Eastern Sun, 13 December 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 852 Friday. 13 December 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 595 1 T>ANGKOK, Thurs. (AFP) The Foreign Ministers of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet here this week-end to discuss worsening tension between the Philippines and Malaysia over Sabah, it was officially learned here today. The meeting is hastily arranged by Thai
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  • 163 1 SYDNEY. Thurs (Reuter) Political observers agreed today it was certain that Australia would stay in South-east Asia after Britain's withdrawal in 1971. The Australian Government's plans will be made known officially when Parliament resumes next Feb. 25, but Prime Minister John Gorton hinted at
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  • 64 1 MUNICH Germany. Thurs. <UPI) A local ski club whose Alpine cottage frequently has been burglarised of food stocks left a note: “The burglar is requested not to remove anything because ail rations have been poisoned with E-605 insecticide.” Last weekend a member found the cottage burgled again. The
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  • 733 1 Nixons New Extra-Dimension Cabinet WASHINGTON. Thurs. (I PI) President-elect Richard M. Nixon's new ‘‘extra-dimension” Cabinet, headed by "superb negotiator" William P. Rogers, the next Secretary of State, started learning their new jobs today. Mr. Nixon introduced the group of men of whom
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  • 39 1 NAPLES. Italy. Thurs. (Reuter) Two American destrovers that entered the Black'Sea on Monday despite Soviet protests are now passing through the Bosphorus on their way back to the Mediterranean, a US Navy spokesman said here today.
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  • 446 1 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) Former Philippines President Diosdado Macapagal has blamed President Ferdinand Marcos for the nation's troubles. particularly the deterioration of relations with Malaysia over Manila's claim to Sabah. Mr. Macapaga! in a .peech at the l.vceum of the Philippines University yesterday said President
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  • 159 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has returned to Boston after a private conference with President Johnson here on Tuesday night, a Singapore Embassy official said today. According to Informed sources, the two leaders discussed the security situation in Southeast Asia with
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  • 59 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malaysia's rubber production is heading for the mil-lion-ton level this year and all time record making the country the first to reach this mark. Base on the production trend in the first nine months. Bank Negara says in its latest quarterly economic bulletin that
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  • 214 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Parliament today approved the financial policy of the Government for next year. After a lengthy debate this afternoon the House approved the financial policy ns submitted by the Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee last week. Winding up the debate and referring to
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  • 27 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, widow of assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy, today gave birth to a daughter, her 11th child.
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    • 222 2  -  by: A. A. Hamid. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Th« High Court todoy gronted o temporary injunction to prevent two mining companies here Setopak Tin Lond Syndicate Limited and Bon Hock Hin Mining Limited v f rom evicting 2,000
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    • 235 2 Pendatun Talking Nonsense —SCA KOTA KINABALU. Thurs (Reuter) The Sabah Chi- nese. Association has describ- ed as utter nonsense talk o' --Sabah falling into the hands of China. The Association was com- menting on recent remarks Tnade at the United Nations by a Filipino politician that Sabah would eventually fall
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    • 96 2 KOTA KINABALU. Thurs. The Sabah Electricity Board will build a SSJ million power station in Sandakan during the next two or three years. The project Is sited at Batu Sapi. about five miles from Sandakan. A spokesman for he Ministry of Communications and Works said
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    • 176 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thunv The 13 receptionists at Kuala Lumpur International Airport will be quite justified to put down the telephone on people who are rude to them when making inquiries. the Director of Civil Aviation. Mr. C. H Moreira. told Bernama
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    • 204 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The University of Malaya Student's Union is leaderless and the Student Council dissolved itself over the issue of whether the union should involve Itself In non-partisan politics or not. A 10-hour extraordinary meeting of the S'udent Council ended in uproar, confusion
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    • 131 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Malaysians will now have to pay only S2O for a return flight between Kuala Lumpur and Malacca and $2l for a return flight between Ipoh and Penang under the Malay-sia-Singapore Airlines’ new excursion rates for its passengers An airlines spokesman told Bernama
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    • 73 2 PUAN Fatimah, wife of the Minister of Information and Broadcasting, on Dec. 10 gave away prizes to winners of the Grand Finals Talentime 1968 Competition, organised by the English Service of Radio Malaysia, at Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Puan Fatimah presenting the challenge trophy to Bernard
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    • 33 2 Twelve contingents of the Armed Forces parade at the opening of the ninth International Koran Reading Competition at the Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night. Eastern Sun pix by Mok Voon.
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    • 657 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. The Johore Government was strongly urged today to promulgate a law prohibiting, and making it illegal, sales of land in kampongs to all foreigners, including Singaporeans. The call came from the Alliance backbencher for Benut. Enche Abdul Majid bln Haji Hashlm.
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    • 160 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Democratic Action Party today said it was unfortunate the Alliance had oeclined to take part in a cebate on the Internal Security Act. “This is a shame as it gives rise to the Impression that the Alliance finds
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    • 188 2 IPOH. Thurs The police today answered two 999 calls In connection with what was described as preventive measure* to foil bank robbers. The first was in answer to a call from the Union Overseas Bank in Belfleld Street, and the other at the United Malayan Banking
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    • 138 2 More Sabahans Donate Blood Now -Official KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The People in Sabah have generally overcome their superstition about donating blood. The Officer-in-charge of the Sabah branch of the Malaysian Red Cross Society, Mrs. Gean vVilliams, said today. As a result, more and more Sabanans were coming forward to donate
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    • 109 2 KUALA I.UMPI’R Thurs. The Central Government faces an overall deficit of $673 million this year instead of $869 million originally estimated. The reduction of $196 million is Indicated in latest Treasury estimates quoted by Bank Negara in Us quarterly Economic Bulletin issued today. Development expenditure
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    • 211 2 MALACCA. Thurs. A smiling Lim Yew Hock told me this morning that he had still not made any plans for his future and was in no burry to do so. Mr. Lim, who was recently stripped of his "Tun” and once Malaysia’s Ambassador to
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    • 222 2 IPOH. Thurs. The Alliance Government has no discrimination in its distribution of grants and aids to religious institutions in this country. This was stated by the Mentri Besar Perak. Dato Haji Ahmad Said, when he handed over a cheque of 55.000 to Cheong
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    • 105 2 PENANG. Thurs Nearly 1.000 children, of all races between the ages of six and eight years from 15 villages in Glugor will be treated to a Hari Raya party on Dec. 29. A similar party will be held for the children on Pulau Jerejak. the
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    • 175 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Italian industrialists are willing to help local industries, the leader of the visiting Italian Trade Delegation, Mr. Übalde de Ponte, said today. He told a press conference that Italian businessmen would also continue to maintain contact with
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    • 33 2 IPOH. Thurs. A businessman. Au Kiew Seng. 39, reported to the police that his Mercedes-Benz costing $15,000 wa s stolen from Golden Jubilee Restaurant i n Kampar Road here lost night.
