Eastern Sun, 18 March 1967

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  • Title Section
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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 237 Saturday, 18 March 1967. ☆MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon 'BAD ELEMENTS' WARNING
    500 1  -  Tunku: Language please ALL races By K. G. Tharan Muar, Friday: THE Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunhu Abdul Rahman, has warned the people of "bad elements 99 trying to exploit the lan* guage issue. Th e Tunhu gave this warning at the Muar High School here this
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  • Article
    Lock icon Wine growers run amok
    133 1 CARCASSONNE, France, Fri. (Reuter) Police lobbed teargas bombs into hundreds of angry wine growers who ran amok here after protesting against French imports of North African wine. By last night 32 people 20 of them policemen had been injured in rowdy clashes in this southern French
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  • Article
    Lock icon 18 KILLED
    51 1 TAIPEI, Fri. (Reuter). Eighteen people including 14 children—died in a fire in a four-storey wooden building at Keelung early today. Reports reaching here from Taiwan's northern port city said the fire started in the first floor and quickly engulfed the whole wooden building. Inside, 44 people were sound
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  • Article
    Lock icon Sukarno is declared 'mentally ill'
    345 1 JAKARTA. Fri. (UPI) Former President Sukarno was declared mentally ill by two Indonesian psychiatrists placed under oath by Acting President Gen. Suharto almost one month before he was dis- missed from office. Informed sources today told United Press International that two private psychiatric examinations of
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Mrs. Indira Gandhi (left) is being sworn in as Prime Minister by Indian President S. Radhakrishnan here. She was unanimously re-elected Prime Minister of India on March 12. She announced the formation of a 19-member Cabinet the next day with Mr. Morarji Desai. who made a strong bid to replace her, as her deputy and again Finance Minister.
    60 1 Mrs. Indira Gandhi (left) is being sworn in as Prime Minister by Indian President S. Radhakrishnan here. She was unanimously re-elected Prime Minister of India on March 12. She announced the formation of a 19-member Cabinet the next day with Mr. Morarji Desai. who made a strong bid to replace
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  • Article
    Lock icon MINORITY RIGHTS REPORT ADOPTED
    482 1 SINGAPORE. FRI. By PETER LORE PARLIAMENT today unanimously endorsed the Government's views as set out by the Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W barker last December on the Report of the Constitutional Commission 1966 on Minority Rights. The debate on the Constitutional Commission's
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    Lock icon 'SMALL MAN NASIR'
    89 1 MALACCA, Fri. The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said here today that It was the duty of the head of the Ministry or department to lodge a report with the Public Services Commission against Tuan Syed Nasir. He said further comment was unnecessary because the
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  • S'pore Parliament roundup
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      Lock icon Constitutional report is endorsed by House
      2499 2  -  BARKER WINDS by John Kam and Peter Loke SINGAPORE, Fri. The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore, under the specially entrenched C revisions, may only e altered by an Act of Parliament by which the Bill is supported by not less than two-thirds of
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      Lock icon Indon border cooperation praised
      272 2 tt £?5 NG Fri Re uter) Lt. General Tan Sri Hamid Bidin, Chief of Staff of the Malaysian Armed r£ es V pal x tribute here today to the Indonesian authorities for their co-operation and efforts to eliminate Communist elements along Sarawak's border with Indonesian Borneo,
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      Lock icon Ho gives 2 reasons against setting up of Council of State
      1332 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. A Government backbencher, Mr. Ho See Beng, the member for Brat Boioh, today gave two reasons why he thought the proposal to set up a Council of State should not be accepted. He was speaking during the
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      Lock icon Mrs. Goh gives away the prizes
      104 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. Mrs Goh Ken* Swee, wife of th« Minister of Defence yesterday gave away the prizes to winners of the 10th Shell Traffic Games at Kallang Park Road Safety First playground. Mrs. F.H.C. Hitchcock. the General Manager of Shell, said that she hoped
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      Lock icon 90 mishaps
      22 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. There were AO road accident of which five were serious during the past 24 hour? in the Republic.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon The 18th International Toy Fair held recently In Nuremberg (Federal Republic of Germany) was a veritable fairyland for children. Stylish dolls and fast ears are the toy favourites. The doll Susi kisses to order and the mother doll "sympathetically" takes her child in her arms when it softly says: "Goodnight, Mummy. Give me a kiss. I love you so much." The 1,186 exhibitors, of whom 411 came from 28 foreign countries, put on a show for the world of young, fast drivers and all agents in charge of the situation. The display in motorways and racing cars is continuously growing. The racing tracks are getting longer, the cars faster and the curves sharper. Technology is more and more taking over in the children's playroom.
