Eastern Sun, 27 October 1966

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  • 27 1 EASTERN SUN Independent Rational Daily, SINGAPORE EDITION If Esld. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 102. Thursday, October 27 1966. -fr MC (P) 1912 KDN 2309 Price 15 cents
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  • 55 1 MANILA, Wed. Leaders of seven nations sign Manila Summit agreement at Malacanang Palace here. From top left around table are: Australia's Holt, Korea's Park, New Zealand's Holyoake, Philippine Foreign Minister Ramos and President Marcos (seated). Thailand's Kittikachorn, U.S. President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk, and Vietnam's Thieu and Ky
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  • 344 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. PARLIAMENT today approved the sum of $8,987,098 as Singapore's contribution to the SEACOM project. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, told the House that the Republic's contribution to the SEACOM telecommunications network had increased by about s2} million because of the re-routing
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  • 461 1  -  Dr. Fong Kim Heng's resignation is accepted by the Speaker By Eng Ah Pat, Peter Loke, A. Johnson SINGAPORE, Wednesday. The Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Pu the joint letter of resignation of of Parliament. The seven MPs are: —Mr. Koo Young„ Mr. Ong Li an Teng, Mr.
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  • 120 1 SITIAWAN, Wed. A police party last night captured a wanted man, with a reward of $3,000 on his head after a running gun-fight near Kampong Koh, a few miles from here. The man was identified as Chuah Tian Lai, or better known as "Oh
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  • 93 1 BANGKOK. Wed. (AFP) A Malaysian millionaire, Mr. Ung Tek Lim, was reported missing in the southern Thai province of Songkhla since October 15 and i s believed kidnapped. Reports reaching here said Mr. Ung, (50) was understood to have business interes s in both Malaysia and Thjiland.
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  • 217 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. Parliament here today approved the first Supplementary Development Estimates for 1966 amounting to over $27 million. The biggest single item is for telecommunications which amounts to nearly $2O million including $lO million for taking over the assets of Cable and Wireless Limited. Some $6.3 million
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  • 114 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. Parliament today passed a Bill enabling the Government to set up a Public Welfare Lottery to finance welfare and other charitable organisations in the Republic. The Betting and Sweepstake Duties (Amendment) Bill, 1966 came under 'fire' during the second reading from back-benchers. The Member
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  • Local News
    • PARLIAMENT IN SESSION
      • 314 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, today gave an assurance that the Penang Government would be consulted in regard to any changes in the State's "Free Port" status "It is the intention of the Central Government to consult the State
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      • 457 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Opposition MPs today expressed fears that the amendment to the Development Funds Bill, which sought to consolidate the law relating to the Development Fund of the Federation, might rob the States of autonomy in development projects. The Bill entitled "An act to amend
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      • 613 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister of Home Affairs, Tun (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman made it clear today the Government would not allow itself to be defeated by any political party making use of Communism. Winding up the debate on the
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      • 266 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The contacts made by the recent Malaysian trade mission to Russia would serve as a sound basis for developing closer trade relations between the two countries, the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, told the House of Repre- sentatives today. He said this
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      • 243 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Round two of the big Cheras flood case entered its eighth day of hearing today with a submission by Mr. D. Murphy, counsel for the respondent, Hoon wee Thim, that geologist's evidence on the collapse of the bund which caused the
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      • 116 2 KUALA LUMP UP Wed. —The Ministry 0 Home Affairs today disclosed that during the early hours of yesterda\ the police arrested 7*5 people in the States of, Kedah. Penang, Perak Selangor, Malacca ana Johore. These persons were arrested under the Inter- nal Security Act,
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      • 610 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, reiterated today that Malaysia would continue to raise "an adequate Armed Forces" for its defence. With this objective in view, the Government had a planned expansion programme, he told the House of Representatives during question
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      • 203 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said in Parliament today that the "-ovision of $lO million in the supplementary esti- buying the assets of Cable and Wireless was very fair to both sides". He added that the price
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      • 249 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok, said his Ministry was keeping a "close watch" to ensure that commercial advertisements in Television Singapura did not get out of hand. Enche Othman Wok was replying to a fear expressed by the
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      • 512 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, this morning described as "natural and inevitable" the move for Malaysia to do its import and export trade through its own ports. He said this in reply to Dr.
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    • 318 3 SINGAPORE, Wed.—The Finance Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San, said that as the Currency Agreement between Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore did not provide for any further extension, "it was necessary to amend this agreement so that the Board of Commissioners of Currency could continue
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    • 140 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. —Mr. Russell F. Sanders. Kodak graphic arts specialist from Rochester, New York, is currently visiting Singapore until Nov. 2 to confer with printing and industrial executives about new photographic reproduction methods. Kodak (Malaya) Limited, the company that distributes Kodak products in Singapore and
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    • 556 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Etsusaburo Shiina, last night appealed to all Asian nations to co-operate instead of creating confrontation with each other. "There has been far too much tension in South East Asia. Rather that create confrontation, we should work
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    • 193 3 Parliament hears of driving tests, testers vehicles SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Parliament was told today that driving instructors refused the use of their vehicles for applicants to take driving tests when particular testers were assigned to the job. The Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Department, Tuan Haji Ya'acob,
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    • 114 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Ministry of Education has announced the award of 25 Mistri scholarships to this year's students of the Singapore Vocational Institute. The scholarships are valued at $240 per annum each. The recipients are: (Tan) Chan Ah Kee, Koh Eng Guan, Yeo Cheng Hwat, Chong Siong
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    • 243 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, today told Parliament that the Government was prepared to revise the existing rules to all the entry of aged persons into the Republic. He said that the Government had studied the question of
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    • 52 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker, today announced that the Report of the Constitutional Commission on Minority Rights was presently under study by the Government. He said the report would be tabled before Parliament at its next sitting, possibly In December
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    • 153 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister of Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, today said that it was the Government's policy that women should share in the task of safeguarding the security of the RepubSc. He was speaking in answer to a question by the Member
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    • 61 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A 17-man dance orchestra from Southwest Germany will give a one day performance at the Singapore Conference Hall on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 8.45 p.m. The orchestra, which has performed all over Western Europe, will arrive here from Kuala Lumpur. They will leave Singapore on
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    • 132 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, said today that the Government planned to trade with all countries regardless of their ideological differences whether in the East or West. He was speaking in reply to a question by the Member for Parliament for
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    • 62 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A young labourer, Goh Ah Kiat, was killed when he fell into a 93-foot silo at the construction site of a flour mill at Jalan Gudang in Jurong Industrial Estate this morning. Goh fell to the bottom of the two-foot wide silo and died instantly.
