Eastern Sun, 6 January 1967

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  • 24 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 170 Friday, January 6 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 1626 1  -  KOTA BAHRU, THURSDAY: 5,000 people in Kelantan and Trengganu evacuated 15,000 people in Sg. Lembing cut off from Kuantan 700 families quit Crik, Kuala By MUSA SCULLY MORE Flood Victims were evacuated today, as the flood situation in Kelant a n Trengganu and Upper Perak worsened. Till
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  • 202 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Moonsoon Hoods are part of the fabric of the Malaysian scene. They are never welcome events as they leave in their wake wanton destruction of property and sometimes loss of lives. But this year, the floods have struck with a vegeance.
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  • 519 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The total capital expenditure of the Public Utilities Board for this year is expected to amount to $93.1 million. This was disclosed by its Chairman, Mr. Ong Swee Law, in his budget statement for this year. He said: "Compared to
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  • 192 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Public Utilities Board has issued enamelled badges bearing the Board's insignia (above") to its meter readers and to certain categories of outdoor staff who have been supplied with the Board's khaki uniforms. Consumers can now identify meter readers and fitters by
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  • 57 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —The morning schedule of the Sin-gapore-Jakarta radio-tele-phone service has been extended by two hours as from today. The original morning service hours were between 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The new times will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily. The afternoon schedule, between
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  • 174 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Singapore and Malaysia will be represented at the 7th Asian Young Men s Christian Association leaders' conference in Melbourne from Feb. 19 to 26. this year. The theme of the conference is "Living in a world of change". Other countries to
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  • 93 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Major General N.A. Vickery, recently appointed Citizens Military Forces (CMF) member of the Australian Military Board, is visiting Australian troops in SouthEast Asia from Jan. 8 to 27. On bis programme are the First Task Force, the First Logistic Support Force and
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  • 53 2 MESSRS. P. S. Chia (centre) and L. K. Koh (right), both of Singapore, studying in Australia under the Colombo Plan, took jobs in a Sydney retail store over the Christmas period to earn extra pocket money. Picture shows the students assisting Mr. R. A. Crouch (left)
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  • 302 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. F.H. Cotton, Singapore Polytechnic lecturer, said that with the help of science natural rubber would be able to compete effectively with synthetic rubber. Mr. Cotton was speaking at the luncheon meeting today at the Prince Hotel organised by
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  • 118 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Chin Woo (Athletic) Association and Ping Sheh will stage a Joint variety show at the National Theatre on Jan. 7 at 8 pm. The show is to raise funds for the installation of an air-conditioned plant theatre. The organisers from
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  • 243 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Australian Department of Trade and Industry has suggested to the Australia-M a 1 a y a Shipping Conference that increases in shipping charges be deferred. The 7J per cent increases on freight rates to ports in Singapore and Malaysia came into
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  • 87 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The P.A.P. Sembawang Branch Intends to start an adult education class for youths to improve certain subjects such as English and Mathematics. It proposes to hold Ave evening classes weekly from 6 p.m to 9 p.m. Registration for the adult education class will start
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  • 127 2 SINGAPORE. Thur» An organisation to help bring up "good and responsible citizens" baied on religion, has been formed by a group of professional men here. Named the Christian Business Men's Commitee of Singapore, the main aim of this association is, according to its Chairman. Mr Khoo Hin
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  • 456 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Bata Shoe Company Ltd., Singapore, today presented long service awards to 104 of its employees. The awards were jointly presented by the company's Managing Director, Mr. S.P. Chudarek, and the Regional Coordinator, Mr. F. Stanek. The function was held in the
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  • 61 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A four-year old boy, Tan Peng Ang. was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a car at Jalan Peng Kang in Jurong yesterday morning. He was admitted to the General Hospital with head injuries but died three hours later There were 84 other
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  • 187 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. About 20 Australian mil. versity students will be arriving in Singapore on Sunday for a week's visit before proceeding to Malaysia and Thailand. An Australian High Commission spokesman said that they would be coming here to exchange views with students in
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  • 26 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Singapore Indian Association will hold a New Year children's party at its premises in Balestier Road, on Jan. 8, at 3 p.m.
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  • 68 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Thieves vesterday aftenjwn broke into house at Lorcr.f Pisang Udang in Jurong got away with $5,190 in cash and property. The occupant of the house, Madam Peh Bah Lew. 21 and her two children were out at the time of the inch dent.
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  • 56 2 SINGAPORE, Thurv Radio Smgapura's EngLsh Service will broadrast excerpts from a speech mace bv the Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Toh Chm Chye. at the Rotary Club luncheo: yesterday. Dr. Toh spoke on the "Prospects and Challenges of 1967" at the luncheon meeting. The programme will
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  • 336 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A house painter was yesterdr v sentenced to two years R -d six months' jail, followed by a year's Police Superfor attempted extortion from a fishmonger and possession of a "live" .38 bu et at Jalan Raja Bot
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  • 246 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Thirty-three young seamen have completed a three-month course in ship training organised by the Singapore Seafarers' Welfare Board. The graduation ceremony will be held on board the ship, T.S. "Singapore" on Saturday at 10 a.m. The Secretary of the Seafarers' Welfare
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  • 143 3 BRUNEI TOWN. Thurs. il'PI) Mr. Goh £oo Toon. 59, has arrived from Singapore to become Superintendent of 14 primary classes at St. Andrew's School. Both as a pupil and a teacher, he has had a 50year connection with St. Andrew's School, Singapore. In
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  • 50 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Celebration Committee of the Central Sikh Temple will celebrate the third centenary of the birth of Guru Gobind Singh Ji at the Singapore Conference Hall, Shenton Way, on Sunday at 8 p.m. Guests will be entertained to music, songs, a display of "Gatka" and speeches.
