Eastern Sun, 9 August 1966

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 24. Tuesday, August 9 1966. MC (P) 1942 KDN 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • 881 1  -  'Nation's future is secure By Lim Tiong Wah SINGAPORE, MON. Singapore has achieved all round improvement since this time last year. The Republic's first Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, disclosed this tonight in his eve of National Day's address over Television and Radio Singapura. Mr. Lee
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  • 146 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. She entered the nation-wide tea pot label contest sponsored by Nestle Products (M) Ltd. "just for sheer fun". But fifth former, Zaini Binte Hasan. 18, from KaJang Convent, walked off with the first prize of $7,000 today. Zaini, daughter of a Malay
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  • 267 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The National Union of D.T.C. Trained I}eachers' Union is confident that the newly appointed nominees of the teachers' panel would not and could not enter into a "ware freeze" agreement with the government. Its secretary-general, Mr. Chew Choon Ming, said today the cost of
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  • 191 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Public Bank Berhad, a new local bank with an authorised capital of 550.000.000 and a paid-up capital of $10,000,000 opened for business in Kuala Lumpur at 4, Jalan Gereja last Saturday Brisk business was reported for Its first day as the public,
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  • 297 1 JAKARTA, Mon. (AFP)— Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak is expected to arrive in Jakarta by air on Wednesday morning, August 10, for a one-day visit, usually reliable sources close to the foreign ministry said here today. The sources said that Tun Razak
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  • 102 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Seventy copies of Eastern Sun were stolen from news vendors here early in the morning. According to a police spokesman, the first bundle of 60 copies of Eastern Sun was stolen from a book stall at Jalan Ipoh here at about 4 a m
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  • 54 1 Mr. Fong Sip Chee, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of today that said it was a noteworthy fact that although the nation was one of the smallest countries in the world in terms of territory and numbers, it had, nonetheless, carved out a permanent niche for "ourselves
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 200 1 0 I Obtainable at all daalara "wo KEE HONG <"» LTD- NO ISSUE On the occasion of Singapore's National Day, there will be no issue of the Eastern Sun on Wednesday, August 10. Publication will be resumed on Thursday, August 11. OUT OF AGREE ACCEPT That the M.C.I.S Policy is
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  • Local News
    • 254 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Five scholarships in flying training, worth $1,500 each, are to be offered to young Malaysians this year. This was announced here today by the Managing Director of Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Ltd., wr. jonn Brown. Mr. Brown, himself a pilot, said
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    • 53 2 MUAR, Mon. The acting Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Osman bin Haji Sa'at, will declare open a progress exhibition at the Suagei Terap community hall here on Aug. 13 at 10 a.m. He will open another progress exhibition at the Pagoh Local Council hall at 2.30 pjn.
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    • 121 2  -  By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Three hundred and eighty-five sets of transistor radios and tape recorders worth $26,000 were stolen from a store in Jalan Pudu Lama here on Saturday. The theft was discovered at about 8.30 a.m. when storekeeper Mr.
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    • 300 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. Singapore shippers are now planning to re-route their ships in preparation for the resumption of the Indonesian service on the restoration of trade and diplomatic ties between Indonesia and the Republic. Since the interruption of trade wjth Indonesia some three years ago, local
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    • 41 2 MUAR, Mon. Work on the $20,000 new premises of the Serom branch of the Malaysian Chinese Association has been completed. It will be opened by Dato Chua Song Lim, chairman of the Johore Public Works Committee, next month.
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    • 23 2 MUAR, Mon. The Jementah National Type .Primary Chinese School will hold a variety concert to celebrate the Malaysian anniversary on Aug. 3L
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    • 518 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. A Department of Physical Medicine to co-ordi-nate and direct the present work of the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Departments, will be set up soon. Disclosing this today at the 2nd International Orthopaedic Surgeons' Congress at the General Hospital here, Mr. Yong Nyuk
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    • 29 2 Our man in Jakarta Col. YusofT bin Ibrahim, head of Malaysian mission to Indonesia to discuss end of confrontation, talks to journalist on arrival in Jakarta.—UPl PHOTO. UPI PHOTO.