      124 5 The 18th International Toy Fair held recently In Nuremberg (Federal Republic of Germany) was a veritable fairyland for children. Stylish dolls and fast ears are the toy favourites. The doll Susi kisses to order and the mother doll "sympathetically" takes her child in her arms when it softly says: "Goodnight,
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      Lock icon New counter attacks against Mao
      375 5 TOKYO, Fri. (AP). A Red Guard wall newspaper has warned that new counter-at-tacks against the Mao Tse-tung leadership are in the making, Japanese despatches from Peking reported today. The reports said the newspaper also disclosed the Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party is in
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tun Ismail to visit Belgium
      87 5 BRUSSELS. Fri. (Reuter) Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs. Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman will pay an official visit to Belgium from March 20 to 23 at the invitation of the Belgian Government. the Foreign Ministry announced here today. The Malaysian Minister, who will
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      Lock icon Chung invites Thant to Korea
      150 5 UNITED NATIONS. Frt (AP) Sooth Korean Prime Adulator. Mr. Chang D-Kwon today kirtted U.N. Secretary General C Thant to vfcrtt Korea. r Than t said he aliht ro there next year. This was iMaclossd after the Prime Minister paid a half-boor call on the Secretary
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      Lock icon Conniee engaged to N. Y. lawyer
      78 5 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP) Singer Connie Francis said today she is engaged to a New York lawyer and will be married "before the year is over.'" Her fiance is Michael Capngero 37, a former New York State Assemblyman. Mr. Capangero "invited me to a
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      Lock icon Sukarno tells Dewi: Don't worry about politics
      211 5 TOKYO, FTi (AP) Dr. SAanw's fiwui wife Madame Rata* Sad Dewi said today Dr. Mum sends her a Mr Message and advises W mot to worry aboot poMsa ■nrtLTM. 1 to a daughter on Mssqft* 7, Madame Dswt refused to comment on Goryjreaeio
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      Lock icon IMAGINE THAT...
      72 5 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Motor mechanic Alan Jacobs decided to test a theory that the drug Indian hemp (cannabis) could be grown in a suburban back garden. Result number one: A bumper crop, valued by ex- perts at 80,000 sterling. Result number two: Jacobs, 36, went into court yesterday
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      Lock icon Britain: Moral force on US
      542 6 WO DISSOCIA FROM US IN VIETNAM' LONDON, Fri. (Reuter). Mr. Wilson last night •aid that he was anxious to retain Britain's role as a moral force on US foreign policies. Mr. Wilson said that he did not want to see "the Americans and Chinese eyeball
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      Lock icon Teachers quit 'Blackboard jungle'
      106 6 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) Bixty teachers staged a march in bitter cold yesterday outside a slum area Junior high school where more than half the staff have resigned In protest against "Blackboard Jungle" conditions. 79 of the 126 teachers at the school in the predominantly Negro
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      Lock icon Chain shooting ends in suicide
      42 6 VIENNA, Fri. (Reuter) An Italian merchant shot at a young woman who ran away from him in the street here today but missed and killed a 71-year-old woman, wounded four people and then shot himself, police said.
