Eastern Sun, 11 September 1966

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independen National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 56. Sunday, September 11 1966. MC (P) 1942 KDN 2.J09 Price 15 rents
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  • 492 1 All soldiers and civilians except newsmen and photographers banne of Saigon until the p 6 p.m. this evening. Saigon Saturday UPI On the eve of the general elections in South Vietnam, American air might today kept up its round the clock pounding of Communist positions
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  • 225 1 JAKARTA, Sat. (AFP) Indonesia's handpleked People's Congress and Parliament were today urged to nullify President Sukarno most recent decree establishing an "Honorary Council" of 11 Ministers. The request was made by one of Sukarno's fiercest opponents, the parliamentarian Adnan Buyung Nasution. He said this
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  • 92 1 NEW DELHI, Sat. (AFP) Five people, including two women, went on a hunger strike "unto death" here today in front of the residence of Premier Mrs. Indira Gandhi. They are demanding a nation-wide ban on the slaughter of cows. So far ten ot the
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  • 40 1 LONDON: Sat. Singapore's Prime Minister. Lee Kuan Yew (left) takes a stroll in London today as he talks to a newsman. The Premier is currently in London for the Commonwealth Premiers' Conference at Marlborough House."
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  • 122 1 LONDON, Sat. (AP) Indonesian Finance Minister. Mr. Frans Seda told a news conference last night that his country's new government needed emergency loans to help redress its adverse balance of trade. Mr. Seda said some $250 million was wanted this year and a further $3OO
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  • 74 1 LONDON, Sat. (AP) A Cyprus government spokesman yesterday discounted a report that Archbishop Makarios plans to resign as President of Cyprus and become Patriarch of Alexandria. "He has no such plans." the spokesman said. "This rumour has been around for some time but there is nothing to
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  • 162 1 JESSELTON, Sat. (AP) Captain Edwin Nutt, World War II pilot who was in command of anti-submarine operations, today won civil suit in Jesselton High Court, awarding him $26,770 for being wrongfully dismissed by Sarawak Air Services Ltd. here. He told the court he was employed by
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  • 76 1 SINGAPORE. Sat. —Two men plunged to their deaths almost at the same time 8.30 a.m.. from the same height the 16th floor of Housing Board flats in separate places, here today One of them was Pon Chek Foh, 36. jobless, of Buona Vista Road, while the
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  • 361 1 SAIGON, Sat. (AFP) As South Vietnam prepared to go to the polls tomorrow, it was becoming increasingly obvious that the poll itself—rather than its outcome—had become the decisive factor. As the polls open at 0800 hours local tomorrow, 532 candidates will vie for
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  • 97 1 LONDON. Sat. (AFP) British Prime Minister Harold Wilson last night received six of the Commonwealth Ministers attending the Marlborough House conference. He entertained them to dinner to Chequers, the first of three parties he is giving for the Commonwealth delegates this weekend. Last night's Commonwealth
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  • Local News
    • 332 2  -  Council chief orders inquiry By LUCIAN PETER TAIPING, Sat. The sudden deaths of two swans one of them a British royal swan in the Sultan Idris Shah Zoo in the Lake Gardens here has sparked of an inquiry. The inquiry has been ordered by the
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    • 126 2 SINGAPORE, Sat. A $750,000 enterprise owned and run by Malays at busy Geylang Serai was opened today. The enterprise is known as "Sharikat Sinar Berhad" with a paid-up capital of $500,000 will have branches in Malaysia and Indonesia. The business will deal with a wide
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    • 277 2 Former Magistrate admitted KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A former Magistrate and President of the Sessions Court, Syed Hassan Al-Jeffri, was today admitted to the Bar. In admitting him, the Chief Justice of Malaya, Justice Dato Azmi bin Haji Mohamed, hoped that he would be as successful as
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    • 251 2 SINGAPORE, Sat. A 19-year-old student sitting for his Higher School Certificate examinations next week is one of the eleven Singapore winners in Eastern Sun's Contest No. 5. He is Mr. Tham Wye Mun of St. Joseph's Institution. "Oh, it's just wonderful," said Wye Mun when he
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    • 225 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Two members of the Malaysian cigarette industry will attend a scientific congress on tobacco in Athens next month. They are Mr. J. E. D. Clinton and Mr. Tjhie Bian Hien, both of Rothmans of Pall Mall (Malaysia) Ltd. The purpose of
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    • 80 2 TELUK ANSON, Sat. Dr. J. T. Paranjothy, Chairman of the Methodist Afternoon School, Teluk Anson, Building Fund Appeals Committee, discusses plans for the musical concert, "Sing As We Go," with Mrs. Martin Yong, musical director of the Teluk Anson Music Society, which is participating in the concert. In aid of
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    • 274 2 PORT SWETTENHAM, Sat. The $500,000 Made-in-Malaysia Floating Trade Fair was officially launched here today in a glittering ceremony. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the acting Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh announced yet another big "Buy Maiaysian Products" campaign early next
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    • 266 2 'AfroAsian nations must be united' KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. —The unity among AfroAsian countries must not only be free from foreign powers but also adhered to the spirit of Bandung conference. This was stated today by Mr. Mohammad Fayek. Director of Afro-Asian Affairs of United Arab Republic, who is here as
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    • 97 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman who is also the National President of United Malay National Organisation has nominated five UMNO 'strong-men' to the National Executive Committee of UMNO Malaysia. This was disclosed here today by a spokesman of UMNO Headquarters. The five
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    • 549 2 20 readers share $3,000/quiz prize CINGAPORE. Sat—Twenty readers of the Eastern Sun will share the $3.000-quiz prize in Contest No. 5. Winners have been informed through the post. Eleven of the winners are residing here; three in Penang; two in Johore; three in Kuala Lumpur and one in Malacca. As
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    • 53 2 PENANG, Sat. Picture shows Mr. Manik Binwani. one of the four Penang winners in the Eastern Suns $3.000 Quiz Contest, No. 4, receiving his winning cheque for $150 and being congratulated by the Eastern Sun's representative in Penang, Mr. Khoo Boon Choo, in the Penang office of the Eastern Sun
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    • 232 2 KEPONG, Sat. The Government intends to formulate a national forest policy for the whole of Malaysia, the Minister of Lands and Mines, Enche Abdul Rahman bin Ya'akub, announced today. Such a policy, he said, would ensure that all work connected with forestry would be carried
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    • 118 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Here is the list of successful candidates i fl the Federation of Malay* Nurses' final examination (Johore Bahru centre). Ee Fong Lan, Huanf Szu Yen. Khung Kwee Wah. Leelavathy D/O V. Sinnathamby, LetchumJ Vythilingam, Mok Kim Nasir Bee bte. Nain» Mohamed, Ng Sou
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    • 202 4 MALACCA, Sat. The President of the Municipal Council here Mr. Ng Hong Chee disclosed today that the water committee had agreed in principle to a state proposal to take over its water supply. Mr Ng in an interview with Eastern Sun commented that
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    • 126 4 Brunei Sibu air route BRUNEI TOWN, Sat (UPI) A direct daily Fokker Friendship service from Sibu to Brunei and return has started from Sept. 1. A Malaysian Airways spokesman announced here. This is part of the airline's plan to introduce faster services in Eastern Malaysia and Brunei. Fokker Friendship will
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    • 279 4 MELBOURNE, Australia. Sat. CHE MARIAM binte Abdul Manaf of Alor Star, has topped her medical class at Monash University, Melbourne, for three successive years and at the same time gained three University Prizes and the coveted David Rosenthal Prize, worth Asso. (The
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    • 262 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. A two-week gala Danish Food Festival has been jointly launched by the Danish Embassy and the Danish Agricultural Marketing Board to promote the marketing of Danish food and dairy products in this country. A reception was held at the Danish Ambassador Mr.
