Eastern Sun, 25 August 1966

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    26 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Esld. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 40. Thursday, August 25 1966. •fr MC (P) 1942 KDN 2309 Price 13 rents
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    Lock icon MALAYSIA'S DEFENCE PACT REMAINS
    806 1  -  Tun Razak: It is not, at present, intended to review By Ben D'Cunha, Lim Thow Boon. KUALA LUMPUR' Wed. MALAYSIA has no intention of reviewing her defence agreement with Britain at present, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, declared in the House of Representatives this
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    Lock icon Tun Thanat to visit Jakarta
    55 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. (AFP) Thai Foreign Minister Tun Thanat Khoman is expected in Jakarta on Aug. 28, Radio Jakarta reported today. Tun Thanat is visiting Indonesia at the invitation of Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik, the Radio said. The Radio did not say how long Tun
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    Lock icon 'Malaysia is viable as financial, economic unit without S'pore'
    835 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said here today that it was "ridiculous" to suggest that Malaysia was not viable by itself as a financial and economic unit without Singapore. He further said that a pattern
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    Lock icon Nasution told Chinese to make their stand clear
    250 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP) Congress Chairman General Abdul Haris Nasution today called on all overseas Chinese living In this country to drop their exclusivism and make their stand clear once and for all. Speaking before some 200 prominent overseas Chinese In Jakarta today,
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    Lock icon HOUSEWIFE STABBED
    47 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. A housewife, Ang Ah Choon. 20. was stabbed tonight by a man during a quarrel in a Housing and Development Board flat at Geylang. She was admitted to the General Hospital in a serious condition. A man has been detained by the Police.
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    Lock icon GANG CLASH
    30 1 SINGAPORE, Wed.—Two men were assaulted tonight during a gang clash near the junction of Jalan Besar and Kitchener Road. Both of them were admitted to the General Hospital.
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    Lock icon 'Sukarno bribes history' charge
    179 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP) Indonesian youth leaders have charged that President Sukarno had "corrupted history" by not mentioning the role of the Communist Party (P.K.1.) in last October's coup attempt, in his Independence Day speech. The movement of socialist youths in a statement today strongly criticised the
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    Lock icon Bandung back to normal
    95 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (AFP)— Army Chief General Suharto told newsmen here today the security situation has returned to normal in Bandung. West Java. Gen. Suharto was accompanying the military commander of West Java, Major General Dharsono who reported the Bandung "Aug. 19 incident" and the counter measures
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    Lock icon Malik sends message of sympathy
    94 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (AFP) Indonesian Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik has sent a message expressing his deep regret for the death of Julius usman who was killed in the anti and pro Sukarno clash in Bandung last Friday, Radio Jakarta reported. Mr. Malik in his message
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  • Local News
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      Lock icon Brutal attack on MP an 'eye opener'
      436 2  -  PAR By Ben D'Cunha, Lim Thow Boon KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister of Home Affairs, Tun (Dr.) Ismail told the Dewan Ra'ayat tonight that the brutal attack on a Member of the House should be an "eye opener" to MPs of the menace
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      Lock icon 'People in PPP should be detained'
      337 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —An Alliance backbencher today suggested that the government impose stricter measures to curb the activities of people who go about spreading racial discord, w P e °P le should be placed in detention," Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed (All.-Kota Star Selatan) told
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      Lock icon MP hit by thugs, makes plea for personal safety
      320 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A Member of Parliament who was assaulted by thugs here stood up in the Dewan Ra'ayat today with his face plastered to make a strong plea for personal safety of Members of Parliament to carry out their duty
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      Lock icon MB calls for one Islamic body
      309 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Mentri Besar of Selangor, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, has appealed to the Rulers to come to an agreement so that a unified Islamic Religious Association could be formed for the whole of Malaysia. The association, he said would be
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      Lock icon Delegation to meet Tun Razak
      52 2 MUAR, Wed. The Muar and Batu Pahat Penambang Ferry Workers' Union will send a delegation to meet the Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Razak early next month to discuss their future after completion of the bridges across the Muar and Batu Pahat rivers by March
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      Lock icon Monthly meet
      20 2 MUAR, Wed. The Muar Town Council will hold its monthly meeting on the 28th August at 9.00 a.m.
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      Lock icon Assn. Dinner
      21 2 MUAR. Wed. The Muar Coffee Merchant Association will hold a dinner on 27th Aug. to celebrate its 36th anniversary.
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      Lock icon House approves cash for flood victims
      549 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Dewan Ra todav approved $4.6 million cash assistance for the rehabilitation of last December's flood victims in the states of Kelantan and Jrengganu. SunnleThis amount is part of the mentary Supply Bill for this year approved by the House. The
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      Lock icon Sabah polls before Aug. 1968
      171 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Elections in Sabah will be held earlier than August 1968. This was stated in the Dewan Ra'ayat by the Minister of Lands and Mines, Enche Abdul Rahman Yaakub during the winding up of debate on the Supplementary Supply Bill. The Minister said
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      Lock icon CUEPACS to ask Tunku for early settlement of claims
      506 2 By CHAN KAM YAU KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An appeal is to be made to the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, to intervene and satisfactorily finalise the claims of ancillary grades and option "B" clerks for a salary revision. This was contained
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      Lock icon Blakang Mati industrial port under study
      792 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Blakang Mali island, if developed with deep-water wharves, can not only accommodate the biggest ships afloat at the moment, but also the large ships being designed on the drawing board. This was tola to the Press today by the Director of the
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      Lock icon NEPTUNE NIGHT BALL
      138 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Polytechnic Nautical Society will hold its second annual Neptune Nite Ball on Sept. 10 at Ocean Park. The dance is under the distinguished patronage of the Minister for EducationMr. Ong Pang Boon. The purpose of the dance is to raise funds for carrying
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      Lock icon THE LUCKY MRS. YEO
      157 3 -BINGAPORE, Wed. A •miling Mrs. Yeo Chor Joo ol the nine winners ©f Eastern Sun's second quiz contest receiving her cheque of $333.33 from the company's Chairman, Datin Aw Kow, (left) at the newsPaper's office in Cantonment Road here today. Mrs. Yeo said she had ft
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      Lock icon STEWART PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
      35 3 Singapore's first High Commissioner to Australia, Mr. Stanley Toft Stewart (left), presenting his letters of credence to the Governor-General of Australia, Lord Casey, at Government House, Canberra, the Australian national capital today.