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    • 278 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Government must establish good relationship with her neighbours if she has a genuine consideration for her people. Disclosing this to the Eastern Sun today, Enche Ahmad HJ. Taff, leader of Singapore UMNO, said that Singapore, being a tiny
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    • 925 3 'Our interest to progress, prosperity in S.E.A! SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, said today that "Singapore can survive and prosper." In a message on the eve of the Republic's first National Day, the Minister said: "Internally, the pace of
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    • 356 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The National Day celebrations were received here by the opposition parties with mixed feelings. The opposition political parties have issued statements supporting and condemning the Government for the anniversary celebrations. The Alliance Party Singapura has called the people, regardless of their political
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    • 53 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Burmese Ambassador, H.E. U Pe Kin, this mornpresented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Singapore, Enche Yusof bin Ishak, at a simple ceremony at Is tana. H.E. U Pe Kin is seen presenting his credentials to the President of SinjaPore, Enche
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    • 622 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Police have announced the traffic arrangements in connection with Singapore's National Dav celebrations on Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday. National Day Parade (Tuesday) No vehicle will be allowed to enter or remain in the following roads and places from 5 a.m. to 2
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    • 133 3 SINGAPORE. Mon Singapore is all set for the celebrations of the Republic's first National Day tomorrow. Throughout the island, on the busy thoroughfares of the city, office buildings and public places have been gaily decorated by banners bunting and multi-coloured lights. From 6 a.m.
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    • 214 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Courage and determination of the masses and the determination of the leaders were the forces that carried Singapore through her first year of independence. This was stated In a foreword of the Singapore Association's souvenir programme to commemorate the first National Day celebrations. Hitting
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    • 1041 4 QINGAPORE, Mon.—The Singapore Government has bestowed awards on 202 people from all walks of life on the occasion of the Republic's first National Day celebrations. Top award goes to Dr. A. Winsemius, economic adviser to the Singapore government. He is the
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    • 43 4 The world famous Parisian fashion designer presents his fashion collection for 1966-67 in Paris, durinf which he eshowed in open air Parly 11, some of the outstanding models wearing from heart-shaped wedding veil to the trousers low-decolleteage cocktail dress.
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    • 925 4 Miss Anamah Nagalingam, Acting Estates Officer. Housing Devlopment Beard. Mr. Ong Soon Lim, Officer-in-Charge of Electrocardiograph Department, Ministry of Health. Enche Osman bin Kamari, Workshop Serang, Marine Department. Mr. Ponniah Perumal, Head Rigger, Telecommunications Department. PINGAT PENTADBIRAN AWAM (The Public Administration Medal) (Bronze) Mr. Ayyavier Sank
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 159 2 6ooT The National Cash Register Company (Malaya) Ltd. requiring a new service 'i vehicle which is practical, reliable and 1 > economical) have chosen the FIAT 600T The van's sturdiness, payload capacity and dependability made the choice an easy one.The FIAT 600T, also available with a high roof for increased
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 382 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN 53,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 2 Quiz for August 9 1966 1. What it the width of the island of Singapore? 2. How many states has Malaysia? 3. What is the name for a native of (a)
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 142 3 What's on today 9 a.m. 12 noon: A mammoth National Day parade at Padang. 10 a.m. 5 p.m.: Newton Life Church Bazar, Keng Lee Road. 4 p.m.: Fireworks display at Padang. 7.30 p.m. 8.30 p.m.: Fireworks display at Fort Canning. 8.30 p.m. 11.30 p.m.: Sea Dragon floating from Telok Ayer
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    • 43 3 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 5 p.m. (6.7 ft.). Port Swettenham: 9.36 a.m. (11.6 ft.); 9.25 pm. 0° 4 Port Dickson: 10.50 a.m. (7.5 ft.); 10.54 pm. (6.6 ft.). Singapore: 3.11 a.m. (7.0 ft.); 2.37 p.m. (7.4 ft). Sedili Kechil: 2.22 p.m. (6.9 ft.).
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 838 4 What's on in today s Radio and Television TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipob and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu JPahat; 9 Kluang. TUESDAY August 9 5.45 Opening Announcement Prog. Summary; 5.50 News in the National LanCHANNEL 5 TUESDAY August 9
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 355 8 'THE Republic of Singapore has accomplished much during its first year. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, reported that, for the year ending July 1966, imports went up by 9 per cent as compared with the same period last year. Cargo handled was up
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  • 369 8 gVEN in this air age some countries are interested in establishing inter-continental railways. The first railway system to span Europe and Asia was the trans-Siberian railway. Across the United States, Canada and Europe continental railway systems still function. But railway systems that cross continents may be looked upon
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  • 2094 8 SCIENTISTS dream. But their dreams become realities. The world is on the threshold of a new scientific era called the Atomic Era. Man is reaching a turning point in his history. The Scientist has today at his command an immense source of power, the
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  • 388 8 TAIPEH, Mon. The Republic of China on Taiwan has reported steady progress in the use of nuclear fission in agricultural research. According to the Frfce China News Syndicate, there is an open-pool type atomic reactor at the Institute of Nuclear Science at National
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  • 627 8 CANBERRA, Australia, Mon. Delegates from countries in the ECAFE region attend the international conference here to launch a Regional Law Association are now attending for Asia and Far East The idea for the new association orginated with Australian lawyers who see it as
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 230 9 STOCKHOLM, Mon. Sweden's three largest shipyards, Briksberg and Gotaverken in Gothenburg, and Kockums, Malrr.o, have formed a joint company to specialize in cargo-handling equipment, including hatch covers. The new company, Associated Cargo Gear AB (ASCA), Gothenburg, will further develop the hitherto individual initiatives in this field
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    • 70 9 TOKYO, Mon. (UPI) Bananas from Equador have been moving into the Japanese market to fill the void left by a fall-off in imports from Taiwan, the Kyodo News Service reported from Kobe today. Kobe traders said banana shipments from Equador last month reached fiOO.OOO boxes or about 7.000
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    • 13 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. —The tin price to-day was $629 per jncul, up si.
