Eastern Sun, 13 March 1967

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 232 Monday, March 13 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 452 1 Confirmed: JAKARTA, SUNDAY. (REUTER) INDONESIA'S supreme policy* making People's Consultative Congress met today and sworn In Army leader General Suharto as Acting President replacing Dr. Sukarno. The ceremony formally concludes a week of Congress sessions where members thrashed out a carefully worded declaration easing Dr. Sukarno from
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  • 105 1 MELBOURNE, Sun. (Reuter) Betty Lim Saw Yim of Malaysia was crowned Queen of the Pacific at a banquet here tonight. Betty, 24, from Kuala Lumpur, said: "I'm overwhelmed I can't believe it." Betty Lim. who has won many beauty contests during the past three years,
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  • 277 1 JESSELTON, Sabah. Sun. (Reuter) The rift In the ranks of the ruling coalition Alliance Party which be?an over nominations for the forthcoming general elections has widened with three members of the Alliance joining forces against the fourth member, according to observers here. Observers' comments
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  • 175 1 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) Mrs. Indira Gandhi was unanimously re-elected leader of the Congress Parliamentary group today. She will now be called upon to form a new gov- ernment. Earlier, she had submitted the resignation of her Cabinet to President Sarvapalli Radharkrishnan. The way for
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  • 121 1 SINGAPORE. Sun. (AFP) —Brigadier General Amir Machmud, Commander of the Jakarta Military Garrison, announced the capture of "SAM", whose name was frequently mentioned during trials of leaders of the 1965 abortive Communist coup, Radio Jakarta reported. The radio quoted General MachrtflfH as saying that "SAM" and
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  • 59 1 TOKYO, Sun. (Reuter) More than 500 junior doctors and medical students fought a running street battle with police here today in a demonstration against Japan's medical training system. Eight people were arrested and police said about 1,200 doctors and students staged nation-wide demonstrations to coincide with
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  • 136 1  -  KfALA LUMPUR, SUNDAY By Percy Joseph, R. D. Selva I. Legaspi of the Philippines today won the Malaysian Open Golf Championship 1967, and also the prize money accompanying the title amounting to $5,600, on a one-stroke lead at the end of 72 holes
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  • 49 1 VATICAN City. Sun (AP) Pope Paul VI has named the Reverend Carl Reiterer, a member of the Londonbased Mill Hill Fathers Mission Society, to be a Bishop and assistant to the Apostolic Vicar of Kuching, Sarawak, in the Malaysian island of Borneo, the Vatican announced yesterday.
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  • 72 1 MEXICO CITY, Sun. (Reuter) A 21-year-old mother who gave birth to eight babies here on Friday wept bitterly and could not be consoled after doctors gently told her none of the children had survived. Grief-stricken Senora Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda sobbed: "I only want
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  • 33 1 CANBERRA. Sun. (Reuter) The Australian Government will give A 530,000 to repair works of art damaged by the floods in Florence last year. Prime Minister Mr. Harold Holt announced today.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 766 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. College of Agriculture, Malaya 1966/67 academic session diploma examination results (subject to confirmation). The following candidates hate Daßsed the final examinations and have beeh awarded the Diploma In Agriculture:— Abdullah bin Sepien. Ang Yang Poh. Anthony Najodf, Chin Kon Long,
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    • 396 2 KUANTAN, Sun. The flood situation in the Kuantan district took a turn for the worse during the last 24 hours and latest reports said one man was drowned and a total of 1,167 people have been evacuated. The body of
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    • 81 2 kampar. Sun. An "Eastern Sun" reader, Mr. Oh 800k Onn, today contributed $3 to the Chan Kam Yuen Fund. He said that though the sum was small, he hoped It would be of some help to Kam Yuen. 14, Is a $3O---month maidservant, supporting
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    • 91 2 IPOH, Sun Twd tragedies occurred at two mining sites In Cherr.or yesterday. A student. Lim Choon Huat. 18. while having a water polo game with five friends in a mining pool, got into difficulties and was drowned. His body was recovered by his friends at the
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    • 83 2 PKNANO, Sun. The Chief Minister Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee said here last night that the State of Penang was very fortunate that voluntary welfare and service organisations were rendering very useful service to the community. He, therefore, expressed confidence that the newlyformed Butterworth -Lions' Club would
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    • 32 2 THE Sultan of Selangor celebrated his 41st birthday at Klang recently. Picture shows Knche Othman bin Mohamad (left) receiving the State's highest award (Sri Paduka Mahkota Selangor) from His Highness.
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    • 381 2  -  KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. By C.F. Lee MISFORTUNES come in threes, according to a Chinese saying. And, this must surely have been the case with a toyshop here, Cheap Hin and Co. whose shop in Foch Avenue was razed by fire late last night. For the
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    • 1630 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The following candidates have passed the University of Malaya Examination for Honours Degree in Science, and have been awarded the classes indicated below:CLASS I:Chia Swee Ping Sia Soi Pin (Physics), Tan Kok Chye (Mathematics) and Miss Gracy Varughese (Zoology). CLASS II
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    • 467 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. There has to be Organised and systematic training and development in all aspects of management if the country is to meet the growing needs for more and effective managerial personnel. This, said the chairman of th« Management Institute
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    • 24 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Mr. George A. Wales has been elected chairman or the management committee of Negara Youth Club tor this year.