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      Lock icon Rotary stage UN Week
      213 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A "United Nations Week" will be held by three Rotary Clubs of Singapore, from Oct. 24 to 30 this year. The object of the U.N. Week is to acquaint Rotarians, students and the public in general of the activities of the United Nations. A
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      Lock icon STUDENTS GO ON TOUR
      51 3 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Singapore Polytechnic Building Society will send a delegation of eight students for a two weeks' study tour of Thailand. The delegation will be eaving by air tomorrow. The patron of the tour is Mr. Soon Peng Yam, President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of
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      Lock icon Ong on need for co-operation
      327 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, has stressed the importance of regional understanding and co-operation now that countries in South-East Asia were assuming a vital role in world affairs. In his message to the Singapore Polytechnic Building Society, on the publication
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      Lock icon Sentence reduced
      68 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A hospital attendant, Achutan Vellu Rathanam had his appeal against a lower court sentence of 12 months' imprisonment reduced to six months by Mr. Justice Ambrose in the High Court here today. Achutan was jailed by a District Court for accepting $2 for a medical certificate
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      Lock icon Water cut
      26 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Water in Upper Thomson Road from 61 m.s. tomm.st. t will be cut off on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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      Lock icon Man gets stabbed in chest
      154 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A killing outside a cinema in the Great World Amusement Park last December, had a sequel before the High Court here today. A man. Tan Chin Lee was on trial for the murder of 20-year-old Tian Chee Foon outside the Canton Theatre on
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      Lock icon Courses in German
      91 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Adult Education Board and the German Embassy is jointly organising a new series of course in the German language. The courses will be organised at five levels: Beginners, the Intermediate and Advance I, II and 111. The duration of the course for Beginners. Intermediate
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      Lock icon Shot man rowed boat to safety
      371 3  -  By: A. Johnson SINGAPORE, Wed. —The will to survive saved the life of a Singapore fisherman. Goh Geok Whee, from the jaws of death. Goh, though bleeding profusely from gunshot wounds, rowed the outboard vessel in which he and two other colleagues had been
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      Lock icon Longer hours for TV S'pura
      175 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Television Singapura will extend its hours of transmission over both Channels 5 and 8 on Friday to celebrate the official opening of the new TV centre by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. C hannei 5 will broadcast from 4 50 p.m.
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      Lock icon DRESS MAKING CLASSES
      167 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The Adult Education Board will soon conduct dress-making classes designed to teach students the basic principles in drers-making. The six-month course will be conducted in English and the Stage I syllabus will include the study of the various terms used in dressmaking, the practical use
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      Lock icon Enche Mansor bin Dato Besar Manan and his bride, Che Arbaiyah binti Ibrahim during the "Bersanding" ceremony at the bride's residence at 22A Jalan Pandangan, Kampong Raja Uda, Port Swettenham, recently. Che Arbaiyah, the sixth and youngest daughter of Enche Ibrahim H. M. Sirat, is a Brainsford-trained teacher attached to the Sekolah Menengah (Secondary) Abdul Rahman Talib, Kuantan, Pahang.
      59 4 Enche Mansor bin Dato Besar Manan and his bride, Che Arbaiyah binti Ibrahim during the "Bersanding" ceremony at the bride's residence at 22A Jalan Pandangan, Kampong Raja Uda, Port Swettenham, recently. Che Arbaiyah, the sixth and youngest daughter of Enche Ibrahim H. M. Sirat, is a Brainsford-trained teacher attached to
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      Lock icon FARMERS WARNED
      94 4 SEREMBAN, Wed. The deputy to the Mentri Besar, Negri Sembilan Enche Samad IdrLs advised members of Farmer Association not to be too ambitious in planning projects. This would only result in failure and disappointment in the end. On the other hand, they should carry out their acti- vities
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      Lock icon Tapper who killed mother freed
      264 4 PENANG, Wed. A 31-year-old rubber tapper, Chang Soon Cheng, was today ordered by Mr. Justice H. S. Ong to be kept in the Penang prisons pending an order from the Governor-in-Council after acquitting him on the charge of murdering his mother, Chong Ah Nyong, on
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      Lock icon SJAB's NEW CHIEF
      32 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Dato (Dr.) Haji Megat Khas has been appointed the new Commissioner of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade, Malaya. He takes over from Dr. Chang Hoey Chan.
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      Lock icon Mr. H.J. Burrows
      43 4 PENANG, Wed. The President of the British Orthopaedic Association, Mr. H. Jackson Burrows, will arrive here by air tomorrow morning. During his stay here, he will conduct clinical and operation sessions. He will leave here for Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
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      Lock icon MIDFL's $1/2 mil. loan to food process firm
      131 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Ltd. today announced that it has granted a loan of $500,000 to General Foods Processing Co., Ltd. The loan is to assist the company to finance the purchase of plant and machinery and building
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      Lock icon Four YWCA talks
      157 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Four delegates have been chosen to represent the YWCA of Malaya and Singapore at the WORLD YWCA conference in India from Aug. 30 to Sept. 10. The delegate from Singapore is Miss Alice Koh, Asst. Hostel Secretary of the Singapore YWCA Hostel. She left
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      Lock icon Rally to end National Language month
      64 4 MUAR, Wed. .The Parit Jawa Local Council, nine miles from here, will hold a rally to wind up the national language month celebrations on August 26 at 3 p.m. More than one thousand community leaders, political leaders, schoolchildren and members of the public will
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      Lock icon Scholarships for young couple...
      146 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed A youni Malaysian couple has won awards for postgraduate study in the United States. INCHE ABDUL MAULUD BIN YUSOF, recent graduate of the Department of Malay Studies at the Uni- versity of Malays, will study toward a Master's degree in Anthropology at the
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      Lock icon Four learn real meaning of survival
      240 4  -  By LEE CHIA FOOK KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Four Pe°P'e who had Just finished watching a television vivfli" last nieht had a real lesson in survival wnen four robbers broke into the house at Jalal Ayer Lama Ampang here, and held them up at gun
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      Lock icon Three robbers to spend 21 years in jail
      476 4  -  By ROBERT KUAN IPOH, Wed. A watchman returning home in his sampan on Nov. 30 last year saved the lives of three men struggling in the Perak River, not knowing that they were jewel robbers, the High Court was told here today.
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      Lock icon MASOBA brings delight to children
      94 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Seventy handicapped children of the Rehabilitation Centre for the physically handicapped at Cheras Road here enjoyed a day of great fun recently. About 20 members of the Kuala Lumpur Methodist Afternoon School Old Boys Association offered them nearly one hour of popular
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      Lock icon Release of expresident urged
      150 4 MALACCA, Wed. An appeal was made at the monthly Municipal Council meeting here today for the release of a former president, Enche Hasnul bin Hadi, who is under detention under the Internal Security Act. Mr Mah Khye Boh (Labour), who made the appeal said confrontation had
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      Lock icon First aid contest December
      125 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The St. John's Ambulance Brigade hopes to hold its Malaysian first aid and nursing competition here in December. The chairman of the Federal competition committee, Puan Sri Sa'adiah Sardon said today that the Sabah St. John's would be welcome if they wanted to
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      Lock icon Govt. aims to raise standard of living
      144 4 MUAR, Wed The acting Mentri Besar of Johore Dato Haji Othman bin Mohd. Sa'at has said that it is the intention of the Alliance Government to raise the standard of living of the people of this country. He said, "Since Merdeka the Government
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      Lock icon 'Malpractice in council —D'Cruz
      158 4 MALACCA. Wed. The Malacca Municipal Council was urged today to investigate into an order allegedly signed by the eng.neer amounting to $40,000 one year after the construction was handed over to the council. Mr. J. L. D'Cruz (Alliance) who made the allegation said that the council's
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      Lock icon Sultan to open oil mill
      82 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Tne auitan ot Johore. ooea the new palm oil m»'l on the Eastern Oil Palms Limited estate at Ulu Tiram, 13 miles east of Johore Babru, on Saturday. The Sultan will Derform the opening ceremonv p* a.m before an audience of povemrrent
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      Lock icon Methodists vote for autonomy
      387 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. One hundred and fifty delegates, both ministers and paymen, from all the Chinese congregations in Western Malaysia and Singapore have unanimously voted for the establishment of an automous Methodist Church. In a statement the Singapore Methodist Headquarters said the Methodist Church in Malaysia and
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      Lock icon UMNO TO SEND GROUP TO GOVT.
