Eastern Sun, 13 July 1967

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    27 1 Eastern Sun tWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Independent: National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 349 Thursday, 13 July 1967. tfr MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon H.K.: CURFEW AGAIN
    770 1 4 Time has come to grasp initiative from small leftwing minority,..' HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) 'THE Hong Kong Government today announced its determination to crack down on "the small leftwing minority" here and clamped an overnight curfew on most of Hong Kong island for the second night
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    Lock icon U.K. pullout from S'pore: 'Malaysia is not affected'
    292 1  -  by CHAN KAM YAU KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The projecred withdrawal of British troops from Singapore will not affect Britoin's defence commitments to Malaysia, Britain has given a firm assurance that she will honour the terms of the Anglo-Malay- sian defence treaty. This
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    Lock icon Youth shot in Penang fracas
    202 1 BY KHOO BOON CHOO PENANG, Wed. An 18-year-old youth, Choo Kooi Wah, was seriously wounded in the stomach when a Police detective sergeant opened fire during a fracas with a group of Labour Party members, who were painting slofjans in Jeiutong Road late ast night
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    Lock icon Successful hunt for 2 missing searchers by Police Field Force
    840 1  -  AW twist to Thompson case by KEN STANLEY TANAH RATA, Wed. The case of the mysterious disappearance of American Thai silk king Jim Thompson took a new twist today. It has caused a country-wide search again in the same area,
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    Lock icon 2 Egyptian torpedo boats sunk off Sinai
    183 1 TEL AVIV, Wed. (Reuter) —Two Egyptian torpedo boats have been sunk in a brief naval engagement off the shore of Sinai/ an Israeli military spokesman said today. The engagement came late laat night when, according to the Israeli spokesman, the Egyptian craft opened
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    Lock icon Girl-to-horse, mouth-to-nose
    70 1 PERTH. Western Australia. Wed. (Reuter).— Frances Stewart. 17. told today how she unsuccessfully gave a drowning horse mouth-to-nose resuscitation after rescuing it from an icy lake near here. She said she dived Into the lake fully clothed and swam more than 50 yards dragging the horse back to
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      105 4 .L. YWCA: Ideal Home Exhibition at Stadium Negara 11 a.m. (Batik fashions and pottery demonstration*. 4 p.m. (Cooking demonstration >. 7.30 p.m. (Brides Showt and 8 p.m. (Chinese wedding and dances). PROMINENT Malaysian Artists' Exhibition by Peninsular Art Society at 41, Jalan Raja Muda 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ART
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon N-treaty 'urgent'
      150 5 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Prime Minister Harold Wilson yesterday expressed reuret over recent Communist explosion of a hydrogen bomb. "We regret that continued Chinese atmospheric tests which underline both the dangers of proliferation and the urgent need for a nonproliferation treaty," Mr. Wilson told the House of Commons in
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      Lock icon Albanian 'Red Guards' desecrate Catholic Church
      245 5 VATICAN CITY. Wed. (UPl)—Communist Albania. following in the footsteps of China's "cultural revolution," nas closed down at least one church, killing: four friars, the Vatican City newspaper Osservatore Romano said yesterday quoting Western press reports. The newspaper said In a front page story press
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      Lock icon CONGO MERCY FLIGHT CALLED OFF
      273 5 KINSHASA. Congo. Wed. (UPI) An American mercy flight to rescue foreign hostages from rebelheld Kisangani airfield was called off vesteTday because rebellious mercenaries failed to guarantee the safety of the evacuation plane. American Ambassador Robert H. Mcßride had considered sending an embassy plane to pick
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      Lock icon CATHOLIC VARSITY CONFAB
      67 5 MANILA, Wed (UPI> Seven countries will take part in the first Asian regional conference of Catholic Universities to be held here during Aug. 1-4 by the International Federation of Catholic Universities. Leading colleges from Japan. South Korea. Nationalist China. South Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines will
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      Lock icon More rain expected
      66 5 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI).— More heavy storm rains were expected to hit Western Japan already devastated by disastrous floods and landslides which left over 300 persons dead and missing The Japanese Meteorological agency forecast that Typhoon Clara, which crossed Taiwan's east coast yesterday afternoon, will cause further rains
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      Lock icon Nikita's views aired by NBC
      370 5 NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) Former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev made his debut as a star on American television last night one hour late because of an all-star baseball game In a movie film made at his Dacha, or country home near Moscow, the former leader
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      Lock icon •AICHI CITY, Saga Pref., Japan: The national highway and the national railway to the right are partially visible in the sea of muddy flood water that overflowed the levees of the Matsuura River in Aichi City, south-western Japan, on Sunday. More than 230 died and over 120 were missing so far in raging rainstorms which battered southern and western Japan on Sunday, triggering floods and landslides. Over 1,400 houses were destroyed.
