Eastern Sun, 23 February 1967

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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent .National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 Nol 214 Thursday* February 23 1967. ☆MC <P) 2251 KDM 2660 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon SUKARNO STEPS DOWN
    287 1 Soek hands over powers of the Presidency 'after realising current conflict' JAKARTA, WED. (UPI) PRESIDENT TODAY gave up his long struggle to reta and turned o power to Army strongman Gen. Suharto. I n forma tion Minister B. H. Diah read to newsmen Sukarno's official capitulation. In
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    Lock icon Guardsmen told to return to their schools
    375 1 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) Pro-Mao Red Guards are being called back to their schools and given extensive military training, the independent Ming Pao reported today. The Ming Pao said the decision was made by Chinese Communist Party leaders in January. Quoting an item
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    Lock icon Pope raps new opinions
    30 1 VATICAN CITY, Wed. (Reuter) —Pope Paul today attacked "new opinions" finding their way into Roman Catholic teaching which questioned or distorted objective truths of the Church.
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    Lock icon Reds defeat Congress in Kerala State
    424 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. (Reuter) Communists and their allies swept back into power in the southern India State of Kerala today. With the results of elections for 56 seats in the 133-seat State Assembly still to be declared the Communists and their supporters had an
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    Lock icon Survivors home
    75 1 BANGKOK. Wed. (AFP) The 41 survivors or the illfated Thai freighter. Maha Thevi. which sank in a storm off Singapore on February 15, arrived here yesterday by train irom Singapore. A spokesman for the Thai Maritime Navigation Company, which owned the Maha Thevi, said the company would purchase
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    Lock icon Tun's challenge to all Malaysians
    218 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, in Parliament today told the nation: "What is most needed at this stage of our development is not only the amount of funds but also the will to work. I "This will to work cannot
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    Lock icon INDONESIA REJOINS IMF
    49 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI). Indonesia took another step back into the international community yesterday by rejoining the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Indonesia withdrew from the fund in August, 1965, ending an 11-year association at a time when the Sukarno regime was being increasingly dominated by Communist influences.
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    Lock icon Supardjo on trial today
    186 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. (Reuter) Radio Jakarta reported today that former Brigadier-General Supardjo, the man who spearheaded the 1965 attempted Communist coup in Indonesia, will go on trial in Jakarta tomorrow. The radio, heard here, said the announcement was made this morning by Dato Mulia. the man leading
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    Lock icon Queen E recovering from gastric flu
    199 1 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Queen Elizabeth 11, 40. was recovering today from a bout of acute gastric flu. No official medical report was made last night, but the Queen was expected to be well enough today to resume some of her official duties. If her
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon China warns Russia: Don't stir up trouble
      421 5 P' (UPI) —Communist China has warnihe boviet Union not to stir up trobule in Sino-Soviet der areas and urged farmers in border provinces to help the army defend the boundaries. The warning came in a statement by the Government Farmland Cultivation Department which
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      Lock icon U.S. aircraft kill Red fisherman, claims Peking
      371 5 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI) Radio Peking today charged that 22 U.S. aircraft strafed and destroyed two Communist Chinese fishing boats, killing one fisherman and wounding two others, in the Gulf of Tonkin on Monday. A broadcast monitored here said 31 more U.S. planes violated
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      Lock icon Author admits mistakes in the Kennedy Book
      232 5 SEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Author William Manchester admitted yesterday there are mistakes in his 'The Death Of A President," but said they will be corrected in future editions of the book. Serialisation of the book, lftich will be published in Aprtl. has resulted
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      Lock icon Beatles' profits doubled
      124 5 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) The "Beatles" strummed profitable tune yesterday *'hen they checked in on the London Stock Exchange *ith half yearly profits fibres for their Northern Company. For the six months ended 3l, profits more than doubled, from £204,000 to £422,000. Pre tax profits "°r the full
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      Lock icon SECOND SATO CABINET
      71 5 All ministers returned to former portfolios rPOKYO. Wed. Members of the second Sato Cabinet pose for the photographer after A their investiture at the Imperial Household Agency recently. Liberal-Democratic Party President Eisaku Sato (second from right in front row) was re-elected Prime Minister by majority vote at
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      Lock icon Batman's 'Robin' to marry
      75 5 HOLLYWOOD. California. Wed. (AP) Burt Ward, who plays Batman's friend Robin on the television series, will wed actress Kathy Kersh. ex-wife of "Ben Casey" television star Vincent Edwards, next Saturday in Las Vegas. Nev. his studio said yesterday. Ward, 21, was divorced two weeks ago in
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      Lock icon Soek's first wife to go home
      76 5 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Madame Fatmawati, first wife of Indonesian President Sukarno, will leave London for home next week, an Indonesian Embassy spokesman said yesterday. Madame Fatmawati has been in London on a private visit for the past three months receiving medical treatment. The President's
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      Lock icon Peasants flock to cities to 'make revolution'
      188 5 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) Anti-Mao elements have sent "great numbers" of peasants flocking into the cities of China's Kweichow province to "make revolution" and army troops have been ordered to help them get back to farms, Kweichow radio reported today. The provincial radio,
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      Lock icon India gets $11.8 m loan from Canada
      89 5 OTTAWA, Wed. (AP) An agreement under which Canada will make an inte-rest-free loan of U5511,850,000 to India was signed yesterday. The loan will enable India to buy industrial raw materials, fertilizers and industrial equipment from Canada, the external aid office announced. External Affairs
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      Lock icon Sal Mineo's girl takes overdose of pills
      202 5 HOLLYWOOD, Wed. (AP) A girl who had been dating actor Sal Mineo for a year was found semiconscious in her apartment on Monday night and Sheriff's deputies said she had taken an overdose of tranquilizing pills. Susan Ladin. 20, was reported in serious
