Eastern Sun, 2 February 1967

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  • Title Section
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    25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 195 Thursday, February 2 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon President, officials of PDREUF arrested for calling illegal strike
    419 1 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The President of the Public Daily-Rated Employees Unions Federation, Mr. K. Suppiah, and fourteen officials of the Union were arrested this evening for instigating or participating in an illegal strike, precipitated this morning by members of the union. As members
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  • Article
    Lock icon Step down Bung, or..
    155 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (AP) Foreign Minister Adam Malik has told President Sukarno to step down before he is eventually brought to trial. reliable sources said today. Dr. Malik warned Sukarno in a meeting at the palace that he had better removed himself from the Presidency before Congress
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    Lock icon SUCCESS AND FAILURE
    514 1 Chou orders ceasefire in Singkiang TOKYO. WEDNESDAY, AP COMMUNIST ed today that Chairman Mao Tse-Tung's forces over another provi ment, but wall newspapers in Peking suggested cease-fire concessions were in turbulent S for the first tim T '< abortive coup It was a mixed picture of successes
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    Lock icon Firm understanding between Malaysia and Indonesia
    163 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Malaysia and Indonesia have reached a firm foundation of understanding by signing a Joint communique to expedite the normalisation of full diplomatic relation between the two countries. This wa s stated by Enche Nazaruddin bin Mohamed, leader of the Malaysian cfelegation
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  • PARLIAMENT IN SESSION
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      Lock icon Agricultural Ministry seeks $22.7m.
      628 2 KUALA LUMPUR, WED. TWENTY-EIGHT development projects costing $74 million will be implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives under the First Malaysia Plan. This was stated In the Dewan Ra'ayat this morning by the Minister of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives, Tuan Haji Ghazall Jawi when introducing
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      Lock icon Gifts of vaccine from Red Cross
      149 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister of Welfare Services, Tuan Haji Abdul Hamid Khan, in his capacity as Chairman of the Malaysian Red Cross Society, handed over to the Minister of Health. Enche Bahaman bin Samsudin, 105,000 ccs of T.A.B. vaccine (anti-typhoid vaccine) at the
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      Lock icon MB opens art show
      77 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Mentrl Besar of Selangor, Dato Harun bin Idrl s today spoke of the "not too distant future" when a permanent National Art Gallery would be a reality. He was opening the Art Exhibition by Mr. Cheong Soo Peng which he said was
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      Lock icon Dr. Tan raps staff cut
      143 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Criticising the Estimates, Dr. Tan Chee Khoon (Labour Batu) said it wis incomprehensible that only i.3 per cent of the total Government expenditure was allotted to agriculture, fisheries and forestry. He felt that more provisions should be made for the three allied
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      Lock icon Give more money to Ministry -Mokhtar
      218 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Alliance backbencher Haji Mokhtar bin Ismail today urged the government to increase the allocation of $22.3 million to the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-opera-tives. He said that agriculture would continue to be the mainstay of the country's economy for many years
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      Lock icon MOPPING UP
      55 2 KUCHING. Wed. Mopping up operations against Communists and subversive elements in the border of Eastern Malaysia (Sarawak and Sabah) and Indonesia have been stepped up following the ending of the amnesty offer under "Operation Harapan". Communist terrorists operating along the Eastern Ma-laysia-Indonesia border were given a time limit
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      Lock icon Don't indulge in petty political partisanship warns Nair
      453 2 KUALA LUMPUR, WED. THE United Democratic Party Member for Bungsar, Mr. C. V. Devon Nair today warned the Government 'not to allow itself to succumb to partisan political pressure in dealing with the registration of the plantation workers multi-purpose co-operative society. f
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      Lock icon No one will be penalised unless...
      237 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Government does not penalise any party or individual purely on an isolated act unless such an act constitutes a threat to the security of the nation. This was stated in the Dewan Ra'ayat today by the Minister of Home Affairs,
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      Lock icon The Thai Consul in Penang, Mr. Swate Komalabhuti, and his wife were given a farewell tea party by Rev. Phrakru Prasith Chaiyamonkol, Chief Priest of the Chaiya Mangkalaram Temple, Penang, and local Buddhist fraternity at the temple. The Thai Consul and his wife are shown here offering prayer before the reclining Buddha statue.
      127 2 The Thai Consul in Penang, Mr. Swate Komalabhuti, and his wife were given a farewell tea party by Rev. Phrakru Prasith Chaiyamonkol, Chief Priest of the Chaiya Mangkalaram Temple, Penang, and local Buddhist fraternity at the temple. The Thai Consul and his wife are shown here offering prayer before the
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      Lock icon UN experts to streamline transport system
      610 2 t-,, LUMPUR, Wed. The feasibility of establishing a port on the East Coast will be examined by the team of U.N. transport experts who are expected in Malaysia in June. This was announced in the Dewan Ra'ayat today by the Minister of Transport. Tan
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      Lock icon Special research unit for Transport Ministry
      492 2  -  By MUSA SCULLY KUALA LUMPUR, WEDNESDAY THE Ministry of Transport will soon have a special research unit. "The unit will strengthen the work of the Ministry", the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir disclosed today. He said; "It will also serve
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    Lock icon MCA Batu Pahat donates $4,672 to the flood fund
    659 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Dt. Ng Kam Poh, Assistant Minister of Finance, has donated $5O/- to the National Disaster Relief Fund. He presented his cheque to the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, at the Minister's office in Parliament House today.
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    Lock icon Penang will hold Solidarity Week
    212 3 PENANG, Wed. Penang: will be holding Its National Solidarity Week beginning from Feb. 8 to coincide with the birthday of the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman. Thi? was announced today ky Enche Aziz Ibrahim, State Executive Councillor and Chairman of the State Solidarity Week Planning
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    Lock icon Solidarity Week in Negri
    134 3 SEREMBAN, Wed. The Negri Sembilan Government has drawn up the following programme for the National Solidarity Week: February 8, 4 00 p.m. A mass rally at the Station Padang, Seremban. The Yang di-Pertuan Besar or his representative will officially launch the rally. February 11, 7.00 p.m.