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    • 1212 4  - Top film director( always cool) comes from kampong, and wants to do better By Madeliene Nathan SINGAPORE, Sot. —'lt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' in the film-making business! Puffed up lil' actresses showing off their pretty little tempers, sluggish actors tearing into sets late, distracted cameramen keep shooting when
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    • 118 4 BRUNEI TOWN, Sat. (UPI) A Board of Commissioners of Currency is to be set up here to be the issuing authority for Brunei currency. Legislation is now being drafted to prepare for the setting up of the Board. This follows the announcement that
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    • 158 4 BRUNEI TOWN, Sat. (UPI) Brunei's sporting Sultan, Sir Omar Ali Saifuddin, who will be 50 on Sept. 23, has been advised by his doctors to take it easy during the celebrations which his subjects are preparing to mark his birthday. In
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    • 124 4 MUAR, Sat. More than 2.000 fishermen in the Muar district last night spent more than $BO,OOO to call the sea spirits to protect them against the armed pirates in the Straits of Malacca. The money was spent on the "Por Tor" feast in honour of
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    • 302 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. —The Malayan Arts Theatre Group will present Shakespeare's immortal classic "Romeo and Juliet" in the Town Hall here from Oct. 5 to 8. Produced by Mr. Derrick Hughes, it is believed to be the first production of the play in
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    • 116 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Four young Malaysian Bailors have quickly settled at the Royal Australian Navy establishment HMAS Penguin at Bal- moral. Sydney, where they are learning surveying and Australian-style mateship. They will study at Penguin until November and then serve on the survey ships HMAS
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    • 1930 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Dr. Toh Chin Chye, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore, has said here today that accidents do happen because •'there are drivers who »re becoming careless, and more people who believe that they are a law unto themselves."
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    • 331 5  -  By MARTIN LIM SINGAPORE, Sat. Reach for the sky the slogan of Singapore's building indus t r y—is catching on with the schools here. The first school to be so built is the 10-storey Selegle Integrated School. Now another
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    • 487 5 Asia divide be u tomorrow' SINGAPORE, Saturday THE Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chve said here today that "a divided Asia today will be a united Asia tomorrow". He was speaking at a dinner at Sri Temasek last Thursday in honour of
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    • 125 5 SINGAPORE, Sat.—The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, last night attended the premiere of t he Universal International film "Arabesque" at the Capitol Theatre, in aid of the building extensions to the Anglo-Chinese School in Barker Road in Singapore. The film show
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    • 32 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. One person was killed and two were seriously hurt in road accidents during the past 24 hours. There were a total of 82 road accidents recorded by the police.
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    • 154 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Five thugs ambushed a commercial van at the plush residential area of Binjai Park yesterday and looted cash and 240 cartoons of cigarettes valued at $1,990. The cigarettes were recovered later when the getaway car broke down near an uncompleted building work site at
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    • 205 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The import of goods, produced or wholly manufactured in Indonesia, will have to be done through the Telok Ayer Basin checkpoint. This applies only such goods carried by Indonesian small craft under 200 registered tons. The new order, under the prohibition of Imports
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    • 54 5 IFOH, Sat. A nine-year-old girl was the victim of a criminal assault in a hut on a rubber estate at Ayer Tawar new village, in the Dindings, yesterday. A 17-year-old youth, who had taken the girl to the estate to collect dried leaves for her mother, was
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    • 27 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals today appealed for volunteers to help in its annual flag day on Oct. 8.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 671 4 TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pa hat; 9 Kluang. P.M. 3.00 Opening Annct; 3.01 Our National Language Lesson; 3.16 1966 Masters Golf Tournament; 4.46 Cartoon Classics; 5.01 Close Down. 5.45 Opening Annct; 5.50 News
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 60 5 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 10.11 a.m. (6.8 ft.); 10.58 p.m. (6.5 ft.). Port Swettenham: 8.56 a.m. (5 ft); 2.30 p.m. (10.9 ft.). Port Dickson: 2.41 a.m. (6.2 ft.); 4 p.m. (7.2 ft.). Singapore: 9.17 a.m. (6.8 ft.); 7.27 p.m. (7.5 ft). Sedili Kechil: 7.34 a.m. (6.9 ft.); 4.40 p.m. (6
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 36 6 THIS IS a picture of South African Premier Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd who was reported killed bv an assassin with a knife as he sat on his bench in Parliament (AP Photo). AP Photo.
