Eastern Sun, 12 August 1967

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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent) National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 378 Saturday, 12 August 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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    Lock icon Medicine: Tunku's assurance
    269 1 Kl T ALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia is pledged to do everything that possibly could be done to assist in the advancement of medicine generally throughout this region of Asia. This "unqualified assurance was tonight given by the Prime Minister. Tunku Vodul Rahman, when he spoke a: the
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    Lock icon VARNISH TOLL 100
    70 1 HEW DELHI, Fri. (UPI) The death toll in the Madras varnish drinking spree has risen to 100. authorities said on Thursday. The victims were stricken after drinking varnish and lethal methyl "wood" alcohol at a new moon festival. Fifty .three Deople have died in Madras and 47
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    Lock icon BORDER BREACHED
    515 1 TENSION RISES Chinese machine-guns open up across Hong Kong frontier Hong Kong, Fri. (Reuter) troops fired two bursts of machine-gun fire across the tense Chinese-Hong Kong border today as British troops and Police forced back Chinese workers and peasants who had breached the closed frontier. The firing, the
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    Lock icon Sugih Arto in S'pore
    78 1 SINGAPORE. Frl. The Indonesian Attorney. General, Major General Suglh Arto, today expressed the hope that diplomatic ties between Indonesia and Singapore will be resumed soon. Major General Suglh Arto. who flew Into Singapore. this evening to officiate at the opening of the Indonesian House ("Wisma Indonesia")
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    Lock icon Dying Matthews burial wish
    244 1 Agony and ecstasy KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Matthew Mia wants to be buried in Sarawak after he is dead. He conveyed this wish to his father, Martin. a farmer, who flew in two days ago with the aid of the Catholic Welfare Services of Malaysia. Matthew, the
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    Lock icon Marcos to visit Indonesia
    23 1 JAKARTA. Fri (Reuter) President Marcos of the Philippines plans to visit Indonesia later this month, Cabinet sources said today.
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    Lock icon Rail links with China cut
    38 1 SAIGON. Fri. (Reuter) American Air Force planes today bombed a key bridge less than two miles from Hanoi, severing the capital's road and rail links with China and the industrial port of Haiphong.
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    Lock icon Kidnapped from under noses of the law
    92 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A 15-year-old girl was reported kidnapped by three men yesterday right under the noses of the law. The girl, Nazarah Bibi, was staying with her Police Serjeant uncle, Ghulam Rasu. at the Police Quarters in Campbell Road. She was sent
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    Lock icon Petrol price is up 3 cents from today
    480 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. "The closure of +he Suez Canal and markedly high freight costs will, effective from tomorrow, result in a minimal three cents per gallon price increase for petrol in Malaysia and Singapore as compared to Europe where increases range as
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  • SONY HI-FI DEMONSTRATION-CUM-SHOWROOM SUPPLEMENT
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      Lock icon PROGRESS IN ELECTRONIC FIELD
      382 4 QINCE the end of the World War, progress in the electronic field for commercial enterprises is stupendous be yond belief. Japan is one of the developing countries in the world to have made rapid advance and big stride in electronic inventions and SONY Corporation of Tokyo
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      Lock icon Another amenity to the tourist centre
      182 4 ris my great pleasure to learn that Ho Hua Co. Ltd., Sole Distributor of internationally renowned SONY products for Singapore, West Malaysia and Sabah, has today announced the official opening of its SONY Hi-Fi Demonstrationcum Showroom at John Little's Building, Raffles Place. The opening
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      Lock icon SONY: Think small to grow big
      2006 4 PRESIDENT Johnson has one in his White House office and another upstairs beside his bed. Pope Paul VI has one in the Vatican. Robert Kennedy, Willie Mays and Charles de Gaulle all own at least one. In castles and cabanas, the miniature, shoebox-sized television
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      Lock icon Sony's way of home entertainment
      291 5 AT last, Sony's new and compact home television tape-recorder (Video tape-recorder) to record and immediately reproduce television pictures and sound is here. Known as the "Sony Videocorder 2000", it is the first video tape-re-corder designed for home use which utilises the magnetic recording principles with
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      Lock icon Prototype of Integrated Circuit Radio
      319 5 SONY Corporation has announced that it has succeeded in producing a prototype of an Integrated Circuit Radio, which is claimed to be the smallest in the world. This announcement was made by its President. Mr. M. Ibuka, during his visit to London to gain a
