Eastern Sun, 12 September 1966

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  • 27 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION A" Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 57. Monday, September 12 1966. MC (1») 1942 -fc KDN 2309 Price 15 cenis
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  • 46 1 JAKARTA, Sun.—Pr sideni Sukarno said hex today that he would con tinue making speeche: iust as Prophet Mohammed had done. Pres. Sukarno has attempted to deflect criticism against him for relating himself to the Moslem Prophet Mohammed. AP Wire- Pesident Sukarno AP Wirephoto.
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  • 588 1  -  By Alvin B. Webb Jr. A WAVE of election day terrorism swept over the riceric/i Mekong Delta today leavin dead and dozens more wounded. Military sources said that terrorism have been reported from the Delta's 15 provinces since daybreak tod ay. It appeared to have
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  • 109 1 SAIGON Sun. —The Buddhists were boycotting the election and in Saigon the chief Buddhist pagoda, the Vien Hoa Dao. remained shut and appeared deserted. Police stood guard at a small side gate. In pagodas throughout the city Buddhist monks went on a hunger strike in protest against
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  • 72 1 BANGKOK, Sun. (AP) Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn has revealed that Cambodia has made three conditions in order to normalise its relations with Thailand. In a statement published today in the local press, Mr. Thanom said these conditions are: both countries should agree to refrain from attacking
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  • 239 1 MALACCA, Sun. The Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak reiterated here this afternoon Government's determination to assist the Bumiputras in the field of Commerce and Industry. The Government was not unwilling to give loans to the right and dedicated men said Tun Razak when he declared
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  • Local News
    • 127 2 MUAR sun,—Mrs. Seah Kwang How 25 of No: 10, Jalan Ali, Muar, is one of the winners in the Eastern Sun Contest No: 5. In an interview at her residence this morning she said that it was her first attempt in the contest. "I am very
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    • 131 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Thirty more branches of Bank Bumiputra will be established throughout the country by next June. This was disclosed here today by a spokesman of the bank. At present there are three such banks in the country. They are at Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 58 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The following were elected principal officers for the year 1966/1968 of the National Union of Employees in the Printing Industry: Mr. Charles Nicholas President; Mr. Ragunathan Vice-President; Mr. Lee Cheng Ming General Secretary; Mr. Leong Sin Ling Asst. General Secretary; Mr. Wong Heng Pong
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    • 361 2 MUAR, Sun. Justice Ali bin Hassan of the High Court here sentenced a blind bomoh to three years imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old girl Lamsiah bte Yusof at Kampong Medoai in Segamat district between 2 a.m. and 5.30 a.m. on August
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    • 241 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The 7,000 strong National Union of Teachers will seek legal advise from a leading Queen's Counsel now in Kuala Lumpur if necessary to protect their members in the event of victimisation. This warning was issued by the General Secretary of the Union,
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    • 43 2 MALACCA, Sun.—The High Court here today sentenced to death. 43-year-old Detective Corporal Yeo Thai Seng alias Yeo Ah Seng: for the murder of a taxi driver Seet Jok Chun on the night of October 18 last year in Alor Gajah Town.
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    • 110 2 TRENGGANU, Sun. Thousands of people, including flag-waving school children, who lined both sides of the road leading to the National Service Training Centre at Seberang Takir, Kuala Trengganu, cheered and greeted with shouts of "Daulat Tuanku" at Their Majesties the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the
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    • 125 2 PENANG. Sun.—lt is ironical that civil servants who have alwys enjoyed the confidence of four beloved Prime Minister *nd his Cabinet colleagues, are now being deprived jf their inherrent rights to a democratic process of promotions and disciplinary actions. This was stated by the chairman of the
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    • 458 2 KUCHING, Sun. —The Sarawak State Government last night issued a statement clarifying arrangements for direct elections in the state. The statement said: "In early 1964 on the initiative of the Chief Minister a senior government officer was seconded for special duty to the State Ministry of Local
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    • 114 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Two representatives from Malaysia left here this morning to attend a regional conference on public personnel administration in Manila tomorrow. They are: Tan Sri Tengku Mohd. bin Tengku Besar Burhanudin, the Principal Establishment Officer, and Inche Alias bin Omar, an official from the
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    • 441 3 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Kampong Ang Teng, the notorious underworld hideout dotted with dinP-. opium dens, crept quieth behind newspaper headlines after the Government cracked down on secret society urtivities on the island in 1955 But suddenly last week, the fetid slumland re-figur-prominently in newspaper stories
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    • 256 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The President of the Land and Housing Development Association. Mr. Hanson Kwauk. last night called on the Association's American counterparts to look into the feasibility of investing in real property in Singapore. Mr. Kwauk said: "We claim to have reached a verv high standard,
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    • 84 3 PORT SWETTENHAM, Sun. Mr. Khaw Kai Boh, the acting Minister of Commerce and Indus* try, is seen releasing: hundreds of colourful balloons when he declared open the Made-in-Malaysia Floating Trade Fair yesterday morning. On his right is Mr. Samuel S. W. Kam, VicePresident of the