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    • 91 2 IPOH. Thurs—With Hari Raya Puasa and Christmas around the corner, the Perak Police are now putting "extras” on beat rounds to ensure that no incident happens in this town, the Perak Criminal Investigations Department Chief, Asst. Commissioner U. Santokh Singh said today. “We are taking
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    • 109 2 National Art Gallery (jalan Ampang): Special exhibition id honour of British sculptor Henry Moore lo am. to 530 P m Film shows on the life of Henry Moore U am. 12 noon. 3.30 p m. and 430 p.m. Samat Art Gallery <AIA Building. Jalan Ampang >: Batik painting
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    • 965 3 SINGAPORE PARLIAMEAT REPORTS BY JOHN KAM AND R.V. LINGAM SINGAPORE, Thins.— The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong rang Boon today outlined in Parliament the changes in the education system that would come into effect from next year. He gave this outline when ne
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    • 71 3 The combined choirs of the Teochew and English language congregations of the Thomson Road Baptist Church, will sing in English John Peterson's Christmas Cantata “Love Transcending" in the church sanctuary on Sunday at 8 pm. Rev. Dr. Thomas Eugene West will be the Conductor-Accompanist and Mr. David Chan, Pastor of
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    • 851 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Several MPs today called on the Government to see that industrialists' do not take undue advantage of Government protection for local industries. Speaking during the debate on the budget. Mr N. Govindasamy. the member for Telok Blangah called on the
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    • 224 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs. (Reuter) Australia's derision to maintain troops in South-east Asia would help the Communists. Dr. J. F. Cairns, (Labor MP for Yarra) said in a press statement today. “It gives the Communists their strongest and most effective card to play their claim to stand
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    • 709 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore’s realistic approach to problems of international relations has paid dividends, according to Enehe A. Rahim Ishak. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Speaking in Parliament during the budget debate. Enche Rahim said the results of these policies were evident. He said: “We
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    • 298 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Government was urged today to expand its foreign services for "we can ill afford to stay in isolation and he defiant to changes taking place”. The call came from Mr. Low Tong Nguan when he spoke during the debate on the budget
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    • 737 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The British High Commissioner in Singapore. Sir Arthur de la Mare today reiterated his country had no intention to abandon all interest in the defence of this region. Sir Arthur said Britain had expressed in the 5-Power Defence Conference in Kuala Lumpur
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    • 135 4 JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) Indonesian Security Forces have made n*w arrests as they probe the activities of gold smuggling rings operating into the country. Antara news agency reported today The agency quoted Dr. Suhardjo. Chief of Antismuggling Operations at Jakarta Airport as saying that one
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    • 58 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —Lau See Chi, 18. was today charged in the magistrate's court with stealing a car valued at $l,OOO at San Ping Road on Sept. 13 and a lorry valued at 53.000 on Aug. 27 at Sungei Besi Road Lau pleaded guilty to
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    • 75 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Kuala Lumpur Psychology Club will hold two dances during the festive season in aid of its building fund. The dances, on Christmas Eve and On New Year's Eve. will feature fashion parades, spot dances and other attractions. Both the dances
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    • 75 4 KOTA KINABALU. Thurs. —The Canadian Government is now considering the request of the Malaysian Government for the establishment of a $3 million 'Forest Inventory* in Sabah. The First Secretary to the Canadian High Commission in Malaysia. Mr G S. Shortlifte. told newsmen before flying to Kuala
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    • 142 4 SINGAPORE Thurs Shaw Foundation today handed over a new ambulance to the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore. Tan Sri Kunme Shaw this morning personally handed over the keys to the chairman of the association. Dr. Tan Kwang Hoh. A number of voluntary social
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    • 253 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The 25-year-old woman who was found dead yesterday on a lonely track at 11 m.s. Yio Chu Kang Road and believed to be a victim of sexual assault died of excessive haemorrhage of the womb. There were no indications of rape
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    • 152 4 SINGAPORE Thurs. A British Naval officer died at the RAF Changi Hospital last night after his vehicle collided head-on with a lorry at 11 ms. Yio Chu Kang Road. Another naval officer was also admitted in th9 same hospital. Their names are being withheld. The
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    • 311 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore's first Ambassador to Cambodia. Professor E. S. Monteiro today reported back to President Yusof bin Ishak that he had completed "a successful tour of diplomatic service In Cambodia." Professor Monteiro among the first local diplomats to represent the Republic after
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    • 419 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Employees of the Singapore Traction Company were warned today of the consequences of not collecting fares and going slow. The warning came today from the National Trades Union Congress and the STC Employees Union as conductors continued to slow down"
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    • 28 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs—There were a totai of 69 road accidents of which two were fatal and four were serious during the past 24 hours in tne Republic.
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    • 1443 10  -  By L. D. BAPTIST PENANG. Thurs. Penang millionaire. Mr. Soon Cheng Sun. today said he needed Imy Heah as his second wife, without whom, he could not have survived his various illnesses. “I need her as my second
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    • 69 10 6EKEMBAN. Thurs R«ven official* and members of th* Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia. Jimab Branch. including ita two Vice-Chairman, hav- resigned from th® Party b»eause they did not agree with the Gerakan s cultural policy The officials are: Vice-Chair-men Mr K Pathmanahan and Enche All bm Abu Bakar.
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    • 57 10 IPOH Thurs. The Ipoh Division of the St John Ambulance Brigade will hold a Xmas dance at their brigade premise* in Anderson Road here on Dec. 21 Admission to the dance which starts at R3o pm will be by tickets pneed at $3 for gents
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    • 31 10 ISLAMABAD. Pakistan. Thurs. (Reuter) Pakistan has agreed to take part in a conference of Moslem States proposed by Malaysian Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman, a Foreign Office spokesman said today.
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    • 42 10 The Yang di-Pertuan Agong seen being introduced to Singapore contestant, Encbe Mohamed Zain bin Shukur after he officially opened the three-day ninth International Koran Reading Competition, at the Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night. Eastern Sun pix by Mok Voon.
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    • 1657 10  -  By BEX VARIYAX KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Jerome Fredrick Lobo today told the divorce Court here how he took up observation posts by night opposite a doctor s clinic after he suspected his wife was
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    • 62 10 BANGKOK. Fri. (Reuter) Buddhist monks in colourful orange and yellow saffron robes chante dprayers beneath hundreds of coloured balloons for the success of a 10-nation trade fair which °Pen«d in Bangkok today. Thai King Bhumlbol Adulyadei opened the fair as the nags of Austria. Britain. Taiwan.
