p.m. The lecture is sponsored by the Supervisory
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    • 32 5 The sunglasses seen here are called "Y-Not" and they are entirely handmade. The lenses are optically worked Chances-Crookes lenses and the frames are available in 7 different colours.
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    • 358 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The object of the proposed $3O million 35storey Overseas Union Building, the tallest in Asia, at the corner of Orchard and Grange Roads, "is to supplement the Government's policy of boosting tourism in Singapore." This was stated today at a press conference by
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    • 175 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —Singapore's top State goalkeeper and all rounder, ASP Wilfred SJtinner. has been seconded from the Singapore Police Force to the Ministry of Interior and Defence. However, the immediate nature of his work is still listed as "classified" and neither
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 398 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN 53,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 1 Qui* for August 5 1966 1. Where it the world's largest signal box? 2. Which is the largest inland sea? 3. Where in Europe do the Basques live? ANSWERS TO QUIZ
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 75 3 SPORE DIARY 7.30 p.m. Free Film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Kampong Bereh, Chua Chu Kang Road Lim Kan Tian Chinese Temple, Lorong Chuan; Onn Hwa School, Bah Soon Pah Road. 7.30 p.m. Cultural Centre, Canning Rise: "Romec and Juliet", stage play. 5 p.m. Prince's Restaurant, Orchard Road: Esso
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 794 4 What's on in today's Radio and Television CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. P.M. 3.00 Opening Announcement Prog. Summary; 3.01 Orkes Malam Ini; A musical programme; 3.25 The Big Mac Show; Calgary Stampede; Folied
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    • 44 5 TIME AND TIDE Port Swettenham: 8.08 a.m. (13.2 ft); 8.08 pm. (12.4 ft.). Port Dickson: 8.38 a.m. (8.7 ft); 2.58 p.m. (8.2 ft). Singapore: 2.06 p.m. (7.5 ft). Sedili Kechil: 12.37 p.m. (7.7 ft); 10.35 p.m. (6 3 ft). Penang: 2.37 p.m. (8.5 ft).
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 94 6 SANTA MONICA. California, Thurs. (AP) Actress Prance Nay en was it an ted an interlocutory decree of divorce from Thomas G. MorreD, s psychiatrist. He knew how to ignore and destroy a woman's ego", she said. "For days at a time he would not speak to
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    • 154 6 SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI) United States Air Force pilots had their most active month of the war over North Vietnam last month, the Air Force reported today. In its monthly summary, the Air Force said its pUots flew 1,762 strike missions in July against North Vietnamese
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    • 87 6 HAMBURG, Germany, Thurs. (AP) German industrialist Gunther Sachs turned up here yesterday without his bride of 20 days. French movie actress Brifitte Bardot. The couple, on a honeymoon since their July 14 marriage in Las Vegas shook off pursuing newsmen and photographers in Pully, Switzerland earlier. Sachs
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    • 84 6 DURBAN, South Africa. '(UPI).—The Natal Chamber of Industries will send a trade mission to the Far East In early 1967, a chamber spokesman announced yesterday. The mission hopes to visit Hong Kong, Bangkok and Japan. "We will be hard-selling as well as a goodwill
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    • 429 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Good wishes by the thousands, presents by the score are flowing into the White House this week as Luci Johnson marries Patrick J. Nugent in a family wedding which has drawn global attention. From Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia has
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    • 89 6 OSAKA, Japan, Thurs. (UPI) Speeding express Tram-Train rammed through another local tram-car yesterday near here. According to the police 47 persons, were injured by the collision. two of them seriously. The Kyoto-Osaka private electric railways collision took place near a switching point Both trains were bound
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    • 102 6 BONN, Thurs. (AFP)— Bilateral talks on the future status of French troops in West Germany were resumed here today at the level of Foreign Ministry political directors. Though neither, Mr. Meyer Lindenberg (Germany) nor Mr. Beay Marchais (France) gave any indication of the tenor of the
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    • 430 6 MOSCOW, Thurs. (UPI). PREMIER, Alezei Kosygin promised today the r Soviet Union "will do all it can" to help North Vietnam defeat the United States. "The action of America shows the falsehood of its continuous affirmations of peaceful intentions," Kosygin told
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    • 182 6 AHMADABAD, India. Thurs. (UPI) Police yesterday arrested 35 persons among them the Mayor of Ahmadabad and a Member of Parliament and charged they were communists or sympathisers who had consDired to blow up gasoline dumps and filling stations. Police claimed they plotted to set
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    • 101 6 RANSEY, New Jersey, Thurs. (AP) An airlines pilot shot his wife and young daughter to death yesterday, then turned a 12-gauge shotgun on himself and committed suicide, police said. The dead were identified a« Robert M. Short, 36 his wife, Lourdes, 28, and their daughter, Debra Ruth.
