Eastern Sun, 30 December 1966

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    Lock icon MORE PICTURES OF SOLO'S S'PORE AFFAIR
    268 2 Sampling Two actresses seen very safe near Napoleon Solo as he poses with them* Rose Yatimah, on his right, an ardent fan of Napoleon Solo, was happy that she was chosen to garland him on his arrival. On the extreme left is Mr. W.
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    Lock icon Appointed agents for Sharps, Pixley
    94 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A local company. Lim's Enterprises, has been appointed agents for Sharps. Pixley Co. Ltd.. London, who are leading gold bullion dealers in the United Kingdom. Mr. Lim Gee Seng, who Is proprietor of the Lim's Enterprises. is also Director of Lee Kong Chye
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    Lock icon Kindergarten, sewing classes
    80 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. —The People's Action Party's Farrer Park Branch will be organising kindergarten and ■ewing classes next year. Kindergarten classes will be held at the branch premises at 149 Owen Road, and at the sub-branch premises at 16, Belilios Lane. Parents are urged to admit their children
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    Lock icon Mobil's new Relations Officer
    146 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. In line with Mobil Oil (M) Ltd.'s programme to train resident employees for positions of greater responsibility, Enche Ismail bin Haji Awang. has been appointed Relations Officer in Kuala Lumpur. A keen sportsman and an active civic worker. Enche Ismail had a successful career
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    Lock icon Police hold 6 in raids
    71 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A Police party led by Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police. Mr. Low Leong Yean, from the Paya Lebar Police Station. yesterday made several raids on notorious hide-outs and arrested six suspects. The raids were made Lorong 33, Geylang. Lororj; Tai Seng. Shaw Road.
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    Lock icon Raja on 'one-sided concession or cooperation'
    422 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today stated that Singapore must first distinguish between "one-sided concession or cooperation," He was commenting on a statement made by the Tunku recently that the Malaysian Government was willing to co-operate with Sngapore. "We have
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    Lock icon Woman (78) killed in collision
    66 2 PENANG, Thurs. A 78-year-old woman was killed yesterday evening when the trishaw in which she was travelling collided with a motor cycle at the junction of Dato Kramat Road and Johore Road. Leow Hong Geok was thrown out and sustained head injuries. She was rushed
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    Lock icon BEST KETUA KAMPONG
    47 2 MUAR, Thurs. Enche Bahrom bin Juma'an of Kampong Padang Lerek, Tangkak. has been awarded a shield for being the best Ketua Kampong in the State of Johore. The presentation was made by the Chairman for Johore Local Government Dato Haji Othman bin Md. Sa'at,
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    Lock icon SALESMAN ROBBED
    68 2 IPOH. Thurs. A salesman. Abdul Rani bin Abdullah, 43. while going home on a motor cycle was waylaid by three armed men, and robbed of $387 on the road between Sabak Bernam and Teluk Anson last night. The three men. all masked and armed with daggers, had threatened
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    Lock icon 869 apply for Pasar Malam sites
    70 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Eight hundred and sixty nine hawkers have applied for pitches in the 66 authorised Pasar Malam sites. Advance payment of three months's licence fees will be collected on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Applicants who fail to make payments during the three days
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    Lock icon Malaysian journalists off to Thailand
    241 2 RIALA LtMPIR. Thurs. Four Malaysian journalists left here on Tuesday night by rail for a week's visit to Thailand as guests of the state railway of Thailand. The Press party, led by Enche Rosedin bin Ya'acob. of Utusan Melayu, who is also the president of
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    Lock icon NO STRIKE: PDREUF WITHDRAWS NOTICE
    429 3 Remaining 10 unions' claims also for arbitration SINGAPORE, Thurs. The proposed strike by over 15,000 members of the Public Daily Rated Employees' Unions Federation is off. The Government today agreed to refer the remaining ten of the 13 affiliated unions of the Federation to the
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    Lock icon Indian H.C. presents books
    90 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A set of books on the constitutional history of India was yesterday presented to the Speaker of the Parliament here. Mr. P. Coomaraswamy. The presentation was made by the High Commissioner for India. Mr. SurendaSinh Alirajpur, on behalf of the Indian Minister for Parliamentary
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    Lock icon Air agreement with Netherlands
    304 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore today signed an air agreement with the Netherlands. This is the second air agreement it has signed with another European country since independence. The first was with the Scandiavian countries Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Mr. W. Thorn Leeson. the Netherlands Charge d'Affaires here,
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    Lock icon LANGUAGE-TEACHING LABORATORY
    113 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A new language-teaching laboratory is being established at the James Street Annexe of Perth Technical College under the charge of Mr. Veville Saunders. Mr. Saunders is the College's newly appointed instructor in Asian languages. With the most modern equipment and teaching aids, the classes in Indonesian.
