Eastern Sun, 26 May 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Z Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 656 Sunday, 26 May 1968. -ft MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 56 1 How would you feel when confronted by the Lion of Judah. But for eight-month old Hanako Young, it was all smiles when Emperor Haile Selassie presented him with a bundle of Ethiopian currency notes during his visit to the Housing and Development Board flats yesterday. Eass tern Sun pix by
    — Eass; tern Sun pix by Jimmy Chow. (Story in Page 3)  -  56 words
  • 62 1 BARCELONA. Sat. (Reuter Thousands of spectators at Barcelona bull-ring successfully oleaded for the life of a bull to be «aved in a fight. The sixth and final bull of Thursday night's programme fought so gallantly that when Matador Andres Hernando was preparing for the kill, the
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  • 30 1 SAIGON. Sat. (Reuter* Vletcong guerillas sneak?d through the “ring of steel’ guarding Saigon and battled with South Vietnamese Forces today less than three miles from the Presidential Palace.
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  • 337 1 PARIS, Sat. (Reuter) American and North Vietnamese delegations, due to hold their fifth negotiating session here on Monday, have made clear that neither is considering breaking off the preliminary peace talks despite the present impasse. The 12-day-old talks have so far
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  • 36 1 MANILA, Sat. (UPI> Congressman Salipada Pendatun of Cotabato Province said today he had n<> knowledge of a secesionist Moslem republic in the Southern Philippines but added southern Moslems felt they were second class citizens.
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  • 549 1 POLICE ORDERED: Paris, Sat. Reuter T'HE French Government has ordered police to break up with force if necessary any street meetings in Paris after facing "an obvious attempt to set off the start of a civil war/' Prime Minister Georges Pompidou said today. He spoke to
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  • 46 1 SINGAPORE. Sal. The Minister for Education. Mr. Ong Pang Boon today announced official recognition of Nanyang University degrees. He made this announcement at the University's ninth convocation ceremonv. when 333 graduands were conferred their degrees at the National Theatre. (See also Page 5).
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  • 51 1 PARIS, Sat. (Rruter) A big department store here is very proud of one display window which proclaims “always something new here.” This week it has been true to its boast: Striking shop workers are sitting in the window, playing cards and loo!; ng out at people looking
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  • 512 1 U.K. AID TALKS LONDON, S a t (Reuter) Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night reported "good progress" in Governmet talks here today on British aid, Singapore's sterling balances, and conversion of the British Navy's dockyards there for commercial operations. He had separate discussions with
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  • NEWS
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 565 3  -  By H.M.S. SUTAN SINGAPORE, Saf. A bundle of joy a bundle of pride that's eight-month-old Hanako Young when Emperor Haile Selassie called at his flat this afternoon and presented him with a bundle of Ethiopian currency notes. As all babies would do, he clutched
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    • 157 3 SINGAPORE, Sot. A week-long meeting between delegations from Singapore and France has achieved "a substantial measure of agreement" on the avoidance of double taxation. A Government statement Issued today said that remaining matters would require further consideration both in Paris and Singapore. Delegation
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    • 151 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Forty-seven young seamen were todav urged to maintain a high .standard of performance and good discipline when assigned to foreign ships. Making this call was the chairman of the Singapore Shipowners' Association Mr. J den Hoedt. when he presented certificates
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    • 30 3 ;UALA LUMPUR. Sat. Mr Earl J. Wilson. Director. US. Information Service. American Embassy here, will hold a month-long exn h tion of “Paintings of Malaysia from June 3.
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    • 194 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. A large crowd this afternoon turned up at the charity bazaar at Japan Club in Bukit Timah Road here to buy Japanese delicacies and other attractive items at halfprice. The massive sale of Japanese goods at the bazaar, ranging from
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    • 452 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Singaporeans were today urged to view the problems facing the Republic in the right perspective and solve them in accordance with the dictates of their own norms. This call was made by the Defence Minister. Mr Lim Kim San.