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    • 239 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. A manufacturing firm with a capital of $7,000 seven years ago is today turning out iron ware to the tune of half-a-million dollars When the firm Yong Tai Loong—was established, it was a one-man venture. That was in 1959 After recording $17,000
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    • 415 4  -  By Robert Kuan IPOH, Sun. Terse k Cement Limited, the world renowned 'smokeless cement factory in Asia' will officially declare open its new and recently completed $l2 million second kiln and extension project at the Tasek Industrial Estate tomorrow. The multi-million dollar scheme
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    • 689 4 IP OH, Sun. The cement industry in Malaysia has very bright prospects. This is the opinion of Mr. Tan Lark Sye, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tasek Cement Ltd. Mr. Tan Lark Sye said: Today, exactly two years after, we are proud to
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    • 868 4  -  Awang loses head A legend from Muar By CHOO TECK MAU MUAR, Sun. THE LEGEND of a magic spear that claimed 99 lives on a wedding day was disclosed by Enche Haji Shukor bin Haji Ismail, the adviser of the Muar District
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    • Article, Illustration
      340 5  -  By LIM MENG KEE A LORRY crashed into two shophouses at Serangoon Road here just before the break of dawn. 0 In this rumbling incident, three men and a 13-year-old girl were injured. One lorry attendant wa» admitted to the General Hospital here with serious leg injuries. Three
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    • 342 5 SINGAPORE, Sun. Students who will be an asset to the community and nation are those who possess the knowledge and thinking power not found in text- books. The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok, said this recently
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    • 71 5 SINGAPORE, Sun.—Twen-ty-two pilgrims from here and Malaysia have returned recently from a visit to the Holy Land Vatican City and Lourdes. Above. Mrs. Seow Seet Yong, widow of the late choir master of the Sacred Heart Church here, being presented to
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    • 550 5  -  'She gave he and asked nothing in return '—Mrs. Handy By KALWANT S. SIDHU CINGAPORE, Sun. A plaque was today dedicated to the memory of the late Miss Sophia Blackmore, who served the Christian community here for over four decades. The dedication ceremony was
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    • 160 5 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Political Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, Enche Mohd. Ghazali Ismail, (above) speaking at a dinner party held in his honour by 130 local journalists from Radio and Television Singapura, newspapers and magazines, at the People's Association here recently.
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    • 82 5 SINGAPORE, Sun. Members of the Bartlev Secondary School Old Boys' Association will bring cheer to handicaped children when they visit Singapore Children's Society's convalescent home at Nicol] Drive on Sept. 25. Highlight of the day will be a magic sho w for the children by a local magician,
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    • 83 5 SINGAPORE, Sun. A car with six occupants somersaulted twice at the tip of Changi Road and plunged into the sea. One of the passengers, Mrs. V. Barbera, 21, was later admitted to the British Military Hospital with injuries. Her condition was described as "not serious". The other
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    • 211 5  -  By H.M.S. Sultan SINGAPORE, Sun. The Malaysian Government will establish an Embassy in Hague by the end of this month. This is to "promote trade and maintain the existing good relations between the two ountries." Dato Philip Kuok Hock Khee, the Malaysian Am-bassador-designate to the Netherlands,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 402 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN $3,000 Contest CONTEST NO. 7. Quiz for September 12, 1966. 1. Which country won the most gold medals in the 1964 Olympic Games held in Tokyo? 2. Which is the world's largest archipelago? 3. Where was
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 57 5 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 10.57 a.m. (7.5 ft.), 11.37 p.m. (7.2 ft.). Port Swettenham: 3.11 a.m. (11.6 ft), 3.32 p.m. (12.1 ft.). Port Dickson: 4.05 a.m. (7.1 ft), 5.01 p.m. (8 ft). Singapore: 9.57 a.m. (7.5 ft), 10.45 p.m. (8.3 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 8.23 a.m. (7.3 ft.), 6.09 p.m. (6.2
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    • 60 5 Spore Diary 8 p.m. Victoria Theatre, Empress Place: Variety concert by the North Indian Hindu Association. 5.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place: Travelling Exhibition of Cambodia. 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Pulau Semakau: Lorong Tal Seng, Malay Kampong; Lee Kuang Hng,
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 230 6 PARIS, Sun. (AFT>; American beatnik Gary Hemming, 33, who saved the lives of two young German mountaineers in the French Alps recently was arrested by police last night trying to climb over the wrought-iron gate of the Paris suburb home of his former girlfriend. Last month.
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    • 152 6 HOME. Sun. (UPI) The Vatican and Yugoslavia have exchanged envoys, re-establishing their first quasi-diplomatic relation since a dramatic break in 1952, the Italian News Agency ANSA reported from Belgrade yesterday. The Vatican had no immediate confirmation or denial of the report, but one source said an
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    • 59 6 MOSCOW Sun. (AP) The Soviet Union has named Viktor Polyakov, a Deputy Minister of Automobile Industry, to head the Auto factory that Fiat of Italy will build for this country. The Soviet Union produced 200,000 cai o in 1965. The Fiat plant is supposed to turn
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    • 46 6 ASUNCION, Paraguay, Sun.(FP). —Japanese Ambassador Takashi Ishil was Principal speaker here in a ceremony yesterday at the "La Colmena" colony commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the first arrival of Japanese Colonist Oin Paraguay. Paraguayan President General Alfredo Stroessner was present at the ceremony.
