Eastern Sun, 1 July 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 690 Monday, 1 July 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cent* Independent National Daily
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  • 284 1 HONG KONG, Sun. (Reuter) JTIVE armed Hong Kong Marine Police launches were standing by close to China tonight to prevent any further abduction of Hong Kong fishermen by Chinese junks. Assistant Marine Police Commissioner Mr. A. J. Schoutcn said tHey would use "all measures" necessary
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  • 110 1 MONTREAL. Sun. (Reuter) Gaetan Parts. Canadas second heart transplant patient. Is “improving steadily”. Montreal Heart Institute said last night. A bulletin Issued by the Institute said the performance of the 49-year-old electrical engineer’s new heart was “excellent and cardiacrhythm and blood pressure are within normal
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  • 414 1 SAIGON. Sun. (1 Pl)—Allied troops sweeping west of Saigon uncovered one of the largest munitions caches of the war hundreds of weapons and 30 ton s of TNT. probably Intended for another attack on the capital, military spokesmen said today. The Vietcong stockpile, evidently
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  • 426 1 T>ANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter) Talks between the Philippines and Malaysia on Manila's Sabah ■D claim enter the third week tomorrow to a set pattern of discussing the records of the previous meetings inside the conference and a war of words outside. The only variation
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  • 69 1 HONG KONG, Sun. (Reuter) Police in Hong Kong and the neighbouring Portuguese enclave of Macao today found four more decomposed Chinese corpses floating in the sea. This brings the number of bodies found in the last nine days to 47. There has been speculation
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  • 491 1 MANILA. Sun. (I'PI) President Ferdinand Marcos said yesterday he has ordered Ambassador Eduardo Quintero to leave for Bangkok with documents on the Philippine claim to Sabah, which the Malaysians want to see. The President disclosed his instructions to Ambassador Quintero. Vice Chairman of
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  • 83 1 AN early casualty at the "Rothmans 500" was a BMC Cooper entered by Newton Enterprises with Lou de Marco at the wheels. As Lou approached the Rothmans corner on the first lap his right wheel locked when he put his foot on the brakes and
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 105 2 One thousand and eighty-four graduands received their degrees from the ProChancellor of the University of Malaya, Tan Sri Justice Mohd. Suffian bin Hashim, at the Dewan Tunku Chancellor in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Among the recipients were the Malaysian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Tan Sri Abdul Jamil bin
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    • 341 2 -r KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The private "sector will be asked to take in the national census to be carried out in 1970 The Acting Chief Statistician. Mr. R Chander. told r -Bernama today that valuable help could be given
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    • 117 2 KUALA LUMPUR. 8un Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. Tun Abdul Rarak, made it clear today that Malaysia •Rad no intention of recruiting Gurkha troops to •serve in Malaysia after the ‘■British withdrawal in 19" I He told Bernama that !>there were many
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    • 67 2 IPOH. *un The Deputy 'Prune Minister, Tun Abdul will open the ninth -annual general meeting of the United Malay Chambers at Commerce at Dewar Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman here at 9.30 am. on July 13. Some 70 delegates from the various Chambers of Commerce in
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    • 202 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Teachers in Selangor were today urged to hold adult education classes for candidates sitting for the Higher School Certificate Examination. The call was made by the General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers. Mr. John Gurusamy, when he addressed the
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    • 126 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Ministry of Health is giving priority to the installation of all kinds of modern surgical equipment in at least 12 general hospitals in West Ms ay si a. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry, Enche Ibrahirr. bin Abdul Rahman, said today
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    • 395 2 SEREMBAN, Sun. THt Miimtar of Education, Encht Mohamcd Khir Johari todoy rtmindad UMNO division and branch loodors net to think they would be automatically elected os candidates far elections. Enche Khir who Is also the UMNO General Secretary said that It was
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    • 223 2 KAMPAR. Sun. The Minister without Portfolio. Senator Ghaffar Baba said that the Government would never recognise the Malayan Communist Party. Speaking at the opening of South Kinta UMNO division general meeting in Gopeng. the Minister described as "unwise” a call by Partai Rakvat of
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    • 159 2 IPOH. Sun. The cooperative movement in Malaysia is gaining momentum in its efforts to improve the living standard cf the people. irrespective of race, colour or creed. This was stated by the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Ahmad bin Said, in his capacity as President
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    • 157 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Bun.~ Malaysians will be able to send parcels by air direct to lhfl more places in the world from tomorrow A statement from the Ministry of Works. Posts and Telecommunications today listed the countries and rates. With the exception of South-West Africa the
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    • 100 2 Mr. C.V. Narasimhan. Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Transport. Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haii Jubir at his office in Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. Picture shows the Minister with Mr. Naraaimhan. (right) a The Assistant Secretary-General of the
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    • 313 2 PENANG, Sun. The slaughter fees charged by the City Council here are the lowest when compared to other Municipal abattoirs in Malaysia. This was stated by the Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, when he declared open the n ew City abattoir in River