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    • 667 3 —Court told SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore National Tnion of Journalists today claimed that the Straits Times Press (M) Ltd., had now decided to pay its printing workers two-and-a-half months' bonus. This is one month more than the SNUJ's claim in
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    • 203 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Minister of Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok, said today in Parliament that the problems of women no longer constituted an urgent issue as in the old days. He was speaking in reply to a question by the Member for Delta,
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    • 55 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his wife Lady Bird Johnson will arrive here on Oct. 30. In this picture Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and President Lyndon B. Johnson exchanged gifts at the reception given on July 23, 1964 in Washington by Tunku Abdul Rahman in honour
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    • 188 4 MALACCA. Wed—A "hot line" specially laid for the police by the Telecoms Department here has helped to end the recent spate of thefts of telephone wires in the State. The 'hot line' last week tipped off the police and this led to an arrest being made
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    • 104 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —A six-man Japanese agricultural team arrived here today for consultation with the Malaysian Government on the forthcoming Asian Countries Agricultural Conference. The team led by Mr. K. Sugunama was met at the airport by officials of the Japanese Embassy. The spokesman of the
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    • 339 4 BI'TTERWORTH. Wed A pretty 23-year-old woman rubber tapper, Ng Peck Hoon, told the Magistrate's Court here today that a colleague caught hold of her, embraced and kissed her three times on her mouth while she was on her way to work at Mayfield Estate. Tasek
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    • 245 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Six youths, their ages ranging from 19 to 21, were today charged in the High Court here for rape, robbery and murder. They are Mohamed Layan bin Antong Hamzah, Idr's bin Yunos. Suboh bin Abu, Mohamed Yunos bin Mansoor, Osman Ali
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    • 111 4 IPOH, Wed. A former professor of Biology, Professor Lee Ming Liang, was killed in a motor accident at the 65th mile-Ipoh-But-terworth main trunk road yesterday afternoon. Another doctor, Dr. James Chuai, 61, of the General Hospital in Johore Bahru, the driver of the motor-car,
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    • 115 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Mr. David Kwo, known as "The master of brush magic" will bold an exhibition at the AIA Building here from Oct. 31 to Nov. 5. The art show to be sponsored by the Galaxy Gallery, will be opened by Prof. N. K.
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    • 73 4 MALACCA, Wed. Malacca State holidays for 1967 are Jan. 1, New Year; Jan. 12, Hari Raya Puasa; Feb. 9 and 10, Chinese New Year; Mar. 21, Hari Raya Haji; Apr. 11. Hari Muharam; May 23 Wesak Day; June 7, Birthday of Yang di-Pertuan Agong; June 19. Birthday
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    • 209 4 Three win $6000/coin designs contest PENANG, Wed. The State Secretary, Dato Ismail bin Mohd. Jamil, today opened the "Exhibition of Coin Designs" at the Penang Museum and Art Gallery here this afternoon. He disclosed that a competition was recently organised by the Arts Council of Malaysia on behalf of Bank
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    • 142 4 PENANG. Wed. A 19-year-old student of the Methodist Boys' School. Ng Yu Tone, was knocked down from his bicycle when he refused to stop after being ordered to do so three times by two armed robbers on their motor cycles at the junction of
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    • 244 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry will consider sending Its own mission to Malaysia and Singapore at a later date if next month's joint venture with the London Chamber of Commerce proves successlul. A mission of leading busine smen and
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    • 212 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The National Development seminar at its second panel discussion dealt on the role of the politician in development. The panel consisted of four Mr. E.L.P. Jayatlaka of Ceylon, Mr. William Wamalwa of Kenya. Mr. Flores Bayot of the Philippines and Tan
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    • 172 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The executive committees of the Selangor MCA and its Youth Section held an emergency joint meeting here today to discuss the two resolutions reached by the MCA Central Working Committee recently. Two top MCA leaders, Mr. Chen Chong Wen and Mr. Bernard
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    • 158 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— Douglas Yee, from Kuala Lumpur, ,had tea with the Queen yesterday. He was one of the students chosen to meet her after she h?:<i opened the new fivestcrey headquarters of the <-i:urch i/jSiionary Society in Waterloo Road.. Lambeth. Ir Britain studying civil
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    • 134 4 KUALA LUMPPLR Wed. A Singapore girl who came to Kuala Lumpur with three other girls to seek employment yesterday reported to the police that she was held up and robbed of $3OO by her "friends." The girl, Lim Ah Lian. 19, said she came
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    • 130 4 SEREMBAN, Wed. Tht 35 strong Royal Army Medical Corps Staff Band is to "Beat The Retreat" on the Station Padang on Saturday. The Band, under their Director of Music, Captain G.H.J. Hurst, Is at present on a tour of the Far East. They arrived
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    • 169 4 IPOH. Wed. A tinminer, Leone Ah Kow. and a merchant, Poh Cheng Wee, were the respondent! in different criminal appeals by the Deouty Public Prosecutor, Enche Idris bin YusofT, before Mr. Justice Chang Min Tat in the High Court here today. The appeal in each
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    • 252 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. A 19-year-old labourer, Khoo Cheng Hai, was last night stabbed in the back when he fought with two men who tried to rob him of his watch. Inspite of the wound, Khoo put up a struggle against them and managed to
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    • 37 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Norman Willamot will give a taiK on the "Work of the British Council" at the Rotary Club of Singapore West's luncheon meeting tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Prince's Restaurant, Orchard Road.
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    • 113 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Far East export manager of N.V. Siera, Mr. G. De Haan, arrived here recently from Holland as part of his South-East Asian tour to meet representatives and agents of his company's major products Siera radio and television. During his visit,
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    • 234 5 SINGAPORE, We d.— Tourists from Singapore and Malaysia will soon be able to take advantage of the package tours offered by Air-India to Its passengers. The visiting Director of Air-India's Planning and International Relations, Mr. A.F. Dubash said he was here to hold discussions with
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    • 43 5 SINGAPORE, Wed—There will be no water in the following areas tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Kim Tian Road, house Nos. from 193 to 251 (odd Nos. only), and Jalan Membina, house Nos. from 171 to 249 (odd Nos. only).
