Eastern Sun, 17 July 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun •***M„*»««** Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 706 Wednesday, 17 July 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 579 1 Sabah claim talks in Bangkok break up BANGKOK, Tues. (Reuter) five-week old talks between the Philippines and Malaysia broke up here today when the Malaysian delegation walked out of the conference room first after telling the Philippines delegation: "There is nothing more for us to talk about."
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  • 798 1  -  By DEV SHRIDHAR SEREMBAN, Tues. —The Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, said the impasse in the Bangkok talks on Sabah would not affect the ASEAN ministerial meeting in Jakarta next month. He said this when opening the $l2 million Sungel Linggi water
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  • 99 1 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Tues Malaesian Javelin champion Nashatar Singh and middledistance runner R. Suhramaniam left here tonight for Russia to join Asian sprint champion M. Jegathesan for pre-Olympic Games training. Both these athletes got their "greenlight" from the Olympic Council of Malaysia at 2.30 p.m. today.
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  • 360 1 RANGKOK. Tues. (Reuter) Three members of the 4* Sabah State Assembly told the Philippines today they would fight to the last drop of their blood to keep their State within the Malaysian Federation. In a statement issued here today. Mr. Salleh Sulong. Mr. Herman
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  • 272 1 MANILA, Tues. (UPI) President Ferdinand E. Marcos, in a two-hour crisis meeting with his top foreign policy advisers today, put the brakes on a snowballing move in the Philippine Congress for immediate severance of diplomatic relation with Malaysia. Mr. Marcos and his Foreign
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  • 333 1 pENANG. Tues. The J highly decomposed body of a 32-year-old qualified mechanical engineer, Lim Pee Hong, son of wealthy millionaire, Lim Heng Guan, was found inside a 44-gallon oil drum buried in the backyard of a house in Jalan Bintang. Fettes Park, this evening. The
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  • 134 1 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Malaysia's Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said yesterday his country had no alternative but to reject the Philippine claim to Sabah. But he hoped the two countries could work together for the general well-being of all South-east Asia. The Prime
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  • 61 1 CANBERRA. Tues. (Reuter) Australia is withdrawing its squadron of Sabre fighters stationed at Übon, in North-eastern Thailand since June, 1962, Defence Minister Allen Fairhall announced today. The squadron would be regrouped with the Royal Australian Air Force at Butterworth, Malaysia. Mr. Fairhall said the move
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 348 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malaysian High Commissioner designate to Australia, Dato Donald Stephens, today urged the -Philippines to co-operate and live in goodwill with Malaysia. He told Bernama here today it was In the Interest of the people of both countries that there
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    • 167 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Toto jackpot for group one (six numbers correct) now stands at *121.480. The prize for group twojflive plus one correct) now stands at $161,974 which is far above the ceiling of .fan nnn allotted as supplementary winning for that group. A
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    • 95 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A Burmese trade delegation currently on a world tour, arrived here this evening for a five-day visit. They will later visit Malaysia. The leader of the delegation, Lt. Col. San Win, Chairman, Trade Corporatfon No. 1 (Agricultural Products),, told newsmen that they were on
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    • 56 2 SINGAPORE. Tues—The New Town Secondary School In Queensway will organise a “Week of Service” from Aug. 1 to 7 in aid of the National Defence Fund. The students will go ■round houses and offices doing odd jobs. Proceeds from the jobs done by the students will be
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    • 49 2 SINGAPORE Tues. A welder. Kwan Cheng Lin, 29, was jailed for a day and fined $2OO by the Fourth District Court today for giving false evidence at a Coroner's inquiry last year. Kwan was found guilty of committing the offence on March 23 last year.
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    • 141 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The High Court this morning held a Reference in memory of the ’.ate Mr. R. L. Eber who passed away yesterday after a short illness. Mr. Eber, a prominent member of the Bar. was 82 years of age at the time of
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    • 220 2 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. The Pakistan Government Is considering Joint ventures between Pakistani «nd Malaysian businessmen Jh this country, a Pakistani 3lsh Commission spokes■anan said here today. “We think Pakistani industrialists would be attracted to the idea of ■setting up joint ventures th textile, leather and pharmaceutical industries,”
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    • 87 2 Gl T ARD-of-Honour for newly-weds. Second-Lieutenant and Mrs. Garry Bell at All Saints Garrison Church. Wessex Estate. Singapore. Second Lieutenant Bell met his wife while serving with a British Army unit, 18 Signal Regiment, on the island. Mrs. Bell was previously Miss Ann Shaw, daughter
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    • 208 2 IPOH, Tues. A Form I student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan In Dairy Road here. Mohamed Naser bin Mohamed Yusoff, has the distinction of being the youngest flying member of the Perak Flying Club. He has done six flights in one of the two gliders at
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    • 303 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A public meeting under the joint sponsorship of the Selangor Indian Association and the Gandhi Memorial Trust will be held tomorrow at 5.00 pm. at the Town Hall. The meeting will be presided by the Minister of Education. Enche Mohd. Khir Johan, who is
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    • 191 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Three robbers armed with pistols rushed into a site office at Mandai and made off with the pay-packets of the workers totalling $34,000 on May 4. a preliminary inquiry wa s told today. The wages clerk. David de Rosario, told the Ninth
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    • 96 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A further programme of immunisation in the city and rural areas will be carried out by the Ministry of Health between August and October. The City Mobile Immunisation Team will visit various centres during that period from 9 a.m. to 12
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    • 37 2 PENANG, Tues. The case of the 13 Indonesian seamen, who face two counts of importing Indian hemp and conveying uncustomed goods here was further postponed to July 19 for mention in the Sessions Court
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    • 239 2 MALACCA. Tues. The Cabinet has formed a toplevel committee to study feasibility of converting the 6,000-acre Commonwealth Cantonment at Bukit Terendak. 30 miles from here Into an education centre when the British troops withdraw from the country In 1971 The Minister without Portfolio. Enche
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    • 58 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Citizens’ Consultative Committee of Kampong Chai Chee will hold a four-day National Day festival at the Kampong Melayu School in Jalan Eunos from Aug. 8 to 11. The Committee will organise various activities to entertain young persons during the festival. About 1.500 children will
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    • 431 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The formation of "joint action groups" between the Singapore Tourist Association and the Tourist Promotion Board to tackle the problems of services for tourists such as taxis, buses, and tourist guides was suggested tonight by the Board's chairman, Mr. P.H. Meadows. Speaking at