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    • 55 2 KUALA LUMPUR Sun The Minister of Justice. Roche Bahaman bio Shamtuddin. said tndav that a new prison would be built in Kuching. Sarawak. The present prison built in 1882. was no longer suitable because there was no room for expansion, he said on his return from
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    • 92 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. MARA is to take over a Forest Department timber depot in Jalan Chan Sow Lin tomorrow. The Deputy Chairman .of MARA Dato Haji Mustaffa bln Jabar, told Bernama today that a feast would be held to mark the occasion The Chairman
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    • 364 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. A wide range of products can be produced in the Republic both for local consumption and export market by using plastics as raw materials "w hich have not been touched upon." This was stated by the Acting Director of Light
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    • 139 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. Twenty employees from the Naval Base recently received “Good Service Testimonials” from the Commodore Superintendent, Commodore F.C.W. Lawson. The presentation was held at the Headquarters Block, Naval Base. The largest service record was Mr. Low Ah See. 54 who had
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    • 62 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. Lee Leong Ying was elected chairman of the Singapore Polytechnic Engineering Society held recently. Mr Lim Guan Chew was elected as the society’s vice-chairman. Others elected were:Messrs:- Foo Kok Hian 'general secretary; Yeong Hin Yuen (asst, general secretary: Lee Chin Thong 'organising secretary); Tan Choon
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    • 73 3 JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) Indonesia expects to produce 222 million barrels of oil this year with an export value of $303 million. 30 per cent more than in 1967, Mines Minister Dr. Sumantri has said. He was quoted by Indonesia’s Antara news agency as saying that the
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    • 156 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. A chance visit to a local cinema has earned a British Army nursing sister a free trip to Hong Kong. She 1« Miss Eileen Howbriage who has left on a round trip to Hong Kong. Miss Howbridge receive a free return
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    • 99 3 SINGAPORE. Sun A 48-year-old labourer Raval Savarimutthu was stabbed to death about half-a-mile away from his home at Boh Sua Tian Road, last night. He was on his way home at about 8.30 pm when another labourer confronted him Police said both the labourers had a
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    • 22 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. There were 73 road accidents of which six were serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 186 3 SINGAPORE Sun. Two Danish food experts. Miss Jytte Nipper and Miss Lisbeth Christiansen. gave a cooking demonstration to the MSA flight kitchen staff at the Singapore Airport on Saturday. '•'hey demonstrated a selection of Danish delica- cies. including cocktail savouries attractively arranged in a
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    • 470 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. Rotarians here should work together for the good of the community, foster international relations and endeavour to assist in giving vocational assistance and guidance whenever there is need. Captain John Storey said this after being installed as President of Rotary
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    • 269 3  -  By Ayako PROFESSOR Jurgen Uhde’s performance last week, sponsored by the Singapore Musical Society, was a flawless demonstration of skill on the piano. The programme included the prelude and Fugue in C minor by Bach, folk dances by Bartok and Beethoven’s variation on folk songs and
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    • 348 4 AN APPEAL TO MALAYSIANS: KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today appealed to Malaysians to support the Government in its efforts to wipe out the Communist menace along the Malay-sian-Thai border areas and in the border areas of East
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    • 108 4 HONG KONG, Sun. (Reuter) The popular Sin?ar>ore pop group* The Quests, are taking a week oil rom the'r night-club engagements to celebrate the marriage of their lead guitarist. Reginald Verghese to 19-year-old local Portuguese girl. Virginia Parata n Reginald and Virginia exchanged their
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    • 118 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Bun. The Malaysian delegation to the first plenary session of the Malaysia Indonesia Commission on Trade and Economic Relations. left for Jakarta today Their leader. Raja Tan Bn Mohar bin Raja Badiozaman, Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said before
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    • 97 4 SINGAPORE. SunAre you among the lucky winners in this week's TOTO draw? Check your copy for the numbers drawn today at the Radio and Television Singapura studios: They were: 10, 1, 35, 3, 33. 7. The supplementary number drawn today was 40. The total amount of prize money
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    • 115 4 PENANG, Sua.—The Police here have launched an intensive manhunt for the nine men who raped three bar-girls for three hours near a beach in Tanjong Bungah yesterday However a Police spokesman said today that no arrests had been made yet. He said that Police
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    • 146 4 KOTA BHARU, Sun A survey on the establishment of a credit system in aid of farmers is to be launched next month by the Federal Agricultural and Marketing Authority (FAMA) in conjunction with the Ministry of Agriculture and Co-ope-ratives. An expert from the Food and
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    • 201 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun The Chairman of Party Gerakan Raayat Malaysia. Professor Syed Hussein Alatas charged today that the Minister of Education. Enche Mohd. Khir Johari was preparing a retreat from the proposed debate. At a press conference here this evening, he said:
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    • 299 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The President of the Federation Armed Forces Civilian Staff Union. Enche Mohamed Drus bin Ujang. said today that it was not fair for the Government to mix patriotism with the demand for a better living” He was
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    • 34 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Thieves broke into the Sekolah Kebangsaan in Jalan Bungsar yesterday and stole a typewriter valued at $9OO. a $4OO printing machine and a radio worth $35, police said today.
