Eastern Sun, 24 August 1966

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  • Title Section
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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Esld. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 39. Wednesday, August 24 1966. MC (P) 1942 KDN 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOUR OF RIOT SQUAD
    818 1  -  True that certain the riot squa force on members of the Press By Ben D'Cunha, Lim Thow Boon. KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. THE Minister of Home Affairs, Tun Dr. Ismail admitted in Parliament today thot it was true that certain members of the riot squad unit
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    Lock icon Planes for Malaysia
    51 1 WELLINGTON, Tues. (AP) Minister of Defence Dean J. Eyre said in a press statement today New Zealand is to give two Devon aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force to Malaysia. He said they were to be used by the Royal Malaysian Air Force as communications
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    Lock icon News of $ split 'shocking'
    385 1 News of split 'shocking' SINGAPORE. Tues. The news that Malaysia and Singapore would issue separate currencies was 'shocking and disappointing.' A press release issued here tonight by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce said this. The following is the full statement of the Chamber:After the separation of Singapore and Malaysia
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    Lock icon Dato Kuok new envoy to Netherlands
    226 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malaysian Government today announced the appointment of Dato Philip Kuok Hock Khee as Malaysian Ambassador to the Netherlands. Dato Kuok will be leaving for the Hague in the second week of September. Until his appointment as ambassador, Dato Kuok was
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    Lock icon Children's rally will highlight M-Day joy
    197 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The third anniversary of Malaysia Day will be celebrated throughout Malaysia on Aug. 31. The following is the official programme of celebration in the 'Federal capital of Kuala Lumpur. CHILDREN'S rally at Stadium Merdeka at 8.15 a m J AMU AN
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    Lock icon Usman 'Hero of Ampera'
    86 1 JAKARTA, Tues. (AFP) Julius Usman. 23, who was killed in the clash between anti and proSukarno Students in Bandung last Friday, was today proclaimed a "Hero of Ampera" (AMPERA denotes the sufferings of the people), Antara reported here today. Julius, a final year student in economic,
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    Lock icon Garrison chief arrested
    124 1 JAKARTA, Tues. (AFP)— The Staff Chief of the Bandung military garrison and several senior officers have been arrested following last weeks riots, it was officially announced today. An official statement issued by the crack Siliwangi Division based in Bandung said that the division's commander Major General Dharsono
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    Lock icon Adam Malik: Tunku's fully correct
    250 1 JAKARTA, Tues. (AFP) Foreign Minister Adam Malik declared here today that he agreed with Malaysian Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman's statement before the Malaysian Parliament on normalisation of relations between Indonesia and Malaysia. Adam Malik made the statement to four Malaysian journalists who arrived here earlier
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    Lock icon 'Army won't be forced to topple Sukarno'
    147 1 JAKARTA, Tues. (AFP) —The Indonesian Army has declared that it would not be pressured into toppling President Sukarno. Major General Amir Machmud, military commander of Jakarta, told anti-Communist and antiSukarno students yesterday: "The Army will not take sides in the controversy over President
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  • Local News
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      Lock icon Nair: Malaysia Plan more a political paper...
      611 2  -  All Parliament reports by Ben D' Cunha, Lim Thow Boon KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Democratic Action Party member for Bungsar, Mr. C. V. Devan Nair says that the government's first five-year Malaysian Plan was more a political paper than a sound economic assessment
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      Lock icon Bands to play at dinner
      109 2 PENANG, Tues. Two popular bands, Jimmy Boyle's and the Equinoxes, will play at the dinner to be held in s. Xavier's Hall on Sept. 5, in honour of the Very Rev. Brother T. Michael, Asst SuperiorGeneral of the Christian Brothers, and the Very Rev. Brother
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      Lock icon $6.8 mil. in D-Fund kitty
      125 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Chairman of the National Defence Fund, Tun Abdul Razak announced today that the government has decided to close the National Defence Fund on Aug. 31. The fund was launched in October, 1964 in conjunction with the first national solidarity week campaign
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      Lock icon Loans for Malaysia Plan still under discussion —Tan
      834 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday 'THE MINISTER of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, told the House of Representatives this morning that negotiations were at present going on between Malaysia and countries in the Aid-to-Malaysia Club for loans and grants for the first Ma- laysia
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      Lock icon Jewellery found at edge of rubber estate
      484 2 IPOH, Tues. A police mobile patrol came across a plastic travelling bag, containing a large amount of jewellery at the fringe of a rubber estate near a forest checking station in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar shortly after a $45,000 robbery in
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      Lock icon AETCS supports assessment examination
      201 2 PENANG, Tues. The President of the Association of English Teachers in Chinese Schools. Malaya, Mr. Lom Tham Liat, welcomed the reintroduction of assessment examination for primary schools commencing from next year. 'This examination not only has an incentive effect on the pupils, bnt also enables the
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      Lock icon Promotions procedure questioned
      219 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The procedure of promotions in government departments was questioned In the Dewan Ra'ayat this morning. The main issue in question was the appointment of the new chief education officer who the labour Party Member lor Batu Dr. Tan Chee Khoon said had been promoted
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      Lock icon 'Britain unlikely to use force'
      331 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman told Parliament today that he did not personally feel that Britain would use force to topple the lan Smith regime in Southern Rhodesia. The Tunku who was replying to a question by Dr. Tan Chee Khoon
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      Lock icon 'MERDEKA BALL'
      58 2 SEGAMAT, Tues The Segamat Public Works Department's Sports club will hold a "Merdeka Ball" on Tuesday, 30th Aug. at the Diamond Jubilee Hall from 8.30 p.m. Highlight of the dance will be the selection of "Merdeka Ball Queen" from more than 25 contestants The band 'Ramos and his
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      Lock icon Dr. Tan raps FRU's behaviour
      421 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two opposition members in the Dewan Ra'ayat questioned the behaviour of the riot squad units who manhandled members of the Press during the anti-American demonstrations on Aug. 14. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon Labour Member for BATU posed these questions: "Were the police
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      Lock icon Fisherman wounded in high-sea shooting drama
      432 3 Singapore, Tuesday A member of a nine-man fishing crew was wounded when he was shot at by four unidentified persons in a broad daylight shooting drama, off South China Sea over the week-end. He was Goh Geok Whee, who was at that time in
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      Lock icon Political forum tonight
      62 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. A forum on "Asia for Asians," "organised by the University of Singapore Socialst Club wll be held on Thursltat 8 p.m. at the University Lecture Theatre No. 3. The speakers are: Mr T. T. Rajah, a lawyer; Prof. Victor Flc, lecturer in international relations; Dr.