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    • 387 10 Need For Satisfactory Diet —Minister KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malaysians often face a lack of* satisfactory diets rather than a lack of food, the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Haji Ghazali Jawi. said today. But the problem was not so acute as in other denselypopulated Asian countries, he said, when he
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    • 757 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The overall performance of Malaysia's economy this year is expected to be much better than in 1967, says the latest issue of Bank Negara's quarterly economic bulletin. The bulletin adds that development in the various sectors were very favourable
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    • 320 11 KLANG. Thurs The four-man cant who staged a daylight hold-up at the Oversea Chinese Banking Corporation here and escaped with 550,000 and the jaga's shotgun after wounding an assistant cashier yesterday is believed to have left town through one of the estate
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    • 113 11 A DONATION of $5,000 towards buying “general things” for the Armed Forces for Christmas and Hari Raya was received from Tan Sri Low Yat, proprietor of Federal Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday. The Chief of Armed Forces, General Tunku Osman bin Tunku Mohamed Jewa (right) who received the cheque,
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    • 225 11 KU ALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Transport Workers Union will consult its legal advisers on how to challenge an injunction against the strike served on the union yesterday by the Sri Jaya Transport Company. A joint statement, issued by the Secretary-General of the Malaysian
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    • 223 11 PENANG, Thurs. Two Malaysian employees of NAAFI. at R.A.A F. Butterworth were rewarded yesterday when they were each presented v-:th a mantel clock as a mark of appreciation for their courage and vigilance during an armed hold-up on May 25. Mr Lee Eng Pang.
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    • 156 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs The Naval Offlcer-in-Charge. West Malaysia Captain JM Forbes, will be given a colourful and a big traditional naval sendoff by officers and ratings of the Royal Malaysian Naval Base and ships under his command in West Malaysia, on Saturday at
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    • 96 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Mentri Besar of Trengganu. Tan Sr. Ibrahim Fikri bin Mohamed. today urged all Ketua Kampong (Village heads) in the State to hold monthly meetings Ketua Kampong. who are also Chairmen of Kampong Development Boards, should discuss problems concerning the
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    • 32 11 KAMPAR. Thur*. Police raided a toy shop jn Jaian Idrig her# and recovered two toy lorries with Mao Tse-tur.g's quotations inscribed on th e m A woman was detained.
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    • 64 11 IPOH Thurs A couple was robbed by two youths at Coronation Park here last nicht Chong Ah Ham. 24. and his girl friend from Jelapartg New Village were confronted by two youths, one armed with a dagger They took away Chong’s wristwatch worth $43 from his
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    • 56 11 ALOR STAR. Thurt The Minister without portfolio. Enehe Abdul Ghafar bin Baba. will make a short visit here tomorrow to receive a donation for the MARA Education Fund from Seri Kedah B :s Company at the bus station in Jalan Langgar hei» He will also visit the
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    • 110 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Italy hopes that Malaysia wall take part in the twoweek "Italian International Fair" to be held in Milan in April, the Italian Ambassador to Malaysia. Dr. Enrico Carrara, said today. He said; “This is a very important event where countries from Asia. Africa, America
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    • 51 11 MUAR. Thurs. Popular Singapore TV a-.d radio singers Solo Cho© and Wang C.ung Yian will giv» personal performances a* a variety show to be held at the Victory Theatre here on Dec. 17 and j 8 The u p-and-coming "The Sa nt" of Johore Bahru will provide the
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    • 306 11 Malacca Straits Survey KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. F.v. placet along the west coast of West Malaysia have been named as possible sites for the installation of radar reflectors to collect data for a hydrographical survey of the Straits of Malacca. They are Cape
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    • 84 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Dato Chong Shih Guam Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Kuen Cheng Girls* Middle School here has called for closer cooperation between members of Board of Governors. Teachers and students. Only such efforts could improve the various aspects of education in
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    • 115 11 IPOH. Thurs. —Three pretty Thai girls were this morning fined $5O each or two weeks’ imprisonment by Magistrate Enche Abu Bakar bin Awang for having entered the country without travel documents. The girls, Noi, 19, Phon. 23, ana Poo. 23, all of Haadyai in
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    • 78 11 SEGAMAT. Thurs. A five-day art course, organised by the Johore State Branch of the National Union of Teachers w-ill be held at the Segamat Secondary English School here beginning from Dee. 15. More than forty primary and secondary school teachers from all parts of Johore will
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    • 26 11 PENANG, Thurs. A3 accountant. Low Yin 6cr.g. 67. war killed when he was knocked down by a motor Cycle in Jelutong Road yesterday evening.
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    • 32 11 BATU PAHAT. Thur*. The Malaysian Government will, build a new court house and a new post office in th# Pon’ian District next year under the n»tional and rural development programme.
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    • 74 11 THE Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Yew, on Monday opened an art exhibition staged by the students of the College of Art, Kuala Lumpur. In his speech, the Mincer urged local artists to create drawings which reflect the struggles undergone by the Government to r3 Eastern'Sun pi* t
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    • 2948 12 perfume that suits you best, or the fragrant gift to harmonise with and embellish the personality of someone you really want to please 7 HOW to choose the Answer: Use your head! "The olfactory nerve." notes M.A. MurrayPearce, Editor of
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    • 320 12 kangaroos Canberra, AUSTRALIA. In spite of the periodical scare-story that Australia s kangaroos are doomed to extinction written by dishonest journalists who know that material of this sort sells readily overseas. whether true or not no Australian naturalist supports the claim. Over recent years all
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    • 258 12 IXB Munich. “After almost eight hour 9 a day over a microscope my head hums." admits Barbara Koestner "but gradually one learns to tell what really mat ers.” Barbara is taking part in a course for cytological assistants at a special school opened
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    • 290 13 SrN f! AP °RE- Thurs. Pretty Hong Kong entertainer. Margaret Ann Miller is not only a p?ofl"e"t singer, she’s also an up-and-coming actress pronc,ent But she adm.ts that her love f or acting slightly reer S Ver her singing ca N°w in Singapore and
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    • 105 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A 16-year-old messenger boy. Ho Yew IVah. today pleaded guilty in the Ninth Magistrate’s Couit to insulting the modesty of a British housewife oxer the telephone Ho admitted asking Mrs. Vixien Butterwnrth. 29. “What you call a woman's undernarts?” on Sept. 20 from his
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    • 105 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Employees Provident Fund investments totalled $1,772 million at the end of the third quarter of this year, according to the latest issue of the Bank Negara quarterly Economic Bulletin. Figures in the bulletin Show, of this amount $1,617 4 million was
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    • 40 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Minister for Law and National Development Mr. E W. Parker will present long service awards to members of the Public Utilities Board staff at a dinner tomorrow night at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Auditorium here.
