Eastern Sun, 22 May 1968

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  • 20 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE EDITION ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 652 Wednesday. 22 May 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 778 1  -  21-gun salute greets arrival of the ‘King of Kings’ of Ethiopia By BEN D’CUNHA J£UALA LUMPUR, Tues. A 21-gun salute boomed and stepping briskly out of a Boeing 720 aircraft today was 75-year-old Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, at the Subang Airport for the start of
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  • 78 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The arrival of a Ma-lavsia-Singapore Airlines plane from Kota Bharu scheduled for 1.45 p.m. was delayed for half an hour today so that the airport would be clear for Emperor Haile Selassie’s plane at 2 p.m. The Ethiopian Emperor’s plane was to have touched down
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  • 202 1 SINGAPORE. Tues. Dr. Gob Keng Swee will act as Prime Minister during the absence of Mr. Lee Kuan Tew who left tonight for London for top level discussions with interested parties. Hitherto. Dr. Toh Chin Chye. the former Deputy Prime Minister
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  • 203 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. Tunku Abdul Rohmon's "let's talk it over" call to Singapore has been warmly received. The Malaysian Prime Minister, in an interview with Bernama yesterday, made the call adding: "I have always wanted a meeting with Singapore leaders and hope they
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  • 57 1 HONG KONG. Tues. (Reuter) Mrs. Runde Shaw, wife of the Asian film magnate. died today. She was 66. Mr. Runde Shaw is almost as well known in the film world in Singapore. Malaysia and Hong Kong as his two film-making brother. Run Run Shaw in
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  • 148 1 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) Mr. W. Averell Harriman, chief American negotiator at the Vietnam preliminary peace talks here, today called on President de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace. Xuan Thuy, the North Vietnamese chief delegate, was due to call on General de Gaulle this afternoon.
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  • 60 1 SEOUL. Tues. (Reuter) President Chung Hee Park, in an unexpected move today, reshuffled seven Cabinet pasts but retained Prime Minister U-Kwon Chung who had been heading the Cabinet during the past four years. Presidential spokesman Pum-Shik Shin said that the reshuffle was designed to “freshen
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 291 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Electronics play an important part in the advancement of the people and the country, the President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Soon Peng Yam said today. He said this when he Opened the Victory Electronics Enterprise in North
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    • 222 2 PENANG. Tues. the Democratic Action Party believes in the leadership of an “elite” grouo. organising themselves into those who should sit inside the “rocket" and those who should push it about. This was stated by the National President of the United Democratic Party. Dr. Lim Chong
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    • 105 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— The Director of Radio Malaysia. Enche Dol Ramil, left here for Seoul today by air to attend an administrative council meeting of the Asian Broadcasting Union (ABU). The meeting will be held on Friday and Saturday with preliminary discussions on
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    • 690 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Tbe Indian High Commission administrative attache. Mr. A. P. Rcilin. told a District Court today of how he was set upon by an ex-employee while out for an evening walk with his wife. When his wife came to
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    • 64 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The Minister of Justice. Enche Bahaman Samsudin returned today from a four-day visit to Kuala Trengganu. He told newsmen at the Subang Airport he went to survey the conditions of the courts there. Enche Bahaman hoped also to visit East Malaysia to study
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    • 214 2 Kuala Lumpur. Tues. Four thugs held up a tailor. Chia Ooi Chong, at his shop in Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman here today and got away with four bales of cloth worth $7OO. KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A book-seller, N. Khaja Muideen, 23. was today fined $l5O for selling
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    • 213 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. It was a typically Malaysian menu that the visiting Ethiopian Head of State, Emperor Haile Selassie, was entertained to at the royal banquet given in his honour by the Yang diPertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong at the Istana Negara
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    • 89 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A 46-year-old housewife. Madam Koh Chan Moh. 46, of Rambai Road this afternoon was stabbed on the wrist by one of the four men after telling them that her husband was not in A Police spokesman said that the four men entered Koh’s
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    • 891 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. Parliament today approved the appointment of a Vice-President in the Republic to assist the President in his manifold duties. The approval was given in the adoption of the Constitution (Amendment) Bill in Parliament today. Two other amendments will allow Members of
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    • 558 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Jurong Town Corporation Bill which seeks to make changes in the structure of industrial promotion in Singapore was passed in Parliament today. The Minister tor Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, speaking at the second reading of the Bill said it would establish
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    • 215 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The granting of citizenship is a matter of privilege and n t of right. disclosing this in Parliament today, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour. Mr. S. Rajaratnam remarked that a person who has the necessary residential qualifications will
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    • 124 3 SINGAPORE. Tues An 18-year-old youth. Suppiah Abumerican of 12-i m.s. Woodlands, was slashed to death with parang by four thugs near the junction of Woodlands and Kranji Roads, yesterday morning. According to Police. Suppiah. a labourer, was walking with a fellow worker V. Ramasamy 19.
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    • 136 3 PENANG. Tues. An admission by a shop-assis-tant. Tan Cheng Kooi. that there was a possibility that the person in the dock was not the one who robbed him, resulted in the acquittal and discharge of Low Kok Eng in the Sessions Court today. Tan made
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    • 257 3 SINGAPORE. Tues Only 200 freshies and co-eds were presented to university dons and seniors today at the University of Singapore. This was part of orientation week. 1968. The setting was a tea party given by the ViceChancellor of the University of Singapore.
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    • 15 3 SINGAPORE. Tues The-e were 104 traffic accidents of which two were serious yesterday.
