Eastern Sun, 20 February 1967

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 211 Monday* February 20 1967. ☆MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 589 1 'Cultural Revolution' is aimed at wiping out revisionism, capitalism MOSCOW, SUM. (UPI) MAO TSE-TUNG has banished more than 500,000 of his opponents side and sanctioned the fatal beatings and of others, Soviet said today. The Soviet Communist Party magazine, AGITATOR, said more than 200,000 'ftvtemy elements/ another
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  • 289 1 MOSCOW, Sun. (AP) The Chinese have been told to celebrate weddings by reading the works of Chairman Mao in chorus, a Soviet publication reported today. NEDELYA (Week) said that singing revolutionary songs was also recommended for the occasion. The weekly magazine gave Soviet
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  • 166 1 PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) Prince Norodom Sihanouk. the Cambodian H?ad of State, today accused the United States Central Intelligence Agency (C.1.A.) of plotting against him and trying to assassinate his parents. 'The Pentagon and the C.I.A. have not in any way spared their efforts since 1959 to
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  • 164 1 NEW DELHI, Sun. (t'PI) New violence marked India's drawn-out general election yesterday. In the latest incident, six persons were knifed when partisans of two rival candidates clashed in the crowded Burrabazar Market in Calcutta. All six were hospitalised, three In serious condition. Minor incidents of violence also
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  • 245 1 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) The rumble of bursting American 1,000-pound bombs jolted Saigon into an uneasy Sunday morning at dawn today. Doors slammed and windows rattled as giant B-52 bombers dropped their 30-ton payloads from 20,000 feet 33 miles east of Saigon. Three long successive shock
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  • 57 1 TOKYO. Sun. (AP)—The Finance Ministry plans to release 11.738 carats of diamonds held by the Government since the end of World War II for public sale in late Marcn, Kyodo news service said today. Kyodo said diamonds ranging from 0.2 to 5 carats will bring in
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  • 129 1 MOSCOW, Sun (UPI) United States calls for North Vietnam to meet it halfway in concessions are "a clumsy trick." Izvestia said last night. The Soviet Government newspaper said Hanoi already had said it would be willing to talk if the bombing was halted unconditionally. "Washington rejected these
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  • 84 1 POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, Sun. (AP) Henry H. Morgenthau Jr.. U.S. Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, left an estate valued at more than US$ 700.000 according to his will filed for probate on Friday in Dutchess County Surrogate's Court. The will, dated June
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  • 1085 2 IPOH, Sun—The Mentri Besar, Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, ha s received the following donations for the Perak Flood Relief -Fund: Rahman Hydraulic Tin Berhad, Klian Intan $l,OOO, Changkat Bruas Plantations Ltd., Ipoh $lOO, Religious Teachers. Hutan Melintang $22, Khairat Bantuan Kematian, Sungai
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  • 189 2 PENANG, Sun. Penang, as a fishing harbour, will be a gateway to the Indian Ocean as predicted in 1959. This was stated by the Director of Fisheries, Mr. Soong Mia Kong, here today. He disclosed that a French fishery expert will be coming here next
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  • 69 2 PENANO, Sun. A new harvesting machine, known as "Padi Combined Harvester" was demonstrated at the official opening ceremony of "Hari Ladang" or "Field Day" held at Permatang Manggis, Kepala Batas. Province Wellesley, yesterday. This new harvesting machine is being introduced for the first time In Malaysia
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  • 237 2 IPOH, Sun. A private doctor, Dr. Lye Hong Cheong, was held up by five pistol-packing robbers who relieved him of $3O in his dispensary in Brewster Road here this morning. Dr. Lye told the "Eastern Sun" three of the robbers walked into his
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  • 100 2 IPOH, Sun. With the expansion of industry, more banks and more business premises have opened in Ipoh, showing that the business community has sufficient faith to invest their money in this town. This was stated by the President of the Ipoh Municipal Council, Dato S.