      73 5 •AICHI CITY, Saga Pref., Japan: The national highway and the national railway to the right are partially visible in the sea of muddy flood water that overflowed the levees of the Matsuura River in Aichi City, south-western Japan, on Sunday. More than 230 died and over 120 were missing so
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      Lock icon Britain apologises to China
      125 5 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Britain has apologised to Communist China for intrusion over Chinese air space by British helicopters last month, it was disclosed last night. An announcement said the British government told the Chinese government it "regretted" the intrusion on June 5. China, in a protest
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      Lock icon Wedding waited on baseball
      94 5 ALBUQUERQUE. New Mexico, Wed. (UPI). Bing Crosby's son Phil put off his wedding for 45 minutes last night to watch the 15-mning all-star baseball game on television, then married a showgirl, Georgi Edwards. It was the third marriage for the 32-year-old Crosby and the second for
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      Lock icon POPULATION OUTSTRIPS FOOD SUPPLIES
      171 5 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI) The population explosion is outpacing food STUTpIi"" *»c it rt United Nati n s r port issued here je-»«erda>. Population (trow th has outstripped farm production in many developing countries. while grain surpluses of major exporters dwindled to the bare minimum needed
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      Lock icon 'Bulldog' incident closed
      102 5 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) The British government yesterday agreed to accept Ali Simbule as Zambian High Commissioner to Britain —after he apologized for calling Britain a "toothless bulldog." Simbule's appointment to the post was accepted by the British government in March. But in a farewell speech in Dar-Salaam
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      Lock icon Pl's Lopez in Lisbon
      115 5 LISBON. Wed. (UPI) Fernando Lopez, Vice President of the Philippines, arrived from Madrid yesterday on an official visit He was met by Portuguese Foreign Minister Mr. Alberto Franco Nogueira, Philippine Ambassador Captain Mariano S. Sulit and other Portuguese and Filipino officials Dr. Nunes da Silva government
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      Lock icon £511m. air offensive by Japan
      102 5 TOKYO Wed. ißeuter) Japan hopes to give Its airlines a gigantic boost with 511.500 million yen (about £511.5 m. over five years for jrojects Including a new Tokyo International Airport a Transport Ministry spokesman said today. The aim'is to strengthen Japanese Airlines. give them a
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      Lock icon £23 m STORM DAMAGE
      31 5 TOKYO Wed. (Reuter)— Tropical storm Billie caused damage estimated at 23.155 million yen (about £23.115,600)) to public utilities, roads and river banks, the construction ministry said today.
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      Lock icon Hon degree from PI varsity
      98 5 Manila. Wed. (UPI) Visiting West German Minister for Federal Property H Kurt Schmuecker will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree today from the University of San Carlos in Cebu City. The Minister, who Arrived in Manila on Monday for a four-day visit, yesterday met
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      Lock icon FLOATING SECRETARIAT
      100 5 CANNES. Wed. (Reuter) —French novelist Francoise Sagan was first customer of the world's prototype floating secretariat —opened here for businessmen on a Riveira holiday. She stepped aboard last night to leave draft pages of a new book to one of six young typist-secretaries. Wearing clothes specially designed by
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      Lock icon THE POOR KID
      71 5 MONTPELLIER. France, Wed CUPI) Albertine Sarrazin. who achieved literary fame in France for two award-winning novels describing eight years in prison and an early career as a prostitute and petty criminal. died yesterday of a heart attack following removal of a kidney. She was 29. Albertine won
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      Lock icon SPAIN NOW NEGOTIATING WITH THE EEC
      388 6 BRUSSELS. Wed. (Reuter) The Common Market's council of ministers yesteTday agreed on a mandate for the opening of negotiations on a preferential trade agreement with Spain but this falls considerably short of what Madrid originally sought. The mandate, to be negotiated by the commission.