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    • 151 3 SI N G A P ORE, Tues. Mrs. Aw Boon Haw and Miss Aw Sian left for Kuala Lumpur this afternoon before returning to Hong Kong, after attending the meeting of shareholders of Sing Sian Yit Pao and Sing Thai Wan Pao
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    • 61 3 PANGKOR. ISLAND. Tues. Eight families whose homes were damaged bv a storm earlier this month, were yesterday given $275 each as relief by the Dindings District Welfare Council. The presentation was made by the Chairman of the Council. Raja Shahriman bin Raja Abdul Hamid. who
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    • 207 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Parliament today approved a total of six Bills today. They were the Statutes (Amendment) Bill. External Loan Bill, Development Loan <Amendrm#it) Bill, and the Financial Procedure (Amendment) Bill. Jurong Town Corporation Bill and the Constitution (Amendment) Bill. In moving the External Loans Bill Dr
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    • 359 4 KUALA LUMPUR, TuCs.— A former finance company manager who used a f6rged agreement to secure a C 1.500 car loan for a man who never existed, was today fined $5OO in a Magistrate's Court here. Maurice Edgar De Silva was found guilty of the
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    • 165 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Turs. (Bernama) The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services will hold an emergency convention here on June 23 to approve ‘‘extraordinary powers* 5 for a showdown with the Government. The Congress planned to take “immediate action" if
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    • 398 4  -  DANCING COUPLE By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. One of the drawbacks in showbiz, complained Australian comedian Desmond Scott is that you Just could not afford to have homelife. “Round the world. Oh yah. interesting, but just imagine hopping round
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    • 270 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue S.— More than 2,000 children have received aid in the form of textbooks, uniforms and cash from the Malaysian Malayalee Catholic Welfare Society since its inception ten years ago. This was possible through the dedicated efforts of the officials and
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    • 125 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A second man today surrendered himself to the Selangor Police in connection with the alleged fatal stabbing of 17-year-old labourer, G Surrendran at a roadside at Setapak here on the night of May 10. The man. the second to surrender within a week today.
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    • 254 4 Tunku to open celebrations: KUALA LUMPUR, Tue*. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rkhttlkft, patron Of the Malayan branch of the Royal Commonwealth Society, will open the celebrations here on Monday to mark the society’s 100th anniversary. The branch will hold a “Film wbek”
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    • 129 4 KLANG. Tues. On Feb. 28 the Chemical Company of Malaysia reported to the Selangor Police that 7.500 lbs. of mercury valued at 5150,000 kept in flasks were found missing from its factory at Padang Jewa. near here. On Thursday, a plant supervisor.
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    • 44 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. (Bernama) The Yugoslav News Agency Tanjug today congratulated Bernama on the inauguration of its news service. Mr. R Jovic, Tanjug’s South-east Asia Correspondent. sent a telegram of greetings from Singapore to Bernama. “the new member among national news agencies.”
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    • 113 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tu*S. The Indonesian Minister of Trade. Major General Mohamed Jusuf. will arrive here at the end of the month for a four-day official visit. He is expected to be accompanied by a senior official from the Department of Trade. Disclosing this
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    • Article, Illustration
      96 4 A former Singapore detective, wanted by the Republic’s police in connection with a murder, was tonight taken back to the Island in the custody of Detective Inspector Seow Bock Kee of the Singapore Police. This follows the granting of an extradition order by a Magistrate's Court in
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    • 274 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A shop owner, Mrs. Mary Bong today denied in the High Court she had closed down her shop at Bukit Raja Estate, Klang, because of gang trouble, v Cross-examined by defence counsel. Mr. D. S.
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    • 145 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The decision of the Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, not to retire before the general elections next year should be welcomed by all Malaysians and friends of Malaysia. the Executive-Secretary of the Alliance, Mr. Robert Goh. said today. The Tunku spoke of his Intention
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    • 203 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. About thirty members consisting of men and ladies of the Methodist Afternoon School Old Boys’ Association will take part in their second ramble to be held here on Sunday at 6.30 a.m. The members will walk seven miles starting from the Masoba Clubhouse premises
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    • 685 10 NTUC to unions: SINGAPORE, Tues. The traditional role of trade unions must now give way to one of a more positive role in the social and economic advancement of workers. This is the view of the National Trades Union Congress which presented a paper on “The role
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    • 178 10 SINGAPORE Two Whirl-wind helicopters of No. 103 Squadron from RAF Seletar made a UM>mile dash to Mersing yesterday to search for a party of five British soldiers lost in the jungle for six hours. The soldiers, members of 19 Signal Regiment failed to return from
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    • 1038 10 Recognise ‘mutuality of interest -SEF SINGAPORE, Tues. Labour and management must accept that there is a mutuality of interest between them and that co-opera-tive effects are both desirable and possible. This is the view of the Singapore Employers’ Federation which has presented a paper on “The role of management in
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    • 493 10 SINGAPORE. Tues The National Trades Union Congress today welcomed and gave its support to the proposed Employment Bill 1968 which aim« at creating more jobs in the Republic However, it also pointed out “with some vigour and a good deal of
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    • 469 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. Three men, in their late forties, were each sentenced to four years' imprisonment by the High Court for culpable homicide. Yeo Ek Leong. Tan Choon Hoe and Peh Chi Peng were jointly charged with having committed culpable homicide not amounting to murder
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    • 127 10 12.45 p.m.-2 p.m The Rotary Club of Singapore weekly luncheon at the Blue Room. Capitol Building 1 p m Jaycee fellowship luncheon at 4A. Prince Street. 5.30 pm.-9 p.m SAT A, free mass X-ray station at Nelson Road Community Centre. Nelson Road. 5.30 p m.-8 p.m. Singapore Chess
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    • 390 11 Improve marketing of raw materials—envoy J£UALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, Brigadier General Abdul Talip says Indonesia and Malaysia should work together for the marketing and improvement of their raw materials. In an interview with Bernama today, he said as producers of raw materials, “we should make joint
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    • 227 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A record 140 Malay medium students have been admitted to the Arts Faculty of the University of Malaya this year, the Dean of Arts, Professor Hamzah Sendut, said today. Prof. Hamzah 6aid he exth: to be when admissions to the Science and
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    • 253 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. (Bernama) The Philippines Consul-General here, Mr. Romeo T. Cristobal, is now in Sabah looking into the welfare of Filipino nationals. A Philippines Embassy official said Mr. Cristobal would meet Filipino nationals working in Sabah and assist them in
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    • 116 11 KAMPAR. Tues. The State Alliance will be contesting all 20 Parliamentary seats and 46 Legislative Assembly se*ts in the State at the general elections. And among the Alliance line-up for these seats will be several new faces, including those of women. said Dato
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    • 99 11 «Mr. Hou E. Shieng can rightly claim to be one of the “fastest" men alive with the painting brush. Here he is seen giving his expert touch to his “Misty Mountain" painting which he did in five minutes. Actually, he considered that a mite too slow.
