Eastern Sun, 10 January 1967

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  • Title Section
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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Imlfpendeiit National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 174 Tuesday, January 10 1967. MC(P) 2251 -jV KON 2660 Prim 15 cent*
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    Lock icon Red China close to civil war
    600 1 TOKYO. Men (AP) Violent upheavals in Nanking and the Shanghai area coupled with sharply rising resistance to the purge policies of Chinese Chairman Mao Tse-tung suggested today that Communist China may be close to civil war. 44* w Unspecified thousands of rkers left their
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    Lock icon FLOODS: WORST OVER
    1221 1  -  The toll: 17 people drowned and another 73 missing By: LIM THOW BOON KUALA LUMPUR, MONDAY, THE WORST IS OVER. The torrential floods which have been ravaging the North and East Coast States for the past few day Many of the thousands of people, who ed to
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    Lock icon Survey of damage by flood after Hari Raya
    240 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A survey to assess the amount of properties, crops and livestock lost in the flood will be launched in all the flood-stricken States of West Malaysia after Hari Raya Puasa. This was announced in Kuala Trengganu today by the
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    Lock icon 19 give blood in KB
    218 1 LATEST: KOTA BAHRU. Mon. So far 19 blood donors in Kclantan have come forward and donated blood to the Blood Bank in Kota Bahru today In response to the State Chief Medical Officer's appeal to establish the bank, following: the damage to all blood due
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Grand Variety Show achieves its object
    454 2  -  By JOHN KAM SINGAPORE. Mon. Judging from the enthusiastic rounds of applause on the opening night (Jan. 8), the People's Association's variety show must have effectively achieved its object of reflecting the multicultural background. Item after item, it was a pot pourri of cultural
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  • Article
    Lock icon Bid to stimulate interest in family planning
    283 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. To stimulate a greater interest In the public on family planning, the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board is organising a Family Planning Exhibition which will be held at tl»e Victoria Memorial Hall from Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. The exhibition
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    Lock icon Hari Raya postal facilities
    144 2 iINOAPpRI Mon. There will V no deliver? of correspondence or parcel* on Thursday. Jin 12. being Hart Raya fuui but there will be one complete delivery on Jan. li. The General Post Office will open on both public holiday* (Jan 12 and IS) from am to
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    Lock icon 67 accidents
    20 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. There were accidents, of which three were serieuft. during the pest H hours, Police said today.
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    Lock icon Daring $10,000 grab in Johore Bahru
    338 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Two youths grabbed more than $lO,OOO in cash and cheques from a shop clerk in a highway robbery at 9 a.m. here todav. After the robbery, a posse of crime busters from the Johore Police fanned through the town in a
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    Lock icon Elected Branch President
    52 2 SINQAPORE. Mon. Mr. K. Appavu was elected President of the Public Dailv*Rated Health Workers Union, Katoni Branch, for this year at its annual general meeting recently. Others elected were: Messrs. K. Viswanathan Secretary; R. Ramaiyan Mandore Treasurer. Committee Messrs. P. RamasamJP, Johar bin All. T. Maniekam and
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    Lock icon S'pore Jaycees
    73 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Mr. M. Loganathan was elected Pr»*irlent of the Junior Chamber of Singapore at the annual general meeting held recently. Mr. Koh Choon Hui was ♦lifted Vice-Prelident (Internal) and Mr. Phang Yat Hoong, Vice-President (External). Othtri elected were Meters. Lim Ah Hee, Hon. !scr#tary; Thomas Kuah, on,
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    Lock icon 'Political, general knowledge contest'
    120 2 SINGAPORE, Mon The Central Political Bureau of ttM People's Action Party will told a SoUtictl u4 geaeral btwtedn competition" IMI Ha nenlMrf ibl fitfarters at the People's iseecisflau an Jaa.l* aft |bßk Mara than 900 eedres and supporters from the Paries. branches hay* already signal *j|
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    Lock icon Picture shows Tun Razak (right) with the Minister of Welfare Services, Tuan Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, and the Director of Welfare Services, Dato Haji Anjang Saith, at the Driefing.
    81 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Man.— The Deputy Pfilh* Minister, Tun Abdul Riuk wy brief-' ed OB the flood situation in the country at
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    Lock icon Housewife alleges that she was swindled of $7,000
    487 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. A housewife told a Court today ihat she did not have enough money to buy a house, and gambled with the hope of winning some extra cash. The housewife, Cheng Shu Peng, was testifying at the trial of Tay Swee
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    Lock icon GERMAN DELEGATION HERE FOR AIR TALKS
    115 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. A six-man delegation of the Federal Republic of Germany arrived here last night to hold talks with the Singapore and Malaysian Governments on the renewal of airline agreements. The German delegation led by Dr. U. Schmidt-Ott of the German Ministry of Transport
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    Lock icon Red Cross flood relief
    55 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Red Cro^s Society is donating $l,OOO to the Malaysian Red Cross Bociety to aid them in their relief work for the flood victims In West Malaysia. For those who wish to send contributions In kind, the Society will take in clothing and
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    Lock icon Lectures by S'pore's architects
    221 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Institute of Architects will five a series of eight lecture* at the University of Singapore from mid-Januarv till March, this year. All those interested can apply to the Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of Singapore. In the organ of the Institute, published
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    Lock icon A 'princess' arrives for stage displays
    416 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. One of the most talented young Cantonese actresses from Hong Kong, "Princess*' Nancy Sit Ka Yin. has arrived in Singapore to make stage appearances in local cinemas. Nancy, together with six other young and up-and-coming actresses have been nicknamed by film fans
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    Lock icon 24 N.Z. CPlan experts aided Singapore
    89 2 BINOAPORE. Mon The Republic of Singipcr' has received about 24 Zealand Colombo Plan experts to assist in vartoa fields of her developing'' programme since the Colombo Plan began in H* Of this. 11 expert been engaged in the viri<">i educational programing and the rest
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    Lock icon Presentation by Sikhs
    94 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. Sikhs in Singapore will lent the second a tribute' to the Prime Minister of s®" gapore, Mr. Lee Kuan on Jan. 14 at the Conference Hall in ShentfrWay. The occasion is in Junction with the eeJ ebr tl 's of the Ter-Centenarv Binsday of Sri
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      53 2 S'pore Diary 9 a.m.—National Library. Stamford Road: Book exhibition, organised the Embassy of Japan 7.45 p.m National Theatre, Tank Road: The People's Association eoncert, by the People's Association 7.30 p.m. rree Aim shows by the Ministry of Culture: Yona Font Temple. Potong Paslr; Serangoon Village; Methodist Tamil School. Sembawang Road;
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    Lock icon 'Age, first offence no licence to obtain sympathy' Court told
    531 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr. N. Oanesan. said today that "the fact that one is young and a first offender is no licence to obtain the sympathy of the court and the resultant lenient view." The DPP was
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    Lock icon Picture shows Tan Sri Abdul Jamil (left) receiving the cheque for the National Mosque from Enche Senu.
