Eastern Sun, 8 March 1967

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 IMo. 227 Wednesday, March 8 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 458 1 Sukarno criticised for putting more faith on the PKI JAKARTA, TUES. (AFP) Indonesia's strongman General Suharto today told the plenary session of the People's Congress that President Suharno had known about the preparations for a Communist eoup but did not apparently know when It would be launched.
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  • 235 1 KUALA LUMPUR, TUES. THE Government will not hesitate to take firm measures against firebrands who aimed at racial discord, said the Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir He wa3 speaking today at the opening of the library of the Na-tional-type Chinese Primary School
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  • 60 1 BINGAPORE. Tues. The PAP candidate Mr. Ang Nam Piau won the Th o m so n-by-election with an overwhelming majority. He polled 9,407 votes. The two independents. Mr. M.P.D. Nair got 1.310 votes and Mr. Chan Yoke Kwong got 537 votes. Three hundred and seventy votes were rejected
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  • 288 1 JAKARTA, T u e s. General A. H. Nasution, Chairman of Indonesia's People's Congress, stressed in his opening speech of the extraordinary session here that the supreme legislative assembly had gathered to discuss the future of its mandatory President Sukarno. Gen. Nasution paid tribute to the Cabinet
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 1 The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. H. Luebke. and his wife, Frau W. Luebke (above), will be paying a 3-day State visit to Malaysia as from today. The President will be making history in that he will be the first Head of State from an
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  • 175 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The visit of President Heinrich Luebke of Germany to Malaysia tomorrow would not be merely the visit of a Head of State of one friendly country to another, but would also serve to focus the interest and attention of nearly 60
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 170 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Polling got off to a brisk start today as thousands went to vote for their representative in the Thomson by-election. From 8 a.m. there were eteady streams of voters, mainly offlpe workers and housewives, at all the five polling centres. Two hours after
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    • 130 2 Mr. Tan Hung Piak returned from United Kingdom with MSc. degree in Analytical Chemistry and Diploma of Membership of Imperial College (DIC). Mr. Tan. the youngest son of the late Mr. Tan Chee Yak of Chop Thiam Hak. Singapore, graduated from Nanyang University in 1963 with a
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    • 198 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Princess Mother Srisangrwarl of Thailand will arrive in Singaport on Thursday on hoard the Royal Thai naval vtssel, HTMS Chandhara, for a three-day visit. Bhe will be met by representatives of the Singapore Government and Thai Embassy officials on board
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    • 279 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Service organisations like the Lions Club act as a welcome catalyst within the community because so much good is being achieved with so few people. This was stated tonight by the Minister of Health, Mr, Yong Nyuk Lin, when he addressed Lions from
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    • 207 2 SINGAPORE, TuesTwo Australians in love, staying thousands of miles apart, both flew to Singapore recently for their wedding rendeivous. HE is Major Richard E. Bird of Maryborough, Queensland, who was serving with the Australian Army Headquarters in Saigon, Vietnam. SHE is the former
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    • 367 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Member for Aljunled, Mr. S. V. Lingam. will ask the Minister for Labour how many people had applied for work permits, at the next Parliament sitting on March 13. He also wants to know the number of people who
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    • 268 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. It la against the National Trades Union Congress Constitution for the Central Committee to convene a meeting of the affiliated union representatives and to invite the Prime Minister to attend. The President of the Public Daily-Rated Employees Unions Federation, Mr. K. Suppiah. made
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    • 68 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. A plywood factory and four buts were burned this afternoon when flra broke out at Jalan Toh Buan in Jnrong. The cause of the flra Is not immediately known. Several Are engines took about two hours to bring the blaze under control. The
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    • 1116 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. A District Court Judge today reserved his ruling on an application made by defence counsel seeking the prosecution's aid in calling two eye-witnesses to the City Hall riots in Novem- ber, last year. The two eye-witnesses who are being sought
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    • 118 2 Lim. who had been wjth the police force for ten years gave his defence today. But his counsel. Mr. R P. S. Rajasooria Jr. later withdrew from defending him when he "did not follow" his instructions. Prosecuting Officer was Deputy Superintendent Mokhtar bin Marahakim. KUALA
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    • 51 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues A building contractor Cheng Ah Kow. 46, lost 51,959 worth of electrical appliances in a store-room in Sungei Way on Sunday night. Chang, of 2«C, Jalan Reia Laut here, found the appliances which included wires, •witch-hoKes, misting when he visited the building sit* yesterday
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    • 206 4 Robbers get away with $B,OOO ore IPOH. Tues. A Land Rover carrying: 30 bags of thi ore, valued at $B,OOO, from Messrs Wai Heng Tin Mining Company in Ampang Bahru in Tambun was hijacked on a track in the mining property at ahoot 7.30 a.m. today.
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    • 99 4 Picture shows the President of the Lions Club of Ipoh, Dato Chan Swee Ho presenting a lions bannerette to Mr. Lindsey. In the group are left to right: Mr. Minoo Engineer, Asian Secretary of Lions International; Mr. Lim Seang Guan, Dato Chan Swee Ho, Mr. Edward M. Lindsey, Mrs. Lindsey,
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    • 329 4 SULTAN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS KI'ALA LUMPIH, Tues. Mr. Mani Jegathesan. Malaysia ace sprinter has been awarded the Pingat Jaksa Kebaktian (Meritorious Service Medal) in the Sultan of Selanfor's 41st Birthday Honours list. Nine new Datos were also created, one of them being Senator S.O.K. TTbaidullah. Here
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    • 75 4 SITIAWAN. Tues. Three men have been detained by Police for interrogation, in connection with a murder here last Dec. 21 in which a cloth merchant and a bakery proprietor, Mohamed Irfan «/o Mohamed Idris wa» found unconscious with stab wounds on his head, in his car
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    • 100 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Two officers of the Royal Malaysia Police have been selected to attend a threemonth course ?t the National Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. They are Deputy Superintendent, Yahaya bin Yeop and Deputy Superintendent Mohd. Haniff bin Omar.
