Eastern Sun, 29 December 1966

Lock icon This issue may only be viewed from the multimedia stations at NLB Libraries. See FAQ for more information.

Microfilm: NL4924
Total Pages: 16
1 16 Eastern Sun
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Lock icon Masthead
    24 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 163 Thur&day, December 29 1966. IWC(P) 1942 KDIVI 2309 Price 15 cents
    24 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon SUHARTO SHOCKS SUKARNO
    583 1 Indonesia's President th got big surprise when told to go ahead JAKARTA, VVEDMESDAY (UPI) INDONESIA PRESIDENT SUKARNO, in a sformy session wifh the military men who now run the nation, yesterday demanded that the Cabinet be reshuftled more to his liking, reports said here today. Pres. Sukarno
    583 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Rice crisis in Calcutta
    221 1 CALCUTTA. India. Wed. < \P) —The teeming millions of greater Calcutta went without rice, their basic food, for the first time yesterday and in several sections of the hungry city simmering tempers boiled over. Police moved in to !ireak up demonstrations 'n front of food ration
    221 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Hands off warning by Razak
    344 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak today warned foreign firms not to interfere in the political and domestic affairs of the country. "Foreign firms are welcome here, as long as they keep their hands off the internal affairs of the country",
    344 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Paratroopers land on VC stronghold
    194 1 SAIGON. Wed. (AP) Thousands of South Vietnamese troops some dropped by parachute and helicopter fanned out across canal-laced rice fields deep in the Mekong Delta today and reported killing 89 Vietcong in two days. The large scale search and destroy operation was launched yesterday by
    194 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      112 1 Available only at Caltex Stations ISO.WH.M.4E/ 68 THE LONG SIZE Real tobacc THE r f/Hffll NAME ON THE Indonesia s politically active student groups and other segments of the nation have continued to demand that Pres. Sukarno himself be made to answer questions about the coup. Strongman Gen. Suharto and
      112 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      10 1 KEEP COOL WITH Carrier Am-cmnmm Singapore Kuala Lumpur 641.211 *****
      10 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon THE S'PORE AFFAIR' OF ROBERT VAUGHN
    913 2  -  Solo mobbed everywhere during his morning jaunt By PETER LOKE, K. S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Wed. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", Mr. Robert Vaughn better known as Napoleon Solo took his fans by surprise when he dropped on them in various spots of Singapore. Care to
    Pix by JIMMY CHOW  -  913 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    Lock icon PDREUF: Arbitration for all unions
    470 3 TWO-WEEK STRIKE NOTICE STILL 0N... SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Public Daily-Rated Employees Unions' Fede~ ration will stick to their strike decision if its dispute over the claims for more wages for all its affilliates is not referred to the Industrial Arbitration Court. The Federation's President,
    470 words
  • Article
    Lock icon American Export Isbrandtsen Lines to set up branch
    198 3 SINGAPORE. Wed —One of America's largest shipping lines is to establish a branch office here on Jan. 1. 1967. Mr. John Hsieh. manager of the new branch, said that the change from an agency to a branch reflects the Line's anticipation of
    198 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Orient's leading show for S'pore
    137 3 SINGAPORE. Wed Nationalist China's leading entertainment troupe, the Alishan AllGirls Revue, will be arriving here for performances during the Chinese New Year season in February. The troupe, consisting of 40 film stars, singers and acrobats, has been acclaimed the Orient's leading floor show. They will
    137 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Big congregation of Asian Buddhists in S'pore Jan. 4-18
    257 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A congregation of Buddhists from Asia will be held in Singapore from Jan. 4 to 18, next year the biggest ever since World War II The last Buddhist gathering of such magnitude was held in mainland China just before
    257 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Registration for N-Language Public Exam
    141 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The Ministry of Education has announced that registration for the April 1967 National Language Public Examination conducted by the Ministry will begin on Jan. 3. Candidates who wish to sit for the Standard I, 11, 111 exams or the oral/written part should call
    141 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Fr. Cordeiro laid to rest
    267 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The late Rev. Father Lionel Cordeiro, 68. who passed away after a short illness at the Mount Alvernia Hospital here, was today buried at the Bidadari Cemetery. Some three months ago he underwent a major operation in the same hospital. A very prominent
    267 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 'Academic brilliance is not enough'...
    659 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Extra-curriculum activities provide the best means of fostering racial sympathy, goodwill and co-operation. The Principal of St. Patrick's School. Brother I. Patrick, said this when he spoke on "Extra-Curricu-lum Activities and Nation Building." during the afternoon session of the Education Seminar on Nation
    659 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Mansfield's agreement with union
    80 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Mansfield Local Employees' Union recently concluded a collective agreement with its employer, Straits Steamship Co Ltd.. for its members attached to the ferry crews and shoregang section. The agreement is signed for improved wages and better conditions of service. Mr.. Tay Boon
    80 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon 37 Japanese girl students arrive in S'pore on study tour
    411 3 SINGAPORE. Wed.—A group of 37 girls students of a Japanese Junior College currently on a study tour of Southeast Asian countries, arrived here todav on board the liner "Chitral". They are students of the Sholn Junior College. Kobe. Japan, and
    411 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Returning to S'pore after successful operation
    135 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Miss Ng Kwang Yin, 21, who spent two months in a Sydney hospital, will return here tomorrow by Lufthansa German Airlines following a successful operation for a nervous condition. Miss Ng. who comes from a poor family, went to Australia where she
    135 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Qantas officers' training
    78 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Recently the Qantas office here sent two of its accounts officers. Messrs. Low Chye Tong and Lye Kwok Poo. to its head office in Sydney on a familiarisation and training course. They learnt about the comprehensive computer system named "QANTAM'* introduced by Qantas 18 months
    78 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      62 3 > :> i r r T <Ki; ,v RIVERLAND AUSTRALIAN ORANGES Made in Germany Take "MEMORIN" pills to rid Depression, Giddiness, Sight Blackout, and gives you clear thinking. Is a natural protein preparation for nourishing the brain and nerve cells. If taken regularly will improve your Memory ond Mentol Capacities.
      62 words
  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 3 Miscellaneous Column 1
      55 3 S'pore Diary 7.30 p.m. Victoria Theatre, Empress Place: "A Night of Children's Plays". 7.30 p.m. National Theatre, Tank Road: "Viyanthimale and Her Troupe." 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Kampong Heap Guan San, Telok Blangah; Jalan Ladang Chinese Kampong; Serangoon Village, Upper Serangoon Road; and Lim
      55 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • WORLD NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon NEWS IN BRIEF
      584 5 LONDON, Wed. (AP> Six gold ingots worth about U.S. $34,000 have disappeared on a flight from London to Beirut. Lebanon, an airport spokesman said Yesterday. The ingots were part of a cold consignment loaded on a plane of Middle East Airlines at London airport on Dec. 9.
