Eastern Sun, 7 January 1967

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    24 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 171 Saturday, January 7 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon FLOODS: 70,000 QUIT
    1935 1  -  Thirty thousand evacuated along banks of Perak River $2 mil, bridge at Parit washed away by i flood waters BY: MUSA SCULLY KOTA BHARU, FRIDAY, THE STEADILY WORSENING flood situation in the-East Coast claimed two lives today in Kelantan. Police are still searching for the bodies passenger,
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  • Article
    Lock icon 'Misleading and mischievous,' says Govt.
    429 2 V M. SINGAPORE, FH.—A Singapore Government Press statement today described the report in the issue of the Straits Times of today's date regarding the sharing of Currency Board assets as 'misleading and mischievous. The Government statement torttined: "The procedure for redemption of notes and distribution
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    Lock icon NEW PRESIDENT
    67 2 JOHORE. BAHRU. Fri. Mr. H. L. Tang has been elected the new president for 1967 of the Alumni Association of the College of Agriculture. Malaya. Other office beares are. First Vice President: G. A'jjhonsq; Second Vice Prcsiderit; Enche Osman bin Ismail: Hon. Secretary General: Mr. Lau Thepg Slak;
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    Lock icon Engineer foils pay grab
    224 2 T\PAH. Fri. —Three men, one armed with a shot-gun, failed in their attempt to rob a payroll of $22,000 from a nvning engineer. Instead, the robbers lost a motorcycle in their hurry to get away from the scene of the attempted crime. Three of them escaped
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    Lock icon Warrant of arrest for restrictee
    99 2 Bt'TTERWORTH. Fri.— The Senior Sessions Court President. Mr. Sim Ewe Eon*, today ordered a Warrant to b<» issued against a restricted resident. Pang Tokf Kim, 23, who failed to appear in court.. Insp. C.V. Prabakaran, proserutint said Pang was on bail ana asked for a
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    Lock icon New Assistant Public Trustee
    32 2 KAMPAR. Fri. Mi* Singh. 41, has assumed duty g? p sistant puhdic trustee, Per;<k. Mr. Menender was formerly a legal assistant in the State Le?al Adviser's Office. Selangor.
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    Lock icon WE'RE THERE EARLY
    42 2 KUALA KANGSAR. Fri. The Eastern, Sun and the Sin Chew Jit Poh were the only newspapers on sale here this morning. Early morning delivery was possible despite no through road traffic.to north. O'her paper? were delivered in the afternoon
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    Lock icon Lights for 21 kampongs
    106 2 MIIAR. r The Malaysian Government Is to spend $3 million to supply electricity t£> 21 kamppngs ii) the Tangkak district. 16. miles north of here t under the First Malaysia Plan (1966 1967). This was disclosed this morning by Bnche Arshad hin Ahmad, the Member of
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    Lock icon Prize-Giving Day
    29 2 MUAR, Fri. A total of 153 outstanding school children of members of the Kong Siew (Cantonese) Association here, were yesterday presented stationery at the association's Prize-giving Day.
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    Lock icon 'Oily mail' pranks annoy villagers
    175 2 JQtfOßfi BAHRI Ffi. the ptanks of a reported, "oily frtiii" (orang minyak), is alitioying scores of people in a remote village in Tampoi, five miles from Hfcfe. Last night men, women and w children gathered around village elders in an open dimly-lit fl£ld and chanted
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    Lock icon Avoid use of Anderson Bridge call to motorists
    206 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Public Works Department today appealed to motorists not to use the 70-year old Anderson Bridge for the next eight months. Thfey are aiked to use alternative routes to and from the City. REASON The bridge is undergoing repairs and
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    Lock icon Robberies, murder in Perak
    114 2 IPOH. Fri.—A murder and two robberies were committed in Perak since yesterday. A hospital canteen contractor, Heah Saik Hons, and his family in Kampong Simee were held up by two yonths armed with daggers this morning The robbers took away q oo in cash and jewellery.
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    Lock icon ACS extension ready soon
    38 2 KAMPAR, Fri. The $150,000 extension to the Anjjlo-Chinese Secondary School here will be completed when the school opens for the first term in two weeks* time. The extension includes a hall and 12 classrooms.
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    Lock icon FRIDAY PRAYER
    16 2 RUALA LUMPUR fri The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Friday prayers at the National Mosque today.
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    Lock icon Bata chief:Future is a matter of great concern
    356 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. Three verv energetic ladies in the sewing department of Bata Shoe Company Ltd. were among the company's ten employees who had put In the longest servicte 25 years. They are Madam Rosy Teo. the "forelady" of the sewing department <seen
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    Lock icon Former detainee killed
    160 2 IPOH, Fri. Mr. Yuen Foo Thong, a former active member of the Socialist Front was killed in. a head-On collisidn with another motdr cycle at Menglembu last night. Mr. Yuen, who was employed as a cjerk with Messrs. Tan Chee Seng Sawmill in Menglembu was on his
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    Lock icon An attempt to mislead the public, says union leader
    355 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union today stated that it did not, "at any time" work together with the Singapore Motor Workshops' Employees Union in the negotia. tions with Borneo Motors, Orchard Motors a n^ Century Motors. The
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    Lock icon FULL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR SIM MEMBERS
    216 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. A full library service, including a reading room, will be available to all members of the Singapore Institute of Management this year. This was announced today by the Director of the Institute. Mr. Lim Chew Swee. A complete catalogue and membership card
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    Lock icon Lorry found without load of 21 pigs
    99 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. A lorry with a load of 2! pp was reported stolen a* m.s. Bukit Timah Road yei terday morning. The lorry driver. Tan Huat Chve. and three other attendants had stopped have a drink at a near"* coffeshop when the theft
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    Lock icon LOCOMOTIVE FOR SABAH
    85 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fr. The 150 th small locomothi for use in Malaysia ordr?i within the past five JB# has been shipped by Motff Rail Ltd.. of Simplex Wrra Bedford, southern Engacc. for the North Borneo Tra> ine Co. in Sabah. Orders during the P 5 five years
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    Lock icon Royal Navy ships go to aid of 2 merchantmen
    258 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Two ships of the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet, based in Singapore, gave help to two merchant vessels one Yugoslav and the other Indonesian which ran into difficulties in the South China Sea last niqht. The R.N. ship, Arethusa,
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    Lock icon 3 charged with cheating
    121 3 SINGAPORE. Fri Three men were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's court with cheating one. Fong Wai Thong, of a total of $lO,OOO on several occasions between Oct. 28 and Nov. 1. last year. The men, Loh Pong Cheng. Ch'ng Ho Peng and Quah Kong Sing,
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    Lock icon Doppler navigators for Air India's Boeings
    70 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. AirIndia has announced that Doppler navigators will be fitted on Air-India's entire fleet of Boeing 707's soon. Initially. Air-India will install a single Doppler Sensor and track guide computer in each aircraft to provide the crew with accurate basic navigational information, completely
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    Lock icon $5,335 collected
    23 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore Chinese YMCA collected a total of $5,335.20 on the association's flag day on Dec. 3, last year.