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    • 137 4 PENANG. Tues. The Chairman of the Road Safety Council of Penang, Mr. Chan Eng Hock, today refuted an allegation made by a former city councillor, Mr. Cheah Phee Aik. that the Traffic Garden in Bodhi Avenue was locked up at night. Mr Chan said
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    • 67 4 PENANG, Tues. —An air exercise involving aircraft of the R A.A.F., tile R A F. and the Royal Navy will take place in th Butterwortn area and as far north as Sungei Patani later this week. Butterworth residents are advised that they should not be alarmed by an
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    • 188 4 TERRORISTS ON MALAYSIA THAI BORDER STILL POSE THREAT Kl ALA LI T MPHI. Tuei. The Communist terrorists on the Thai-Malaysian border area are now now under control. But they are still posing a threat to the security of both countries, the Deputy Minister for Defence of Thailand Air Chief Marshal
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    • 52 4 KUANTAN. Tues. The Mentri Besar of Pahang, Dato Yahaya bin Haji Mohd. will leave for Mecca on a pilgrimage next week by air. He will be accompanied by his wife, Datin Halimah. Both will also tour Europe after the Mecca visit The Mentri Besar will be away for
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    • 43 4 SEREMBAN. Tues. A dance to raise fund for the National Disaster Relief Fund will be held at the Town Hall on Saturday at 9 p.m. Highlight will be a fashion parade. Admission will be $5 for a couple and $3 single.
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    • 157 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Two men who pleaded guilty to robmng Lira Lianf Peng, 27. of $lOO on Feb. 7 at Emherst Estate. Sungai Choh, were sentenced te two years jail each by the president of the Sessions Court here. Enche Abdul Hamid bin Dato Azmi
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    • 45 4 MUAR, Tues. —The Johore State Labour Party Women's section will hold its annual delegates conference in Kluang on March 26. Delegates from all the eight districts in the State Muar, Johore Bahru, Segamat. Kluaqg. Kota Tinggi. Mersing, Pontian and Batu Pahat will attend
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    • 97 4 ALOR STAR, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, today described those who recently opposed the National Language Bill as Communist collaborators. These extremists behaved themselves. added the Prime Minister, just like the communists. He said this before leaving for Kuala Lumpur In a
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    • 50 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Seven masked robbers took away $5,826 in cash and jewellery from a rubber estate in Kajang at S a.m. last Saturday. The thugs were reportedly armed with axe and knives. Thev overpowered seven occupants in a house before ransacking the rooms
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    • 54 4 MUAR, Tues. World Health Day celebrations will be held here on April 8. The Muar District Officer, Knche Ibrahim bin Majid. has been elected Chairman of the Celebrations Committee. A poster competition, e*say and speech contests will be the highlights of the celebrations for primary and secondary
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    • 25 4 IPOH, Tues. A Rovers' movement is being formed far incorporation in the Perak Youth club to augment Its welfare work in the state.
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    • 163 4 Kuala lumpur, Tues. Two Malaysians from the Public Works Department, Enche T.A. Jegaraj. Senior Executive Engineer, at Muar, and Mr. F. L. Cowie, Assistant Engineer at Ipoh, leave for Wellington this weekend. They will attend a group course there In traffic engineering and highway
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    • 74 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Representative of the Selangor Education Department. Enche Mustapha Ma, has reported to the Traffic Advisory Committee that some of the road name plates in the National Language were very confusing, especially those in the Peel Road area. This had resulted in
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    • 172 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Trade union leaders were todav urged that while seeking to improve the lot of the workers, they should also ensure that full productivity was maintained by their members at all time and that only reasonable and justifiable claim* were submitted to
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    • 73 4 PENANG, Tues —A petite Thai girl. Ah Noy Seesongkalam, 17, pleaded guilty in the Second Magisvate's Court today on a charge of illegal entry into Penan? The girl was arrested as a result of a police raid in a house in Barrack Road yesterday. Investigations
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    • 41 4 MALACCA, Tues The Malaysian Government has awarded the Malaysia Remembrance Medal to 188 people here. The recipient include a woman. Miss Sarah Merican. She is > social worker. Other recipients include State Assemblymen and other categories of leaders.
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    • 117 4 MUAR, Tues. More than $1 million worth of fruits and vegetables have been destroyed in four districts in North Johore Muar, Tangkak, Segamat and Batu Pahat because of widesoread floods. Orchard owners said most of their fruit trees and vegetables were rotting away. They
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    • 81 4 MUAR. Tues. More than 500 residents and users of the Jalan Lorong Serkan one, Jalan Daud here, are complaining that the poor condition of the road is causing great inconvenience to them. They say the 400-yard long road is too narrow and has large pot-holes.
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    • 39 4 MUAR. Tues. The Muar District Poppy Day Appeal Committee will hold a "Poppy Ball" at the Tanlong Club at Jalan Petrie here on Thursday. Highlight of the ball will be a beer-drlnlcing competition and a fashion parade.
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    • 299 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— The retiring Indian High Commissioner, Mr. Mustafa Kamil Kidwai, today paid tribute to the Malayan Icodership headed by Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak. He said they were building a peaceful, harmonious and democratic set up "in this happy
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    • Article, Illustration
      31 5 MUAR, Tues. This ex-tra-ordinary pineapple, a Fan shape" one was found ir. a plantation in Serom village. 10 miles north of here. "The lruit weighs about 2 lbs.
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    • 33 5 MALACCA. Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong 0,-ho had previously postponed their visit to this state will be here on March 23-25. They will later tour Johore.
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    • 63 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A six-day group exhibition by six local artists opened at the gallery in A.I.A. Building here yesterday with more than 60 pieces of works on show. The artists are: Anthony Lau, Ibrahim Hussein, Abdul Latiff, Ahmad Jamal. Cheong Lai Tong, Jolly Koh and Yeoh
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    • 186 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Here are the faces of two schoolboys missing from their homes in Stapak since last Thursday. Yew Kan Fatt (seen sipping a soft-drink) Is 4ft. Bin. while Yew Chan Seng is 4ft. lOin. Both are 15 and are Form Two students of
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    • 178 5 KUANTAN, Tues. The Sultan of Pahang today urged Malaysians to accept the National Language Bill to make Malay as the sole and official language in the country. He was speaking here at the opening of the State Legislative meeting. The State Government's policy, said
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    • 34 5 JOHORE BAHRU, TuesThe Royal Customs and Excise Department here will be closed for official business on Saturday, March 11, being public holiday for the anniversary of the funeral Qt the late Sultan Ibrahim.