    92 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The fasting month recital of the Quran 'Malam Khatam Quaran" was held at Masjid Nfgara here last night. At the function the Minis- r of Information and Broadcasting. Enche Senu
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    Lock icon For Currency talks in K.L.
    88 3 KUCHING, Mon. (AP) State Financial Secretary p n Kuen Foh, Sarawak's Member in Board of Commissioners of Currency, re'urned here today for talks Kuala Lumpur on the in,erchangeability of currencies "ftween Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. He told newsmen on arridl tiiat the three countries would
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    Lock icon Manila denies charges by Singapore trade unionists
    339 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. (U.P.l.)—Authorities from the Immigration Bureau and the University of the Philippines today denied published charges by two Singapore trade unionists that they received "shabby and humiliating" treatment during their stay here last year. The Malaysian Embassy, which looks after the interests
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    Lock icon Sardon's tour
    37 3 MUAR. Mon. The Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir. who is also the Member of the Parliament for Pontian Utara. will make a threeday tour of his constituency from Jan. 14. ĝ
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    Lock icon RUSSIAN MISSION IN S'PORE
    132 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The three Russian trade union delegates who arrived here yesterday visited the Jurong industrial complex this morning In the afternoon, they visited Haw Par Villa. Later in the evening, a dinner was given in their honour by the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union
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    Lock icon 'HELP-THY-NEIGHBOUR FUND' APPEAL TO S'PORE GOVERNMENT
    272 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. A local politician, Mrs. Felice Leon-Soh, today appealed to the Singapore Government to start a "Singapore-Malaysia Help -Thy- Neighbour Fund" for the flood victims of Malaysia. She hailed the Singapore Government's contribution of $50,000 to the Malaysian National Disaster Relief Fund for
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    Lock icon Johore Labour Party Chairman
    39 3 MUAR, Mon. The Vice-Chairman of the Johore State Labour Party, Mr. Tan Kok Chee, who is also a member of the Muar Town Council, has been elected Chairman of the Muar Branch of the Party.
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    Lock icon Growing feeling of nationalism in Sarawak
    143 3 KUCHING, Mon. The people in Sarawak are beginning to realise that their future lies within Malaysia. There are also signs of a growing feeling of nationalism among the rural mosses. This was stated in Sibil this weekend .by the Minister for Development and Forestry.
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    Lock icon British Army DUKWs for flood relief
    74 3 SINGAPORE. Moil. Two DUKWs of 33 Maritime Regiment RCT stationed in Singapore have been flown by RAF Beverley aircraft from Seletar to help in flood relief work in the Kota Bharu area. These versatile vehicles are equally at home on sea or land and
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    Lock icon 2 donations total $3,010
    65 3 SINGAPORE. Mon The Provincial Grand Lodge of Singapore and other minor lodges which are subordinate to it have donated $3,010 through the Ministry of Social Affairs to two charitable organisations. They are the Little Sister* of the Poor and the SingaAssociation for the lind. The Little
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    Lock icon Check first
    41 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. All Red Cross teams engaged In house-to-house collection of clothing for the relief of flood victims carry letters of authorisation from the society. Householders are advised to check these credentials before admitting anyone Into their homes.
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    Lock icon River Valley Road house burgled
    69 3 SINGAPORE, Moa. Thieves broke Into a house at River Valley Road yesterday and took away $1,199 In eash, clothing sad Jewellery. The occupant, a merchant, Gan Kok Leong, 57. and his family were not at home at the time of the Incident. When they returned
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    Lock icon OPEN TO PUBLIC ON JAN. 12
    76 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The President of the Republic of Singapore. Enche Yusof bin Ishak, has ordered the grounds of the Istana to be opened to the public on Jan. 12 from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., being Hari Ray a Puasa. Swings and see-saws will
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    Lock icon Guitars and speakers stolen
    43 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Two fuitars and two loudspeaker*, worth $2,000, were reported stolen from West Point Gardens early yesterday momin*. The theft was rlltoo»ered by a old bandsman. 81m Seoh Yeow, 23. when he wpoi led for work last nlfbt.
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    Lock icon $10,000 from Johore Govt. for flood relief
    103 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The Johore Government today made its first contribution of $lO,OOO towards the National Disaster Fund. Th«* money was sent in a telegram this morning. Late this afternoon, members of the State Executive Council and Senior Government officials met the Mentri
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Radio Peking confirms 'open rebellion'
      584 5 TOKYO, Mon. (UPI) Radio Peking today officially confirmed that there was open rebellion against the Mao Tse-Tung regime in Shanghai. In a broadcast monitored here, Radio Peking charged that a rebel group "plotted to cut off waterworks, power and transport- a ation The broadcast said
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      Lock icon Red fishermen set free
      320 5 SAIGON, >lon. (UPI). r'wty-eifht Communist J h, nese fishermen held or more than a month I e < c P"* aboard a a- military transport p'ne today to be flown Hong Kong and handal over to Red Chinese authorities on the mainvi"?' an American •Pokesman reported.
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      Lock icon Lace for men...