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    • 312 11 Enche Khir made this observation when he opened a school in Perlis last week. The Headmistress of the Bukit Bintang Girls’ School. Miss EM; Cooke, said: “Sometimes I send for the parents of children to discuss any problem affecting the child’s education, and I find it
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    • 37 11 The Russian Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. Vladimir Nikolaeviteh Kuznetsov paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Lim Swee Aun, at his Ministry in Kuala Lumpur, on Monday.
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    • 57 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Mr. Francis Lee Che Kok ha* been elected first President of the recently inaugurated Malaysia BookSellers’ Association. The inaugural meeting of the Association last week also elected Dato Mansor and Enche M. Shaik Alauddin as vice-president,- Mr. N.I. Mohamed,- secretary, and Mr. Moraes treasurer.
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    • 190 11 PENANG. Tues. There were blushes all around in a court here when a cashier at the Golden Sands Hotel. Miss Goh Yew Khuan, identified her brassieres, panties and a petticoat in the second magistrate's court here today. The items were exhibits in a theft
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    • 64 11 KUALA. LUMPUR. Tu«. The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, will entertain 300 Federal Scholarship students studying at the University of Malaya to a tea party at his residence, -Sri -Tasek, here, on Friday. He will open the annual meeting of the school inspectorate in- Petal'rs
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    • 293 11 Kuala Lumpur, Tues. The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, left for Sabah this morning to raise the standard of education In the State to the West Malaysian level within five years. Speaking to newsmen at the Subang Airport, Enche Khir said the
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    • 145 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Commodore Bulaiman bin Sujak. will go on an annual inspection tour to the Royal Malaysian Air Force in Labuan on Friday. During the tour he will Inspect the bdse and visit the Alouette and
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    • 39 11 KLANG. Tues. The Klang Mico Club, a friendship body, will hold its first annual meeting on Sundav. at 9 a.m. at the Sekolah Kebangsaan here. Mico is an abbreviation for Malays; Indians, Chinese and -others.
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    • 187 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues— The Malaysian Territorial Army is to recruit' new men for the 12th Infantry Bat- taiion. A recruiting team will" tour various districts in Pahang in the first week of next month to look for suitable young men to serve in the Territorial
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    • 87 11 KUALA LUMPUR." Tues. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. who is now touring Europe, will be back here on Sunday. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told Bernama Tun Razak is expected to arrive at 9.35 p m. at Subang International Airport Tun Razak
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    • 37 11 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Malaysia's Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will receive London’s highest' honour The Freedom Of The City on June 18 and his name will be added to-Its centuries-old-mil of fame.
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    • 193 11 MUAR.Tues.— The Ayer Hitam local council has appealed to the Johore-State Rural Development Committee for a sum of $25,000 for the construction and facelifting of temples in the local council area. A fund-raising committee has been set up at the Dato Seri Amar'Secondary School the largest
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  • 997 5 FEATURE ON OPENING OF S'PORE PARTS DEPT OF CATERPILLAR FAR EAST LTD. rpHE Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will open the Singapore Parts Department of Caterpillar Far East Ltd. today at 4.30 p.m. The new department which includes a training
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 222 6 hong KONG Tues. (UPI) Hong Kong police have asked Jakarta Police to help find a man wanted m connection with the murder of a woman and a child whose dissected bodies were found on May A spokesman said today -1. rent
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    • 223 6 Allied troops wiped out by VC communique TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) The Vietcong in a recent communique claimed to have “wiped out” more than a quarter of a million allied troops in the 100-day period including the Tet and Spring offensives. For the 100 days since January 30. “the start of
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    • 290 6 YITASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI). Unidentified planes bombed Haiti's two largest cities yesterday and by nightfall the Haitian army was encircling airborne troops, according to reports released by the Haitian Embassy here. Ambassador Arthur Bonhomme told United Press International last night the Invaders were surrounded
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    • 69 6 BRUNEI TOWN. Tues. (Reuter) The Brunei Tow-n nurse who assisted in Britain’s first heart transplant operation early this month has applied to join the Brunei Medical Department Miss Lim Laye Tin’s application is being considered by the Brunei Public Service Commission, a spokesman
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    • 107 6 BOSTON. Tues. (UPI) An all-male jury was chosen yesterday for the conspiracy trial of famed baby doctor Benjamin Spock and four codefendants accused of counselling young men to evade the draft. The 12 jury members and three alternates, also all men. will be locked
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    • 137 6 BRUSSELS. Tues (Reuter) US. Senator Jacob Javits said today that the present unrest in France could change President de Gaulle's attitude to British entry to the Common Market. The New York Republican indicated that this view was shared by others at a oneday
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    • 156 6 WAS H I N GTON, Tues. (UPl)—The Supreme Court granted a hearing yesterday to a theological student whose draft case has provoked a clash between the Justice Department and Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey. The case involves James J. Oestereich of
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    • 89 6 TOKYO. Tues (UPI) The Japanese Government today donated US$3,OOO for disaster relief in the Mariana Island group which was devastated by a typhoon last month. A Foreign Office official presented the donation to visiting representatives of the Marianas. including Vicente N. Santos. District Legislative
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    • 23 6 SAIGON Fires from burning buildings after rocket and mortar attack which apparently was in celebration of Ho Chi Minh's 78th birthday. CPI radiophoto.
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    • 93 6 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) The three children of Philippine President and Mrs. Ferdinand Marcos will visit the US. Military Academy at West Point today. It was announced last night. Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos Jr. and his two sisters Imes. 12. and Irene. 8.