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    • 340 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Singapore Medical Association declared today that those who could not afford must never be denied the best medical care society could provide. It, however. supported the Government’s move to see that those who could afford should pay for medical
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    • 173 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. A former political detainee has called upon Chinese middle school students not to allow themselves to be misled into participating in pro-Communist activities. Lim Poh How, who wajj released recently, said in a public statement that he was the victim of the so-called
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    • 84 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. An Ikebana Demonstration and Exhibition of Driftwood Arrangements and Sale will be held at 35, Pasir Panjang Hill, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Swee Cheng on Monday. This demonstration, in aid of the Singapore Association for the Blind, is
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    • 485 4 My trip will help improve ties —Razak MOSCOW, Sat. (Novosti) —"I hope my visit will help improve relations between our countries/' Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said on his arrival in Moscow. He was answering a correspondent of the Nbvosti Press Agency A.P.N. who asked about the prospects
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    • 493 4 Need for 'second echelon'-N-Theatre Trust chief SINGAPORE. Sat. Singapore must ensure that only men of sufficient calibre be recruited to be trained to succeed the present leadership. This call came from Dr Goh Poh Seng, chairman of the National Theatre Trust, when he spoke at a luncheon meeting of the
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    • 120 4 PENANG. Sat. Industrialists in Penang must revitalise their operations to ensure the prosperity of the island, the President of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Tan Sri Saw Seng Kew. said today. “They must not merely produce rubber, tin. palm oil. coconut oil, cement and
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    • 232 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Recognise the girl in tbe picture? Yes. it's Mrs. Janies Lau or better known under her maiden name of Lai Yoke Heong. the schoolgirl who lost both her arms in a motor accident six years ago. Well, that was six years
      — Eastern Sun pix by Mok Voon.  -  232 words
    • 353 4 IPOH. Sat. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, today said the only way to achieve world understanding was to temper the present day materialistic approach with religion. Enche Khir speaking at the sth annual District Convention of the International Association of
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    • 76 4 National Art Gallery: Exhibition of batek design and art 10 am. to 630 p.m Peninsular Art Gallery: Works of prominent Malaysian artists exhibition 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weld Swimming Pool: 9.30 am to 12.30 pm. 2 pm to 5 p.m.. 6 pm. to 9 pm Zoo Negara:
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    • 44 4 TOAN Berggren, star of the Holiday On Ice show presenting a basket of orchids to Puan Sharifah Rodziah. wife of the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, after the performance in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night. —Eastern Sun picture by Mok Voon.
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    • 146 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Prime Minister of India. Mrs. Indira Gandhi, will pay an official four-day visit to Malaysia from Wednesday accompanied by a 16-mem-ber official suite. Highlights of the programme include an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong
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    • 162 4 PENANG. Sat. The secretary of the Transport Workers’ Union. Mr. V. David, today demanded a new deal for the working class and the freedom of workers to join any trade union without hinderance from the government. He was speaking at the inaugural general meeting
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    • 52 4 MUAR. Sat. A public meeting will be held at the Pekang Ayer Panas Community Hall on Tuesday to mark the World Health Day celebrations. Highlights of the celebrations will be a baby show and a health exhibition to depict this year’s theme: "Health In The World
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    • 371 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Government today made it clear to civil servants in the country its decision on the Suffiian Salaries Commission report will be based on its financial position. The Chief Secretary to the Government. Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed
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    • 28 4 PENANG. Sat. The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, will present prizes at the finals of the Kampong Rawana U.M.N.O. branch talentime on June 1.
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    • 164 4 PENANG. Sat. Mass anticholera vaccination was carried Out in the Telok Kumbar area by medical teams today after a 65-year-old Malay woman there was found to be infected with cholera yesterday. Cars and buses passing through Telok Kumbar, a fishing village. 14 miles from town,
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    • 76 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Emperor Haile Selassie, today sent a telegram to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong expressing the hope his recent trip to Malaysia would help promote “the happy relations existing between our two countries. Thanking the King tor the cordial welcome during his State visit,
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    • 42 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong this morning presented decorations to the last group of 45 recipients of his birthday honours last year. Seventeen received the Bintang Kastria Mangku Negara (KMN) and 28 the Pingat Pangkuan Negara (PPN). (Bernama).
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    • 333 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Japanese Ambassador. Mr. Taisaku Kojima. left by air from here today for home this morning to attend a three-day conference of Japanese heads of foreign missions. He will be away for three weeks. Counsellor. Mr. Mitsou Asaba. will act for him. PENANG. Sat.