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  • 70 2 KUCHING, Sun:-A United Nations Civil Aviation expert, who is now touring Malaysia, today praised the firemen at Kuching Airport for the high standard and good discipline. He is Mr. E.A.C. Sabestrom of U.N- International Civil Aviation Organisation (interregional) Middle East and Asia. Mr. Sabestrom was speaking to
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  • 259 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The National Union of Teachers deplored the attempt by the Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari to belittle the teaching profession in this country, said Mr. John R. Ourusamy its secretary general. The Minister at the opening of the Third Asian Regional
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  • 127 3 ExportImport Bank officials visit us KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A mission from the Ex-port-Import Bank, Washington, arrive here todav for a four-day visit. the mission comprises Mr. Hobart Taylor Jr., Director. Export-Import Bank. Mr Mark Feer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Commerce. Mr. Doufhlas Smith. Staff member. Export Import Bank, and Mr.
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  • 64 3 IPOH. Sun. Not less than 54.3 million is needed to repair the various projects which were destroyed by the recent floods in Perak. This was revealed by the Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said at a rural development progress briefing here at
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  • 282 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. THE Malayan Nurses Union today objected strongly to remarks by an Alliance woman backbencher that sisters in hospitals should carry out more responsibilities other than supervising nursing staff. The general secretary of the union, Miss Ong Siew Eng, said in
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  • 76 3 BRUNEI, TOWN, Brunei, Sun. The Brunei Forest Department intends to engage a silviculturist, or forestry expert, this year. A Government spokesman explained that the Forest Department has been growing trees in several areas of the State, and has been treating them to improve growth. "But", he
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  • 48 3 There's no lacing to this black lace cat suit No suspenders are needed tor these stockings they come right up to the JOAN PARKINSON wears this Black-lace cat suit with red fur trimmings, at the Sunarama Hosiery fashion show, given at the Washington Hotel, London.
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  • 64 3 The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, who is also the secretary general of UMNO Malaysia, is seen here asking members of Kaum Ibu, Malaysia, who are attending a three-day political course at Petaling Jaya to group themselves for this photograph by Mok Voon. In the front row, third
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  • 159 3  -  (Pix and story by George (Pix and story by George Tan). MUAR, Sun—A 27 yearold former student of Chung Hwa High School here is now a graduate in Master of Science (Agriculture). She is Miss Ang Deh Beng, the eldest daughter of Mr. Ang
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  • 141 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A code for Customs procedures to be adopted in Association of South-east Asian countries has been drafted. The code was drafted at the end today of the threeday meeting of Customs authorities of ASA countries held at the Wisma Putra here. Apart
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  • 140 3 KUCHING, Sun. The wives of Malaysian servicemen now serving in Kuching Garrison have formed a Club Kaum Ibu of their own. This afternoon they met local women leaders, including representatives of Sarawak Federation of Women's Institutes at a tea party at the Kuching Garrison. The
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  • 133 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The United Arab Republic will soon present books on Arabic culture and literature, and Korans to the Muslim College, under a cultural exchange programme. This was disclosed here today by the visiting director of the UAR supreme council of Islamic Affairs. Mr. Mohammad Tawfik
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  • 40 3 MUAR, Sun. Enche Yusof bin Rahman, the District Officer of Johore Bahru, has assumed duties as the Dis trict Officer of Batu Pahat. Enche Yu»of replaced Eng ku Mohamed Salleh who passed away last year.
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  • 240 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Measures to check on Radio and TV licences have already been intensified. This was stated by a spokesman of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Enche Wan Mahmood bin Pawan Teh, today. He was commenting on numerous enquiries received by the
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  • 57 3 MTJAR, Sun. Work has started on a concrete bridge across the Sungai Tangkak, W miles north of here, under the Rural Development Plan. Costing $500,000, it is expected to be completed by the end of this year. This was disclosed today by Dato Chua Song Lim.
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  • 43 3 MUAR, Sun. The new Muar District Officer, Enche Ibrahim bin Abdul Majid, will make his debut as the new President of the Muar Town Council at its monthly meeting at its Council Chamber on Feb. 25 at 9.30 a.m..
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 1197 4 SINGAPORE, Sun.— One hundred and ftftynine out of 1,757 candidates who sat for the Singapore Qualifying Test held in December last year have been successful. Successful candidates may call at the Examination Division, Ministry of Education, Kay Slang Road, to collect their
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  • 320 4 SINGAPORE, Sunday A SUM of $300,000 has been allocated to the Fourth District Citizens' Consultative Committee of eight divisions here for improvements to public amenities in their areas. This was disclosed by* the Minister of Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, tonight when he spoke at
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  • 135 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sub. (AFP). Mr. Khor Eng Hee. the n#»wly-appointed Malaysian Consul to Taipei, is scheduled to arrive in Taipei tomorrow to set up Malaysia's first consulate, it was learnt yesterday. Mr. Khor was the Assistant Secretary to the Department of South-East Asian Affairs prior
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  • 102 4 SINGAPORE. Sun —The Singapore Chinese Women's Association has raised $l,736.70 from a Bring and Buy Sale held on Feb. 2 at the residence of the French Charge d'Affaires and Mrs. E. Hutte, in Gallop Road here. The sum includes personal donations made by members and friends.