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    • 258 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Malay-sia-Singapore Airlines' Comet 4's inaugural flight to Perth, Australia, left the Paya Lebar International Airport today at 11 a.m. with representatives from leading travel agencies and newsmen from Singapore and Malaysia. This Is the longest "hop" yet undertaken by a MBA jet
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    • 174 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. About 60 managers from 30 different factories here have indicated that they will attend the industrial safety convention from April 1-7, at the Mobil refinery theatrette in Jurong. This was confirmed by Mr Milton Tan, Chairman of the National Safety First
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    • 170 11 SEREMBAN. Tues Prayers will be offered in all mosques, churches, temples and other houses of prayer in Negri Sembilan for tbe 45th birthday celebrations of the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, on March 29. On that day there will be a birthday parade at the
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    • 153 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore and Malaysian printers should be prepared to invest in the latest printing machinery from Europe if they are to make advances in the industry locally. This is the advice of two of Singapore's leading printers who returned to the Republic this week
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    • 44 11 KUCHING, Tues. A new co-operative multi-purpose society at Sibintek Land Development Scheme, Sibu Rural District, Third Division has been registered this week. It has 54 members, all settlers of the scheme. This is the second co-ope-rative society organised at tbe scheme.
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    • 253 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Joint Committee for Radio Courses is organising a new series of Radio lectures entitled "Singapore: The Way Ahead." It will be a broadcast through Radio 81ngapura every Friday, beginning from April 7 till June 23. These lectures will discuss the
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    • 153 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. Columbia Films have obtained 17 Academy Award nominations for four of their films. They are: "Man of all Seasons" eight nominations for best picture, best director, best screenplay, best actor (Paul Scofleld), best supporting actor (Robert Shaw), best supporting actress (Wendy
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    • 48 11 Tan Sri Runme Shaw well known film magnate and Ihilanthropist, has donated 5,000 through the Shaw Foundation towards the relief of last Saturday's fire victims at Jalan Besar A cheque for this amount was forwarded to the director of Social Welfare today.
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    • 22 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. There were 123 road accidents of which Ave were serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 180 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. English and Chinese language newspapers here have been requested to set up a fund and receive donations to help the Maude Road Fire Victims Relief Fund. A resolution to this effect was passed at an emergency meeting of
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    • 217 11 SINGAPORE. Tuea. By the end of 1966, some part of the Bible had been translated into 1280 languages and dialects, the United Bible Societies report. Although there are estimated to be over 1,000 mutually unintelligible languages in which no part of the Bible as yet
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    • 125 11 SINGAPORE, Tue» The Eastern Sun has received a cheque for $5O from a Perak State Assemblyman. Mr. Cheong Kai Choong. In aid of Miss Chang Kam Yuen. Miss Chan 14. has a massive responsibility of having to support seven younger brothers and sister* from
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    • 140 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. Belinda Wright and Jelko Yuresha. two of Britain's most accomplished ballet dancers will be giving a one-night only recital at the National Theatre on March 29. Miss Wright, who has danced principal roles with the Royal Ballet. Festival Ballet, Ballet Rambert and
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    • 141 11 SNGAPORE. Tues More than five hundred music students from Singapore schools will attend a demonstration concert by the 30-strong hand of the Far East Royal Air Force at Monks Hill School here on March 10 at 5.00 p.m. After the concert the students will have
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    • 40 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. Madam Loh Ah Sim, 62. was found hanging in the toilet of a house at Upper Cross Street this morning. Police said she was found in the toilet of a house in Block Four.
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    • 70 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. Police are looking for the relatives and friends of Miss Foo Lee Fong. 17, who was drowned at Changi point on Feb. 5 at about 2 p.m. Police said that she was believed to be staying at 100-A, Jellicose Road Her body has been
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    • 45 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. Rev. A. Jinarakkhita, a Buddhist monk from Indonesia, will give a talk and conduct meditation practice at the Singapore Theosophical Society, 8 Cairnhill Road here on March, 9 at 6 30 p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • WORLD NEWS
    • 364 5 Union boss is scheduled to enter cell tonight WASHINGTON, Tues. (AP) Teamsters Union President James R. HofTa, apparently a loser after a decade of Federal efforts to jail him, is scheduled to surrender today to start serving an eight-year sentence for jury tampering. "We'll turn
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    • 198 5 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Madam Dewi Sukarno today gave birth to a girl at the Keio University Hospital. Hospital officials said the baby was delivered at 3:05 p.m. Tokyo time. The 27-year-old fourth wife of Indonesian President Sukarno entered the hospital on Sunday. The former Japanese cabaret
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    • 50 5 PARIS, Tues.—The youngest and very likely the most attractive of all the French candidates in the presidential elections in France is Annie Duperrey, seen sitting here amidst electoral posters of Francois Mitterand, leader of the Federation of Democrats and Socialists Left, at Paris headquarters. UPI Photo. UPI Photo.
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    • 657 6 "Time for peace s WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) Pressure is mounting for President Johnson to re-examine every step, including those suggested by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, which might lead to peace In Vietnam. Sen. Jacob K. Javlts, Republican New York, suggested on Sunday that the
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    • 199 6 NEW YORK. Tues (Reuter) Hungarian Intelligence Agents were ordered to enter a BBC-sponsored Shakespeare competition to win a two-week visit to Britain but the prizes were won by genuine students, the New York Times reported yesterday. The story was told by Laszlo Szabo. a
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    • 337 6 TOKYO, Tues. Japan is the third major nation today to hold "reservations" on the non-pro-liferation of N-stock treaty which is being thrashed out in Geneva now. The Japanese stand, together with that of France and Germany threatens to make mince-meat of any final draft that
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    • 147 6 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Emperor Hirohlto's quiet but cheerful wife, Empress Nagako. celebrates her 64th birthday yesterday. During the morning crown Prince Aklhlto and other members of the Imperial family called on the Empress to wish her happy birthday. She also received Prime Minister Eisaku Sato
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    • 84 6 MANILA. Tues (UPI) The Philippines Herald said today the Philippines Armed Forces wouldn't last two days In war. The newspaper, in a series of articles on the Armed Forces which started today. said old weapons and politics had lowered soldiers morale. "8o bad Is
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    • 52 6 BRITISH troops their eyes closed fire tear-gas bombs in an effort to disperse the crowds that were demonstrating in this tiny British colony last week The last few days in Aden have seen many deaths including the killing of two British women attending a party of a British political officer.
