Eastern Sun, 10 March 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION "fa Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 582 Sunday. 10 March 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 189 1  -  By Wee Hock Chye MALACCA. Sat A 2 a m. tire at Batang Malacca village, -8 miles from here, today gutted seven twostoreyed brick and plank shophouses, causing an estimated damage of 5100.000. A total of 83 people were rendered homeless and a 35-year-old shopkeeper
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  • 32 1 SAIGON. Sat (UPI)—US. Marines defending Vietnam's northernmost rrovince south of the demilitarized zone, killed 359 Communists in a series of battles during the past two days, spokesmen said today.
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  • 554 1 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye will relinquish his portfolio, when the new Government is sworn in after April 15. to take up an appointment as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Singapore. However Dr. Toh will remain a member of the
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  • 115 1 LAS PALMAS. Canary Islands. Sat. (Reuter) British adventurer Francis Brenton. 41. will set out this week to attempt the firstever solo balloon flight across the Atlantic. He will carry food supplies, but not water. Liverpool-born Mr. Brenton who has twice sailed across ’he Atlantic
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  • 84 1 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuterl— The local authorities in Bogor where deposed President Sukarno lives have decided to take over a portion of the big land holding of his wife Hartini. Indonesia's Antara News Agency reported today. Madame Hartini has been in trouble over the size of her 41
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  • 217 1 SAIGON, Sat. (Reuter). —Saigon and its twin city of Cholon are now clear of Vietcong. The last remnants of the guerrilla force which infiltrated the capital on January 31 have been eliminated, a Government spokesman said today. The spokesman said a month-long search and
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  • 65 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The two-and-a-half-month dry spell in the Federal Capital was broken today as rain fell towards ,the evening. The brief but heavy shower lasted for about three quarters of an hour. Rain was also reported in several other towns. In Malacca, there was a
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  • 63 1 WASHINGTON. Sat. (Reuteri Senator Robert F Kennedy was today reported heading off mounting pressure from political friends to challenge President Johnson in next November’s national election. Aides said the late President Kennedy’s brother was determined to keep out of the race, in spite of new
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  • 58 1 OAXACA. Mexico. Sat. (UPI) American. French and Mexican “Hippies" reappeared in the vicinity of Oaxaca yesterday for the beginning of the mushroom season. Informed sources said the Hippies, who were expelled recently from Mexico as a public nuisance, had begun a pilgrimage to the isolated town of
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  • 111 1 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) Over 243 pounds of gold changed hands in 30 minutes on the Chinese gold and silver exchange here today reflecting Friday's gold buying spree on the London Bullion Market. The market opened at US49 per tael (li ounces), shot up to
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  • 212 1  -  By KEN STANLEY KAMPAR, Sat. Muslims celebrating Hari Raya Haji here today especially those in kampongs had to carry water in buckets to mosques for their traditional washing up before prayers. This is because most of the wells which normally provide water to Muslims
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  • 135 1 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) A newly purchased Americanbuilt transport plane ran into a tropical thunderstorm and crashed last night taking all 14 persons aboard to their death in the waters off the northeast coast of Panay Island. the Department of Civil Aviation reported today. The plane
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  • NEWS
    • 389 2 'jV’EW DELHI, Sat. (UP!) —Several nations are rushing ministers to the United Nations-Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) because of reports of crisis problems, conference sources report- ed yesterday Ministers expected to help delegations make policy decisions were Swiss Director o? Commerce
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    • 124 2 BEXLEY. England, Sat (Reuter* Conservative leader Mr Edward Heath attacked the government tonight for running British ecortomic policy like a hitrun motonst. Mr. Heath, in a speech to party supporter? accused Premier Harold Wilson's Labour Government of failures and mismanagement that brought the need
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    • 57 2 RED BLUFT. California. 6at. (UPI) A crucifix attributed to El Greco and valued at L'Ss2o.ooo warstolen yesterday form a trapptst monastery while monks attended mass Under Sheriff Don Philips Identified the suspected thief as Bernard West 42. who spent five days at the Monastery last month He
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    • 96 2 WASHINGTON. Sa‘. (Peuteri -XmerieanSwedish relations today appeared heavily strained over Vietnam following the recall of the u S Ambassador in Stockholm for special consultations with the state Department. Although officials refused to say so outright, there wpre strong Indication? that Ambassador William H. Heath
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    • 38 2 BANGKOK. Sat (UPI) Cambodian Ruler Prince Norodom S hanouk has openly named pro-Arrencan Gen. Lon Nol for the first time a* the man who will succeed him if hi? countrv's Communist insurgency doe* not die down shortly