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  • 86 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Police apprehended another student, Gue Kum Ting, 22, at Jalan Hong Ken* this afternoon in connection with the Chinese students' attack on a vice-principal in Chinese High School last month. Gue is one of the nine students wanted by the Police and a
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  • 34 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Bridgestone Malaysia Co. Ltd. tonight gav e a special New Year dinner to tyre dealers in the Republic. The dinner was held at the Conferende Hall Restaurant in Shenton Way.
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  • 121 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Many people are now enjoying the captivating beauty of a marine equarium in the comforts of their homes thanks to the Van Kleef Aquarium. The aquarium undertakes the sale of filtered, chemi-cally-treated high-quality sea-water free from pollution and disease organisms. This water is suitable for
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  • 367 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Two Japanese teenage girls with a hanker for adventure and a youthful ambition to promote goodwill between the Republic and Japan has sent "5.0.5." to the Eastern Sun. The girls, Kayoko Kurita and Miyoko Kitou, who intend to further
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  • 197 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. The 16th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, His Holiness Somdej Phra A r i y a Vongsagatayan, today met hundreds of Buddhist monks and nuns and followers at a special luncheon party held on the grounds of the Thai Embassy at Orchard Road here. Playing host
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  • 21 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. There were 149 road accidents. of which seven were serious, during the past 24 hours la the Republic.
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  • 110 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Junior Chamber of Singapore hold a dinner and dance at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce on Feb. 22 to install the new President and the Board of Directors for this year. Mr. Jesus P. Perlas, Jr., Vice-President for Operations from the Junior
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  • 139 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Prisoners were beheaded rather than shot by firing squads in Chinese legendary tales. Picture above shows an executioner JOHHXY JOHNSON) about to slice off the head of a prisoner. (AUBREY MILES who portrays the Tiger General) with a sword. This is one
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  • 224 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Ngee Ann Kongsi here held a meeting yesterday to discuss the problems facing the development of Sgee Ann College. The meeting was closed to the press. During the week, the Kongsi sent out a special notice to all its members to attend the Kongsi's
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  • 30 4 SINGAPORE Sun. J* I** 1 ves broke into the the of Mr. Campbell Har* West Coronation Roan angot away with A£2oo 360) and jewellery valuw at s6fnoo, last evening.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 40 4 S'PORE DIARY 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Jalan Tiga Ratus, Chinese Temple; Sekolah Padang Terbakar; Tal Keau School. Jalan Paya; and Kong Hwa School. 8 p.m. Singapore Conference Hall. Shenton Way: "Tintookies". ft® /ar pz&XS, :<<$-*\+_,?}%[,}`}}{{]@>.){*=(~
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  • 6163 5 |POH Sun.—The following are the HSC examination results for Perak ANDERSON SCHOOL, I POH. Abdul Wahab Bin Ahmad 4 '\ng Jill (5), Arumugam c o Rasiah 4, Chan Ah CHye 4, Chan Ah Kam (5), Chan Yoon Hoo (5), Cheah r OO Seong (5 >.Cheah
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 50 6 VALLETTA. Malta, Sun.— Whilst Prime Minister, Dr. Borg Oliver hands ultimatum to the British Government on their plans to withdraw troops from his island, the people of Malta are-—for the time being in high spirits. They were forgetting the current worry of unemployment in the carnival activities held here recently.