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    • 579 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Thunderous applause rang through the Notional Theatre this morning when it was announced that the Government has officially recognised Nanyang University degrees. In making this heartwarming announcement, the Education Minister, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, said: “It means that Nanyang graduates can now compete for
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    • 102 5 DEADERS of the EasVV tern Sun will, from next week, be able to read in our editorial page extracts from Chinese Press opinions. It is hoped this will give our readers a wider assessment of the views behind the news of the Chinese section
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    • 299 5 SINGAPORE, Sot. Hard work by past graduates of Nanyang University contributed to the official recognition of its degrees today, said Mr. Tan Siak Kew, chairman of the University Council. Citing this example lor their emulation, he told some 333 graduands and undergraduates of the University at
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    • 89 5 These are the ten best dressed women who were selected during the dinner and Ball of the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents and the Advertisers’ Association at the Orchid Lantern. Tropicana. Singapore, on Friday night. The ten are from left: Mrs. George Howling, Mrs. Victor
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    • 178 5 SINGAPORE, Sot.— The first recording b y Singapore's 1968 RTS Talentime winners, "The Tidbits" will be released in Australia and India next week. This was announced today by Mr. Stanley Kulin, Regional Manager for Southeast Asia and America of RCA Victor Records.
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    • 76 5 10 a.m. 6 p.m. Nineteenth Local Artists’ Annual Exhibition at Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place. 3 p.m The Seventeenth Annual First Aid Competition at St. John Ambulance Headquarters, Beach Road. 5.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Performance by the Singapore Infantry Regiment Band at the Macßitchie Reservoir Bandstand. National Theatre
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • 447 6  -  By DAVID LAWDAY T ATTER-d o y hippies in this “Land of Love" are younger, lonelier and more addicted drugs than the founders of the cult in San Francisco three years ago. Less than half of them have a reliable friend, according to a report
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 364 6 THE MAN FROM tGULPs THE BERSERK MACHINE IS LEVELING THE ENTIRE THRUSH COMPLEX.' THEIR OWN CREATION IS DES- TROYINGTHEM/,^ THEN AS A NI6HTMAREOF DEVASTATION FOLLOWS... c V, 0 E2 3 •Z 't Jt'i /a k. r. Am i m And MOMENTS LATER, AS THE CRACK ASENTS STAND ON THE RUINS
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  • PHOTO TIPS
    • 533 7 D ONT rush indoors with your camera the minute the sun goes down. Many good pictures in colour or black-and-white lur.k in the shadows of the night, which is really far from being all dark. Scenes bathed with silvery moonlight or sharply illuminated with
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 286 7 WHY PON'T VOU ASK YOfil.... PIPN'T HE PROMISE you A STORY f 44ajnina-'Barbera s HEY, PAP.... TELL US A STORY ABOUT the brave KNIGHTS' YEAH/THE ONES THAT POUOHT ALL THOSE DRAGONS! iS -■i. ■tr LET'S 60 FINP HIM/ hey' THAT'S RIGHT JW/ YOGI BEAR C S' ifii c MON,yo^i....you PROMlSEP
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  • FOLLOW THE SUN A LIBERAL ARTS PACE And the libera soul shall be made fat
    • 451 8 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) I* the neutrino, that most baffling: of atomic particles, a clue to the state of the universe as it was in the very distant past say, 3-5 billion years ago. A British scientist thinks it possible the neutrino has
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    • 79 8 BRISBANE. Sat. (Reuter) —Port authorities h<*re have made what they believe to be pioneering tests with a laser beam as a navigational aid. The tests, carried out on Wednesday night off the Brisbane seaside suburb of Cleveland, involve steering a motor vessel along the
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    • 464 8  -  Arthur and the round table? By ROBERT MUSEL LONDON, Sat. (UPI). Somewhere back in the bronze age, about 3,000 years ago, ancient Britons began carting baskets of rubble to a spot near their sacred centre of Avebury and eventually raised the highest man-made mound
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    • 123 8 STOCKHOLM. The Gustaf de Laval medal, instituted this year in connection with the 75th anniversary of the Swedish Stal-Laval company of which de Laval was the founder, was awarded for the first time on May 8. The recipient was Professor Richard Soderberg, Dean of the
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    • 214 8 BANGKOK, sat (Reuter) Thailand still Insists that Hippies must smarten up if they are to remain in the country. The Thai Interior Minister. General Praphas Charu* sathien. said these people must shave off their beards and cut their long hair. At the same time, he has
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    • 225 8 STOCKHOLM, A preparation to aid diagnosis of kidney infections, another which helps Rh negative mothers with Rh positive babies and a third against excessive bleeding have been introduced by Kabi. This Stockholm pharmaceutical company introduced their new products in connection with the inauguration of a plant and
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    • 117 8 HANNOVER (DaD)— Laser rays confer mysterious and magic powers to sereen stars in modern super thrillers. Reality is a great deal less exciting yet much more to the purpose At this year’s Hannover Fair, the largest industrial show in the world, a German electrical firm demonstrated