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    • 499 9 I ONDON, Mon. (UPI) —The businessmen who import Britain's vital food and supplies and export the goods it must to survive, added their own gloomy view yesterday to pessimistic assessments of Britain's eco- nomy. A report published by the Association of B r 11 i
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    • 108 9 AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Mon. (AP). Japan foresees an Asian common market with Australia and New Zealand as members, Japan's Vice Minister of Finance Katsushi Fuji, said in Wellington yesterday. Mr Fuji said he was visiting New Zealand mainly to assure the government that Japan intends to back
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    • 74 9 MANILA, Mon,—Dutch investors are interested in four areas of the Philippine economy, acording to Mr. C. P. Thurmer, secretary general of the Netherlands-Phi-lippine Trade Promotion Council, in a recent conference with Mr. Marcelo S. Balatbat, Secretary of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Thurmer said Dutch investors want
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    • 469 9 SINGAPORE, Mo n Some leading counters in industrial section of the Stock Exchange improved today. The closing tone on the eve of Natioanl Holiday breakup in Singapore was steady. Robinsons had business done at $1.77, Cold Storage at $3.00 and E. Smelting at $4.06. Other sections were
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    • 59 9 JAKARTA, Mon. (UPI) Plantations Affairs Minister P. Harjosudirdjo has cancelled a planned boost in sugar price and will instead have the government bear the increased costs of production and distribution of sugar. The Minister said the tremendous burden of a 3 2 rupiah increase Der kilogram
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    • 59 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. —Chinese Produce Exchange, Singapore noon prices per picul today. Coconut oil: bulk s44s sellers, drum s46| sellers. Pepper: Muntok white 195 sellers. Sarawak white sl92} sellers, special Sarawak black sl42| sellers, garbled Lampong black $145 (N) sellers (all 96% NLW) ASTA $l6O sellers (1000% NLW). Singapore Coconut
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 212 9 B S Boustead 1.63 Chemical Co 1.58 Cold Storage 3.00 3.08 Dunlop 2.55 2.56 E Smeltine 4 04 Esso Ords 3.14 3.16 United Holdings CCR 2.02 2.04 Fitzpatricks 1.68 1.85 F N. Ords 3.76 3.78 Gammon 2.26 2.27 Georgetown CD 1.37 1.42 Guinness 2.45 2.46 Hotel S'pura 1.05 1.07
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      • 50 9 Bassett (50cts) 92 Batu Lintang 1.67 1.70 Benta 1.40 Kempas 2.00 2.02 Kepong Plant 1.75 Kundong Tg Pau 1 80 Kuala Sidim 1.74 New Serendah 2.30 2.35 Riverview 2/6 Sel. Coconut 3.14 Sungei Bagan 1.58 Rungel Tukang XALL 1.00 1.10 Temerloh 2.00 Ulu Benut 1.50 United Malacca 1.90
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      • 44 9 Central Prop. CD 88 .97 City Dev 39 .394 Faber Union 54 .59 Island Hotel 64 .70 Island Pen 49 .51 K. L. Prop 934 .95 San Holdings 36 364 Sel. Prop 1.35 1.40 S'pore Land 64 .644 Town City CD 90 .95
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      • 29 9 Anglo-Asian Anglo Oriental B. Karvan Craigielea E Asiatic 1/2 1/5 1/6 3/7 6/1/6 Guthrie XD 28/- K L. Kepong Kulim Malaya General CD 2/34 l/8i 2/5i 2/5
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      • 20 9 Bukit Katil Bangawan 2.50 3d 6d Bukit Sembawang 5/7 High Low 3/3 3/7 Nyalas 1.06 Singapore Para 1/4* 1/5*
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      • 115 9 Ampat CCR Austral Amal. 9/9 24/3 24 7* Austral Malav CR 43/6 Ayer Hitam 23/6 23/9 Berjuntai CD 36/6 36/9 Honer Kone 36/- K'pong Lanjut vv 24/7* 24/10* Kamunting 19/9 20/3 Kent 9/- Kesaner .55 Kinta Kellas 40/Kramat 12/9 13/3 Kuala Kampar 26/10* 27/Kuchai 1.94 Larut 12/-' 12/6 Lingui
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    • 288 9 SINGAPORE. Mon.—Aug. First grade rubber buyers f.o.b. at 5 D.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today stood at 64-3/4 cents per lb., up 1/8 cent on Friday's close. The tone was Quiet and slightly easier. After opening unchanged on Friday's close, the market ruled very quiet throughout
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    • 417 9 CANBERRA, Mon. Japanese and United States interests are combining to develop a $62 million iron ore industry on the Savage River in Tasmania—the only known iron ore source on the eastern side of Australia. Shipments of pelletised ore from the Savage River to Japan are
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    • 39 9 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI). —Japan's silk fabric exports to the United States during the first five months of this year dropped 14 per cent below the pace of the corresponding period in 1965, it was announced here.