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    • 308 6 NEW YORK, Sat. (AP) WHEN President and Mrs. Johnson get their first W look at Meldy, as 32 million adoring Filipinos call her, they will discover why she is regarded in some quarters as the First Lady of Asiar said Parade
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    • 82 6 MOSCOW, Sat (AFP)— The third Afro-Asian writers conference will be held in Beirut in February or March 1967, the Conference Executive Committee announced here today. The announcement was made at a press conference attended by the Prinicipal participants at the committee's recent meeting in Baku. The
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    • 131 6 BERLIN, Sat. (AFP) West Germany will resume diplomatic relations with Rumania in the near future. Vice Chancellor, Mr. Erich Mende said today. Mr. Mende, leader of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) told the opening session of the fourth assembly of European Journalists in
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    • 121 6 Alcohol—a danger to health PORTLAND, Oregon Sat. (AP) A law requiring alcoholic beverages to be labelled hazardous to health was proposed yesterday by the President of the National Women's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. Fred J. Tooze of Evanston 111., in her prepared remarks, told the group's convention that the label
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    • 355 6 US delighted to work with any Vietnamese govt. ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, Sat. (AP) IHCE President Mr Hubert H. Humphrey said last night the United States will V he "delighted to work with any Vietnamese government" produced by the constitutional process that
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    • 77 6 STOCKHOLM. Sat. (AP) The Swedish Red Cross is sending 130 wooden houses to the Turkish town of Varto, severely stricken by the recent earthquake. The first transport will arrive in Varto around October 15. Swedish technicians will lead the erecting of the pre-constructed houses. The
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    • 51 6 ANTWERP. Belgium. Sat. (AFP) Malaysia's Transport Minister Tan Sri Sardon. now on a trip to Belgium visited Antwerp today and was welcomed at the Town Hall. He toured port installations and the international maritime agency. Later today he was to meet with directors of the Bell Telephone
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    • 203 6 JOHANNESBURG, Sat. (AFP) The fight for the succession to assassinate South African Premier Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd today seemed to narrow to two statesmen. Sources in Dr. Verwoerd's Nationalist Party indicated th&t the struggle would be reduced to a sharp contest between Justice Minister Mr. B.
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    • 66 6 LUSAKA. Sat (AFP) President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia has cabled a message of condolence to Mrs. Verwoerd. widow of South Africa's assassinated Premier. Kaunda told Mrs. Verwoerd: "Your late husband and I were irrevocably opposed in public life but I feel compelled as a Christian to offer
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    • 89 6 ROME. Sat. (AFP)—Two customs officers were killed and an Army Lieutenant seriously injured today when a terroristplanted dynamite charge wrecked their headquarters at Malga Sasso near Brenner. Four other men in the post at the time were slightly injured. Malga Sasso is in the
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    • 89 6 PARIS, Sat. (AFP) —The French government has appointed Louis Saget Councillor on the Public spending Inquiry Court (Cour Des Comptes), as Governor of French Somaliland, authoritative sources said today. He replaces Rene Tirant, who arrived in Paris today from Djibouti. (Mr. Tirant was strongly criticised following independence demonstrations
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    • 259 6 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sat. (UPI). Brazil becomes the ninth Latin American nation to heed the U.S. appeal for aid to South Vietnam on Monday, when a planeload of £B*Boo of medical supplies is due in Saigon. Brazil later will send 5,000 sacks of coffee
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    • 154 6 DUBLIN. Sat. (UPI) The government announced yesterday it has protested to Communist China about the harsh treatment that led to the death of Irish nun Sister Eamonn O'Sullivan. Sister O'Sullivan, with seven other nuns, was expelled by Red Guards from their convent in Peking on
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    • 134 6 BOSTON Massachusetts Sat. (AP) President Lyndon B. Johnson yesterday praised the late John F. Kennedy as a "great president" whose characteristics included "fruitful activity and constant concern for the well being of our citizens." The President's senti ments were contained in a message read
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    • 122 6 VENICE,, Sat. (AFP). The Indian Aim "Atithi" "The Fugitive'' got only moderate applause when it was shown at the Venice Film Festival today. Critics saw Tapan Sinha's film as a sort of popular ballad interlaced with music and dance. The theme, taken from a story
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    • 58 6 PAPEETE. Tahiti, Sat. (AP) French President. Charles de Gaulle flew to Mururoa atoll 850 miles south-east of here yesterday to see an atomic explosion which officials said probably would take place after today. De Gaulle's plane landed at 2.30. and he was scheduled to leave almost
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    • 207 6 WASHINGTON, Sat. (UPI) President Johnson, noting that traffic accidents kill three times as many Americans as wars, signed into law yesterday two bills he said would reduce "this senseless loss of lives pointless injury heartbreak." At a White House Rose Garden ceremony, the President
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    • 67 6 ADEN. Sat. (AFP) Yemeni Premier General Hassan Amri left the Yemen today for Cairo accompanied by four members of the Yemeni Republican Council, SANAA Radio reported. No reasons were given for the Cairo visit. But the Premier was believed to have boen flown there by Egyptians in
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    • 31 6 LONDON, Sat. This is the recent picture of the Houses of Parliament, Bi# Ben and the New Post Office Tower behind. UPI (Photo). UPI Photo.
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    • 212 6 FT. DIX, New Jersey, Sat. (AP) A U.S. soldier on trial for refusing to go to Vietnam testified yesterday that he felt he would be a "criminal" if he foushl there. 1 The defence rested its case after the
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    • 97 6 NEW YORK, Sat (AFP)— Damage to the Hamburg Atlantic liner Hanseatic, which blazed for more than six hours in New York harbour on Wednesday, wil probably exceed $1,000,000. This estimate was gi.ea today by Mr. Axel Christensen, head of *.ht Hanseatic's company. The liner will
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    • 45 6 LONDON, Sat. (AFP)— In a surprise speech, Canadian Premier Mr. M. Lestef Pearson today supported African demands that independence shoul -i not be givefl to Rhodesia until a government had been set up thert representing "the will of thi people as a whole".