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  • 54 3 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.—Victoria Memorial Hall, Empress Place "Exhibition of Bicycles" by the Japan Promotion Institute. 7.30 p.m.—Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Amakeng Wayang Stage, Lim Chu Kang Coconut Plantation, Woodlands Road; Peck San Tens School. Thomson Road: and Keat Hong Hng. Waywang Stage,
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  • 96 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. There's a good reason for the broad grin worn by Cpl. Tony Murray! Yes, each of those packages he is carrying contains special gifts for Western Australian servicemen serving in South-e a st Asia. Cpl. Murray is seen helping to unload
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  • 369 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Attractive 20-year old, Miss Janice Hearne, West Australia's "M i s s Wildflower State", this morning called on the Minister for Culture and Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok, at his Ministry's Conference Room. She was accompanied by Mr. Raymond
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  • 225 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Laboratory attendants working in the Department of Chemistry, the Technical College and the Public Works Department in the country are to resort to industrial action to back their claim for salary revision in parity with those working in Government Departments
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  • 124 3 TAIPING, Thurs. A three-man gang. two of them wearing masks and armed with pistols, held up a family and robbed them of cash and jewellery totalling $2OO last night. The robbery, the first here this year, occurred at the house of a shopkeeper in Simpang Village,
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  • 115 3 MUAR, Thurs. A police officer peeping above a wall saw a man throwing a crumpled piece of paper through a window. This was later found to contain numbers relating to the 10.000 character lottery, the Magistrate's Court was told today. The police officer, Inspector Abdul Malik bin
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  • 72 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A six-man Philippines committee on anti-smtiggling arrived here tonight to hold joint meetings with the Malaysian committee on the smuggling problems in the two countries. The Philippines delegation was led by Mr. Manuel Collantes. Under-secTetary of Foreign Affairs. The meeting, which begins at
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  • 189 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Dr. Hollis W. Peter of the Foundation for Research on Human Behaviour in Ann Arbor, Michigan is now in Singapore for a social science survey for a leading group of companies. His survey will also take him to Kuala Lumpur and Port
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  • 293 4 LUNAS, Kedah, Thurs. It is possible that in the history of the Soon family of Kampong Bahru, Lunas. Kedah, 1966 will be recorded as a vintage year. In February, son Fred Soon Hock Choong was married in Perth: in December he graduated Bachelor
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  • 111 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Eight more recruits of the Royal Malaysian Air Force have been selected to undergo further training overseas. They are recruits Wong Wing Hing. Lim Peng Hock Lim Chin Kooi, Wai Kean Seng. Tan Giok Khoay, Loo Ah Heng. Ho Chook Fong and
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  • 30 4 TELUK ANSON, Thurs. S. Paiditaly, 3, was found drowned in a monsoon drain in Jenderata Estate yesterday Her parents claimed her body. No foul play was suspected
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  • 78 4 BRUNEI TOWN. Thurs. (AP> The Mentri Besar of Brunei. Dato Marsal bin Maun, and the State Financial Officer. Dato John Lee. accompanied by a financial expert from London. Mr. E. W. Williams, are expected to leave for Kuala Lumpur next Wednesday for currency talks. They will try to
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  • 71 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A new order under the Pioneer Industries (Relief from Income Tax) Ordinance, 1958, which was gazetted today, contains certain industries and products which the Minister of Commerce and Industry intends to declare as pioneer industries and products. This order is th« 91st in the series,
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  • 138 4 KAMPAR. Thurs. Kampar will have 50 low-cost houses and a new lower secondary school this year, said Mr. Michelan A. Robert, chairman of the Town Council today. "He added "Land for the low-cost houses has already been approved by the Government. "We are now
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  • 80 4 BRUNEI TOWN. Thurs. (AFP) A big step towards putting top local men in command of the Royal Police Force is being taken with a number of promotions to date from Jan. 1, a Government spokesman said. Senior Inspector Abu Zar bin Abu Bakar and Senior
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  • 54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Madam Cham Juak Khing. who lost her handbag is appealing to Eastern Sun readers to help trace it. In her handbag are her identity card No. SL *****6. a savings bank book, and birth certificate. She has already lodged a report about her
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  • 102 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Thieves broke into a house at Jalan Imbi here last night and stole fur clothings worth more than $2,000. Owner of the furs was Miss Sha Sun Snao. a kindergarten teacher, who reported to police that she locked up the house at 7
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  • 73 4 TANJONG MALIM. Thurs. A new kindergarten for Ave and six-year-old is to be established here when the new term starts later this month. The new kindergarten, known as the Methodist Kindergarten. Tanjong Malim, will be housed in a new $8,500 building which was completed
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  • 73 4 MUAR. Thurs. The Muar Town Council is to take stern action against the building of illegal houses by local residents. This was revealed in a monthly report of the Muar Town Council issued this morning. "Only plans of houses approved by the Building Committee of the
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  • 71 4 BRUNEI TOWN, Thurs. (AFP)—Tunku Putri Noor Ehsani, the Brunei Princess, whose electricity was cut off in February, has flown to Kuala Lumpur with her husband and three sons for the New Year and Hari Raya celebrations. Friends say she did not want to spend Hari Raya
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  • 618 4  -  By MUSA SCULLY THE Central Government has no intention of increasing current expenditure this year, the Deputy Premier Tun Abdul Razak said today. "Every effort is being made to cut down current expenditure, especially in administration/' he said. The Deputy Premier disclosed that the Government has
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  • 139 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malaysia is to send a candidate to the Miss Pacific Photogenic Quest in Melbourne in March 1%1 This was announced here by Mr. Paul L. B. Lee, executive director of the Malaysian Quest Mr. Lee said that women between the ages of
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  • 69 4 RAMPAR. Thurs. A cattle warder, Harjan Singh, of Malim Nawar Settlement, was stabbed on his way to a temple, eight miles from here, at 7.30 last night. He was admitted to the General Hospital but his condition was not serious. He was carrying his baby on the
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  • 126 4 JESSELTON, Thurs. A total of 230 acres on the Kuala Merotail Settlement scheme have been planted with oil palms. The scheme which covers an area of more than 800 acres has now a population comprising 72 families. This was disclosed by the manager of
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  • 95 4 BRUNEI TOWN, Thurs. (AFP) The Forest Department plans to engage a silviculturist some time this year, according to a Government spokesman. The Forest Department has been growing tree* in several areas of the State and has been treating them to improve the growth. "The scheme has
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  • 201 4 MALACCA, Thurs. The Chief Minister of Penang Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee is highly impressea with the rate of development in the town here. Tan Sri Wong, who arrived here yesterday to attend the wedding of a niece, said he found the town very lively
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  • 238 4 KUALA LUMPIR, Thurs. Malaysia's first woman Senator, Che Aishah Ghani, who was elected to represent Malaysia on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, will leave for the first session on Feb. 10 to be held in New York. The United Nations
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  • 189 4 MELBOURNE, Australia, Thurs. A Malaysian student in Melbourne has won a special prize for the best performance in the fifth year of the Architecture course at the University of Melbourne. He is Mr. Leong Chan Hing. of 119 Pudu Road. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Leong is studying
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  • 95 4 JESSELTON. Thurs Three new Government P*" 1 mary schools have been co™* pleted and they are reaflf for opening soon. The three schools arf a Kampong Mantailang. Kan> pong Mandalom Lama Kampong Lagud. c o rf built at a total cost of S 000
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 273 5 YORK, Thurs. (AP) —Premier Pham Van Dong of x North Vietnam asserted that "once hostilities were brought to an end it would be possible to speak of other things," the New York Times reported yesterday in a dispatch from Hanoi. The Times, in an article by
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    • 159 5 SAN DIEGO, California. Thurs. <UPI> Marine Pte Ramon Escalera, who had a live grenade removed from his throat in Vietnam was recovering yesterday from additional surgery at Naval Hospital here. Escalera's right leg was shattered by machinegun Are and he caught the grenade in his
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    • 1000 5 T OSDON. Thurs. <AP> ii A 22-year-old Londoner was charged today with Mealing e ght paintings v rth U.S. $7 million in hist -y's biggest art theft. Police accused Michael described as unemp.oved. of breaking into Durvich College Art Gallery on the n ght of Dec. 30-31
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    • 84 5 rpAIPEI, Thurs. Former Red Guard Chi Shue-San is surrounded by newsmen in Taipei recently (above) during a press conference which was held by Free China Relief Association (FCRA). Chi, 19-year-old, crossed the Communist Chinese border end defected into Hong Kong on Christmas Eve arid was
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    • 43 5 MANILA. Thurs. (AP) A major earthquake was recorded by the Manila weather bureau today. The bureau's geophysical observatory said the epicenter of the earthquake was about 4,100 kilometers from Manila probably in China. The quake registered 7.2 on a scale of nine.