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    • 148 2 LAGOS Sat (UPI) The Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference will be held in London this fall. Commonwealth Secretary General Mr Arnold Smith said yesterday. Mr Smith said he was in “continuous contact" wi‘h leaders of the various Commonwealth countries on the da’e for the conference arid
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    • 47 2 Pointe-A-Pitre, Guadeloupe Firemen searching the wreckage of an Air France Boeing 707 which crashed into the 4,000 ft. st. mountain moments before attempting to land in the southern part of this Caribbean French island last Thursday. All 63 persons aboard the plane were killed. photo. UPI radio
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    • 102 2 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth opened her newspapers today and read a frontpage story written by her student son Prince Charles The 19-year-oid heir to the throne made his debut in Journalism writing for Cambridge Universitys newspaper. Varsity Extracts from h:* article, recording first
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    • 109 2 BELLE ISLE. Louisiana Sat. < UPI) Weary miners, who laboured 60 hours to rescue 21 trapped workers, today took on the sad. dreary job of removing the bodies of the men who died m Louisiana's greatest mine disaster. The small makeshift elevator constructed to
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    • 81 2 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) Indonesia's Antara news agency today published repoms of mass surrenders by Communist re-els in troubled West Borneo province The reports claimed that 1 .oon rebels surrendered in Sa-nbas district las' February 20 and 2.500 more in the Singkawang area at
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    • 61 2 White-shrouded Muslim women attending Hari Raya Haji prayers at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They were among more than 2.000 Muslims who turned up at the mosque to attend the prayers. Joining them at prayers were also the Yang diPertuan Agong and the Raja Perma'suri Agong, the Deputy
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    • 135 2 SAIGON. Sat (Reuter) Three mas* graves containing th® bodies of more than 100 civilians, including wo. me n and children, with their hand' tied behind their back* have been uncovered in the Forbidden City" of Hue a I.S. Embassy spokesman said here todar. The spokesman
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    • 171 2 SAIGON. Sat. (UPI) North Vietnamese intensified their shelling of the US. marine base at Khe Sanh and one-of the rounds today struck a storage area. exploding teargas cannisters and wafting the gas throughout bunkers where leathernecks sought refuge under attack U S. spokesmen said today
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    • 95 2 NEW DELHI. Sat (Neuter) The newspaper the Statesman today reported bloody flashes in the past ten days between two groups of Mao Tse Tung supporters in Tibet The newspaper's correspondent in Darjeeling near the Tibetan border said light arms and machine guns were freely
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    • 80 2 NASSAU. Bahamas. Sal (Reu ter) A five-mile long oil *lUk drif'ed today off the gleaming holiday beaches of the Bahamas Island of Eleuthera« already soiled by hug® black oi, clo’s from the wrecked Greek tanker Genera! Colocotronis Detergent* are being flown to Eleuthera for a massive
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    • 109 2 COLOMBO. Sat (Reuter) Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake ?aid tonight that Ceylon had always exercised effective control over Kachchativu —a tiny uninhabited Island in the Palk Straits separating the two countries which India also claims to OUT Th* Prime Minister, answering an opposition question. to’d the
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    • 61 2 LONDON. Sat (Reuter) A man in Lahore made suitcases with false bottoms and sold them stocked with cannabis to be smuggled abmad. the Central Criminal Court heard here today. The statement was made Mahammed Athar Maqeood. 24. who was jailed for three years after admitting possessing
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    • 117 2 Mia plays hide-and-seek NEW YORK. Sat (Reuter) Actress Mia Farrow played hide-and-seek with pressmen at Kennedy Airport here for almost two hours tonight after flying m from her sixweek visit to India After refusing to leave the airliner to face a battery of waiting cameramen and reporters. the 23-year-old estranged
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    • 33 2 SEOUL, Sat <UPI> Foreign Minister Choi Kyu-Hah said today South Korea will participate in the Foreign Ministers meeting of Vietnam war allies to open on April 4 in Wellington, New Zealand.
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    • 173 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Planter official organ of the Incorporated Society of Planters has railed on companies who were “inconsiderately discarding loyal and efficient planters" to “think again". "Companies whose estates are not in good order or find themselves short of funds after
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    • 59 2 KAMPALA. Sat. (Reuter) A n estimated 200 Asians here holding India or British passports have received orders to leave Uganda within 30 days because they were wrongly issued with permits by Uganda's Immigration authorities Letters issued to them sav their permits issued several years ago are
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    • 159 2 SALISBURY. Sat. (Reuter) Lawyers today worked on last minute appeals for the lives of six Africans, due to be hanged on Monday. as Rhodesian leaders prepared for fresh fury abroad at the new executions. Reliable sources here said the six men will
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    • 191 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat A regional shipping line formed by countries in the region including Malaysia, Singapore. Thailand. The Philippines. Indonesia, and even Formosa is probably the only wav to help break the monopoly held by the Far Eastern Freight Conference. This
