Eastern Sun, 23 August 1967

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    27 1 EASTERN SUN independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 389 Wednesday, 23 August 1967. ft MC (P) 2251 ft KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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    Lock icon H.K. HOTEL BLASTED
    362 1 Terrorist bomb goes off in passenger elevator of Hilton HONG KONG, TUES. (UPI) terrorist bomb exploded in a main passenger elevator of the Hong Kong Hilton Hotel today and another one that failed to detonate was found later in the debris. Nobody was injured in the late
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    Lock icon SINGAPOREANS IN MOSCOW
    82 1 SINGAPORE'S first trade mission to the Soviet Tnion began talks with Kremlin officials here on Monday. Pictured here (right), delegation Chairman Mr. Sim Kee Boon. Permanent Secretary of the Finance Ministry's Economic Development Board, chats amiably with Soviet Deputy Foreign Trade Minister N.D. Komarov (with hand raised
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    Lock icon Three Red Guards burned
    67 1 HONG KONG. Tues. (Reuter) Supporters of disgraced Head of State Liu Shao-chl burned alive three Red Guards and beat up People's Liberation Army personnel in Kweiyang. South-west China, a Radio Kwelchow report received here today said. Kweiyang is the capital of Kwelchow Province where the Maoists;
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    Lock icon Thomas Cup: Malaysia named winners
    193 1 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Malaysia have been named winners of the Thomas Cup badminton world team competition by the International Badminton Federation, the British Secretary of the Association, Mr. Herbert Scheele, confirmed iod^y. The Thomas Cup challenge round between Malaysia and Indonesia In Jakarta la?t June
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    Lock icon 3 KILLED IN SOCCER FIGHT
    63 1 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) Three persons were killed, four wounded ar.d 15 houses were burned down in a mass fight following a quarrel in a football match near Medan, North Sumatra. Antara news agency reported today The football match ended with a fist fight between the
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    Lock icon First projects of ASEAN by Tun Thanat
    184 1 BANGKOK, Tues. (Reuter) Common Customs arrangements, a joint shipping: and a joint airline could be the first projects of the newly-form-ed Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Thai Foreign Minister. Mr. Thanat Khoman. said yesterday. Mr. Thanat was addressing the association of
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    Lock icon Another operation for Johore Sultan
    226 1 JOHORE BAHRU Tues. The Sultan of Johore was rushed to the General Hospital here yesterday. He underwent an emergency operation performed by an expert Australian neurologist. Mr. Douglas Duff. This is hLs second operation since July 17 when he was admitted to the General Hospital
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Sad farewell after much gnawing anxiety
      828 2  -  Matthew Mia flies home by Chan Kam Yau KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A frail and emaciated Matthew Mia, 16, who is dying of an incurable disease, finally flew home with his father, Martin, this morning for a re-union with the rest of his family in
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      Lock icon Copenhagen to S'pore the same day by SAS
      325 2 New Trans-Asian Express route SINGAPORE, Tues. Plans for the introduction of the new SAS Trans-Asian Express route have been finalised and announced at a press conference at the Tourist Promo- tion Board today. Present at the pre** conference were top SAS executives
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      Lock icon PFS fund to be handed over to Board
      91 2 PENANG. Tues. The Penang Free School Secquicentenary Celebrations Committee will hold its winding-up meeting In the school hall at 5 15 p.m. on Sept. 4. The meeting will consider handing over the balance of the Sesquicentenary Celebration* Fund to the Board of
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      Lock icon Presentation of certificates
      43 2 MUAR. Tues. The District Officer of Batu Pahat, Enche Yusof bin Abdul Rahman. today presented certificates to seventy-five members of the Yong Peng St. John Ambulance Brigade. The certificate-presenta-tion ceremony was held at the Yong Peng Lower Secondary School hall.
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      Lock icon Pg. State Chinese Assn. meeting
      31 2 PENANG. Tuec. The State Chinese (Penang) Association will hold its 38th. annual meeting at the Association's premises in Jalan Bukom her* at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
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      Lock icon Pirate-taxi man tells Court: I was robbed at dagger-point
      283 2 BINOAPORE. Tues. A man, Ho Boon Teck. who admitted to being a pirate-taxi driver, today told the Ninth Magistrate's Court how he was robbed at daggerpoint by three bogus passengers posing as anti-pirate taxi Government men. He related this at a
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      Lock icon No demonstrations outside High Court
      250 2 SINGAPORE, Tues Tight measures taken by the Singapore Police Force, who had cordoned-ofT the entire vicinity of the High Court prevented proposed demonstrations by pro-Communists this morning Police learnt yesterday that a demonstration was being planned at the High Court Building todav where a political
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      Lock icon Income tax offences
      96 2 KUALA KUBU BHARU. Tues. Cheong Kee Teck of 3. Main Road. Serendah. Ulu Be!angor. was fined $250 in the Magistrate's Court for falling to furnish a return of Income together with certified copies of accounts for year of assessment 1966 Chong Kiew Kuan, Managing Director of Nam
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      Lock icon 'Hush-hush' talks on proposed United Front
      337 2 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Tues. A second serie; 0 talks on a proposed United Front among major onnoi sition parties in Malaysia will be held here to-n or row. The venue of the "hush-hush" talks has been kept top secret, but it is believed that the
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      Lock icon Special combined tattoo display
      135 2 KUALA LUMPUR A special perform the 10th Merdeka Annir«» sarv celebrations p- ,_'i Armed Force; c~--J tatoo will he hel<j it -1 Merdeka Stadium c--28. It will be for s'ule—, and pupils in Seiar.e-- a-* from neighbouring In adjoining S*at*>: As a capacity cr-xg expected to
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      Lock icon Use of Nat. Language in Courts
      97 2 The Chief Justice Malaysia. Tan Sr. A zz: will give a briefing Is th® Muar High Court or. use of the Na 11 oE a 1 Languaeo in law COSTS after Sept. 1. ar 93" iron Sept. 2 Presidents of Semites Courts. Magistrates. Depo:?