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    • 59 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Singapore Red Cross Society will hold a party for handicapped children at the Red Cross House in Penang Lane on Saturflay at 4 p.m. Gifts will be given to the children at the party by the president of the society. Puan Noor Aishah
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    • 97 13 SINGAPORE Thurs—An overhead pedestrian bridge will he erected across Clemenceau Avenue and Tank Road on Dec 17 at 2 a m Motorists using these roads are cautioner to slow down and pay attention to road signs. Tank Road and part of Clemenceau Avenue will
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    • 52 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs During the recent tree-plant-ing and gardening competition among schools the amount spent by each school ranged from $5O to $2OO. The more,.. came fr^m sports, science and miscei.aneouj, lands me r'erliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education, Dr Lee Chiaw Meng. told
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    • 315 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The sale of the second instalment of five new definitive postage stamps of fixe cents, 10 cents, 15 cents. 25 cents and $1 denominations will be open at all post offices in the Republic 0 n Sunday. Dec. 29 The hours
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    • 67 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs The Singapore Indian Association will entertain th» Tanan Merah Red Cross Home for handicapped children at i pit es in Balestier Road on Sunday at 4 p.n The handteaped children will be clven gifts and refreshments There will be a magic show and
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    • 285 13 CORONER'S COURT SINGAPORE, Thurs. A 17-yeor-old schoolgirl, Phoon Siew Kwai told her mother she wanted to die because she could not bear to suffer a constant headache, the Coroner's Court was told today. Phoon was found dead m her pyjamas on the
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    • 135 13 SINGAFORE. Thurs—The Singapore Surgical Society and the Chapter of Surgeons. Academy of Medicine, will hold a combined meeting on Saturday at 2.15 p m. in the Pathology Lecture Theatre of the General Hospital. A total of 11 papers will be read and will cover various
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    • 46 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs—Tan Sr: Rumme Shaw recently donated a *um of *45.000 through the Shaw Foundation to the library fund of the Methodist Afternoon School in Kuala Lumpur This money will provide the students with better faci itie* for references on educational books.
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    • 37 13 7 thin -8 p m: Performance by Poire Band at Manila Street Community Centre 7 pm: Western dar.ee practice at National Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue 8 om Harmonica practice at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue
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    • 54 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The M P for Kampong Chai Chee. Enche Snaari Tadin will give awav graduation certificates and prize* to children attending the PAP Kg. Chai Chee branch kindergarten at its premises in Ja an Chai Chee this Sunday at 2 pm. A tea-party for the children will be
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    • 64 13 SINGAPORE. Thufs A 40-y*ar-old Hong Kong seaman was today fined $5,000 or 10 months imprisonment by the Ninth Magistrate's Court for possessing dutiable intoxicating liquor. He committed the offence yesterday on board the m.v. Hoi Wong which was anchored at the Quarantine Anchorage. He pleaded
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    • 374 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs In pursuit of the Government's policy of encouraging technical education 87 awards were made to students in higher institutions of learning for the |%B 6*» session. Parliament was told today. The award!!, which included scholarships, bursaries arid
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    • 64 13 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Kreta Aver Community Centre Management Committee will hold a two-day festival of international arts of self-detence at the Gay World stadium on Dec. 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. The purpose of this festival is to bring to the awareness of the public
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 276 5 MENTAL ILLNESS NEW YORK. Thurs. (t'PI) After years of hiding the mental illnesses of their executives behind embarrassed silence or indifference, American managements have taken some mature steps toward the solution of this annual l'Ssl2-b dollar “brain drain.’’ Some companies have built
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    • 360 5 PARIS, Thurs. (UPI) The government, in a crackdown on violations of its new currency regulations, will institute a "currency passport" for every Frenchman going abroad, government sources said yesterday. They said the "currency passport" will have to be carried in addition to the normal
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    • 107 5 SHOT AT SEDUCER HIT CHILD AGRIGENTO. SicUy. Thurs (Reuter) A Sicilian peasant odav shot at a man he alleged seduced his daughter and hit an eight-year-old girl instead, police said. The child. Franca Ingrao. was critically injured with two bullets in her stomach, they added. The peasant. Francesco Sciortino, 62.
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    • 88 5 NEW YORK. Thurs (UPI) Arthur Hays Sulzberger. 77. Chairman of the Board of the New Work Times Company, died yesterday at his Ffth Avenue apartment here after an extended illness. Sulzberger had been in the newspaper business since 1919 He was publisher of The Time'
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    • 50 5 JORDAN: A rail bridge, some 40 miles east of the Southern tip of the Dead Sea. which was demolished after an Israel Commando unit struck deep inside Jordan yesterday. The raid rras in reprisal for "continuous sabotage activity” from the Jordan side.’’ UPI photo.
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    • 61 5 HAMBURG. (DaD) Twenty-eight-year-old Horst Lerch waited three weekbefore showing his greeu puppy to the press. The little mongrel's fur is completely green, an odd quirk of nature since the other four puppies in the litter are brown. Experts are perplexed. The mother is a cross between
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    • 262 5 BELFAST. Northern Ireland. Thurs. (Reuter) Northern Irelands Prime Minister Captain Terence O'Neill yesterday sacked his Home Affairs .Minister, accusing him of favourin* a Rhodesia-stvle breakaway from Britain. The Minister. 44-year-old solicitor William Craig, had become a champion of the Protestant extremists who are violently
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    • 61 5 LONDON. Thurs. 'Reuter) Two people died and five others were injured in a fire which swept a resih tel tor elderly people here late last night. Firemen rescued the remainder of the hotel's 22 guests as flames leapt from the topmost floors of the five-storey
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    • 317 5 VATICAN CITY, Thurs. (Reuter) Pope Poul was reported today to oppose any dramatic action against Roman Catholic rebel priests and prefers to sit out the world-wide storm of dissent threaten- ing to split the church Dfspitf another papal warning today against
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    • 96 5 ROME. Thurs <UPI> Italian student and labour agitation, stirred up by months of government instability. intensified across the nation as Premiersought to put together a cabinet for his new government. Thousands of industrial and farm workers staged a one-day general strike in Sicily and
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    • 145 5 ROME, Thurs. (Reuter) Actress Sophia Loren’s father. Ricrardo Scicolone. went on trial here today on a fraud charge in connection with an alleged Rome property swindle. Scicolone. aged 61, and 23 other accused are alleged to have sold shops to 70 people for more
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    • 123 5 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) The British Army will no longer limit the number of coloured men recruited in Britain Defence Secretary Mr Denis Healey told Parliament last night. He said the country* mainly-Europe defence policy meant there was no need to continue this colour-quota introduced