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    Lock icon Jailed for stealing 7 radios
    114 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. An unemployed. Tan Khoon San. 42. was today sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for stealing seven transistor radios from a stall at the New World Amusement Park on Dec. 28. this year. Tan. who pleaded guilty, was caught by the watchman. who saw
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    Lock icon 76 accidents
    20 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. There were 79 road accidents yesterday of which five were serious, the Traffic Police said today
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    Lock icon Zoology Professor's lecture
    113 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The external examiner on zoology at the University of Singapore. Professor J. E. Webb, will deliver the Seventh Wallace Memorial Lecture of the Zoology Department on Saturday Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. at the University's New Lecture Theatre 2. Prof. Webb will be in Singapore from
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    Lock icon Minister assures teachers
    420 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, today assured teachers that they need not worry about the security of their job as a result of any change in the education system. He was speaking at the closing ceremony of the three-day Education Seminar at
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    Lock icon Opening of newly-metalled roads
    120 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The MP for Sembawang. Mr. Teong Eng Seong. will perform the opening ceremony for the new 1 y-metalled Huang Long Road and Kee Ann Road, on Saturday. The cost of metalling both the roads by the Public Works Department totalled more than $32,000. These two
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    Lock icon Current affairs quiz contest
    67 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The P.A.P. Central Political Bureau will organise an inter-branch current affairs quiz contest at the People's Association here on Jan. 15 at 7.30 p.m. The contest is aimed at encouraging the public to become more aware of current affairs and to raise the political
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    Lock icon METHODIST CHURCH MAY ACHIEVE AUTONOMY BY 1968
    359 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Methodist Church in Singapore and Malaysia may achieve autonomy by 1968. A joint petition of the Southeastern Asia General Conference of the Methodist Church, will be sent to the General Conference of the Methodist Church in the United States in
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    Lock icon 'Reconciliate' call by S'pore Alliance
    96 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Alliance Party. Singapura, today maintained that Singapore must ''quickly and sincerely" get back to the road of "reconciliation, close co-operation and ultimate reunification with Malaysia". Its chairman. Dr. Thio Chan Bee, said in a Press statement that it believed in the preservation
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    Lock icon Repeat course on Basics of Supervision
    273 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Institute of Management will organise a repeat course on Basics of Supervision in January, 1967, because of the popularity of the first course. When the course was first conducted In October, applications considerably exceeded the number of participants who could
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    Lock icon MP's reply to S'pore Interpreters' Union
    232 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The MP for Mountbatten, Mr. Ng Ycow Chong, yesterday assured the Singapore Interpreters' Union that he had no intention of bringing court interpreters in general into disrepute. He was replying to a Press statement issued recently by the Union on his criticisms
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    Lock icon STOPPED AND ROBBED OF $151
    64 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A man walking along Hampshire Road was approached by three unknown cyclists who stopped and robbed him of $151.40 cash. The man, Khow Yong Hoi, 36. of Mata Road, later told the Police that the three men approached him with "flick-knives" and demanded
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      53 3 S pore Diary "30 p.m Victoria Theatre, Empress Place: "A Night of Children's Plays." 7.30 p.m. National Theatre. Tank Road: Viyanthimale and her Troupe. 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Delhi Road. Naval Base; ook Kiau School, Tampines Road; Nam Chong School. Ouliga Road; and Kampong
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    Lock icon Sabah: Bright development prospects in the future
    2161 4 Sabah's Finance Minister. F.nche Hnrri* bin Mohd. Snlleh. hn* outlined the variou» court** of action open to government and busine*s to step-up the State'* development in the future. He also save n vivid account of the State s develoment over the past century.
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    Lock icon Malaysia subscribes to the conception of democracy
    837 4  -  By Anne Tai KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. "THE real test of a democratic regsms is its attitude towards criticism, strike ond boycott. "Malaysia subscribes to the modern conception of democracy, but the bureaucracy is still there." This was stated today by I)r. Syed Hussein
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Kennedy, Johnson, Ford, Vanderbilts elected as bestdressed women
      360 5 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Princess Lee Radzi* will, the younger sister of Mrs. John F. Kennedy, yesterday topped the annual international list of best- dressed women. On the list for the first time, and in fifth place, was Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson.
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      Lock icon Emergency after gall bladder operation
      174 5 CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, Thurs (UPI) Author and columnist Harry Golden was reported in critical condition yesterday after an emergency gall bladder operation. The 63-year-old writer entered the hospital on Monday and underwent the twohour operation on Tuesday right. It wasn't until yesterday when his condition
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      Lock icon FIRE FIENDS JAILED
      58 5 MANILA, Thurs. fUPI) Two teenagers were jailed today on charges of physical injuries after they tied up the feet of three sleeping young boys and tried to set them on fire. The would -be victims woke up in time to scream for help. Police said the Incident
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      Lock icon MANIAC IN OLD CAR SHOOTS THREE
      353 5 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. (UPI) A sniper, described as apparently an excellent shot, spread terror through a South-West section of the city early yesterday, wounding three persons, one critically. The sniper, travelling in an old model car, picked his victims at random on two freeways
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      Lock icon Black 1967 prophecy
      151 5 CAIRO, Thurs (UPI) Egyptian astrologer Muhammed Youssed el Miniawi yesterday predicted a gloomy 1967 full of upheavals and threats of another world war. "If god averts the impending threat of a third world war it will be a miracle," he said. El Miniawi, a senior official at
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      Lock icon Sally is now Princess...
      45 5 INDORE, Central India Prince Shivajirao Holker embraces his bride, Princess Shailini Devi, the former Sally Budd, 21-year-old, of Texas, after the Hindu style wedding ceremonies in Indore, India recently. The couple met at Stanford University in California where both were students.