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    Lock icon Don't chase our ladies, but be kind, generous
    355 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The chairman of the Flac Dav sub-committee for the National Solidarity Week 1967, Mr. P. P. Narayanan, today called on managers of commercial houses, heads of Government departments and members of the public to help make Flag Day a
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    Lock icon Engel urges protection against pirates
    339 3 PENANG, Wed. The chairman of the States of Malaya Chamber of Commerce, Penang branch, Mr. B. C. Engel, today stressed that it was imperative for the trade of Penang that adequate protection be given to vessels lawfully plying the sea lanes connecting Penang to its
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    Lock icon Professor Ginzberg due on Saturday
    306 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A prominent American professor of economics, author and government consultant, Dr. Eli Ginzberg. is scheduled to arrive here on Saturday for discussions with Malaysian officials during a four-day visit. An expert on human resources and a specialist in manpower research. Dr. Ginzberg
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    Lock icon Experts urge need for more research
    214 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The close relationship of research and the development of natural resources, and the need for more research, were emphasised by the first day's sessions of the second symposium on Scientific and Technological Research in Malaysia and Singapore (Strems II) at the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Baby-switching housewife baffling police
      208 5 MANILA, Wed. (AFP) Manila detectives were today looking for a woman midwife who switched the newborn babies of two mothers and later vanished taking one of the infants with her and leaving the other in the care of the wrong mother. Detectives admit being baffled by
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      Lock icon Deportation move
      53 5 MANILA, Wed. (AP)-The Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has asked the Government to deport 247 foreigners who owe a total of more than US$25O,008 in back taxes. According to a report put out by the BIR on Tuesday the list includes 144 Chinese. 63 Americans, eight British
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      Lock icon US 'carefully studying' Hanoi statements
      192 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it is giving "careful study" to two recent North Vietnamese statements about conditions for peace talks and settling the conflict. "I don't want to take that as far 8-s to say there Is any change
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      Lock icon WASHINGTON – Mr.Arthur Goldberg.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,returns pen to holder after signing new peace-in-space treaty on Friday at the White House, Sir Patrick Dean (centre) Britain's Ambassador to the United States,signs the document,while Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, (left), waits to affix his signature.
      46 6 WASHINGTON Mr.Arthur Goldberg.U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations,returns pen to holder after signing new peace-in-space treaty on Friday at the White House, Sir Patrick Dean (centre) Britain's Ambassador to the United States,signs the document,while Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, (left), waits to affix his signature. AP Wirephoto.
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      Lock icon Drug addiction worries Britain
      206 6 LONDON, Wed. (UPI). —The British government moved yesterday to combat a growing drug menace. Officials were armed with programmes designed to aid addicts and prevent a black market in narcotics. But even as Minister of Health Mr. Kenneth Robinson outlined measures for meeting the steady increase
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      Lock icon 'Subsidised shipping burden on nation'
      241 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) —Secretary of Defence Mr. Robert S. McNamara is unhappy with the performance of the heavily subsidised American-flag merchant marine and has expresaed his irritation in closed senate hearings. Urgent demands for rushing soldiers and military supplies to Vietnam havt found both the
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      Lock icon WAR RUMOUR DENIED
      36 6 SAN DOMINGO, Wed. (AJ*P) Rumours of a military uprising near Veca, in the central area of the Dominican Republic, were officially d«ni«d today. Dominican President Joachim Balaguer said such rumours had no importance.
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      Lock icon CONGO EXODUS BARRED
      136 6 LUSAKA. Zambia. Wed. (AP) Belgian families trying to leave Congo from Kinshasa by road yesterday were turned back by Congolese guards on the border with Zambia, local sources reported. The families were making a bid to leave the troubled country following a ban on Belgians leaving Lubumbashi,
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      Lock icon Malta faces economic disaster
      295 6 LONDON, Wed. (AFP). Malta's deputy Attorney General Edgar Mizzi told nfwsmen here yesterday that his country may bring its dispute with Britain over proposed cuts in British troops stationed there before the United Nations security council. Mr. Mizzi. speaking at a press conference, said: "We would
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      Lock icon 12-second drama that cost three lives...
      301 6 NEW YORK. Wed. (A*) "We're on fire get us out of here" were the last words heard from the Apollo-I astronaut* who died last Friday when the capsule burst Into flame, the "New York Times" reported yesterday. In a dispatch from Cape Kennedy, the
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      Lock icon Death for looting troops
      137 6 WASHINGTON, We d. (AP) South Vietnamese troops convicted of looting or foraging for food while assigned to pacification duty in the Mekong Delta are subject to execution before a firing squad. Mr. Bui Diem, Saigon Ambassador to the United States, said yesterday. The recently arrivad envoy
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      Lock icon 'A friend in need...'
      146 6 PHILADELPHIA. Wed. (UPI) The Quaker Action Group, which has been sending medical supplies to North Vietnam, said yesterday that the U S. Treasury Department has frozen It* accounts at a local bank. Mr. George Willoughby, co-chairman of the organisation, said it was not notified by the
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      Lock icon New prime Apollo crew named
      14 6 Walter M. Schirra R. Walter Cunningham Donn F. Eisele
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      Lock icon Barbara Moore returning to Russia
      193 6 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Dr. Barbara Moore, the long-diitance walker who once hiktd across the United States, is returning to her native Russia to after nearly 35 years in England. The 63-year-old biologist said she discussed her return with officials at the Soviet Embassy on Monday
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      Lock icon 'Bombing N. V' nam a psychological blunder'
      547 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP). —Mr. Edwin 0. Reischauer, a U.S. government advisor in Asian affairs, said today that the American bombing of North Vietnam is "a psychological blunder/* He said it diminished what he called an already slim hope for negotiations to end the
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      Lock icon SECOND SPACESHIP MISHAP BURNS TWO
      224 6 SAN ANTONIO, Texts, Wed. (AP). —Flames feeding on purs oxygen swept through a space cabin simulator at the School of Aerospace Medicine yesterday killing one airman In an accident similar to the one which took the lives of three Apollo astronauts only four days ago.