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      Lock icon Willners: S'pore can play a role like Japan
      246 3 ECAFE DELEGATION ARRIVES FOR TALKS SINGAPORE, Tues. A 10-member delegation of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) arrived in Singapore today for discussions with Economic Development Board officials during their week-long stay here. Led by Mr. Harry Willners,
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      Lock icon Essay contest winners
      176 3 SINGAPORE Tu«*. The following are winner* of the essay-writing competition held m conjunction with the National Dav celebrations. Thev will reeeiTe their from Mr Tinr See Chim. Member of Parliament for Chua Chu Kanr at a ceremony at the Cultural Centre Theatre on Aug. 26 at 3.39
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      Lock icon Big drop in suicide cases
      288 3  -  25 people their by 'jump £l K. S. Sidhu: SINGAPORE, Tues. The number of suicide cases in Singapore is decreasing. A total of 51 deaths by suicide were reported during the first five months of this year an average of 10 per month. The figure
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      Lock icon Youth in hospital with throat wounds
      79 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. An 18-year-old unemployed vouth was this morning rushed to the Thomson Road Hospital with throat xounds from a razor blade. Police gave his name as Chua Swee Huang of Loror.g Slnaran. off Thomson Read. Police later confirmed that his condition was "not
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      Lock icon ANNUAL INSPECTION PARADE
      44 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Lieutenant Colonel, R. H. Maxfield, Commanding Officer, 19 Signals Regiment will mspe<*t the annual inspection parade of the Monks Hill Secondary School on Sept. 1 at 9 a.m. The parade will be held at tre school's premises at Road.
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      Lock icon Youth charged with armed robbery
      85 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. A 17-year-old youth, Neo Tai Hee, was today charged In the Ninth Magistrate's Court with armed robbery. Neo is alleged to have robbed, together with three others unknown. How Tiong Gee of $l4 at the Indian Association's hockey field at Balestier Road on
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      Lock icon Longer library hours
      139 3 SINGAPORE. Tues.—The Singapore Institute of Management library will remain open for longer hours from next month. This was announced today by Mr. Lim Chew Swee, Director of the Institute. The new hours will be 900 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. instead of the present 9.00 *.m. to 4.30
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      Lock icon 4 face armed robbery charge
      72 3 BINGAPORE. Tues. Four youths, charged with armed robbery, were today remanded for a week by a Magistrate's Court. They are Lee Yong Peng, 20. Loy Teck Onn. 20. Chong Ah Lek. 19 and Chan Pai Zaa. 21. They are alleged to have robbed Lee Yip
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      Lock icon Ship-building: 10 trained
      231 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The flrst batch of 10 trainees who underwent six months extensive technical and basic training in ship-buildinK and ship-repairing conducted by the Jurong Shipyard Ltd., will pass out on Sept. 2 at 9 a.m. A spokesman of the firm disclosed that the first batch of
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      Lock icon ROAD ACCIDENTS DROP
      63 3 SINGAPORE. Tues The Traffic Department of the Singapore Police Force yesterday recorded the lowest number of road accidents for this year. The figure of 49 accident® with four serious cases is the lowest since January. There were no fatal accidents A Police spokesman said this was a
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      Lock icon 'Don't discourage children from taking up flying'
      1271 4  -  By Percy Joseph KUALA LUMPUR, Tucs.—The Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, last night exhorted Malaysian parents not to discourage their children from taking up flying even as a recreation. If they did. they would be impeding the progress of
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      Lock icon Royal tour of Batu Pahat
      156 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Tues. The Tunku Mahkota and his pretty Consort, "Tengku Shahariah, are satisfied with the degree of development attained by the State Government in Batu Fahat They expressed their satisfaction during a recent official visit to Batu Pahat. During their one-day tour. the royal
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      Lock icon Husband exposes $6 dinner fraud
      446 4  -  By M. T. LINGAM SEREMBAX, Tues. A suspicious husband turned "private detective" and uncovered a $6.00 Merdeka celebrations dinner to be held at Hotel Merlin in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 31. He is Mr Maurice Gibhs of the Claims Commission of the Far East. Seremban
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      Lock icon International confab on containerisation
      263 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. An international conference on containerisation. specifically concerned with container trade between Europe and South-east Asia, will take place in London In November. The conference will be the first of its kind on this subject, and will be followed by a tour of container
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      Lock icon $16,000 giant
      39 4 MUAR, Tues. The Menrti Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Othman bin Haji Sa'at gave an on-the-spot grant of $16,000 to the Parit Jawa Local Council for minor rural development projects during a tour of th« area yesterday-
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      Lock icon Directorate of Employment being set up
      306 4 KUALA LUMPrR. Toes —The Ministry of Labour Is establishing a directorate of Employment and Training, with substantial International Labour Organisation assistance, to cope with the large demand for trained industrial workers. As a first priority, the programme would concentrate on training the instructors who
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      Lock icon Storm kills man, injures 3 others