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    • 490 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Chairman of the Singapore Tourist Association, Mr. Herbert Lim Eng Kwan, tonight suggested the formation of a Tourist Task Force combining the efforts of the private and public sector to boost the tourist industry. The formation of the task force should
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    • 180 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, the Minister for Education last night urged lighter owners to be more efficient and treat their customers fairly. He was speaking at the 73rd Installation ceremony office-bearers of the Singapore Lighter Owners’ Association. Mr. Ong said that as
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    • 180 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The President of the Singapore Industrial Arbitration Court, Mr. Tan Boon Chlang, was reelected President of the Singapore Scout Association Geylang District for the fifth successive year at the annual meeting held recently. Four vice-presidents were also elected. They are:Mrs. Ng Kong
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    • 377 4 SEREMBAN, Tues. The $l2 million Sungei Linggi water purification plant, which will enable the supply of five million gallons of water a day, was this morning opened by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. The operation Of the plant, which is 13
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    • 173 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. prof. K. E. Chan, of the University of Maiaya. was among the recipients of research award, totalling near.lv £75.000 over three years announced by the British Heart Foundation of London. Prof Chan, who is the Head of the Pharmacology, Faculty of
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    • 112 4 I KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Malaysian Agricultural and Horticultural Association (MAHA) exhibition, due to open on Aug. 1, has been postponed by six ■weeks, a spokesman said here today. He said the four-day exhibition would n ow be held '‘towards the end of September.” The postponement
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    • 107 4 KAMPAR. Tues A mining worker here was buried alive following a landslide at the Da to Sha’ari tin mine ..Chin Nam Yee alias Chee Theam Ley, 31. of Sungei Siput North was working in the engine room of the mine. 160 teet down when the
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    • 84 4 SEREMBAN. Tues. Two goods train collided headlong at the Seremban Railway Station today as a result of a faulty judgment. There was, however, no severe damage to both locomotives as both trains were travelling at a very slow speed. The accident took place
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    • 225 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The University of Malaya with “its glorious setting is one of the best in the world.” This tribute was paid to the University by the visiting Chairman and Managing Director of Standard Telephones and Cables of Australia. Sir Samuel Jones, today. Sir Samuel had
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    • 97 4 Prof. Sheh, formerly a Xanyang University professor, gave a public demonstration of his skill after the opening. And he took less than five minutes to complete a
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    • 174 4 From Jakarta to MiddleEast KUALA LUMPUR. Tue*. The Minister of Lands and Mines. Dato Haji Rahman Yaakub. left for Jakarta today on his way to the Middle-east. In Jakarta, he will enrol two of his children in school, before leaving for Bangkok to join other members of the delegation. Dato
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    • 102 4 National Art Gallery (Jalan Ampang): Exhibition of batik design and art 10 a.m. to 6.30 p-m. Peninsular Art Gallery (41, Jalan Raja Muda): Works of prominent Malaysian artists exhibition 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Samat Art Gallery (AIA Building): Three Thai artists exhibition 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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    • 100 4 IPOH Tues. A check-up by the staff of the District Office which was burgled last night revealed that a tape recorded speech of the Acting Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. was stolen together with a tape recorder. Tun Abdul Razak made the recorded speech when
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    • 535 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Justice Raja Asian today wondered if elected Councillors who sat on a certain Johore Bahru Town Council committee were, in fact, responsible representatives to their wards. He made the remark during the evidence
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    • 390 10 QINGAPORE, Tues. —The Singapore Medical Association has called U f or a n ew policy in providing free medical services. The Association, in an editorial in its latest issue of the "Medical Newsletter," pointed out that the Government could not and
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    • 77 10 SINGAPORE. Tues.— The Singapore Olympic and Sports Council will organise a Variety Show on July 21 at the National Theatre to raise funds for the Council’s Sports Fund. Hong Kong film star, Miss Chan Poh Chu, will appear together with local stage, radio
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    • 172 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. There is a shortage of trained valuers in the Republic, according to the Real Estate Valuers' Association. In a statement today, the Association hoped that the present number of valuers will increase in the years to come to appreciate local conditions and
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    • 74 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. The wife of Lt. Col. Abdul Rachma n Ramly. Indonesia's Charge d’Affaires to Singapore, will dec’.are open the Indonesian Art and Handicrafts Centre tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Wisma Indonesia in Orchard Road here. The Centre will be open to the public
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    • 118 10 SINGAPORE. Tues Two delegations from the Singapore Medical Association recently visited two of its members who are now under political detention Dr. Lim Hock Slew and Dr. Poh Soo Kai. Dr. Gwee Ah Leng. Dr. Phoon Wai-On and Dr. Arthur Lim visited Dr.
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    • 71 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Restricted passports can be obtained from various places from tomorrow. The places are; Immigration Department. Empress Place (during office hours); Immigration Depot. South Quay, (during office hours); at the Immigration Checkpoint. Woodlands (service for 24 hours). Restricted passports will also be issued at Joo Chiat
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    • 311 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. A typewriter repairer. Tan Swai Ai. was today told by a High Court Judge. Mr. Justice Buttrose. that his wife. Chan Tuet. “should be the one presenting the petition for divorce”. Tan. who was petitioning for divorce on grounds
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    • 117 10 4.30 p.m. Rehearsal of the Opening Ceremony Programme of the Singapore Youth Festival 1968 at Jalan Besar Stadium. 6 p.m. Rehearsal of Music and dance presentation at the National Theatre. 12.45 p.m.—2 p.m. The Rotary Club of Singapore weekly luncheon at the Blue Room? Capitol Building. 7 p.m.
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    • 35 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. —An 85-year-old woman, Yee Yean, was found hanging in the kitchen door of her house at Block 48, Hoy Fatt Road, yesterday. Police do not suspect any foul play.
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    • 57 10 SINGAPORE, Tues A 45-year-old man fell to his death from the seventh floor of a Housing and Development Board block of flats at Mattar Road this morning. Police gave the name of the dead man as Ng Siak Hwee. Police said he died on the spot.