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    • 120 5 WASINGTON. Thurs (Reuteri US defence spending could reach a record US$BO,OOO million about £33.330 million) level in the current financial year despite orders for a US$3,OOO million about £1.220 million) cutback some defence experts said today. Plans to implement the big defence spending cut half of
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    • 87 5 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. (Reuter) Aircraft hijackers in Mexico today became liable to iail sentences of up to 20 years, making Mexico the first country to legislate specifically against seizure of planes. The legislation, approved by the senate last night, came after civil aviation authorities and
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    • 253 5 CAR-SSH! DETROIT, Thurs. (Reuter) Henry Ford II today criticised Japan for its restrictions of American car companies. The Ford Motor Company board chairman told a press conference that a recent agreement under which the Japanese will allow import of car engines "means absolutely nothing." “The
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    • 131 5 MEMPHIS. Tennessee. Thurs. (Reuter) A hearing to determine if James Earl Ray accused slayer of Dr Martin Luther King, will be ready for trial next March was postponed here until December 18. Ray's lawyer. Percy Foreman of Houston. Texas, was scheduled to appear
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    • 156 5 NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana. Thurs. (Reuter) The long-delayed trial of Clay L. Shaw a retired New Orleans businessman, on charges of conspiring to murder President John F. Kennedy was set today for next January 21. District Attorney Ji m Garrison, who has relentlessly
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    • 463 6 CHICAGO, Thurs. (UPI) A suit filed in U.S. District Court has charged Mayor Richard J. Daley with misusing public funds in preparing the television documentary "What Trees Do They Plant?" a defence of police tactics during the Democratic National Conven- tion. The suit. Wed
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    • 543 6 NEWCASTLE. England, Thurs. (IPI) Norma BelL one of two school girls on trial for strangling two young boys, gave key testimony yesterday against her 11-year-old chum and co-defendant, Mary “May” Bell. Norma. 13. described how she and Mary took 3-year-old
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    • 118 6 BOLOGNA. Italy, Thurs. (Reuter) Donna Rachele Mussolini, widow of late Fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini. Ls appealing to the Italian Supreme Court for the return of property confiscated after World War Two, Justice officials said here today. All the possessions of the “Duee” were
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    • 104 6 DETROIT. Thurs. (Reuter) Henry Ford II announced here that the Ford Motor Company will produce a •mall car to compete with rising foreign imports. The Ford Board Chairman also told a press conference yesterday that the English subsidiary of the company will introduce a new
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    • 119 6 VATICAN CITY. Thurs (UPI) Pope Paul VI yesterday warned priests against ‘'near-subversive” trends in the Church a few moments before 100 students demonstrated peacefully in St. Peter s Square in support of a rebel Florence pries i The Pope issued his warning in a speech at his
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    • 321 6 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) The Bob Hope Christmas tour of tow-headed Penelope Plummer, newly Misa World 1968, collapsed in a a tangle of red tape yesterday When the 34-24-35 former Sydney librarian went to Heathrow Airport to board the jet for Los Angeles she was told
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    • 165 6 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. (Reuter) Tens of thousands of Indians from all over Mexico danced and sang the night away here in celebration of the aparition of the Black Virgin of Guadalupe 437 years ago today. Many of the Indians hive spent the past week
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    • 221 6 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Brigitte Bardot went to the British premiere of her latest film here tonight and was “knocked out” —by Princess Margaret. The film. “Shalako" the first British western— had a royal send-off for charity attended by Princess Margaret and her husband Lord Snowdon
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    • 92 6 HAMBURG. Thurs. Christmas is still the festival of festivals In Germany, where Christmas trees have been associated with Yuletide for nearly 500 years. u.-Hp.h down The tree has only been decorated since last century but decorations are on occasion handed down rom T gene fSg
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    • 191 6 WARSAW. Thurs. (UPI)— Polish police have captured the most successful band of banknote forgers they have encountered, but thev have small hope of recovering all the almost one million dollars that were printed According to a detailed account in the weekly youth paper Walka Mlodych. $3/4 million
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    • 157 6 MINNEAPOLIS. Minnesota. Thurs. (UPI) A suit accusing international Business Machine Corp of more than a score of violations of the anti-trust laws over a period of years and of seeking to monopolise the entire computer business of the free world was filed yesterday in
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    • 247 6 SYDNEY. Thurs. (Reuter) Beach inspectors at some of Sydney's most popular beaches have declared war on home-made brief bikinis and men’s swimming trunks considered obscene. And according to the Chief Beach Inspector at Manly and several smaller beaches. Barry Seymour, the main war
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    • 79 6 LONDON. Thurs (UPI) Rubber market closed idle with spot 21-11/16 217/8. Settlement House Jan. Jan/March and April/ June 21-3 4 21-7/8 July Sept 21-11/16 21-13/16 Oct Dec 21-5/8 21-3/4 Jan March 21-1/2 21-5/8 April/June 21-1/2 21-5/8 July Sept 21-7/16 21-5 8 Oct Dec 21-7/16 21-5/8 Jan/March 21-7/16
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    • 77 6 LONDON. Thurs. Reuter) American actress Dorothy Provine. 31. was named as the other woman” by the wife of a film director in a divorce case heard here today. Mrs Eileen Day was granted a divorce on the grounds of her husband Robert's adultery with Miss
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    • 195 6 MANILA. Thurs (UPI) The death of a Filipino youth during a practice bombing run by US aircraft north-west of Manila threatened today to erupt as a new major Irritant in Phllippine-Amerlcan relations. The Philippine Government announced plans to look into the incident. Two Senators of
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    • 116 6 JAKARTA. Thurs (Reuter) An Indonesian newspaper critic said today his hair stood on end when he saw an Indonesian film with kissing scenes —believed by cinemagoers to be the first in an Indonesian film. But another dailr newspaper praised the producer for his courage
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    • 119 6 BANGKOK, Thurs. (Reuter) A 10-natlon trade fair opens In Bangkok today with the prestige products of several Asian countries including Japan, Taiwan. India and Singapore on display. Japan has the lareest pavilion in the fair (4 073 square metres) and Its exhibits Include television sets,
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    • 108 6 SAIGON. Thurs. (LTD American battlefield deaths in Vietnam have pushed past the 30.000 figure, the US. Military Command confirmed today. Spokesman reported that 192 Americans were killed in action in the week ending Dec 7. bringing the number of US war dead In Vietnam since
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    • 83 6 STOCKHOLM. Thurs (Reuter) Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander today ordered a special meeting of Cabinet members to discuss a frightening increase in illegal drug taking in Sweden. An international conference on the Narcotics question held here recently was told that Sweden was going through an illegal drug
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    • 1008 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) John N. Mitchell, President-elect Nixon's choice for the cabinet post of U.S. Attorney General, commanded patrol boat squadrons during World War II and was the late President John F. Kennedy's senior officer. Once It was learned that he was a PT
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    • 39 7 WASHINGTON. Thurt (Reuter) Mrs Ethel Kennedy wife of assassinated Senator Robert Kennedy, was admitted to George Town University Hospital last night, for the birth of her 11 h child which is expected this morning.