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    • 42 2 Work of prominent Malaysian artists by Peninsular Art Society at 41. Jalan Raja, Muda. 9 a.m. to 6 pm. Jalan Weld Swimming Pool 9.30 a.m. to 12 30 pm 2 p.m. to 5 pm. and 6 pm to 9 p.m.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 241 3  -  By Martin Lim SINGAPORE. Sat. The current spell of Singapore's “long, hot summer" was temporarily broken todav bv a sudden “freak drizzle.” However, the drizzle was short-lived. It lasted only 15 minutes much to the disappointment of the Republic's two-million “roasted” population. Among the first
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    • 618 3 SINGAPORE. Sai. The physical changes alte ing the face of the Republic call for adjustment in the peoples' social Tallies. This was the opinion of the Acting Head of the Department of Extra-Mural Studies in the University of Singapore. Mr J
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    • 139 3 SINGAPORE Sat., No. 48 Squadron. R.A.F. reformed last October with the new Hercules transports, received back its Standard at a service attended by members and families at St. George’s Church, R.AF. Changi. Singapore, recently. Standard Bearer was Flying Officer F.D.A. Har- low and the escorts
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    • 83 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. A Malaysian, Ahmad bin Sheik Mohamad, has been permanently pro h i bited from entering the Republic of Singapore A Prohibition of Entry Order (subsection 1 of section 9) issued under the Im m l gratinn Ordinance, was announced in a Government
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    • 60 3 SINGAPORE. Sat The Singapore Family Planning and Population Board will hold a family planning lecture-demonstration, including a film show, on Tuesday at 5.30 p m at the Institute ol Health. Outram Road. The lecture demonstration will be held regularly every Monday, except on public holidays. It
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    • 51 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. A 60-year-old pedestrian. G. Sundram was killed on-the-spot yesterday evening when he was knocked down by a motor car at the junction of Woodlands Road and Mandal Road There were also 38 other *cc Icrts five of which were serious during the last 24
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    • 248 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Although the R.AF has announced the phasing out of the Handley Page Hastings aircraft from squadron transport duties and Its almost total replacement by the Hercules and Argosy, three of these pistor, -engined stalwart* are still doing sterling work with the Far East Communications
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    • 359 3 10 officers for training on Indian cruiser SINGAPORE. Sat. The visiting Flag Officer Commanding the Western Fleet of the Indian Navy. Rear Admiral S. N. K"hli this morning called on the Defence Minister. Mr. Lim Kim San at the .Ministry of Interior and Defence. Rear Admiral
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    • 639 4 KUCHING, Sot. The Bonking (Amendment) Bill and the Central Bank of Malaysia (Amendment) Bill just passed by Parliament, giving additional powers to the Government to control the Banking system in the country will be used "judiciously and with restraint Giving this
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    • 405 4  -  By Hoo Ban Khee KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Mr. Wong Sak Kong is a carpenter. But unlike many of his counterparts, he is a carpenter with a difference in that he paints and is undoubtedly one of the many up-and-coming artists in our young nation.
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    • 167 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Chairman of the Malaysian Rubber Exchange. Senator Gan Teck Yau, today expressed full support for a joint Singapore' Malaysian public inquiry into the rates charged by the Far East Freight Conference. “I am all in favour of it.”
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    • 159 4 IPOH. Sat. The barking of dogs and the mewir.g of cats added to the excitement of the first Dog and Cat Show organised by *he Ipoh Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at St Michael's Institution here this afternoon More than 60
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    • 205 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia has drawn up a list of projects to be financed by British aid to off-set her imminent military pull-out. They include land schemes and irrigation works. Disclosing this today, the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury. Mr.
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    • 155 4 IPOH. Sat —The. St Michael's Institution here have pulled off a grand “double" by winning the Tunku Abdul Rahman Trophy in the Malaysian InterSchool Life Saving Competition for the second successive year The school chalked up a total of 1.2204 points to beat their
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    • 41 4 SITIAWAN, Sat Part of some jewellery stolen at Simpang Dua here recen'ly was recovered by the Pol.ce yesterday. Three men nave been arrested m connection with the burglarv The value of the jewellery recovered was $3OO
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    • 115 4 SLIM RIVER. Sat Six hundred and sixty-three pounds of copper-wire worth 51,100. belonging to the Telecommunications Depar'ment. was s'oien from Kepala Bal; Estate near here last night. A police spokesman said today that thefts of copperwire were becoming a daily occurrence He appealed to the publie te
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    • 41 4 IPOH. Sat A Volkswagen car. worth $5,000 stolen in Lau Ek Ching Street here recently was recovered in the Botanical Gardens in Penang yesterday A man has bee n detained by the Police in connection with the theft.
