Eastern Sun, 10 June 1967

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 318 Saturday, 10 June 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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    1028 1 TRIUMPH OF ISRAELI ARMS Egypt; Syria finally agree to LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) The short, bloody Middle East war is officially over, with Israel and her three main Arab opponents having agreed to a ceasefire. Israeli tanks stood on the east bonk of the Suez Canal this morning Friday)
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  • 200 1 Johnson used 'hotline' to Moscow for first time WASHINGTON, Fri. (I PI) Top U.S. officials welcomed *he end of the Arab-Israeli war with relief today, but also with the sombre realisation the road to true peace in the anguished Middle East would be long and
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  • 299 1 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Sir William Penney, Chairman of Britain's Atomic Energy Authority, and actress Vanessa Redgrave were among over 700 men and women honoured by Queen Elizabeth in her birthdav honours today (Saturday). Sir William, who worked with the Americans on the construction of the
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  • 118 1 P.I. FLOODS MANILA, Fri. (Reuter) Twenty two persons were confirmed dead, hundreds injured and missing and thousands homeless as a result of floods which swept through Manila and the Central Luzon area just north of this city during the tfast two days. Manila and its suburbs
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 201 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. About 20 Javelin jet fighters of the Royal Air Force will fly in formation over Singapore and Johore tomorrow. This will be the last time that so many Javelins will be seen together in the area. A week later, one of
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    • 113 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. A warrant of arrest was today issued by the Ninth Magistrate, Mr. Anwarul Haque, for a woman, Yeo Wee Meng. an accused in an unlawful procession case. Mr. Haque also ordered the bailor to show cause why his bail of $lOO should not
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    • 79 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. Mr. Peter Vincent, Chairman, National Trades Union Congress, and Mr. John Davies, Director, Management Consultant Services and Secretary. National Employers Council, will address the students attending the course on "Industrial Arbitration in Singapore" at the University of Singapore on June 12 at
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    • 170 2 SINGAPORE. Frl. Four of the 44 persons charged with rioting at Oeylang on May Day (May 1) were this morning detained by officers of the Internal Security Department as they stepped out of the courthouse In South Bridge Two of them are women and
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    • 174 2 SINGAPORE, Fri A District Judge this afternoon re«cinded the warrant of arrest Issued for an accused person Lim Kim Choo, when she was absent from her trial this morning. The Judge. Mr. Donald Yeo Hock Chwee. accepted the explanation put forward by her counsel, Mr. T.
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    • 370 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. The President of the Singapore Art Society Mr. Ho Kok Hoe said today the time had come for a dynamic and imag inative scheme to be launched to harness the vast potential of art in developing a sense of nation-building. He
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    • 264 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Benny Rubia Dancers no one heard of them before May, last year are today one of the most promising Filipino entertainment groups to hit the limelight in show business. During the oast one year, the Benny Rubia Dancers comprising Benny and his
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    • 636 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Far East Command today released the names of 23 officers and men of the British forces serving in Singapore and Malaysia who have received honours and awards in the Su e en's Birthday onours List. Top of the honours list is
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    • 128 2 SINGAPORE, FrL Another six fishermen detained by the Burmese immigration authorities since last year will return here by air tomorrow. The fishermen, members of the Marine Product* Workers' Union, were detained last year when their Ashing vessels were found by Burmese officials in Burmese
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    • 69 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. A banishee who returned to the Republic on board the S.V. "Taipoosek" today was detained by the Government under the Internal Security Act. He is Low Tai Thong who was deported to China on May 20, last month. He was served with an expulsion order on
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    • 157 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. Chinese song book entitle "Revolutionary Song been proscribed by gapore Governmen T Any person selling tributing or posses-jr. 3 rh- s publication Is liable to secution. This publication POP: of 104 pages, has red covers of which the front carries a picturp of
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    • 179 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. A man who penetrated deep inta Communist-infested jungles of Johore during the 12-year Emergency to wipe out the Communist menace was a recipient of the Pingat Panqkuan Negaro (PPN) here. He is Mr. Chan Wing Fong, 52, a technician with the Information
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    • 239 2 Kuala lumpur, Fn. Four persons have been appointed to meet the political detainees, now on hunger strike at the Batu Gajah detention camp and to convey to them the Government's assurances to look into their grievances if they end their strike. The four
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    • 64 2 MUAR, Fri. The Jor Government has a or en total sum of $200,000 to Local Councils in the >* a e for rural development ,r jects. This was disclosed by-"-Tan Peng Koon. a Jo.nor* State Executive Ass errry; man for Batu Pahat. toa t Mr.
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    • 597 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Yang di Pertuan Agong has received the following congratulatory messages on the occasion o\ his official birthday on Wednesday. From the President of the Republic of Singanche Yusof bin On the occasion 0 thf official birthday vour Majesty
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    • 268 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —a cadet of the Royal Malaysian Navy has been selected to undergo a four-year naval training at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in Maryland. The coutsc will commence on the June 28. He is cadet Law Kim
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    • 177 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce will be briefed on a report on the recent blood-debt negotiations in Japan. Tan Sri T.H. Tan, who accompanied the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, during his recent Japan visit, will give details of the
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    • 31 3 MUAR. Fri. A threeday "Destination to the Moon" exhibition will be held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall at Jalan Sultan Ibrahim here from tomorrow starting from 10 a.m. daily.
