Eastern Sun, 23 September 1966

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  • 24 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Esld. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 68. Friday, September 23 1966. MC(P) 1942 RON 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • 651 1  -  e l e osed^politicaJ^detainees^jTave^enounced Communism and reaffirmed By Peter Loke SINGAPORE, THURS. HREEC>oliti col detainees have been released by the Singapore Government this morning. The «£feased detainees are Tan Yam Seng, Ong Hock Siong and .Chia Kee Chong. A m. M All three have made separate public
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  • 159 1 AFP KUCHING Sarawak, Thurs. Sarawak Chief Minister Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan indicated today he might resign before the Council Negri meets tomorrow morning. In an interview with AFP, Dato Ningkan said he had no doubt that the motion of no confidence against his Government cannot be
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  • 63 1 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, was given a rousing welcome when he arrived at Paya Lebar International Airport tonight after touring India and Ceylon. The Prime Minister also attended the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference in London. Among those who were at the airport
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  • 51 1 BRISBANE, Thurs (AFP) All 19 passengers and a crew of four died today when an Australian airliner on an internal flight crashed in flames in rugged West Queensland. The plane, a four-engined Turbo-prop Viscount belonging to the Ansett-Ana Line, was flying from Mount Isa to
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  • 470 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia has been offered American aid on acceptable terms for commercial projects through the export-im-port bank. Disclosing this here today, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin said that he would discuss this matter further with American officials. Mr. Tan left
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  • 1172 1  -  By: John Kam,Maureen Lee KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —An Army Paymaster, Capt. Abdul Rahman bin Samsuri, "lost his senses" after taking two or three puffs from a cigarette given to him by his two "kidnappers". This statement was contained in a report by
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  • Local News
    • 135 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —A record number of Malaysian beauties will take part in the "Miss Stop Press 1966" contest ito* be held in conjunction with this year's National Union of Journalists Press Ball. Already 20 girls have submitted their application forms
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    • 262 2 PENANG, Thurs. A distinguished "old bov" of the Penang Free Schools will be among those attending the school's 150 th anniversary Speech Day on Oct. 21. He is the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who was a pupil in the school before leaving
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    • 56 2 JOHORE BHARU, Thurs TJ* 15 one of the four hundred boys without a home. The State Government has demolished illegal houses in Jalan Maj idee near here. Where will these homeless people go to? A statement is expected from the Secretariat. Meanwhile, the former residents have only
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    • 47 2 MUAR, Thurs.—The Muar Rotary Club will open its •Rotary Youth Camp" at BaKri Estate, from here on Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. The camp, leased by the Lee Foundation, will be opened to Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and the public in the Muar district.
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    • 193 2 Kuala Lumpur, Thurs. The Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister's Department, Tan Sri Abdul Jamil bin Abdul Rais, who is also the head of the civil service, paid an official visit to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the headquarters of the Federal Department of Information here today.
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    • 180 2 IPOH, Tburi. The sound of music from bagpipes of Scottish Highlanders jjavr a real atmosphere of military fanfare at the annual general inspection and passing out parade of the Cadet Corps of St. Michael's Institution here on the school ground this afternoon. A
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    • 274 2 IPOH. Thurs. A bicycle chain, not used for the purpose it was intended for, was an offensive weapon when maliciously used for some other purposes. This was the ruling of Tan Sri Justice Maclntyre in the High Court here today in an appeal by a rubber tapper,
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    • 128 2 KEMAMAN, Thurs. The sole winner of the Eastern Sun quiz contest in Trengganu, Miss Tan Lee Kui, 17, is a Form IV student in the Sultan Ismail Secondary School here. She told me in her house at Kampong Besut: "This was
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    • 516 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. "Rent is due, but not payable," the Federal Court of Appeal was told today in a dispute between Town House Hotel and the Shanghai Hall Restaurant on its first floor. The hotel was claiming arrears of rent from Sept. I
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    • 126 2 IPOH. Thurs. Burglars broke into the house of a Pastor in Lahat Road here early this morning and took away a tape recorder valued at $3OO. a $2OO transistor radio set. a $6O brief case, and $4 cash. The Pastor, the Rev. H Paul Castor, was sleeping
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    • 255 2 MALACCA, Thurs The State Legislative Assembly here today approved a motion sanctioning the expenditure of $1.3 million for lour low-cost housing schemes and to meet extra costs of other develop- ment projects in the state. The housing schemes scheduled for completion this year are at Pulau
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    • 141 2 MUAR, Thurs. A 64-year-old shopkeeper. JuaJ Chin Son?, was this morning attacked by an n known assailant and slashed to death in his shop at Parit Stongkat here. Chin Song, who received cuts on his head and boat was seen staggering in b'j shop before collapsing
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    • 38 2 MUAR. Thurs. Mukifll Sengkang captured the ID" che Ngah bin Haji Abdul Rchman trophy when won the final in the Muaf North Sepak Raga tion at Sungai Mati, 7 m; e* north of here during week-end.
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    • 78 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. rtaster Signaller Ronald irooks. of 48 Squadron, jetting down to some hard «ork at the playground vtaen the Squadron enter- tained 100 children from Kampong Hun Yeang. The RAF men, who fly Hastings transports from RAF Changi. took the children in three coaches on
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    • 111 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A new 5107.000 market will be opened by the Member of Parliament for Tiong Bahru. ."Mr. Lee Teck Him, on Saturday at 7 p.m. The new market is the second to be built in the Bukit Ho Swee area and is the 11th
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    • 73 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Deepavali in Singapore this year will be celebrated bv Hindus on Nov. 11 instead of Nov. 10. This is becuuse the Hindu Advisory Board in Singapore has said that according to the Hindu Almanacs of both India and Ceylon recently received. "Deepavali" was to
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    • 107 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—The B*i.ooo-ion "Borgsten", a Norwegian oil tanker, the largest ship to drydock in South-east Asia will arrive here tomorrow at Jurong Shipyard. The oil tanker is on the way to Kuwait from Japan, when it developed propeller trouble during the voyage and will undergo repairs and
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    • 63 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A well-known journalist, Mr. Jorn Thiel, will give a public lecture on "The Technical Media in Youth Work and Adult Education Theoretical Principles" at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise on Nov. 25 at T. 30 p.m. The lecture is sponsored th e Adult Education Board
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    • 58 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A year-old cyclist. Ka n Nun xiing. who was involved in a collision with a motorcyclist. died in the General Hospital yesterday five days after the accident The accident took place near the junction of Neil Road and Teck Lim Road. Police appeal for eye-wit-nesses to
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    • 60 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Police have detained two men under the Criminal Law, (Temporary Provisions) Ordinance yesterday. They arrested a "headman" of the "Patt Leong" secret society, member of the 24 group operating in Campbell and Serangoon Hosds. v Arrested in the same day **as a "fighter" of the "Sar
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    • 107 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Adult members of the Singapore Boy Scouts Association are expected to turn out in record numbers to compete in the Second Inter-District Blood Donor Competition. In the first Inter-District Blood Donor Competition held in September last year, Stamford District won the Championship Trophy presented by
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    • 163 3 Eastern Sun Quiz a 'real household hobby' SINGAPORE, Thurs. A housewife who got tired of sending in entries to a lop a J word puzzle contest, decided to switch over to the Eastern Sun's. She sure was lucky the second time around. Mrs. E. G. Jay. (above) one of the
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    • 275 3  -  By Bernard Williams CINGAPORE, Thurs. Two thousand Singapore registered seamen affected by the confrontation, look ful Wuiu brighter prospects of employment. A spokesman for the Seamen's Registry Board here told the Eastern Sun that "As shipping trade gains momentum between the Republic and Indonesia,
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    • 274 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— The shipping community here today received a bouquet from Singapore Deputy Premier, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, for "their resourcefulness in seeing through a difficult period brought about by confrontation." Dr. Toh paid this tribute when he raise the Republic's red-and-white Merchant Navy ensign
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    • 203 3  - S'PORE TO BE FEATURED IN PONTI'S MIL. FILM B. Williams. SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore is going to be prominently featured in multimillion dollar film produced by Carlo Ponti, Sophia Loren's husband, the Eastern Sun learnt yesterday. The interest shown by this world-famous Italian film producer has been sparked off on recommendations
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    • 39 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs, Mr, Chan Chee Seng will receive a cheque of $6,000 from the Singapore Tobacco Company for the promotion of sports at his office on Tuesday.