      119 5 IPOH. Tues A storm, which swept across Selama m Upper Perak yesterday, earned away a hut in a padi field in its wake, kill- r. g a farmer. Abdul Samat v,m Sebai Hussein, 50. Abdul Samat was sheltering from the storm in the hut
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      Lock icon • MISS CAROL P. ALLEWAY (above) one of the 12 British volunteers from the Organisation Voluntary Service Overseas arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a two-year term of duty. The volunteers who are all graduates, qualified teachers or engineers, will have two days briefing in Kuala Lumpur before leaving for their respective posts.
      52 5 MISS CAROL P. ALLEWAY (above) one of the 12 British volunteers from the Organisation Voluntary Service Overseas arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a two-year term of duty. The volunteers who are all graduates, qualified teachers or engineers, will have two days briefing in Kuala Lumpur before leaving for their
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      Lock icon Malaysia's defence:
      754 5  -  No reason to get India Pakistan involved—T unku By: C. F. Lee, Musa Scully IT UAL A LUMPUR, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, told Parliament today it was not necessary to consider asking other Commonwealth countries such as India and Pakistan for troops to serve in
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      Lock icon ROYALTIES CASE: Judgment reserved
      962 5  -  by: Lim Thow Boon KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. Thomas O. Kelloek. Q.C. today described the multl-million-dollar arreement signed between the Kelantan State Government and a Singapore incorporated company now the subject of a constitutional reference as a "normal and sound commercial contract" entered in good faith.
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      Lock icon Health confab
      54 5 MUAR. Tues The Segamat Johore North Health and Medical Board will hold a one-day health conference at Cha* Ah for community, heads of government departments and kampong headmen on Aug. 27 at 3 p.m. The aim is to assess their view*? on the present medical and health services
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      Lock icon Public debt amounts to $3,201 m -House told
      349 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The total public debt outstanding in the country as at July 31 amounted to $3,201 million, of which $2,898 million had been incurred by finance development programmes. This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin,
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      Lock icon Low applies for writ of habeas corpus
      1433 12 Ex-political detainee seeks that the banishment order served on him SINGAPORE, Tues. A former political detainee, Low Tai Thong (now under a banishment order) applied for a writ of habeas corpus in the High Court today against the Minister of Interior and Defence
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      Lock icon PROGRESS SHOWS
      87 12 MUAR. Tues. Johore State executive asemblyman. Tuan Haji Ismail bin Hassan. representing the Mentri Besar of Johore. Dato Haji Othman bin Mohamed Sa'at, will declare oper. a progress exhibition at the Pant Raja community hall in Batu Pahat on Aug. 30 at 3 p.m. Tuan Haji Kosai bin
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      Lock icon R.A.F. skydivers break free-fall record
      202 12 Two RAF Aydivfrs have broken the Malaysian and Singapore free-fall parachuting altitude record bv freefalling for 18.000 feet. They are Squadron Leader Alan Johnson (36) and Sergeant Robin Kellow (24>). The jump was made over the Royal Air Force base at Changi, here, both free-fall-ers
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      Lock icon Thai tourists like S'pore says envoy
      303 12 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore has taken over from Hong Kong as the No. 1 tourist spot for th€ Thais. This was stated today by Mr. Payong Chutikul, the departing Thai Charge d'Aflaires in Singapore. Mr Chutikul said the flow of Thai tourists to the country
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      Lock icon 3 rubber processing centres opened
      54 12 MUAR, Tues. Three rubber-processing centres were declared open by the Muar District Officer. Enche Ibrahim bin Haji Majid yesterday. The processing centres, built by the Local Rubber Replanting Board here, are at Pagil. Serom Third Milestone and Farit Jamil. They benefit more than 30.000 smallholders
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      Lock icon Hitch-hiker David decides: Back home
      217 12 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Canadian hitch-hiker, Mr. David CaprofT. 34. who was convicted and fined In Johore Bahru yesterday for smuggling is to leave for home within the next few days. This morning, he returned to Singapore and called at the Canadian High Commission nere in
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      Lock icon $25,000 donation by Mrs. Loke Yew
      69 12 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mrs. Loke Yew has donated a sum of $25,000 towards the Singapore Arts Council Building Fund for a National Art Gallery and Academy of Arts. With the donation, the figure for the Singapore Arts Council Building Fund now stands at $461,853. All
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      Lock icon Swinging stars from Taiwan
      142 12 SINGAPORE. Tues.. Two Ifciwan ftlmaotrrws. Lin Chih and Chfni Chin, flew in here last nurht for personal appearances in two local cinemas. They will appear in conjunction with the screening of their two films. "Saigon Out of War" and "I'm Madly in Love." both Mandarin at
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      974 5 YOUR TV MALAYSIA idlllU TODAY (TLANNEL 5 KCALA L CMP UK a nd Pulau Pinang: 6 Ipon and Melika: 3 li Jobore Bahru; 4 Tiipinp Batu Pa hat: 9 p M 5.45 Prog. Summary; sjo News Outlines in the Na- or.al Language; 6.00 New# Tamil: 6 10 World Round-up in
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Patriarch to visit Vatican
      130 6 ISTANBUL. Tues. (Reuter) Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople has announced that he will visit the Vatican, the Soviet Union, and other East European countries later this year. Speaking at a Press conference. the Patriarch called for unity among churches, and closer relations between Christians and Moslems.