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    • 153 5 LONDON. Thurs. (AP> For the first time in 56 years a policeman fired shots in a London street last n ght. He was chasing gunmen driving a stolen car. British Bobbies usually go unarmed. But revolvers were issued to detectives after a tipofT that the wanted men
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    • 163 5 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (UPI) Unwed mothers should be entitled to free legal services in establishing paternity of their children according to a renort under study by a U.N. sub-co-nmisston this week. Children born out of wedlock and their mothers should get special help and
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    • 469 5 SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI) The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, has announced it will release a number of North Vietnamese soldiers captured on South Vietnam battle-fields in observance of Tet, the lunar New Year's which is celebrated in early February. The announcement did not say how
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    • 94 5 PASAY CITY, Thurs.— A Manila educator here called the home the deciding influence in the success or failure of the community. Mr. Mary of the North Philippine Union Mission of the Seventh-Day Adventists asserted that not enough stress is being put on the influence of the
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    • 84 5 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Masked bandits grabbed a £7.000 payroll yesterday from the accounts office of the Sadler's Wells Theatre home of Britain's Sadler's Wells Ballet Company. "There were about four men. They told us to get underneath the desks and then took the money," Mrs. Anu Walker
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    • 321 5 TOXYO. Thurs. (UPI) —A Japanese scientist said yesterday that Communist China bundled its latest nuclear explosion. He also did not believe that the fifth nuclear device exploded by the Peking regime was a hvdrogen bomb. Prof. Seitaro Koyama of Niigata University told the mass-circulation Yomiuru Shimbun. The
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    • 376 6 LONDON, Thnrs. (AFP).—More and more nations are fighting over fishing rights in international waters. Many have abandoned the traditional 3-mile limit on territorial waters and gone over to a 12mile "coast". Among those who have ehanged. or are contemplating change are: Britain. Norway, Japan, the
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    • 186 6 LONDON. Thurs. (AFP). The British Foreign office issued a communique last night expressing the hope that "all with influence in Hanoi will use it to persuade North Vietnam to think again about meeting with Americans and South Vietnamese to arrange a ceasefire". The communique
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    • 130 6 LONDON, Thurs. (AFP) The European Satellite Esro--2 will be sent to the United States tomorrow in preparation for its launching by an American scout carrier rocket, a spokesman for the British Hawker Siddeley Aviation Group announced today. Hawker Siddeley built Esro-2 in conjunction
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    • 261 6 BUDAPEST Thurs. (AP). The Budapest newspaper Esto Hirlap said yesterday "The Warren report should be read against the constantly dwindling number of live witnesses of the Kennedy assassination". The newspaper was commenting on the death of Jack Ruby. The paper quoted American
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    • 94 6 LI'CERA. Italy. Thurs. (AFP) A 51-year-old Lucera farmer. Yincenzo d'Aloia, was worried that the milk yield of one of his best cows was dropping every day. Even more mystified when the veterinary surgeon pronounced his cowto be in perfect health. Mr. d'Aloia decided to keep
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    • 171 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture L. Freeman says his department made significant progress in 1966 in solving one of man's urgent food problems a lack of lowcost, high-quality proteins. The diet of much of the wo r 1 d's population is heavy with
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    • 252 6 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (AFP). —The Indian Air Force has already received its first MIGs 21 produced in India, it was officially revealed here yestereday. The state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics in its annual report for 1966 said that the company had begun delivery of MIGs assembled in its factories
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    • 177 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. <AP) —Efforts to settle the legal battle over publication of William Manchester's controversial book. "The Death of a President," were still under way yesterday. Emerging from a 40minute conference, former Federal Judge Simon H. Rifkind, Attorney for Mrs.
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    • 563 6 ROME, Thurs. (AP and AFP) Italian Vice Premier Pietro Nenni declared last night that the Common Market should ignore France's objections and admit Britain if Gaullists remain in power after the French elections. Sr. Nenni made this suggestion at a meeting of
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    • 35 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AFP) The "Caltex" oil group announced here it has started production of crude oil on a commercial scale in Nigeria for the first time in the history of that country.
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    • 55 6 NEW YORK. (AP) Thurs. The U.S. Federal Aviation Agency has accented the Boeing Company's design tor the SST supersonic giant transport plane, ending a 30-month contest between Bf»eing and Lockheed Aircraft. In this multiple exposure, the full-scale mockup of the Boeing demonstrates its capacity to change wing configuration for low
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    • 241 6 PARIS, Thurs. (AFP). —French gold reserves at the end of 1966 were the largest in the world after those of the Inited States. Nearly 5,000 tons were in the vaults of the Bank of France compared with slightly more than 13.000 tons at
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    • 268 7 BONN, Germany, Thurs. (AP) Foreign Minister H. Willy Brandt's Social Democratic Party organ warned the United States yesterday that world opinion is beginning to turn against it in Vietnam. The number of President Johnson's supporters is continually decreasing, it added, and he does not know
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    • 148 7 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. <\P> Foreign minister Nicanor Costa Mendez told newsmen yesterday that on direct instructions from President Juan Carlos Onganla he had reiterated "the irrevocable decision of the government to recover thp Malvina* (Falkland) Islands. As several nationalistic Institutions observed "MaiTinas Day" on the
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    • 72 7 HANOVER. New Hampshire. Thurs. (UPI) Former presidential advisor Sherman Adams has been hospitalised here for a series of tests, it was learned yesterday. A spokesman for Mary Hitchcock Hospital said Mr. Adams, who will be 68. on Sunday, was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday night.