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    • 292 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) Prominent journalists from Nationalist China. South Korea and Thailand arrived yesterday to take Dart in a 125-day training programme under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. The annual "Group Journalist Project" includes a one-week orientation visit to Washington, 38
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    • 21 6 PARIS. Sun. (AFP) Indonesia's Minister for Foreign Aft?irs, Mr. Adam Malik, left here tonight by air for Algiers.
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    • 372 6 CHICAGO, Sun. (AP) A COURT appointed five psychiatrists and a physician yesterday to determine whether Richard Speck is mentally fit to be tried on charges of murdering eight student nurses, including two Filipinas. Speck, 24, dressed in a dark suit and a tieless white shirt,
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    • 169 6 Speck is "competent or incompetent to stand trial." That means, under the law, whether he is able to understand the nature of the charges against him and to assist in his own defence. 2. To decide, as far as possible, the mental condition
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    • 105 6 MWANZA. Tanzania. Sun. (AP) High Court Judge Harold Pratt yesterday announced a surprise adjournment of the trial of American Peace Corps volunteer Bill Haywood Kinsey to allow him to complete hif summing up over the weekend. After delivering his summing up on Monday, the court two assessors
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    • 76 6 LISBON, Sun. (AFP) The death toll in Thursday's Portuguese forest fire disaster was today put officially at 25 all soldiers. Earlier reports had made the total at least 37, but militaiy authorities revealed today tha* only 25 bodies has been found in the area where
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    • 146 6 CHICAGO. Sun. <UPI> Police yesterday arrested George Lincoln Rockwell Just as the self-styled Nazi leader was preparing to lead a group of 200 white persons, some wearing Swastikas, into a Negro neighbourhood. The march went ahead as scheduled with about 500 police protecting the marchers. Rockwell
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    • 64 6 Sun. (AP) West German Defence Minister KaiUwe von Hassel, left, hands his appointments to Lt. Gen. Johannes Steinhoff as new commander of the German Air Force in Bonn recently. tl h a PP®! ntm ent of Steinhoff, a World War n ace, follows the resignation u?"
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    • 168 6 COLBLENZ, Germany Sun. (AP) British racing driver John Taylor, who suffered critical burns in a German Grand Prix crash on Aug. 7, died last Thursday night in St Martins hospital here, it was learned yesterday. Chief Surgeon Dr. H. Lelmbach told a newsman that
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    • 116 6 RANGOON, BURMA. Sun. (AP) Burma will pay $300,000 in compensation to five foreign banks nationalised in 1963, an official announcement said yesterday. But no compensation will be paid to two big Communist Chinese banks, the People's Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, which
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    • 54 6 KARACHI. Sun. (AP)—A 16-member Indonesian delegation arrived here yesterday for Indonesia-Pakistan economic and cultural cooperation organisation committee meetings beginning in Islambad tomorrow. The committees will review the progress of and map out future plans for trade and joint ventures, shipping, post, telegraph and tele-communications, -insurance, technical co-operation,
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    • 36 6 lETTIANE, Laos, Sun (AP) Police has announced 20 additional bodies have been found in the Mekong River flood which has afflicted Vientiane for nearly a fortnight, increasing the flood death toll to 34.
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    • 83 6 VENICE. Sun. (AFP) Blonde American actress Carroll "Baby Doll" Baker announced today she »vas giving up Hollywood for good and would establish herself in London. Miss Baker, a Hollywood manufactured sex symbol, has not worked for 18 months and has started a court case against
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    • 117 6 DACCA. East Pakistan, Sun. (AP). Pakistan Agricultural Minister Mr. Shamsud Doha left here yesterday for Bangkok en route to Seoul where he will head a Pakistan delegation to the Bth U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) conference for Asia and the Far East. He
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    • 48 6 ATHENS, Sun. (AP) w) n Bhelos Savopoulos, Minister to the Premier's office who was to represent Greece at South African Prime Minister Hendrik Vorwoerc funeral, has cancelled his plans because of a heavy workload. His office said no one would represent Greece at the funeral.
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    • 72 6 AGADIR, Morocco, Sun. (UPI) —An earth tremor today shook this Atlantic coast town which was wiped out by an earthquake on Feb. 29, 1960 with a loss of more than 10,000 persons. There were no victims and no damage. However, a number of persons decided to
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    • 272 6 NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI) The threat of a musicians' strike clouded preparations yesterday for the gala opening of the new Metropolitan Opera House scheduled for next Friday with the World Premiere' of Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra." President and Mrs.