      584 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'Dead wood' to be eliminated in Wilson's Cabinet reshuffle
      341 5 London, pRIME MINISTER MR. HAROLD WILSON intends to reshuffle his cabinet early in the new year to eliminate some dead wood and promote some of the Labour Party's young men, reliable informants said yesterday. Mr. Wilson's aim is to refurnish his
      341 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Dewi: No news about Bung retiring
      246 5 TOKYO, Wed. (UPD—President Sukarno's Japan-ese-born wife, Madame Ratna Sari Dewi said today she was surprised to hear reports from Jakarta that her husband was threatening to resign. "I cannot believe it," Madame Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno told United Press International after Jakarta despatches were
      246 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Food rations increased
      106 5 NEW DELHI, Wed. (AP) Nineteen million persons in the worst-affected areas of drought stricken Bihar State in Eastern India will have food grain rations increased from six to eight ounces a day beginning Jan. 1, the Government announced yesterday. The decision, which was taken by a special
      106 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Princess Grace in N. York
      61 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) Princess Grace of Monaco arrived at Kennedy Airport from Paris with two of her children yesterday, warmly dressed as protection against New York's cold weather. "It was lovely when we left Monaco," she said. The Princess was accompanied by Prince Albert,
      61 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'A Man For All Seasons' wins 4 awards
      114 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) The New York Film Critics last night named "A Man For All Seasons." made in England, winner of four major awards in its 1966 film judgings. The motion picture, produced by Columbia Pictures, won best picture award and
      114 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Ike leaves hospital
      241 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) Pink-cheeked and grinning former President Dwight D. Eisenhower got out of Walter Reed Army Hospital yesterday and gave newsmen some of his thoughts on world affairs. On the bombing of the Hanoi area "Anyone who is an aggressor cannot be allowed to go scot-free.
      241 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon 'Queen of Light' spreads Christmas cheer
      106 5 TOKYO, Wed. Miss Margaretha Linden, 21, "Queen of Light;' of Sweden of this year, presents Christmas gifts to Japanese handicapped children at the Seishiryogoen, a nursery for physically handicapped children in Tokyo, on Christmas Eve. Miss Linden, a nurse of Ulleraaker Hospital in Sweden,
      U.P.I. Photo.  -  106 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'Pamela' wrecks lives and property
      249 5 MANILA. Wed. (l T PI) Typhoon Pamela roared towards the South China Sea today after a two-dav devastating sweep across the central Philippines that left at least three dead, thousands homeless and millions in dollars of losses to crops and property. The typhoon knocked out
      249 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Indira talks to Hillmen
      76 5 CALCUTTA, Wed. (AFP) Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi talked to Hillmen in Shillong, Assam's capital, today, urging them not to use "antidemocratic" methods in pressing their claim for a separate state within the Indian Union. About 40,000 members of the hill tribes attended a mass
      76 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Sihanouk: Is God white?
      135 5 PNOM PENH. Wed. (AFP) —Cambodian Head of State Prince Norodom 81hanouk asked yesterday: "Is God white? Is he American? Has he chosen the free world?" Prince Sihanouk was commenting on a Christmas message In which General William Westmoreland. Commander In Chief of United States Forces In
      135 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Kosygin to visit Britain
      164 5 LONDON. Wed. (AP) Prime Minister Mr. Wilson announced today that Soviet Premier Mr. Kosvgin will make a week's visit to Britain Feb. 6-13. The Soviet leader will come here about two months after his visit to President de Gaulle in Paris and his later visit to
      164 words
    • Article
      Lock icon When the Kennedys go skating...
      91 5 HYANNIS PORT. Massachusetts, Wed. (AP) When the Kennedys go skating, everybody goes, including 76-year-old Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, mother of the late President. The family had a Christmas weekend skating party on Monday at the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. memorial rink in Hyannis, and the
      91 words
    • Article
      Lock icon $300 mil. warning system
      95 5 PARIS, Wed (AP) Construction of a highly sophisticated early warning system by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will begin immediately, it was announced today. The US$3OO million system to warn of any attack coming from the Soviet bloc area will extend from Norway to Turkey.
      95 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Possible Russo- Chinese war
      358 5 Possible RussoChinese war WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) The magazine, U.S. News and World Report says "The Russians are preparing for war with Red China just in case." In its copyrighted "Worldgram'' section, the nation- wide circulated weekly news magazine declares that "this is not hearsay or rumour. It is hard Japanese
      358 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Wanted: Emblem for ADB
      155 5 MANILA, Wed. (AP) Wanted: An emblem for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The bank's headquarters, which opened here recently has called on the peoples of its 19 regional members to submit designs for the ADB's emblem. The winner of the contest will receive U.S. $l,OOO. In
      155 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Japan runs a deficit
      136 6 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Japan chalked up a US$27 million deficit in overall balance of payments in November. the Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan reported yesterday. It was only the second time so far this year that Japan's balance of payments were in the red.
      136 words
    • Article
      Lock icon With the sound of music
      124 6 TOKYO, Wed. (AFP) Japan has become the world's second biggest producers of pianos this year with an output of 170,726 units this year. The world's top producer the United States, has turned out some 200,000 pianos this year. These and other figures were provided by
      124 words
    • Article
      Lock icon CRIME AMONG POLICE
      49 6 MANILA, Wed. (AP) 1966 was a bad year for Philippine policemen according to a report released yesterday. From January to November. 639 policemen were arrested on charges ranging from murder to robbery, the National Bureau of Investigation said. Several lieutenants and captains were among those arrested.
      49 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Your reply while-U-wait
      73 6 NEW DELHI. Wed. (AP) A new telegraph service, called "get your reply as you wait," is being panned for residents of New Delhi and Calcutta. When a telegram is received in one city, the recipient will be phoned for an answer. His reply then will be relayed
      73 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon AMSTERDAM, Wed. (AP) — A green camouflaged dragon 200 metres long leads a parade of silent demonstrators protesting the war in Vietnam through the streets of Amsterdam, during Christmas day
      31 6 AMSTERDAM, Wed. (AP) A green camouflaged dragon 200 metres long leads a parade of silent demonstrators protesting the war in Vietnam through the streets of Amsterdam, during Christmas day AP photo.