      171 5 SINGAPORE. Wed The Singapore' UMNO will hold a special liasion committee meeting this Friday to decide whether to a delegation to meet Government authorities pertaining to the newly amended Singapore UMNO's constitution. Disclosing this to the Eastern Sun today, the UMNO's Secretary-General Tan Sri
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      Lock icon Caltex golf film on loan
      95 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The 1966 Caltex Master's Golf Tournament will be televised on TV-Singapura Channel 5 tomorrow at 10.50 p.m. It will feature the winner, Jack Nicklaus, who has won the Master's Golf Tournament twice in 1965 and 1966. He will also be teen teeing off
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      Lock icon Beauties to offer you Danish delights
      499 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The epicurean delights of Denmark offered to you by Nordic beauties will be a feature of the Danish Food Festival to be held in Singapore and Malaysia between Sept. 2 and Oct. 1. The Danish Food Festivals, organised by the Danish Agricultural
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      Lock icon MINISTERS-OFFICER AND CADET
      50 5 Dr. Goh Keng Swee, Minister of Defence, is seen inspecting the cadet officers at the passing-out parade of People's Defence Force at Beach Road. Standing erect at this extreme right is the Minister for Educa- tion, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, in cadet officer's uniform. Eastern Sun Photo.
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      Lock icon 80 days world trip for 'Miss Tourism'
      314 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. "Miss Tourism Singapura 1966" will be sent on an "Around the World in 30 Days" tour to publicise the island's tourist lures The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board says stiff competition is expected this year for the prestigious title and the rewarding
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      Lock icon Internal travel project to go on
      187 5 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Singapore Tourist Association will extend its campaign to develop internal tourism in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei for another 12 months in view of the encouraging response from the public, says Mr. Paul Peralta, its Chief Exe- cutive Officer. Association launched its campaign
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      Lock icon POSTER STICKER FINED
      115 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. A 16-year-old printing assistant, Lui Tong Ban. who was freed by a Magistrate's Court for poster-sticking, was fined $25 or one week's imprisonment by the High Court here today. The case arose over an appeal by the Public Prosecutor against a lower court's decision. Lui
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      Lock icon STC union meeting
      37 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union will hold a Special General Council Meeting at the union premises this Sunday at 7 p.m. to discuss new demands before presenting them to their employers.
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      Lock icon Labourer gets discharge
      101 5 SINGAPORE, Wed Suleiman bin Ahmat, 24, was today discharged by the Ninth Magistrate, Mr. Tan Hoay Djin, after a two-day preliminary inquiry into the murder of Balakrishnan Samu, a labourer. Suleiman was alleged to have been a member of an unlawful assembly whose common object was to
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      Lock icon Cheating case postponed
      47 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The trial of five men accused of cheating bar waitress Susy Lim Chai Kok, 24. of $8,400 in a gambling session, was postponed today to Oct. 27 by the Second Criminal District Court. It is also fixed for Oct. 28 and 31.
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      Lock icon Squadron carries 50,000 troops
      124 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The oldest serving Royal Air Force Squadron, No. 48 Squadron, in the Far East celebrated its 20th year of service in Singapore and Malaysia yesterday Currently flying Hastings transports it is based at RA.F. Changi here. During the past three years of confrontation aircraft
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      Lock icon German awards for scholars
      145 5 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is again offering two types of fellowships to local young scholars and scientists who wish to pursue advanced academic research projects at German institutions of higher learning. Fellowship "A" which carries a monthly allowance of $750 for about ten months
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      Lock icon Printers' Day
      39 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore General Printing Workers' Union will hold Its 54th anniversary meeting, the "1966 Printers' Day" and the third anniversary of the Voice of the Printers tomorrow at the Singapore Conference Hall at 7 p.m.
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      Lock icon Water cut
      26 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Water in Thompson Road between 41 m.s. and 5 m.s. wll be cut off on Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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      Lock icon Painter with a punch put on a show
      390 5  -  By LIM TIONG WAH SINNGAPORE, Wed. In most of Thomas Yeo's paintings, his inner feelings come out like a "punch". This impression is not far-fetched, especially when one realises that Mr. Yeo has switched boxing gloves for the brushes. (He represented Katong
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      Lock icon TOP MEN PASS OUT AS DEFENCE ARMY OFFICERS
      278 5  -  By SUHAIMI BIDIN SINGAPORE, Wed. A Cabinet Minister, a Minister of state, a Parliamentary Secretary and a Member of Parliament were among the cadet officers who formed a passing-out parade of the People's Defence Force yesterday. TTiey were the Minister for Education,
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      Lock icon China Society picnic
      46 5 SINGAPORE. Wed The China Society Council is organising a Sunday morning outing for its members and their friends this Sunday. This outing will include visits to the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Villa at Tai Gin Road and Siang Lim Si (Twin Grove Temple).
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      399 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN I CONTEST NO. 4 Quiz for August 25 1966 1. What is the name of the famous cat and mouse pair in film cartoons? 2. In which battle was Napoleon Bonaparte finally defeated? 3. i s
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      129 3 S'pore Diary 7.30 p.m.: Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Tanjong Penjuru; Kampong Teban Malay Kampong; Kong Min School, Florence Road; and Lee Choon School, Holland Road, 6 m.s. 7.30 p.m.: Victoria Theatre, Empress Place; "The True Story of Ah Q," stage play. 8 p.m.; University of Singapore
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      575 4 What's on in today's V *■s:' Radio and Television TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taipinc; 7 Batn Pahat; 9 Kluang. 5.45 Opening Annct.; 5.50 News in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10
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      51 5 TIME AND TIDE Tide and tables for August 25 (Thursday) Penang: 8.34 a.m. (6.1 ft). Port Swettenham: 12.34 p.m. (9.8 ft). Port Dickson: 2.09 p.m. (6.4 ft). Singapore: 6.54 a.m. (6.0 ft); 6.09 p.m. (7.1 ft), Sedili Kechil: 3.29 p.m. (6.2 ft). Kuantan 4.42 a.m. (7.7 ft.), 2.05 p.m. (5.2
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Ky offers an exchange of 'prisoners of war'
      248 6 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky said yesterday he was prepared to "offer an uneven exchange" of North Vietnamese prisoners of war for American airmen held prisoners in North Vietnam. Premier Ky made the statement In answer to a question
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      Lock icon Bank opens branch office in Angola
      65 6 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. '(AFP) One of South Africa's largest banks, the "Standard Bank," will open a branch in Angola it was announced here last night. The branch will include paiticipation by the Portuguese Bank Toto-Alianca of Lisbon The two banks have already opened a common
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      Lock icon EXPLOSION: 12 HURT
      42 6 FORT Wayne, Indiana, Wed. (AFP) An explosion of undetermined origin today destroyed two office buildings here, injuring at least 12 people. More injured were feared buried under the rubble of the buildings, belonging to the Phelps Dodge Copper Company.