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    • 140 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, said with the end of confrontation, Malaysia and Indonesia could work for closer relation in the true spirit of Islam. He was speaking at the airport here today when he
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    • 97 3 K U C H I N G. Sun. A team of UNESCO and World Bank experts Is now visiting Sarawak in connection with the request for a loan of $2O million to expand secondary and vocational education in the State for the next five years. The team
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    • 115 3 KAMPAR, Sun. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, was praised for his decision on the National Language Bill and the wise handling of the issue, at the Bth annual meeting of the UMNO branch here this morning. The Chairman of the meeting, Enche Mohd. bin Ngah
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    • 257 4 Govt, places several goods under quotas KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— The import of goods— such os leather of bovine cattle, carpets, rugs, electric lamps and indoor lighting fittings into the principal Customs Area of the states of Malaya and into Penang Island have now been put under quantita* tive
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    • 179 4 KUCHING. Sun. A separate State Drainage and irrigation Department has been established in Sarawak under the State Ministry of Agriculture as from Jan 1. The headquarter of this Department which is nowoperating in PW D headquarters will be moving into the old Treasury building, situated
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    • 122 4 J ESS EL TON. Sun. The people of Apin-Apin, 14 miles from Keningau will soon get piped water. This will be made possiale under a pilot project to be carried out in the township by the Medical Department. The Interior Medical Officer, Dr. Bashir.
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    • 267 4 Johore Budget: JOHORE BAHRU. Sun The Johore Government is expecting a deficit of $2.2 million In the budget for this year. This was revealed by the Mentri Besar Dato Othman Mohamed Sa'at, in his belated budget speech in the Johore Legislative Assembly here this
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    • 71 4 IPOH, Sun. Two robbers on a motor cycle waylaid a couple on their way home along Kidd Drive here last night, and robbed the woman of her gold chain and the man of his wristlet watch. The robbers were armed with daggers. Chin Woon Chee. 27. was accompanying
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    • 353 4 MUAR, Sun. Twenty thousand people from all parts of the Muar District are expected to turn up for a mass rally here on Mar. 17 at 4.30 p.m. to mark the official visit of the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, to Muar. The Tunku.
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    • 54 4 Picture shows the District Officer, Balik Pulau, Enche Kamaruddin bin Abdul Rani, handing over the cheque to the Chief Minister of Penan*, Tan
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    • 378 4 PONTIAN. Sun. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, today warned that the Government would not hesitate to act on any institution in the country which was found to be under the influence of irresponsible elements. He was
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    • 204 4 KUALA KUBU BHARU. Sun. The Minister of Local Government and Housing. Mr. Khaw Kal Boh. reminded the people today that though confrontation had ended, the spell of peace should not be construed as a time for relaxation and complacency. Speaking at the presentation
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    • 60 4 KUCHING, Sun. Kuchlng a total of 18.12 Inches of rainfall last month compared with 24.32 in January. In Sibu 7.40 inches of rain fell last month. The January rainfall was 23.13 inches. Bintulu had 7.78 inches of rainfall as against 22.07 inches in January.
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    • 62 4 IPOH, Sun.—Two hundred text books, valued at $BOO were stolen from a parked van at Jalan Yang Kalsom here last night. The driver of the van, Khor Kooi Huat, had parked the van on the road the previous evening. On his return, he found that the side door
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    • 48 4 MUAR, Sun. Shakespeareana, a touring stage group from England, will stage William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" at the Convent School hall at Jalan Daud here on Tues. at 4 p.m. Tickets at $1 per head can be obtained from all secondary schools and at the gat*.
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    • 459 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. Senior civil servants and various State Departments came under slashing attack again here today. The attack was made by the Auditor-General of Malaysia. Mr. S. Handiah, in his annual report for 1965 on the accounts of Johore The 15-page report was tabled
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    • 101 4 KUCHING. Sun. There will be a sitting of the Federal Court of Malaysia here commencing tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. The Court will be presided over by Tan Sri Syed Shen Barakbah. Lord President of the Federal Court. The other Members of the Court will be Dato P.EH.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 200 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (AFP) President Johnson will go to the island of Guam in the Pacific at the end of next week to confer uith his main advisors and Us diplomatic and Military leaders in Saigon. Vice President Hubert Humphrey said here last night.
