Eastern Sun, 9 March 1967

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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 228 Thursday, March 9 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon 'SACK SUKARNO'CALL
    486 1 Bung Karno difficulties and trouble Suharto addresses Congress JAKARTA, WED. (REUTER) INDONESIA'S supreme policy" making Peopie's Consultative Cong* ress erupted into violent condemnation of President Suharno only hours after Army ruler General Suharto absolved the President of direct participation in the 1965 Communist coup attempt. Powerful student and
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    Lock icon Reign of terror sweeps Canton
    257 1 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) —A new reign of terror swept Canton city the past few days when fully-armed troops started large-scale arrests of alleged anti Mao elemenfs, according to press reports today. Quoting arrivals, the independent Ming Pao, the rightwing Hong Kong Times, Kung Sheung
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    Lock icon Charles will sing 'The Pirates of Penzance'
    90 1 LONDONSTOWN, Scotland. Wed. < UPI) Until Fnnce Charles becomes a real king, he will have to gr along with the make belief variety. His first opportunity comes later this month, when he sings the lead role. The Pirate King, in Gilbert and Sullivan's
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    Lock icon Guerrilla shot dead
    62 1 KUCHING, Wed. Another member of the PGRS •Pasokan Guerilla Rakyat Sarawak) was killed when he walked Into a Malaysian ffurlty forces' ambush at Gunong Gading, Lundu district, yesterday. Some medicine. 104 rounds of ammunition, uniforms and anti-per-sonnel mines were recovered. documents and f *o insignia were found
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    Lock icon 'US has escalated V-war'
    203 1 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Democrat of New York, said today the United States had escalated the war in Vietnam just as North Vietnam was showing a new willingness to negotiate a settlement. The Johnson Administration is taking a more militant stand than
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    Lock icon Anti-Soek students ejected
    54 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) Armed troops today ejected a band of militant anti-Sukarno students from an entrance of the People's Consultative Congress, meeting here to debate the President's future. Soldiers forced the students back from the Congress steps and out of the grounds, where they joined hundreds of
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    Lock icon This will take some beating...
    183 1 DANVILLE, Illinois. Wed. (AP) Mrs. Nathaniel Collier, who gave birth to her fourth set of twins on Saturday, is resting comfortably in a hospital, 'enjoying the longest vacation I've had in years.' "The doctor is in no hurry to send me home, and I'm in
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    Lock icon BARBER SLASHES OWN HAND WITH RAZOR
    163 1 ANNISTON, Alabama, Wed. (UPI) Robert Lee, a barber, was wielding a straight razor in his shop as more than 150 persons and seven policemen watched in horrified fascination. First. Lee slashed the back of his hand. Then he cut his ankle. His throat would
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Ang chaired after polls success
      173 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The People'i Action P»rty'» candidate, Mr. Ang Nam Piaa, who won tile Thomson bv-eleetion bv an overwhelming majority, being chaired bv enthusiastic partv supported (Above) soon after the results of the polls were announced last night. Mr. Ang polled 9.407 against Independent candidates
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      Lock icon MP visits injured fireman
      97 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs, Mr. Chan Chee Seng, this afternoon visited Enche Mohamed Salleh bin Abdul Karim, the fireman who was injured during the Maude Road fire on Saturday. Enche Salleh who suffered a fractured leg. is now recovering
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      Lock icon Charged with causing grievous hurt
      97 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Hoo See Cheng, 31, was today charged in the Fourth Magistrate's Court with having "voluntarily causey grievous hurt" to acting Deputy Superintendent of Police, Phang Cheow Hock, on Mar. 6 at 12.55 p.m at Crawford Street. He also faced two additional charges of
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      Lock icon Repairs ahead of schedule
      64 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Public Works Department has completed major repairs to the downstream side of Anderson Bridge ahead of schedule. Work will now start on the upstream side necessitating the closure of one of the three traffic lanes. To help ease congestion, motorists are requested to
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      Lock icon Robbers escape with $1,905 loot
      42 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Four robbers, three armed with daggers, walked Into China Store at Serangoon Garden Way yesterday and held the proprietor at dag-ger-point and escaped with $1,905 in cash and property. The thieves escaped in a ear.
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      Lock icon Musical gifts to National Library
      174 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. The National Library has received a gift of 253 items of orchestral music belonging to the late Mr. Chia Keng Tye. The items were donated by Dr. Chia Chin Tiong and Mr. Chia Chin Siang, son» of the late Mf. Chia. They wanted
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      Lock icon JURONG TIMBER BLAZE ESTIMATED AT $120,000
      149 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Damage caused by the fire which broke out yesterday In Jalan Toh Guan, off Jurong, waa estimated at $120,000 today. e e ve people were renoered homeless as a result of the fire which razed a ply.wood ram furniture store and a
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      Lock icon World Food Bank suggested to overcome food shortage
      389 2  -  By Madeleine Nathan QINGAPORi, Wed. The President of the International Secretariat of Dried Vine Fruit Producing Countries feels that a World Pood Bank comprising members of developed countries would be able to contribute greatly in solving food shortage. He is Sir Eugene
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      Lock icon ISHAK IS PLEASED WITH ETV SERVICE FOR SCHOOLS
      177 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister of State for education. Enche Rahim Ishak. said today he was pleased to see that the educational television programmes for schools were being properly utilised. He made this comment after visiting two schools the Convent of the Holy
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      Lock icon Taxi-driver's appeal against immoral conviction allowed
      144 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. A taxi-driver sentenced to nine months' imprisonment by a lower court on a charge of living an immoral earnings, had his conviction quashed and sentence set aside by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah today. Mr. David Marshall, arguing the appeal for Keng
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      Lock icon Accidents
      21 2 SINGAPORE. Wed.— There were 106 road accidents, of which three were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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      Lock icon Tunku's visit to Kluang, Segamat on Mar. 17 off
      176 2 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. The Prime Minister. Tunkn Abdul Rahman, has cancelled his scheduled one-day visit to Kluang and Segamat on Mar. 17. This was confirmed here today by the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Othman Mohamed Sa'at. No reasons were given for
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      Lock icon Dinner for top Japanese executives
      95 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Messrs. Chong Lee Leong Seng, sole agents for Yanmar Diesel Engines, last night entertained Its visiting President. Mr Isadao Yamaoka, to dinner at Peking Restaurant here. Mr. Yamaoka flew to Singapore on Monday, accompanied by his company's en- gmeer, Mr. M. Oishl. and
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      Lock icon Businessman's two missing children
      186 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. A brother and sister have been reported missing from their home in Lorong 4, Gevlang for more than a week. The missing children are Tsai Cheng Seng. 17, and her sister, Tsai Hual Tsu, 15. whose father is Mr. Tsai Swee Chow, a businessman.