      62 5 WELL! gentlemen brace yourself, lace is 'in' for men and also for evening wear too!! Our photo shows the latest in fashion for men and women which opened recently in London, called "Take 6" where a gentleman is wearing a dinner jacket of lace while the pretty
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      Lock icon 5,000 chickens homeless
      55 5 MIAMI. Florida. Mon. (AP) Five thousand chickens are clucking around homeless yesterday. Their home, the longest chicken coop in Dade County, burned down on Saturday night. Firemen say the chickens, smarter than horses which sometimes stay in a burning barn, fled the coop immediately. None were fried.
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      Lock icon Heim dies
      45 5 PARIS. Mon. (UPI) Jacques Heim. whose name ranked with that of Christian Dior in the top rank of French courturiers, died here last night. He was 61. Heim died in his apartment in Suburban Neuilly. The cause of death was not immediately announced.
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      Lock icon 'Native to Western world'
      124 5 CAMBRIDGE. Massachusetts. Mon. (UPI) No race of man. including the Indians and the Eskimos. Is native to the Western hemisphere, Harvard Archaeology Prof. Dr. Gordon Willey said In a book published yesterday. Prof. Willey said the earliest Inhabitants of the Americas were men who migrated from
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      Lock icon Oldest Siamese twins die
      222 5 HOLYOKE. Massachussets, Mon. (UPI) Margaret and Mary Oibb, the oldest Siamese twins in the United States, died yesterday in Holyoke, Hospital. where they were born 54 years ago. A hospital spokesman said the sisters, who were Joined at the base of the spine and shared a
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      Lock icon Reds teach N. Viet. to fly 'copters
      98 5 MOSCOW. Mon. (UPI) Boviet advisers have been sent to Hanoi to teach North Vietnamese pilots how to fly giant Soviet hellcopters. it was revealed yesterday. The MI-6 helicopter, which the Kremlin apparently is sending in quantity to North Vietnam, is. the largest operational
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      780 5 r EOGRETOWN, Guya- na, Mon. (AP) Miss World, India's Reita Faria, was greeted by a crowd of 300 when she arrived in Georgetown yesterday for a three-day visit. She is to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mr. Forbes Burnham and other top officials and take
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      Lock icon HAVANA, Cuba. Mon. — Cuba's Premier Fidel Castro has the platform during the New Year celebration here of the 8th anniversary of his Communist revolution (top). He spoke to a rain-soaked crowd in "Revolutionary Square" after a military parade (left). Highlight of the speech was his prediction that his missing guerrilla aide, Major Ernesto "Che" Guevara, will turn up"when and where the imperialists least expect it." — UPI Photo. UPI Photo.
      69 6 HAVANA, Cuba. Mon. Cuba's Premier Fidel Castro has the platform during the New Year celebration here of the 8th anniversary of his Communist revolution (top). He spoke to a rain-soaked crowd in "Revolutionary Square" after a military parade (left). Highlight of the speech was his prediction that his missing guerrilla
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      Lock icon Imports cut to balance budget
      185 6 KARACHI. Pakistan, Mon. '(AP) Pakistan will have to curtail imports from Japan, Italy, The Netherlands and Switzerland if the present adverse balance of trade with these countries continiaed. it was officially stated here yesterday. "Hie vice chairman of Pakistan's Export Promotion Bureau Mr. Wazir Ali.
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      Lock icon Hospital kills 20 in wrong label drug horror
      343 6 CHARLEROI, Belgium, Mon. (AFP) Belgian law officers yesterday announced a judicial inquiry into a hospital drugs mix-up which is alleged to have killed about 20 patients over a 10-month period. The patients who died were inmates at the Arthur Gailly MedicoSurgical Institute
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      Lock icon A HERO 25 YEARS LATER
      192 6 MOSCOW, Mon. <AP> —Soviet airman jumped from his plane at an altitude of about 7,000 metres (22.965 feet). His parachute failed to open. But he lived, Pravda said yesterday. The Soviet Communist Party newspaper said the incident happened 25 years ago during World War 11.
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      Lock icon ARCHITECT BOB CORSBIE DIES IN HOME FIRE
      119 6 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP). Robert L. Corsbie. an architect and a leading authority on the effects of nuclear blasts on structures, died on Saturday in a home fire that also killed his wife and 20-year-old son. He headed the Atomic Energy Commission's civil
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      Lock icon Floods render thousands homeless
      123 6 BANGKOK. Mon. (AP).— Floods in southern Thailand were reported to be continuing to rise, rendering several thousand homeless yesterday. Press report said the flood level at some places reached six feet. The floods due to incessant torrential tropical rains have covered at least three Thai provinces.
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      Lock icon Immigrant born before arrival
      118 6 BOSTON.. Massachusetts, Mon. (AP). —A baby boy was born on Friday high over the Atlantic ocean in a Trans World Aiflines jet which was bringing his immigrant parents to the United States. The 6-pound. 2J-ounce baby was born to Mrs. Antonio Manuel Pereira-Darosa. With her husband
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      660 6 NEWS IN BRIEF... ALGIERS. Mon (AFP) The banned South African movement Pan African Congress has appealed to world opinion to save nine of its members under sentence of death in South Africa. The appeal was Issued by Mr. Join Mokone, Algerian representative of PAC who said:
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      Lock icon 'Pay up or get out' oil firms are told
      447 6 Middle East DAiMASCL T S, Syria, Mon. (AP and AFP). Th* Western-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) "must give in to Syria's demand for higher transit royalties or get out," Damascus radio yesterday quoted chief of state Dr. Noureddin Atassi as saying.