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    • 97 6 WASHINGTON. Sun (AFP). Newsweek magazine has appealed to the United States Ambassador in Saigon to help lift a ban imposed on it in South Vietnam last Friday, officials of the weekly said here today. Newsweek asked Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodg« to intervene with South Vietnamese
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    • 62 6 WASHINGTON. Sufl (AFP) Secretary of State Mr. Dean Rusk today left Walter Reed Army Medical centre, where he had been confined since Tuesday with influenza. Mr. Rusk also underwent a complete physical exami' nation while in the hospital. A sookesrnan for the State Department said th< Secretary
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    • 89 6 BUDAPEST. Hungary, Sun. (AP) The Shah of Iran and Empress Farab yesterday se f out on a twoday tour of Hungarian tourist resorts along sun-dren-ched Lake Palaton. Southwest of the Capital. Accompanied by Vice-Pre-sident Oedoer. Kishazi. they visited a state farm a Balatonaligi where the were
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    • 65 6 VATICAN City, Sun (AP) A new series of six P®* tage stamps ing the end of the Catholic Ecumenical cil last year will be ISS on Oct. 11, the Vatican announced yesterday. The stamps, with a value of 400 lire (64 cer will depict the late
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    • 236 6 PARIS, Sun. (AP)— A defence Attorney in the Ben Barka case and political opponent of President Charles de Gaulle told the judge yesterday that "no one is going to cover up this case." The Attorney, Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour, blurted out the
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    • 166 6 PRETORIA, South Africa, Sun. (AP) Hendrik Verwoerd's great legacy to his country was a determined nation, a leading South African churchman said yesterday. The Rev J.S. Gericke, moderator of the Dutch reformed Church in the Cape and a close personal friend of the late Prime Minister,
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    • 38 6 GANGTOK, Sikkirr Sun. (AFP) Secretary Lalbahadur Basnet of the opposition political party, the Sikkim National Congress, was arrestea here today Police officials said Basnet was arrested on sedition charges, hut they refused further details.
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    • 150 7 \NN Arbor, Michigan, Sun. (UPI) Most residents of South Vietnam have rotten teeth, a University of Michigan Dental Professor said yesterday. •Extensive dental decay throughout the population is due in large part to the poor diet of the South Vietnamese. and the heavy consumption
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    • 167 7 BEIRUT, Sun. (UPI) Col. Selim Hatoum, leader ©f the latest abortive revolt in Syria, and 22 other persons have been granted political asylum in Jordan, Amman radio said in a broadcast monitored here last m<»ht. Of the 22, all but one were jr. litary officers. The
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    • 134 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) —Three cloistered nuns stepped into the outside world for the first time in 45 years with a visit to the White House. The Georgetown visitation convent nuns—Sisters Teresa, Mary Aimee and Mary Fiances —also met President and Mrs. Johnson and saw parts
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    • 129 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (AP) Burmese leader. Bo Setkya has been given a new name by security officials of the U.S. State Department. To keep newsmen off his trail, the opponent of visiting Burmese Head of State Gen. Ne Win has been designated "Frederick Thomas", the Washington
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    • 274 7 LONDON. Sun. (AP) With extra police patrolling the area, more than 500 persons attended a /nemorial service in a small Dutch Church yesterday tor slain South African Prime Minister, Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd. The fear of a demonstration brought out the guard, but the
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    • 308 7 Voting will determine Party choices... WASHINGTON, Sun. (AP). U.S. States will hold elections on Tuesday on the biggest primary (nominating) election day of the year in the United States. The voting will determine political Party choices for more than 178 places on ballots for the
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    • 127 7 MOSCOW, Sun. (UPI> The Communist Party newspaper PRAVDA yesterday branded South Vietnam's scheduled elections "A big propaganda show." "Both the Saigon puppets and their overseas masters," PRADA said, "are determined to hold these elections at any cost in order to provide a legal basis for
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    • 50 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. (AP> Ambassador Benjamin Romualdez. special envoy of the Philippines President, left Washington for Manila yesterday to discuss final arrangements for President Ferdinand E. Marcos visit to Washington. The Philippines embassy. In announcing Romualdez trip, said he will return to Washington with the presidential party.