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      Lock icon 'Youths must be equipped with skills'
      391 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The young people In the Republic must equip themselves with the necessary skills and technical know-how to face the changing conditions and the values of the present day. The Minister of State for Culture, Mr. Lee Khoon Choy, made this point when
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      Lock icon Straits Times community service policy questioned in court
      690 3 SINGAPORE, Tues.—The Straits Times Press policy towards community service was questioned in the Industrial Arbitration Court here today. The examination was sparked off by suggestions from the company's advocate, Mr. S. K. Bhattacharya, that Mr. Peter Lim, the Secretary (Disputes), of the
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      Lock icon Court told: Bar waitress thought of committing suicide
      760 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. An attractive bar waitress, Susy Lim Chai Kok, 24, today admitted she had thoughts of committing suicide after being allegedly swindled of $8,400 in a gambling session. She was continuing her evidence at the 7th day of a trial in
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      Lock icon Lim to open tiles' factory
      35 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore's Minister for Finance, Mr. Lim Kim San, will officiate the opening ceremony of the Jurong Tile Works Limited on Sept. 9 at 4.30 p.m. in Jurong.
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      Lock icon Sikh office bearers
      55 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following were elected office-bearers for 1966 at the General Meeting of the Singapore Sikh Partinidh Sabha held here recently. They are: Mr. Sadhoo Singh Khaira, president; Mr. Mukhtiar Singh, vice-presi-dent; Mr. Bachan Singh Landhe, Hon. general secretary; Mr. Ujagar Singh, asst. Hon. general secretary;
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      Lock icon Father told court of son's mental conditions
      283 4 PENANG, Tues. A 70-year-old father, Chang Swee Kim, told the High Court here today that he begged the police at the Ayer Itam police station to put his son in custody the night before his wife was found dead in their house in
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      Lock icon News from Taiping
      123 4 TAIPING, Tues. A married \*«man tapper, Rajamah d/o Munisamy, 45, died in the district hospital here after admission for suspected poisoning. She is believed to have drunk formic acid in Alagar Estate, Pondok Tanjong near here where she worked, police said. Mat Isa, 40, a farmer who
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      Lock icon $7000/- reward for STC robbers
      117 4 $7000/reward for STC robbers KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Another $5,000 has been offered as reward for information leading to the arrest of the men or the recovery of the cash in connection with the $83,500 robbery at the Selangor Turf Club's office in Loke Yew Building, here yesterday morning. This reward
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      Lock icon Readers answer appeal
      126 4 KNALA LUMPUR, Tues. The said story of Madam Chan Tai Moi has touched the hearts of many Eastern Sun readers. Mr. Lim Kim Kee of Customs Malaysia Headquarters here and Mr. Chew Teik Seng of Petaling Jaya sent in a joint contribution of $2O this morning. Madam
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      Lock icon Youth with pistol jailed
      91 4 Tues. Acting D.S.p. Abdullah Sani, head of the anti-secret society branch, recovered a 22 revolver and five rounds of ammunition from a plastic bag hidden underneath a beam In a house in Noordln Street Ohaut. This was disclosed In the Sessions Court today when a youth.
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      Lock icon Tapper who caused mother's death jailed four years
      257 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A 24-year-old rubber tapper was sentenced to four years jail when he pleaded guilty to an amended charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the High Court here today before Justice Raja Azlan Shah. The tapper Chong
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      Lock icon Malaysia Day mass rally
      155 4 MUAR, Tues. More than 10,000 schoolchildren are expected to take part in a mass rally to commenmorate the Malaysia Day anniversary at the town padand here oil Aug. 31. Others taking part in the rally will be the Police, Cadet Corps, St. John Ambulance Brigade Boy
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      Lock icon Piracy cases down
      124 4 JESSELTON, Tues There has been a startling decline in piracy cases in Sabah over the past four years. The number of robberies has also dropped considerably from 52 in 1963 to 7 in 1965. In 1966 to date there have been only 6 cases. This was disclosed
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      Lock icon CUEPACS' picketing at the Treasury
      185 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) will stage a one-day picketing at the Treasury tomorrow morning which will culminate in a mass rally at the Federal House canteen here. This is in protest over the
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      Lock icon Member for Bagan assaulted
      150 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. An Alliance M.P. was this morning assaulted by two unidentified men while about to get into his car in front of the South Hotel in Ipoh Road here. Mr. Tan Cheng Bee, M.P. for Bagan, received three cuts, one on the forehead and
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      Lock icon School grant
      33 4 SEGAMAT, Tues. A Capital grant totalling $19,500 has been approved by the Ministry of Education for Segamat Canossian Convent ($15,000) and Kampong Tengah Chinese Primary School. ($4,500) 3 miles from here.
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      Lock icon Free land offer by govt. rejected
      296 4 MUAR, Tues. The Penambang Ferry Workers* Union, whose 220 members will lose their jobs with the construction of bridges acioss the Muar and Batu Pahat Rivers, has rejected the State Government's offer of free land in Kota Tirggi. Enche Mohamed Yassin bin Ali, the
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      Lock icon $25,000 gift from govt.
      163 4 PENANG, Tues. The Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. today handed over a cheque for $25,000 from the Ministry of Rural and National Development to the committee of the Triple Wisdom Hall as a donation towards their building fund. "This presentation is yet another clear
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      Lock icon Youth club's drive
      78 4 MENTAKAB, Tues. The youth club here is to launch a signature campaign to appeal to the Pahang Mentri Besar to station a fireBrigade in Mentakab. This was decided at its monthly committee meeting. All fire-fighting equipment has been removed from Mentakab to Temerloh, six miles away. The
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      Lock icon Election of teachers' panel 'ultra vires'
      406 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The National Union of D.T.C. Teachers has written to the Ministry of Education to point out that the election held by the Teachers' Panel on Aug. 9 was "null and void." The union had written to the Permanent Secretary of the
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      Lock icon Courtesy call on Malacca governor
      87 4 MALACCA. Tues The Commander of the Far East Land Forces, Lt. Gen. Sir Michael Carver will pay a courtesy call on the Governor of Malacca. Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf next Thursday The Municipal President, Mr. Ng Chong Chee will open the Jaycees-organised Trade
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      Lock icon Barber had obscene photos: Fined $70
      82 4 MUAR. Tues.—A barber, Loi Sal Tek, was fined S"0 by Magistrate Enche Hussein bin Taib when he pleaded guilty to possessing 20 copies of obscene pictures on June 4 this year. Senior Inspector, Mr. Lau Chow Chuan. prosecuting, said that two detectives, on rounds
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      Lock icon Daily pledge before lessons begin
      141 5 SINGAPORE, Tues.— About half-a-mil-lion schoolchildren will take their daily pledge of allegiance from tomorrow before the Singapore nat i o nal flag before lessons begin. This was stated in a directive issued by the Ministry of Education and signed by the Director of Education. All
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      Lock icon Military VC 10 due today
      586 5 SINGAPORE, lues. The British Armed Forces here, have every right to be happy when their giant VC 10 the newest and biggest aircraft lands at Royal Air Force Changi tomorrow. The VC 10, captained by Squadron Leader Brian Taylor an<j first to enter service with
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      Lock icon No problem when Bonzo's around...