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    • 447 5 LAND ACQUISITION SINGAPORE, Wed. No landowner here will benefit anymore from the public because of a price increase in land, it was disclosed in Parliament today. The Minister for Law, Mr. E. W. Barker, made this disclosure when he moved the third
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    • 502 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. A provision of over $224,000 for improvements to the orthopaedic unit in the General Hospital for renovation to the outpatient department to provide better facilities and conversion of two wards into paying class wards was approved in Parlia- ment today. The
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    • 55 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Ronald S. Wild, accounts director of Advertising Consultants (M) Ltd., has now been appointed a director of the company. Mr. Wild was formerly the manager of the local branch of an international agency. His promotion was in line with the general expansion of the
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    • 140 5 SINGAPORE, Wed—Air Marshal Sir Charles Broughtom. Air Member tor Supply and Organisation on the British Air Force Board, met an old friend when he visited the Far East Air Force this week—Mitzi, the dog. Eleven years ago. when he was serving in Singapore. Air Marshal
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    • 70 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. D. H. Barran. senior British managing director of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, accompanied by Mrs. Barran, arrived here recently from London enroute to Australia. During his brief stopover in Singanore. Mr. Barran is taking the opportunity of meeting the general managers
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    • 299 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The king of world fashion, M. Pierre Balmain of Paris, is to design new uniforms for ground and air hostesses of Malaysian Airways. This was announced today by the chairman of Malaysian Airways, Mr. Yong Pung How. Mr. Yong said: "Malaysian Airways is
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    • 24 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. There were 90 road accidents during the past 24 hours, of which five were serious, the Police disclosed today.
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    • 37 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. A. C. Durie, Director General of the Automobile Association of Britain will give a press conference on Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Conference Room of the Association at 90C, Orchard Road.
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    • 338 10  -  By JAMAL ALI LUMPUR, Wed. Indonesia will welcome young Malaysians to be trained as commercial pilots in the Indonesian Civil Aviation Academy. This was disclosed here today by Col. Ashadi Tjahjadi, ex-test pilot of Indonesian Air Force, who is here as leader of a three-man
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    • 170 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— For 21 year old Miss Jacquelyn Chun of Honolulu, winning the Miss Chinatown U.S.A. 1966 title has not taken her mind off her studies. To enter the contest, she sought and was granted permission to sit for her examination earlier
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    • 161 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Sultan and Tunku Ampuan of Selangor have accepted an invitation from Datin Salmah, organiser of the Selangor Poppy Day Appeal, to attend the annual Poppy Day Dance at the Selangor Club on Nov. 11. The organiser of the dance is Mrs.
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    • 89 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed The Royal Malaysian Air Force is looking for young Malaysians under 20 years of age to be trained as aircraft apprentice electronic fitters (ground radar). Applicants must possess the Lower Certificate of Education with credits in mathematics and general science. Successful applicants will be
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    • 96 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —V.I.Ps travelling in Malaysian Airways planes have to pay for their own fares just the same as ordinary passengers. The Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir, said this when answering a written Question from Dr. Tan Che® Khoon, (Labour
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    • 131 5 S'PORE DIARY 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. National Library, Lecture Hall. Stamford Road: United Nations Cay Exhibition. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place: Paintings Exhibition. "7.30 p.m. Victoria Theatre, Empress Place: "Pi Shen Wah." a stage play. "•30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 110 6 SANAA, Yemen. Wed. (UPI) A speciallyfomed State Security Court yesterday tried, sentenced, and executed by firing squad six Yemenites, including former Minister for Tribal Affairs Mr. Mohamed Alrualni. The court, convened on order of President Abdullah As-Sallah, reached its treason conviction after only one
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    • 131 6 CHICAGO. Illinois. Wed. '(AP> An 84-year-old man strangled his invalid wife on Monday, police said, and told investigators she had begged him for months to kill her. "There was no hope." William Reinecke, a retired mail carrier, told policeman Raymond Starzynski who went to
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    • 57 6 SANTA MONICA, California. Wed. (AP) The Dennis Days reached a milestone yesterday, offspringwise: Their 10th child. The singer's wife gave birth in St. John's Hospital to 6-pound 10-ounce Therese Marie. In 18 years of Marriage, they have had three other daughters and six sons. They
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    • 28 6 ALGIERS. Wed. (UPI) Fifty seven persons died and 15.900 were made homeless in floods which swept western Algeria ejrlier this month, the government announced yesterday.
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    • 172 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) The Washington Post today rebuked Senator Robert F. Kennedy for his critical remarks about South Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky. "Senator Robert Kennedy was hardly constructive in his West Coast reproach to Premier Ky, "the Post said editorially. "The debate over
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    • 75 6 BELGRADE, Wed. (AFP) Pakistan and Yugoslavia today signed an agreement for credits totalling $3O million. By the terms of the new agreement, concluded after a week's negotiations in the Yugoslav capital. Yugoslavia will supply Pakistan with ships and with capital goods needed for its shipbuilding industry.
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    • 28 6 PARIS. Wed. (AP) Bedrettin Tuncel of Turkey yesterday was unanimously elected President of the 14th session of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's (UNESCO) conference.
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    • 111 6 CHICAGO. Wed. (AP) Police said they are convinced the death of a Chicago leader of the Jewish American war veterans resulted from natural causes are not from an alleged beating. Dr. Samuel Perlman. 60. a dentist active in the Jewish War Veterans Organisation. collapsed on
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    • 43 6 MOUGINS. FRANCE Wed. (AP) Pablo Picasso, who recently said he wanted to live to 100, was 85 years old yesterday. Birthday messages from all over the world were brought to his cottage door but the artist himself insisted on privacy.
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    • 111 6 LONDON, Tues (UPI) Police recaptured three prisoners whose escape from Wandsworth Prison here on Monday piled on pressure for government action on prison security. The police picked up Caleb George West at Sevenoaks South of London. They found the other of the escape trio. Melvin James Lown
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    • 47 6 President Charles de Gaulle (right) welcomes Ethiopian Emperor Halle Selassie as he visited Elysee Palace in Paris for talk. emperor Selassie came to Paris from Geneva where he stopped over after completing a visit to several Middle Eastern capitals. PANA Photo. PANA Photo.
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    • 351 6 CHICAGO, Wed. (UPI) AMID reports psychiatrists have found him mentally competent to stand trial, accused mass killer Richard Speck on Monday was granted a 10-day continuance of his pre-trial sanity hearing. A panel of six doctors had been ordered by Judge
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    • 168 6 LONDON, Wed. (AP) Prince Charles, 17-year-old heir to the British throne, has broken his nose playing rugby, Buckingham Palace announced last night. The Royal profile took a denting on Monday at Gordonstoun, his Scottish school. He was taken to a hospital for treatment
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    • 150 6 KUWAIT. Wed. (AP) Crown Prince Sheik Jabel A 1 Ahmad of Kuwait denied on Monday reports published abroad that Lebanon's Intra Bank crisis was caused by huge withdrawals of Kuwaiti deposits. He said in an interview in the English language Daily News that the Kuwait government's
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    • 25 6 JODRELL BANK, England, Wed. (AP) The Russian Luna 12 went into orbit around the moon yesterday, the Space Tracking Station here reported.