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      Lock icon 'Girl in a million' goes West
      229 5 NEW YORK. Thurs. (tPI) —Miss Angela Man Evelyn Hobbs of Tambo. Australia flew into town in a dark, freezing rainstorm and suddenly you knew the girl of the Golden West isn't extinct she thrives on the rolling prairies of Western Queensland. Angela Hobbs is
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      Lock icon Dutch-China embassy row solved
      80 5 THE HAGUE, Thurs (AFP) Dutch authorities were able to speak today with the eight Chinese technicians blocked inside the Chinese legation here since July 17. The development was believed to herald the end of the diplomatic row which began between people's China and the Netherlands when
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      Lock icon US not divine policeman
      174 5 LONBON, Thurs. (UPI) —Roman Catholio Archbishop Thomas Roberts said yesterday the United States could be wrong in seeing itself as "a sort of divinely constituted world policeman against Communism/* The former Archbishop of Bombay, now a member of the Jesuit Community in London, was asked in
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      Lock icon 'Primitive life on the moon'
      94 5 MOSCOW, Thurs. (UPI)— A Soviet biochemist said today he believes lunar explorers may find a primitive kind of life on the moon. The prediction by Mr. Alexander Oparin came as Luna-13, Russia's latest moonshot, continued its work near the ocean of storms, where it landed
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      Lock icon FOUR MORE BREAK JAIL
      151 5 LONDON, Thurs. (AP) Four more prisoners slipped out of Britain's leaky prisons yesterday and a killer broke out of a mental hospital. The Home Office reported the escapes brought the year's total of prison breaks to 693 of whom 124 convicts still are at large. The
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      Lock icon Giant blizzards cover US
      135 5 CHICAGO. Thurs. (UPI) A gigantic winter storm that plastered up to 13 inches of snow from the SouthWest to the Great Lakes brought the season's first blizzard to parts of the Midwest yesterday. Heavy snow warnings were up as far East as Virginia and Northward to
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      Lock icon Under sea quake shatters towns on Chile coast
      442 5 SANTIAGO, Chile, Thurs. (AP) An underseo volcano belche fire from the ocean floor and a house-shattering earthquake rolled across the copper-rich northern coast of Chile yesterday, virtually destroying one town and badly damaging three others. Officials reported three persons killed, two missing
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      Lock icon Killed six relatives in Xmas rage
      120 5 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) A 30-year-old farmer, angered by marital problems, went on a killing rampage on Christmas night and hacked six persons to death, including his two wives and three children, the Philippine News Service reported today. The news service, quoting police reports from
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      Lock icon Milky Way centre seen
      124 5 LOS ANGELES. Thurs. (UPI). A graduate student astronomer reported yesterday that the centre of the milky way galaxy has been observed for the first time through heat radiation. Eric E. Becklin said the infra red radiation was observed in a concentrated area of the galaxy's nucleus
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      Lock icon GRACE IN JAMAICA
      31 5 KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Thurs (UPI). —Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco arrived yesterday with their three children for a two-week holiday at the tourist resort of Montego Bay.
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      Lock icon Alcohol and Cirrhosis: You can't kid your liver
      242 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Some people heavy drinkers that is believe that by eating and drinking at the same time, the liver won't notice the alcohol. Those people are wrong. According to Dr. Charles S. Lieber of Cornell University, "Fatty liver, the initial
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      Lock icon CARTOONIST GARDNER REA DIES, 72
      64 5 BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP).— Gardner Rea, the cartoonist, died yesterday. He was 72. Mr. Rea, known for line drawings in the New Yorker Magazine, had been ill for long time and in recent years had become something of n recluse. Captions from two of
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      Lock icon Eat your stray dog problem away
      184 5 WINDHOEK. South West Africa, Thurs (UPI) Worried South West African officials are considering cashing in on Ovambo tribal eating habits to rid the city and surrounding areas of a plague of stray dogs. In the past few months farmers in the district have suffered
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      Lock icon 'Better US-China relations in 1967'
      172 5 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP) Former U.S. Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer believes relations between the United States and Communist China may improve in 1967. "Nobody is happy over the present relationship, or rather lack of relations, between the United States and China," said Prof. Reischauer in a
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      Lock icon Americans attacked at DMZ
      123 5 PANMUNJOM. Korea. Thurs.—The United Nations command today charged that a group of armed North Koreans attacked an American guard post two kilometres South of the demilitarized zone on Tuesday night. The communist attackers fired approximately 40 rounds of automatic weapons under cover of darkness, U.S. Army
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      Lock icon Herbs from Indonesia
      38 5 JAKARTA, Thurs. Wes* Germany is importing large quantities of Indonesian brambeng fruit for medicinal purposes. The brambeng fruit, plentiful in the low plains of Central Java, is an important ingredient in higU blood pressure curative*.
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      Lock icon 'Victory is peace' Cardinal explains
      688 6 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) Afid t AP)—Comments on Francis Cardinal Spellman's Christmas message to U S. Forces in Vietnam that "anything less than victory Is inconceivable" continued to escalate. A Vatican official yesterday said his speech should not be regarded as coming from a prince of
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      Lock icon Prince Charles' Rock-n-roll party at Windsor
      205 6 WINDSOR, England. Thurs. (VPI). The heir to the British throne was having a few friends over to the castle last night for a big holidav merry making that only a teenager with an rSSB4,OOO annual allow- ance could afford. Prince Charles first "adult" party
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      Lock icon Ship party for Princess Margriet
      131 6 AMSTERDAM. Thurs (AP> Princess Margriet third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands and her bridegroom-to-be. common Pieter Van Vollenbove. last night received relatives and friends at a masked ball aboard the passenger liner OranjeNassau. lying moored in the port of Amsterdam.
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      Lock icon Covering up the criminals...