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    • 557 3  -  By MADELEINE NATHAN CINGAPORE, Thurs. Cupid shot two arrows and found their targets. On Saturday, wedding bells will chime as two New Zealand airmen and their local brides take their marriage vow. This is the outcome of a whirlwind romance which has blossomed into a marriage pledge.
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    • 259 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Ford Foundation has approved a grant of US$43B.500 (M 51,315,500), over an initial period of two years, to the council of the College of Agriculture, Malaya to assist in the development of the teaching and research programme at the
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    • 91 4 KAJANG, Thurs. Kajang's two newest landmarks have begun to take shape. They are the SllO.OOO dou ble-storey Chest Clinic and the SBO.OOO out-door Patient Department and X-ray room. These two new projects are major extensions to Mie district hospital here planned by the Health Ministry. The new
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    • 101 4 MUAR. Thurs. The Johore State Government is undertaking 20 land development schemes. Involving 75.000 acres of rubber trees and oil palm. This was announced by the District Officer Enche Talib bin Abu when he addressed members of the Muar Rotary Club. He said, "these
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    • 60 4 MUAR. Thurs. About 6.000 people in the Muar and Batu Pahat Districts have registered with the Labour Departments. About 90 per rent of the total unemployed people are unskilled workers. A spokesman for the Muar and Batu Pahat Labour Departments who disclosed this said the total number
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    • 50 4 MUAR. Thurs. The Serom Chong Hwa School. 10 miles from here, will hold an exhibition and a variety show to mark the school anniversary on Oct. 2. Meanwhile, the school has invited the Assistant Minister of Education, Mr. Lee Siok Yew, to declare its four-room extension costing $24,000.
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    • 53 4 MUAR, Thurs Four Chinese temples costing a total of $28,000 are to be built by the Malayan Government in three local council areas in the Muar district under the rural development programme this year. The new temples are: Sagil ($10,000): Bukit Gambirtwo temples ($5,000 and $lO,000) and
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    • 30 4 MUAR, Thurs. —A 27-year-old lorry attendant, Wong Chong Chang, was crushed to death by a log at the Muar Saw Mill at Jalan Ismail here yesterday morning.
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    • 306 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Bangsawan melodies will be revived in the coming "Malam Irama Malaysia" concert in the University of Malaya on the nights of uct. 2 and 3. Malay opera lovers will be treated with melodies which are almost forgotten due to the inundation of
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    • 300 4 PORT SWETTENHAM, Thurs. The 600 bona Hde workers of Port Swettenham Authority Staff Union today called upon the Government and Port Authority to protect their constitutional rights. This was stated by the PASU's Secretary-General Mr. E. Amalanathan to 'Eastern Sun' here. He said the
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    • 42 4 MUAR. Thurs. Enche Tengku Abdul Rahman, an assistant district officer here, has been re-elected patron of the Muar Red Cross Society. Enche Abu Bakar and Mr. Choo Joo Thye are the chairmen. The local branch has todate about 300 members.
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    • 33 4 MUAR. Thurs. Two Hindu Temples, each costing $B,OOO, are to be built by the central government at Sagil Estate and Tangkak Estate north of here under this year's rural development programme.
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    • 24 4 MUAR, Thurs. —The Ministry of Education is to build new Arab school costing $25,000 at Tangkak district, 16 miles north of here.
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    • 137 4 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. Seven local beauties modelled Malaysian fashions to tb« tune of Irving Berlin's "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" at the climax of the Methodist Afternoon School's musical concert, "Sing As W$ Go," held here over the week-end. The girls and their costumes are,
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    • 159 4 Kuala Lumpur. Thurs. Travelling goldsmith N. Subbiah (45) walked straight into the trap of three robbers in a lonely spot near the Federal Highway here yesterday. Screaming and yelling for help, he ran out, minus his bag which contained $1,600 worth of Jewellery and ruby
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    • 51 4 MALACCA, Thurs. An Aneka Ragam (variety show) jointly sponsored by the MAYC here and the Commonwealth troops at Terendak Camp wil be held at the Dewan Sekolah Say Fong here on Friday at 8 p.m. Proceeds of the show will go to the Commonwealth Association and the Malacca
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    • 540 4 KLALA LUMPUR, Thurs.—The following are thi results of the examination of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants, June, 1966: Passed Part 1. Abd. Wahid bin Mohd. Yunos, Ahmad Fauzi bin Mohd. Yusof. Ariffln bin Ibrahim. Mohd. Hassan bin Mohd. Said. Muhamad Nur Anwar bin
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    • 112 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —A Pakistani astrologist palmist. M. S Sardar, 57, today tha* T Abdul Rahman would definitely remain In power as the Prime Minister of Malaysia until 1970. He also forecast that, Singapore would come back to Malaysia again—within four to Ave years time. Mr.
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    • 78 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Republic's First Lady, Puan Noor Aishah will open the Creative Hobbies Exhibition at the NTUC Conferecen Hall in Shenton Way on Oct. 8. The exhibition will be for two days. It is being sponsored by the Red Cross Society of Singapore of which the
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    • 61 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Dale Carnegie Alumni Association. District 97, will hold a seminar on Saturday to discuss and gain an insight into leadership and human relations. The seminar, to be held at National Productivity Centre, will be opened by Encne Nasaruddin bin Mohammed, the Deputy Secretary, Ministry
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    • 30 4 MUAR Thurs. The Batu Pahat District Primary Sohool Basketball Championship will be held from Oct. 2. Entries should reach the local basketball association on or before Sept. 26.