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    • 141 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. Registration for the August 1967 National Language public examination, Standards I, 11, and 111, conducted by the Ministry of Education will begin on June 12. Candidates who wish to enter for any of these examinations or the oral/ written part should call personally at
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    • 143 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. A new society to look after the interests of guitar lovers has been formed. The society is called the Singapore Guitar Society. Members of the pro tenr. committee are: President Mr. A.S. Abisheganaden. Vice-President Mrs. Agnes Hoisington. General Secretary, Mr- Lim Keng Khoon, Treasurer.
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    • 26 3 PENANG. Fri. The annual meeting of the Penang Tourist Association will be held at the association's office in Fort Road at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
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    • 251 3 SINGAPORE, Fri. The National Safety FiTst Council is launching a six-month safe driving campaign for taxi drivers beginning July 1. The object is to build up a corps of safe, reliable, law-abiding and courteous drivers in an endeavour to reduce accidents and to promote goodwill
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    • 122 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The "honest" 15-year-old boy whom Police were looking for, this moraine contacted the Police. The boy. Yap Chan Seng, a coffee shop assistant in Yio Chu Rang Road, had yesterday returned $5OO in one-dollar bills which he had picked up from fleeing robbers and
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    • 30 3 MUAR. Fri. The Kluang Utara branch of the Malaysian Chinese Association will hold its annual delegates' conference at the Kluang branch premises on June 25 at 3 p.m.
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    • 588 4  -  By BEN D'CUNHA IfUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —An Ideal Home Exhibition will be held here in connection with the 10th Merdeka Anniversary celebrations and International Tourist year. Organised by the Young Women's Christian Association of Malaya and Singapore Jointly with the
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    • 82 4 PENANG. Fri. The Sessions Court President, Mr. Sim Ewe Eong. told a 27-year-old vegetable planter. Hong Ah Kung. that it was lucky that no violence had been used by him when he collected a ransom of $250,000 from two persons for the release of a
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    • 206 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Tunku Ampuan of Selangor today tried her hands at tea making the Japanese way and was very intrigued over the whole affair. It was at a tea ceremony at the Fourth Annual Ikebana International Exhibition of flowers at the
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    • 403 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. "Totally impractical, absolute nonsence, ridiculously absurd" this was how the Ministry of Education's austerity drive and plans to reduce the number of teachers in English secondary schools was described today. The broadside came from the Secretary-General of the Day Training
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    • 387 4 J/TALA LUMPUR, Fri. The increase in rice prices in the country has not affected the Federal Marketing Agricultural authority's activities, said Enche Hanafiah bin Hussain, the Chairman of FAMA today. This Increase, he added, was caused by the seasonal padi growing period
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    • 310 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Malaysia-Singapore Airlines may one day operate air services to India, with new aircraft ordered by the airline, the Transport Minister, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, said today. He said this at the signing of the Malaysia-India Air Services Agreement in
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    • 33 4 TELUK ANSON, Fri. Police recovered the body of three-year-old Ramli bin Mohd. Yusof from the Peralc River last evening about 100 yards down stream from where he was taking a bath.
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    • 289 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services today said its present action should not be construed as a sign of disrespect or disloyalty to the Government. "It is just the opposite the civil servants too have their avowed right
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    • 92 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Mr. V. David, Labour State Assemblyman, today called on the Government to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate allegations of illtreatment of political detainees. Mr David an ex-detai-nee himself said from experience he knew that the country's detention camps
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    • 70 4 MUAR. Fn. —More than 100 demonstrators, including several girls, pelted the local riot squad with dustbins, bottles and other missiles when the latter tried to break up a demonstration near the Rex theatre at Jalan Mariam here last night. The demonstrators who carried torches, banners
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    • 260 4 PENANG, Frt—State Assemblyman. Mr. Liro Rean Siew. (Labour) will ask at the State Legislative Assembly meeting cm Wednesday whether the State Gov. eminent would consider setting up an All-Partv Committee to deal with the free port status of Penan? Mr. Lim will also ask
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    • 158 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl This year's "Best All Round Student Award" of thp University of Malaya will en to Mr. Eddy Lee, a former President of the University of Malaya Students' Union The award will be presented by the University's ViceChancellor, Dr. J Griffiths, at the Convocation
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    • 114 4 MALACCA, Fri. The Malacca State Government Is planning a multi-million dollar building to house its offices. The likely site is the Coronation Garden now known as Taman Merdeka. The State Government Is planning this in conJunction with the Central Government and it Is
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    • 451 12  -  by Maureen Lee LUMPUR, Fri. Is there any girl, after being shot at twice and literally pinned to a target board with a footlong knife, who would want to take a rifle and knife-target iob as her career? You can be sure the answer is
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    • 196 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri— A top Indian musician will arrive here tomorrow for a performance at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka on Sunday evening. He is Ustad Ali Akbar Khan whose magical mastery of the 25-string Indian instrument known as the Sarod promoted
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    • 67 12 KAMPAR, Fri.—The price of rice shot up during the last few days by up to $lO for a bag of 168 katies. A bag of first class Thai rice which cost $73.50 and Kedah rice at $6l rose between $8 to $lO. Sundry shop owners
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    • 203 12 Another 8,000 teachers begin work-to-rule tomorrow MUAR, Fri. More than 8,000 members of the National Union of National School Teachers' will work-to-rule from Sunday. This was disclosed by its national secretary general, Enche Kahar b. Ahmad, at a Press conference here this morning. The union headquarters, he said, had sent
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    • 103 12 IPOH. Fri. Two boys lost their lives in road accidents in Perak in the past 24 hours. A student, Baharuddin bin Haji Ismail 10. was killed in a collision with a lorry at the 4th Mile, Tanjong Pidiang in Parit Buntar yesterday. He was
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    • 19 12 IPOH, Fri. The NAAFI store in Taiping was broken into yesterday and $7,300 worth of goods stolen.