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      Lock icon U.S. to step up missiles raids in North Vietnam
      363 5 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) The United States plans to step up the war against surface-to-air missiles in North Vietnam, the New York Times reported yesterday in a dispatch from Washington. The Times quoted Defence Department sources as saying an increased quantity
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      Lock icon Wife for hire: $3,000 a month
      232 5 TUCSON, Arizona Wed. (Reuter).— A wealthy American, sued for breach of promise by a beautiful German divorcee, said today he had borrowed the woman from her husband —for US$3,OOO a month. Rancher William Henry Brown, 63, denied that he had mentioned marriage to auburnhaired
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      Lock icon Goldberg to visit Asian countries
      144 5 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (Reuter) The Chief Lnited States Delegate to the U.N., Mr. Arthur J. Goldberg, will leave New York later this week for a fact-finding mission to Asia, which may include a visit to Saigon, reliable sources said today. Final arrangements have still to
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      Lock icon Police hunt girl with a bomb
      94 5 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (AP) —Guards at the United Nations were alerted by New York police yesterday to watch for a girl reportedly carrying a suitcase containing a bomb to U.N. Headquarters. U.N. officials said the police acted after a man made a telephone call
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      Lock icon All out attack on SAM sites
      165 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AFP) The Pentagon today announced plans to step up attacks on the Increasing number of North-Vietnamese "SAM'* (Surface to Air Missile) installations. Despite the relative lack of success from these antiaircraft missiles (1.588 missiles fired so far by North Vietnamese batteries have
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      Lock icon No more funds from CIA
      157 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AFP> The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is withdrawing its financial support from a number of organisations. Senator Richard Russell, the chairman of the senate committee which control* the activities of the CIA. said here today. CIA Director Mr. Richard Helms, speaking after giving
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      Lock icon Franco-German reservations on N-treaty
      739 6 GENEVA Wed. (Agencies) The conference opening here today to hammer out a treaty for the non-proliferation of N-weapons hat begun with a note of discord. France and Germany are known to hrold reservations on signing such a treaty and Germany feels she is likely to be
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      Lock icon Garrison has new facts on JFK murder
      114 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AFP) Deputy Senate Majority Leader Russell Long said here yesterday that he was convinced that New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison had some information on the assassination of President Kennedy that "the Warren Commission did not have". Mr. Garrison has said
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      Lock icon Boy sprays town red
      63 6 BRACKNELL. England, Wed (Reuter). A 15-year-old boy felt bored. So he decided to paint the town red literally, a juvenile court heard yesterday. He stole a tin of red paint and sprayed six cars, lamp posts, a road sign, a garage door, a fire hydrant and
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      Lock icon MACAU, Wed. — In various countries of South-cast Asia, it's not too unusual to see people living in sampans anchored along the waterfront, but it's still rare to see them on a main street. Such scene was recently seen in Macau.
      42 6 MACAU, Wed. In various countries of South-cast Asia, it's not too unusual to see people living in sampans anchored along the waterfront, but it's still rare to see them on a main street. Such scene was recently seen in Macau. UPI Photo.
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      Lock icon 'Special Anglo-US relations must be guarded'
      259 6 LONDON Tues. (AFP) Several American public figures expressed concern in a letter to "The Times" today lover the future of the "special relations" existing between Britain and the United States if Britain joined the Common Market. The letter was signed by five State Governors.
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      Lock icon The robbery next door...
      43 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) The Federal Bureau of Investigation (TBI) reported a bank robbery right across the street, yesterday. A lone gunman robbed the American Security and Trust Co. branch bank in downtown Washington of about $3,000 the FBI said.
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      Lock icon Higher borrowing for Vietnam war
      156 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP > The Federal Government yesterday unveiled a new savings note with a 4.74 per cent Interest rate that It hopes will attract up to 1 billion U.S. dollars over the next year to help fight the Vietnam war. Th* new security will
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      Lock icon Impatient triplets born well
      76 6 JEAN, Spain, Wed. (Renter) Farmer's wife Maria de la Torre, aged 34. gave birth to trlpleta near here last night one in a taxi on the way to hospital, one on a stretcher while being carried into hospital, and one in the operating theatre. The babies,
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      Lock icon Frozen plane limps home on one engine
      195 6 DUBLIN, Wed. (AFP) A chance in a million was brought off by two French pilots when they landed a small executive type twin engtned aircraft at Shannon airport this afternoon, with one 1 engine out. They had flown from Oandar in Newfoundland to
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      Lock icon P.I. INTERESTED IN RICE DEAL WITH CHINA
      399 6 MANILA Wed. (CTI) China has offered tn sell aa much rice aa the Philippines would need at a cheap price but on "certain conditions," govern- ment sources said todav The sources said the oftewas made to Phili PPine Rice and Corn Admimstrs" tion
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      Lock icon Karate youth kills man (69)
      93 6 NEW YORK. Wed <AP)A ma.n who said he i» karate-trained Black Mu* was arrested yesterday im charged with fatally in* and stabbing a mi® ber« last week. Police said Calvin 24, a trucker's helper- w charged with homicide a the slaying on Feb. 13 a
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      Lock icon NZ Finance Minister dies
      99 6 CHRISTCHOTCH, Oteuter). New Ze«W f Minister of Finance. Harry Lake. died Here night a few hours attending the funeral ol brother-in-law. Mr. Lake, 85, hid suffer* from a heart compl*'" several yean. A On Saturday he attend* a dinner here for Commonwealth Secretary. Mr. Herfcer* B
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      Lock icon Budget sessions held up
      141 6 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) Three-power talks on the cost of maintaining troops in West Germany, due to be resumed here next Monday, may be postponed for "administrative reasons," a foreign office spokesman said today. The spokesman said that other commitments might keep the United States representative. Mr.