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    • 244 6 MONTE CARLO, Tues. (Reuter) Monaco's Supreme Court tocay rejected a case by Greek shipping: magnate Aristotle Onassis charging government with stock manipulation in private business. This was the final round in the long drawn out battle between Prince Rainier of Monaco and
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    • 90 6 HERNANDO, Mississippi, Tues. (Reuter) The conrete cell walls in Desoto county jail here could not stop 18-year-old Mar go Freshwater in on a murder charge from breaking through to four male prisoner next door. Sheriff Lee Meredith said he had ordered steel plating to reinforce
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    • 99 6 A hit-and-run— by lion LIBERTYVILLE. Illinois, Tues. (UPD —A toothless 150 pound pet lion clamped its Jaws on a 3-year-old girl and knocked her to the ground on Sunday. The lion's owner whisked the animal aw&y before police arrived. Lynn Jones, Libertyville, was 5 feet from the leashed lion, when
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    • 89 6 MOSCOW, Tues. Reuter— The Bolshoi Theatre opera company will stage five major productions at the Montreal World's Fair, the official news agency Tass reported today. The 400-stron* company will present Borodin's Prince Igor, Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades. Moussorgsky's Boris Godounov, Prokofiev's War and Peace and
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    • 271 6 VANDENBERO AIR FORCE BASE. California. Tues. (UPI) A Joint Air Force-industry team launched a wedge-shaped manoeuvrable re-entry space vehicle down the Air Force's Western test range on Sunday as the second test of the prlm e series. The flying wedge will test
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    • 49 6 RABAT. Morocco, Tues. (UPI) An opinion pool conducted by a Moroccan daily newspaper disclosed that 30 out of a hundred Moroccan bachelors said they would choose German wives if they had to marry Europeans. The other choices were: French, Swedish, Danish and English, in that order.
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    • 175 6 PHOENIX, Arizona. Tues. (UPI) A Superior Court here will start some real soul-searching when It begins probating the will of an obscure Arizona miner who left U.S. $200,000 to finance a scientific search for the human soul. The strange bequest was made by James Kldd
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    • 241 6 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) The City of New York and Consolidated Edison Company sent delegates to Europe last night In a unique joint search for a better and clearer way of refuse disposal. "This Is the first time to my knowledge," Mr. Heller said,
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    • 439 7 NEW ORLEANS, Tues. (Reuter) District Attorney Jim Garrison yesterday subpoenaed another Orleans businessman for questioning in connection with an alleged conspiracy to assassinate Present Kennedy. Tohn B. Dauenhauer was -uestioned by investigators 3 t -he flamboyant District Attorney's office for nearly hours. His
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    • 31 7 HAMMA9CIR. Algeria, Tues. (UPI) The launching of France's first monkey "astronaut" was postponed here yesterday because of strong winds. It was rescheduled for this morning.
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    • 73 7 AUCKLAND, Tues. (AP) A child's hair ribbon fell into a pool at Napier, New Zealand and killed a dolphin. The dolphin. Jenco, a favourite with spectators at Napier's Marineland, swallowed the ribbon. But it stuck in her lung and caused a haemorrhage from which she died. An
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    • 132 7 SAIGON. Tues. (AP) A fast-spreading Are ravaged a slum area of Saigon along the city's riverfront today and destroyed more than 1.000 wooden homes, leaving thousands of Vietnamese homeless. Three children were reported to have died an 12 persons were injured in
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    • FULL CIRCLE IN DELINQUENCY
      • 131 7 ROCKFORD. Illinois, Tues. (UPI) The 18-year-old son of a former Duputy Sheriff was charged yesterday with the execution-type slayings of two 14-year-old boys in a park shelter. Sheriff Herbert Brown announced that John Williams. 18, had been charged the murders of two cousins. Ronald
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      • 144 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Dressed as nursery rhyme characters, 12 mothers and their children picketed against war toys yesterday outside the American Toy Fair Headquarters in the Hotel New Yorker. Leading the demonstrators were Mrs. Patricia Murray. costumed as Red Riding Hood, and her
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      • 184 7 AUSTIN, Texas. Tues. (AP) An attorney testifying before a legislative committee said ytsterday that Charles J. Whitman, the University of Texas sniper, obtained drugs illegally and took them continuously. Dean Davis, Attorney for the Texas Board of Pharmacy, said "Whitman
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    • 250 7 The Speck trial PEORIA, Illinois Tues. (UPI) Opposing attorneys in the Richard Speck murder trial twice yesterday tentatively seated a second panel of four prospective jurors. But by the end of the day the count of definitely chosen Jurors still remained at four,
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    • 188 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (AP) A man made a human torch of his wife by throwing gasoline on her and lighting it during a family dispute at New York housing project yesterday afternoon, one of their children told police. The father, mother and three of their
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    • 399 7 HEREFORD. Texas, Tues. (UPI) About a year ago, a Puerto Rican-born chemist marketed to nonicotine cigarettes made of lettuce leaves. Puzant C. Torlglan, who developed the process then opened two Texas plants to prepare and distribute the cigarettes, announced after four months that "Bravo Smokes.
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    • 32 7 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. (UPI) A karate blow proved fatal to an 18-year-old participant in the Northern California Karate championships this weekend He died of a ruptured spleen.