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    • 185 7 ROME, Sat. (AP) An Iranian-born businessman from Paris burned himself to death yesterday in the heart of Rome by dousing his parked auto vsith gasoline, climbing inside and striking a match. So badly charred was the body and personal documents that took police hours to
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    • 134 7 BLACKPOOL, Sat. (AFP). The 98th annual conference of the British Trades Union Congress wound up here today after a week-long meeting. Few of the delegates were going home feeling that their debate on the country's great economic problem had settle* 1 anything. The Unions
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    • 38 7 BUDAPEST. Sat. (AP) —A K< 1 Vietnamese government aid mission headed by Vice Premier Le Thanh Nghi, arrived in Budapest from Moscow yesterday. Informed sources said Le was to discuss Hungarian aid to his country.
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    • 223 7 ATLANTIC City, Sat. (UPI) Glamorous Charlene Diane Dallas, Miss California, the little girl who almost wasn't there, became the first double winner at the 1966 Miss America pageant yesterday when she added the swim suit trophy to the talent award captured just 48 hours
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    • 54 7 VIENTIANE, Laos, Sat. (AP) British Ambassador. Frederick Archibald Warner paid a promised call on former Premier Prince Boun Oum yesterday by descending at the end of a rope from a helicopter. He couldn't get there any other way because the Prince's home is surrounded by water
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    • 59 7 LONDON, Sat. South African Premier He drik Verwoerd was fatally stabbed on the Government bench of the South African Parliament a few days ago. He died at 2.20 p.m. This picture shows people assembled outsiae London's Marlborough House where the Commonwealth Premiers' Conference is taking place, carrying
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    • 152 7 NICOSIA, Cyprus, Sat. (AP) Mrs. Nikl Kaffa, a 22-year-old Greek Cypriot, gave birth to Siamese twin boys yesterday in Nicosia General Hospital. Mother and children were reported well. Dr. Kristakis Angelis, a London-trained gynecologist who supervised the birth, told newsmen the twins were
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    • 81 7 MANCHESTER. England. Sat < AP) Thousands of children yesterday mourned the death of Mary, one ol the most loved elephants at Belle Vue Zoo. Mary, who gave rides to innumerable children, died during the night after an operation for a tooth infection. She was 16
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    • 61 7 LONDON, Sat. (UPI). Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson yesterday called an unusual session of his cabinet as Commonwealth leaders raised a growing storm over his Rhodesia policy. Mr. Wilson was expected to seek the advice of his senior minister on Rhodesia before replying to criticism from African statesmen
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    • 276 7 LONDON, Sat. (AP) PRESIDENT Milton Obote of Uganda yesterday told the British government it must declare its intentions toward Premier lan Smith's rebel Rhodesian regime by the end of this Commonwealth conference. Mr. Obote, who faced newsmen shortly after making his
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    • 71 7 MOSCOW. Sat. (AP> The Soviet Union and Pakistan signed an economic and technical co-operation agreement here yesterday. An official Soviet announcement earlier said the talks were expected to include Soviet aid in building thermal power stations and heavy ele^ t f, lc machinery plants in
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    • 110 7 MOSCOW. Sat. (AP) United States Ambassador Foy D. Kohler said yesterday he is is leaving for New York on Thursday. He is expected to Join U.S. Secretary of State. Mr. Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister. Andrei A Gromyko in a series of
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    • 91 7 MOSCOW. Sat. (AFP). The Secretary General of the Soviet Communist Party, Mr. Leonid Brezhnev, today received the Vice-Premier of North Vietnam Mr. Le Thanh Nghi, who is also a membe of the Politburo of the Vietnamese Workers' Party. Announcing this officially, TASS said that the atmosphere
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    • 50 7 NEW YORK. Sat. (AP) America's first Negro woman Federal judge was sworn in yesterday. She is Constance Baker Motley, 44. former Counsel to the National Association for the Advancement to Coloured people, former state senator, and until yesterday. President of New York City's Borough of Manhattan.
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    • 60 7 FARNBOROUGH, England. Sat. A Wallis Autogyro is pictured in flight at the Farnborough Air Display here today, September 5. R iH the tarnoo o g aircraft manufactured in Europe, powered by British eneinef and containing a substantial amount of British equipment are taking part in
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    • 190 7 BRUSSELS. Sat. (UPI) Malaysia wishes an intense development of technical co-operation and contacts with Belgium, Malaysian Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Sardon said yesterday. The Minister who paid a three-day informal visit to Belgium on a trip through Europe said the five-year development programme
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    • 92 7 SINTRA, Portugal, (AP).— A giant forest fire that has raged three days and nights thiough the wooded hills of Sintra, 18 miles north of Lisbon, was brought under control last night by 4.000 firemen. An Army communique said 25 soldiers had died while the chief of the
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    • 191 7 FORT Dix, New Jersey, Sat. (AP) Private David A. Samas, 20, was found guilty yesterday of refusing to go to Vietnam and sentenced to five years at hard labour. A 10-man military court also ordered that he be
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    • 102 7 OTTAWA. Canada. Sat. (A P) The annual meeting of Commonwealth Finance Ministers will be held on Sept. 21—22 in Montreal, Finance Minister N itch ell Sharp announced yesterday. The meeting will be attended by Ministers and senior officials of all 23 Commonwealth countries and will relate
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    • 141 7 WASHINGTON, Sat. (AP) The 49th birthday of Philippine President. Mr. Ferdinand E. Marcos will be celebrated quietly here tomorrow. The Philippine embassy said yesterday. Philippine officials and nationals in Washington led by Ambassador Benjamin Romualdez, special envoy, will hear Morning Mass at St. Matthews
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    • 124 7 WASHINGTON. Sat. (APV President Johnson and Burma's leader General Ne Win ended two days of private talks yesterday with a joint call for an early and peaceful settlement in Vietnam. A joint communique said the two leaders also "stressed the urgent need
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    • 82 7 JEFFERSON. lowa. Sat. (AP> The United States must have an arsenal of food as well as military weapons to keeD its place as a world leader, Vice President, Mr. Hubert H. Humphrey has declared. In remarks prepared for spectators at the National Plowing Matches just
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    • 52 7 SAIGON, Sat. (AP). United States military headquarters disclosed yesterday that the North Vietnamese are sending up barrage balloons as anti-aircraft defences in the Haiphong area. A spokesman said the bal« loons, about 12 to 15 fee in diameter and noored to cables, were raised to an altitude of
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    • 21 7 BELGRADE, Sat. (AP).— Mihajlo Mihajlov, the controversial Yugos:av author and politician, was released from jail yesterday on provisional liberty.