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    • 83 9 KARACHI, Mon. (AP). Pakistan's National Shipping Corporation will shortly start a "tramp service" to Canada to facilitate trade between the two countries, it was officially announced here yesterday. Commodore Rashid Ahmed, managing director of the Corporation, said the first Pakistani ship would call at Vancouver on
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    • 29 9 KARACHI, Mon. (AP> Pakistan officially confirmed yesterday an agreement with India on the exchange of ocean-going ships detained by each side last September's flash war over Kashmir.
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    • 177 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are expected to be in port today: God owns Veeaels 1/2 Djakarta 3/4 California Mail 5 Panam Trader 6/7 Golden Spring 8/9 Tricolor 10/11 Viminale 13/14 Hondo 15/16 Riverbank 18 Nausicaa 21/22 Maxwell Brander 27 28 Straat Clarence 29/30 Bmaora 31/32 Centaur 33/34 Glenartney
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 132 10 LAS VEGAS. NEVADA, Mon. (AP) Sixty-six-year old bandleader Xavier Cugat married his 21-year-old Spanish dancer.. Charo, yesterday in a brief ceremony at a Hotel Casino on the Las Vegas strip. It was Cugat's third marriage and the first for Charo. Cugat said he was
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    • 169 10 WARSAW, Mon. (UPI> Poland has strongly protested an alleged raid by American aircraft on Cambodian territory, describing it as an attack against the International Control Commission (ICC) of which Poland is a member. An official communique released on Saturday by the official news agency PAP said U.S.
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    • 153 10 AUSTIN. Texas, Mon. (UPI). A University of Texas Law Professor says a letter is being circulated asking Governor John Connally to appoint a commision to study the role of Austin police in the recent sniper slayings. Stanley Werbow would not disclose
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    • 111 10 KUWAIT. Mon. (AP) A dope smuggling took police courtesy too much for granted when it tried to bring in hashish from Jordan. They hid the hashish on a blind addict whom they figured would not be bothered by the police and customs officers as he
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    • 20 10 TEL AVIV. Israel, Mon. (AP). President Zalman Shazar returned to Israel last night from a 52day Foreign tour.
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    • 72 10 AUSTIN, Texas, Mon- An Austin policeman is carried to a waiting ambulance after being shot by a sniper in the University of Texas To- wer at Austin last week. The sniper, Charles Joseph Whitman, 24, was later shot dead by the Police after killing his wife,
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    • 379 10 Housing discrimination CHICAGO, Mon. (AP) A throng: of 1,500 civil rights demonstrators marched in the rain through volleys of rocks, firecrackers and bottles yesterday to kneel and pray in front of two Churches in an all-White neighbourhood. The marchers Negro and White, held prayer
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    • 166 10 KUWAIT, Mon. (UPI) Zaid Bin Sultan Zaid has taken over leadership of the Persian Gulf Sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi from his elder brother. Sheikh Shakbut, British officials said here yesterday. Officials said Shakbut, 61, was deposed by the ruling family because he refused to invest
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    • 151 10 SOFIA. Mon. (AP) Kumar as warn i Kamaraj. Chairman of India's National Congress Party accompanied by Ramaswami Venkat&raman. Industrial Minister of Madras State arrived here yesterday from Budapest at the Invitation of the Communist-Dominat-ed Bulgarian Fatherland Front movement. Reporting Kamaraj's arrival, the Bulgarian News Agency BTA said
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    • 304 10 TVEW YORK^KrTuPI I^1 The cover and eight pages of the Aug. 8 issue of Life Magazine is devoted to the First Lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, in an exclusive picture story. The magazine notes that "beneath the coolly charming exterior
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    • 46 10 OTTAWA, Mon. (AP) British Premier, Mr. Harold Wilson is seen at an Ottawa news conference on Friday where he said prospects for negotiations on Vietnam are no better than they were six months aeo. At left is Canadian Premier, Mr. Lester Pearson.