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      Lock icon POW's sentimental journey
      91 6 HONG KONG, Wed. (Renter) —A group of Australian ex-prisoners of war is in Hong Kong for rest and holiday after a sentimental visit to Singapore. Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok. Colonel J.M. Williams, the leader, said that members of the group had spent some time behind barbed wire
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      Lock icon Black gold blackmail by Syria
      125 6 BEIRUT, Wed. (Reuter) Syrian Prim« Minister Youssef Zeayen said in Damascus yesterday there would be no solution to the dispute with the Iraq Petroleum Company (IP.C.) until the company had paid what it owed to Syria. Dr. Zeayen's statement left no room for doubt that
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      Lock icon 185 MPH AEROTRAIN ON SHOW
      49 6 PARIS. Wed. (Reutsr) France's experimental aerotrain, designed to carry commuters at speeds up t* 185 mph. will be exhibited at the Geneva motor show next month. The aerotrain. which skimi along a rail on a cushion of air. is currently undergoing trial* near Parts.
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      Lock icon Booklets of sexact scenes too...
      165 7 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Film goers in Britain are to be given booklets containing words and pictures of sex-act scenes cut by the censor from the film version of James Joyce's Novel, "Ulysses." American film producer Joseph Strick said last night that two sequences a love
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      Lock icon 2 more jurors for speck's trial
      72 7 PEORIA, Illinois, wed. (AP) Two more jurors were accepted tentatively yesterday for Richard Speck's trial on charges of ir.urdering eight student nurles. A man and a woman were chosen yesterday and two women were selected on Monday, in all cases on a tentative basis.
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      Lock icon Author Fall dies as 'Marine'
      112 7 SAIGON. Wed. (AP). The body of author Bernard B Fall will be treated as a fallen U.S. Marine, a Marine Corps spokesman said today. Mr. Fall was killed by a booby trap or land mine while covering Marine operations yesterday 12 miles North-West of the
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      Lock icon 'Growing move against P.I. presence in Vietnam'
      575 7 MANILA, Wed. (AFP) and (AP) A Filipino legislator last night called for an early debate on the question of Philippine assistance to South Vietnam, in the face of a growing move here to smother it. Congressman Felix Amante of the opposition Liberal Party
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      Lock icon Royal marriages act to stand
      100 7 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Prime Minister Harold Wilson said yesterday there is no need "at present" for legislation to amend or repeal the Royal Marriages Act of 1772. But he told Parliament he is willing to study requests tor it. Under the Act, any member of
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      Lock icon Arrested in the act
      67 7 MONTREAL, Wed. (AP) Two morality squad officers early yesterday arrested a stripper Lili St. Cyr as she was performing a bathtub act at a night club. Police said the arrest of Miss St. Cyr on a charge of Riving an indecent performance will serve as a
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      Lock icon Trawler crew drowned
      40 7 HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Wed. (UPI) —A 400-ton fishing trawler ran aground on the reefs of an island in ♦>>» mouth of Halifax harbour early yesterday and its v of 18 apparently drowned as they nought to reach shore.
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      Lock icon RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. — This girl student peers with agonised eyes at rescuers after being trapped by in rubble caused by ravaging floods here. Trapped for 18 hours, she died in hospital shortly after the rescue.
      38 7 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. This girl student peers with agonised eyes at rescuers after being trapped by in rubble caused by ravaging floods here. Trapped for 18 hours, she died in hospital shortly after the rescue. UPI Photo.
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      Lock icon Indonesia back in the IMF
      88 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AP). Indonesia returned to membership in the International Monetary Fund yesterday after an absence of 18 months. Mr. Suwito Kusumowidajdo, Indonesia's ambassador to the United States signed the IMF articles of agreement on his government's behalf at the IMF headquarters here. Indonesia originally
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      Lock icon PI's Reyes attend UN confab
      70 7 JAKARTA, Wed. (AP) Philippine ambassador Narciso Reyes left here this morning to attend the United Nations social development committee session in New York. A Philippine Embassy spokesman said Reyes would return to Jakarta near the end of March. British and Philippine Embassy sources have already
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      Lock icon Through fire and floods
      55 7 HOBART. TASMANIA, Wed. (Reuter) Tasmania, ravaged by bush fires recently, now faces the threat of floods because of destruction of water-absorbing vegetation, the Hobart City Corporation has warned. State Premier Eric Reece said today that the fires earlier this month caused damage estimated to be worth
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      Lock icon Humphrey's four priorities for peace
      137 7 PHOENIX, Arizona, (AP) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey laid down four "basic priorities" he said Americans must follow to bring peace to a seething world. He outlined these in a speech prepared for a civic dinner last night. "Slow down and halt the international arms
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      Lock icon 'San-Antonio' letters puzzle in Hawaii
      154 7 HILO HAW An, Wed. (AP) A chain letter circulating widely on the of Hawaii is creating a nuisance for police but they are not certain any offence is involved. The letter, in the Philippine Isocanos dialect, advises recipients to make 14 copies and distribute them,
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      Lock icon Floods toll rises in Rio
      160 7 RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed. (Reuter) A 19-year-old girl student survived 17 hours trapped under the ruins of three buildings here crushed in floods and landslides only to die shortly after reaching hospital. The girl, Berenice Maranhao. was one of 53 people killed when a giant
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      Lock icon MSA jets to Perth in April
      71 7 CANBERRA. Wed. (Reuter) Australia. Malaysia and Singapore will negotiate new air services agreements in April to replace the existing Aus-tralia-Malaysia pact, the Australian Minister for Civil Aviation. Mr. R.W. Swartz. said today. In the meantime. Malaysia Singapore Airlines Limited would begin regular jet services
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      Lock icon MEXICAN N-PHYSICIST DIES AT 54
      59 7 MEXICO CITY. Wed. (Reuter) Mexican nuclear physicist Dr. Nabor Carrillo Flores died here yesterday, aged 54. Dr. Carrillo Flores. secretary of Mexico's National Atomic Energy Commission, died after undergoing hospital treatment for a liver complaint. His brother is Mexican Foreign Minister can composer Julian Carrillo
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      Lock icon Murder of man by his wife, son involves two states
      246 7 MILDURA, Australia. Wed. (Reuter) The wife and son of a 42-year-old Italian migrant were todav ordered to stand trial for his murder here last year. The body of Illario Geracltano. a vegetable grower of Yelta. near Mildura, was found with
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      Lock icon Indon bandit injures 24 in blast
      79 7 JAKARTA. Wed. (AP) A bandit threw a grenade Into a crowded market In Sourabaya. killing seven and injuring 24. the official news agency Antara said yesterday. The bandit threw the grenade at police as he was attempting to escape. The grenade missed the police
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      Lock icon Labour wins in Jamaica
      46 7 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wed. (AP) The Labour Party clinched victory last night in the Jamaican general elections. Unofficial returns gave the Labour Party victory in 27 contests for the parliament seats while the People's National Party had won 18, with 8 races undecided.