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    • 386 5  -  By ROSALIE CHAN SINGAPORE, Thurs. Meet brother and sister who have made quite a name for themselves in the world of ballet here in Singapore. They are Goh t'hoo San, 18, and Goh Soon Khim, 22, respectively. For all ballet lovers,
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    • 147 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Five trade unionists left here by Lufthansa today for West Germany to attend a three-month trade union seminar. The seminar, sponsored by Fridrich Ebert Foundation, will be held in Bonn. They are: Messrs. Vincent Wong, a member of the Amalgamated Union of
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    • 101 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A training co-ordinator of Mobil Oil (Malaya) Ltd.. Mr. A. P. Chin, has been bestowed the Civil Order of the Knight of St. Gregory The Great by Pope Paul VI. The award has been be•towed on Mr. Chin for his record of good work
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    • 110 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A public-spirited passer-by helped to apprehend a snatch-thief yesterday. A gold chain, valued at $5O. belonging to Loh Fong Moy, a clerk, was recovered She was walking along Bras Basah Road, when a man came from behind and snatched her gold chain. Her screams attracted the
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    • 112 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Ministry of Health will conduct a mass X-Ray for the residents of Nee Soon from Sept. 28. The X-Ray is free and all residents in the area from the age of 14 are eligible. The Mobile X-Ray unit will be stationed at
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    • 101 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs—A shellcraft "Tongkang China" (Chinese Boat) above, is one of the showpieces that the public can view at the Children's Day International Art Exhibition, at Victoria Memorial Hall here from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5. The shellcraft is made by A. Rashid bin Dol.
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    • 95 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Cheshire Home will nold a Jumble Sale on their grounds at Nicoll Drive, Telok Paku, on Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m Among the many interesting items that will be up for "real bargains" will be cute little souvenirs and clothing
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    • 205 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Singapore Institute of Management will hold a series of six lectures on taxation for Singapore managers and executives. The lectures, to be delivered by Mr. Lee Fook Hong. A.C.C.S., A.A.1.A., A.M.8.1.M., will be held at the Shell Theatrette, Shell House, Colyer Quay, every Monday
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    • 485 5  -  By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Thurs. Timber merchants are now k having discussions with Indonesian officials here to re-start the timber trade between the two countries. It is also reliably learnt that timber merchants are also exploring possibilities to participate in joint ventures in Indonesia
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    • 48 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—Mr. Teong Eng Siong, M.P. lor Sembawang will attend the National Language Month meeting at Chong Pang Community Centre tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. All associations in the same constituency, Citizens Consultative Committee and Community Centre manag«>ment committee will attend the joint meeting.
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    • 66 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—The Shaw Organisation will launch a "No Smoking" campaign at their largest theatre—Capitol, from tomorrow. The Shaw Organisation hopes that the public will co-operate and enhance the enjoyment of picture-gtomg in a smoke free atmosphere. "No Smoking" notices have already been put up in the auditorium
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    • 131 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—All traffic to Upper Serangoon Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road and Yio Chu Kang Road will be closed to facilitate the erection of an overhead pedestrian bridge. Only portions of the roads will be closed between 7 p.m. on Sunday and Monday at 7 a.m. Traffic along
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    • 72 5 SINGAPORE. Thurs. An unidentified man, aged about 45, was found dead at the foot of a block of flats in Jalan Merpati, off Aljunied Road, at 6 a.m. today. He was wearing a white shirt and singlet and Khaki trousers. There were no identiflcation-p ape r s
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 395 2 Why crack your head when you can tackle easier quiz like ours EASTERN SUN 3,000 Contest Quiz for September 23* 1966. I. Which is the first English language newspaper i« South-east Asia to use Facsimile equipment? I. How is Small-Pox Prevented? 3. How many days does the Earth take to
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    • 80 3 K.L. DIARY Zoo Nejjara 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Muzium Negara 10 a.m. lo 6.30 p.m. Jalan Weld Swimming Pool 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Demonstration on "OpsnFaced Sandwiches" and "Cocktail" by Miss Lis Gron 5.15 p.m. at Women's
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    • 643 4 CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Babru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 KJuang. 3.00 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary; 3.01 Tonight's Orchestra; 3.25 The Big Mac Show; 4.00 Sherlock Holmes, 'Reluctant Carpenter'; 4.30 Close Down; 5.45 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary; 5.50 News
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    • 53 5 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 5.05 a.m. (5.5 ft), 10.09 p.m. (5.5 ft Port Swettenham: 11.24 a.m. (8.9 ft.), 604 p.m. Port 1.32 p.m. (5.7 ft), 8.53 p.m. (4.4 ft.). (Singapore: 7.10 a.m. (6.1 ft.), 4.17 p.m. (7.1 ft). Sedili Kechil: 5.07 a.m. (7 ft.), 2.44 p.m. (5.8 ft.). Kuantan: 4.15
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    • 68 5 SPORE DIARY 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall. Empress Place: "Ten Youths Art Exhibition'. 7.30 p.m. Victoria Theatre. Empress Place "The Lotus Lamp", a Teochew opera. 8.30 p.m. Cultural Centre, Canning Rise: "Judgement at Nuremburg", a play. 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Kampong
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 354 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP)— CECRETARY of State, Mr. Dean Rusk said last night it is in the American interest to promote peaceful contacts with Communist countries "even when we are required to resist aggression in V ietnam." "And we earnestly
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    • 123 6 UNITED NATIONS. Thus. <AFP> Abdul Rahman Pazhwak, New President of the General Assembly, today backed U.N. Secretary General U Thant's threepoint project for bringing about peace negotiations In Vietnam. He added, however, that no one should stick to a ri®id formula, and that all paths
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    • 44 6 NEW YORK, USA, Thurs—Notables of New York Society and their guests fill the "Diamond Horseshoe" of the Metropolitan Opera House recently for the gala opening of the new Season, first for this Lincoln Centre Opera House. UPI (Photo). UPI Photo.