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      Lock icon 'Batman' blamed for boy's death
      172 6 Batman' blamed for boy's death LEICESTER, England, Wed. (AP) The American comic strip and television show "batman" was blamed yesterday for the death of Charles Lee, 12, found hanging from a nail in a shed at his home. Found by his father, Victor, 46, an electrician, the boy was wearing
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      Lock icon Call for a world confab on Vietnam
      95 6 NEW DELHI, Wed. (AFP) —Hem Barua, Socialist deputy in the Lower House of the Indian Parliament, today suggested that President de Gaulle of France summon a world conference on Vietnam. He asked the Indian government to request the French President to make such
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      Lock icon Fork and spoon pose problems for 2 girls
      52 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed —Having a pair of outsized fork and spoon has its problems too. Annie Ang, left, needs her friend Amy Sibert's help to scoop up her lunch. This pair of fork and spoon measures three feet and is a souvenir
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      Lock icon Screaming teenagers watch Beatles' performance
      519 6 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) BRITAIN'S Beatles whipped through a fast-paced, outdoor concert of nine songs in 33 minutes last night and then, with assistance from New Y police, beat a hasty retreat from their teen-age fans. Some 45,000 persons, about 10.000 fewer than last year's
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      Lock icon 4 HURT IN BOMB BLAST
      41 6 SAIGON, Wed. (AFP) A plastic bomb exploded injuring four Americans early today at a Military Transmissions Centre in Rach Gia, a province capital 200 kilometres (125 miles) south of here. Tfhe centre itself was badly damaged.
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      Lock icon Money to aid UAR in project
      101 6 ROME, Wed. (AFP) The World Food programme will give $4,250,000 to the United Arab Republic to help push through a vast irrigation and drainage project it was announced here today. The money will help to pay the wages of 30,000 labourers working on a
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      Lock icon General's dismissal causes sensation
      149 6 BONN, Wed. (AFP)—The dismissal of General Werner Panitzkl from his post as Inspector General of the Luftwaffe caused a sensation today in the German Air Force, where he was popular and much respected. General Panitzkl was dismissed yesterday, following: a long-swlmmerlng row with the Defence Ministry,
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      Lock icon Book by church leader is banned
      96 6 NEW DELHI, Wed. (AFP) —The Indian government today banned a book written by British Baptist Church leader the Reverend Michael Scott on India's rebel Naga tribes. The government said that the book, called "The Nagas India's Problem or The World's The Search For Peace,"
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      188 6 VENICE, Italy, Wed. (UPI) Sponsors of the Venice International Film Festival, overriding objections from their President, yesterday approved the showing of a sex-fllled Swedish film but only to the Jury and the critics at this year's festival. The administrative council of the
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      136 6 GENEVA, Wed. fAFP) More than 100,000 people are homeless In earthquakestricken Anatolia and tents and bu 11 dln g materials must be rushed there urgently, the International Red Cross Society was Informed today. The plea was received In a telephone call from Red Cross
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      147 6 FIRST sharp, clear photograph of the lunar surface taken by U.S. Lunar Orb!-ter-1. The photograph is reassembled photograph made up of 14-frames, this was the first medium resolution photo in a series of 20-frames taken on 18th. North is at the top of
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      285 6 J£OLLYWOOD, Wed. (AFP) Francis X. Bushman, one of the world's first great filmstars of the silent cinema, died here today following a fall at his home in Hollywood. He was 83 years old. It was his second ,serious fall in three
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      96 6 HANOI, Wed. (AFP) With French President, de Gaulle's visit to Cambodia only a week off, diplomatic quarters here are keenly interested in the man North Vietnam will appoint to succeed Ca Van Thinh as chief of its delegation in Phnom Penh. Mr. Ca returned here
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      87 6 KINSHASA, Ex-Leopold-ville, Wed. (AFP) American Associated Press Correspondent, John Latz, 45, has been expelled from the Congo and told to fly to London tonight, it was announced here today Latz, who also wrote for several British papers and ran a dry-cleaning business as well, was arrested
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      55 6 HANOI, Wed. (AFP) One million young North Vietnamese of both sexes have registered at draft bureaus since President Ho Chi Minh issued his partial mobilisation order on July 17, newspaper here reported today. Included are 200,000 persons from Hanoi and 130,00 from Haiphong, the reports said. The
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      64 6 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (AFP)—United Nations Secretary General U Thant today informed the Turkish government that the U.N. has earmarked $lO,OOO emergency aid for the victims of the Turkish earthquake and was awaiting recommendations on the best way of spending this fund. Meanwhile, U. Thant asked
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      73 6 NEW YORK, Wed (AFP) Former world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson and his wife, the former Sandra Elizabeth Hicks were divorced in July, in Juarez, Mexico, it was announced here today. Mr. Patterson's Law-yer-Advisor Julis November said that Mrs. Patterson had asked for the divorce because the boxer
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      149 6 FORT LAMY. Chad. WM. (AFP) Chad, which has accused neighbouring Sudan of aiding antiGovernment rebels, today ordered her armed forcej to open Are on any Sudannese planes overflying her military installations. A communique issued by Chad President Frances Tombalbaye accused Sudanese planes of having violated Chad
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      80 6 BREMEN, Germany, Wed. (AP) King Bhumibol and Queen Slrikit of Thailand yesterday visited the United Aeronautical Works (VFW* near here as they continued a six-day private visit to West Germany. The King showed great interest In a one-man copter being developed by the company. The King
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      291 7 MADISON, WISCONSIN, Wed. (AP) AW est German automobile manufacturer is being sued in a Madison Circuit Court for alleged negligence in designing and constructing a car without certain safety features. The Volkswagenwerk A. G. of Wolfsburg, West Germany and Brans Volkswagen garage, incorporated of
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      240 7 LIONDON, Wed. Mr. Wong Khye Weng, Deputy Head Malaysian Film Unit in Kuala Lumpur, has arrived in London for a ten-da> visit as guest of the Commonwealth office. He has already visited the Fiim Producers Guild in London, and had discussions with
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      80 7 FOME, Wed. (AFP).—The Italian government is backing U Thant for another term as Secretary General of the United Nations the two major Italian newspapers, II Popolo (Christian Democrat) and Unita (Communist) reported today. Both newspapers quoted an official note from Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani to
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      94 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) President Johnson, expressing concern at the sharp rise in the cost of medical service in the United States, yesterday directed Secretary of Welfare, John W. Gardner to look into the situation. Gardner reported this to newsmen after a conference with the
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      170 7 LONDON, Wed. (AP). Scotland Yard today checked a theory that scar-faced Harry Roberts, wanted In in the slaying of three detectives, may be a drug addict in danger of running out of supplies. The tip came from a man who claimed to be a
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      46 7 HONOLULU, Wed. (UPI) Khu Ho, 68, prominent businessman and Chinese Community leader, has died at Queen's Hospital. Ho was proprietor of Kwong Who Chong exporter of Hong Kong and Kwong Sing Chong Co. and President of Tin Heong Chop Suey and Kalakaua Investment Co.