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    • 255 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) A Far East expert has predicted that Japan will take an increasingly active role in the search for solutions to the problems of the Far Eastern area. Mr. William P. Bandy. Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, testified in
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    • 94 6 PARIS. Thurs. (UPI). A French supersonic Mirage 111 jet fighter crashed yesterday in Northeastern France. The pilot bailed out. No casualties were reported after the plane crashed into woods where it had been directed by its pilot. The crash was believed to have been the
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    • 263 6 T OS ANGELES, Thurs. (UPI). —A separate maintenance suit was filed yesterday against singer Judy Garland by her fourth husband, actor Mark Herron, who accused her of inflicting "grievous mental and physical pain" upon him. It was indicated, however, that
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    • 145 6 CHARLOTTE, North Caroline, Thurs. (AFP) Half a dozen radio stations in North and South Carolina and Alabama have banned the British pop singing group, the Beatles, because one of its leading figures, John Lennon, stated they were more popular than Jesus Christ. It started at
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    • 157 6 CHAMONIX, France, Thurs. (UPI) On Mont Blanc yesterday caused the death of two British climbers and raised fears of the safety of other British. French, Swiss and Japanese climbers stranded on Europe's highest mountain. Colin Thomas Stacey, 20, of Newcastle, died yesterday on the massive mountain
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    • 51 6 Negro children play in the water of a fire-hydrant in the heat wave-hit New York. The fire-hydrant was turned on at the request of New York Mayor John Lindsay. Tens of persons were kiled in the recent heat waves which strongly hit various parts ol the United
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    • 141 6 LYNCHBURG, (Virginia), Thurs. (AFP). General Nguyen Chanh Thi, the former commander of South Vietnam's First Army Corps, said here today that he would run the forthcoming elections and seek nomination to the post of Prime Minister. General Thi who is living here in
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    • 71 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) —lsraeli President Zalman Shazar met last night with Francis Cardinal Spellman at the request of the Cardinal. In acordance with protocol, Spellman spoke first and greeted Shazar who in turn welcome the Cardinal. Spellman said he was "very honoured to be here" an<i
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    • 125 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) President Johnson raised a traditional Hebrew toast "to life, to peace, to blessings for all mankind" at a big state dinner last night honouring vijiting President Zalman Shazar of Israel. The two Presidents have been holding their talks and emphasising tne ties of
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    • 83 6 EDWARDS, Air Force Base, California, Thurs. (AP) Air Force Major, William Knight rocketed 46 miles into the sky yesterday to get pi(.*tures of stars impossible to obtain from earth. A camera in a bay behind the cockpit of the U.S. Spare Agency's Xl 5 rocket plant
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    • 312 6 AUSTIN, Texas. Thurs. (UPl).—Mass sniper-slayer Charles J. Whitman's mother apparently 'realised something was wrong' and tried to shut her son out of her apartment before he killed her, a Justice of the Peace said yesterday. Mrs. C. M. Whitman's death was the second of a
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    • 516 7 Thurs. (AFP) The British government won a vote of confidence on its economic policy last night, but left wing Labour abstentions brought its majority down from the usual 100-dlus to 52 Voting went 277 to 225 of the Government. Two left wing
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    • 219 7 ONDON, Thurs. (AP). The Guardian, Liberal, had this comment today on Defence Secretary Denis Healey's anliouncement to withdraw 10,000 British troops from Malaysia as soon as Malaysian Forces capable of taking over -Unless he (Mr. Healey) brings the troops home, cr an equivalent number
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    • 216 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AFP). —Flying ™c ks and bottles injured 16 police officers on Thursday nSht ir the fourth straight night of violence in S'&ct o. Perth Amboy, by Puerto Ricans. nolice intervened to dis- UUIIV/C perse a group of Puerto Ricans who gathered in
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    • 64 7 PAPEETE, Tahiti, Thurs. (AP) Marlon Brando is reported to have purchased the small atoll of Tetiaroa, 25 miles north of Tahiti. Reliable sources related yesterday that the actor intends to establish a retreat on the atoll, off Pointe Venus, for scientists, writers and artists. It will
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    • 37 7 Using an inclined plane in a mathematics class are cliil dren of Ringland Junior School, Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales. They are investigating the effects of friction and gravity to determine weights required to raise loads.
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    • 124 7 WASHINGTON, Thur* (AFP> Singapore yesterday became a of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for reconitruction and Development (World Bank) when the articles of agreement or these institutions were signed in Washington, DC., on behalf of the government of Singapore by Mr. Goh Koh Pui,
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    • 44 7 Martel, a new air-to-ground precision tactical strike missile designed and manufactured jointly by French and English companies for the armed forces of both countries. Martel allows the aircraft to "stand off" from the target thus giving a new element of surprise.
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    • 138 7 LONDON, Thurs. (AP) Cary Grant said yesterday he thinks marriage won't exist in 100 years. The movie star married four times and a father for the first time at 62 expounded his views on marriage at a luncheon here. "Our divorce laws are more
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    • 266 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP). —There are enough guns in the United States to arm half the population, a spokesman for the gun industry estimat- Ed yesterday. Nobody knows how many guns there are in America —absolutely nobody. But if you try to come up with
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    • 142 7 RHODES, Greece, Thurs. (AP) —Two Turkish citizens living in the Dodecanese Islands close to the southern Turkish coast have been told by Greek authorities here that they must leave Greece, official sources said last night. Ahmed Baraskil of Rhodes and Erkinniyaze of Kos were called
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    • 22 7 LIMA, Thurs. (UPl)—The Foreign Ministry said yesterday career diplomat Jose Carlos Ferreyros Balta will become Peru's first ambassador to South Korea.