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      Lock icon Advanced electronic calculating machine
      182 5 SONY Corporation has announced the production of an advanced portable electronic calculating machine, SOBAX ICC-500, incorporating hybrid IC'c (integrated circuit). The SOBAX ICC 500 is a handy calculator which can be operated either on a self-contained battery pack, automobile battery or ordinary house current. It can
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      Lock icon The showroom with a difference
      258 5 rp HE President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Soon Peng Yam, will today declare open an ultra-modern Sony Hi-Fi sound demonstration studio and FM/AM equipment display showroom. The showroom, situated at an Ideal spot at John Little's Building, next to the Singapore Tourist
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      73 5 daikin AIRCONDITIONERS Congratulates HO H on their official opening of the demonstration-cum-show room We are proud f to announce that another shopping centre is fitted with DAIKIN Brand I airconditioner. For Maximum Coolness at Minimum cost Germ-free, dust-free "Mountain fresh" air "Ever-Spring" Climate Easy-to-install Easy-to-operate "Whisper" quiet operation Sole Importers:
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon A free floor on Vietnam
      259 6 'STOP ELECTION FARCE OR ELSE..:WASHINGTON, Fri. (Reuter) A group of 57 Congressmen last night urged President Johnson to make the strongest representations to the military government in South Vietnam to prevent "o further eroding of confidence'' in the September 3 national elections there. The group's
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      Lock icon Can't bare to live?
      65 6 ONE of the famous lions of London's Trafalgar Square was covered with a shroud to become the subject of a thirty-minute film in connection with their original unveiiing 100 years ago. The film idea belongs to Japanese composer-artist Yoko Ono ...who wants people to interest themselves
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      Lock icon US' turn to quit
      272 6 After Br TRIPOLI, Libya, Fri. (Reuter) American and Libvan representatives began talks here yesterday on the' future of the huge United States Wheelus Air Base near Ttipoli. The talks follow Libya's request to the U.S. and Britain to withdraw their forces from Libyan territory because of
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      Lock icon Economic clamp on N. Vietnam
      69 6 WASHINGTON. Fri (Reuter) The Senate last night voted to deny U.S. credits to any non-Communist country which trades with North Vietnam. It did so by a vote of 56 to 26 in approving an amendment to a bill extending the lending authority of the C.S
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      Lock icon This swingwing baby isn't so hot
      219 6 W A S H I N G TON. Fri. (Reuter) A major row is brewing here over the release of a secret report said to show that the controversial F-118 swing-wing Navy plane has more than 100 deficiencies and cannot operate from carriers, authoritative
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      Lock icon Prosecution wins first 'bugging case in UK
      176 6 NEWBURY. England. Fri. (Reuter) Britain* first prosecution for electronic eavesdropping ended vesterdav with fines for a private detective and a student who tried to bug a businessman s phone The court was told that student Peter Hood. 19. camped in the grounds of
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      Lock icon WANT TO BET?
      126 6 *7 times as old' MOSCOW. Fri. (Reuter) Two Soviet scientists have estimated the age of the universe at 70.000 million years seven times as old as it was thought to be:«--The Soviet new? agency Tass reported yesterday that the scientists based their findings on inconsistencies in spectrographs
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      Lock icon APE BOY FOUND
      159 6 JAKARTA. Fri (Reuter) A long-haired six-year-old boy suckled and raised by ape* In the Jungles of Central Java has been brought back to civilisation to learn now to talk, speak and walk like humans. The discovery of the child in a cave on Mount Lawn was reported
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      Lock icon Actress' bond refused
      111 6 MANILA. Fri. (UPI) Philippine movie ac'res? Stella Suarez is expecteo "0 be arrested toaav by pom* who rejected her bail boni of 1,000 pesos US$25O connection with charge? o» assault filed against her b* another actress Police of nearby Las Pir.ss town, where the 22-year-old actress figured
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      Lock icon 'INTERN'L STATE TO END WAR'
      181 6 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) —Former Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home has proposed creatine a non-aliened Vietnam under international protection as a way to end the war. Writing in the London weekly "Spectator." Sir Alec, who Is now Conservatle opposition foreign affairs spokesman, urged a solution on
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      Lock icon The hate race
      170 6 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) An organisation of coloured people in Britain wants Mr. Duncan Sandys, the former Conservative Commonwealth and Colonial Secretary to be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred. 4 The 10.000-strong West Indian standing conference lodged a complaint with Scotland Yard last Monday, according to its secretary,