      AP photo.  -  31 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Billy Graham tells Forces 'Carry on boys'
      643 6 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI and AP) Commedian Bob Hope, preacher Billy Graham and Cardinal Francis Spellman have ended their Christmas tour of US Forces in Vietnam. The Catholic Cardinal has been sharply criticised in world capitals for his Christmas message saying that the US
      643 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Kosygin leaves Turkey
      90 6 ISTANBUL, Wed. (AP) Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosygin flew home today after a precedent breaking official visit highlighted by an agreement to continue to improve Turkish-Russian relations. Mr. Kosygin was the first Soviet Prime Minister to visit modern Turkey and his movements during the past seven days
      90 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Let the mad cure the mad—Dr.
      389 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP). There's a primitive medicine man called a Shaman who travels the road to madness, and he may offer a clue on how to treat mental illness, a psychologist said yesterday. The Shaman has an important role in primitive societies. His people
      389 words
    • Article
      Lock icon New board for seized company
      165 6 KINSHASA. Wed. (UP!) The Congolese radio on Monday announced the names of the board of directors of the new company that succeeds to Union Miniere Du Haut Katanga after a govt, takeover of the major copper mine. President Joseph Mobutu last week announced a new
      165 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Sush! no miaow, bow-wow...
      113 6 PARIS. Wed. (UFI) The French government has launched an all out war against unnecessary noise. And that includes the screeching of cats, leaving the car radio open in a stationery vehicle, listening to a transistor radio in public and keeping one's neighbours awake at night with
      113 words
    • Article
      Lock icon EXPORTERS PROTEST NEW P.I. LAWS
      167 6 MANILA. Wed. (UPI). West Germany and Japan were reported today to have joined the United States in protesting; a new Philippine trade regulation requiring shippers export declarations for all Philip-pine-bound goods. Foreign Secretary Mr. Narcisco Ramos told newsmen. German Ambassador Johann Von Stechow had raised
      167 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'EFTA, EEC may close ranks in 1967'
      205 6 PARIS, Wed. (UPI) Mr. Marcus Wallenberg, President of the International Chamber of Commerce. has predicted that 1967 may see a rapprochement between Europe's rival trade gTOups. the Common Market and the European Free Trade Association. Mr. Wallenberg, a Swedish economist and businessman. made
      205 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Anti-Red Radio on the air
      123 6 TAIPEI. Wed. (UPI) A clandestine radio station in Communist China has been urging the people to fight against Mao Tse Tung's wife and his heir apparent. Lin Piao. it was reported yesterdav. The Chen Hsin Hsin Wen Pao's Hong Kong correspondent said the mysterious radio
      123 words
    • Article
      Lock icon AUDIENCE WATCH STAGE FIRE
      70 6 BOSTON. Wed. (UPI).~~* stage curtain, apparel'-/ resting too near the footlights, smouldered and interrupted a performance Monday of The Little Angels, a Korean dance troupe ai the Back Bay theatre on Massachusetts Avenue. Firemen quickly e*• guished the fire and call ea the audience. Damage was
      70 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Author Manchester recovering
      107 6 MIDDLETOWN, Conneticutt, Wed. (AP) Author William Manchester was reported **much improved and doing very well" yesterday after his attack of pneumonia. He had received get-well telegrams from Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Both wished a speedy recovery to the 44-year-old author of "The
      107 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon FLORENCE, Italy, Wed. (AP) — A Florentine boy, whose home was destroyed by the recent flood, is about to kiss the hand of Pope Paul VI as the Pontiff hands him a Christmas package in Florence on Christmas Eve, during the Pope's visit.
      42 7 FLORENCE, Italy, Wed. (AP) A Florentine boy, whose home was destroyed by the recent flood, is about to kiss the hand of Pope Paul VI as the Pontiff hands him a Christmas package in Florence on Christmas Eve, during the Pope's visit.
      42 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Jackie drops court action
      437 7 Death of a President' NEW YORK. Wed. (I PI and AP) Mrs. John F. Kennedy has decided not to press for an immediate court decision on her suit to halt publication of the controversial book. "The Death of a President And. if agreement can be reached
      437 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Restrictions challenged
      48 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) Negro comedian Dick Gregory has filed suit to prevent the loss of his passport after he makes his planned trip to North Vietnam to entertain US prisoners of war. He asks the State Department's restrictions on travel to certain countries be declared invalid.
      48 words
    • Article
      Lock icon DUTCH CABINET POSTPONES DECISION ON SUBS FOR S. AFRICA
      221 7 THE HAGUE. Wed. (AFP) The Dutch cabinet has postponed a decision about the supply of four submarines to South Africa until after the general elections in February, Foreign Minister Mr. J. M. A. H. Luns said here last night. The minister
      221 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Soviet line on regular W. German run
      86 7 BONN. Wed < AFP) The Soviet liner Alexander Pushkin <19.8t»0 Ions) will make regular calls at Bremerhaven from April 17, ll*>7. This will be the first time since World War II that a Soviet liner will have a West German port on its
      86 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'Palestine revolution council' plan action
      379 7 CAIRO. Wed. (AFP) The executive of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was yesterday turned into a "Palestine re v o 1 u tion council" in order to "proceed practically with the Liberation of Palestine. The move was announced by PLO Chief Ahmad Shukairy who said
      379 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Horrors! miniskirts not for wives!!