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    • 228 7 GLASGOW, Kentucky, Thurs. (AP) The telephone call that Ronald Scattergood arranged on Dec. 23 came through yesterday while he was asleep in a motel. The jingling of the bell awakened Scattergood, who was notified that his relatives were standing by in England and Australia for
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    • 240 7 Plane designed for Vietnam war WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP). Senate sources said yesterday that President Johnson will ask the new congress for US$l2 billion to ITSSISl T S$15 billion in extra funds to meet the mounting cost of the Vietnam war. This would be considerably
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    • 88 7 PASADENA, California, Thurs. (AP) A programme designed to make earthquake research information more available to business firms is planned by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Caltech president Le A. Dubridge said that a new organisation called Earthquake Research Affiliates had been formed which would enable
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    • 62 7 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. (UPI) Railway workers yesterday threatened to strike the Argentine lines in protest to government efforts to streamline the costly national rail system. The government has announced a plan aimed at trimming some of the estimated 40,000 featherbedding workers on the governmentowned lines and reducing
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    • 83 7 FRIBOURG. Switzerland Thurs. (AP) A middle aged Fribourger last night doused his clothes in petrol, put a match to himself and walked blazing into a downtown night club where his wife works as a waitress. Police said the man suffered injuries before club customers put out
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    • 146 7 LONDON. Thurs. (AP) Britain's institute of directors ha s called for the introduction of a new organisation to help draw up the nation's annual budget. The prestigious Institute, which counts top industry leaders among it s members, said the present method of apportioning government spending was
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    • 181 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) "The Sound of Music", a motion picture based on a hit musical play, has earned U.S. $42,500,000 for an all-time record, according to a survey published yesterday. The figure was released in the 61st anniversary edition of "Variety," internationally circulated
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    • 90 7 SANDEFJORD. Norway, Thurs. (AP) Two Norwegian whaling expeditions catching in the Antarctic reported a better start this season than the two previous yeais. Up to Dec. 24 after 13 days catching the two expeditions have produced 25.660 barrels of whale and sperm oil. This compares with 20.310
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    • 199 7 KINKARA, Turkey, Thurs. (AP)— Turkish Foreign Minhster Ihsan Sabri Caglayangil told Parliament yesterday that Turkey is ready to take the "necessary measures" if a shipment of Czechoslovak arms is not turned over to the United Nations peace keeping force on Cyprus. The shipment
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    • 173 7 LONDON, Thurs. (AP) Buckingham Palace acknowledged yesterday that Queen Elizabeth II has known about a scandal involving her cousin, the Earl of Harewood, which came to light with a petition for divorce. The Countess has filed suit against the Earl on the grounds that
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    • 71 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) London-born Princess Chichibu of Japan. Emperor Hirohito's sister -in law. will arrive here on Jan. 28 for a 10-day visit, it was announced yesterday. The Princess, who is coming at the invitation of the Japan Society of London, will attend the society's 75th
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    • 203 7 VATICAN CITY. Thurs (AP) The Vatican yesterday severely criticized what it called "family eucharistic banquets" held in private homes. It called such services "alien to Catholic worship and almost incredible". A declaration of the sacred congregation of rites referred to stories and photographs in newspapers
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    • 267 7 PARIS, Thurs. (AP).— The court decree published in Beirut officially declaring the Intra Bank bankrupt will no doubt lead to liquidation of the assets of Intra's French branch, bank sources said yesterday. The Paris branch, which was controlled directly from Beirut, has been closed since
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    • 194 7 OAKLAND, California. Thurs. (UP I) Former Oakland Mayor John C. Houlihan was sentenced to state prison yesterday for stealing U5595,799 from the estate of a wealthy widow. Mr. Houlihan, 56, mayor of the 370.000-population city from 1961 until his resignation last year, had pleaded
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    • 197 7 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Charles Chaplin brought his own cheering section his family to London yesterday to attend the world premiere tonight of his first film in 10 years, "A Countess from Hong Kong." They will be part of the most distinguished audience of the
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    • 157 7 WASHINGTON. Thura, (AP) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday It has approved a standby arrangement under which the Philippines may draw the equivalent o( US$55 million during the next year. The IMF said the arrangement It designed to provide the government with
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    • 123 7 BOSTON. Thurs. (UPD— More than 900 persons thronged Trinity Church In Copley square yesterday for a memorial service for Christian A. Herter, former. Secretary of State and twice Governor of Massachusetts. Mr. Herter died at his home in Washington last Friday. He was 71. Gov. John.
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    • 42 7 BERKELEY, California, Thurs. (UPI) The California Health Department reported yesterday that fallout increased sharply but not dangerously in the state during the past few days, apparently as the result of the Chinese nuclear test on Dtc. 28.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 136 6 h FROM Reykjavik ICELANP TO SOUTH AMERICA,THE THRUSH' ORGAHrZATiON WAS IN' STRANGE, MYSTERIOUS ACTION.' SOMETHING I OF WORLP-SHAKIN© PROPORTIONS WAS ABOUT TO BREAK.' BUT WHAT |VAS THIS TOP SECRET? WHO, HOW AMP WHERE WOULP THEY STRIKEi THESE WERE THE VITAL QUESTIONS t 'ALEXANDER WAVERLT I SOUGHT TO ANSWER AS HE
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  • 349 8 annual floods have come to the East Coast and other parts of West Malaysia bringing in their train evacuation of kampong folks and destruction of crops. When nature causes this havoc it would appear that man is helpless. In the States of Kelantan and Trengganu, when the change
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  • 345 8 £VER since the National Land Finance Cooperative Society was formed it has raised the hackles of the plantation unions. The society buys large estates and sell shares to the estate workers who, instead of being sacked, are employed in the estates of which they are part owners.
