Eastern Sun, 29 September 1966

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    26 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 74. Thursday, September 29 1966. ■fr MC (I*) 1942 KDN 2309 Price 15 rents
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    Lock icon Nancy to represent MAL at Surfers' Paradise
    158 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. MAL Flight Hostess Miss Nan:y Gan, 20, has been selected to represent Malaysian Airways in the International Air Hostess Quest Contest at Surfers' Paradise, Australia. Miss Gan will be competing against 40 girls from other international airlines. Contestants will be judged
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  • Article
    Lock icon Subandrio faces graft charge
    324 1 The former Foreign Minister has been held in a secret hiding place since his arrest. JAKARTA, WED. (AP) ARMY authorities today said they were considering several sites for the trial of former Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Subandrio in order to hold the expected large crowd. An
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    Lock icon Cool, daring robbers escape with cash, valuables
    347 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Four men, one of them armed with a pistol, last night held up six people in a liquor and provision shop at Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman here and taking their own sweet time coolly ransacked the place, escaping with $3,000
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    Lock icon MTC chief retires
    156 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Government's encouragement to local and foreign investors to establish new industries has opened up new fields of opportunity for the people of Malaysia. This opinion was given today by the retiring chairman of the Malayan Tobacco Company, Mr. Dudley Brinsden. He said the
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    Lock icon 'POWs WON'T BE TRIED'
    204 1 KCALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Indonesian detainees would not be prosecuted when they return home next month, said the leader of four-man Indonesian Army delegation Col. Winarno, here today. He said they would not be prosecuted because they were directed to invade Malaysian territory by the old
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    Lock icon 63 people homeless after $30,000 blaze
    302 1  -  By LIM MENG KEE SINGAPORE, Wed. Sixty-three people, including 25 school children, will be celebrating the Moon Cake festival tomorrow without a roof over their heads. Their high spirits towards this gay festive season were dashed by an early morning fire which rendered th«m
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    Lock icon $33,000 gift for Malayan U. from Great Britain
    207 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The British High Commissioner here Sir Michael Walker, said today that future requests for aid from Britain would have to be cut down because of the country's current financial difficulties. He was speaking at a brief ceremony at the
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      Lock icon Clerk robbed of $1,100 by 2 youths
      185 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A clerk from a timber company who had just collected $l,OOO from his head office here meant for wages for labourers at the company's mill at the 48th mile Kuala Kubu BahruGap Road was robbed by two unarmed youths before
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      Lock icon Dato Lee for U.N. Asso. meet
      83 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The 20th plenary assembly of the Word Federation of United Nation Associations will be held in Nice, France from Oct. 5-12. Senator Dato Y. T. Lee and Mr. J. R. Menzes have been nominated by the Federation branch of the United
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      Lock icon Kedah girl likes us very much
      66 2 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Miss Tan Lee Peng of Alor Star, Kedah wrote to say she was very happy to win a Sl5O quiz contest prize of the Eastern Sun. "The questions are very interesting, educational and good for general knowledge." Miss Tan said. She said
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      Lock icon Ruler: Make use of medical facilities
      149 2 KUANTAN, Wed. The Sultan of Pahang today called upon the ra'ayat to make full use of the medical facilities provided by the Government. He was speaking at the opening of a $363,000 rural clinic at Rompin. Among those at the opening ceremony were Director
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      Lock icon Unionist for Leyden
      101 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The Deputy President of the National Union of Malaysian Students' Union, Enche Mohamed Kamal bin Mohamed, has been elected as Asian representative to the secretariat of the International Students Conference Organisation. The 1.5.C.0. has 70 member countries affiliated to it. Enche Mohamed's functions will
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      Lock icon The buffalo chase
      101 2 MALACCA, Wed. A buffalo, on a rampage, today delayed pupils from the Gaja Berang English School here from attending morning classes. The buffalo was in the school compound after escaping yesterday evening from the state veterinary compound, as it was being unloaded from a lorry. Wifh the
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      Lock icon Red China's policy towards SEA remains same – Tran
      284 2 Red China's policy towards SEA remains same Tran MALACCA, Wed. South Vietnamese Ambassador in Malaysia, Tan Sri Tran Kim Phuong said today that there would be no change in China's aggressive policy towards South-east Asia. He said: "Looking at the present situation in Red China in the midst of her
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      Lock icon Detective killed
      120 2 PENANG, Wed. A detective of the anti-secret society branch. Henry Cheah, 40. was killed in a motor cycle accident in Brick Kiln Road, here today. Known to be a "terror'* to the secret society gangs, Cheah was riding his motor cycle and was carrying a pillion rider, another
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      Lock icon Acting M.B. settles dispute
      163 2 SEREMBAN. Wed. The Acting Mentri Besar of Negri Bembilan. Enche Samad Idris today succeeded in clearing a misunderstanding between the Board of Governors of two Chinese schools in Seremban. The two schools concerned were the Chung Hwa and Kuo Min, both at Jalan Templer here. The
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      Lock icon Group photo shows from left to right: Mr. Sharma, Chief Minister and Mr. Minoo J.D.
      65 2 PENANG, Wed. Mr. Minoo J.D., South-West Asian Secretary of Lions International in SouthEast Asia from Bombay, India paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister, Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee at the Bangunan Tuanku
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      Lock icon Perfect crime at new department store
      239 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. In what can be described as an almost perfect crime, burglars broke into a large departmental store at Jalan Ampang here on Monday night, escaping with a large haul of expensive goods. The store concerned was the new branch of Chotirmall
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      Lock icon Support flag day
      37 2 SITIAWAN, Wed. All schools in Perak have been urged by the Perak Education Officer, to extend their co-operation to participate in the flag day organised by the Malaysian Council for Child Welfare, in October
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      Lock icon Port workers petition C. Minister
      208 2 PENANG, Wed. over 1,000 casual port labourers will be petitioning the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Won*, ?ow Nee, to scrape the Port Labour Board scheme S0 that conditions in the port would be restored to nor. mal." They said that with tht implementation of the
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      Lock icon Transistor radio factory for S'pore
      397 3  -  Bv Peter Loke SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore will soon have t second electrical and electronic industry. n agreement was at the Economic Development Board tori iv to establish a transistor radio factory in the Republic. This is a joint venture between a Singapore com_an} Alliance Manufacturer'-
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      Lock icon Hwang to head EDB's promotion office in HK
      187 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. >lr. P. Y. Hwang, a senior officer attached to the Investment and Promotion I nit of the Economic Development Board will head the Board's Investment Promotion Office in Hong K ons scheduled to be opened before the end of this
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      Lock icon 1966 Printers' Queen Contest and Dance
      134 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Miss Susie Lim. 23, a clerktypist, is one of the 35 girls who will take part in the 1966 Printers' Queen Beauty Contest organised by the Singapore Printing Employees' Union to celebrate its 16th anniversary. The contest, which will the highlight of
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      Lock icon TOUR OF KALLANG ESTATE
      102 3 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister, Enche Buang bin Omar Junid, and the Kaliang Citizens Consultative Committee will tour the estate to look in the problems of the residents, on Sunday, Oct. 2. The party will leave Jalan Tenteram Community Centre at 2
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      Lock icon Not Medical Superintendent
      50 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. In a feature article in our issue of Sept. 26 under the heading "Jungle Paradise for ex-leprosy patients", Dr. James Chuai was erroneously mentioned as the Medical Superintendent of the Tampoi Leprosarium. Dr. Chuai is, in fact, the Medical Officer-in-Charge. The error is regretted.
