Eastern Sun, 6 February 1967

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION E»td. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 199 Monday, February 6 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Pric« 15 cents
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  • 577 1 Opposition told: You are asking for your own death HOMG KONG. SUN. (UPI) Supporters of Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung t form a provisional tionary power or Kweichow province was a step towards establishment of a "new order." Peking Radio last night disclosed formation of a provisional
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  • 90 1 HONG KONG, Sun. The Hong Kong Standard, leading English daily here, in an item entitled "Keeping Mao warm" in its weekly "Tiger Talk" column today, said: "If in your travels, you see Mr. Mao (Tse Tung> sporting a particularly unproletarian kind of overcoat, you will be entitled
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  • 67 1 TAIPEI, Sun. Five out of fix members of a family died last night of food poisoning suffered during dinner at their home at Chiayi in Central Formosa. The victims were Yang Ta. 61. his wife, two sons and a daughter-in-law. The only syrvivor, Yang's eldest son, was
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  • 70 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Selangor police today recovered a pistol during a lightning swoop on the gangland area in Kampong Loke Yew here. Five suspects were also picked up from a coffee shop by the police party who combed the notorious area for more than one hour. It
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  • 204 1 JAKARTA, Sun. (AP) A statement published today indicated a further major break in the oncedominant Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI) which supports President Sukarno. The new split marked a further weakening of President Sukarno's crumbling support in this nation where he was once considered almost
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  • 424 1  -  By Robert Kuan THE Government has been urged to set up a watch-dog committee, responsible for supervising the ever increasing range of food and drugs to curb unethical and malpractices by unscrupulous traders. The call came from the president of the Malayan Medical Association,
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  • 491 2  -  After the floods... By Tai Sing Onn KELANTAN people are no strangers to floods. This is a yearly visitation. But the recent floods—referred to as the worst since 1926 have posed fresh problems which the Kelantan Government and the Central Government
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  • 420 2 KUALA LL'MPUR, Sun. Malaysia's Trade I nion movement, which has predominantly been a post-war development, has come to play its legitimate role in the democratic processes of the country. The movement has made steady progress since 1948. and by the end of 1985. there were
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  • 208 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. To celebrate Waitangi Day (New Zealand's National Day) Mr. R. H. Wade, New Zealand High Commissioner to Malaysia, and Mrs. Wade, will give a reception at 7.00 p.m. on Monday at their official residence at Jalan Pekeliling. Waitangi Day is observed
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  • 142 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Mahjong players at a house at Jalan Sultan here last night had a narrow escape when the main beam supporting the building suddenly collapsed. The falling beam brought along in its wake a shower of bricks and sand as a portion of the wall came
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  • 60 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malaysian Indian Congress here held its annual general meeting recently and elected the following office bearers for the year 1967: President: Mr. I Gurdial Singh, Vice-President: Mr. K. K. Samy, Hon. Secretary: Mr. K. Ramachandran. Hon. Asst. Secretary: Mr. J. Xavier, Hon. Treasurer:
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  • 120 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Robinsons arc still counting their loss from the big burglary yesterday. The initial figure given yesterday was $50,000. Police gave the official figure at $60,000 this morning. It is believed that the figure would go up again as more and more valuables will
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  • 34 2 LUMPUR. Sun.— All is set for the launching of the National Solidarity Week throughout the country on Feb. 8, which coincide with the 64th birthday of the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman.