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    • 144 5 SANTA MONICA. Califcm.a. Sun. (UPI) The wife of comedian Tom Smothers was granted an uncontested divorce on Friday after she testified the television star called her "stupid and a dummy in front of others". Mrs. Stephanie Smothers, 27. was granted custody of their son. Thomas
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    • 115 5 TOKYO, Sun. (UPI).— An Army force of 300,000 men seized control of the main industrial plants in Fos h a n city in South Kwangtung Province, Radio Moscow said today. The Japanese language broadcast, monitored in Tokyo, said the Army Force was ordered to
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    • 97 5 Washington, sun. (UPI) Paul Walter, 56, Jeputy Director of the International Monetary F nd (IMF) institute, was ■tilled yesterday when he w as struck by a car while on the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Police quoted witnesses J'ho said Walter had suddenly swerved into the
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    • 313 5 LOS ANGELES, Sun. (UPI) Singer Gary Lewis, son of comedian Jerry Lewis, and Sara Jane Suzara of the Philippines were married yesterday at a nuptial mass attended by some 500 persons in St. e Apostle Roman Catholic Church. The wedding culminated a romance
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    • 140 5 TAK, Northern Thailand, Sun. (Reuter) Thai Prime Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn today opened a base depot here of a joint AustraliaThai road project linking this provincial capital with Maesod, 55 miles west on the Burmese border. Speaking at the opening ceremony. Marshal Thanom said Australian assistance
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    • 105 5 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Sun. (AP) Donald Vale, 29, was held yesterday in lieu of US$ one million bond after his second arrest of the week on a narcotics charge. Court attaches and veteran police officers said they had never heard of such a bond in any arrest
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    • 313 5 Clue on URBANA, Ohio, Sun. (UPI). —lt has been determined definitely that a collision in the air was responsible for the crash of a Trans World Airlines jet near here on Thursday that claimed 26 lives, it was learned yesterday. The DC-9 Jetliner
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    • 113 5 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) British film director Ken Hughes will direct the musical version of lan Fleming's fairy tale, "Chitty, Chitty. Bang. Bang,' 1 starring Dick Van Dyke. The film goes before the cameras at Pinewood Studios here in July and will be the
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    • 137 5 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI) A total of 203 U.S. aircraft were shot down or destroyed on the ground in South Vietnam in February, the New China News Agency reported today, quoting a South Vietnam pres* agency. The New China News Agency said, according to the Giai
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    • 52 5 HAVANA. Sun. (AFP) The new Pakistani Ambassador to Cuba. Mr. M.S.A. Baig, presented his credentials to President Osvaldo Dorticos at the Palace of the Revolution here today. At the conclusion of the protocol ceremony, the Ambassador placed a wreath at the monument to Jose Marti, a Cuban
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    • 119 5 UNITED NATIONS, New York, Sun. (Reuter) Secretary General U Thant today denied a report that h e had presented a new peace proposal on Vietnam to the United States following his March 2 meeting with North Vietnamese representatives in Rangoon. A spokesman for U Thant said
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    • 67 5 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun(AFP) President Castelo Branco of Brazil today signed a security law aimed at tightening state control on individuals and facilitating repression of all activities detrimental to the nation's interests. The law will not be submitted to Congress for approval and its text will be
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    • 303 5 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Bun. (UPI) An eight-member Korean Trade Delegation kept up a hectic pact yesterday as It visited the Battelle Memorial Institute in the heart of the MidThie Koreans breakfasted In Chicago yesterday morning, arrived here in time for lunch, and were scheduled to
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    • 48 5 THE first French atomic submarine "Redoutable" (Formidable) will be launched on March 29 at the Cherbourg Harbour in the presence of French President Charles de Gualle. This will also mark as the first official ceremony attended by the French President in 1967.
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    • 279 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPl)—The next chapter in America's increasing pressure on North Vietnam will be no less severe and could be closer to Hanoi than the bombing of that country's largest Industrial establishment, government sources said yesterday. Military observers expected, however,
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    • 118 5 ROME, Sun. (UPI). —An amnesty spared British actress Dawn Addams a fine yesterday in her latest court battle against her former lawyer. Mario Guttieres, who served as Miss Addams lawyer in her separation case from Italian Prince Vittorio Massimo an<3 claimed she didn't
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    • 106 5 COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Sun. (UPI) A postman in India is entrusted with more than delivering the mail. He also does his small part in the field of family planning. The postman carries contraceptives as he travels his route, according to Dr. Purnendu Kumar Banerjee, an official
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    • 86 5 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) An American freelance correspondent. Donald R Gallagher, was killed today in an accidental shelling which also took the lives of four American soldiers and wounded eight others. A U.S. mission spokesman here said Mr. Gallagher, 27, was on an operation with American
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    • 63 5 BOGOTA, Colombia, Sun. (AFP) A Nationalist Chinese goodwill mission was to leave here today, after talks with leading ministers. The mission led by Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Sampson C. Shen held talks with Colombian Foreign Minister German Zea, ana the Ministers of Development and Agriculture. The
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    • 189 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPl)—The U.S. Navy confirmed yesterday that an investigation had been ordered in the case of a pilot who called for a declaration of war and a new U.S. military policy in Vietnam. He is Lt. Cmdr. Laurence C. Baldauf Jr.,
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    • 178 5 MONTREAL, Sun. (UPI). —Cuban refugees exploded a plastic bomb yesterday outside an auction where an estimated U.S. $200,000 in goods confiscated by the Castro government were being sold. One man was injured as he tried to throw water on the burning wick that detonated the
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    • 146 5 NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) Over 6,740 American teachers today launched a public appeal to help stop the war in Vietnam. The teachers, from universities and schools throughout the country, signed an advertisement, which covered two and one third pases of the