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    • 223 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sot. The German Concert Chamber Opera Luebeck, which gave a performance here last night, received a long thunderous applause when it ended for fhe night. The 33-member ensemble, which was here only for one show performed with such zest that it
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    • 464 4 PENANG, Sat. Forty-eight people from various walks of life have been awarded honours on the occasion of the birthday of the Governor of Penang, Tan Sri Syed Sheh bin Syed Abdullah Shahabudin, which falls tomorrow. Three have been given Justice of the Peace title
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    • 381 4 PENANG. Sat. The Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, today clarified that electrical failures in certain districts had not been due to any fault of the City Council. In reply to a letter in a local daily which stated that residents of those affected areas
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    • 292 4 KUCHING, Sot. The Minister of Fin* ance, Tun Tan Siew Sin, warned last night that unless all loyal Malaysians in Sarawak put up a united front and beat the communists decisively, there could be trouble in fu- ture. Speaking at a dinner
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    • 117 4 SINGAPORE. Sat The O six-day Asian Workshop on Justice and Human Progress concluded today wi h the delegates issuing SEVEN CHALLENGES to Governments in Asia. Among the challenges is one calling on the Governments in Asia to take the leadership in initiating speedy social changes
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    • 255 5 CINGAPORE, Sat The Geylang West Citizens' Consultative Committee has collected $1 1,265 for the National De- fence Fund Announcing this of a sending-off party for 38 National Servicemen, the Health Minister, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin said: "This is a very
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    • 103 5 gINGAPORE. Sat. Twenty students from the Singapore American School left for Bangkok vesterdav bv a Malavsia-Singapore Airlines Comet to take part in the Annual Sports meet organised by the International School in Bangkok. Accompanying the group were Mr. Thomas Ingham. Guidance Director of the School,
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  • 561 6  -  By BOB UCHIMA 4 61-year-old Japanese spirit photographer claims he had taken hundreds of spirit pictures showing bodies, faces. swords, daggers and other weapons during the past 13 years. Mr Yaichiro Kobaylfhi, also an archaeologist, siys his technique could even be used in murder cases,
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  • Hr TIPS
    • 477 7 your next air trip why not take pictures the plane? Shooting stills or movies from the air is not as easy as taking pictures on the ground but can provide some outstanding photos. Here are some helpful suggestions. The first thing to do is board the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • FOLLOW THE SUN A LIBERAL ARTS PACE And the liberal soul shall be made fat
    • 450 8  -  BY MUSTAPHA EL-TAHER MECCA. Sat (Reuter) to control the movement o sacred city for a senes of The pilerlms. from all f parts of the world, have been converging on Saudi Arabia in the past few weeks by air, land, and sea for
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    • 110 8 HONG KONG Sat. (Reuter) Professor Rayson Huanr. Professor of Chemistry at the University of Malaya. Kuala Lumpur, has rereived an honorary doctorate of science from Hone Kong University. Professor Huans, a graduate of the University of Hong Kong, received his honorary degree from pro-Chan* cellor
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    • 136 8 WASHINGTON. Sat (Reuter) A noted American heart transplant surgeon today called for changes in the legal definition of death to aid doctors in transplanting vital organs to needy patients. Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz of New York, who has carried out two unsuccessful heart transplant operations, told a US.
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    • 107 8 WASHINGTON. Sat (Reuter) Ingrown toenails, perforated eardrums, haemorrhoids, obscene or extra-large tattoos all are reasons for rejecting a n American for military service. They were cited by Colonel Robert Bier. Chief Medical Officer for the National Selective Service System, in explaining the 25-per-cent national rejection rate for
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    • 152 8 WASHINGTON. Sat ißeu ter)—The UN. Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) currently sponsoring development research programmes worth about USs2som. (about £104m.) each year, the depntv director-general of UNESCO said here today Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah of India told the tenth anniversary world conference of the Society for
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    • 213 8 LAS PALMAS. Canary Islands Sat. (UPI). Chicago adventurer Francis Brenton moved Into a chemical factory to inflate hi* balloon for a proposed flight to the Bahamas. The factory is producing hydrogen for him Brenton Is having difficulties getting the balloon aloft. He tried to make hi* own
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    • 66 8 HONG KONG. Sat (Renter) Nearly 20 tons of refuse is pulled out of Hong Kong’s famous harbour every day of the year. The Marine Department's harbour scavenging fleet reports that after domestic refuse, timber and wooden debris makes up most of the rubbish Last year's
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    • 789 8 manufacture of Antaimoro paper by artisans at Ambalavao in the province of Fiariarantsoa. still uses the same technique as that employed in France in the early days of the manufacture of paper in the XlVth. century. We mutt go back a long
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 829 9 Sunshine, daffodils mini skirts—that’s Springtime London TO"!*)* Sat h 10 be in England, that April's there” et ifl r^T ni K BS oJ^ r o i tal w0 o d5 M lI l ls Thoughts From Abroad" could justifiably be adopted as a British tourist slc>t an Justifiably? With as
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    • 243 9 PENANG. Sal Mr. James S. Ong. Director in charge of the Trading Department of Plantation Agencies Sdn Berhad of Penang, will shortly leave on a tour of visits to the firm's customers Overseas. The tour will last approximately 2J months, and will cover Western Europe,
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    • 140 9 WASHINGTON Sat. (UPI) Tho United States registered a net loss of US$953 million of its gold supply through sa'es to foreign countries during fourth quarter of 1967. the Treasury Department reported yesterday The largest sale was of U *****.2 million to Britain during