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    • 150 6 DALLAS, Texas, Wed. (AP) United Nations Ambassador Mr. Arthur J. Goldberg yesterday cautioned the American people "not to get their hopes up" for a quick settlement of the Vietnam war despite recent positive developments. He said the just concluded Manila conference, along with
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    • 49 6 LONDON, Wed. (AP) Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip will visit Aberfan together on Saturday morning, Buckingham Palace announced yesterday. The Prince has already toured the coal mining South Welsh village where up to 200 perished mostly children in last Friday's avalanche of a slag-heap.
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    • 46 6 SOMERSET, Pennsylvania, Wed. (AP) A bus carrying Fred Waring, his orchestra and Glee Club collided with a tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania turnpike yesterday injuring at least 34 persons. Most of the injured were members of the Waring organisation, but Waring escaped injury.
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    • 173 6 LONDON. Wed (AP) A 20-year-old karaie expert who admitted killing a man with seven karate blows in three seconds was found guilty of murder yesterday and sentenced to life Imprisonment. The accused. Anthony Creamer, a waiter who described himself as a karate teacher, had
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    • 268 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) Senate Democratic Leader, Mr. Mike Mansfield said yesterday the results of the Manila conference are "most satisfactory" and should be followed speedily by a meeting including "those with whom we are locked in the struggle" In Vietnam. The Montana Democrat, an Asian authority
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    • 87 6 LONDON, Wed. Britain's Queen Elizabetii II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, are pictured with their son Prince Andrew, leaving Westminster Abbey after attending the wedding of Alexandra (Sacha) Philipps, 20, and the Marquis of Hamilton, 32, recently. Prince Andrew was a page and is
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    • 163 6 PITTSBURGH. Wed. (UPl)—The nations of thi world face a "tense situation" in the next few decades unless they can unite and form a system for global development, an official of the United Nations said on Monday night. Dr. Paul Mark Henry. Assistant Administrator of the U.N.
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    • 71 6 CAIRO, U.A.R., j Wed. (UPI) Fourteen Sudanes# were killed and a numb l of others wounded in Astrioa* clash in Sudans souther. Bhar El Ghazal Province, according to report reaching here from Khartoum. The Middle East New» Agency said the clash occurred between Denka ai a Massra
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    • 140 6 CANBERRA, Australia, Wed. (UPI) Australian Labour opposition leader, Mr. Arthur Calwell said last night statements made by U. S. President Lyndon Johnson during his Australian visit seemed to intrude on Australian domestic politics. "I will say no more until I have studied transcripts of
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    • 110 6 CINCINNATI, Wed. <AP) A 47-year-old woman was found beaten to death yesterday in an apartment here and a man in whose apartment she was found surrendered a few hours later. The man was identified as Eugene Fiske. a copy reader for the Cincinnati Enquirer. Police
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    • 65 6 PARIS. Wed. (UPI) King Mahendra of Nepal yesterday began a State visit to France with an hour-long talk with President Charles de Gaulle on Vietnam and the situation along the Blno-Indian frontier. The 46-year-old ruler met de Gaulle in the President's Elysee Palace office less than an
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    • 402 7 NATO TROOPS AND HQ: PARIS* Wed. (AFP) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will make a double-barrelled approach today to the problem of France's relations with NATO. The NATO permanent council, meeting in -the afternoon, is expected to endorse the transfer of the council from its present
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    • 332 7 bloemfontein, (South Africa) We d. South African Prime Minister, Mr. B.J. Voerster, said here last night that South Af r ica would have to reconsider very thoroughly its position in the United Nations if all attempts by South Africa to put its case continued
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    • 137 7 LONDON, Wed. (AFP)— Commenting on the death sentence of former Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr. Subandrio, the Daily Telegraph in an editorial said today. "More surprising than Dr. Subandrio's conviction is the fact that the trial was not used as preparation for the long-expected
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    • 564 7 ABERFAN, Wales, Wed. (AFP) Villagers *t grief-stricken Aberfan began digging the graves of their own children yesterday. About 70 little victims of the slag-heap disaster are to be buried together tomorrow in a vivid, green field just above Aberfan's tiny rectangular cemetery, on
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    • 157 7 ZAGREB, Yugoslavia, Wed. (AFP) Anti- Communist Yugoslav groups in exile are trying to take advantage of the recent shake up in the Yugoslav party to pit the country's Nationalities against each other, a newspaper said yesterday. "Vjesnik U Sredu". a Croatian weekly, said the political
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    • 378 7 Don't join N-club Lord Chalfont UNITED NATIONS, New York, Wed. (AFP) Britain's Minister of State for Disarmament Lord Chalfont warned the non-nuclear powers of the world here yesterday against trying to join the nuclear "club". Making nuclear weapons was not only highly costly, he said, but their possession. far from
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    • 297 7 GIBRALTAR. We d. (AFP) Spain yesterday closed its La Linea frontier post with Gibraltar to all traffic except pedestrians without luggage. in a further bid to force its claim to the British territory of Gibraltar. Most of Gibraltar's buildings flew the British flag but there
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    • 219 7 STOCKHOLM. Wed. (AFP) Jaundice cases caused by contraceptive pills were of minimal significance and in no way constituted an adverse reaction said Dr. Edstroem. a spokesman lor the Swedish National Association for family planning, today. It was estimated that about 200,000 Swedish women were now taking
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    • 71 7 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) The British Parliament yesterday ratified the Order In Council giving the government powers to implement its prices and incomes freexe by law. Labour left-wingers abstained from voting, reducing the government majority from its customary 96 to 68. The Order In Council was signed
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 384 8 CINCE independence, Ministers and senior civil servants in Malaysia have been hampered by an administrative system geared to the easy going days of a past era. The British had left behind sound civil service systems in India, Ceylon and Malaysia with the result that the new governments could
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  • 315 8 'J'HE Singapore Government has received the sanction of Parliament to set up a Public Welfare Lottery to finance welfare and other charitable organisations in the Republic. This is a complete change of poiicy regarding public lotteries. It has hitherto made the sale of tickets and advertising of the
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  • 5971 8 I N September 1966, the Government published a White Paper on the Communist threat to Sarawak. I mentioned in the Foreword to that White Paper that the Communist threat to Malaysia in general is a real and serious menace. I have stated before that,
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 366 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. —The Stock Market was generally steady and inactive with sellers were more preserved. Gammon staged another feature in the industrial section with prices maintained at yesterday's levels. Malayan Breweries dealt at $5.10, Hotel S'pura changed hands from $l-03 to $1.04. Properties and tins were si-o
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    • 42 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) The U.S. government sold 55 tons of surplus •tockpile tin yesterday, 30 tons grade A at U551,545 a pound 5 tons grade B at US #1.53 a pound and 20 tons grade C at U551,525 a pound.