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    • 183 8 Future life or frozen fertiliser? SAN FRANCISCO. Sat. (Reuter) Only ignorant and lazy people need die. according to an expert on the new deep freeze science of cryobiology Dr. Robert C. Ettinger. a Michigan college professor. reported that half a dozen Americans had already agreed to have their corpses frozen
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    • 57 8 STOCKHOLM. A project under which the regular police who patrol Swedish waters will also aid in nature conservancy, such as checking oil discharges from ships, nas started on a modest scale. Two patrol boats equipped to analyse polluted water are now in operation on Lake Malar and
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    • 654 8 To love and to be loved...again NEW YORK, Sat. (UPI). Sime eight million women belong to its often lonely, often tragic, often pessimistic group. They are the ones who either give up to grief or struggle to rejoin the human race. They are the windows
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    • 122 8 STOCKHOLM. A new method of measuring the ventricular size of the brain of children by means of echoencephalography has been developed by Dr. Irene Sjogren of the pediatric clinic of the Akademiska Hospital. Uppsala. The ultrasound method, known as Index Sjogren, i s said to be both
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    • 109 8 HANNOVER (DaD) This is the finest reporter microphone in the world with a built-in electronic “tone-master”. Irregardless if the speaker whispers or yells, a perfect reproduction is guaranteed. An intricate electronic system In the stem of the microphone takes care of the proper
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 334 9 T ONDuN, Sat. (UPI). The Bank of England's new credit squeeze sent the stock market spinning lower yesterday and wiped out a long list of recent gains. The move to curb all bank loans depressed the market only one day after sparkling
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    • 80 9 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) The 34,274-ton Cunard liner Caronia, until recently the world’s top pleasure cruise ship, has been sold to the American-becked Star Line of Panama. A Cunard announcement tonight said the Caronia had been sold for about 1,250,000 sterling. She was launched at
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    • 48 9 TOKYO, Sat. (UPI) The Tokyo Stock Exchange suffered- a general decline today Month-led liquidation selling caused the losses which swept all areas of the market. The 225-stock price average closed at yen 1.4563.2 down yen 3.87 from Friday. Seventy-five million shares were traded.
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    • 60 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. 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. 33-3/8 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: New York 32-5/16; Deutsche Marks 128-3/8; Holland Guilders 116-7/8;
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    • 486 9 SINGAPORE. Sat In the latest move in their drive for increased operational efficiency, the Metropolitan Police have installed direct office copying machines in most stations in their 23 divisions. In all. one hundred and eighty Rank Xerox 813 copiers and 330 copier/ duplicators
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    • 90 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The world of advertising will soon be coming to Singapore and Malaysia when 600 delegates from over ten countries attend the Sixth Asian Advertising Congress. The Workshop will be held in Kuala Lumpur from June 26th 28th and the Conference Proper
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    • 190 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Stock prices struggled higher in active trading today even though the news background was generally gloomy. Gains. however, were usually i n fractions. Selective second line issues and a number of glamour stocks showed good strength while Blue Chips
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    • 68 9 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) The rubber market closed hesitant with spot 18-7/8 19-3/8. Settlement house June 18-3/4 19 July, Aug and July/Sept 18-7/8 19 Oct/Dec 18-15/16 19-3/16 Jan/March 19-5/16 19-1/2 April/June 19-7/16 19-5/8 July/Sept 19-9/16 19-3/4 Oct/Dec 19-11/16 19-7/8 Jan/March 19-13/16 20 ApriliJu/ne 20 20-3/16 July/Sept 20-3/16 20-3/8
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    • 284 9 Rubber mart dominated b y speculative demand SINGAPORE. Sat. The market ruled steady, and at times firm, during the week and was dominated by speculative demand and shortcovering. state Holiday. Cutler. Bath and Co. Ltd. in their weekly market review. The recent buying of hedges against currency uncertainties gathered momentum
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    • 28 9 WASHINGTON, Sat. (Reuter) No offers were made today to General Services Administration to buy tin. No commercial sales were made by the agency this week.
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    • 708 9 SINGAPORE. Sat—Business in and reported to the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange with the number of shares dealt in brackets. INDUSTRIALS Ben $3.26 (4,000> $3.28 (4.000) $3.30 (1.000); Boustead $lB6 (4.000) $lBB (3,000); C. Sugar $4.20 (2,000) $4 18 (3,000) $4 14 (8.000) $4.12
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    • 87 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 25 points lower across the board on the N.Y. Commodity Exchange yesterday. There were no sales. July 19.10 bid, 19.60 asked. Sept. 19.10 bid, 19.60 asked, Nov. Jan.. March, and May all 19.50 bid. 20.10 asked. Note: Due to exchange
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Sat The tin price for today was $560.25 per picul, up 50 cent*.