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 111 9 MANILA, Sept. (AFP) P .ilippines plans to undertake a four-year shipbuilding programme involving ♦he construction of at least 12 ocean-going vessels to beef up its merchant marine is required by the increasing volume of trade. The ships, according to a recommendation of the ecoru.mic
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    • 52 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) E.bber futures closed 10 to 40 points lower on no sales offers are: Sept. 22.00 22.50 Nov. 22.00 22.50 Jan 22.00 22.60 22.20 22.60 May 22.20 22.60 July 22.25 22.70 Seat. 22.25 22.70 Locally, No. 1 RSS was quoted at 22 i cents a
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    • 46 9 BRUNEI Town. Sat. (AFP) A direct daily Fokker Friendship service from Sibu to Brunei and return has started from Sept. 1, a Malayiian Airways spokesman has announced here. This Is part of the airline's plan to introduce faster services in Eastern Malaysia and Brunei.
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    • 43 9 WASHINGTON. Sat. (AP). The U.S. Government sold 25 tons of surplus stockpile tin yesterday, 5 tons Grade A at U551.5375 a pound, 5 tons Grade B at US$ 1.***** a pound and 15 tons Grade C at US$ 1.5175 a pound.
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    • 137 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are •xpected to be in port today Godowns Vessels V 2 Hoegh Cape 5 Sandra 6/7 Gudrun Bakke *3/14 Rhexenor 18 Levernbank 19 U.S. Tourist 23/24 Keningau 25/26 Ellen Maersk 27/28 Trafalgar 29/30 Cason 33/34 Breconshirt 40/41 Kenmar 44 Alpenor 45 Helenus Slamat 47
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    • 50 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants today: Selling T.T./O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks 129-J; Holland Guilders 117-i: Belgian Frances 1613; French Francs 159-J; Italian Lire *****; Norwegian Kr. 231-J; Swedish Kroner 167 J. Other exchange rates remain unaltered.
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE. Sat The tin price for today was S6OSJ per picul, down $1.25,.
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    • 667 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Acting Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance said here today that the resumption of trade between Singapore and Indonesia would be of great benefit to both countries Mr. Sim gave this assurance at a press conference following the signilng this
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    • 373 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Stock Exchange was generally firm today although the volume of business was not heavy. Industrials closed at about yesterday's levels. Gammons were slightly down to $1.94 while F. N Ords. firmed slightly to $2.58. Tins attracted more interest although prices were lower.
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    • 237 9 WASHINGTON, Sat. (AP) U.S. economists warned Congress yesterday that the dollar may nave to be defended soon against concerted attempts to drive up the price of gold which would mean devaluation of currencies. But a Senate-House Economic Subcommittee was also advised at a session with a
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 226 9 B S Alex. Bricks Ords 16.00 Buusteaa 1.50 1.54 C.T.S. Ords 41/9 Chemical Co 1.41 1.42 Cola Storage 2.80 2.84 Dunlop 2.35 E Smelting 4.00 4.04 Esso Ords 2.93 2.96 United Holdings CCR 1.85 1.87 Fitzpatricks 1.55 F N. Ords 3.58 3.64 Gammon CD 1.93 1.94 G E. Life
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      • 107 9 Aokam 3.60 3.70 Austral Amal. CD 23/6 23/4 Austral Malay CDXR 32/6 Ayer Hitam 21/4| 21/6 Berjuntai 32/1 32/4* Gopeng 33/6 Hong Kong 31/ldris Hyd. 14/6 15/6 23/6 K'pong Lanjut 23/4* Kamunting 18/6 19/Kent 10/6 Killinghall 40/Kramat w 11/6 12/3 Kuala Kampar 24/9 Kuchal 1.90 Larut 11/1* 11/9 Lingui
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      • 48 9 Bassett (50cts) Batu Lintang Benta 79 1.30 .81 1.70 Borelli (New) 2.15 2.20 Kempas 1.93 Kepong Plant 1.94 Kluang Ord. 1.75 1.76 Kundong Tg. Pau 1.85 New Scudai 4.10 4.50 New Serendah 2.30 2.31 Riverview 2/5 Sel. Coconut 2.90 3.00 Sungei Tukang Temerloh XD 2.00 2.12
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      • 33 9 Anglo-Asian XD 1/1 1/2 Anglo Oriental 3/3/6 B. Kawan XCR 5/4 Bk S'bawang XD 5/Craigielea 1/5 K. L. Kepong 1/11* 2/3 Kulim 1/5 Merlimau Pegoh 1/10 Petaling 3/5 Strs Rubber 1/1*
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      • 28 9 First Malayan 2.15 2.25 Second Malayan 1.52 1.62 Third Malayan 1.12 1.23 Malaysian Commerce .88 .99 Mai. Savings Fund XD 1.28 1.38 Sterling Commodity 3/10 4/5
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS – SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 150 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8.20 a m. ML 09l Kuala Lumpur. 8.50 a.m. JAL 712 Jakarta. 10.55 a.m. MAL 005 Penang. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. 10.30 a.m. MAL 451 Kuching. 2.45 p.m. MAL 043 Kota Bahru, Kuala Lumpur 3.30 p.m. VN 646 Saigon. 5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m. MAL
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      • 145 9 TIME FLIGHT TO 7.31 a.m. MAL 654 Jesselton, Hongkong. 8.00 a.m. Thai 402 K. Lumpur, Bangkok. Saigon. 8.30 a.m. MAL 614 Hongkong. Saigon, Guam, Honolulu, Los Angles, San Francisco. 8.45 a.m. PAA 842 9.00 a.m. CPA 974 Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong. Manila. 9.00 a.m. MAL 042 Kuala Lumpur,
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      • 112 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8 25 a.m. MAL l ML 002) Singapore, Malacca. 8.50 a.m. Thai (TG 402) Singapore. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang, Ipoh. 9.40 a.m. Cathay (CX 974) Singapore. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Singapore. 12.30 p.m. MAL (ML 512) Singapore. 12.35 p.m. MAL
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      • 114 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 002) Ipoh. Penang. 9.25 a.m. Thai (TG 402) Bangkok < Saigon).9.30 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Malacca, Sinapore. 10.05 a.m. Cathay <CX 974) Hongkong, Manila. 10.20 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Kota Bahru. 12.50 p.m.