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  • 98 2 KUCHING, Sun. In ti* First Division last year. 325 minor rural projects wtn completed at a nut of $828,536. This sum represents equivalent of 8R 4 per of the amount fat the minor rural projects programme in the division for the year. The bulk of the
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  • 315 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. "Let's Go 1967", a musical extravaganza produced by the Moral Re-Armament Society of Southeast Asia, is now in Singapore, This extravaganza has a 30-member cast and comprises college and high school students from Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines and Vietnam. The
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  • 278 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Ministry of Health is now faced with the problem of how many ex-public daily rated cleansing workers it should reemploy in view of the "excellent performance" that has been put up by the much smaller Emer- gen c y
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  • 262 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Royal Malaysian Air Force recruiting team will be touring various States in West Malaysia from February 13 to March 1, 1967 to select about 260 young men for serving in the various trades of the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
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  • 70 3 PENANG, Sun. From time Immemorial, famous Chinese paintings have been noted for their subtlety and floral design and many such collections can be found in the great art galleries throughout the world. This was stated by State Executive Councillor, Mr. M.B.A. Zachariah, when he declared open an
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  • 93 3 IPOH, Sun. A large crowd of friends and colleagues attended the farewell dinner here of Mr. Ung Khek Cheow, 55, a senior teacher of the Anderson School Ipoh, who is retiring after 33 years of service. Mr. Ung, popularly known as "uncle" to his pupils, has
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  • 40 3 PENANO, Sun. Unauthorised hawkers, selling Chinese New Year goods outside the Jelutong market, created an uproar this morning when a police party with hawxers' inspectors from the City Council wanted to clear them away trom the site.
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  • 278 4 IN New Zealand's foreign policy five principles are specially important: close collaboration with Britain and the Commonwealth, cooperation with the I nited States, friendly relations with Asian neighbours, special interesi in the welfare of South Pacific countries and laval support for the United Nations. n 1 The
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  • 86 4 Water and grass are the foundations of New Zealand economy. Rich pasturelands for the country's 57 million sheep and its seven million dairy and beef cattle are paramount. More than 90 per cent of New Zealand's export earnings come from wool. meat, cheese, butter and other
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  • 411 4 THAT strange almost grotesque bird, the New Zealand kiwi, is affectionately reErded throughout its native id. It has become the Dominion's emblem bird, and the me of its name by New Zealand fighting force* and sports teams has made it famous througout the world. Unique among
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  • 845 4 ANNIVERSARY OF SIGNING OF TREATY OFWAITANGI PARLIAMENT House in Wellington, the capital city.. The one chamber legislature. the House of ReEresentatives. has 80 memers, four of whom represent Maori electorates. General elections are held every three years. The last was held in November 1986, for which
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 41 5 NEW DELHI. India. Sun. His Majesty King Mohammed Zaheer of Afghanistan holds talks with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi here. Their Majesties the King and Queen of Afghanistan are on a ten-day state visit to India which ends tomorrow. UPI Photo
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    • 174 5 JAKARTA, Sun. (AFP) An agreement on the return of the Dutch-British company "Unilever" to its original owners after being put under government control lince 1962 will be signed here tomorrow, it was learned today. Under the agreement the Unilever company will be handed back to its
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    • 111 5 MANILA. Sun. (AP) An operation for an inflamed gall bladder he underwent on Jan. 24 has not sapped President Marcos' energy and capacity for work. Pres. Marcos has transformed his suite at the Veterans Memorial Hospital (VMH) in nearby Quezon City into a temporary
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    • 83 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (UPI) U.S. officials estimate today 180 Americans are beheld prisoner of war in North Vietnam and by the Vietcong. The estimate followed Friday's disclosure three navy Pilots, previously listed as •Med in action are actually being held captive by the Vietcong. North
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    • 224 5 MANILA, Sun. (AFP). —The Catholic Church hierarchy of the Philippines opened here today a sixday national rural development congress the first of its kind ever held in Asia- Carrying the blessings of the Vatican, the congress has for its main objective the
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    • 55 5 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Sun. (AP) Flash flooding hit some city areas of Sao Paulo state after heavy rains yesterday and authorities feared at least seven dead and 60 missing. There was also flooding in the state of Rio de Janeiro, where two were believed dead
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    • 140 5 MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, Sun. (AP). More than 200 friends, reporters and show business entertainers have been invited to a party formally announcing the engagement of singer actress Connie Stevens and Eddie Fisher. The party will be on Sunday at tne Fontainebleau Hotel's Club Gigi. Mr.