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      Lock icon COUPLE FROZE TO DEATH
      77 6 ISTANBUL. Wed. (AFP) A search party today found the bodies of an American couple missing since Sunday evening on the ski slopes of uiudaf, near Bursa. The wife, Mrs. Mareya Pearson, was already froaen to death, but her husband's heart was still faintly beating. Efforts to
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      Lock icon Riots close Madrid University
      122 6 MADRID. Wed <UPI» The Council of yesterday closed Madr.a University to avert f ur bloody clashes between students and police. All classes were closec for three days and students were forbidden to enter campus. The Political and E c< n mlc Sciences faculty, wne.e the "free
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      Lock icon 'Marcos goes under knife'
      38 7 MANILA. Wed. President Marcos reads newspaper accounts of his emergency operation for removal of an inflamed gall bladder at the Veterans Memorial Hospital on Jan. 24th. He is doing well. (UPI Photo) (UPI Photo)
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      Lock icon Wilson forsees total European unity
      356 7 Britain and the EEC BRI SSELS, Wed. (AFP). British Premier Wilson and Foreign Secretary George Brown arrived here last night on the third of their planned visits to countries in the European Economic Community. They were welcomed at the airport by Belgian Premier Paul Vanden
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      Lock icon Modern art kills sculptor
      175 7 PARIS. Wed. (AFP)' Greek-born sculptor Geraklmos Skiavos. a well-known abstractionist, was found dead on Sunday In his studio in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret. crushed to death by one of his own works, it was learned today. On Saturday morning the 40-year-oid artist severely burned his
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      Lock icon Africans chase out Asians
      286 7 NAIROBI, Wed. (AFP). The fate of more than one hundred thousand people of Asian origin settled in East Africa especially Kenya and Tanzania came to the fore once more, after the Tanzanian government recently decided to serve "quit notice" on Asians and the Indian government announced
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      Lock icon W. Germany – Rumania diplomatic ties signed
      677 7 W. Germany Rumania diplomatic ties signed BONN, Wed. (AFP). Rumania yesterday became the first eastern European Communist-ruled country to establish full diplomatic relations with West Germany since the Soviet Union did so in 1955. The move, meaning that both West and East Germany will be represented by ambassadors in Bucharest
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      Lock icon 'Evidence of gas war in the Yemen'
      280 7 LONDON, Wed. (AP). Prime Minister Wilson said yesterday that he had evidence strongly suggesting that poison gas had been used in Yemen. The Prime Minister's statement in the House of Commons came after the International Red Cross committee in Geneva called on the
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      Lock icon US gold hoarding lowest in 30 years
      303 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AFP) United States gold reserves fell to their lowest level in 30 years at the end of last December, the Federal Reserve Board announced yesterday They totalled 13.235 million dollars by December 31 and were down 571 millions compared with the
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      Lock icon 'Japan polls result as expected'
      229 7 PARIS, Wed. (UPI) French diplomatic quarters said today they were not surprised by the solid victory of the Japanese Liberal-Democratic Party in Sunday's national elections. They said the election confirmed the traditional stability of the electorate which has been returning Conservative majorities for 20 years.
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      Lock icon Bank strike cripples Ceylon
      75 7 COLOMBO, Wed. (AP) About 4,500 bank clerks walked out today in a strike which will curtail all banking activity in Ceylon. Nine British. Indian and Pakistani owned banks, the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and the People's Bank are affected by the strike, which is over demands
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      Lock icon Suicide bid at family's funeral
      76 7 TUCSON, Arizona. Wed. (AP) A young widow stood in front of the casket of her husband and daughter, killed in an automobile accident in which she was the driver, and shot herself today. Attendants at St. Mary's Hospital said Mrs. Raymond Avery, 20, was in
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      Lock icon SPAIN TO PREVENT BRITISH OVERFLYING
      69 7 MADRID. Wed. (AFP) Spain is thinking of setting up a balloon barrage to prevent British aircraft from overflying Spanish airspace from the Gibraltar base, the Fiel News Agency said today. It said authorities were considering installation of the anchored balloons on the frontier between Gibraltar
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      Lock icon 200-mile limit for Panama
      49 7 PANAMA. Wed. (AFP) President Marco Robles today signed into law a bill extending to 200 miles the limits of Panama's territorial waters. The former limit was twelve miles. The Ministry of Commerce has ordered Ave launches equipped with artillery la. patrol the extended territorial witeri.
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      Lock icon Put a finger in and...