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      202 7 lOHANNESBURG, South J Africa, Wed. (AP) A top-secret "Fighting Fund" has been established by the South African government to ensure that the countryis never without at least 18 months fuel supplies, Johannesburg's anti-govern-ment newspaper, the Rand Daily Mail, reported today. The report came amid rumours
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      52 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP). Electricity output across the nation increased 7.5 per cent- last week from the previous week, Edison Electric Institute reported. The trade group said output was 23.698, 000,000 (B) kilowatts hours. compared with 23,244,000.000 in the previous week and 22.043,000,000 in the comparable week
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      131 7 GENEVA, Wed. (AFP) United States delegate to the Disarmament Conference, Adrian Fisher said today he was confident that agreement could eventually be reached on a treaty. Although he admitted that no agreement was yet in sight with the end of the present session only 48
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      271 7 ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Wed. (AP) —Sixteen years ago, William Henry Waldron, a prominent lawyer in Huntington, West Virginia, about to be charged with embezzlement, got into a taxi at the Elks Lodge and disappeared. Yesterday a man living under the name Robert Johnson was
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      109 7 ANKARA, Turkey, Wed. After long and heated discussions, the Turkish Parliament recently voted for the Amnesty Bill which was signed by Turkish Head of State Cevdet Sunay. First prisoners to be released were some 200 convicts in Istanbul prisons covered by the Amnesty. Also, some of
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      190 7 LONDON, Wed (AFP) Britain Is to withdraw her Squadron of R.A.F. Javelins from Zambia, the Commonwealth Office announced tonight. The planes were sent to Zambia last November to face any armed move by Rhodesia. A statement said "arrangements for withdrawal have now been
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      77 7 ST. Ignace, Michigan. Wed. (AP) Lyle Stone, a Michigan State University Archeologist, said yesterday that bones found in a grave in this Upper Michigan community last weekend apparently were those of Indians and not Father Jacques Marquette, famed Jesuit priest and explorer. There had been some
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      43 7 TOKYO, Japan, Part of the Hirakawa Railway Bridge of the Japanese National Railways' Ou Line (foreground) was washed away as the river overflowed by torrential rains that lashed Aomori Prefecture recently. More than 1,700 homes flooded in the area.
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      155 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (AFPV Two scientists said here today a drawing of a crosssection of an atom bomb given to the Soviet Union by executed spies Julius and Ethel Roserberg had no value and was incorrect. The scientists. Henry Linschitz, a Chemistry Professor at Brandeis
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      107 7 FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Wed. (AP) Alaska's largest forest fire continued burning out of control yesterday 150 miles Southeast of here and was reported to have grown in size to 155,000 acres. A bureau of land management spokesman said the fire had spread over an additional 3.004 acres
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      41 7 SAIGON, Wed, (AP) Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky sent a telegram on behalf of the South Vietnamese government today expressing "heartfelt sympathy to the people and government of Turkey" and condolences to the victims of the recent earthquakes there.
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      25 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. A V P) .—President Johnson will hold a press conference voaay. the White House announced today. The conference will not be televised.
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      142 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AFP) United States Secretary of State Mr. Dean Rusk was today accused of being "the Supreme War Hawk" of President Johnson's Cabinet by three Democratic Senators. Senators Wayne Morse (Democrat. Oregon), Stephen Young (Democrat, Ohio), and Ernest Gruening
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      161 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AFP)—Mr. Richard Nixon, ex-vice President of the United States and losing Republican candidate for President in the election which returned John F Kennedy, forecast tonight that the 1968 Democratic candidates for President and Vice President could be President Johnson and Senator Robert Kennedy. Mr.
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      70 7 KINSHASA (Leopoldville), Congo, Wed. (AP). Congolese President Joseph D. Mobutu has confirmed that former Premier, Cyril le Acoula will become the new Ambassador to Washington. He also said middle classes Minister Bernardin MungulDiaka will succeed Adoula, who is Ambassador to Belgium. as Resident Minister in
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      165 7 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. (AP) The Federation of University Students called yesterday for a general strike today protesting its dissolution by Argentina's Military government. The strongman regime of President Juan Carlos Ongania dissolved the Federation as violence eased in the four-week University crisis. Classes were held
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      112 7 MOSCOW, Wed. <AFP> The Soviet Union has protested to West Germany about the recent passing of laws it said were designed to "subordinate all Germans wherever they may live to the laws and jurisdiction" of West Germany, TASS reported today. The protest delivered yesterday made particular
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      48 7 HONG KONG, Wed. (AFP) North Vietnam downed four U.S. planes over North Vietnam this morning, ihe North Vietnam news agency claimed In a despatch monitored here. Three U.S. jets were shot down over Quang Ninh province and the fourth over Ha Bac province, NCNA said.
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    Lock icon ATTACK ON M.P.
    429 8 Tan Cheng Bee, the Alliance M.P. for Bagan, who was attacked by thugs outside his hotel in Kuala Lumpur last Tuesday, believed that it was an attempt to prevent him from bringing up the subject of pig smuggling In Parliament. This goes to show to what length
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    281 8 the Association of South-east Asia be converted into a security bloc? The Philippines Foreign Secretary, Mr. N. Ramos, dropped a hint at a press conference at Jakarta airport that Indonesia might join a regional security organisation. Through expansion ASA might completely change its complexion. From economic co-operation
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    2613 8  -  By William Pickles (Editor's Note: Mr. Pickles, o member and the son of a founder of the British Labour Party, is a lecturer on political science at the London School of Economics and has written extensively on political and economic subjects. He is a recognised authority
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    964 8  -  By Mr. H. H. Humphrey Vice-president USA TODAY the United States faces three great and interrelated tasks in the world: the pursuit of peace; the effort to narrow the gap between the rich and poor nations; and the necessity of sustaining an American economy
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      133 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AFP) The United States should adopt a more liberal attitude towards trade with Communist countries, including People's China, said Senator Stuart Symington here yesterday. The Democrat Senator fivm Missouri was speaking at a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting called to comment on the nomination of
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      63 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants today: New York: buying T.T. 82-11/16, airmail O.D. 3213/16, 90 d/st. 33-5/16 credit bills, 33-7/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: New York 32-3/8; Deutsche Marks 129-1/4; Holland Guilders 117-1/8; Belgian
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      16 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The tin price for today was $606 per picul, up 50 cts.
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      739 9 fONDON, Wed. Weather reports received so far from the major rice producing areas have, in the main, been favourable, and crops are said to be developing well, states the Commonwealth Econimic Committee's rice report for July, just published in London. Rainfall in Thailand
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      273 9 LONDON, Wed. Britain's bigget producer of lisbestos cement and asbestos products, Turner and Newall Ltd., of Manchester, is to invest in the United Asbestos Cement Company Ltd., of Malaysia, which begins production of asbestos-cement building and civil engineering products at a new factory at Tasek,
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      41 9 TOKYO, Wed. (Kyodo). An agreement has been reached between Japan and Burma on an economic aid plan calling for Japanese extension of loans totalling yen 5,543,160,000 (about SUS 15 million) during the oneyear period that started last April i.