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      Lock icon IRA raids private armoury in Dublin
      224 6 DUBLIN, Mon. (AP) Police last night soujht a gang of suspected Irish Republican Army (HIA) who on Saturday night held up an airline pilot a escaped with most of his private gun collection automatic pistols and seven rifles. The IRA is ou lawed but
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      Lock icon US Govt. cover for traders in Indonesia
      117 6 WASHINGTON. M«J; (AP) The United State government has moved w encourage American Ph va investment in Indonesia dj signing an investment guarantee agreement witn Southern Pacific nation. The agreement is latest step taken towarc closer U.S.-Indonesian nomlc co-operation, igj September 30. the Unit"
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      Lock icon Bonn to reduce aid to UK, US
      714 7  -  Bv^ CARL HARTMAN BONN, Mon. (AP) The West German government will pare down its aid to the United States (and Britain) in keeping with its own financial commitments and difficulties ot home. The British and Americans have been pressing for more spending by
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      Lock icon 'Motel bomber was deserter'
      118 7 LAS VEGAS. Nevada, Mon (UPI) A young Army deserter, bent on suicide because of his troub'es in the service, was pinpointed definitely by the FBI yesterday as the man *no blew up a motel with •to sticks of dynamite, kilsix persons. Richard James Paris, 28. •vice
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      Lock icon 'USSR replacing US as No. 1 sea power'
      135 7 MANILA, Mon. (AFP). —A visiting American woman journalist said in an interview published here today that the U.S.S.R. will replace the United States as the world's No. 1 sea power by 1970. Mrs. Helen Bentley, maritime editor of the "Baltimore Sun", told
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      Lock icon US-Japan telstar service on Jan.27
      141 7 TOKYO. Mon. (AFP) The United States and Japan will start an international television relay service via two American communications satellites on Jan. 27. U.S.-Japan communications via the first Intelsat--2 communication satellite was conducted by the International Telegraph and Telephone Company (KDD) from New Year's Day.
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      Lock icon • Photo shows (L-R): Rabbi Feinberg, Dr. Reeves, Dr. Muste.
      157 7 Photo shows (L-R): Rabbi Feinberg, Dr. Reeves, Dr. Muste. HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) Bishop Ambrose Reeves. Rabbi Abraham Feinberg and Dr. A.J. Muste left Hong Kong yesterday for China enroute to Hanoi. The trio left at 9.25 a.m. (0125 GMT) by train to Canton after a two days de lay
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      Lock icon Freezing technique for space journey
      253 7 MOSCOW, Mon. (AP) Soviet scientists are experimenting with a body freezing technique that could eventually permit man to reach the nearest stars, now a journey of more than a half million years, the newspaper Nedelya (Week) said on Saturday. The idea would be to freeze
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      Lock icon BAO DAI SPENDS EXILE IN SILENCE
      198 7 PARIS. Mon. (AP> If the war in Vietnam in any way worries the country's former Chief of State Bao Dai. he never makes it publicly known. Bao Dai. hereditary emperor of a part of Vietnam who later headed the whole country under the French
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      Lock icon 'Weather satellite saved lives'
      130 7 DACCA. E. Pakistan, Mon. (UPI) A U.S. weather satellite saved thousands of lives last October when a killer cyclone swept over the densely populated coast of East Pakistan, it was reported here. Mr. Maung She Prue Chowdhry, provincial Minister for Power and Irrigation, told a meeting
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      Lock icon WORST COLD WAVE HIT U.S.
      132 7 CHICAGO. Mon (UPI).— The first blizzard of 1967 blew itself out over New England and Eastern Canada yesterday leaving in its wake a mounting death toll, a two-foot snowfall and winter's worst cold wave. Residents of the rookies were warned to expect temperatures as low
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      Lock icon THREAT TO PEACE
      87 7 TUNIS, Mon. (AFP)—President Bourguiba ha s warned that "constant aggravation" of the fighting in the Yemen and in Vietnam is a threat to world peace. Speaking to diplomats at a New Year's gathering in his Carthage Palace on Friday night. Mr. Bourguiba said there was now. however,
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      Lock icon 'Kennedy warned against Texas trip'—Connally
      358 7 DALLAS, Men. ~<UPIX. Texas Gov. John Connally did not want President John F. Kennedv to come to Texas in November, 1963, The Dallas Times Herald said yesterday in a copyright story. "I reminded him," the newspaper quoted Connally as saying: "He had not made a
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      Lock icon Congo 'optimistic' on future of seized mine
      301 7 PARIS. Mon. (AFP). Shares in the Union Miniere Du Haut Katanga cannot be exchanged for shares in the newly formed Soeiete Generate Congolaise Des Minerals the Congo Government has set up to replace the mainly Belgian-controlled combine. This was announced here by Mr.