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      Lock icon N.C.R. makes S'pore its S. E. Asia headquarters
      262 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Recognising the dynamic growth of commerce and industry in this area coupled with excellent facilities existing in communication The National Cash Register Company of Dayton, Ohio, announces the formation of its regional headquarters for South-East Asia in Singapore. Mr. F.
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      Lock icon He'll conduct 58-piece orchestra
      52 3 Che Ahmad Ja'afar, leader of the Radio Singapura Orchestra, who will conduct the 58-piece concert orchestra in this year's grand presentation of "Malam Irama Malaysia" at Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 2 and 3. He will be conducting the orchestra in one of his own special compositions.
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      Lock icon THIRD ASIAN NATION WITH HIGHEST PER CAPITA INCOME
      245 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore is the third Asian nation with the highest per capita income. Malaysia is placed fifth, accord ing to the latest World Bank atlas. This comparative study is based upon the 22 countries in the Far East. Per capita income
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      Lock icon More trade with Bulgaria forecast
      167 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's participation for the first time in the international trade fair now being held in Bulgaria "will undoubtedly result in more trade prospects for the Republic" Mr. A. Monoloz of the Bulgarian Trade Office here told the Eastern Sun that "shipping trade between
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      Lock icon S'PORE POLICE PROMOTIONS
      69 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's C.I.D. chief Mr. Cheam Kim Seang, has been promoted to Deputy Commissioner of Police. His successor, Mr. Yeoh Bin Chiat, has also been promoted to Assistant Commissioner. Two other senior officers also received promotions. Mr. P. Rajaratnam becomes Senior Assistant Commissioner. while Mr. P.
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      Lock icon PRISON MAKING WAY FOR 8 BLOCKS OF FLATS
      383 3  -  By Lim Meng Kee SINGAPORE. Wed. Construction work will begin soon on the 14acre site in Outram Road, which formerly housed the Outram Prison (now demolished). This was disclosed by a spokesman of the Huusing and Development Board to the Eastern Sun
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      Lock icon SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. — Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak (left), sits with Bernard M. Bour of the Asia Foundation during a San Francisco news conference on Friday. He cited Red Chinese subversion for much of South-east Asia's problems.
      41 4 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak (left), sits with Bernard M. Bour of the Asia Foundation during a San Francisco news conference on Friday. He cited Red Chinese subversion for much of South-east Asia's problems. AP Wirephoto.
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      Lock icon BELL BACK
      45 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The American Ambassador to Malaysia Mr. James Bell today returned here after a three-month vacation. He was met at the airport by officials of the American Embassy. Mr. Bell (right) is seen here with Mr. Harry Britton the press officer.
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      Lock icon Manager robbed of cash, Mercedes
      168 4 PLTALING JAYA, Wed. Three armed men, after robbing a manager of a local firm of $1,550 in cash and valuables, escaped in his Mercedes valued at $9,000. The victim. Mr. Ng Kim Soon, and his wife were awakened this morning at 2.30 a.m. by the
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      Lock icon Great honour for Father Maury (83)
      295 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed It was a proud moment for Father Maury (above) as he stood up to receive the Knight of the New Order of Merit, a French award, from the French Ambassador here, Mr. P. Anthonioz. The presentation was made tonight at a
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      Lock icon 'Breach of promise' charge by union chief
      312 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The National Day Training College Committee of the National Union of Teachers, representing more than 3,000 members of the N.U.T., is "greatly concerned" over Government's continued delay in announcing the findings of the special committee appointed to review the Unified
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      Lock icon Watch sends tapper in jail
      73 4 BUKIT MERTAJAM, Wed. A rubber tapper, Saad bin Dahaman. 26. who stole $l4 wristwatch which he pawned for S3, was found guilty in the Magistrate's court here today and sentenced to nine months' jail by the Province Magistrate, Mr. K. C. Vohrah. In his defence,
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      Lock icon Defence counsel raises objection
      309 4 PKNANG, Wed. Defence counsel, Mr. C.O. Lim, raised an objection in the High Court today when a prosecution witness. Lim Choo Ling, was about to disclose a statement made by his niece, Lee Gaik Lan. (deceased) to him at the General Hospital on May 8. The
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      Lock icon Miss Penang...
      50 4 PENANG, Wed. Lovely 19-year-old Miss Marjorie Rongsank. a Malaysian Thai, was crowned "Miss Penang 1966" after winning the title from 17 other con- testants at the Penanj Chinese Girls' High School on last Saturday night. The contest was sponsored by the Penani Jaycees and was a great success.
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      Lock icon Centre for training journalists
      181 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A centre for the training of journalists in South-east Asia is to be established in Kuala Lumpur in the near future. This was announced by the Prime Minister, lunku Abdul Rahman, at the 'veek ly post-Cabinet press conference this morning. The Tunku said
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      Lock icon $6O million 10-year fishery project S'pore Govt. to assist with $8mil.
      787 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Government has proposed a $6O million 10year programme to develop the fishery industries in Singapore. Under this massive long-term implementation of the programme, proposed Government assistance will amount to $8 million. This will be the
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      Lock icon BIRELEY'S QUIZ FINALS TOMORROW
      163 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The finals for the Bireley's Quiz sho w will be held at the Odeon Cinema, on Friday. Sept. 30, at 9.15 p..m., in conjunction with the screening of "Modesty Bliise," a spy thriller. The six finalists are: Messrs. Richard Jay, Freddy Tan, Michael Solomons,
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      Lock icon Court told: Expatriates in Straits Times feared P.A.P. Govt.