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    • 139 6 CAIRO. Thurs. (AP). Cyp* riot President Archbishop Makarios took time off yesterday and went shopping, spending an hour selecting and bargaining at a furniture shop. He chose an American-style set of chairs and sofas and another French style set and a desk. Having finished, he
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    • 163 6 SAN FRANCISCO. California. Thurs. (AP) A telephone bomb threat forced Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson to switch boxes for the second act of "I Puritani" last night at the opening of the San Francisco Opera Season, the San Francisco Examiner reported. The First
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    • 57 6 UNITED NATIONS.. Thurs. (AFP).—The Delegation of Nepal led by the Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Foreign Minister Mr. Kirti Nidhi Bista was in national dress at the opening session on Tuesday, of the 21st United Nations General Assembly Mr. Kirti Nidhi Bista will
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    • 269 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) Under Secretary of State, Mr. George W. Ball said yesterday that his most compelling reason for leaving the government was "economic necessity." Mr. Ball, who reportedly has not fully endorsed some administration policies toward Vietnam, told a news conference that "no
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    • 108 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AFP). President Johnson said today that new military plans had been drawn up for the Vietnam war but it was not yet known at what date they would be put into operation. This statement, made by the President at a
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    • 200 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs (AP)_ Madame Chiang Kai-Shek assured ranking leaders of the House of Representatives yesterday "The true Chinese" of Taiwan would always remember their American friends who "recognised what the Chinese Communists were before they shoed their fangs." The First Lady of
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    • 64 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) A Trans World Airlines plane carrying Mr. Adam Malik. Indonesian Foreign Minister, was diverted from New York to Montreal last night because of bad weather at New York. The flight, which had been scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Airport at 4 p.m. was
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    • 53 6 A PASSENGER bridge is now under construction at Rhein Main Airport in Germany. The bridge will link the Airport building with the entrance of a plane so that passengers can be easily access to the airport building in rain. The bridge will be completed by Nov.
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    • 84 6 MOSCOW. Thurs. (AP) A U.S. Peace Corpsman being held in the Soviet City of Baku is well and a Soviet Investigation of his case is continuing, a U.S. embassy spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said Thomas R. Dawson, 24. of Annapolis, Maryland,
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    • 71 6 RAWALPINDI. Thurs. (AFP) Pakistan today decided to send trade delegations to Japan, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland with a view of promoting trade and commerce with these countries. The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting presided over by President Ayub Khan. A four
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    • 172 6 HELSINKI, Thurs. (AFP) Pride of place among exhibitors from 33 countries taking part in the third Finnish International Trade Fair, which is currently being held in Helsinki, goes to China whose stand is double the size of any other national pavilion
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    • 115 6 SAO PAULO, Brazil, Thurs. (AP). University students here voted yesterday to continue indefinitely then general strike against the government's education policies. An estimated 200 students at the private Mackenzie University, which joined the protest movement this week, have barricaded themselves in the school's inner patio
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    • 67 6 COLOMBO. Thurs. (AFP). -A World Bank team headed by Mr. Leslie Helmers has arrived in Colombo to study in detail a five year fisheries project for Ceylon which is expected to cost some $3O million. The World Bank has already indicated its approval for the scheme
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    • 618 6 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Fears mounted yesterday for the safety of two British Journalists who set out from Virginia Beach. Virginia, to row the Atlantic exactly four months ago. Amateur Oarsmen. Mr. David Johnstone, 34. and John Hoare. 27. have not been sighted since
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    • 401 7 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (UPI) THE First Lady of the Philippines illustrated her 1 wellknown talent for winning friends when she ▼isited the United Nations yesterday. Mrs Imelda Marcos shook hands and chatted with nearly 200 members of the Philippine mission to the
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    • 234 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. 'AP> Angry pickets led by "black power" advocate, Mr. Stokely Carmichael tried to keep the white principal out of a school in the Dredominantly negro neighbourhood of Harlem yesterday. Five persons were a-'ested in the resulting violence. The disturbance came
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    • 52 7 BRASILIA. Thurs. (UPI) A mob of anti-American students invaded the U.S. Information Service buildtog here yesterday and destroyed an estimated t T SS2.OOO worth of property. The youths defaced the walls of the buildings, then forced their way Inside where they broke furniture and took the
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    • 78 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP). An American airlines plane carrying Mr. Etsusabaru Shiina, Japanese Foreign Minister, was diverted to Philadelphia last night when it was unable to land at Kennedy Airport because of bad weather. According to the airline, the Foreign Minister and his party of 12 will
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    • 72 7 GLENDALE. California. Thurs. (AP) —Dr. Hubert Eaton, whose Forest Lawn Memorial Parks revolutionised the American cemetery and reputedly inspired satirical books and a movie is dead at 85. He will be entombed at the 317-acre Memorial Park whose art works, fountains and rolling green hills in themselves
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    • 274 7 HONOLULU. Thurs. <AP)_ Tuberculosis—the disease of poverty is still the number one disease in the Philippines, poverty the number one problem and much of the training Filipino doctors receive in the United States goes unused. These are observations by Dr. Enrique Garcia. President of
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    • 99 7 Brazilian Air Force transport plane C-130, carrying a ton of medical supplies for South Vietnam made a short stopover at the Tokyo Interna lonal Airport recently on its way to Saigon. This marked the first consignment of medical aid extended b> Brazilian government
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    • 295 7 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. <AP)— UNITED STATES Ambassador Mr. Arthur J. Goldberg said yesterday the United States had no objection to a debate in the U.N. generalassembly on a Soviet oloc proposal for withdrawal of American and other foreign troops from South
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    • 70 7 PARIS, Thurs. < AFP) Congo Ambassador to France Joseph Mbeka yesterday expressed to French Presidential Secretary General Jacques Foccart his government's concern over the discovery of a mercenary training camp in Southern France, a Congolese embassy communique said last night. The communique added that the embassy yesterday handed
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    • 119 7 CAPE TOWN, South Africa. Thurs. (UPI) Prime Minister Mr. Balthazar Johannes Vorster, has welcomed the current AngloRhodesian talks in Salisbury. He told Parliament that South Africa, because of its geographic closeness to Rhodesia, was very much concerned with the talks. Mr. Vorster, elected last week
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    • 102 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AFP)—The new U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Mr. U. Alexis Johnson, will probably leave in about three weeks for his post In Tokyo, It was reliably reported today. President Lyndon Johnson announced yesterday morning at his press conference that he had nominated ambassador Foy
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    • 82 7 FRANKFURT, Germanv. Thurs. <UPI> A new NATO missile firing instal iation on the Island of Crete will become opera tional next July, informed military sources said here yesterday. The practice range will be used by Hawk and NikeHercules missile units from seven NATO nations for
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    • 39 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Mary Wilson, 50. wife of Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Wilson, gave her verdict yesterday on Britain's fashion for mini-skirts "they are fine on the under 265. but no one older should wear them."
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    • 156 7 MOSCOW. Thurs. (UPI) —The Government newspaper Izvestia called on the United Nations yesterday to condemn U.S. policy in Vietnam. "The criminal aggression of thw United States at the Vietnamese people is poisoning the international atmosphere and involves the threat of further complications." the paper
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    • 143 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) The U.S. senate rejected 49 to 37 yesterday a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary prayers in U.S. public schools. This was 8 votes short of the required two-thirds majority. Republican Party leader, Mr. Everett M. Dirksen. chief sponsor of the proposed amendment, vowed
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    • 45 7 ABU SIMBEL, U.A.R. Thurs. Ramses II gets his face. Note white paint surrounding all the different sections. This is a special resin made to prevent crumbling when the stone sections hit its counterpart during reassembling. L T PI UPI Photo.