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    • 150 5 TOKYO, Sun. (AP)—The welfare ministry annouced yesterday 298,722 persons are officially classified as 'survivors' of U.S. atom-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Western Japan, during World War 11. A ministry spokesman said the figure, compiled bv a na-tion-wide survey, included 45,543 who had preferred not to be mentioned
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    • 198 5 LONDON, Sun. (AP)—Dr. Shirley Summerskill, British Labour Party MP and medical practitioner said yesterday she will demand withdrawal of the oral contraceptive pill from general sale in Britain pending further tests of its safety. Dr. Summerskill said she will make the dejyiand to Health Minister
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    • 34 5 MEXICO CITY, Sun. "Itt was a microskirt". traffic as dancer Sony Aguilar strolled through Mexico City, The newspaper La Prensa reported yesterday. "That was no miniskirt, the newspaper commented, "It was a microskirt".
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    • 442 5 SAIGON, Sun. (AP) The year of the Horse gives way to the Year of the Goat when the new moon rises on Thursday and Vietnamese are already setting off firecrackers in anticipation of the annual festival they call Tet. Some of the firecrackers are an
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    • 229 5 NEW YORK, Sun. (AP). India will have to abandon its policy of non-alignment soon and send troops to fight beside Americans in Vietnam, a member of Indian's parliament said an interview with the World Journal Tribune. Dr. Gopal Singh, handpicked for parliament
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    • 290 5 MANILA, Sun. (AFP). President F. Marcos declared last night he would use all his powers as president to unite the warring factions within his ruling Nacionalista Party, which has been threatened with a schism following a bitter power struggle in the senate. I The
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    • 210 5 St. GEORGE, Utah, Sun. (UPI) Thyroid glands of children exposed to nuclear fallout here last year have no apparent malignant tissue, according to the public health service. Residents of thi s extreme South Central Utah town were alarmed last spring when they were exposed
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    • 66 5 BANGKOK. Sun. (UPI)— Fifty houses in the provincial town of Prachinburi, 130 miles East of Bangkok, were destroyed in a one-hour fire on Friday afternoon, reports reaching here said today. Damage wa9 estimated at five million baht (US$25O,000). Police reported that fire started at a wooden
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    • 61 5 MANILA. Sun. (AP)—The 1 Philippines will sign the international treaty banning nuclear weapons in space, Foreign Secretary Mr. Narciso Ramos announced yesterday. The signing will take place in Washington, London and Moscow, he added. Thai Ambassador Pramote Hongcharoen will sign for the Philippines in Moscow,
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    • 200 5 MIAMI, Florida, San. (AP). Fidel Castro's sister, Juanita, said yesterday that his recently announced "new society" for Cuba amounts to breaking up Cuban families. r^ U <? der the P lan MiSS Castro said. "Children are separated from the mother so sh e can
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    • 102 5 BANGKOK. Sun. (UPI)— The most wanted bandit of Nakorn Sawan province. Tiger Song Thinsalan, 28, was shot dead in a 10minute gun battle with police, police reported today. Song. who killed Police Major Vibul Lohasiri, Chief of Nakoran Sawan police last September 1966, shot and wounded
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    • 109 6 Maurice Chevalier to retire at 80' DURBAN, South Africa, Sun. (AP) Veteran French entertainer Maurice Chevalier said here he plans retiring on September 12, 1968 "the day I turn 80". He plans another world tour before then. "This is my first announcement of when I plan to retire." he said.
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    • 90 6 PARIS, Sun. (AFP) Colin Jordan's wife, Francoise Dior, arrived in Paris yesterday from Nice where she was released from prison on Friday. Mrs. Jordan, whose, husband heads the British Nazi Movement, served a four month sentence for pasting pro-Nazi posters on the wall of the
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    • 78 6 NEW YORK, Sun. (AP) A 42-year-old American travel agent returned to the United States in the arms of his wife yesterday after being expelled from Czechoslovakia on charges of espionage Smiling, laughing. and hugging his wife, Vladimir Kazan-Komarek described his return as his "greatest moment.' Kazan-Komarek
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    • 174 6 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. (AFP) Floods are now threatening large expanses of South Africa as a result of heavy rains these last days, which have done much to restore the water resources of South Africa, depleted by droughts lasting. in some areas, as much as six
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    • 73 6 MOSCOW, Sun. (AFP) Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is to visit the Soviet Union at the end of this month, said Tass n«w§ agency today. His official visit will start on February 27. An official communique published today said: "The two sides express the hope that
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    • 62 6 BUDAPEST, Hungary, Sun. (AP) President Tito of Yugoslavia ended a three-day visit to Hungary yesterday and a joint communique said he and his Hungarian hosts exchanged views on the international Communist movement. Other topics were the international situation, the task of building socialism in the two countries
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    • 39 6 LUTUWA, INDIA, Sun. A mother and son team up in their search for food, picking jungle beans from the forest. In three years without rain, the village has turned into a desert without promise. UPI UPI photo.