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      Lock icon FRENCH QUAD DIES
      59 6 DUNKIRK, France, Fri '(Reuter) One of the quads born two months prematurely here yesterday to a 34-year-old grocery shop assistant died yesterday. The three surviving babies two girl* and a boy are being cared for in a maternity clinic incubator The mother, Mme Giselle Cellier. and her
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      Lock icon Terrorist attacks in Aden
      173 6 ADEN. Fri (Reuter) Arab nationalists yesterday killed a British soldier and damaged an aircraft in atttacks on troops and military installations on the eve of a two-day general strike. The soldier died when Arab launched a grenade and small arms onslaught on British troops in Sheikh
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      Lock icon 'Mercenaries can oust Mobutu'
      92 6 LONDON. Fri (Reuter) Two hundred White mercenaries could overthrow President Joseph Mobutu's government in the Congo, soldier of fortune Michael ("Mad Mike") Hoare said here last night. Irish-born Colonel Hoare. former White mercenary commander in the Congo, said the mercenaries commanded by Belgian Major Jean Schramme
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      Lock icon Pagan rite in Ireland
      270 6 KILLORGLIN. Irish Republic. Fri. (Reuter)— Some 30.000 chanting revellers danced around a wild white goat as it was crowned king of an ancient pagan festival which started here last night. For 72 hours they will drunk non-stop to the honour of the folklore Fairy Puck in
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      Lock icon 'Aid to PI not pay-off for troops in Vietnam'
      499 7 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) Secretary of Defence Mr. Robert S. McNamara has assured congress that U.S. military aid to strengthen the Philippines ability to fight the Huks was not a pay-off for sending an engineering battalion to Vietnam. He was questioned about
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      Lock icon China's 'Imperialist bandits'
      67 7 BERNE. Fri. (Reuter) Switzerland has rejected a Chinese protest against the presence in the countn of Tibetan refugees, the foreign ministry announced here yesterday. The ministry said the note, which called the refugees "imperialist bandits," was written in "unacceptable terms." Some 50ft Tibetans, many supported by the
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      Lock icon World War II gold found
      92 7 MANILA, Fri (UPI) Gold bars in "eight to ten crates" were today reported found by a team of treasure hunters led by a Japanese overseas peace corps member in the mountain province in Northern Philippines. The Philippine News Servict reported that the sources, said the
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      Lock icon Golf ball that isn't
      29 7 WIDE angle view hidden side of the moon taken by Lunar Orbiter on Monday. North is at right end of photo. VPI radiophoto. UPI radiophoto.
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      Lock icon US CRIME OUTSTRIPS POPULATION
      375 7 WASHINGTON, Frl. (I'PI). The national crime rate increased 10 per cent last year and is outstripping America's population growth by 7 to 1. the Federal Bureau of Investigation reported yesterday. In its annual crime report, the agency said the chances are better than one in 58
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      Lock icon 'Hussein's pact made the M-E war inevitable' – CHURCHILLS
      300 7 'Hussein's pact made the M-E war inevitable' CHURCHILLS LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) The Arab-Israeli conflict was inevitable from the moment King Hussein of Jordan signed a defence pact with President Nasser in Cairo on May 30, Randolph and Winston Churchill said today. The son and grandson of Sir Winston, in their
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      Lock icon Mr. Sato to visit Indonesia
      175 7 JAKARTA. Fri (ReuterJ! Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato is to visit Indonesia in early October as part of a South East Asian tour, Foreign Minister Adam Malik said last night. Mr. Sato would be the first foreign head of government to come here since the
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      Lock icon $125,000 flood damage in PI
      80 7 MANILA. Fri. (UPD Crops and property estimated at half-a-million pesos (U S S125.000) were damaged by flood-waters from a swollen river in Lanao Del Sur province in the Southern Philippines, the Philippine News reported today. There were no report casualties The flood damaged several buildings
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      Lock icon World Jamboree ends
      77 7 FAKRAGUT STATE PARK Idaho. Fri. (UPI) The Scouts of the world went home yesterday by bus. train and plane, taking with them the spirit of friendship that dominated the 12th World Boy Scout Jamboree. The Scouts and their leaders poureo out of this wooded Northern Idaho park
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      Lock icon Explosiveladen ship refuses to sink
      176 7 KODIAK. Alaska. Frl. (UPI> An explosivesladen liberty ship, which was to be scuttled and blown up underwater In a research project, was declared a hazard to navigation yesterday when It failed to sink and drifted into water too shallow to explode the cargo. The Robert