      620 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Secretary of the National Union of Jour~ nalists (Malaya), Mr. N. T. R. Singam, today told the Industrial Arbitration Court here that the expatriate journalists in the Singapore office of the Straits Times (M) Ltd., had petitioned the
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      Lock icon Importance of TV, radio as mass media
      176 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Television and radio are important mass media through which new knowledge and skills can be made known to the world. This was stated by Miss Lee Siok Tin, Controller of the Central Production Unit, Radio/TV Singapura. at the Singapore Rotary Club's
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      Lock icon 500-PASSENGER JUMBO JETS TO MAKE DEBUT IN S'PORE, MALAYSIA
      582 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Jumbo-Jets, the revolutionary super-powered aircraft which can carry 500 passengers, will soon make its debut in Singapore and Malaysia. This amazing change that will make present day passenger planes look obsolete was announced today by Mr. Knut Hammarskjoeld, Director-General
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      Lock icon VARSITY STUDENTS READY FOR LONG MARCH
      184 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. University of Singapore students have finalised plans for a long march from their Bukit Timah campus to the National Conference Hall on Oct. 11. The march, organised by the University of Singapore Students' Union, is part of their "fight" to get the
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      480 2 Why crack your head can tackle quiz like you easier ours EASTERN SUN 3,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 10 Quiz for September 29th 1966. 1. Who was the chief of the Gestapo in Germany during World War II? 2. Name the fresh water bodies that form the Great Lakes. 3. Name
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      73 2 Spore Diary 5.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.: Victoria Memorial Hall, Children's Day International Art Exhibition. 7.30 p.m.: Victoria Theatre, "Peking Man" a Mandarin play staged by Singapore Amateur Players. 8.45 p.m.: Cultural Centre, an English play "Billy Liar" staged by Centre 65. Admission Fees: $4, $3 and $2. 7.30 p.m.:
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      615 4 CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bataru; 4 Taiping, 7 Batu Fahat; 9 Kluang. P.M. 5.45 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary; 5.50 News In the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10 Sword of Freedom. A Game of Chance; 6.35
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      61 5 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 12.31 a.m. (7.7 ft.), 12.27 p.m. (7.9 ft); Port Swettenham: 5.38 a.m. (13.6 ft.)* 5.53 p.m. (12.8 ft); Port Dickson: 6.21 a.m. (8.8 ft), 6.47 p.m. (8.3 ft); Singapore: 11.07 a.m. (8.1 ft), 10.55 p.m. (8.9 ft.); Sedili Kechil: 9.44 a.m. (7.2 ft.). 9.36 p.m. (6.6
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Marcos for 5-day visit to Tokyo
      480 6 HONOLULU, Wed. (UPI) PHILIPPINE President, Mr. Ferdinand E. Marcos r left Honolulu International Airport today en route to Tokyo for a five-day State visit to Japan. The Philippine leader ended a 15-day State visit to the United States expressing the hope that a summit
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      Lock icon Navy to pull out of base in S. Africa
      123 6 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) The Royal Navy is to pull out of its base in Somonstown. South Africa, for reasons of economy, authoritative sources said here last night. The Admiralty hopes to be able to use the base facilities, but will maintain
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      Lock icon LBJ for Asian summit confab
      69 6 MOSCOW, Wed. (AFP) The Soviet news agency Tass last night reported President Johnson's decision to attend other Asian summit conference on Vietnam. "This conference, bringing together the countries associated with the United States on the aggressive in Vietnam, was called on the initiatives of President
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      Lock icon Briefing
      37 6 CAPE KENNEDY. Wed. (AP) —Standing in the shadow of mammoth rocket facilities, President Johnson and West German Chancellor Mr. Ludwig Erhard were briefed yesterday on America's plans to land men on the moon in this decade.
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      Lock icon Iran, Japan reach agreement
      92 6 TEHERAN, Wed. (AFP) Iran and Japan have reached a general agreement on fundamentals regarding the purchase by Japan of crude oil direct from the Iranian Oil Company, the Teheran press reports today quoting "well informed sources." The proposed oil deal should enable Iran to offset its
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      Lock icon ACTRESS WEDS MANAGER
      91 6 MUNICH. Germany, Wed. (UPI) Actress Maria Schell and stage and movie manager Viet Relins were married yesterday in a "routine" ceremony In the Bavarian hamlet of Reithehrings where the Swiss star makes her home. A small group of close friends, onlookers, newsmen and photographers were present for
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      Lock icon Viet war discussed at confab
      133 6 TEHRAN. Iran, Wed. (AP) The Vietnam war was discussed at the Bth day, 55th Inter Parliamen tary Union (IPU) conference opened by the Shah of Iran here yesterday. A controversy began when French, Yugoslavian and Soviet delegates accu sed the United .States of provoking the
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      Lock icon Bowden to report failure of mission to Wilson
      232 6 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Commonwealth Secretary Mr. Herbert Bowden has failed to find any basis for a settlement on the Rhodesian independence question with Premier lan Smith, informed sources said last night. Mr. Bowden will leave Salisbury today by a special Royal Air
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      Lock icon NE WIN IN TOKYO
      50 6 Gen. Ne Win (left), Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Burma, is shown being: greeted by Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Eisaku Sato (right), upon his arrival at Tokyo International Airport by a Pan American World Airways jet for an 8-day official visit. PANA Photo. PANA Photo.
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      Lock icon Bus mishap: 16 killed
      45 6 RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed. (AP) Reports reaching here from Salvador yesterday told of a bus accident that killed 16 persons. The accident took place Saturday night when the Fortaleza express bus went over the side of a cliff. Twenty were injured.
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      Lock icon Stowaway found in jet's wheel well
      280 6 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (AP) Airport workers found a 17-year-old boy jammed in a jet airliner's wheel well yesterday and the youth said ne had travelled in the unpressurised compartment from Bogota. Colombia. The boy, Francisco Cuevas Garcia of Queretaro, Mexico, was not seriously hurt.
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      Lock icon Window cleaner survives fall
      66 6 QUEBEC, Canada, Wed. (AP) —Gilles Bouchard, a 28-year-old window cleaner, survived a 125-foot fall yesterday from the 10th floor of a building. A chain holding his platform broke and he fell to a lawn below. Bouchard suffered a broken pelvis and a broken arm. Another window
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      30 6 UNITED NATIONS, (New York), Wed. (ATP) The U.N. security council met this evening to examine the complaint lodged' by the Congo against Portugal regarding white mercenaries stationed in Angola.
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      Lock icon US airman sents wife, daughter to England
      262 6 MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, Wed. (AP) An American airman has sent his wife and adopted Greek daughter to England until President Johnson changes a law allowing the little girl to enter the United States, his mother said yesterday, Mrs. Minnie Powell said her son, Sergeant
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      Lock icon PHILIP TALKS WITH POLO PLAYER
      80 6 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. (AP) —Prince Philip had an hour-long talk yesterday with another polo player President Juan Carlos Ongania. Polo seemed the overriding issue at the protocol visit. Among those present were the President and Vice President of the Argentine Polo Federation. It has been
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      Lock icon Man shot dead in bid to save sculptress
      138 6 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP)— A 23-year-old New York man was fatally shot yesterday when he went to the aid of a sculptress who objected to posing in the nude for an amateur photographer, police said. The victim, Ernest Kail, 23, and the
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      Lock icon Actor seeks dismissal of Marijuana charge
      189 6 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (UPI) Actor Peter Fonda, 26 year-old son of Henry Fonda, and three other men yesterday sought dismissal of marijuana possession charges against them during a court appearance that included an incident with photographers. Fonda's three co defendants John B. Haeber lin
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      Lock icon S. Union establishes fleet
      121 6 NORFOLK VIRGANIA, Wed. (AP) The Soviet Union has established a fleet in the Mediterranean, Rear Admiral R. G. Col bert. Deputy Chief of Staff at Supreme Allied Atlantic Command Headquarters, said yesterday. The United States has for some years maintained the U.S. 6th fleet in the
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      Lock icon TRAINING FOR GIRLS...