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    • 250 7 Police find fingerprint: CHICAGO, Thurs. (UPI) —Investigators turned up an unidentified fingerprint in the Charles H. Percy mansion yesterday after the senatorial candidate and his family left the Chicago area to try to recover from the shock of Valerie Percy's bludgeon slaying.
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    • 47 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI). General Electric Co. said yesterday it will build a 440,000 kilowatt atomic plant in Japan under contracts rereived from Tokyo Electric Power Co. Cost of the plant was not disciosed. The site was fixed 150 miles north of Tokyo.
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    • 30 7 PARIS, Thurs. (UPI). President Charles de Gaulle yesterday sent a message of sympathy to Laotian King Sri Savang Vatthana over the recent floods that devastated parts of his nation.
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    • 181 7 SALISBURY. Rhodesia, Thurs. <AP) Rhodesian Premier. Mr. Lan Smith and British Commonwealth Secretary. Mr. Herbert Bowden met for 90 minutes yesterday and appeared to be getting down to serious negotiations. They met for two houri on Tuesday afternoon. A blanket of secrecy, understood to be
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    • 112 7 PARIS. Thurs. (AP)—The French government yesterday turned down a request to permit Premier Georges Pompidou and Interior Minister, Mr Roger Frey testify at the trial of alleged kidnapers of Mehdi Ben Barka. Lawyers for the family of the Moroccan opposition leader had requested that Mr. Pompidou and
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    • 1060 10  -  By.. William N. Oatis President Ferdinand E. Marcos of the Philippines has called on the Soviet Union to join in an Asian conference to seek an end to the Vietnam war. In a speech before the U.N. General Assembly yesterday, Mr. Marcos referred to the
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    • 122 10 MOSCOW, Thurs. (AFP) Thomas Dawson, the American Peace Corps worker, who was arrested near the Iranian border by the Boviet authorities earlier this month, is on good health, the ÜB. embassy reported here today. An embassy official, Harlan Moen, had an hour Jon* meeting
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    • 107 10 A Malaysian army cadet with an urge to travel is spending i 2 months training for his commission at the Australian Officer Cadet School in Portsea on the shores of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay. He is Mohammad Nawawi of Trengganu. He is doing basic training and will
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    • 340 10 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) President Johnson spoke yesterday with cautious optimism about the progress of the war in Vietnam but said he could make no prediction when the fighting would end. Asked at a news conference for his latest assessment of the war and if it
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    • 65 10 ABIDJAN, (AFP) Upper Volta interior and security minister Dennis Yameogo has banned ail political demonstrations. a monitored Radio Upper Volta report said today. The report added that if political parties refused to co-operate with this decision they would simply be dissolved. The Radio said that "all political
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    • 68 10 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AFP) Pakistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Syed Pirz®. da had an hour-long conference with Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Rusk v C terday, a U.S. spokesman said they had discussed a wide variety of problems, in. eluding Vietnam, India-P». ki.stan relations, and
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    • 63 10 UNITED NATIONS. Thuri (AFP) The United Statei U.N. delegate, Mr. Arthur .Goldberg will today put forward "concrete propo. sals" aimed at a "negotiated denouncement" of the Vietnam conflict, sources close to :ht U.S. delegation said here to* night. Mr. Goldberg will speal at the General Assembly, and
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    • 47 10 BRISBANE, Australia Thurs. (AP) All the occupants, 19 passenger! and 4 crew, were believed killed today when a commercial airliner crashed near Winton, 715 milei northwest of this Queensland state capital. The plane, an AnsettAustralian National Airlines Viscount, was flying from Mount Isa to Brisbane.
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    • 1004 10 ACCRA, Thurs. Ghana after Nkrumah is both hopeful and apprehensive about its future. Long-range hopes are tempered by immediate worries. The economy is in a hopeless tangle at present, but its nature is such that given a favourable world cocoa market, Ghana could wipe
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    • 72 10 VIENNA, Thurs. (UPI).A Roman Catholic Minister has been sentenced to "several years imprisonment" in Czechoslovakia, the Austrian Catholic Press Service d.sclosed yesterday. The Rev. Augustin Malv. a former leader of vthe seminary in Budejovice,, was convicted for having resumed "ministerial acts." He had been released from prison some
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    • 59 10 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP) -A light quake shook the Hokuriku district facing the J*" pan Sea in central Japan today. The central meterioloeieal agency here said the quake registered a maximum (light) on a Japanese scale of 7. It was centered 20 km underground in the lower reaches of
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    • 28 10 MEXICO CITY. Thur* (UPI> Mexico is over the news that Indonesia is returning to tl United Nations, Undersecretary of Foreign tions Mr. Gabino Fraga HaJ caid.
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  • 805 8 'THE Malaysian Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, has left for the United States to attend the annual meeting of the World Bank. While there he will explore the possibility of obtaining loans from the Export and Import Bank of America for commercial projects, such as buying
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  • 1153 8 "INSIDE INDONESIA" with Musa Scully, our staff reporter who returned from a tenday tour of the Republic recently. He and a group of Malaysian journalists were guests of the Indonesian government for the recent Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations. This is the fifth and concluding
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 174 9 HONOLULU, Thurs. An official of the International Air Transport Association (lATA) says no decision has been reached yet on setting a standard international air fare. Mr. H. Don Reynolds, traffic director of 1.A.T.A., said yesterday, "fares are tiie most crucial and critical jr.atter to
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    • 107 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) The Scottish Council for Development and Industry yesterday announced three major trade missions to the United States, Canada, Japan and Hongkong. Chairman of the Council's Export Committee, Sir Robert Maclean, disclosed the decision. The mission to Japan and Hongkong will leave in the fall
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The tin price for today was $6ll-5 8 per picul, up $6.25.
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    • 204 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Denmark is willing to provide a market for the manufactures of factories in.Singapore and Malaysia, says the Danish Trade Officer, Mr. Ib Hundahl. "The Danish Government will invite the industrial concerns of Singapore and Malaysia to market their industrial products in Denmark,
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    • 96 9 LONDON, Thurs. (AFP) A British firm, backed by a government loan, agreed yesterday to build two textile factories valued at £5 million in the Soviet Union. The order was placed by the Soviet Technoproimport with Bentley Engineering, a subsidiary of Sears Holding. The factories,
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    • 188 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Rank Zerox, proponents of Zerography, plans opening an office at 135, Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman this week. More than 500 government officials, businessmen, industrialists and educationists have been invited to an official luncheon to launch the Company in Malaysia. The general manager of Rank
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    • 303 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Oct. first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 58| cts per lb., down cts. The tone was irregular. London advices were disappointing and this market opened some half cent lower than last night's final levels with stop-loss
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    • 80 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in the rates to merchants today: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16: Airmail O.D. 3213/16; 90 d/st 33-5/16 credit bills; 33-7/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 351/4: Airmail O.D. 35-3/8; 90 d/st 35-15/16 credit bills; 36 trade bills.