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      Lock icon Hanoi city plant bombed
      597 6 LIMITED OB SAYS LBJ American planes today bombed within the eity limits of Hanoi for the first time since June 10. raining bombs on the city's main eleetrieity-produclng thermal power plant. Navy Skyhawk jets from the carrier Oriskanv flew through heavy anti-aircraft defences surrounding the North
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      Lock icon Thailand testing the wind
      103 6 BANGKOK. Tues (UPI) Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman yesterday warned Thailand and other southeast Asian countries against depending too much on Western powers for economic aid and for defence. He made the warning in a speech to the Thai Alumni Association of the Chulalongkorn University College
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      Lock icon 'Hot-line' for Wilson
      86 6 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) A 'hot line" teleprinter link between the Kremlin and Pnme Minister Harold Wilson's London office Is expected to be set up in the next few weeks. British officials said today that experts from Britain and Russia were working out final details of th# link.
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      Lock icon Hunt on for embassy 'shoot-up' gang
      267 6 LONDON, Tues. (Rtliter) Scores of detectives last night raided London extremist political groups in a hunt for gunmen who shot up the American embassy in a midnight raid vesterday. Police expert In political crimes had apparently lound nothing late last night, although documents were
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      Lock icon Plane bill way up in the sky
      142 6 CANB ER RA. Toes. (Reuter) A federal parliamentary committee was told yesterday that the final coat to Australia of the 24 American F-11l fighter-bomber* on order was now out of the governments hands. A First Assistant Secretary for the Department of Air. Mr.
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      Lock icon An 'all Latin' rally tar V'nam elections
      279 6 An 'all Latin' rally tar V 'nam elections Duck-and-thunder tales BAN ME THI'OT. South Vietnam. Tues. (Reuter) Five thousand people gathered here vesterdav for the biggest rally held so far in South Vietnam's election campaign, but a large proportion of the voters could not understand the speeches. This was her
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      Lock icon '20-year blindness ends for devotee'
      45 6 THIS undated photo was released by the Vatican recently. Caption reads "Leila Vellini Achon. a 46-year-old Brazillian woman, blind for 20 years, pose? with book she gave the Pope at an audience during which she claims she regained her sight"
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      Lock icon HARSH MEDICINE ADVOCATE
      95 6 BANGKOK. Tues. <t*Pl) Thai P r mf Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn yesterday urged more drastic action to brins the North Vietnamese to the conference table In the regular news conference, he said that If present methods are continued, the Vietnam war could extend on and on.
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      Lock icon 'Neutral' to civil war but arms sale(?)