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    Lock icon 2 R.A.F. Beverlys to rescue
    96 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Two giant Beverly aircraft of the Royal Air Force here sped to Kuala Lumpur this morning in answer to requests for transport aircraft to help in rescue and airlift operations in floodstricken areas in West Malaysia. The first one left at 8 am.
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    Lock icon Foreign languages courses planned
    109 3 SINGAPORE, Fri.—The Adult Education Board will be organising courses in foreign languages and conversational languages soon. The courses are specially designed to enable members of the public to learn a chosen second language quickly and proficiently. The foreign languages to be taught are: French, Spanish. Russian,
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    Lock icon $2,048 worth of property stolen from school
    127 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. A total of $2,048 worth of property was reported stolen from a school yesterday morning. !r. Ch*ng Teh Neng, Principal of the Anglican School at the 8J m.s. Upper Changi Road, told the Police that he had locked the school premises
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    Lock icon No-water areas
    49 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. There be no water on Tuesday. Jan. 10. ffom 9 a.m. to 9 P.m., at Kamoong Eunos and Jalan Wijaya, due to *ork on water pipes near Siglap Canal. At the same time, there *'il! be poor water pressure in Frankel Estate and Siglap Area.
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    Lock icon Found hanging
    27 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. An unemployed Indian, Chinnal Appavoo. 65 was found Ranging in his house in Yan Kit Village off Upper ChanSi Road early this morning.
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    Lock icon Ex-Communist Front worker renounces his former beliefs
    197 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Former active worker of the Communist United Front, Ong Cheng Soo, has now been successfully rehabilitated. A statement, made by Ong, renouncing his former belief, was issued by the Government today. Ong was arrested and detained during one of the Republic's
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    Lock icon National registration for I-Cards
    110 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. Two registration centres will cease registration for new plastic laminated identity card from Jan. 9. They are: Bukit Timah Community Centre, 7J m.s. Bukit Timah Road. Singapore, 21, and. Upper Serangoon Community Centre. 5J m.s. Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 19. For the convenience of
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    Lock icon Bangkok holiday for spastic girl
    140 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. A 16-year old spastic girl, Miss Yoon Nui Gek, who was selected by the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore for being the best all-round progressive pupil of 1966, will leave for a holiday trip to Bangkok tomorrow. The trip, sponsored by Thai International
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    Lock icon Suzuki dealers feted
    111 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. A group of seventeen dealers of Suzuki motorcycles in Tokyo, Japan, is now in the Republic visiting its counterparts here. This afternoon, the sole agents for Suzuki, Guan Hoe Co. (Malaya) Ltd., treated these Japanese dealers to a special lunch at the Great Shanghai Restaurant.
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    Lock icon Inter'l Red Cross officials coming
    174 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Mr. Samuel Gorand, and his wife will arrive here for a two-day visit on Jan. 10. Mr. A. Durand. the International Committee of the Red Cross delegate for South-east Asia, will also be
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    Lock icon 'Queen of Lion City' contest
    122 3 SINGAPORE, Fri.—The Marigold Organisation will be holding a beauty contest "Queen of the Lion City" in conjunction with a Ball at the Victoria Hall on Feb. 4 at 8 p.m. The contest is open to all ladies between the ages 17 to 26. The winner
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    Lock icon Bid to attract German tourists
    123 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Thousands of specially produced colour brochures about Singpaore will be produced to attract German tourists to Singapore in a special campaign which will be launched this year. Distribution is being arranged by Lufthansa German Airlines in co-operation with the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board
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    Lock icon Broadcast of Lee's speech
    80 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. Radio Singapura's English Service will broadcast a speech made recently by the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, on Saturday at 10.15 p.m The speech was made when Mr. Lee opened the Buddhist convention at the Pho Kark See Temple on Jan. 4. In
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    Lock icon For charities
    37 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. At the opening of the first Convention of Buddhists in Asia at the Phor Kark See Temple on Wednesday, the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. received a cheque for $3,000 for charities.
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    Lock icon S'PORE ARCHITECTS EXPRESS A HOPE
    215 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore architects hope that the Government would give more opportunities to local professional skills to participate actively in replanning the city. This was expressed in the latest issue of the Journal of the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIAJ), on the "reduction of property
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    Lock icon FREE FILM SHOWS
    97 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Ministry of Culture will give free film show s at the following places during the week commencing 9-1-67 to 11-1-67. All shows will begin at 7.30 p.m. and short talks on current topics will be given by the Field Officers during the shows: Monday
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    Lock icon German air mission
    110 3 SINGAPORE, Fri.—A toplevel Government mission from the Federal Republic of Germany will arrive here by Lufthansa on Jan- 8, to hold talks with the Singapore and Malaysia Governments on the renewal of airline agreements. The mission will be led by Dr. Schmitt-Ott of the German Ministry of
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    Lock icon Lead in hair lotions
    127 3 PENANG. Fri. The presence of lead detected in no less than seven brands of hair dyes or lotions has led to these brands being confiscated and taken off the market. This was stated in the annual report of the Chief Public Health Inspector, City Council Mr.