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The tin price for today was S6O9J per picul, up 2-
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    • 365 9 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AFP) World wheat production for 1966-67 will reach a record high of 256 million tons, dispelling fears of a world shortage, an American Department of Argiculture Bulletin announced today. The previous record was set in 1964-65 when 254 million tons were produced.
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    • 145 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Advanced radio communications and avionics systems and equipment are being displayed and demonstrated by the Radio Systems Division of the Plessey Electronics Group during a special mobile exhibition tour of Scandinavia and Holland in October and November. Operational equipment will include the Division's new PR
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    • 133 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Both capacity and overall revenue traffic increased 12 percent for Scandinavian Airlines during the month of September, in comparison with the same month last year. Total capacity for the month was 73 million tonkilometres while traffic was 44 million revenue ton-kilo-metres.
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    • 144 9 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE, Wed. —The lollowing ships are expected to be in port today:Codowns Vessels 1/2 Benrinnes 3 4 Bayernstein 5 Hugheverett 6/7 Bonneville 8 9 Rajula 10/11 Ciytoneus 13 14 Jessie Maersk Star Ant ares 19 Pusan 21 22 Kcyo Maru 2 j '24 Kimanis 25 Rajah Brooke
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    • 290 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 65 cts. per lb. down 1/8 cent from previous close. The tone was quiet. Opening prices were marked down on lower London advices, however, reports
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    • 60 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants today were: Canada: Buying T.T. 355/16; Airmail OD. 35-7/16; 90 d/st. 36 credit bills; 361/16 trade bills; Selling: T.T./O D. ready were: Canada 35; Deutsche Marks 1282; Swiss Francs 140j; Belgian Francs
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    • 255 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Felt Textiles (Malaysia) Ltd. Is the subsidiary of Felt Textiles of Australia. one of the largest manufacturers in the Southern Hemisphere. It has brightened the local market with its latest products and its expert installations of these. Felt <fe Textiles (Malaysia)
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    • 99 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The South East Asia Regional Director of Caltex Oil Limited, Mr. W E. Menefee. flew in today from Manila for a five-day vilit of Malaysia. Mr. Menefee, who was accompanied by the General Manager of Caltex Oil (M) Ltd, said he was here
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    • 98 9 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Some Steel Mills see chances of a pickup in sales of sheet and strip to the auto companies if car sales continue as well as they have in the past few weeks, American Metal Market said. The National Metals Industry Daily
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 210 9 B S Soustead 1.48 1.50 C. T. S. Ords. XD 50/Chemical Co 1.38 1.39 Cola Storage 3.00 3.04 Dunlop 2.36 E Smelting CD 4.10 4.12 Esso Ords 2.86 2.87 United Holdings 1.33 1.39 FUzpatricks CD 1.55 F. N. Ords. XALL 3.38 3.42 Gammon 1.51 1.52 G. E. Life C
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      • 119 9 Ampat CCR 9/9 Aokam 3.50 Austral Amal 22/4* 22/7 i Austral Malay XR 32/6 38/Ayer Hitam XD 20/1 i 20/7* Berjuntal 33/3 33/6 Hong: Kong 31/3 Idris Hyd 14/1 14/6 K'pong Lanjut 23/10* 24/Kamunting 18/7 19/3 Kent 7/6 Killinghall 40/- Kramat 11/6 12/3 Kuala Kampar 25/6 Kuchai CD 1.90
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      • 38 9 Contral Prop. .72 City Dev. .34 Faber Union 48£ Island Hotel 53 Island Pen 46 K L. Prop 85 .86 San Holdings 26 .26 J Sel Prop 121 1.25 S'pore Land CD 76 .78 Town City 68i
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      • 50 9 Bassett (50cts) .80 Batu Lintang CD 1.70 Borelli (New) 2.00 2.15 Gienealy CD 1.38 Jeram Kuantan CD 2.04 Kumpas 1.85 1.92 Kluang Ord 1.63 Kuala Sidim 1.52 Mentakab 1.35 1.60 Now Scudal 4.10 New Serendah 2.14 Rrverview 2/5 Temerloh 1.90 Ulu Benut 1.40 1.60 United Malacca 1.73 1.80
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      • 41 9 Anglo Asian 1/0| Anglo Oriental CD 3/6} 3/71 B. Kawan XCR 5/2 5/10 Bekoh 2/6 Brooklands 4/2 Bk. S'bawang 5/3 Consol Salak 2/7 Golden Hope 5/1 K L. Kepong CD 2/Kulim 1/8 1/10 Merllmau Pegoh 1/11 Strs. Rubber 1/H
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      • 28 9 First Malayan 2.24 Second Malayan 1.51 1.61 Third Malayan XD 1.07 1.19 Malaysian Commerce .87 .98 Mai. Savings Fund 1.27 1.37 Sterling Commodity XD.... 3/9 4/3
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS-SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 150 9 TIME AIRLINE FROM 8.20 a.m. MAL 019 Kuala Lumpur. 9.30 a.m. MAL 121 Kuala Lumpur. 10.30 a.m. MAL 451 Kuching. 10.55 a.m. MAL 005 Penan*. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. 12.50 p.m. PAA 841 San Francisco, Los Angles, Honolulu. Guam. Manila, 12.55 p.m. Thai 405 Saigon. Bangkok. Kuala
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      • 187 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.00 a.m. ML 034 Malacca. Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, Penang. Alor Star, K. Bahru. 7.00 a.m. MAL 452 Kuching. 7.00 a.m. BA 797 K. Lumpur. Colombo. Bombay, 7.00 a.m. Cairo. London. ML 408 Kuching. 7.31 a.m. ML 122 Kuala Lumpur. 8.00 a.m. TG 402 Bangkok,
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      • 127 9 TIME AIRLINES FROM 7.45 a.m. BOAC (BA 797) Singapore. 8.IS a.m. MAL (ML 122) Singapore. 8.25 a m. MAL (ML 034) Singapore. Malacca. 8.40 a.m. Cathay <CX 576) Singapore. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Panang, Ipoh. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Singapore. 12.45 a.m. MAL (ML
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      • 127 9 TIME AIRLINES TO 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. 8.25 a.m. BOAC (BA 797) Colombo, Bombay. Cairo. 8.45 a.m. London. MAL (ML 122> Singapore 8-45 a.m. MAL (ML 034) Ipoh, Penang, Alor Star. 9.05 a.m. Cathay (CX 576) Kota Bahru. Bangkok, Hongkong. Taipeh, 9.30 a.m. Osaka,
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    • 120 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Previous Today's Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk Sellers Sellers Sept 42.75 42.75 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums Sept 44.75 44.75 Sugar (Java) ex-godown 25.75 25.75 Nutmegs 110s 485.00 ***** Nutmegs B W 240.00 ***** Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (FOB) 125.50 125.00
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  • 411 11  -  By JAMES M. LONG ROME, Wed. (AP) The demand for food in the World's hungrier countries may increase by more than 100 per cent in the next two decades. There is little prospect that the world's food production can meet such a
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  • 586 11  - Hello Dolly' starts the dance for Johnson, Imelda Ry ELLEN LIND MANILA, Wed. (LPI) It was nearly midnight when the band struck up "Hello Dolly" and Mrs. Imelda Marcos, First Lady of the Philippines, led by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson out on the dance floor. /ithin minutes, the beat
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  • 81 11 MANILA. Wed. (AFP) Nine women were killed and eight other persons were injured yesterday in an explosion inside a fireworks factory in nearby Bulacan Province the second such blast to hit the area in three weeks. About 25 workers were reported to be inside the small
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  • 89 11 TOKYO, Wed. (UPI). The Japan Copyright Council said today books on "Karat e" published here and in Paris have many similarities and indicated the French version might have violated international copyright laws. A spokesman said the council does not plan to file an official complaint but will
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  • 167 11 TOYKO, Wed, (UPI) Japan will grant a South Korean request to use Tokyo as a stopping-off point lor commercial flights heading over the Pacific, it was reported today. Sources said Transportation Minister Sensuki Fujieda leans in favour of the South Korean request and will
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  • 44 11 SAIGON, Wed. (AFP). The South Vietnamese Government has released 271 political prisoners to mark the country's national holiday on Nov. 1. Official sources said today that the prisoners had been freed last weekend at Quang Ngai, 320 miles northeast of Saigon.