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      82 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Exports of rubber from Malaya and Singapore in July amounted to 88,850 tons, against 79,812 tons in the previous month, according to statistics issued here today. Russia was the biggest buyer in July, taking 13,672 tons. Other buyers included UK 11,235 tons, USA 7,518 tons,
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      58 9 SINGAPORE, Wed—Chinese Produce Exchange, Singapore noon prices per picul today. Coconut oil; bulk s44} sellers, drum s4s} sellers. Pepper: Muntok white $195 sellers, Sarawak white sl92} sellers, special Sarawak black sl42} sellers, garbled Lampong black sl42} (N) sellers (all 96% NLW) ASTA sls7} sellers (1000% NLW). Singapore Coconut Oil
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      305 9 SINGAPORE, Wed—Sept. first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 63-g cents per lb., up I cent. The tone was very quiet but steady. The market ruied very quiet all morning with prices holding about unchanged on last night's close.
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      502 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Yesterday's rally at the Stock Exchange continued this morning. Thereafter prices generally reacted to close off their best levels. CCM closed at $1.42 after earlier business at $1.46. Esso closed at $2.94 after $2.96; Gammon $2.12 aftei $2.16 and UAC $1.15 after $l.lB.
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      58 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Imports of old and new motor cars into the states of Malaya and Penang Island will, from today, be subject to a quota of 110 per cent on the average imports for such items for the period 1964/1965. The new quotas were announced
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      59 9 DUBLIN, Wed. (AP) A £255 million Irish banking merger has been announced. The Munster and Leinster Bank, the Provincial Bank of Ireland and the Royal Bank of Ireland are getting together under a new holding company, not yet named. The new company will offer shares in
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        197 9 B 8 Boustead 1.53 Chemical Co 1.42 1.44 Cola Storage 2.80 2.90 Dunlop 2.39 2.41 E. Smelting 4.00 4.04 Esso Ords. 2.92 2.94 United Holdings CCR 1.90 1.96 Fitzpatrlcks 1.60 1.70 F N. Ords 3.58 3.62 Gammon 2.10 G. E. Life 63/Guinness 2.26 2.31 Hume Pref 1.62 Hotel S'pura
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        97 9 Aokam 3.60 3.80 Austral Amal. 24/24/7* Austral Malav XR 32/6 Ayer Hitam 20/1* 22/6 Berjuntai XD 34/6 Hone Kone 34/9 K'pong Lanjut 23/6 23/9 Kamunting 20/Killinghall 46/Kramat 12/9 Kuala Kampar 24/24/9 Larut 11/3 11/9 Lingui 1.97 2.04 Lower Perak 23/23/6 Malayan Tin 27/- Pahang Consol 14/3 15/10* Petaling CD
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        40 9 Central Prop. CD City Dev. 80 35* .36 Faber Union 52 .54 Island Hotel 58 Island Pen .44 .45 K. L. Prop 85 .90 San Holdings 31 .31* Sel ProD 1.40 S'pore Land 59* .61 Town City 80 .93
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        45 9 Bassett (50cts) .88 Benta 1.38 1.42 Borelli (New) 2.21 2.26 Kempas 1.97 2.00 Kepong Plant 2.20 Kluang Ord 1.78 Kundong Tg Pau 1 82 Kuala Sidim 1.63 New Serendah 2.31 Sel. Coconut 3.10 Temerloh CD 2.12 2.20 Ulu Benut 1.50 United Malacca 1.78
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        26 9 Anglo-Asian XD Anglo Oriental 1/1 3/- B Kawan CCR 5/9 Bukit Sembawang 6/Consol Salak 2/5 E. Asiatic 1/6 Malaya General 2/5 Strs Rubber 1/24
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        26 9 First Malayan 2.20 2.30 Second Malayan 1.55 1.65 Third Malayan 1.14 1.25 Malaysia Commerce 90 1.01 Mai. Saving Fund 1.34 1.44 Sterling Commodity 4/4/7
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        157 9 TIME FLIGHT FROM 8.20 a.m. MAL 019 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. MAL 121 Kuala Lumpur. 10.55 a.m. MAL 005 Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. 11.05 a.m. MAL 441 Kuching. 12.50 p.m. PA 841 San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Guam, Manila, Saigon. 2.45 p.m. MAL 045 Kota Bahru,
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        153 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.00 a.m. ML 034 Malacca. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang, Alor Star, K. Bahru 7.00 a.m. BA 789 Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bombay, Cairo, London. 7.31 a.m. ML 122 Kuala Lumpur. 7.40 a.m. ML 452 Kuching. 8.00 a.m. TG 402 Bangkok. 8.00 a.m. RC 602 Phnompeh.
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        126 9 TIME AIRLINES FROM 7.45 a.m. BO AC (BA 797) Singapore. 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8.25 a.m. MAL (ML 034) Singapore, Malacca. 8.40 a.m. Cathay (CX 576) Singapore. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang, Ipoh. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Singapore. 12.45 p.m. MAL (ML
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        126 9 TIME AIRLINES TO 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. 8.25 a.m. BOAC (BA 797) Colombo, Bombay, Cairo, London. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. Ipoh, Penang, Alor Star. Kota Bahru. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 034) 9.05 a.m. Cathay (CX 576) Bangkok, Hongkong, Taipeh, Osaka, Tokyo. 9.30
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      177 9 IPOH, Wed. Malaysia and other tin producing countries, may soon press the International Tin Council for another upward revision of the new tin price range. Speaking at the meeting of the Council of the All Malayan Chinese Mining Association here today, its president.
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      54 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) —Rubber futures closed ten points lower on no sales yesterday. Closing prices: Bid Asked Sep. 22.50 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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      172 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Karakorum 3/4 Ascanius 5 Barpeta 6/7 Hannover 8/9 Ar.ho 10/11 City of Chester 13/14 Visha Vir 15/16 Dolius 18 Kristen Maersk 19 Eastern Rover 21/22 Maxwell Brander 23/24 Kyosho Maru 25/26 Bmtang 27/28 State
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    267 10 BONN, Germany, Wed. (AP) A major crisis loomed over West Germany's armed forces last night as it was announced that their chief General Heinz Trettner had followed the example of Air Force leader, Lt General Werner Panitzki and asked to be retired. The tendered
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    131 10 BRASILIA, Wed. (AFP)— Swedish member of parliament Kaj Bjork was unanimously elected president of the United Nations' sponsored symposium on South African apartheid which opened here yesterday. Nigeria's delegation Chief V.O. Adegoroye was unanimously elected rapporteur of the debate, which is to continue until September
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    94 10 COLLEGE PARK. Maryland Wed. (AP) —Chemists have determined that a weed killer, consisting of 60 per cenr arsenic, caused ihc death of 11 show horses. Two of the dead show horses were given laboratory tests by the University of Maryland's livestock sanita tion department
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    171 10 ST. JOHN NEWFOUNDIan. Wed. (AP) William Willis, 73, stopped by a recurrent hernia ailment in his sailboat voyage from New York to Plymouth, England, arrived at nearby Argentia yesterday on the U.S. coast guard cutter Ingham. Mr. Willis told reporters at the U.S. naval station he
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    195 10 OTTAWA, Wed. (AP) A Burmese diplomat predicts that "a new generation of leaders" in Asia will do a better Job than their revolutionary predecessors in leading their countries out of economic backwardness. James Barrington, former Burmese Ambassador to Ottawa, Washington and the
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    Lock icon VARTO, Turkey, Wed. (AP)—A horrified mother holds in her arms the body of her 12-year-old daughter after the girl was dug out of the ruins of her home by members of her family on Monday.