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      Lock icon We part at death
      68 7 QUILLOTA. CHILE. Fri. (Reuter) Doctors today operated to separate Siamese twins following the death of on? of the two-day old baby girls at a hospital here. The twins, joined at the abdomen were brought here last night in an incubator from th P nearby city of
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      150 7 \He mntwur Gar As trade-in on rugge IT MAY BE WORTH UP TO Q 5800 MORE to UG! n sr With this fantastic offer we also extend our usual generous discount Let us prove it! Send this coupon now (or call at 59 Orchard Road) and we will give you
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      776 7 YOUR vTV and TODAY CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR 4 nd Pulau Pinang; 6 'D® ll and MHaka: 3 10 Jobore Bahro; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 p M 3.00 Prog Summary: 301 Rebellion From The North; *OO The Phil Silvers Show (Operation Diapers); 430 Trick And Treat; 435 Close
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      290 7 J? ENGLISH PROGRAMMES leases; 100 Lunch Date: 1.30 3lllClflDOr@ Newt; 145 Tommy Kinsman v H s 2-00 Where The Action Is! Mike Ellery hosts a AM. 600 Dawn Serenade; three hour parade of pop hits, 6.30 Musical Clock: 6-45 Your your requests, contests A- studio Daily Horoscope Birthday guests; 5.00
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    478 8 WHEN a group of persons has been selected for special training to acquire the skills to serve the people, there is a tendency for them to regard themselves as privileged persons. They are more concerned with the big Jobs they are going to get than with helping
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    325 8 THE Sultan of Selangor has brought the attention of Malay parents to the educational opportunities open to Malay youths by pointing out the large number of scholarships available to them to help them pursue their education to the university level. His Royal Highness urged the Malays to work
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    Lock icon Agricultural progress in Sabah
    2503 8 rIE various branches of the Department of Agriculture have been heavily engaged during the last three years primarily in connection with the development programme of the State with particular reference to land settlement schemes. The Soli Division of the Research Branch has carried out a soil
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      Lock icon Parity not beneficial to S.C. holders
      167 8  -  S.C. Ping TT IS regrettable that the D.T.C. Union has J- chosen to negotiate with the Govt, and conceded to accept parity m principle, which in fact is very much inferior to M.T.C. salary scale. The D T.C Union must realise that its aims
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      Lock icon A mockery of themselves
      186 8  -  RANNY UNG THE Sungei Patani Town Council are making a mockery of themselves. They place the No-Park-ing signs along Jalan Ibrahim. And no motorists obey them. Worse «tii!, a certain Town Councillor often parks his car there, too. It would be of great interest if the
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      Lock icon Remedy the defects
      202 8  -  W. W. HASDONE WHILE endorsing what Mr. C. M. Lee had ed in your columns. I shon'.d feel much obligee if yoj would g;ve publics ;on tc the following facts. Apart from the uronf estimation of the consohda*ed accounts, the Pl'B authorities estimate acorn's according to their
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      Lock icon Improve T.V. service
      107 8  -  C. P. THANE Is T.V. Malaysia ever going to improve its serv;rg to the public? It has beer a going concern for nearly 4 year? and yet they still give us only 46 hours of entertainment a week compared with almost double this time in Singapore Their
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      190 8 n BEXDEB'S COURTROOM Henry B. Rothblatt (Authori "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") A VA made a will giving everything to her sister, Florence. Five years later, Ava attached a note to the will stating that her sister Ava did not need the bequest and wrote that her estate should
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon BOAC carries record number of passengers
      336 9 LONDON. Frl. British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) flew farther than ever before last year. Passengers topped 1,500.000 for the flrst time and profits rose by more than £lsm. to a record £23.9 m. Sir Giles Guthrie, chairman. presenting the Stateowned airline's annual report for
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      Lock icon Shell to declare 7½ per cent interim dividend
      201 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— At the Board meeting of Shell Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad today, it was announced that the company would pay ar. interim dividend of 7 1/2 per cent, to be paid on Sept. 30. At the meeting, the
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      Lock icon Philip Morris Inc.'s record consolidated income
      426 9 NEW YORK. Fri. Philip Morris Incorporated recently announced record consolidated operating revenues and net income for the second quarter and first six months of 1967 Earr.:ngs for the seccnd q arter of 1967 wee 531.413.000 compared to $25,176,000 for the second quarter of 1966.