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    • 242 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Three police licensing teams will visit various areas here and Petaling Jaya districts beginning tomorrow to renew licences of firearm owners. The police teams would be in three areas each day during the first week, the OCPD, Kuala Lumpur. Asst. Commissioner
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    • Article, Illustration
      108 4 The Minister of Welfare Services. Tan Sri Haji Abdul Hamid Khan opened the Malaysian Council for Child Welfare. Headquarters building on Friday evening at Kampong Pandan in Kuala Lumpur. After the official opening, the Chung Khiavr Bank presented a cheque of 51.200 to the Welfare Council. The cheque was handed
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    • 150 4 PENANG, Sun. The out-going President of the Penang Rotary Club, Mr. William Ng Jit Thye. said here last night that they would want to sell Penang as a tourist paradise during the forthcoming district conference to be held here in March next
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    • 117 4 KUALA LUMFUTv, Sun. A two-million-acre land scheme ever 13 times the size of the 150,000-acre Jengka Triangle will be opened up at Bera in the Pekan District of Pahang Disclosing this today, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said that a
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    • 249 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The National Union of Teachers is to hold an emergency meeting next Saturday to discuss the possibility of joining the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (CUEPACS) in a strike on Sept. 1.
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    • 62 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. In the High Court here today, Mr. Justice S.S. Gill found Khoo Kim Toon, 27, guilty of raping a 12 years old girl on May 24 last year and jailed him for six years. The sentence is to run concurrently with
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    • 219 4 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Selangor branch of the National Union of Teachers today urged Its Executive Council to issue ballots Immediately to all members and finalise all formalities and preparations for a prolonged strike if the report of the Teachers Salaries Commission was
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    • 467 10 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Republic of Singapore will co-operote with all countries which respect her right to order her life according to what suits her best. This was stated by the Acting President, Mr. Wee Chong Jin when he spoke at the banquet given
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    • 179 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Minister for Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok spoke of the day when Singapore would become internationally famous as a nation of bird lovers. The Minister was speaking at the presentation of prizes to winners of the ‘BirdSinging Contest’’ at the National Youth Leadership
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    • 262 10 VC members urged: Live up ‘For each his best motto SINGAPORE. SunMembers of the Vigilante Corp were today urged to live up to their motto “For each his best". This call was made by the Minister for Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San, when he declared open the Vigilante Corp Headquarters
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    • 24 10 Singapore’s Ambassador to Indonesia. Mr. P. S. Raman, presenting his cre- dentials to President Suharto at Merdeka Palace. UPI photo.
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    • 376 10 Govt renews support for Colombo Plan SINGAPORE. Sun. The Singapore Government todav reiterated its support for the Colombo Plan and its endeavours to promote the ideals of mutual assistance and the pooling of expertise and talents which have provided the basis of economic. social and technological advancement for countries within
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    • 207 10 SINGAPORE Sun. The Imports and Exports Office has announced a new schedule of fees payable for import and export documents with effect from tomorrow. July 1. They are:A $2 fee will be charged for the documents pertaining to an Inward Declaration, an Export Permit
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    • 39 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Three-year-old Sahaya Mary, daughter of a Malayan Railway employee here, Mr. Anthony Sarny, has successfully undergone a hole-in-the-heart operation in India. Sahaya was operated on Monday at the Vellore Christa in Medical College Hospital.
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    • 160 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Adult Education Board has organised two new' courses in Jawi-writing at Stage One and Stage Two levels respectively. Each course consists of 24 lessons of one-and-a-half-hour each held twice weekly at the Raffles Girls School. The Stage One course will be held
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    • 58 10 THE Sultanah of Kedah Tunku Bahiyah binti Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman, officially declared open the one-man Floral Art Show by Mr. Lim Bian Yam, at the Penang State Museum and Art Gallery recently. Picture shows the Sultanah of Kedah looking at one of the exhibits after the opening ceremony. On
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    • 348 13 LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysians are eating less and less rice as living standards rise. A statistical digest issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative showed that in 1957, every 1,000 people in West Malaysia consumed 118.3 tons of rice. In 1961, the figure was 115
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    • 83 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Speaker of the Singapore Parliament. Mr. P. Coomarasuamy. arrived here this morning to attend the Conference of the Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific (Lawasia) beginning tomorrow. Mr Coomaraswamy would he paying a courtesy call on the Speaker
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    • 84 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Bun. A $5O watch was recovered by police last night hours after two robbers on a motor-cycle snatched it from a student. Hoong Kean Eng. 16. at Jalan Sungei Besi. A police spokesman said today that Hoong took down the number of the
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    • 101 13 THE Sixth Advertising Congress ended in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night with a dinner. Several hundred delegates and their wives attended the function, including the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. The night's programme included cultural dances with the modern touch, by the
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    • 110 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Ten students from the University of Hong Kong arrived here this morning for a 10-day visit as guests of the University of Malaya Students Union. They are on a monthlong tour of Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok under a student
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    • 202 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Malaysia was yesterday cautioned not to jettison its investment in the rubber industry for "something else" which held commercial promise. Dr. L.C. Bateman, Chairman of the Malayan Rubber Fund Board, said the country should instead attend with even greater vigour to
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    • 132 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Nurses in West Malaysia are to start a solidarity fund to back the strike planned by the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Ser- vices over the freexing of the Suffian salary recommendations. The Secretary