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    • 94 6 BRUNEI TOWN. Tues. (Reuter) Brunei’s flag is to acquire two more stripes —Red and Green because of new additions to the Borneo Coastal State’s ruling hierarchy. The stripes represent two top palace posts filled recently that of Pengiran Temengong (Lord of the Seas), and
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    • 55 6 NEW YORK. Tues (Reuter) About 30 students at Brooklyn College seized the Registrar’s Office today and barricaded themselves inside They sent out a message saying they wmuld not surrender the office until the College Administration granted six demands and promised that none of the students w-ould
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    • 247 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) The Pentagon has justified a study of witchcraft including a woman sorcerer who douhlecrossed Congolese rebels as being useful in planning military operations, congressional testimony disclosed yesterday. •Senior military officers have reported many instances of dealing with military situations in developing nations
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    • 79 7 MANILA, Tues. (Reuter) Pirates defying government forces, struck again in Sulu in the Southern Philippines killing one man and looting several houses. Their raid came two days after the Armed Forces on Saturday declared a total war against pirates. President Marcos last week personally
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    • 95 7 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) Central Java police have detained a schoolboy who forged banknotes worth 700 rupiahs to give himself more P'-'-ket money. ’ndonesia’s Antara news agency reported from Semarang that the student admitted forging seven notes since last February “to fill in mv leisure time”. CuMICS. thrillers
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    • 30 7 PARIS. Tues. Troops help people from truck in strike paralyzing France. Million were unable to work because of the massive general strike. UPI radiophoto.
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    • 263 7 HONG KONG, Tues. (UPI). Communist China's top military leaders have concluded a conference in the Chinese capital, Peking Radio reported today. It was the first known high-level meeting of military men since the purge of the former acting chief of the Chinese General Staff and
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    • 124 7 CAIRO. Tues. (Reuter) Egyptian officials said 15 people died in a stampeded following rumours that a vision of the Virgin Mary had appeared in a Cairo church. Earlier reports said that eight people, including six children, died as huge crowds gathered
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    • 218 7 PARIS Tues. (I'PI) The Paris labour unrest yesterday engulfed about six million workers In strike action. Here is the situation at a glance: WHO IS STRIKING Members of the six major French unions, about 36 million. plus about 2.4 million non-union members. Why
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    • 84 7 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Tokyo, the world’s most populous city, yesterday set a new record for deathless days on its streets. Metropolitan police said yesterday was the fifth consecutive day without a traffic fatality. the lorgest stretch since police started keeping counts in 1955. The record was established
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    • 101 7 SAIGON. Tues. (UPI) Vietccng troops launched mortar attacks on three provincial capitals early today. Government spokesmen reported four civilians killed and 37 wounded in a continuation of the random Communist bombardments of South Vietnam's major population centres. Saigon escaped the bombardments but military spokesmen reported
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    • 68 7 COCOA BEACH. Florida. Tues. (Reuter) Ships ana planes talked together for the first time via satellite today and conversed with a small ground station that an amateur radio operator could build for US$5O. Using a 75-pound portable system set up here, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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    • 325 7 MADRID Tues. (DPI) Millionaire Matador Manuel Benitez “El Cordobes” was loudly booed and pelted with seat cushions yesterday by an angry bullfighting crowd which derided him for cowardice. "El Cordobes" appearance was a virtual disaster. His bulls which were selected by his own agents
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    • 186 7 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (UPl).—President Bourguiba of Tunisia said yesterday that he was deeply disturbed over the absence of China from the United Nations. Addressing the General Assembly, the 64-year-old statesman said “The isolation of this great country is hound to jeopardize international
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    • 239 7 MANILA Tues. (UPI) The Philippine government has ruled that Japanese firms in Manila mav resume operations under their original licences despite the ban imposed by Manila Mayor Antonio J. Villegas. Justice Secretary Mr. Claudio Teehankee issued the legal opinion on Monday in response
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    • 133 7 JAKARTA. Tues. (UPI) Residents of East Java, barely recovered from last month's floods, were under orders to evacuate to higher ground again today because of the threat of new floods. Heavy rains during the past few days have caused new dyke breaks at several points
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    • 68 7 COPENHAGEN, Tues. (UPI) The topless wave has now invaded the Danish football fields. A young Go-Go girl, entertaining last night during a break in the football match between Glasgow Rangers and the Danish team Frem. danced topless and the public enjoyed it. She was not the first Danish
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    • 109 7 CAPE TOWN, South Africa Tues. (UPI) Philip Blaiberg played football yesterday, iess than five months after he was given a new heart in the world's first successful heart transplant operation. The portly Blaiberg. 58, tossed a football around with members of Capetown’s Rugby Union team, the Lions.
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    • 75 7 BONN. Tues. (UPI) West Germany will withdraw most of its Red Cross workers now stationed in South Vietnam because much of the country, especially the Saigon area, is too crangerous for humanitarian aid personnel, it was announced yesterday. The decision was taken on the
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    • 26 7 SAIGON. Tues. Vice-President Nguyen Cao-Kv is seen here at a memorial service held for the victims of th© Vietcong Tet offensive.