      102 6 SANTIAGO. Chile. Thurs (UFI) Wigmaking is an honourable profession in most parts of the world but all it got a 22-year-old Chilean barber. Honoria Herrai Saavedra. was a Jail sentence. There's no law against selling wigs in Chile but police said Herras clientele was a little
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      Lock icon Bank loans freeze lifted
      138 6 WASHINGTON. <AP> The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday lifted the restrictions it placed last Sept. 1 on inflationary expansion of business loans by banks. An announcement by the board ending the special discount arrangements was another signal In the easing of tight money which has plagued
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      Lock icon 'BACTERIA PLUS CRUDE OIL EQUALS NEW PROTEIN FOOD'
      344 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP).—Promising prospects for a major new protein food made by mixing living bacteria with crude oil products have been reported by scientists. A team working on the project said it could be a significant food source for developing countries which
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      Lock icon Chain of violence
      628 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AP) Top-level U.S. sources say there is no point in changing U.S. bombing policies in North Vietnam despite controversy surrounding a Pentagon admission that some civilians have been hit. The officials said it is necessary to bomb military targets in order to raise the price
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      Lock icon CHINA MAJOR WHEAT MART
      152 6 OTTAWA. Thurs. (AP) Canadian wheat exports to mainland China in the first three months of the current crop year were almost equal to Canadian shipments to all of Western Europe, including the big British market. Figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics for August. September
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      Lock icon 'We could improve weather'
      81 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) America's top weatherman predicted yesterday that It may be possible soon to make accurate weather forecasts two weeks in advance. By 1980. said weather F.JI ef P r R obert M. White. We should be a heck of a lot closer" to knowing
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      Lock icon Pope to pray for Catholics in China
      203 6 VATICAN CITY Thura. (I'PI) Pope Paul VI will officiate mass for the persecuted Catholics of Communist China on Epiphanr Day, Jan. 6, the Yaticaa announced yesterday. The announcement said the Papal mass in St. Peter's Basilica would mark two important dates in the
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      Lock icon Editor banned from Macau
      140 6 HONGKONG. Thurs, (AFP) Mr. David Bonavia, assistant editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review and Hong Kong correspondent for the "Times" of London has been barred from entering Macau, it was reported yesterday. When Mr. Bonavia arrived in Macau yesterday, "on a private visit" he was
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      Lock icon 'Quiet settlement for book'
      153 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) The Kennedy book dispute could end quietly now following Mrs. John F. Kennedy's decision to temporarily withold her suit to stop its publication, a family spokesman indicated yesterday. "I'm not going to guarantee it," he said, "But much Soints to a resolution.
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      Lock icon TOKYO. Thurs. — This photo taken on his 33rd birthday shows Crown Prince Akihito reading the "Koichi Kido Diary" which deals wi th the political and diplomatic situation before the Pacific War.
      33 7 TOKYO. Thurs. This photo taken on his 33rd birthday shows Crown Prince Akihito reading the "Koichi Kido Diary" which deals wi th the political and diplomatic situation before the Pacific War. PANA Photo
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      Lock icon Spanish govt. seizes liberal Catholic magazine
      171 7 MADRID. Thurs. (UPI) The Spanish government yesterday brought charges under the new* press law against a liberal Catholic magaz ne and seized copies of another against which charges already had been filed. Charges against the Catholic "Cuadernos para el dialogo" (notebooks for dialogue) were
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      Lock icon Spring wedding for Spanish princess
      106 7 MADRID, Thurs. (AP) Spanish aristocrat Luis Gomez-Acebo said yesterday he and Princess Maria Del Pilar, daughter of the Spanish pretender to the throne and niece of Spain's last King. Alfonso XIII, will be married next spring. The 30-year-old Princess lives with her parents, Don Juan
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      Lock icon Casual-wear policemen deplored
      61 7 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI)— Deputy Police Chief Felipe Nicolas of suburban Makati wishes his men would quit playing scrabble on duty and showing up for work dressed in the tee shirt and slippers. Deploring the lack of discipline in the police force. Mr. Nicolas said he is powerless
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      Lock icon £10,000 on Nkrumah
      109 7 ACCRA. Ghana. Thurs. (UPI) —The police yesterday posted a 10.000 reward for ousted dictator-president Kwame Nkrumah —dead or alive. Mr. Nkrumah has been living in exile in the Guinea capital of Conakry sinc e the army overthrew him in a lightning coup in February while he was
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      Lock icon Religionists to Hanoi for on-spot survey
      378 7 PARIS, Thurs. (AP). —Seven Westerners, including five clergymen from the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths, are heading east this week and next for an on-the-spot survey of the situation in Hanoi in hopes of aiding a peace settlement. One group of four Germans headed
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      Lock icon Kosygin note offends Cyprus govt.