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    • 131 10 SOFIA. Bulgaria, Mon. (UPI) Romanian Communist Party leader. Nicolae Ceausescu said today that complete American withdrawal is the only way of solving the Vietnam problem. Ceausescu. who is vacationing in Bulgaria, spoke at a meeting in the mountain town Bouzloudja in
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    • 80 10 LOS ANGELES, Mon. (AP) —Tremours from an earthquake in the Gulf of California or Sonora, Mexico were felt in downtown Los Angeles at 10:37 a.m. yesterday. The quake registered 5.6 on the richer scale at the seismological laboratory of California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Technicians
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    • 223 10 BOLZANO, Italy, Mon. (UPI) A courageous Austrian Railroad switch man foiled a terrorist attempt to blow up a freight train in Italy's troubled Alto Adige region on Saturday night. He spotted a time bomb aboard a freight car in the Gries station on the Austrian side
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    • 35 10 TEL AVIV. Mon. (UPI).— Members of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra left yesterday on a six-week tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong. The first concert is scheduled in Perth or. Aug. 10.
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    • 139 10 WATERBURY, Connecticut, Mon. (AP). A father slashed his four young daughters to death yesterday, injured his pregnant wife, and then set fire to his house before cutting his own throat, Police said. The dead slayer was identified as Samuel
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    • 87 10 LONDON, Mon. A teen-age girl In London, deaf and dumb for one year after suffering a head injury, has regained her speech and hearing after seeing her picture on television. The 17-year-old had been found wandering on a London street, apparently suffering from loss
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    • 85 10 KINSHASA, Congo, Mon. (AP) Paul Blhln, Belgium's Ambassador to the Congo, is due to leave this Congolese capital by air for Brussels yesterday, amid renewed optimism over Belgium-Congolese relations. Bihin. recalled by his government for consultations on the worsening relations between the two countries, met yesterday with
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    • 247 10 MOSCOW, Mon. (UPI) Pravda, citing information it said was collected on the spot, claimed today United States forces Dlan to invade Laos and occupy Highway 9 in the twin offensive from South Vietnam and Thailand. American troops engaged in Operation "Hastings" in Vietnam are
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    • 57 10 RICHFIELD. Utah. Men. (UPI). A Central Utah Radio Station which began banning Beatle records on Saturday said it received 154 telephone call? withm 45 minutes with only six capers protesting. The station serves a listening audience of about 35.000. Most of the calls came frorr Richfield, but Jacquef
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    • 94 12 CALCUTTA, Mon. (AFP) Over 40 people were injured when angry factory workers protesting against a lock-out today. A total of 23 policemen were among the injured. The automobile parts manufacturing plant had been closed down for a week following labour disputes. Over 60
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    • 234 12 CHAMONIX, France. Mon. (UPI) Mont Blanc, Europe's highest mountain, had a new name last night the killer mountain. After a week of climbing accidents the death toll was set at eight. At the same time rescue operations were underway for three French climbers
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    • 60 12 ROME, Mon. (AFP). Public transport employees went on strike at midnight tonight throughout all of Italy. The strike, involving some 150.000 workers, was called to back up their claims for a renewal of the collective contract, and was to last for 24 hours. The government and military
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    • 389 12 TX)LAND, a member of the three-nation International Control Commission (ICC) for Vietnam the other members are Canada and India has given up all further peace soundings because it sees "no chance whatever" for a settlement in the fore- seeable future. Past probes with
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    • 111 12 NAIROBI, Kenya, Mon. (AP) A police security net spread to counter subversive activities in this country resulting in two more arrests during the weekend. Dennis Akumu, a wellknown former Left Wing Trade Union Chief, and Moses Ongare, the KPU National Assistant Treasurer, were arrested.
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    • 299 12 ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Mon. (AP) President Gamal Abdel Nasser said that during Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin's visit to Egypt in May, Egypt asked for "many things" but Mr. Kosygin asked for nothing, the semi-official Middle East News Agency reported yesterday. I Mr.
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    • 272 12 NASSAU, Bahamas, Mon (AP) Newly weds Patrick and Luci Johnson started their honeymoon yesterday at a spacious waterfront villa not far from where the James Bond movie "thunderball" was filmed. The Villa, named "Capricorn," is the U*****,000 home of Mrs. Rebekah Harkness-Kean, a
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    • 227 12 Virginia, Mon (UPI) Hoover Gwyn came back to the old homestead on Saturday to clean it up and see if he could bring in some money by selling it. Gwyn drove from his home in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, to the
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    • 50 12 PHOENIX. ARIZONA, Mon. (UPI) A fairly strong earthquake jarred parts of Northwest Mexico, Southern California and Arizona yesterday. There were no reports of Injuries or major property damage. The tremor was believed centred in the northern part of the Gulf of California or Northwest Sonora in Mexico.