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      Lock icon Judge clash with reporters
      212 6 SPECK TRIAL: FEORIA, Illinois. Fri. (UFI) Circuit Court Judge Herbert C. Paschen clashed in open court with news reporters and the chief defence lawyer yesterday over his conduct of the Richard Speck murder trial. Mr. Edmund J. Rooney, reporter for the Chicago Dally News, rose in
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      Lock icon US tank landing under VC fire
      91 6 DANANG. South Vietnam, Fri. (Reuter) Eight tanks were landed under Vletcong fire yesterday in what was believed to be the first landing of tanks on a hostile beach since the Korean War, a navy spokesman said here. The tanks were put ashore by the
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      Lock icon Asian Highway within 5 years
      191 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. (AP). —A major highway almost 12,000 miles long, linking 11 Asian countries is being planned by a United Nations body. World Highways, a monthly publication of the International Roads Federation (IRF) stated the project. which entails upgrading existing roads and building new ones,
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      Lock icon 7-nation team to study lunar dust
      99 6 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) Scientists in six foreign countries will conduct experiments on the first samples of the moon's surface brought back to earth by American astronauts, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced today. The 27 scientists, from Britain, West Germany. Canada. Japan.
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      Lock icon More US food aid to India
      62 6 WASHINGTON. FrL (AP) The Senate gave speedy approval yesterday to President Johnson's proposal to provide an additional three million tons of food aid to India this year. President Johnson said another 3 million tons expected to cost US$l9O million would be needed from the
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      Lock icon Peace corps back in Ceylon
      157 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) The Peace Corps Is sending 81 volunteers back to Ceylon after a two year absence and a change of governments. It was announced yesterday. Peace Corps Director Mr. Jack Vaugnn said Ceylon's Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake requested the volunteers as part of
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      Lock icon 'YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THIS...'
      136 6 CALCUTTA. India. Fri. (AP) Flim star Marlon Brando returned yesterday from a five day tour of Eastern India's droughtstricken Bihar State and said: "Nobody outside Bihar could ever imagine the condition of this famine stricken multitude. Mr. Brando was said to be discussing a charity film
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      Lock icon Monnet supports Britain's EEC bid
      127 6 PARIS, Fri. (AFP) The "action committee for the United States of Europe," headed by M. Jean Monnet of France, last night unanimously came out for British entry into the European Common Market as it now exists. The committee comprises 44 politicians of the Six European
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      Lock icon Lawyer charged with perjury:
      684 6 Star witness Russo hypnotised THE PLOT ON JFK TRIAL NEW ORLEANS, Fri. (UPI). A former lawyer who told the Warren Commission he was asked to represent Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after President Kennedy's assassination was indicted yesterday, for perjury. The New Orleans grand jury returned the
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      Lock icon Nixon 'astonished' by Pope, is snubbed by Moscow
      314 6 MOSCOW, Frl. Commenting on his private audience with Pope Paul yesterday morning his third —Former US Vice President Mr. Richard Nixon said he was astonished by the pontiff's understanding of the foreign affairs of all countries in the world. During his day
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      Lock icon GOD MUST COME FIRST
      176 6 TRURO, South West England Fri. (Reuter) Mr. Leonard Lavery, Vicar of St. John's Church here, has refused to marry both of his daughters because they were engaged to divorced men. Two years ago, his elder daughter, Julia, became engaged to a divorced man. Because the church
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      Lock icon Wine growers fight police
      112 6 CARCASSONNE, France, Fri. (Reuter) Hundreds of Southern French wine growers fought police here yesterday following a protect demonstration against North African wine imports. Several people were in- Jured as angry wine-growers hurled stones at a police cordon in front of the prefecture and tried to set
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      Lock icon US $64,000 FOR FOUR STAMPS