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    • 122 7 HAMBURG, (DaD) Gluckswirhel-2. 36 ft. long, ten ft. tall and five ft. in diameter, must be one of the largest lottery drums in the world. It was built for Studio Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany. to decide the winners of the fifteenth TV
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    • 157 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Britain is in danger of talking herself into an unjustifiable state of gloom. Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins has warned leading industrialists and union chiefs. In a pep talk to the National Economic Development Council ("Neddy yesterday. Mr. Jenkins
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    • 205 7 KARACHI. Thurs i AFP) President Ayub Khan said last night at Dacca that his government would not allow “destructive elements" to undo “peace and tranquillity” in Pakistan Speaking at a reception, he said that the opposition was aiming at creating disturbances on the
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    • 209 7 TOKYO, Thurs. (AFP) Japan's nuclear energy industry has entered the commercial stage, adding a new potential to her further economic growth, official figures indicated today. According to a white paper issued by the governmental Japan Nuclear Industry Council, a total of 321 electric
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    • 126 7 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Britain will keep a close check on the flow of portfolio investment in the sterling area. Starting in January banks, brokers and share dealers must deliver information on such transactions to the Bank of England. Investment firms were today studying what additional ential
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    • 121 7 UNITED NATIONS Thurt. (UPI) Leaders of the nonnuclear powers agreed to yesterday postpone the convening of the entire 126-nation membership of the United Nations as the disarmament commission until at least 1970. Twelve countries, comprising representatives of the two major groups of nonnuclear
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    • 75 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) About 200 blind workers have gone on strike at a welfare factory for the second time in two months. They’re demanding pay for the time they were off the job before, from Octobr 14th to November 4th. Officials of the welfare factory say
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    • 86 7 ATLANTA. Thurs. (Reuter* A Federal Court has rejected a plea from white and Negro convicts at the Georgia State Prison to curb court-ordered racial Integration. A group of convicts at the State Penlntentiary In Reidsville asked the court to prevent forced Integration. which they said would
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    • 81 7 SAIGON Thurs (Reuter) U.S battle deaths In South Vietnam passed the 30 non-mark last week. A US military spokesman said ***** Americans have been killed In South Vietnam since January 1. 1961. The number killed in the week ending December 7 was 192 36 less
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    • 66 7 HONG KONG. Thurs (Reuter) Some 11.000 me d’eal workers in Kiangsi Province in East China have gore to the countryside to give peasants medical treatment Radio Peking reported today Another lO.onn medical workers were going to settle down in the rural areas, the Radio said. They
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    • 294 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AFP) The American Bankers Association (ABA), which groups 95 per cent of U.S. banking executives, yesterday released a report calling for a complete overhaul of federal balance of payments policy. "The existence of a continued United States balance of payments
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    • 67 7 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI)—Th» Defence Department has authorised small U.S patrols to enter the southern half of the demilitarised zone between North and South Vietnam to check on Communist activity. The State Department said that the U.S. command in Vietnam would take all necessary steps to
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    • 228 7 MIAMI. Thurs. (UPI) A “very cool, very calculating" Negro accompanied by a woman clutching a red teddy bear hijacked a Trans World Airline jetliner with 38 persons aboard incl" hillbilly singer Tex Ritter and golfer Mason Kudolp:. yesterday and forced it to Havana. The
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    • 66 7 RAWALPINDI Thurs. (UPI) A 24-hour protest strike by Pakistani journalists closed down 46 of the country's 49 daily papers for the day. The newspapermen were demanding an inquiry Into the shooting of a reporter last Saturday. The man who shot and wounded the reporter Is said
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    • 63 7 MANILA. Thurs (UPI) One Filipino has been killed and two others injured on an American Air Force practice bombing range. The three were believed to be salvaging scrap metal on the range when they were hit by flying rocks from nearby explosions. They were in
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    • 391 7 TOKYO, Thurs (Reuter) Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said today Japan's biggest problems were getting back its war-lost land, cooling students tempers and keeping down local prices. He was addressing Parliament (Diet) at the start of a special year-end short session. He said the
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    • 27 7 ATTENTION ALL THE BEATLES* FANS. DO YOU THINK THAT THE BEATLES CAN RETAIN THEIR TOP GROUP CROWN FOR THE THIRD YEAR RUNNING? KEEP GUESSING UNTIL THIS SUNDAY.
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  • 428 8 mHE trouble with Penang is that its A opposition parties are afflicted with insular thinking regarding that island's development. On the other hand, the State Government is tying up its development planning with the regional and national development programmes. This point was brought out by Penang’s Chief Minister,
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  • 278 8 recent Gerakan-DAP cultural debate has banished the spell cast by the Gerakan on some intellectuals in this country. These people with minds of their own had expected the Gerakan brain trust to show great liberality of mind in the debate on descending from their ivory towers.
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    • 427 8 I AM most grateful to Dr. Tan Chee Khoon for his clarification, which actually does not clarify very much, on behalf of the Gerakan Raayat Malaysia. 1 have no doubt that Dr. Tan himself did a lot of soulsearching before he left the
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    • 124 8 Mr. Lim Yew O Hock has said he is out of politics for good, I should like to remind your readers how much we all owe to him. In a difficult transition period, his courage and political commonsense carried Singapore safely through great dangers and
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    • 112 8 A few days ago it was mentioned in Parliament that the government nlans to build an underground car park under the padang facing the City Hall. My friends and I consider it a very impracticable plan, when very close to the padang so much good and valuable
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    • 728 8 LIAVING read Dr. Ton Chee Khoon'* reply to Mr. Ng Chwee Beng, ■TI I must *ay, in all frankness, that I begin to entertain more doubts about the Gerokan's sincerity to genuinely dedicate itself to the task of Malaysian nation-building. How could It be
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    • 344 8 Iread with great amusement Dr. Tan Chee Khcon s invitation to the Alliance and the DAP for a debate on the Internal Security Act and arbitrary detention. That Dr. Tan has seen it fit, in view of the forthcoming Serdang Bahru by-elec-tion. to ask
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    • 296 8 T MUST congratulate 1 your paper on the accurate way In which the Great Debate between the D.A.P. and the Gerakan was reported. This debate enlightened me greatly on several issues. I am politically uncommitted and I found the debate very amusing at times.
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    • 123 8 THE day when a tax will he levied on the amount of air an individual brealh is not too far away. To levy a tax on P.U.B bills against household consumption of utilities is akin to Red China's act of turning-off the water supply to Hong Kong. Public
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    • 685 8 A NEW solution lor th« last outposts of the British Empire has recently come ?nto yiew, as it has finally become evident that even territories with only a few thousand inhabitants are not prepared to renounce the ideal joys of sovereign independence. Oddly, the latest development
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  • 281 8  -  By Harry B. Rothblatt (Author. ’Handbook of Evldanea fur Criminal Trial*’’) THE marriage between Frank and Maria started to go on the rocks when Frank felt in love with his secretary Maria sued Frank and won a separation decree. The court awarded to Maria their house which
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 577 9 ...A 1 ALA LI'MPI' R, Thurs. Malaysia's gold and miH on rose tfadi| y front $1,775.9 I* S he nd of Jun to 81 -*«-2 million at the end of September, according to the third auarterlv economic bulletin issued by Bank Negara today.
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    • 88 9 TOKYO. Thurs 'UPI>-One of Japan's leading manufacturers of sewing machines announced yesterday it will *oon sell a sewing machine plant and several hundred sewing machines to the Soviet Union. The Tokyo Juki Industrial Co. said it had s’gned a contract with the Soviet All-Union
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    • 205 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are exrected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 3/4 Cambonge 5 City of Bath 6 '7 Ann Bakke P/9 Capraia 10 11 S A. Constants ]T 14 Aeneas 13 Nehaj 19 Eejcnia Rex 2 22 VVibeke 23 24 Etraat Colombo 25
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    • 108 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs What does it mean to have Prefabricated Bathroom Units? This question can be answered favourably at a screening of a film on Formica' Prefabricated Bathroom Units on Saturday Dec 14. 1968 at 12 30 pm. at the Arundel Room of the Goodwood Park
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    • 306 9 Rubber Up Cent SINGAPORE. Thura. January first grade rubber buyer f o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 58-5/8 cents per lb. up one eighth of a cent from previous close. The tone was very quiet A quiet morning ruled throughout. The market eased off
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs—The tin price for today was ssB7s per picul, down $3 00.