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      Lock icon Rubber up ¼ cent
      278 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Tr i. August first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 534 cents per lb., up one quarter of cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet. Initial quotations were unchange on last night's close, and the
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      69 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI)— The closing Dow-Jones averages or the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 925.22 20 Rails 26°.*4 15 Utilities 134.01 65 Stocks 332.91 40 Bonds 79.74 Commodity futures index 130 06 (new 1967 low) The volume was 9.040.000 shares. Of a total 1,463 issues
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      Lock icon NEW YORK RUBBER
      55 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI> Rubber futures closed 15 to 35 points lower. Sales none. Sept. 67 20 00 20.50 Nov. 20.00 2050 Jan 68 20 00 20.70 Mar. 2020 20.70 May 2020 20.70 July 2020 20.70 Sept. 2020 20.70 The No. 1 RSS declined i cent to
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      56 9 SINGAPORE. Fri The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-9/16; Airmail O D. 32-11/ 16; 90 d/st. 334 credit bills; 33-7/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready were: New York 32-5/16; Belgian Francs 1600;
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      25 9 HONG KONG. Fri. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HKSR 775/5.7875 per US dollar for cash. HK$ 16.05 per pound sterlXn f1K5269.875 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon Industrials ease further on Stock Exchange
      1506 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The easier trend in industrials continued further today on the Stock Exchange. However, activity in the market was fair and the total turnover was again recorded slightly above one million. Dunlop, after its recent jump, eased four cen*s to 2.46; while EAI
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      Lock icon INDON GOVT. TO REOPEN GOLD MINE
      53 9 JAKARTA. Frl. (UPI> The Indonesian government has announced the possible reopening of the Batu Rusa Gold Mine off South Sumatra. The government said It was engaged in "intensive research' on the profitability of reopening the mine which was closed shortly before the aborted 1965
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      Lock icon Tin price
      16 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The tin price for today was $604 per picul, up 12$ cents.
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      Lock icon Quietly steady
      24 9 LONDON. Fri (UPI) Rubber market opened quietly steady with Spot 16-3/8, 16-5/8 nominal. No. 1 RSS CIF Basis Ports August 16-1/4, 16-3/8.
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN-UNCHANGED
      530 9 —etrhaum hid and offer price* officially listed at the rlow of bmiocu. INDUSTRIAL RoiiMead 1-19 1.6ft C. Sugar 1.75 1.76 Chemical Co. 1.65 1.66 Cold Storage 3.53 3 60 Dunlop 2.46 F. Smelting 4.36 4 tO E.A.I. 2 21 2.23 F*wi Ords. 3 31 3.33 Htjpi)tricli* 1.75 1
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      50 9 < Managers Prlrf*) Malayan XD 2.40 2.50 Second Malayan XD 1.72 1.82 Third Malayan 1.18 1.28 The Cnmmrrf* Industry Fund .90 100 The Saving* Fund 1.35 1.45 Malayan Investment Fund 1.05 1.15 sterling Commodity S/lf 4/5 First Hone kong .80 ja* Second Hong Kong .54 M* <*Hong Rone
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      103 9 siNGiroRt:. rn. Sinta pore Chinese Prnil nee Exchange noon prlcfo todir Buyer Seller Coconut oil (F.OB Hulk ♦<500 Coconut Oil (FO B Drami 48.50 LftKf Copra Mixed Aug./Sept 29.50 M tint ok W hite Pepper (F.O.B.) Wr N.I.W 132.50 Sarawak W lilte Pepper (I.OB.) ISO 00 Sarawak Special Black
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      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      165 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The following ships are expected to be in port today Godowns Vessels 1/2 Priam 3/4 Partizanskaya Rover 5 Choko Maru 6/7 Eastern Rover 8/9 Golden Mam 10/11 Rajula 13/14 Prometheus 15/16 Star Aldeban 19 Victoria Loyal 21/22 Soho Maru 23 Tapah 24 Keningau 25/26 Kansai Maru
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS-S'PORE, K. LUMPUR
      952 9 ARRIVALS IN S|\G\PORF Time I 2.05 p.m. Airline MSA 02$ from Kuala l.umpur. Time *..15 a.m. \lrline MS% 619 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9(Hi a.m. A\ H4fi *<aigon. Time 9.:»0 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 102.", a.m. Airline MSA 151 from Hurtling Time
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      47 10 The Working Committee of "SINGAPORE MADE WEARING APPAREL" hove the honour to announce .that MADAM CHAN CHOY SIONG, the MP. for DELTA CONSTITUENCY, will crown the "Miss Singapore Made 1967" at the Exhibition Hall of the Great World Amusement Park at 9.00 p.m. on August ;13tfi, [1967-,