      223 5 K ITCHING, Tues. The young lad with the straw hat is Bonzo, a very important person to the Royal Air Force in East Malaysia (Borneo). Bonzo or to give him his real name, Bunsu— Is the language expert at Nanga Gaat, an R.A.F. helicopter base
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      Lock icon Big probe into 4,000 forged identity cards
      152 5 Singapore, Tues. An investigation is now being carried out following the discovery of some 4,000 old forged identity cards. The forgeries came to light in the course of the current national re-registration campaign for new plastic laminated identity cards launched by the Government
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      Lock icon The Vulcans return to Britain
      277 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. Two out of the four Vulcans MK 2 aircrafts took off from the Royal Air Force, Tengah for Britain after "emergency duties" in the Far East. The other two Vulcans will leave on Saturday. The Vulcans attached to the 35th Squadron Royal Air
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      Lock icon Prevent import quota delay SPTA urges
      216 5 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Pharmaceutical Trade Association urged the Government to prevent delay on the announcement of import quotas for pharmaceutical products for the Singapore market. In a statement today by the Association, it said: "For the third successive quarter, the announcement of import
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      401 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN 53,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 4 Quiz for August 24 1966 1. Where was the first atomic bomb dropped during the second world war? 2. What is Malaya's biggest export? 3. In what Malayan State is the
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      102 3 Spore Diary 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. National Library, Stamford Road: Painting exhibition by Thomas Yeo. 5.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. A SATA mass X'ray campaign at Joo Chiat Place for residents in Joo Chiat Lane, Tembeling Road, Koon Seng Road and Everitt Road. The mobile X-ray will be stationed
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      565 4 What's on in todays < y i 7* cv V- Radio and Television TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. P.M. Opening Annct.; 5.50 News in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 6.00
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      56 5 TIME AND TIDE Penan? 6-06 a.m. (6.4 ft.), 7.17 p.m. (5.4 ft.); Port Swettenham 10.47 a.m. (10.8 ft), 11.28 p.i (9.2 ft.); Port Dickson 12.17 p.m. (7 ft.); Singapore 4.47 a.m. (6.7 ft.), 4.14 p.m. (7.5 ft); Sedili Kechil 4.03 a.m. (6.7 ft), 2.44 pm. (6.6 ft); Kuantan 3.16 a.m.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Stripper says: My friendship with Tun Lim 'very casual'
      138 6 SYNDEY Tues (AP)— Sandra Nelson, Sydney's best known stripper, says her friendship with former Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia, Tun Lim Yew Hock was very casual. A newsman told Sandra at the Paradise Club last night that she had been mentioned
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      Lock icon FREIGHTER CATCHES FIRE
      59 6 ALGIERS, Tues. (UPI)— The Danish freighter "Signe Tolstrup" was reported on fire last night 150 miles east of Algiers. The vessel's Chief Engineer was reported to have died in the blaze which forced the crew to abondon ship. The crew was rescued by the Liberian ship "Vittoria"
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      Lock icon Bid to kill Federal Councillor
      106 6 ADEN, Tues. (UPI) The Federal government yesterday accused Egyptian authorities of "hiring a mercenary assassin to kill Federal councillor Ahmed Bassendwah recently." The Aden government said it would not allow Yemen or the Egyptians to continue to sentence Federal subjects to death and warned of
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      Lock icon MINISTER CANCELS TRIP TO MOSCOW
      104 6 KHARTOUM, Tues. (UPI) Sudan's Health Minister yesterday cancelled a scheduled visit to Moscow to attend the World Health Organisation's conference on rural water as a protest against inconveniences caused by the Soviet Embassy and the United Arab Airlines in fixing his itinerary. Minister Dr. Ahmed
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      Lock icon YOUTHS PREVENT CHARGE D'AFFAIRES FROM ATTENDING PEKING CEREMONY
      217 6 BELGRADE, Tues. (UPI) Red Guard Chinese youths prevented the Soviet Charge d'AfTaires from attending a Peking departure ceremony today by blocking a street with a huge portrait of Mao TseTung, Tan jug reported. The Yugoslav news agency said the Soviet official was
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      Lock icon Quakers aid people of Vietnam
      179 6 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) New York Quakere mailed money and medical relief supplies yesterday to "the embattled people living in all parts of Vietnam" the Communists as well as America's Allies in the South. In compliance with Federal law, the Post Offices Madison Square Station
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      Lock icon 8 killed
      25 6 MARSEILLES, France, Tues. (UPI) Eight French servicemen were reported killed last night when a helicopter from a base at Frejus crashed near here.
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      Lock icon Men held for harbouring Great Train robber
      240 6 Tlf ANSFIELD, England, Tues. (UPI) Police yesterday charged a man with harbouring Great Train Robber, James White while he was on the run after the £2.6 million (US$7.3 million) hold-up in 1963. White, 46, was not caught until April this year when police
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      Lock icon Bid to bring back capital punishment
      55 6 LONDON, Tues Section of the crowd who fathered outside the West London Court recently to watch the arrival and subsequent departure of police van carrying: man charged with the murder of three unarmed policemen. The crowd eagerly signed a petition urging the bringing back
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      Lock icon BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHED
      69 6 VANDENBERG, AFB, California, Tues. (UPI) A minuteman 1 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile was launched shortly after noon yesterday on a flight toward a preselected target 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean. The Air Force said the missile was one of a series of routine operational testing launches by
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      Lock icon US will oppose admission of Peking to U.N.
      544 6 WASHINGTON, Tues (A'FP) THE United States is making a complete T reappraisal of its attitude on the admission of People's China to the United Nations but will continue to OPP?® 6 the admission of Peking if it means evicting Nationalist China, it
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      Lock icon Peace feeler talks resume
      109 6 SALISBURY, Rhode si a, Tues. (UPI). Anglo-Rhode-si&n peace feeler talks resumed here yesterday, with negotiators for more than three hours of talks on terms for negotiating an end to the nine-month Rhodesian Independence impasse. Neither side would comment at the end of the meeting. They are
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      Lock icon Sally and the Indian Prince
      58 6 DALLAS, Texas, Tues Miss Sally Budd. 21, of Dallas and Princ* Richard Yashwant Rao Holkar of Indore, India. were married recently and are to ha married again in a 5day Hindu religious ceremony in Indore in December. He is the son of the lata Maharaja
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      Lock icon Audience with Sihanouk? Report denied
      145 6 WASHINGTON, T u es. (UPI) The State Department denied yesterday that roving Ambassador Mr. W. Averell Harriman had begged an audience with Cambodia's Chief of States Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Prince Sihanouk told newsmen in Phnom Penh that writer Robert Shaplen of the New Yorker magazine
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      Lock icon W. Germany to aid VC in fight with US
      134 6 BERLIN, Tues. (AFP) The Vletcong's permanent representative in East Berlin charged today that West Germany was preparing to send men and arms to South Vietnam to fight alongside the Americans. Duong Dingh Thao made the charge while presenting to newsmen a
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      Lock icon Businessman, 12 others in court on 16 counts
      344 6 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Thirteen persons, including a prominent businessman named by a convicted murderer as a London gangland Czar, appeared in court here yesterday faced with a total of 16 charges. The appearance was the fourth for the group since their arrests
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      Lock icon Kidnapped victim escapes to Guinea
      142 6 GENEVA, Tues. (AFP) The newspaper "La Tribune De Geneva" today quoted a Paris "Moslem Source" as saying that Moroccan opposition leader Mehdi Ben Barka, kidnapped in Paris last October, had escaped from a fortress in the South of Morocco and was now heading for Guinea.