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    Lock icon Janice: S'pore lives up to my expectations
    309 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. Singapore has lived up to the expectations of tourists who have heard so much of the Republic in the Tourist Promotion Board's overseas publicity offices. This is the opinion of Australia's "Miss Wildflower State", Janice Hearne, who is here in Singapore
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      41 3 S'pore Diary 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place: Exhibition of Bicycles, by the Japan Bicycle Promotion Institute--8 p.m. National Theatre, Tank Road: Variety Show in aid of the National Theatre Fund, organised by the Chin Woo Association.
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    Lock icon Notorious gangster sentenced to 14 years jail
    750 4  -  By. C. F. Lee TN a peeked and heavily guarded Sessions Court here today, Tan Hock Khoon, alias Ah Pui, alias Tan Er, described as one. of the most wanted men in Malaysia and Singapore, was sentenced to a total of 14 years
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    Lock icon Dying teacher needs $ $ $ to live
    149 4 Dying teacher needs to live KUALA LUMPUR Fri. The Leong Su Kui Fund set up by the Eastern Sun to help a former teacher. di'ins from a disease of the nervous system called Wilson's Disease now stands at $127 Eastern Sun staffers passed the hat round and collected $6l. Another
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    Lock icon 134 minor rural projects for Limbang, Lawas
    130 4 KUCHING, Fri. Eightyfive minor rural projects, worth 5218,000. were carried out in the Fifth Division last year. The Fifth Divisional Development Committee Meeting was told recently that altogether 21 major projects were undertaken, including the $2,400,000 Berawan Medamit Ukong Roads. This year, about
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    Lock icon Salesman under death sentence, goes free
    359 4 If UA LA LUMPUR. Fri. A 19-vear-old textile salesman under sentence of death for the murder of a seamstress, was freed by the Federal Court of Appeal today. I Chow Slew Woh was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice H. S. Ong in the
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    Lock icon Motor-cycle stolen
    34 4 KAMPAR. Fri Lai Yin. alias Lai Wai. 22. of Ipoh. has reported the loss of his motorcycle, valued at $l,OOO. The vehicle was parked in front of Princess Theatre, Jalan Idris. yesterday.
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    Lock icon CONSUL for HK
    37 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. said Malaysia would soon have an Honorary Consul in Hong Kong. The Consul would help businessmen and tourists in the two countries, he added.
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    Lock icon $150,000/- LIM CLAN BUILDING
    134 4 $150,000/LIM CLAN BUILDING SUNGEI PAT AN I, Fri. The Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Lim Swee Aun. gavr an assurance that Chinese l anguage would be safeguarded with other languages. He was speaking here today at the opening of Lim Association Community Building which cost 5150.000. Dr Lim said
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    Lock icon Panties smuggler caught
    169 4 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. Customs Officers from the Preventive branch found cosmetics, panties and watches in two paper bags on the person of a woman at the bus terminal, here, the Sessions Court here was told today. Tan Chik Kong alias Tan Ah Eng. 48. pleaded guilty to the
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    Lock icon Passing-out parade
    67 4 PORT DICKSON. Fri. Three hundred and thirtyeight recruits, comprising the Malaysian Signal Regiment. Malaysian Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, Malaysian General Service Corp (Medical) Education, Pay and Clerial Division and Malaysian Service Corps, will pass out at Port Dickson Garrison, tomorrow at 9 a.m. Brigadier Tuan Haji Khalid bin
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    Lock icon Foundry robbed of spare parts
    87 4 PENANG. Fri. Six masked robbers one of whom was believed to be armed with a revolver, tied up the watchman of Lim Seong Foundry in Kampong Telok. Prai, before escaping with $3,000 worth of machinery spare parts from the foundry early this morning. Mera Singh
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    Lock icon Murder charge fails
    130 4 KUALA LI'MPUR, Fri. Rashid b n Jamaluddin, of Kampong Keramat here, was discharged in the Magistrates Court today on a tentative charge of murdering Kok Kin San at the junction of Jalan Sentosa and Jalan Othman, Petaling Java, on Jan 7 last year. The discharge did not
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    Lock icon Headmaster returns from tour
    60 4 MUAR, Fri Mr. Gurnam Singh, headmaster of the Ismail School here, has returned from a three-month tour of West Germany. Mr. Singh, who is also the national president of NUT and a vice-chairman of the teachers' panel, met officials of several trade unions dur ing his
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    Lock icon Public help to nab bank robber
    548 4  -  By MUSA SCULLY PUBLIC co-operation helped the police to capture wanted criminal Tan Hock Khoon, in a raid on a well-furnished flat at United Gardens, off Klang Road last week. With the public assistance, a special police team of senior officers, worked around-the-clock to
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    Lock icon LIONS' 'CHARTER NIGHT' ON JAN. 15
    66 4 MUAR, Fri.—The Mutt Lions Club here will hold a "Charter Night" on Jan. 15. A vice-president of the Muar Lions Club, Mr. Teoh Eng Seng, who is also the, Muar OCPD. said that the attractions ot the "Charier Night" would be talks on Lionism
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Artificial aurora plan by US
      303 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (AP). Plans to create an artificial aurora as bright as the full moon high above America s eastern seaboard were disclosed at a briefing •>n space research programmes yesterday. The project involves launching of a small electron accelerator from Wallops Island, Virginia, abroad
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      Lock icon No support for priests who act as spokesmen
      154 5 MEXICO CITY, Fri. (AP) A US. priest based in .Mexico says he opposes sending North American Roman Catholic priests to Latin America because "they usually become spokesmen for the United States embassy.'' Ivan lUich, a former Yugoslav now of the New York
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      Lock icon 'Axe for anti-Mart men'
      55 5 'Axe for antiMart men' LONDON. Fri. (AFP) Prime Minister Harold Wilson may announce tonight a cabinet reshuffle in which two ministers considered as hostile to British Common Market entry may be dropped out. according to political sources here. The two are the President of the Board of Trade, Douglas Jay.