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      Lock icon Appeal against forfeiture of 2 cars upheld
      303 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Orders for forfeiture of two cars, described by the prosecution as "pirate" taxis, were today set aside by Mr. Justice Winslow on grounds of insufficiency of evidence of seizure in the Hifh Court. He oonflrmed the orders of forfeiture on eight
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      Lock icon SIA's research award
      169 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Institute of Architects announced today It would Introduce the award of one research fellowship for post-graduate studies and two studentships at undergraduate level to eligible members and student members annually, beginning this year. The research fellowship award amounts to $B,OOO and the two
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      Lock icon PWD's $150,000 project
      58 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Public Works Department has completed the construction of the 9 cell R.C. Box Culvert at a cost of $150,000 in West Coast Road. The culvert was constructed in connection with the Ulu Padan Flood Alleviation scheme. The West Coast Road which was closed to
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      Lock icon Scheme to stabilise egg price shortly
      336 3  -  25 PER CENT OF HEN POPULATION IN SPORE TO GO INTO COLD STORAGE' Bv MARTIN LIM SINGAPORE, Wed. Old and unproductive hens in Singapore about 25 per cent of the hen population will soon go into "cold storage" when a scheme to stabilise the
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      Lock icon Secombe 'shoots' his fans instead —with his camera
      220 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Almost every member of the Roval Air Force based in Kuching packed the Officers"' Mess to listen to the Harry Secombe show which has been touring British Service bases in the Far East. Harry, in white shorts and short-sleeved shirt,
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      Lock icon New techniques in office partitioning
      153 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. fading building contract,,rs from Singapore and Malaysia were impressed by l e latest techniques adopted in office partition !"e at a demonstration in n Ellington, New Zealand, re «ently. The contractors were debates to the recentlyincluded convention held Welling*® by th«j International Federation
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      Lock icon Ruling reserved on application for 4 witnesses to testify
      482 3  -  THIRD DAY TRIAL Bv SUHAIMI BIDIN SINGAPORE, Wed. Defence Counsel, Mr. T. T. Rajah, today made another application in the District Court for two more witnesses to be produced in court to give evidence at the trial of seven Ngee Ann
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      Lock icon Government bursaries
      80 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Government is offering this year new awards of bursaries to pupils of all language streams studying jn pre-university classes of Government and Government-aided secondary schools. The bursaries are for students who are in need of financial assistance for their studies. The bursaries are worth
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      Lock icon Entries for Cambridge Exam
      74 3 SINGAPORE, Wed—Entries for the Cambridge School Certificate Examination 1967 from private candidates will be received from tomorrow to Mar. 23 by the Examinations Division, Kay Siang Road, Sinpore 10. Candidates must furnish proof that they have followed a proper course of studies in science and are
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      Lock icon August promise by piper Peggy
      291 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's all-girl bag-pipe band will be able to play about Ave or six tunes by August and will be ready for the National Day parade. This assurance was given tonight by world-famous piper. Major Peggy Iris, who arrived here to train members of
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      Lock icon Death from fall in tongkang
      71 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A labourer fell 14 feet into the hold of a tongkang and died of head Injuries last night. He is Leong Choen. 56, who was at that time trying to cover the tongkang when he fell into its hold. The tongkang was berthed
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      Lock icon Flying Longhouses' farewell fly-past
      177 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The "Flying Longhouses" Belvedere helicopters of No. 66 Squadron are seen (above) on a farewell formation flypast over Kuching, Sarawak, recently. They are to withdraw from East Malaysia after three and a half years. In 1963. three Belvederes flew to East Malaysia, covering the
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      Lock icon NTUC meeting closed to Press
      77 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and the Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Teun Thong, tonight met representatives of affiliated unions of the National Trades Union Congress at the Conference Hall, in Shenton way here. Mr. Lee arrived for the meeting at
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      Lock icon PARTNERS AND FRIENDS IN SAFEGUARDING FREEDOM
      1011 4 PRES. LUEBKE ARRIVES WITH WARM GREETINGS OF GERMAN PEOPLE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. President Heinrich Luebke and Frau Luebke of the Federal Republic of Germany arrived here today on a three-day state visit, bringing with them the warm greetings of the German peoplt. They were
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      Lock icon BRITAIN OFFERS ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIPS
      260 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TV Ofllce of the British High Commission In Malaysia has announced an offer of scholarships for training in Britain In 19(17 made by the Confederation of British Industry. The offer is open to engineering graduate* and holders of similar qualifications who are Malaysian
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      Lock icon $60 fine for abusing police inspector
      56 4 IPOH. Wed. Liew Chee Leong, 20, was fined $6O for abusing a police inspector and a constable at Kuala Kuang New Village on Dec. 23 last year. Ihsp. Osman bin Haji Abdul Rahman told th« magistrate's court they were abused by Liew while raiding
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      Lock icon Miss Wee Hong Neo, Miss Tourism Singapura, on a tour of South-east Asian countries yesterday called on the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, at his office in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows the Minister looking at a copy of the Singapore Tourism booklet presented to him by Miss Wee.
      53 4 Miss Wee Hong Neo, Miss Tourism Singapura, on a tour of South-east Asian countries yesterday called on the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, at his office in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows the Minister looking at a copy of the Singapore Tourism booklet presented to him by
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      Lock icon A 15-man delegation from Thailand, led by Air Chief Marshal Tan Sri Dawee Chullasapya. arrived In Kuala Lumpur by air yesterday to attend the 5th meeting of the General Border Committee. Picture shows the Minister of Home Affairs, Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman (right) welcoming Tan Sri Dawee and his wife at the airport.
      56 4 A 15-man delegation from Thailand, led by Air Chief Marshal Tan Sri Dawee Chullasapya. arrived In Kuala Lumpur by air yesterday to attend the 5th meeting of the General Border Committee. Picture shows the Minister of Home Affairs, Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman (right) welcoming Tan Sri Dawee
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      Lock icon National Solidarity...Flags a-flutter
      71 4 KfnewPdm.™ Moha d ,Khir Johari befnf welcomed by students'of Sungei Way on TuMriiv n 17hl! a!ri«u i, ne /S su"Jt5 u "Jt Lui "P" r when he arrived to open the school's new library n Tuesday. On his Jj. e D w s by the headmaster of
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      Lock icon BEWARE OF ENEMIES WITHIN THE COUNTRY
      345 4 SULTANS WARNING: KLANG, Wed. The Sultan of Selangor today celebrated his 41 birthday In a grand manner at the Istono Alam Shah here. In his Royal Address, the Sultan said that though confrontation was already ended there were enemies from within the country who
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      Lock icon 'COPTER PILOT'S MERCY MISSION
      174 4 HITCHING, Wed. An RMAF Helicopter of No 5 Squadron, piloted by Flying Officer Merican, yeaterday flew a seriously ill 13-year old land Dayak girl, Anak Ajong from Kampong Monrkos, Serlan District, to the Kuching General Hospital. Flying Officer Merican earlier took two members of the Medical
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      Lock icon TIME RIPE FOR NATIVE PARTICIPATION -MINISTER
      215 5 Timber business; JESSELTON, Wed. The time is now ripe for the Government to look into the problem of native participation in timber concessions. This was stated by the Minister for Development and Forestry, Enche Abdul Taib Mahmud, yesterday evening at a press conference at
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      Lock icon PESTS DESTROY PADDY
      61 5 TAIPING, Wed. Almost half the paddy crop in the Julutong area, in the district of Larut and Matang eight miles from here. Is reported to have been destroyed by pests. There are some 60 acreas of land planted with paddy in Julutong area. Insecticide spray used over
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      Lock icon WATER SUPPLY TO PANGKOR ISLAND SOON
      70 5 KAMPAR. Wed. More than 25.000 people in Pangit r Island and Tanjong T alang will be having their water supply soon. The Perak State Engineer, Mr. Tong Tay Chor, said the $60,000 water supply pro-ect would be completed in the next few months. The
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      Lock icon LAST STUDENT LEAVES HOSPITAL
      73 5 Food poisoning: KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— All 36 MARA students affected by food poisoning last Wednesday left the hospital here. Last student to leave yesterday was Shaari bin Mohamed Sharif, 20, a first year student of Statistics. He has spent three days and two nights in the
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      Lock icon L—Bill is fair and practical —Mentri
      146 5 KLANG, Wed. The National Language Bill passed by Parliament was described by the Mentri Besar of Selar.gor, Sato Harun bin Haji Idris, as 'fair and oractical' for all Malaysians to study and use the National Language. He was speaking here today at Istana Alam
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      Lock icon DEMAND FOR NEW PROCESS RUBBER UP
      90 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— The Rubber Research Institute of Malaya's newlyformed New Rubber Development Unit in London reports that January 1967 shipments of Heveacrumb from Malaysia rose to 1200 tons. It forecasts a total monthly output of 5000 tons before the end of the year.