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      Lock icon Warning against cholera
      164 6 ISTANBUL, Tues. (UPI) The Turkish government warned today there is danger that cholera may sweep the earthquake-devastated area near Erzurum, adding to the already critical situation. Government Health Ministry officials said 19 provinces in Eastern Turkey are involved. They are the areas smashed by Friday's quake, which
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      Lock icon Rescue work
      39 6 VIENNA, Tues (AFP) Thousands of soldiers and volunteers turned out today to aid in rescue work and repairs, after torrential rains and floods which killed 23 people and destroyed hundreds of houses In Southern Australia last week.
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      Lock icon US wants 'just' peace in Vietnam—Rusk
      503 7 YORK, Tues. (AFP) U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk said yesterday the United States would not agree to any settlement in Vietnam which did not assure the people there of the right to ''peace and a free choice". Speaking at the annual conference of
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      Lock icon Auto men demand increases
      93 7 DETROIT, Tues. (UPI) The nation's three largest auto makers yesterday refused to grant a reouest by the United Auto Workers that contracts be reopened to give skilled tradesmen a pay increase. Following the refusals, a UAW Vice President said "The matter will be referred to the
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      Lock icon Object sightings explained
      155 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (AP) An electronic engineerjournalist said yesterday a form of ball lightning, generated by high tension power lines, may help explain many recent sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOS). Mr Philip J. Klass, senior avionics editor of Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine, said most of
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      Lock icon GIANT ROCKET OFF TODAY
      407 7 CAPE KENNEDY, Tues. (UPI) The U.S. two mightiest rockets are scheduled for launch this week to orbit eight military communications satellites and hurl an unmanned Apollo spaceship three-quarters of the way around the world. First up is the Air Forces triple-barreled Titan 3C tomorrow. It will
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      Lock icon World is on collision course
      286 7 UNITED NATIONS, Tues (UPI) The world Is on "collision course... within our lifetime" unless it wakes up from its present apathy about food production and economic progress in the dveloping nations, a U.N. o ffic ia 1 warned yesterday. Mr. Ismat Kittani, Secretary of the
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      139 7 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) The Foreign Office yesterday issued a reDort showing that North Vietnamese troops operated in Laos durmg violation of Geneva agreements of 1962. The report was released unilaterally by Britain after her International Control Commission co-chair-man. the Soviet Union, refused to Join in
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      214 7 LONDON, Tues. (AP) Here is a way but a very dangerous way of getting the Beatles autographs. In traffic court yesterday, the Beatles' chauffeur, William Anthony, pleaded guilty to speeding when he had John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as passengers. The chauffeur's lawver
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      222 7 MOSCOW. Tues. (AFP)— Moscow's foreign correspondents were bitterly lampooned yesterday in an acid report in the review October, on their working methods and habits. The writer, Yuri Senine, uses the Moscow foreign correspondents' car identification plate J.M. (Journalist Moscow) as the peg on which
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      382 7 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (UPI) THE Asian Development Bank, a powerful instrument with more than US$l billion founding capital, came into legal existence after the required number of countries deposited their ratifications. Afghanistan, Canada and Finland handed their ratification instruments to Secretary General U
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      154 7 INVERNESS, Scotland, Tues. (AFP) —The Loch Ness monster made its first appearance of 1966 yesterday in the same place that it usually shows up. And this time it was seen on radar. Crew members of the ship "Pharma," which had a zoologist aboard, said
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      27 7 RABAT. Tues. (AFP) King Hassan of Morocco will make an official visit to the Soviet Union from Oct. 20 to 28, it was announced here.
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      324 7 NEW YORK, Tues. (AP) Prime Minister Hendrik "Verwoerd is one of the best white leaders that Africa has ever produced," says the current issue of Time Magazine in a six-page article on South Africa and Verwoerd. Gracing its cover with a picture of Verwoerd backgrounded by
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      67 7 UNITED NATIONS. Tues. (UPI). Swedish ambassador Mr. Herbert de Ribbing is scheduled to leave for Bangkok tomorrow morning to take up his duties as Secretary General U Thant's special representative in Cambodia and Thailand, a UN spokesman said. Mr. Herbert de Ribbing stilt is being briefed
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      102 7 SYDNEY. Tues. (AP) Two young girls were reported killed today bv a school of sharks in the reef waters off New Britain, north of Australia, when they decided to take a swim. Messages from Rabaul said Loding Etwat, 9. dived first into the water and was immediately
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      65 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (AP). —The cost of living in the United States rose fourter.ths of 1 per cent in July, largely because of higher transportation costs and a smaller-t h a n-«easonal advanced in food prices. The bureau of labour statistics announced yesterday that the consumer price
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      431 7 CAPE KENNEDY, Florida. Tues. CAP) Biologists may not have the stamina to swim behind whales. romp through African jungles chasing elephants and stomp around frigid Arctic regions after polar bears. But they have found a friend to do it for them an orbiting satellite. Stalking
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      134 7 HIMEJI. Japan, Tues. fAP) Japanese officials were considering a suit against the producer of the latest James Bond film yesterday after extras damaged Himeji Castle during the shooting of a scene fo** "You only Live Twice." Twenty Japanese playing "Ninja" (Spy Warriors) on Sunday left 50
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      38 7 MOUNTAIN VIEW, California. Tues. (UFI) The U.S. Pioneer 7 satellite, designed to provide tips tor future space travellers, wa« providing "good-data" today as it continued to soar around the sun, according to Ames Research centre scientists.
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      37 7 TOKYO. Tues. (Kyodo) Japan will make an emergency import of 10.000 tons of beef from Australia and New Zealand shortly to prevent a seasonal increase in such meat pi ices in autumn and winter.
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      Lock icon BILL TO HALT AID TO V'CONG GOES AHEAD
      306 10 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) The House Committee on Un-American Activities, brushing aside Administration objections, pushed ahead today with plans to approve a bill that would prohibit Americans from sending aid to the Communist Vietcong. Only an unusually persuasive argument from Deputy Attorney General
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      221 10 LONDON, Tuee. <AP) The Daily Telegraph said today in an editorial on Malaysia: "It now seems likely that President Sukarno will not be allowed to continue as Indonesia's figurehead for much longer. Yet it is still uncertain that he is played out as a political froce.
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      Lock icon Mao's birthplace a top tourist lure
      426 10 HONG KONG, Tues. <AP) Shaoshan resembles hundreds of villages in Communist China but Mao Tse-tung has helped make it a tourist attraction. He was bom there. Communist Chinese publications and foreign tourists report that crowds trek daily to the once-isolated village in the Central
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      40 10 Indian army soldiers mount a railway locomotive to protect it from possible damage by unionists during a general strike in Gauhati, Assam. Indian students had agitated to resist rising prices and expose black marketeers. —UPI UPI Photo.