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    • 190 9 TOKYO. Bat. (UPIi Whats in a name? The answer, especially if it is a trade name, is often nothing. One textile company in Tokyo mas* produces trademark name* by enlisting the aid of a computer The computer, ordered to come up with myriad combinations of meaningless
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    • 178 9 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI* Stock prices drifted lower in rather dull trading yesterday. With the exception of a few of the glamour stocks, most moves were fractional Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International Stock Market indicator lost o
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    • 237 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. Magnolia Dairies have selected electronic control fork lift truck* for their new Bukit T:mah factory. Thi* is a ’ype of control quite new to Singapore and dispenses with troublesome con ventional mechanical switching speed control methods. H. control systems for battery electric
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    • 151 9 BASLE. Sat. (Reuter) Gold fever, which threw bullion and foreign exchange markets into confusion yesterday, gives today’s meeting here of the Western Centra! 'Bankers special significance. The Barkers, all members of the pool, from the Belgium. Britain. West Germany. Switzerland. Holland and
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    • 287 9 SINGAPORE Sat. The first part of the period under review was thin and trendless and held an about even course, say* Holiday, Cutler. Bath and Co. Ltd., in their weekly review. Steadier periods brought on by shortcovenng were met at the higher levels by profit
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    • 100 9 LONDON, Sat. (UPI) Rubber closed steady but confused with Spot at 173/16 17-1/2 Settlement House April 17-3 8 17-9 16 May 17-9/16 17-3/4 June 17-3/4 17-15/16 Aprii June 17-9/16 17-3/4 July Sept 18-1 8 18-1/4 Ort/Dec 18-1/2 18-5 8 Jan/March 18-3/4 18-7/8 April 7 June 18-7
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    • 118 9 LONDON. Sat (Reuter)— Gold shares again highlighted London Siock Markets, afier the section had experienced an erratic and often hectic week. Strong buying from European. US and local sources today reflected strength of golds on Wall Street and a further escalation of rumours and concern
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    • 269 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The new United States balance of payments regulations are unlikely to affect operations of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT), according to Mr. Harold S. Geneen, ITT Chairman and President. Commenting on the stringent government measures as he predicted
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    • 146 9 JAKARTA, 6 at. (UPI). The Indonesian Government has opened up 16 industrial fields for foreign capital investments for a 30-year extendable period, it was announced today. Minister for Basic Industries and Power Mr. D. Ashari said the industries open for foreign investors cover the
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    • 188 9 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Royal Dutch Shell, the giant international oil company, today announced a 29 5 million sterling rise m profit* last year to a total of 266 million sterling. This represented a rise in the rate of return on net assets
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    • 50 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Rucber futures closed 25 points higher across the board on no sales. March 68 17.408-13.15A; May 18.108-45A; July 18.20 B-18.65; Sept. 18.408-65A; November 18.658 19.05A; Jan. 18.808-19.20A; March 18 908-19.40A The spot No. 1 RSS was quoted at 17-1/2 cents per pound, nominal.
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    • 45 9 WASHINGTON. Sat (Reuter) No offers were made to General Services Administration today to buy tin. GSA commercial sales for this week were five tons. Sales to the agency for international development, if any. will be announced next Monday, an agency spokesman said.
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  • 151 10 73. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: jive me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 74. They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. 75. I know. O LORD, that thy Judgments are
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  • 94 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. —The Youth for Christ will present a coloured Christian musical film "The Tony Fontane Story" at Victoria Memorial Hall on Mar. 11 at 7.30 p.m. The film tells the story of Tony and Kerry Fontane Thev were former television and popular
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  • 572 10 TTERE are the Bible answers to some of our readers’ questions. Send in your problems to “The Christian Answers”, 23-B Cantonment Road. Singapore or 39 Jalan Sultan. K. Lumpur and have them answeredBona fide questions mav be on any subject. WHY DID THE WOMAN MENTIONED IN MATTHEW
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 1124 10 IT is strange that man should find it difficult not to believe everything in this day and age since within the past century science has conquered so many phases of things material and mechanical. If someone living at the time of
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  • 1823 10  - Christians Current Affairs—III By Rev. (Dr.) Frank Balchin "THERE Is nothing either good or had but thinking makes it so" This is a casual remark by Hamlet in E r akes pc are s play in response to someone who said "We dmst think so Hamle r said in effect.
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  • 274 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Ling Kwang Mission Clinic in the pre« mises of Zion Kindergarten, 5 Tavistock Avenue, Serangoon Gardens was declared open today by Mr. Lee Hee Kim, chairman of the Scrangoon Gardens Citizens Consultative Committee and of the Cheng San Community Centre. Mr
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  • 270 10 How to know Him more closely SINGAPORE. Sat The Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC), Manila, received letters of enquiry from its listeners about their relationship with God and how they may come to know Him more closely through its associates in India, Japan, Okinawa, Hong Kong, Malaysia
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 33 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS hakka Methodist CHURCH 25 Newton Road. Singapore 11. 9 a.m.—Hakka Service with interpretations in Mandarin. 9 a m. —Sunday School (Chinese English). 11 a.m. English Services 11 a.m. M.Y J. iChinese).