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      Lock icon MAN PLEADS GUILTY OF ROBBERY
      77 5 KAMPAR, Wed. An unemployed, Bhajan Singh, ?5, was today sentenced to 18 months' jail by the Senior President of the Sessions Court here, Mr. Gunn Chit Tuan, on a charge of armed robbery. He was alleged to have held up an 11-year old girl and
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      Lock icon DRIVE TO REGISTER VOTERS
      48 5 MUAR, Wed. The Johore State UMNO branch will soon launch a state wide drive to register voters for the coming National and State elections in 1969. Called "Operation Registration 1967" the drive is designed to assist the Elections Commission In the registration of voters.
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      Lock icon $19 M. FOR RAILWAYS -SARDON
      101 5 KOTA BAHRU, Wed. The Malaysian Government will spend $l9 million on the Malayan Railway under the first Malaysian Development Plan, said the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir today. He was speaking at the opening of a New Malayan Railway Station at
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      Lock icon Municipal staff donate to flood fund
      409 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. More donations to the National Disaster Relief Fund: Through Minister of Information Broadcasting: Penhulu2 Kubang Pasu, Jitra, Kedah $lOO.. Comnusmissioner of the Federal Capital and Staff $4,049., Kakitangan Kementerian $410.63, Jabatan Penerangan $1.***** Jabatan Radio Malaysia $l,397.55, Jabatan Talivision $l,235.74, and
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      Lock icon Three-man gang smashed
      97 10 MALACCA. Wed Police here believe they have smashed a three-man gang responsible for a number of robberies at Tampol, eight miles from here. Followup by police, following a Chinese estate manager being robbed of $3OOO cash and about $5OO worth of Jewellery on Feb. 12 led to
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      Lock icon CORPORAL DIES FROM GUNSHOT WOUND
      110 10 SEREMBAN, Wed. Corporal P. Heys, 27. of the Royal Corps of the Military Police, 17th Div./Malaya District Provost Company, was found with a gunshot would in the R.M.P. guard room, Rasah Camp here, on Monday. He died in the Seremban hospital at 9. p.m. the
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      Lock icon FAREWELL PARTY
      76 10 KUANTAN, Wed. The Mentri Besar of Pahang. Dato Yahya bin Hajl MoDttta d w!?, h t nd his t>atin Halimah, were given evpnint" 01 *i a P art y this the T Hall Four hundred people In- cluding community leaders, State Assemblymen, Government officers, and Alliance Party leaders,
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      Lock icon Joy riders go to prison
      169 10 TAIPING, Wed. Two teenage youths took a joy ride round the Taiping Lake Gardens at 1 a.m. one morning last month on a stolen motor cycle, the Magistrate's Court here was told today. Wan Si«i Min, 19, and Tal Fook Chong 16, both shop assistants
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      Lock icon Gamblers fined $30 each
      69 10 TAIPING. Wed. Fourteen people who pleaded guilty to gaming In a private house were fined $3O each in the Magistrate's Court here today. The Deputy OC (Crimes) ASP Jefferey de Bilva told the court that the police raiding party had to make a forcible entry into
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      Lock icon DETECTIVE BURIED
      33 10 TELOK AXSON, Wed. Detective Police Corporal Ja'afar bin Mat, 45, who is killed on Sunday in a motor accident near Kuala LumSur, was today buried in [ampong Changkat Jong, near here.
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      Lock icon Millionaire's gift
      98 10 PENANG. Wed. The Minister of Health. Enche Bahaman bin Samsuddin, will be here on Monday to receive a presentation of medical equipment, costing $30,000. made by millionaire Mr. Gan Chai Leng, to the Intensive Medical Care Unit at the General Hospital. The Minister will also re- ceive a
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      Lock icon A six-day group exhibition by seven local artists opened at the gallery In AIA Building here on Monday evening with more than 60 pieces of works on show. Artists are (from left to right) Cheong Lai Tong, Anthony Lau, Jolly Koh, Abdul Latiff, Ahmad Jamal and Ibrahim Hussein. Yeoh Jin Leng, who is not in the picture, is currently managing a mobile Malaysian art exhibition in Europe.
      67 10 A six-day group exhibition by seven local artists opened at the gallery In AIA Building here on Monday evening with more than 60 pieces of works on show. Artists are (from left to right) Cheong Lai Tong, Anthony Lau, Jolly Koh, Abdul Latiff, Ahmad Jamal and Ibrahim Hussein. Yeoh Jin
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      Lock icon PC shoots onrushing taxi driver
      123 10 PENANG, WEDNESDAY A 36-YEAR-OLD Taxi-driver, Chan Hock Seng, was shot in the leg by a police constable at the Prangin Road and Maxwell Road roundabout in the early hours of this morning. The police constable opened fire in self-defence when the man rushed at him
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      Lock icon Minister unopposed in Usukan
      217 10 JESSELTON. Wed. Today, March 8, is Nomination Day in Sabah. The filing of nomination papers was held between the hours of 10.00 to 12 noon. There was a period of objections from noon to 1.30 p.m. The candidates who have successfully filled their nomination papers for
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      Lock icon Houses destroyed by trees
      60 10 TAPAH. Wed. Three families about three miles from here were made homeless when their houses were destroyed by falling trees in a storm last night. The families are now taking refuge at the town mosque, and were today given relief in the form of rice sugar
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      Lock icon THREE LOVELY QUEENS
      158 10 Beautiful girls from 18 countries gathered in Melbourne, capital of the Australian State of Victoria, from March 3 to 13, to contest the inaugural "Queen of the Pacific Quest**, conducted in conjunction with the citv's annual "Moomba", a Mardi Gras type festival. The Queen, to be chosen
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      Lock icon L-campaigner suspended by UMNO HQ.
      173 10 PENANG, Wed. The vice-chairman of Penang Division, U.M.N.0., Chegu Mohd. Noor, has been suspended from holding office as vice-chairman by U.M.N.O. headquarters, Kuala Lumpur. The president of Penang U.M.N.0., Tuan Syed Hassan Aidid, told the Eastern Sun here today that he received a cable from
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      Lock icon Work starts on new school
      78 10 KUCHING, Wed. Work has started on the third Government secondary school in the Miri District of the Fourth Division. Built under the current Development Plan at a cost of $734,00, the school is expected to be completed early next year. Another Government school which will
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      Lock icon Waiter robbed of $3,000
      76 10 IPOH, Wed. A waiter. Toh Cheng Tong, 40, was robbed of $3,000 by two men both armed with knives in a car at Kidd Road yester3Toh had earlier accepted a lift from the strangers near the bus station at Kid" Road in the old town. He
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      Lock icon Gift of boats from Aussies
      112 10 MALACCA. Wed. The fourth Royal Australian Regiment of Bukit Terendak here has come forward with material aid for the residents of a kampone it adopted last month. The regiment yesterday presented Kampong Pantei, 12 miles from here, two 18foot powered boats and nets. The gift,
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      Lock icon Minister to open X-ray campaign
      130 10 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister of Education, Mr. One Pang Boon, will open the next mass X-ray campaign by the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association. covering the Telok Ayer area, on Mar. 15. Mr. Ong will launch the campaign at Telok Ayer Community Centre in Boon Tat Street
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      Lock icon Khir's school date
      27 10 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed.— The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, will open a primary and secondary Malay school in Pontian on Mar. 12.