      192 7 PARIS. Wed. (AFP)— French men don't like mini-skirts for their own wives—according to a public opinion poll published today. The evening: news paper France-Soir quoted a public polling institute as saying that 84 per cent of the men queried were "horrified" at the idea of
      192 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Bonn ready to sign N-ban treaty
      149 7 BONN. Wed. (AFP)—The Bonn government has declared its readiness to sign a treaty banning the proliferation of nuclear arms. It also considers it contributed to progress on nonproliferation when it implicitly renounced any coownership of nuclear arms within a multi-national framework. Now, West German
      149 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Soviet Luna-13 sends clear pictures from the moon
      437 7 MOSCOW. Wed. (AP) Moscow television last night showed a panorama of the moon taken from the Soviet Luna-13 unmanned spaceship. The pictures were apparently photographed by a revolving camera within the spaceship. The pictures were clear and detailed, giving a sweep ng
      437 words
    • Article
      Lock icon NATIVES STONE INDON EMBASSY
      99 7 THE HAGUE. Wed. (AFP). A group of angry young Ambon islanders today stormed the Indonesian Embassy here, throwing stones at the building and fighting the police who tried to hold them back. They were shouting AntiSukarno Slogans. Before the attacks on the embassy some 2.000 of
      99 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Smith's banknotes not 'counterfeit money'
      174 7 FRANKFURT. Wed AFP) —The Fifth Appeal Court here today confirmed the District Court's ruling that the Munich-printed and Rhodesia-bound banknotes sited last week were not "counterfeit-money." (Last Wednesday. police took 2.2 tons of banknotes off a Souih African Airways plane before take-off and a further
      174 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Exchange of spies
      63 7 BONN. Wed. (UPI) Former West German Socialist Party Deputy, Mr. Alfred Frenzel. sentenced to 15 years in prison for espionage. has been exchanged for a Soviet-held woman journalist and three Communistimprisoned East Germans, it was announced yesterday. A Justice Ministry spokesman said the exchange took place last
      63 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Physicist Jacobson dies at 48
      93 7 SEATTLE. Washington, Wed. < AFP > Dr. Boris Jacobson. international authority on theoretical physics who contributed to the discovery of the first atomic bomb, died of a heart attack here yesterday. He was 48. Dr. Jacobson was professor of physics at the University of Washington
      93 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'Record harvest due to our superior planning'
      201 7 MOSCOW. Wed. (AFP) Soviet Argiculture Minister Vladimir Matskevich, who announced yesterday that the Soviet Union had produced its biggest-ever grain harvest 171 million tons said here this record harvest was due to "the application of the methods of economic stimulation of labour drafted
      201 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Eieven die in fiery train-truck crash
      152 7 EVERETT, Massachusetts, Wed. (AP) A self-pro-pelled train with some 28 persons aboard collided in a fiery collision with an oil truck at a street crossing about midnight on Tuesday. At least 11 persons were killed. Many of the victims were trapped in the train
      152 words
    • Article
      Lock icon PLANE LANDS ON CAR
      177 7 LAUREL, Maryland, Wed. (AP). Five persons escaped injury yesterday as a small plane, its engine failing, landed atop a car driving on the busy Baltimore-Washing-ton parkway. One of the plane's three wheels tore through the top of the car a 1959 convertible missing the three occupants.
      177 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      163 6 REYKJAVIK ICRANP TO SOUTH AMERCA.THE THRUSH ORGAMIZATON WAS IN STRANGE. MYSTERIOUS action.' something OF WORLP-SHAKING proportions was ABOUT TO BREAK.' BUT WHAT *VAS THIS TOP SECRET? WHQ HOW ANJP WHERE WOUIP THEV STRIKE? THESE WERE THE VITAL QUESTIONS ALEXANDER WAVERLY" SOUGHT TO ANSWER AS HE LALINCUBP... THEY SEEM TO KNOW
      163 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    Lock icon STEPPING INTO BUSINESS
    416 8 OUT of the ashes of RIDA rose MARA. The failure of RIDA was due to lack of vision and organisation. It had tied itself into knots with red tape. It had regarded itself as a Government department instead of as a body dedicated to set the Bumiputra
    416 words
  • Article
    Lock icon COTTAGE INDUSTRIES
    355 8 A SINGAPORE department store recently displayed a range of straw hats priced from $l5 to $3O. These hats were imported. In Indonesia, straw hats are cheap and quite well made. At least they look more stylish than those imported from elsewhere. One can buy Panama hats in Manila
    355 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon U Thant continues at the UN helm
    985 8  -  By: Louis Halasz After months of uncertainty, U Thant finally decided at the beginning of December that he would serve another term as Secretary General of the United Nations. The decision brought a great sense of relief to the world organisation because after
    985 words
  • Article
    Lock icon What democracy means to Asians
    751 8  -  By: M. Sivasithaparam IT HAS become the fashion for some gentlemen, particularly newspapermen from the West, to jet from one Asian capital to another in a matter of days, and then sit down to tell us and the world that, because of many reasons ranging
    751 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
    • Article
      Lock icon Japan is 'blanketing the globe' in business
      291 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) The mogoxine U.S. News and World Report, says that in business Japan is expanding rapidly and that in trade deals "Japan is more and more blanketing the globe." In its copyrighted "Business Around The World" section, the nationally circulated weekly
      291 words
    • Article
      Lock icon US buys more natural rubber
      124 9 W A SHIN GTO N Wed (UPI). Consumption of new rubber by the United States during October was placed at 202.298 long tons, the Department of Commerce reported yesterday. The figure was up 15.676 tons from October consumption in 1965 and in line with the
      124 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      57 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) —Dow Jones stock averages Open High Low 3H Industrials 799 88 802.61 20 Railroads 207.90 208.59 15 Utilities 136.88 137.87 65 Stocks 286.63 287.78 Close Change 30 Industrials 788.25 792.20 off 6.90 20 Railroad# 206.33 207.18 off 0.74 15 Utilities 135.57 136.82 up
      57 words
    • Article
      Lock icon LARGEST ARC FURNACE
      69 9 STOCKHOLM, Wed. Scandinavia's largest arc furnace, a unit of 120 tons capacity, is to be delivered by ASEA to Smedjebackens Valsverk, Central Sweden. The furnace will increase the steelworks' productive capacity from 170,000 to 250,000 tons of crude steel per annum. The order is reported to be
      69 words
    • Article
      Lock icon SKF SALES UP 8%
      109 9 STOCKHOLM, Wed. SKF group sales were up nearly 8 Der cent to Kr. 1.855 million (£129,000.000. $360,000,000) in the first half of this year compared with January-June 1965, while sales of the parent company rose by the same percentage figure to Kr.410 million, reports SKF, Gothenburg.
      109 words
    • Article
      Lock icon UNIFOS to double polythene output
      140 9 STOCKHOLM. Wed. Unifos Kemi AB. a chemical company owned jointly by Stockholms Superfosfats AB and Union Carbide and located at Sweden's petrochemical centre. Stenungsund, on the West Coast, is to invest about Kr.so million £3.400.000, $lO million) in expanding its factory for LD polythene to
      140 words
    • Article
      Lock icon UK car output drops
      118 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI> British car production dropped sharply during November to the lowest monthly rate in 4$ years, the Ministry of Technology has announced. Industrial disputes \*vre put as the mam cause. In the four weeks ended November 26. the average rate of production was 22.756
      118 words
    • Article
      Lock icon NY mart: Sizeable loss
      223 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) The Stock Market closed lower yesterday in moderate trading. Some of the worst earlier losses were cut but the market took a fairly siieable loss. No particular news was cited as giving ruse to the weakness but the November decline machine tool
      223 words
    • Article
      Lock icon NY rubber
      21 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 22N. N-nominal.
      21 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Tin down $2
      16 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The tin price for today was $602 per picul. down $2.