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    • 421 9 SINGAPORE, —Stork Exchange sold and offer price* officially liated at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS Ben Co 338 3.32 Kuustead XBI 1 88 C. sugar 4.14 Chemical Co 1 48 1.49 Colil storage 4.54 4 68 Dunlop 3.06 3.10 E. smelting 6.:i0 6.50 E.A.I 2.38 2.35 Esso Ords
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    • 183 9 DETROIT. Sat. (UPI) Henry Ford II has said the sales outlook for the auto industry “is very good,” but all business and industry is threatened by “the most serious domestic crisis since the civil war.” Mr. Ford, Chairman of the Board of the
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    • 36 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Friday’s volume was 13.300,000 shares of a total 1,488 issues traded. 755 were higher and 521 lower. American Exchange volume wa s 7.950.000 shares bonds volume amounted to 14,850,000.
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    • 46 9 (Manager** Price*) First Malayan 2.70 Second Malayan 1 91 Third Malayan 1.22 The Commerce Industry XD 95. 1.04 The saTing Fund 1.07 1.10 First H'kong .*5 90* Second H'kong XD .60 .64* Malaysian Investment Fund XD 1.15 1.25 Sterling C’modity 5/4 Hong Kong Currency!
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    • 92 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange toda> are> Buyer Belle. Coconut OH (F.O.B.) Bulk 66.75 Coconut Oil (F.O.B. Drum* 69.25 Loose Copra Mixed Apr./May 39.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) %V.L.W 117.50 Sarawak hlte Pepper (F.O.B.) Sarawak special Black Pepper (F.O.B.) 96%N.L.W Lampong Special Black
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    • 29 9 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) Money Quotations:HKS6.II per US dollar for cash HK56.1237 per US dollar for T/T HK514.53 perl pound sterling HK5314.5 per tael of gold.
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    • 182 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godown Vessels 1/2 Neckarstein 3/4 Trefusis 6/7 State of Orissa 8/9 State of Kutch 10/11 Patroclus 13/14 Glenlyon 15/16 Zaanland 18 Jozef Conrad 19 Agios Therapon 21/22 Cattle 23/24 Martine 25/26 Black Knight 29/30 Rajula
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    • 114 9 TOKYO, Sat. (Reuter). Three major Japanese companies in the Kawasaki Industrial group have agreed to merge cn April 1, next year, to form the third largest firm in Japan’s heavy machinery indus- try. They are the Kawasaki Dockyard Company, the Kawasaki Aircraft Company.
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 54 10 "A Christian is never afraid of anything that may happen, and that's a basis of his religion So the Christian starts by not running away from anything. The next thing he's got to ask himself is: where can I do anything useful?" Lord Fisher, former Archbishop of Canterbury,
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    • 528 10  -  by THE GIDEONS INTERNATIONAL A Christian Business and —Professional Men’s Association On** who want* to be your friend Behold. I stand at the door, and knock: If anv man hear my voice, and open the door. I will come in to him and will
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    • 332 10 The importance of the Bible Malagasy President "T CONSIDER it extremsly important that T the Malagasy people know the Bible." These were the words of the President of the Malagasy Republic, Mr. Philibert Tsiranana, during an interview granted to the General Secretary of the United Bible Societies, Dr. O. Beguin,
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    • 229 10 SINGAPORE, Sot. Miss Naomi Zalabak, an educator in two different schools here for the past five years, has accepted an invitation to go to Seoul, Korea to teach in a school. She is due to leave here for Korea within the next two weeks. For
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    • 963 10 IVTE would like to Invite you all. Our beloved sons and brothers, as well as all men of goodwill, to celebrate with us the day specially dedicated to the means of social communication. We wish to help you to consider the significance
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    • 89 10 NEW CHURCH MANSE-CUM-OFFICE SINGAPORE. Sat. Church members and friends witnessed the dedication of the new' manse-eum-ofAce of the Fairfield Methodist Church at 14-Q Dragon Mansion (15th floor*. Spottiswoode Park Road here this afternoon. The Dedication Service was conducted by Rev. Ong Chalk Chee. the district superintendent of the Methodist Church
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    • 95 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Christ Methodist Church at 597, East Coast Road Here will be holding an Annual Food Sale and Funfair on June 8 in the church grounds. The fair will open from 11 a.m. to sp.m. Mrs. Robert F Lundy, wife of the Bishop of
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    • 436 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Sot. Evangelist William Caldwell, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A. will preach on the topic "When The World Goes Boom" during a service at 5 p.m. at the new Calvary Church of the Assemblies of God at Damansara Heights tomorrow. An
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 493 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS ANGLICAN ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL 7.00 a.m. Holy Communion. 8.00 a.m. Parish munion; 8 and 9.30 a.m. Family Service. 6 p.m. Evensong and Baptism. ST. PETER’S CHURCH 1. Tavistock Avenue Serangoon Gardens, Singapore 19. 8.00 a.m. Parish Communion 8 9.30 a.m. Sunday School 6.00 p.m. Evensong ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH.