      189 7 NICOSIA. Cyprus, Thurs. (AP) The Cyprus government has protested to the Soviet Union over references to Cyprus in a joint SovietTurkish communique issued at the end of Soviet Premier Kosygin's official visit to Turkey and to some statements on Cyprus made by Mr Kosygin in
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      Lock icon Jordan spends one third on arms
      146 7 AMMAN. Jordan. Thurs. (L'PI) The cabinet of King Hussein of Jordan, balanced between Israel and Arab countries bitterly critical of his moderate policies, will spend nearly one-third of its 19«" budget on military expenditure. official sources said today. Out of a budget total of
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      Lock icon Reward for birth-control workers
      107 7 NEW DELHI. Thurs. (AP) Indian health officials are being offered cash incentives to improve their work in the country's family planning programme. The Health Ministry said it would start giving awards tnis month of up to 1,000 rupees (US$l3O) to medical officers in each state who
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      Lock icon Patron without his knowledge
      128 7 TOKYO. Thurs. (tPI) Japanese Imperial Household agency officials have learned that Emperor Hirohito's name has been used as a patron of a Buddhist organisation for 16 years without the Emperor's permission. Officials discovered that Emperor Hirohito has been listed as a patron of the World Federation
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      Lock icon Dr. Arias: 'I am not afraid to return'
      180 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) Dr. Robert Anas, deputy in the National Assembly of Panama who was shot four times more than two years ago, says he was not afraid to return to his country. Speaking with difficulty from a whee.chair while his
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      Lock icon Extra day off
      35 7 SEOUL, Thurs. (UPI) The cabinet yesterday decided to extend the new year holidays one more day through Jan. 4. The new year holidays usually are three days, Jan. 1 through Jan. 3.
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      Lock icon Ruby to take lie test
      211 7 AUSTIN, Texas, Thurs. (AP)—The head of the Texas Department of public safety indicated yesterday that Jack Ruby will be given a polygraph examination—lie detector test—if Ruby's doctors approve. The cancer stricken slayer of accused presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald said he wants to take such
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      Lock icon Sound waves beamed from a £10,000 supersonic scanner are making it possible for doctors at a Glasgow, Scotland, hospital to "photograph" unborn babies. Called a diasonoscope, the machine is seen in this picture being used on an expectant mother. On the left is the ranging unit and control panel. On completion of a two-dimensional scan, doctors will be able to examine a "picture" from the machine's polaroid recording camera.
      70 7 Sound wave s beamed from a £10,000 supersonic scanner are making it possible for doctors at a Glasgow, Scotland, hospital to "photograph" unborn babies. Called a diasonoscope, the machine is seen in this picture being used on an expectant mother. On the left is the ranging unit and control panel.
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      Lock icon 'BRITAIN MAY LEGALIZE SEIZED RHODESIAN CURRENCY'
      398 7 MUNICH. Germany, Thurs. (AP) A lawyer representing: the London-based Reserve Bank of Rhodesia raised the possibility that Britain retroactively would legalize the 28 tons of currency the rebel Rhodesian Government ordered printed in Munich. The money is being held up in West Germany bv
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      Lock icon 20 killed in 2-day typhoon
      83 7 MANILA. Thurs. (AFP) At least twenty persons were killed during typhoon Pamelas two-day rampage in Central Philippines. the large circulation newspaper "Manila Times" reported today. Eleven provinces in the area were reported to have suffered extensive damages. Losses, in terms of destroyed crops and property,
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      Lock icon 'GET RID OF IMPERIAL LION AND EAGLE'
      85 7 MANILA. Thurs. <UPI>— The University of tne Philippines law centre has proposed eliminating the Spanish Lion and the American Eagle from the seal of the Republic of the Philippines. The Eagle occupies the lower left blue quarter of the shield and the rampant
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      Lock icon Tobacco firm bids for Yardley perfumes
      144 7 LONDON. Thurs. (AP) The British-A merl c a n Tobacco Company, one of Britain's biggest tobacco firms yesterday announced a £23.500,000 takeover bid for Yardley, the 200-year-old British Derfumes and cosmetics firm. British-American, among various diversification moves, bought a big stake in the Lentheric
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      Lock icon No aid for mission schools
      92 7 BRUNEI TOWN. Thurs. (AFT) Brunei government has refused aid to mission schools, it was learned. This was revealed in the legislative council last Monday in answer to a request for aid by a nominated councillor Mr. R.D. Ross. "The question of not giving aid to
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      Lock icon Endocrine confab
      63 7 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) Scientists and physicians from Asia. Europe and the United States will attend the third congress on endocrinology scheduled in Manila from Jan. 2 to Jan. 6. The medical gathering will discuss the problems of endocrine glands with emphasis on fertility, thyroid and diabetes. The conference
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      116 6 FROM Reykjavik >CELANC? TO SOUTH 'AMERCA, THE THRUM ORGANIZATION WAS IN STRANGE, MYSTERIOUS ACTION/ SOMETHING Of WORLP-SHAKING PROPORTIONS WAS ABOUT TO BREAK. 1 BUT WHAT WAS TH6 TOP SECRET? WHO, IWOW ANP WHERE WOULP THEY STRIKE? THESE WERE THE VITAL QUESTIONS ALEXANDER WAVERLY' SOUGHT TO ANSWER AS HE LAUNCHEP... SHORTLY.
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    370 8 THE English educated Ceylonese once upon a time imagined they were more English than the English themselves. That was in the heyday of British imperialism. After independence, the leftwing regimes of the late Mr. Bandaranaike and his wife had wrought havoc on that nation's economy. The confiscation of
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    312 8 A N Indian trade mission to Indonesia is reported to have held successful talks with Indonesian officials on the renewal of a trade agreement between the two countries. The agreement will be finalised shortly. Indonesia will exchange oil and raw materials for Indian manufactures, including textiles. With the
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    1855 8  -  By: S.Y. KONG ELEVEN years ago, a 12-year plan was quietly mapped out by Peking for the development of science and technology. Jet propulsion was one of the 12 major programmes, only next to the peaceful use of atomic energy, envisaged in the plan,
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      74 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. At the annual Traffic Sales Meeting of SAS and Thai International which took place in Tokyo in December, 5 managers were honoured with special SAS badges with two diamonds. Each of the 5 SAS managers have minimum 20 years of service in SAS. The
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      452 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Qantas today announced p.ans tor daily round-the-world jet services through Me.bourne as soon as the new Tullamarine airport opens in 1968. Australia's overseas airline will also build a $7.5 miliion jet base at Tullamarine, which will employ at least 600 people. Present
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      27 9 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) The London rubber market was quietly steady. No. 1. R.S.S. spot 18-1/8 18-3/8. No. 1. R.S.S. CIL basis ports Jan. 17-7/8 —18.