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    • 313 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, has approved the completed hoardings which Star Art Sendirian Berhad and their associate company. Outdoor Advertising (M) Sendirian Berhad. are donating to the Government to promote the nation-wide campaign
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    • 104 12 Kuala lumpur, Fri. Miss Norlidar Saidi of Seremban and Miss Ong Poh Eng of Kuala Lumpur, both announcers with radio Malaysia, leave for New Zealand on June 28 for further training under the Colombo Plan. Their programme, covering commercial announcing, will consists of a
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    • 148 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. Two executive members of the University of Malaya Students' Union have resigned because of "loss of confidence" in the Students' Council, it was learnt here today. They are Mr. R. Raj Kumar, general secretary, and Mr. Yoon Suan, welfare secretary. Both
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    • 40 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Mr. I. Gurdial Singh has been elected Chairman of the Central Welfare Council, Selangor Branch Other officials are: ViceChairman, Enche Abbas bin Alias: Secretary, Mr. K.T.R Singam; Treasurer, Enche Asharibi bin Jiba.
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    • 31 12 TELUK ANSON, Fri. The selection of the "Town Council Queen" will be the highlight of the Annual Town Council Dance to be held at Kwong Tong Association tomorrow.
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    • 97 12 The chairman of Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd., Dato (Dr.) Aw Cheng Chye recently visited the bank's branch in Kota Bharu. He was welcomed by the Accountant, IVfr. Ng Swee Ying and
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 285 5 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP). The 20-year-old daughter of author Edmund Love was found stabbed to death in a London hotel room early yesterday. British police took into custody a Brooklyn youth who r .av have been a boyfriend Mrs. Edmund Love,
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    • 103 5 MELBOURNE, Fri. (Reuter) Two large plate glass windows in the front of a. boutique owned by the wife of Pr.me Minister. Mr. Harold Holt were smashed early today. Holes measuring about nine inches across were smashed in each of the windows which form the shop's frontage
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    • 112 5 PHNOM PENH, Fri. (UPI) The Vietcong has recognl3ed Cambodia's borders --r 'territorial integrity," Cambodian Chief of State Norodom Sihanouk announced yesterday. The Prince said Dr. Nguver, Van Hieu, unofficial re-o:e-en T ati\*e handed hi m an letter" of the Vietcong central committee answering Sihanouk's appeal for
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    • 94 5 KHARTOUM. Fri. (Reuter i Fifty-five British pilots and engineers were expelled from Khartoum A rp' rt 'oday by the Sudanese Union of Sudanair. the local airline, xhen they reported for duty. Th a men usually operate the local flights. Only one Fr p nch pilot was
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    • 58 5 JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter) Acting President General S.harto, head of Indonesia's military government, is beins measured up for a civilian suit, the Armed Forces bulletin reported today. Th* bulletin said the fourJ'ar General would soon arandon his green military un.form for routine office work at the suggestion
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    • 73 5 Kx vnrl n p nf thp three Soviet warships pictured as it passed through the Bosphorus en route ?rom fhe Bfacklea to Ihe Mediterranean, to strengthen the Soviet Unions naval presence there is ships passed through the narrow straits with some 200 yards distance between
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    • 289 5 NEW YORK, Fri (AP). AMERICAN authorities indefinitely postponed deportation proceedings against lndian shipping executive yesterday as Indian prepared to seek his extradition for an alleged embezzlement. According to the Indian government, Dharma Teja embezzled about $3 million in shipping line deals
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    • 239 5 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon last night attended the first major exhibition of Picasso sculptures to be held outside France Over 200 sculptures are displayed in London's Tate Gallery, which will house the works for their twomonth stay here. When the exhibition
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    • 61 5 JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter) Indonesian Communists are using brothels to spread subversion, a Jakarta army leader claimed today. The Chief-of-Staff of Jakarta Garrison, Colonel Mustafa Kamal Nasserie told reporters the army was rounding up prostitutes nightly in the capital fallowing strong indications that the banned
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    • 146 5 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand today received members of the Thai community at a special reception here. More than 500 Thais, many of them students, turned up at the Plaza Hotel to welcome the Royal couple, who arrived here
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    • 192 5 PARIS, Fri. (AP) —x Richard M. Nixon has discussed the Middle East crisis and Vietnam with President Charles de Gaulle. Mr. Nixon declined to specify the details of his talks with the French president in their 40-minut« meeting "In general principles, I support
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    • 146 5 SEOUL. Fri. (Reuter) President Park Chung-Hee was today assured of solid parliamentary support for his pro-American stand on Vietnam and his ambitious economic programme as his Democratic Republican Party surpassed all predictions in yesterday's national assembly elections. With the vote-counting completed in 45 of