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    • 125 13 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) The Indonesian Garuda Airline will use DC-9 and Fokker Friendship aircraft for domestic flights, it was announced today. Airline manager Wiweko Supono told a press conference that Garuda would buy two DC-9 air- craft to replace Electra and Convalr aircraft for
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    • 52 13 THE Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam presented certificates to over 1,000 participants who had completed various courses organised by the National Productivity Centre, on Friday. The presentation ceremony was held at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka in Kuala Lumpur. Pix shows the Minister addressing
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    • 77 13 PENANG. Sun. Tan Sri Low Yat. Executive Director of Southern Banking Ltd. was entertained to dinner by the Directors and Staff of the Bank here last night. In a short address, the Chairman of the Board of Directors Southern Banking, Tan Sri Saw
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 78 5 Top of Mt. Suribarhi, Iwo .lima: In a scene strikingly reminiscent of the dramatic photograph of victorious U.S. troops hoisting the Stars and Stripes over lwo Jima during the Pacific War, Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force men raise the Japanese National flag at almost the
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    • 170 5 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter) Rival Red Guard factions fought out with guns in Canton, the major city in South China on June 25. rightwing Chinese language newspapers here reported today. The clash was between the Red Flag and District Headquarters Red Guards, the newspapers quoting
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    • 91 5 PERTH. Western Australia. Sun. (Reuter) Police and prison officials drove across country through muddy bush to relieve a farmer of three escaped prisoners he was holding at gunpoint in a lonely farmhouse yesterday. The 30-year-old farmer. Ben Joy, surprised the prisoners at his home 200 miles
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    • 296 5 In love and fearful LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) A newspaper said today two Chinese lovers had fled Britain to a secret hideout in Amsterdam because they feared being sent to Peking. The Sunday Times said the couple made a vain plea for help to
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    • 157 5 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) The British trans-arctic expedition today reported radio trouble as It headed across ice floes melting and breaking up in continuous Arctic daylight. A copyright report from the expedition to the London Sunday Times said the expedition’s two sledge radios had all but
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    • 74 5 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter) Chinese artistes will give revolutionary performances tomorrow under the directorship of Madame Chiang Ching. Chairman Mao s wife to mark the 47th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Radio Peking reported today. The radio said Madame Chiang would be
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    • 87 5 MEXICO CITY, Sun (Reuter)—Thousands of families have fled their homes in the suburbs of Mexico City afte r one of the worst rain storms in years. The storm, which followed a week of damaging rainfalls. hit the capital yesterday. Firemen. ambulance and emergency services worked through
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    • 51 5 GENEVA. Sun. (Reuter) A Geneva newspaper, quoting a friend of Brigitte Bardot's husband, Guenther Sachs, reported today that the coup e were expecting their first child. But the newspaper La Suisse, said it could not check the report. Miss Bardot has a son by ex-husband Jacques
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    • 95 5 BRUSSELS. Sun. (Reuter) Students at the Ftee University here today called an end to their 46-day occupation of the administrative building by symbolically replacing barricades by flowers. The students agreed to end the occupation after a marathon all-night sitting in the great hall of the
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    • 75 5 PARIS. Sun (lPI) The staunchest defender of the purity of the French language used a word of “Franglais" when he spoke to the nation today. Describing the economic aftermath of last months nation-wide strike movement. President Charles de Gaulle said France now suffered a “handicap." That word can be
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    • 434 5 ‘May be worst atrocity in the war’ SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) —American troops stood guard through*: out the night by the dying embers of burned-out huts in the Son Tra refugee village which was levelled yesterday in a Vietcong attack and 88 civilians
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    • 295 5 NEW YORK. Sun. <UPI) Walter “Bill” Bailey, owner of the Memphis Hotel where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated. disclosed today that he has plans to make the hotel a tourist shrine to the late Civil Rights leader. In an Interview
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    • 327 5 BIGGEST THING IN THE AIR MARRIETTA, Georgia, Sun. (UPI) Failure of a 51.50 fibre ring today caused Lockheed officials to postpone the maiden flight of its huge CSA Galaxy the largest plane in the world until 7 a.m. to- day. The
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    • 183 6 BOSTON. Sun. (UPI) Sen. Jennings Randolph, Democrat -West Virginia, charged yesterday that certain television programmes are nothing more than “a gigantic advertisement tor •adism and violence." Mr. Randolph, chairman of the Senate Public Works Committee, opened the 17th annual convention of the National
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    • 84 6 BUENOS AIRES: Some sick jokers who threw burning papers from the upper tiers of the jam-packed stadium last Saturday night started a panic stampede in which at least 71 persons were stomped to death and another 150 injured in the rush for the
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    • 748 6 De Gaulle’s France By Martin Stuart-Fox PARIS, (UPI). President Charles de Gaulle seems certain to win a majority in the French national assembly but this in itself will not necessarily solve France's deep-seated political and social problems. Historically the French have a tendency towards the
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    • 154 6 Can't leave for law conference JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) A leading Chinese lawyer in Jakarta has been banned from leaving Indonesia to attend the Asia Law Conference to be open in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow because he will face trial on Tuesday charged with
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    • 99 6 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun. (Reuter) Brushfires driven by hot dry winds swept over thousands of acres of forest land in northern California yesterday. Five aircraft bombed flaming Mount Diablo near here with fire-extinguishing chemicals and some 250 acres of beautiful Yosemite National Park were burned out before
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    • 299 6 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI) Japan will prevent any drive for setting up antiCnmmunism or military alliances in Asia at the forthcoming ministerial conference of Asia and Pacific Council (ASPAC) in Canberra. Mass circulation Malnlchl reported today there are several countries out of 10
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    • 129 6 HONOLULU. Sun. (UPI) Two tugboats chugged across the Pacific today in a race to salvage the abandoned freighter North America and her UBslm. cargo. The North America was set adrift 600 miles southeast of Honolulu a week ago after a fire started in her boiler room
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    • 46 6 LONG BRANCH. New Jersey (UPI) Singer Judy Garland collapsed last night while performing in Long Branch. New Jersey. She fell down clutching the microphone and apparently hit her head. She was taken to Monmouth Medical Centre the extent of her injuries not determined.