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  • 442 8 IjWPEROR Haile Selassie, head of one of the J oldest nations in Africa, is now on a goodwill visit to Malaysia. Despite his advanced age, the Emperor has been making a tour of Asia to see for himself the leaders, the peoples and nations of a
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  • 323 8 PREMIER Tunku Abdul Rahman has extended an invitation to Singapore leaders to talk over matters of mutual interest. The Tunku said, “I have always wanted a meeting with Singapore leaders, and I hope they will agree for the good of the two countries that they should try
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    • 284 8 THE overhead bridge at Kallang Road (opposite the Gasworks) is hardly used at all. from my observations. It was built for pedestrians’ use at the time when there were continuous and considerable bottle-necks in the morning and afternoon hours caused by all sorts of vehicles
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    • 133 8 WE are living in the SIT. flats Bk. 30 of Jalan Klinik where aU letters to the tenants are delivered to the letter-boxes provided and located at the 1st floor. On many occasions letters were found torn to pieces and many were missing, besides the letter-boxes
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  • 258 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Hindoook of Evldene* for Criminal Trial,") MONA, Charlte’s second wife, agreed to make a joint will. It provided that the survivor was to use and enjoy their property; but. after death of both, their estate was to be divided in half between
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  • 3273 8 4 paper presented at the Regional Conference on Productivity and Emerging Economies, now being held at the Conference Hall, Singapore. PROD UCTIVITY organisations aim at promoting higher productivity and coordinating such activities. Most of the countries represented at this Conference have had national productivity centres
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  • Article, Illustration
    242 8  -  By National Master Tan Isian' Ann DURING the first term school holidays. 288 boys and girls participated in the Junior Championships. This was a record entry which Indicates the growing popularity of chess in school. Had not each school being limited to a maximum number of five entries, we
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastehn Sun Independent National Newspaper WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1968 !}-B. Cantonment Road, 39, |alan Sultan, Singapore 2. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/7 Telephone: *****/6 ’enang Offico 3. Leith Street, Tel: ***** ipoh Office 77, Brewster Road, Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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    • 70 8 Under the Distinguished Patronage of the Minister for Foreign Affairs MR. S. RAJARATNAM 4th. o} <Sporta o P en Championship VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL August 10-21, 1968 Guest Participant:NIKOLA KARAKLAIC International Chess Master of Yugoslavia Premier Event Prizes:$250, $2OO, $l5O, $lOO etc. Major Event Prizes:$lOO, $75, $5O etc. a CS Sponsored
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 263 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. In keeping with their policy of filling top management posts with capable local personnel. The National Cash Register Company (Singapore) Sdn. Berhad has announced the appointment of Mr. Michael Tan Cheng Hye Manager of their Data Processing Centre in Singapore. Mr.
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    • 42 9 WASHINGTON. Tues '(Reuter) The General Services Administration announced that 236 tons of grade A tin have been sent to India through the agency for international development. GSA also said there were no sales of tin to commercial customers today.
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    • 95 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The noon prires at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange todW re> Buyer Seller Coconut Oil irOR l Bulk *«2S Coconut Oil (l O B Drums C8 «5 Loose Copra Mixed Mnntok tViilte Pepper (I'.OB.) 115 00 Sarawak White Pepper (FOB.) 112.50 6arauuk Special Black Pepper ll Oil
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    • 208 9 VTEW YORK Tues. (UPI) Stock prices eased along a fairly broad front in active trading during the first hour today. Losses, however, were fractional except for some high priced glamour issues. Shortly before 11 am. the United Press International market-wide indicator had lost 0.19
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    • 165 9 LONDON. Tues (UPI) The rubber market closed uncertain with spot 17-15/16 18-3/16. Settlement House June 18 18-3/16 July 18-3/16 18-5/16 Aug 18-5/16 18-7/16 July/Sept 18-5/16 18-7/16 Oct/Dec 18-9/16 18-11/16 Jan/March 19 19-1/8 April/June 19-3/16 19-5/16 July/Sept 19-3/8 19-1/2 Oct/Dec 19-1/2 19-11/16 Jan/March 19-5/8 19-13/16 April/June 19-13/16 20
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    • 95 9 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The Association of Banks in Malaysia Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16; Airmail OD. 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33-} credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 35-}; Airmail O.D. 35}; 90 d/st. 36-} credit bills; 36-}
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    • 74 9 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) The London Stock Market ended on a firmer note after initial uncertainty Hopes of favourable figures from Courtaulds and ICI helped most leaders Into higher ground and towards the close the Ft Ord share index rose 1.1 to 465 7.
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    • 39 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 25 to 35 points higher on no July Sept 18.608 19.10A. November, Jan. March May 19.008 19.60A. The spot No. 1 RSS quoted at 19-3/8 cents per pound, nominal.
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    • 1045 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. There was no change in conditions on the Stock Exchange today and the amount of business written was at 1.7 million units of stocks and shares In industrials, some prices were again slightly higher than the previous day's close and however, the
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    • 279 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. June first grade rubber f.o.b. closed at 5 pun. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 51} cents per lb., unchanged from previous close. The tone was verv quiet. Opening quotations were marked U d but the market was slow to form. Speculative demand kept conditions
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    • 95 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Malayan mining employers are pleased with the “Industrial peace’’ In their mines. An annual report of the Malayan Mining Employers Association released yesterday attributes the harmony to the opportunities for discussions between workers and the management. The report adds: “It is
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    • 351 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The trading profit of a rubber estate company fell by 36 per cent as a result of thhe fall in rubber price last year. The Chairman of Kundong Tan Ong Pau Company Berhad. Mr. K.N. Eales,
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    • 428 9 SINGAPORE.,—Stock Exchange •old and offer prices officially listed at the close or business. INDUSTRIALS Ren Co 3.14 3.16 Knustead CBI 2.11 2.47 < sugar 4 11 4.20 Chemical Co 1.44 1.46 Cold storage 4.30 Dunlop 2.96 2.97 E. Smelting o.!)5 6 10 Ill 2.30 I.sso Ords 2.: 7
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    • 46 9 (Managers* rrices) First Malayan 2.fit second Malayan 1 »0 Ihlril Mala\an 1.19 The Commerce Industry \l> .95 1.01 The saving fund lot 1.13 Mrvt H'kong delete .85 .90* Second H'kong .00 .64* Malaysian Investment Fund XP 1.10 1.20 Sterling C’moditr 5/5 <• Hong Konjf Currency)
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Tues (UPI) Money Quotations: HKS6.IO/6.1175 per US dollar for cash RK514.50 per pound sterling HK5318.75 per tael gold.
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Tues— The tin price for today was $560.25 per picul, up 87} cents.