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    • 113 9 LUSAKA, Sat. (AFP) Six out of seven mines had returned to full production today a fortnight after a series of strikes which had paralysed the copper industry. mainstay of Zambia's economy. Most of the miners had returned to work at six mines, but at the seventh mine,
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    • 116 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Previous Today's Sellers Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk Aug 44.00 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums Aug 45.50 Sugar (Java) ex-godown. •••...a 25.50 25.50 Nutmegs 110s 475.00 475.00 Nutmegs B W 250.00 250.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (FOB) 132.50 132.50 Pepper
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  • POPPING AROUND with PLATTER PETE
    • 338 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. Henry Chua, the bass guitarist of The Quests, one of the top local pop groups here said he doesn't like teenage girls who smoke. They increase the smoke screen, Henry quipped! Well, what about teenage boys Henry? They (the boys) will make 'smoke
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    • 211 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. Frank Sinatra Jr. does that name ring: a bell? If so, you can't be wrong. For he is none other than the son of Frank Sinatra, the screen tycoon. Well, Junior will be in Singapore at the end of this
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    • 541 10 BELIEVE it or not, but recently 256 girls from Sarawak signed a petition requesting Bryan Neole to give a repeat performance. You see, Bryan and Silver Strings have just completed a tour there, and need I tell you that it was a great success?
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    • 569 10 HI THERE! As I promised you last week. Platter Pete's Pop Poll starts this week. You will find the official coupon on Col. 1 of this page. Please note that votes will ONLY be valid if the official coupon is used, and if your name and address
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    • 392 10 CLIVE LEA is the chief singer, announcer, impersonator and comedian of the Rockin' Berries. Yet it was Geoff Turton, the rhythm guitarist who was featured on their first big hit "He's In Town". They hit upon this high-voice success formula by luck. And it started with bad
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 41 10 PLATTER PETE'S POP POLL 11.9.66 Candidates: (A) The Beatles (B) The Rolling Stones Mark on X against your choice Name: J* Send your votes to: Platter Pete's Pop Poll, c/o Eastern Sun, 23-B Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. NOT LATER THAN 15.9.66
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    • 167 10 fi The World's Best selling Records with Popular Artistes DOT ARTISTS Pat Boone Billy Vaughn KA Lawrence Welk MH Mills Brothers |imn*ie Rodgers Lennon Sisters Bonnie Guitar The Chantays The Surfaris The Royal Tahitians PYE ARTISTS The Kinks Petula Clark Sandie Shaw j The Searchers I Donovan \S The Alexander
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 156 10 TOP AMERICA'S TOP TEN (B, courtesy of Billboard) 1. You Can't Hurry Love Supremes (Motown). 2. Yellow Submarine... Beatles (Capitol). 3. Sunshine Superman Donovan (Epic). 4. Cherish ...Association (Valiant). 5. Bus Stop Hollies (Imperial). 6. See You In September ...Happenings (B. T. Puppy). 7. Land Of 1000 Dances Wilson Pickett
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 570 11 LONDON'S East End in the 1880's. Whitechapel, already paralysed by the degrading horrors of poverty, becomes terrorised by Jack the Ripper. Sherlock Holmes's (John Neville) interest is alerted after two street-walkers-Polly (Christiane Maybach) and Annie (Barbara Windsor) have been brutally murdered. The trail of investigation opens
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    • 357 11  -  By M. Nicholas Singapore, Sat. CAROL Reed's production of "The Agony and the Ecstasy/' is based on the best -seller by Irving Stone which thrilled more than 12 million readers. It is now made into a great motion picture of supreme entertainment.
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    • 125 11  -  By: TAI SING ONN KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. —Bye-Bye Bond Sayonara Flint The blurp says. Ringo has arrived. This is an Italo-Spanish production in technicolour and techniscope. And the film title is •'A Gun For Ringo." Ringo is also called "Angel Face" in the
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    • 365 11  -  By PLATTER PETE fni -i? follows the trend of the successful Beach Party' movies very closely with all the usual ingredients thrown in. And for those who haven't been to a 'Beach Party' movie, the ingredients (with a little bit of salt here
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    • 223 11  -  By M. Nicholas SINGAPORE, Sat. Peter Falk and Britt Ekland are two of Hollywood's screen stars who are not so wellknown among cinema fans in Singapore and Malaysia. Nevertheless, they are the ones who have important roles in a new exciting MGM picture
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 182 11 Z73S ORGANISATION ODEON Phone 21-116 |f;l TODAY! 11a.m.. 2.30. 6 9p.m. rr- »1.50, $2.50 <k 14.00 No Free List CASH BOOKINGS ONLY ffl H "The AGONY And The ECSTASY" Charlton Heston Rex Harrison ttj 70 MM Color by Deluxe (Fox) 132 CC School Children Concession: 9? 11.50 To Any Seat
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    • 213 11 Phone ***** ISlLlils i Sara Montiel Reginald Kernan "SINS OF LOVE** color NEXT CHANOE lau Hendry it June Ritchie THIS IS MY STREET" CAPITOL Phone ***** ESB 3404? PCX-SKY ***** LAST t DAYS Ua«. l.«* is 6.30 9.30 II ,15 "THE MATING SEASON'" Peter Chen Ho SmJIu ng Mandarin Color
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  • WOMEN'S PAGE
    • 561 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Ever tried snatching a few minutes to peep at the shop windows on your marketing mornings? Anyway if you are marketing at the Weld Supermarket, you don't have to try. An excuse for a drink upstairs will lend you
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    • 217 12 SINGAPORE, Sat. All too often the chaos of cooking manifests itself to an even bigger one, when the menu calls for something special like that sirloin steak or that chicken a 4 la carte or that grilled liver. The situation becomes hanky-panky with an Illequipped stove and