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    • 22 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. There was 97 road accidents, of wkich two were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 79 10 SINGAPORE. Tues —The largest single shipment of Australian fruits will arrive here on July 21 aboard the Austasia Line Vessel. “Australasia. Aboard the ship are 56.127 cases of fruits, including 30.803 cases of apples; 17,091 cases of citrus (mostly oranges) and 8,133
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    • 337 11 NUT ‘sympathy strike’ PENANG, Tues. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Joharl, today said the government had a plan to meet the proposed “sympathy strike” by the National Union of Teachers on Aug. 30. He was speaking at the official opening of the $214,000 Sekolah
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    • 68 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A 49-year-old dulang washer yesterday found the body of his missing 19-year-old daughter in a mining pool 400 yards from their home in Jalan Segambut. Kee Soh Hwa’s body was teen floating in the pool at a m. by her father who
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    • 249 11 Kl ALA LI MPI’R, Tues. A 55-member Indonesian armed forces cultural team will arrive here on July 23 for a three-week debut. The team's visit, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence will be led by Major Sucady Wangsadipradja of the Ministry Regional
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    • 254 11 PENANG, Tues. Cancer Week is being held to make people aware of the dangers of the disease and also the steps taken to eradicate it. This was stated by the Governor of Penang. Tun Syed Sheh Shahabudin, when he opened the Cancer
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    • 79 11 PENANG. Tues. The Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, Major General Abdul Thalib, and his wife paid a courtesy call on the Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, at Bangunan Tuanku Syed Putra here today. Earlier, they visited the scenic sports of the island, including Gurney
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    • 53 11 MUAR. Tues. The Johore State local government has approved a grant of $lB,OOO to the Parit Jawa Local Council for several minor rural projects this year. The Mentri Besar of Johore. Dato Haji Othman bin Haji Mohamed Saat, made the grant when he opened a progress exhibition at
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    • 158 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Secretary General of the Democratic Action Party, Mr. Goh Hock Guan said urgent cables had been sent to various organisations to intervene to save the lives of 11 young Malaysians condemned to death for consorting with Indonesians during confrontation. The
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    • 114 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues The State Secretary of Selangor. Haji Megat Mahmud, left for Washington today to negotiate with the World Bank for a $10.5 million loan to finance the first phase of a new water project in Kuala Lumpur. He told newsmen at the
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    • 81 11 SEGAMAT, Tues. The Ministry of Education nas declared holiday for three secondary and one primary schools in Segamat and Yong Peng on Julv 21 on the occasion of their official opening by the Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. The four schools are: The Lower
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    • 50 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Thieves last night stole $3OO worth of orchids from the home of an assistant Controller of Telecommunications. Mr. Chong Sing Ngoh. 49. told police that 17 not* of various orchids were stolen from the garden of his house in Jalan Ampang Hillr.
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    • 113 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Five forged driving licences have been sent to the police by the office of the Registrar and Inspector of Motor Vehicles here. The licences were seized when thev were presented for renewal, a police spokesman. Supt. A. vijayaratnam, said today. Mr. Vijayaratnam said
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    • 71 11 KOTA KINABALU, Tues. Sixteen more US. Peace Corps volunteers will arrive here in October. They are the anti-TB unit of the Medical Department. The volunteers have started their training in Hawaii in tuberculosis control technique and methods. Sixteen volunteers would soon be returning home after
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    • 299 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The sponsors of the Merdeka University were urged today to "drop the idea" and support the college initiated by the M.C.A. The call was mode by the Director of Publicity of the M.C.A. Mr. Lee San Choon. He told Bernama: “I
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 248 5 BRUSSELS, Tues. (Reuter) France lost night threatened to delay final implementation of a unified Common Market beef and veal policy if there were no progress on a common veterinary policy at the six-nation organisation's next Agriculture Ministers' Conference. At a Common
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    • 208 5 Test case LONDON Tues (Reuter) South Africa’s offer to sell a small amount of gold to the International Monetary Fund (1.M.F.) was still being discussed by the fund's executive board, the House of Commons heard last night. Mr. John Bruce-Gardyne (Conservative) has asked why
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    • 74 5 WARSAW. Tues. (Reuter) East European leaders left Warsaw last night after a two-day meeting of the Soviet Union and four of its allies to discuss events in Czechoslovakia. The Polish news agency PAP reported their departure but gave no details. Delegates at the meeting
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    • 40 5 SALISBURY. Tues. (Reuter) The ruling Rhodesia Front’s executive committee hammered out the broad outlines of a new constitution for Rhodesia today after giving a massive personal confidence vote to Prime Minister lan Smith and his government.
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    • 40 5 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) The Philippines is stepping up a drive to rid the country of rats. A Presidential Palace announcement said one million pesos (about £100.000 sterling) would be set aside for the anti-rat campaign.
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    • 304 5 MANILA. Tues. (L'PI) A Filipino congressman has warned that the 1969 Philippine elections may erupt into a “free-for-all shooting affair" and another. joining the current uproar against rising crime, called for a state of national emergency. “All over the country today many people
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    • 58 5 Morning, noon or night when it's summer one likes to wear light things for comfort. Here Swedish model shows the latest creations in sandals they match your earnings and are light as a feather. Sillylooking things, one may say, but the designer says it provides the coolness
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    • 48 5 DANANG, Tues. (Reuter) U.S. Marines at outposts strung out along the demilitarised zone which splits Vietnam are watching underground movies. The pictures are not illicit blue films, but the latest Hollywood releases. The Marines call them “Underground movies” because they watch them underground in their bunkers.
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    • 287 5 Tourists yes, job hunters, no. LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) The British government's controversial race relations bill last night passed its final major parliamentary stage when it got House of Lords' agreement in principle. Conservative peers did not oppose the measure which seeks to reduce racial discrimination in jobs,
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    • 97 5 NAGOYA. Japan Tues. (UPI) One worker was killed and 14 others were injured last night when the second floor of a warehouse under construction here collapsed and buried them in a mire of raw concrete. They w r ere among the 17 workers working on
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    • 113 5 TOKYO. Tues (UPI) A group of Japanese intellectuals sent a telegram to President Chiang Kai-Shek of Nationalist China yesterday to protest the planned trial of a Chinese student deported from Japan earlier this year. The student. Chen Yu-Erh. 29, is expected to
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    • 69 5 WASHINGTON. T u e s. (UPI) Senator Vance Hartke. Democrat Indiana, confirmed reports yesterday he was co-ordinating effort to give asylum in the United States to Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary. Mr. Hartke said he has taken “action within government circles” in an effort to offer
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    • 38 5 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) —The Commonwealth Office last night denied Biafran allegations that Britain was directly responsible for the n **!i»ht of the breakaway state. “it is absolutely rubbish to say this country is responsible," a spokesman said.