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    • 81 12 WARSAW. Poland, Mon. (AP) Poland's D°f --e Minister, Marian Spychalski is visiting Mongola, the omcial Polish Press Agency PAP said last night. Spychalski's departure had not been made public and it was the first disclosure that he was in Mongola PAP Agency said that Marshal Spychalski
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    • 48 12 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI> A Communist Chinese government delegation left Peking yesterday for Brazzaville to attend the third anniversary celebrations of the Congo, the New China News agency reported today. The Chinese delegation is being led by Minister or Internal Affairs, Tseng Shan, the report said.
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    • 181 12 FORT WORTH, Texas, Mon. (AP) A pretty teen-aged girl was raped and murdered and her two companions were gunned down in predawn darkness yesterday. Assistant District Attorney, Mr. Grady High said he had filed murder charges against Roy Green and Kenneth Allen McDuff. Green was in
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    • 184 13 n Diplomats were issued posthumously yesterday by South Chicago Community Hospital to six student nurses who are among eight young women slain on July 14 in their South Side apartment Friends and parenti of the six dead girls, along with 24 students nurses, accepted diplomas
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    • 384 13 SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) T S. Navy aircraft have discontinued their combat strikes in Bouth Vietnam, pavin* the way for what could be a heavier pounding of Communist North Vietnam, reliable sources said yesterday. A U.S. military spokesman tonight confirmed that navy planes have
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    • 291 13 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) Lt. Col Yakubu Gowon, the 31-year-old Nigerian Army Officer who assumed the leadership of strifetorn Nigeria is considered a well-trained professional soldier. Col. Gowon, who was born in the Northern Nigerian region in the town of Jos, has spent
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    • 115 13 FORT WORTH, TEXAS Mon. (AP) Two teenaged bovs were shot between the eyes and their bodies stuffed into the trunk of a car they had used to escort a 15-year old girl to a movie. Sheriff Lon Evans said yesterday. The girl Edna
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    • 66 13 SAO, PAULO, Brazil, Mon. (AFP). —Japanese Buddhist dignitary Kotyo Otani headed 40 Bronzes here in ceremonies opening a Migashi temple this week. Mr. Otani, who is on a goodwill visit to Brazil, has goodwill visit to Brazil, was accompanied by his wife, Princess Satoko. Brazil is the
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    • 71 13 Summer In Copenhagen brings out many things......Even a radar plotter on the beach for instance. This girl is killing two bird, with one stone: soaking u p the sun while relaxing to her own music. She may have a keen eye on the radar screen, but now, all relaxed, she
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    • 85 13 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Mon. (AP) —A 13-year-old girl narrowly escaped drowning: yesterday after she was swept almost three miles through an open underground drainage system as a thunderstorm dumped up to four inches of rain on sections of San Antonio. Nancy Alarcom was pulled
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    • 189 13 BUENOS AIRES, Mon. (UPI) —The military regime has acknowledged its obligation to restore representative government to Argentine but has given no indication of when elections might be held. The acknowledgement came from Gen. Juan Carlos Ongania on Thursday night in his first news conference since
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    • 103 13 CHICAGO. Mon. (UPI) The National Safety Council said yesterday the nationwide traffic death count 23,570 for the first half of 1966 was the highest in history. The death toll for June was the highest ever for that month, 4,270. the council said. Some of the increase
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    • 29 13 BOGOTA. Mon. (UPI) Carlo Lleras Restemo was sworn in as President of Colombia the third chief of state to rule under the country's national front system.