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    • 168 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) —Thirteen zoos in the United States may get their prized wild animals from a ship now on the high seas from Africa, after all. Eventually, that is, and maybe. Progress was reported yesterday in efforts for a solution under which the 54
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    • 140 7 T ONDON, Thurs. (AFP) The Confederation of British industry agreed yesterday to support the the Government's price and wage freeze policy. At the close of a special meeting of the confederation. its President, Sir Maurice Laing, said the organisation was giving its support unconditionally, although some contrary
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    • 216 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPl).—The United States thinks Ked China will continue its atomic bomb project but hopes she may learn they are dangerous and that the work costs too much. However, Secretary of State Dean Rusk told House members he isn't optimistic this will happen in
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    • 162 7 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. (AP). Prince Charles of England ended a brief twoday visit to Mexico yesterday and left for Kingston, Jamaica, by plane. His vrtsit to Mexico was taken while he was enroute from school term in Australia to Jamaica, where he is to join his father.
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    • 75 7 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (AFP) —The United Nations Security Council yesterday rejected the joint Mali-Jor-danian resolution condemning Israel for taking bombing reprisals against Syria on July 14. Only six of the 14 member nations of the Security Council voted for the resolution. All the other abstained. At least
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    • 237 7 JACKSON, Mississippi, Thurs. (UPI) —More than 1,000.000 Mississippians in 27 counties could drink whisky today, for the first time in 58 years, without breaking the law. Nineteen of 20 counties that held referendums on Tuesday under the state's new local option law voted for legal
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    • 238 10 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP). Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian Chief of State, has suggested that the key to settlement of the Vietnam war may lie with the Vietcong, not with North Vietnam or Communist China, the New York Times reported today. Harrison
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    • 139 10 ERIE, Pennsylvania, Thurs. '(AP) —Two newsmen reported sighting two bright objects in the sky yesterday, the third day a strange object has been reported in the skies over Lake Erie. Dennis Bukel said he saw and photographed what looked like a fast moving bright star. Jerry Trembley
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    • 66 10 LONDON, Thurs. (AP) Economic sanctions against Rhodesia cost the British government treasury more than 9,250,000 pounds to mid-July parliament was told yesterday. John Diamond, Chief Secretary in the Exchequer, said that in the first six months of this year British exports to Rhodesia also dropped more than
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    • 61 10 CALCUTTA, India, Thnrs.—An Indian woman addresses to gather Indian women's demonstrators as they held a mass rally to protest against the U.S. bom bing in North Vietnam on July 19th in front of the United States Information Service Library here. In India, anti-U.S. demonstrations were took place by
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    • 90 10 BOLZANO, Italy, Thurs. (AP) —A time bomb exploded in the Bolzano Justice Palace and another blast ripped a drainage canal under the Brenner rail-high-way net, bringing new violence to the troubled Alto Adige (South Tyrol) and possibly signalling a fresh outbreak of terrorism. The bombings last
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    • 174 10 DOWNEY, California, Thurs. (UPI) The three astronauts who will launch the Apollo man-on-the-moon programme will go on an "open end" orbit around the earth, it was announced yesterday. Unlike previous manned spaceshots of fixed number of orbits, the Apollo 1 will be given a day-to-day
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    • 508 10 MOTHER, SON, WILL BE BURIED SIDE BY SIDE Campus ma was 'mentally i11'...50 LAKE WORTH, Florida, Thurs. (UPl).—The Roman Catholic Church absolved sniper Charles J. Whitman from sin because he was "a mental case, the Family priest disclosed yesterday. The bodies of Whitman and his
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    • 363 10 HARTFORD, Thurs. (UPI) The United States will be the custodian of 5,000 dollars until an international quarrel involving an insurance policy is settled. John Mo Hayes, 20, a military policeman serving in Seoul, Korea, named his Korean fiance as the principal
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    • 76 10 TOKYO, Thurs. (AFP) An electronic Ideograph teleprinter has been developed in Japan. Hitachi Ltd., a leading local machinery maker, announced it has completed a teleprinter geared to an electronic computer. Equipped with 1.200 Chinese ideographs plus Japan* ese "Kana** syllabaries, the device can print 150
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    • 41 10 THE International Preliminary Session of the 12th World Conference against A and H Bombs wat opened on Saturday at Takanawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo with participation of delegations from 20 countries and three international organisations.
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    • 151 10 HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. (UPI). Comedian Lenny Bruce, 40, whose off-colour jokes and penchant for narcotics kept him in trouble with the law in at least four states, was found dead last night in his apartment on famed Hollywood Boulevard of what police said was an
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    • 122 10 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI). Air Chief Marshal Da wee Chullasapya, Thailand's Armed Forces Chief of Staff is expected to leave for Bangkok tomorrow after a month-long treatment of a stomach ailment, it was announced yesteraay. Dawee. 51, arrived in Wa c hington early in July to
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    • 58 10 HONOLULU, Thurs. (AP) —More than 100 wives and children greeted a planeload of 165 servicemen and officers from Vietnam as they arrived for five days rest and recreation in Hawaii. Army spokesmen here •aid they thought it was the first time American troops were brought from
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    • 225 10 WASHINGTON, Thu r (AP). Soviet negotiator! have agreed to recommend that Russian fishermen stay at least 12 miles off the Washington-Oregon coast and not fish for Salmon, the U.S. state department announced yesterday. Although the United State! claims territorial water rights only three miles from shore,
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    • 82 10 FALMOUTH. —gland, Thurs. (UPI) —Search planei today found bodies and wreckage that almost certainly came from the pleasure cruiser Darlwin, missing sinct Sunday with 31 personi aboard. Lifeboats which rushed ic the area four miles off the V Cornish Coast reported they had found four bodies so far.