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    • 67 5 SYDNEY, Fri. (Reuter) The advance party of the Australian Army's first civil aid party since World War Two left today for Vietnam. The remainder of the 49 medical men, engineers and teachers in this Australian Civil Affairs unit fly out tonight. Lieutenant-Colonel John McDonagh told reporters at
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    • 39 5 MANILA. Fri. (UPI) Two U.S. Air Force officers were kilied and two others were reported missing when a mudslide swept through their jungle survival training camp near Clark Air Force Base on Wednesday night-
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    • 224 5 JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter). Indonesian teachers today called for the arrest of Education Minister Sarino Mangunpranoto because he attended a birthday party, of former President Sukarno staged in the Presidential Palace in Jakarta this week in defiance of orders from Indonesia's new regime.
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    • 119 5 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP>.— Australia's Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt told a luncheon audience yesterday that he knows of no negotiations "of any kind, going on anywhere, that could lead to peace in Vietnam." Addressing the American Australia Association. Mr. Holt said
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    • 121 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) Lt- Gen. Lewis W. Walt has asked for more troops for the Marine force he commanded in Vietnam for two years. Gen. Walt, just back from the war front to take over a Pentagon job. said he made the request to Gen. William C.
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    • 23 5 CAIRO. Fri. (AP) The semi-official Egyptian newspaper A 1 Ahram announced President Gamal Abdel Nasser will address the Nation today.
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    • 187 5 LOS ANGELES. California. Fri. (AP) A petition for bankruptcy was filed )n behalf of long time motion picture actress Betty Hutton yesterday in U.S. District Court. "It's the oniy way out for Betty," said her attorney, Mr. Irving Morris, of Beverly Hills.
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    • 183 5 PLYMOUTH, England Fri. (UPI) —Doctors said today that sea hero Sir Francis Chichester, Hospitalized for a haemorrhage at the height of his triumph, completed his round-the-world voyage in great pain with a fractured elbow.. A spokesman at Plymouth Royal Naval Hospital said
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    • 71 5 BONN, Germany, Fri. (AP) The West German Air Force lost its 72nd starfighter jet yesterday in a crash near Ingolstadt, Bavaria. the Defence Ministry announced. The pilot ejected to safety from a height of 60 metres the Ministry said, and suffered only light bruises when he hit
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    • 241 6 WON BY BAD FAITH' AMMAN, Fri. (Reuter). King: Hussein of Jordan accused Israel of having poured all its forces into battle against Jordan after the United Nations Security Council's first ceasefire call. The King said in a broadcast over Amman Radio last night that when the Security
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    • 223 6 LONDON, Fri. (UPI). London newspapers yesterday quoted the Israeli ambassador to Britain as admitting that Israel fired the first shot in the Middle East war. But the Israeli embassy branded the reports a "complete distortion. The newspapers said Ambassador Aharon Renez "freely admitted" that Israeli troops
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    • 167 6 VATICAN CITY, Fri. (UPI) Pope Paul VI urged all warring nations in the Middle East to obey the United Nations cease-flre order so that "hopeful, reasonable and honourable negotiations may replace the violence of arms." The Pope, who first appealed for a ceasefire in an address at
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    • 189 6 WASHINGTON. Fri. (UPI) The Israelis used the World War II military tactics of the Nazis to score sweeping territorial gains almost instantly in their war with the Arabs. Military experts here, in strictly private assessments of the Middle East War, credit Israel's surprising success to swift
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    • 129 6 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) Foreign Minister Takeio Miki said today Japan, which depends on the Middle East for 90 per cent of its crude oil. will seek new petroleum sources, Kyodo News Agency reported. He said present oil stocks in Japan are only enough
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    • 356 6 LONDON, Fri. (UPI). —The 110 strong Egyptian rocket force was the one major unknown factor that loomed menacingly over the Israeli victory. But nothing was heard of it and no indications have come from the Israelis. British Defence experts are puzzled. Many fear that Egypt,
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    • 309 6 TEL AVIV. Fri. (AP). 44 Next year, in Jerusalem." the Jews have said for almost 2.000 years as they ended the annual Passover Feast. Now they are tnere again. Jerusalem. Holy Place to the three great religions of Judaism. Christianity and Islam, has been a place
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    • 80 6 MOSCOW. Fri. (UPI) A Soviet newspaper called Svetlana Stalin was a "Judas Iscariot" who traded her father's name for "30 pieces of silver". The article in Literaturnaya (Gazeta (Literary Gazette) was the latest in an increasing campaign against the daughter of Josef Stalin. The campaign appeared aimed both
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    • 666 6  -  Down the dusty trail By Phil Newson WEfT YORK* Fri. (UPI) —lsrael proven on the battlefield. no?r must prove herself again at the conference table. Of the two, the conference table may prove the most difficult, and in the long run as dangerous