      16 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon EARLY American styling is the keynote of one of the nine "geographical" suites in Sydney's new Wentworth Hotel. The pioneering spirit of early American colonisation is not only reflected in the bedroom decor but in the furnishings of the suite's lounge. Other suites with geographical motifs include the Georgian, Spanish/Mexican, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Italian, New Zealand and Indian. The hotel Australia's largest and newest international hotel also has 22 standard suites and a Premier Suite among its 452 bedrooms.
      79 9 EARLY American styling is the keynote of one of the nine "geographical" suites in Sydney's new Wentworth Hotel. The pioneering spirit of early American colonisation is not only reflected in the bedroom decor but in the furnishings of the suite's lounge. Other suites with geographical motifs include the Georgian, Spanish/Mexican,
      79 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Industrials feature Matsushita
      625 9 SINGAPORE, Wed.—lndustrials developed a firm tone at the start but were generally soft towards the close Turnover amounted to 803,000 units valued at $1,312,330. Matsushita was a feature on the industrial section with prices reached a new high level of $1.79 from $1.70 and closed at $1.78,
      625 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Rubber down 3/8 cent
      317 9 SINGAPORE. Wed January first grade rubber buyer* fob. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at .*>9 cents per lb., down i cent from previous close. The tone wa* very quiet. In the absence of London advices, the market opened at last night's
      317 words
    • Article
      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE—MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      488 9 INDUSTRIALS R. S. Roustead CD 1.56 1.58 C. Miliar XD 1.18 1.19 Chemical Co. 1.61 1.62 Cold Storage CD... 3.08 .3.12 Hunlop \K 2.25 2.49 E. Smelting 4.00 4.04 Kmm Orris 3.08 3.19 Esso Pref 1.05 1.07 Kit/pat ricks 1.45 1.55 K. N. Orris. 3.12 3.44 Gammon
      488 words
    • Article
      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      51 9 «ManagerOrtfr*) H F lr*.f Mai r u i :t >fcninl M »n IJN Third Malayan 1.07 1 IK Mil la>Man Curniiiprff \l> .''l -«t5 v al. .Tvlns«. lund l.tH I..T8 Sterling —Mitt 3' v HrM H«ing Kong I.IW 1 s<M-f»n«| liiine Kong Malaysian ln\e«-t-nifnt fund 1.00 •Hong Kong
      51 words
    • Article
      Lock icon PRODUCE
      112 9 S VMM PORK. Wed. sincapure Chinese Prn'iucp Kxchange noon prices totla> were. Bmers sellers (mount oil (PI lli 43.25 Commit oil FOB Drums 45.75 Loose Copra *>'l\erl IH C./Jsn. Surar Ua\a) cxgodown 24.25 Nuimegii 110s 41*5.00 Nutmegs B H 235.00 Liarhle<| l.ampong Black Pepper (FOB) 117.50 Pepper Black Special
      112 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Investment for Seco carbides
      77 9 STOCKHOLM. Wed. Fagersta ruk, producers of steel and steel products, are to invest Kr. 60 million (£4,100.000; $12,000,000) in new plant for producing their Seco tungsten-carbide products. The investment is the largest so far made by the company for a single product group. The first stage
      77 words
    • Article
      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      173 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following ships are expected to be in port today:— Godowns Vessels 1 2 Centaur 3/4 Waitaki 5 Golden Phoenix 6/7 Barpeta 8/9 Chastine Maers 10 11 Melampus 13/14 Yamagata Maru 15/16 Aso Maru 18 Ranyo Maru 19 Eizan Maru 21/22 Empire Gannet 25 26 Anton
      173 words
    • Article
      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS-S'PORE, K. LUMPUR
      852 9 AKRIV \!.S IN SINGAPORE Tim* 1 8.3."» a.in \lrline MAL 019 from Kuala l.timpur. Time y.:«i a.in %lrline MAL 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Tl't i ii Airline \l. 451 from Kuching Tl»" IS.«V p M VI. (Hi.*) from Penang. Ipoh Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. Tim- 1.4# ».nt
      852 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Paddy straw industry to start in Alor Star
    251 10  -  By Jamal Ali KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A pilot straw industry project is to be set up soon in Alor Star to utilise the different varieties of paddy straws found there. This was disclosed here today by Dr. Moritomo a Japanese straw industry
    251 words
  • Article
    Lock icon TOWN COUNCIL'S MINUTES QUERIED
    83 10 KAMPAR. Wed.—A n independent member of the Tapah Town Council. Mr. Loh Jee Mee. today asked the Town Council why there was no English translation of minutes of its meetings. He added minutes on meetings held by the various committees and the full Council wer e
    83 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Cattle owner dies
    24 10 KA.MPAR. Wed. A 68-year-o.d cattle owner. Ali Akhtar. collapsed and died two hours atter he was discharged from a hospital here.
    24 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Rubber tapper speared to death
    61 10 IPOH, Wed. A rubber tapper. Jidin bin Abdul Rahman. 7, was speared to death at Bukit Guntong last night in a fight A friend of Jidin. who happened to pass by, ran to Jidin's aid and found him bleeding profusely. Jidin died on the spot.
    61 words
  • Article
    Lock icon A national language can be constructive Prof. Lim
    267 10 LIMPI R, Wed. 'Whether the use of 35 a OUndation for nation building is going to be a cohesive or disruptive force in ilala>sia will depend on the manner, scope and speed ,r "P- e mentation after August, 1967. "Whilst there is
    267 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Unions warned not to use strength to get their demands
    422 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed —The Minister of Labour Mr. V. Manickavasagam has warned that he would not allow unions to take advantage of their strength to use pressure to achieve their demands. He said he was concerned with the attitude of
    422 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Raising capital by letter
    192 10 MALACCA. Wed. A Malay in Selangor has struck on a novel way of obtaining money to start a business. His method is neither fair nor is it against the law. To what extent he has succeeded it is not Known but a VIP here with whom
    192 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Picture shows Enche Tajul. his wife and their two daughters outside their new house in Klang.
    147 10 KLANG. Wed. The year 1967 promises to be a happy new year for Enche Tajul Ariffin bin Darus and his family. Six months ago, Enche Tajul entered the Philips $25,000 win-a-home competition when he
    147 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Salesman loses appeal
    185 10 PENANG, Wed. A 30-year-old salesman. Loo Song Cheng, today had his appeal against sentence of one year's jail, dismissed by Mr. Justice H.S. Ong in the High Court here. Loo was convicted by a Magistrate's Court for dishonestly retaining a stolen car, valued at $6,800. belonging to
    185 words
  • Article
    Lock icon XMAS DINNER
    24 10 KAJANG. Wed. The Volunteer Service Committee of the rehabilitation centre of the handicapped persons.. 11th Mile. Cheras, held a Christmas dinner yesterday.