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  • Femme
    • 672 11  -  By Florence de Santis STRIPES aren't exactly new this season, yet designers go on striping as if they'd never heard of them before Where some fashions come and go in a breath, stripes seem to be one of those
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    • 168 11 Ceramic la mp stands:-These attractive stands come from the United States in many interesting shapes and sizes and are beautifully tone in multi-colours. Ranging from 1$ to 2i feet in height, they are complete with bulb holders, harps and white shades with matching trimmings Prices
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    • Article, Illustration
      105 11 THIS week's design was contributed by Edward Chee of TB 117. Lornng 2. Tebing Tinggi. Ipoh. His creation is entitled. "Princess Lace." DESCRIPTION: A high bust line dress of lace with Philippines sleeves. The lace should come down from the bust line to the bottom of the dress.
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      306 11 ICE CREAM Ingredients; 1 14 oz. can Blue Cross sweetened c o n d e n s e d milk. 1 teaspoon gelatine; 1 tablespoon water; Joz custard powder; 1 teaspoon vinegar; and 2 teaspoons vanilla essence. METHOD: Place the sweetened condensed milk In a measuring jug and make
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    • 259 11 A definite change in hair colouring calls for a definite change in make-up and clothing colours It's a po.nt that many lovelies still seem to miss. By a big switch in hair colour, your skin tones are more than a little affected. You may have
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 638 11 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS ANGLICAN ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL 7.00 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.m. Parish Communion 11.00 a.m. Morning Service and Holy Com munion, 6.00 p.m. Evensong Sunday Schools at 8.00 a.m and 9.30 a.m. ST PETER S CHURCH, 1. Tavistock Avenue Serangoon Garden Estate. Singapore 19 8 a.m. Parish Communion and
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    • 631 11 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS BRETHREN BETHESDA GOSPEL HALL 77. Bras Basah Road. Singai pore 7.. Meetings in English Sunday: 8.30 a.m. Breaking -of Bread. 3.00 p.m. Junior Sunday School. 4.30 pm. Senior Sunday School and Bi'o.e Classes. 6.15 p.m. Gospel Ser- vice. 8.00 p.m. Song Service. Tuesday: 5.30, p.m. Prayer Meeting. Thursday:
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platter Pete
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      323 12 TROGG Reg Prfslfy is overjoyed with the group's latest British chart-buster, “Little Girl" (“the best thing I've ever written”) and truly delighted to find that despite the disc's controversial lyrics about an unmarried mother, it is not being banned on the air! “It would have been expected if
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    • 534 12 I PLATTER PETE'S POSTBAG O SPOTLIGHT :> POP GOSSIP DIS^USSION^H •V: INTERVIEWS PLATTER PETE S POP POLL TOP TUNES FEATURES -V> I Eden. the provocative beauty who returns this fall to star on XBCs hit series “I Dream Of Jeannie,” attests a successful acting career calls for
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    • 287 12 TJ/ THERE! 1 To answer some of your retfiiesls this week, I have the spotlight on ft”s Dream Of jeannie’’ genie, R tRR tR t EDEM. ind mind sou. talented Barham not only looks good and arts. she sings too. Remember' the Rend? Yeah! Yeah! Whatdyaknow' ALAN
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    • 286 12 LONDON. Manfred Mann, after not having made the charts for several months now Is well on the top with a n»w hit number written by Bob Dylan and entitled The Mighty Quinn The song is one of a batch of new
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    • 166 12  -  by ALAN PRICE ILfy ideal is the small, Hark. ‘China Doll’ type. But a gonrl irife needs more than just good looks, and it’s very important that she has a very good sense of humour. She'd need to, to put up uilh me! I haven't got
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    • 125 12 THE international pop wirld is humming with speculation over a possible revival of rock and roll music this week following the latest record from The Beatles’ "Lady Madonna". The hard beat, pounding piano and big band treatment may seem to have little in common with the quiet life
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    • 219 12 LONDON: 1. Cinderella R<>< kefella Esther And Ahi Ofarim 2. Legend Of Xanadu Dave Dee. Dozt. BeakT. Mich And Tich 3. Fire Brigade Move. 4. .Mighty Quinn Manfred Mann 5. Rosie Don Partridge. 6. Jennifer Juniper Donovan. 7. She Wears My Ring Solomon King. 8.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 22 12 polvclor Records of Supreme Quality let... entertain you!! THE CYCLE l CARRIAGE ENTERPRISES ON) SDN.,BHD. CCNINAL iMroUTS BitfUifUi KUALA LUMPJt IPOH PfNANO
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    • 77 12 PHILIPS IN BRITAIN IN FIRST THRU TOP II 394 SC§ P* m 0 e SlPi nd m 1 tana 3 i a *****3 TF rsa monFREo mnnn *****8 PF TE *****9 mow Hum 2 h s'U fewt«t umt SO lONS ISO fOIIHS! SIS y ISBiHI HEATHER IN AMERICA STILL ON
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 147 13  - No gadgets, gimmicks, sexy girls or chop-chop, but By Peter Lye SINGAPORE, Sat If you’re looking for a James Bend type spy movie in “ASSIGNMENT K” you won’t find It! There aren't any gadgets, gimmicks, karate chops, or seductive females (except in Camilla Sparv). However, if you do like a
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    • 157 13 DFRK Bogarde was fascinated with director John Frankenneimer’s grimly realistic preparations for his hanging scene in MGM's "The Fixer." "Obviously. John,” commented Bogarde, "you have no plans for a sequel." Produced in Metrocolor by Edward Lewis. "The Fixer” also stars Alan Bates. Georgia Brown. Jack Gilfrod, Hugh Griffith.