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    • 125 5 LOS ANGELES, Sun. (UPI) Singer Nelson Eddy's widow will receive the bulk of his estate and a $2,000 -a month Trust Fund, according to the will of the late film idol. The will was filed for probate on Friday in Superior Court. The
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    • 121 5 BANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter) —The Duke of Edinburgh, due to fly to the Indian state of Rajasthan tomorrow for a week's stay as guest of the Maharajah of Jaipur, has postponed his visit because of the political situation there, the British Embassy announced tonight. Riots
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    • 122 5 DUBLIN, Sun. (UPI) Irish farmers yesterday called an end to the food strike which had already cost the country an estimated £1 million ($2.8 million) in meat and livestock exports. The strike, which has paralysed Irish agriculture since it began last Sunday, ended at
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    • 322 6 Thadden tables on Thielen FRANKFURT, West Germany, Sun. (Reuter).— Adolf Von Thadden, Deputy Leader of West Germany's far right National Democratic Party, came out on top last night in a power struggle with the party's more moderate leader Friti Thlekn. The federal executive Df the party reinstated
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    • 246 6 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter). Relays of Roman Catholic worshippers knelt In Westminister Cathedral yesterday in a six-hour pray-in for "those who have been silenced by the church." A focal point of the demonstration, called by lay Catholics, was the case of the Dominican priest who wai
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    • 255 6 MANILA, Sun. (Reuter). The invisible wall set up by the Philippines more than two decades ago to protect itself from Communist ideology appears to be crumbling. There has been a noticeable relaxation in this country's anti-Communist posture, and if plans do not miscarry
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    • 'Sex art' and the unfunny weirdies
      • 99 6 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Polic« intervened when chanting beatniks held a mock funeral yesterday at the cenotaph here, national shrine to Britain dead of two world wars. They were demonstrating against a crackdown on the beatnik newspaper "International Times" Police raided its offices last Thursday with
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      • 226 6 WHITEWATER. Wisconsin. Sun. (UPI) Whitewater State University instructors and students, rebelling against alleged suppression of a painting of sexual activity, touched off a boneflre of art on Friday on the campus. Bix art faculty members Ignited a selection of their art works with a torch made from
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    • 89 6 GREAT LAKES. Illinois, Sun. (Reuter). Rear Admiral Howard Yeager, who gave the command to fire the signal shot for the 1944 invasion of France, died yesterday in a fire at his home at a naval training centre here. Two female Navy personnel who lived in
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    • 371 6 GENEVA. Sun. (Reuter) Svetlana Stalin, au-burn-haired daughter of the former Soviet dictator. was whisked away to a secluded hideaway yesterday after Switzerland gave her permission to stay in the country temporarily. Her high-speed dash by car from Geneva airport yesterday climaxed a three day cloak-and-dagger
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    • 152 6 PARIS, Sun. (Renter) More than 20 million French voters today are expected to provide President de Gaulle —their leader for more than eight years with a solid parliamentary backing to the end of his term in 1972 Today's computer forecasts said the Gaullist s would
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    • 63 6 MANILA. Sun. (Reuter) Two Navy frogmen here escaped death yesterday when they successfully parachuted down after their chutes became entangled on the left wing of an Air Force C-47 plane. The frogmen were taking part in an annual SEATO military exercise. Observers here said the plane's
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    • 154 6 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) As a result of government policy Britain's standard of living would soon be lower than that of any other major country including Japan, said Mr. Edward Heath, Conservative opposition leader yesterday. "By 1966." he said "Britain had slipped from fourth to eighth
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    • 119 6 VERA CRUZ, Mexico. Sun. (Reuter) A 25second earthquake struck this port city yesterday, cracking several main buildings but causing only minor injuries. The epicentre of the quake was apparently under Vera Cruz itself. It reached an intensity of seven on the Mercalli scale of 12. Three
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    • 167 6 LYFORD CAY, Bahamas, Sun. (Reuter). —Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon strolled happily alone a beach here and walked hand-in-hand down a wooden quay yesterday. Smiling and Joking, completely relaxed, and obviously delighted to be together again, the royal couple were beginning the first
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    • 120 6 ROME, Sun. (Reuter) Nuclear warfare will be declared on the Idyllic Italian Island of Capri next month against fruit-fly. The Italian Nuclear Energy Committee (CNEN) said today the Island has been picked for a pilot experiment fighting fruit-fly a major pest in fruit-growing Mediterranean
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    • 93 6 RIDGEFIELD. Connecticut. Sun (Reuter) Geraldine Farrar. one of the New York Metropolitan Opera's most glamorous prima donnas, died at her home here yesterday at 85. Mies Farrar reigned in the "golden age" of American opera from her debut in 1906 in "Romeo and Juliet" until
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    • 77 6 BANGKOK. Sun (AP> Japan's Takeshi Watanabe, the President of the Asian Development Bank is in Thailand for a three day pisit to have a look at this country's economic conditions. On his arrival yesterday he told reports that he would see some Thai development projects ann
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    • 494 7 Bill to register MANILA, Sun. (AFP and AP) —A leading Filipino political commentator expressed strong doubts today about the sincerity of the announced U.S. desire for negotiations to s e 111 e the Vietnam war. The commentator, Mr. J. V. Cruz of the
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    • 135 7 SAIGON, Sun. (AFP) The giant American Construction combine "Raymond-Morris-Knudsen" (RMK) which has done much of the military construction of the Vietnamese war, plans to cut its personnel by 25 per cent in the next few months, it was learned today. The company
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    • 116 7 VENICE. Sun. (Reuter) The Italian pilot who flew Pope Paul to New York on his historic visit to the United Nations in 1965 was killed in a plane crash yesterday in the Dolomite foothills, Carabmieri said last night. Captain Aldo Tait, 55, was identified as one of
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    • 91 7 MANILA, sun. (AP). Police chief Ricardo Papa has proposed the formation of an organisation composed of Police chiefs from South East Asia, Police Headquarters said today. Papa's suggestion was made to four visiting Police inspectors from the National Police Agency of Japan who paid a
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    • 109 7 LOS ANGELES. California. Sun. (AP) Police say a man who i robbed a Bank of AmeriIca branch of S3OO I apparently found th e experience disturbing. He fled tears. I Teller Carmen Cipork I told investigators the man handed her a note J on Fria a y.