    24 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Teachers wed in Muar
    83 10 EXCITE Kassim bin Haron and Che Sapiah binte Kassim at their bersanding ceremony in Muar during the weekend. Enche Kassim is the third son of Enche Haron bin Abdullah, a pensioner, while Che Sapiah is the fifth daughter of the late Enche Kassim bin Haji Tamby
    83 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Partai Ra'ayat boss calls for nationalisation
    324 10 PENANG. Wed. Penang's Partai Ra'ayat Chief. Knche Kassim Ahmad, today said that foreign enterprises like rubber estates and tin mines must be taken over and run by the States. Enche Kassim. a former lecturer in the University of London, added that foreign investments must
    324 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Bridges calls for drive to reduce blindness
    404 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. There is a need for a system to be evolved to bring: to the attention of the public their responsibility as citizens to take food care of their own eyes. This would minimise the incidence of blindness so as to
    404 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Mercedez Benz stolen
    45 10 IPOH. Wed. A Mercedez Benz. bearing a Perak registration number was stolen at a parking lot in Theatre Street here yesterday: The owner. Mr. Ng Foong Ying. 32, reported the loss to the Police. The car valued at $2,500 is still untraced.
    45 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Phone wires stolen
    23 10 PENANG. Wed. Telephone wires, measuring 3,950 yards, along the railway track from Bagan Jermal to Butterworth. were reported stolen yesterday.
    23 words
  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 11
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Big day for Christians
      163 12 CHRISTMAS DAY fails on Dec. 25 every year. Usually people send Christmas cards to each other before the season. Sometimes, they even organised parties or feast. In short, it is a day of enjoyment for all the Christians, both young and old. For this reason, families
      163 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon POINTS REMEMBER IN CHOOSING A CAREER
      320 12 THERE ARE several points worth considering before one takes up a career. The most interesting one is of course happiness. A person must be happy in his job. as it is only happy people who produce the best work. Unless a person loves his
      320 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon The day everything went wrong
      438 12 LAST Monday morning, I woke up very late because my mother did not wake me. Looking at my alarm clock. I found that it was half past seven in the morjiing. School was due to start at eight o'clock. I ran out of my room
      438 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon How I learned to ride a bicycle
      255 12 WHEN I was 12 years !©ld. I longed to ride a bicy- cle. My father would not allow me because he said it wa§ too dangerous for a little boy. A year passed and another n d now I am fourteen years old.
      255 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Moonlight stroll in the garden
      431 12 THE night was so wonderfully cool and refreshing that I was reluctant to go to bed. I lingered on the verandah, my eyes gazing in enchantment all around me. The sky was deci/rated with hundreds of twinkling stars while the new moon shone with increased
      431 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon WHY JAMES BOND IS SO POPULAR
      238 12 OUTSIDE a cinema, there was a big poster which read James Bond is Rack Again!" in bit bold letters. Everywhere, people talked about 'James Bond' and many of them tried to act like him. Who is 'James Bond?' He was a British Secret Agent.
      238 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon WHAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION ?
      446 12 WHAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION AS its name Indicates, the United Nations Organisation is an international organisation of nations that works for International peace and security. Its major work is social and economic, but not military. The U.N.O. has its headquarters in New York and an office in Geneva,
      446 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Boy (13) tells of his adventures
      516 12 I STILL can vividly recall what happened to me when I was just a boy of six. At that time, I lived together with my parents in a small and peaceful village, which is five miles away from the nearest town called Batu Pahat.
      516 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon BIG CROWDS AT 'PASAR MALAM'
      330 12 ONE of the tourist attractions of Singapore is "Pasar Maiam" which means "Night Market" in the Malay language. Pasar Malam" is unlike the usual market where one buys vegetables and meat. It is actually like a bazaar, because the goods sold are mainly household items,
      330 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      149 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SIN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under will begin in Page 12 this Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly.
      149 words
Page thumbnail Page 13
  • EASTERN SUN FEATURE
    • Article
      Lock icon She 'blew' £300,000 a year on parties
      1428 13  -  THEY THREW AWAY MILLIONS -By ALAN HART Most people spend a life-time dreaming of owning a fortune. Thousands of others rob. cheat, lie to get their hands on big money. But strangely, there have been those who. having made a fortune, gave most
      1,428 words
    • Article
      Lock icon The largest vertical taking off and landing transport aircraft
      564 13 BERLIN, Wed. FOR many years aircraft designers all over the world have been occupied with the problem of the fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically, i.e. an aircraft which, a« distinguished from helicopters, has wines for forward flight,
      564 words
  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 13 Advertisements Column 1
      44 13 NEW <KEAN THEATIE I' FR". I F I* R-CO^O<T»ON€DL q p LAST COAST ROAD, TIL; 44*45 Today Only: t.M. t.li 9.30 pm Leslie Phillips James Robertson Justice "DOCTOR IN CLOVER" Rank" Color Chinese Subtitles OPENS TOMORROW* "MODESTY BLAISE" 'Foxl OPENS SATURDAY! "SILENCERS" i Col.»
      44 words
  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 13 Miscellaneous Column 1
      172 13 a SHAW ORGANISATION Now >hn«in(: 11. 1.43. fi.-»0 A 9..»0 5.-. rer MacLatnr Michael Caine \MBIT" Technico'or <LI t» I D O Phone ***** No-* Showing No Free List. 11 a.m.. 1.3*. 4. «.:>• 9.15 p.m. Char'on Hr-ton. Laurence 0] lvier KHXRIOIM" P Co:Or LAt ***** REX-SKY ***** NOW SHOWING!
      172 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 13 Miscellaneous Column 2
      573 13 V v '> YOUR .\N V 5 «l v> *ST> TV and Radio CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Pinang. 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. (Singapore viruer*. plea*e switch to rhannel 3 for T-V. Malaysia programmes) OPENING ANNCT Pros Summary.
      573 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 13 Miscellaneous Column 3
      198 13 NOW SHOWING! 11 am. 1.31, 4 (Ml. fi .ifl A 9.30 pm 20th Centurv Fox Present* "FANTASTIC VOYAGE" Stephen Ro?d Raquel Welch CnerrnScope Color by DELUXE SATURDAY MIDNIGHT* A I P.» "Gho«t In The Invisible Bikini* Tommy Kirk Panavision Color GALA ***** j formerly THE NEW ALHAMBRAi Toda*: 1JI, 4.