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      Lock icon 198 mil. Americans
      57 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (AFP) The United States' population on January 1 this year was 197,982,000, the Federal Bureau of the census estimated today. This represented a 10 per cent rise on the 1960 figure of 180,007,000. The population will top 200,000,000 by the end of this year or
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      Lock icon BBC hits racial bar in new play
      165 7 LONDON. Wed. (AP). Executives of the British Broadcasting Corporation were in disagreement yesterday over whether to give nationwide screening to a television serial about an English girl and her Negro husband. One sequence in the serial ••Rainbow City" shows the couple in bed
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      Lock icon First piper plane contest
      325 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP).— Aviation experts gathered solemnly yesterday to examine the display of modern aircraft. '"lney'll never fly, someone muttered. He was right. so ne of the most publicised projects in recent aviation history wound up as a pile of scrap paper which is jut
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      Lock icon Asia Foundation reviews grants
      135 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed. (UPI) The head of the Asia Foundation yesterday reviewed grants made by the institution to organisations said, to have also received money from the Central Intelligence agency. A spokesman said the foundation has made grants, never amounting to more than a few thousand
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    Lock icon TELEPHONE AND POSTS
    528 8 DURING the last ten years Malaysia has made great progress in the field of telecommunications. Yet, in certain aspects there is still room for improvement. The Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Tan Sri Sambanthan, attributed the present backwardness of the telephone services to British colonialism. This
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    Lock icon ISTANA KAMPONG GLAM
    226 8 A DESCENDANT of the former Sultan of Singapore has asked the Singapore Government to preserve the Istana Kampong Olam. This building is an old type bungalow which Is difficult to preserve after years of neglect and wear and tear. In 1946, the Sultan's grandson, Tengku Hussain, consulted
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    Lock icon Japan's economy is heading into new pattern of growth
    2031 8 From: Japan Economic Journal J APAN which" embarked on Industrialisation later than other advanced countries has steadily strengthened its production the past 100 years since the Meiji Restoration of 1867. 11 emerged from its traditional agricultural society before the war and
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    Lock icon Industrial peace and economic progress
    730 8  -  By: Dr. V. Kanapathy INDUSTRIAL peace is an essential prerequisite for economic development and progress. If the nation's industrial and commercial activities are going to be confronted by frequent labour difficulties then progress will be stultified. It is perhaps a happy augury that there is
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
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      Lock icon BOAC anti- Concord ? Rubbish, says Chairman
      266 9 BOAC antiConcord Rubbish, says Chairman LONDON, Wed. (UPI) British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) will need both the Anglo-French Supersonic Jetliner Concord and the American Supersonic Transport (SST), BOAC Chairman Sir Giles Guthrie said in a BOAC House Publication today. He said it was "absolute rubbish" to say BOAC was anti-Concord
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      Lock icon Rubber closes unchanged
      331 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. March first grjde rubber buyer f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 55i cents per lb., unchanged. The tone wis steady. A reversal cf yesterday's steadier market took place after a lower opening following disappointing London advices. Buyers held off
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      Lock icon Stockpile tin
      41 9 Washington, wed. A -P). —The U.S. government sold 2C long tons of tin r °m surplus stocks yesterday, 10 tons of grade B at 1.5275 US. dollars a pound nd io ions of grade Cat US. dollars a pound.
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      Lock icon Tin price
      15 9 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The n price for today was 5604 E*r picui, down 121 cents.
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      Lock icon Delegation visits HK
      55 9 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) —A delegation of Japanese industrialists arrived yesterday for a three-day visit, seeking to expand investments in fully-owned or joint enterprises in SouthEast Asia. A delegation spokesman said they want to promote "economic co-operation between industries in the region and Japan." The delegation will
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      Lock icon BANK RATES
      50 9 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Association of Banks in Malaysia todav made the following changes in its rates io merchants: Canada: Buying T.T. 355 /16; Airmail O.D. 35-7/16; 90 d/st. 36-1/16 credit bills; 36-1/8 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: Canada 35; Deutsche Marks 128-3/4; Italian Lire *****; Swedish Kroner 1671/4.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      24 9 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) —Money Quotations. HK55.7375/5.7485 per US dollar for cash. HK $15.99 per pound sterling. HK5264.125 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon No sales
      21 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) —Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 20* N-Nominal.