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    • 328 9 Hectic Trading Sets The Swinging Wildly LONDON. Thurs (UPI) Hectic trading set the pound swinging wildly on Foreign Exchange markets yesterday but the currency finished the session higher against the dollar and European currencies. Hopes that Britain will cut Its foreign trade deficit in figures due today and technical market
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    • 130 9 NEW YORK. Thur*. (UPI) Gold prices gained in moderately active trading yesterday on markets here and abroad. Engelhard Minerals and Chemi als Corp increased its sel ing price for gold to licensed industrial users by 30 cents to $4l 45 troy ounce The company
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    • 130 9 MM.SPORE. Than. Th« n.Min prico <i me »i»np"ie i ninr*v pmotir# ktrhinie i» a»> ure:— Mu> p> kellei 4 uceinul Oil II UR > Hulk 4*oo Coe oilUI Oil II OH i Drum Mi Ml Lome I opm Ml»4 *9 00 Slim lok White Pepper I l> H Wi%
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    • 1438 9 SINGAPORE. Thura. Yesterday’s easier conditions steadied a little with today's trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore and Malaysia. The market closed with a slight improvement although most counters were generally marked down. The Wednesday's levels still attracted profit-taking but three more counters had better
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    • 131 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore today announced the following best agreed merchant rates. The following rate* are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency: SELLING T.T. or OD. ready: Deutsche Marks 977.2625; Hol’and Guilders $B5 4700; Swiss Francs $71.6850; Belgian Fran*-* $6.1450; French
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    • 545 9 SINGAPORE Slock Lxchange bold and rrther prlren ultKlall; listed at the close of business IM11 'TKI U s M M X 2 28 *>/*7 H'n In 2. .VI 204 Borneo Hhd 1.K0 BoUfrtead 1 KG 1.07 < 'llgar 4. Ik 4 to told Moragp 5.1 n 5.15 t
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    • 52 9 (Manager* Price* > T irM Mala?an «6 "•frond Malayan 3.13 mmm Third Malayan 12# The < omnierce ln«lu*lr\ XD 1.02 1 11 The *a\lng T'und 1.13 1 22 Mala>*ian lnye«tment T'und \l* 1.20 1 30 I'lrM H'knng 1.20 *■8: 'eennd H Wong XD *3 sterling CTnortlt* \D 6/1
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    • 48 9 NEW YORK. Thurs fUPI) Rubber closed unchanged and untraded. (Bid) (Asked) Jan 24.00N Mar 23 no 23 25 May 22 50 23.00 July 22.50 23.00 Sept 22.50 23.00 Nov 22.50 23.00 Jan 22 50 23 00 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 24 cents per lb.
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    • 191 13 Friday, December 13, 1968. ARIES WAR. 21 APR. 19 >-28-45 >-70 t.s STAR GAZER"*^ rf TAURUS APR. 20 I MAY 20 QM 4-18-24-29 GEMINI MAY 21 f JUNE 20 GV 4- 6-34-37 5x44-46-57 D CANCER JUN e2I JULY 22 V 7-10-43 69-71-83-90 LEO r J JULY 23 fff. -AUG. 22
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  • Sun Special Features
    • 485 14  -  By CHARLES R. SMITH By SADAO IWASHITA TOKYO (I'PI) JapanA ese scientists are building a computer to help parents locate lost children. These scientists figured out that an average of 210 children will be lost daily on week days during the 1970 World Ex position in Osaka,
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    • 547 14 lIONG KONG (CPI) AA Communist China has taken its first step towards entering the world automotive market. But automobile salesmen who inspected Chinese cars in Hong Kong said you could do better in a used car lot. Red Flag They said that Chinas best automobile, the Red
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    • 501 14  -  By Joseph Calloway PEL.ABCHAN RATI. Indonesia. (t'Pli This is about as far as you can get from the maddening crowd and enjoy splendid isolation in a luxury hotel. The sense of isolation actually Is heightened hv the presence of the 100-room Samudra Beach Hotel which was ordered built
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  • Sun Sport
    • 240 15 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Bulgaria jolted England, world soccer champions, in an international at Wembley stadium here last night, They drew 1-1. Bulgaria, playing only their second match against the senior England side, took the lead after 33 minutes when centre-forward Georgl Asparoukhov raced through. England equalised through
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    • 206 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. All big walk enthusiasts are invited to take part in ihe Tunku Abdul Rahman big walk to be held here on Feb. 9 the secretary of the organising committee. Enche A R. Mohamed Yunus, said today. He said the 13-mile walk was
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    • 61 15 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AFP> The United States Football Association yesterday fixed the minimum wages of new professional players at US$5O a week, with bonuses of US$4O for a win and 20 for a deteat. The association announced that it had granted professional status
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    • 361 15  -  By M. T. LINGAM OEM BA U, Thurs.—Radhika Menon, 15, is faced with a $l,OOO- which sports administrators preaching “catch ’em young" policies should look into immediately. She needs the money to pay for her passage back from Madras where she has been
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    • 302 15 BALTIMORE, Thurs. (UPI) The manager of losing fighter Amos “Big Train” Lincoln was embittered last night, after Lincoln was kayoed at 2 46 of the second round by former heavyweight champion Sunny Liston. He was mad not at hi* fighter or at Liston,
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    • 211 15 ATHENS. Thurs. (Reuter) Unfancied Greece caused a major soccer upset last night when they beat Portugal 4-2 in a qualifying match for the 1970 World Cup. Unworried by conceding an early goal. Greece soon found weaknesses In the Portuguese defence and led 2-1 at half-time. The Greek
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    • 123 15 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) To al attendence at English Football League Cup matches this season will top two million for the first time in the nine vears of the competition. the League reported today The figure has already past last season’s total of 1.671.326 the previous highest
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    • 53 15 LONDON. Thurs. < Reuter) Results of Rugby Union matches played yesterday were: County championship North Midlands 12, East Midlands 19: Staffordshire 6. Leicestershire 6: Warwickshire 19. Nottinghamshire Lincolnshire and Derbyshire 3 Club matrhe* Cardiff il, South African Universities 6, Llanelli 26. Maestcg 3 St. Barts Hospital
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    • 135 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Singapore Malay Badminton Association have selected a six-man team to make a goodwill tour of Indonesia early next year. An official of the SMBA disclosed to Sunsport that the tour was arranged as a reward for the players for capturing the Malaysian
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    • 201 15 MACKAY. Queensland. Thurs. (Reuter) The West Indian cricket tourists have named all three available fast bowlers for the two-day match against Queensland Country which starts in Mackay tomorrow. The three Wes Hall. Richard Edwards and Lester King form a powerful attacking spearhead. Much will depend
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    • 31 15 MALACCA. Thurs. Malacca s Burnley Cup soccer team did well to edge Kilat Club league and knock-out champions 4 —3 in a soccer match at the Kubu Stadium here.