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  • 291 11 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (AP) Malaysia said yesterday that visits to Palestine refugee camps by representatives of various countries might provide a spur to increased contributions to the refugee aid fund. At the same time, said delegate Ghaffar bin Babi, contributions to the fund might
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  • 53 11 MANILA. Wed. President Johnson shakes hands with the rirls outside Manila Hotel recently as he leaves for the second day of the summit conference on Vietnam. Girls, special assistants for Mrs. Imelda Marcos. First Lady of the Philippines, are wearinf local "Patajoni" dresses. AP
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  • 401 11 gAIGON, Wed. (UPI) A company of U. S. Army troops aided by air-strikes killed 48 Vietcong in a running gunfight through paddyfields and marshes yesterday, American spokesmen said today. The men of the U.S. Army Ist Cavalry Division spotted a Communist company about 100
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 192 11 ORCHARD! PAL ACE Tel 3 2 1 1 Tel: 4 7 5 7 8 OPENS TODAY! both theatres daily at 12.45, 4.:i0 8.15 p.m. SOW AT NORMAL PRICES! in 70 MM PAN AVISION MGM Presents DAVID LEAN'S fl!m "DOCTOR ZHIVAGO" (rfraldliic Chaplin Julie Christie in Metrocolor ■ODEON Phone 11-116 OPENS
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  • EASTERN SUN FEATURE
    • 1078 12 For years, the world trend in population has been for more women to be born than men... now the shoe is slowly going over to the other foot. There are now more men in the world than women... and that means it's a lie to say
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    • 686 12  -  Death In Doubt! By: Ross Miles \LL eyes were turned towards one of the boxes at the Fords Theatre, Washington, when the President of the United States entered unobstrusively and sat down. Somebody began to cheer soon others followed suit. John Wilkes Booth also rose
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 672 12 r PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS VACANCIES IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE. L TEACHERS-IN-TRAINING (WITH H.S.C.) (i) English Medium (ii) Malay Medium (iii) Chinese Medium n. QUALIFICATIONS: Must be Singapore Citizens. Age 18-29 years on 1-1-67. Educational: {a) Full Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (English or Malay Medium); OR (b) Full Government
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  • 380 13  -  By Kalwant S. Sidhu SINGAPORE, Wed. Hockey players who underwent centralised training over the past three months with the hope of being included in the Singapore contingent to the Asian Games are disappointed. Reason: The Singapore Olympic Sports Council has decided against sending
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  • 101 13 MALACCA, Wed. The •rmual 17th Division Malaya District inter-unit sailing competition will be stretched for three days starting from tomorrow to Saturday off Terendak Camp 12 miles from Malacca town. -ight units from the Comr anwealth Forces stationed in West Malaysia will contest for the
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  • 66 13 PENANG, Wed. The pty Council Sports Council n an effort to raise funds for its sporting activities is holding a "City BaU 1966" ifom 9 p. m to 1 a.m. at the and O. Hotel on Saturday. The dance is being held under the
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  • 200 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Olympic Sports announcement of a tentative 79-man contingent to the Asian Games is clear indication that it Is on an ambitious plan. As a result several sporting bodies have been excluded by the "without fear or favour" announcement Worst hit,
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  • 131 13 LONDON, Wed. Britain's first ever qualifying race in the world sports car manufacturers' championship is to be sponsored by the British Overseas Airways Corporation The event chosen is a 500 mile race to be run at Brands Hatch Circuit, near London, on July 30 next
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  • 40 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. Port Authority Recreation Club beat Public Utilities Board 2-1 at the Jalan Besar Stadium this evening. PARC's goals came from A. Madoon and Osman Mohamed. PUB's goal was scored by Chan Kook Soon.
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  • 52 13 ROME, Wed. World junior welterweight champion Sandro Lopopolo, right, of Italy lands a punch on the nose of challenger Vincente Rivas of Venezuela in their title fight in Rome. The Italian retained his title when Rivas did not answer the bell in the eighth round.— AP Wirephoto.
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  • 293 13  -  By Low Teo Ping SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's two bowling representatives to the South Pacific Classic in Australia flew off to-night with this pledge: "We will keep the Republic's flag fiying all the time." George Choo and Lavis Lim were respective winners of the tournaments held
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  • 58 13 MALACCA. Wed. Malacca High School 'A' will meet Kilat Club in the final of the annual Malacca Hockey Association Open knockout tourney on Friday at the Malacca Club ground. In the semi-finals Malacca High School 4 A' beat National Uuion of Teachers 4-1 while
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  • 95 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Government Services Football Association will meet the Southern Islands XI at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. Oct. 30. Kick-ofT is at 7.30 p.m. The match is organised by the End of Confrontation Celebration Committee, Southern Islands. The Minister of State, Prime Minister's
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  • 42 13 SINGAPORE, Wed Hotel Singaoura today beat Jardine Waugn by two goals to nil in the Senior Section of the Singapore Business Houses, match today. In the Junior section Harper Gilfillan beat General Bank by two goals to one.