      75 7 ZURICH, Switzerland, Wed. (UPI) A rook at a hotel here lost a finger m a meat cutting machine accident. He applied for Insurance compensation, but suspecting negligence, the company an agent to make a firsthand inspection of the situation. The agent wanted to the madhine
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      Lock icon Vatican prepares for talks with USSR
      229 7 VATICAN CITY, Wed. (AP)' The Vatican and the Soviet Union were believed today to be preparing secret talks that could lead to an historic accord and a new era in Church-Communist relations. Vatican circles considered meetings on a "technical level as one of the
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      Lock icon Vietnam: 3 major U.S. policy mistakes
      789 5  -  'But we cann now, says Amer diploma t-h If hat U.S. moves produced the present sitiiation in V ietnam In an exclusive interfipic* Edicin O. Reischauer, historian and diplomat specializing in Far East affairs, lists irhat he calls the three major U.S. Vietnam policy
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      Lock icon Chichester's yacht capsizes
      101 5 LONDON, Wed. (AP) ■he London Times reported Tuesday night that Sir r ancis Chichester's yacht japsized early on Tuesday cu i righted itself. The Gipsy Moth was hit y a freak wave, the paper Sdl( in a despatch from Australia. Chichester spent m< *t of the day
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      Lock icon India Celebrates 17th Republic Day
      81 5 NEW DELHI, Wed. Indian Vice President Zakir Hussain (left) salutes, on behalf of President Radhakrishnan who was advised by doctors to take a rest, as military vehicles roll past the reviewing stand in a parade in New Delhi marking the 17th anniversary of independence of
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      Lock icon EVIDENCE ON SUKARNO'S INVOLVEMENT READY
      375 5 JAKARTA, Wed. (AFP). —Indonesia's Attorney General, Major General Sugih Arto, would shortly hand over the legal facts and evidence on President Sukarno's alleged involvement in the 1965 abortive Communist coup to Cabinet Presidium Chairman General Suharto, the Armed Forces daily, "Angkatan Bersendjata," reported today. Strongman
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      Lock icon The point at which something is nothing...
      486 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP). —Scientists are toying with the importance of the puniest length—a bit of space one billion, trillion, trillionth of a third of an inch. It may be the irreducible minimum the point at which something is nothing, nothing is something,
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      Lock icon Vatican visit by Podgorny attacked
      255 5 PEKING, Wed. (AFP) New China News Agency hit out hard here today at Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny's Vati*an visit with Pope Paul «n Monday in its report of the meeting. Calling Podgorny "one of the chieftains of the ruling revisionist clique in the Soviet Union."
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      Lock icon 5 arrested after clash
      92 5 SRINAGAR, Kashmir, Wed. (AFP) Five persons were arrested today at Anantnag. about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from here following a clash between aupporters of the ruling Congress Party and those of the opposition "National Conference". The "National Conference" is led by former Kashmir Chief Minister Bakshi
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    Lock icon COMPLICATING ASA
    480 8 AFTEB revival, ASA projects are taking a Long time in making headway. Instead of accelerating the implementation of some of these projects, the Philippines is trying to put a spoke in the ASA wheel. Its Foreign Minister, Mr. Narciso Ramos, is now talking of expanding this organisation as
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    Lock icon BRIEFING FOR OFFICERS
    303 8 AN Alliance M.P. from Perafc, Dato JJaji Hussein bin Noordin, complained in Parliament that university graduates appointed as Assistant District Officers often quarrelled with rural folks who sought their advice. He suggested that they should be trained on how to work in rural areas before being posted
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    Lock icon Growth rate goes up in Sabah: Population inactive
    780 8  -  By ANNE TAI KUALA LUMPUR, Wed, The Depart? ment of Statistics, Sabah, has just released a report on "Jesselton Town Population Survey," which was organised by Mr. Joseph A Abel of the EastWest Centre, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, in collaboration with the
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    Lock icon Britain spends £103m. on development in South-east Asia
    285 8 LONDON, Wed. Britain spent nearly £lO3 million during the two years 1964/ 65 and 1965/66 on capital aid gnd technical assistance for development in South and South-east Asia. Since the beginning of the Colombo Plan in 1951 Britain's total expenditure for these
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    Lock icon THE WAR OF NATIONAL LIBERATION
    1278 8 Thailand's 85,000-man army is incapable of defending this country from any major conventional attack. That defence would have to be put up by SEATO —and that means, in effect, the United States. Few U.S. military men believe any conventional attack is likely. The "War Of
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Data control for big Swedish paper mill
      267 9 STOCKHOLM, Wed. One of Europe's largest paper mills, Hallsta, belonging to Sweden's Holmens Bruk group and having 3# annual production capacity of 4.»0.000 tons newsprint, v i*l be equipped with an extensive process control computer system. An order for this system has been
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      Lock icon Rubber up 1/8 of a cent
      354 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. February first grade rubber buyers f o b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 58J cent per lb., up i cent from previous close. The tons was quiet after slightly easier. The market ruled very quiet until
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      Lock icon BANK RATES
      71 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: NEW YORK: Buying T.T. 32-3/4; Airmail O.D. 32-7/8: 90 d/st. 33-5/16 credit bills; 36-1/8 trade bills. CANADA: Buying T.T. 35-3/8; Airmail O.D. 35-1/2; 80 36-J/16 credit bills; 36-1/8 trade bills.
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      Lock icon RUBBER QUIET
      26 9 LONDON, Wed. Feb. 1 the rubber market opened quiet with number one. RSS spot. 17-7/8 18-1/16. Number one RSS CIF basil port Feb. l7-5/8.
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      30 9 HONG KONG, Wed. Hong Kong dollars 5.70 125/ §.715 per US dollar cash. Hong Kong dollar J5.99 per pound sterling. Hong Kong dollar 264.5 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon Tin price
      16 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The tin price for today was $601.25 per pieul, up 25 cents.
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      Lock icon A drop in industrial shares in Sweden
      219 9 STOCKHOLM, W*4. The year 1966 wiU go oq record as a year of considerable disappointment for Swedish s/lireholders. Industrial shares showed a net loss of < iose on 21 per cent according to the Jacob&on and Ponsbach index. This wiped out the gains
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      Lock icon Trading active on NY mart
      119 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Stock prices yesterday barely survived a late and heavy wave of profit-taking and the list finished on a mixed note with many high-flying glamour issues suffering substantial losses. Trading was active. The list opened higher and struggled higher for most of
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      Lock icon Tin mart steady
      29 9 LONDON. Wed.—The Tin market was steady. Turnover 3.65 tons. Soot buyers 1201 sellers 1202. Business 1201—1201-I*. 3 months buyers 1203 sellers 1203* Business *****, settlements 1262.