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    • 508 6  -  By Eliav Simon JERUSALEM, Fri. Thousands of jubilant Jews waited to pour into the Arab sector of this holy city today afer it was opened by Israeli troops. The ancient Mandelbaum Gate witnessed scenes of rare emotion as weeping Israelis clamoured for a glimpse of the
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    • 333 7 GENEVA, Fri. (Reuter) For Janos Zsufos, a .seaborne refugee who tvpifies thousands of men u'thout a country, roamins the world's oceans, a I ven is at last in sight. e 30 year-old crewman f < the Norwegian cargo Dasfred who left rary
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    • 254 7 HONG KONG. Fri. (Reuter). The Hon* Kong government last night ordered the deportation of three persons believed to have played leading roles m mitigating last month's disturbances here. A Government spokesman 5 deoortation orders had ed on them and qr action was being rip
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    • 196 7 GENEVA, Fri- (UPI) The United States today warned non-nuclear nations, especially Brazil and India, that any nuclear explosion that could dig a canal could also level a city. The warning by U.S. Chief Delegate. William C. Foster at the 17-nation Disarmament Conference was a
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    • 644 7 THE OTHER WAR SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter). Vietcong guerrillas last night launched a mortar attack on the South Vietnamese and American military headquarters compounds in the Northern city of Hue, a government spokesman said today. The spokesman said about 20 mortar shells were fired in
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    • 125 7 KAMAISHI. Japan. Fri. (UPI) The oldest man in Japan. Jubei Nakamura. will be 115 years old tomorrow. When Nakamura was born on June 10, 1852. the feuding clans still ruled Japan and top-knotted Samurai warriors carried their swords. The visit of Commodore Perry's famous "black ships" was
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    • 56 7 NEW YORK, Fri. (UPI) The King and Queen of Thailand were spending a quiet, private day in America's largest city yesterday. They arrived here on Wednesday morning and helicoptered into the heart of Manhattan from Kennedy International Airport, where their Pan American chartered jet landed
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    • 265 7 Rumours of war LAGOS. Nigeria. Fri. (UPI) —The United States and European nations stepped up the evacuation of their citizens from Nigeria while the West African country's military leaders gathered in Lagos amid, renewed fears that civil war was about to break
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    • 112 7 WASHINGTON. Fri. (UPI) The House defeated 210 to 197, a bill to increase the permanent national debt limit to US$365 billion. Republicans lined up solidly to defeat the administration measure to allow the government to keep on borrowing to pay its war and other
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    • 115 7 THE R LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Failure of the AngloSpanish talks on the Gibraltar air dispute came as no surprise to British officials here today. But a foreign office spokesman declined immediate comment on reports that the Madrid discussions had collapsed. Britain postponed earlier talks scheduled with
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    • 121 7 PHNOM PENH. FH. (UPI) Prince Nordom Sihanouk said today he had turned down an American invitation to a "secret meeting in Tokyo" for a reconciliation between their two countries. "When are the Americans going to understand that Cambodia is a respectable young woman who does not
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    • 61 7 "HUNNY", one of the trio of his friends, a donkey, rabbit and owl featuring in the latest Walt Disney film called "Winnie the Pooh and the Hunny Tree", all stuffed animals like himself is being escorted by an airline hostess, when they arrived in Tokyo for extensive tour of Japan
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    • 303 7 CHANNEL TUNNEL LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Shareholders in the Channel Tunnel Company British most dedicated band of tunnel supporters will hold their annual get-to-gether on Monday (June 12). Knowing that after 86 years campaigning by their company they are now within sight of success. Back in 1881
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    • 108 7 TOKYO. Fri. (UPl)—The American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) subsidy scandal has reached Japan and touched off a furor among scientists A group of young physicists at To Yo University has demanded that proposed financial support from the Asia Foundation for a scholar's conference be
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    • 289 7 UNITED NATIONS, Frl. (UPI). —Nearly unnoticed under the impact of the Middle East developments, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) concluded its 42nd session on Wednesday with a number of decisions on how to enforce the basic human rights throughout the world. One of its main
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    • 75 6 The DEADLY QI&ICES AFFAIR YES...>€S...r WILL TELLNOU WHATNCU WANT TO KNOW/ THi TRUTH SCRUM. WAS JUST GETTING TO HER-SHS WAS ABOUT TO TALK.' HURRYi FUTON THE DOCTOR'S SMOCK! HURKEOy, THE TWO SEE THE THRUSH PORTRESS mat mam I u <v. J, ?S -v ft K I 8 a mifa 5^
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  • 431 8 rIE four-day war came to an abrupt end yesterday. Not only the big powers but the nations in Europe and Asia feel relieved. Had it continued dangerous complications would have arisen. Surprisingly, Soviet Russia agreed to the ceasefire. This took the wind out of President Nasser's sails.