      185 6 'Neutral to civil war but arms sale(?) UK CAUGHT IN A LIMB LONDON, Tues (Reuter) Britain's senior diplomat in Nigeria flew home vesterdav for ton level talks affectinj his governments proclaimed cotony th, war r.gln, he torm High Commissioner 6ir David Hunts sudden return closely follows an official disclosure that
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      Lock icon US regrets arms race in Africa
      97 6 WASHINGTON*. T u e s ißeuter) The United States expressed regret yesterday that the Soviet Union had supplied arms, including Jet fighters to the Nigerian government to help It quell an Internal conflict. While the formal statement did not list the items involved in
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      Lock icon 100 seamen allowed to leave Bitter Lake
      214 6 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) The Egyptian government has agreed to replacement of more than 100 seamen who have been trapped for eleven weeks on four British ships in the blocked Sue* Canal, the I'nited Kingdom Chamber of Shipping announced last night. The ships are
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      Lock icon Kiesingen 'Not anti-US' but won't back V'nam policy
      691 7 BONN. Tues. (L'PI) Chancellor Kurt George Kiesinger promised anew yesterday that he won't France drag him into an anti-American or antlVATO coalition, bat he refused to endorse U.S. policies in Vietnam. H Kiesinger told a press conference he made it clear to
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      Lock icon OFFER TO INDIA
      75 7 TH£ HAGUE. Tues. 'Reu- India has accepted the government's offer to V-'i a detachment of Royal Amy Engineers to Bihar to carry out a water drilling Project This was announced today v 'he minister without P^r*folio in charge of development aid. Mr B.J. Udink. Jfd the State
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      Lock icon Pop 'pirate' haven is demolished
      186 7 FLELIXSTOWE. England. Tuet. (UPI> A wartime anti-aircraft tower reincarnated recently as a Pirate" radio station supply base was blown up yesterday so it could never again be used by anyone but the British Defence Ministry. The tower, in *he North Sea 11 miles off Felixstowe,
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      Lock icon US embassy after machine-gun attack
      27 7 POLICE guard l"S embassy in London after .Sundat night's attack bv extremists. Note bullet I holes. L'PI Radio Photo UPI Radio Photo.
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      Lock icon 400 police hunt another "Babe in woods" case
      267 7 WALSALL. England. Tues. (L'PI) Four hundred police with tracker dogs started a massive search yesterday after the discovery of clothing belonging to a kidnapped girl only a mile from the scene of an unsolved double child murder. The police scoured dense undergrowth
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      Lock icon It never rains but pours
      71 7 KARACHI. Tues. (Reuter) Heavy monsoon rains fell on Karachi overnight bringing new misery to thousands of shanty dwellers still struggling to recover from the disastrous floods of three weeks ago. The rains brought fears of new losses to the city still counting the cost of
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      Lock icon Moo is not amused
      161 7 COPENHAGEN. Tues. (UPI> —The Dares laughed, but Chairman Mao Tse-Tung was not amused and yesterday a furious note against satirical drawings in the government paper Aktuelt was handed to the Foreign Office here The note, delivered by the Chinese embassy in Copenhagen. complained tha* Aktuelt had
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      Lock icon ... neither is Kenya
      166 7 neither is Kenya NAIROBI. Tues. (Renter) An official of the Kenya government party has warned the Chinese embassy here it would have to dig a hole to hide in if the Kenvan Embassy in Peking was molested. Mr Sammy Maina. a branch secretary of the African National Union Party issued
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      Lock icon Innocent blue eyes
      66 7 TIJUANA. Mexico. Tues <UPI> Police here held a woman they said killed a newborn girl because the infant had blue eyes, yesterday. They said the weighted corpse was found in an irritation ranal near Mexicali. and the woman confessed she had drowned th* baby. "She was afraid
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      Lock icon Breaking UN into a hundred splinters
      163 7 SYDNEY. Tues (Reuter) Nearly-emergent small nations have undermined the effect ivenes of the United Nations. Australfa's External Affairs Minister Mr. Paul Hasluck. said here In the opening address to a conference of the National Union of Australian University Students, he said yesterday that the
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      Lock icon Lashing from Louise
      41 7 TOKYO. Tues (Reuter) Two international flights bound for Hong Kong and Taipeh skipped Osaka. Western Japan, today as tropical storm Louise was lashing through Kii peninsula. Western Japan. Ten domestic flights were cancelled and another also skipped Osaka.
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      Lock icon Warning to church rebels
      164 7 TRADITION THE G VATICAN CITY. Tues. i Reuter t TV Vatican Tfstfrday hit out again at avant-garde Catholics Mperimenting with chtrrch ritual Cardinal Giacomo Lercaro. bead of the Vatican commission to reform the liturgy. said in a letter to the head* of the national episcopal conference*
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      Lock icon Lung cancer deaths double in 10 years
      96 7 CANBERRA. Tues ißeuter) Deaths from lung cancer among Australian men have more than doubled in the last ten years, figures released today by the Commonwealth Statistician. Mr. R M Archer, reveal The figures showed that in 1966 2.259 men died from lung rancer
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      Lock icon Indon envoy wants China in UN
      87 7 JAKARTA. Tues. «Renter) Indonesia's newly appointed ambassador to the United Nations Dr Ruslan Abdulgani left for his post last night and said he would strive for structural changes of the world body The Former Foreign Minister. facin* bitter criticism from student groups for his
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      118 7 IN THE BRUSSELS. Tues (UPI) Three young Belgian tourists who strayed accidentally into the Congo were executed by Congolese who arrested them, the Belgian Foreign Ministrv announced yesterday. The names of the three were not disclosed pending notification of next of kin. They strayed into Congolese territory