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      Lock icon Look who's back...
      71 5 LONDON. Frl Miss World. 23-year-old Indian medical student. Reita Faria, Is shown on arrival at London airport after her Christmas visit with Bob Hope entertaining U.S. forces in South Vietnam, and Thailand. Miss Faria wears a jungle hat given to her by a soldier. She said. The
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      Lock icon LONDON, Fri. — Lord Harewood, a cousin of the Queen, attends a recital of Japanese music with Miss Patricia Tuckwell, cited by Lord Harewood's wife in a divorce action. Lord Harewood will not contest the action and plans to marry Miss Tuckwell who has a son by him. — AP Photo. AP Photo.
      51 5 LONDON, Fri. Lord Harewood, a cousin of the Queen, attends a recital of Japanese music with Miss Patricia Tuckwell, cited by Lord Harewood's wife in a divorce action. Lord Harewood will not contest the action and plans to marry Miss Tuckwell who has a son by him. AP Photo. AP
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        Lock icon ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION IS ADULTERY
        130 5 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP) With testimony by husband and wife concluded, press and public were admitted to a trial in which a Park Avenue doctor charges that artificial insemination of his wife constituted adultery. Dr. John M. Prutting, 56, has filed suit for divorce. His wife.
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        Lock icon 'Vaccine against pregnancy possible'
        230 5 MANILA, Fri. (AP). Immunisation against pregnancy was suggested as a possible new means of birth control by Dr. S. Isojima. of Osaka University, in a paper presented to the third Asia and Oceania Con- gress of Endocrynology. An antibody capable of killing sperm had been detected
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        Lock icon 'Husband and 'telly' for sale'
        179 5 NASHVILLE. Tennessee. Fri. (UPI). When J.T. Sneyd moved from New Zealand to Nashville he changed his loyalty from rugby to football, still "the sort of fan that jumps up and down and gets red in the face." That was the explanation Mrs. Sneyd gave for
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      Lock icon Tran Van Do replies to note by George Brown
      348 5 SAIGON, Fri. Following is the full text of a letter of Dr. Tran Van Do, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Vietnam, answering a note sent by the British Foreign Minister, Mr. George Brown: have the honour to acknowledge the receipt
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      Lock icon Gas bombing in Yemen charge
      130 5 BEIRUT, Lebanon, Fri. (AP) A top official of the Royalist side in Yemen's civil war charged yesterday that Egyptian planes bombed Royalist positions with poison gas causing scores of casualties. The charge was made by the Royalist Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mohammed Abdul Kaddous
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      Lock icon EPIDEMIC IN GUYANA
      66 5 GEORGETOWN, Guyana. Fri. (AP) Twenty children have died so far from a gastroenteritis epidemic now sweeping three areas of Guyana, six within the past 48 hours, the Health Ministry said yesterday. About 400 cases have been treated in hospital throughout the country since the first case was
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      Lock icon A 'crime' now to trade with Rhodesia
      244 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI). President Johnson yesterday Imposed U.S. economic sanctions against Rhodesia, making it a criminal offence for U.S. businessmen to trade with that White-supremacist government. r The President signed an executive order to carry out the U.N. Security Council resolution applying the
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      Lock icon Clergymen to seek for truth
      214 5 HONG KONG, Fri. (UPI) Three clergymen from the United States, Great Britain and Canada arrived here yesterday en route to Hanoi "to find out the truth". "Our trip to Hanoi is to talk with the leader* of the North Vietnamese government and to find out
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      Lock icon POPE HOLDS MASS ON CHURCH PROBLEMS IN CHINA
      220 5 VATICAN CITY, Fri. <AP). —Pope Paul VI scheduled observance of the Major feastday of the Epiphany today with a mass that will focus on Communist China and leaderless Christians there. The Vatican said the papal mass was arranged to call attention to
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      Lock icon Johnson rejects portrait by Hurd
      265 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (AP) The White House has turned down a portrait of President Johnson by artist Peter Hurd. Officials said yesterday neither the President nor his wife liked the painting and it was considered inappropriate for an official portrait. Mr. Hurd, who lives on a
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      Lock icon US $150,000 FINE FOR FALSE WIG DECLARATION
      214 5 HONG KONG, Fri. (UPI)' A District Court Judge imposed a heavy flne and prison sentence on the owner of a trading firm which illegally exported to the United States more than US$l5O,OOO worth of wigs made with human hair from Red China Mrs.
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      Lock icon Hayley Mills for Singapore
      47 5 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Hayley Mills will star in the film version of Noel Coward's novel "Pretty Polly" which begins shooting on location in Singapore next month. Director Guy Green will direct the screenplay by British playwrights Keith Water house and Willis Ha^ 1
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      Lock icon 'A United Europe needed to keep peace in world'
      386 6 BONN, Fri. AP and UPI The Bonn Government sees its responsibility as a leader in working for European unity and the function of United Europe as peace-keeper to the world. Former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer who was 91 yesterday, urged European unity
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      81 6 MANILA, Fri. (AP) The Philippine Government has been rattled by the latest plot of the cunning Communist Huk movement. According to President Marcos, the Huks are lending money to farmers on better terms than the government. The money lending tactic was part of a plot to
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      Lock icon US has 389,400 troops in V'nam
      353 6 SAIGON, Fri. (AFP).—-The United States had 389,400 fighting men In Vietnam on Dec. 31, official figures released here today showed. With the 53,000 South Korean, Australian, New Zealand and Filipino troops stationed in Vietnam and the estimated 621.000 men of th« South Vietnamese forces,
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      Lock icon REUSSELSHEIM. Germany, Fri. — Opel cars crowd a parking lot of the General Motors factory at Ruesaelsheim on Tuesday after it was announced that 1.000 workers would be laid off soon. The Opel factory is the first German factory to announce layoffs.