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  • 337 8 BURGLARS have set the fashion of drinking up the whisky, beer and other alcoholic beverages found in the houses they burgled. It is* understandable if they raid godowns and liquor shops and get away with cases of whisky or brandy, because they can obtain cash for these from
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  • 1167 8  -  by TAI SING ONN A JOURNEY through the Land of the Bible, the Holy Land, is a profound experience for Christians and Gentiles alike. Within the 8,000 square miles of Israel from gentle Galilee to the Judean wilderness, the pilgrim can
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 266 9 LUSAKA, Fri. (UPI). Zambia, Chile, the Congo (Kinshasa) and Peru will set up a loint perry 'nent body to promote their interests in the copper world, it was announced yesterday. The announcement came in a communique on the conference here by the
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    • 335 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Meetings and seminars are becoming a vital part of American business life but they may prove costly If ♦hey are conducted improperly. The inter-offlce meeting generally presents few problems as the participants usually are department heads who know
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    • 81 9 MANILA. Fri. (UPI) The Philippines will import 90,000 metric tons of rice from the United States and Venezuela as part of "preparations for any contingency" arising from the Mid-East war, it was announced yesterday. Col. Osmundo Mondonedo, Chairman of the Rice and Corn Administration,
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    • 319 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. June first grade rubber f.o.b. buyer* closed at 5 n.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur tndav at 56-7/8 cents per lb., down 14 cents from previous close. The tone was quietly steady. The market opened sharply lower on the news of mutual ceasefire agreements
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    • 25 9 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK55.835/5.82 per US dollar for cash. HK516.16 per pound sterling. HK5275 75 pe r tael gold.
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    • 21 9 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 18$ 18J. No. 1 RSS CIF basis portsJune 17-3/16 17-5/16.
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    • 242 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. D. J. Moloney. Managing Director of Burgot Automatic Alarms Overseas Ltd.. recently visited Singapore to the local company, Burgot Automatic Alarms (Malaysia) Ltd., which has offices In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Moloney says his company specialises in burglar alarm equipment of all
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    • 110 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. Another local man has been appointed to a senior position at I.A.C. (Malaysia) Ltd. He is Mr. Philip Wu, who has been promoted Works Engineer at the company's Kuala Lumpur office. His appointment was announced by Mr- J.R.S. Kirkham, General Manager of the I.A.C.
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    • 202 9 New fast cargo liner far MalaysiaS'pore service completes trials SINGAPORE, Fr i Soon to make h«r maiden voyage to Penang, Port Swettenham and Singapore, the Blue Funnel line's new fast cargo liner, Prometheus has successfuly completed trials in the north sea. The company announced today that she had beer handed
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    • 120 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. At the Nice International Coach Rally which takes place from May 2nd to May 6th, numerous new omnibus constructions will be shown also this year. At this bus show the Daimler-Benz AG presents one of the first minibuses of the type 0
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    • 35 9 NEW YORK, Fri. (AP) Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Close Change Net 425 Industrials 98.50 up .60 20 Railroads 47.79 off .08 55 Utilities 68.06 up .01 500 Stocks 8140 up .49
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    • 662 9 SINGAPORE. Fri The Stock Exchange today had very little reaction over the peace moves in the Middle East. After a firm opening, the industrial prices eased somewhat to a steady tendency Trading on the whole was quiet with ooor turnover at 659 000 units.
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    • 272 9 NEW YORK Fri. (AP) The Stock Market closed yesterday with gainers exceeding losers but with the averages showing little change. The ticker tape was three minutes late at the closing bell shortly after news came that the United Arab Republic had decided to accept the U.N.
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The tin price for today was S6XJL2S per picul, up $2.00.
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    • 436 9 SINGAPORE —Stock Exchange Md and offer price* officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIAL Bou"trad CD 1.54 1.55 C. sugar 1.51 1.52 Chemical Co. 1-25 1.74 Cold Storage SJ4 S44 Dunlop XD 2.08 E. Smelting XD 4.06 Esso Ords 3.14 3.16 Fitzpatrlcks 1.13 1.48 V 1 N.