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  • EASTERN SUN SPECIAL
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      Lock icon 'Civic mission' for Indon Army
      627 12  -  By PETER JOB INDONESIAN infantrymen ore laying down their arms and working with picks and shovels to improve the people's lot. Acting President General Suharto is baching a new scheme to give the 400,000 Strong Army a sense of "civic mission" by sending troops to
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      750 12  -  By JAMES PRINGLE P ROUPS of young Germans ore venturing far into Vietcong territory in this war-ruined Northern Province of Quang Nam to carry medical attention to thousands of Vietnamese who otherwise would have none. The Germans, working with the Maltese Aid Service, which is based
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      747 12 ALL ABOUT PETS WESTERN pet suppliers frequently advertise that they'll mail a "horned toad" anywhere in the United States. And they do! Horned toads (actually lizards of the genus Phrynosoma) manage to survive a ride through Uncle Sam's mails with little difficulty. The big
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      535 12  -  By HAROLD KING OARIS, whose Municipal Council has rejecti ed a proposal to introduce parking meters similar to those in New York, London and other big cities, is now considering a suggestion for the establishment of a Red Zone inside which private
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      510 12  -  Bv CLARENCE FERNANDO is now striding along the road towards major industrialisation of her national economy. A sudden burst of industrial activity, mainly with financial help from nonCommonwealth and Communist countries Is now taking place. It marks a breakaway from this Indian Ocean island's traditionally
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      343 12 A wingless aircraft, forerunner of a type which mav one dav bring men back from space has been presented to the United States Air Force by the Martin Marietta Corporation. Designated the X-24A. it will join a family of similar aircraft being flown by the
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      172 13 SINGAPORE, Frl. OXE of America's top recording artiste, Russ Arno who has often been described as a mixture between Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra arrives here for a week-long holiday on Monday. Russ is currently on a holiday tour and he may give some
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      183 13 HOLLYWOOD. Frl. Wonderland Music Company will sponsor Its second annual nation-wide Disneyland Holiday Marching Band Contest this fall featuring the music of Walt Disney's "The Happiest Millionaire." Over 40 000 high schools havp been invited to participate. To enter the contest, high schools are required
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      96 13 HOLLYWOOD. Fr i. The fifth re-release of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Is setting new records on Its 30th Anniversary outing throughout the country In the Los Angeles area, for instance, th* film earned the second largest single week's gross In the company's history, topped
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      691 13 Mother is an actress and the family loves it SINGAPORE. Fri. Audrey Hepburn is a devoted wife and mother who somehow makes her career as an international film star just one more way of being a good mother to her son, Sean, and her husband, Mel Ferrer. Her self-imposed set
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      123 13 THE aerial dogfight between two golden eagles in the dramatic Walt Disney featurette. "The Legend of the Boy and the Eagle." currently In release, was actually an unplanned, authentic battle filmed as it occurred. While director-photogra-pher Jack Couffer was filming one eagle soaring in flight,
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      85 13 SINGAPORE, Fr i. Famed American pianist, Mr. Eugene List, who has given concerts to audiences totalling more than one million people, will give a recital at the Singapore Conference Hall tomorrow at 8.45 p.m. Mr. List has been widely acclaimed and has played in most of
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      185 13 LONDON. Frl (UPI). Two Australian members of the British pop group the Bee Gees who hit top 20 ranks with a song about a US. disaster must leave Britain, their manager said. Drummer Colin Petersen and guitarist Vince Melouney were ordered out bv the
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      117 13 BUDDY EBSEN. the television Hillbilly who recently completed a starring role as a westerner In the Walt Disney musical "The One and Only. Genuine. Original Family Band." is currently in England to film a few episodes for his "The Beverly Hillbillies" series. It seems
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      493 14  -  By Windsor Lad IPOH, Fri. Hyrego and All Steel, two of trainer Milton Sullivan's candidates wound up their preparation for the Sultan's Gold Vase to be run over the sif straight on Sunday, with a testing trial on a good track here this