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      Lock icon Excess pre-natal 'Vitamins' cause deformity
      106 6 f WASHINGTON. Wed. i, (Renter) Expectant mothers who take too much extra vitamins may cause harmful effects to their babies. an American nutritional expert said here. Dr. Paul M. Newberne. Professor of Nutritional Pathology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said in a report he
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      Lock icon VC use new tactics against amphibious operations
      396 6 SAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) Vietcong guemlla s yesterday launched a series of assaults against the American method of fighting the war in the mvnad streams and swamps of the Mekong delta, it W3S announced here today. Hitting as what U.S. Defence Secretary Mr. Robert
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      Lock icon Papal envoy confers with Israel on status of Jerusalem
      176 6 JERUSALEM. Wed (Reuter) Pope Pauls special emissarv. Monsignor Angelo Felici conferred here yesterdav the holy places in Jerusalem A joint statement la'er said the discussion was -onducted in an atmospnere of cordiality and mutual understanding. The statement said tal.<; would continue
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      Lock icon Hitler's Eva once tried suicide because he spurned her
      380 6 BONN, Wed (UPI) Eva Braun. the blonde who married Adolf Hitler the day before they died in a suicide pact, tried to kill herself many years earlier because she thought the Nasi leader had rejected her lore, it wa* revealed today.
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      Lock icon • NEAR Con Thien. South Vietnam: Grim task by gas-masked U.S. Marines in collecting their dead from the battlefield near Con Thien. Thirty bodies were found in a half acre clearing close to the DMZ.
      36 6 NEAR Con Thien. South Vietnam: Grim task by gas-masked U.S. Marines in collecting their dead from the battlefield near Con Thien. Thirty bodies were found in a half acre clearing close to the DMZ. UPI Photo.
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      Lock icon 'Suffer the little children...'
      142 6 PORTLAND. Oregon. Wed. (UPI) A plan by author Pearl S. Buck to aid illegltmate children gathered by U S troops in Asia has won more backing. Oregon State Reps. Howard Willits and Grace Peck announced they have completed plans to send congress a note urging appropriation
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      Lock icon Children 'starving' in deep South
      175 6 WASHINGTON. Wed (UPI) A team of doctors told congress yesterday that hundreds of children are starving in Mississippi. ar*i federal and state welfare programmes there in many cases are doing nothing to improve the situation. The group recently tourea poverty areas in Mississippi, particularly in
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      Lock icon LONDON BRIDGE 'FOR SALE'
      91 6 LONDON. Wed (CTI).— London Bridge isn't falling down. It'® just jammed with traffic. So says a spokesman for the corporation of the City of London He said the 136 -year-old bridge would be sold if a buyer could be found. A new bridge will replace the
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      Lock icon Cosmopolitan Toyko
      89 6 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI).— Japanese government says there are more than 500.000 aliens living in Japan but conflicting figures show it doesn't know how much more. According to the government statistics office the total was 606,000 as of April 1. But the alien registration list showed a total of
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      Lock icon Japan must co-exist with China
      140 6 TOKYO, Wed. (Reuter) Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Takeo Miki yesterday reaffirmed in the Diet the Japanese people's desire to co-exist with Communist China and denied there was any difference of views on China between himself and Prime Minister Eisaku Sato. Mr Miki told parliament nobocy
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      Lock icon NZ wins tourism film
      97 6 MARSEILLES. France. Wed. (Reuter) New Zetland won the first prize out of 34 countries at the ninth touristic film festival here yesterday. The winning entry was entitled "Astonishing New Zealand." The second prize was won by Japan with the film "invitation to Japan" third prize by
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      Lock icon Winnipeg wants it
      107 6 WINNIPEG. Wed (Reuter) If London Bridge is falling down, some people in Winnipeg would like to see it built up again over the Red River here. Councillor Bernie Wolfe said the cost would have to be Investigated. "It could be not only a useful bridge but a
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      Lock icon SMALLPOX IN JAVA
      31 6 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI). The official news agency Antara reported yesterday that a smallpox epidemic has broken out in densely populated Central Java described the situation as "rather serious."