    38 10 VARTO, Turkey, Wed. (AP) —A horrified mother holds in her arms the body of her 12-year-old daughter after the girl was dug out of the ruins of her home by members of her family on Monday. AP Wirephoto.
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    92 10 FREDERICKSBURG, Virgina, Wed. (AP) Charles Hart Jr., 19, tried to walk barefooted across the street on Monday. He said he parked his car about 4 p.m. and got out to cross the street without taking time to put on shoes. Temperatures in the 90's (F) had melted
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    334 10 CHICAGO, Wed. (AP) More than 1,000 shouting White persons waved Swastikas and threw rocks and bottles into a line of 150 civil rights marchers who trudged through the streets of a neat SouthEast side neighbourhood late last night. The demonstrators, continuing a drive for
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    270 10 SALISBURY, Wed. (AFP) Rhodesia's parliament today extended for another two years the Minister of Law and Order's powers to restrict people without trial for periods of up to five years. Such powers were first granted the minister in 1962. They were extended for
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    127 10 MOSCOW, Wed (AFP) Six leaders of a Baptist sect in the Rostov region of the Soviet Union have been sentenced to long jail terms for illegal religious activities, the periodical "Outchitelskaya Gazetta" (Teachers Gazette) announced today. The jailed Baptist-evange-lists had organised a mass baptism in
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    430 10 WASHINGTON, Wed. <AP) A house of representatives subcommittee on un-American activities approved unanimously yesterday a bill that would provide stiff fines or imprisonment for anti-Vietnam war activities. The action was taken against the advice of the administration. Deputy Attorney General Ramsey Clark said
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    140 10 PALERMO, Sicily, Wed. (AFP) Husbands and wives in the horrified township of Petralia Sottana 70 miles from here are living a nightmare: They fear they might soon be told they have never been married and that all their children are illegitimate. For bureaucrats have just
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    141 10 LONDON, Wed. (AP).— The Diplomatist, a diplomatic review read widely in the embassies of London, said yesterday that the appointment of Mr. George Brown as Foreign Secretary convinced diplomats here that Britain's international role would change from tragedy to comedy. Commenting upon the British nomination, the
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    207 10 LONDON, Wed. (AP> Several Arab heads of missions in Britain wert "publicy and ostentatiously snubbed." a diplomatic review said yesterday, on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth's recent banquet for King Hussein and Prince Muna of Jordan. The Jordanese monarch and his English-born wife were here several weeks
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    357 10 Physical tests down graded NEW YORK, Wed. The downgrading of physical fitness standards for conscription will mean that 40,000 more men will be available for military training. A US representative has hailed the move and said that this would give "the punks (teenage hoodlums)
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    544 12  -  By Arthur Channing ATOSCOW, Wed. Soviet official, according to a recently-published guide for "militant atheists" in the party apparatus, appear increasingly discouraged and confused by the regime's failure to suppress religious beliefs in the USSR despite a half-century of effort. The guideline study,
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    2598 12 Lumpur, Wed. The Controller of Rubbei Research, Dr. Bateman, would very much have ,liked to be present at your Annual General Meeting, but as he is at present overseas, it is my privilege and pleasure to be here today. This was stated by Mr. Lew
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    832 12 1 GERMANY, Wed HR- E- f Schumacher, V) writing in the London Observer in October 1965. offers so m e thoughts on development aid that may lead to serious reconsideration of this Important area in international politics. The author was born in Germany, went to Oxford
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    124 12 PARIS, Wed. (AP) French officials are studying the nature of a mock war crimes trial set for Paris in November to hear evidence against top American leaders for their policies in Vietnam. But highly placed sources said the government has not yet
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    137 12 WEISSENBURG, Germany, Wed. (AFP) Thanks to Soviet astronaut Wladimir Komarov, a 70-year-old German mother has been reunited with her two sons in the Soviet Union whom she had not seen for 30 years, it was disclosed here today. Mrs. Lina Wittmann Komarov a native of this
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    45 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A keen tussle in front of the Indian goalmouth in the game between India and Singapore in the Merdeka football competition recent I y. Singapore gave a fine display in the match to win by one goal to nil.
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    272 14 LONDON, Wed. (AP) Martin Horton led the Worcestershire cricket team to victory over Somerset by eight wickets yesterday and kept his team i n the hunt for its third straight English country championship title. Horton hit 55 not out in Worcestershires second
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    87 14 FOREST HILLS, New York, Wed. (AP) Defending champion Manuel Santana of Spain was seeded No. l in the men's singles division yesterday for the national tennis tournament from Sept. 1-11. The draw will be made in New York today. Roy Emerson, Australia, was seeded No. 2
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    473 14 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Wed. (AP) Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, a copy of the Koran under one arm, appeared at a special hearing yesterday to ask for a draft deferment on religious grounds. Clay said the hearing, which ran nearly four hours, was "run just like
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    136 14 MEXICO CITY, Wed. (AP) The Mexican Olympic Committee said yesterday 149 athletes from 19 countries have entered the track and field competition in Mexico's second international Sports Week. The Sports Week, popularly called the "Little Olympics." is to be held here from Oct. 12-24. It
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    104 14 LONDON, Wed. Four Austarlians, three South Africans, three West Indians and one English player, make up the "rest-of-the-world cricket eleven" to meet Barbados, the present champions of the West Indies, in a five-day match at Bridgetown, Barbados, beginning on March 8, next year. The
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    52 14 HONGKONG. Wed. (AFP). Cambodian men's and women's basketball teams visiting in Wuhan lost to Chinese Hupeh team on Monday night, the New China News Agency reported in a dispatch monitored here. The Cambodian men's team lost 78-80, and the women's team lost to the Chinese women 43-113, the
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    355 14 LONDON. Wed. (AFP) Goodison Park, Liverpool, has been a Hoodoo ground for Manchester United in recent years, but that was all changed tonight when they beat the cup holders, Everton 2 1. The deciding goal coming in the last minute. United had not won there
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    62 14 CORDOBA, Argentina Wed. (AFP) South Africa's Gazellies rugby team arrived here yesterday to play the first of 12 matches they are to play in Argentina. The team, which have just trounced the Chilean team 75-3 are to meet the Cordoba province team here today. A number
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    139 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore was among the various Southeast Asian countries which attended the volleyball seminar for referees in Tokyo recently held to train and conduct qualifying examinations for designating internationally qualified referees. The meeting, organised by the Asian Zone, International Volleyball Referee Training Seminar, and held
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    78 14 Linda Ludgrove, 18, from London, rounded off a very successful Commonwealth Games for England's women swimmers by winning the 220 yards backstroke, the last event in the pool at Kingston, Jamaica. Her time was 2 minutes 28.5 seconds, to equal the world record for the event. Linda won two gold
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    382 14 LONDON, Wed. The eventual choice of Brian Close came too late to moke any difference to the result of the recent Test series. His own contribution in terms of runs and wickets was almost nea! ligible. He scored only four
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    184 14 COLOGNE, Germany, Wed. (UPI) The International Amateur Cyclists Union turned down on Tuesday a decision to open the Tour De France cycling race to both professionals and amateurs. A spokesman for the Union said a big majority of the delegates voted against
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    129 14 WOLVERHAMP TOV (Staffordshire), Wed. (AFP,' —British heavyweight hor* Johnny Prescott got U r> from the canvas after taking a count of five in the first round, and went on to beat Spanish light-heavy-weight champion j Velasco in an unpopular 10-round decision here last night. The
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    100 14 ISLE OF MAN, England, Wed. (UPl>.—Mike Hailwood. reigning world champion in the 500 cc class, came near to the lap record when practicing on a Honda last night for next week's Isle of Man T.T. Motor-cycle races. Hailwood. 25, of Oxford, lapped the 373 mile course
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    1131 15 LONDON, Wed. With enterprising football and a spate of goals, the English league soccer season got off to a grand start in near tropical conditions on the sunniest Saturday of the cricket season. Predictably, Manchester United set the pace when George Best,
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    187 15 PANAMA CITY, Panama, Wed. (AP)—Hawaiian promoter Sam Inchinose, here for a meeting of the World Boxing Association (WBA), said vesterday he is offering Ki Soo Kim of South Korea a $120,000 parse to defend his junior world middleweight title against Stanley Harrington on Oct.