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      Lock icon AFIA Vice- President Finance due today
      92 9 AFIA VicePresident Finance due today SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Harold Christensen, world-wide V i c e-Presi-dent Finance of American Foreign Insurance Association. will be arriving in Singapore tomorrow for a short visit. His visit is for the purpose of reviewing the investment market in Singapore and Malaysia. He will meet bankers,
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      Lock icon Advertising agencies in US increased billings
      129 9 CHICAGO. Wed (UPI) The 100 largest advertising agencies in the United States increased their billings 10 per cent in 1966 to $6.8 billion, it was reported in Advertising Age. J. Walter Thompson Co.. headed the list with worldwide billings of $557.7 million, up from
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      Lock icon NEW YORK RUBBER
      52 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) —Rubber futures yesterday closed 10 to 15 points higher. Sales none. Mar. 67 19.75 20.50 May 20.25 20.70 July 20.35 20.90 Sept. 20.45 21.00 Nov. 20.45 21.00 Jan. 20.60 21.25 Mar. 20.60 21.25 The spot no. RSS remained steady at 21$ cents per
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      Lock icon AMERICAN, EGYPTIAN FIRMS SIGN PACT
      154 9 CAIRO, Wed. (Reuter) American and Egyptian firms signed an agreement here today marking another step in Egypt's progress towards becoming an oil exporting country for the first time. The agreement was between Phillips Oil Company of the United States and the Egyptian General Petroleum Company.
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      Lock icon Industrial shares open on an easier trend in fairly active con ditions
      1432 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Industrial shares opened on an easier trend in fairly active conditions, but few equities turned slightly better during the afternoon session while others were holding steady. Business wag still confined mainly on popular industrial counters. United
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      Lock icon India to get good grain this year
      199 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the grain made available yesterday and that made available in earlier agreements will provide India with 3.6 million tons of good stuffs during the first half of 1967. The agreement calls for the United
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      29 9 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Tin was steady. Turnover 140 tons. Spot buyers 1198-1/2 tellers 1199 business 1198-1/2. Three-months buyers 1212 sellers 1202-1/2 business 1202 1201-1/2. Settlement 1199.
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      417 9 SINGAPORE—Stock Exchange old and offer prices officially listed at the close of business. .INDUSTRIAL It S. Boast ead 1.56 1.57 C. sugar 2.23 2.24 Chemical Co 1.80 1.81 Cold Storage 3.20 Dunlop 43 E. Smelting 4.36 4.42 r ?t 28 JM Ht pat rick* i.oq F. N.
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      51 9 (Manager* Prices) t Mrst Malayan 2?.V 2.Z5 Swond Malayan 1.80 1.70 Third Malayan 1.17 i.?K The Commerce V Industry Fund... .89 1.00 The Having* Kund 1.39 1*49 Malaysian Investment Fund AO 1/00 Sterling Commodity \f- 4/7 First Hone Kong... 1.00 1.05* Second Hong Kong .70 /J4* <• Hong
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      113 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. SI nthPore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Coconut oil Buyer« Sellers (FOB) Hulk 4 44.00 Coconut oil (Eon) Drums Loose Copra 47.00 Mixed Feb/Mar 17.75 Sugar (Java) exgndown 26.25 Nutmegs lifts 435.0ft Nutmegs r <v W ***** Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (FOB) ft?.5ft Pepper Black
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      61 9 JAKARTA, Wed. (AP) South Korean brewery is seeking to expand its trade to Indonesia despite the lack of official recognition, it was reported yester* day. The South Korean Chun Yang Brewery Company is seeking a trade arrangement with a brewery in the South Celebes,
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      143 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following ships are expected in port today:Godowns Vessels 3/4 Pridne Provsk 5 Silver Peak 6/7 Atami Maru 8/9 Vishva Kalyan 10/11 Bendearg 13/14 Hydra 15/16 Elpenor 18 Asmara 19 Misaki Maru 23/24 Rajula 25/26 Shomron 27/28 Yamahana Maru 29/30 Halldor 31/32 Houn Maru 33/34 Schwabenstein
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      880 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 7.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.20 a.m. Airline GIA 982 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.00 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kucbing.
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    367 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The People's Action Party is virtually assured of adding five more Parliamentary seats to its present total when nominations are filed on Friday. The major opposition parties here when contacted by the Eastern Sun today indicated that they are
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    200 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Yuri Averbakh, the Grandmaster of Chess from the Soviet Union, returned to Singapore and met 40 members of the Singapore Chess Federation in a simultaneous exhibition chess match at the Singapore Polytechnic here tonight. The 45-year-old Russian had just concluded a tour
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    25 10 Picture shows remnants of the RAF Hunter jet plane which crashed 20 miles from Pontian, Johore, on Monday evening. The pilot ejected to safety.
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    198 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Malaysian troops, selfstyled as Vietcong guerillas", will roam the jungle in East Johore from tomorrow. While on the move, the "guerilUs" will be hunted down by 3.000 crack troops from the 4th Malaysian Infantry Brigade led by Brigadier Syed Mohamed
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    66 10 SINGAPORE. Wed—Four girls were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's court for assaulting the principal of Sin Min High School and six other students on Jan. 3. this year. All of them claimed trial and were granted bail in the sum of $l,OOO in one
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    419 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Chairman of the Shell Group of Companies, Singapore and Malaysia, Mr. N. L. Flakes, today repeated his "courtesy cops" suggestion to enhance road safety. He was speaking at the opening of the 10th Shell Traffic Game at Kallang Park. Mr. G.