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    • 28 5 SYDNEY, Tues. (UPI) Thieves who broke into the Westmead Railway Station last night stole 20.000 cigarettes valued at US. $390 and the burglar alarm.
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    • 87 5 TEHERAN, Tues. (euter) India’s Deputy Premier Morarjl Desai began talks here with Iranian officials on expanded trade, economic and cultural ties between the two countries as well as joint co-operation-Mr. Desai met Premier Amir Abbas Hoveida. Finance Minister Dr. Jamshid Amouzegar. Economy Minister Dr. Ali-Naghi Alikhani.
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    • 315 6 SYDNEY, Tues (UPI) Duties paid by the Japanese firm Mitsubishi (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. on a shipment of synthetic rubber into Australia were A59.704 (U.SSll.OOO) short, a Customs hearing was told today. Mitsubishi is facing five charges of contravening section 234 of the Customs
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    • 47 6 WASHINGTON Tues. (UPI) New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller said yesterday he had worked for 10 years to solve the problems of urban centres, but that Richard M. Nixon has scoffed at plans for rebuilding riot torn cities and called them “Pie in the sky.”
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    • 144 6 MIAMI BEACH. Tues. ’(UPI) Brazilian beauty Martha Vasconcetllos. the new Miss Universe, spent 90 minutes yesterday in an exhuberant telex conversation with her father and her boyfriend in Salvador, Brazil. Afterwards she excitedly cried. “I'm so happy, you can't imagine how happy I am. you
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    • 490 6 O AIGON, Tues. (UPI). Three major firefightis raged into the predawn hours of today within 60 miles of Saigon,, Military spokesmen said. One of the clashes was being fought only 16 miles Southwest of the capital's downtown district. The other two
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    • 64 6 CANBERRA Tues. (Reuter) Petitions for divorce ir. Australia have increased by almost one-third in the last fiv(e years. Figures released by Commonwealth Statistician K.M. Archer tfiow a steady rise in divorce petitions from 1963. Nearly half the number of wives divorced in New South Wales
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    • 50 6 HONG KONG. Tnes (Reuter) The pilots of two American aircraft were captured after their planes were shot down during raids over North Vietnam’s Quang Blnh province yesterday and today. the official North Vietnam News Agency reported tonight. The agency did not disclose the exact number of pilots captured.
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    • 273 6 LOS ANGELES. Tues. (UPI) Chief Deputy Dist. Atty. Lynn D. Compton yesterday disclosed that authorities have not ruled out the possibility of a conspiracy In the assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. However. Mr Compton declined to say whether investigators
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    • 330 6 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Takeo Miki told British Foreign Secretary Mr. Michael Stewart yesterday that Japan was highly dependent on Middle East oil and voiced Tokyo’s concern over stability in the area. Mr. Mikl. in Europe for the sixth round of
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    • 314 7 Coffee break pleasantries PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) North Vietnam has charged that the United States was trying to mislead and calm world opinion by spreading the word that off-the-record conversation gave grounds for optimism on the preliminary peace talks here. The chief spokesman for Hanoi’s delegation to
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    • 63 7 They waved him goodbye BEREA. OHIO Tues. (UPI) A man and a woman merely waved to a bystander last night as their auto slowly sank in a small lake. Both drowned. The car was recovered se-eral hours later by police. Police said a witness told them as the car settled
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    • 28 7 UWAJIMA, Japan Passengers evacuated from sinking ferry after it ran aground in fog last night. All the crew and passengers escaped. UPI radiopix
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    • 520 7 HONG KONG, Tues. (Reuter) The Southern Doily of Canton has accused opponents of Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of launching a "frantic counter-offensive" in the South China province of Kwang- tung. An editorial in yesterday's edition of the newspaper, broadcast by Radio Kwangtung, called on the people
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    • 49 7 MEMPHIS. Tennessee. Tues. (UPI) Security arrangement for the expected return to the United States of James Earl Ray. accused of the assassination of DrMartin Luther King Jr., call for Ray to be housed in a special cell equipped with closed-circuit television, it was learned yesterday.
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    • 211 7 LONDON. Tues (UPI) Sir Hugh Carleton Green* will retire as director-gene-ral of the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) next March 21 after holding the position for nine years, the BBC announced yesterday. He w' ill subsequently be appointed to the BBC board of governors.
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    • 114 7 PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) France today exploded a medium power nuclear device at its Pacific testing site on Mururoa Atoll, an official announcement said. The blast was the second in the current test series due to culminate in the autumn with the setting off of France’s first
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    • 318 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) The Johnson administration's Foreign Assistance Bill faces its first crucial test today in the House of Representatives when the house votes on a U 552,300 m. aid authorisation bill. The money request has been sliced by almost $6OO m. or twenty
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    • 51 7 HONG KONG. Tues. (UPI) Five Chinese convicted of running ASIA'S biggest counterfeit ring began serving 10-year prison sentences today. But Police did not consider the case closed. “The backers of this ring are still at large." Senior Inspector Jim Currie said. “People in the Philippines are
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    • 77 7 CATANIA. Sicily, Tues. (CPI) Etna Volcano erupted again yesterday pouring forth a stream of lava several miles long. But scientists said there was no danger to villages and farms dotting the lower slopes of the mountain. The 10.902-foot Etna. Europe's tallest active volcano. has heen
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    • 606 6 Happy 2nd Anniversary fAN behalf of all the members and Officials of the Eastern Sun U.N.C.L.E. Fan Club/ I would like to congratulate our sponsor, Eastern Sun, on their Second Anniversary. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Eastern Sun for forming and sponsoring the U.N.C.L.E. Fan
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    • 24 7 2ND ANNIVERSARY CONGRATULATIONS TO EASTERN SUN STEREO 4-track 7” tape recorder TR-1001 I The Leader in Sound Engineering AIWA C 3 DUNN TRADING COMPANY
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    • 291 7 Congratulations Best Wishes to EASTERN SUN on the occasion of its 2nd. ANNIVERSARY (OSDEL (SINGAPORE) LIMITID S'PORE-OFF ICE: 50 E/F ARMENIAN STREET, SINGAPORE, TEL: *****, ***** and *****4. KUALA LUMPUR: 3RD FLOOR. ROOM 305, CHINA INSURANCE BLDG., JLN TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN, K.L. TEL: *****. CcHyratulatieHA SeAt WiAkeA tc EASTERN SUN
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  • 338 8 rpHE Eastern Sun today celebrates the second anniversary of Its entry into the world of Malaysian and Singapore Journalism. The paper was born on July 17, 1966, during the exciting period of the spring time of independence of both countries. Indonesian confrontation had spent itself out; Malaysia was
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  • 377 8 THE Bangkok talks on the Philippine claim to Sabah could be likened to a Barmecide feast an Imaginary feast laid out for a guest as described in the Arabian Nights. The Philippine delegation make motions of laying their country's claim to a slice of Malaysian territory. When the
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  • 1169 8  -  By: Ben D’Cunha IT WAS ten years ego that this country made its bow in the field of international diplomacy. During that relatively shoit period she had been wooed, ridiculed, blackmailed, ostracised and let down by many countries. But she weathered the storms with a
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  • LETTERS..