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      185 10 WASHINGTON, Tue s (UPI) A record annual total of six tons of marijuana was found by Customs agents last year hidden in everything from Teddy Bears to a Bassier. The figure represented a jump of 17 per cent over the previous fiscal year, Customs Commissioner Lester
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      103 10 NEW YORK, Tues. (AP). Two nuclear scientists have branded as worthless to the Russians an atom bomb sketch offered as government evdience at the 1951 spy trial of Morton Sobell. Affidavits from the scientists were filed in Federal Court yesterday in Sobell's attempt to win a
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      34 10 WASHINGTON, Tues. (AP) The Vietnam war is costing President Johnson some of his political popularity and there isn't much the President can do about it, Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen said today.
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      180 10 WELLINGTON, Tues. The New Zealand Herald says Malaysia may need to reconsider its position in wanting to reduce Commonwealth forces in the light of reports that 700 armed Borneo Communists have spurned an amnesty and recent developments on the Malaysian-Thailand border. In an editorial, the newspaper
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      88 10 NEW DELHI. Tues. (AFP) Eight goldsmiths began the third week of their hunger strike in front of the Parliament building here yesterday to force the government to rescind its gold control system. The goldsmiths, who claim that the measure is paralysing their trade, refused to end
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      32 10 MEXICO CITY. Tues. (AFP) The Federal Court here yesterday handed down prison sentences on 27 of the 29 people arrested and charged with plotting against the government earlier this month.
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      58 10 KINGSTON, Jamaica. Tues. (AFP). —Gang fighting here killed four people and seriously wounded 30 yesterday, police said. An undisclosed number were arrested. Welfare and Development Minister Edward Seaga said a foreign power instigated the fights. Small arms indentical with those in Cuba were in possession
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      891 10 BERLIN, Tues. (AP) Each day Rudolf Hess knows he is 24 hours closer to the end of September and the day when he may become the sole inmate of the cavernous Spandau war crimes prison. If he is not freed or moved, he will be the last
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      239 10 SAIGON, Tues, (UPI) A Communist mine blast sank a U.S. Navy freighter up to its main decks today and closed one of the two sea channels of Saigon's vital ship lifeline. US spokesmen said the command-detonated mine ripped into the engint room
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      121 10 HOUSTON, Tues. (UPI)— Mrs. Esperanza del Valle Vasquez, the longest surviving heart pump patient in medical history, got out of bed yesterday and walked around unassisted in her hospital room. The Methodist Hospital said the 37-year-old Mexico City beauty operator "spent a large part
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      182 10 NEW YORK, Tues. <AP) Police overpowered a self-described college teacher and seized LSD they said was worth US$l4O,OOO dollars on the illegal market the largest quantity of the hallucinogenic drug authorities said they had ever confiscated. Under arrest was Allen Surgerman, 28, who detectives said threatened
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      29 10 KARACHI, Tues (AP). Pakistan is stepping-i.p efforts to increase its export- to Japan, West Ge> many and Italy, in an attempt to narrow an increasing trade gap.
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      37 10 CAIRO. Tues. (UPI) Five British officers and two soldiers were killed at the gates of the British barracks at Bihan, Yemen, rebels exploded a bomb. the Sanaa radio said quoting a Yemeni Liberation Front statement.
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      156 10 BRASILIA. Brazil, Tues. (UPI) Representatives from 28 nations including Malaysia and the Philippines gathered here today at the invitation of the United Nations to begin two weeks of speeches and debates on South Africa's apartheid racial policy. Diplomats predict the racial problems of the United States and
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      44 10 MANILA, Toes (AP) A woman suspected of being a witch was shot to death yesterday by two village policemen, a Philippine news service (PNS) report said today. The PNS said the shooting occurred in Bulacan, a province in Central Luzon.
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      39 10 MEXICO CITY, Tues. (AP) Secr2tary General U Thant of the United Nations is due tomorrow for a twoday visit to Mexico during which he will confer with President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz and Foreign Minister Antonio Carillo Flores.
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      Lock icon Police seek new clues in hunt for killer of 3 London 'tecs
      321 11 I ONDON, Tues (UPI) Senior Police officials met 1J here yesterday to map new strategy in the hunt for scar-faced Harry Roberts, 30, wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of three policemen recently. The officials, including
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      150 11 MARION, Ohio, Tues. (AP) Rebellious prisoners at Ohio's Marlon Correctional Institution set several fires yesterday, one ruining the prison library, before 'a massed force of officers restored discipline. There was no violence aside from the fire-setting spree, but the approximate 800 inmates would not report to
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      77 11 PLAIN VIEW, Texas, Tues. (AP) —Police said on undetermined number of persons were trapped last night in a burning church after an explosion ripped through the building. The Sheriff's department said that 12 persons were believed to be trapped in ♦.he burning church A Sheriff's despatcher
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      174 11 REYKJAVIK. Iceland. Tues. (AP) Three bodies, which may solve a 14-year-old air mystery, have been found on the remote Eyjafjalla-Jokull glacier in Southern Iceland, it was reported here yesterday. It Is believed the bodies, found on Saturday, are those of three American airmen who have
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      Lock icon Nixon: US must be ready for another 5 years of combat
      319 11 NEW YORK, Tues, (AP) Former Vice President, Mr. Richard M. Nixon said last night that the United States "should be prepared for five more years" of combat in Vietnam "unless there is a substantial increase In the present war
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      30 11 PORTSMOUTH, England, Tues (AP). Three fast patrol boats, built here by Vospers Yard for the Kenya Navy, sailed for Mombasa yesterday. They will patrol Kenya's 300-mile coastline.