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      Lock icon ABB TO GIVE LOANS SOON
      289 11 4. LUMPUR, Wed. The Asian Development Bank wiil shortly be in a position to give project loans to regional developing countries, said Dr. Ng Kam Poh, the Assistant Minister of Finance to- day. Dr. Ng, who is one of the executive directors of the Bank,
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      Lock icon S.J.A. Flag Day
      54 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The St. John Ambulance Association will hold their National Flag Day from June 24 to July 4 to raise funds for the activities of the association and brigade. Mr. B.H. Tan. National Chairman of the Association in West Malaysia, has been elected chairman of
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      Lock icon RMAF officers for training in Canada
      331 11 17"UALA LUMPUR, Wed. Another 15 offi- cers of the Royal Malaysian Air Force will leave for a year's course in flying training at the Royal Canadian Air Force base at Portage La Prairie, Manitoba Canada. They will leave here by train tomorrow night for
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      Lock icon Tunku's daughter finds Thai relative
      111 11 BANGKOK, Wed. (Beuter) Tnnku Khadijah. daughter of the Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman has recently discovered her long lost Thai relative here. The 32-year-old daughter of the Tunku arrived here recently with her husband Syed Hussein, second secretary of the Malaysian Embassy. According to
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      Lock icon VIP visit
      66 11 PSNANG, Wed- For the lint time in Rotary history, president of Rotary International will be visiting Penang. He is Mr. Richard L. Evans who will be arriving here on Mar. 18 with his wife from Singapore. An inter-city fellowship meeting of all Rotary Clubs north of Kuala Lumpur
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      Lock icon 'I was raped while my husband was away'
      323 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. A mother of six alleged in the High Court here today that her neighbour raped her one night while her husband was away in Pahang. In the dock before Mr Justice Ali Hassan, was Soh Hock Chye. 33. charged
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      Lock icon 'Ria Padi' harvest
      75 11 IPOH. Wed. The harvesting of "Ria Padi" at Kampong Pondok near Padang Rengas will be officially launched by the Mentri Besar, Dato Ahmad bin Said at 9.45 A.M. tomorrow. "Rai" padi is a new strain. It is expected that the yield will be not less* than 1,000
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      Lock icon Miss Tourism to call on Sultan
      51 11 IPOH. Wed. Miss Tourism Singapore Miss Wee Hong Neo, will pay a courtesy call on the Sultan of Perak at the Istana Kinta on her arrival at the airport here tomorrow. She will also call on the President of the Ipoh Municipality. Dato S.P.
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      115 11 PENANG, Wed. Capt. Jack Perry, a pilot of the 8.0 A.C., said here today that the supersonic "Concord" could travel twice the speed of sound. He is a member of the 8.0.A.C. team for "Operation Handshake" now here to meet people who are likely to
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      594 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. "The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will provide Malaysia with technical assistance at an estimated cost of more than M 53,600,000 during 1967 and 1968. This has been approved by the governing Council of UNDP Headquarters in New York.
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      82 11 IPOH, Wed. A tourist, Mrs. Anne Ripper, and a friend Mrs. Judy Ree Rose, came to Ipoh from Penang en route to the Cameron Highlands. During the Penang-Ipoh journey by taxi, they got acquainted with a fellow passenger who himself m one "Turwu Ja'afar" from the Welfare Depetjlmettt,
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      76 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Dr. F. J. Dy, World Health Organisation Regional Director for Western Pacific, arrived here today (or a six-day visit. Dr. Dy will tour various W.H.O. projects here. He will discuss W.H.O.'s projects here with the Minister of Health, Enche Bahaman bin Samsudln and
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      261 11 JESSELTON. Sabah. Wed. (Reuter) The nomination of candidates for election to Sabah's State Legislative Assembly closed today with a complete split in the ranks of the ruling coalition Allianc« Party. The members of the Alliance Party three major and one minor parties have decided
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      55 11 Picture shows His Majesty conferring the award of Panglima Mangku Negara on the Attorney-General, Tan Sri Abdul
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      278 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Lions Club of Singapore (Host) hopes to raise another $10,500 towards the purchase of an artificial kidnev machine by staging a second film premiere on March 22 at Odeon Cinema. This was disclosed today by Mr. Shashi Lai Kashyap,
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      173 11 SINGAPORE Wed. A "Code of Practice for the use of Timber in Building Construction" is now available for sale to the public. This is the first code of its kind in Singapore. The aim of the code which has been prepared by the Standardisation Committee
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      185 11 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Adult Education Board will OQMPtoe a course In elementary gardening soon. flie eo»*se Is designed to help the students, especially house owners and other garden enthusiasts how to start and maintain little gardens. The AEB hopes that the knowledge learnt In this
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      Lock icon PREMIERSHIP: TWO OLD RIVALS CONTEND
      394 5 NEW DELHI, Wed. (Reuter). Two old rivals contend for the Indian Premiership on Sunday Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the present Prime Minister, and former Finance Minister Morarji Desai. Mrs. Gandhi, 49. slim dark-eyed daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, defeated 71-year-old Mr. Desai in the contest over who
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      56 5 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) A British firm is boosting exports by selling 312 tons of sand to the North African state of Libya. The firm said "The sand Is for a water filtration plant. There may be miles and miles of sand in Libya but it is
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      164 5 DJAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) —Former Indonesian Central Bank Affairs Minister, Jusuf Muda Daiam has asked the Supreme Court to review hi s death sentence, the official News Agency Antara reported today. Dalam was one of the 18 Cabinet Ministers arrested on the order
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      121 5 BERN, Switzerland, Wed. AP) A Socialist Deputy challenged the Government yesterday to Drove that U.S. Air Force Cll9 Flying Boxcars permitted to flv over Switzerland do not carry nuclear weapons. American planes began overflying Switzerland after France banned its air space to aircraft under NATO command,
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      148 5 CAPE KENNEDY. Florida, Wed. (AP) The Space Agency today plans t,a orbit a sun-studying spacecraft to help guard astro-, nauts from deadly solar radiation on future manned flights. The craft, called OSO for Orbiting Solar Observatory, is to blash off at 11.12 a.m. (1612GMT) on.
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      81 5 THE «word of Indian Independence Movement leader, Netaji Subhasb Chandra Bose wa« returned to Indian Ambassador to Japan Badr-ud Din Tyabjl from the Japan National Foreign Affairs Foundation in a brief ceremony held at the Indian Embassy in Tokyo recently. The sword, presented to Bose from Mr.
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      184 5 NEW DELHI, Wed. (UPI) Police opened fire yesterday on a mob in Jaipur. Rajasthan, as 10 days of political protests against the ruling Congress Party reached a climax. Six persons were killed and 50 injured, 10 seriously. Demonstrations in the streets of Jaipur began last Sunday,
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      93 5 MANILA, Wed. (AP) Thai Beauty Queen Apasra Hongsakula, Miss Universe of 1965, has agreed tentatively to appear in a Philippine movie, a local entertainment writer said today. In a front page story in the afternoon Daily Mirror, movie reporter Jose Quirino said Apasra
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      112 5 LONDON. Wed. CAP) A Polish prince who became a waiter and bartender after fighting throughout World War 11, collapsed in a London Street and died yesterday. Prince Anthony George Nicholas Radziwill, 53, was a cousin of Prince Stanislas Radziwill who is married to Mrs.
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      83 5 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) The Ford Foundation has made a grant of nearly US$100,000 recently to the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Dr. Li Choh-Ming, ViceChancellor of the University, said the grant supplemented a previous grant of US$295 000 made in August, 1965.