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    • 52 10 SANTIAGO. Thurs (AFP) —United Nations Secretary General U. Thant will visit Santiago at the end of August for the opening of s U.N building here, the Foreign ministry announced today. Mr. Thant will spend three days in the Chilean capital during which he will me#t the
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    • 154 10 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Beatle John Lennon is to act in a movie without the others for the first time, it was announced yesterday. "This announcement in no way indicates any question of a split in the group and John will, of course, be with the Beatles
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    • 143 10 LUSAKA, Zambia, Thurs. (AP) The Vice-President and Foreign Affairs Minister of Zambia are to visit Communist China, a government spokesman confirmed yesterday. Vice President, Reuben Kamanga and Foreign Minister, Simon Kapewepwe will lead a "goodwill mission" to Peking, "very shortly" the spokesman said. Trade between Zambia
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    • 64 10 SANTO DOMINGO, Thurs. (AFP) —The Americans were tonight evacuating a second battalion of their 504 th infrantry regiment 15 months after they arrived as part of the inter-American peace force here. This is the third armed contingent to quit Dominican territory following the OAS (Organisation of American States)
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  • 476 8 gINCE the end of confrontation, the suggestion that Asian problems should be solved by Asians seems more practicable. When Indonesia Joins the comity of South-east Asian nations, much can be done to solve regional problems in a rational and friendly manner. At the ASA conference in Bangkok,
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  • 274 8 jyURING the pre-war period, the Malayan Railway had held the enviable record among the world's railway systems of the punctuality of its trains and of the absence of accidents. During the post-war period, its rehabilitation coincided with the outbreak of the emergency, and so it suffered derailments caused
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  • 2931 8  -  Holding of work camps By Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman Minister of Information and Broadcasting and Ketua Pemuda, UMNO. THE UMNO Youth Movement complete its twelfth yeor today since its formation in 1954. Twelve years may seem a short time; nevertheless in
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 202 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP). —Two more American steelmakers—AßMCO and John and Laughlin followed the lead of Inland Steel Co. yesterday and boosted some basic steel prices US$2 to US$3 a ton. But the Johnson Administration was reported still undecided whether Federal action is called for. The White House
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    • 104 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Over 1,000 Australian tourists will sail into Singapore on the Flotta Lauro's 25,000ton ultra modern cruiser, m.s. "Achille Lauro" when she makes her second visit to Singapore on Saturday. The liner's local agents, Messrs CF. Sharp (M) Ltd. have already made elaborate plans to welcome
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    • 74 9 KARACHI, Thurs. (AFP) Pakistan and People's China have signed an agreement for the supply of 100,000 tons of Chinese rice to Pakistan. The first consignment of 30.000 tons is to reach East Pakistan by the end of this month and further shipments will follow next month. All
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    • 51 9 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP).— The Japan Banana Importers Association says it has decided to import 400,000 baskets of bananas for August from Taiwan. It said yesterday it also decided to make an advance payment of US$B per basket under the CIF (cost, insurance and freight) formula as practised
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    • 33 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) The U.S. Government sold 95 tons of surplus stockpile tin yesterday, 75 tons Grade A at U551.5675 a pound and 20 tons Grade B at U551.5525 a pound.
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    • 13 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The tin price to-day was $625-5/8 per picul, up $3/8.
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    • 310 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs,—The Borneo territories offer a potential market for goods turned out by Singapore s growing industries, says the head of a big trading association. Mr. Ho Shio Kwang, president of the Singapore, Sarawak, Sabah and Brunei Importers and Exporters Association said today
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    • 107 9 LONDON, Thurs. (AFP)— Anglo-Japanese trade has shown a 14 P.C. increase each way during the first half of this year with the balance moving still further in Japan's favour, according to British official statistics. British exports to Japan, on an F. 0.8. basis recovered from £25 millions
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    • 75 9 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AP) Philippine Senate President Arturo Tolemtino said yesterday that Philippi n e President Ferdinand Marcos and President Lyndon Johnson should discuss the abrogation of the present trade agreement between the two countries. At a news conference held jointly with Senate majority leader Mr. Jose Roy,
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    • 61 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs —Chinese Produce Exchange, Singapore noon prices per picul today. Coconut oil: bulk $451 sellers, drum s47£ sellers. Pepper: Muntok white s2o2s sellers, Sarawak white $2OO sellers, special Sarawak black sl47* sellers, garbled Lampong black sl47s (N) sellers (all 96% NLW) AST A $1624 sellers (1000 NLW). Singapore
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    • 114 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs— An airline will operate to any area where there is a sufficient market and equipment, according to Mr. W. T. Leoiife, deputy general manager of KLM, Royal Dutch airlines. Mr. Leong was commenting on the air services agreement between Singapore and Holland which was initialled
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    • 120 9 SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. (UPI) A Federal Grand Jury yesterday returned anti trust indictments against American Honda Motor Co. Inc. and San Francisco Bay area Honda dealers. The indictment charged the defendants conspired from 1961 to 1965 to restrain trade on Honda motorcycles, parts and accessories in violation
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    • 140 9 JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) Stanvac and Caltex oil corporations here are now working under a new exchange rate which could pave the way for renewed workable agreements between the two American-based firms and the Indonesian Government. The companies formerly were faced with deficit operations in view
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    • 307 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Aug. first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. today in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur at 64-| cent per lb., up cent on Wednesday's close. The tone was inactive but steady. Opening quotations were marked up on London advices and thereafter steadied again on upcountry covering
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    • 473 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Confirmation of the double taxation accord between Malaysia and Singapore resulted in a better opening in the Stock Exchange for industrials today. The market held steady throughout the day although there was some hesitancy to deal due to absence of details. Prices were up generally
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    • 61 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: buying T.T. 32-11/16; airmail, O.D. 321/3/16, 90 d/st. 33-5/16 credit bills, 33-7/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: Deutsche Marks 1293/8; Swiss Francs 140-1/8; Belgian Francs 1605; Francs
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    • 49 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged in quiet trading yesterday. There were no sales. Sep. 23.75 24.10 Nov. 23.90 24.20 Jan. 23.90 24.35 Mar. 24.25 24.50 May. 24.25 24.50 Jul. 24.25 24.50 Sep. 24.25 24.50 Locally, no. 1 RSS was 23] cents per pound, nominal.