      98 6 NEW YORK. Frt. (AP) A block of four 1848 Mauritius orange one penny stamps was sold yesterday for US$6l,OOO believed to be the highest price ever paid for a single item at a stamp auct'on in the United States. It went to dealer Raymond Weill
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      Lock icon Seoul PM feted in New York
      168 6 NEW YORK. Fri. CAP) Mr. Chung II Kwon. Prime Minister of South Korea was honoured yesterday by Mayor John V. Lindsay at an official luncheon at City Hall. It was the first luncheon for a foreign dignitary- in the modern history of City Hall,
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      Lock icon 'I am 2 years old
      60 6 ALGIERS, Fri. (AFP) Japanese film director Kon lehikawa had a hit here last night with his film "I am two years old." Japanese Ambassador to Algeria Tatsuichl Ko no was among the audience, which included ma ny members of the diplomatic corps lehikawa directed the
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      Lock icon UK says £41m. troops aid is not enough
      214 7 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter). Officials here jave a guarded welcome yesterday to Bonn's latest offer towards the cost of Britain s forces in Germany but said It was still not enough. West Germany has eased the position by its decision yesterday to increase
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      Lock icon Sir Francis races Drake passage
      77 7 BUENOS AIRES, (Reuter) Sir Francis Chichester today raced against time to round Cape Horn in his ketch, Gipsy Moth IV, as a steady spell of fine weather threatened to deteriorate into storms with mountainous seas. With only some 500 miles to go, the British mariner
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      Lock icon Senate passes sex bill
      80 7 ROME, Fri. (AP) A senate commisssion last night approved a proposal .to introduce sex education as a teaching subject in state schools. The proposal was signed by senators from the Christian Democrat, Socialist and Liberal parties. They suggested the creation of a commission of experts to
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      Lock icon Rusk charged with 'great blunder'
      162 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) Secretary of State Mr. Dean Rusk was accused yesterday of "one of the greatest post-war diplomatic blunders" in the handling of the defection of Stalin's daughter from the Soviet Union. Rep Edward J. Derwinski a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, told
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      Lock icon Student revolt to end soon
      168 7 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Signs of a break appeared today in the student revolt at the London School cf Economics following the third consecutive night of mass campdown in the main school hall. The students' union passed a resolution agreeing to negotiate with the school's governing
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      Lock icon NO MORE 'EYE FOR EYE'
      125 7 MANILA, Frl. (AFP) A ruling Naclonallsta Party congressman has ftled a bill In the Lower House abolishing the death penalty on the ground that the law of the "an eye for an eye" Is now dead. Its author, congressman Fiord Crisologo, proposed that henceforth, whenever
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      Lock icon Lower bank rate 'welcomed'
      120 7 PARIS. Fri. (Reuter) French financial circles today joined other leading world business centres in welcoming today's cut in the British Bank rate from six and a half to six per cent. The cut was seen generally as a part of the cascade of bank rate reductions
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      Lock icon Pornography war: Major unit seized
      105 7 NEW YORK, Fri. (Reuter) Police raids have smashed a nationwide multimillion dollar organisation which processed and distributed pornographic films, some of which featured teenage girls, police said here last night. A police spokesman said that six men were arrested yesterday during a series of raids
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      Lock icon I never believed one man killed JFK —Cardinal Cushing
      197 7 BOSTON, Fri. (AP) Richard Cardinal Cashing said yesterday "I never believed" that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy "was the work of one man." The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston said he does not think the Warren Commission report on
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      Lock icon OFFICIAL 'DEFY' NEWSMEN TO FIND SVETLANA
      408 7 BERNE, Fri. (Reuter) A hectic six day hunt for Svetlana Stalin continued throughout Switzerland with local officials boasting that newsmen had "not a chance in a million" of contacting her. The whereabouts of the 42-year-old daughter of the late Soviet dictator remained a mystery.