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    • 117 7 HONG KONG. Tue s (UPI) —Communist China has accused Indonesia of trying to provoke a break In relations so the Jakarta government could establish ties with Nationalist China, according to a Peking radio report today. The accusations were contained in a protest statement
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    • 51 7 WARSAW. Tues. (UPI) It was one of those times when a woman feels like quietly fainting away. That's just what an unnamed young lady did in the town of Katowice when she took off her coat in a crowded restaurant. She had forgotten to nut on a
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    • 95 7 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) U.S. News and World report said in its latest issue that Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the U.S. Commander in Vietnam, will be returning soon to the United States for a "high military post." "Gen Creighton W. Abrams Jr., now Vice Chief of Staff of
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    • 314 7 TOKYO, Tues. (UPI) The nightlife correspondent for the Japan Times paid unusual tribute to Korean women today in a column entitled "Seoul after dark The author, who signs himself "The Night Owl." said Korean women have Asia's "most soulful eyes"
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    • 53 7 U.S. AMBASSADOR to the United Nations Arthur Goldberg (right) met the press in Saigon on his arrival for four-day visit of South Vietnam recently. Goldberg will confer with US and Vietnamese officials on the War and prospect for peace. At left is US Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge.—(PANA
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    • 242 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) U.S. Defence Secretary Mr. Robert S. McNamara today appeared headed for another collision with Congress over his two-vcar-old plan to eliminate 15 of the 23 National Guard divisions. During the weekend Mr. McNamara was reported determined to carry out
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    • 98 7 ROME, Tues. (UPI) Actor Anthony Quinn, 51, was taken to a Rome clinic yesterday suffering from an attack of appendicitis. His appendix was removed. Aides of Prof.. Mario Giordani, who performed the surgery, said the operation was "completely successful." Mr. Quinn was accompanied to
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    • 165 7 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson faces a new backbench revolt against his Labour Government's policies in a House of Commons debate tonight despite his controversial warning to party rebels. Less than a week ago 60 backbenchers shook the Government by refusing
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    • 167 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Americans should listen to the voice of Hanoi and try to find out what it really thinks, the World Journal Tribune said In an editorial yesterday. "True." It said. "Ho Chi Mlnh and his government are quoted. Interpreted and analysed in the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 587 5 YOUR ■a mr T V CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulan Pinang 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3/10 Johore Bataru; 4 Taipin*: Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. (Singapore viewers, please switch to channel 3 for T.V. Malaysia programmes). and Winds." -S.M NATIONAL LANGUAGE SEC. I "Merangkaikan Barang2.'' -3.45 MATHEMATICS SEC. II "Polygons
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 104 6 ill SIM H iffi MDMIM Bfll OVER THE OUI6MRIB OF RARId, A COMMEM* Lnu okative air race turns into a real-life POSFISHT A& -THRUSH A6CWTS MARK NAPOLEON SOLO AHP ILLYA KUKfAtON FOR GUPPEN DEATH/ AMD UNCLE'S "ACE" AGENTS MUST SURVIVE THE BRE..OKTHBR ORGANIZATION WILL RACE PI9ASTER/ Soon after, inwpe the
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    • 29 7 lif OM I P6DICATfe MVfeELF SUBTLE AND £IANJDEST)ME OVeRTMraDW OF MAhi when do vt>u plan 7b START rill M m by Johnny hart scon as i eer in shape.
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  • 744 8 THE agitation against fragmentation of large European rubber plantations should not muddle the thinking of officialdom. The large scale opening of Jungle lands for rubber planting started in 1911 or thereabouts. Every boat from India in those days brought to Malaya large numbers of Tamils from Madras
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  • 1354 8  -  By: Ian Tickle OF ALL the states outside Europe, India is the one most concerned with the proposed treaty to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. There are two essential reasons for this: (a) India's peaceful nuclear programme is well developed and, although so far
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  • 932 8  -  yHE DUKE of Edinburgh's Third Commonwealth Study Conference, entitled "The Human Problems of Industrial Development and Re-development in Commonwealth Countries", is to be held in Canberra, Australia, from May 12 to June 4, 1968. It will be attended by 300 delegates chosen from a
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 272 8 HEADER'S l COURTROOM /A% Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, Handbook of Evldencs For Criminal Trials") POLE thought when he prepared his will that it nrohoKu" P e ctl y slm Pl« and clear. He would probably whirl in his grave if he knew his seven heirs contested this will. Cole bequeathed
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
    • 222 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. J. R. Morris, Managing Director of Izal (Overseas) Limited is visiting. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in connection with the formation of Izal (Malaya) Limited and Izal (Singapore) Limited. Mr. Morris is responsible for all overseas activities of the Chemicals Division of the parent
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    • 39 9 MANILA, Tues. (Reuter) The government's sugar quota board has estimated Philippine sugar production for the croo year 1966-67 to be 1.760,488 short tons, or 1.95 per cent higher than the estimate of 1,726,756 tons made last September.
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    • 671 9 TOKYO, Japan, Tues. (Reuter) JAPAN'S steel Industry anticipating a new period of expansion has set itself w an annual production target of 80,000,000 tons by 1974. AnJJ est Germ any, with a population of about 50,000,000 people, can produce 40,000,000 tons
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    • 130 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (AP) The Stock Market advanced In fairly active trading early yesterday. Gainers outnumbered losers by about 5 to 3 but the Dow Jones industrial average showed only a thin gain as many blue chips performed indifferently. Some of the building material issues
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    • 341 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Approved plans for opening new branches in three South American countries were announced recently by the Bank of America, the world's largest privately owned bank. The branches will be located in Guayquil, Ecuador, La Paz, Bolivia and Bogota, Colombia. According to
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    • 719 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Activity on the Stock Exchange was extremely quiet. Most leading counters in the industrial section eased slightly. Gammon which saw a steady trend on Monday, fell to $1.47. This figure shows a drop of two cents. Hotel Singapura followed the same pattern
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    • 94 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its ratec to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16; Airmail O.D. 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33$ credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 35- Airmail O.D. 35$; 90 d/st. 361 credit bills; 36-3/16 trade
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    • 76 9 LONDON. Tues, (UPI) Retail sales in Britain in January improved after the long setback suffered in the wake of the emergency measures to correct the economy taken in July last, figures from the Board of Trade showed yesterday. The index rose to 127 which was its best
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    • 78 9 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Rubber market closed yesterday steady with spot 17-7/16-17-5/8. Settlement House: April 17-1/2 17-5/8 May 17-5/8 17-3/4 June 17-3/4 17-7/8 April/June 17-5/8 17-3/4 July/Sept 18-1/16 18-3/16 Oct Dec 18-3/8 18-1/2 Jan/March 18-9/16 18-11/16 April/June 18-3/4 18-15/16 July/Sept 18-7/8 19-1/16 Oct Dec 19 19-1/16 Jar/March 19-1/8
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    • 59 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Rubber futures today closed 10 to 30 points higher. Sale none Mar 67 19.95 20.60 May 67 20.50 21.00 July 67 20.60 21.05 Sept 67 20.60 21.05 Dec 67 2070 21.10 Jan 68 20.80 21.50 Mar 68 20.80 21.50 Locally, the spot No.
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    • 319 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE, T u s. March first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5.00 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 57} cents per lb., up J cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet. Opening quotations were marked up about cent on sharply improved London
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    • 26 9 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) The rubber market was quietly steady. No. 1. RSS spot 17-7/16 17|. No. 1. RSS cif basis ports March 17* 17|.