      40 6 TEHERAN, Wed. (AP) First group of girls being recruited by Iranian Armed Forces, parading ing a ceremony before receiving their epaulets. The girls will work as signal corps technicians after they go through special military training cour*»
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      Lock icon KKK man freed of murder
      135 6 HAYNEVILLE, Alabam, Wed. (AP) A jury night acquitted Ku kw Klansman Eugene Thomt of murder in the killing S white civil rights worker The verdict came after the Jury had deliberat2 one hour, 25 minutes. Thomas 43, thus became the second of three bers of
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      Lock icon Hurricane Inez moves to Leeward Islands
      124 6 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Wed. (UPI) Hurricane Inez, gaining power by the hour and rolling along at a steady clip, punched into the Leeward Islands yesterday and threw 120 miie an hour winds at the Verdant French Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe. Besides threatening the
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      Lock icon A-bomb test for France
      93 6 PAPEETE. Wed. (AFP> France has scheduled its next Pacific atomic test for next Sunday morning, au thoritative sources said here today. Preparations for the test are to begin tomorrow The power of the next "doped" atomic bomb one containing thermonuclear materials is to M higher than
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      Lock icon Ford awards museum five-year grant of $465,000
      193 7 YORK, Wed. (UPI) Mrs. John F. Kennrd-- helped dedicate the US$6 million Whitney \l i eum of American Art building yesterday and pre'jjpj over the first meeting of the Museum's New National Committee. The former First Lady announced that the Ford Foundation had
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      Lock icon Sony Corp has much scope in European market
      154 7 LONDON, Wed. CAP) Masaru Ibuka. President of japan s Sony Corporation, its personally launched uhat he hopes will be his company's "big push into the British and European markets. Mr. Ibuka. addressing a press reception that was attended by Japanese Ambassador. Mr.
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      Lock icon Moon crater named after Confucius
      114 7 MOSCOW, Wed. (AP) Soviet Astronomers have named a moon crater after Confucius, it was announced yesterday. The ancient Chinese Philosopher was one of several "great scientists" after whom craters were named in a forthcoming Russian atlas of the dark side of the moon, the official
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      Lock icon FINAL ROUND OF TALKS
      68 7 Washington, wed. (AP) }*est German Chancellor, Mr. Ludwig Erhard begap the second and concluding round of his Washington conferences yesterday by calling on Secretary of State Dean Rusk at the State Department. Mr. Erhard, accompanied °y Mr. Rusk, was to proceed o the White House for
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      Lock icon Pan American's troop lift
      105 7 Washington, wed. 77 Pan American world Airways said yester?J y Pt t i a i on Oct. 1 it will start flying more than 300 fr °L servicemen a week u°®. South Vietnam to ■nn w ll or five-day rest rehabilitation leave. U? d er a
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      Lock icon Tito attacks US for 'aggression' in Vietnam
      104 7 BELGRADE, Wed. (AFP) President Josip Broz Tito today attacked the United States for "aggres sion" in Vietnam and warned this conflict 4 'threatens to drag the world into a nuclear war". Marshal Tito, in a toast at a reception In honour of visiting
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      72 7 OTTAWA, Wed. (AFP). —Nearly 200 Commonwealth Parliamentarians today start a conference in Ottawa at which Rhodesia and how to settle differences within the commonwealth, will be to the fore. Also on the agenda are trade and aid within the Commonwealth, stabilisation of basic products, food available
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      357 7 PORTLAND, Oregon, Wed. (AP) United States Vice President Mr. Hubert H. Humphrey strongly defended U.S. policy in Vietnam last night. But he acknowledged "no war can be popular in a same society." He said "there Is no ques tion but that
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      369 7 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (UPI) FTNITED STATES bases have been built in Thailand to meet the strategic needs of the war in South Vietnam and are unnecessary for defence of Thai national borders, Foreign Minister Mr. Thanat Khoman said here yester- day. Mr.
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      201 7 HOUSTON, Texas, Wed. (AP) Jerry Michael Ward, 22, was found guilty yesterday of the rape slaying of a student, using evidence never before admitted in a Texas Court. A jury assessed the death penalty, a verdict that carries with it automatic appeal to
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      78 7 UNITED NATIONS. Wed.— (AP) Secretary General U Thant expressed sorrow yesterday for the deaths and property damage resulting from typhoons In Japan. In a message to Japanese Foreign Minster Mr. Etsusaburo Shllna, Thant said: "I wish to express to your execellency, and through you, to the
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      34 7 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (AP) Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr. Abba Eben paid a call yesterday on Greek Foreign Minister Mr. John N. Toumba. A diplomatic source said they discussed "matters of mutual interest."
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      94 7 MIAMI. Florida. Wed. (AP) Some 1,000 students reconstructing a 1958 revolution in Eastern Cuba that helped Fidel Castro to victory got an unexpected visitor Castro. This was reported last night by Miami-Monitored Havana Radio, which has been giving an almost play-by-play account of the student march,
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      38 7 MOSCOW. Wed (AP) Soviet President, Mr. Nikolai V. Podgorny has received the Ambassador of Thailand, Pramot Choncharen. A brief announcement said the meeting took place at the Ambassador's request but gave no other details.
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      37 7 HOLLYWOOD. California. Wed. (AP)— Burt Ward. Batman's intrepid Robin, received burns yesterday when a movie set explosion went awry. After emergency treatment, he was back at work in the television series, signed cape and all.
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      156 7 PARIS Wed. (UPI)— Brigitte Bardot, that most durable of sex symbols, was 32 today and still going strong. At an age when most actresses no longer pose in revealing clothes. France's biggest box office draw is still being photographed in the brief bikinis she wore
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      59 7 LJUBLJANA, Yugoslavia, Wed.—Grim scene in woods, where wreckage of the crashed Britannia Airlines turbo-prop airliner crashed on final approach to nearby Ljubljana airport, killing 92 British; holidaymakers and injuring 20 others. Our picture shows hand-baggage (foreground), foam-covered engine (background), and two bodies covered with plastic
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      186 7 VATICAN CITY, Wed. (UPI) —Pope Paul VI has sent a Papal delegation headed by a high Vatican diplomat and friend to carry his personal message of peace to Christians and nonChristians in embatt-led South Vietnam. The was headed by Archbishop Sergio Pigperfoli, a
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      126 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) American airlines non-ope-rating employees has set a strike for today against the nation's second largest U.S. air passenger service, a spokesman for the Aflcio Transport Workers Union announced. The walkout was set for 6.45 a.m., after 12,000 nonoperating employees turned down
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      133 7 HOUSTON, Texas. Wed. (UPI). Lam Kit-Chung, 9. of Hong Kong underwent surgery yesterday to close a small hole in her heart. A team of surgeons at Methodist Hospital began operating on the little girl shortly after 9:30 a.m. The team was headed by Dr. Michael Debakey,
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      180 7 PARIS, Wed. (AP) An old political friend of Mehdi Ben Barka told a Paris court yesterday that the Moroccan opposition leader had a deep respect for French justice and that this probably facilitated his kidnapping last fall. M 'Hammed Yazid. President of the
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      76 7 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (AP) Arab diplomats yesterday decided to boycott a supper dance to be given by New York Mayor John V. Lindsay on Oct. 3 for delegates to the 21st U.N. General Assembly. Dr. Burhan Hammad, Secretary of the Arab group at the United Nations,
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      46 7 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Prince Philip will visit Australia in 1968 to preside over the third of his Commonwealth Study Conferences, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday. The conference will be held on May 12 to June 4, 1968. The Palace did not name the site.
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      86 7 BUENOS AIRES, Wed. (AFP) Around 100,000 Argentinian students are today expected to turn out for a "resistance and struggle day" against government control of universities, due to start today. Whilst many faculties are opening again after closure during a period of disturbances, the
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      59 7 UNITED NATIONS, Wed (UP I) Secretary-General U Thant sent condolences to Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Etsusaburo Shiina today on the suffering of typhoon victims in Japan. "I wish to express my deep sorrow over the tragic loss of human lives and property caused by typhoons in the
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      50 7 AUCKLAND, New Zealand. Wed. (AP) One in every 250 New Zealanders visited the United States in 1965, according to Charles A. McGee. Regional Director of the U.S. Travel Service. He said this was the highest visitor percentage of any country, except for the neighbours. Canada and Mexico.