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      114 11 PASADENA, (California) Tues. (AFP) Lunar Orbiter today took its first low-level pictures of possible landing sites for future moon explorers, the Space Centre here announced. Today's first photographs were of the Sea of Fecundity on the extreme right of the moon as it is seen from
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      Lock icon US envoy gets 'Key to Tokyo'
      86 11 TOKYO, Japan, Tues. Tokyo Governor Ryotaro Azuma (left) hands over a "Key to Tokyo" to outgoing United States most popular Ambassador to Japan Mr. Edwin O. Reischauer and Mrs. Reischauer (right) at the Governor's special reception room in Metropolitan Government Building recently. The Golden
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      Lock icon Girls threaten to jump from 21st. floor if they don't see Beatles
      912 11 NEW YORK, Tucs (AP) TWO girls sat on a 21stfloor ledge of the Americana Hotel for 30 minutes yesterday and threatened to jump "unless we get to see the Beatles." But they got off the ledge after a
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      96 11 PORTO CERVO, Sardinia, Tues. (AP) Princess Grace of Monaco and Princess Margaret of England dined together yesterday with their husbands at the Aga Khan's villa on the Emerald Coast. The Grimaldis and the Snowdons are vacationing at the Aga's luxury resort on the Northern Sardinian
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      76 11 PARIS, Tues. (AP) Louis Renou, 70, Professor of Indian and Southeast Asian Civilisation at the Sorbonne, died last week at Vernon, France, friends reported yesterday. Burial was on Saturday at Brey-et-lu. Professor Renou was a student of Veda, the ancient and sacred literature of the Hindus. Among
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      166 11 BREMEN, Germany, Tues. (UPI) King Bhumibhol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand arrived here yesterday on the first stop of an unofficial visit to West Germany. Welcoming the Royal couple at Bremen airport were City Mayor Willy Dehnkamp, municipal leaders and thousands of citizens. The Mayor
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      Lock icon US Destroyers will call at Alexandria
      114 11 CAIRO, Tues (UPl)—The United Arab ftepublic will permit two U.S. sixth fleet destroyers to call next month at Alexandria, a move apparently reversing long standing policy to refuse calls by American warships. The U.S. embassy announced the courtesy calls yesterday and noted it would
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      89 11 ROME, Tues. (AP) The Italian Foreign Ministry said yesterday tn a t 4.780.000 Italian citizens currently live outside Italy, according to Its latest estimates. The Ministry said 2.3 million were living in other nations of Europe, 1.6 million in Latin American countries, 400.000 in North America,
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      69 11 LONDON, Tues. (AP).— A group of 160 Japenese Master Tailors were guests last night of the British Tailoring Trade and the International Wool Secretariat at a reception at London's National Liberal Club. The group split into seven sections, each visiting a different London woollen merchant. In the
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      66 11 ADELAIDE Tues. (AP).— E. J. Earl, 87, of the suburb of Cheltenham has 100 greatgrandchildren. He said 51 of the 100 come from the family of his eldest son, Roy Earl, of Mt. Gambier. "Roy has 13 children to my nine, so it looks as if he's
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    398 8 trouble about the Labour Party of Malaysia is that it is too fond of minding other nations' business on the ground that being socialists they would want others to conform to their pet views and policies. It is pointless for Dr. Tan Chee Khoon to ask
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    304 8 pRIME Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has dispelled any doubts about the continuation of the defence treaty with Britain against external aggression. Malaysia is too small a country to be able to resist outside aggression with her limited defence forces. With the war in South Vietnam still raging, it
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      Lock icon Americans 'no right in Vietnam'
      791 8  -  D. S. C. IT is heartening to have an English-educated person like Dr. K. Y. Chan to speak in defence of Asia. I read with interest the war of words between the writers in the Letters' column. Large volumes of books have been written in
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      442 8 MR. Raman's reply was far from satisfactory. For one he was evasive and for another he failed to understand my letter. His definition of Indian community is a new definition and is a radical departure from the established order. He says, "When we use the word Indian
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      319 8 A READER complained in the Eastern Sun (20-8-66) that RTC trainees have only to attend part-time lecture course, whereas DTC trainees have to attend full-time lecture course. He seems not knowing that, in this way, DTC trainees enjoy greater privilege than their RTC colleagues. By
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      Lock icon Too many mosquitoes in housing estate
      154 8  -  T. A. MUGAN. THE rank vegetation, call it prairies, savannahs, pampas. tropical grasslands or swamps that riddle Serangoon Garden Estate may help the pupils who attend the schools in this area to study their geography and flora and fauna of the environment in which
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      617 8  -  DEE TEE CEE. IN the Aug. 17th issue of the Eastern Sun, a reader, L.K.K. wrote that "it is not just for DTC teachers to claim salary equivalent to that of the RTC teachers". This statement shows clearly why the teachers in this
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      125 8  -  C. K. S. IT is foolish and undesirable for one category of teachers to attack and question the amount of work done by another category of teachers, just for the sake of demanding higher oay. This concerns the ethics of the teaching profession and will
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      202 8 ONE Sunday evening, I went to visit a friend living in the Macpherson Housing Estate. My friend is staying on the 10th floor. So I had to go up by lift. The lift, which was full, could not budge. However, a man voluntarily stepped
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      245 8 I hope that the writer of the letter "Christian Schools should be Malayanised" appearing on page 8 of jour paper was inspired by nothing more than altruistic motives, but I. for one, cannot but conclude that the writer has some grievance, real or imaginary, about the
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      184 8 ALLOW me to refer to the letter, "Unfair, Mad mad, mad world" recently publish* ed in your paper. Unfairness in the appointment of R.T.C. lecturers has made th« teaching world of graduate teachers a mad one. There is also the feelini that F.E.C. appointments
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      233 8  -  T.H. MIRANDA THE Trade Unions (Amendment) Bill passed by Parliament last Wednesday aroused some unnecessary comment# from certain unionists who are also politicians. Inche Mohamed Ariff bio Suradi expressed fear that the Amendment relating to non-citizens might encourage employers to exploit workerl who are non-citizens. The
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      Lock icon Car tyre sales touch new high
      214 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (AFP) Passenger car tyre shipments to the replacement market reached a new high in June, with 9,871,618 units recorded, the Rubber Manufacturers Association reports. This was a gain of 16.5 per cent compared with May levels and 10.6 per cent higher
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      135 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Swissair, the Swiss airline hopes to make a contribution to the tourist trade in Singapore when it begins operating here, Mr. R.P. Walty the airline's manager In Singapore said today. Mr. Walty returned to Singapore on Saturday after his annual leave. "We are not
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      92 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Sultan of Johore will declare open a new $2-1/2 million palm oil mili at Eastern Oil Palms Ltd.'s estate at Ulu Tiram, Johore on Saturday. The mill is part of a $l3l/'i million investment in the oil palm industry by the company. The
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      54 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mercury outboard motor tales have increased not only In the Republic and Malaysia but also throughout the world, the director of Soon Cheong Limited, Mr. Chua Hock Tat, said. He added the success was due to the combined efforts of local distributors, local boatels
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      59 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. —Chinese Produce Exchange, Singapore noon prices per picul today. Coconut oil; bulk s44s sellers, drum s4s} sellers. Pepper: Muntok white 1195 sellers, Sarawak white SI92J sellers, special Sarawak black sl42s sellers, garbled Lampong black sl42| 96% NLW) 1157 s ell «*s (1000% rJLW). */,?f ng^ pore Coconut
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      269 9 I ONDON, Tues. (AFP) The agenda before the International Coffee Council provides ample scope for the 1960-66 season to earn the title "The Coffee Year of Construction", Council President Roger Mukasa of l ganda told the opening council session here yesterday. After recalling that
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      303 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Sept first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 63 cents per lb., up 1/4 cent. London advices were lower than expected and the market was slow to open about 1/4 cent off last night's final levels. There
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      97 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants today: New York: buying'T.T. 32-11/16; airmail, O.D. 3213/16, 90 d/st. 33-5/16 credit bills, 33-7/16 trade bills. Canada: buying, T.T. 351/8; airmail O.D. 35-1/4, 90 d/st. 35-13/16 credit bills, 35-7/8 trade bills.