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    • 51 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) —Rubber futures closed 40 to 60 points lower yesterday on no sales. Offers were; Nov. 22.20 22.75 Jan. 22.40 22.90 Mar. 22.40 22.90 May 22.40 22.90 July 22.40 22.90 Sept. 22.40 22.90 Locally, No. 1 RSS was quoted at 22j| cents a pound nominal,
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    • 44 9 WASHINGTON, Thu r s (AP) The U.S. Government sold 225 tons of surplus stockpile tin yesterday, 165 tons of Grade A at US$1.5425 a pound, 50 tons Grade B at U551.5275 a pound and 10 tons Grade C at U551.5225 a pound.
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    • 146 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Straat Fiji 3/4 Hannover 5 Twinfox 6/7 Shosei Maru 8/9 Jeppeson Maersk 10/11 Kyoshin Maru 13/14 Steel Admiral 15/16 Neder Waal 18 Benvannoch 19 Asaka Maru 21/22 Maxwell Brander 23/24 Kunak 25/26 Ohyama Maru
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    • 443 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Industrials were generally steady with little change in prices. Properties were slightly easier with San Holdings done at 27J cts. Tins responded half heartily to London buying enquiries and prices slightly better. Turnover: 470,500 stock units of which industrials accounted for 299,000: properties 137,000;
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 211 9 B S Soustead 1.49 1.53 C.T.S. Ords 47/9 Chemical Co 1.36 1.37 Cola Storage 2.70 Dunlop 2.26 2.30 E. Smelting 3.96 4.00 Esso Oras 2.78 2.82 United Holdings CCR 1.83 Fitzpatricks 1.55 F. N. Ords. CDCB 3.48 3.52 Gammon CD 1.88 1.89 Georgetown I 1.18 1.32 Hume Pref 1.55
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      • 31 9 Central Prop .85 City Dev. 34* .35 Faber Union .54 Island Hotel .62 Island Pen K L. Prop .84 San Holdings .28 Scl. Prop S'pore Land .55 Town City .80
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      • 102 9 Aokam 3.70 Austral AmaL XD 21/- Austral Malay 32/6 Be r Junta! 32/3 33/9 Gopeng 34/34/7* Hong Kong 31/ldris Hyd. 13/6 14/6 K'pong Lanjut 23/6 24/Kamunting 18/4* 19/3 Kent 8/3 8/8 Killinghall 39/- Kramat 11/6 12/Kuala Kampar 24/6 Kuchal 1.85 2.00 Lower Perak 22/6 23/Malayan Tin 22/4* 27/9 Pahang
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      • 42 9 Aver Hit&m CD 1.30 Batu Lintang 1.68 Borelll (New) 2.10 1.89 Kepong Plant. 1.93 Kluang Ord. 1.70 1.76 Kundong Tg. Pau XD 1.75 1.76 Kuala Sidim 1.65 New Scudai 4.10 4.50 Sungei Bagan 1.60 Temerloh 1.90 2.06 United Malacca 1.80
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      • 29 9 Anglo-Asian XD 1/1 Anglo Oriental 3/6 3/9 Bk. S'bawang 5/4* 5/9 Chemong 1/- Cicely 2/6 Craigielea 1/2 1/5 Kulim 1/5 1/8 Merlimau Pegoh 1/11 Strs. Rubber" i/i
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      • 28 9 First Malayan 2.13 2.23 Second Malayan 1.51 1.61 Third Malayan 1.11 1.22 Malaysian Commerce .87 .98 Mai. Sayings Fund xd 1.27 1.37 Sterling Commodity 3/10 4/5
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS-SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 154 9 TIME AIRLINES FROM 820 a.m. MAL 019 Kuala Lumpur. 8.45 p.m. ML 127 Kuala Lumpur. 8.50 a.m. JL 712 Jakarta. 9.30 a.m. MAL 121 Kuala Lumpur. 10 30 a.m. ML 451 Kuching. 10.55 a.m. MAL 005 Penang. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur, 2.45 MAL 043 Malacca p.m. Kota Bahru,
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      • 167 9 TIME AIRLINES TO 7 00 a.m. ML 032 Malacca, K. Lumpur, Ipoh, 7.00 a.m. ML 452 Penang, K. Bahru. Kuehing. Kuala Lumpur. 7.31 a.m. MAL 122 8.00 a.m. PAA 842 Saigon, Manila, Guam, Honolulu, 8 00 a.m. Thai 402 Los Angeles. Bangkok, Hongkong, Taipeh, 8.30 a.m. MAL
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      • 117 9 TIME ARLINE FROM 8.15 a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8.25 ajn. MAL (ML 032 V Singapore. Malacca. 9.15 a.ru. MAL (ML 005) Penang. Ipoh. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 044 > Singapore. 12.30 p.m. MAL (ML 512) Singapore. 12.35 p.m. MAL (ML 008) Singapore. 1.25 p.m. MAL
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      • 114 9 TIME AIKLIXE TO 7.10 p.m. MAL (ML 127) Singapore. 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. 8.45 ajn. MAL (ML 122 Singapore. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 121) Ipoh, Penang, Kota Bahru. Malacca, Singapore. 0.30 ajn. MAL (ML 005) 10.20 a.m. MAL (ML 044) Kuantan, Kota Bahru. 10.30
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    • 159 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) President Johnson signed into law yesterday a Bill aimed at lowering the highest Interest rates In 40 years. The measures, backed by Congressional and Presidential stands against high rates, gave new authority but no mandate to the Federal banking agencies Involved In rate control.
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    • 118 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore Chinese Pro* dace Exchange noon prices today were: Previous Today's Sellers Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk Sept 42.75 Coconut oil (FOB) 44.25 Drums Sept Sugar (Java) ex-godown.. 26.00 26.00 Nutmegs 110s 475.00 475.00 Nutmegs B W 250.00 250.00 Garbled Lampong Black 135.00 Pepper (FOB) 132.50 Pepper
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  • 84 11 Major Li Hsien-Pin, a former bomber pilot of the Communist Chinese Air Force cuts the huge wedding cake with his new bride Miss. Chang Mei-vun, a singing star of the Broadcasting Corporation of China at a marriage ceremonv officiated by General Hsu Huan-Sheng, CAF Commander-inChief at the
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  • 266 11 OTTAWA, Canada, Thurs. (AP) Spirited debates on Rhodesia and Vietnam are expected at a week-long conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association opening here on Sept. 28. About 190 Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament from 20 countries and 12 British possessions
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  • 85 11 MANILA, Thurs. (AP) Philippine Constabulary Commander was shot fatally by a fellow officer in full view of 100 witnesses, Philippine New* Service (PNS) reported yesterday The victim, Lieutenant Colonel Celso Songcuya, was shot seven times by Kahmed Marohombsar. a constabulary Captain, PNS Sa T7ie incident occurred
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  • 144 11 PARIS. Thurs. (AP)—The United States is meeting stubborn opposition on its proposal to move the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) political headquarters out of Paris. And to avoid a showdown. an October Foreign Ministers session to force the issue has apparently been pigeonholed. In
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  • 92 11 TOKYO. Thurs. (AP) The transportation minis try is planning to send a mission to South-east Asian countries, including Malaysia and Singapore, in late October to see what help Japan can extend in developing their coastal shipping, sources said to day. Points expected to be visited
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  • 45 11 NEW DELHI, Thurs., (AP) To conserve scare foodgrains, .city officials have forbidden restaurants and hotels from serving rice or rice products on Thursdays and Saturdays. This added to an earlier ban on serving grains or grain products, including bread, on Mondays.