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    • 210 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 President Jackson 3/4 Hoegh Orris 5 Eastern Ranger 6/7 Golden Spring 8/9 State Of Orissa 10/11 Straat Fiji 13/14 Schiekerk 15/16 Sunda President Harding 19 Agios Therapon 21/22 Sea Express 23 Kinriki Maru
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 312 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S’PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE. "*SA ML 309 *.20 a m trom Perth/Jakarta M ML 019 8.05 a m. from MSA ML 121 9.30 a.m. from KX. MSA ML 005 10.25 a.m. from Penang Ipoh/K.L. Malacca. Msa ML 451 10.25 a.m. from Kuching. MSA ML 453 3-35 p.m.
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    • 595 9 M i\ 77 ■ft- 008 11 m to K.L./Ipoh/Penang. MSA ML 052 3.35 p.m to MaUrca K.L./Ipoh/Penang MSA ML 054 4.10 p.m. to K L./Penang. MSA ML 510 4.20 p.m. to Bangkok MSA ML 12* 6-00 p.m. to MM ML 030 9.30 p.m. to Cathay Pactflir CX 574 8 30
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1445 10 mar nauiu imiii j if- TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulao Pininf, 6 Ipoh and Melaka; 3 A 10 Johore Bahru; Taipinr. 7 Batu Pahat: ■iluang. P.M.: 5.45 Opening Annct. Prog. Summarv; 5.50 News Outlines in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10 Batfink
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 1199 12 Reuter. Nudity and frankness about sex are becoming more common in films, books and magazines in many countries as censorship relaxes its grip on the arts. But, swimming against the almost overwhelming current of the permissive society, some countries are tightening up their laws and
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    • 436 12  -  By ROBERT EVANS Reuter. A new ballet with longdistance lorry drivers as its central figures is one cf the most successful additions to the repertoire of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre for many years. And Westerners who go expecting to see another didactic exercise in socialist realism
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    • 389 12  -  By NICHOLAS MOORE (Reuter). pOONDAS The local term for gangsters and hoodlums are finding out that in West Pakistan, there come a point where crime no longer pays. In cities like Lahore and Karachi the Police, acting under orders from Provincial Governor Mohammed Musa, currently claim to
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    • 379 12  -  By TERENCE WILLIAMS Reuter. FILM magnates are expected to spend more than 60 million francs (£5 million) on buying new films at the Cannes Film festival, now in full swing with its usual flamboyance. glamour and high living. Figures released in Cannes show
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    • 317 12  -  By GUSTAVE DE JEANNE Reuter. Tunisian Government has decided to increase the wages of agricultural workers by 26 per cent as part of a new deal which also includes equal pay for women, social security benefits, and a promise of better housing. Under the
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    • 1226 12  -  By H.L. Herschensohn, M.D. Q: My father had glaucoma and I am worried that some day I might have this eye trouble. How can it be prevented? A: Glaucoma is not a preventable disease. However, the blindness that results from it can be prevented. It is
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  • HOLLYWOOD EVERYWHERE
    • 1078 13  -  By: Sheilah Graham pETEfc Sellers had a few words with Britt Ekland and she took off for Sweden which is what she usually does when they have a few words. She will orobdbly s£t over it and join him on his boat which is what she
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 13 JATHF.R actors may be prisoners of their own screen image but John Philip Law considers himself lucky. He has just finished two films for Paramount with totally opposite roles. In “DANGER: DIABOLIK", he plays a tough super-villain In “BARBARELLA.” suprisingly enough he is cast as an exceedingly good
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    • 19 13 NORMAN Bogner has been signed by Harold Robbins to write the screenplay for “79 Park Avenue.”
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    • 187 13 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Alvin Cassel. CBS Films Executive. stationed in Japan was here recently to discuss with the Cathay Organisation their distributors and exhibitors regarding the release of CBS films this year. Mr Cassel said CBS productions were going In a big way
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    • 288 13  -  Fro m: Our Hong Kong correspondent pRETTY Nartcy Sit Kar-yin. at 17, is sitting ort top of the world in the glittering sphere of Hong Kong’s filmland. She is a star of the Cantonese screen. Nancy has 14 fan clubs in Hong
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    • 180 13 BROADWAY actor Clifford David has been signed by producer William Castle for a highly unusual role in Paramount Pictures’ explosive drama “The Riot.” David will portray a transvestite serving time in “Queen’s Row’’ of a prison in the motion picture, which is scheduled to go before the cameras on
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 217 13 SHAW tGANlsanow NOW SHOWING! 11. 1.45. 4.00. «.3n A 9.15 Ursula Andress John Derek “ONCE BEFORE I DIE" Color From Warner Bros-7 Arts NEXT CHANGE- Dick Van Dvke •>ltiwtlly” P'Vislon. Color <UA) linilh-imMmttt Last Day! 11. 1.45. 4.00, 0.50 9.31 Hayley Mills, Tre\or Howard Shashi Kapoor "PRETTY POLLY’ Technlco’or As
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    • 247 13 ICATHAYjj] NOW SHOWING SIMULTANEOUSLY AT ODEON I PALACE 21-116 *****8 11. 1.39. 4 00. B.SO 9.15 n m. I.M. 4.00. 8.45 A 9.50 p.m. ORCHARD-***** Last Das! 1 .SO. 4. 8.30 9.13 p.m. JAMES BOND 001 ‘CASINO ROY ALE’ (Columbia) David Niven. Ursula Andress Technicolor PanaVision iNo Free List! Odron
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  • NEWSFEATURES
    • 168 14 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. (Reuter) A new drug called “Hog.” possibly related to a farmyard anaesthetic, is being injected into the Hippie market to challenge LSD. More than 4.000 Hog pills, which doctors say can give “a milder trip” than hallucinatory drugs, were handed out free to
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    • 146 14 HONG KONG. Tun. (Reuter) The Chinese University of Hong Kong is giving graduates special mock interviews to help them find jobs The university's appointments service is taking this measure because, it says, they do not know enough about society and lack general knowledge when being interviewed
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    • 128 14 SYDNEY. Tues (UPI> Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi said today her nation had demonstrated to the world it was not aggressive but that its people were prepared to meet any form of aggression against it. Speaking to newsmen on her arrival in Sydney for
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    • 122 14 1— TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter) 1— Students at a private high school in Osaka. West- ern Japan, are up in arms about a party the school staged to increase enrolments. It all began when the authorities decided to overcome financial difficulties by attracting more fee-paying pupils. The
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    • 166 14 HONG KONG. Tue s (Reuten Hong Kong urban councillor, Dr M H Huang feels sex education should only be taught in schools if the students are physically developed to receive it. Speaking at a meeting on the subject organised by the Hong Kong