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      50 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures yesterday closed 20 to 30 points lower. Sales none. Mar 67 2120 21.70 May 21.40 21.90 July 21.50 22.00 Sept 21.50 22.00 Nov 21.50 2200 Jan 68 21.50 22-00 Locally, the spot No. 1 RSS held steady at cents per pound, nominal.
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      391 9 STOCKHOLM. Wed. Sweden's gross national product, at constant prices, if expected to grow by 4 cent in 1967, according s the Budget Itatement Presented at tha opening ?J the Riksdag on January This compares with a rt| e in the GNP of 9 9 per «®»t
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      144 9 LONPQN, Wed. (AP) British government bonds came under heavy inland on the Stock Market yesterday because of the strength of the pound sterling The market was generally Km Buying of long and undated issues sent prices sharply higher. Some issues were up by a point. Institutions
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      840 9 By our market reporter SINGAPORE. Wed. Conditions on the Stock. Exchange were quiet with prices barely steady. Gammon, Singapore Trac tion. Chemical. Central Sugar. Merlin Hotel and Matsushita cointinued to dominate on the industrial section. Apart from these, other equities were thinly dealt. Merlin
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      203 9 SINGAPORE, Wed —Hitachi, Ltd. has recently delivered a 60-ton wrecking crane to Heavy Engineering Corporation of India. The equipment, powered with a 240 PS/1,800 rpm diesel engine, is designed to meet heavy duty requirements of a wide range of railroad wrecking jobs. The Hitachi
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      499 9 STOCK EXCHANGE MALAYSIA, S`PORE SINGAPORE, \Yt4. stock Exchange bW and ofar prUr* officially luted at thi cldc of business. INDUSTRIAL R Roust ead i s,9 S. C. Sugar I 61 1 63 Chemical Co Cold Storage Dunlop (OLD) E. Smelting 1.7# 9 16 2.3* 4.04 1.80 3.22 2!:t6 4 08
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      50 9 (Managers prices) First Malayan Xl> 2.18 2.28 »ecoi>c| Malayan 1.55 1.65 Third Malayan 1.13 1.24 Malaysian Commerce .88 .99 Mai. Savings Fund 1.38 149 Sterling Commodity 3/10 4/6 First Hong Kong... 1.00 1 .or,» Second Hong Kong .70 .74« Malaysian Invest* men! Fund .00 1.00 <*Honf Rone Cnrrency)
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      109 9 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Singapore Chinese Produce 1 Rxchange noon prices today were Coconut oil Hu>er» Seller* (FOB) Bulk 45.75 Coconut oil (FOB> Drums 45.75 Loose Copra Mixed t eh Mar 28 25 Sugar (Java) exgodown 24.50 Nutmegs 110s 455.00 Nutmegs B A. W 210.00 Garbled l.ampong Black Pepper (FOB) 107.50 Pepper
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      188 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following ships were in port today:— Godowns Vessels. 1/2 Akagisan Maru 3/4 Vienne 5 Orrhidea 6/7 Lloyd Bakke 8/9 Felicity 10/11 Rondo 13/14 Ruy s 15 16 Glengarry 18 Le-Natal 19 Roseville 21/11 Nissho Maru 25/26 Rajula 27/28 Golden Spring 29/30 Jessie Maersk 31/32 Levembank
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      867 9 AIR MOVEMENTS S`PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 7.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8 35 a m. Airline MSA 01$ from Kuala Lumpur. Time 0.20 a.m. Airline GIA 008 from Jakarta. Time 0.30 a m Airline MBA 181 from Kuala Lumpur. Time IQ.OO a m.
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    Lock icon Kiwi's Wellington to S`pore voyage is 'unforgettable one'
    618 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. —A 24-year-old New Zealander today described his gruelling sea voyage from Wellington to Singapore as "something not to be forgotten The New Zealander, Tom Corkill, who is sailing round the world in a 25-foot trimaran had to face many dangers
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    Lock icon Counsel: Trial judge went beyond his functions
    348 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. David Marshall, arguing the appeal for three men sentenced to death for murder, today contended before the Federal Court of Appeal that the trial judge had gone beyond his functions during his direction to the jury in his summing The
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    92 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore trade delegation to Indonesia is scheduled to leave for a one-week factfinding and goodwill mission some time in mid-February The delegation will be headed by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Sim Kee Boon. The mission which will
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    319 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The issue of passes for Singapore-registered motor vehicles entering Malaysia began today. A Malaysian High Commission Press statement today said the passes were being issued from today at its branch office at No. 6 Goodwood Hill, Singapore, and the office of
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    Lock icon Thieves take $18,900 worth of goods from godown
    109 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Thieves broke into the Kean Fatt Co.'s godown in Martin Road and got away with articles worth $18,900 yesterday. The godown was locked but unattended. The thieves forced open the iron gate of the godown before making entry. According to
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    Lock icon WHO travelling seminar on paediatric education
    310 10 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Regional Office for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organisation will be sponsoring a travelling seminar on paediatric education, which will pass through Kuala Lumpur between Feb. 19 and March 1. It is scheduled to take place successively in five Asian
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    Lock icon 1966 record year for Central Provident Fund
    145 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Central Provident Fund Board today declared that a 5i per cent rate of interest had been decided on for the year ended Decern- ber 31, 1966. Members' accounts have been credited with interest at the declared rate and the issue
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    Lock icon RAF go to aid of crippled vessel
    109 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. An RAF aircraft came to the aid of a vessel whose engine had broken down off Singapore, island this evening. A message was received from the master of the "Robin Kirk" that five men on board a local vessel No. S.M.S.