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      36 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) The Dow Jones spot commodity price index advanced 0.11 to 139.71. The Dow Jones commodity futures index closed 137.57 off 0.18. Open High Low Close Index: 137.36 137.76 137.36 137.57
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      192 9 JAKARTA, Thurs (UPI)— Indian Commerce Minister, Mr. Madushai Shah prepared to return to New Delhi today following a one week trade mission to Jakarta which he termed "very successful." Mr. Shah's visit was climaxed with a reception by Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Mr. Shrimati
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      156 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP). The Stock Market was irregular early yesterday in fairly active trading. Fractional gains and losses were the general rule but there was a scattering of 1-0 point moves. The action was accompanied by hopes for a rally on the news that
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      144 9 STOCKHOLM, Thurs.—The average Swedish woman buys one winter coat a year and 75 per cent of those are made in Sweden according to a recent survey. The dustry today supplies about dustry today s-uppliej: about 80 per cent of the total demand of women's clothes. Although there
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      673 9 SINGAPORE. Th u r s.— Heavy demands for Matsushita again boosted prices up another 50 cents to 52.30 from $l.BO. But towards the close, profit taking hurled prices down to $2.14. Such gains were more often speculative than actual demand. Improvement of about 2
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      83 9 FINANCIAL LONDON, Thurs. (UPI)— The rubber market closed inactive with number one RSS spot 18 18-1 >4. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Feb. 18-1/4 18- 7/16 March 18-1/2 18-11/16 April 18-11/16 18-7/8 April' Ju ne 18-7/8 19-1/16 Julv/Sept. 19-5/16 19-I'2 Oct/Dec. 19-9/16 19-3/4 Jan/Mar. 19-13/16 19-1516 April/June 19-7/8 20-1/16 July
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      35 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) —Standard and poor's 500 stock index. close net change 425 Industrials 85.57 off .48 25 Railroads 41.43 off .13 50 Utilities 69.38 up .13 500 Stocks 80.61 off .39
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      104 9 STOCKHOLM, Thurs. The Sandvik Steel Works, large Swedish manufacturers of high-quality steels, have entered into collaboration with the American company. United Nuclear Corporation, it was announced last week. Sandvik earlier this year announced the establishment of a subsidiary in the U.S., Sandvik Special
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      101 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants today they were: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16; Airmail OD 3213/16; 90 d st. 33-5/16 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 35-7/16; Airmail OD. 9 16; 90 d st. 36-1/8
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      25 9 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Monev Quotations: HK55.6979 /5.7225 per US dollars for cash. HK$ 15.99 per pound sterling. HK5266.5 per tael gold.
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      699 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MAL 019 from Kuala Lumpur Time 8.50 a.m. Airline JI 7.12 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MAL 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 451 from Kuchlng. Time 10.55 a.m. Airline MAL 005 from Penang. Ipoh. Kuala
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      Lock icon Morris 1100 best seller in Australia
      102 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The BMC. Morris 1100 is now the biggest selling four-cylinder car in Australia. Thts is shown in figures release by the Commonwealth Statistician for the nine-month period from January to September. 1966. The statistics reveal that more Morris 1100's were registered in
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      341 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. January first grade rubber buyers fob. closed at 5 p.m. in" Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 5P| cents teer lb., up cent from previous close. The tone was quiet but cteady. The opening was slow and about unchanged from last r. ght whilst
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      15 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The tin price for today was $602-5/8 per picui. up 5/8.
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      386 9 INDUSTRIAL B. 8. Boustead CD 1.57 1.58 Central Sugars XD l.tl 1.26 Chemical Co 1.61 1.62 Cold storage 3.10 3.12 Dunlnp XR 2.38 2.40 E. Smelting 4.00 Fsao Ords 3.06 3.10 E*so Pref 1.06 1.07 Flt/patrlcks 1.45 1.55 F. A N. Ords. 3.42 3.16 (■amnion 1.30 Georgetown
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      53 9 (Manager* prtcr*) B 9. First Malayan 2.11 S.!« .Hfcoml Malayan 1JM l(X Tblnl Mala> an 1.08 1 1» Matayatan -M Commrrcr XD M Mai. *-avlni« Fnnd 1 M 1.J8 Sterling Cnmnwdlt v 3'8 4.1 First Hon* Knnc 1.00 1,09* Brrond Hons Kong .70 Mala>»ian Investment Food J»0 l.Ol#
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      109 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Sineapore Chinese Produce Exchang* noon prices today were. Bu>ers Sellers Coconut oil (FO .> Bulk 43.25 Coconut oil FOH Drums 45.73 Loose Copra Mixed l#ec./Jan. 27.75 Sugar <Ja\a) exgodown 24.23 Nutmegs 110s 4H5.00 Nutmegs H 235.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (FOB) 120.00 Pepper Black Special Sarawak (FOB)
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      43 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) —Rubber futures closed yesterday unchanged. Bid Asked January 22.14 22.70 March 22.40 22.80 May 22.40 22.80 (X) 22.70 22.80 (X) July, Sept, Dec. Jan. '6B. Spot No. 1 RSS remained at 22-1/4 cents per pound, nominal.