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    • 502 10 Psalm 119: 153 160 Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. Great are thy tender mercies. O LORD: quicken me
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    • 512 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS LUTHERAN LUTHERAN CHURCH OF OUR REDEEMER 30 Duke's Road (10) 8.30 a.m. English Service 9.30 a.m English Sunday School 9.30 a.m. Mandarin Service 10.45 a.m. Tamil Service JURONG CHRISTIAN CHURCH No. 487. Block 61 Taman Jurong (22) 0.00 p.m. Sunday School 8.00 p.m. English/Mandarin Service METHODIST FAITH METHODIS
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  • Boutique
    • 372 11 THE Katong Club, one of the clubs affiliated to the Y.W.C.A. of Singapore. celebrated its twenty-first birthday on May 18. 1968, with a buffet dinner, followed by a programme of several items of entertainment. The members of the Katong Club took this opportunity of doing their
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    • 48 11 ITALIAN tailor Domenico Albion presented his latest and the last innovations for fashion in Florence recently. His creations drew rounds of applauses from the audience. Picture- on the left shows a couple in dresses which are made with stones, wood, leather and glasses. PANA Photo.
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    • 219 11  -  (By Miller). Mary Sue IN a quest for a trim figure —a swimsuit figure spot exercise is essential. General overweight calls for a combination of exercise and diet. When your weight is near-normal, spot routines are all that's needed to slim a heavy area. The crucial proportions
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    • 263 11 I> ARBECL’ED CHICKEN: > Trv this gourmet’s menu with cream of spinach soup, barbecued chicken with a salad and Ftench fried potatoes following it with a lemon Custard pie. The basis of spinach soup is a good, rich chicken stock. Cook fresh spinach, force it through a fine sieve,
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    • 709 11  -  By Pat Chan /"|H f how women are worked up each time they hear somebody say authoritatively that "men are better cooks than women". But examining the statement more closely, brushing aside sentiments and emotions, and talking with professionals in the trade, you
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    • 232 11 THE well-known French couturier. Pierre Cardin, has specially created a new look for L’TA hostesses all over the world. For summer or for winter, in gabardine or in jersey, dressed from head to feet bv Cardin. UTA hoste es "ill personalise ell at once, the
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platte Pete
    • 231 12 MAURICE GIBB Real Name: Maurice Gibb Birthdate: December 22. 1949 Birthplace: Douglas, Isle of Man Personal points: 5ft 6in.; 9st. 121b.; brown eyes; brown hair Parents' names: Barbara and Hugh Brothers’ sisters’ names: Lesley. Andy Present home: Hendon Instruments played: Bass guitar Where educated: Manchester Oswald
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    • 279 12 j/r PLATTER PETE'S POSTBAG SPOTLIGHT POP GOSSIP DISC-CUSSIQN -X- INTERVIEWS PLATTER PETE'S POP POLL TOP TUNES FEATURES NEW WORK Dionne Warwick returned to Harlem’s Apollo Theatre on Friday, weaving a web of blues for the SRO crowd and queues that spilled onto the
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    • 193 12 Andy Williams’ sell-out concerts in London last week have had surprisingly little effect so far on this week's London pop charts as his cool “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” dropped from the eighth to nine place. Meanwhile, the civil war-uniformed Union Gap. who dropped from the top
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    • 491 12 J|/ THERE Like... Holy Batons'. Guess who just got drafted into the police force? Yep Mel No kidding, but I think do look rather smashing in police gear (if I may say so) But then again, I look smashing ALL the time (if I may say so).