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    • 82 14 JAKARTA. Ties. (Reuter) A baffled Indonesian pilot turned back to home base after tuning in to Jakarta airport control tower for landing instructions and picking up a barrage of music instead. All he heard after circling the airport was the pop song “Yesterday” so he decided to
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    • 69 14 MANILA. Tues (Reuter) A four-year scholarship on forestry awarded during a national 4-H club rally recently in Laguna province attended by some 500 village youth and adult leaders from all over the country. The four-day rally was held at the State University of the Philippines’ College of Forestry
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    • 380 14 ENGLEWOOD. Ohio. A BRONZE plaque, portraying General Claire Lee Chennault and commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Air War In ChinaRurma. was reeently presented to Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault. widow of the leader of the famous Flying Tigers and the 14th Air Force during World War
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    • 110 14 AN American psychologist says Hong Kong's young people are becoming more and more like those jn Western countries. Mr. Joseph Precker who is carrying out research on Hong Kong youth, said: “A youth in Hong Kong does not think much differently to his counterpart in New
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    • 86 14 TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter) Adult comic magazines have become so popular among Japanese college students and youths in their late teens that seven new magazines have appeared on the market this year. These magazines carry mostly what publishers call “dramatic comic strips.” Some are pornographic. One university professor
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    • 52 14 SYDNEY, Tues. A step towards introducing computer education in Australian high schools has been taken at one boys’ school in Sydney. Ten top mathematics students were recently given a one-day course in simple programming and the use of computer time-sharing devices. The students picked up computer
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    • 129 14 TOKYO. Tues. (CPI) Japanese psychologists say that optical illusions cause traffic accidents on sloping highways. A group of psychologists from Tokyo Metropolitan University carried out a series of tests under the direction of associate professor Shogo Imai. Mr. Imai said that drivers travelling 48 miles per
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    • 352 14 By MIGUEL MARABCT MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) Undernourished children are a major problem for relief workers at evacuation centres near Mayon volcano. Many of the 40.000 refugees who fled from the slopes of the erupting volcano in recent weeks are suffering from influenza and intestinal ailments. Government
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    • 92 14 TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter) Of the 890 students at a junior high school in a farming district in Iwate prefecture. Northern Japan. 119 are named Chiba. 93 Sato. 82 Abe. 69 Sugawara and 63 Onedera. Eight pairs also have the same first names as well as the same
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    • 90 14 PORT ELIZABETH. South Africa. Tues. (Reuter) Old Hapoor. one of the world's most famous elephants. has been shot dead after escaping from the Addo National Park near here. He broke out of the elephant enclosure through a seven-foot steel cable fence. Hapoor was found a day
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    • 119 14 w w mm WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) The Defence Department has discovered that if you want to teach teenagers from the nation's ghettoes. use words and described experiences they can understand. The result of this discovery is what may be the most unusual reading primer ever published in
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 369 14 Eastehn Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR Ngee Ann Building Singapore SS. MUBARUK Brothers. 63. Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maiu Avenue. Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore TAY BUAN CUAN LTDSUPERMARKET 83. East Coast Road. Singapore 15 Tel *****9 HAMIEM STORE. 1419. Upper
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    • 79 14 Advertiser's Name Telephone No Number of 1n5erti0n5................. Date(s) Requested Payment awl accompany fair nrdev S IF O. Ckt|ir Cnl ratlnHl Cash must be rrflittrrl. Clffles etc. should ho crossed. Classified advertisements may be handed at the following addresses! KUALA LUMPUR: IPOH: PENANG: 39 |ALAN SULTAN. TELS: *****/6 8-10 TATLOCK ST.,
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  • 298 15  -  KEVIN MITCHELL TO RIDE ON LAST TWO DAYS By Windsor Lad TPOH, Tues.— Wongthaggi, an all the way winner at Penang, showed striking form in a testing 3f trial with Prince Avalene to return 3^*2/ 5 on a yielding track here this morning. Wongthaggi held a slight
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  • 236 15 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) British athletics needed a “thorough overhaul” and should be headed by a profes'ional director with a salary of at least 3,500 sterling, according to the report of a Committee of Inquiry published yesterday. The ten-man committee, led by Lord Byers, was
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  • 98 15 SINGAPORE. Tues.—F.G. Salaysay (Heap 9) carded a 39-38-77, to win the Amril Medal (stroke) at the Keppel Links during the weekend. Playing against other single handicappers. many of them were Singapore Amateur Open veteran competitors. Salaysay executed well-controlled teeshots, deadly pltchlngs and accurate putts
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  • 116 15 BONN, Tues. (UPI) British rice driver Chris Irwin was still unconscious and in critical condition yesterday, three days after he crashed his Ford Prototype in training on the nearby Nuerburgring race track. Doctors at the Bonn University Clinic of Neurosurgery issued a medical bulletin which
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  • 244 15 SINGAPORE. Tues. Defending champion. Lim Cheng Yew easily defeated Seah Nam Heng in straight sets 15-5. 15-2 in the second round of the 1968 youth badminton championships held at the Singapore Badminton Hall last night. With this victory, Cheng Yew qualified tor the
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  • 54 15 A husband and wife team, Audrey and John Piggot in a Mazda 985 cc won the 500 mile KLM rally on Sunday. They also won the Class ‘A’ for cars under 1500. Picture shows the Sultan of Selangor presenting the trophy during a cocktail party at the Selangor Club. Kuala
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  • 304 15 TOKYO. Tues (UPI) Orient lightweight champion Pedro Adigue is staking his chance at a crack at world junior welterweight titleholder Paul Fuji's crown when he defends his orient title against Hidemori Tsujimoto of Japan, on June 7 in Manila. Adigue is scheduled to
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  • 35 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Malaysian Armed Forces will meet Kedah at the Armed Forces Stadium, Gurney Road here on Saturday at 5 p.m. in a North Zone Malaysia Cud soccer tie.