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      22 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) —Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No 1 ribbed smoked sheets 22 1/ N.
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      43 9 TAIPEI. Thurs. (AP) Formosa's exports to South Vietnam in the first 11 months of 1966 amounted to $77 million, the state-owned Central Trust of China has reported. It said steel products valued at $23.8 million topped the list.
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      111 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today:1/2 Tegelberg 3/4 Waitaki 5 Montevideo Maru 6/7 Barpeta 8/9 Straat Colombo 10/11 Fernfield 13/14 Sunny ville 15/16 Melampus 18 Ranvo Maru 19 Koolana 21 22 Empire Gannet 23/24 Brofjord 25 Kimanis 26 Kisshin Maru 29/30 Heiyo
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      533 12  -  By LESTER C. KJOS piLtETTE, Colorado. Thurs. (UPI) The Sheriff said, "shoot the bull" and the governor cried "bring on the militia" but the only true bullfight ever known to have been staged in the United States went on to its bloody conclusion.
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      1014 12 BERLIN, Thurs. All of ns breathe, we Inhale air from our environment about twenty times a minute and our bodies exhale vitiated air just as often. When we work, we breathe rapidly, and when we sleep we breathe more slowly. The whole process is regulated
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      387 12 BONN, Thurs.—"While even the travel reports of Soviet visitor* to West Germany have begun to sound much more objective about the political life of this part of Germany, the Soviet Zone of Germany sees fit to continue in it* role as troublemaker and follow the well-worn propaganda
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      179 12 BERLIN, Thurs. Sanssouci—favourite palace of Prussia's King Frederik II and one of the most perfect works of German Rococo architecture can now be visited by foreign tourists. For the past ten years, a Berlin sightseeing firm headed by an Austrian had tried to get permission for this.
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      Lock icon Parliament and government in a state of emergency
      474 12 BOW Thurs. On October 28. the NATO Staff exercise "Fallex 66" was concluded. The aim was to co-ordinate Headquarters decisions of supreme NATO commanders in the military sector as well as within the individual NATO countries. In the civilian sector, measures were
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      205 12 BONN, Thurs. In the not too distant future, electronic brains will be taking over the tedious work of translation. Dr. Alfred Hoppe. a Bonn language scholar has developed, on the basis of research he has carried out. a system which for the first time in
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      535 12 BERLIN, Thurs. One year after the line against writers and other intellectuals in the Soviet-occupied Zone of Germany was hardened, the Writers' Union in East Berlin held its conference, as usual with the public excluded. According to the official communique the 350 well screened participants
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      260 13 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The two young and dashing secret agents of Cnited Network Command for Law Enforcement (I.N.C.LE.) will he hack again in a M.G.M. film, "The Spy in the Cireen Hat" scheduled for release in Singapore, soon. This time, our heroes. Napoleon Solo (Robert
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      Lock icon David McCallum—the 'shy-spy' arriving tonight
      737 13  -  By: PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Th u r s. M.G.M. Singapore will be laying out watertight security arrange* ments for Mr. David McCallum the famous Russian agent, lllya Kuryakin of U.N.C.L.E. Organisation when he flies in tomorrow at 6 p.m. from Hongkong on Malaysian Airways. In
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    413 14  -  By Milton Richman NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Cassius Clay and Ernie Terrell suddenly began throwing punches at each other in Ernest and had to be pulled apart yesterday oxer an "Uncle Tom" insult hurled by the world heavyweight champion. The skirmish took
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    Lock icon Orange Bowl: Dent is defeated
    166 14 MIAMI BEACH. Florida. Thurs. tUPI> First-seed-ed Georges Goven of France won. but second-seeded Philip Dent of Australia was an upset victim yesterday in the semi-finals of the Orange Bowl Junior tennis championships. Goven and Spain's unseeded Manuel Orantes meet today in the championship match of
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    Lock icon Fidelis is 325 miles from Hobart
    83 14 SYDNEY. Thurs. (UPI) The 61-foot New Zealand sloop, Fidelis, yesterday was one-third of the way across the Bass Strait in the 640 mile Sydney to Hobart, Tasmania, yacht race. Fidelis is now 325 miles from Hobart and is expected to arrive there on Saturday
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    Lock icon Khor enters Round 3 in Jaipur
    63 14 JAIPUR, Thurs. (AFP) Malaysian Khor Cheng Chye entered the third round of the national badminton championships men's singles here yesterday. He beat A.I. Sheikh (Maharashtra) in straight sets 15-7, 15-5 in their second round encounter. In the men's doubles, Malaysians Lee Guan Chong and
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    291 14 JOHANNESBOURG, South Africa, Thurs. (AP). Australia would probably have easily won the first cricket Test against South Africa if the team had held its catches in the field, captain Bob Simpson said yesterday. "We should really have won the match, but we threw away
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    138 14 PARIS. Thurs. (UPI) The world record time over 400 metres freestyle set by French swimmer Alain Mosconi at Acapulco. Mexico, on Oct 23, will not be recognised, it was announced here yesterday. French swimming boss Lucien Zins said the International Swimming Federation had informed
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    32 14 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. (UPI) Vicente Saldivar will defend his world featherweight boxing championship against Japanese Mitsunori Seki here on Jan. 29. promoter Pablo Ochoa officially announced yesterday. confirming earlier reports.