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      Lock icon Consortium to finish abandoned projects
      115 6 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) A large-scale programme to finish uncomp.eted buildings in Jakarta is expected to be approved by the Indonesia government this week, according to the South China Morning Post The programme, undertaken by a Hong KongItalian building development group, would be started on
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      Lock icon A time to be firm
      346 7 Vigilance against coup J4K ARTA, Wed. Reuter) Acting PrefiHpnt General Suharto, known to be hesitant to take firm action against hi» predecessor Dr. Sukarno, last night agreed with the Army's determination to crush individuals or groups trying to restore power of the deposed presi- dent.
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      Lock icon 'Reds had 30 groups within services'
      193 7 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) The Communist underground succeeded in establishing thirty "groups within the Marine Corps and the Air Force after the failure of the 1965 coup, according to a former secretariat member of the banned Indonesian Communist Partv. 1 Mr Sujono made the fakement
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      Lock icon Tiles war resolved
      142 7 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) The Teasury Department announced that Japanese suppliers have agreed to refrain from "dumping" or selling ceramic glazed wall tile at less than "fair value" in the United States. The Department said an investigation had found the selling price of the Japanese tile to be
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      Lock icon 'Menu' too hot: 4 months
      181 7 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) The waiter was carrying an unusual menu for which he paid an unusual price (our months in lail. The China Mail reported yesterday that Pun Hing, 34. had a menu ala flambe. or as the court read the charge, an "inflamatory
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      Lock icon PIRATES BEWARE
      188 7 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Now it's the pirates. President Marcos, who lately waged a total war against criminality in the greater Manila area, yesterday widened his anticrime campaign to Include pirates in Manila Bay and nearby coastal towns Mr. Marcos directed Defence Secretary Mr. Ernesto Mata to mobilize units
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      Lock icon Double your trouble
      82 7 Miniskirts A Judge has singled out the miniskirt as a main cause of the upsurge of sex crimes in the Philippines Boraue town judge Mr. Tirso Reyes of Bulacan Province said the miniskirt "has caused many women to lose the respect of men He asked for the
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      Lock icon • Nature's fiery spectacle dwarfs man's puny A-blasts in Power, yet nobody was reported injured when Mt. Sakurajima in Kyushu Island blew its top recently. The explosion rocked the countryside and cracked windows and walls.
      36 7 Nature's fiery spectacle dwarfs man's puny A-blasts in Power, yet nobody was reported injured when Mt. Sakurajima in Kyushu Island blew its top recently. The explosion rocked the countryside and cracked windows and walls. PANA Photo.
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      Lock icon Shelepin as 80-m union boss 'no come down'
      224 7 MOSCOW. Wed. (tPI) Alexander Shelepin. the Kremlin's ace troubleshooter and heiT-apparent to Communist Leader Leonid I. Brezhnev, has been appointed chairman of the 80-million member Soviet Trade Union Council. It was announced yesterday. The appointment of Mr Shelepin to the full time
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      Lock icon The other side of the sun
      150 7 WASHINGTON, Wed (Reuter) Two American spacecraft are making the first detailed inspection ot the side of the sun not visible from the earth Reports from the Pioneer VI and VII spacecraft arc providing the US Solai Weather Forecasting Agency in Colorado with regular information
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      Lock icon 'US losing the N-gap'
      78 7 WASHINGTON. Wed fßeuten The United States will fall behind the Soviet Union in terms of nuclear firepower this year and bv 1971 a massive "megatonnage gap" will have opened between the two super powers, according to a study made for the house of representatives armed services
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      Lock icon China keeps them guessing
      201 7 FATE OF HK HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) Ambassador Simeon Roxas of the Philippine Consulate General here today said unless London and Peking can start "some sort of a dialogue the situation in Hong Kong is likely to deteriorate But Mr. Roxas said it was difficult to
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      Lock icon Purser on forgery charges
      73 7 TOKYO. Wed (Reuter) A 28-year-old American purser from a United States Military chartered freighter was Indicted yesterday by the Yokohama District Produrators' Office for passing a fake US$lO bank note, an official spokesman said today. The spokesman said he was arrested on June 20 after passing
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      Lock icon Black gold from the sea
      418 7 NEW MINI BOOM FOR BRUNEI SERIA, Brunei State, Wed. (I'PI) Brunei is again producing more oil, reversing a decline in recent years. The reason: More oil from the sea. Production is fast reaching previous record of 117.000 barrels a day 10 years ago. Since 1958
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      Lock icon 43 people died near Korat, Bangkok when this but was struck by an express train last week.