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    • 246 12 BLUES singer, Long John Baldry. one of the young ‘originals’, who rejuvenated the blues scene in this country a few years ago. is now 26 years old, still remarkably sane none of the fancy dress nonsense for him has signed a recording contract with Pve Recording
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    • Article, Illustration
      352 12 “Yellow Submarine” the animated cartoon film for which the BEATLES wrote all the music, and in which the group is represented as cartoon figures is to have its London premiere on July 17. though the venue has not yet been announced. A full-length feature film based upon John
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    • 192 12 LONDON: 1. Toung Girl Union Gap 2. Honey Bobby Goldsboro 3. A Man Without Love Engelbert Humperdinck 4. Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 5. I Don't Want Our Loving To Die Herd 6. Lazy Sunday Small Faces 7. Simon Says 1910 Fruitgum Co. 8. Rainbow Valley
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 320 13 gTAN L E Y Kramer’s “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner” is a bold exploration of human feelings and reactions. An explosive drama, this love story of the present day setting, stars some of the biggest names in the film world. The
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    • 212 13 NEW YORK. Sat. New box office records have been set in five different theatres in five different cities by MGM's “2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY", it was announced here recently. The report shows: In New York, the biggest week for a reserved-seat attraction in the history of
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    • 304 13 AT long last, here's a spy film with a difference a down-to-earth account of what a secret agent's life is. "Danger Route” does not pull any punches and for once, this spy thriller does not subscribe to the “Kiss and kill” image that
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    • 157 13 HOLLYWOOD. Sat. (Reuter) Film star Lana Turner was carried out to sea while filming on location at the luxury Mexican west coast resort of Acapulco and had to be rescued by youthful Mexicans who perform demonstration high dives from the resort’s cliffs, her
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    • 261 13 SPOTLIGHT 1/“ ATHARINE Houghton's motion picture dObut in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" hos been heralded around the world in headlines because in real life she is Katharine Hepburn's niece, and looks and acts a lot like her famous aunt. During
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    • 86 13 THREE-TIME Academy Award-winner Dofothy .leaking has been signed by pro-ducer-director Martin Ritt to create the costumes f6r Paramount Pictures’ “The Molly Maguires.” The motion picture, which stars Sean Connery. Richard Harris and Samantha Egaar, currently is before the Panavision and colour cameras on locations in the anthracite coal-mining region
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  • Sun Sport
    • 285 14 Unpleasant action to be taken on those undermining govt.’s efforts SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for Social Affairs and SOSC president, Enc h e Othman bin Wok, has warned that action would be taken against certain individual sports organisations undermining the Government's efforts to build strong national teams
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    • 220 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. Eigh-teen-year-old Donald Leow Siong 800 of Singapore has been offered a scholarship for training in wrestling at the Japan Wrestling Association in Tokyo. This is the first time the scholarship has been offered to a wrestler of Chinese origin. A
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    • 191 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Freshmen Orientation Committee of the Singapore Polytechnic Students’ Union will hold its third orientation big walk tomorrow commencing at 8.00 a m. The big walk is being organised in conjunction with S.P.S.P.’s orientation week for the academic year 1968/ 69. The aims of
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    • 204 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. Singapore Joint Services will be out on a “title or bust” mission when they meet Selangor in the Malaysia Cup competition at Merdeka Stadium tomorrow. Speaking to Sunsport on the eve of the big match, Flt/Lt. Tom Keeley secretary/manager of SJS team,
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    • 33 14 SYDNEY. Sat. (Reuter)— Australia convincingly beat Great Britain 25 —10 i n a thrilling, pacy World Cup league clash before an estimated 60.000 people at the Sydney Cricket ground here today.
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    • 59 14 “13" was not an unlucky number for Angelika Hilbert, the athletic mother of a two-year-old daughter at the 1968 German Championship. Having come eighth in Tokyo at the Olympics here she is winning her 13th title. Now only an Olympic medal is missing from her collection of prizes, medals and
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    • 510 14 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Sat. Australian Serviceman 21-year-old Thomas Perkins gave a fine allround display for Malacca against Selangor in the two-dav Malaysian Cricket Association Un-der-23 inter-State finals at the Police Depot grounds here today. Malacca snatched a four-run first innings lead over Selangor and have knocked up
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    • 137 14 SEREMBAN. Sat. A chanceless 58 by Winston de Souza highlighted the Selangor-Negri Sembilan inter-State friendly cricket match played at the King George V School padang here today. Negri were skittled for 54 and Selangor replied with 124 for 5 at stumps. Gurucharan Singh (5-20)
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    • 83 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. Lights Athletes Club of Selangor, led by the Malaysian’s ace sprinter Mani Jegathesan snatched victory in four out of the five events in the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association second Open Relays held at the Farrer Park athletic centre here today. The events
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    • 351 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Football Association of Singapore Council has denied allegations that the youth team went on a joy spree enroute home from the Asian youth football tournament in Seoul, Korea recently. A hand-written statement issued after an emergency meeting
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    • 186 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Ministry of Social Affairs Sports Division have arranged a two-day “sports seminar" to be held at the Singapore Conference Hall next month. The Minister for Social Affairs and SOSC president, Enche Othman bin Wok. said controlling sports organisations and leading sportsmen will
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    • 481 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mahinder Singh scored a treble at the Swiss Cottage Integrated Secondary School annual athletic meet held on their school ground yesterday, to emerge the top athlete of the meet. Mahinder who won the 800 metres. 1.500 metres and the 3.000
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    • 361 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Malaysian Motor Sports Club are deeply concerned over complaints from overseas entrants including those from Singapore on the strict measures imposed by the Government on bringing racing vehicles in and out of Malaysia. The secretary of the club.