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    • 529 12  -  (By John Kam KUALA LUMPUR Sat. The relentless female struggle for equality with their male counterparts was brought to the race tracks last week when Mrs. Jane Hedderly competed in the fifth Tunku Abdul Rahman Circuit Races. The invasion by a woman driver into this
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 7 12 BE ATTRACTIVE WITH EFFECTIVE SAFE BDN ROUTS
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    • 89 12 They light automatically at a twist of a button ...no more dangerous matches... no more soot. Your kitchen will gleam and glow with cleanliness. Automatic lighting uses only 2 dry cell units that give over 3,000 lights. Absolutely safe and leak-proof. Rigid testing assures you of dependability, safety and quality.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 394 12 I and CAPRICORN Dec. 23-Jan. 20 IF you have any plans 1 for expansion go ahead with them. The period, is good for travel, finance, and entertaining your business associates. Jan. 21-Feb. 19 A STORMY period ahead of you. But keep cool. Don't let rumours worry you. Get on with
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  • Motoring
    • 437 13 POWER, grace and modern styling packed into a 2.6 litre Italian creation has put it in the forefront among sports cars. Hit the open road in the Alfa Romeo Sprint GT at 130 miles per hour and you find you
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    • 624 13 STOCKHOLM—Advanced, yet timeless styling with stre&s on safety features Inside and out characterises the new Volvo 144 Sedan and Sports cars with which the manufacturers have decided to enter the highly competitive 1967 market. The development of the new car. which could be
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    • 571 13 COLOGNE (DaD) The automotive industry in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the rest of Western Europe has undergone a steady upward trend during the last few years. Higher production figures and lucrative gains are reflected in the annual reports of the large automobile
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    • 185 13 STOCKHOLM The 1967 models of the front-wheel drive Swedish Saab cars, feature several interesting innovations. The major new feature is that both the 5seater Saab Sedan and the 7-seater Saab Station Wagon are now also available with a four-stroke engine. At his choice, the buyer can thus
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    • 552 13  -  By A. M. Kristen CLARK AIR BASE. The Philippines (UPl)—Members of an aboriginal pygmy tribe in the Philippines are playing a vital role in this sprawling American air base north of Manila. Two of the aborigines, called Negritos, are instructors in the Clark jungle survival
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  • 321 14 FOREST HILLS, New York, Sat. (AFP) Three Australians, and a lone Spaniard, wimbledon champion Manuel Santana, are in at the kill at the United States tennis champion- ships here. In the semi-finals, second seed Roy Emerson will meet compatriot, and the surprisingly unseeded Fred Stolle in
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  • 83 14 MEXICO CITY, Sat. (AP) Mario Diaz, Mexican featherweight champion, has accepted conditions for a fight against Japan's Mitsunori Seki tentatively set for sometime in October in the City of Guadalajara, capital of Jalisco State. Diaz made the announcement on the eve of his trip
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  • 51 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. On the spot entries will be accepted by the Swift Athlete Association, in their 14i-mile walk today. The walk will start at 7 a.m. from Woodlands and end at the Farrer Park Stadium. For new competitors a fee of 50 cents will be charged per
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  • 48 14 MANILA, Sat. (AFP) The Philippines will start a series of eliminatory tryouts on Monday to determine the composition of its team to the Fifth Asian Games in December in Bangkok. National team coach Felicisimo Fajardo said the eliminations 12 berths would be tough.
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  • 57 14 PRAGUE, Sat. (AFP).— Japan fell from second to fourth position, with eight points, at the world volleyball championships here yesterday. Standings as of last night: 1. Czechoslovakia, 10 points; 2. Rumania, eight; 3. East Germany, eight; 4. Japan, eight; 5. Soviet Union, seven; 6. Bulgaria,
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  • 491 14 LONDON, Sat. (AFP) A fantastic recovery from four down with four holes to play to a 26-hole victory over his fellow Ryder Cup star Bernard Hunt (Hartbourne), took Peter Alliss (Parkstone) into the semifinals of the "News of The World" professional match
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  • 86 14 SPIRE, West Germany, Sat (AFP) Hans Freistadt, the German who holds the European flyweight title was yesterday given a six-month suspended prison sentence for theft. The court here suspended the sentence for three years. Freistadt stole a total oi 2,600 marks (US$64O) ,71 A s trai
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  • 49 14 S h a r i n Osman, Singapore's No. 1 tennis playei puts everything into it as be retieves a drive from Diko Moerrdono in their exhibition match on Thursday. Sharin was no match for the Indonesian in the one-set exhibition and lost 6 —o.
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  • 133 14 SINGAPORE, Sat. Drum-Major Mahmood Mansor of the Police today cleared 13 feet 10 1/3 inches in the pole vault event at the Fifth Annual InterMinistry Athletic Meet at Farrei Park. This shattered last year's championship record of 11 ft. 9 ins set by
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  • 197 14 MEXICO CITY, Sat. (AP) The new head of Mexico's Olympic Organising Committee said yesterday Mexico has the money and time to complete all installations for the 1968 Olympic Games. Pedro Ramirez, a prominent architect who was recently named to succeed ailing former president
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  • 324 14 HOUSTON, Texas, Sat. (UPI) Cassius Clay and Cleveland (Big Cat) Williams have agreed to a heavyweight championship fight in the Harris county domed stadium on Nov. 15, Williams' mana- ger said yesterday. Hugh Benbow said the only condition is that Clay
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  • 28 14 ISTANBUL. Sat. (AFP) Indian long-distance swimmer Mihir Sen yesterday put off till Monday his attempt to cross the Dardanelles. He is waiting for better weather.