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    • 118 6 ZURICH. Switzerland. Sun. (UPI) More than 1.000 teenagers fought police w r ith chairs and stones today before officers dispersed them with swinging clubs and blasts from water hoses. The quarrel was over an empty drugstore owned by the city which the demonstrators have wanted as
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    • 256 6 VATICAN CITY. Sun. (UPI) Pope Paul VI completes the fifth year of his pontificate today with a great outdoor mass in St. Peter's square and a message for the world's Roman Catholic priests. Scores of thousands, including cardinals and archbishops from all over the
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    • 74 6 SAIGON, Sun. (UPI) US. spokesmen s ay Communist troops at Khe Sanh have lost a brief battle after attacking U.S. Marines pulling Out of the outpost. Fourteen Communists were killed, three Marines wounded A mine exploded on a raft guerrillas sent down the
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    • 53 6 Come and collect your plane KEY WEST. Florida. Sun. (UPI) Eighteen persons who were held in Havana after their airliner was hijacked are to be released today if Southeast Airlines can arrange to send another pilot. The pilot of the plane a Cuban exile who became a U S. citizen
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    • 69 6 BERKELEY. Sun. (UPI) A second night of trouble at the University of California at Berkeley was reported. After three hours of standing by on side streets, about 80 policemen late last night used tear gas in dispersing a crowd of some 4.000 persons. The demonstrators had
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    • 57 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) President Johnson speaks again tomorrow on slowing down the nuclear arms race. Observers say he is expected to say the US. and Russia are ready for meetings soon on reducing strategic offensive and delence systems. terday in Nashville, the President called for
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    • 55 6 ATHENS. Sun. (UPI) Informed government sources say the Greek military government will unveil its draft constitution this week. Among other things, the proposed constitution would exclude from office persons who served in the last three consecutive parliaments. A referendum is expected on September Ist. and rejection by
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  • 38 7 LOS ANGELES Accused killer of Senator John F. Kennedy seen behind bars as he went to court In wheelchair to make first appearance since the crime. Trial postponed three weeks. UPI radio- photo.
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  • 169 7 NAIROBI, Sun. (Reuter) An East German surgeon and his family have fled to the West, helped by a British pilot, after a desperate spnnt across the tarmac at Nairobi airport, highly reliable sources said here today. The eye surgeon, his wife and their two
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  • 52 7 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) —An American pon group called The Nice, who burned a replica of their country’s flag on stage in London's Royal Albert Hall, have been banned from the hall for life. Royal Albert Hall Manager Mr. Frank Mundy said: We don't want people like that at the
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  • 81 7 MOSCOW. Sun (Reuter)— The Soviet Union today awarded East German Communist leader Walter Ulbricht the Order of the October Revolution, on the eve of his 75th birthday. The order was created last October to mark the 50th anniversary of the Soviet revolution. Herr Ulbricht was honoured
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  • 253 7 SURABAJA, Indonesia, Sun. (Reuter) Communists seeking to launch armed resistance against President Suharto's government are involved in a current wave of killing in Indonesia's East Java province, Provincial Governor Mohammad Noer has said. He said in a statement recently to
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  • 75 7 MILAN. Sun (Reuter) The Foreign Exchange Office at Milan station yesterday refused to change French francs after the rate had fallen because of fears of a French devaluation this weekend The only other exchange office open here at the airport. would change only 50 francs per
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  • 357 7 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) A weeklong go-slow campaign by railway workers stopped all trains in Britain today and threatened to escalate into a fullscale strike. Hundreds of passenger and freight services were cancelled for a 32-hour period as the railways management prepared for yet another week of
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  • 194 7 SAN ANTONIO. Sun. (UPI) New York Governor Mr. Nelson Rockefeller said yesterday that since favourite son candidate Sen John Tower, Republican Texas, was preparing to release the Texas delegation to the Republican national convention, he considered them "fair game”. Mr. Rockefeller made a personal plea to
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  • 56 7 SKAGEN. Denmark Frenchman Joan De Kat who abandoned his sinking yacht in mid Atlantic, climbs aboard the pilot boat at Skagen from the Norwegian freighter Jagona, which rescued him after he had been spotted in a tiny dinghy by an RAF plane last week. De Kat was a competitor in
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  • 129 7 CAIRO. Sun (Reuter) The authoritative newspaper A1 Ahram said today President Nasser had received “an important message" from President Tito of Yugoslavia. It said the message was delivered yesterday by Yugoslav Ambassador Danilo Lexic but gave no further details. President Nasser is due to leave Cairo
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  • 22 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. Rev. Ralph Abernathy tells newsmen of his intention to fast “for strength for the fight”. UPI radiophoto.