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      508 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) U.S. Treasury officials confirmed yesterday that talks were under way on West Germany purchasing American securities to offset troops costs and avoid contributing to the American gold drain. They declined to give any specific
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      126 6 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Britain's first natural gas from under the North Bea has been pumped ashore at th« east coast town of Easlngton, British Petroleum announced yesterday. British Petroleum. In which the government has a big financial stake, made the first find of gas
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      87 6 BONN, Wed. (AFP) Happ'ness may not be the lot of the world's leaders, Chancellor KurtGeorg Kiesinger indicated yesterday. A newsman asked him at a press conference in West Berlin: "Is the Chancellor happy?". Replied H Kiesinger who has been chancellor for just over three months: "1
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      47 6 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) President Marcos imposed a total ban on wild life hunting in the Philippines yesterday to protect rare Philippine birds and animals from extinction. President Marcos ordered the National Police to cancel all hunting permits and to arrest those violating the ban.
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      52 6 WESTWARD HO. Southwest England. Wed. Two unexploded mines have been found on the holiday beach sands here, making a total of eleven mines already discovered in a little more than a week. During the war. the area was thickly sown with antitank and
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      Lock icon THE cultural revolution in Communist China and the Red Guard movement armed with a book of their Chairman Mao Tse-Tung's thought has puzzled the people the world especially the youths. This has resulted in creating unusual interest in many nations. who wished to know about the magic in Mao's thought that launched millions of Chinese youths on their course. Even in the remote country of Mali in Africa. Students of the Malese University go through the book of "Mao's thoughts" with curiosity.
      84 6 THE cultural revolution in Communist China and the Red Guard movement armed with a book of their Chairman Mao Tse-Tung's thought has puzzled the people the world especially the youths. This has resulted in creating unusual interest in many nations. who wished to know about the magic in Mao's thought
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      67 6 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Russia has bought its first British television programme a documentary about Wall Street the centre of American capitalism in New York. The Russians paid a British company about £l5O, the normal rate for this kind of programme. The company said: "This
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      122 6 BRIGHTON, England. Wed. (Reuter) Sir David John James. Welsh millionaire philanthropist, died at his home in Barcomber, near here yesterday. He was 79. He made a fortune from business Interests in milk, grain and cinemas and was knighted in 1959 for charitable services in Wales.
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      32 6 TACOMA. Washington, Wed. Reuter A 22-year-old American Army medical orderly who last week staged a four-day fast rather than serve the gods of war" was today given an honourable discharge.
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      459 6 NZ to send more troops NEW YORK, wed. (AFP) Senator Robert! Kennedy said last night that, if Hanoi refused to negotiate despite a cessation of American bombing in North Vietnam, world opinion would be favourable) to the U.S. For, he said, it
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      105 6 NEW YORK, Wed (Reu. ter) Mrs. Jacquelim Kennedy has given up an] thought of making a trip ti the Far East this year, hei secretary said today. Mrs. Pamela Turnure tolll reporters reports that Pr* sident Kennedy's wido* had obtained a Cair.bodiai visa
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      150 6 VATICAN CITY. Wed. (Reuter)—Pope Paul yesterday warned nuns against going to extremes in modernising their attire. Speaking to the superiors of 2.200 religious orders for women at an audience, the Pope said: "Modifications are without doubt necessary. "But one must take care not to go
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      376 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (L'PI) The reason why China does not seize the tiny British crown colony of Hong Kong is explained in a special study of the Chinese economy released this week by Congress. A section on foreign trade in the twxwolume, 700-page study cites
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      116 6 SALISBURY. Wed. (Reuter) Rhodesian Agriculture Minister George Rudland said last night women and children would starve here if Britain's sanctions policies succeeded and the tobacco industry was killed. "But we are not going to allow this to happen," he said. Mr. Rudland said in a radio
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      109 6 KARACHI, Wed. Reuter, The West Pakistan government announced yesterday that the number of people who can be Invited to parties and the meals they eat will be cut sharply to save dwindling food stocks. As from April 2 the upper limit for private parties
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      80 6 LONDON. Wed. Reuter Dr. A.A. Khalatbari, th Iranian secretary-general n CENTO, yesterday dlscussei the alliances' forthcomini ministerial council meetini with Foreign Secretar; George Brown, a forelgi office spokesman said. The meeting of the four nation alliance will b held here next month. Dr. Khalatbari. who
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      66 6 WALSALL, England, Wed (Reuter) A public tele phone box is being install in a private home here in an attempt to beat vandals Mrs- Joan Frankham. 39, her husband and three children will be available round the clock for "emergen cv calls". They live
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      247 6 MUNICH, Wed. (UPI) Lawyers for the Britul government and a Munich printing Arm yesterdai agreed to drop further court hearings to decide whi gets two billion pounds worth of banknotes orderei by Premier lan Smith's rebel Rhodesian Govern ment. Dr. Alfred Seldl.
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      361 7 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter).—Some 17 rebel Labour MP's defied warnings from Prime Minister Harold Wilson last night and refused to vote for the government's controversial wage-freeze policy. They abstained from voting on a government regulation-endorsed by 226 votes to 153 ordering a firm not
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      93 7 LONDON. Wed. Britain will repay in full her drawing of £357 million from the International Monetary Fund by December 2 this year. This further indication of the improvement in the nation's balance of payments position and the growing strength of sterling was given
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      136 7 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) Altogether 90 per cent of British firms believe Britain should enter the Common Market provided transition arrangements are "reasonable", according to a poll published here yesterday. The poll was taken among firms belonging to the employers' organisation, the Federation of British Industries.
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      126 7 TEL AVIV, Israel. Wed. (AP) The Israeli Navy is preparing itself for "New weapons different from any we have known to date," Captain Shlomo Erel. Commander-in-chief of the Navy, has disclosed in an interview with the magazine "Maarahot Yam" Capt. Erel refused to
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      57 7 The flattened village of Lang Vei, about 2 miles from the Laotian border, is shown in this picture after an unidentified plane bombed the village on March 3rd. 100 villagers were killed and another 200 wounded. U.S. Military spokesmen said they have been unable to positively identify the airplane or
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      51 7 MANILA. Wed. (AP) The "mod" look licked Edgardo Villena. Police reported that the 16-year-old's stylishly cut tight trousers hampered his getaway after an early morning robbery of a tailor's shop in suburban Quezon city. Villena's accomplice in the crime apparently wore roomier pants. He got
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      112 7 MUNICH. Germany. Wed. (AP) Beating a child on the seat of his pants can lead to later brain damage, a West German doctor warns in a just published study on the effects of corporal punishment. Dr Felicitas Hammer says thrashings on the backside can dislodge tiny
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      125 7 TOKYO, Wed. (AP) President Sukarno's new daughter was reported by nurses today to resemble her father more than her mother. The child was born yesterday to Pres. Sukarno's fourth wife, Japan-ese-born Ratna Sari Dewi, in a Tokyo hospital. Sukarno is permitted four wives by Moslem law. Dewi.