      198 words
Page thumbnail Page 14
  • Article
    Lock icon Harada and Medel in shape
    130 14 NAGOYA. Central Japan, Wed. (AFP) Both world bantamweight champion Masahiko "Fighting" Harada of Japan and challenger Jose Medel of Mexico were today physically fit for their encounter in the 15-round world title bout here on January 3. The two boxers this morning received a medical
    130 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Four countries in Orange Bowl s-finals
    110 14 MIAMI BEACH, Florida. Wed. »AFP>—Four countries will be represented in the semi-finals of the Miami Orange Bowl international junior lawn tennis tournament as a result of yesterdays matches. France's Georges Goven won his way into the penultimate stage with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over
    110 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Springboks slam record 620 runs
    574 14 JOHNNESBURG, Wed. (AFP) Dominoted by a superb 182 by wicket keeper Dennis Lindsay, South Africo reached their highest ever total of 620 in their second innings before a Crowd of more than 27,000 on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against Australia at
    574 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Many offers, but will Elorde fight?
    201 14 NEW YORK. Wed. (AFP) Gabriel Flash Elorde, the world junior lightweight champion of the Philippines can pick up many thousands of dollars defending his title during 1967. Dewey Fragetta, international boxing agent, has been requested by promoters to submit offers for Elorde to defend
    201 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Arkle fractures bone and may not race again
    105 14 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Arkle. considered by many Britons as the greatest steeplechaser of all time, has fractured a bone in his hoof and may never race again. Arkle finished lame on his fore leg when beaten into second place by Dormant in
    105 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Ex-world champ dies after long illness
    123 14 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Franie Genaro. a former world flyweight champion, died in Polyclinic Hospital yesterday after a lengthy illness. Genaro. 65. used a 1920 Olympic title as the springboard for a professional career. He beat Pancho Villa of the Philippines for the American
    123 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Russian ace in chess congress
    62 14 CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Wed. <"AP) Russian chess grandmaster Yri Averbakh is the top contender of more than 60 foreign and New Zealand players entered for the International Chess Congress now under way in Christchurch. The competition is due to be completed by Jan 14. Entrants
    62 words
  • Article
    Lock icon UK FOOTBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS
    855 14 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Football league standings after yesterday's matches are: DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts. Manchester United 23 15 2 6 49 33 32 Liverpool 22 12 6 4 43 28 30 Stoke City 23 13 3 7 42 26 29 Chelsea
    855 words
  • Article
    Lock icon HARRINGTON-KI RETURN BOUT PLANNED
    104 14 HONOLULU. Hawaii. Wed. (AP)—Honolulu, boxing promotor Sad Sam Ichinose is attempting to arrange a return bout for Hawaii's Stan Harrington with world junior middleweight champion Ki Soo Kim of South Korea. Harrington, who lost to Kim earlier this month in Seoul, wants to fight the champ
    104 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Malaysians enter second round
    49 14 JAIPUR. India. Wed. (AFP) Malaysian players Khor Cheng Chye and Omar Manap entered the second round of the men's singles in the national badminton championships in Jaipur last night. Cheng Chye beat Satish Chopra (Madras) 15-7, 15-4 and Manap beat Rajni Patel (Gujarat) 15-3 15-2.
    49 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Kiwis win
    48 14 MALACCA. Wed. The Ist Bn., Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment beat No. 11 Independant Field Squadron Royal Engineers by 20 pts (goal, three tries and two penalties) to nil in the quarter-finals of the annual Army inter-unit knockout rugby competition at the Terendak Camp ground here.
    48 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon • Asia's largest sports festival, the 5th Asian Games ended when a sparkling 10-minute display of fireworks thai decoraied the Thai sky on December 20th in Bangkok. Hundreds of athletes from 17 Asian nations, the losers and the winners mingled with joy in the spirit of sportsmanship only to meet again in Seoul, South Korea in 1970.
    58 14 Asia's largest sports festival, the 5th Asian Games ended when a sparkling 10-minute display of fireworks thai decoraied the Thai sky on December 20th in Bangkok. Hundreds of athletes from 17 Asian nations, the losers and the winners mingled with joy in the spirit of sportsmanship only to meet again
    PANA Photo.  -  58 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Wine will solve water worry
    90 14 MEXICO CITY. Wed. <AP>—A Mexican organisation has a solution for any athletes in the 1963 Olympics who may worry about drinking Mexico City's water—let them drink wine. The National Chamber of the Wine Liquor Industry made the suggestion. The chamber pointed out many of the
    90 words
  • Article
    Lock icon West Indies face almost certain defeat
    267 14 BOMBAY, India, Wed. (AP). The West Indies cricketers faced almost certain defeat and possibly an innings rout yesterday, the second day of their three-day match with the East and Central Zone at Nehru Stadium in Indore. The home side, whose overnight first innings score
    267 words
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 14 Advertisements Column 1
      260 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS SITUATION VACANT 20 Words $5/' (Minimum) BRITISH PUBLISHER REQl IRES full time Sales Representatives for Singapore, Johore, Batu Pahat and Malacca. Particularly those who are hardworking and prepared to canvass in group 4 times pe r week. Successful candidates can easily earn 5250 to $6OO per month. Salary
      260 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 14 Advertisements Column 2
      92 14 y LITTLE •IT 23-B. CANTONMENT ROAD. SINCAPORE 2 TELEPHONES *****/7 Classified advertisements may be handed at the following addresses. 39. lALAN SULTAN. KUALA LUMPUR TELS: *****/6 8-10. TATLOCK STREET. IPOH. TEL: 2877 77A. BREWSTER ROAD. (IST FLOORI. IPOH TEL ***** 8. LEITH STREET. PENANG TEL: 2111» Every tadnmr U mode
      92 words
Page thumbnail Page 15
  • Article
    Lock icon PRETTY RIDES 3 WINNERS
    2781 15  -  Devon Ven $B6 day's best dividend By WINDSOR LAD FENANG, Wed. Jockey Glynn Pretty was in grand form when he brought in three winners Lightning Flash 11, Our Hero and Amos Burke at Penang this afternoon, second day of the Penang Turf Club's X'mas New Year
    2,781 words
  • Article
    Lock icon MEDEL FAILS TO SHOW UP WELL IN TRAINING
    325 15 XAGOYA. Central Japan, Wed. iAFPj Mexico's Jose Medel. the world's first-ranking bantamweight, failed to impress local boxing experts and writers as he demonstrated here recently prior to his encounter with world champion Masahiko "Fighting" Harada of Japan in a 15-round title bout
    325 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Wills may sign up with Pirates
    128 15 SPOKANE. Washington. Wed. (UPI> Maury Wills said yesterday he expected to sign a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Jan. 13 when general manager Joe Brown will be in the city "for about two hour*." wills, the star base-steal-ing shortstop and captain of the
    128 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 'Xmas baby for the Moss'
    85 15 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) The American wife of former British auto racing ace Stirling Mos s gav e birth to a daughter on Christmas Day at the London Clinic, a hospital spokesman reported. It was the first child for 37-year-old Mosg who married the former Aline
    85 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon • The voices of thousands of spectators and hundreds of athletes from 17 Asian countries filled the jampacked National Stadium in Bangkok on December 20th. as they jumped in jov when the 5th Asian Games finally ended vith the words: "Till we meet again in Seoul" in 1970.