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      129 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Two local shipyard executives will leave by air tomorrow for a six-week familiarisation tour of shipyards in Japan, Formosa and Hongkong. They are Mr. Lim Cheng Hai and Mr. Lam Song Lam the acting administrative manager and senior purchasing officer respectively, of Jurong
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      112 9 PARIS, Tues (AFP).— Giant petrol tankers of the future, between 200,000 and 500,000 tons, could tie up at Jetties off the French coast east of Cherbourg, according to a French Member of Parliament. The member, Mr. Jacques Herbert, pointed out in a written question that
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      49 9 IPOH, Tues.—The average daily tin price on the Malayan market was $660.96 cts. a picul, the quarterly Bulletin of Statistics of the mining industry issued here today stated. The price was highest at $687.75 cts. on April 21, and lowest at $628.25 cts. on June 16.
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      43 9 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) The Export Import Bank announced that it will help finance the sale of about U. 5.2.5 million worth of U.S. goods and services in Pakistan through a relending credit to the industrial development bank of that nation.
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      Lock icon SHARES PICK UP AFTER FALLS
      588 9 SINGAPORE, Tucs. The Stock Exchange opened the morning session with the falls of the past few days sharply extended. However, the afternoon prices recovered to levels prevailing yesterday. CCM which fell to $1.38 recovered to $1.43. The same pattern was seen in Esso, $2.92 to
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      14 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The tin price today was $605-1/2 per picul, down $3-7/8.
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        191 9 B S Boustead 1.52 1.55 Chemical Co 1.42 1.44 Cola Storage 2.85 3.00 Dunlot> 2 42 E. Smelting 3.98 4.06 Esso Ords 2.94 2.98 United Holdings CCR 1.90 2.00 Fitzpatricks 1.60 1.68 F N. Ords 3.60 3.62 Gammon 2.11 Guinness 2.30 Hotel S'pura 1.01 1.03 Hume (M) Ltd 1.75
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        30 9 City Dev .36 Faber Union .52 Island Hotel 55 .62 Island Pen. 44 .46 K. L. Prop. 84 .90 San Holdings 31 3el. Prop 1.25 1.40 S'pore Land .60
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        82 9 Aokam 3 60 Ayei Hi tarn 23/Berjuntai XD 34/34/74 Chenderiong 16/Hong Kong 34/9 K'pong Lanjut 23/6 Kamunting 20/Killinghall 46/Kramat 12/12/7* Kuchai 1 92 Larut 11/3 11/9 Lingui 2.04 Lower Perak 23 3 Pahang Consol 16/Petaling CD 4.86 Pungah 10/10/6 Rahman Hvd 3 28 Sel Dredsrine 2 34 Siamese 12/10i
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        41 9 Bassett (50cts) .88 Benta 1.38 1.42 Bovelli (New) 2.20 2.26 Kempas 2 00 Kepong Plant 1.95 2.20 Kluang Ord 1.78 New Serendah 2.30 2.33 Sel. Coconut 3.18 Sungei Bagan Temerloh CD 210 Ulu Benut 1 50 United Malacca 1.83
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        22 9 Anglo-Asian XD 1/1 1/2 Anglo Oriental 3/3 3/6 Consol Salak 2/5 E Asiatic 1/6 Golden Hope 5/1 Malaya General 2/5
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        27 9 First Malayan 2.21 2.31 Second Malayan 1.56 1.66 Third Malayan 1.15 1.26 Malaysia Commerce 90 1.01 Mai. Saving Fund 1.35 1.45 Sterling Commodity 4/1 4/8
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        178 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8.20 a.m. MAL 019 Kuala Lumpur. 850 a.m. JAL 712 Jakarta. 9.30 a.m. MAL 121 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. Thai 404 Jakarta. 10.55 a.m. MAL 005 Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. 11.05 a.m. MAL 451 Kuching. 10.30 a.m. AV 648 Saigon. 12.40 p.m. KLM
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        168 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.00 a.m. MAL 032 Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, 7.31 a.m. Penang, Kota Bahru. MAL 122 Kuala Lumpur. 7.40 a.m. MAL 452 Kuching. 7.40 a.m. MAL 616 Kuala Lumpur. Hongkong. 9.00 a.m. CPA 572 Bangkok, Hongkong, Taipeh, 9.00 a.m. Osaka, Tokyo. MAL 044 K. Lumpur.
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        144 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8.25 a.m. MAL (ML 032) Penang, Malacca. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang. Ipoh. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 616) Singapore. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 044) Singapore. 10.30 a.m. Air Vietnam <VN 648) Singapore. 10.55 a.m. Thai (TG
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        Lock icon DEPARTURES FROM K. LUMPUR
        137 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 122> Singapore. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 032) Penang. Ipoh, Kota Bahru. 9.30 am. MAL (ML 005) Malacca, Singapore. 9.50 a.m. MAL (ML 616) Hongkong. 10.20 a.m. MAL (ML 044) Kuantan, Kota Bahru. 10.55
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      172 9 WASHINGTON, T u e s (AP) Twenty Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives saying the Soviet Union may replace the United States as the major maritime power, opposed yesterday plans to merge the Maritime Administration into a new Department of Transportation. Legislation to
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      54 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) —Rubber futures closed ten points lower on no sales yesterday. Closing prices: Bid Asked Sep... 22.508 23.05 Nov. 22.75 23.15 Jan. 22.95 23.25 Mar. 22.95 23.25 May. 22.95 23.25 Jly. 22.95 23.25 Sep... 22.95 23.25 Locally, No. 1 RSS was quoted at 23 3/4
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      183 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Karakorum 3/4 Sumatra 5 Barpeta 6/7 Hannover 8/9 Anho 10/11 City of Chester 13/14 Vishva Vir 15/16 Polyphemus 18 Benarty 19 Eastern Rover 21/22 Maxwell Brander 23/24 Kyosho Maru 25/26 Bintang 27/28 State of
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    640 12 CANBERRA, Australia, Tues. Man may be described as "a parasite on a vegetable." To live, he must eat. He eats vegetables or flesh of other animals which themselves have eaten vegetables. To live better, then, man must Improve cultivation of his crops. Food yields depend
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    1173 12 SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. •TWO prizes in one totalling to a US$6,OOO tuition scholarship were the reward of a national piano competition for 17-year-old Mary Chin-fun Lee, who has reaped many honours for her musical talents since she arrived in the United States seven
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    167 12 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) —Francis Cardinal Spellman yesterday told delegates to the 67th Annual Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars( VFW) that the morale of American fighting men in Vietnam is "magnificient." Spellman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, said this was
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    151 12 ADEN, Tues. (UPI) The South Arabian Federal government yesterday ordered the closure of its frontiers with Yemen. The shutdown effective last night for an indefinite period followed the deportation early yesterday morning of nearly 150 Yemenis as a reprisal for the assassination last week of a
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    712 12 CANBERRA, Australia, Tues. The decision of the Australian Government to take part as a major exhibitor in the first Asian International Trade Pair tc be held in Bangkok from November 17 to December 10 further emphasises Australia's desire to identify herself with the countries
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    196 15 KIT ALA LUMPUR, Tues. >- Singapore edged Ceylon 3 2 in a thrilling encounter, in the opening day's play of team events, in the second international school boys badminton c h a mpionships, here this morning. Bobby Koh, Singapore's No. 1 singles play«r, outplayed Ceylon's
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    156 15 COPENHAGEN, T u e s. '(UPI) Former world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston will have himself listed as official contender to the winner of the Sept. 10 world title bout between champion Cassius Clay and European champion Karl Mildenberger of West Germany. Liston. on
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    57 15 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Joint Services versus the Sing Tao side from Hong Kong which was scheduled to be played at Jalan Besar tomorrow has been called off indefinitely. It is understood that the change of programme was the result of Sing Tao's decision to play more matches
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    30 15 SINGAPORE, Tues. Douglas Ooi, 16, is seen receiving the Caltex Shield from Mr. Cheong Thiam Siew, Hon. Secretary Treasurer of the Singapore Golf Association. Ooi won the junior amateur competition.