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    Lock icon Unlawful assembly charge against 4 fails
    340 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Four persons were acquitt. Ed and discharged in tbe Fourth Magistrate's Court today, because circumstances proved that "the la* was not resisted'*. The men. Low Chiang Guan, 28; Ong Chin Nam. 37; Lau Ah Kow, 24; and 6ee Toh Kum Yuen. 20,
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    25 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. The final date for the posting of greeting cards to ensure delivery before Chines* New Year is Feb. 6.
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      552 10 THE PRINCESS SINGAPORE QUEST 1967 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM 'APPLICATIONS are invited from SINGAPORE nationals, who have reached their 17th, but not their 27th, birthday on March Ist, 1967, and who wish to be considered for selection as Singapore's con-testant-delegate to the "Queen of the Pacific" Quest to be held in
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      48 10 SPORE DIARY 10.00 a.m. National Library, Stamford Road; New Zealand Exhibition. 8.00 p.m. National Theatre, Tank Road: Bokhor Folk Dance, organised by National Theatre Trust. 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: R.A.F. Seletar Quarters; Jalan Ladang; Methodist Tamil School; and Hindhede Road, Bukit Timah.
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    541 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Dato Haji Hassan bin Haji Yunos resigned at Mentri Besar of Johore here today. He was told to resign at the chief executive of the State by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, in his capacity as National President of the Alliance
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    Lock icon Strikers liable to prosecution: Premier Lee
    926 11 WILDCAT STRIKE BY 2,000 CLEANSING WORKERS SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Government it taking steps to enforce the law against the Public 1 Daily Rated Employees' Unions Federation for calling out the members of the Cleansing Workers' Union on a "wildcat strike" this morning. The
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    340 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce is convinced that trade and commerce are among the indispensable links in the process of industrialisation. This Is because the most effective and profitable way to promote industrial development in the country is to Increase
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    358 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. Police today listed another six youths wanted for interrogation in connection with the attack on the Vice-Principal of the Chinese Hicjh School, Mr. Teh Kim Fatt. So far, Police have named 16 youths on their wanted list. Two have already been detained.
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    117 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. There is every possibility that Romania may contribute in the development of the Jurong industrial comwas stated tonight by Mr- Stefan Voinov, the leader of the three-man Romanian trade delegation which left Singapore last night after concluding a successful trade agreement with the Republic.
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    342 11 KUALA LUMFUR, Wed.—The Chief of the Armed Forces Staff, General Tunku Osman bin Tunku Mohd. Jewa today celebrated a double occasion. He became the first Malaysian officer to review the parade of an Overseas Commonwealth Regiment in Malaysia, and secondly, it was the 20th
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    98 11 SINGAPORE, Penston Defton and Lanton sailed from Singapore Naval Base today fer Portsmouth, England, where they will be placed in reserve. The minesweepers, manned largely by volunteers, had been based in Hong Kong. They had played a full part in the Navy's anti-een-frontation patrol in East
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    23 11 SINGAPORE, Wtd. The Traffic Police in Sinfapore recorded 91 road accidents, rf which three were serious, dufing the past 24 hours.
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    315 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. A flve-page letter, In Chinese urging students "to unite and carry on the struggle", was said to have been found in the pocket of an accused person, the Ninth Magistrate's court was told today. The Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. Tay Soo Tee. in
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      401 12 PRECEDING the great Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, was a period during which mankind encountered many inconveniences in the field of communication. Old methods, such as using pony expresses to send letters and parcels, hindered men from hearing news quickly. But after the Industrial
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      Lock icon A sleepless night can be terrible
      417 12 NOTHING jfi worse than to experience a sleepless night. Every one of us has somehow or other experienced such a night. It is often said that a sleepless night is caused by drinking coffee before going to bed. But psychologists say that a person
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      608 12 TT WAS a cold night in February, the ev e of Sun Nin Foy, the Chinese New Year. We were sitting down to dinner in the friendly warmth of Mr. Wu's home. Every door in town was hung with gaily-coloured lanterns.
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      310 12 EDUCATION is essential to one's future career. People all over the world are seeking more and more knowledge every dayIn consequence, parents do their utmost to give their children a proper education, no matter how difficult their circumstances may be. Education does not merely consist in
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      Lock icon A moonlight stroll in the garden
      296 12 MOST people think the beautiful part of the day is the sunrise. I am now going to tell you of what I have seen on a previous night. During this night, I was neither tired nor sleepy. This made me to have a stroll
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      Lock icon In the land of strange people,..