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    • 126 7 PRETORIA. South Africa, Sun <Reuter) Wanted by Pretoria's Lions Club, a young post-graduate student to take charge of a project aimed at establishing a basis for the evaluation of modern art. Professor Walter Battiss. head of the Department of Art at the University
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    • 52 7 KARACHI, Sun. (AP) The Shah of Iran and Queen Farah left Lahore lor Tehran this morning after a one week informal visit to Pakistan. They were seen off at the airport by President Ayub Khan. West Pakistan Governor Mohammad Musa. provincial ministers and high ranking civil and
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    • 66 7 A pretty 18-year-old and 5 feet 8 inches tall Miss Yoko Sasaki is crowned "MISS TEEN JAPAN" as she is being introduced by Hiroshi Tamoki (left) at the Kyoritsu Hall in Tokyo last week. "Miss Teen Japan", Yoko Sasaki will shortly leave Tokyo for Hollywood
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    • 175 7 Up-down-up Economists collide on budget LONDON. Sun. (UPI) Businessmen could take their choice this week on the future of the national economy sin p two of Britain's most authoritative and respected institutions took differing views. The Bank of England in its quarterly bulletin took the broad stand that a shortage
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    • 258 7 VATICAN-CITY-. Sun. (UPI) The Vatican City newspaper Osservators Romano said yesterday that Indian election results indicate a danger to India's "very existence as a unitary state." "In practice, none of the political forces which emerged in the various states where the Congress Party
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    • 105 7 HONGKONG. Sun. (Reuter) The Hong Kong government has proposed four new general holidays to conform more closely with actual practice and popular sentiment in this predominantly Chinese colony. They are the third day of the Chinese lunar new year, the "Dragon boat festival" and "Ching Ming"
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    • 97 7 SYDNEY. Australia Sun. (Reuter) The use of oral contraceptives is blamed for a severe slump in the birth rate revealed by the latest figures released by the bureau of census and statistics. Although the figures show an increase in population of over 1,000,000 in the
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    • 119 7 LONDON. Sun. (UPI) A computer designed to give early warning signals of Impending heart attacks will be on show tomorrow at the International medical Engineering and Automation Exhibition. The computer was developed In co-operation with cardiologists at Barnet General Hospital, London, and designed by InaElectronics
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    • 105 7 JAKARTA Sun (AFP) Indonesian fishermen of Bangka Island near Sumatra have resumed gathering pearl oysters after the oysters beds had been forgotten for many years because the Dutch withheld charts of the sites. The official Indonesian Antara news agency today reported that the fishermen were living in
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    • 102 7 LONDON, Sun. (AFP) Maltese Premier Dr. Borg Olivier, due to return home today after the breakdown of talks on the withdrawal of British troops from the island, has postponed his departure for 24 hours, a Maltese spokesman said here. He refused to say whether this decision
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    • 89 7 MANILA. Sun. (AP) Phillippine Security Police today whisked Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban away from Manila airport by a side entrance to dodge five hundred placard waving demonstrators. The demonstrators, from the Muslim student association of the Phillplnes (Mustaphil), were gathered In front of the airport
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    • 71 7 THE development of a target detection radar and command transmitter (or "Rapier" believed to be the world's most advanced low-level air defence system i s now being completed in Britain. Capable of detecting aircraft flying at heights from tree-top level to several thousand metres, the target detection radar incorporated in
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    • 414 7 NEW ORLEANS, Sun. (DPI) Attorneys for Clay L. Shaw, the man named by District Attorney Jim Garrison as a member of a conspiracy to kill President Kenndy, have been granted a special hearing tomorrow before the three judges who will conduct a preliminary
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    • 58 7 KATMANDU, Sun. (Reuter) A Bavarian nun who has been a Catholic missionary teacher in India and Nepal since 1963 was decorated with the Order of Merit. First Class, by West German President Dr. Heinrich Luebke here this morning for her long service in missionary, education and
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  • 704 8 rpHE copyright law in force in Malaysia is a legacy of the colonial era, and is an almost forgotten piece of legislation. The reason for this is that writing books is not a profession that appeals to many people in this country. However, in recent years textbooks for
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  • 770 8 THE Selangor Vocational Guidance Association would like to direct the attention of parents to a recent pamphlet published by the Ministry of Education under the title "Regulations For The Lower Certificate of Education Examination 1967". Copies
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  • 920 8 Queen Elizabeth II —one of the richest women in the world London, Sun. (UPI) —If Queen Elizabeth II cashed in her private fortune, she would probably have enough dollar bills to lay them end to end around the world or enough pound notes to link London and Tokyo. Not that
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    • 896 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. as the week progressed, the speculative issues began to slip again after all, they have had a fairy long upward pull with very little consolidation, says a brokers firm in their weekly market report. "The blue chips held very steady and showed little s;gn
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    • 87 9 KINSHAYA, Congo. Sun. (UPI) The C ongolese Gecomin Co. which took over copper mining operations in Katanga after Union Miniere was dispossessed, has decided to open an office in Brussels, it was announced. Geromin last month concluded an agreement with the Belgian Societe Generale
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    • 94 9 ALGIERS. Sun. (AFP) The first shipment of wheat arrived here and in Oran today under a SovietAlgerian agreement signed last November. Today's delivery of 17,000 tons were to ease the situation created by a poor harvest last year. Further deliveries at 50,000 tons a month up
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    • 119 9 The S u ltan of Selangor and Tu nku Ampuan visited the Factory of Chemical Company of Malaysia Ltd. at Batu Tiga yesterday. Picture shows the Sultan touring the 40-acre site amidst slight driizle. Leading the way is Mr. H.G. Owen, C.C.M. Chairman. KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.