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 201 9 B S Boustead 1.59 1.60 Chemical Co 1.54 1.55 Cold Storage 2.94 2.96 Dunlop 2.46 2.47 E. Smelting 3.98 4.00 Esso Ords 3.06 3.10 United Holdings CCR 2.00 2.06 Fitzpatricks 1.70 1.78 F N. Ords 3.74 3.76 Gammon 2.22 2.23 Gpfircptown CD 1 34 2.37 Guinness 2.38 Hotel S'nura
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      • 40 9 Central Prop. CD .96 City Dev. 38 .38* Faber Union 53 Island Hotel 62 Island Pen 48 .48$ K. L. Prop 90 .91 San Holdings 34 34* 3el. Prop 1.33 S'pore Land 62* .65 Town City CD 92 1.01
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      • 127 9 Ampat CCR Aokam 9/6 3.50 Austral Amal. 24/3 24/6 Austral Malay CR 43/6 Ayer Hitam 23/4* 24/BerJunta! CD 36/36/3 cjopeng CD 36/3 Hong Kong 36/9 Idris Hyd. CD 16/9 K'pong Lanjut 24/3 Kamuntlng 19/3 20/3 Kent 10/Kesang 55 Killinghali 48/Kramat 13/1J Kuala Kampar 25/7$ 26/Kucha! 1.94 2.04 Larut 11/6
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      • 39 9 Bassett (50cts) 1.02 Batu Lintang 1.70 Benta 1.40 Jeram Kuantan Kempas 2.02 Kepong Plant. 1.75 Kundong Tg Pau 180 Kuala Sidim 1.75 New Serendah 2.28 2.35 Riverview XD 2/6 Sel Coconut 3.20 Sungei Bagan United Malacca 1.90
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      • 20 9 Bangawan Bukit Sembawang 3d 5/6 6d High Low London Tin Nyalas 3/3 1.06 Singapore Para Seafleld 1/4* l/5i 3/6
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      • 25 9 Anglo-Asian Anglo Oriental 1/2 3/5* 3/7 Craigielea 1/5 1/6 Golden Hope 4/10 K. L. Kepong Kulim 1/81 Malaya General 2/5 Sabah Timber 5/6
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS-SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 165 9 TIME: FLIGHT: FROM: B.20 a.m. MAL 019 Kuala Lumpur. 8.50 a.m JAL 712 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. MAL 121 Kuala Lumpur. 10.56 a.m. MAL 005 Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. 11.05 a.m. MAL 451 Kuching. 2.45 p.m. MAL 043 Kola Bahru, Kuala Lumpur. 3.30 p.m. MAL 453
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      • 164 9 TIME: PLIGHT: TO: 7.31 ajn. MAL 122 Kuala Lumpur. 7.40 a.m. MAL 452 Kuching. 8.00 a.m. PAA 842 Saigon. Han, Honolulu, Lot 8.00 a.m. Thai 402 Angeles. Bangkok, Hongkong, Osaka, Tokyo. 8.30 am MAL 614 Hongkong. 9.00 a.m. CPA 570 Hongkong, Taipeh, Osaka. Tokyo. 9 00 a.m.