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    • 486 13 PLEIKU, Vietnam, Mon. (AP) The Communists have chosen the right time and the right place if they have decided to use the central Vietnamese plateau as a major battleground with IJ.S. forces. That is the conclusion of senior U.B. military
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    • 168 13 LONDON, Mon. (AFP) A campaign will exploit to the full the trend of "withit" youngsters to go to the coffee bar instead of the tea shop, even if they have to drink tea with their mums and dads at home. But the tea people
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    • 64 13 Dusk-to-dawn curfew in Aden ADEN, Man. (AFP). A dusk-to-dawn curfew was today imposed on the Sheikh Othman and Mansoura areas of Aden state for an indefinite period, following Terrorist grenade attacks last night. In all Ave grenades exploded, slightly wounding three British policemen and an Arab damaging two pipelines. Oil
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    • 491 11 "DRIVING a car is the only chance most people have to be alone and independent in today's modern world," declares Director John FrankenHeimer as he begins filming his MGM-Cinerama production of GRAND PRIX over nearly five months in Monaco. Belgium, England, France and
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    • 911 11 "THE Long Ships," a Warwick-Avala Production for Columbia release, stars A Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Rosanna Schiafflno, Russ Tamblyn, Oscar Homolka, Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd and Beba Loncar. Based on Frans Bengtsson's novel, the film was directed in Technicolor and Technirama 70mm
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  • 87 14 Mr Y. C. Foong is seen leading in Our Hero (Moxham) winner of Race 3 at KL. races on Sunday. Our Hero paid $3O and $lO. Precious Jade (D. Low) winner of Race 1 at K.L. races on Sunday is being led through the
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  • 402 14 MEXICO CITY, Mon. '(UPI) Vicente Saldivar of Mexico came off the canvas last night to score a unanimous 15round decision over Mitsunori Seki of Japan in the fourth sucessful defence of his World Featherweight Crown. Saldivar, whose managers said this was 'the most difficult title defence the
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  • 222 14 SINGAPORE, Mon. Former Malaysian Thomas Cupper, Billy Ng made his presence felt in his come-back trail to big-time badminton when he helped Johore to lead against Singapore in the first night's play at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night Johore won all four games to
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  • 128 14 ROME, Mon. (AP>— Yolanda Ballas of Rumania, the world's greatest woman high jumper, said in an article published here today she may have to give up athletics because of a foot injury. In an article for the Communist Party organ L'Unita, she indicated she may
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  • 131 14 HAMBURG, GERMANY. Mon. (.UPI) The Soviet Union slammed its way for the first time into the finals of West Germany's international tennis championships yesterday on hard-driving doubles play by Alexander Metreveli and Sergei Licaschev. The polished Soviet Duo beat the shaky combination of Wilhelm Bungert of
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  • 118 14 SINGAPORE, Mon. —The Selangor Chinese Recreation Club narrowly beat the Singapore National side at an inter-state billiard tournament held on the first day of the Pesta Sukan at the Chinese Swimming Club at Amber Road yesterday. Singapore's Ong Teng Keng beat Selangor's Ooi Gim Thye in the three-balls
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  • 40 14 rirht le .l g h^^ ian J Londo 2 8 aee is eont °rted as world heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay lands a hls J*w during first round of their fight Saturday night In London. y
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  • 965 14 The following are the race weights for the first day (Aug. 13) Singapore Turf Club races:— Horses Class 2 Div. 1 6f. Paling Baik 9.00 Desert Apache 8.12 Pure Jet 8.10 Marigold II 8.09 Queen's Messenger 8.09 Highland Kid 8.07 Logical B.ob Fireball (1. April Folly)
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  • 190 14 ColesRinus team shines KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Very keen rivalry for riding honours prevailed between Les Coles and Des Coleman at the recently concluded Selangor Turf Club's Agong Gold Cup meeting. Both Jockeys were in brilliant riding form. Each rode six winners and two seconds but Coles with two thirds against
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  • 98 14 Another chance for Cooper LONDON, Mon. (UPI). Britain's Henry Cooper may be offered as Cassius Clay's next opponent. Cooper lost to Clay on May 21 when he failed to come out for the seventh round. But it appeared that negotiations were underway for him to try again. Before he left
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  • 310 14 GLEN COVE, New Yorfc Mon. (AP) Gene Scott of the United States, the fourthseeded player, won tht Nassau Bowl Grass Court! Tennis Tournament for th« second time yesterday, def eating 19-year-old Ray Moore of South Africa 0-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. The victory, attained after seventh-seeded Moore
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  • 578 15  -  THE KINGSTON GAMES... BY JOHN FARROW i VE BEEN running the six miles ever since I wos about 14 years old, said a wiry Kenyan called Naftali Temu. I had to. That was the only way I could get
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  • 363 15 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mon. (UPI) The longawaited three-mile race between Kipchoge Keino of Kenya and Ron Clarke of Australia, has its lustre dimmed a bit by Clark's upset defeat on Saturday niffht in the six-mile by previously-unkown Naftali Temu of Kenya, highlights today's busy
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  • 234 15 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mon. (UPI) The British Empire dwindled even further today as the Empire and Commonwealth Games Federation voted to drop the word 'Empire' from future events. The 9th Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1970, will
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  • 167 15 HAMBURG, Germany, Mon.. CAP; Australia's John Newcombe yesterday repeated his feat of last year when he defeated West German Davis Cup player Wilhelm Bungert in the Quarter-finals of the German International Tennis Championships. Newcombe played mostly against a slight wind to win all 6-3, 6-3,
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  • 220 15 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mon. (AP) Edinburgh, Scotland, will stage the ninth British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1970. Edinburgh received 18 votes at the Games Federation meeting here yesterday to 11 for Christchurch, New Zealand. Edinburgh has a population of 477,000 and an area of 34,781 acres.