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    • 205 6 MANILA. Sun. (AFP) The infant mortality rate In Japan has fallen off shortly during the last forty years, according to the Japanese delegate to the third Far East Symposium on Nutrition being held here. Dr. Toshio Oiso, director of Japan's National Institute of Nutrition, told
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    • 208 6 HAWTHORN, New Jersey, Sun (UPI) A German shepherd dog named Silver dug in hot ashes until his paws burned in a furious effort to find the bodies of 11 men entombed by a flery explosion that levelled a chemical plant on Friday. By noon
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    • 425 6 Nurses massacre: PEORIA, ILLINOIS, Sun. (Reuter). —On a hot muggy dawn last July student nurse Corazon Amuro screamed to a sleeping Chicago: "They are all dead. My friends are all dead. Oh God, I am the only one alive." Police burst into the hostel where Miss Corazon
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    • 91 6 BOMBAY, Sun. (Reuter) An appeal was launched here today for clothing for drought-stricken Bihar State where large numbers of men and women were said to have nothing left to wear. A telegram from the Bihar relief committee's headquarters in Patna, the state capital, to its Bombay
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    • 154 6 LONDON. Sun. (UPI) Legislation to provide family planning advice and devices to all women, married or single, as part of the National Health Service was virtually a&sured of passage by the House of Commons. The bill, cheered as it passed unopposed on second
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    • 213 6 ROME. Sun. <UPI> The raging Adriatic sea spared art-rich Venice yesterday but Its mounting tide threatened fresh disaster for the Po River Delta, still under feet of salt water from the November floods. The sea grew wild in the third day of a storm wave which
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    • 161 6 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Mr. Richard Crossman, leader of the House of Commons, said last night that defence cuts in Aden and Singapore must be made in a way that did not let people down. He said at a dinner: "Malta has shown what problems
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    • 921 6 TUCSON, ARIZONA, Sun. UPI and Reuter Rep. Albert Watson, Republican-South Carolina said yesterday that the CIA'S use of the National Student Association (NSA) for intelligence purposes would explain the CIA'S "low level of credibility and reliability." In a speech to the State Convention of Arizona
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    • 188 6 UNITED NATIONS, Sun. (AP) Takeshi Watanabe of Japan, President of the new Asian Development Bank in Manila, says,. "I believe it should be a bank with a heart and not just a money-lending machine." In an article published here in the latest U.N. monthyl Chronicle
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    • 110 6 MANILA, Sun. (AFP) A Manila news commentator yesterday urged the abolition of the death penalty in the Philippines, calling it an act of "vengeance by a sick society." This followed the execution by electric chair last Thursday of three convicts at the nearby Muntinlupa National
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    • 105 6 SAIGON, Sun. (AP) Movie Star Jayne Mansfield visited a U.S. paratrooper hospital at Bien Hoa North East of Saigon yesterday and cried when she saw the wounded men. Overstaying at the thin surgical hospital for two hours. Miss Mansfield said, "I just cannot leave them. I
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    • 80 6 ISTANBUL, Sun. (AP) Seven persons were injurea at the Batman oilfields w South Eastern Turkey yesterday when stri» n workers clashed with police forces, press reports reselling Istanbul said. The reports said a iar e group of workers. no brought along their wives and children, sat
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    • 88 6 JAKARTA, Sun. (AFP) Indonesia's Foreign Minis Adam Malik has launrneo another sharp attack on Pre> dent Sukarno by welcorn* that parliament "had r a the way towards the of hegemony, personality cult and tyranny which w years had been bri n poverty and terror to life of
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    • 581 7 Franco-German 'no' for Britain's EEC bid: LONDON, Sun. (AFP). A secret Franco-Ger-man accord is reported to blackball Britain's entry into the EEC the Sunday "Observer" said today. Meanwhile Bonn has rf fused to honour £31.5 m. troops subsidy for the British
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    • 116 7 EAST LONTK)N. South Africa. Sun. (Reuter) A farmer, who had lived under the threat of death from a bee sting for three years, has died from a single sting at this farm near Queenstown, in this region. After falling unconscious when stung by a bee
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    • 143 7 LOS ANGELES, Sun. (UPI) R. Lily Bess Campbell, considered one of the world's foremost authorities on Shakespeare, died yesterday morning at her home after a heart attack. She was 83. Dr. Campbell was a pro- fessor emeritus of English at UCLA where she
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    • 296 7 Kennedy murder: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sun. (AP). District Attorney Jim Garrison said yesterday that a plan was developed in New Orleans which culminated in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He added, "arrests will be made." "There were other people beside Lee Harvey Oswald involved,"
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    • 123 7 MANILA. Sun. (AFP) A powerfull congressional leader here warned last night he would demand Philippine pullout from South Vietnam if the United States failed to comply with its "commitments" to this country. Speaking to newsmen in Baguio City, Northern Philippines, Lower House Speaker Mr. Jose B.