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      530 10 Basis laid for new era in USIndon relations WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) Indonesia and the United States appeared today to have laid the basis for a new era of friendly relations during the just-concluded visit of Foreign Minister Adam Malik. A nation of 3,000 islands and 105 million people, Indonesia stretches
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      99 10 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) A former wealthy Australian socialite brought a paternity suit against Lord Angus Montagu yesterday over a five-month-old baby left on Monday night in one of London's coziest restaurants. Mr. Montagu, 27-year-old son of the Duke of Manchester, was dining at Quaglino's Restaurant on
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      57 10 PERTH, Wed. CAP) Seventeen year-old Cynthia Godenzie, of Boulder, 374 miles east of Perth, is planning a Christmas holiday with a difference. She intends riding from Kaigoorlle to Bunbury. 115 miles south of Perth, on horseback. Cynthia expects to cover the 500 miles on her five-year-old
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      89 10 SAIGON, Wed. (AFP> Government troops have found a large Vietcong munitions depot about 40 miles south west of Saigon, it was announced today. The depot, which was discovered yesterday, contained 2.500 bazooka shells, 50.000 machine gun rounds 500 plugs of TNT, 20.000 detonators. 600 size 60 mm
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      268 10 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI)— Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos said today he hoped next month's seven- nation conference on South Vietnam would merely be a forerunner of an allAsia peace meeting. "We need a common stand for peace," Mr. Marcos said during an inflight news conference
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      91 10 WASHINGTON, Wed. '(UPI) The Peace Corps announced this week it no longer has a Far East division. The title has been changed. It is now the East Asia and Pacific Region. The new title came after Philippines Senator Raul Manglapus protested the old Far East designation.
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      168 10 LOS ANGELES. Wed. <UPI> America lowered the sex barrier to space flight yesterday, clearing the way for a brainy belle to become the first American womanaut. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration put out a call for future satellite crews and asked for excellence regardless of sex.
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      241 10 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) Government representatives from nine Asian countries, Australia and the United States will discuss Asia-U.S. economic cooperation during the 18th annual Far East Conference here on Oct. 3 and 4. Mr. William Knox, president of the Far East-Ameri-can Council of Commerce and
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      133 10 MOSCOW, Wed. (AP) The unmanned Soviet spaceship Luna 11 is gathering data about the chemical composition of the moon, the official Soviet new agency Tass reported on Tuesday. Luna 11 was put into orbit around the moon on Aug. 28 without any clear announcement of its
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      60 10 TUCSON, Arizona. Wed. (UPI) Miss Kathleen Hunt, a student at the University of Arizona, received six collect tele phone calls from her soldier-husband in Vietnam last month. "We would lose all track of time when we were on the telephone." she said. The telephone company kept perfect
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      190 10 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield said yesterday it is "most significant" that Asian leaders are taking the initiative toward peace in Vietnam. Mr. Mansfield told the Senate he is pleased that Mr. Johnson will attend the seven-nation summit meeting in Manila
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      229 10 WESTON, Massachusetts Wed (AP) Mr. EdS O. Reischauer, former U.S. ambassador to Japan says that Japan, not' China, should be regard* ed as the giant or Asia." "Japan's 100 million peo pie can outproduce the Too million people of China* he said. "Japan is
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      89 10 SAN FRANCISCO. (AP) Police alerted :be National Guard (State Ififi. tia > and city officials vr.oved hurriedly to quell a poter.ial riot after a white patrolrran shot and killed a Negro youth running from a stolen car. Several hundred negroel milled through streets breaking store windows and
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      33 10 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI) The Security Council will meet on Friday afternoon (1900GMT) on the complaint by Congo that Portugal is harbouring antlCongolese mercenaries m neighbouring Angola, the U.N. announced yesterday.
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      571 10 STONELEIGH, England, Wed. (UPI) The new ideas and methods for bringing relief to tens of millions of Asians from the back-breaking toil of growing their main food crop, rice, were reviewed yesterday. The ideas and methods, which also could mean more food in the stomachs of
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    756 8 TN New Delhi, the Indian President, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, said that the Americans might use atomic weapons in the Vietnam war. He is shocked to read the statement made by the former American President, General Eisenhower, that the United States nearly used atomic arms in Korea,
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      2209 8 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—The Draft Outline of India's Fourth Five Year Plan covering the period April 1966 to March 1971, was presented to Parliament on August, 29 1966. In the procedure for Plan formulation adopted by India, the presentation of the Outline constitutes the penultimate stage, initiating
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      662 8  -  By: Samuel A. Abishegam Director, Malaysian Institute of Management Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. THE study and development of management skills is the primary concern of Malaysia's recently established Institute of Management. Inaugurated several months ago by the Ministers of Commerce and Industry, Labour and Education, the
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      140 9 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) Commenting on a report from Tokyo that Japan one of two countries in which Britain has granted lirpnccs for the construe™ tion' of Hovercraft has won her first export conrr*ct for an air-cushion craft to Thailand, the Shipping Review of the "Daily Telegraph"
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      132 9 LONDON. Wed. (AFP).— British Premier Harold Wilson yesterday opened a 70-man day-long "war council" to plan ways of stepping up Britain's industrial output and winning the exports battle. The council, being attended by Mr. Wilson, seven ministers and some 60 top industrialists and trade
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      96 9 LONDON, Wed. (AFP). Discussions on an effective international sugar agreement are currently taking place in London with the assembly of the preparatory working group on sugar. Delegates from 22 countries—all major beet and cane sugar exporters are represented, and except China, all main importers —are
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      46 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged on no sales yesterday offers were: Nov. 22.10 22.10 Jan. 22.30 22.30 Mar. 22.30 22.30 May 22.30 22.30 July 22.30 22.30 Sept. 22.30 22.30 Locally No. 1 RSS was quoted at 22-1/8 cents a pound, nominal.
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      159 9 SINGAPORE following ships are expected to be in port today:.. Oodowns Vessel* 1 2 Vienne 34 Ferndale 5 Eliza Afl Nestor 10 11 Pekin lo 16 Memnon Kapitan Kosko 19 Hero 23/24 Euphrates 2o 26 Kimanis 2 < 28 Rajula Straat Clarence 33 7 34 Glenlyon 3o 36
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      420 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) The major issue confronting this year's annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund is to find how the rich nations can be persuaded to give effective aid to the poor. At this stage the outlook is bleak.
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      55 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants today were: Canada; Buying T.T. 351; Airmail O.D. 35|; 90 d/st. 35-15/16 credit bills; 36 trade bills. Selling T.TVO.D. ready were: Canada 34 S; Swiss Francs 140±; French Francs 159J; Italian
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      16 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The tin price for today was $604-7/8 per picul, down 50 cts.