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    133 14 NEW ORLEANS. Thurs. (UPI) —Top-seeded R. Holmberg of Dallas took an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Jack Jackson of KnoxviUe, Tennessee yesterday in the rain-delay-ed opening of the Sugar Bowl tennis tournament. Holmberg. defending Sugar Bowl tourney champion, is America's No. 8 ranked tennis ace.
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    53 14 JAIPUR, Thurs. (AFP) India's Asian badminton champion Dinesh Khanna is off to Canada next March to play in the Toronto Canadian Centennial championships. With him representing India at the meet will be Suresh Goel. The two will also play at the Tournament of Champions next
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    253 14 NAGOYA, Japan, Thurs. (UPI). Mo n ager Takeshi Sasazaki said today world ban. tamweight champion Fighting Harada was j n top shape and would have no trouble making the weight for his title defence against Mexico's Jose Medel on Jan. 3. "Harad a's weight
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    47 14 HANOVER. Thurs. (AFP) Former Danish international tennis player Kurt Nielsen will once again train the German Davis Cup team next season. Nielsen, who was trainer this year, will begin work with a preliminary training session here from January 2 to 8
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    192 14 LONDON, Thurs. <AFP Britain's two boxing correspondents in for tomorrow's Chartcha Chionoi Walter McGowan title fight. Peter Wilson of the "Daily Mirror" and Desmond Hackett of th? "Daily Express" both commented today on the decision of King Bhumibol to attend to the
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    97 14 FORT LAUDERDALE. Florida, Thurs. (UPI) Two swimmers from the British Empire put on the best performances on Tuesday in the annual College Forum swim meet here. Bobby McGregor of Scotland won the 100-metre freestyle in 54.3 seconds, beating Dan Milne of Purdue University and
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    315 16  -  FAS' NEW YEAR DOLE Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Thurs. More than 56 soccer clubs affiliated to the Football Association of Singapore are in for an 'ang pow' in the coming season. The "mini bonus" vill be doled out by FAS—the controlling body of soccer in the
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    Lock icon Vasas Budapest fined for misconduct
    87 16 BERNE, Thurs. (AFPJ The European Football As sociation Union has fined Vasas Budapest 2.000 Swiss francs ($485 > for the unruly behaviour of Hungarian spectators during its eight finals return match with In ter Milan for the European Champion Clubs Football Cup at Budapest. The
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    498 16 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) Six-footer Josephine de La Vina, the big girl in Philippine sports, glowed like a rare gem in the local sports scene in 1966. The bedimpled 20-year-old Miss de La Vina proved to be a saving grace to an otherwise
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    47 16 Fred Stolle (foreground) rushes to the net to intercept a forehand drive from R. Krishnan in their Davis Cup match. Stolle won 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Australia retained the Cup by winning 4 games to one. N Australian News and Information Bureau photo by John Crowther.
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    Lock icon Casper to play in PI's golf c'ships
    181 16 MANILA. Thurs. <AP> U.S. Open golf champion Bill Casper will be one of the top professional golfers who will compete in the 147.500-peso (36.875 dollar) 1967 Philippine Open Golf Championship from Feb. 23-26. it was announced today. VVack Wack Golf and Country Club
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    Lock icon Pians for 'Pesta Bola' tourney are finalised
    324 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Plans for the staging of the "pesta bola" soccer tournament were finalised here today. Three top officials of the Footbail Association of Singapore held talks with Mr. Peter Clague. an executive of the Maiayan Tobacco Company and Mr. Koe Ewe Te;k.
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    Lock icon Worrell to watch two Tests
    61 16 TRINIDAD. Thurs. (AFP) Sir Frank Worrell, former West Indies cricket skipper, has left London for New Delhi for a six-week tour of India as guest of the Government, it was announced here yesterday. During his stay. Sir Frank will watch the second and third Test
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    215 16 LONDON, Thurs. Britain was introduced to a new water snort in the heart of London recently when a two-seater hydrofoil, seen here being driven by its designer Peter Nott, made its world debut in the shadow of Big Ben on the River Thames. The
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    140 16 MELBOURNE. Th u r (AFP> India's Davis Cup team manager R. Khanna day expressed the hope th India would be back in Ai tralia lor next year's cr.a.lenge round. Although India's two-''" 1 team of Ramanathan Knsn* nan and Jaideep Mukerjea won only
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    389 16 BANGKOK. Thurs. (AP) World flyweight boxing Champion Walter McGowan of Britain, yesterday was considered a favourite in his title bout against Thai/ind's t hartchai Choinoi next Friday. There was confidence in the McGowan camp that the champ was going to win. The bets were two
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    Lock icon 6 fighters on Cassius' list
    208 16 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AP» Heavyweight boxing champion Clay has proposed a title fight in Washington next. June, naming half a dozen possible opponents including Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson. Clay's idea* for 1967. repjried by Bob Add e in the Washington Post last night, also include
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      61 16 TIME AND TIDE 4,/ Penang:: 1.47 a.m. (8.7 ft.), 2.34 p.m. (7 ft.). Port Swettenham: 7.28 a.m. (13.3 ft.), 8.03 p.m. (13.6 ft.) Port Dickson: 8.17 a.m. (9.3 ft.), 8.31 p.m. (8.7 ft Singapore: 1.14 a.m. (8.8 ft.), 1156 a.m. (10.1 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 12.07 a.m. (8.8 ft.). 9.51 a.m.
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