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      • 128 9 TIME: A1ELTNES: FROM: 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8 25 a.m. MAL (ML 032) Singapore. Malacca. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang. Ipoh. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 004) Singapore. 12.30 p.m. MAL (ML 512> Singapore. 12 35 p.m. MAL < ML 008 > Singapore. 1.25
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      • 121 9 TIME: A1BLIXES: TO: 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 122/121) Singapore. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 032) Ipoh, Penang, Kota Bharu. 0.30 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Malacca. Singapore. 10 20 a.m. MAL (ML 044 > Kuantan, Kota Bharu. 10.30 a.m. MAL (ML 118)
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    • 175 9 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP) Negotiations are underway between six Japanese shipping firms and the Australian Government to form a joint shipping company specialising in the transport or iron ore and coal from Australia to Japan. A spokesman for one of the Japanese firms, the OSK Mitsui Line, said negotiations
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    • 137 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Benrinnes 3/4 Bengloe 5 Meijyo 6/7 Sinah 8/9 Chastine Maersk 10/11 Perseus 13/14 Hero 15/16 Riverbank 21/22 Empire Gannet 23/24 Van Noort 25 Hoi Houw 26 Kimanis 29/30 Baltic Sea 31/32 Breeonshire 33/34 Eastern
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  • 567 11 TN 1944, a nine-man Marine A patrol secretly lands on the Japanese held island of Siarago. Their mission is to contact a spy called Miyazaki, who has important information concerning General Mac Arthur's planned invasion of the Philippines. In their first
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  • 417 11 HUGH O'BRIAN avoided type-casting until he starred as a tough marine in "Ambush Bay." The triented actor was once tht youngest drill instructor in the history of the Marine Corps. His performance as a by-the-books marine sergeant in the movie is based on four hard years
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  • 671 11 In "Woman Without A Face/' MGM has made a gripping, emotionally tense and unforgettablemotion picture of Evan Hunter's best-seller novel, "Buddwing," with James Garner in the most dramatic and demanding role of his career playing the title characterisatior of
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  • 278 11 SOMETIME when you have nothing else to do, take all the reels of film in which Mickey Rooney appears and unwind it west. Your reel will easily reach to the Philippines, where The Mick recently finished location filming of "Ambush Bay," opening in Color
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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  • 595 12 NAIROBI, Thurs. (AP). 4 BORDER conflict between Kenya and Somalia is boiling up and today in both countries there is talk of war. More than 50 died in the latest gun battle along the desert frontier. As a convoy of Kenya army trucks
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  • 139 12 CHICAGO, Illinois, Thurs. (AP). —Police engaged in a series of skirmishes with knife hecklers last night as civil rights demonstrators made a return march to an aJi-white neighbourhood. At least 20 white men and women were hauled away in police vans. Police said several
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  • 99 12 "RENO. Nevada., Thurs. "(AP) Execution of Thomas Lee Bean in the Nevada Gas chamber was set yesterday for Aug. 30 for the 1963 mutilation murder of Sonja McCaskie, former British Olympic skier. The execution date, the third for Bean, was set by Judge Grant Eowen. Bean 21,
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  • 88 12 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) A U.S. Air Force Cl4l jet hospital plane landed at Andrews Air Force base in nearby Maryland yesterday. Inaugurating a new speedy system of bringing sick and wounded home from Vietnam. The plane carried 12 combat casualties and 16 other patients. The huge jet flew
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  • 318 12 GENEVA, Thurs. T*HE United States is advocating a system of safeguards over nuclear materials that would apply to powers having nuclear weapons as well as to those which lack such weapons. Speaking before the Geneva Disarmament Committee recently, Adrian S. Fisher stressed the importance
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  • 193 12 AUSTIN, Texas. Ttaurs. (AP) I said a prayer and gave my life to God." With these words, Ramiro Martinez, a 29-year-old Police officer, described the start of his dangerous search for a sniper who held the University of Texas campus at gunpoint from
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  • 114 12 EL PASO, Texas, Thurs. (AP) Opera singer Eleanor Steber was awarded a Mexican divorce at Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, from Army Major Gordon G. Andrews. Juarez second Civil Court judge Jesus Manuel Erives Garcia granted the decree on Tuesday, following testimony
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  • 89 12 WASHING TON, Thurs. (AP) Informed source said yesterday the dates for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' state visit here have now been set for Sept. 14-16. The Philippine leader is due to address a joint session of Congress on Sept. 15. He also will make
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  • 174 12 Alientown, Pennsylvania, Thurs. (AP) —A noted psychiatrist, Dr. Frederick Wertham, has said the mass killings committed by Charles Joseph Whitman shooting from the University of Texas tower, may have been influenced by the recent slaying of eight nurses, including two Filipinas, in Chicago, and may
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  • 63 12 HONG KKONG, Thurs. Mig pilots rush to their planes during a training at an unidentified airbase in Red China. Their Air Force strength is estimated to be about 250,000 men. They are estimated to have more than 3,000 aircrafts of which 2,000 are Soviet Mig/15, 17
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  • 250 12 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. (AP). The strongman regime of President Juan Carlos Ongania has charged State Universities with subversion and political meddling. The government, striking back at mounting criticism, said its takeover of the nine state universities was necessary to wipe out politics. "Student organisations
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  • 139 12 CANBERRA, Thurs. (UPI) Prime Minister Mr. Harold Holt will give details of a new Australian aid programme for Indonesia during a proposed visit to Jakarta next month. Informed sources said yesterday. The programme Is being drawnup by treasury and external affairs officials. They are being assisted
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  • 97 12 JEFFERSON, Ohio. Thurs. (AP). —The bodies of a 25-year-old Trumbull Township divorcee and her four small children were recovered last night from an 18foot deep pond near Hearenoy home 12 miles southwest of here. The victims were identified by relatives as Mrs. Patricia Smith, and
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  • 184 12 DANVILLE, Illinois. Thur (AP) A 12-year-old g, r i was kidnapped from her rural Danville home yesterday, Vermilion Country Sheriff's police said. Police said the girl, Bet y Farrell, and three companions were playing in front of the Farrell home when a man in
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  • 131 12 KARNES City, Texas.Thurs. (AP) Johnny Runt Enriquez, 19, indicted for murder in the deaths of five persons during a shooting spree last April 25. attempted suicide on Tuesday, SheriiT j deputies said They said they found Znriquez with both wrists slashed in his Karnes Ci'f
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  • 45 12 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) —The Defence department declined comment yesterday on reports that two U.S. fighters bombers had attacked a Cambodian village with air-to-ground rockets. We have no comment at this time," a spokesman said. The report came from the official Cambodian newf agency.