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      141 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. One of the largest selling beverages in Hong Kong, Vitasoy will be made available soon in Singapore. This has been made possible by an arrangement concluded between the developer of Vitasoy, the Hong Kong Soya Bean Products Co. Ltd. and Monsanto Company to produce a
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      297 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Oct. first grade rubber buyers f.o.b closed at 5 p.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 58} per lb., up i cts. from previous close. The tone was quiet. A very quiet market ruled most of the morning. Prices were unchanged at the opening, and
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      91 9 DALLAS, Texas, Wed. (UPI) The chairman and chief executive officer of Pan American World Airways says he thinks both Boeing and Lockheed should get government contracts to build a supersonic transport. Mr. Juan T. Trippe made the remark at the National Defence Transportation Association meeting, which gave him
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      46 9 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP) —The U.S. Government sold 25 long tons of surplus stockpile tin yesterday. Ave tons of Grade A at US $1.5425 a pound, 15 tons of Grade B at U551.5275 a pound and five tons of Grade C at U551.5225 a pound.
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      659 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Industrials were firm throughout the morning session. But toward the close, a wave of sellers appeared and took prices slightly lower. C.C.M. with the heaviest turnover was done at $1.43 to $1.40 and Rothmans fell from $2.57 to $2.54. Properties and tins were generally
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        204 9 B S Soustead 1.54 C. T. S. Ords. CD 48/3 Chemical Co 1.40 1.41 Cola Storage 2.75 Dunlop 2.37 Smelting 4.02 4.08 Esso Ords. CR 2.88 United Holdings CCR 1.88 Fitzpatricks 1.55 F N. Ords. CDCB 3.50 3.54 Gammon 1.89 1.91 Georgetown 1.25 1.29 Guinness 2.26 Hotel S'pura XD
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        34 9 Central Prop .80 City Dev. .34J .35 h Faber Union 50 Island Hotel .64 Island Pen 49 K. L. Prop .85 San Holdings .29 3el. Prop S'pore Land .54* Town City 76 .79
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        98 9 Aokam 3.66 Austral Amal. XD 22/6 23/Austral Malay CD 32/6 Ayer Hitam CD 21/3 216 Berjuntai 33/- Gopeng 34/9 35/6 Hong Kong 31/11 Ldris Hyd. 2 15/K'pong Lanjut 24/3 Kamunting 19/3 19/6 Kent 8/6 9/3 Kramat 11/6 12 3 Larut 12/Lingui 2.00 2.03 Malayan Tin 28/9 29/Meru Tin 1/4
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        42 9 Batu Lintang 1.66 Borelli (New) CD 2.10 2.30 Xpmnas 1.90 Kpnonff Plant. 1.70 Kluang Ord. CD 1.74 Kundong Tg. Pau XD 1.75 Mentakab 1.97 New Scudai 4.10 4.50 New Serendah 2.10 Sel. Coconut 2.95 Sungei Tukang 1.04 1.05 Temerloh 2.06
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        40 9 Anglo-Asian XD Anglo Oriental 1/H 3/6 3/9 B. Kawan CCR b/6 Bk. S'bawang 5/4 5/6 Chemong 1/2 1/4 Cicely 2/4 2/6 Craieielea 1/3 K L KeDoncr 2/Kulim 1/7 1/8 London Asiatic 3/3 Merlimau Pegoh 1/11 Strs. Rubber 1/1*
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        28 9 First Malayan 2.16 2.26 Second Malayan 1.53 1.63 Third Malayan 1.12 1.23 Malaysian Commerce 88 .99 Mai. Savings Fund XD 2.16 2.26 Sterling Commodity 3/11 4/6
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        158 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8.20 a.m. MAL 019 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. MAL 121 Kuala Lumpur. 10.30 a.m. MAL 451 Kuching. 1C.55 a.m. MAL 005 Penang. Ipoh. Kuala Lummir, 12.50 p.m. PAA 841 Malacca. San Francisco. Los Angeles, Honolulu, Guam. Manila, Saigon. 2.45 p.m. MAL 045 Kota Bahru,
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        162 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.00 ajzi. ML 034 Malacca. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh. Penang, Alor Star, K. Bahru 7.00 a.m. BA 797 K. Lumpur, Colombo. Bombay, Cairo, London. 7.31 a.m. ML 122 Kuala Lumpur 8.00 a.m. TG 402 Bangkok, Hongkong, Taipeh, Osaka, Tokyo. 8.00 a.m. RC 602 Phnompeh. Kuala
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        125 9 TIME AIRLINES FROM 7.45 a.m. BOAC (BA 797) Singapore. 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8.25 a.m. MAL (ML 034) Singapore, Malacca. 8.40 a.m. Cathav (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 008)
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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. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 122) MAL (ML 034) Singapore. Ipon, Penang, Alor Star. Kota Bahru. 9.05 a.m. Cathay (CX 576) Bangkok, Hongkong, Taipeh, Osaka. Tokyo. 9.30
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      78 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Exports of tin metal from Singapore and West Malaysia for August amounted to 6,252 tons. The total exports from January to August 1966 were 47,192 tons. Big buyers were the United States of America and Japan with 16,422 and 10,371 tons respectively. A total of
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      118 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Previous Today's Sellers Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 42.75 Sept 42.75 Coconut oil (FOB) 44.25 Drums Sept 44.25 Sugar (Java) ex-godown. 26.00 26.00 Nutmegs 110s 485.00 485.00 B W 240.00 240.00 Garbled Lampong Black 125.00 Pepper (FOB) 127.50 pepper
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    230 11 hong KONG, Wed. •fUPI) n€ of eight Roman Catholic nuns pxDelled last month from Communist China on espionage charges said last night they bore no iU-feeling toward the Chinese Red Guards for t he humiliations they suffered. Sister Abecket, born Catherine Rogan in Scotland
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    373 11  -  By Fred S. Hoffman gAIGON, Wed. (AP). U.S. Intelligence officers say North Vietnamese troops are infiltrating into South Vietnam at the rate of more than 6/000 a month. This is an increase of about 1,000 a month over most recent estimates. These intelligence experts
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    154 11 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI).— Japanese troops bulldozing a new road through the wreckage left by typhoon Ida south of Tokyo rescued a 19-year-old girl who was burled alive for 58 hours. The girl, identified as Fujie Miura, was discovered when the bulldozer blade revealed her mudcovered form
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    113 11 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP) Arab nationals in the Lampong district of Sumatra were today accused of causing more trouble than the Overseas Chinese at present. Lieutenant Colonel Bachrod ji commander of the South Lampong District, Sumatra, said in Tandjung Karang that the Arabs had misused the Muslim
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    30 11 KATHMANDU, Wed. (AFP) A total of 16 persons were buried alive and many others seriously injured by a landslide at Bulbule. Northern Nepal, it was announced here today.
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    69 11 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP).— Indonesia's Army Chief concurrently Cabinet Presidium Chairman General Suharto today received a courtesy call from Coloned A.H. East, a battalion commandei of the Australian Army in Malaysia. Colonel East has followed courses at the Indonesian Army Staff and Command College in Bandung. West
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    62 11 THIS strange creation looking rather like a waterfall was not made by an artist's hands. It was "created" by electricity in a high voltage laboratory at the huge German electro firm of A.E.G., when electric sparks of 200.000 volts flashed out on the porcelain ribs of an insulator. Docs this
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    202 11 JAKARTA. Wed. (AP)— President Sukarno has *gain been accused of being a secret Communist leader under the pseudonym of Pak De. The accusation was made yesterday by the daily newspaper Karya Bhakti of the minor Moslem Party (PSSI). The daily said a note to this
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    53 11 NAGASAI, Japan, Wed. (UPI) Eight persons were feared lost in the Pacific today when a Japanese fishing boat cap sized in high waves south of Taiwan. A radio report received here indicated the ill-fated vessel was a 125 tons drag net fishing boat owned by the Kyokuyo
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    23 11 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Philippine Health Secretary Paulino Garcia today fired the director of the National Mental Hospital for alleged irregularities in office.