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE, Tues.— The tin price for today was $602.87 per picul, down 12* cents.
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    • 560 9 BmaroRE-itwk n rr 9 T5 m bid and o(ler price* nfflclnlb IIMtd «t the Mow of i iwlnFM. INDOTRI.il.. iV>u«lrni1 1JW t 1.57 f, *uur Chrmml Co lit i ;n E.U l l.:7 ('old Storage 3-24 (Hinlop 1 f, Nmritlni 4.4(1 4.14 t>w <tnl«. Htipn trick* t
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    • 161 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following ships are expected in port today Goaowns Vessels 1/2 Sealady 3/4 Resita 5 Nereus 6/7 Amstelmolen 8/9 Tomar 10/11 Fernland 13/14 Lexa Maersk 15/16 Menelaus 18 Svend Maersk 19 Utetis 21/22 Kyoko Maru 23/24 Unkai Maru No. 8 25/26 Nikkei Maru 29/30 Frofjord 31/32
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    • 52 9 (M>nicrr> rim Malayan 'i'i'i S.3S cwimd Mulatan 1 «> i.:« Third Malayan 1.16 LT7 Tlif ('aaaniwt* A Industry Fund J9 l.OO Tltr Fund \D 1.1.1 1.41 Mtlinlin iin«tiwnl Fund M 1.01 8trrllnc Cnttimodlty .1 1A 4.5 F!r»t H«nt Konj I.WI IJO."!" gfWind Hnni Knnr 70 .74* V\«'llg .IV
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    • 114 9 MNfUPORF. Tno». J-irifiJi-jn»rr fhlnm ['rod iiit F.i<hanio noon prtrr* Intfty »ri» Harrr* seller* ODMII oil (FORi Hulk 44.0® r nil <1 UB> Hmmi 4T.M Lonw lupra MUrri M.irApr ««l Muear (Java) n w Mil Salmr*» lift* Ml ***** SilliiiPH RAW Oarf>l*4 Umpmii 19S.OO Klark Pfpprr (lOHl io?.s© ffppff Black
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Tues (UPI) Money Quotations HK$5.735/5.7475 per US dollar for cash HK515.99 per pound sterling HK5264.625 per tae gold.
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    • 33 9 MELBOURNE. Tues. (AP) Wine consumption in Australia had gone up by 85 per cent in the past five years, the Vice-President of Melbourne's Vintage Club, Mr. Guy Lane, announced in Melbourne.
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    • 931 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.3.1 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time B.SO a.m. Airline JAL 712 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kurhlnir.
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  • DEWAN NEGARA & DEWAN RA'AYAT
    • 1865 10 Debate on Bernama Bill: KUALA LUMPUR, TUES. A Bill to establish the national news ageney BERNAMA was passed by the Dewan Ra'ayat this afternoon. The Minister of Information, Enehe Senu bin Abdul Rahman, in winding up the debate, said that Malaysian
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    • 44 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Senate late this evening also passed the Finance Bill, the Racing Club (Public Sweepstakes) (Amendment) Bill, the Supplementary Supply (1966) Bill and the Stamp Duty (Special Provisions) (Malaysia) Bill. There was no debate. Sitting resumes on Thursday.
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    • 612 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues, The Government will shortly introduce new measures to check sub-division of estates, the Minister of Lands and Mines, Enche Abdul Rahman Yakub, told the Senate today. He would not say what these measures were but added that the were contained In recommendations
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    • 208 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Dewan Ra'ayat tonight passed the Amendment Bill on the Control of Rent Act, 1966. The Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kal Boh, In winding up the debate, declared that the Government intended to make amendments
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    • 158 10 A walking stick presented by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, to the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Keith Holyoake, was put to good use recently by Mr. Holyoake. The New Zealand Prime Minister strained a leg muscle on the eve of the arrival
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    • 60 10 MUAR. Tues. Four hundred Adult Education classes have been opened in Johore this year. The organiser of the Johore State Adult Education Board, Enche Suleiman bin Adam, said there are at present 381 teachers with a total of 14.000 "pupils in all the districts. Classes are
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    • 83 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Dewan Ra ayat this afternoon. In winding up the debate, the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives, Haji Ghazali Jawi, pointed out that FAMA has no intention He said that FAMA would help to
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 85 10 By Kerry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evldane# Tor Criminal Trial*") NO. "Courts lean against specific legacies," the judge decided. "But neither the preference of the law, nor the leaning of courts, extends to cases where the intention of the testator can be satisfactorily ascertained. These were general bequest gifts
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 65 11 S'PORE DIARY 3 p m. to 7 .pm. Shenton Way: Building Materials and Services Exhibition. 6.30 p.m. Victoria Theatre; "Lady Precious Stream", Stage play organised by the Singapore Cancer Society. 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Kampong Eng Ann, Farrer Road; Kampong Lim Teck Boo, Paya
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  • NEWS FROM WEST GERMANY
    • 687 12 FLASHBACK Federal Parliament BONN, Tuesday. pRESIDENT (Dr.) Heinrich Luebke was born on Oct. 14, 1894 in Enkhausen, district of Arnsberg, Westphalia. After passing his secondary school leaving examination in 1913, he studied at the agricultural colleges of Bonn and Berlin and at the universities of Bonn,
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    • 45 12 a Federal President Dr. Heinrich Luebke and Frau Wilhelmine Luebke. THE Prime Minister of Malaysia (then Malaya); Tunkn Abdul Rahman, visited the Federal Republic of Germany in May 1960. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Luebke, the Federal President, welcomes his distinguished guest.
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    • 551 12 pRAU Wilhelmine Luebke, nee Keuthen, grew up as the second of five children at Ramsbeck in the Sauerland region. Her father was office manager of Stollberger Zink AG, an ore mining company. Her ancestry is of farming stock. She lost her father at
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    • 434 12 r PHE President of the FedA e r a 1 Republic of Germany the Federal President —is the German head of state. He is elected for a term of five years by a "Federal Assembly", which consists of all Bundestag Members and an equal number of
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    • 825 12 Message from the Malaysian Ambassador to the Republic of Germany, Tuan Haji Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman. BONN, Tues. WE Malaysians should feel greatly honoured by the visit of His Excellency the President of the Federal Republic of Germany and his wife Madam Luebke to our country.