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    • 186 9 LONDON, Sun. (AP) The point may be in sight when the supply and consumption of tin will be broadly in balance, a London metal merchant said recently. A. Strauss and Co. Ltd. said in its monthly tin market review that the U.S. General Services
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    • 263 9 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI). —A Commerce Department official has said Hong Kong suppliers were trying to get "the best of both worlds" through their polynosiccotton fabric. Mr. Arthur Garel, Director of the Commerce Department's office of textiles, said the fabric leaves
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    • 185 9 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) Rootes Motors Ltd., recently bought out by Chrysler Corp., has announced a group trading loss and a change of directorship aimed at correcting the situation. Rootes said the loss was more than £4 million ($11.2 million) in the six months ended Jan 31.
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    • 296 9 MELBOURNE, Australia, Sun. Visitors to the Australian pavilion at Expo 67 at Montreal this year will be able to relax in one of 240 lounfe chairs and listen to a hidden voice giving a four-minute talk on aspects of Australian life. The talking
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    • 118 9 LONDON, Sun. Steel production in Britain recovered in February, partly because of improved demand from the motor industry, and averaged 494,700 tons a week. On a seasonally-adjusted basis this is eight-and-a-half per cent more than in January and is marginally above February, 1966. Expenditure on new
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    • 92 9 COLOMBO. Sun. (AFP) Ceylon's Premier, Dudley Senenayake said today that the government's aim was to make Ceylon self-suffi-cient in rice up to 75 per cent by 1970. Addressing a press conference on the country's food growing campaign, the Premier said the government had accepted the fact
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    • 901 9 AIR MOVEMENTS S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from K.L. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline ML 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline ML 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 451 from Kuching. Time 10.55 a.m. Airline ML 005 from Penang.
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  • Books
    • 446 10 fteuU^h HENRI MOUHOT'S DIARY has been out of print for over a century. Now thanks to the enterprise of Oxford University Press we can hit the Angkor Wat trail again. In a handsomely bound volume edited and abridged by Christopher Pvm ($12.50. 160
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    • 252 10 READ CONQUER INSOMNIA by Dr. M.N. Pai (Souvenir Press and Arlington Books. 62 pp. 5s net) and I'm sure you'll stay wide awake the whole of that night. For Dr. Pai who is Con- sultant in Psychological Medicine, Belmont Hos- pital, Sutton, makes some startling revelations.
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    • 297 10 ASIA, GODS CITIES ASIA, GODS AND CITIES (Aden to Tokyo) by George Woodcock (Faber. 340 pp. 365) is a superb travel narrative. Mr. Woodcock takes in a big sprawling canvas. He pens vivid pictures of the sights and sounds and smells of a string of Asian cities. The chapter I
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    • 309 10 THE growing interest in Malaysia and Indonesia has done much to stimulate Malay studies in such countries as the United States, Australia and Great Britain. (Holland of course has always been a major centre for such studies). There is now an undoubted need for scholarly and definitive
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  • 113 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce will offer four university scholarships to the top student of eaeh of the four language streams in Singapore. The award will be $l,OOO each. The Chamber's Foundation Committee made this announcement yesterday. The meeting was conducted by
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  • 105 11 SINGAPORE, San.—Southeast Asia's first aerated water canning line went into operation at the Fraser and Neave plant in Singapore last week, opening up new export-oppor- tunities for the Republic. Machinery for the canning line, costing $400,000. is now producing canned soft drinks in
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  • 518 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Parliament is expected to hear an attack on the Utusan Meiayu a Malay-language daily on what has been described by a Member of Parliament as "humiliatory articles on the Republic of Singapore." The Order Paper for the Singapore
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  • 281 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The Johore Government is not contemplating to revoke the water agreement reached between the Singapore and Johore Governments in 1963. This was stated at the Budget Session of the Johore Legislative Assembly today by an Alliance Government front-bencher. Dato Chua
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  • 149 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. From tomorrow (March 13), the Istana will be guarded by members of the Singapore Armed Forces. This will be the first time that the President as Head of State of independent Singapore will have a military guard. The honour of being
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  • 384 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Building Materials and Services Exhibition which closed this evening at Shenton Way would create a new path where Singapore could keep abreast of trends and current developments in technology in the building materials industry. This was today disclosed by Mr. John A.