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    • 53 9 Managers Prices) First Malayan 2.25 2.35 Second Malayan 1.61 i3i Third Malayan 1.10 1 20 The Commerce A Industry Fund XD .85 .95 The Saving* Fund 1.33 1.43 Malayan Industry Fund .95 1 05 Sterling Commodity 3/6 4/1 First Hong Kong .84 89* Second Hong Kong 51 62*
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    • 89 9 SINGAPORE. Frl. Slngapore Chines* Produea Exchange noon prices today were: Bayer* i Mllen Coconnt oil (FOR) Bulk i* 49.00 Coconut oil (FOR) hrum* MM Loose Copra Mixed June/July 29.SO Nutmejcs lifts ***** Nut megs R W 155.00 Garbled Lampong Rlack Pepper (FOR) 110.00 Pepper Rlack Special Sarawak (FOR) 100.00
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    • 64 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates merchants: New York: Buying TT. 32-11/16; Airmail O D 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33-3/16 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills Selling TT. or O.D. ready were New York 32-3/8; Deutsche Marks 128J; Swiss Francs
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    • 111 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The following ships are expected to be in port today:— God owns Vessels 1/2 Valentina Thereshkova 3/4 Lloyd Bakke 5 An Tung 6/7 Thorsorient 10/11 Travestein 13/14 Clytoneus 15/16 Benarmin 18 Riverbank 19 Sibigo 27/28 State of Madras 29/30 Seikai Maru 31/32 Divnogorsk 33/34 Benvenue 38/39
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    • 943 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 p.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline i»ISA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.00 a.m. AV 616 Salmon. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.25 a.m. Airline MSA 451 front Kuchlng. Time 10.55
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  • 210 10 TN line with its aim of providing full banking facilities for the public of Singapore, the Mercantile Bank Limited today opens its fourth office in the Republic. Situated at 97, High Street in the heart of Singapore's shopping centre, the
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  • 142 10 IyTEET Mr. William Crichton Tait, who started his first job as an apprentice, and today, he heads the Singapore Office of the Mercantile Bank Ltd., after 32 years in the banking business. Mr. Tait now 51, joined the Mercantile Bank in 1935 in
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  • 503 10 history of the Mercantile Bank Ltd., is one which spreads over a hundred years from a modest beginning to being one of the leading ban ks in South-East Asia. Since 1854, the Bank has grown steadly and today it stands foremost in
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 149 10 CONGRATULATIONS and Best Wishes to MERCANTILE BANK LTD. on the opening of their new branch office in HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. NCR are very proud once again to have been selected to provide yet another banking institution with banking accounting machines such as Class 32 current account machine, Class 42 Savings
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    • 101 10 «w<f w i "M A 4 KQf FNC I A <•: > s$&«« 50 54&42#1 S¥ §4 t v to* »s m 0 *****76 a £gMm HST p i Ed&C irti ■s&■■■ -W:•V rm* Mr/ jr r ,s; ■*V, A "<? THE HONGKONG BANK MERCANTILE BANK LTD mm (MEMBERS OF
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  • My Favourite Scene...by Your Favourite STARS
    • 252 11 OF course it's Cleopatra but I especially loved that scene in Lost Angel in which Mike (James Craig) and Alpha (Margaret O'Brien) are reunited after the reporter has decided he wouldn't be responsible for taking care of the little girl and
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    • 202 11 A ROLE which gives you an Oscar you'll never forget but the scene on the hilltop where Walter Pidseon makes Roddy McDowall walk, in How Green Was My Valley, is my favourite because it gives you a lift. Even his doctor has despaired
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    • 257 11 MY favourite scene comes in Dark Victory, at that deeply stirring point in the story where Judith, played by Bette Davis, discovers she is going blind. She and her friend, Ann (Geraldine Fitzgerald) have just come in from the garden, where they were working
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    • 302 11 DESPITE its cozy title, the movie Tea for Two turned out to be pretty much of a picnic for the whole cast. I'm sure I never had more fun in any part or picture than I did while playing Nanette in this film. Because it
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    • 277 11 pERHAPS it was my role in Guys and Dolls but the role of Clarence Doolittle, the shy sailor in Anchors Aiceigh, appealed to me most because it gave me a chance to portray the kind of person I understand. There are thousands of boys
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    • 209 11 THE filibustering scene in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is my favourite. Up to this time in the movie, idealistic young Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) has been politically browbeaten by his opponents in the Senate, older, shrewder men who know all the Senate rules and
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    • 202 11 MY favourite movie scene occurs in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, when Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) is brought to the central station of the Heavenly Express by Heavenly Messenger No. 7013 (Edward Everett Horton). Joe. a prize fighter and flier, is protesting to the Chief Dispatcher, Mr.