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  • 131 14 LONDON. Sat. (AFP) Mr. Jack Solomons the British boxing promoter said in London yesterday that he had cabled the manager of Fighting Harada. the Japanese holder of the world bantamweight title about a title fight with the new British and Empire bantamweight champion Walter McGowan. "I
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  • 56 14 BANGKOK. Sat. (AFP). Ceylon is bidding for the right to stage the sixth Asian Games in 1970. according to Press reports here today. The reports said the President of the Ceylon Olympic Committee, Dr. Sugathadasa. had notified the Asian Games Federation secretary. Dr. Ks.lya Issrasena
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  • 170 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Selangor Rugby Union has named 43 players to attend the State's final trial to be held at the padang tomorrow. Selangor will play their first Malaya Cup match against Malaysian Armed Forces on Sept. 24 at the Mindef ground. The 43
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  • 415 14 TOKYO, Sat. (AP). —Japanese sports circles are setting an ambitious target for their country in the Fifth Asian Games at Bangkok next December winning all the gold medals. Fans are talking of a sweep, and sports officials privately speculate on such a possibility. But publicly
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  • 92 14 SINGAPORE, Sat.—Long striding Royal Navy man Horwood (above) finishes unchallenged in the 1,500 metres event during the Singapore Eighth Annual Esso Inter-club championship meet held at Farrer Park recently. Horwood set a record time of three minutes 59.8 seconds. Well-known distance runner, Avtar Singh of Swift Athlete Association who trailed
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  • 54 14 MELBOURNE, Sat (AFP) A former Malaysian, Andrew Ong, won the Australian badminton singles title here last night in a hard-fought match lasting an hour. He beat the former national titleholder Ron Young 6/15, 18/16 and 15/6 alter making a grand recovery following the loss of first game which
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  • 258 14 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Yamaha bowling teams were in top form in the Men's Open and Men's 'A' division five-man team event at the opening night of the 1966 Singapore National Bowling Championships held at Jackie's Bowl, Orchard Road, here last night. The Yamaha teams now
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  • 103 14 KOBLENZ. Sat. (AFP) British raring: driver John Taylor died here last night as a result of injuries suffered during the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring on Aug. 7 Taylor's racer smashed into a car being driven by Jacky Ickx of Belgium when the Briton tried to overtake
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  • 125 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat A local tobacco firm hai offered to sponsor an badminton tournament, featuring top international shuttlers, here. A proposal to the effect is to be tabled by the Malaysian Tobacco Company at the annual general meeting of the Malaysian Badminton Association at
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  • 31 14 LONDON, Sat. (AFPI Last night's English football results: Third Division Doncaster 0 Darlington i Leyton 0 Gillingham 1 Fourth Division Halifax 2 Southend 2 Stockport 3 Chesterfield 1
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  • LAST DAY PERAK RACES
    • 1833 15 But only if rain keeps off today THE GOING is GOOD TPOH, Sun. I am plumping for TOP HONOUR to win the $20,000 Sultan's Gold Vase over the s£f. ftiuight here this afternoon (Race 3). This Wilkes gelding has never looked fitter. He
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    • 145 15 WINDSOR LAD GOLDEN SUN ADELINE Race L S. CODE II Forest Law Flyinr Charger JOHORE Forest Law Rawson Prince S. CODE II Precious Jade Sistic Race Z. TOTOTAK Fashionable Qheen of Night FASHIONABLE Q. of the Night Rum Cup Q OF NIGHT Tainin* Jade Fashionable Race 3. TOP HONOUR
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    • 1448 15 TODAY'S BEST: NATARAJ PORT D'OR BRIGHT EYES IV RACE 1: HORSES CLASS 4, DIV. 2 6 FURS. 2.00 P.M. 1. 2. 413 81 Joliore 5y 4v 9 00 8 09 Malayan Glass Stable Bukit Stable Rodgers Daniels < 1 12 pretty 15 3 '523 Pin lliah 9v
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    • 719 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A total of 177 entries comprising 83 Class 3, 39 Class 5 and 55 Class 6 horses has been entered for the Selangor Turf Clubs September Meeting: to be held on Sept. 18. 21 and 25: CLASS THREE 6f 7f 6f 9f
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    • 74 15 Sept. 18: Class Three Divs. 1. 2 and 3 6f and 7f. Class Six Divs. 1 and 2 7fSept 21: Class Three Divs. 2. 3 and 4—6 L Class Five Div. 1 5Jf; Divs- 1 and 2 7f. Class Six Divs. 1 and 2 51f. Sept. 35: Class
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  • 1015 16 Crowds dance under flares Gl's play in napalm truck SAIGON, Sat. (UPI). Election crowds last night danced under the flares of on attack to repel Communist guerrillas while two Gl s spread terror in the city in a wild spree in a stolen napalm carrier. South Vietnam
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  • 159 16 NEW DELHI. Sat. (AFP) American peace corps volunteers came under fire for rowdy behaviour and espionage, in a brief heated debate in the Indian Parliament's Upper House today. Deputy Finance Minister Lalit Mishra avoided answering a Communist charge that peace corps volunteers were indulging in espionage. But
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  • 72 16 MANILA, Sat. (AFP) A team of experts arrived here yesterday from the SEATO laboratory in Bangkok to assist Filipino health authorities in fighting haemorrhagic fever which took a heavy toll in Manila and is still on the rampage in the suburbs. The experts. Colonel H. Scanlon and
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  • 245 16 MANILA, Sat. (UPI) Asia must depend upon the United States to serve as a shield against aggression until the United Nations is capable of establishing and enforcing world peace. President Ferdinand E. Marcos said today. And. if the United Nations cannot establish world
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  • 574 16 HONG KONG, Sat Persecution by the Red Guards on the mainland is touching off a wave of suicides which may eventually surpass the figure during the 1949 Red take-over of the mainland. Meanwhile overseas remittance from relatives to the mainland have dropped sharply. Those receiving
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  • 127 16 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI). —A Chinese-langu-age newspaper here yesterday quoted "Reliable sources" as saying that Chinese Communist party chairman Mao Tse-Tung was suffering from "Throat cancer." The New Life Evening Post said this was the reason Mao had not spoken at the recent public rallies he
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  • 192 16 MANILA, Sat (UN) Birth control must be considered if the world is «> escape th e greatest crisis it history. Dr. B.R. Sen. Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, said today. World population is expected to double in the next
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  • 466 16 NEW DELHI, India, Sat. (UPI) Family planning to curb India's population explosion is gaining acceptance here and now the government is beginning another birth control programme for India s 65 million sacred cows. With 11 of the nation's 16 federal states already providing legal protection
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