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    • 316 7 JAKARTA, Sun. (AP) The Indonesian delegation seeking more financial help from Western nations will likely face a tough questioning session at the Amsterdam conference this week. Economic sources here said the three man Indonesian team will be challenged to show actual economic progress
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    • 130 7 LONDON, Sun. (AFP). The distinct possibility that tea production in the near future will outstrip consumption will be the main subject to be discussed this week at the second ad hoc FAO consultation on tea meeting in London at the U.K. Government's invitation. The meeting
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    • 24 7 JAIPUR, India. Sun. An Indian family travels to a polling place outside Jaipur by camel bugsy to vote.
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    • 197 7 CHICAGO, Sun. (UPI). —A recent study indicates that cold, under conditions normally encountered, does not cause or intensify the common cold, the Journal of the American Medical Association said today. I The Journal's medical news section reported findings of three investigators for the national
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    • 175 7 LOS Angeles, Sun. (UPI) Miss Elizabeth John. A 27-year-old Malaysian woman living here, has confirmed she will marry the Rev. Arnold McMahon. 27, a Roman Catholic priest who plans to leave the priesthood to do so. Miss John, who works as a statistician for
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    • 101 7 BOSTON, Sun. (UPI) Ignoring a dying man and another seriously injured, teen-age thieves stripped a wrecked auto of its fancy accessories after an accident early Saturday, police reported. The thieves, looting the car of its hubcaps and other accessories, paid no attention to Alan Reed, 22.
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    • 660 7 Miss World: Bombay. India, sun. (AP) When customers to Annette's Hairdressing Salon in downtown Bombay, they often have a special question for the proprietress. "How is Reita doing?" they ask Mrs. Antoinette Faria, the mother of the Indian beauty chosen Miss World in London last November.
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    • 101 7 AUGUSTA, Georgia, Sun. (UPI) Barry Goldwater returned yesterday to one of the six states he carried in his 1964 presidential bid and made it clear that he is on the comeback trail. "I never left," the Arizona Republician said when asked if he planned to return
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    • 67 7 COLOMBO, Ceylon, Sun. (UPI) Former Governor General Sir Oliver Gonnetilleka may join the cabinet as Food Minister to Combat Ceylon's food crisis, the independent English newspaper, The Sun, said yesterday. The newspaper said political sources thought Mr. Gonnetilleka, 73, was a likely choice of Premier Dudley
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 193 6 THE MAN PROM U. M.C.L. E the pixilated puzzle affair OUR FLYING ASSASSINS HAVE LOST TMeiR FISH/ AMV WHAT, MY FRIENP? ys vc^ a a a r> B ...we MOVE TWHVRSPAC&FORWtROOH THIS PIXILATEP PUZZLE...TO "MHORTORM'/ ssi lIS S?3 c "/f SHORTLY, MILRSOFF, BARON P.P.QUtCK/UMO REFERS 70 PETER WMESLWRtfHT* MAP.. SO
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 39 7 ii KJ&fc ,HCW IN THISyfeAPS CALENDAR? V'C 365 CWrfe 5 t-VPORS 4S /vliMUTfes AND 56 SECONDS. E tl iU MCW rM THE WC(?LD DlD\6o ARRIVE AT" THAT? by johnny hart ir jusr seemed like A Mice odmpcrtaßLE RCOMD NUMBER.