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  • 974 8  -  AN ANGLO-AMERICAN COMPUTER WAR? IT could be called that, the computer man said. Buf "War of Independence" would be more appropriate.; By: HARRY HOBBS The resurgent industry in the past year ousted the U.S. giants from their dominance of the domestic market, and
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  • 894 8  -  Louis Halasz IT HAS taken ten years for the International Atomic Energy to reach the point where there is a growing international demand for extensive use of it. Although this recognition of the importance of the UN effort to organise nuclear energy for peaceful
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    • 201 8 COURTROOM By Henry B. Hothblatt (Authori "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") IJIRAM, a potato farmer, secured a loan from Dale's Bank in order that he might continue to operate his farm. His brother, Bert, loaned him money to tide him over so that he could sell his potatoes. The
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
    • 163 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. <UPI) Steel Industry leaders predict a good but not a record year for steel in 1967. Bethlehem Bteel Corp. Chairman. Mr. Edmund F. Martin estimated that 1967 steel consumption "will continue at a high level In 1967. only slightly below 1966s
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    • 75 9 TURIN. Italy. Thurs. YAP) Fiat, Italy's biggest car raker, has said it produced 1.178.000 vehicles during 1966. Sales ammounted to 1.045 billion lire $1 672.000.000. In its announcement, prepared for stockholders. Fiat said both sales and production showed an increase of 16 per cent over 1965. Fiat
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    • 14 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Hn price for today was $6OO per picul, down 3/8.
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    • 123 9 STOCKHOLM. Thurs. Volvo. Sweden's largest car manufacturers, report an increase in parent company sales of 1.5 per cent to Kr. 989 million (£69.000,000, $192,000,000) in the first half of this year compared with January-Jun 1965. Group sales were up by about 5 per cent. Home market
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    • 104 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPP The British American Tobacco Co. (BAT) has launched a £23.5 million (US$65.B million) bid for Yardley Ltd., the perfume and cosmetics firm. The perfume concern formed In 1770 has large sales In the United States. In the United States BAT owns the
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    • 22 9 HONGKONG, Thurs. (UPI) —Money quotations: HK53.*****/5.725 per US dollar for cash HK515.99 per pound sterling HK5266.25 per tael gold.
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    • 447 9  -  By JOSEPH R. COYNE WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) Secretary of Com- merce, Mr. John T. Connor has predicted a seventh straight year of economic expansion in 1967. In his annual economic outlook and year-end review, Mr. Connor avoided any mention of passible increased taxes next
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    • 115 9 STOCKHOLM. Thurs. Mr. Victor Hasselblad. Swedish industrialist and the man behind the Hasselbald camera, has been awarded a plaque by the American magazine US Camera in recognition of the services rendered by his camera equipment on the Gemini space project. The cameras have been used
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    • 78 9 STOCKHOLM. Thurs. About 2 million mink fur* will be produced in Sweden this year, according to a Tecent survey. About 90 per cent of these will be exported. Mink is entirely predominating in Swedish fur breeding, 99 per cent of the breeding animals being
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    • 680 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Matsushita and Central Sugars again dominated the day's active on the Stock Exchange. But prices tended to ease in both the counters. Business in Central Sugars was done from $1 45 to $1.40 but later it was firming up again to close at
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    • 357 9 Rubber up cent SINGAPORE. Ttaurs. January first grade rubber buyer* f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 59ft cents per lb., up i cent previous close. The tone was Quiet but steady. The opening was lower and after some initial easiness triggered by upcountry sellers,
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    • 26 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI)— Rubber opened quietly steady with No. 1 RSS spot 18-5/16 18-1/2. No. 1 RSS spot CIF basis ports Jan. 17-7/8 18.
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    • 702 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 091 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.50 a.m. Airline JL 7.12 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MAS ISI from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 451 from Kurtilng. Time 10 .11 a.m. Airline MSA 005 from Penang.
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    • 94 9 A new British 'mini-shop-per vehicle the batterypowered three-wheeler "Trilex" being driven through a town In Kent. England, on a week-end shopping expedition by a mini- skirted dancer "Flick" (Felicity) Colby, of New York City. The "Trl-lex" was invented by British electronics engineer David Fox 26. of Sidcup, Kent. Easy to
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    • 464 9 INDUSTRIAL a Rnu»tnd CD 1.60 Central Suture XD 1.44 Chemical fn 1.81 Cold Hloriff XII... .1.02 Dunlop \1t 2JI2 E. 4.0* t>«O Orrt* 3. OH f**0 Pref. 1 .OO Kltxpatrlek* 1.40 r. ft V Ord*. S IR Gammon 1..11 O.F. ure (■ulnnH* XD *.07 Hume Pref llulrl
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    • 60 9 (MNtiKcrr* prlc**) is* Hr«! M rt In sun XD 3.10 Hrri»nd Milavin \I» 1.4* u» Third MMUI> on I.A8 1.10 XiUyMan fnminprit .M M Mai. Fund l.2» l.so Mtcrllnc Corn modi t) S/» 4/4 Flrn llonjf Knni 100 tor,* Si-r<iiul Hong K«nc .70 .74* MiilftttUn lmr*tment I'nnd 00
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    • 116 9 ftlNOAPANK. Thur*. Mnia noon prlrw too a* were. Buyer* ttellera Coconut oil <IOI»> Hum mm 44.00 Coconut oil (IOll> lirutn« 4A.30 Loom? Copra Mixed fife Jun. 27.75 Bmar (Java) «.Y»0 fxiiMlnun X ill till*!* II (hi {•O.IMI Nuiiiim* H A «.V0o Garbled Lampong Black Pepper lldll) 120.W0 Pepprr Black
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    • 58 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Canada: Buying T.T. 3211/16; Airmail O.D 32-13/16; 90 d/st. 33-5/16 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: New York 32-7/16; Holland Guilders 117-1/8; Swiss Francg 140-1/2; Belfian Francs 1620; French
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    • 195 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today Godowns Vessels 1/2 Priam 3/4 Rajula 5 Deelock 6/7 City of Lancaster 10/11 Pyrrhut 13/.4 Straat Lemeire 15/16 Ben alder 18 Polyphemus 19 Colombo Maru 21/22 Katong 23/24 Mikasa Maru 25/26 Meiwa Maru 27/28 Sipsah 29/30
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  • 193 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Kaum Ibu UMNO Malaysia have presented more than 7,000 "Hari Raya" food parcels to the Malaysian Armed Forces now serving in East Malaysia. The Kaum Ibu national leader, Tan Sri Fatimah Hashim said here today that the gift was
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  • 104 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A five-day joint meeting of the Malaysian and Philippine Committees on antismuggling will be held in Kuala Lumpur from tomorrow. The meeting will be held in committee room No. 2, Parliament Building, and will open at 10.30 a.m. on Friday. Leading the Malaysian team
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  • 35 10 PENANG. Thurs. A civil engineer. Tan Kheng \eang. 57, lost a television set valued at $6OO and a $2OO sewing machine when thieves broke into his residence in Free School Road last night.