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      Lock icon 'Putting scrambled eggs together again'
      121 7 JERUSALEM Author Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall, who returned to New York after more than two weeks of gathering on-the-scene information for his forthcoming book "Swift Sword." doubted that Israel would give up any Arab territory it conquered in the six-day campaign- "That's especially true of
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      Lock icon Dame Margot Fonteyn cleared of 'Hippie' party charges
      306 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Wed (Reuter) Britain's Dame Marmot Fonteyn and her co-star Rudolph Nureyev prepared to dance "Romeo and Juliet" today, fully cleared of charges which followed their arrest at a "Hippie" party here. The dancers were detained with 16 others at a
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      974 5 YOUR m**o*l TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR a nd Pulau Pinang; 6 Ipon and YHaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taipin?: 7 Batu Pahat: 9 P>l 545 Opening Annct. prog. Summary. 5.55 News Outlines in the National Language; 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10 Ivanhoe (Lyman the Pieman); 6 .5
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      105 6 BY ANY CHANCE DIP MY COM PAN ©N (SETBACK FROM SHOPPING YET? YKSi HE SAIP HE WOUIP WAIT IN.' THE REA&K6 XOmt THIS WAV. PLEASE! 6 Ml 1 K ENTE*, PLEASE/ HO THANK*/ICONY LIKE THE SELECTION/ OP BOOKS IN \OLR RSAPJNG ROOM/ SB m r A \U AH, VERY GOOP
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    Lock icon A REALISTIC POLICY
    722 8 EXPOSED to the continual changes of circumstances in South-east Asia, Malaysia has adopted a realistic foreign policy. It is also a policy for survival during the difficult times ahead. After the end of the Second World War, it was the fashion for the Western powers to form
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    Lock icon EDUCATION, MANPOWER AND MALAYSIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
    4436 8  -  ■By- Dr. V. Kanapathy ROTTERDAM 1V the world's largest port, provides an interesting example. As part of their expansion progromme, the Port's training school has introduced additional training facilities for skilled dock labour e.g. a full scale section of a freighter, part of the
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Council of Ministers ends its current session
      313 9 BRUSSELS. Wed. (Reuter) The Common Market's Council of Ministers ends its current session here today after hearing renewed French opposition to early British membership. France's isolated stand, expressed in detail by Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville, lest the five other market members
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      Lock icon Simalpan Steel Industries completes 4th year of operation
      221 9 SINGAPORE. Wed Simaipan Steel Industries L'd.. established in June 1963 in Jurone by Singapore and Japan interests f r r the manufacturing of reel pipes up to 48 inches, and producing about 1.000 tons of pipe monthly, has completed it® fourth year
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      Lock icon Ministers agree on mandate
      64 9 BRUSSELS. Wed. (Reuter) The European Common Market's Council of Ministers trvijy agreed on a mandate for the opening of a preferential trade agreement *'th Spain. Council sources said the r- andate was agreed as the x Ministers began the last day of their current session ™*re
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      Lock icon Swissair, SAS agree on technical co-operation
      130 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Swissair and the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) have agreed on the principles of a new ten-year agreement of technical cooperation. According to the understanding. Swissair will overhaul the Pratt Whitney JTBD-9 engines of SAS's DC-9 fleet and SAS will Swissair's DC-Bs. The
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      Lock icon London rubber quiet
      79 9 LONDON. Wed. (UPI). Rubber market closed quiet with spot 19 19-3/8. Settlement House: Aug 18 18-1/8 Sept 17-3/4 17-15/18 Oct 17-11/16 17-13/16 Oct/Dec 17-5/8 17-11/18 Jan/Mar 17-11/16 17-13/16 Apr/June 17-15/16 18-1/16 July/Sept 18-1/8 13-1 4 Oct/Dec 18-1/5 18-3 8 Jan/Mar 18-3/8 18-1/2 Apr/June 18-7/18 18-5/8 July/Sept 16-1/2
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      Lock icon Strathbrora to visit S'pore
      199 9 SINGAPORE. Wed Strathbrora, 14.000 tons, second of P 4 O's three new 21-knots super cargo l.ners, will arrive in Singapore on Saturday, on her return maiden voyage to the Far East Mr. John Mills, Director of P O's agents in Singapore, Islay Kerr At Co. Ltd.