      43 6 REUSSELSHEIM. Germany, Fri. Opel cars crowd a parking lot of the General Motors factory at Ruesaelsheim on Tuesday after it was announced that 1.000 workers would be laid off soon. The Opel factory is the first German factory to announce layoffs. AP photo.
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      Lock icon Suk hands out ties, blouses
      141 6 JAKARTA, Fri. (AFP). President Sukarno yesterday distributed some 41 worn neckties to male palace reporters and half a dosen pieces of lace for Mouses to female palace reporters. The president pat his sifnature on the back of the neckties which he had worn himself. Chatting
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      Lock icon NASA to launch European satellites
      191 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. (AP). —The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has signed an agreement to launch European Scientific satellites. NASA Mid on Wednesday that a memorandum of understanding with the European Space Research Organisation (ESRO), signed on Dec. 30, is the first under which a
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      64 6 MANILA, Fri. (UPI) Manila Daily bulletin columnist Rex Drlloa wrote today: "Many of us columnists just plod on and fill white space with our nonsense. Our background is not very deep. Our Insights are the insights of show-offs and jelly-fishes. Many of us are verbose. We are exhibitionists.
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      85 6 OAK RIDGE, Tennessee. Eri. (AP) Thi* Atomic City once a government reservation surrounded by steel fences and an air of secrecy observed its 25th anniversary yesterday. "Oak Ridge 25," destined to be a year-long celebration, began its festivities with a banquet attended by some 300
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      42 6 LOS ANGELES. Frl. Ooe of the two bif new telstars undergoing final checks by their maker holore the scheduled orbit over the Pacific next week. They will take up stations round the equator. AP photo. AP photo.
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      787 6 TOKYO. Fri. (AFP> The world's largest sea water desalting plant will be manufactured in Japan for Kuwait, It was announced yesterday. The Ishikawajlma-Harima Heavy Industries Co. of Tokyo said an order for distillatory equipment capable of processing 36.000 tons of sea water Into fresh water daily has
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      197 6 CHICAGO. Illinois. Frt. (AP) The developing countries are losing ground In their face to produce food and the United States ability to make up the deficit is in serious doubt, the admini* strator of the Agency for International Development said yesterday Mr. William
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      81 6 WASHINGTON. Fri. The really hearty appetites for red meat are aJ found South of the Equator, according to the economic research service of the I •*> Agriculture Department Diets Down Under run tc 226 pounds of red meat p? 1 person in New Zealand ar c 219
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      304 7 LONDON, Fri. (UPI). Interest heightened yesterday on what has been described as the start of a Japanese "invasion' of the British car market with the arrival here of 53 Honda S-800 sports cars. Unloading of the ships carrying the sport cars,
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      217 7 KATHMAN'DU, Nepal. Fri. (UPI) Roving Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and Nepal Ambassador Carol C. Laise Honeymooned near Mt. Everest today after startling officials in Washington with what is thought to he the first marriage between American ambassadors. Mr. Bunker. 72. and Miss Laise, 49. were wed yesterday at
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      69 7 ABERDEEN, Scotland. Fri. (ITI) Opera Singer ■lsry Garden, one of the greatest sopranos of the century, died on Tuesday !n this Scottish city where shp was born. She would have been 90 on Feb. 20. The green-eyed diva once '[Tilled opera lovers in New ork. London,
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      226 7 TOKYO. Fri. (AFP) In the present Congo copper dispute Japan's attitude appears to be "wait and see. A major Japanese mining interest has formally denied a press report that it had already obtained a copper mining right from the Congolese Government. The
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      38 7 PASADENA. California. Fri. This float at Monday's Tournament of Roses Parade by the eity of Hong Kong: is titled "Orient is Hong Kong" and won the International trophy as the most beautiful from outside the U.S. AP Photo.
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      153 7 DALLAS. Texas. (AP) District Attorney Henry Wage said on Wednesday he will let the courts decide on the disposition of the .38 calibre Colt Cobra revolver Jack Ruby used to kill Lee Harvey Oswald before a national television audience. Mr. Wade disclosed that he
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      187 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP) Thailand Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said last night that his country will soon send combat troops to South Vietnam despite Deputy Premier Praphas Charusathin's statement on Wednesday that no such decision had yet been made. "I understand there have been
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      257 7 TAIPEH, Fri. (AP) Nationalist China has asked the United States to help establish high research institute in Formosa as a means of curbing the exodus of Chinese college graduates to the United States, it was disclosed yesterday. Mr. K.T. Li. Minister of Economic
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      76 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) The bodies of deceased persons were being placed in special cold storage vaults yesterday as state mediators worked to get both sides back together in the strike of gravediggers against 32 metropolitan area cemetries. The strike began on Tuesday in a
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      113 7 LONDON. Fri. (AFP) Britain yesterday warned the Spanish government that it will be held responsible for any consequences arising from measures it might take against British planes using the Gibraltar air-base. authoritative sources said. The warning was contained in a note to the Spanish Foreign
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      109 7 CHICAGO. Fri. (AFP). The body of Jack Rubv was shown the press in an undertaker's parlour here yesterday. The dead man's family, in exhibiting the body, wanted to avoid any future disputes as to the identity of the corps in the coffin which was to be
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      114 7 MOSCOW. Fri. (UPI) Sadi F. Coruk. counsellor at the Turkish Embassy here, hanged nimself in his Moscow apartment on Tuesday, the embassy announced yesterday. He was 45. "We never really know why he killed himself," an embassy spokesman said. "But it appeared to be some personal reasons
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      212 7 MADRID. Fri. (AFP). The body of Algerian opposition leader Mohammed Khider, who was shot down in the street here on Tuesday night, was taken by air to Casablanca, for burial there today. The mourners, including the dead man's wife and his brother-in-law Hocme Ait Ahmed,
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      44 7 KEY WEST, Fri.—Rolando Masterrer. second left, stands with members of the Invasion force at the county Jail in Key West on Tuesday after they were arrested by US custom* agents who said they were planning to invade Haiti—AP photo. AP photo.