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    242 10 SINGAPORE. Wed The sponsors and organisers of the Shell Traffic Game were today called upon to consider a suggestion the training traffic wardens in schools. This suggestion was made by Mr. G. E. Bogaars. Permanent Secretary. Ministry of Interior and Defence, when he declared
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    133 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Lions Club of Singapore (Host) will stage a charity film premiere of "Is Paris Burning?" on March 22 at the Odeon Cinema in aid of the Artificial Kidney Fund. The fund will be used by the Department of Clinical Medicine's Renal Unit at the General
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    56 10 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Singapore Institute of Management will start another series of management courses in March. The courses are office management and methods, sales management, and practical analysis of corporate financial statement. Further details and application forms can be obtained from the Singapore Institute of Management. 196-A
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    228 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. Hawkers, who wish to sell food and drinks Inside the fenced-in area of the Sembawang Hill Circuit during the Singapore Grand Prix from March 25 27 must apply for permits from the Hawkers Department at Scotts Road. Only 120 hawkers will be
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    21 10 SINGAPORE. Wed.—There were 108 road accidents, of which six were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    100 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. A labourer, N. Suppiah. was today committed to stand trial at the High Court for allegedly raping a 12-year old school girl. He was alleged to have raped her some time in April, last year, at the PWD quarters in Yio
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    53 10 SINGAPORE. We cL Thieves broke into the godown of Harper Gilfillan, and Co. Ltd., in Havelock Road and got away \rith 35.000 Wilkinson blades valued at $7,350. Mr. Victor Yee of the firm told the Police later that the thieves broke into the godown between Jan. 31
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    444 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Light Industries Services will hold its fourth exhibition of building materials and services from March 4-12 at Shenton Way. The exhibition will be open daily from 3 Dm. to 9 p.m. from Monday to Saturday, and from 10
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    274 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Another Eastern Sun reader has responded to the S.O.S. by two Japanese girls for accommodation when they arrive here next month to study at the University of Singapore. Two days ago, a school principal offered his "welcome" to the two Japanese
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    146 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Two popular British stars, Trevor Howard ond Hayley Mills, are expected to arrive in Singapore within the next two days for the filming of "Pretty Poly". Trevor Howard is expected at the airport some time tomorrow evening and Hayley Mills
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    95 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. A kidney diseases and hypertension research expert will be arriving in Singapore tomorrow night to give two public lecturers at the University of Singapore's Allen Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine, the following day (Feb. 24). He is Professor W. S. Peart. Prol of
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      462 12 IT was a dark and chilly might and all the people in the little town were asleep. The first alarm of "fire! fire! came from a shrill and tightened voice which broke silence of the night. Windows flew open and ♦leads with sleepy eyes jpeeped out
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      242 12 "YOU lazy dogs, hurry up •with the work or else you'll -•see lead going through you". Threatening words like rang out every moment of the day like great •booming bells announcing ,{>ne's death hour. Scores of sickly-looking linen were working with bare hands unmercifully, especially
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      211 12 YESTERDAY afternoon, after revising my lessons, I felt very tired and sleepy so I went to my bed for a nap. When I was sleeping I had a terrible dream. I dreamt that I woke up very early. After washing myself I went
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      304 12 r pELEVISION was introduced in Singapore three years ago. It was invented by a scientist called J. L. Bard. When television made its debut, a few people could afford to own a set but because television is now very popular, everybody
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      374 12 MODERN Chinese use the same calendar as English people do. However, each year is given the name of one of these animals rat, ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, chicken. dog and pig. The year 1964 was the Year of the Dragon. What name will
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      384 12 I WAS manufactured in an old factory in Liverpool, England. First I was just apiece of expensive black leather, and later made into a high, heeled shoe. The heel was about three and a half inches high and size five. When I was ready I
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      264 12 CHILDHOOD is man's happiest time, and it is also a very important time in one's life. We should not let it slip away carelessly and then regret it when we are old. During our childhood, there are so many things for us to do. When you
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      117 12 AS I was walking home from school on a rainy day, I saw a car speeding along the road. The car suddenly skidded and crashed into a lamppost. I rushed to the telephonebox and phoned the hospital and police. Many people were crowding around it. Some of
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      351 12 DANGER is part of the work of a test pilot or a test engineer. Yet he has rarely met with a serious accident. On the other hand, accidents occur every now and then. /CARELESSNESS and ignoranee of cars add to the craving for speed
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      166 12 I had come across a curious incident that happened one night with a full moon. The Incident took place where my friend and I rested at Ayer Gemuroh after a short hike. We had our dinner, about nine at night. We went to rest
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      146 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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      639 13 AfELBOtRNE, Wed The third university here will begin its first academic year on Mar. Set in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, the new La Trobe University will be a long way from completion during its first new academic years. For 1967 the university can accommodate only 450
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      155 13 Melbourne, wed. A distinctive Y-shaped medical centre is being built and equipped at a cost of 5A6.310.000 for one of Australia's oldest universities. The six-storey building will be the last of new buildings for the medical faculty at the University of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria.
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      75 13 WELLINGTON. Wed New Zealand has supplied equipment costing about £456,000 to Malaysia under a 1964 defence aid agreement. The equipment includes rifles, small arms, ammunition, bren guns, and pistols. In addition, two Devon aircraft are at present being modified in New Zealand to meet Royal Malaysian Air
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      431 13 MELBOURNE Wednesday A NEW "homing anti-cancer missile" technique for the treatment of some cancers was described at the 39th Congress of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. Successful results from an experimental model cancer in mice were reported by the researcher,
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      78 13 CANBERRA, Wed. (AIS) Technical talks between Australian and Indonesian survey experts in Jakarta have preceded a further stage in the marking of the border between Papua-New Guinea and West Irian. In 1964. the Australian and Indonesian Governments agreed on the general position of the border and the surveying
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    378 14  -  North Malaya go down by 10 wickets By Khoo Boon Choo PENANG, Wed.—The Cricket Club of India chalked their second victory in their Malaysian tour, when they beat North Malaya by ten wickets on the Western Road ground to- day. North Malaya totalled 102 runs