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      57 7 TOKYO, Japan, Mon. Firemen in traditional happl uniforms of the Edo period demonstrate their acrobatic skill atop ladders during the annual New Year parade of Are brigades (Dezomesiki) at Harumi in Tokyo. Over 5,000 firemen and 168 fire engines, including latest chemical fire engines were shown to the public
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      94 6 &sssmn tWO! L bSSIaI FffOM REYKJAVIK. JCELANP TO SOUTH AMERICA, THE THfiUStf ORGANIZATION WAS IN STRANGE, MYSTERIOUS ACTION/ SOMETHING Of WOZLP'£HAK)N& PROPORTIONS WAS ABOUT 70 BREAK.' BUT WUAT WAS THls TOP SECRET? WHQ, HOW AMP WHERE WOULP THEY STRIKE? THESE WERE THE VrrAL QUESTIONS ALEXANDER WAVERLY sought to answer AS
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    Lock icon AUSTRALIA IN ASIA
    737 8 AUSTRALIA'S interest in Asia lies in two fields. One is security and the other trade. At one time Australia was obsessed with the fear of the Asian masses spilling into her territory to lower her standard of living by working for lower pay. This fear did not
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    Lock icon Turning fishermen into farmers
    926 8 Jesselton. Monday There ore about 25 small islands just off the main Semporna Island in the Tawau Residency. Many of the islanders there are fishermen earning from S3O to SSO per month which is barely sufficient to feed their families. What is the Government doing to
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    Lock icon India to spend $31.6 million on development
    920 8  -  By: MIRNAL BISWAS THE Draft outline of India's Fourth Five Year Plan places the accent on selfreliance with different degrees of emphasis on agriculture, family planning and foreign trade. The total financial outlay earmarked for the Plan amounts to $31.67 billion (Rs. 23,750
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
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      Lock icon Report on UK exports to Malaysia, Singapore
      164 9 LONDON, Mon. British exports to Malaysia and g'n •ip during the ten in nth period from January r last year were £73 5 million compared w .th £7-* 9 million in 1965. according to the annual report of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce
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      294 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE, Mon. J iry fir>t grade rubber ers fob. closed at 5 p.m. r Singapore and Kuala L .mpur today at 591 cents per lb., up cent from prov'.ous clo>€. The tone was quiet but steady. The market \va? generally ring 1 .0 mornir.g. Levels -were marked
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      538 9 ten Latin American Free Trade Association A (LAFTA) countries are going ahead with plans to push foreign flag freighting out of inter LAFTA trade. I They plan to have all freight among LAFTA countries handled only by L A F T A-nation
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      669 9 Sharp gain for Hotel Singapura Malayan Cables SINGAPORE, Mon. Industrials opened on a very quiet and steady conditions but turned firm towards the close. Hotel Singapura, with anticipation of a better profit gained about 8 to 10 cents. Business done from $1.35 to $1.45 and closed at 1 -43. Malayan
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      349 9 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) During the first three quarters of this year the production of jute cioth in the six chief manufacturing countries showed a marked drop as did exports, the Commonwealth Economic Committee has reported. Both the output of jute goods and their export by
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      140 9 LONDON, Mon. (AP) Seven nations are forming the world's first industrial free trade area and hope it will be only a way station on the road into the European Common Market. At one minute past midnight all remaining tariff barriers within the European
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      327 9  -  Rv JACK LEFLER YORK. Mon. (AP) The U.S. non ferrous tacu industry in 1966 a ri to meet '-nana heightened by the v *tna m war. with hel P rom g°nment stockpile releases, tho al)le most of ln needs. 1 "ices remained relatively stable. opper was in
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      109 9 WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI). Indonesia signed an investment guarantee agreement with the United States designed to encourage American private investment in Indonesia. The U.S. has similar agreements with more than 75 other countries. The agreement allows U.S. firms to insure their investments in Indonesia with the U.S.
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      35 9 LONDON, Mon. (UPI).— The tin market was steady quiet and turnover was 65 tonsSpot buyers 1200 sellers 1201 business 1200 1201. Three months buyers 1202 sellers 1202$ business *****2025. Settlement 1201.
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      26 9 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) The rubber market opened quietly steady. No. 1. RSS spot 18/1/2 18-11/16. No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports Jan. 18 18-1/8.
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      23 9 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK--5.*****/5.730 per U8 dollar for cash HKJ15.99 per pound sterling HK52t>6.375 per taej gold.
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      237 9 WASHINGTON, M on (AFP) World exports of black and white pepper during 1965 totalled £141.8 million, 10 per cent above 1964 but below 1963 export of 172.7 million pounds, according to trade figures released here today. Exports by India, Sarawak. Brazil, Cambodia, and
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      16 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for today was $6OO per picul, down 25 cents.
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      430 9 INDUSTRIAL B. 9. Boustead \D 1.51 1.53 Central Sugars 1.47 1.48 Chemical Co 1.67 1.08 Cold Storage XD 3.02 3.08 Dunlop XR 2.32 2.33 E. Smelting 3.98 4.02 E«m> Ord* 3.08 3.10 Esso Pref 1.06 1.07 Fltzpatrlcks 1.4.1 1.55 F. X. Ords. 3.48 3.52 Gammon 1.32 1.33
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      157 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Benhope 3/4 Monolo Everett 6/7 Vishva Vir 8 9 Hoegh Elite 10/11 Thorsorient 13/14 Telemachus 15/16 Lueve Lloyd 19 Unkai Maru No. 6 21/22 Ruby 23/24 Hurai Maru 25/26 Sinabang 27/28 Horse Transporter 29/30
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      49 9 (Manager* prices) first Malayan X.D 2.10 2.20 Second Malayan XI> 1.4ft 1.59 Third Malayan 1.08 1.19 Malaysian Commerce •K4 .95 Mai. Savings Fund 1.29 1.39 Sterling Commodity 8/8 4/3 First Hong Kong 1.00 1.U* Second Hong Kong .;o .74» Malaysian Investment Fund .90 1.00 (*Honx Ron* Currency)
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      110 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. stneapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were. Bu> ers belleri Coconut oil (KOB) Bulk 44.00 Coconut ol) (EOB) Drums 46.50 Loose Copra Mixed D^c./Jan. 27.75 Sugar <Ja\a> ♦*\godo«n 24.50 Nutmegs 110* 480 00 Nut mess B W 225.00 Garbled Eampong Black Pepper (FOB) 120.00 Pepper Black
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      122 9 SINGAPORE. Mon.BOAC has announced that its jets carried over 81 per cent more cargo last year than in 1965. The number of passengers had also increased by 11 per cent. The figures were: Cargo 1966—49.073 tons. 1965 27.000 tons; Passengers 1966 —1,444,483, 1965 1,293,000. The airline's
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      828 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 8.3.1 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kuchlng. Time 10.55 a.m. Airline MAS 00.% from Penang, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur. Malarca. Time It.U p.m. Airline Thai
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    113 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Election Commission announces that the figures relating to the revision of electoral rolls, 1966 67, now available indicate that 179.540 application forms (including change of addresses on Forms B) have been received for registration as ordinary, police and absent voters.