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  • 247 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore Recreation Club scored their second successive victory in the Division One league when they beat 19 Signals by four goals to nil in a padang encounter today. SRC's first goal came in the 25th minute when Eng Kiat slammed a crisp
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  • 309 13 SEREMBAN, Wed. Negri-Malacca have named 19 players from which their final XV will be selected to meet Army Malaya in the Malaysian Rugby Union Malaya Cup south zone match. The match will be played at Terendak Camp. Malacca on Saturday. Kick-off 5.15 p.m.
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  • 177 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A pro tem committee of the Combined Old Boys Rugger Association, Selan gor (COBRA) was formed last night at its first meeting at the Selangor Club. The pro-tem committee consists of Mr. Ken Chee Kong (chairman), Mr. Hari Chand (secretary) and Mr. Tan
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  • 26 13 MALACCA. Wed. Masjid Tanah qualified for the Malacca Malays league soccer final with a 12-1 victory over Tanjong Minyak at the Bandar Hilir ground.
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  • 289 13 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Civilians brightened up their chances in the M.R.U. "Malaya Cup" South Zone ties when they beat a formidable SCC Invitation 10 points (two goals) to 5 (goals) on the Padang here yesterday. The Singapore team with a "new look"
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  • 195 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. —The selection of two umpires to officiate at hockey at the forthcoming fifth Asian Games in Bangkok caused "eyebrows" to be raised among hockey enthusiasts in the country. The referees are Mr. Hui Weng Chee, chairman of the Umpires Board, and Mr.
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  • 103 13 MANILA, Wed. (AP) Seventeen wrestlers and nine weighlifters were named today as candidates for the Fifth Asian Games in Bangkok in December. The Wrestling Association said the best of the 17 will go to Bangkok after tryouts and two weeks of training. The final compositon
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  • 370 13 SINGAPORE. Wed. It was a bleak day at the annual swimming meet of the Polis Repablik Singapura, held at the Chinese Swimming Club, Amber Road, here today. No new records were established in the 15 events which were run off. PC. Lim Peng
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 29 13 SPORTS DIARY Hockey: S.H.A.'s League Div. 3 Schools 'B' vs Singapore Infantry Regiment at Ulu Pandan (5.00 p.m.) Rugby: SCC Invitation vs Combined Navy on the Padang (5.00 p.m.)
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  • 302 14  -  IL M. T. Lingam KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Wrestling and boxing fans, for the first time, will be entertained to two big treats. They are the finals of the Malaysia Open Wrestling Championship and the preliminaries and semi-finals of the Malaysia Open Boxing Championship.
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  • 261 14 OSAKA. Wed. (AFP> World bantamweight boxing champion Masahiko "Fighting" Harada of Japan last night outpointed Columbia's Antonio Hererra, the world's four t h-ranking feather round contest here. The decision was unanimous. Harada had a very tough time in disposing of Hererra. who several times threatened the world
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  • 145 14 LONDON, Wed. When France was the top tennis nation from 1927 to 1933. one of their stars was Jean Borotra, the "bounding basque." At the age of 68, he was playing on Saturday in London in the match between the international clubs of France and
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  • 77 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Chef-de-Mission to accompany the Malaysian team to the Fifth Asian Games at Bangkok will be selected at a meeting of the Olympic Council of Malaysia executive committee at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday. The meeting, at the Stadi u m Negara conference room
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  • 477 14 MEXICO CITY, Wed. (AP). A tight four-team battle among Britain, Canada, South Africa and the United States is expected in the Fifth Eisenhower Trophy golf matches, starting here tomorrow. Mexico is a respected dark horse. Irish Joe Carr. nonplaying captain of the British
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  • 131 14 DETROIT, Wed. (UPI) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey has indicated a strong United States interest in hosting the 1976 Olympic Games. They would be held as part of this Country's bi-cenntenninial celebration the same year, he si d. In a letter to U.S.
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  • 225 14 LONDON, Wed. An athlete, was just 17-year-old last month and is described as Britain's most promising woman athlete, is to have special coaching from the Amateur Athletic Association's senior national coach, John Le Masurier, in an attack on the pentath- lon records. She is Ann
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  • 124 14 HAVANA, Wed. (UPI) The draw for the first round of the 7th Chess Olympiad starting here today was announced as follows: GROUP ONE Hong Kong v Uruguay Philippnes v Monaco Soviet Union v Sweden Switzerland v Spain GROUP TWO Austria v Indonesia Turkey v Yugoslavia Mongolia
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  • 60 14 PARIS, Wed. (UPI). American middleweight weight-lifter Russel Knipp last night broke his own world record for a Dress lift succeeding with 153 kilograms (337.3 lbs) at an international contest here. Knipps previous record of 152.5 kilograms (336.2 lbs) was set on July 23. He
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  • 296 14 MANILA, Wed. (AP) Philippine Boxing official today implied the World Boxing Council (WBC) was hasty in declaring Carlos Ortiz lightweight title vacant. Justiniano Montano Junior, chairman of the games and Amusements Board, expressed doubt as to whether the WBC could have in so short a time
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  • 33 14 MILAN. Wed. Sandro Lopopolo. light welterweight boxing champion of the world, will meet Ecuador's Daniel Guanin at Guayaquil on November 26 in a non-title bout, the Italian's manager said here today.
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  • 238 14 TOKYO, Wed. (APft A completed picture J Japan s rising automobu industry was presented I the 13th Tokyo Motor Shtm which opened its two-w*J run here this morning. The limousine for the Em peror, the Nissan Royal, topped the list new features which
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  • 75 14 LONDON, Wed. Thi th re e-m a n British team against Poland in the first round of the King's Cup Lawn Tennis competition next month will be captained by Bobby Wilson. Britain, holders of thi cup. will be represented bf their top three players
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  • 142 14 LONDON, Wed. After two months of inactivity. British heavyweight Brian London is to embark on a come back campaign next month. The trail starts at the South Staffordshire Sporting Club in Wolverhampton the English Midlands, on November 13. London is to face Spanish or
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  • 90 14 MEXICO CITY, Wed. (AFP) Japan's softballers split their game yesterday in the First World Softball Championship to continue with a percentage of .500. The Japanese nine blanked El Salvador 7 0 in an early morning game, and then last a close one to
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  • 36 14 MANILA, Wed. Defeated challenger Vincente Derado, right, and world jun'O lightweight champion "Flash" Elorde embrace after their 15-round title fight L Manila. Elorde retained his title on a 15-round decision. —AP Wirephoto. AP Wirephoto.