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      177 7 PEORIA, Illinois, Wed. (UPI). Anonymous love letters have been arriving for Richard Speck while a jury is being chosen to try him on charges of murdering six American and two Filipino nurses, it was revealed yesterday. Some of the letters, penned on notebook paper
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      141 7 ADELAIDE, Wed. Reuter Several days of heavy rain, which have caused havoc to road and rail transport In Central Australia, have transformed vast areas of normally parched land Into Inland seas. During the past three days between four and six Inches of rain
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      243 7 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI) The chief benefit of a U.N. declaration on d scrimination against women may be in defining what constitutes discrimination, according to the chairman of the U.N. commission on the status of women. Mrs. Helvi L. Sipla of Finland told
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      116 7 BERLIN, Wed (AFP) West German Chancellor Kurt-Georg Kiesinger has decided to request his two predecessors in olßce-ex-chancellors Adenauer and Erhard to show a little more discretion in their public statement and interviews. well-informed sources said here last night. The sources said H. Keisinger intended
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      54 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (AFP) Violent storms and tornadoes now sweeping the East Coast of the United States have already claimed six lives including three deaths by heart attacks. Two people died in Alabama and one in West Virginia In the tornadoes which struck there, and
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      162 7 SEOUL. Wed. (AP) The reported U.S. sale of modern ARIS riflles to Singapore "may affect the morale of South Korean soldiers in Vietnam" who are equipped with old World War II models, vice Defence Minister Kang SoRyong said yesterday. He was commenting
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      77 7 MOSCOW. Wed. (AP) The Soviet Union is planning to bore 9 to 11 miles into the depths of the earth to get information about the mysteries of this region, the official news agency Tass reported yesterday. Tass said that the first borehole has already been
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      209 7 'Merge AsaMaphilindo to include Indonesia' MANILA. Wed. (UPI). Philippine Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos said today he hoped Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik could come to Manila this month for talks on possible expansion of the Association of South East Asia (ASA) to include Indonesia. Mr. Malik was originally expected here
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      133 7 CHICAGO. Wed. (UPI) Mr. Louis S. D. Leakey, who says his findings in Africa date man's origins at 20 million years ago, was resting in a Chicago Hospital yesterday, the victim of exhaustion. His physician said yesterday Dr. Leakey, 67, will be released in "a
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      92 7 ACCRA, Wed (Reuter) Eight former ministers of the Kwame Nkrumah regime appeared in the Accra high court yesterday charged with careles handling of public funds worth a million sterling. No pleas were taken during the hearing. They all pleaded not guilty when they appeared before a
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      87 7 STOCKHOLM, Wed. (Reuter) Fifty per cent of all women under 30 arrested in Sweden for any kind of penal offence are Intravenous drug addicts, the Swedish Medical Board said today. In a 600-page investigatory report handed to the Social Affairs Minister Mr. Sven Aspling,
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      157 7 PASADENA. California, Wed. Wealthy nations may have to take over poor nations and children of the latter may have to be taken from their uneducated parents to be given a richer technical culture a scientific conference on "The Next 90 Years" was told yesterday. Gloomy predictions
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      172 7 LONDON. Wed. (ATP) The discovery yesterday of half a human skull in Chichester harbour may finally close the file on the disappearance of Commander Lionel Crabbe the British frogman who disappeared 10 years ago during the visit of the Soviet leaders Krushchev and Bulganin. Lt. Crabbe
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      97 7 SAIGON. Wed (AP) An outbreak of plague was reported today at Cam Ranh Bay, site of a big U.S. airbase and harbour installation about 180 miles North-East of Saigon. About 30 possible or suspected cases of plague have been recorded since Feb. 28. U.S.
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      665 5 L CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pnlao Pin an?: 6 Ipoh and Melaka; S/10 Johore Bahru; 4 Tiiping: 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Klnang. (Singapore viewers, please switch to channel 3 for T.V. Malaysia programmes). P.M. 5.45 OPENING ANNCT Prog. Summary. 5.50 NEWS OUTLINES in the National Language. 5.55 NATIONAL SONGS.
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      154 6 h\ SbBHS .rfliSH OVER THE OUTSKIRIB OP FARM. A COWMEMLTLI ORATIVE A\R RACE TURNS INTO A REAL-LIFE PO6FIOHT A& THttUSH A3BNTB MARK NAPOLEON SOLO AW tLLYA KUKfAKtN FOR SUPPEM DEATH/ 4NP UNCLE'S 'ACB-A&EUTB MUOT SURVIVE THE RR&..OR THEIR OR6AMZATION WILL FACE MASTER/ 3 SOMEHOW, HE 9TA66e*S TO THE UNUB CAR...
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    398 8 IN the debate on the Bernama Bill, Dr. Tan Chee Khoon had occasion to allege that the Eastern Sun was asked by an Alliance personage to give prominence to the speeches of Alliance back-benchers. This was the kind of kite flying that Dr. Tan liked to
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    306 8 rriRAFFIC problems are the same in all big cities, and Singapore is no exception. With its 210,000 motor vehicles, it has its share of headaches in trying to devise ways and means of maintaining a smooth flow of traffic along its roads to the satisfaction of drivers and
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    3667 8 OUR EFFORT to open the door to peace in Vietnam has been continuous. In recent weeks public attention has been focused on this effort by an unusual number of statements, reports and events: Pronouncements by the governments involved, appeals by world leaders including Pope Paul
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      Lock icon Pan-Am profits up by 61 per cent
      243 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. p n American Airways v d network showed inrrt -p; in all spheres of its opcrnTion in 1966. Revenue v more than doubled and prc.nts was increased by about 61 per cent, according to Mr. Tom Bready, Pan director for Singapore,
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      120 9 WASHINGTON. Wed. 'UPI> The World Bank has announced that It has arranged to sell, entirely outside the United States, an issue of $lOO million in bonds. It listed 43 countries in which they be held: Afghanistan. Argentina, Australia. Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil,
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      36 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) The Dow-Jones spot commodity price index declined 045 to 139.21. The Dow Jones commodity futures index closed 136.23 off 0.11 Open High Low Close Index nB 136.22 136.23 135.9 136.23
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      40 9 WASHINGTON. „W?d(AP) The United States government sold 70 long tons of tin from surplus stock on Tuesday, 60 tons of grade A at 1,5425 dollars a pound and 10 tons of grade B at 1,5275 dollars a pound.
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      380 9 VyASHINOTON, Wed. (UPI) Italy replaced France as the biggest'purchaser of U.S. gold during the last three months of 1966, the U.S. Treasury has reported. Italy had purchased no U.S. gold during the first three quarters, but it bought $6O million worth in the
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      67 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16. Airmail OD. 3213/16; 90 d/«t. 33-1/4 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 357/16; Airmail OjD. 35-9/16; 90 d/st. 36-3/16 credit bills; 36-1/4 trade
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      134 9 TOKYO. Wed. Hitachi, Ltd. has recently shipped 150 high sided steal wagons out of a total order of 400 by the Government of the Republic of Zambia, last September. Another 400 bogies were ordered from another Japanese manufacturer at the same tim*. The wagons
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      35 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) Standard and poors 500 stock index: Close Net Change 425 Industrials 94.38 up 0.06 20 Railroads 46.68 up .10 55 Utilities 69.77 up 0.6 500 Stocks 88.16 up 0.6
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      286 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. March first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore today at 574 cents per lb., down cent from previous close. The tone wa s very quiet. There was very little movement throughout the morning trading. Levels were unchanged to slightly lower
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      61 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. A 11-man Japanese trade delegation left for Singapore early this morning after a three-day fact finding tour here. The group studied various development projects and Malaysian-Japanese joint ventures here during their stay Leader of the delegation Mr Honda said they had also
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      25 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (AP) Rubber standa r d futures closed quiet. No S 3 Spot no. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 21 l/Bn. n-nominal
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      183 9 TOKYO. Wed. (Reuter) Ten Japanese officials and experts left here by air today for Indonesia to explore the possibility of helping the Southeast Asian nation grow maize for export to Japan. The group, headed by Mr. Motonaga Ohto, director of the semi-official overseas technical corporation,
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      542 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Trading on the Stock Exchange slackened. This was partly due to the Singapore Trading Room being the only one operating today. The Kuala Lumpur Trading Room was closed because of a public holiday to celebrate the Sultan of Selangor's birthday. Industrials ruled
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      23 9 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) —Money quotations. HK55.*****/5.7475 per US dollar for cash. HK$ 15.99 per pound sterlinfiKs264.37s per tael gold.