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    165 11 KAJANG. Mon. The Hill Street Primary English School Kajanc, which for tht past two years was a ■nit by itself, will be spNt into two separate schools when the new school term »pens on Monday. They will be known as Hill Street Primary
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    135 11 MI'AR, Mob. Water rationing in the Muar and Bat*j Pahat Districts will be over for good with the opening of modern water purification plant at Panchar 20 miles from here, this year. A government source who disclosed this today said that once the
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    59 11 PENANG. Mon. —An unemployed. man. Kok Phooi Kee, 74. w as fatally injured when he met with a motor ■ccident in front of Cathay Cinema in Penang Road yesterday. Kok wa s crossing the road whe n the accident happened. The motor-cyclist was thrown off his machine and
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    149 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A documentary film on the Tashkent meeting "In Search Of Peace", will be screened at 12.30 p.m. tomorrow, in the library of the Information Service of India, United Commercial Bank Building. 19. Malacca Street The Aim is to mark the first anniversary of
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    196 11 BATU GAJAH, Mon. Quick action by the police here resulted in the arrest of three men suspected of robbing a chettiar of $260 in cash and $8,520 in cheques. e robbery victim, K. Kathamuthu, 59, from Ipoh, was visiting his estate in Batu Gajah on Saturday evening
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    53 11 PENANG, Mon. Thieves broke into the Godown of Rothmans of Pail Mall (M) Ltd. in Weld Quay and got away with 10 large cartons of cirgarettes worth $5,000 during the weekend. Entry was gained by openHthe zinc roof, he store-keeper, Kee Saik Khuan, 46, lodged a report
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    96 11 TAP AH, Mon. Bank managers, tin miners and estate managers were today advised to exercise tight security when getting their payroll. OCPD Ismail bin Abdullah today called a special meeting in the Police Operations room here with reference to the attempted robbery at Temoh
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    89 11 PENANG. Mon. The Finance Committee of the State of Penang Students' Exchange Programme is organising an International Buffet on Feb. 18 on the ninth floor, Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra, under the patronage of the Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. The draw of the
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    56 11 PENANG. Mon.—The Minister of Health, Enebe Bah am an Samsudin, will address the nurses here at their Prize-Giving day to be held at the Staff Nurses' Quarters, General Hospital, at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday. There will be the Student Nurses' Dance at the Student Nurses* Hostel,
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    212 11 KUALA LUMPUR, MON. ANTI-SMUGGLING to Iks between Malaysia and the Philippines have been going on very smoothly, the Philippines Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Manuel Collantes said today. He said: 'There has been no hitches." The talks between the Philippines and Malaysia began on Friday at
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    329 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Selangor police today warned that a study of crime statistics in the past had indicated an increase of petty crime over the Hari Raya and the Chinese New Year festive season. The public were urged to be on the look-out against
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    82 11 TAWAU, Mon. Major Ariffin bin Muda, Officer commanding 5 Malaysia Signal Squadron since last July, has left here for a course at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in India. He is expected to leave Kuala Lumpur end of this month and will be
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    272 11 PENANG, Mon. A World War II pilot. Air Commodore W. E. Townsend, the Officer Commanding R.A.A.F. base, Butterworth. for the past two and a quarter years, will be leaving Malaysia this month to take up aa appointment as Deputy diief of the Air Staff. R.A.A.F.
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    80 11 JESSELTON, Mon.—Site clearing for a three-class-room Native Tutorial Centre near Sabah College in Jescelton is now in progress. Construction work is expected to start in March this year. Disclosing this, a spokesman of the State Ministry of Communication and Works said that the total eost
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    78 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Moo. The Malaysian Government has now set up a visa office in Summedan, Sumatra. This was disclosed here today by an official from the Ministry of Foreign Afflairs. The spokesman added that Enche Hassan bin Mohd. Noor from the Ministry of Toreign Affairs would
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    33 11 Two members of the Tokyo Fire Brigade dressed up in animal costumes and riding a toy battery driven car with real siren blasting away in their annual review. That's what's up!
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    209 11 JESSELTON. Mon. The research branch of the Department of Agriculture will be holding the third of its annual 'open days' at the Agricultural Research centre on Jan. 14 and 15 from 9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. on Jan. 14 and from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00
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    54 11 MUAR, Mon. Two Alliance Town Councillors of the Town Council here have each been granted three months leave to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca. They are the Council's acting President, Enche Bachok bin Kassim. and Enche Mohamed Dom bin Haji Hassanudin, Chairman of the House Assessment
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    47 11 PENANG, Mon.—Yee Soon Koon, 28, was produced in the Second Magistrate's Court today, charged with the murder of a carpenter, Yee Fong, by causing his death at a house in Clarke Street on Jan. 7. Yee was remanded pending mention of the case on Monday.
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    348 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos today brushed aside speculation that he was planning to resign as a Mentri Besar of Johore. He said: "As far as I am concerned, I am still the Mentri Besar and will continue to
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      591 12 BONN (DaD), Mon. In view of the country's rapid technical and economic development, the relations between the sciences and politics in the Federal Republic of Germany grow closer all the time. This is especially true of the field of politico-econo-mics where learned experts and authoritative
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      224 12 COLOGNE. Mon. Chinese is now the 27th language in which the radio station "'Deutsche Welle" (German Wave) will broadcast its short-wave programme. The "Deutsche Welle" will Inform Its listeners for the most part Chinese people living in Singapore. Hongkong, Thailand, Macao, the Philippines and Taiwan on life
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      115 12 HAMBURG. Mon—West Germany's first "academy of traffic* with university status is to be built here. Plans and models have already been prepared and the site has been chosen. The academy will concentrate under one roof various studies and research projects that up to now have been
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      588 12 BONN, DaD Mon.- HPHE desire to get to know distant lands and foreign people is greater today than ever before. General prosperity and technical progress have made even the most distant vacation goals seem nearer. International tourism has become a mass phenomenon of special economic importance.