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    • 101 15 MANILA. Thurs. < AFP> Colin Titcheron booted m three goals last- night to power the British Singapore Joint Service team to a s—o victory over the Philippine-Chinese Selection here before a crowd of 500 at the Rizal track-football stadium The victory gave the BritishSingapore XI share
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    • 222 15 TOKYO, Thurs. (AFP) The World Boxing Association have rescinded their decision made in August last ordering the world junior lightweight champion, Hiroshi Kobayashi of Japan, to defend his title against the Philippines’ Rene Barrientos next time, a spokesman for the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) said
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    • 237 15 EAST BERLIN. Thurs. (Reuter) East Germany said today West Germany had no intention of honouring promises made to the International Olympic Committee (I 0.C.) two years ago when the 1972 Olympic Games were granted to Munich. The accusation, which appeared in the communist party organ Neues
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    • 54 15 SINGAPORE. 1 hur*. All face horse owners and trainer* must obtain the approval of the Mala Tan Racing Association before purchasing new horses from overseas, states the secretary of the Malayan Racing Association. \s from Saturday trainers must submit complete lists of horses *lreadv purchased which hare
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    • 37 15 MALACCA, Thurs. The No 2 Infantry Workshops RE M E heat No 2 Squadron. 17th Gurkha B'gnais Regiment 1 nin ft l7th Division Malay* District minor unit? hockey tie •t the Terendak Camp ground here.
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    • 583 15 NAIROBI, Thurs. (Reuter) At the age of 53, and with three wives. 15 children and six grandchildren to support, Burhan Marjan has decided to take a swing at the tough world of professional golf. Burly, soft-spoken Biirhan announced his decision after
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    • 123 15 MALACCA. Thurs.—After a lapse of eight years sports rivalry for the Thilaga Shie d between the Malacca Indians Association and Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Youth Forum was revived last week-end with Malacca Indians playing hosts. The games were a great success and both the teams pledged to continue
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    • 49 15 LONDON. Thurs. 'Reuter) Results of FA Cup football matches played last night were: Lincoln City 2. Chester 1 (winner* away to Birmingham City m third round Jan 4'. Torquay 1. Reading 2, (winners away to Newcastle United' Workington 1. Port Vale 3. twinners away to Watford).
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    • 147 15 FA Cup LONDON Thurs. 'Reuter) Liverpool, who are setting a hot pace in the First Division of the English Football League, are favourites to win the Football Association Clip. In the call-over here last night they were quoted at B—l —two points firmer than their Merseyside rivals.
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    • 224 15 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI> Sotaro Suzuki. 78, generally recognised as the leading authority of major league basebaT. was voted yesterday to Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame. Suzuki, now a baseball commentator tor a Tokyo sports newspaper, was selected by the Hall of Fame Committee for
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    • 223 15 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI) Don Johnson, the World boxing Association's No. seven Junior lightweight, suffered two knockdowns but defeated Japanese lightweight Masataka Takayama by a seventh round technical knockout last night in a scheduled 10round bout at Korakuen Hall. Takayama was unable to continue fightitng because
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    • 175 15 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Revised draw for the English Football Association Cup third round to be plavfd o n Saturday Jan. 4 Bury vs Huddersfieid Town, Hull City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers. B'istol Rovers vs. Kettering Charlton Athletic v< Crystal Palace. Everton vs. Ipswich Town.
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    • 98 15 IPOH. Thurs. Fou r roads leading to Ashby Road are to be closed on Saturday and Sunday during the Ashby Road circuit speed trial. The roads are Anderson Road near the government quarters. Junction of Jalan Lee Kwea Foh and Ashbv RoSd. Cecil Rae Avenue
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    • 1912 16  -  By Leslie Nakashima TOKYO Thurs. (UPI) Argentina's Nicolino Locche won the World Boxing Association version's world junior welterweight championship tonight when Fuji refused to come out for the 10th round. It was ruled as a knockout after the ninth round by the Japan
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    • 141 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A well-known German sociologist, Dr. Friedrich Weltz. will be giving two lectures here under the auspices of the Goethe Institute here He will lecture at the MARA Institute of Technology. Petaling Jaya on Friday. Dec. 13. at 8.00 p.m. on “Technological progress
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    • 571 16 BRISBANE. Thurs. (Reuter) Sydney tennis star Ray Ruffels consolidated his Australian Davis t up singles berth when he beat American Charles Pasarell in the Queensland singles quarter finals here today. Ruffels beat Pasarell 4-6. 10-8. 6-8, 6-2. 6-1 in high centre court temperatures which
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    • 292 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —Malaysian and British sc entists will soon carry out a study of soil erosion in West Malaysia to find ways of overcoming various irrigation problems. The project Is being undertaken jointly by the Universities of Malaya and Hull. Northern England, with
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    • 300 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs Two world cup and three national players are included in the Dynamo "Tbillssi” soccer team from Russian due to arrive here at mid-day on Saturday The team 19 players and two coaches will arrive from Cambodia. They have been called a young talented
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    • 284 16 (AFP) Don Fullmer of the United Slates, who challenges Italy’s Mino Benvenuti for his world middleweight boxing title at the Ariston Theatre here on Saturday, will be driven by his religious beliefs to seek an early knock-out. For Fullmer Is a mormon, and his faith reserves
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    • 328 16 PHILADELPHIA. Thurs. (Reuter) Joe Frazier, a bit bruised but confident, looked forward today to clearing up the confused heavyweight boxing picture after winning a tough, 15-round unanimous decision from Argentina’s Oscar Bonavena. The 24-year-old Frazier, who fought before a disappointing hometown crowd of
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    • 186 16 JOHANNESBURG. Thurs. (Reuter» England and South Africa will meet in a cricket Test match next year, despite cancellation of the MCC tour but in the circuits of a computer instead of on a cricket pitch. The Johannesburg Star afternoon newspaper plan* a fiveday match starting on
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    • 38 16 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. (Reuter) Motorists On their way to work blasted horns this morning to celebrate the victory of Argentinian Nicolmo Locche who today won the world junior welter-weight boxing title for Argentina from Paul Fuji.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 61 15 TIME AND TIDE Penan?: 12.52 p.m. (3.2 ft.). 452 a.m. (6.6 ft Port Swettenham: 4.27 pm. (6.2 ft.). 11.25 pm. (13.4 ft.). Port Dickson: 5.18 p.m. (3.4 ft.), 11.26 a.m. (6.5 ft.). Singapore: 10 29 p.m. (3.1 ft.), 3.52 p.m. (7.8 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 8.56 p.m. (33 ft.), 327 am.
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