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      209 7 NL W YORK, Tues. (I'PI) H. Rap Brown yesterday lost a second application to have his bail reduced from 525.000 to $lO,OOO in a hearing before l\S. Commissioner Earle N. Bishop Brown's lawyer. William N. Kunstler. urged the commissioner to reduce ball on
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      162 7 BRIGHTON, England, Tues. (Reuter) Britain's biggest textile union today called on the government to protect the industrv from foreign competition by extending present import restrictions till after 1970. In a resolution tabled for next month's conference here of the Trade* Union Congress, the 42,843-strong
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      Lock icon 'Closer Indon-Japan relations'
      85 7 JAKARTA. Tues. (UPI) Japanese ambassador to Indonesia Akira Nishiyama says he hopes the opening of the new Japanese embassy in Jakarta would symbolise closer and friendlier relations between Indonesia and Japan. The embassy building was inaugurated during a ceremony attended by Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Adam Malik
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      104 6 HE KHFE-SW GIANT AFFAIR. MRTI 1/ fill AND ans/ce, MONGNQ LATER... lATER.7HE crrrzENj or POAL SEE A BITAHRE SIGHT... THE SUBS ARE ON PUBLIC PISPLAY GUI UVEA'S GETTING HIS GANG ABOARD BY THEM AS SCHOOL #CKS MAKING A StBHTIUWO TOUR/ LET'S GO.' I I I SI *5 r/ L 1
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    410 8 MALAYSIAN Ministers have from time to time been exhorting youths in the country to take a more active part in the everyday life of the nation. Latest appeal to Malaysian youths to grow up healthy in mind and body before they could assume leadership came from the Minister
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    396 8 THE building of Parliament House silted the Sydney Lake in Kuala Lumpur's Lake Gardens. This lake had to be excavated and restored in time for the Merdeka celebrations. Near the Parliament House area, land has been cleared for building operations, which may again silt up the lake. The Minister
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    786 8  -  -»yt- PETER JOB Jakarta, Tuos. (Rcutcr) fllL hat become the backbone of Indonesia's sick economy and may account for about 50 per cent of its exports in the not too distant future, according to an estimate by Major General Ibnu Sutowo, Indonesia's Director of
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    792 8  -  bjr: Stuart Griffin Tokyo, TUM. rpHE Japanese view reciprocal international inspection as the key to ratification of a nuclear no n proliferation treaty later this year. This is reflected in the statement of Foreign Minister Mr. Takeo Miki, who has emphasiied, Both nuclear
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      Lock icon The need for a national leadership
      206 8 TN your valuable leader "Moving Forward" of 7.8.67 you have pointed out that the crucial need of the moment is for men of public spirit with educational attainments, sense of duty, calibre and capacity to deol with national problems, broader outlook on domestic and
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      359 8  -  T. A. MUGAN I read with interest your sub-editorial on the Ceylonese in your publication of July 7. If there is a dispute among the various Ceylonese organisations it is because a leader or organisation acceptable to all of them must stand the acid test by winning
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      151 8  -  G.K.B. FOREIGN DIGNITARIES are often taken to view Queenstown. Despite their complimentary remarks. I am sure their private views are that the whole district resembles a concentration camp. For there are enough barbed wire fences to scare every child who has the misfortune to live
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      Lock icon Battery price increase
      125 8 IN 1966 and early part of 1967. nine volt dry cell batteries for transistor radio sets, either local or Japanese made, were obtainable at sl'a piece but now the price is Sl-20 each, an increase of 20%. I do not know if the increase was the work
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      234 9 LONDON. Tues. Jetstream, the new British eighteen-seat twin-engined mini-airliner which has already attracted 165 orders, made a successful first flight on Friday, from the Handley Page Aerodrome at Radlett, near London. The maiden flight was made by the first of five prototypes being built
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      Lock icon Asian marts open for Aussie exports of abalone
      101 9 CANBERRA. Tues (Reut«r) Asian markets were "wide open" for Australian expor's of abalone. the neral Manager of Safcot Ltd Mr. R M. Fowler, said today. Mr. Fowler, who has just returned from Singapore. Malaysia. Hong Kong and Japan, said Australian abalone exports
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      93 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The Association of Banks in Malaysia todav made the following changes in its rates to merchants: NEW YORK: Buying TT. 321: Airmail O.D- 32|; 90 d/st. 33-3/18 credit bills; 33i trade bills. CANADA: Buying T.T. 35-1/16: Airmail O.D. 353/16: 90 d/st. 35} credit bills: 35i trade
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      21 9 HONG KONG, Tues. (UPI) Money Quotations:HK 55.*****/5.***** per US dollar for cash HK$ 16-05 per pound iter ling-
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      Lock icon Party for long-service workers of Qantas
      157 9 SINGAPORE Tues The retiring Chief Executive. Qantas Airways. Sir Ctdric Turner, C.BE. recently visited Singapore to rive party to Qantas staff having lone service with th« Company Pictured above with Sir Cedric Turner are some of the Engineering Accounts. Property. Supplies. Transport and Booking
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      Lock icon Aussie firm to release new Rotary Hoe...
      115 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A new design of Rotary Hoe, with unique features making It specially suitable for wet paddy cultivation, will shortly be released to the Malaysian market by Ralph McKay Ltd. of Australia, the leading manufacturer of plough discs and farm machinery.