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      455 12 Hamburg <dsd) how do German consumers buy? Do they know the prices of the most often purchased foods and do they regulate their purchases accordingly? Or do they make up their menus irregardless of the prices of the individual goods? These important questions
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      523 12 BONN, (DaD) Mon. An economic development programme has been carried out in the Federal Republic of Germany for some time under the name of "Regional Policy." It has now become a standard conception in Germany's economic sphere. It has to do with fostering the not quite so
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      143 12 COLOGNE, Mon. Three important traffic arteries have been joined by the new motorway clover-leaf north of here. They are the "Military Ring Road," one of the bypass roads round the cathedral city (below horizontal), the Cologne-Leverkusen motorway (above horizontal) and the Cologne-Neuss motorway
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      294 12 BERLIN West Berlin's call for teachers from abroad first sounded in October 1961 has been successful. As of now there are about 3.000 foreign teachers in the city. In the period from last April to October alone 1.000 teachers from abroad came to the free part of
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      469 12 COLOGNE (DaD), Mem. A training studio for electronics that will enable young craftsmen from all trade fields to gain practical knowledge in this special area of modern technology, has now been completed in Cologne (Federal Republic of Germany). This training Institute that was built by the
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      155 12 COLOGNE, Bon. More than 2,000 Turkish workers from all parts of the Federal Republic ot Germany have founded a joint stock company to build a cement works in their homeland. They used their savings to provide capitalization of more than two million DM ($500,000). The new
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      857 13  -  By HAROLD DUNMORE DRUGS are now big business i n Britain. The pushers and the "big men" behind the drug wave are becoming very well organised. Not only that, but Britain is becoming recognised among the world's addicts as a place where drugs are easy to
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      540 13 vnrrr? «n YOUR Til I I W *&/<■ .M: I mm v TODAY CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lompar and Pulau Pinanr; 6 Ipoh and Melaka; 3 10 Johore Bahru: 4 Tatping; 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. (Singapore viewers, please switch to channel 3 for T.V. Malaysia programmes). OPENING ANNCT Prog Summary.
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      599 13 I—l LU C H 1* 123 4 5 6 Test your judgment here IM'AKING sound judgments i s an essential part of being intelligent. This involves making sound decisions based on a set of circumstances already known. Men of sound judgment are in great demand these days for executive posts
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    708 14 NEW YORK, Mon. Auto racer Graham Hill, who won the 1966 Indianapolis "500," wants to abolish speed limits on American highways. "Ironically speed limits cause more fatal accidents than they prevent," stated hill, whose earnings behind the wheel topped the $250,000
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    132 14 ADELBODEN, Switzerland. Mon. (UPI) World champion Guy Perillat yesterday led the French ski team in a clean sweep of the top three places in Switzerland's first major ski race of the winter, first of two giant slaloms in the International Adelboden SkidaysPerillat, 27, danced
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    80 14 SYDNEY, Mon. (UPI). John Sturrock sailed the 12-metre yacht "Dame Pattie" in an immaculate race in light winds yesterday and out-manoeuvred Archie Robertson in "Gretel" to win the second Australian trial for the "America's Cup" challenger by 8 mins. 44 sees. Sturrock duplicated Saturday's performance in
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    444 14 SAN FRANCISCO. Mon. (UPI). Neal Steinhauer set an indoor world record at the all American track and field games on Saturday night when he putt the shot 66 feet, 61 inches. Steinhauer.with an all time best of 67-1/2 outdoors, compared to Randy Maatson's
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    404 14 TOKYO, Mon. (UPI) A Japanese boxing promoter said today that Gabriel (Flash) Elorde will not retire and will stake his world junior lightweight crown against Japan's Yoshiaki Numata in Tokyo early> in May. Promoter Takafusa Kawarai said basic terms for the title fight
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    53 14 GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Mon. (UPI) Red Star of Yugoslavia tied Ecuadorian champion Barcelona yesterday one to one. The first half ended in a scoreless tie. Raymondi scored in two minutes of the second half for Barcelona and Acinovic tied it at 19 minutes with the head
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    30 14 NEW YORK. Mon. (AP) Raton Perez of Mexico City fights Rollie Penaroya of the Philippines in a 10 round flyweight bOUt on Wednesday night in San Francisco, California.
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    173 14 A fibreglass version of the "Salterns Salar" (seen here), which was introduced as a conventionally built wooden boat last year by a shipbuilder in southern England, shown at the International Boat Show at Earls Court in London. The show began on Jan. 3. It will end on Jan.
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    448 14  -  BY GEOFFREY MILLER LONDON, Mon (AP) Did Antonio Rattin, coptain of Argentina's soccer team, get unfair treatment when he was sent off the field for arguining in the World Cup? The controversy is bubbling again after an accusation by Cyril Jackson, secretary of
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    215 14 TOKYO, Mon. (AFP) Japan's Musahi Nakano last night took the Orient welterweight boxing title by knocking out champion Apidej Sithiran (Thailand) before a capacity crowd of 3,000 at Tokyo's Korakuen boxine hall. The end came at two minutes 20 seconds of the third round of
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    179 14 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI) The 1967 all Japan judo championships will be heid at the Budokan (military arts) Hall in Tokyo on April 29 and 30. the Japan Judo Federation announced today. Defending champion Mtsuo Matsunaga, 27. of the fifth grade, of the
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    96 14 NEW HAVEN. Mon. <AP> Robert J.H. (Bob) Kiphuth, who led VS. swimming teams at five Olympic Games, died at the age of 76 on Saturday nigh: after a heart attack. Kiphuth coached swimming at Yale University from 1918 to 1959, and was the
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    1019 15 Horses Class 6 i, SV 2 Furlongs. Vdrnl l iti ty 9.00 Oiympla Stable Teh 4 1 mir Mar 6v 9 00 Emir Stable J Donnelly Br.iml'tn 5y 8 11 Jacky'ii Stable J. Donnellv Ki*n Tiki Sv 8 09 Tlno Srtnble Sullivan r.i*nuni I
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    202 15 Dublin. Mon. (Upi> The Republic of Ireland earned three new caps yestfrday in its team to meet }h* touring Australian Waivable.- on Jan. 21. The decision followed the »h'>ck 11-3 defeat of Ireiand.v "Probables" by the 'Possibles" selection at Landsdowne Road Stadium on Saturday.