    49 15 The voices of thousands of spectators and hundreds of athletes from 17 Asian countries filled the jampacked National Stadium in Bangkok on December 20th. as they jumped in jov when the 5th Asian Games finally ended vith the words: "Till we meet again in Seoul" in 1970. PANA Photo.
    PANA Photo.  -  49 words
  • Article
    Lock icon McGowan gets new fight offer
    183 15 BANGKOK. Wed. <AF> World flyweight boxing champion Walter McGowan ha* received an offer to flcht Mexico's Effren Torres on Feb. 12. Joe Gann> who is McGowan's manager and father disclosed. Ganns told reporters he received the cabled offer from Torres' promoter wh m he did
    183 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Nigeria is admitted into FIFA
    92 15 ZURICH. Switzerland, Wed. (AP) The International Soccer Federation (FIFA) formally admitted Nigeria to the pre-Olymplc soccer tournament yesterday. FIFA said that Nigeria had been omitted from the previously announced list of entries "due to a regrettable error... probably owing to the fact that the the
    92 words
  • Article
    Lock icon All is set for Pesta Badminton
    286 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Arrangements have now been finalised with the Malaysian Badminton Association for the holding of an International "Pesta Badminton" at the Stadium Negora, from Feb. 15-18. "Gold Leal" trophies will be presented to the winners of the men's singles and men's doubles.
    286 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Joe Africa wins fight
    43 15 CREMONA. Italy. Wed. (AP) South African. Joe Africa, of Capetown outpointed Qulntino Soarez of Montevideo in an eightround junior welterweight boxing bout on Monday night. Africa dominated the Uruguayan throughout the fight. Africa weighed 62.4 kilos. Soarez weighed 62.9.
    43 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Committee will decide on 2 players
    177 15 MIAMI BEACH. Florida. Wed (AP) The world bridge federation announced that its executive committee Will rule on the eligibility of British players Boris Schapiro and Terence Reese at a Miami Beach meeting next May. Schapiro and Reese, two of the worlds foremost players. were
    177 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Welding course: Pele considers
    80 15 MUNICH, Germany. Wed. (UPI) The world's greatest soccer star was considering yesterday whether to take a course in welding in preparation for running a similar business in Brazil when his footballing days are over. Edison Arantrs de Nasclmento, or Pele. as he is known to soccer
    80 words
  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 15 Miscellaneous Column 1
      46 15 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: §75,440.00 FIRST PRIZE No. *****5 §24,895.00 SECOND PRIZE No. *****4 S 6,223.00 THIRD PRIZE No. *****5 3,111.00 STARTERS (5592.00 each): Nos. *****8 *****2 *****9 *****3 *****4. *****3 *****0 CONSOLATIONS ($311.00 each): Nos. *****8 *****6 *****1 *****7 *****5 *****5 *****0 *****8 *****5 *****0
      46 words
Page thumbnail Page 16
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Jumping for joy...
    58 16 Thailand's Paipate Roongtonkit pictured as he crosses the finishing line to win the gold medal in the 200 kilometres individual cycling road race in the sth Asian Games in Bangkok. South Korea's Byung Hoon Ahn carried the silver medal, followed by another Thai Warawoot Choochart. Meanwhile. a
    PANA Photo.  -  58 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Soh will recommend a 'hunt' for coach
    334 16 SINGAPORE. Wed. The president of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federa*.on. Mr. Soh Ghee Soon, w;ll recommend to the incoming committee of the Federation to hunt" for a foreign coach to groom local weight lifters for future international competitions In an interview with Sunsport.
    334 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Australia retain Davis Cup with 4-1 win
    1205 16 MELBOURNE, Wed. (AFP) Australia retained the Davis Cup at Kooyong courts here today by winning four matches to one. Roy Emerson outclassed Ramanathan Krishnan in straight set 6-0, 6-2, 10-8 to give Australia, the defending nation, a 3-1 lead. Then Fred Stolle beat
    1,205 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 1966 a gruelling year for FAS
    387 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Wed.—The president of the Football Association of Singapore, Tuan Hj Abu Bakar bin Pawanchee, today admitted that 1966 had been the hardest year of his presidentship as head of the controlling body of soccer in the Republic. In a pre-election
    387 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Melbourne is venue for golf c'ships
    95 16 MELBOURNE. Wed. Melbourne is the venue for both the men's and women's world amateur golf championships in 1968. The Eisenhower Cup competition for men will take place at Royal Melbourne Golf Club from October 9 to 12 and the Espiritos Santos Cup for women
    95 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Award winner
    20 16 SYDNEY. Wed.—Sixteen-year-old Sydney schoolboy freestyle swimming star Michael Wenden has become Australasia's youngest winner of the Helms award.
    20 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Johore confident of victory with 'new blood'
    297 16 MUAR, Wed. The secretary of the Johore State Football Association, Mr. Yam Fook Tong, today said that the Johore team to meet Malacca in the South Zone of the CFA Cup match on Jan., 1 comprises "new blood" who have shone in matches
    297 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Pan-Am Games: Praise for organisers
    476 16 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) An inspection team of U S Olympic officials, just back from Canada, are full of praise for Winnipeg's preparations for the PanAmerican Games next Summer. 'Best we've ever seen.** said Art Lentz. assistant executive director of the U S Olympic Association.
    476 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Get more local coaches in Malaysia urges Kana
    222 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A call for the Ministry ct Youth and Culture and Sports to engage full-time coaches for various spor.s (from local citizens• by providing scholarships to suitable candidates for overseas training has been made by a sports official here. He
    222 words
  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 16 Advertisements Column 1
      33 16 iiiimiiii iiiiuiiij immiii **r* Well-known for personalised' services 1-B AMBER MANSION ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE TEL: ***** GO FOR 'ASPRO' Pf G TRADF VARK FOR QUICK RELIEF FROM HEADACHE, PAIN. FEVER. COLDS AND FLU
      33 words
  • Page 16 Miscellaneous