      350 12 AFTER walking for sometime in a strange country which I had never been before, I came to a very narrow footpath about two inches wide. On either side of the footpath were fields of cotton six inches in height. It was already autumn and
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      495 12 IT WAS about 11.00 p.m. when I came home from the cinema. It was raining heavily when I came out of the theatre. I hurried along a deserted road with my head bent against the strong wind. When I came to a junction, a
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      131 12 I HOPE that one day I get a prize for the essay from the Eastern Sun in Singapore. I will be very happy because I want to buy a story book. When the day comes I won't eat my breakfast. I hear the gate bell ringing and my
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      280 12 MOST people usually help themselves. I am not an exception. Yet whenever there Is t chance to do some service to others, I make full use of it. At home I often help my parents and others in the family. My second brother had a
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      144 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And
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      599 13  -  By Theodor Schuchat THE average working man spends about 16 years in retirement. It can be a period of contentment, but too often it is a time of uncertainty, loneliness and anxiety, marred by increasing separation from active ty-High-ranking business executives, especially, find retirement
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      975 13 QUESTION: Should I. at parent, beg borrow or "steal" from my tight budget to send my child, 12 years old, on a three-day historical tour of Richmond, Williamsburg and Jamestown? Do children these days really have to see, touch and hear first-hand those echoes of
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      647 13 p" CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Pinang: 6 Ipob and Melaka; 3/10 Johore Bahru; 4 Talping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Klnanf. (Singapore viewers, please switch to channel 3 for T.V. Malaysia programmes). P.M. 5.45 OPENING ANNCT Prog. Summary. 5.50 NEWS OUTLINES in the National Language. 5.55 NATIONAL SONGS. 6.00
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    187 14 UK lucky in Davis Cup draw enthusiasts LONDON, Wed. Lawn tennis enthusiasts are describing the Davis Cup draw as one of the luckiest possible for Britain. The Davis Cup zone matches start on May 7. Seven of the strongest European Zone nations Brazil, Yugoslavia, Italy, France. Hungary. Sweden and South
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    Lock icon D'Oliveira affair: New point of view
    358 14 LONDON, Wed. (AFP). —Different point of view from most English critics on the Basil D'Oliveira affair is put today by E. M. Wellings, cricket correspondent of the London "Evening News" who blames the politicians for most of the fuss. Under the heading, "Politics wreck
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    Lock icon Decisions on Clark report amount to a freeze
    229 14 LONDON, Wed. The decisions of the MCC's Advisory County Cricket Committee on the Clark report amount to a freeze in cricket in England in its present form until 1970 at least. The committee rejected any change in the championship structure for at
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    Lock icon • Penang's skipper, Teh Kew San, holding the Foong Seong Cup after receiving it from Mr. Gan Chin Huat, President of the Penang Badminton Association, after Penang's 8-1 victory over Johore in the inter-state badminton final at the Penang Han Chiang High School Indoor Stadium recently.
    45 14 Penang's skipper, Teh Kew San, holding the Foong Seong Cup after receiving it from Mr. Gan Chin Huat, President of the Penang Badminton Association, after Penang's 8-1 victory over Johore in the inter-state badminton final at the Penang Han Chiang High School Indoor Stadium recently.
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    290 14 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) America's Arnold Palmer, the outstanding personality in the world of professional golf, may be a non-starter in the British Open Golf championship at Hoylake, Cheshire, in July. Palmer, who has just won the 100,000 dollars Los Angeles tournament and who
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    Lock icon Eddie Tolan dies at 57
    79 14 DETROIT, Michigan, Wed. (AP) Little Eddie Tolan, the fabled midnight express of University of Michigan track and the first Negro to be hailed as the fastest man alive for his successive dash victories in the 1932 Olympics, died yesterday. He was 57. Doctors attributed the
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    285 14 MEXICO CITY, Wed. (UPI). —The Mexico City Boxing Commission yesterday suspended world featherweight boxing champion Vicente Saldivar's manager, Adolfo Perez, for failing to appear at a Monday night meeting. The commission also ruled that Saldivar cannot fight again until he pays up 25.000 pesos (2,000 dollars)
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    91 14 BRISBANE, Wed. (AFP) Fred Stolle, Australia's former Davis Cup player made an impressive professional tennis debut when he beat America's Denis Ralston 6-3, 10-8 on the concrete court at Toowoomba near here last night. Ralston, who was also making his professional debut wag much
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    Lock icon Auto race death toll rises to four
    261 14 MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Wed. (UPI) The death toll from Sunday's Formula Three auto race in this peaceful Atlantic Ocean resort rose to four on Monday night with the death of driver Carlos Martin. Not since the great Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina
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    95 14 SACRAMENTO, California, Wed. (AP) Leonore Modell, the girl who swam the English Channel at the age of 14, announced yesterday she has retired from marathon swimming. She is 16 now. Miss Modell said she will probably continue to swim lesser distances in local competition, she
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    Lock icon Russian sets new mark in weightlifting
    78 14 HAVANA. Wed (AP) Soviet middleweight weightlifting champion Victor Kurentsov lifted a total of 460 kilos in an exhibition on Monday night. His performance broke the world record of 455 kilos held by Japan's E. Ohuchi. Kurentsov lifted 1474 kilos in the snap; 135 In
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    301 14 HOUSTON, Wed. (UPl).—Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay pelted his challenger, Ernie Terrell, with a flurry of words yesterday at their preliminary weigh-in ceremony. The two fight for the championship on Feb. 6. Both fighters were a little heavier than anticipated. Clay weighed 217| and
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    192 14 LONDON, Wed. (AP) Swindon, the unknowns of third division scored the sensation of the English soccer season last night by defeating West Ham's world stars 3-1, and moving into the fourth round of the Football Association Cup. Swindon took a half time 1-0 lead with
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    212 14 Palmer is leader in golf standings PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida, Wed. (UPI) Arnold Palmer is back on top after his five-stroke victory on Sunday in the Los Angeles Open. Palmer, who Has won more money on the tour than any other golfer in history, vaulted to the top of the
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    34 14 KAMPAR. Wed. Kampar Invitation XI will meet Perak Chinese in a charity football match in aid of the National Disaster Relief Fund at the town padang on Sunday.