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      Lock icon 'Death of President' in 15 languages
      97 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) William Manchester's book "The death of a President", depicting the last days of Pres. John F. Kennedy, is being translated into 15 languages, it was learned yesterday. The book, published here by Harper and Row. is to appear in the
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      Lock icon Defoliation 'inhuman'
      63 7 MANILA. Fri. (AFP) A leading Filipino political commentator today denounced as "inhuman" American defoliation bombing of suspected Vietcong strongholds in South Vietnam. The commentator, of the Nationalist "Manila Chronicle," said this was yet another indication of the "gradual transformation of the American warfare methods in South Vietnam from
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      Lock icon New serum hope for Rh defective babies
      110 7 LIVERPOOL, Fri. (Reuter) Liverpool University Is testing a serum that would do away with the necessity of replacing the blood of newly-born Infants whose parents have incompatible Rhesus blood groups. Mr. George Munro, who has organised blood donation* for the research, told reporters
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      Lock icon Another super tanker from Japan
      98 7 TOKYO, Frl. (Reuter) Work has started in Western Japan on a 201,600-ton tanker that will be the largest to use the Suez Canal, it was announced here today. It Is being built at Nagasaki in the 300,000 ton dock of Mitsubishi Industries Ltd for a
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      Lock icon US concerned over EEC policy
      254 7 Fear of higher tariff barriers WASHINGTON, Frl. (Reuter) A joint U.S. Senate-House joint congressional economic committee expressed concern that the European Common Market may be turning upward and more protective in its trade and other economic policies. At the same time President Johnson's plan for
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      Lock icon Tokyo's lovely lasses...
      62 7 TOKYO, the world's largest city with population over 11 millions where anything pays, if you have the means to attract the customers by offering the latest. Here comes the trim and pretty leggy Tokyo females in mini-skirts that reveal plenty are now working as waitresses in the
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      Lock icon 29-YEAR FEAR ENDS
      151 7 OVIEDO. Spain. Fri. (AFP) A man who hid 29 years in a stable after deserting from Spanish Republican Army has given himself up to authorities here, it was announced last night Jose Fidel Blanco aged 43 was on the verge of going mad before he surrendered yesterday,
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      Lock icon Brazil interested in S. Asian trade—Ong
      161 7 BRASILIA. Fri. (AP) Malaysian Ambassador Tan Sri Ong Yoke Lin said in an interview here yesterday that Brazil is thinking of expanding Its trade with South Asia through the use of free port transfer points. Mr. Ong, who represents Malaysia in Brazil as well
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      Lock icon Freedom Party holds seat
      41 7 COLOMBO. Ceylon, Fri. (AP)— Former Premier Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike's Freedom Party candidate Ronnie d« Mel retained the South Ceylon electorate of Devinuwara in a by-election yesterday, defeating P. Wickremasooriya of Prime Minister Dudley Senanyake's United National Party.
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      Lock icon 'Bangkok World' sold to local syndicate
      175 7 BANGKOK, Fri. (UPI) The Thai government has approved the sale of the English language morning daily "Bangkok World" to a local group headed bv Thai businessman Dr. Chaiyudh Karnasut. Earlier, there had been indications that the present owner Vichai Chaicharoen might sell the newspaper
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      Lock icon A DRUNK'S TRIAL BY FIRE
      135 7 FRANKFURT, West Ger* many. Fri. Reuter After a heavy night's drinking and a sleep in a giant dustbin, a lorry driver yesterday narrowly escaped waking up in the flames of the Frankfurt municipal incinerator. His trip towards the flames began when he went to sleep
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      Lock icon A long way to vote...