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    349 11 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) South Vietnam is pressing the International Control Commission (ICC) to send teams into the demilitarised zone to investigate reports of a Communist buildup for a monsoon drive into the South, diplomatic sources said yester- day. Even as the government of Premier
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    161 11 BANGKOK, Wed. (UPI). Mr. Leonid Mamurin, chief of the Soviet Trade Mission in Bangkok who was arrested on Monday on espionage charges, was released from police custody yesterday with orders to leave Thailand within three days. Mr. Mamurin was bailed out by Soviet Consul Mikhail Fedoseev
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    83 11 JAKARTA, Wed. (UPI) Five hundred and seventyfour persons arrested in Pati, Central Java, shortly after the Communist coup attempt last October have been released and sent back to their villages. The prisoners were released last weekend after a special team had declared them eligible for
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    75 11 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI)— Typhoon Ida's weekend rampage across Western and Central Japan will cost the nation's farmers a loss of 80,800 tons of rice. Agriculture-Forestry Minister Raizo Matsuno made the estimate at today's cabinet meeting. Even so, Mr. Matsuno said, Japan's rice crop will still be
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    54 11 BRUSSELS, Wed. (AFP) Belgium yesterday agreed to provide nearly £650,000 sterling in aid in 1967 to Rwanda, its former East African Trust Territory. The aid about the same as for 1966, will go towards airport and road improvement tourist development and agricultural projects. Belgium also maintains
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    Lock icon S'pore Gun Club special: Shoot during the night
    385 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Gun Club will hold for the first time in the history of the club a night shoot under floodlights. It will be held on Sunday at the Bukit Timah RangeThe meet will start at 3 oo p.m. and
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    Lock icon Toss of coin decides winner of walk
    245 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. A. Aziz won the Swift Athletes Association's open seven-mile road walk through the toss of a coin. The walk was held last Sunday at the course encircling the Botanic Gardens. A. Aziz and B.K.S. Maniam both clocked 55 mins 31 sees,
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    Lock icon King Kong to defend Orient title
    105 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. King Kong, will defend his Orient championship title which he has held for the past 15 years against Maori John Da Silva on Saturday night at the Gay World stadium. According to promoter Abdul Razak. King Kong is also staking his silver
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    Lock icon S'pore look set to dethrone Johore in Under-23
    302 13  -  by SCRUM-HALF SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Rugby Union will field a strong Under-23 team this year to break Johore's reign in the South Zone for the last three years as top team. Negri-Malacca who were scheduled to play Singapore on Saturday, have
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    Lock icon Derado due in for title fight
    93 13 MANILA, Wed. (AFP)— Vicente Derado of Argentina is scheduled to arrive in Manila on Friday foi his forthcoming title fight with world junior lightweight champion Gabriel (Flash) Elorde of the Philippines. The 15-round bout will be held on Oct. 22 at the Suburban Araneta
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    Lock icon Indon team is 'top secret'
    379 13  -  Other teams not underestima ted Albert Johnson meets the leader of the Indonesian 'test' team Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Wed.— The President of the Persatuan Bulatangkis Seluroh Indonesia (Indonesia Badminton Association), Dr. Padmo Sumasto, said here today that the line-up of the Indonesian team for the
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    Lock icon Storm over inclusion of Griffiths
    125 13 KINGSTON, Wed. (AFP) A storm of criticism is raging here over the West Indian selectors decision to include fast bowler, Carlie Griffiths in their cricket team to tour India. Even Griffiths' staunchest supporters now admit that he is guilty of throwing and so it is
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    264 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. Indonesia will send a team to compete in the forthcoming 7th Singapore Open International Badminton championships to be held here on Oct. 7 to 9. The President of the Persatuan Bulatangkis Seluroh Indonesia (Indonesia Badminton Association) Dr. Padmo Sumasto, gave this assurance when he met
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    Lock icon PAHLAWAN CRACKS 37 FOR 3 FURS.
    412 15  -  Boy Emperor also displays fine form BY WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Wed. Pahlawan, with jockey Weir astride, did an outstanding gallop at Bukit Timah this morning when he easily reeled off three furlongs in 36-4/5 sees., striding out freely all the way. Pahlawan finished his
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    Lock icon Soh lashes out at 'incompetent critics'
    337 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. The President of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation, Mr. Soh Ghee Soon, today lashed out at "incompetent critics" who made sweeping statements without sound knowledge of the current trend in weightlifting. Mr. Soh was commenting on a report published in the Eastern
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    141 15 SAO PAULO, Wed. (AP) —South Africa's Bobby Cole is the favourite in the Brazilian Amateur Open starting here on Wednesday .it the Sao Paulo Golf Club. Cole is one of four South Africans entered in the fiveday competition. The others are Dave Symons, Comri Du Toi
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    131 15 BANGKOK. Wed. (AP) Deputy Prime Minister Praphas Charusathien said on Wednesday that Thailand would live up to its pledge to organize the Asian Games which he promised would open as scheduled on Dec. 9. Praphas. who is Chairman of the Asian Games Federation,
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    Lock icon S'pore Amateur meeting
    74 15 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Singapore Turf Club's Amateur Meeting will be held on Saturday, Oct. 29, at Bukit Timah. The races being catered for are: M,A,R,A, Class 1 (8 furs.); M.A.R.A. Class 2 (7 furs.); M.A.R.A. Class 3 (6 furs.); M.A.R.A. Class 4 (5£ furs.); M.A.R.A. Class 5 (2
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    Lock icon MODERNISING LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    117 15 LONDON, Wed. The President of the Football League, Mr. Lien Shipman said that plans are afoot to streamline soccer and the League's Management Committee is setting up a regional investigation into ways this can be achieved successfully. He was speaking at a dinner celebrating Liverpool Football Club's
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    43 15 MUAR, Wed. Mr. Tay Thian Hwee has been elected President of the Muar Rifle Association. The others elected were Vice-President, Mr. Lau Keng Lay; Secretary, Mr. Tay Boon Thin; Treasurer, Mr. Lim Kim Chuan and Auditor, Mr. Ong Chin Swee.