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    • 115 6 CAIRO, Sun. (AP) Communist China has branded the forthcoming AfroAsian peoples solidarity organisation conference as a "sinister conspiracy" and has decided to boycott it, it was officially announced by a Chinese spokesman yesterday. Mr. Liang Keng. chief Communist Chinese delegate to the Afro-Asian secretariat here,
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    • 71 6 MOSCOW, Sun. (AFP) The weekly Za Rubezhom (abroad) today began partial serialisation of William Manchester's book on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, "Death of a President". The magazine said: "Manchester's book is not only interesting for the numerous new details it gives
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    • 363 6 VATICAN CITY, Sun. (AP). Pope Paul VI was reported yesterday to have asked the older cardinals working at the Vatican to resign their posts so he could modernise the Curia. The Pope was said to have suggested that all cardinals over 75 consider
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    • 80 6 MOSCOW, (AFP) The regular Aeroflot airliner from Peking arrived here yesterday, bearing the first contingent of Soviet embassy dependents being evacuated from China. The evacuees were 20 women and 21 children of Soviet diplomats an<j journalists. A crowd of 400 people were waiting to welcome them at
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    • 186 6 CAPETOWN, South Africa. Sun. (AFP) —The multi-racial crew of the U.S. aircraft carrier "Franklin D. Roosevelt" which docked here today will be allowed no shore leave during the ship's stay, it was announced. One of the carrier's officers told a press conference that the
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    • 732 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. (AFP) The Sfan Deportment yesterday refuted to comment on a U.S. newspaper's report that Hanoi agreed in December to hold direct talks with the United States and then withdrew its agree, ment after the U.S. bombing raids against Hanoi's outskirts,
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    • 217 6 PARIS, Sun. (AFP).— The ninth international congress of the "Movement of the European Left" came out strongly in favour of Britain's entry into the Common Market at its opening session here yesterday. Sir Geoffrey Freitas of Britain, president of the assembly of the Council
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    • 94 6 KUWAIT, Sun. (AP) Jordan and Kuwait yesterday pledged to co-operate to foster world peace and support the United Nations, in a joint communique issued at the end of King Hussein's four day official visit. The communique stressed the two countries' belief in non-alignment and need for
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    • 66 6 YugoslavUAR air accord BELGRADE. Sun <AP Yugoslavia ana United Arab Republic J terday signed here a P ihe col on co-operation in field of air traffic betw<« the two countries. The orotocol provid<* 1 possibility for the Arab Airlines" to ex*en p a Cairo-Belgrade line to r cue and vice
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    • 317 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI).-A U.S. Space official d Pn ip<; that the decision to use highly inflammable pure oxvgen in America's spaceships was a compromise based on Russia's lead in missile thrust power. ♦•There were other factors involved," Dr. Edward C. Welsh, executive verrptarv of
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    • 123 7 SANTA FE New Mexico, Sun. (AP) Maj. Gen. Charles G. Sage, 71, World War II commander of the Army's 200 th Artillery at Bataan and Corregidor, died in a Santa Fe Hospital yesterday. ■ne retired general was admitted to the hospital on Dec. 21 for surgery.