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      Lock icon URWU calls for strike against Goodyear
      90 9 AKRON. Ohio. Wed. (Reuter) The United Rubber Workers Union, which has already struck four of America's big five rubber companies. today called for a strike against the fifth, Goodyear, at midnight tomorrow. A union official here said the strike had been called on the
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      Lock icon Trading remains quiet with prices easier
      824 9 SINGAPORE. Wed Trading on the Stock Exchange remained quiet today The easier trend continued in the industrial section and most counters suffered lones of a few cents. The upward trend of Matsushita was checked, after the Committee of the Stock Exchange banned all delayed
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      54 9 SINGAPORE. Wed—The Association of Banks in Malaysia todav made the following changes in its rites to merchants: Canada; Buying T.T. 351/4; Airmail O.D. 35-3/8; 90 d/st 35-15/16 credit bills; 36-1/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready were: Canada 34-7/8; Deutsche Marks 129-3/8; French Francs 158-3'4; Italian Lire
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      Lock icon Rubber down 1/2 cent
      298 9 SINGAPORE. Wed Jul* first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers flwH at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur todav at 54-7 8 cents per lb., down half a cent from previous cl«*e. The tone was quiet. During the morning the market lost another j cent on lower
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      Lock icon 30 years of trans-Atlantic flying
      177 9 SINGAPORE. We d Britain notched up 30 years of commercial transAtlantlc flying on July 5. On that date in 1937 a C-class flying-boat Caledonia of Imperial Airways, the predecessor of BOAC left Foynes. near Ireland* present-day Shannon airport. on the historic first crossing. Caledonia landed
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN-UNCHANGED
      512 9 SINGAPORE —Stork Eirhante bid and offer price* officially liatcd at the rlo«c of iiUMne** INDUSTRIAL RoiMrad 1.5.1 1.54 r >ugar 1.63 1.64 f.TS. ord«. 53/Chemical To. 1.6* 1.6S Told storage 3*8 3.44 1 tun lop -rm 2.76 E. Smelting 4.26 4.:io F--n Ord* 3.20 3.22 Fitzpatrirk1.51 1.52 1.
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      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      160 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Alemanma 5 Fuuko Maru 6'7 Ocean Prima 8/9 City of Chester 10/11 Ampenan 15/16 Twashiro Maru 18 Busuanga 19 Star of Athen 21/22 Kinabalu 23/24 Meihohsan Maru 25 26 Kame Maru No. 3 29/30
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      51 9 (Manaim Price*) Fimt Malayan XD 2.31 241 Second Malayan XD 1.65 1.75 Third Malayan 1.16 1.26 The Commerce Indium Fnnd #0 1.00 The Savings Fund 1.36 1.46 Malavan InteMment Fund 1.00 1.10 Sterling omniodity 4/4 1 1r*t Hong Konc AO .65* Second Hone Kong .53 .57* «*Hnns Kong
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      94 9 SINGAPORE. Wed Singapore Chinee Produce Exchange noun price* today were: Bnyerv i Seller* Coconut oil (FOR) Rulk 4ft 54 Coconut oil (fOB) Drums 51.00 Loo«* Copra Mixed Julr/Anr *9.50 Xntmfn 110+ S10.00 Nutmegs RAW Garbled Lam pong 145.00 Black Pepper (FOR) 97.50 Pepper Black Special Sarawak (FOB) 92.50 La
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      23 9 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK55.7975/5.805 per US dollar for cash HK$l6.OB per pound sterling. HK5276.25 oer tael gold.
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      14 9 SINGAPORE, Wed—The tin price for today was s<slo per picul, up $l.