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    248 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Motor-cycle entries for the fifth Tunku Abdul Rahman circuit races have topped 94 an all time record. Of this number. 23 will be competing for the main event for open motor-cycles for Rothman's new challenge trophy. This event has attracted
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    304 15 LONDON, Tues. (AFP).— Gary Sobers, the West Indian captain, topped the Test cricket averages and finished third best in the overall bowling figures. Leading the England batting was Tom Graveney. The details the English batting and bowling are as follows: ENGLAND BATTING: M. T. NO.
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    108 15 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The results of Swift* A. A. open six-mile road week held recently are as follows: Seniors: Ist, Dave Levy time 49 mins. 42 sees; 2nd Larry Miles 51 mins. 5* sees; 3rd. Rocky Chau, 53 mins. Juniors: Ist. B.K.S. Maniam, time 48 mins. 08
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    91 15 PALM BEACH GARDENS, Flo., Tues. (UPI) Billy Casper, on the strength of his tie for third in the insurance city open on Sunday, has climbed past the $300,000 mark in official earnings. Casper won U556,250 at Hartford and now has banked $316,695 in official money. His total
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    107 15 MALACCA, Tues. The Emu. Cricket Club of Australia beat Headquarters 20th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade by 10 wickets in a day match played at the Terendak Camp here today. The Commonwealth Infantry Brigade started first and scored 54 in the first Innings. The best bowler was Jones
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    128 15 PENANG, Tues. Former race horse owner and trainer, Mr. C.E. Parker. 60, died at 11 p.m. yesterday at the General Hospital following a motor accident on Aug. 16. The motor accident took place at the 8 1/2 mile, Batu Ferringhi about midnight. He was travelling
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    98 15 UTRECHT. Netherlands, Tues. (AP). —East Germany surprisingly came out as the top European swimming nation yesterday, winning five of the first 12 medals awarded to the European championships. Two east German competitors also set new European records in the championships. Martina Grunert brought the women's
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    71 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Philippines caused the first major upset in the 2nd International Schoolboys' Badminton tournament, late this evening when Daniel T.S. Philippines No. 2, beat Tan Aik Mong of Malaysia 13—15, 15—13, 15—1. Ceylon continued to deteriorate in the tournament. Yoshlo Mori of Japan
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    301 15 DOUGLAS. (Isle of Man.) Tues (AP) New Zealander Hugh Anderson on a tiny 50 c.c. Japanese Suzuki motorcycle today set an unofficial lap record for the Isle of Man mountain circuit with an average speed of 83.03 miles per hour. Anderson was practising for next week's tourist
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    379 15 IPOH, Tues. Thailand drew with Hong Kong two-all in a Merdeka soccer match at the Perak Stadium here tonight before an estimated crowd of 15,000, including Thai supporters from South Thailand. —r a. Hongkong kicked off from a tame start but the game livened up considerably
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    173 15 CHESTNUT HILL. Massachusetts, Tues. (UPI) The U.S. Lawn Tennis Association resumes its 86th national doubles tournament at the Longwood Cricket Club today with a patched-up schedule. Rain washed out yesterday's matches forcing wholesale juggling of the schedule to make up the lost day. "We've got to
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    24 15 Wonder Lamp (Moxham) who won the second rac« on the last day of the Singapore races. The winner paid $l4 and $B.
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    370 16 Ramos held talks with Suharto, Sukarno JAKARTA, Tues. (UPI) PHILIPPINES Foreign Secretary, Mr. Narciso Ramos left Jakarta for Manila today after concluding four-and-a-half days of talks with Indonesia's leaders and exploring plans for expanding the Association of South-east Asia (ASA) to include Indonesia. Mr. Ramos left
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    280 16 SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) Vietnam's Welfare Minister Tran Ngoc Lieng said that prostitution in Vietnam had grown to such an extent with the influx of Americans that it now was one of the country's most well-organised industries. He said that the government was about to
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    201 16 KUCHING, Sarawak. Tues. (AFP) Sarawak's Chief Minister Penghulu Tawi Sli said today that early elections would be held in Sarawak only within the framework of the Bangkok agreement between Malaysia and Indonesia. Otherwise, he reiterated, there would be no early elections as
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    101 16 Japanese children listen intently to music played by "Parade Robot Orchestra", the first band of walking robots in the world, which is now being displayed at the "World's Greatest Science Exhibition for Children" at a department store in Tokyo until Aug. 28. The robots, changing their positions just
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    132 16 MANILA, Tues. <AP)— Tan Sri Abdul Hamid, Malaysia's first ambassador to the Philippines, presented his credentials to President Ferdinand Marcos in a brief official ceremony at the Presidential Palace today. Mr. Marcos, welcoming Tan Sri Hamid. said he hoped the ties between the two
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    620 16 Jakarta, Tues. (UP I) There is mounting concern that the outlawed Communist Party is attempting to stage a comeback in Indonesia by creating disunity over President Sukarno's role in Indonesia's future. Military authorities and anti-Communist political organisations and action fronts have been
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    67 16 HONG KONG. Tues (AFP) People's China delivered a strong protest to Indonesia over the seizure of the Chinese consulate in Medan, North Sumatra, the New China News Agency, monitored here, said today. The agency said the protest was delivered in Jakarta on August 19. The consulate was
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    88 16 MANILA, Yues. (AP) A woman councillor, perturbed at the number of drunks she has seen on the streets, wants the city's present liberal "drink when you like" laws cut to six hours a day. Councillor Marina Francisco yesterday at a City Council
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    61 16 RED CHINA'S Mao Tse-tung (left) stands along with Communist China's Defence Minister Marshal Lin Piao on the rostrum atop the Tienanmen Gate in Peking during a mass rally for the "great proletarian cultural revolution" reCent y *Communist China's party leader introduced the 59-year-old Defence Minister Lin
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    72 16 SAIGON, Tues. (AFP) Seven crew-members were killed when an American cargo vessel hit a mine along one of the two Mai entrances to the port of Saigon this morning. The explosion ripped open a large hole in the vessel which ran aground. The ship, named
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    283 16 r POKYO, Tues. (UPI) Rumours of the downfall of Communist China's State Chairman Liu Shao-Chi spreading in Peking, it was reported here today. The Peking correspondent for the mass circulation Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported that Liu's downfall was rumoured especially after th« Chinese
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