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    • 872 7 Kuala Lumpur, Sun. By: A special correspondent THE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak will lay the foundation stone of the new Maktab Mara extension, at 9.00 a.m. tomorrow. The Maktab Mara has been established with the aims and objectives of training
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    • 205 7 LAS VEGAS, Sun. (AP). Mickey Rooney a nervous groom, was married yesterday under the old crystal chandeliers of a Las Vegas wedding chapel to Margie Lane of Los Angeles his friend for more than eight years. Mrs. Lane, a 43-year-old divorcee, stood six inches
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    • 84 7 SANTIAGO, Chile, Sun. (AP) An unknown number of prisoners exchanged shots with prison guards and police last night while attempting to flee from the sprawling prison on Santiago's south side. Two officers were injured and there were unconfirmed reports of two others either seriously hurt
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    • 90 7 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun. (AP) Six Filipino newspapermen have arrived here on their way to Washington to cover the state visit of Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos. Arriving on Friday night were Jose Luna Castro. Managing Editor of the Manila Times; Emilio Aguilar Cruz, Editor of the Daily
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    • 201 10 CHICAGO, Sun. (UPI) Dr. Hermann J. Muller of Indiana University, Nobel prize-winning geneticist, urged yesterday that sperm banks from outstanding men for artificial insemination be inaugurated imme- diately. Dr Muller, who won the Nobel prize for discovering hereditary effects of radiation, told the Third International Congress
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    • 198 10 JAKARTA, Sun. (AP) More than 100 Chinese, forced out of Indonesia by the bitter anti-Chinese drive here, left yesterday In a new jetliner chartered from the Indonesian government. The Chinese, with wives and children, flew to Hong Kong where they will either stay or
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    • 259 10 MANILA. Sun. (AFP) Some 800 Military Engineers and troops of the Philippine Civic Action Group (PHILCAG) steamed out of Manila harbour today on their way to South Vietnam. The olive-green uniformed PHILCAG were seen off at harbour by thousands of relatives as they boarded two
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    • 199 10 JAKART. Sun. (AP) Two organisations have demanded that the honorary Doctorate in Islamic Religions awarded to President Sukarno be withdrawn if he really meant what he said that he was a Marxist. Pres. Sukarno recently declared in a palace ceremony "If you split my chest
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    • 26 10 SAIGON, Sun. A candidate for the South Vietnam elections makes a point to his audience during his campaign. The country went to the polls this morning.
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    • 55 10 SAIGON, Sun. Militant monk Tri Quang, who has been on a hunger strike since June 8 lies at the Duy Tan Hospital in Saigon with the framed portrait of India's Mahatma Ghandi for company. Tri Quang now weighs 94 pounds. He vowed to fast until he brings down the government
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    • 680 10 Bv RICHARD I. STONE JAKARTA, Sun. (UPI) Anti-Sukarno students in this cultural and political central Java are outnumbered 4 to 1. But they are unservingly moving for the presidential ouster. The political atmosphere in this city of three hundred thousand seems
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    • 128 10 SEABROOK, Texas, Sun. (UPI) Two disappointed wives and 10 active children, families of Astronauts Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon, settled down to another day of doing nothing today following the second postponement of the launch of Gemini 11. Officials from the National Aeronautics and Space
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    • 181 10 SALISBURY. Rhodesia, Sun (UPl)—Demands that Rhodesia cut its last legal ties with Britain and declare itself a republic were expected to mount here after the high court's decision that the lan Smith government is illegal. Rumours thai government is planning to withdraw the formal allegiance to the
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    • 286 10 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) Treasury Secretary Mr. Henry H. Fowler announced yesterday a four, month freeze on Federal Agency borrowing i n tht tight private money market in an attempt to east pressure for high interest rates. The move was the first to be carried out by
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    • 90 10 ATLANTIC City, New Jersey. Sun.' <UPI) Mlss Oklahoma. Jane Anne Jayroe a pretty coed from the Panhandle with a long long family history of musical education, was named Miss America 1967 last night. The only contestant to wear a gown of a colour other than white, Jane
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    • 272 10 HONG KONG, Sun. <l*Pl) —The plane troubles of tht Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra are still not over. The cargo plane the orehestra chartered in Miami, Florida, to carry its tons of instruments and equipment around the world still it crippled. The plane broke down in
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  • 785 8 rpHE currently Acting Prime Minister of Singapore, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, speaking at a dinner given in honour of the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of Cambodia, Mr. Son Sann, last week, said "Today Asia is more divided than it has ever been in several hundred years
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  • 3127 8 Transcript of a speech made by the Acting Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, at the annual dinner of the University of Singapore Students' Union, held at Hotel Singapura on 9th September, 1966 Mr. President, ladies and gentlemen, I wonder whether I
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  • Finance
    • 383 9 VUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Central Government is looking into the possibility of introducing oil palm planting on a large scale in Sarawak. This was announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives Hajl Ghazali bin Haji Jawi, on his return here from a
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    • 398 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. New Guinea, whose main industry is timber, is to buy more than $2,000,000 worth of pre-fabricated wood components for houses from Malaysia. The order covering processed timber for 520 houses Is for the New Guinea Housing Administration. Most of the cost is
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    • 185 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. Kodak (Malaya) Limited which began operations In a modest way in Singapore in 1961 celebrates its 50th anniversary with labour force of 120 on its payroll. Touching cn the Company's progress during the past 50 years, its managing director, Mr. Hugh J. Knapp gaid that
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    • 55 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Mr. N. A. Kularajah, general manager of the Malaysian Co-operative Insurance Society, Ltd.. has been re-elected to the insurance executive of the International Co-operative Alliance. He was one of seven elected to the Executive Committee at the International Co-operative Insurance Conference held In Vienna from