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  • 496 8 APART from the Ministers, only about 10 per cent of the Members of Parliament are vocal. The rest are never heard from one year's end to another. They are elected by the people to tell the Government and the nation what the public feel about events and developments
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  • 327 8 Fmany young nations, their Presidents have been removed by coups d'etat or bullets, president Sukarno enjoys the distinction of being the only President who can stand his ground despite attempts to humiliate him as a means to force him to quit his post. His time is running
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  • 958 8  -  by LOUIS HALASZ "T AST year (in Asia) was a success story; the current one is going to be the year of implementation." This is what U Nyun, the mild-man-nered Burmese Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE),
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  • 662 8  -  FOCUS ON UK'S ECONOMY By: M. H. Fisher |yHEN the British Government produced its deflationary package of July 1966 two questions were widely asked: Would the economy, which had already flattened x out, be tipped into recession? Would the measures taken be sufficient to
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  • 402 8 pHICAGO, Sun. (UPI). Once it was a word to be whispered behind closed doors: ABORTION. In the thalidomide crisis of 1962 it was a word in national headlines when it was found that a sleep-in-ducing drug oould cause deformities to children if taken by mothers during
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 1271 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. HEN trading resumed g rr the Chinese New Year holidays there was a wave of sellers which brought r st industrial shares to lower level. Somehow, the downward rrr.i was checked and prices ned slight '..v steady. F, towards
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    • 203 9 DETROIT, Sun. (UPI). —Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp., caught in an auto industry sales slump, have announced indefinite layoffs of 3,000 workers and a temporary cutback affecting 3,600 more. r General Motors Corp. put two factories on short shifts because of
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    • 112 9 LONDON, Sun. CAP) Sir Giles Guthrie. Chairman of British Overseas Aircraft Corporation (BOAC), has urged the British and French governments to push ahead on production of the Anglo-French concorde supersonic airliner. Sir Guthrie, In an interview in the BOAC Employee Magazine, denied
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    • 193 9 LONDON, Sun. (AFP) World mine tin production showed a slight increase in October to 13.900 tons from 13,800 tons for September and 13.500 tons in October 1965, the International Tin Council reports. Indonesia's production recovered in September to 1,133 tons from 1.119 tons in
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    • 98 9 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI). National Biscuit Co. and Colgate—Palmolive Co have announced they have agreed in principle on a merger. It is proposed to form a new corporation with Mr. George H. Lesch, presently head of Colgate-Palmolive, as Chairman and Mr. Lee S. Bickm or e.
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    • 354 9 FRANKFURT. Sun.—Picture yourself arriving on your flight from Frankfurt at the spic and span airport of Nuremberg. Only a few minutes after you leave the glass-and-concrete arrival hall, you suddenly see the famous silhouette of the fortress, towering over the 'toy' city of Nuremberg. The term
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    • 211 9 SANTIAGO, Chile, Sun. (UPI) The Chilean government and Anaconda Copper Co. have formally established the Exotica Mining Company, next to last of the projected mixed companies aimed at "Chileanisation" of the copper industry The brief Presidential Palace signing ceremony gave the state 25 per cent of
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    • 90 9 LONDON, Sun (Reuter) Colour television will be available to half Britain's 54 million population on all channels within the next three years, PostmasterGeneral Mr. Edward Short announced in Parliament here today. He told the House of Commons he had agreed to a massive technical shake-up which
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    • 45 9 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Britain's Vauxhall Motor plant today announced overseas orders for 2,600 vans and trucks worth nearly three million sterling The largest order is from South Africa, for 1,808 vehicles including 140 eightton tractor units for South African railways.
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    • 71 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. P. C. Palmer of Jackson's Malaya Ltd. is pictured giving away a Fuji 19" TV set to Mr. Cheah Kheng Leong of 86-B. Dorset Road, Singapore the first prize winner of the Elastoplast Competition. The Competition was held from October to December
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    • 83 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Redifon Limited, a member company of the Rediffusion Group, engaged in the Manufacture of Flight Simulators and Telecommunications Equipment, announces that It has today completed negotiations for the acquisition of all shares of General Precision Sys- tems Limited of Aylesbury, a company
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    • 899 9 AIR MOVEMENTS S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from K.L. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline ML 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline ML 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 451 from Kuching. Time 10.55 a.m. Airline ML 005 from Penang.