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  • 98 15 ADENAU. Germany, Mon (UPI) "Flying Scot" Jim Clark got the favoured poled position for today s German Grand Prix Automobile Race yesterday when he clocked the fastest time In the final training session. The fastest three drivers yesterday, Clark, John Surtees and Jacky Stewart, all
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  • 169 15 AUCKLAND, Mon. (UPI) —Auckland held the visiting Sing Tao team from Hong Kong to a 3-3 draw yesterday before a crowd of 8,000 in the first of a five-match tour of New Zealand. The exciting open game with plenty of goalmouth thrills provided by two
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  • 87 15 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Mon. The following are the results of the lightweight weightlifting final I. H. Gitens Trinidad Tobago) 809-3/4 lb; 2 G Newton (England) 782-1/4 lb; 3. I. W. Owen (Wales) 771 lb; 4 M King (St Vincent) 771-1/4 lb; 5. M. Bedard (Canada) 754-3/4 lb; 6
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  • 34 15 MISS THERESA VAN DORT of K.L. doesn't break swim records. All she wants is a good swim. And, she just had one. No wonder everyone ponders on her fitness.
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  • 256 15 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) —World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, bearing the new aocolade of "killer," returned to the United States yesterday saying he anticipated a "tough, hard fight" against European champion Karl Mildenberger in his next defence. Clay, stopping here en route to Chicago, described Mildenberger
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  • 83 15 SOUTHSEA, England. Mon. (AP) Alec Rose, a 58-year-old grocer from Southsea, left this English channel port In his 30-foot sloop 'Lively Lady' yesterday in a race to Australia and back. His opponent, Francis Chichester, 65, will sail from Plymouth in 14 days time
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  • 66 15 I M A T R A Findland Mon. (UPI) Mike Hailwood, 26-year-old son of an English millionaire, became motorcycling world champion in the 250 cc class in the Finnish Grand Prix here yesterday. Hailwood, champion also in 1961, grabbed an unbeatable lead to score his world championships
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  • 50 15 Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Rasak about to put the ball into the cup v watched by Philip pines Foreign Secretary, Narciso Ramos (rifht). Thailand scored 17 points to win the "ASA go It trophy" from Malaysia with 12 points. The Philippines finished third with seven points. AP PHOTO.
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  • 393 16 MANILA, Mon. (UPI) The Philippines has offered to play host to an all-Asian Vietnam peace conference but Communist China appeared to have torpedoed the meeting even before it could get off the ground. President Ferdinand E. Marcos, picking up a role
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  • 254 16 TOKYO, Mon. (UPI). Communist China yesterday officially voiced its support of Cambodia's Aug. 3 statement and restressed that the Chinese people will forever remain the most trustworthy friends of the Cambodian people in opposing U.S. imperialism, the New China News Agency said today.
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  • 126 16 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI) Communist China yesterday issued its "409 serious warning" to the United States for alleged intrusion in Chinese waters and airspace, the New China News Agency reported. The report said a U.S. warship intruded into China's territorial waters East of Chungwu and Tungshan in
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  • 384 16 'Paris of East' SAIGON, Mon. (AP) Saigon, once a city of fabled beauty, has been twisted, dirtied and violated by the surging tide of war. And its a cruel thing to see. During the long French rule of Indochina, they called this city the "Paris
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  • 36 16 SEOUL, Mon. (AFP) South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Rhee Hyo Sang left Seoul for Kuala Lumpur yesterday on a 12day goodwill tour of Malaysia at the invitation of Malaysian Speaker Dato C. M. Yusuf.
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  • 180 16 TOKYO, Mon. (UPI)— Sventy-two person drowned yesterday in one of the worst swimming death toll on record as more than 1,500,000 people swarmed to beaches throughout Japan to beat year-record heat of 91 degrees. Thirty other persons were reported missing. Officials had issued warnings to
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  • 209 16 NEW YORK Mon. (AP) The New York Times in an editorial on Indonesian said today: "The first meeting of Indonesia's new cabinet, led by General Suharto evidently has decided to give priority to peace with Malaysia the Malaysian problem will now provide the central
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  • 110 16 NEW YORK, Mon. (AP).— A peace group slipped antiwar signs into a banner procession for the New York Mets Baseball team yesterday during ceremonies between games of a baseball double-header. The seven anti-war demonstrators, members of the veterans and reservists to end the war in
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  • 244 16 NEW DELHI, Mon. (AFP) Premier Mrs. Indira Gandhi yesterday came down on the side of Planning Minister Aboka Mehta by announcing that the objectives of the fourth five-plan should not be scaled down. "A small plan", she said in a broadcast, "could not fulfil the needs
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