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      14 9 SINGAPORE. Tues The tin price for today was $589 '"''"ill. down $1.25.
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      Lock icon Rubber up 1/4 cent
      321 9 SINGAPORE. Tues September first grade rubber f.ob. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 514 cents per lb., up one quarter of a cent from previous cloae The tone wag inactive. Initial quotations were unchanged as London advices were slightly better
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      56 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 50 points lower. There were no sales. Bid Asked Sept 18.80 1940 Nov 18 80 19 40 Jan 1880 IPBO March 19.75 19 80 May 19.75 19.80 Julv 19.75 20.10 Sept 19.75 20.10 The No 1 RSS Spot
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      816 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala I umpur, Time I am Airline MSA W» from Perth. Time 11.35 a.m. Airline MSA *l9 from KaaU Lumpur. Time 8.5S a.m Airline JAL 718 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from
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      Lock icon LONDON RUBBER UNCERTAIN
      85 9 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) The rubber market closed urcertain with spot 15-5/8 16 nom Settlement house Sept 15-5 8 15-13/16 O-t. 15-13-16 16 Nov*. 16-1/16 16-1 y 8 O-t. Dec. 16 16-1/8 Jan. March 16-3/8 16-1/2 April June 16-5/8 16-7/8 July/Sept. 16-7/8 17-1/16 Oct Dec 17-1/4 17-3/8 J
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      147 9 LONDON Tues. The birthrate in Australia, where 500.000 women are using oral contraceptives, ha, dropped for the fifth successive year, according tc that country's Bureau of Census and Statistics. The decline began In 1961 when the birthrate ther. stood at 22.07 per thousand people. On the
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      66 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI> Closing Dow-Jones averages on the New York stock exchange: 30 industrials 912.27 20 rails 257.06 15 utilities 131.65 65 stocks 326.65 40 bonds 79.34 Commodity futures index 130.29 Today's volume was 8 >O.OOO shares Of a total 1.467 issues traded. 480 were higher
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      85 9 TOKYO, Tues. (UPI) North Korea's production of coal rose 10 per cent in the first seven months of this y?ar compared with the feme period last year, the (North) Korean Central News Agency reported. The increase followed Premier Kim II Sung's instructions at the beginning
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      901 9 SINGAPORE. Tues—The easier trend with which the week begar. on Monday continued further today on the Stock Exchange. All sections were easier particularly in the industrials which deal' slightly lower than yesterday. However, trading was quite active and total turnover amounted tc 1,155.000 units
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      Lock icon STOCK PRICES SLIGHTLY HIGHER
      88 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Stock prices moved slightly higher yesterday In active trading but profit taking mounted quickly, pulling many issues from their opening levels. Shortly before the end of the first trading hour, the United Press International marketwlde indicator was up 0.23 per cent with
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN-UNCHANGED
      454 9 XINGAPOKfc—Stock KiclMHtc Old and offer price* officially listed at the clone of husinr** INDUSTRIAL Boustead C. Sugar Chemical Co. Cold storage Dunlop E Smelting E.A. LMO Ords F. X. Ordn. Gammon Georgetown XD G.E. I.lfe Gulnne** H. Gllflllan Hotel S'pura Hume <M) Ltd. Hume (F.E.) Ord. 4. Waugh
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      52 9 Managers Prices) First Malayan 2.34 2 44 Second Malayan 1.68 1.78 Third Malayan 1.16 12* The Commerce A Industry Fund .90 100 The Ravine* Fond 1.85 1.45 Malayan Investment Hind 1.05 1.15 sterling Commodity 3'10 4 /8 First Hons Kong .79 .84* Second Hong Kong JU 57* •Hon*
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      103 9 SINGAPORE. Tue«. Slnra* pore Produce Exchange noon prim today were: Buyer Seller Coconut Oil (F.OB) Bulk 46.00 Coconut Oil (F.O.B) Drum* 48.50 Lons- Copra Mixed AUf./Sept 29.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) VLH 12: Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) W'r X.L.W 125.00 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (F.O.) X.I. M 85.00 Lampong
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      96 9 MOSCOW, Tues. (UPD Singapore's first trade mission to the Soviet Union began talks with Kremlin officials yesterday. Delegation Chairman Sim Kee Boon, Permanent Secretary of the Singapore Finance Ministry's Board of Economic Development, met with Soviet Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Nikolai Komarov and officials of the
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      101 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The following ships are expected to be in port today 3/4 Cathay 5 Asahi Maru 6/7 Ragna Bakke 8/9 Tantalus 13/14 GlenJyon 18 Nicos S 19 Eizan Maru 21'22 Kinabalu 25/26 Zuikei Maru 29/30 Blissful 31/32 Ozarda 33/34 President Jackson 35/36 Celebes Maru 38/39 Traviata
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  • SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
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      Lock icon Phenomenal growth in Republic's shipping industry
      859 10  -  By Staff Writer SINGAPORE'S Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, once described the island Republic as a 'workshop' for Asia and Southeast Asia. IN all probabilities, the word "workshop" as said by him, referred to the fast-growing shipbuilding and ship-repairing industries in the Republic.