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  • EASTERN SUN FEATURE
    • 576 13 NEW era in the history of Japanese theatre was inaugurated whtn the National Theatre in Tokyo opened with the performance of the Kabuki masterpiece "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami" last year. The National Theatre fc« been constructed for the purpose of preserving Japan's traditional theatrical
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    • 581 13  -  By PRADIP BOSE ONLY0 NLY a few months ago Communist China sent an Ulema (Muslim religious leaders) delegation to Pakistan. They travelled extensively, especially in East Pakistan, and addressed Muslim religious congregations in which they spoke eloquently about the "eternal friendship" between the Chinese
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    • 619 13 QUESTIONS TO SIZE YOU UP kind of home suits you best? It all really depends upon your personality. You may be the type who needs to have an easilymanaged house, full of labour-saving gadgets. On the other hand you may have a personality which demands
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    • 415 13 proposal requiring a /or ma I declaration of imr to bomb A orth V ietnam or rainv troop strength over 300,000 men died in the i\S. Senate. AM* Correspondent SPENCER DA VMS discusses the implications of such a declaration in the iollotrinff
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 226 13 ©SHAW ORGANISATION LIDO Phone ***** J NOW SHOWING! 11 a m 1.30. 4.00. 6.50 #.15 p m C'int Eastwood Lee Van Cleef FOR A FEW POI.LARS MORE" Techniscope Technicolor <UA) CAPITOL Phone ***** 1 Vow Showlnr! 11, 1.45. 4. «30. 8.30 "The Silencers Kill A*aln" Techmscope Technicolor Coming; Soon! 13
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    • 252 13 lESGEaa ODEON ?1 1 1 r. rii LAST 4 SHOWS! 11 a.m. 1.30. 4 00 4 A.3d p m Columbia "The Professionals" Burt Lancaster p-Vislon Colour w l N» CATHA~ 3 3400 :l0 6 M »»o THE QIILLER MIMOSANDIN" worse Segal Aiec Gu;nne»» PAN A VISION COLOR Hank Organisation Picture
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  • SUNSPORT
    • 345 14 NEW YORK, Tues. (AFP). World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, sporting a huge sombrero and a green silk suit, said yesterday that he intended to pursue a "buttoned lips policy" over his March 22 fight with Zora Folley. "Folley Is a nice, clean, civilised fellow
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    • 210 14 BUENOS AIRES, Tues. (AP) C astiui Clay finally found his talking match yesterday. "I'll kill the Moslem," said Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena. He was commenting on reports he will meet the world heavyweight king in a title fight at Tokyo on May 27. "Up
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    • 102 14 TOKYO. Tues. (AFPY World bantamweight boxing champion Masahiko "Fighting" Harada of Japan has agreed to stake his title against Colombia's Bernardo Carabello in Tokyo on July 4. Takeshi Sasazaki, Harada's manager announced last night. The 15-round title match will be staged at Tokyo's 10.000-seat Budokan Hall.
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    • 140 14 MANILA. Tues. (AFP) World Junior-light-weight champion Gabriel "Flash" Elorde will engage Philippine No. 4 lightweight contender Del Rosario Kid in a three-round exhibition bout on March 10 at the Rlzal Stadium, It was reported yesterday. The bout will be the first
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    • 292 14 COPENHAGEN, Tues. (AP). The preliminary rounds of the international badminton tournament start here today with players from nine nations competing. The matches in Ave categories are warm-up rounds for the English championships in London, March 15-18, considered the unofficial world badminton championships. Favoured in
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    • 136 14 MEXICO CITY, Tues. (AP)—Four amateur soccer players were shot and killed In a quarrel In a small bar on the outskirts of the capital. A waiter was sought. Those shot on Sunday night were members of the Germanla team which had Just completed a
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    • 242 14 —SBHFA SINGAPORE. Tues The Hon. Secretary of the Singapore Business Houses F.A. Mr. K.S. Manickam, has appealed to affiliated clubs for co-operation to make the 1967 league competitions a "big success". In an interview with Sunsport. Mr. Manickam said: "The Council wishes all the
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    • 77 14 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Tues. (UPI) Fred Stolle and Dennis Ralston, who recently turned professional, head a field of eight players from six nations for the US$l2,OOO professional tennis tournament which begins on Thursday at the Racquet Club Hotel. The tournament will run through March
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    • 49 14 for S'pore GP Inch e Othman Wok, Minister for Social Affairs and Culture is seen receiving a $5,850 cheque from Mr. Francis Teo, director of Guan Hoe Company (M) Ltd., the distributors of Suzuki machines. The cheque is the firm's contribution towards the staging of the Singapore Grand Prix.
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    • 157 14 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Executive Committee of the Football Association of Singapore is to submit a recommendation that the referees society be allocated a permanent seat in the Council the policy-making body of the Association. The Executive Committee is expected to meet shortly to place
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    • 29 14 Malacca, Tues. Kilat Club defeated High School Old Boys Association by four wickets in a friendly cricket match at the Malacca Club ground here.