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  • 119 11 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP) Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's Liberal-Democratic Party has topped all other Japanese political organisations in income and expenditures in 1965, the Home Affairs Ministry said yesterday. The party took in 3,382 million yen (9.469 million U.S. dollars) and spent 3,344 million yen (U559,363 m)
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  • 331 11 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) A world currency expert said yesterday that a considerable amount of American dollars spent in Vietnam are gathered by Vietcong agents, placed in Communist China channels and eventually converted into gold in London. Dr. Franz Pick, whose annual yearbook is
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  • 145 11 AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Thurs. (AP) The Premier of Western Samoa, Mr. Fiame Mataafa, said today if his country could not get aid for economic development from the West, he would seek it from the Communist bloc. Mr. Mataafa said in an interview that he was
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  • 94 11 ISTANBUL. Thurs. (AP) Indian long distance swimmer Mihir Sen swam across the Bosporus Straits yesterday in four hours. Mr. Ben, 35, swam from the Black Sea entrance to the Bosporus to Leander's tower, where the straits open into the Sea of Marmara. The Indian swimmer ex
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  • 68 11 COLOMBO. Thurs. (AP) Premier Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore here on a three daj visit, is taking three pairs of eyes back from Ceylon. The eyes-corneas from persons who bequeathed them—- are a gift from the people of Ceylon to the people of Singapore. Arrangements have been
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  • 60 11 SAIGON, Thurs. A Vietcong suspect is questioned through a Vietnamese interpreter by intelligence men of the U.S. First Cavalry Division last week in a small village on the central coast. The cavalrymen rounded up suspects as they move through coastal villages and hamlets in search of a major Vietcong army
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  • 36 11 SAIGON, Thurs. The 730-man main force of the Philippine Civic Action Group arrived at Tay Ninh Airport last Friday after landing on Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam to assist the allied forces now fighting in Vietnam.
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  • 298 11 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (AP) A 48 hour mass strike called by Leftist Fronts paralysed Calcutta and remainder of West Bengal State, capping a week of violence and unrest which plagued a dozen cities throughout India. Early reports from Calcutta, teeming city of more than 7 million
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  • 94 11 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AP) —Mr. U. Alexis Johnson, the New U.S. ambassador to Japan, is expected to depart for his Tokyo post early next month, informed sources said yesterday. President Johnson's announcement of the appointment of ambassador Foy Kohler as successor to Johnson cleared the way for
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    • 200 11 PA v SfSHAir s S ORGANISATION 5 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! m Effective FROM TODAY Patrons are kindly requested to b 2 REFRAIN FROM SMOKING 9 in the aaditorium of the P 2 CAP'TOL Theatre in Singapore 0 X\CAPITOL Phono ***** Opens Today: The MEN From G.R.A1.1.C." Lino Ventura Mireilll Dare Tomorrow
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  • 807 12 Intrauterine contraceptive device approved as highly suitable' FOR INDIA, 1,300 BABIES EVERY HOUR NEW DELHI, THIRTEEN hundred children are born every hour in this country. This means India's population is increasing by 30,000 per day or bv 12 million every year. With only 2.2
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  • 709 12  -  By SAMUEL A. ABISHEGAM, Director of Malaysian Institute of Management ITU ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The study and development of management skills is the primary concern of Malaysia's recently established Institute of Management. Inaugurated several months ago by the Ministers of Commerce and Industry, Labour and
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  • 878 12 Staff Reporter Martin Lim describes Thomas Yeo as 'a man fighting for air.' gINGAPORE, Thurs. The "New Image" has come and gone like a shadow that brushes across the land and then is gone. Unlike the shadow, it leaves an imprint on the
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  • 350 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thun. AERLAL spraying fc k. coming increasingly pular among Malaysian tate owners. There are a number of reasons for this. Aircraft can operate e®. ciently over wide areas of the gently rolling country, side of western Malaya. Spray or dust coverage good under the
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  • 523 13 Bangkok, Thurs. cap) The organising committee of the Fifth Asian Games is making extensive preparations for Press coverage of the Games in Bangkok, in December. Very special facilities vill be afforded to the foreign press, and a centrally located eight-storey Press-house is nearing completion
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  • 27 13 IPOH. Thurs.—The Perak Government Service Sports Council will meet their Kedah counterparts at rugger •t the Municipal padang here at 4.30 pan.. on Sept. 27.
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  • 106 13 NEWCASTLE. Th u r s. (AFP) Britain's senior champion and former Ryder Cup captain, 54-year-old Dai Rees, and Ross Newdick, 29, the New Zealand title-holder, played a major part in the British Isles and Commonwealth team's 15-holes-to-ni*ie victory over the Rest of the World
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  • 111 13 DORTMUND, Germany, Thurs. (AP) Japan left all its opposition in the chalk du»t yesterday by rolling up a big lead in men's compulsory exercises at the World Gymnastics Championships. The Japanese, slick little Davids with Goliath muscles, outscored their toughest rivals, the Soviet Union, by
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  • 78 13 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Former American world heavyworld boxing champion Floyd Patterson discovered yesterday that someone had stolen three rings valued at about £3,000 from his hotel room on Tuesday. Police said the rings were taken while Patterson was preparing for his victorious fight with
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  • 284 13 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore versus Army athletic meet on Saturday at Dover Road is expected to see two top 400 m sprinters establish the first sub-49 by a Singaporean. They are Natahar Bava and M. Gunasena who have been showing marked improvement at their
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  • 78 13 BANGKOK, Thurs. (AFP) The Japanese Thomas Cup badminton team will play a series of friendly matches against leading Thai players here on Sunday next, according to badminton association officials today. The Japanese, winners of the Australian Zone Thomas Cup tourney earlier this month, will arrive here
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  • 29 13 PENANG. Thurs. The Malayan Malays will play against the Malayan Chinese in a friendly soccer match at the T.P.C.A. Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, at 5 p.m. on Sunday.