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    • 207 13  -  By Sheilah Graham RICHARD Chamberlain explained to me why he is so anxious to change his clean-cut Doctor Kildare image. "If Angela Lansbury played Marne for five years, you know she would be doing everything possible to get out and do something
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    • 42 13 HEADQI'ARTED in London for the filming of MGM's "Hot Millions." producer Mildred Freed Alberg has taken the unusual step of ensuring that when the contemporary comedy is released the fashions worn by Maggie Smith will still be in current vogue.
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    • 90 13 LEM Siddons (FRED MacMURRAY), an exsax man turned small town pied piper, turns out with a group of camping hopefuls to form a new club. in this *cene from Walt Disney's engrossing feature. ■‘Follow Me. Boys." starring Fred and Vera Miles and costarring Lillian Gish, Charlie Ruggles. Elliot Reid and
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    • 208 13  -  By Eric Chan grVGAPORF Sat Harrv Palmer the bespectacled secret agent is back again on the screen this time to combat against the ‘‘Billion Dollar Brain,” the enterprise of Texan multi-millionaire. General Midwinter (Ed Begley), who has poured his fortune into an anti-Communist
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    • 228 13 DAVID Lean, who brought Doctor Zhivago” to the screen, has begun work on a new film for MetroGold wyn-Alayer. It will reunite him with Robert Bolt, who wrote the screenplay for “Doctor Zhivago." as well as for "Lawrence of Arabia an earlier Lean success.
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    • 463 13  -  By Peter Lye Singapore Sat. YOU don't have to be a Boy Scout to enjoy Walt Disney's "Follow Me, Boys", but after seeing the film, I wish I had been especially if I had a Scoutmaster like Lemuel Siddons. Though the
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 233 13 SHAW GANISAnON Toda» i '•ho--*: m. IIV 5 15. *45 Children tl 50 to any aeat at 1« a m 1.45 A 515 p m how* Richard Hirru. Franco N*ro A: Vine's* Red«rave C \MF,LOT 70MM Pans on 7>chn <*oloi From Warner Brr--7 Art* 44.00. 12 50 £r 41 50
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    • 315 13 ORCHARD —***** I.««t 4 Di'i! 1 on. 430 St *3O p m MAIN PICTURE STARTS 1.17. 447 A *47 pm. Adm *1 00 43.00. 43.00 44 00 Metro-Ooldwro-MaTer Present* FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD” JtJ* Chr *:e 70MM P’VUion. Color ORCHARD PALACE COMING! OHamilton "THE POWERP«n«r!.v'in, Metrncnlor 'MOM I CATHAY
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  • Sun Sport
    • 1121 14  -  By Ben Variyan KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Burly Kenji Hosoishi of Japan, yesterday's Co-leader with countryman S. Uchida, returned a sparkling four under 68 to lead by three strokes at the end of the third round of the Malaysian Open Golf Championships at the
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    • 92 14 KLAXG. Sat. A total of 17 teams including seven from the Selangor Schools Sports Council have entered for the 1-3/4 miles road relay to be held here tomorrow The event which is the second organised by the Selangor Amateur Athletic Association will begin at
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    • 212 14 The draw for tomorrow: 8.30 am. L. Tohyal S Onchum. J. Pauli. 8.40 a m. P. Lee J Deran. J. Santos 8.50 am Kim Hak Young Phua Thin Klay, Khairuddin Mat 9.00 am. K Hockey. R.A. Mallal. Chang Chunfa. 910 a m. A Ibberson. T.A. Fisher. YF Llm.
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    • 329 14 MEXICO CITY. Sat (UPI) Mexico yesterday called for an urgent meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the first week in April to reconsider the readmission of South Africa to thp 1968 Olympic Games to be staged io Mexico next October Pedro
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    • 858 14  -  By Chan Kam Yau KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. One of Malaysia's Thomas Cup giants, Chan Kon Leong. who served his country meritoriouslv both as a .player and coach, died early this morning, leaving his familv almost destitute. Kon Leong. 52. who coached the
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    • 348 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. It Is still not known whether footballer Freddie Chew will ever play for the Republic again although he has been found "not guilty” of playing truant from training sessions while being in the soccer squad preparing for the Saigon Games last year.