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  • SUNSPORT
    • 57 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Negri-Sembilan Women's Hockey Association's general meeting was held in Seremban over the weekend. Following were elected office bearers: Mrs. G. Janz, (president); Tungku Hamida, (vice president); Mrs. K. Hussel (vice president); Mrs. P. Thilagalingam (secretary); Mrs. J. Gondu (treasurer); and committee members
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    • 29 14 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Caltex Stars played well to defeat T.T.C. Ushers I by 9-4 over the weekend at Class I Softball at St. Joseph's Institution field.
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    • 96 14 SINGAPORE Thurs. The Sansui Bowling Tournament, organised by he Jackie's Bowl at Orchard Road is inviting all bowling enthusiasts to take part in the tournament. The tournament is open to all bowlers. There will be two divisions, the men's and the ladies.' The last top 12 men
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    • 458 14 MELBOURNE, Australia Thurs. A Malaysian student in Australia has won the Victorian State badminton singles championship in Melbourne by beating his Australian opponent, Graeme Nelson, in straight sets, 155, 15-8. in the final. He is 2s-year-old accountancy student, Ong Chong Sing, of 15A Jalan Inai,
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    • 100 14 CINGAPORE, Thurs. Hans von Steicer, "The Tiger of Berlin" looms above two wrestlers at a tournament at R.A.F. Changi Junior School, ready to deal with any infringement of the rules. The wrestlers, both of whom sppear at Singapore bouts, are LAC John Fraser (The Kiwi)
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    • 523 14 1,500 competitors vie for medals KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thurs. (UPI) The officials were far busier than the athletes yesterday at the Bth British Empire and Commonwealth Games. With formal opening of the games to be made in ceremonies tonight and competition to begin tomorrow morning
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    • 165 14 AUCKLAND, Thurs. Malaysian badminton players are far fitter than New Zealanders. This is the view of J.. Compton, of Wellington, the New Zealand national junior badminton champion, now back after a playing tour of Malaysia. Compton has cut short h i s visit to
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    • 194 14 About 20 players and officials from Kedah, Penang, Kelantan and Sabah, arrived in Kuala Lumpur for the Malaysian Schools' Badminton Championships scheduled to be played during the period 31st July to Ist August, 1966. However, they were disappointed to learn on arrival that the Badminton Championships had
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    • 79 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —Five states have confirmed their acceptance to participate in the inaugural series of the Malaysian Hockey Federation's under 23 tournament to be held at Malacca from Aug. 12 to 14 The states are Singapore, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Johore and Malacca.
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    • 65 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The new cricket series will be inaugurated this year between the Negri-Sembilan Government Services Sports Council and the Rest, for the Mentri Besar trophy. This will be an annual feature to be played on Malaysia day, annually. The N.C.G.S.S. Cricket Secretary Mr. R. Kulasingam
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    • 174 14 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Raffles Institution 'A' scored a surprise win over St Andrew's 4 A' to enter the quarter-final of the Singapore Combined Secondary Schools Sports Council's* Seven-a-side tournament at Raffles Institution here yesterday. The seven-a-side tourna* ment, organised by Rafflej Institution, reached its third
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    • 75 14 IPOH, Thurs. Victorious athletes of the Perok Central Zone proudly display their trophies in the Perak AAA meet held here recently. The Central Zone took top honours to win the Zonal champion* ships in both the men's and women's sections. Burly Ipoh police constable, Ghenda
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    • 1148 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs: The Singapore Turf Club's four-day August meeting will be held on 13, 14, 20, and 21. A total of 242 horses, 56 in CI. V, 94 in CI. 3 and 04 in CI. 11, have entered for the 4-day meeting. There will
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    • 63 15 LEEDS. England, Thurs. For the fourth time running. West Indies won the toss, in the current Test series against England and they naturally decided to bat on a pitch expected to be Arm and true at the start As expected, Barry Knight was left out of
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    • 104 15 The Forces team will be chosen from the following. Mokhtar Ali, Che Mat, Meghat, Patrick, Ibrahim, Ismail, Wahab, Saudin, Bakar Yun, Mohamed Isa, Foong Seng Ooi, Rahim Daud, Dali Omar, Noordin Jan (captain and Noordin Sarbany. The Selangor team will be chosen from the following. Chow Chee
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    • 112 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Football Association of Selangor will hold trials to pick out the training squad for the Burnley Cup 1967 for three days beginning from Aug. 8. at the T.P.C.A. grounds. This was disclosed today by Mr. George Joseph, the secretary of the association.
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    • 1099 15 Experienced Selangor and fit Armed Forces should provide contested match KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. SOCCER fans everywhere usually look forward to something special and spectacular for a Cup final, and in postwar years the Malaya Cup final has rarely been disappointing in this respect. But, Saturday's
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    • 519 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The following are the handicaps for the third and last day (Aug. 7) of the Selangor Turf Club's Gold Cup Meeting:Horses: Class 1 Div. 1 7 F. Top Honour 9.11 Silver Crown 9.11 Lord Jim 9.09 Hokoru 9.05 Pilar ro
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    • 220 16 WAY OPEN FOR MORE CREDITS TO RED CHINA 'TOKYO, Thurs (UPI) Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's government may scrap the so-called "Yoshida letter" barring use of import-export bank funds in Japanese trade with Communist China. Japanese newspaper reports, quoting high government sources, said the government henceforth
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    • 216 16 INDONESIA JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) Former Atomic Energy Director Prof. G. A. Sibwabessy told a Bandung University audience on Tuesday that Indonesia was scrapping long-term plans to develop nuclear power for defence purposes and would concentrate instead on peaceful uses of the atom. Prof. Siwabessy, now Health
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    • 47 16 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI).— The Civil Service Commission today told Manila Mayor Antonio J. Villas as to transfer 98 women street cleaners to other jobs to uphold "the dignity of Filipino womanhood." The commission said the job of street cleaning: was for men, not women.