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    • 123 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, returned here by air this afternoon from Kuantan where he handed over $3,000 to the Pahan§ State Sports Council. The Council, the third of its kind, was formed this morning.
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    • 42 14 PENANG, Sat. The annual polo tournament for the Burma Malaya. Hcah Swee Lee and Royal Greenes Cups, will be played at the polo ground here'on June 14 —16 Teams from the Philip. a hang. SeJangor, anC enang will take
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    • 2111 15  -  Layhimtat scores first time out By Windsor Lad IPOH, Sat. Trainer Jack Spencer scored a splendid treble sending out Gay Enterprise, Dollar Seeker and Fair Chance here this afternoon, the opening day of the four-day Perak Turf Club's Derby meeting. Dollar Seeker, a maiden Winner,
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    • 65 15 IN a road race cyclists keep directly behind the man in front as a means to ward off the wind. The West German quartet (above) for instance, have worked together as an effective team for years. Each one knows when he has to relieve his team-mate in front and take
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    • 85 15 SOITHAMPTON. England. Sat. (Reuter) Hampshire are informing the Australian touring team that they cannot agree to Sunday play in their three-da}- cricket match starting here on August 10. Hampshire secretary Desmond Eager said the county had already arranged a oneday match with the International Cavaliers
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    • 58 15 MUAR. Sat. Chuan Bin captured the championship title of the Muar District basketball tournament organised by the Muar District branch of the Johore State Basketball Association. Runners-up were Chinese Recreation Club (Red) and Chuan Loke. The women's section title was won bv Black Shadow. Second
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    • 63 15 ALOR STAR. Sat. The Kedah Cycling Association has selected eight cyclists to represent the State in the Malaysian Cyclists Federation's 75-mile road race at Ipoh tomorrow. In a trial race over 72 miles held here on Thursday Malaysian cyclist A.S. Fadzil beat a
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    • 37 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union will hold its council meeting in Johore Bahru today. Mr. N.A. Baskaran. secretary of the Selaneor Amateur Athletic Association will represent Selangor at the meeting.
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    • 717 15 NEW YORK, Sat. (Reuter) Lanky Bob Foster of Washington, D.C., captured the world light-heavyweight title here last night by knocking out Biafra's Dick Tiger after two mins. 5 secs, of the fourth round. The end of the scheduled 15-round bout
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    • 279 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Kedah who are at the bottom of the North Zone table plunged further down this evening when they were handed a 2-3 defeat by Malaysian Armed Forces in the Malaysia Cup soccer competition at the Armed Forces Stadium. They
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  • RACING COMMENTS
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    • 1462 16  -  HE HAS THE FORM TO BEAT RIVALS By ‘Windsor Lad’ TPOH, Sun. —Go for the Rinus van BreukelenA trained Royal Meadow II in the 5-if sprint for class one division one performers (Race 5) here this afternoon, second day of the Perak Turf Club's Derby
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    • 170 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE 1 COUNT BABU Hot Lips Best Win BETTER LUCK Vong Chov Kayu BEST WIN Better Luck Frazer COWAN STREET Vong Choy Count Babu RACE 2 CASINO ROYALE Lord Jim Napoleon Solo KOOKABURRA Moomba Marriage BANDIT Richard Diamond Lord Jim BANDIT Napoleon
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    • 215 16 MONTE CARLO. Sat. (Reuter) —Graham Hill of Britain, former world motor racing champion, yesterday lowered even further the unofficial lap record he set on Thrusday in a trial for the Monaco Grand Prix to be held here to-morrow. Hill drove his Lotus
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    • 49 16 JAPAN S Tadakazu Takao. 19. set a new junior world record in the feather weight division by lifting a total of 365 kilos in the opening dav of the two Hi. Japan-South Korea Goodwill Weightlifting Games in Seoul earlier in the week 7 PANA Photo.
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