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      387 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. (AP). —A 44-foot, 18.000pound missile escaped from the U.S. Air Force in a test firing from Florida on Wednesday and apparently soared over Cuba before crashing down in the ocean. Nobody professed to know for sure where it came down. The Pentagon said
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      222 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Three young adventurous Australian lads, enamoured by the exploits of the men from U.N.C.L.E.. wrote the fictitious organ isat i on applying for membership and through a postal mixup nearly joined the New York Police Force. U.N.C.L.E. are the initials of
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      153 7 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP> A homeward bound commuter was shot and seriously wounded in the port authority bus terminal after he refused to give a 23-year-old man a dime for a pay toilet, police said yesterday.The commuter was identified as Albert J. Burkel, 35. Police said
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      89 6 From REYKJAVIK ICELANP TO SOUTH me RICA,THE THRUSH ORGANIZATION WAS INI STRANGE, MYSTERIOUS ACTION.' SOMETHING Of WORLP-SHAKINfi PROPORTIONS WAS ABOUT TO BREAK.' BUT WHAT WAS THIS TOP SECRET? WHO, HOW AMP WHERE WOULP THEY STRIKE? THESE WERE THE VfTAL QUESTIONS ALEXANDER WAVERLY SOU6HT TO ANSWER A 6 HE LAUNCHEP... AWP46THC
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    465 8 FLOODS —1926 AND 1967. SINCE commenting on the annual floods yesterday, reports have come in to indicate that the current floodings of the East Coast and other States on the West Coast have reached to proportions of the floods of 1926 when landslides at trunk roads in Pahang had cut
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    375 8 rBOMB or not to bomb Hanoi is a problem that plagues both the Pentagon and the State Department in Washington. By stopping the bombing, the United States fears Hanoi would still continue its attacks on and infiltration of South Vietnam, as witness the breach of the Christmas truce
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      749 8  -  CHIN CHENG WAH. THE Eastern Sun Is really an independent daily. I am glad to say that it has been fair and just to all. The local people would like to know actual facts and not extract from any particular news. Ever since Eastern Sun was
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      147 8  -  Y. S. LEE ANY right thinking person will read with disgust the Americans* Indiscriminate bombings of North Vietnam. The Americans should now realise that they have made a mistake and should go back to where they belong. It's high time for them to leave or else they
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      Lock icon Trash film of 35 years ago
      71 8  -  C. P. Thane. ON Saturday, Dec. 31, 1966 T.V. Malaysia televised a horribly worn out, scratched and distorted film with actor Spencer Tracey and others. The film was obviously filmed some 30 to 35 years ago. What gets my goat is their colossal impertinence
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      240 8  -  K. N. ACHARY, THE Government is to be congratulated in its derlaration "NO MORE NEW STAND PIPES" but I think it should go a step further by abolishing all existing Stand Pipes. Many families who are living In the Housing and Development Flats undertake private laundries
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      487 8 YOUR half-page advertisement on page 4 of your Sunday New Year's issue was indeed a timely one. At the height of a Season when liquor liberally flows in abundance, in celebrations throughout the world, the book might just be the answer to many of the
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      546 8 IT IS all very well for members of the Government to say that there is equality of treatment for all the four official languages in the Republic, but does this really exist in practice? Let us take Tamil education first. There is only one
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      107 8 AS one interested in the trade pattern, I am carious to know how the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye. arrived at the figure of 23 fc as Singapore's trade with Malaysia, when he told members of a PAP branch on Monday 26th December 1966. Using
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      319 8  -  BRO. JOHN T BHALL be grateful if you A will allow me to express some of my thoughts and Impressions after the Better World Movement Retreat which I made along with 77 others on Bukit Nanas from sth to 11th December. 1966. We were a motley crowd
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      642 8 IT Is evident from the exchanges of letters between "Parent'* and Mr. Bala S. Maniam, the former not only does not understand the meaning of "DEMOCRACY" but he has also ronfused it with the meaning of "INDEPENDENT". For this simple reason he had erroneously challenged the DSC
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      Lock icon Prices improve slightly on Stock Market
      763 9 TC<CAPOR£» Fri. The t +o rit Vlarket developed a •rm note today. Prices lm-3-ovsd narrowly with buyinf mainly on selective wuities. Central Sugars improved ■bout 5 to 7 cents with busies done from $1.48 to $1.47 $1 52 but eased to $1.48 (previous close
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      638 9 LONDON, Fri.—The whine of a Jet aircraft winging its way overhead is a familiar sound today as the airline business continues its rapid growth with the introduction of larger and more economic airliners and freight aircraft. Yet it is not very long since
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      179 9 WASHINGTON. Fri. (UPI). The U.S. Commerce Department said yesterday's Taiwan's economy is growing at a rapid rate and some sectors are "approaching a genuine boom." The Department said "particularly impressive" gains were made in building construction, wood processing. machinery manufacturing. and the production of plastics, canned
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      37 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP) The Dow Jones spot commodity price index declined 0.04 to 138 98. The Dow Jones commodity futures index closed 135.86 off 0.37. Index: 130.37 (Open); 136.58 (High); 135.86 (Low); 135.86 (Close)
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      14 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The tin price for today was $6OO per picul, unchanged.