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  • Books
    • 773 10  -  Revived Jfll •jai Suic, M SVEN LINDQVIST, the Swedish journalist, spent two years (1961-62) as a student at Peking University. Both he and his wife, Cecilia, had studied sinology in Stockholm and went to Peking to continue these studies. They were the first students, they were told,
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    • 635 10 THANK YOU, James Dugan, for THE GREAT mutiny (Andre Deutsch. 50s). It is one great big book 515 pages. But one has a whale of a time reading it. A superb book but one expects vintage stuff from the author of THE great iron SHIP Is
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    • 171 10 NOW at long last you have the long-awaited book for serious students of the world political scene. Within its 363 pages, DOCUMENTS AND DESCRIPTIONS, (Oxford University Press) gives you In brief the main events in world history since 1914. Its author, R. W. Breach, Senior Lecturer
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  • 290 11  -  By H. M. S. SUTAN SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore and Indonesia will set up a joint commission to resolve trade problems between the two countries. The commission will cover all matters, including the problems arising out of the laws of foreign exchange, immigration, finance and
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  • 181 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. A tight-wire artiste with the German National Circus had a narrow escape from death while performing: at Gay World Stadium here this afternoon. She is Mrs. R. Berty, 33. who miraculously escaped with only Injuries to her arm in this brush with death. Her
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  • 142 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Dr. Heinz Rudolf ("I come with a cool head and a warm heart") flew in today to head the Federal Industrial Development Authority. "My immediate task", he said as he spoke to reporters at the airport." will be to formulate
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  • 437 11 SINGAPORE, Sun, The President of the Republic of Singapore, Enche Yusof bin Ishak, today launched the first Scout-Guide Week to commemorate the birthday of the Founder of the Movements, Lord Baden- Powell. Enche Yusof is the Chief Scout of Singapore. The objects of the Week
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  • 259 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. A new operating system which will speed up the handling of Malaysian and Singapore cargoes in London has been introduced by the co-opera-tion of Ben Line Steamers Ltd., and the Port of London Authority at the Southwest India Dock. And a
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  • 74 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. TTie World Bank will continue to aid Malaysia by financing "profitable and agreeable projects" through the Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Ltd. This was assured today by the Associate Director of the Asia Department of the World Bank, Mr. A. Stephenson, before he
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  • 211 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Lord Byers, chairman of the British Liberal Party, has described Malaysia as a forceful and vigorous country that has a great future in South-East Asia. He added this after spending three days in Malaysia with Lady Byers who accompanied him on
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  • 371 11 CHOPPING in Singapore is always fun and exciting as the shops and departmental stores have something new each week. Many have offered special discounts and bargains. For example, at C. K. TANG (S) LTD. in Orchard Road, more and more new things have been added
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  • Students' Page – All $10 Essay Winners
    • 318 12 yyHEXEVER I am in despair, my uncle's encouraging words "never, give up, but fight till the very end", would flash back to give me new strength to overcome any difficulty. For this, I am indebted to my uncle. Despite his age he was
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    • 260 12 *pHE most beautiful times of the day are sunrise and sunset. In the middle of the day with the sun at its peak, things look common. When dusk sets in and the city is it lit, they become very attractive. I am fond of walking alone in
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    • 497 12 'pHERE is much talk today °f the hold money takes upon men's minds. The desire for wealth is natural as it brings within one's reach, power position and the luxuries of life. It is one of the most powerful motives human nature knows and is productive of
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    • 332 12 "ITAVE you forgotten your mother? What a question to ask, you would say. Frankly, you would be surprised to know that there are some people who have no time for their mothers even on a New Year's Day. To them, as long as they keep giving
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    • 296 12 WHAT is beauty? Beauty is Just a combination of qualities that delights not necessarily the sight but also the mind. There is beauty in everything; only people do not stOD to think about it. Many people can see beauty in trees, flowers, people and other things.
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    • 383 12 one can really tell when or where smoking actually originated. However, it was generally accepted that smoking of tobacco first began as a custom to the Red Indians of North America as a token of peace. Smoking was unheard off in Europe until the mid-sixteenth century when
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    • 489 13 An air of excitement rose when the Evergreen and the Lightning footballers entered the field and took their position for the knock-out match at he Parit Bunga Padang, Muar. "n the next second, the v ole surrounding was alive. Bursts of cheers ring
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    • 165 13 SINGAPORE is situated at the south of Malaya. It is linked with. Malaya by a causeway which is threequarters of a mile long. It was separated from Malaysia in August 1965. It is a convenient place for ships to stop, for it is in the