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    • 169 11 MEMORY conjures up so many brilliant motionpicture scenes dramatic, comic, poignant that it is impossible for me to choose one single scene as my all-time favourite, but ranking high among my favourites is that haunting scene in Captains Courageous where Manuel (Spencer Tracy), rough seaman
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    • 180 11 I THINK the most memorable of all movie scenes is that crisis in The Corn Is Green, when the boy, Morgan Evans (John Dall). confronts his schoolteacher, Miss Moffat (Bette Davis), with his decision to abandon his studies and go back to work
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    • 107 11 THE love scene between Irene Dunne and Spencer Tracy in A Guy Named Joe, in which she is wearing the dress he gave her, is my favourite. It's so completely honest and real. Tracy is a death-defying United States Army plot. He's in love with Irene,
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    • 300 11 WHEN my friend Bill Al!and wrote the story from which Flesh and Fury was made, he had me in mind for the role of Paul Callan, the deaf mute prize fighter. I was so eager to get the part that I took boxing lessons
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    • 100 11 THE parting scene between the late Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls is my favourite. Ingrid. knowing that there is no hope for Gary's survival and that they hold each other close for the last time, begs him to let her stay with
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    • 110 11 MY favourite scene is the one from the picture, Arsenic and Old Lace which begins with Cary Grant making the spinechilling discovery that his two dear old maiden aunts are poisoners who have murdered some dozen men. The old ladies' sweetly matter-of-fact attitude towa r d
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    • 278 11 THAT slim, animated woman Alex Steward, who plays Michele in MAROC 7 which is due for release soon, has the charm in voice and appearance of Katie Hepburn, but she is not a committed actress. "Life is always better than the fantasy,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 296 12 Special announcement.... Eastern Sun's 'm ust-be-wo' weekly contest for wives and mothers The contest is for WIVES and MOTHERS only! The first prize is $3O, second prize $2O, and third prize $lO. All contestants, who must be wives and mothers, have to do is to tell, in not more than
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    • 58 12 ATTENTION l+rk-k J J The Eastern Sun tel J Singapore: *****/6/7. Kuala Lumpur: *****/5. J Chief Reporter (Singapore) *****. )f WHERE WHAT TO BUY. EXPLOSION Cracking headache, iti b» rter i suffering it hard to descbedecide immediately without hesitation, promptly THREE LEGS BRAND HEADACHE POWDER -4 v Sa o G
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  • SHOW BUSINESS
    • 310 13  -  by Peter Loke SINGAPORE, Fri "L o v e" has no hold on the life of voluptuous Melodie Jo Lane an international show artiste now performing at the Great World Cabaret and Nightclub here "I am not interested in men and this
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    • 179 13 SINGAPORE, Fri.—The National Trades Union Congress will present a variety show "Starstudded Bonanza" tomorrow and on Sunday at the National Theatre beginning on both nights at 8.00 p.m. The show, which is being organised to raise funds for the Devan Nair Research and Training Endowment
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 278 13 if fit PALACE Extension 2 a.m. Showtime: 10 p.m. 12.30 a.m. The Death Defying Uncanny TRIO FANTASTIC Thrilling!! Daring!! Amazing!! Baffling!! THE LOS CABALLEROS The most sensational Combo from the Philippines back with the latest song hits.'.' LUMPUR'SV m Famous Rendezvous for f THOSE who seek Superb Food,! Good Wine
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    • 15 13 TRAVEL CENTRE SINGAPORE Well-known for personalised services E-10 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING 360, ORCHARD ROAD. TEL: *****
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    • 256 13 EASTERN HOTEL Ig 26. Jalan Ampan*. K.L. Tel: *****/2. D DANCING FROM 9.30 P.M. to 1 A.M. r Singing Nightly s q JACKSON'S ORCHESTRA t Miss Yip Slew Len* A BMiss Sutana Hone 1 u (Hong Kong) WJ A with JPr four piece Guitar Band A IT Saturday Sunda> only
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 220 13 ©SHAW organisation D Q Phone ***** j Lj»« Day! 11. 4. 4SO. t.15 HF WHO RIOES A TIGER" rwn.( Tomorrow: "The Great <s f frlnian* Train Robbery" rr a 3 am Ladies Only Preview f > $2 Stalls $1 —No Free List' 1 M\\ A WOM AN" Color UA) free
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    • 29 13 r DIAMOND THEATRE (Air-('oiui)lioiu'd) hlltt. North Brid*|c Kojd. T«l. 3344(i Today! 3.30 p.m. A 7.30 p.m M.G.R. Saroja Devi 'PETRALTHAN PILAYA' iTamut Sunday Morning 8hov 10 a.m. •NAVARATHBI" fTamll)
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    • 111 13 "EACHOPENS TODAY! 30 40 PALACE 6.30 9.J5 Tomorrow GALA RO \I) •--v *m >■ V 01 a o 91 x- CO a M OB (ft m w m o o o i>fS> 1 5 > n < O < y:;HO it Xs W SFSI x> 'i 3 o 2! x
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    • 273 13 O R Q> H I S A T I O N GALA I7J BtACH ROAT Open* Today! 1 ao, 6 915 "The Big Blackout'* Scope Peter Holden. Chines Subs Arnplf Car Park Space Available I Behind The Theatre. Entrance i between GALA MARLROROLGH Theatre*. TONIGHT MIDNITE' In Cn'or "AGENT SIGMA
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 64 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 1.37 a.m. (7.1 ft.), 1.40 p.m. (8.7 ft.) (H W 7 Ct ft" ham: 724 a m (14 3 H) 729 Pm Port Dickson: 7.42 a.m. (7.7 ft.), 8.15 p.m. (8.7 ft) Sjngapore: 1.05 p.m. (7.5 ft.), 11.47 p.m. (88 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 12.12 a.m. (7.8
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