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      119 9 TOKYO, Fri. (UPI) Textile makers In the Tokyo suburbs are trying to become the cuplds In a desperate attempt to keep young female workers from fleeing their factories. About 500 textile mill operators in the Hachlojl district on the western outskirts of Tokyo have started operating
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      164 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP) The Stock Market rallied in active trading early yesterday. Stocks followed through on the strong recovery of late Wednesday which converted a loss into a gain. Some brokers reported that orders from big. institutional investors began to pile up after the clone.
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      78 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants were: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16; Airmail O.D. 3213/16: 90 d/st. 33-5/16 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying TT. 353/8; Airmail O.D. 35-1/2; 90 d/st. 36-1/16 credit bills; 36-1/8 trade
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      35 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP) Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Net Close Change 425 industrials 86.61 up 1.16 20 railroads 42.20 up .75 55 utilities 70.15 up .05 500 Stocks. 81.60 up 1.05
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      163 9 WASHINGTON. Fri. (AP) A US. Department of Agriculture survey has showed that world farm production increased 2.6 per cent in 1966. This put 1966 tonnage about 13 per cent above i960. Last year's increase was a little over 4 per cent In the developed areas of
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      175 9 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) —Britain's gold and dollar reserves fell by £65 million (M) ($182 million) in December after certain debt repayments to stand at £1,107 billion ($30,996 billion) at the end of the month. The Treasury announced the figures today but added
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      89 9 LONDON, Fri. (AP) Sellers were scarce on the London Stock Market yesterday and prices advanced sharply. Imperial Chemicals, Courtaulds, British Petroleum and Shell Oil were among the leaders in the widespread upward movement. Gaing of more than a shilling were registered. Investment buying continued throughout
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      49 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Rubber futures yesterday closed unchanged and untraded. Jan 22.10 22.80 Mar 22.40 23.00 May 22.40 23.00 July 22.70 23.00 Sept 22.70 23.00 Nov 2270 23.00 Jan 22.70 23.00 Locally the spot No. 1 RSS held steady at 221 cents per pound, nominal.
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      285 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. F r 1. January first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 59| cents per lb., down J cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet but steady. London advices were a little better than expected but
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      68 9 LONDON. Fri. (AP) Britain's gold and convertable currency reserves increased enough in December to enable the government to repay the annual instalment of its postwar dollar loan and an undisclosed amount of foreign currency borrowed last year to protect the pound. The nominal increase in
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      26 9 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Rubber market was quietly Steady with No. 1 RSS spot 18-5/16 18-1/2. No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports Jan. 17-7/8 18-1/16.
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      22 9 HONG KONG, (UPI) Money Quotations: HK$5.7l- per US dollar for cash HK515.99 per pound sterling HK5266.5 per tael gold.
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      50 9 WASHINGTON. Fri. (AP) The U.S. government sold 35 tons of surplus stockpile tin yesterday five tons of grade A at 1.5425 U.S. dollars a pound, ten tons of grade B at 1.5275 U.S. dollars a pound and 20 tons of grade C at 1.5225 U.B. dollars a pound.
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      458 9 Slock Exchange quotations at the close of ness:INDUSTRIAL B. S. Bon«trad CD 1.60 1.8? Central sugars 1.49 Chemical Co. 1.65 1.66 Cold storage XD... 3.02 3.06 Dunlop XR 2.34 2.36 E. Smt'ltlnc 4 (It E*so Ords. 3.06 3.08 Esmi Pref l .05 fit/pa tricks 1.40 1JV5 F.
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      50 9 (Managers prlre«) r lr*t Malayan XD 2.10 2.20 Second Maiavan \l» 1.49 1.59 Third Malayan 1.08 1.19 Malaysian Commerce .84 .95 Mai. Saving* Fnnd 1.29 1.39 Sterling Commodity 8/9 4/4 First llnnic Kong 1.00 i or>* Second Hung Kong .;o Mala>«lan ln\foment Fund .90 1.00 (•Hong Ron* Currency)
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      114 9 SINGAPORE. Frt. Slnrtpore Chinese Prorluce Exchance noon prices today were. Buyers Belters Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 44.00 Coconut oil FOB> Drnms 46.80 Loose Copra Mixed lM>c./ian. 27.75 8uitar (Java) exKOdown 24.50 Nutmef* 110« 480.00 Nutmeg* B \v m ***** Garbled Lampong Black Pepper FOB) w 120.00 Pepper Black Special
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      21 9 NEW YORK. Frl. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheet 22 l/Bn.