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    844 15  -  DONALD CAMPBELL died last week while driving his speedboat, Bluebird, an estimated 300 miles an hour over an English Lake. He was trying to break the 273.33 mph water record he set in 1964, the same year he achieved the land speed record
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    424 15 TULSA, Oklahoma, Mon. (AP). —Captain William S. Carpenter Jr., who won fame on the football field before distinguishing himself on the battlefield, heads the list of ten outstanding young men of 1966 named on Sunday by the United States Jayeees. Others
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    117 15  -  By WINDSOR LAD. IPOH, Mon. Prince Tang and Judith Anton II were associated in a testing trial over 3f.. clocking 37-3 5 sec. on a soft track here this morning. They finished level. Milkman strode out smoothly over three furlongs. clocking 39-4 5 sec.
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    281 15 PHILADELPHIA, Mon. (I'PI). Heavyweight champion Cassius Clav said vesterdav he would beat Ernie Terrell on Feb. 6 In Houston. Texas, and then defend his title against Floyd Patterson in Tokyo- Japan. Clay, who prefers to be called Muhammad All. was here In
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    82 15 Viva Ipoh. with Les Coles astride, being led in by Mr. V. Jayaratnam, after winning the 9f. race for Class 2 horses at Ipoh on Sunday, the first dav of the Perak Turf Club's January Meeting.—Pix by Darshan Pix by Darshan Singh Gill. Roland II is seen being
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    55 16 Britain's Sports Writers Association recently presented trophies at the Cafe Royal in London to their chosen Sports Personalities of The Year Linda Ludgrove, whose swimming won three gold medals for Britain at the last Comm on wealth Games, and the England World Cup football team, represented here
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    189 16 Open 67mile event tops Alor Star meet KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Youth Club of Mukim Padang Palang. Alor Janggus. Kedah is to stage the "Kedah cycle races 1967" at Alor Star on Feb. 24 The organising secretary Mr. Dalip Singh, said today that the major race in the years cycling
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    80 16 SYDNEY, Australia. Mon. (UPI). Davis Cup star Fred Stolle capped his departure from amateur tennis Sunday with a stunning farewell 6-3, 10-8 victory over John Newcombe in the finals of the manly seaside championships. The 28-year-old aoe was due to announce signing of a 89,000-dollar
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    558 16 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI) Japan hasn't done much in past Asian youth soccer tournaments but is expected to do a lot better in the ninth championship scheduled to open on April 12 in Bangkok. There is no question that the level of
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    164 16 SINGAPORE, Mon. N. Maruthamuthu, a peon attached to the United Commercial Bank Limited (Serangoon branch) captured the 1968 table-tennis and carroms championships in the competitions held at the bank's club premises in Serangoon Road. M. Sivakumar was run-ner-up in the competition. Altogether 32 contestants
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    192 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore youth soccer team will get down to serious training sonn in preparation for the forthcoming As an soccer tournament to he held at Bangkok from April 14 to 26. The Football Association of Singapore is expected to announce
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    108 16 IPOH. Mon. The Perak Amateur Race Meeting of 1967 will take place at the Ipoh race course on Saturday, Feb. 4. The races being catered for at this meeting are: XII Royal Lancers Cup, H.H. the Sultan of Perak Cup. Malaya Command Cup, MARA Class
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    548 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore soccer fans will be treated to a multi. million-dollar soccer attraction when the 18-man Czechoslovakian football team play two matches in the Republic next month. The "Sparta Praba" a top-class international team is due to touchdown at Pava
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    Lock icon Swiss side click and beat Mexicans 2-0
    196 16 GUADALAJARA. Mexico, Mon. (UPI) The touring Swiss national soccer team, finally getting their players clicking, defeated the Mexican national team 2-0 yesterday. The Swiss were a much different team from the one which took a 3-0 beating from another all-Star Mexican squad in
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    224 16 SINGAPORE. Mon. National Coach. Tan Eng Yoon told Sunsport today that he was been "disappointed" with police drum major and pole vaulter, Mahmood Mansor. In an interview, the bespectacled coach said: "I am indeed disappointed in Mansor. He disobeyed instructions at the trials held during
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    64 16 BANGKOK. Mon. (AFP) Thailand has decided not to take part in the American zone Thomas Cup badminton competitions slated to be held in Jamaica this year, it was reported here today. Press reports said the Thai Badminton Association felt that the high expenditure involved i° sending a
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    41 16 MEXICO CITY. Mon. (AP) Mongolia is the first country to register for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, the Olympic Organising Committee said. Mongolia will send 33 contestants to the Games, 24 men and nine women.
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    255 16 SINGAPORE, Mon. Joint Services F.A. one of the formidable soccer teams on the island will scoot for new talent when the first trials for the 1%7 season are held at HMS Terror ground on Jan. 11 and 13. The Chairman of J.S.F.A. Lt/Col
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    Lock icon 'Duel-todeath' bout to be staged
    197 16 'Duel-to-death' bout to be staged SINGAPORE. Mon.—Two top wrestlers Hari Pahelwan the West Indian heavyweight champion and Hans von Steiger the "Tiger of Berlin" will be seen in action in the Hari Raya wrestling attraction at Gay World Stadium on January 13 The two wrestlers who will feature in the
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    Lock icon One-goal win
    35 16 SEREMBAN, Mon. A solitary goal scored by cen-tre-forward. Franco D'cruz, enable Negri-Sembilan Club to beat last year's Division one champions, Negri-Sem-bilan Ceylonese Youth Forum. in a friendly Hockey match played here this evening.
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    Lock icon MCFA Cup clash expected to be fast and exciting
    417 16 MUAR. Mon. Fast ar.4 exciting soccer in dry ronditions could be expected m the second-round clash of the South Zone of the Malaysian Chinese Football Associativa Cup match between Jnhore and Singapore on the Kluang town Padang on Sunday. Kick off
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      60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 12.02 a.m. (7.7 ft); 12.53 p.m. (6.2 ft). Port Swettenham: 5.26 a.m. (14.8 ft); 6.06 p.m. (14.2 ft.). Port Dickson: 620 a.m. (9 ft); 6.35 p.m. (7.7 ft.). Singapore: .4.13 a.m. (5.1 ft); 9.53 a.m. (9.5 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 7.37 a.m. (68 ft); 10.55 p.m. (8.6
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