    • 204 8 IT never occurred to me that the two stone lions specially ordered, designed and Imported to adorn Merdeka Bridge in Singapore. one at each end. are no more there. The oridge was opened some years before the present Government took over in 1959. I do
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    • 204 8 TMITHIN the past week there were several items of news published in the columns of your newspaper —about co-operation between Malaysia and Thailand in the pursuit of Communist terrorists at the common border, and co-operation between Malaysia and Indonesia in an effort to stabilise price of rubber in the
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    • 124 8 AT Singapore’s post offices are displayed complete sets of the Republic’s new coinage in plastic covers for collectors and priced at $4 a set. Besides philately I am also interested in numismatics. I wonder why the price should be so high, i.e., more than 200% of the
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    • 159 8 Education DepartA ment wishes to collect money from school children under the Endowment Fund (Majlis Sokan Bekolah2 Malaysia) A directive went out to all schools to start collecting. The Headmaster of the lorahim Primary School. Sungei Patani, reproduced the letter from the Kedah C.E.O. and circulated it
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  • 255 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence Crinlna1 Trial*") KOSEMARIE was next to her 4-year-old son, Billy, when he was suddenly hit by Toms car. Later. Rosemarie sued Tom for her son’s injuries as icell as for her own mental suffering. Tom's car went into the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper WEDNESDAY. JULY 17, 1868 23-B, Cantonment Read, Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office 39. |alan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: *****/6 S. Leith Street, Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Read. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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    • 21 8 lllllk MHIIINs MCSI CIVI I HI III NAMfS AkD AODilltli Ik COOO I AITH. UTTfk* HITHMI7 SAMIS ASO ADOklSSfS >1 klMUSHIQ
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 619 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The National Cash Register Company Is working with a pilot group of five US. commercial banks in pioneering automated Central Information Files which could help establish some of the basic groundwork! for the much-discussed “chequeiess society.” The CIF installations wiil
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    • 145 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Bill Yaremchuk, Area Sales Representative of Pan American Airways. Singapore has left to attend an Advanced Tariff Course in New York. This Course (Will prepare him to provide travel agents with up-to-date information on Fares to arid within
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    • 198 9 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) Industrial shares climbed to new highs on the Stock Market yesterday and government bonds held firm in brighter conditions. Most sections of the list advanced and shortly before the bell the index had hit a new high at
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    • 68 9 HONG KONO. Tues. (UPI) Money quotations. HKS 6 095 goer U S dollar HKS 6.1075*) per U S dollar TT HKS 14 53 pier pound sterling HKS 302 per tael of gold 94.5 p»er cent/ fineness. HKS 163.6 !per 10.000 Japanese yens HKS 147.2 per 100 Philippine
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    • 31 9 NEW YdtaK. Tues. (UPI) Closing I Dow Jones averages: 30 Industrials 923.72 20 Rails I 264.28 15 Utilities 134.43 65 Stocks! 333.16 40 Bonds' 75.86 Commodity Index 136.62
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    • 56 9 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI) Rubbery futures closed unchanged across the board. There werje no sales. Oct *6B; 20.65 bid. 21.15 asked. Nojv 20.55 bid, 21.05 asked. Jagi 20.45 bid, 20.95 asked M«*rch 20.45 bid, 20.95 asked. May 2Q.45 bid, 20.95 asked. 20.45 bid, 20.95 asked. The noi
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    • 171 9 WASHINGTON. T u e s (UPI) South Korean Commerce Minister ChungYun Kim said yesterday that U.S. officials have expressed “sympathetic interest’’ in the new five-year development plan being worked out by hit government. Mr. Kim had lengthy conferences yesterday with Mr. William
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    • 132 9 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Second rank industrials recorded substantial gains and leading issues also showed gains ranging to 1/or more. Gilts quietened but the firm undertone was maintained. Turner and Newall was prominent with a rise of 1/-. Stores were in good form with Gussies
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    • 137 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) The Stock Market went through a trendless session yesterday with turnover off slightly from the previous session. The United Press International stock market indicator rose and fell above the Friday closing level at various times during the day. Analyst said the
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    • 1460 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. There was a technical reaction in the industrial section of the Stock Exchange today with prices easier, and trading was suspended three times to catch up with contracts. Profit-taking commenced in the morning and continued throughout the day with buyers of the more speculative
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    • 110 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants. New \ork: Buying T.T. 323 4; Airmail OD. 32-7 8; 90 d/st 33-7/16 credit bills; 335/8 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T 35-1 '4; Airmail OD 35-3 P; 90 d St.
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    • 35 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) yesterday’s volume was 13.390.000 shares of a total 1550 issues traded. 614 were higher and 731 lower. American Exchange volume was 7,190.000 shares bonds velume amounted to 14,670,000.
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    • 384 9 SINGAPORE Stock Exchange sold and offer prices officially listed at business. the close of INDUSTRIALS Aetna 2.72 2.74 Ben Co. XBI 324 Borneo 2.22 Boustead 1.82 1.84 C. sugar —a. 4.60 hemleal Co 1.85 C. storage XD 4*0 Dunlop 356 358 I 1 2.50 Esso Orels 3.1)2 Eitzpatrlcks
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    • 165 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Two ways have been suggested to improve the marketing of smallholders’ rubber and help them obtain the maximum benefit for their labours. The two ways are group processing centres and central processing schemes. The suggestion was made by “Rubber
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    • 44 9 (Managers* Prices) First Malayan XD 2.76 second Malayan XD 1 99 Third Malayan 1.30 The Commerce Industry 1.01 1.10 The Savins Fund 1.16 l.°3 I Irst li'Kong .9.3 .98* second H’Konc Malaysian Investment Fund 1.25 1.35 Sterling C’modlty 5/8 <• Bans Kong Currency)
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    • 105 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Chine** Produce exchange todo irr> Buyer sell« Coconut Oil (FOB.) Hulk 54 00 Coconut on (F OB.) Drum. 56.50 Loo»e Copra Mixed July 30.00 (N) Muntok lute Pepper (FOB.) 96% N.L.W. ***** Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.H. 107 50 Sarawak special Black Pepper (KO ti.)