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  • 102 7 MOSCOW. Sun. (Reuter) Le Due Tho, Senior North Vietnamese official attending the Paris peace talks, arrived here on his way back to Hanoi yesterday. He was met at Moscow airport by Mr. Dmitry Ustinov, a candidate member of the Soviet Communist Party's ruling politburo
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  • 80 7 YOUNGSTOWN. OHIO Sun. (UPI) Four men, three of them fugitives from a Pennsylvania prison. shot out the window of a police car with newly purchased high-powered rifles during a wild chase yesterday, wounded a patrolman and took a couple hostage in their home before surrendering meekly
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  • 65 7 LIMA. Peru. Sun. (Reuter) One person was killed and 100 injured when demonstrators protesting against the high price of petrol clashed with police and troops in the Amazonian city of Iquitos. Trouble came after a public meeting organised by the transport workers union and a shanty-town
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  • 295 7 BRUSSELS, Sun. (UPI). At midnight the Six Common Market countries tear down the tariff walls remaining between them, but this may produce less rumble than the restrictions imposed by France. Achieving the full customs union for the 185 million consumers of the European Economic Community
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  • 119 7 HONG KONG. Sun. (UPI) Flooding in the rice-rich Canton delta region cf Red China's Kwangtung province is likely to become more serious in the next few days, military authorities warned Saturday night. The military control committee of the Kwangtung province and water conservation department issued
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  • 76 7 CHICAGO. Sun, (Reuter) A vicious summer storm with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain yesterday battered northern Illinois, destroying an estimated $3 million worth of planes and buildings at the greater Rockford Airport. Airport control personnel abandoned their building when wind gusts reached 90 m.p.h.
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  • 558 8 JAPAN’S Prime Minister Mr. Eisaku Sato told newsmen in southern Japan yesterday (Sunday) that Japan still needs US bases in Japan, especially airbases as Japan’s air defence capability was still insufficient. While Mr. Sato spoke, another group was gathered in the United States to witness a
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  • 298 8 JAPAN says she will prevent ASP AC members from turning the constitution of the present alliance into a dogmatic military pact that will be anti-Communist. From the momentous events that are shaping in our region it is clear that such a “hard line” is quite undesirable. But
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  • 1154 8  -  By Dr. Paul Back dams fascinate. Their almost absurdly slender proportions and delicate appearance always attract attention. But it is not Just their beauty that appeals. They attract hard-head-ed financiers and costconscious engineers for other very good reasons. In the right valley with suitable geological
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  • 573 8  -  By Peter Job JAKARTA, Sun. (Rautar) Indonesia is cementing close trade ties with Taiwan while its formal diplomatic links with Pek- ing remain frosen. The government has never recognised the Taipeh regime, but, through its direct support, it h a s enabled I n
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  • 307 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author* "Handbook of Bvldanoo For Crlalnal Trials") EAR-OLD Joel was the cause of a bitter legal battle between Mr. and Mrs. Lawson and foster mother Vernelle. The Lawsons arranged for the adoption of Joel. Vernelle fought to regain custody. “The Lawsons wouldn't let
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 320 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Mr. Patrick K. K- Lam, sales engineer of Degna Ltd. of Hong Kong arrived here over the weekend in the course of a South-east Asian tour. On arrival, Mr. Lam said as a result of the many development programme
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    • 107 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Sir John Wall has accepted the post of Chairman of International Computers Limited. He is expected to take up his duties on October. 1968. Sir John is an extremely able and experienced businessman whose career to date includes having been Head of
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    • 88 9 HONG KONG Sunday. (UPI) The Hong Kong Government has announced it was suspending temporarily licences for the export of certain cotton textiles to Belgium. Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The move was made following discussions between Hong Kong and Benelux Governments over the past
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    • 110 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Great Royal Circus of India has arrived in Singapore continuing a six- i year world tour. The main party arrived on Thursday aboard an Air-India charter flight for their two to threemonth engagement here. The largest tent ever erected in Singapore will
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    • 949 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore opened quietly at the start of last week following press announcements on Sunday that the Malaysian Government was concerned with excessive speculation. And this was initially thought to have had a subduing
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    • 75 9 -n* R c r.loni* Arwa and M Miss Yap Lee Kneen, both of the Australian Trade Commission staff in Kuala Lumpur, inspect wa n panels depicting aspgcts of the Australian timber industry, at the Commission s new offices in the Malaysian Development Finance Building in Jalan
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1526 10 yovk TODAY TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL S KCALA LUMPUR and Pulao Ptnang, ft I poll and Melaka: 3 A 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taipinc 7 Bata Pahat: t Kluang. P.M. 543 Opening Annet Prog. Summary; 5-50 News Outline in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs: 6.00 News in Tamil; 6.10 Kimba
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  • New Eastern Sun weekly feature
    • 425 11 Pictures by Eastern Sun cameramen THE four MARA Officers, now undergoing a six-montb course in *****1 Scale Industries at the Re s e arch Institute for Management Science, Delft, The Netherlands. They are (from left) Errhe’ Khalid bin Mohd. Sidek. State MARA Officer, Malacca, Enche’ Ahmad Mabyuddln
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    • 299 11 S’POREK.L. SOCIAL DIARY MONDAY (July 1). 9 a-m. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour, Mr. S. Rajaratnam opens sixth Asian Advertising Congress (general conference) at Shenton Wav Conference Hall. 8 p.m. Presentation of President’s Scholarships at Istar.a. 7 p.m. Public meeting and lecture-cum-book exhibition on “The Natural Health Movement”
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    • 86 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The President of the Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific—LAWASlA Mr. Justice J. Kerr of Australia said here today that the legal structures of developing countries need to be adjusted to meet the changes brought about by economic development. He said that a
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  • STUDENTS’ PAGE ALL TEN DOLLARS ESSAY WINNERS
    • 375 12 PAINTING and drawing may be regarded as associated skills but distinct applications. Certain basic features and elements are common to both and each has its intrinsic value and merit. A rare piece of either of them may be priceless and is usually considered as a master piece.