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    • 300 14 SINGAPORE. Sat Following i S the Stipendiary Steward's report on today's racing at Bukit Tirr.ah: RACE 1: App. Rao (OCR BYRSA) was reprimanded for checking his mount back shortly after the start. After passing the 3 furlongs PALLY PIKE (A Ismail) was tightened for room between LASH
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    • 97 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. SEAP Games heroine. Patricia Chan, coasted home to a glittering victory when she shattered four club records and two state records at the 17th annual Junior swimming meet held at the Chinese Swimming Club here today. Brother Alex Chan also broke the club
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    • 139 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A dazzling batting and bowling performance by Francis Aimie heloed Tamil Physical Culture Association to beat Hindu Youth Organisation of Kuantan by 60 runs in a friendly match at the TPCA grounds here today. Aimie who topscored with i brilliant
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    • 44 14 IPOH. Sat. The Perak Vice-President’s XI beat an Armed Forces side by 5-0 In a hockey trial on the town padang yester- day. The winners scored through centre forward Theymudu (2> inside left Fook Loke (2) and R. Yogeswaran U).
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 59 14 NOTICE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE MALAYA APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION DIPLOMA COURSE PRELIMINARY COURSE 1968 69 ACADEMIC SESSION CLOSING DATE CANDIDATES applying for admission to the Diploma Course are requested to note that the closing date for the receipt of applications is on 20th March. 1968 The closing date in respect of
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  • 71 15 Twenty-year-old Australian Aborigine. Lionel Rose of Melbourne, who defeated •Fighting' Harada of Japan to win the world bantamweight championship in Tokyo on February 27. received hero's welcome home to Melbourne on February 29. Lionel Rose, above n n the haleony of the Melbourne Town Hall acknowledges the
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  • 728 15 AUCKLAND, Sat. (Reuter) Spin bowlers Erapolli Prasanna and Russi Surti put India in a strong position on the third day of the Fcuith Test against New Zealand here today. Each took two wickets a; New Zealand slumped to 101 for six after dismlsslnc
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  • 331 15 ST LUCIA. Sat (UPI) It took lustv stroke play by the tail-enders yesterday to save England's cricket team from going out with its lowest first innings total since starting a tour of the West Indies. England scored 215 runs in a first
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  • 313 15 LONDON. Sat (Reuter' Result* football matches played today were ke«tti«h Football Association up Quarter-Final D ime A 1 Pa-tick T 0 Morton 2 Elgin C. 1 Rangers 1 Hearts 1 St. J'atone 2 Airdrie 1 SfOTTISH ONE Hibernian 2 Dundee 0 Motherwell 1 Falkirk 1 Raith R
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  • 2407 15  -  CARROT GOLD'S $121 HIGHEST OF THE DAY By WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Sot.—Returning to the saddle after o long absence jockey Buang mode a successful comeback when he landed the Rinus van Breukclen-trained Carrot Gold a four-length winner to pay $l2l for a win, the highest dividend
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 112 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 11-18 am. (SO ft.), 10.39 p.m. (6 0 ft Port Swettenham: 1.33 a.m. (10.9 ft.), 2.24 p.m (11.0 ft.). Port Dickson: 3.01 a.m. (6.0 ft.). 3.01 p.m. (5.3 ft). Singapore: 5.46 a.m. (7.1 ft.). 9.52 pm. (6.9 ft.). Srdili Kechil: 3.17 a.m. (5.5 ft.), 8.12 p.m.
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    • 42 15 TOTAL POOL $25,575 1st PRIZE No. *****5 ($10,202) 2nd PRIZE: No. *****9 ($2,915) 3rd PRIZE: No. *****9 ($1,457) STARTERS ($750 each):Nos. *****8, *****7, *****9, *****0, *****5, *****8, *****1, *****0. CONSOLATION ($500 each):Nos. *****4, *****2, *****3, *****9; *****8, *****5, *****9, *****0. *****3, *****2.
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  • RACING COMMENTS
    • 2048 16  -  By ‘Windsor, Lad’ O INGAPORE, Sun. Twice placed in recent attempts Roman Gome deserves a winning turn and looks set to win in the mile event for class one division one performers (Race 6) at Bukit Timah this afternoon, the second day of the Singapore
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    • 1780 16 Race l: Horses Class 6, Div. 1 4 Furs. 2.00 P.M. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 1. 756 Copper Lens 4y 900 Copper Stable Sullivan Ang 3 2 080 Chiarsmella 6y 9.00 YP. Stable Leong 3. 005 Ayer Tawar 4y 8 13 Dr. J. M. Lewis and Spencer
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    • 199 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE JIMMY LAD STAB BOY SACS 1 SISTIC Contract II Victory n CONTRACT n Mirage Victory n SISTIC Contract II Mirage MIRAGE Sistic Contract II RACE 2 DALCIDO Just William Diamond Grain LION CITY D. Grain Radiant Star VOLEND.AM Just William Dalcido II DLAMOND GRAIN Dalcido II
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    • 34 16 ff'in/Uor Lad: Sporting Sam Feature Film II Midas Touch Adeline: R. Meadow II Balcre*t Professional Jimmy Lad Balrrest Lord Sussex Okay Okay Star Boy Diamond Grain Galley Proof Midas Touch
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    • 90 16 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter)' Results of football matches played last night were; English Division One Southampton 2 Fulham f (postponed from Dec. 91. English Division Three Tranmere Rovers versus Grimsby Town (postponed) English Division Four Doncaster Rovers 3 Notts County 1 Southend United 5 Chester I Amateur
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