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    Lock icon P.T.C. WOMEN'S GOLF WINNER
    80 15 The Governor of Penang, Raja Tun Uda, and Yang Teramat Mulia Tengku Puan Hajjah Nor Sa'adah graced the occasion of the Penang Turf Club (■olf Section's 19th annual dinner at the golf club premises on Sept. 24. After the dinner, YTM Tengku Puan Hajjah Nor Sa'adah
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    Lock icon Penang women's doubles champs
    59 15 The Governor of Penang, Raja Tun Uda, presenting trophies to Reno Koestijah (nearest camera) and Minarni, the Indonesian pair, who won the women's doubles title in the Penang Open Badminton Championships at the Penang Chinese Girls' High School hall on Sunday. Looking on is the President
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    Lock icon 'The Duke' shows off his technique
    88 15 The Ist Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, based at Selerang Barracks, Changi, for the past 2J years are returning to the UK and with them go their wrestlers who became a popular attraction in Singapore. Here, Lance Corporal Martin Cooke, better known in
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    Lock icon Ames to be tour manager in Pakistan
    85 15 LONDON. Wed. The former England and Kent wicket-keeper. Leslie Ames, has agreed to accept an invitation as manager of the MCC Under-twenty-five team due to tour Pakistan in January and February, next year. Ames, who is now Secretary and Manager of Kent County
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    Lock icon Japanese prove too good
    76 15 BANGKOK, Wed. (AFP) The visiting Japanese national volleyball team proved too good for the local team of Thailand Iron Works in a friendly match here last night which the Japanese won *n three straight games in 56 minutes. The Japanese, who are stopping here en route
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    Lock icon World Cup profits would have been more if...
    293 15 LONDON, Wed. The World Soccer Cup tournament, played in and won by England, made a profit of over one million pounds sterling a record, just exceeding the previous best, in Chile four years ago. It would have been larger if the public
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    Lock icon Measures being taken to stamp out hooliganism
    291 15 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) The activities of the soccer ruffians are causing: more and more concern here but measures are being: taken to stamp out the hooliganism. London club West Ham United will have completed the posting of notices banning the taking of bottles
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    Lock icon Three-way athletics match
    178 15 LONDON, Wed. Athletics officials in Britain are busy selecting a team for the three-country match between France, Finland and Britain in Paris on Oct. 1 2. One of the men already named for the team is Michael Freary. who set a National 10,000 metres record during the
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    Lock icon Record information on Test matches
    135 15 LONDON. Wed. Cricket enthusiasts in Britain set up a new record for telephone calls for Test match Information during the recent tour of the West Indies team. A spokesman for thr G.P.O. said that traffic in the Test match information service operated by the telephone
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    Lock icon SCHOOLS' TRIANGULAR CANCELLED
    137 15 KAJANG, Wed.—The annual triangular schools competition for the "Friendship Through Sports" Dato Abdul Aziz Trophy scheduled to take place at the Kajang High School ground yesterday, has been cancelled indefinitely. The three schools scheduled to play rugger, hockey and basketball, the three remaining games in the series,
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    Lock icon $500,000 STADIUM FOR MALACCA
    74 15 MALACCA, Wed. Malacca is to have a $500,000 indoor stadium with a seating capacity of 5,000. It will be equipped for all types of indoor games. This was disclosed by the Acting Chief Minister Dato Tan Cheng Swee, here last night at the premiere showing of
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    Lock icon Famous painter's tomb destroyed
    211 16 PEKING, Wed. (AFP) The tomb of the great Chinese painter Chi Pai Shin who was hailed by the leaders of China after the Communist victory in 1949 has been destroyed. It was not immediately certain who carried out the destruction. About 10 Red Guards were at
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    Lock icon 2 killers get death sentence
    106 16 MANILA, Wed. (UPI) A court has sentenced two Filipinos to death for the slaying of a Chinese merchant in Laoag City about 230 miles north of Manila, the Philppines news service reported today. The merchant, Co Piang, was stabbed several times after he was robbed
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    38 16 TOKYO. Wed. (AP) Hanoi s Vietnam news agency today said Vietcong forces killed or wounded z American and South mese troops in d?£f raids in el ht y s endini Sept. 9 in Quang Nam province.
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    Lock icon Cao Ky certain to attend Manila talks
    157 16 SAIGON, Wed. (AFP) South Vietnam Premier Nguyen Cao Ky is virtually certain to attend the Manila conference of October 18, Government sources said today, adding that it was unknown whether Head of State Nguyen Van Thieu would attend. South Vietnam diplomats expected the
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    Lock icon Minister gives away cheques to schools
    150 16 IPOH, Wed. A cheque distributing spree, involving a total of $64,000 was undertaken by the Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Yew here today. The cheques for capital grants for nine schools were presented at the Methodist Girls School. The schools were: The
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    Lock icon Marcos, Sato will talk on Asia's security
    309 16 TOKYO, Wed. (AP) PHILIPPINE President Ferdinand Marcos arrives here today for a State visit that informed sources say could end with a multi-million U.S. dollar economic loan from Japan. 'The loan could even be as larre as the US$2OO million he received in
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    Lock icon Patriotic war will go on—PM Pham
    150 16 HANOI. Wed. (AI P). Premier Pham Van Dong said today that North Vietnam will continue the "Patriotic struggle" against the United States "until final victory." The Premier quoted by the North Vietnam News Agency, was speaking at a Czech Embassy reception here in honour
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    Lock icon Varsity law society's dinner, dance
    61 16 SINGAPORE. Wed. The University of Singapore Law Society will hold its annual dinner and dance at the Four Lions in Hotel Singapura on Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. The guest of honour, the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will address the gathering. Those wishing
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    Lock icon Japan may attend peace confab
    196 16 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) The Foreign Office declined comment on reports that Japan might be invited to participate as an observer in the Heads of State conference scheduled for Oct. 18 in Manila. Kyodo News Agency said, however, that Foreign Office sources said Japan would take
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    Lock icon 'Operation Lanikai' launched
    121 16 SAIGON, Wed. (AFP) U.S. military headquarters today announced a new ground operation called "Lanikai" being earr.-d out with South Vietnam troop support in the north of the Mekong Delta 20 miles (about 30 kilometres) south-west of Saigon. For the first time, men of the 25th U.S. Division
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    Lock icon India looks for peanut market
    168 16 DELHI, Wed. (AFP) A 10-man Indian delegation has left for European countries and the USSR to explore the possibilities of increasing exports of peanut meal to those countries. The mission also will visit West European countries. Members of thp delegation have formed a consortium and
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    Lock icon Lull in S. Vietnam fighting
    193 16 SAIGON. Wed. (AFP) The lull in ground activity in South Vietnam continued today as nine operations went forward with virtually no contact with the Vietcong or North Vietnamese troops. Strategic B-52 bombers attacked a sector of the demilitarised zone south of the 17th Parallel again
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    52 16 HONG KONG. Wed. (AFP). Another 4.000 South Korean troops landed in South Vietnam today, the New China News Agency monitored here stated. It said the troops went ashore at Nha Trang from U.S. transports. Present strength of South Korean units in South Vietnam is now 36.500. the
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    Lock icon The 57-year-old Londoner who has invented a high speed amphibious car is seen here with a detailed model of the vehicle which, it is claimed, will carry the driver and four passengers at 75 miles (120 kilometres) an hour on land and 30 miles (48 k.) an hour over water. The hydrocar is expected to go into full production in Britain in two years time.
    65 16 The 57-year-old Londoner who has invented a high speed amphibious car is seen here with a detailed model of the vehicle which, it is claimed, will carry the driver and four passengers at 75 miles (120 kilometres) an hour on land and 30 miles (48 k.) an hour over water.
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    295 16 JAKARTA. Wed. (AFP) The Indonesian Information Ministry today flatly rejected the "slander launched by the People's Chinese Government that the Indonesian Government is intentionally obstructing efforts to have Chinese nationals in Indonesia return to their homeland." The Ministry rejected People's China's claim that
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