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    • 431 12 CHRISTMAS. what a lovely day! Every place was covered with a white sheet of blanket. Rooftops were covered with snow. Every house was bustling with activity and every child lent a helping hand. Teenagers were decorating their houses for their parties which were to be
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    • 366 12 PENANG was founded by Captain Francis Light and was named Prince of Wales Island. It is situated two miles off the coast of Malaya. It has a deep and excellent harbour. PENANG is the island where tourists come in search of peace and solitude. Tourists
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    • 365 12 AS I was greatly in need of cash, my classmate recommended me to try my luck at essay writing in the Eastern Sun. On my way home from school. I cycled to the newsagent to get a copy of the newspaper. When I
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    • 157 12 MEN are now advancing in this modern world. In olden days, girls were not progressive. They were forced to remain indoors but today it is different. Young people have too much freedom. They are free to go to school and to do what they feel
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    • 225 12 IN this modem world, practically every achievement is performed by scientific methods, especially In the field of medic 1 n e and engineering science Consequently today’s younger generation acquires a sense of appreciation for science subjects during their school career so that they will
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    • Article, Illustration
      272 12 “RING! ring! ring!” The alarm clock was ringing beside my ear. I stirred, but did not get up. Instead I raised my hand and pressed the screw drowsily. Filteen minutes later, the sun shone directly upon my eyes. This awoke me. When I glanced at the clock,
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      279 12 THE blue sky was densely covered by grey clouds and It looked so miserable and unpleasant. The cold wind blew harder and harder, in which, the branches of the trees were moving about violently. Women rushed out to collect their clothing. Goats and fowls were seen returning
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    • 240 12 Education can mean many things. Anything that we learn is part of our education, even though we may not have learnt it in school. We learn from books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, maps, tele- vision, and radio. We learn from talking with other people. Education that we
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    • 296 12 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrants are requested to observe the following rules: 1. Each entrant must fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended below in block letters. 2. No entry will be considered icithout the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • 2511 14 By WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Sun. The Collin Tullohtrained Riversands, well ridden by jockey Khamis, scored a spectacular upset to pay $349 in his debut at Bukit Timah this afternoon second day of the Singapore Turf Club June/July meeting. Riversands led all the way
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  • 45 14 ORCHARD ROAD, with jockey Wilson astride, being led into the winner's gate by Mr. Lee Ah Seong after scoring a shock win at Bukit Timah on Saturday. The three-year-old Gambler s Luck gelding paid $lO5 for a win ticket Eastern Sun picture.
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  • 1333 15  -  Teck Wing leads from start to finish in m/c event By BEN VARIYAN and R.D. SELVA KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Two BMC Cooper "S" cars entered by the Newton Enterprisers of Singapore won the first two places in the six-hour Rothmans 500 endurance race at
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  • 122 15 SEREMBAN. Sun. Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Youth Forum “A" beat their “B team by eight wickets in the Stranahan Cup match at the Rahang Square here today. They thus qualify to meet N S Club in the final. The “B” team, batting first, were all out
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  • 223 15 LONDON. Sun. This year’s international National Rifle Association meeting at Bisley in Southern England starts on July 13. It will again be a partly experimental meeting as after next year no more .3-0-3 ammunition will be available and the target rifles will have to be
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  • 381 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Lights Athletic Club won the Sioh Goh 800 trophy for the first time since the competition started in 1965 when they beat Selangor Schools and rival Jets Athletic Clubs In a triangular meet held at the Merdeka Stadium today. RESULTS: 100 m.
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  • 39 15 IPOH. Sun —The Central Perak Behools Sports Council will stage their llth athletic sports meet for the affiliated secondary schools in Ktnta District at Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Tiger Lane here on July 2 and 8.