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    • 67 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Mr. E. Lavelle, paints sales manager of 1.C.1., accompanies by Mr. Lim Cheng Sang, executive, paints sales control, left on an extensive tfur of East Malaysia and Brunei today. They will visit all the parn in Sarawak, Sai 1 Brunei to review thl-
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    • 206 9 LONDON. Sun. (AFP).— World mine production of tin during May this year showed a slight increase compared with the previous month, and the back-log against consumption, which was also slightly higher is now less than 11.000 tons on an annual basis. According to the latest statistics
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    • 103 9 KINSHASHA,, Congo. Sun. (AP) The International Tin Council ended a four-day meeting in Kinshasha yesterday. The 22-member group Issued a communique saying the meeting ha<i discussed the effects of recent disposals from the U.S. surplus on the world tin market. A Council spokesman would not discuss
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    • 59 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. Tan Siew Hou former Senior Account Executive of Grants Advertising International and at one time Account Executive at S. H. Benson (Singapore) Ltd. has now joined Pace Advertising Limited. 'Hou' as Mr. Tan is popularly known In the advertising field, brings with him a
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    • 235 9 LONDON, Sun. CAP) British exports to Communist China during the first six months of 1966 are up 50 per cent over the same period last year. The Sino-British Trade Council, which handles commerce between the two countries, said yesterday exports for the first six months
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    • 91 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Ben Line announces the appointment of a new Master. He is Captain J. M. Macleod. of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, who takes command of the cargo liner Benhlant (12,070 tons d.w.). Benhiant is now on voyage from London to Penang, Port Swettenham. Singapore
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    • 356 9 NEW YORK, Sun. Investors and traders left Wall Street somewhat more confident last week because President Johnson's economic proposals help clear up some of the uncertainties overhanging the market for the past few months. However, as shown in Friday's cautious movements, the task of selecting investments
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    • 63 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. A salesman with Behn. Meyer and Company Ltd., Mr. Yew Hai Sum. has left for Germany for a three months training course in Agfacolour processing and the latest electronic darkroom equipment. In Germany he will also visit Photokina, the largest photographic fair in the world,
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    • 1210 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. The general uncertainty particularly over the currency, caused the downward slide in the stock market to continue, last week, a firm of sharebrokers says In its weekly review. In view of the number of queries raised they summarised the position of the currency
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    • 79 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— A fine antique Kris "Pekaka" (kingfisher) said to have originated from Atcheh, Sumatra, was presented by the staff of McCann-Erickson (M) Ltd. to their retiring managing director, Mr. Gregory St. G. Walker, at a dinner given in his honour at the Federal Hotel recently. Mr.
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS – SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 181 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8.20 a.m. ML 019 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. ML 121 Kuaia Lumpur. 10.30 a.m. ML 451 Kuching. 10.55 a.m ML 005 Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. 11.40 a.m. PR 501 Manila. 12.20 p.m. RC 605 Phnom Penh. 12.50 p.m. PA 841 San Francisco, Los
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      • 162 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.00 a.m. ML 032 Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh, Penang, Kota Bahru. 7.15 ajn. ML 452 Kuching. 7.31 a.m. ML 122 Kuala Lumpur. 8.00 a.m. TG 402 Bangkok. 8.30 a.m. ML 616 Kuala Lumpur, Hongkong. 9.00 a.m. CX 572 Bangkok, Horgkong. Taipeh. Osaka, Tokyo. 9.00
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      • 126 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8.25 ajn. MAL (ML 032) Singapore, Malacca. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 616) Singapore. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang, Ipoh. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 044) Singapore. 12.35 p.m. MAL (ML 008) Singapore. Kota Bahru. 1.25 p.m. MAL
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      • 119 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 032) Penang, Ipoh. Kota Bahru. 9.30 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Malacca, Singapore. 9.50 a.m. MAL (ML 616) Hongkong. 10.30 a.m. MAL (ML 118) Trengganu. 12.20 p.m. MAL
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  • BOOKS
    • 4068 11  -  reviewed by tai sing onn HAVE never been much of a Han Suyin fan. I read "A Many Splendoured Thing" after seeing the film of almost like name. The book is a delight but then romps in spring are very much
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    • 62 11 DIRECT FROM HOLLYWOOD FOR ONE PERFORMANC COTY presents FRANK SINATRA Featuring SAM DONAHUE and the TOMMY DORSEY ORCHESTRA The World 9 Grmivttt Trumpeter CHARLIE SHAVERS PLUS A FULL AMERICAN CASTS Produced by Joseph Enrika AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE Tuesday 20TH SEPTEMBER 1966 8.00 p.m. Tickets: $lO/-, $B/-, $5/-, $3/-. Available
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 231 11 SHAW IGANISATION d f,ast D»t: 11-1.45-4-6.30-9.15 2 Bara Montiel Reginald Kernan f "SINS OF LOVE" color TOMORROW: lan Hendry ft June Ritchio 2 "THIS IS MY STREET" CAPITOL Phone ***** NOW SHOWING! 11 am. 1 45. 4. 6.30 930 p.m. (No Free Listl W Oressory Peck Sophia Loren J "ARABESQUE"
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    • 145 11 I ii "1 L TODAY! 11. 2.30. 9 p.m. M THE COUNTERFEIT TRAITOR" William Holden Color (Par.) COMING! Clint WALKER In The Night Of The Grizzly Scope Color Paramount TODAY! 11, 2.34 6 9 p.m. $1.50. $2.50 $4.00 No Free List CASH BOOKINGS ONLY "The AGONY And The ECSTASY" <fod
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  • 2335 12 Students Page All $10 Essay Winners Lim Yim Hong, (15); Gey land Methodist Girls' School, Singapore. I AM now a very old horse. But in my youth I had run and won countless races. I was born in a racing stable as my mother was a thorougbred and my father
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 236 12 Classified Ad ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 20 Words *lO/- (Minimum) THE FAMILY of the Late Madam Ong Gin Gee, gratefully thank doctors Lee, Liok and Wee. pastors, many friends and relatives for their kindness and deep sympathy during her long illness and our recent bereavement. NOTICES PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS dockyard department THE PORT OF
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    • 116 12 Rules of Eastern Sun's essoy writing ALL entrants are requested to observe the following rules: 1. Name, address, age, school and class of entrant must be clearly stated on the top right hand corner of the paper. 2. The entrant must send his or her photograph together with the essay.