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  • 855 15 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Batsmen came to the fore in English county cricket championship matches yesterday with four men reg- istering centuries. Leading the run parade with the season's highest score was 27-year-old lefthander Mervyn Kitchen who slammed an undefeated 161 for Somerset
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  • 155 15 TOKUYAMA. Japan. Tues. (UPI> Former world flyweight champion Hiroyuki Ebihara failed to score a single knockdown as he won a majority 10-round decision last night over Rudy Ventura of the Philippines in a non-title bout. Ventura. 23, the Philippines number eight bantamweight weighed in at 112
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  • 63 15 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Rochore Community Centre will hold Its 2nd basketball tournament for the Dr. Toh Chin Chye challenge cup next month. The competition will be divided into senior, junior and women’s sections. Dr. Toh Is the Minister for Science and Technology. Entry
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  • 71 15 MUAR. Tues. A 12member team from Jementah will take part in the Segamat District Basketball Championships to be held on Saturday. Jementah’s team will be picked from: Gan Lian Heng (captain), Lee Kik Chin, Tan Choon Kwee. Gan Siang Wah. Sit Yong Yang. Wong
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  • 1159 15 Horses Class 4s DtV. 1-5'A Furs. i Tudor Pirate 3y 9.00 Agasam Stable Spencer 623 Film Studio IV 4y 900 Shaw Stable Tulloh Layhimtat 3y 8.12 Mr. H C Tan a- Madam S K. Chan Nowrnox 3y 8 12 Min Stable Smoko 3y 8.12 Gary's Stable
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 62 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 10.19 a.m. (7.1 ft.). 9.45 p m. (6.5 ft.) Port Swettenham: 1.58 a.m. (11.7 ft.), 2.32 p.m. (13.9 ft.) Port Dickson: 3.22 a.m. (6.3 ft.). 3.33 pm. (7.4 ft.) Singapore: 7.20 a.m. (6.8 ft.), 8.28 p.m. (7.1 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 6.01 a m (50 ft.). 6.14
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  • Sun Sport
    • 371 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Tues. Bulgarian soccer coach Lozan V. Kocev said footballers in Sin- a pore have a big responsibility in the task of uilding strong national teams to represent the Republic in international competitions. In an interview with £unsport here today
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    • 115 16 PENANG. Tues Penang will host this year's PanMalaysian Inter-State Northern Zone Survey Departmental Games on May 31 and June 1. The four competing States are Selangor. Perak, Penang and Kedah-Perlis. To make the occasion a memorable one, the organisers have planned a grand "Malam Ukor”
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    • 42 16 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) The final five-day cricket Test between England and Australia at the Oval here starting on August 22 will be extended by one day if the series is level after the Fourth Test. MCC announced here today.
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    • 326 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor Rugby Union will hold their two-day rugby trials on Aug. 12 and 13. 1 The venue for the trials has not been decided yet but the SRU will notify the club representatives a week before
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    • 37 16 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) MCC were 68 for four at lunch in reply to the Australian cricketers’ first-inn-ings score of 246 for nine declared on the final day of their three-day match here today.
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    • 129 16 SINGAPORE. Tues: —Ma-laysia-Singapore Airlines 1968 league champions will meet NAAFI. Imperial in the Singapore Business Houses F. A. division one league and cup competition at SRC ground tomorrow. In the other division one match Hotel Singapura this year’s league runner-up
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    • 125 16 Free use of training facilities LONDON. Tues The Central Council of Physical Recreation in Britain is offering free use of the training facilities at the Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre. London, to the athletes. swimmers, divers and water polo players considered by their associations to be Olympic “possibles.’’ The scheme,
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    • 280 16 SEREMBAN. Tues.—Negri Bembllan and Selangor registered convincing wins over Malacca and Johore respectively in South Zone their three-day match here Shield soccer quadrangular here today. In the opening match, Selangor with two Internationals. Chow Kwai Lam and Ibrahim Mydln. beat a weak Johore XI
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    • 139 16 IPOH. Tues An unruly crowd caused a Div. 1 soccer fixture between the Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Association and the Malay Sports Club at the Municipal padang today to be abandoned shortly after the interval. The Malay SC was leading by a
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    • 119 16 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) The England and Australian Test cricketers, already competing for 5.000 sterling from an insurance company in this season’s series, heard of another 2.250 sterling being thrown into the pool today. Horlicks Limited are giving 100 sterling for the best batting
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    • 64 16 While the contest Is on they are rivals. But they are good friends reaiiv. The two people concerned are Ingchorg Busch (left). 1968 German champion in women’s high diving and Angelika Hilbert (right). 1968 German champion in fancy diving. While Angelika was diving in a
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    • 133 16 SINGAPORE. Tues: —Ten matches will be playedoff in the 1968 Singapore national table tennis championships at Khee Fatt School premises tomorrow. The matches will be the inter-business house league and inter boys team league events. Inter Business House league:— Fitzpatrick (Red) vs Pan Malaysia
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    • 193 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. Chinese Athletic will meet Fathul Karih in the senior division one soccer league to be played at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow (Kickoff 5.30 p.m.) C.A. caused a big upset when they beat the seasoned Telox Koran Ur*’? their league clash last week.
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    • 105 16 ALOR STAR. Tues. Asir Victor, the Malaysian international runner won top honours at the Northern Area National Electricity Board s 11th annual athletic championship held at the Darulaman Stadium. He won the individual championship and also the best performance award both challenge trophies being presented by
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