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      22 9 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 17-3/16 171. No. 1 RSS elf basis ports March 17* 17*.
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      79 9 LONDON, Wed. (AP) The London Stock Market closed a dull trading session yesterday with a fairly steady undertone. Trading sentiment was hesitant in advance of the national budget, about which there have been conflicting rumours. Tobacco shares steadied after Monday's decline. Oils were firmer.
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      93 9 LUSAKA. Zambia. Wed. (UPI) Zambia has coneluded a multi-million pound agreement with the Kobl Steel Company of Japan for the building of a fertiliser factory at Kafue. The project Is the first of three planned by the government to turn the present dusty railway bush halt Into
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      433 9 H(NO«POIB-*(«* KMJMMW# Bid and offer prlc*-» officially n*l«d at Ihf Cfnar of bixltm. (XDC.ITRIA L Prm<(nf1 1-W C. *urnr fc.l* Cn >.ii CNIiI Rinra«» Stfl llunKip (0M> E J-** RMOT <m® ?fS P. S. Ord*. f.7S numnton O E Ut* JA On Inn*** i.40 Hotel S'ptira 1-47
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      50 9 M«n»ter» rrtn*) Ftr*i Malayan l m SJ| £«*>nd Milainn Third MiU,«u 1.80 1.16 III' CaminniT n lndaMrr Fund JB 1.M The Savlnr* rand ,\o Malat «lan i Ja l.M laivatmcnt Fund Sterling is 10* (fimmodlit a/io lj Flm Hon |i ftnai 1JH) 1.0.1* Knnt .74* <*Hong Kong Currency)
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      115 9 ftftOAPOHE. W#n. pore Chinese Produr* K* fhanit noon pnce« today wereCnoituut oil BUJW Bellera <M»B) Bnlk 44.00 Coconut oil <TOBt Drum* IT .00 U*w i'xprh Mlw< Mtr/Apr. 17.60 Snsar (Java) <•% cmTtin ii Ma >uinie«« 110* tax N«liur|> H ft if U»rtiird Lampung Black Pepper (1 OB) M Pepper
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      64 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) Dow Jones atnck aver- Open Hifh SO Industrial! 041 70 047.JO 20 Railroads 229-72 231 24 15 lit lit its 13fl.lfi 137.21 05 Stock* 303 70 305.70 Low Ooae Chanre SO Induft rials •35.10 841.70 off 0.4 20 Railroad* 229 15 230.29 up
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      79 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following ships are expected in port today Godowns Vessels 1 /2 Sealady 3/4 Resita 6/7 Amstelmolen 10/11 Fernland 13/14 Perseus 15/18 Menelaus 18 Svend Maersk 19 Uteatis 21/22 Kyoko Maru 25/26 Nikkei Maru 27/28 Brofjord 35/36 Star Bellatrix 38/39 Atlantic Baronet 44 Nagasaki 45 Eternity
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      879 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 Ltimpur. 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 Kuchlng.
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      59 11 KL DIARY Art Exhibition by Diulkifil Buyong at Samat Art Gallery 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Gro U p art exhibition at Balai Ampang (ALA Builda.m. to 6 p.m.; Art ®*nibition In honour of Soo Pleng at national Art Gallery 10 KterJ 0 J IJo Ikebana ttc»£?V onal Demonstraat o?
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      591 12 THE teenagers of today are essentially of different taste and habits than their counterparts of a few years ago. The differences between these two groups may well be attributed to their many ways and the changes of time. Among the things that
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      255 12 WHAT distinguishes man from all other living creatures in his superior intelligence? It is his own purposes such as great forces of nature as wind, fire, water and electricity. By means of wind-mills, he forces the wind to grind his corn and it also drains wet
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      156 12 THE wind was blowing strongly outside my house. The streets were full of dust and rubbish. Many young plants and trees were taken off the ground. The whole town of Kuala Kangsar was In a mess. Everyone rushed to their homes. Shopkeepers shut their shops and went
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      249 12 THE Boy Scouts movement started in 1857 by Lord Baden Powell. He was born in London In 1837 and he died in 1941. When he was twenty years old, he thought that out door life is better than Indoor life. He was very clever
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      560 12 SHE was a thin girl with a kind heart and a warm smile. She was 12 years of age, has a natured mind. All my life I have never met anyone like her. I met her one rainy day, when I was
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      172 12 D O you believe in ghosts or figments or imaginations? Some old folks do not believe that there are ghosts in this universe. Once I happened to have experienced with an unexpected guest. Our house was near the estate. When night comes there was an
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      Lock icon A friend in need is a friend indeed
      166 12 EVERY man yearns for friends for this is an inborn nature in us. Wherever we are. either in school or in the street, we will always find people in companies of two or more. No one likes to be alone unless there
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      278 12 SINGAPORE has many places of Interest. A foreigner who visits this lovely island can well visit some of them. They are Mount Faber, Botanical Gardens, Haw Par Villa, Van Kleef Aquarium, Paya Lebar International Airport and many, many others. The Paya Lebar
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      403 12 SINCE Sir Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore in 1819, it has become one of the largest cities and ports of the world. This is mainly on account of its central position in shipping routes in South East Asia and its excellent harbour. When Raffles first
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      291 12 KNOWING that Singapore is a small island with a population of one and three-quarter million people the Government realised that there will be no more space to build houses if the population increases. So skyscrapers go up. In this way the Government assure that
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      147 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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      976 13  -  By T. J. Mboya Achievement of rapid development in the developing: countries requires simultaneous and complementary action bv the developed countries on the one hand and by the under-deve-loped countries on the other. While there are many differences between individual developing
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      883 13  -  By Jesco von Pulkammer A T the end of any year, the journalist usually think! the same thoughts: He wonders if the old year was better than the year before, and whether the coming year will be better or worse.
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      618 13  -  By Sigismund von Braun IN 1045. at the end of the war, Europe, in varying degrees, was a desert, with its housing destroyed, more than ten million refugees, a daily ration Just on the subsistence level and a gross continental per capita income not
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      297 13 SHAW GANISATTON [|_IDO Phone ***** J 2nd 810 WEEK 11 a w.. 1.30, 4.00. d.iio A 9.15 p m ***** Eastwood A: Lee Van Cleff FOB A FEW DOLL \RS MOBE" Techniscope A Techmeolor (UAi CAPITOL Phone *****| La at t Day«: 11. 1.45. 4. "The Silencer* KHI Again" Techniscope
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      20 13 GALA: NEXT CHANGE! THEY'LL ROB A TRAIN ...BURN AIM INDIAN VILLAGE... RANSACK TORTURE KILL WITHOUT MERCY I n f £2
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      239 13 tm foot Or H♦• A N I A T |(> >4 O Dir. ON J>l 110 opens ioihv: tl 1..10. I.IM), H.M *.M p.M. DESPERATE SEVEN" Gregory Pee* Rieh*rd Widmor* CAT HAY 3 3400 OPENS TODAY! II a.m.. 1,30, (.00, «.3# ».*n p.m. 'GEORCY GIRL'KK."SSr A Columbia Pictur* I ORCH
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      297 14 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) Wales has been forced to make a late change for its rugby International at Cardiff Arms Park against Ireland on Saturday. Full back Terry Price, Leicester University skipper and also a London Welsh player, told the Welsh selectors todav he
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      161 14 MALACCA. Wed Nine teams will participate in the Malacca Cricket Association annual league competition for the Sheppherd Trophy which starts on March 12. Besides Indian Association. the holders, the other eight teams are:- Malacca High School Old Boys Association, Kilat Club, Medical Services Terendak,
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      59 14 MR. TAY SOO YONG, vice-president of Football Association of Singapore with top soccer officials at the Asian Football Confederation Congress held in Bangkok recently. From (left): An official of an English club; Mr. Koe Ewe Teik. President of the Football Referees' Association of Malaysia, and Secretary of the AFC, Mr.