      44 7 THE smallest man in France, a famous stage and TV actor, stretches to reach the ballot box to cast his vote in last Sunday's French elections. The Gaullists just manafrt U make the majority. PAN A Photo. PANA Photo.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon MR. BUNDY'S VISIT
    415 8 AS one of the State Department's experts on Far Eastern affairs, it is fitting that Mr. William Bundy should be visiting this part of Asia. Political experts should keep in personal touch with the regions they are supposed to be expert in. One can be an expert
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    Lock icon TIN GODS
    359 8 AJohore Assemblyman was outraged by the disrespectful attitude of some Immigration officers and policemen. He told the Johore Legislative Assembly of the humiliation he had suffered at the hands of these officers, who failed to recognise him as the people's representative despite the fact that his car sported
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    Lock icon THE RHODESIAN QUESTION
    3426 8 THE United Nations SecretaryGeneral recently reported to the Security Council on progress in the implementation of selective mandatory sanctions against Rhodesia. The Security Council's decision that these sanctions should be imposed was contained in its resolution of December 16 1966, adopted as a result of a British
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
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      Lock icon British exports continue at high level
      488 9 LONDON, Fri. Although British exports last month fell below the record January level, they still continued at a high rate. Imports fell appreciably and the trade deficit, on a balance of payments basis, was reduced. Total sales to other countnes in February were £463
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      Lock icon Pan-Am sales manager for training course in NY
      143 9 SINGAPORE. Frl. The Sales Manager of Pan American, Singapore. Mr. Arthur Wee. left here recently for New York for 3 weeks training course and holiday. Mr Wee, who was recently promoted from Supervisor of Pan American Cargo Department, will be taking a
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      Lock icon No sales
      22 9 new YORK. Fri. (AP)— Rubber standard futures cosed quiet. No sales. Spot no. 1 ribbed smoked sneets 20 3/rn n-nominal.
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      Lock icon Commodity prices
      37 9 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP) The Dow Jones spot commodity price index advanced 0.47 to 140.52. The Dow Jones commodity futures index closed 137.83 up 0.62. Open High Index 137.64 137.83 Low Close Index 137.45 137.83
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      Lock icon Travel agents visit Australia
      137 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. Last ee k a group of Travel Agents from the South East area departed Singapore by Qantas V-Jet for Australia. The group consisted of £gents from Singapore, Vri Lum Pur. Ipoh, Bang*>K and Jesselton. They re travelling to Australia guests of Qantas Airways t
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      Lock icon The first step to success...
      214 9 THE Personnel Section of the Bata Shoe Company in Singapore, under the direction of the Discussion Leaders. Messrs. David Ong Choon and Victor Yeo. recently conducted a Self-Improvement Session to the new recruits who were taken in to augment its personnel requirements under the Company's
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      Lock icon No change expected in US tin disposal programme
      211 9 WASHINGTON, Fri. (Reuter) "Tin News", the monthly publication of the Malayan Tin Bureau stated in its March "news" that: "At this writing, the General Services Administration had not published the details of its next annual plan for disposal of tin from the
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      Lock icon Trading again subdued with prices steady
      657 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Stock Market was dull today with industrial prices mostly steady. Trading was again subdued. Equities which saw fair activity were Gammon, Chemical, Steamships. United Asbestos, Veneer and Island Peninsular. Apart from these, the other counters were moderately traded. The largest turnover
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      Lock icon BANK RATES
      49 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 3211/16; Airmail O.D. 32-13/16; 90 d/st. 33-1/4 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: New York 32-7/16; Swiss Francs 140-5/8; Belgian Francs 1609.
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      Lock icon Stock index
      35 9 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP) Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Net Close Change 425 Industrials 96.70 up 106 20 Railroads 47.20 up .35 55 Utilities 69.71 up .13 500 Stocks 90.09 up .90
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      Lock icon Tin price
      16 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The tin price for today was $602 per picul, down 25 cents.
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      Lock icon Big order for fertiliser
      102 9 HONG KONG, Fri (UPI) A Japanese firm has won an order for 10,000 tons of fertiliser from Communist China, the South China Morning Post reported today. Mr. J. Sakakibara. Managing Director of the Wasul Bussan Company of Tokyo, acquired the order after month's stay in Red
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      24 9 HONG KONG, Fri. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK55.7375 5,***** per US dollar for cash. HK515.99 per pound sterling. HK5263.875 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon Rubber up 1/8 cent
      273 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. —April first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Sinpore and Kuala Lumpur today at 57$ cents per lb., up I cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet. The market improved at the outset on some speculative buyings inspired by
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      58 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP) Dow Jones stock averages Open High 30 Industrials 857.68 872.33 20 Railroads 233.18 235.77 15 Utilities 134.78 135.83 65 Stocks 307 74 311.99 Low Close Change 30 Industrials 854.51 868.49 up 14 43 20 Railroads 232.61 234.80 up 2.02 15 Utilities 133.53 134.65
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      485 9 SINGAPORE —Block Bxriunn bid and offer prices officially U*ted at the dose or business. INDUSTRIAL. Bo uk trad C. Sugar Chemical Co. Cold Storage Dunlop (Old) F. Smelting Esso Ords Fltzpatrlcks F. N. Ords. Gammon Georgetown G.E. Life Guinness Hotel S'pura Home (M) Ltd Hume (F.E.) Ord. J.