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  • 104 15 LONDON. Run. Esso Petroleum are giving £5.000 to the British Olympic Appeals Fund. This followed their decision earlier in the week to call off their six £6,750 golf tournament next month. Mr. Frank Bow e.n director of the company, said: “We have been able to
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  • 223 15 SEREMBAN. Sun. Malacca trounced Negri Sembilan 5-1 in their second South Zone Malaysia Cup encounter at the Station Padang here today. Malacca thus proved that their 6-2 win over Negfl when they first clashed was no fluke. Former Malaysian international. Robert Choe was Malacca’s
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  • 105 15 IPOH. Sun. Perak beat Selangor for the fourth year In succession In the inter-State bowling competition (men’s section) at the Perak Turf Club Sports Club here today. Perak scored 2.694 pinfalls in the 15-game series ithree games per player in a team of five bowlers). In
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  • 41 15 NEWCASTLE, Sun. (Reuter) In a thrilling photofinish Lord Derby’s Amateur won the Northumberland Plate handicap (Pitsman's Derby) run over two miles here yesterday. B W Hager’s Quartette was second and W. G. Barker’s Farm Walk third of 14 runners.
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  • 346 15 SINGAPORE, Sun. SEAP Game* gold medallist, Mahmud Mansoor, today shattered the pole vault National record In the two-da” nnual athletic meet the Singapore Achi Club held at the Fe Park Athletic centr In this t.ont he cleared a new height of 14 ft. 31
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  • 31 15 LOURENCO MARQUES, Sun. (Reuter) World welterweight champion Curtis Cokes (United States) beat South African champion Willie Ludick in the third round of a ten-round nontitle bout here last night.
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  • 52 15 Its PenangS'gor final PENANG. Sun. Penang trounced Kelantan 7-0 to become the North Zone champions in the second leg of the Malaysia Cup zone final played at the City Stadium here tonight With their victory over Kelantan. they wifi now meet Selangor, the SOyth Zone champions, in the final in
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  • 209 15 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Sun. Malaysia are to support Singapore in their bid to hold a world badminton championship at the International Badminton Federation's meeting in London on Tuesday This was decided at an emergency meeting of the Badminton Association of Malaysia at
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  • Sun Sport
    • 1042 16  -  Amateurs Moore Edlefsen take 3rd round honours By Aubrey Higgs T ONDON, Sun. (Reuter) At the half-way stage in the first open Wimbledon Tennis Championships here yesterday honours were unexpectedly exactly even between Amateurs and professionals. Of the 22 contracted and coaching professionals
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    • 20 16 MARK COX, the British amateur tennis player, who is among the last sixteen in the current Wimbledon Open Tennis Championships.
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    • 99 16 MANCHESTER. England. Sun. (Reuter)— Lancashire County Cricket Club are to Investigate a report by the MCC Board of Control that the pitch they provided for the First Test between England and Australia this month was classed as unsatisfactory by both umpires and one of the
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    • 29 16 SCARBOROUGH. England. Sun. (Reuter) The English Football Association, at their Council meeting here yesterday, decided against lifting the permanent suspension of players involved in bribery cases
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    • 594 16 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Brian Luckhurst made a speedv return to form after his recent illness with his first century of the season for Kent against Glamorgan at Swansea in yesterday’s English County Cricket programme. Luckhurst hit two sixes and 12 four* in his 100 in
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    • 75 16 CHALLENGER Manuel Ramos (right) of Mexico, spills back into the ropes after a flurry of left hooks by heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in the second round of their title bout at Madison Square Garden recently. Ramos suffered a second-round terhnica] knockout in the contest. Ramos
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    • 80 16 SANTO DOMINGO. Dominican Republic. Sun. (Reuter) Dominican Carlos ”Teo” Cruz snatched the world lightweight boxing title from champion Carlos Ortiz of Puerto Rico in a tough 15-round fight here last night. Cruz, who was the underdog. became the first Dominican ever to win a world boxing title. For
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    • 52 16 IPSWICH. England. Sun (Reuter) West Germany conceded only their third defeat against any country in 15 games when they were beaten 2-0 by Britain in their men’s international hockey match here yesterday The victory was Britain’s first against West Germany and avenged their defeat in London nine
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    • 366 16 SHEFFIELD, England, Sun. (Reuter) Yorkshire had a profitable day on a damp and slow wicket in making 271 for four wickets in six hours against the Australians on the first day of their three-day cricket match here yesterday. England Test stalwart Geoff
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    • 153 16 WARSAW. Sun. (Reuter) Irena Kirszenstein, of Poland, beat the women's 100 metres world record here yesterday but her time of 11.0 seconds will not be recognised as a new mark because of wind assistance. There was a following wind of 2.4 metres per second
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    • 213 16 SYDNEY, Sun. (Reuter) Freddie Rengifo of Venezuela will take to the ring here tomorrow night (1015 GMT) as the decided underdog in a 10-round overweight bout against Empire featherweight champion Johnny Famechon of Australia. Famechon. ranked third among contenders for the world title by the
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    • 198 16 CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sun. (Reuteri Dave Stockton, with the help of a hot putter. fired a sizzling four under par 67 here yesterday and took the lead after three rounds in the US$llO,000 Cleveland Open with a 54-hole aggregate of 204. Stockton had only
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    • 52 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 4.06 a.m. (6.9 ft.), 3.46 p.m. (8.3 ft.) Port Swettenham: 9.09 am. (14.8 ft.), 8.56 p.m. (13.8 ft.) Port Dickson: 9.35 a.m. (8.2 ft.) 10.02 pm. (77 ft.) Singapore: 1.23 a.m. (8.6 ft.), 3.05 p.m. (7.2 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 2.01 p.m. (7.7 ft.) Kuantan: 1.02 p.m.
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