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  • 299 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. Shopping for Easter? Then take note of the many wonderful bargains you can get from these leading departmental stores in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. METRO LTD. at High Street, Singapore, has many "Easter Specials" to offer to everyone-in-the-family this week. A large selection
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  • 123 11 BINGAPORE, Sun. The "doyen" of basketball in Singapore, Mr. Goh Chye Hin, has retired from active participation in the promotion of the sport in the Republic after a colourful service record of 37 years. Last night, members of the Basketball Association of Singapore and many
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  • 152 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. Two robbers—one armed with a firearm and the other with a dagger—held up several occupants of a shop in North Bridge Road yesterday and escaped with $331 in cash and $1,596 in property. One of the victims. Lee Yon* Wee, 25
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  • 85 11 SINGAPORE, Sun.— More than 1.000 students from Singapore and Malaysia have sought admission into the Nanyang University for the new academic year beginning in May. Some 700 students have asked to be exempted from entrance examinations. About 500 other students applied to take
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  • 75 11 SINGAPORE. Bun. Mr. E.N.B. Mitton. Chairman and Managing Director of Inbucon Ltd.. will give a talk on "The Management Consultancy in a Developing Economy" at the Singapore Polytechnic tomorrow at 5.15 p.m. The talk Is organised by the Singapore Institute of Management. The Inbucon Group operates
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  • 22 11 SINGAPORE. Sun.— There were 104 road accidents, of which five were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Students` Page – All $10 Essay Winners
    • 354 12 TI7ITH great strides made in almost every field of knowledge over the years, we are now maintaining a comparatively high standard of living. Though we can live comfortably now, we can by no means be complacent. There is always the urge which goads us
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    • 313 12 DRESS constitutes one of the necessities of life of any age and emphasises the Culture, custom and na•tionality of the wearer. A modern woman's dress Is regarded as something siore than just an outfit. It has undergone a long and #om plica ted process of
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    • 269 12 MAN'S physical comfort depends on his control over the forces of nature. Primitive man had to struggle for survival, as he had no knowledge of how to utilise the resources provided by nature. The man of today has a wide range of articles
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    • 248 12 AS students we have many duties and responsibilities. If we observe and perform them righteously, we can find happiness in our young world. The fundamental duty Is to attend school regularly and punctually. By doing so. we can absorb invaluable information imparted to us by
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    • 292 12 MAGIC is a word to conjure with. It is a hobby that will jive many hours of absorbing fun and it grows more interesting the more you know about it. Magic Is an honoured art as well as a hobby. This is one reason why
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    • 333 12 TOURISTS to Singapore will find more things to see than they can bargain for. Besides her low-cost multistorey flats, the island Republic can boast of her other tourist attractions such as her cosmopolitan society living in harmony, petite and friendly citizens, locally-manufactured goods and
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    • 238 12 IN this modern world, newspapers are of vital importance to people of all walks of life. They play such a stressing role in our daily lives that many of us may go without tea, but not without newspapers. Newspaper Is the "lifeblood" of our knowledge
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    • 186 12 ACCIDENTS that often occur in homes can be prevented. For instance, in some houses the fuse boxes are of low resistance lead wire. After a stormy night, the wire may melt and the person concerned may replace it with another wire. Such a repair should not be
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    • 317 13 If I were given a holiday several months. I would like to visit certain places of interest In Malaysia. It Is better to know one's country thoroughly first before proceeding to visit other countries. A few hours of travelling through zlz-zag roads over
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    • 547 13 the earliest times man had lived in communities. Today, none of us can abandon society. The office worker depends on the farmer for food and the farmer depends on the factory worker for clothings. We all exist together by mutual co-operation. And it is
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    • 290 13 The last month of the year. D&Jtettber, was and will always be my favourite month. The first week of December heralds the beginning of our six-week, annual school vacation. when happy-go-lucky children like myself, are releived of our school books and the irritating voices
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    • 454 13 FROM my point of view, the general outlook of teenagers today are very different from tha* of yesteryears. The teenagers today are allowed too much freedom and time to do things as they please. They think that the world ia theirs, will be theirs and
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  • 335 14 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) In English Rugby Union matches yesterday Gloucester ended a run of six successive defeats when beating the Royal Air Force by 9-3 but the game was marked by an incident in the second half which resulted in the referee sending M. Burton,
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  • 1993 14 ENGLISH~l AsT KR N s I! N Hiag^gg 0 cc^ —V J LIAGUE and TABLES' LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) —Everton, the holders/ beat neighbours ond arch-rivals Liverpool 1-0 last night in an English Football Association Cup fifth round tie watched by 100,000 frenzied
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  • 150 14 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter)— The Cambridge University crew arrived in London on Thursday for the final phase of their training for the annual boat race against Oxford on the River Thames on March 25. Oxford, who will attempt to register their first hattrick of wins over Cambridge
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  • 270 14  -  By M. T. LINGAM SEREMBAN, Sun. Negri Sembilan Hockey Association will once again try to initiate the formation of the Negri Sembilan Sports Council which they attempted unsuccessfully two years ago. Sunsport urged for the formation of this council in its columns
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  • 52 14 KAMPAR. Sun. The Perak Chinese Football Association match between Kampar Chinese and Ipoh Ramblers for the Dato* Leong Kee Nyen Cup was abandoned towards the end. as a heavy downpour flooded the field. The match was called off by referee Enche Samsuddin. Ipoh Ramblers were leading
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  • 222 14 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) The English Lawn Tennis Association has decided to put a pro. posal for an "open" Wimbledon tournament to the annual general meeting of the International Federation in Luxembourg next July. The proposal is to be put as being an experiment limited to
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  • 85 14 SANTOS. BRAZIL. Sun. (Reuter) Santos Football Club officials refused to comment yesterday on foreign press reports that Brazilian soccer "king" Pele had been sold to Internazionale of Milan for more than £600,000 Yesterday, however. Santos Club director Jose Berandes Ferreira implied that no recent offer for
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  • 238 14 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI) The United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) announced yesterday the appointment of George R. Mac Call as Captain of the 1967 U.S. Davis Cup team. Robert J. Kelleher, president of the USLTA. said McCall has the dedication and ability
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 266 14 TENDER NOTICES PESUROH JAYA IBU KOTA KUALA LUMPUR Applications are invited for temporary posts of Junior Clerks-Of-Works for the low cost housing project in the Municipal Architect's Department. The posts are on a 2 years contract with prospects of emplacement on the permanent establishment. Details are as follows:Salary Scale: All-in-salary
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  • SUNSPORT
    • SUNSPORT SPECIAL $45,000 Malaysian Open Golf Campionship
      • 1408 16  -  By Percy Joseph, R. D. Selva KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —I. Legaspi of the Philippines today won the Malaysian Open Golf Championship 1967 title and also the prize money accompanying the title amounting to $5,600. He was just one stroke ahead of the field at the end
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      • Article, Illustration
        26 16 Maharni Mydin (left) and Ruby Kok Malayan Tobacco Company's Ambassadresses whose services were much in evidence at the Malaysian Open Golf Championship which concluded yesterday.