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    140 14 CARLIMG GOLF MANILA, Wed. (Reuter)— Asian qualifiers to this year's Carling World Golf Championship will be chosen on the basis of their performance in the Philippine, Hong Kong, China and Yomiuri Opens, it was learned here today. Mr. Leonardo Guinto, Secretary-General of the Asian
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    Lock icon Hamilton S.C. whip Schools 'B'in youth final
    425 14 By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE, Wed. Hamilton Sports Clubemerged champions in the Football Association of Singapore youth tournament when they beat Combined Schools "B" 4-0 in the final at Jalan Besar Stadium this evening. Although both teams displayed neat, methodical football they lacked the
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    135 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association will hold its tirst cross country championships this year on March 4, atKNAN. Simbang. Mr. M. Nicholas, chairman of the Road Running and Cross-Country Committee. said there would be three sections. Mr. Nicholas said this would be the
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    151 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. Joint Services have been invited to tour Bangkok for a series of matches in October/November, this year. Disclosing this to Sunsport. the Chairman of Joint Services F.A., Lt/Col. G. W. Shaw said: "We hope to be able to undertake this tour
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    113 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following members have been selected to represent the Grange Bowlers' Association in the inter-association/club league, organised by the Singapore Ten-pin Bowling Congress: Men's open division George Choo (captain), T.C. Perreau, K. M. Mok, Sam Yong, Lavis Lim, Peter Chang, Noel Felton, Henry Tan,
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    78 14 SINGAPORE, Wed.— Two schoolboys have been included in the SCA President's XI cricket team to play against the visiting Cricket Club of India side on Feb. 27, at the Singapore Recreation Club ground. The two are K. Alloy and Ishwarllal. Other members of
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    183 14 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Football Referees' Association is still awaiting official notification from FAS on the proposed move to include a representative in the FAS Council body. The move, reported last month, said the FAS had included a new rule in the Rules and Bye-Laws
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    127 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two rugger teams from Australia and New Zealand will highlight the Selangor Rugby Union fixtures for the season beginning from Sept. 16. Amu's Rugger Club of New South Wales will tour Malaysia In mid-October, while Petone Rugger Club of New Zealand will play
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    77 14 MALACCA. Wed. The following were elected officials of the Bukit Terendak Sailing Club at their annual general meeting held recently:— Commodore-M aj or TR. James; Vice-Commodore WO II D. Adams; Rear-Ad-miral WO II C. Connors; Sailing Secretary Sgt. G. Groome; Secretary Capt Ryan Windsor At
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    85 14 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Swifts A.A. will hold a big walk for novices, ladies and veterans at Holland Circus on Sunday. Feb. 26. Certificates will be awarded to winners in the competition. and prizes for the first six who successfully complete the course. The race
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    96 14 CARDIFF, Wed. (Reuter) Cardiff Rugby Union Football Club announced today that it will go ahead with plans to tour South Africa in May despite criticisms from anti-apartheid groups in Britain. Secretary Frank Trott revealed the decision after a committee meeting Trott, former Welsh international fullback, said:
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    280 15 1964 Olympic champ scores 14th straight win PHILADELPHIA, Wed. (Reuter) Joe Frazier, the 1964 Olympic heavyweight champion, won his 14th straight victory since turning professional by knocking out veteran Doug Jones in the sixth round of a scheduled 10-round bout here last night. The 30-year-old
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    140 15 MEXICO City. Wed. (AFP) Mexico's world featherweight champion Vincente Saldivar has been offered an "astromical" ITSSI2O,OOOl T S$120,000 purse to defend his title in Britain against British title-holder Howard Winstone. the Mexican sporting paper "Esto" said today. '"Esto" said British promoters Jarvis Astaire
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    157 15 J O H A N NESBtRG, tt>d. (AFP) The selection of two South African teams, one white and the other non-white, which would take part under the South African flag in international games and particularly in the Olympic Games is part of the South African Government's formula
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    642 15 FAR EAST GOLF CIRCUIT MANILA, Wed. (U.P.1.) Billy Casper, deadly serious in atoning for his humiliating performance last year, ruled the favourite today to win the US$3B,OOO Philippine Open which kicks off the Far East golf circuit tomorrow at the Wack Wack Golf
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    403 15 PARIS, Wed. (UPI) The most exciting field in many years was promised Tuesday for the June 1011 Le Mans 24 hours sports car race, with a battle royale in every class. The Ford-Ferrari domination of recent years was being challenged by two
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    98 15 PITTSBURGH. Wed. (Reuter) The National Professional Soccer League, which opens play in April with ten teams, yesterday announced the awarding of a franchise to Boston for the 1968 season. The League directors, meeting here, said another franchise would be awarded today to give the
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    56 15 Wing Commander T.W.F. de Salis of Far East Air Force receives a trophy from Lady Hughes, wife of the Air Commander, at R.A.F. Changi Regatta. Sailing trimaran Sirry, Wing Commander de Salis won the passage from Seletar to Changi, the regatta handicap race, and came
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    159 15 LOS ANGELES. California. Wed. (AP) Great Britain's "Blackpool Bulldog:" Brian London, says he's in "first rate condition" to go ten rounds next month with heavyweight Jerry Quarry of the L T .S. London, who has twice sought the heavyweight title, meets Quarry on
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    186 15 LONDON. Wed. Britain's Government will continue to provide funds for the development of amateur sport despite the economic squeeze. "I am reluctant to cut down spending on sport most people complain because we aren't spending enough. Our budget will increase by only five per
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    416 15 CHICAGO, Wed. (UPI) Herbert Muhammad, manager of Cassius Clay, left Chicago for Tokyo on Tuesday and will negotiate for a May 27 title fight there between the Heavyweight champion and Joe Fraxier of Philadelphia. Frazier. 23, unbeaten former Olympic heavyweight champion, knocked out
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    159 15 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay apparently will fight anyone but the Yietrong, Representative Robert H. Michel. Republican. Illinois. said on Tuesday. "It is interesting, albeit depressing, to note that the illustrious Cassius Clay has scheduled another alleged bout to milk a few
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    98 15 TOKYO. Wed. (AP> A Japanese boxing promotion organisation said Wednesday it was surprised to hear that Cassius Clay's Manager was flying to Tokyo to negotiate for a May 27 title fight here between the heavyweight champion and Joe Frazier. "We know nothing about the matter." said
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    135 15  -  By WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Wed. Chief Informer, ridden by Keith Moxham, revealed fine form when he easily skipped over 3f in 40-1/5 sec. the best time of day. The going was good. Philadelphia (Chuah) also went attractively in a 3f sprint, clocking 42-3/5 S6C. Lotus
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    107 15 KUAI>A LUMPUR. Wed. Selangor Services won the State Rugby Union senior league competition with a creditable "0 points in six matches. Second place went to the Royal Malaysian Police while Selangor Club were third. In the Milsum Trophy league. Selangor Club Tigers topped the
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    36 15 MALACCA. Wed. The annual Sime Darby Cup golf competition organised by the Malacca Club will be held on Sunday at the Ayer Keroh Country Club course A record number oX competitors expected.