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    • 298 7 ARLINGTON Texas. Sun. (UPI) The telephone on a table near the altar rang and the pastor picked it up and said: "This is the Rev. James Weir. We are In Northside Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas." At his side, Barbara Shelton. 34, wearing a
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    • 69 7 TOWCASTER. En g 1 a n d, Sun. (UPI). Lord Penrhyn, Britain's oldest peer, has died at his home here. He was 101. Lord Penrhyn, family name Frank Douglas-Pen-nant, fought as an officer in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in the South African War and World War
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    • 84 7 SEABROOK, Texas. Sun. Ten-year-old BONNIE WHITE weeps as she leaves the memorial services for her father, astronaut Edward White, with her mother, Mrs. PAT WHITE and her brother EDDIE, 13. With Mrs. White is astronaut JAMES McDIVITT. With Bonnie is her uncle JAMES WHITE. Astronaut White was killed on January
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    • 92 7 NAIROBI. Sun. (AFP) Kenyan Vice President and Home Minister Mr. Arap Moi yesterday announced details of a new immigration bill to deal with Asians moving into Kenya from neighbouring Tanzania and daSpeaking in Nyeri, 100 miles North of Nairobi Mr. Moi said that steps would
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    • 152 7 SAIGON,Sun. (AFP) Fires still burned last night at the giant American ammunition depot at Long Binh, 15 miles North of Saigon, more than 24 hours after the initial explosion which sparked them off a U.S. spokesman said. Access to the area was still forbidden but
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    • 442 7 CAPE KENNEDY, Sun. (UPl).—The United States sent a picture taking Scout Satellite on a planned 92-hour voyage to the moon last night to make a final inspection of the most promising Apollo astronaut landing sites. The camera craft, named Lunar Orbiter 3,
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    • 119 7 SANTA ANA. California. Sun. (UPI) —Gilli Lowenstein. 16. of nearby Cypress didn't have a postage stamp, so she drew one. And it worked. The letter was mailed to a friend in Winterhaven. California It arrived with a postmark and no postage due. "What I can't understand."
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    • 123 7 LOS ANGELES. California, Sun. (AP). A meteorologist warns that air pollution could wipe out mankind by the year 2064. Dr. Morris Neiburger of the University of California said "pollution is not only a national problem but has become international in scope." He called for
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    • 169 7 JAKARTA, Sun. (UPI) Richard Stone, United Press International correspondent in Indonesia, yesterday married Murin Marweta Batangtaris of Medan, Sumatra in a ceremony in Jakarta. Mr. Stone, 25. has been serving with UPI in Indonesia since June 4. 1966. He joined UPI in Chicago five years
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    • 65 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. (UPI) The State Department is upset about a treaty being drafted in Mexico City in direct conflict with a nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia. The Mexican treaty provides for nuclear testing for peaceful purposes in Latin America. The U.S. and Soviet Treaty, now
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    • 254 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (AP). Undercover agents posing as students are being used on college campuses to break up the sale of LSD, amphetamines and sleeping pill "goof balls," Dr. James L. Goddard, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said yesterday. "We're not
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    • 92 7 KARACHI, Pakistan. Sun. (AP). —A gang of 20 gunmen broke into a house in a village near Dera Gazi Khan and shot down five members of a family in revenge for a year old murder, according to official reports reaching here yesterday. A 2£ year
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    • Article, Illustration
      51 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. (AP) Harrison E. Salisbury, assistant Managing Editor of the New York Times, tell* of his recent visit to North Vietnam. before Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington. Salisbury said he believed the war is reaching a turning point leading to a negotiated settlement or a "sharp and dangerous
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    • 380 7 NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI). Universities, museums, art dealers, private collectors even two 12-year-old boys yesterday bid almost a quarter million dollars at the first auction ever staged of treasures from a sunken Spanish fleet. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., secured various
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    • 105 7 PARIS, Sun. (AP) A principal attorney in last year's Mehdi Ben Barka political kidnapping trial collapsed in court yesterday and died the second such attorney to do so in the last 24 hours. The latest victim was Rene-William Thorp, 68, former head
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  • 761 8 THE final proposal of the Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce on the settlement of the blood debt is reasonable. Unlike the Jews of Europe who are still trying to track down the Nazi murderers of millions of Jews in Germany during the last war, the Chinese in
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  • 1665 8  -  By Arnold Dibble Charles R. Smith Whot's going on in Red China? What or* the main issues? Who's going to com* out on top? Will Nationalist China's Chiang Kai-Shek got his chance to return to tha China mainland? What's
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  • 593 8  -  By RICHARD L STONE POLITICAL pundits and highly Indonesian sources until March II before President S uk a r no com pietely vanishes politics. The date would mark the first anniversary of 45-year-old General Suharto's rise to power. It was on March 11, 1966, that
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 1728 9 SINGAPORE, Sun, PRIC KS held well although the tone was quieter and the volume less, this was commented by a broker's firm in their weekly market report. This week will see the tail end of the Year of the Horse. It has
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    • 886 9 LONDON SUN. CINCE the debut of the Austin Gipsy in February, 1958. these vehicles have found a place in every part of the globe. They are. in fact, now being assembled in places as far apart as Bankgok and Costa Rica. In most countries where the
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    • 76 9 TOKYO, Japan, Sun. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. of Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture has turned out a deluxe 11-band portable radio which is claimed capable of receiving broadcasts virtually throughout the world. The FR-5000 employs 20 transistors and 14 diodes It covers long short, medium and FM bands.