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      514 14 LONDON, Wed. (UPI). English bantamweight Alan Rudkin last night scored a seventh round technical knockout over Kiichi Tsuganezawa when the referee stopped the bout to save the Japanese from further punishment. With Rudkin having won every completed round and Tsuganezawa standing helpless
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      306 14 LONDON, Wed. (AFP). —British boxing correspondents are divided in their views on the verdict of referee Bill Williams in favour of Englishman Jimmy Anderson over Japan's Hiroshi Shoji at the Royal Albert Hall here last night but most agree that there
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      57 14 TAIPING, Wed. Dato Mohamed Razak bin Akram was re-elected president of the Taiping and District Amateur Football Association at it's annual meeting here. Mr- Lee Soo was elected vice-president with Mr. One Hong Kong as secretary and Mr. See Tho Cheng as treasurer. The committee members
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      Lock icon Ex-champion grappler Marlene likes her new job
      296 14 MIDDLETOWN, Connecticut, Wed. (UPI). Marlene, the new barmaid at Mokes Place, says she likes the job because it gives her a chance to work out every now and then. She is a former wrestling champion. This is not to say that most of
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      56 14 TAIPING. Wed. Three well-known sports officials are to be honoured at a subscription dinner organised by the Taiping and District Amateur Football Association to be held here on March 19. They are Dato Mohamed Razak, the association's president and the vicepresident Mr. B. Andrzejak,
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      Lock icon 2 Eusebio goals fail to save Benfica
      160 14 LISBON, Wed (Reuter) Two goals by Eusebio, Portugal's leading World Cup scorer, failed to save his Club Benfica from being eliminated by Locomotive Leipzig of East Germany in their third round InterCities Fairs Cup tie here last night. Benfica, former European cup-holders, won
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      149 14 MALACCA, Wed. The star-studded Malacca High School Old Boys Association 'A' kept their unbeaten record intact when they hit Kilat Club 3-0 in a Malacca H. A. league fixture at tha Malacca Club ground here. Asian Games forwards Koh Hock Seng and Yang Siow
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      Lock icon Soccer 'summit' plan to foster closer links
      299 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Toy Soo Yong, vice-president of the Football Association of Singapore will meet the idea for a soccer summit" to foster a closer link-up among football nations in Southeast Asian region. Mr. Tay will bring his "summit" proposal when he leaves
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      164 16 SEREMBAN. Wed—lt will once again be a busy weekend for Negri cricketers. On Saturday the N.S.CA. President's XI will play the Seremban Garrison at 11.00 a.m. which will serve as a 'trial* to pick the State XI for the under 23 M.C.A. competition. Negri
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      Lock icon Lopopolo 'shocked' at being stripped of title
      308 16 TOKYO, Wed. (AP)— The manager of Italian fighter Sandro Lopopolo said today he was "shocked and surprised" to hear that the World Boxing Council (WBC) had stripped his fighter of his world junior welterweight title. Manager Steve Klaus said he intends to ignore
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      Lock icon Newcomers beaten 4-1
      53 16 Taiping Wed, Chinese Recreation Club, last year's league champs, displayed all round superiority to defeat 2 Malaysia Artillery 4 1 in the opening game of the Taiping and district hockey league here. 2 Malaysian Artillery making their debut in the league could not keep the pace set
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      Lock icon KIWIS ROUT SELANGOR XV 37-0 IN THEIR FINAL GAME
      488 16  -  By R. D. SELVA KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Up, up. up. That was how the points were piling when the visiting Otahuhu Rugby Football Club from New Zealand scored their third successive win of their tour in Malaysia, when they "slaughtered" the
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      131 16 VERO BEACH, Florida, Wed. (UPI) Don Drysdale who developed a sore arm, said today this might be the last year for him as a Los Angeles dodger. "I'm pitching on a year to year basis now", said the Dodgers No- 1
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      Lock icon Treasury SC to hold big walk on April 9
      273 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Treasury Sports Club will hold its big walk on April 9 at 7.15 p.m. The walk will begin and finish at the Selangor Educaton Department car park, Swettenham Road. Events to be held, are Seniors. Veterans, Ladies
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      71 16 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) Bob Stanton the young Australian professional golfer, will insure his hands for one million Australian dollars (400,000 sterling) before playing on the rich American golf circuit. He will sign the insurance policy in Los Angeles before playing in his first U.S.
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      612 16  -  By Percy Joseph KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Scottish professional and Ryder Cup ployer, George Will, today won the professional/amateur tournament the curtain raiser to the sixth Malaysian Open Golf championship played on the Royal Selangor Golf Club course here during yesterday and today.
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      442 16 The draw for Friday:— Starting time—old course —lst Tee: 9.30 a.m. 43. Ithnin Zain 104. Welch, D. 92. Teah Chin Ann. 9.37 a.m. 33. Horton. T. 9. Butler, D. 21. Drage. K. (a). 9.44 a.m. 35. Howell, R. 96. Tsng. T.Y. (a). 8. Brown. P. 9.51 a.m. 58
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      311 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The draw for the first round of the Malaysian Open Golf Championship which begins tomorrow in Kuala Lumpur: 9.30 a.m.: Hong Duck San, Y. Kudo. H. Yasuda; 9.37: T. Komo, R.G. Lang, dale (am), H.W. Liu (am~i; 9.44: E. Unson (am), k.
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      115 16 HONG KONG, Wed. (Renter) Hong Kong will stage the Central zone soccer tournament of the Fourth Asian Cup competition from March 22 to April 2, according to a spokesman of the Hong Kong Football Association today. Malaysia. Singapore. Thailand South Vietnam and Hong Kong will
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      99 16 LIVERPOOL, England, Wed. (UPI) Football fans struggling to buy tickets for a big game Saturday stampeded last night injurtnff more than 100 persons. Twenty-flve were taken to hospitals and others were treated at nearby homes converted into temporary fir* l aid stations About
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      572 14 Tl A S S I F I EIP ADVERTISEMENTS TUITION 20 Word* t5/- (Minimum) RADIO SERVICING COURSES New radio TV servicing classes for beginners commencing 15th March 1967 covering both theory and practical. Apply: 352 Geylang Road, Singapore 14. Tel: ***** or *****. FOR HIRE 20 Words $5/ (Minimum) RENT-A-CAR,
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      537 14 NOTICE SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT BURSARIES TO UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA The Singapore Government is inviting application for bursaries from Singapore Citizens or children of Singapore Citizens who have applied for admission to or are already pursuing the Bachelor of Arts course in Tamil Studies at the University of Malaya. Applicants must have
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      60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 12.48 p.m. (6.3 ft.); 6.52 p.m. (3 ft.) Port Swettenham: 5.07 a.m. (13.5 ft.); 5.34 p.m. (14.4 ft) Port Dickson: 6.04 a.m. (7.7 ft.); 6.09 p.m. (7.7 ft.) Singapore: 9.46 a.m. (8.5 ft.); 11.22 p.m. (8 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 7.42 a.m. (5.7 ft.); 10.03 p.m. (7.3
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