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    • 267 16 MATSUSHIRO. Japan, Thurs. (AP). —An early morning earthquake jolted this rural community yesterday, the first anniversary of a year of daily tremors that have made it Japan's "Quake town." The strong jolt caused no injuries but wrecked tiled roofs and brick walls shattered
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    • 173 16 HONG KONG, Thurs. (AP) A six-member Japanese Socialist Party delegation departed for Peking yesterday for what it called a three-week "fact-finding" visit to Red China. The party, headed by Mr. Kanejiro Tate, arrived from Tokyo on Tuesday. Mr. Tate said he would discuss with
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    • 62 16 TOKYO. Thurs. (AP) Tropical storm Rita was located 293 miles South east of Iwo Jima. moving North-Northeast at 9 miles an hour and 58 miles an hour maximum winds at three p.m. today, according to the joint typhoon warning centre at Guam. Rita was expected to
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    • 167 16 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (AFP) The Indian government has drawn up an "ideal menu" to persuade the Indian people to eat less wlieat and rice products in short supply which have to be imported in large quantities. The menu makes use of various foods not widely used
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    • 30 16 BOSTON, Thurs. (UPI) Former ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy, 77, father of President John F. Kennedy, was released yesterday from New England Baptist Hospital after undergoing a physical checkup.
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    • 219 16 TOKYO: The New Japanese cabinet, named by Prime Minister Eisaku Sato on Sunday, poses lor pictures in the garden of the Premier's residence here on Monday, Mr. Sato retained six of his most experienced ministers, including Foreign Minister Etsusaburo Shiina, in the cabinet. Front row (L
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    • 234 16 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) The upsurge of Communist Huk terrorism in central Luzon has been inspired by the Communist offensive in South Vietnam, Defence UnderSecretary Alfonso Arellano told a Philippine Congressional Committee on Tuesday. Mr. Arellano also said in testimony before the
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    • 93 16 JAKARTA. Thurs. (AP) A ranking army officer condemned policies of Indonesia's previous government which brought it too close to Peking, the official news agency Antara said today. A Brigadier Gen. Mashudi. Governor of the West Java city of Bandung, said relations were allowed to
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    • 89 16 MANILA, Thurs. (AFP).— President Ferdinand Marcos has designated Associate Justice Roberto Regala of the Supreme Court as the Philippine representative to the United Nations conference on Apartheid scheduled in Brasilia from August 23 to September 5» Malacanang Palace announced yesterday. It will
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    • 116 16 MANILA, Thurs. (AP) Manila's mayor, Antonio Villegas plans to hold an "Eat Filipino Food Festival" dur* ing which only Philippineproduced foods will be sold or displayed in the city The Mayor's idea is a follow up to his "Filipinization" campaign in which he has so far
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    • 80 16 CHICAGO, Thurs. (AFP> Firing, stone hurling and tomato throwing broke out again in the white areas of Chicago las night, in further racial clashes. A group of 300 Negroes entered the exclusively white North West part of the city to protest against housing segregation. They moved silently but
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    • 184 16 KARACHI, Pakistan, Thurs. (AP). Former U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon said yesterday that neither the Soviet Union nor Communist China would risk a nuclear war over Vietnam. Mr. Nixon, who met President Ayub Khan at Rawalpindi yesterday afternoon, told newsmen on arriving back here "I
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    • 238 16 SAIGON, Thurs. The biggest leatherneck operation of the war Operation Hastings concluded successfully at noon today. A military spokesman said that the two and a half-week operation along the demilitarized zone 475 miles north of Saigon accounted for 880 confirmed Communist dead plus
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    • 64 16 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI).— Japan Air Lines will begin twice-weekly flights across the United States on Nov. 12 when it extends its TokyoSan Francisco run to New York, the Kyodo news service reported here today. The DC-8 jetliner service is expected to be expanded to five
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    • 162 16 QUI NHON, Vietnam, Thurs. (UPI) Alfred B. Lee, 20, of the 299 th Engineer Combat Battalion, just about to Decame a draftee in the South Vietnamese Army at the point of a run. According to a U.S. Army spokesman. Lee was returning to
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    • 103 16 JAKARTA. Thurs. (AP) Mr. E. G. Whitlam, deputy leader of Australia's opposition Labour party, met with President Sukarno yesterday as he began winding up a four-day stay here. Mr. Whitlam told President during short talk that this party had long supported Indonesia's independence struggle. The two
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    • 187 16 JAKARTA. Thurs. (AP) Indonesian authorities plan to release some 120.000 persons < detained by the Military authorities following the Communist coup attempt last October, it has been reported. The detainees, scattered throughout the country, were identified as civilians. The number of Military personnel detained after
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