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    • 257 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Tues. July first grade rubber 1.0. b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 53} cents per lb., up one eighth of a cent from pre* vious closed. The tone was inactive. i The market ruled idle and featureless for most of
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The tin price for today was $555 37i per picul, down 12$ cents.
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    • 183 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Fernbank 3/4 Aramis 5 Aeneas 6/7 Angara 8/9 Jozef Conrad 10/11 Benstak 13/14 Lone Lloyd 15/16 Protesilaus 18 State Of Orissa 23/24 Negara Maru 29/30 Romo Maersk 31/32 Benmhor 33/34 Servaskerk 38/39
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    • 44 10 Congratulations to EASTERN SUN on their 2nd Anniversary THE JARDINE WAUGH ORGANISATION Can yra tula tions ta EASTERN SUN on their 2nd Anniversary Export Sales Company Limited 1199, WEST PENDER STREET, VANCOUVER 1, B.C. CANADA. Suppliers of Newsprint Sole Agents: THE JARDINE WAUGH ORGANISATION
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 66 11 7,813 LUCKY WINNERS LAST DRAW 6 PEOPLE HIT 5 AND WON $3,760 EACH 417 PEOPLE HIT 4 AND WON $54 EACH 7,390 PEOPLE HIT 3 AND WON $4 EACH COUPONS ENTERED BY THE SIX TOP WINNERS ARE:COUPON NUMBER AGENTS NUMBER *****95 *****06 *****15 *****53 *****7 *****57 01 -08 01-33 02-11
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  • 2nd ANNIVERSARY
    • 454 12 Eastern Sun A today celebrates its second anniversary with a pictorial feast of a pix which graced the paper during its second year (July 17, 1967 July 17, 1968). During an eventful second year, the Eastern Sun has brought off exclusive pix like tracking down Bond-girl
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • HOLLYWOOD EVERYWHERE
      • 782 13  -  By Sheilah Graham TH E gx-Madama Jean Paul Bel* mondo it about to do a Sybil Burton* Jordan Christopher. The man she is marrying is much younger. Oddly enough this usually works out better than the other way around.
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      • 195 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— A special performance of the Philharmonic Society’s next production *La Belle Helene’ is to be put on for schoolchildren and students on Monday, Aug. 5 at the Town Hall. “Schools have been advised of this and it is hoped that the response will be
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      • 207 13 TOMMY Steele, as the orphan lad Kipps who comes into a fortune, tries to master the eating habits of the rich he has now Joined, In these two scenes from Paramount Pictures’ lavish musical, “HALF A SIXPENCE,” based on the Broadway and London stage hits, in
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 60 13 I SCOTTS RD. SINGAPORE. RESERVATIOMS:*****3 6 m < -wp 11 Entertainment spectacular with 13 Gorgeous GIRLS!; GIRLS! GIRLS! PLUS ADDED ATTRACTIONS LES BARIAC PIERRE BEL BOB TUTUPOLY NECHTLY AT THE Choosathe enjoyment centra that suits you bestRRSR SHYflNG unim BAR WttMiyt: ti-Z UL Sit.NeLEm to Sim. Wftkdiyj to 2 a.m.
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    • 72 13 TRAVEL CENTRE OF SINGAPORE Well-known for personalised services E-10 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING The Biggest A Most Thrilling Circus Ever To Perform Here THE GREAT ROYAL CIRCUS OF INDIA KAUANG PARK (Tell *****6) Today at 6.30 9.30 p.m. Tickets: 17. S 3 $3 S 3 Children under 13 S 3. t 3.
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 276 13 SHAW tGANIR»T?*-)M OPENS TOD AY! U am. LU) < »o. «.3A J» 15 p m Lloyd Bridges, Andrew >Keir ATTACK ON THE IRON ICO ABT" au vd m.i-9'ot»mAi CAPITOL Phone J. 9759 NOW SHOWING No Frew u»«! I ad. 4.00. 0 45 A »M p.m. 11 I> ••DRAGON n t
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    • 35 13 1 ORCHARD opens tomorrow; PALACE ACTION THAT TEARS THE SCREEN APART ...as professional jewel thieves conspire hijack a fortune in diamonds! RICHARD HARRISON MARGARET LEE in THE GREAT DIAMOND RDBBERYI m a A TECHNICOLOR TECHNISCOPE
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    • 277 13 CATHAY -J3400 LAST DATS! 11 rif.se Note Times “THE KING AND 1“ Cinemascope Color by DeLutt Deborab Kerr. Vul Brynner (FOX I Sr hno I Conceoetnui 11.00 To Any Seat For II a.m.. 1(0 (.no p.m. Shows Throughout The Season, NEXT CHANGE! Paramount Picture ••SMASHiNO TIME" (Technicolor I Rita Tu.-hmgham.
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  • NEWSFEATURES
    • 636 14  -  By DELOS SMITH NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) In the past two years more than 80.000 Americans lost their sight and in the next 10 years some 500.000 more will follow them into the world of darkness. Jules Stein, multi-million-aire founder and head
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    • 103 14 IN this anniversary itiue we take the opportunity to give readers something new under the Sun. This is a preview of our new Science and the Man page which will delve into the developments and problems for the Space Age and will endeavour to chart the
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    • 390 14 Dr. Margaret Gillies, gastroenterology department. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Sydney, has found that frequent resort to aspirin promotes the development of gastric ulcers- Her findings are based on a study of 100 ulcer sufferers, 48 of them being women and 52 men. These patients’
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    • 48 14 JAKARTA. Tues. (Reuter) France has decided to give Indonesia US$ll m. commercial credit for this year. French ambassador to Indonesia, Claude Ches Son said last night. The ambassador said the credit would be mainly used to import spare parts and technical equipment from France.