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    • 175 12 yf VkfypW- Eastehn Sun r ">H ii< «ii <H>' W' 'I "f **Wtf ir UTTU lIT THA T GOES A LONG WAY 23-8. CANTONMENT ROAD, SINGAPORE 2 TELEPHONES *****/7. announcements, marriages, births, deaths. a minimum of twenty I ENCACEMENTS. PERSONAL. IN MEMORIAM ETC. "SS S so* craTS^' 1 "I WORD
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  • 339 13 is a new sovereign state. Its economy is dependent solely on the export of rubber and tin. Malaysia has gone far in the agricultural field. It has given incentives to farmers to speed up production in order to stabilise the economy of the country.
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  • 474 13 THE cannons roared. The bullets hissed through the calm and peaceful atmosphere. The flag of the Great Eagles was torn apart and flying magnificently in its place was the flag of the proud ants. This was the beginning cf the 21st Century. After a long
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  • 298 13 Courtship plays an important part in life before marriage. The reason: It offers opportunity for lovers to understand and learn each other good and bad points. A rush through to marriage at a young age could lead to disaster. Early marriage is extremely bad for
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  • 473 13 DURING the August holidays. I went to a coastal village to visit a friend. I reached the village by train in the first blush of the morning and I was met by my friend who took me to his house. I had
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  • 304 13 SOME school children dread the idea of going to school. This is evident especially after a long vacation. When it comes for school to re-open, they will groan and say: "Her* comes Black Monday again." Apparently, the drawback of most students is the
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  • 244 13 I AM a pair of ballet shoes. I am pink. I was made in England. A few days later, I was sent to Singapore by Ship. When I was sleeping in my box, I found myself vibrating. It was a van carrying me to
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  • 608 13 pROM the daily newspapers one is shocked to read an endless chain of reports on crimes committed by people who are in the spring of youth. Although juvenile delinquency in this part of the world is not as serious in Western countries like
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  • 494 13 THE Press today, plays a most fundamental role in forming the opinions of every Tom, Dick and Harry in this world. Everyday's happenings that occur around us or even ten thousand miles away come to light through the Press, especially the newspaper,
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  • 162 13 SINGAPORE is fast becoming a top tourist centre in South-East Asia. It is an up to date and a cosmopolitan city. There are various races for example Chinese, Indians, Malays, Eurasians, Europeans ana you can experience their various cultures. We offer tourists many attractions. There are the
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  • 360 13 Lorries, buses and motor cars are dreadful monsters of the roads today. A great number of accidents, averaging around eighty, are caused every day in busy cities, on festival and on rainy days. Speeding, carelessness of drivers, and inexperienced drivers are some of the many causes
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  • 120 13 RULES of Eastern Sun s essay writing. All entrants are requested to observe the following rules: 1. Name, address, age. school and class of entrant must be clearly stated on the top right hand corner of the paper. 2. The entrant most send his or her photograph together
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  • 395 13 THERE are many pleasures in life. Some people indulge in flirting, gambling, hunting, fishing or fighting. But the pleasures which they have indulged in are only momentary or transient and generally unbeneficial One finds real pleasure in reading. It is the purest of
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  • 340 14 LONDON, Sun. (AFP)— The "Tiger of Melbourne" struck again yesterday. Australian Peter Thomson, who has collected five British Open titles during the past 12 years won the "News of a third time at Walton Heath, the World" professional match-play championship for Surrey. He added
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  • 95 14 LONDON, Sun. (AFP) South Africans were again to the fore in the English rugby league yesterday At Liverpool, wingers Len Killeen and Tom van Vollenhoven scored 20 of St. Helen's 35 points in the 35/ 12 victory against Liverpool City. Both scored two tries
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  • 1092 14 KUALA LUMPUR, SUN: Who is the world's No. 1 badminton singles player? This answer will not be known for sometime yet. To the surprise of Malaysian and Singapore fans Tan Joe Hock of Indonesia will NOT be competing in the Malaysian
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  • 148 14 KAJANG, Sun. Selangor Malays whipped Penang Malays 4-1 in Malaysian Malays Badminton championships for the Prime Minister's Trophy played at Kajang hall last night. By toppling Penang, Selangor will now play Kelantan in two week's time to decide the north zone finalists. Selangor