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  • 25 10 PENANG. Thurs. The Penang Junior Chamber will hold its installation dinner end dance at Metro, Hotel International, at 7.30 p.m. on Jan. 14.
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  • 261 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Pedestrians were the victims in the majority of the fatal accidents which occurred in the Federal capital last year. According to statistics given by the Selangor Traffic Chief, Enche Mansor bin Mohamed Noor, of the 99 fatal accidents here last year,
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  • 34 10 TANJONG MALIM, Thurs. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr. R. Thambipillai, has a3sumed duties as O.C.P.D. of the Slim River Police District. A well-known sportsman, Mr. Pillai was formerly O.CP.D., Tapah.
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  • 179 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A seven-man delegation of dismissed estate workers* from the Bckit Asahan Estate in Malacca yesterday told the Minister of Labour, Mr. V. Manickavasagam, that they had no choice but to continue picketing outside his office unless the Minister referred the issue to arbitration
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  • 339 10  -  By PERCY JOSEPH A church bell marked 1812 and stamped "Berlin" and hanging from the belfrey of a church in Kudat, Sabah, is causing some sleepless nights to both the parishioners of the church as well as the public, as to its origin and
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  • 118 10 MALACCA, Thurs. The Chief Minister of Malacca, Enche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba. is to make a last effort to set at those children who have still not registered for secondary education. He disclosed this here last evening when he handed out allowances totalling $B,OOO
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  • 54 10 PENANG. Thurs. Two gangsters, one belonging to the "Canary Gang" and the other from "Jee Leng Hor" were restricted to Bukit Mertajam for a period of three years yesterday. Another. a 45-year-old hotel-keeper, was restricted to Kuala Lipis for three years. All of them were restricted under the
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  • 341 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Full-time students and trainees from other countries in Britain during 1965-66 numbered 71,387 an increase of 2,900 "on the previous year, according to a booklet published by the British Council. In 10 years the total has risen by 41.387. says
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  • 949 10 SYDNEY, Thurs. Pilots of the next decade will become more and more system monitors, according to Trans World Airlines' director of medical service* and safety engineering, Dr. C.C- Gullett. Dr. Gullett made this prediction in a paper "Aircrew Selection Techniques" at the international meeting on aerospace
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  • 137 10 PENANG, Thurs. The Methodist Boys' School here will have one of the biggest school libraries in West Malaysia when its library buildinf is ready f° r use. Work on the new library block has started and the building is expected to
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 110 10 COURTROOM By Her.ry B. RothbUtt (Author, "Handbook of E»l#«nc« tor Criminal Trlala") NO. "Mere suspicion of insolvency is not enough to avoid a transfer of propertythe Court held. "But on the other hand, actual knowledge of insolvency is not required. But here the facts concerning the financial condition of the
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  • 225 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Alliance has been trying to make Malaysia "a better and happier place for everybody irrespective of race or religion." The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. said this tonight at a mass rally here In connection with the coming by-election in
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  • 85 11 FENANG. Thurs. Six thugs aremed with knives boarded the German vessel, 'Hamburg.' lying in the harbour here and robbed the ship of 300 lbs. of metal ore, valued at more than $3,500, yesterday. The ship's watchman. Ibranim bin Ismail, said at about 5.30 a.m. the robbers
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  • 235 11 PENANG. Thurs. Notorious smugglers, who "migrated" south to escape the Customs roundup here last year, are reported to be staging a come-back to North Malaya. The Assistant Comptroller of Customs (Preventive), Northern Region, En c he Hood bin Dato Haji Ahmad, who confirmed
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  • 126 11 IPOH, Thurs. A courting couole was pounced upon in the Coronation Park here last night by two armed men and robbed of their personal belongings. One of the men was. however, later caught by a police constable after a chase. Low King Kong and
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  • 100 11 KAMPAK. Thurs. The MP. for Kampar, Mr. Toh Theam Hock is to make renewed efforts to the Central Government to improve health and medical facilities here. Mr. Toh. following complaints from residents about inadequate hospital facilities, today made a tour of the General Hospital here. He
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  • 185 11 PENANG, Thurs. The National Union of Telecoms Employees, Penan;, has sent a telegram to the Principal Establishment Officer requesting him to pay personal attention to double rate housing allowance for Government servants in George Town and Butterworth and 1| times for those in
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  • 52 11 PENANG. Thurs. The problem of easing the housing shortage among the lowest income group and clearance of slum areas within the city, must be tackled relentlessly and whh vigour. This was stressed by the City Architect and Building Surveyor, Mr. Toh Kheng Hoon, in his annual report on
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  • 435 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Alliance Government is a pragmatic Government which practised the principle of democratic-nationa-lism for the interest of the nation, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said tonight. He was speaking at an Alliance rally held at Sultan Sulalman Club, Kampong
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  • 63 11 MUAR. Thurs. As from January this year, all criminal trials are to be held in the Johore Bahru High Court, the Eastern Sun learned today. A top-level Government source said the Muar High Court will only hold civil cases. The Muar and the Johore
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  • 195 11 KAJANG, Thurs. A move is underway here to convene a meeting to hold a fresh election to appoint a new set of officials to manage the affairs of the Kajang M.I.C. The people initiating the move to hold the meeting are Mr. A.N. Shanmugam
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  • 87 11 IPOH. Thurs. The Sultan of Perak will be guest of honour at the installation banquet and ball, the joint social function of both the Junior Chamber of West Malaysia and the Junior Chamber of Ipoh on Saturday night. The function, a glittering affair for the new
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  • 72 11 JAKARTA Among the diplomats and dignitaries who attended the New Year's Day reception given by President Sukarno at Merdeka Palace were the liaison officers of Malaysia and Singapore. Picture shows Sukarno wishing Singapore's liaison officer, Rldiwan Dzafir, a happy New Year. UPI photo. UPI photo.
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  • 46 11 PENANG. Thurs An airline manager. Jamee R Shock. 36. reported the loss of his wrist watch valued at $1,300 yesterdr7. He said that he went tor a swim at Batu Ferringhi on Christmas Day leaving his watch together with his clothings on the beach.