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      54 9 (Managers Prices) First Malayan 2.25 2.35 Second Malayan 1.60 1.70 Third Malayan 1.16 L27 The Commerce Industry Fund .89 1.00 The Savings Fund XD 1.33 1.43 Malaysian Investment Fund .95 1.03 Sterling Commodity 8/10 4/5 First Honr Kong Second Hone linnr 1.00 :n 1.05« -A* cjcuunu nuns nuns
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      113 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Slncapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were; Buyers Seller* Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk >• 44.50 Coconnt oil (FOB) Drum* 47.50 Loose Copra Mixed Mar/Apr. 27.50 mm Sugar (Java) exgndown mmm 28.25 Nutmegs 110s 410.00 Nutmegs B YV Garbled Lampong 185.00 Black Pepper (FOB) mmmm 100.00 Pepper
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      162 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The following ships are expected to be in Port today. Godowns Vessels 3/4 Luna Maersk 5 Hiye Maru 6/7 Martha Bakke 8/9 Hong Kong Amber 10/11 Yamagata Maru 13/14 Straat Rio 15/16 Hugheverett 18 Carronbank 21/22 Taipei Maru 25/26 Keningau 27 Austral 28 Slogen 29/30 Rajula
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      925 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 p.m. Airline MSA 029 from Knala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 618 from Knala Lumpur. Time fl.oo a.m. AV 646 Saigon. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 1551 from Knala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline MSA 451 front Knotting. Time 10.50
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    570 12  -  All about vets By J.J. McCOY :T" E large, colourful parrots, such as the Macaw and Amazon, are the Methuselahs t>f the bird world. Many of them live 50 to 60 lyears in captivity. ?Cnfortunately, their long lifespan presents some problems. The longer the
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    722 12  -  DEAR -by ROSS MILESS by ROSS MILES A LL eyes were turned towards one of the boxes at the Fords Theatre, Washington, when the President of the United States entered unobstrusively and sat down. Somebody began to cheer: soon others followed suit. John Wilkes Booth
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      932 12  -  CHAO KUNG rpRHITSCH L i ncoin, the curate of Applcdort, was taking leave of hit vicor. "I am giving up religion. It has no future for me/' he told the older man. "I intend to make my mark in politics. By 1910 that is seven years
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      234 12 A IRLINE stewardesses are being victimised for "sex in the sky" fired when they reach the age of 32 or 35 because they no longer fit the "Flying Bunny Club" image, American Congress was told recently. The complaint was voiced by Miss Colleen Blland, President of
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      305 13 CINGAPORE, Fri.— Versatility i s the word to d e s c r i be these fire charming girls who arrived here tonight for a short engagement. They will perform at a leading nightspot. The girls a'e known In- ternationally as Marlane and the
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      107 13 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Students' Council of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association, Singapore, will be organising a teenage talentime in conjunction with the opening of its 10th annual Students' week. The talentime will start with audition performances at the Chinese YMCA auditorium, 16 South Pier, on April 1
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      364 13 PALACE TO-NIGHT EXTENSION TILL 200 A.M. OPENING 23rd MARCH 1967 r s THE CAPTIVATING tFmF' 1 Miss. JOCELYN ya the sensational ;.jy Jraipi M LATIN AMERICAN DANCER BUSINESSMAN'S LUNCHEON AT OUR "MANDARIN PALACE" 12 NOON 2.30 P.M. Be.-va Yourself Hot Chinese Buffet With A Wide Range Of 40 Varieties The