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  • 186 15  -  FIVE WINNERS AT PENANG BRING TOTAL TO 60 SO FAR By WINDSOR LAD ALA LUMPUR, Wed. Les Coles has gone further ahead in the jockeys' race for the championship in the current season, bringing his total of winners to 60 nine ahead of Des
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  • 54 15 OITA, Kyushu, Japan. Wed. (AFP) Titoshi Ouchi of Japan today set a new world weightlifting middleweight snatch record by hoisting 142.5 kilograms. Ouchi. the Tokyo Olympic middleweight bronze medallist, improved his own record by one kilogram. He accomplished the feat on the third day of
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  • 62 15 Slot car racing enthusiasts are pictured looking at the new giant "King 155'* track at Eric Hobby Centre, Singapore. This high speed course has a long straightway leading to a 60-degree banked turn. In conjunction with Rothmans of Pall Mall (M) Limited, Eric Hobby Centre
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  • 458 15 TOKYO, Wed. (AFP) Orient junior lightweight champion Yoshiaki Numata of Japan puts his title at stake against Del Rosario Kid of the Philippines in a 12-round bout here tonight. The title match had originally been scheduled for Sept. 22 last, but it was postponed
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  • 105 15 SEREMBAN. Wed.—Life Guards beat Negri Sembilan Pirates B—o8 —0 (one goal and a try) in a key match in the John Aitkens Trophy match played at the Paroi Camp ground here this evening. Life Guards took the lead in the 23rd minute, when Blake
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  • 113 15 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, Wed. (XJPI) Angelo Dunrice, manager of Cassius Clay, said on Tuesday night the heavyweight champion made a "very dangerous" riecision when he agreed to an exhibition match with F > g Jones to be staged here on Thursday. Clay will meet Jones
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  • 57 15 MEXICO. CITY, Wed. (AP) The World Golf Council, meeting here on Wednesday. expected to award the 1967 men's Eisenhower T:cphy and women's world f lateur team golf matches to Melbourne. Australia. The men's event probably will be staged at the Royal Melbourne course, the wore:'s
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  • 599 15 Bace 1: M.A.R.A. CI. 5—2 Furs. (Catchweight: 12 st.) 1 Java II (7 lbs. Penalty) (1) 2. Amirs Kuda «4> 3 Kolek < 10» 4 Maju (3) 5 Tanjong Surat <"> 6 Kndau 'B> *i Kedidi (5 lbs. Penalty) (9) 8 Trooper Jones (6) 9-
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  • 233 15 LONDON, Wed. (AFP). British heavyweight Billy Walker scored a win over Argentina's Jose Menno at the Albert Hall here last night but failed to keep a promise that he would pulverise his opponent. The fight lasted nearly to the end of the
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  • 192 15 SEREMBAN, Wed. Port Dickson Garrison on Monday beat the much fancied Recce Regiment by four goals to two in the Brooke Cup competition at hockey in Port Dickson. Starting off in whirlwind fashion, the Garrison drew first blood in the fourth minute of play when, off
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  • 172 15 LONDON, Wed. Important changes to a number of rules on racing will come into force next year when the Jockey Club formally confirms them in December. The changes were among the recommendations made in the Duke of Norfolk's Patter of Racing report. The innovations
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  • 60 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian Armed Forces soccer team won the Syed Putra Cup for the third consecutive year when they beat the Royal Malaysian Police 3-0 in their annual soccer match held at Stadium Merdeka, K.L. on Saturday. Picture shows the Sultan of Selangor presenting the Syed Putra Cup
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  • 234 15 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) England Manager Alf Ramsey yesterday "sacked" five of his World Cup squad for the match against Czechoslovakia at Wem- bley on Nov. 2. He named 22 players for this encounter and axed Ron Springett (Sheffield Wednesday), Jimmy Armfield (Blackpool),
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  • 220 15 BURNLEY, Lancashire, Wed. (AFP) English First Division side Burnley won through to the third round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup when they beat Lausanne 5-0 in their second-leg tie at Turf Moor Stadium here last night. A crowd of 18.573 saw Burnley take a
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  • 37 15 LONDON, Wed. (AP) Results of Tuesday night's ENGLISH LEAGUE Division 1 Southampton 1, Evert on 3. Sunderland 2, Stoke City 1. English Soccer games: Queen's P.R 4, Leicester 2. Swindon 0, West Bromwich 2.
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  • 119 15 LONDON Wed. The draw for the first round proper of the FA Cup to be played on Nov. 26 has been made on a regional North and South basis to help solve the travel problems of the smaller clubs. The clubs of the Third and
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  • 135 16 PARIS, Wed. (AFP). President de Gaulle said yesterday that his country wished to have more active and closer links with Nepal and was ready to reinforce its scientific, technical and economic aid. The French President was speaking at a state banquet at the Elysee Palace in
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  • 86 16 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) One of the worst naval tragedies of the Vietnam war struck the U.S. Seventh Fleet today as speculation swept the ranks of America's 331.000 fighting men that their Commander-in-Chief—President Johnson was en route to pay them a visit. It would make Pres.
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  • 378 16 JAKARTA, Wed. (UPI) The Foreign Minister of Japan's politically troubled government, Mr. Etsusaburo Shiina, was scheduled today to launch into his first full day of talks with leaders of economically troubled Indonesia. Mr. Shiina, who arrived here last night after spending two days
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  • 51 16 ADEN, Wed. (AFP) Egyptian armoured cars machine-gunned houses in the Yemen republican capital of Saana B after an Egyptian soldier was killed in a grenade attack nearby said reliable reports reaching here yesterday. The armoured cars' fusillade wounded six civilian bystanders, including a woman and child, said the
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  • 18 16 SYDNEY, Wed. Police remove demonstrators at Liverpool Street shortly before President Johnson's arrival here last Saturday. AP Photo
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  • 39 16 MANILA, Wed. Philippines President FERDINAND MARCOS and his wife IMELDA pray for peace at Manila Cathedral mass early Oct. 23rd, the eve of the formal opening: of the 7-nation Manila conference. I'PI Photo. UPI Photo.
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  • 143 16 SAIGON. Wed. (AFP) Vietcong fire destroyed an American helicopter participating in "Operation Bird", 90 miles North-east of Saigon yesterday, wounding both crew members. Another American helicopter, was shot down as it landed at Cu Chi, west of the capital, but the crew was unharmed, the
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  • 1004 16 Joint communique from Manila Summit MANILA, Wed. (AP) Here is the text of the communique signed yesterday at the close of the seven-nation Summit Conference on South Vietnam: INTRODUCTION 1. In response to an invitation from the President of the Republic of the Philippines, after
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  • 288 16 UNITED NATIONS New York, Wed. (AFP United Nations See retary General U Than declined to comment or the seven-nation Manila summit conference which ended yesterday. He also would not comment on the cap made on Monday India. Yugoslavia and the Un ted Arab public for
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