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    431 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A 63rd minute goal by inside-right Nimura gave Japan a one goal victory over Singapore in tonight's Merdeka soccer tournament match at the Stadium Merdeka here. Japan looked a fitter team and Singapore from the start seemed to be the losers.
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    112 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. Fencers from Far East Air Force were overall team champions in the 1966 Singapore Fencing Championships. All three British services did well in the championships winning three other events besides the overall team championships. The R.A.F.'s other success was in the Epee team
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    298 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Weci. Malaysia cleanly swept to a 5-0 victory over Singapore in the second day's play of the team events in the second international school boys badminton championships here this morning. In the other draw, Ceylon claimed honours to out-do the Philippines 3-2. Tan Kuay
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    845 15  -  By LOW TEO PING SINGAPORE, Wed. A grand week-long Sports Festival/ beginning from Saturday at 2.30 p.m., will mark the first anniversary of the Port Authority Recreation Club's clubhouse at Bukit Chermin. Mr. E. W. Barker, Minister for Law and National Development, will
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    79 15 IPOH, Wed. Police have detained a man in connection with a robbery at the residence of a race £;orse owner and businessman, Mr. Ng Loons Kee. in Canning Garden Estate here on Aug. 18. Two premier gold trophies The Singapore Gold Cup won by Granadier
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    186 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The 38 trainees in the Malaysian Hockey training squad preparing for the Asian Games In December, were so impressive and dedicated in the first phase of their training which ended last week, that the Malaysian Hockey Federation has dropped the idea of
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    60 15 HONG KONG, Wed. (AP> Singapore has invited Hong Kong to participate in a ten-pin bowling championship starting in Singapore Sept. 18. bowling officials said yesterday. They said that because of the short notice. Hong Kong may not be able to compete. The officials said
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    720 16  -  By RICHARD I. STONE JAKARTA, Wed. (UPI) Indonesia, amid its countless political and economic problems, is faced with an increasingly gnawing question: "What to do with Its Chinese." This question could become a crucial factor in a possible military showdown
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    100 16 WASHINGTON. Wed. *AP> A state department spokesman cautioned yesterday against speculation on a possible change in U.S. policy concerning seating Communist China in the United Nations. Ambassador Arthur J Goldberg, President Johnson's representative at the United Nations, said on Monday after meeting
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    280 16 TOKYO, Wed (AP) Want a Rood haircut in hurry. Apply the thinking of Mao Tze-Tung. This is the lesson learned by Chinese barber Li Teh-Hsun of Tsinan who has spent six years studying the tonsorial contradictions offered by a full head of hair. His problem a
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    118 16 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP) The U.S. veterans administration and the American legion yesterday endorsed legislation to provide increased and additional benefits for Filipino veterans who served during World War 11. The legislation, pending before the house veterans affairs committee, would authorise a refund to the
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    126 16 MANILA, Wed. (AP) President Ferdinand Marcos visited victims of Manila's current hemorrhagic fever epidemic yesterday, and shocked at finding patients three to a bed, ordered U.S. $75,000 spent on new beds, equipment and emergency medical supplies. He also ordered the war reparations board to order U.S.
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    92 16 total nu°^r th o a f n th; S U.S U ,anded TaU n Au The Tav Ninh il" ade t he U.S.' military history, will soon be stationed at Thp hA„ liL-l JFt?i?, < >mmunis t infiltration routes from Cambodia. of Rrl r
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    119 16 SAIGON, Wed. (AP) South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky extended to his people today his "word of honour as a soldier" that forthcoming elections will be honest and representative. The confident young Air Marshal who has ruled South Vietnam for 14 months said the nation's political instability is
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    186 16 TOKYO. Wed. (AP) Sharks and whales take a heavy toll of Tuna catches in the Pacific and Indian oceans, a Ceylonese researcher told the 11th Pacific Science Congress today. Doctor K. Sivasubramaniam of the fish research station of Colombo, Ceylon, told a symposium on Tuna up
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    300 16 MANILA, Wed. (AP) —President Ferdinand Marcos, acting to restore the reputation of the Philippines as a good country to do business with, has appointed a former Naval officers as his watchdog on government development projects using foreign loans. Pres. Marcos made the
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    76 16 MANILA Wed. (AP) The United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) will hold its tenth conference on electric power here next month. The department of commerce and industry said some 70 to 80 delegates will attend the session scheduled from Sept. 9
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    52 16 HONG KONG, Wed. (AP) —Hong Kong's birth rate dropped to a record low of 27 per 1,000 in 1965 because of wider use of contraceptives, the Hong Kong Family Planning Association reported. The previous low recorded in the Colony's 3.8 million population was 29 per 1,000 registered
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    575 16  -  By ROBERT TUCKMAN SAIGON, Wed. (AP) U.S. warplanes swooped down on four North Vietnamese torpedo boats discovered hidden among islands in the gulf of Tonkin yesterday and sank one and heavily damaged two others, the U.S. Military command reported todav The carrier-based
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    109 16 JAKARTA, Wed. <AP) Some 20.000 people on the Indonesian island of Lombok, next to Bali, are facing starvation, a Lombok official said here yesterday. Doctor Mohammad A. Yusuf, chief of the East Indonesia Health affairs, said the hardest hit areas lay in central Lombok where a number
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    216 16 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) The Philippines is on the threshold of an "economic miracle" and can achieve unprecedented progress similar to Japan if existing conditions are properly handled, according to a perstigious weekly newsletter here. The "executive report," a privately circulated newsletter, said requirements for such a
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    116 16 CAIRO, (JAR, Wed (AP) —The permanent secretariat of the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation will discuss next week the possibility of removing the fifth AfroAsian conference from the Sino-Soviet line of fire by not letting Peking host the meeting. The secretariat held an extraordinary session yesterday
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