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  • 171 11 TELOK ANSON, Thurs. Nationalisation of all foreign-owned plantations was urged in a resolution adopted at the emergency meeting of the Teluk Anson Parliamentary Constituency of the Malavsimn Indian Congress yesterday. The president, Mr. R. Q. Samy, who chaired the meeting which was attended by
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  • 192 11 MUAR. Thurs. A widow here, destitute since the death of her husband, had no choice but to terminate the education of three of her children or see them starve. Madam Khoo Geok Khim, the "Muar Widow", confessed today that her small savings were running low and
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  • 184 11 KAMPAB, Thurs. A retired Headmaster and Scouter for 42 yaars hopes to revive the declining Rover Scout movement in Perak. He is Tuan Haji Abdullah bin H. M. Salleh. 63, former Headmaster of the Gopeng Government English Scnool, who said that the aim was to
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  • 84 11 MUAR, Thurs.—An Alliance Town Councillor, Enche Bachok bin Kassim, has been appointed Acting President of the Muar Town Council pending the arrival of a new District Officer. It is a usual pvaetice of the District Officer io act as the President of the Muar
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  • EASTERN SUN'S FEATURE
    • 1373 12 Nelson Column deal —his greatest 'salesmanship' THERE is something fascinating about 1 confidence tricksters. Whatever else is said of them, it is a fact that they can nearly always be relied upon to provide a touch of humour whilst about their activities. Indeed/ many
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    • 930 12  - One of five Frenchmen anti semites Fourth Republic BY BERNARD KAPLAN p A R I S, Thurs. 1 (NANA) France's frequently asserted pride in a national absence of race prejudice has received a severe jolt from the publication of an opinion survey which suggests that at least one-fifth of all
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    • 1313 12 FOR downright A cheek and acting ability there was one man operating in Europe just before the Second World War who was almost the equal of Arthur "Salesman" Ferguson. Like most of these confidence men, he was a likeable rogue, a criminal whose exploits provided many
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    • 620 13  -  BY ANN COTTRELL FREE WASHINGTON, Thurs. (NANA) Bird watchers Have finally been given official recognition just like hunters by the U.S. Government. A freshly-completed U.S. Census Bureau survey shows that the people who carry binoculars or cameras instead of guns into the fields and woods, now
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    • 614 13  -  By: LOU SCHNEIDER CMART MONEY individuals of vast wealth, don't go along with the enthusiasm of Gardner Ackley, Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, who predicts prosperity all through 1967, no recession, and an easing in inflationary pressures. Smart Money is knowledgeable in the
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    • 393 13 To your good health BY JOSEPH G. MOLNER. M.D DEAR Dr. Molner: My husband and I are in our 60's. He is totally deaf in in one ear but has extra good hearing in the other. Our problem is that every time I speak
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  • 120 14 Flyweight title is only on loan Joe Gans GLASGOW, Scotland, Thurs. (AP) When Walter McGowan, who lost his world flyweight boxing title to Chartchai Chionoi in Thailand, returned home on Tuesday, his fathermanager Joe Gans told welcomers: "You can say the world championship is only out on loan at the
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  • 404 14  -  By: M. T. Lingam KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Royal Malaysian Police who showed up well in the field of sports during 1966 are hoping to make a bigger impact in Malaysian sports this year. Their top athlete was "gold-getter" Nashatar Singh. On the hockey
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  • 160 14 UTRECHT, Netherlands, Thurs. (AP) Olympic judo champion Anton Geesink said yesterday that he suggested to the Japanese Olympic Committee to make an effort to have judo included in the Olympic Winter Games which will be staged in Saporo, Japan, in 1972. Geesink's letter stressed
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  • 106 14 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Port of Singapore Authority, one of the youngest hockey clubs in the Republic have been promoted to Division 1 for the coming season. The PSA who won the Singapore Hockey Association Division II title were well ahead of the nearest rival
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  • 193 14 CALCUTTA, Thurs. (AP) West Indian cricket skipper Garfield Sobers, in an interview with the Associated Press yesterday, denied reports of a romance with an Indian film starlet. Sobers is currently acknowledged to be the world's greatest cricket allrounder. His name had been linked with a
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  • 136 14 PORT ELIZABETH. South Africa, Thurs. (AFP) Upsets in the Eastern Province Tennis Championships here yesterday were the defeats of Britain's Ginny Wade and Roland Barnes of Brazil. Miss Wade was put out of the women's singles in a third round encounter with home
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  • 141 14 SINGAPORE, Thurs.—The Singapore Hockey Association has called for entries for the 1966-67 Knock-out Competition. The competition is expected to be held sometime early next month. The Knock-out Competition will consist of two divisions—the senior division for the Sir George Oehlers Cup and the junior
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  • 89 14 MANILA. Thurs. (AFP) Two ranking Filipino boxers, bantamweight Alberto Reyes and junior lightweight Jessie Del Valle, will leave for Tokyo tomorrow to fulfill their commitments at the Korakuen Stadium, promoter Armando Besa said here. Reyes, ranked No. 5 in The Philippines, will meet
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  • Article, Illustration
    42 14 GUESS who? He's none other than R.Suppiah, a coach of Malaysia's athletes who took part In the recent Asian Games. Mr. Suppiah sporting: a cap bedecked with various sourvenir medals was snapped as he appeared in Banfkok. UPI UPI photo.
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  • 181 14 MOSCOW, Thurs. (UPI) Politics bounced into women's volleyball yesterday with a threat to boycott the tournament unless the Japanese hosts call all Communist nations by their formal names. The Soviet Volleyball Federation issued a warning that its women's team might pull out of
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  • 129 14 DENVER, Thurs. (UPI) Mayor Tom Currigan said he was "very confident" Denver would receive the U.S. designation as the nations entry in the competition to host the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Currigan said it would be particularly appropriate since 1976 would mark
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  • 234 14 TOKYO, Thurs. (AFP) Orient welterweight boxing champion Apedji Sithiran of Thailand will stake his title against Japan's Musashi Nakano, the Orient's firstranking welterweight in Tokyo on January 8. The 12-round title bout to be staged at the Korakuen Boxing Hall will be televised
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  • 64 14 MILAN. Italy. Thuir (AP) The manager ot world flyweight champion Chartchai Chionol of Thailand, last night denied reports that the champion would fight Mexican Alacran Efren Torres next February. Manager Umberto Brarchini, an Italian, said Torre? camp proposed a bout in Mexico City on Feb. 12.