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      149 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The following ships are expected to be in port today. Godowns Vessels 1 /2 Tonsberg 3/4 Rajula 5 Deelock 8/9 Hoegh Elite 10/11 Pyrrhus 13/14 Benalder 15/16 Nippon 19 Colombo Maru 21/22 Katong 25/26 Kunak 29/30 Azumasan Maru 33/34 Neckarstein 35/36 Brenconshire 38/39 Thermopylae 40/41 Baylor
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      891 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Ruala Lumpur. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA ltl from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kuching. Time 10.55 a.m. Airline MSA 003 from Penang. ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. Time 11.15 a.m. Airline Thai
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      286 10  -  IPOH, Saturday: By: ROBERT KUAN. A BRANCH of the Public Bonk Be r had (Incorporated in the States of Malaya, Malaysia) will open for business today at Nos. 4648, Jalan Yang Kalsom here. Its head office is at No. 4,
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      135 10 IPOH, Sat. The Adviser to the Public Bank Perhad it Tan Sri Nik Mustopha Fath i I, S.P.M.K., P.M.N. Tan Sri Nik Mustapha Fathil hod a distinguished record in the Kelantan Civil Service. He was also Grand Chamberlain to the third Yang diPertuon Agong. A member of the
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      618 11 IPOH, Sat. Success breeds success. The success of a few safebreakings and hold-ups has generated a spate of these occurrences over recent years. The unfortunate side of the story is that the majority of these incidents may well have been unsuccessful had adequate
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      389 11  -  By C. F. Lee Ipoh, Sot. With the accent on accelerated economic development in Malaysia and Singapore, there hat been an increase in the income level of the people in both countries. There has been, too, a growth of the banking habit among the people and
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      319 10 0 \V e> y ...to oil our friends, customers, supporters \and well -wishers. We have great pleasure in announcing the opening for business of our Branch'ot 46-48 Jolan Yang Kalsom, Ipoh. D w- I* rw -J Your Friends en the Spot Staff of the fpoh Branch Advisor Tan Sri Nik
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      203 11 Congratulations and Best Wishes To THE PUBLIC BANK BERHAD on the opening of their new branch in Ipoh from South Asia Aluminium Engineering Co. 493-4 Jalan Sayur, Singapore, 14. Congratulations to PUBLIC BANK BERHAD on the occasion of the opening of their IPOH BRANCH CHUBB Treasury Doors and Gates •r
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      177 11 Congratulations and Best Wishes to THE PUBLIC BANK BERHAD on the opening of their new branch in Ipoh y C •> I :.Vv—Ml i ■t m Jk4 almh aj4 Lvi Ij O rrm■ L cesignwa oy nv»n researcn engin wre to suggestions gathered from the world's banters ■I HEMES WISWrnB
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      246 12 Korean dolls specialise in LatinAmerican dances SINGAPORE, Fri. A pot-pourri of hot sizzling LatinAmerican dances, yes, that is the flavourous meal that is being dished out nightly at the Golden Star nightclub in Dublin Road here. And, on hand to serve out these delicious, tantalising dances are three Korean entertainers
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      30 12 THE Walker Hill Dancers, from Korea, in a hot Latin-American number. These lovely Korean dolls, who are as sparkling as champagne, have become popular with Singapore night-club fans.
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      66 12 H IS K °V ql the Duke of Edinuurgh, trades u d S" lps W,th JERRY L EWIS on the .set of "Way...Way Out" during .H. s visit to 20th Century-Fox studios recently. The Prince lunched on ne movie lot with Hollywood's four hundred, a
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      137 12 SINGAPORE, Fri. How many faces can a man have? Ask Clifford Stanton and he will show you so many it will leave you agape. Stanton has just arrived to perform at the Goodwood Hotel, one of the Republic's leading hotels. Billed simply as "The
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      802 12 "CX)R the Malaysian and Singaporean nightclub enthusiast, life really begins after sun-down and for him or her there is a big 'storehouse' of entertainment. Leading nightclubs have taken into consideration the varied tastes of their local patrons, but they have not altogether forgotten about the
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      203 12 MANDARIN PALACE NOW PERFORMING 2ND BIG WEEK! THE SENSATIONAL ABE TRIO A FABULOUS SINGING AND DANCING TROUPE FROM TOKYO THE BEST IN TOWN! SHOW TIME 10 p.m. 12.15 a.m. AIDA CANLAS Sings Nightly WHERE the ACTION i 5.... JOIN SHirt Pigat ar y*v .»A Dining Ou When you think of
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      173 13 Nil AW ORGANISATION <hn«io«: 11. I.W. ,S Brendo An]aDfttf Conier The APPAI.OOSV Te-trn>copr <Sr Technicolor roNTOHT MIDNTOHT' }S| \r \I»I IN H«»\(.KONG' Tec-- ■"P* A Technicolor r'THE HOI PH«»FM\" Mandarin. Cv Color ***** REX-SKY ***** 1i m lIV 4. 11 «.W U 15 -f SO 1 R.F.E LIST! THI >WORI»
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      395 13 LI>OCANIS,M lON ODEON 21-116 Now Show int! 11. I .:M. *.Wt. ».M "GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI" Sa«an Hart P'Vuion. Color An American-International Picture Tonight Midnight' 'Columbia! "ALVAREZ KELLY" PVl&Jon William Holden Columbia Color Tomorrow X.U, "Flame In Aahes' GALA 2 128 7 1! Now >houinj' I.SU. 4, #l5 p.m.
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    123 14 MEXICO CITY, Fri (AFP) Japanese boxer Mitsunori Seki yesterday began training here for his featherweight world title bout against Mexican champion Vicene Saldivar. Seki went a round each against his Mexican sparring partners, Ramiro Garcia and Delfino Camacho. He showed excellent physical condition. Some local
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    266 14 TOKYO, Fri. (UPI) Paul Fuji of Honolulu last night had too much power and knocked out Jessie Cortez of the Philippines in the third round of a scheduled 10-round non-title bout at Korakuen Hall. Fuji, 26, the orient junior welterweight champion and the
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    177 14 IPOH, Fri. —Perak Chinese will field a much stronger side that beat Selangor Chinese last week by 4-3 to meet Penang Chinese on Saturday, at the City Stadium Penang at 8 p.m. Three stalwarts will join the training squad. They are Yee Seng
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    56 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Sembawang Tamil Festival Celebrations Committee will hold its 15th annual sports meet at the Naval Base Secondary School grounds tomorrow. For the first time the meet is open to all races. More than 560 competitors will be taking part in the meet
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    53 14 THE best gold medal hope for Japan at the 1968 Olympic Games in Swimming will undoubtedly be Miss Michika Kihara who won four "golds" at the recentlyconcluded Asian Games. The pretty Japanese swimmer is seen here happily posing with Thai monks in the streets of Bangkok. PANA
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    151 14 PERTH. Fri. (UPI) A couple of unknown Australians, Brian Bowman and Tim Clayton, yesterday pulled off a sensational 6-3, 10-8 victory over the U.S. Davies Cup pair of Arthur Ashe and Cliff Richey to win the men's doubles final at the Western Australian Lawn
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