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  • 151 14 SINGAPORE, Sun. A New Zealand gymnastic team on their way to the World Gymnastic Championships in Dortmund, Germany will stop over here for an exhibition. The New Zealand gymnastics team of six men and five women are due in tonight. They will stage the exhibition
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  • 787 14 Blood-spattered challenger ends tottering FRANKFURT, Sun. (AFP) An oMimes worried-looking Cassius Clay took 12 rounds to retain his world title here last night against one of the most courageous and tough challengers he has met in the ring. His opponent, Germany's own European champion Karl Mildenberger gave
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  • 231 14 LONDON, Sun. (AP) Watch out for the next mass movement of soccer stars from Europe to the United States. Phil Woosnam. Aston Villa inside forward and a Welsh international, set the pattern last week by signing up as a manager-coach of Atlanta, Georgia one of
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  • 115 14 TOKYO. Sun. (AFP) Orient featherweight champion Mitsunori Seki of Japan will defend his title against the Philippines' Orlando Medina in Tokyo in November, it was announced today. The 12-round contest will be held at Tokyo's 2.500seat Korakuen Boxing Hall on Nov. 27. It will be
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  • 160 14 SINGAPORE. Sun The Sabah State badminton team which will participate in the Malaysian Championships in Seiemban between Sept. 16 and 18 will play a friendly game against Singapore at the Badminton Stadium here on Tuesday at 8 p.m. The six-man team is made up of
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  • 154 14 SINGAPORE. Sun. Arrangements are being finalised to get top Malaysian. Indonesian, Thai and Indian badminton players to take part in the Singapore Open Championships from Oct. 7 to 9. Malaysia is expected to send a team comprising Tan Aik Huang, Yew Cheng Hoe; Tan
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  • 133 14 SINGAPORE. Sun;— Albert Tan a member of the Asian Games tennis training squad, successfully retained his three titles at the sixth annual championships of the Morning Glow Tennis Club this morning. Showing good form Albert beat Siow Watt Soon in the Open Singles to
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  • 571 14 By "SCRUM HALF" SINGAPORE Sun tv. Blacks, the all-Asian rughw team continued their winn ing streak this season with a victory over R.A.F. Ten. gah 'B' at Tengah here ves. terday. e e It was their second vietory in two games. Thi
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  • 40 14 SINGAPORE Sun.--'25 Yamaha teams contintheir lead in the men s and 'A' division team event in the Smjgj National Bowling Cha»-. ships which entered i second day at Jackie s Orchard, and the SingIsland Country Ciub yesterday.
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  • 2224 15  -  Field day for Rodgers with five winners Perak race results JUDITH ANTON II PAYS $lO5 FOR PLACE By Windsor Lad IPOH, Sun. Spruce, confidently ridden fey Subian Asban, and trained by Rinus van Breukelen, put up a brilliant display when he came with a terrific last furlong
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  • 119 15 Penang, Sun. Sixteen people correctly the number of stamps containe in the letter posting box in the guessing competition of the postal philatelic exhibition held here recently. The correct number of staamps in the box was 5.555. Prizes won by the respective winners will be distributed to
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  • 107 15 CARDIFF, Sun (AFP) Kipchoge Keino of Kenya failed in his attempt here yesterday to break the world mile record. The Kenyan track star won the Morley Mile at the Welsh Games, but his time of 3 mins. 57.6 sec. was well off
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  • 651 15 LONDON, Sun. (AFP) Inspired bowling helped England to Victory by 82 runs over the Rest of the World XI in the triangular tournament under one-day rules at Lord's. The tournament continues on Monday and Tuesday with West Indies completing the trio. Captained
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  • 122 15 BIRMINGHAM, Sun. (AFP) Taking the last five Warwickshire wickets for 26 in six overs, the West Indians beat Warwickshire, the "Gillette" knock-out Cup winners, by 19 runs in the 50-over challance match at Edgbaston here on Saturday. Century maker Seymour Nurse was voted man
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  • 975 15 Spurs dist lucky winners LONDON, Sun. (AFP). The English Football League programme yesterday produced an extraordinary breakdown of results, for there were eight drawn games out of eleven in Division One, seven of them ending I—l. In all it was a very
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  • 604 15 FOREST HILLS, New York. Sun. (UPI). —Fred Stolle and John Newcome moved down the two finest playboys in amateur tennis on Saturday to set up the first men's final between two unseeded players on record in the U.S. Tennis Singles Championships while Nancy Richey
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 49 15 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $64,185 FIRST PRIZE No. *****9 528,883.00 SECOND PRIZE No. *****5 $14,441.00 THIRD PRIZE No. *****8 7,220.00 Starters ($730.00 each): Nos. *****3 *****0 *****3 *****7 *****1 *****9 *****5 *****2 *****1 *****1 *****5 oporo Consolations ($561.00 each): *****9 ~~5358 *****6 *****6 *****2 *****7 *****3 *****6 *****2 *****0
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