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  • 1245 15  -  By Charles Berger MELBOURNE, Australia, Thurs. Australia won the Davis Cup for the twenty-first time by clinching the 1966 Challenge Round against India four rubbers to one at Kooyong, Melbourne, on December 26, 27 and 28. By retaining the Cup, Australia increased its lead over
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  • 184 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Five hundred delegates of Malaysian Hindu youths from various parts of West Malaysia will participate in the eight Pan-Malaysian Hindu Youth convention here in April. Kuala Lumpur District Hindu Youth organisation will be hosts. Highlights of this bi-an-nual event will
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  • 165 15 IPOH. Thurs. The Perak Turf Club's Amateur Meeting will be held at the Ipoh Race Course on Saturday, Feb. 4. There will be seven races. Entries close at 11 a m. on Thursday. Jan. 26 at the Secretary's Office, P.C.A.D.A. Building ground floor,
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  • 437 15 SECOND TEST CALCUTTA, Thurs. (AFP) The touring West Indies side crushed India in the Second Cricket Test motch in Calcutta today, winning by an innings and 45 runs. They took only tnr«e days and 67 minutes of the scheduled tire-day match to
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  • 170 15 WELLINGTON, Thurs. (AFP i Current world champion Jack Brabham Is favourite to win the 100mile New Zealand International Automobile Grand Prix over the 1.7-mile Pukukohe Circuit. Auckland, on Saturday. Brabham has won three previous New Zealand Grand Prix. Partnered by New Zealander Denis Hulme.
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  • 99 15 BANGKOK, Thurs. (AP). The Sixth Asian Racing Conference that will discuss matters related to the sport of horse rat ing in Asia opens here tomorrow. Representatives from racing clubs and associations from Australia. India. Japan, Malaysia. New Zealand. Pakistan. The Philippines. Singapore and Thailand will
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  • 49 15 SHE'S only 17 but she has potentials of being a world great. That's Lanny Kaligis (left) of Indonesia. Lanny won a gold medal fof her country in the recently concluded Asian Games in tennis by beating favourite Kasuko Kuromatsu of Japan (right) 6-2, 6-3 in the final. PANA photo.
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  • 384 15 CAPETOWN, Thurs. (AFP) With one da? left for plav, Australia stood on the threshold of winning the Second Test against South Africa at Newlands here a victory which would enable them to draw level at 1-1 in the five match series. When play ended
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  • 138 15  -  By WINDSOR LAD IPOH, Thurs. Budgerigar II (Harbridge) showed striking form when he essily skipped over three furlongs on 38 4/5 sec. on a heavy track here this morning. He finished his work on the sand track. Resourceful (Nelson) was pulling hard at the
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  • 297 16 SBA PICKS THREE FOR 2-DAY MEET SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Badminton Association has been invited to participate in the "Pesta Badminton" tournament to be held at Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur from February 15 to 16 this year. The SB.A.'s management committee which met
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  • 86 16 HASTINGS. England, Thurs. (AFP) Former Soviet world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik took nearly five hours to beat the young Brazilian prodigy Henrique Mecking at the international tournament here yesterday. Mecking. who i s only 14 years old. resigned after the 43rd move
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  • 266 16 LONDON. Thurs. Rapid growth of the interest in boats in Britain has resulted in the production of an immense variety of models suitable for many different purposes and to suit all pockets. This was illustrated at the boat show at Earls Court.
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  • 275 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Second Asian Junior Lawn Tennis Championship to be held here this year will be the biggest tennis carnival to be staged in the country in post-war years. About 12 foreign countries are expected to be represented at this international
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  • 82 16 KAMPAR, Thurs. Perak Chinese Football Association XI will meet Penang Chinese on January 14 at City Stadium in the inter-State Malaysian Chinese Football Association soccer tournament. Perak Chinese beat Selangor Chinese last week by a narrow 4-3 while Penang received a walkover from Kedah.
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  • 256 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Yachting Association will hold its 7th annual round-the-island race starting at Johore Causeway on January 22. The race —an event organised by the Army Club is open to all civilian members of yacht clubs in Singapore. The president of SYA. Mr.
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  • 197 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The President of the Singapore Badminton Association, Mr. Siow Watt Soon, has been named as manager of the five-women badminton team to compete in the inter-zone Heah Joo Siang Cup tie to be played at Penang on January 20. This was unanimously agreed at the
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  • 134 16 SYRACUSE, New York, Thurs. (UPI) Notre Dame was named 1966 college football champion yesterday by the Football Writers Association of America in the only balloting held after the completion of post-season bowl games. The writers panel of ex- perts rated Michigan State No. 2 and
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  • 405 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.—The future of Malaysian tennis is bleak unless the youngsters of the country make a determined effort to take the game seriously, Mr. V. Raja, ratnam, secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malay, sia said today. In an interview wjith Sunsport
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  • 72 16 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. (UPI) Australians Martin Mullgan and Gail Sherrif will take part in the 74th annual Rio De La Plata tennis tournament here in April, it was announced yesterday. The Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club announced preliminary plans for the championship tournament, and
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  • 250 16 LONDON. Thurs (UPI)Daily Mirror boxing wri'er Peter Wilson said yesterday that bantamweight "champion "Fighting" Harada wouid almost certainly retain his world title as long as he continues to defend it ;a Japan with Japanese official! in attendance. Wilson, commenting on Tuesday's fight in
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  • 115 16 BELGRADE. Thurs. (AP) The Yugoslav Tennis Federation yesterday suspended Nikola Pilic. one of the best Yugoslav tenris stars, because he player tournament in South Afrr«The Federation announced it learned Pilic left .or South Africa and sa dhe was earlier told his participation in tournaments Sout-h
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  • 110 16 MEXICO CITY. Thurs(AFP) The 17 sports installations for the Olympic Games her? v -'j have a grand total capaci-. for 284,000 spectators. tK Games Organising Comffli-* tee announced here A capacity breakdown c. the main stadium and sp° r halls gave: Stadium (98.250)
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  • 154 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Hockey Association will hold its annual six-a-side 1967 hockey festival at Dover Road on March. 5. The hon. secretary of S.H.A., Mr. S. Yogarajah, told Sunsport that teams from the services, civilian clubs and army units affiliated to the SHA would
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  • 215 16 LONDON. Thurs. (AFP). The "Daily Sketch", under the pen of cricket writer Peter Smith, commented today on the forthcoming Young England tour or Pakistan. 'Fourteen young English cricketers fly into the unknown when they start their six-week tour of Pakistan on Saturday week. "writes
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  • 80 16 NAIROBI, Thurs. (AFP) World beaters, Kipchoge Keino and Naftali Temu are among Kenya's long distance runners to train for the 1968 Olympics at exactly the same height a s Mexico City. Training and trials will be held at Thomson falls, 120 miles North
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 9 a.m. (5.3 ft.); 9.51 p.m. (6.9 ft.) Port Swettenham: 1.20 a.m. (13.8 ft.) 1.58 p.m. (11.7 ft) Port Dickson: 2.20 a.m. (8 ft.); 2.51 p.m. (6 ft.) Singapore: 6.33 a.m (8.2 ft.); 8.07 p.m. (7.5 ft) Sedili Kechil: 4.32 a.m. (7.3 ft); 6.54 p.m. (6.9
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