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    • 321 13 DURING the week-end I was invited to stay with Michael and his family in a bungalow near the sea. On? night while reading a story book. I heard the rumbling of thunder. Soon it began to pour. Suddenly I felt that someone was watching
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    • 787 13 WHEN I was selected to represent my school in the "National Language Speech Contest" which was held during the "National Language Month Campaign" little did I know that I had the gift of the gab. My first sweeping victory was when I beat
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    • 353 13 A WHOLE generation of youths have reached manhood who have known nothing but war. Doubtlessly our world ig drifting ratastrophically: and if this is left unaltered, then our knowledge, traditions and cultures which we have inherited through past centuries will be lost In a great
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    • 237 13 A FEW years ago, people In Malaysia read and talked about a certain amenity taken for granted in the lives of people In more advanced countries. In the year 1963 Television Malaysia went on the air for the first time. People gathered in the
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  • ENGLISH SOCCER LEAGUE AND TABLES
    • 1677 14 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Norwich City, lowly second division side, brought off the shock of the English Football Association Cup fourth round today when they knocked out the favourites, Manchester United 2-1 at Manchester. Norwich, fourth from bottom in the second division and
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    • 404 14 TOKYO, Sun. (AFP) World flyweight boxing champion Horacio Acavallo of Argentina is heavily favoured to beat his Japanese opponent KiyosHi Tanabe in a non-title ten-round bout here tomorrow night. Although Tanabe, the World Boxing Association's second-ranking flyweight, appeared determined to beat Acavallo. because of
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    • 248 14 TUCSON, Arizona, Sun. (UPI) Arnold Palmer missed three short putts yesterday in the third round of the 72-hole US$6O,OOO Tucson Open but still managed to grab a four stroke lead in the tournament with one round remaining. He made up for
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    • 59 14 SALISBURY, Maryland, Sun. cßeuter) Topranking American Arthur Ashe reached the mens singles final at the United States Indoor Tennis Championships here today, beating Cliff Richey 6-3. 13-11, 3-6, 6-1 in the semifinals. It will be Ashe's fifth successive final, following his similar feats in th« Tasmanian,
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  • 971 16  -  Was he measured? By CHAN KAM YAU KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The four-day international Pesta Badminton which ended in galloping triumph for Malaysia at the Stadium Negara here last night should make BAM officials sit up for serious stock taking. The Malayan Tobacco
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  • 154 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The chairman of the Malayan Tobacco Company, Mr. W. K. Foster, said he hoped that the International Pesta Badminton would become a regular and popular feature in the country. Speaking at a farewell party for players who took part in the tournament,
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  • 72 16 CHRISTCHURCH. New Zealand. Sun. (Reuter) The New Zealand Cricket Council's Board of Control today accepted with regret the resignation of Sir Arthur Sims, the longestserving delegate to the International Cricket Conference. Sir Arthur has been a New Zealand delegate to the conference since 1931. His resignation
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  • 61 16 SEREMBAN, Sun. Enche Shaari bin Harun, the State financial officer was elected as president of the N.S. Football Association for 1967-68. He is the first Malay to head Negri football since 1940. Other officials are: vicepresidents: Mr. A. Navaratnam, Mr. Wong Yuen Chin, Mr. Lui Fook
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  • 84 16 Stewart all-the-way victory SYDNEY. Sun. (Reuter) Scottish racing driver Jackie Stewart led from start to finish to win the 45lap Australian Grand Prix at Warwick farm today. Stewart set a lap record of 1 min. 31.4 sees, for the two an a quarter mile (3.62) kilometre) circuit. Fellow Scot Jim
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  • 707 16  -  TUNKU: IT WILL' BE NEFIT FAM. GOVT By PERCY JOSEPH KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.—The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman as president of the Football Association of Malaya is proposing to introduce football pools this year on a trial basis in conjunction with Vernons Football Pools Ltd.,
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  • 593 16 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Singapore put up a sparkling performance this evening at the soggy Sri Gelam pitch here when they whipped Johore 4-1 in the first round of the FAM Cup match. It was indeed a creditable win for the Singaporeans who
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  • 71 16 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) Yesterday's rugby league results were:— Bradford Northern v Casteford postponed. Doncaster 3 Blackpool TT Borough 17 Halifax 3 Bramley 5 Hull Kingson Rovers 31 Dewsbury 12 Hunslet 1 Hull 12 Leigh 14 Featherstone Rovers 14 Liverpool City 8 Huddersfield 19 Rochdale Hornets 4
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  • 236 16 SINGAPORE. Sun. Young Men Sikh Associa f Ari did the unexpected in 'tDivision 11, SHA hock'y league when they became the runner-up for thi? ?ea on. For them it was indeed a well-deserved achievement after three of their star players left the side
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  • 561 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The standard of Malaysian cricket when compared with that of any state in India, is definitely not of a high standard. This i s the opinion of the Cricket Club of India captain, Polly Umrigar. Malaysian cricket, he felt, could
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