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    1125 15 WEEKLY ROUND-UP FROM BRITAIN BY SPECTATOR LONDON, Wed. With 11 of the 32 matches finishing with the scores level in the English Football Association Cup on Saturday, the draw for the fourth round in London on Monday had a rather indefinite quality. However,
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    82 15 SYDNEY. Wed. (AFP) Victoria won the Sheffield Cricket Bhield by defeating New South Wales on a rain-soaked wicket at the Bydney Cricket ground yesterday. This was the last and only day of play. Sent into bat. New South Wales scored 93 with a howling Southerly gale
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    213 15 MANILA, Wed. (AFP) Organisers of the First Asian Women Softball championship appear to have given up all hopes that Indonesia would take part in the tournament scheduled to get underway here on Saturday. The organisers of the championship, the Amateur Softball Association of The
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    Lock icon Aussies to play Kiwis
    70 15 MALACCA. Wefl. The Fourth Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment will meet the First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regt the holders in the final of the annual Commonwealth Forces open knock-out rugby competition at the Terendak Camp ground on Feb. 7 In the semi-finals the 4th Battalion
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    191 15 SEREMBAN. Wed. The Negri Sembilan Women's Hockey Association will stage their annual hockey carnival here from Feb. 24 to 26 on the N.S. padang. The competition will be played for the "Sidney An•nda Trophy". Last year eight teams took part and the Harimau Sports Club
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    Lock icon Agency report surprises officials of MCA
    190 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysian Cricket Association officials are surprised to read a Press statement by a Hong Kong News Agency report which appeared in the Eastern Sun yesterday. The report stated that the MCA team have confirmed their visit to Hong Kong late this
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    Lock icon Mike Shepherdson to skipper MCA side against India club
    402 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mike Shepherdson of Selangor has been named skipper of the Malavsian Cricket Association XI to meet the touring Cricket Ciub of India which will arrive here shortly. The Indians the first ever team to play in Malaysia will
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    169 15 In an article printed in the Eastern Sun recently I noticed that you referred to a future club tour by Otahuhu I arrived here from New Zealand about a fortnight ago and I am a rugby fan. I am 14-year-old. I would, however, like to point
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    Lock icon Rough play mars Army-Air Force rugby game
    285 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Army XV beat Air Force XV in a rugger match which was marred by rough tackling and punching throughout the game played at the Armed Forces Stadium here this evening. The Army won by 13 points (two foals, try) to
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    206 15 MANILA. Wed. (AFP) Filipino world junior lightweight boxing champion, Gabriel (Flash) Elorde has accepted an invitation to appear in Congress to explain his side in the controversy over his next opponent. his manager Lope Sarreal said today. Sarreal said the champion would appear in a
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    331 16 BINGAPORE. Wed. After six attempts to qualify for the Yamaha champion of champions bowling tournament. Jesse Dy finally made it in the 10th week, the last week of the qualK fyirig round. Jesse Dy, scoring a total pinfall of 1235 emerged the winner
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    246 16 Fr Wed Th* Football Association of Penang, had incurred a loss of more than $40,000 last four years. Mr. Loh Hoot Yeang, president! at the associaannual general ?I?,K held at the F.A.P. Club House in Dato Kramat Road here last night. **e sa
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    28 16 IPOH, Wed Perak will ii Swiss amateur team at soccer at the stadium here on Saturday. Feb. 11. Kick-off is at -Adiiuasiofl-jf $l each.
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    371 16  -  Solving the problem... By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Singapore tour of Sparto Prague football team which hit a snag over the question of excess baggage has been "solved". The Czechoslovakia!! soccer team which flew into Paya Lebar International Airport yesterday had their
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    Lock icon 'We have come to teach, not show our power'
    422 16 SINGAPORE, Wed.—A top official of the touring Sparta Prague soccer team said here today that "we have come to teach and not to show our power in the soccer arena". The English-speaking secretary of the team. Dr. Ludomir Bednar told Sunsport:
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    101 16 LONDON, Wed. The The Amateur Swimming Association are to announce important training plans for Britain's team at next year's Olympic Games in Mexico City. Only swimmers who can achieve the time of the sixth plared finalists in the 1964 Games will be considered
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    88 16 PRETORIA, South Africa, Wed. (AFP)—The rain-hit match between the Australian tourists and NorthEastern Transvaal ended, as expected, yesterday in a rather tame draw. At the close of this preTest batting practice, Australia led by 451 runs over the provincial players. At close, the
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    Lock icon Civilians versus Services game will conclude rugby season
    347 16 By SCRUM-HALF SINGAPORE, Wed. The first- Civilians-Services rugby classic to be played on the padang here on Saturday will round off the rugoy season in Singapore. The match is organised by the Singapore Rugby Union and will kick-off at 5.00 p.m. Included
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    87 16 IPOH, Wed. Entries are invited for divisions 1, 11 and 111 in the Ipoh and District Football League for 1967 Affiliation and entrance fees are $5 each per team, $lO and $5 respectively for non-affiliates. Entries will close on Feb. 17. The annual general meeting
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    93 16 TAIPING. Wed. Entries are being called by the Taiping Hockey Association for its annual league which is scheduled to commence early next month. Teams wishing to take part are requested to send their entries to the secretary, T.H.A., Mr. Joe Francis. c/o S.G.I. (Secondary) Taiping,
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    Lock icon Eng Yoon: Kunalan's performance was brilliant
    355 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's national athletic coach, Mr. Tan Eng Yoon, has praised the brilliant performance of sprinter C. Kunalan, at the Asian Games in Bangkok. The stocky-school teacher sprinter won a silvermedal in the 100 metres event when he clocked 10.4 sees in the
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    Lock icon Wanderers to tour the East
    147 16 LONDON, Wed.—The British amateur football club, Middlesex Wanderers, will be making their 72nd overseas tour this year when they leave for the east on May 27. Middlesex Wanderers secretary, L.T. Taylor told a London Press Service representative that this was one of the club's most
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    Lock icon Bid to stop rebels playing under Aussie flag
    243 16 MELBOURNE. Wed. (AFP) —The Lawn Tennis Assoc. ation of Australia acted today in a bid to stop rebel" Australian players appearing in matches overseas as Australian teams. Victoria Lawn Tenni; Association president Harry Hopman said a practice had sprung up overseas of
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    Lock icon Winstone to defend European title
    86 16 LONDON. Wed. British and European featherweigfi boxing champion. Hows' Winstone, is to defenc rus European title in Paris March 20 against the champion, Yves Desmare'* This will be their secon* encounter. In Rome, Itai} January 1965, Winstone successfully defended his when he beat the Frer
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