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      1019 9 AIR MOVEMENTS S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVAI.S IN SINGAPORE Time 1.0.1 a.m. Alrlin* MSA 029 from Kuala l.unipur. Tlmr ».3.1 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala l.unipur. Time 9.20 a.m. Airline GIA 982 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.2.1 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from
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      303 12 MOST people agree that greater taiowledge can be got through travelling Description of relief, climate. natural vegetation, names of a place found in text-books are just mere words of the author and a student has to take them for granted that what is said is
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      306 12 TEACHERS are common nowadays. Though they are common, some teachers think that they do have the right to treat the pupils anyway they like. It Is true that they have rights to teach their pupils when they make mistakes but they must know the proper way
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      204 12 A FEW nights ago at about nine o'clock, a slow breeze began to blow. I felt cold and sleepy as I went to bed. Suddenly at mid-night I was awakened by a heavy thunderstorm. The patter of rain on the zinc roof made it very noisy. I
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      197 12 SINGAPORE was once a settlement. There were little roads and bridges mostly built by the Indian labourers. There were few cars accidents. The people do not have to look before crossing the road, because there were few cars. In this modern day, Singapore has changed
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      394 12 THE coconut palm is native of the equatorial countries where the climate has a very narrow range of temperature throughout the year. If one visits an equatorial country such as Malaya and Sumatra or any other islands of the East Indies, one will
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      263 12 TWO weeks ago, my parents went to Singapore. My sister and brothers and I stayed at home. I remembered, it was very very dark and very quiet, l sat on a chair to study. After a short time I was tired
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      198 12 HUMAN beings cannot live alone without friends because when we want help there is nobody to aid us. There is a Ch.nese proverb which says "At home we depend on our parents but in the society we depend on our friends". We must learn to
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      499 12 THE blind are the most unhappy people in this world. All our five senses are precious but the most precious of them all is the gift of sight. Blindness is worse than deafness or dumbness. One who cannot speak or hear can console himself
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      258 12 I was awakened by the alarm bell which stood near my bed on a table. The sound was so sharp that it made me jump up. The time for school had not yet arrived. Angrily, I threw It out of the window. With
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      269 12 ON the morning of the 29tlr day of last month, we received a telephone message say;ng that our grandfather had died. The sarr.e morning we rushed down to Taiping where mv grandfather was staying. It was past noon when we reached his house. We
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      423 12 LASt Friday, after watching a breath-taking television show, I went to bed. I soor. went into dreamland. I dreamed I was on board a ship. The fresh sea breeze swept my hair back and as I walked along the wooaen deck. I marvelled a;
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      158 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the obiects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves PT And
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      979 13  -  £2= Noel Cerrick 4 USTRALIA's first space satellite left Australia by air in May for America on the first step of a journey that may take it thousands of times around the eorth. The satellite, AUSTRALIS OSCAR A, designed and built by young members of th
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      453 13  -  By H.L. Herschensohn, M.P. JS there any scientific evidence that cigarette smoking may cause coronary heart trouble Blood clots faster after smoking than it would normally clot before smoking. The effect in some person lasted only 15 minutes but in most cases the effect lasted
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      348 13 OPENS today: 11 a.m.. 1 W. 4 Ml. M AIM LfIS'LOST ANGEL»«"SIiS Jr. •A COLUMBIA PICTUREI ORCHARD-j^iol Op*n« Today! 11. JM tIW m HOW AT NORMAL PRICES' iOMM and Pull Sureopfeonic ftouad "GONE WITH THE WIND" Clark Gaklc Vlriti Utfk Metrocoior 'MOM > ODEON I I'ALACE Tei. 31-116 I Tn
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      360 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building, Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK fir Brother*. 63. Bras Basah Road, and 2. Maju Avenue, Se ran goon Garden Estate, Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD., SUPERMARKET 83, East Coast Road, Singapore 15- Tel: *****9
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      363 14 NOTICES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE, 1958 (NO. 33 OF 1958) ELECTIONS (CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1959. notice under REGULATION 3 (1) NOTICE is hereby given that an election writ has been issued to the Returning Officer, Pasir Mas Hulu Constituency, and that the day of nomination in respect of the said Constituency
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      71 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT SINGAPORE GOVERNMENT VACANCIES APPLICATIONS are invited from Singapore Citizens Appointment: STAFF MIDWIVES. Salary Scale: sl7oxloA-250/ 260x10A-330 p.m. plus Variable Allowance. Qualifications: Midwifery Certificate acceptable to the Midwifery Board Singapore Passed Secondary II or equivalent in a Government/ Aided School Probation: 3 years. Age: Below 35 years. Application forms
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      61 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 4.47 a.m. (7.2 ft.), 4.27 p.m. (7.9 ft) Port Swettenham: 9.31 a.m. (15.5 ft-), 9.25 p.m. (14.1 ft) Port Dickson: 10.11 a.m- (8.6 ft), 10.36 p.m. (7.6 ft) Singapore: 1.57 a.m (8.9 ft.), 3.27 p.m. (7.5 ft) Sedili Kechil: 12.20 a.m. (6 3 ft). 2.07 p.m.
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