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    79 15 EDINBURGH, Wed.(AFT) The unbeaten Scottish half-back partnership of David Chisholm and Alex Hastie is over —for the time being. A cruel stroke of luck hit the Scots XV, due to meet Ireland at Murrayfleld here Saturday, when Chisholm told -selectors today he had to call off as
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    248 16 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Mr. Leslie Ames, manager of the M. C. C. under-25 cricket team who flew home today from Pakistan, will recommend to MCC that a close look be made at future tour itineraries. "Even though the players were all young and
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    198 16 PIETRMARITZBURG, South Africa, We d. (Reuter) The fifth and deciding Test match between South Africa and Australia starting on Friday will be fought out on South Africa's most historic stretch of turf. The venue Is Port Elizabeth's Saint George's Park, better known as the Old
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    90 16 GENOA, Italy. Wed. (UPI). Anebe Bikila. the Ethiopian Imperial Guard lieutenant won the marathon in the Rome and Tokyo Olympics. said on Tuesday he A 5 once a Sain in the 1968 Mexico City Games n ret re from sports. Bikila, 34. came to
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    213 16 PIETERMARITZBURG, Wed (Reuter) A resolute 128 by 19-year-old Hylton Ackerman helped the South African Invitation XI ro retrieve a difficult situation and draw their match against the Australia cricketers here yesterday. An eighth-wicket stand of 139 runs between the lefthanded Ackerman and Denis
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    148 16 WELLINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) Wellington hammered the Australian touring team when their threeday match began here yesterday, with Test player Barry Sinclair scoring a brilliant 148 in the home total of 365 for seven wickets. The Australian attack looked ordinary on an unresponsive wicket and the Wellington
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    100 16 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. (Reuter) South Africa will send a three-man delegation to the International Olympic Committee aOC) Congress in Teheran on May 4. Mr. Frank Braun, President of the South Africa Olympic Games Committee, said here last night. Mr. Braun said the South African delegation
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    127 16 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) —Three British girls have formed the world's first women's international motor racing team, it was announced here today. Under the name of Marcos Racing Limited, they will drive in long-distance events in Europe and in major British races. The girls are
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    239 16 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Merseyside (Liverpool) soccer fans will have their wish on Saturday, March 11, when the city's two rival teams, Everton, the Cup holders, and Liverpool, the League champions, clash in the fifth round of the English Cup. Everton made sure last
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    92 16 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) England soccer manager Sir Alf Ramsey has included two new caps in his under--23 squad to meet Scotland under-23 at Newcastle on March 1. Lan Slorey-Moore. the young Nottingham Forest winger, and Colin Harvey, the Everton Linkman. make their international
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    112 16 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP). The New York Generals of the new National Professional Soccer League said on Tuesday they had signed their first four players, all Britons. Three of the players are from the Scunthorpe United club goalie Geoffrey Sidebottom. 30, inside right Michael
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    138 16 LONDON. Wed. High jumper C.W. Fairbrother will begin his eleventh season as a full Great Britain international when he captains the British team in the indoor athletics match with France at Lyons on Feb. 25-26. Fairbrother has a remarkable record of consistency. He has been Scottish champion
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    51 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Indonesian veterran Ferry Sonneville receives a souvenir from the Minister of Education, E n c h e Khir Johari, who is also the President of the Badminton Association of Malaysia. The occasion was a party thrown for the participants of the recently concluded four-day Pesta Badminton. Eastern Sun
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    103 16 NAIROBI. Wed. (Reuter) Kipchoge Keino. Kenya's 3.000 metres world record holder, will run in West Germany next September, and may compete in France and Sweden in June. The Kenya Amateur Athletic Association announced yesterday that it had accepted a West German invitation for a
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    112 16 LONDON. Wed. (AP) A prominent sports doctor on Tuesday called for Immediate drug tests on any athlete collapsing: in next year's Olympics in Mexico City. His object: To make sure high altitude doesn't get the blame for the effects of drugs. Dr. Albert Dirix, VicePresident of
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    52 16 FRANKFURT. Wed. (Reuter). Eintracht Frankfurt, of West Germany, beat Ferenc Varos. of Hungary. 4-1 (halftime 2-1) in the first leg of their third round tie in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup soccer competition here last night. The second leg will be played next Tuesday and the winners enter
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    562 16 NEW YORK, Wed. (AFP) The American "Ring Magazine" today gave world heavyweight champion Muhammed Ali a consolation prize by naming him boxer of the month. He earns this for his masterly display in disposing of challenger and W.B.A. champion Ernie Terrell in Houston earlier this
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    136 16 TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) The Japan Boxing Commission today confirmed its stand not to permit a proposed title fight in Tokyo between world heavyweight champion Cassius Clay and Philadelphia's Joe Frazier The announcement was made after the commission heard a report from Washington that
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    222 16 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Chuck MrKmley the U.S. will meet John Newcombe of Australia in 1 feature match of a special "noise-invited" tournament which will precede the annual Vanderbilt door international tennis tournament, organize said yesterday. t As an experiment. said tournament chairman Geza Gazdag. the
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    140 16 RAIMESHA. LAKE. V* York, Wed. (AP) Arthur Ashe and Gene Scott slammed their way into the seni-* finals on Tuesday of tirr first annual internaticmj invitational indoor ten *b tournament at the Cone Hotel. Ashe, the U.S. No. 1 teur. beat Graham Sti.w of England 6-3. 6-2
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