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    • 156 14 SYDNEY, Tues. (Reuter). Australian Test cricketer Johnny Martin criticised the standard of umpiring in South Africa when he returned to Sydney today. He said of umpire Hayward Kidson who was concerned in several controversial decisions: "I think the man probably did as
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    • 79 14 PHILADELPHIA. Tue s. (AFP) -T- Welterweight "Gypsy" Joe Harris warmed up for his forthcoming nontitle bout with world champoin Curtis Cokes by inflicting a six-sound beating on Philadelphia's Johnny Knight last night. Harris opened a deep cut over his opponent's left eyebrow in the
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    • 165 14 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Sirgapore Business Houses F.A. is expected to finalise arrangements for the proposed tour to Cambodia shortly Officials of the association have had talks with a local representative to work out details for the trip. A SBHFA official told Sunsport: "The representative has
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    • SPORTS/RACING
      • 875 15 Horses Class 2, Div. 2—6 Furs. SEE L m,, %In Si™c K s ok cKt bI 009 Pan Andy 5y 8.13 Pandy Stabl? V.' Teh OrtO Master aiuer Sy 8.12 Oindv Btable ii "iVmnifiv s;!2 f»l'n 5y 8.13 Gembira Stable" r B'kelen n*n \s
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      • 194 15 SINGAPORE. Tues. SportGesture 11. a candidate or the Singapore Derby, Is played striking: form on a trark here this mornjngwhen clocking half a mile r»0 2/5 sec, the last three furlongs in 38. He did his »"k with Dark Romance II tor company and
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      • 142 15 MALACCA, Tues Th'S year's annual Malacca Amateur Athletic Association's cross-country championships will be organised by the Malacca Chinese Recreation Club on behalf of the State AAA. The cross-country Championships will be held on March 19 starting at 7.30 a.m. at Bukit Bahru. The course
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      • 260 15 SYDNEY, Tu«t. (R«ut«r). Australia's states have voted 5-1 in favour of open tennis. Yesterday, when the last two of the six states voted on the issue, the Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Association decided unanimously to support open tennis, while South Australia aareed to the idea
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      • 253 15 TOKYO, Tues. <UPI) Thirty-nine countries have sent word they will participate in the World University Games. Aug. 26 through Sept. 4. in Tokyo, a spokesman for the organising committee said today. It is estimated that some 50 countries, Involving 3.000 officials and athletes,
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      • 437 15 TOKYO, Ti.es. (UPI). Italy's world junior welterweight champion Sandro Lopopolo will defend his title against Paul Fuji, the Orient junior welterweight titleholder, in Tokyo on April 9, Manila fight promoter lope Sarreal said today. Sarreal said the 15round title bout will be promoted by
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      • 573 15 LONDON, Tues. (AFP) Most British hoxinr correspondents are confident that Alan Rudkin. former British bantamweight champion, and featherweight hope Jimmy Anderson, will repel the Japanese "invasion" of Kiichi Tsug-Anezawa and Hiroshi Shoji at the Royal Albert Hall tonight. Under the headline "Unknown Japs no
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      • 323 15 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) The following is a complete list of English and Scottish football fixtures for Saturday March 11. Revised English Football Association Cup sth Round: Brimingham City v Arsenal, Chelsea v Sheffield United, Everton v Liverpool evening kickoff, Manchester City v Ipswich Town,
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      • 81 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Tue«. The touring Otabuhu Rugby XV from New Zealand will play their last gama with the Selangor Rugby Union President's XV at tne Selangor padang tomorrow at 5.1S p.m. After the match they will be entertained to a farewell dinner by the SRU
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      • 1327 15 The Republic Cup Horses Class l, Div. 1—6 Furs. 102 Napoleon Solo 6y 9.03 Income Kongsi Dnni.io 9" Lord Jim 5y 9.01 Kingdom gt&le '.'.'.V J. dSKiv 060 Top Honour 7y 8.11 Chukell Stable R B'kelen 577 Silver Crown 5y 8.11 L.K. Ng R
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    • 849 16  -  By Percy Joseph KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Frank Phillips, Australian professional golfer and 1962 winner of the Malayan Open Golf Championship, partnering the Sultan of Selangor, today fired a three under par 69, on the opening day of the professional/amateur tournament of the
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    • 414 16 Following is the Pro/Am tournament draw for tomorrow in the Malaysian Open Golf Championship 1967 (professionals are mentioned first and handicaps are given in brackets). 8.00 a.m. Hahn Chang San and Dato W.M. Macleod (9), versus Teo Chin Ann and William Chew (17),, 8.06 a.m. Hardwick, J. and
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    • 255 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman said today the Subang Golf Course when completed would be one of the finest In Asia. In a message in the Malaysian Open Golf Championship souvenir programme. he said golfing in the
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    • 201 16 BINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Softball Association showed a tremendous upsurge In Its activities and experienced a phenomenal growth in the popularity of the game in schools in the Republic. The 1966 annual report of SSA states: "The year 1966 was the most auspicious and eventful
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    • 130 16 SINGAPORE. Tue 8. The Organising Council for the Bth Asian table-tennis championships today confirmed the dates for the staging of the championships to be held In the Republic. The Singapore Badminton Stadium has been selected as the venue for the championships from August 12 to
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    • 274 16 PERTH, Tues. (Reuter). —Suggestions that members of his team had not been behind him were "utter nonsense/' Australian cricket captain Bobby Simpson said today at Perth Airport. Simpson was accompanied by nine other members of the side beaten 3-1 in the Test series
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    • 298 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. M. Namazie the 1966 junior cross-country champion won the title for the second time when he clocked 12mins. 25.6 sees to emerge as champion in the junior 1967 SAAA crosscountry championships held over the week-end. Namazie described as the most
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    • 250 16 NEW PLYMOUTH New Zealand, Tues. (Reuter) Vic Pollard, seven for 65, bowled New Zealand to victory by 159 runs over Australia in their first representative cricket match here today. Australia. needing 351 runs to win, here all out for 191 soon after tea on the
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    • 159 16 SEREMBAN. Tues. The National Union of Teachers (Negri branch) announced it has also decided to pull out from the major sports organisations in the State. They are the second body to do so. The first was by Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Association. Like NSCA, the teachers
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 173 14 NOTICE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, MALAYA. Application for Admission 1967/68 Academic Session Closing Date. CANDIDATES applying for admission to the diploma course and the preliminary course in the College of Agriculture, Malaya are requested to note that the closing date for the receipt of applications is 18th March, 1967. TAN TUAN
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    • 140 14 Eastern SunCLASSIFIED ADS CANTONMENT ROAD. SINCAPOtI 2 TILIPHONIS *****/7. ANNOUNCEMENTS, MARRIACES. BIRTHS. DEATHS. INCACIMENTS. PERSONAL. IN MEMORIAM ETC. VEHICLES FOR SALE. SITUATIONS VACANT. ACCOMMODATION VACANT. FOR SALE. WANTED ETC. $lO |*s/FOR A MINIMUM OP TWESTi' WORDS EACH ADDITIONAL WORD 50 CENTS FOR A MINIMUM OF TWENTY WORDS EACH ADDITIONAL WORD
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 67 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang; 12.32 p.m. (5.9 ft); 11.59 p.m. (6.8 ft.) M*l W < t t enham: 425 am < 12 7 4.59 p.m. \13.5 it.) Port Dickson: 5.28 a.m. (7.3 ft.); 5.33 p.m. (6.9 ft.) SiT;! o; m <7 9 ft) j 1058 P m < 7 8
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