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      125 13 •-fc LUMPUR^X Famous Rendezvous for J THOSE who seek Superb Good Wine and Courteous Service in surroundings of Elegance and Comfort. LeCoq d'Or »ES£»v*riONS »IUSf »MONf 83 52? STAY at COQ D'OR INN facing the Sea, in Homely Atmosphere. Dine and Dance in our popular Restaurant and be Entertained by
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      212 13 PSHAW ORGANISATION n I D O Phone ***** V 1:1b n>rt n 1 so 815 p m FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE' Techniscopr A Technicolor <tJA» CAPITOL Phone ***** Last Day! 11. IJI. 9.30 p.m. r -abeth Taylor At Richard Burton •'■MHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLFT" From Warner Bros rmenf
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      157 13 GALA TONIGHT MIDNIGHT! PALACE (EACH ROAD KATONG ALL NEW HIGH ADVENTURE! SEE TARZAN AS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN HIM BEFORE-CHALLENGING THE WORLD'S MOST MODERN WEAPONS! <r 7 s«weinißaueraoouciion/ Trrzrn h flnoTHe 'A vALLEyofrarij i an ai 3 m PanaVISIOII anil [asiman cdiuh MIKE HENRY NANCY KOVACK oavidOPATASHU •lso MANIIFI futuitmc
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      398 13 iffiiiEati ODEON 2 1 11 so* showing: It «.m ISO no, AM) 9.30 p.m. "I DEAL IN DANGER"^' Robert Qoulet Christine Carer* Tonight ii Tomorrow Mldnlfht! 'Lad? in Tbe Tower" Scope. Color Mandarin. Engh*b Chlneae Sub. I CATHAY PAL A(,l 1 34 HQ 4 S H NOW SHOWING! 11 a.m
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      523 14 fCLASSIFIED RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS 20 Words $lO/- (Minimum) WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH, 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore Worship services at 7.30 a.m., 10.00 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Sunday School for all ages at 8.45 a.m. Junior Church at 10.00 a.m. Everyone Welcome. CHINESE PRESBYTERIAN TRUE WAY CHURCH. 156-B Stirling Road, off Commonwealth
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      551 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT LEMBAGA LETRIK NEGARA TANAH MELAYU BIASISWA MAKTAB TEKNIK PERMOHONAN ada-lah dipelawa daripada Warga Negara Malaysia sahaja untok mempelajari Kursus Diploma Kejuruteraan selama tiga tahun di-Maktab Teknik, Kuala Lumpur. KELULUSAN: Peserta2 hendak-lah berumor 16 tahun ka-atas dan di-bawah 21 tahun pada lhb. Ogos 1967 dan mesti-lah SAMADA (a) Mempunyai
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      108 14 NOTICE KELAB LUMBA KUDA PERAK PERAK TURF CLUB MARCH MEETING 1967 Owing to the large number of entries received for the above meeting, the committee has decided to race on the following days: EXTRA DAT, SAT. 25th MARCH 1967. FIRST DAT, SUNDAY, 26th MARCH 1967. SECOND DAY, WED. 29th MARCH
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      63 14 THE MANAGEMENT OF HOTEL MALAYA (JUNCTION OF JALAN CECIL AND JALAN BANDAR, KUALA LUMPUR) HAVE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THEIR KUALA LUMPUR RESTAURANT ON THE 10TH FLOOR TODAY FROM 12 NOON. THE RESTAURANT OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF CHINESE CUISINE PREPARED BY HONG KONG CHEFS. It Witt Open
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      60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan*: 3.57 a.m. (6.3 ft.); 4.15 p.m. (6.8 ft.). Port Swettenham: 8.03 a.m. (12.5 ft.); 8.29 p.m. (12.7 ft.). Port Dickson: 9.38 a.m. (6.9 ft.); 10.34 pm. (7.1 ft.). Singapore: 2.14 a.m. (8.7 ft.); 3.14 p.m. (6.9 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 12.47 a.m. (6.3 ft); 3 p.m. (6.3
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