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    • 76 16 Sporting a creamcoloured cowboy hat and behaving in his usual unpredictable manner, Cassius Clay flexes his well-formed muscles during a medical examination at the New York State Athletic Commission here on March 6. Clay also got his New York State licence renewed in preparation to the flght
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    • 241 16 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI) Yoshiro Ota 65. who played on four Japanese Davis Cup teams, was selected on Friday as non-playing captain of this year's Japanese Davis Cup team. Ota and the four Japanese Davis Cup players are expected to leave Tokyo April
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    • 58 16 BINGAPORE. Sun. RAF Seletar beat RAF Changl by 83 runs in the Singapore Cricket Association's senior league match played at Seletar today. Seletar chalked up a score of 153 while Changi could only managed with a meagre 73 runs. Top scorers in the games were: Noddle
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    • 321 16  -  By H. M. S. SUTAN SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore had to go all out to beat Joint Services by three goals to one in action-packed FAM Cup south zone soccer final at Jalan Besar stadium tonight. The match was characterised bv speed right from
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    • 455 16 NEW YORK. Sun. (AP)— Since turning professional in 1960. heavyweight champion Cassius Clay has won all 28 of his bouts 22 of them by knockouts. The Louisville slugger began fighting for money in October after capping an amateur career by winning the 1960
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    • 46 16 MDAR. Sun. The second annual Tangkak District basketball tournament for the Mr. Lai Kuan Tee Cup will be held from March 18 at 4 pm. All matches will be played on the Tangkak Padang Besar basketball court ana at Chee Ming Primary School court.
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    • SPORTS/RACING
      • 2319 15 S'pore race results By WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Sun. Sunray, confidently ridden by Johnny Nelson, fought a terrific finish with All Steel (Gilders) to capture the Republic Cup run over 6f at B uk i t Timah this afternoon, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Derby
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      • 510 15 WORLD XI WIN BY 262 RUNS BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Sun. (Reuter) The Rest of The World Cricket XI beat Barbados by 262 runs before tea here today with more than a day to spare. Barbados collapsed for the second time in the flve-day match which was staged to mark
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      • 90 15 BRIDGETOWN. Barbados. Sun. (Reuter) The three outstanding players of the Rest of the World XI who beat Barbados by 262 runs In the flve-day international cricket match which ended here yesterday, won awards of £lOO each. They are Mushtaq Mohammed. of Pakistan, who scored 82 and 57 and
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      • 383 15 SINGAPORE, Sun. Len Gibson, veteran racer captured the "champion driver" award with an aggregate total of 149 points to win the 1966 Singapore Forces Driving Club Championships this year. One of the notable things about Len's performance is that he has driven a vast number
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      • 386 15 BANGKOK, Sun. (AP) A record number of 122 golfers from 18 countries are entered for the third Thailand Open Golf Championship from March 16 to 19 fourth leg of the Far East Circuit. Local entries total 36 players, including 11 from the amateur ranks.
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      • 358 15 SINGAPORE. Sun. Following is the stipendiary Steward's Report on the second day of the SingaK»re Turf Clubs Derby eet'ng held at Buklt Timah today: Race 1 App. Ismail (Baldalo) and trainer E. W van Breukeien were questioned regarding the running of the horse; and after hearing their
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      • 106 15 KAMPAR Sun. The Perak State Open Lawn Tenni« competition for the late Sultan Iskandar Shah Cup. which was donated in 1928. will be played in Ipoh on March 18 and 19 commencing at 3.30 p.m. each day. Six clubs have entered for the competition.
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      • 314 15 TOKYO, Sun. (AP) A Filipino boxing promoter said today he will try to get the site of a title fight between world heavyweight champion Cassius Clay and Argentina's Oscar Bonavena switched from Tokyo to Manila. The fight has been scheduled for
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      • 41 15 DETROIT, Sun. (Reuter) World mile and half mil® record holder Jim Ryun (United States) ran a mile in three minutes 58.6 seconds at an indoor athletics meeting here yesterday. His time shattered th* jfixttfll racord of 4:03.4.
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    • 60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 1.37 a.m. (8 ft.); 2.08 p.m. (7.9 ft.) Port Swettenham: 7.09 a.m. (14.6 ft.); 7.27 p.m. (15.4 ft.) Port Dickson: 7.55 a.m. (8.4 ft); 8.08 p.m. (9.2 ft.) Singapore: 12.151 a.m. (8.6 ft); 12.11 p.m. (9.3 ft) Sedili Kechil: 10.09 a.m. (6.6 ft); 11.25 p.m. (7
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