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      Lock icon Dockyards well-equipped for repairs of ships
      529 11 Dockyard efficiency 'pHE dockyard at Kepptl Harbour is the largest operated by the Port of Singapore Authority. The others are at Tan- jong Pagar and a smaller one equipped with slipways at Tanjong Rhu. There are six graving docks, five of which are closed
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      57 10 DIESEL ENGINES Economical Reliable s 4 LD-FE (66 H.P.) From 33 to 100 H.P. FULL RANCi OF STOCKS b SPARES 4RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE 1 *1 T* 3TC (24 H.P.) SoU Agents: 2TC (16 H.P.) CHONG LEE LEONG SENG CO., LTD. 446 Victoria S'poro-7. T«l- *****, *****. ***** b ***** 23
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      156 10 i TYPE RHS 518 A 265 HP 1800 RP>I DIESEL i i The fast vessels which today throng our harbour® end wetenweys Tn •vßr-fnerMs'ftj. ru TW be*s read high-speed enginea auch aa tha RHS 518 pre-igrot»on typa diesel angina, a developme of a aariaa which ia already wall-known for many
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      169 11 Jurong Shipyard leads in ypmm MP*- wstk J': »rt zjrwm k L "Ar"9 7 Tfi I Ship Building Landing Craft "TUTONG" Built for Straits Steamship Co. yf Singapore. mtP iMM JttM Z~~k* sJk Ship lM Repairing Drydock 260 m 40 m Floating Dock 86 m x 18 m ■j^SSk. <C«T'fr
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      135 11 QUALITY DIESEL ENGINES f FROM CHINA I Model: 2110 a Marine Diesel Engine. Rated 20 HP at 1200 rpm complete with ratio 2.2 to I reduction gear-box. Model: 61 Marine Dietel Engine. Rated 120 HP at 1500 rpn* Complete with ratio 3 to I redaction gear box. «LI L m
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  • THE NEW FILMS
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      Lock icon 'Stranger In The House' features 4 newcomers
      581 13 'TWERE it virtually only one adult leading role in STRANGER IN THE HOUSE played by James Mason and this fact, said producer Dimitri de Grunwald, gave him a splendid opportunity to cast promising newcomers to play youngsters in the film. The newcomers he
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      Lock icon Use your feet, says Angela
      257 13 THERE'S one young beauty In Hollywood who knows how to use not only her head, but also her feet. "I think." declared this brunette with the gorgeous brown eyes and the 36-21-35 figure on the Paramount set of "Chuka," after signIn* her name with the
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      Lock icon Carbon-copy dolls wanted & found
      204 13 Carbon-copy dolls wanted found THE script of Paramount** "Pe'er Gunn," which brines to the bi* screen one of the United States' most exciting and best-beloved television personalities, posed a rather unique casting problem for producer-director Blake Edwards He needed eight sets of identical twins, all gorgeous and aged between 19
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      28 13 TRAVEL CENTRE OF SINGAPORE Well-known for pmotutlisrd serrlces E-10 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING 860. ORCHARD ROAD. TEL: ***** UDRIVE-CAR OiQ A lit/ fe CALL Everfine Company f 51 PHONE: *****
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      143 13 |l I D O Phone ***** J >d »W»k: 11. I.M. 4.M. «.30. ».U No Hilt rrkr Ne Fr« Ll»t *2 ance CASH Booking! only! S »an C-aaery is James Bond 001 •TOC ONLY LHI TWICE' Tec?,a;c?'ir Panavision <T7A> NO MILITARY CONCESSION far 5.30 p m >.!5 D m Shows
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      334 13 iissiiian I O R f M i M G| A I A 2' 2*7 ALA BtACH Utj »OAO LaM Day! 1.3*. 4.M. «M. 15 p m "ISLAND OF TERROR" Color Peter crSHTNO Carol ORAY GALA k PALACE: Opens Temorro OPERATION GOIDMAN" Color Anthony Ku>y In Scot* [ORCHARD —***** j Last
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      62 16 It pays to buy an r I refill •n:»n How long a line can you draw 1 with a SWAN OTHELLO ball pen? (Do you know the answer?) r N r>ffwK-v V /.V AV OTHELLO BALL PEN S PORE-PENANG 20C MALAYA 250 Answer: average 10,000 C T. iYiViViViViViViVAViViViWiWiVMViViWAVMVAWm'iW lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHII FACTORY
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      64 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan*; 2.17 a.m. (7.8 ft), 2.14 p.m. (8.5 ft) r ?i?r e A t^ nham: 740 m < ISLS ,fc >» 744 P-m--(14.9 ft.) Port Dickson: 8.17 a-m. (P3 ft), 8.36 p.m. (8.5 ft) Singapore: 12.15 a.m. (9.2 ft), 1.04 p.m. (8.0 ft) Sedili Keehil: U. 54
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