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    • 318 14 Where ‘miracle rice was born WASHINGTON The struggle to Increase rice production in Asia so as to feed its hungry millions goes on constantly. New strains of hardy fast-growing rice make possible more than one harvest a year. Agriculture secretary Orville Freeman
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    • 464 14 They may net be “contented cows” but ABORIGINAL CHILDREN ARE 'HAPPY' CHILDREN ABORIGINAL children living in relotively primitive societies on off-shore islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria are, in the view of psychiatrists, happy and well-adjusted. Compared to the children of middleclass European up bringing they are remarkably free of
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    • 41 14 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues. (Reuter) A campaign here for voluntary surrender of firearms netted more than 1.500 weapons from pistols to a rocket launcher in the five weeks since the assassination of Senator Robert Kennedy, police said today.
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    • 103 14 Experiments Last year experiments in the Celebes succeeded in a programme covering 30.000 hectares. Now, in Java, over 300,000 hectares will be involved, the largest such effort in South-east Asia. Fertilizer and insecticide spraying aircraft will be supplied by the Swiss experimenters. Costs are placed
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 526 14 Eastebn Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK b Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maju Avenue, Serangoon Ga-den Estate. Singapore. 1361. Changi Road. Singapore 17. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET. 83, East Coast Road. Singapore
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    • 210 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT LEMBAGA LETRIK NEGARA PE MBA NT I’ TEKNIK TINGKATAN BIASA PENYELIA KAWALAN KAWASAN TADAH PERMOHONAN2 ada-1 a h di-pelawa bag! Jawatan Pembantu Teknilc Tingkatan Biasa. Penyelia Kawalan Kawasan Tadah dldalam Jabatan Ketua Jurutera Awam, Lembaga Letrik Negara. 2. Pemohon2 m e s 11-1 a h Warga Negara Malaysia
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  • Sun Sport
    • 333 15  -  By R.D. SELVA CPORTS in the country need dynamic leadership for the attainment of higher standards up to international level. For this reason, should sports officials be restricted from holding too many posts in various associations? This question has been posed by me
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    • 99 15 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Harry Gregg the former Manchester United and Ireland goalkeeper, was appointed manager of English Third Division soccer club, Shrewsbury Town Gregg, who left United for Stroke City after playing over 400 English league games, was chosen for the Shrewsbury job from
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    • 266 15 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter! Nottinghamshire, inspired by West Indian skipper Gary Sobers, beat Lancashire by 56 runs with only a minute to spare in their English County Cricket Championship match yesterday. Sobers (77 not out) and Mike Smedley (58 not out)
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    • 547 15 SEREMBAN Tues. Negri Sembilan athletic •‘politics" will provide some nervous shivers here in the next couple of days as the crucial day for election of office-bearers draws close. Make no mistake about It the annual meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association of N.S. to
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    • 226 15 SINGAPORE. Tues. Youth Champion Lee Wah Chin and Combined Schools No. l singles player Low Kee Wah were taken to three sets in the fourth round of the Singapore Badminton Association men's junior singles championships played at the Singapore Badminton Hall,
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    • 607 15  -  By M.T. LINGAM Mohomed Khir Johari, the Minister of Education and "strong J man" in the Schools Sports Council of Malaysia, whose aim is to go ail out to uplift the standard of sports in schools has probably unwittingly stumbled on a
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    • 747 15  -  BY STANLEY SREEDHAN THE MALAYSIAN Cricket Association face a severe challenge to keep cricket alive particularly in the smaller States where great amount of strain and financial setbacks are hindering progress. In the past the smaller States had relied to a very
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    • 242 15 MALACCA. Tues. The Malacca Hockey Association annual open league for the Mariappan Cup will start tomorrow when War Department Civilians will meet newcomers 14th Light Regiment R.A in the opening match at the Malacca Club padang. Fourteen teams are taking part in the league competition.
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    • 54 15 MELBOURNE. Tues. (UTI) World bantamweight champion Lionel Rose of Australia will fight Mexican Jose Medel in a non-tit’.e fight in Los Angeles on August 28. Medel is currently ranked ninth in world ratings Medel hag knocked out Fighting Harada of Japan from whom Rose took the
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    • 871 16 Horses Class 3, Div. 3—Abt. 6 Furs. 000 Sir Enofill 4y 9.00 Hock Huat Stable 030 Sawadre fly 900 Madam L P. Wong Miss R E Kerr 8 Spy 11 3y 8.12 M s. G L. The Joseph Gomez iee 08 Lapel 4y 8.12
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    • 137 16 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Juarez Lima, junior middleweight champion of Brazil, made his debut in Japan last night by winning a unanimous 10-round decision over' Japanese welterweight champion Kazuyoshi Kubokura in a non-title bout at Korakuen Hall. Lima. 26, had the faster footwork and outboxed
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    • 288 16  -  BY WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Tues. Pretty Dolly, a course scratching on Sunday, showed that there is nothing amiss with her when she did a smart trial on a slightly yielding track here this morning. Ridden by jockey Alan Trevena Petty Dolly easily skipped over 3f.
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    • 135 16 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Four of the world’s top tennis plavers. Australians Rod Laver, Rose wall, John Newcombe and Tony Roche, have entered for the first tournament of champions to be held at Wembley here in November. Promoter Jack Kramer and tne British
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 39 15 HAPPy 6947MbAy CAZ7C4V from JACKIE’S BOWL ORCHARD KATONG QUALIFYING ROUNDS NOW ON AT BOTH CENTRES ENTER NOW! WIN a FREE round MSA air trip to Australia to compete in the International South Pacific Classic November 1968 CLASSIC BOWLING TOURNAMENT
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    • 90 16 > m ROTHMANS CAMBRIDGE M mm :r" m VS- FILTER TIPPED mam True lobuuo Satisfaction Get Cambrid ithtl annum 2 The new RlO Fitter it e«pressly designed for selective filtration, to give you all the flavour of fine Virginia tobaccos. Cambridge Filter. Blended from hand-selected Virginia tobaccos; imported fresh from
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 5.55 a.m. (6.8 ft.). Port Swettenham: 10.04 a.m. (14.2 ft.), 10.06 p.m. (12.5 ft.). Port Dickson: 1106 a.m. (7.8 ft.), 1121 p.m. (6.5 ft.). Singapore: 3.21 a.m. (7.6 ft.), 4.08 p.m. (7.2 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 2.27 a.m. (5.8 ft.), 2.49 p.m. (7.2 ft.). Kuantan: 2.02 a.m.