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      262 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Four Malaysian youths will shortly leave for Copenhagen Denmark, at the invitatior. of the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, to participate in "Haniad'" the international school games there. The game* include athetics. wrestling, gymnastics, swimming, football and handball. More
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      60 14 MALACCA. Frl. Scoring two goals In each half the Malacca Governor Tun Haji Abdul Malek bin Yusuf's team defeated Chief Minister Enche Abdul Ghafar bin Babas Selection 4-0 In a hockey match at the Malacca Club ground here. The match was specially arranged by the Malacca
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      457 14 NOTTINGHAM, Fri. (Reuter) A torrential thunderstorm which had the Trent Bridge ground awash within minutes allowed only hours play yesterday when the Second Test between England and Pakistan began here. When the players went off shortly after tea England had made four
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      150 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl The annual Malaysian Sikh's lnter-state hockey tournament for the Gurudwara Cup has suffered a temporary set-back because of the withdrawal of the Penang team. The three-day tournament In which seven states. Including Singapore, were competing, continues today. Penang's last minute
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      357 14 MONTREAL, Fri. (UPI) Europe's best last night proved too good for athletes of the Americas, exhausted by the Pan American Games earlier this month, the visitors winning a two-day track meet by a 169-155 score. The Europeans piled up an impressive total
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      192 14 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Kenya's Kipchoge Keino has a secret plan to beat American Jim Ryun, the world record holder, when they clash in the annual Emsley Carr one mile race at London's Wiute City here tomorrow. Keino and his fellow Kenyan, Dapid Mungai,
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      411 14 KOTA BHARU. Fri A band disp.ay by the 7th Battalion, Royal Malay Regiment, will highlight the opering ceremony of the fourday Malaysian Malays Hockey Carnival at the Sul'an Mohammed IV Stadium here on Aug. 14 The opening ceremony will be performed by the Mentri
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      1035 16 SINGAPORE, Fri. Malaysia's No. 1 singles woman player, Ong Mooi Mooi, playing immaculately tonight caused an upset victory over current women's world triple champion Sachiko Morisawa in the Asian Table Tennis Championships played at the Singapore Badminton Stadium. She downed Morisawa 21-13, 13-21, 21-17 before
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      122 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Malaysian schoolboy badminton team consisting of six players and three officials will leave by air tomorrow with high hopes of victory in the third international schoolboys South-east Championships for the Tun Razak Trophy from Aug. 16 at Ceylon. The players are
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      1026 16 SINGAPORE, Fri. Seemingly wanting to prove that his chances in this Open is not to be ignored, Phua Tien Kiay of Singapore shot a steady 36-37 73 to submit the lowest score of the day and grabbed second-place at 148, five
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      49 16 MALACCA. Fri. The Ist Bn Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment beat Seremban Garrison by one wicket in the final of the 17th Division/Malaya District crirket competition at Camp Terendak. Scores: Ist Bn Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment 161 for 9 and Seremban Garrison 3
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      285 16  -  By R.D. Selva, M.T. Lingam KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The fommnnwf.i Services cricket XI drawn from various units stati ed in West Malaysia will meet Malacca in i two match at Malacca this weekendGary Reidy of the 4th Royal Australian fU-mm has been
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      299 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. Singapore and China fought themselves to a standstill and a three-all draw tonight in the second day of the 10th Anniversary M e r d e k a Football tournament art the Merdeka Stadium here. Despite the score of three-all. Singapore should
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      61 16 TIME AND TIDE 3 Penang: 4.49 a.m. (7.4 ft.), 4.52 p.m. (7.0 ft.) Port Swettenham: 9.35 a.m. (15.3 ft.), 9.34 p.m. (13.5 ft.) Port Dickson: 1037 a.m. (8.7 ft.). 10.49 p.m. (7.0 ft) Singapore: 2.43 a.m. (8.4 ft.), 3.12 p.m. (8.1 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 1.39 a.m. (6.8 ft.), 1.49 p.m.
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