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  • 148 13 MONTREAL. Canada. Thurs. (AP) The Belgian team and the ItalyDenmark pair held a onefour pairs In the field of 20 riders at the half-way point of Montreal's semiannual six-day bicycle race yesterday. The two leading teams had covered the same distance, but the Belgian
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  • 81 13 IPOH, Thurs. A cricket match between the Perak Government Service Sports Council and the Armed Forces will be played at the Municipal padang here this week-end. The match begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday and continues at 9 a.m. on Sunday. The Perak G.S.S.C. team is
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  • 309 13  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Badminton Association is expected to conduct a big probe into the authenticity of "bona fide" officials of eight affiliated clubs to the parent body. The new move to be tabled at the forthcoming monthly Management Committee meeting
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  • 144 13 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) British heavyweight champion Henry Cooper, 32, will remain in boxing for at least another year, manager Jim Wicks said yesterday. Cooper was knocked out in the fourth round on Tuesday night by Floyd Patterson. Henry has no more world title ambitions", Wicks
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  • 105 13 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Howard Winstone, the British and European featherweight champion, will have a third and deciding fight against Don Johnson of the United States at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on Oct 10. This replaces the proposed fight between Brian Curvis and American Ted Whitfield
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  • 82 13 THORPE BAY. England, Thurs. (UPI) The international catamaran trophy race The Little America's Cup between Britain and the United States was postponed yesterday. The British defender. Lady Helmsman, and the U.S. challenger. Gamecock, both put to sea for the start of the
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  • 159 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia has declined the Indian Invitation to participate In the Nehru Memorial Invitation Badminton Championships to be held at New Delhi from Oct. 11. Mr. Teh Qin Sooi, the secretary of the malaysian Badminton Association told Sunsport that the invitation
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  • 89 13 STOCKHOLM. Th u r s. (AFP). Floyd Patterson, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, is prepared to fight Cassias Clay, the world champion in Sweden declared Swedish boxing promoter Edwin Ahlqvist here yesterday. The promoter said that Patterson had told him over the telephone
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  • 153 13 MANILA, Thurs. (AP) Thailand should have the presidency of the Oriental Boxing Federation (OBF>, currently held by South Korea, a leading sports official reiterated today. Justlniano M. Montano. who has been carrying on a running battle with the Korean Boxing Commission, (KBC) said "there
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  • 127 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A six-lane bitumen running track for coaching athletes of Selangor is now being laid at the Dewan Bella playing field in Kampong Pandan here. The track, one of the projects in the first Malaysia Plan, costing $450,000 is laid by the
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  • 49 13 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) Joe Frazier. the unbeaten 1964 Olympic champion, bounced back from two second-round knockdowns and won his 12th straight victory last night on a 10round split decision over Oscar Bonavena, the South American from Argentina. Frazier weighed 203| pounds, Bonavena 205.
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  • 51 13 SEREMBAN, Thurs. Tan Aik Huang (centre) and Eddy Choong (far right) who won the men's doubles title by defeating Sangob and Chavelert of Thailand 17-14, 15-12, in the Third Malaysian Open Badminton championships recently seen here receiving their trophies from the wife of the Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Eastern Sun
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  • 794 15  -  RUDY HIM TO THREE SETS By Robert Kuan IPOH, Thurs. Malaysian uncrowned badminton champion Tan Aik Huang re-asserted his superiority over Rudy Nio of Indonesia when he defeated the youngster to annex the men's singles finals in the Perak Open Badminton Championships here to- night. But Tan
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  • 1462 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Three hundred and thirtyseven entries, comprising Class I 86. Class II 102. Class IV 108 and Yearlings 41, have been entered for the October (Gold Cup) Meeting of the Singapore Turf Club on Oct. 1. 2. 8 and 9. The following are
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  • 429 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Race 1. Leader (App. R. Low) was squeezed out shortly after the start through being unable to hold nis place. Near the 4 furlongs The Saint (App. R. Koo) who was racing erratically clipped the heels of Dalkeith (App. L. Kang). Brandon
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  • 326 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs Top-level mores are now underway to secure Jalan Besar stadium as a venue for the Canadian hell drivers the biggest international car stunt show to be held here early next month writes Albert Johnson. The Canadian hell drivers a team of
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  • 270 16 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI). U.S. Senator W ayne Morses references to the Philippine troops sent to Vietnam as "Mercenary" soldiers earned him editorial lumps—and a few nods of assent in Manila news- papers. Cartoonist Corkv Trinidad of the Philippines Herald depicted the Oregon Democrat working from
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  • 133 16 SAIGON. Thurs. (AFP)— Rescue teams stepped up preparations today for passible disasters when heavy floods sweep down the Mekong river into South Vietnam next week. Mekong floods, which have already made hundreds of thousands of people homeless in Laos and Cambodia in the past three weeks, are
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  • 71 16 NEW DELHI. Thurs., (AP) The Delhi Municipal Corp. has found out what it takes to feed this city of more than three million persons. A survey showed monthly consumption of 9.600 tons each of wheat and flour. 2.400 tons of rice, 4.200 tons of beans pulses, plus daily
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  • 166 16 SAIGON, Thurs. (AFP) The American Air offensive in North Vietnam has slowed down to a marked degree in the past week a fact which American sources here do not explain. The slowdown has occurred despite very favourable weather conditions. Only 99 missions flew out over North Vietnam
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  • 530 16  -  'They always come after appendix burst' By JOHN LENGEL TAi NINH, South Vietnam, Thurs. (AP). The Vietnamese girl fell out with her boy friend and was soon seen walking in the town with a provincial policeman. The rejected lover saw the girl In the provincial police
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  • 361 16 MEDAN, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thurs. (AP). Hundreds of Communist Chinese crowded into a refugee camp yesterday stoned a National Broadcasting Company television team shooting film on the camp. The Chinese, a part of nearly 3.000 Chinese confined in a two-storey schoolhouse, shouted
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  • 175 16 Jakarta, Thurs. (AP)— President Sukarno remained silent in the wake of another student demand that he fare an open forum to explain his iron rule here for the past seven years. The Graduate Student Front KASI, in both Bandung and Jakarta, challenged Pres. Sukarno for the second
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  • 86 16 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) Filipinos may soon find it too costly to drink imported whiskey, beer or even carbonated soft drinks. The government's Joint executive-legislative tax commission is considering substantial tax increases on these items. Sen. Dominador Aytona, head of the commission, said such a tax boost
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  • 306 16 MANILA. Thurs. (l T PI) —A Japanese Admiral and his Staff Officers began a busy round of calls in Manila today to formally mark the first visit here of a Japanese Navy flotila since World War 11. The four ships, which
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  • 44 16 NEW DELHI. Thurs., (AP> India's one rupee (US 13 cents) notes, about onehalf the size of a U.S. dollar bill, are to be even smaller. The government said it will reduce the size in a further effort to conserve scarce currency paper.
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  • 269 16 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP). A special envoy of President Marcos arrived here last night to pave the way for the signing of a formal agreement that could speed up reparations payment to the Philippines. Mr. Gregorio G. Abad, Chairman of the Philippine Reparations Commission, said
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  • 167 16 TOKYO, Thurs. (APi A three-man mission of the Japanese Self-defence Forces left yesterday for an inspection of the Military situation in South Vietnam and Thailand. A Defence Agency spokesman said they would visit U.S. and South Vietnamese Military Installations, the Thai Defence Ministry, SEATO
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