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  • SECOND Special Supplement ANNIVERSARY EASTERN SUN
    • 486 1 A message from our Managing Director 17th JULY 1968 OINCE the Eastern Sun started publication on July 17, 1966, it has enjoyed the continued patronage, encouragement and support of its readers from all walks of life. Today the Eastern Sun celebrates its
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    • 1519 3  -  By TAI SING ONN. News Editor. Eastern Sun, Malaysia, who sees the burden and the song as Malaysia enters its second decade of independence. a decode of eventful Merdeko, Malaysia has just stepped into the bright new dawn of the second decade of its independence. Churchill once
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    • 1202 5  - S’PORE Chilli padi' of S.E. Asia By John Kam SINGAPORE, excl?i;ncd one of Her leaders in Parliament, can be likened to a "chilli padi" small, yet pungent and powerful. The "chilli padi”, seldom more than an inch long, is a species of the hot-flavoured chillies which is a necessary ingredient
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    • 132 5 g A KES alive! Err. forgive the expression, but it is actually a snake. The man in this Eastern Sun picture by cameraman Yap Chew Yan is an expert snake catcher. He plys his trade in the back lanes of the Federal Capital where
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    • 1069 7  -  By a Staff Writer before in the schools in Singapore has the emphasis on extracurricular and cultural activities been so great. This reflects a new trend in education and the upbringing of youths. It reflects the realisation of the importance of producing allround developed youths who
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    • 870 9  -  B v K.S. Sidhu attention has been focussed on Singapore island as a charming and scenic spot that will attract ony tourist. Equally fascinating, if not more, are the numerous islands, totalling 40 in all which Singapore administers. There is little life or activity on these
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    • 632 10  -  WHILE MEN TAKE TO THE FRILLS, WOMEN TAKE ON THE SQUARE AND THE MILITARY CUT, AND THE TWO PARTIES TURN OUT TO RE WOWS' By: Maureen Lee yHE swapping of hearts is splashed all over the front pages of papers; the swapping of wives fills
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    • 1509 11  -  By: Cherries Chan pAD-WISE, fash. ion-wise, Malay* sia's younger generation catch on fast. You can see them everywhere —at the cinemas, snackbars, cosy corners, nightclubs. The cool, cool chick in the ultra mini, the hep cat with the Beatle mop. An over-imaginative visitor can almost
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    • 696 11  -  By Hoo Ban Khee THE theatre clubs in Kuala Lumpur are heading nowhere. There is no co-ordination between each group; there is ho direction and each is jealous and touchy of the other. One would hate to say this but that is the
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    • 380 12  -  BOOK SECTION Reviewed by Tai Sing Onn Mikes has again dipped His pen in vJT vitriol and come out with a savagely funny book—NOT BY SUN ALONE (Andre Deutsch. 142 pp. 18s net). Mr. Mikes loved Jamaica. It was his island in the sun. The
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    • 476 12 Available at the U.S.I.S. Library in Singapore OOME of the new books available at the U.S.I.S. Library, Armenian Street, Singapore: JUST Friends and Bravo Enemies, by Robert F. Kennedy. Harper, 1962. The book, written by the late Robert F. Kennedy when he was Attorney General, contains his
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      1001 13 On the showbiz front... ...with Charles Chan £V ANT GARDE reporting as far as show-biz personalities are concerned has been one of the salient features of the Eastern Sun since its inception two years ago. Our columns featuring singers, dancers, and strippers coupled with the artistic flair of
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    • 1020 14 J HAVE been in this sports business for two decodes, a comparatively short time you may say. But during that short time, I have seen, first as a player and later as an official, the waxing and waning of quite a number of
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    • 608 14 all those good sportsmen, who at the height of their fame suddenly vanished from the arena, labelled as injured? Were they physically or mentally traumatised? T rue, some may have been unable to cope with earning a living and participating in sports; some sport
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    • 2242 15  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE sports os portroytd by rscsnt events hos inherited the onxiety and awkwardness that are part and parcel of adolesence. This is a period which demands determination, dedication and a certain deftness. Allow complancency to seep in and we’ll
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    • 712 16  -  WILL MALAYSIA RETAIN SYMBOL OF WORLD BADMINTON SUPREMACY? By Ben Variyan rpHE Thomas Cup, symbol of World Badminton Supremacy, is in our hands but for how long? That is the $64,000 question everyone is asking. If must be admitted that Malaysia left no stone unturned
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    • 601 16  -  By H.M.S. Sutan SINGAPORE'S "haven" for expectant mothers the Kandang Kerbau Hospital was once described as having the largest number of deliveries in the world for a single hospital. This may be to many a surprise and one may jump to the conclusion that the birth-rate
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 22 1 Heartiest Felicitations and Bes t II is it es to EASTERN SUN on the occasion of its 2nd. ANNIVERSARY from Cathay Organisation
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    • 457 1 WE have just completed the first official ‘audit of our circulation figures and our auditor, Chartered Accountant Yeoh Cheang Kang, has certified that the average daily net sales -6of the EASTERN SUN exceeds 41.000 copies jf The audit was conducted under conditions laid down by the Advertisers’ Association and the
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    • 180 2 Eromaratulations to Eastern Sun on the occasion of their 2nd Anniversary 1968 f J^±L L •02+*. HEADACHE CURB. i \h ss w j x mm > Wk/M JU VBHIN BAI (Pat Kwa Tan) CHINKAWHITE CHEE THONE BAN TIGER OIL MJt ■EMGI TIGER BALM POCKET SIZE MEDIUM SIZE FAMILY SIZE -'jfr.
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    • 34 8 Wear tie At CcngtatulaticHA ah 4 fie At WiA he A tc EASTERN SUN oh the cccaAicH cjf the it Second Anniversary {ftctn Sin Chew Jit Poh, Singapore Malaysia. Sing Pin Jih Pao, Penang.
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    • 106 10 Wishing EASTERN SUN Every Success in the future from GOLDEN HARVEST CO. 10. JALAN BANDAR. KUALA LUMPUR. TEL: ***** Congratulations Best Wishes to EASTERN SUN on the occasion of its 2nd. ANNIVERSARY from LING WAH PRESS 162. JALAN PETALING KUALA LUMPUR. TEL: ***** fir ***** Wishing EASTERN SUN Every Success
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    • 23 13 Heartiest Congratulations and Sest Wishes to EASTERN SUN CM itS 2nd ANNIVERSARY SING NGAI PRESS 8 10. Manila Street. Singapore. 7. Tel: *****
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