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    • 101 9 STOCKHOLM. Sun. Company mergers and agreement on collaboration in industry reached a new peak of close on 300 in Sweden in 1986. This is about 25 per cent mora than in the preceding year, according to Mr. Bengt Ryden of the Swedish Industrial Institute for Economic
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    • 120 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. RJ. Reynolds Tobacco Company's three major brands CAMEL (regular), WINSTON and SALEM cigarettes maintained brand leadership in their respective categories in 1966 giving Reynolds the distinction of having three of the four largestselling brands in the USA. In 1966, WINSTON emerged as America's
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    • 113 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. A set of electrical equipment for the first cold strip mill of South Korea has been completed by one of the largest Japanese electrical manufacturer, Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. 1 (Toshiba). Toshiba electrical equipment has made considerable contribution to South
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    • 140 9 NEW YORK. Sun. (APV Prices of Menthol went up for the second successive day as fears grew that supplies from mainland China might be cut off by political •trife there. Brazilian menthol went up 25 cents per pound, from $4.85 to $5 to $5 10
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    • 43 9 KARACHI, Pakistan. Sun. (AP) Asian Development Bank President, Mr. Takeshi Watanabe arrived yesterday on a five-day visit. He told newsmen that his purpose was to select staff for the bank and t< acquaint himself with Pakistan's economic development activities.
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    • 107 9 TOKYO, Sun. (AFP) The Nippon Electric Company has received a 100y--300,000-yen ($280,000) order for telecasting equipment from the Television Broadcasts, Ltd., of Hongkong, it was announced here. The equipment, to be delivered by the end of June, includes two ultrahigh frequency TV transmitters of
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    • 90 9 MANILA, Sun. (AP) A 32-man economic delegation from France will pay a six-day visit to the Philippines starting March 12, the Department of Commerce and Industry (DCI) announced today. DCI said the big delegation would b« composed of businessmen, bankers, financiers and industrialists. The mission will
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    • 896 9 AIR MOVEMENTS S'PORE, K. LUMPUR 'ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from K.L. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline ML 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time »*0 a_m. Airline ML ltl from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 451 from Kuchlnc. Time 19.55 a.m. Airline ML 005 from Penang.
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  • Books
    • 767 10  -  jReuizuted bu 3&L /SinQ j&rtk Like Izaok Walton (he wrote the angler's Bible "THECOMPLEAT ANGLER" three centuries ago) "I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing." And just as Lamb recommended the book to Coleridge because "it breathes the very
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    • 326 10 Not since Lionel Fielden's THE NATURAL BENT (Andre Deutsch. 1960) have I read a book as absorbing, as enthralling as Hal Porter's THE PAPER CHASE (Ang us and Robertson. 305 pp. $A3.25). Like Mr. Fielden, Mr. Porter is following his natural bent even as you and I
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    • 747 10 First something about Kenneth Tynan. But if you read papers from Blighty, you'll already know that he's th e film critic of THE OBSERVER. For the last four years, he has also been Literary Manager of the National Theatre. Mr Tynan was born in Birmingham
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  • 384 11 JOHORE, BAHRU, Sun.—The wife of an Army officer told a Magistrate's Court here today why she promised to allow a lance corporal to spend the night with her in her house. The woman, 18, alleged that the soldier threatened to kill her
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  • 125 11 SINGAPORE, Sun.—The Royal Air Force Changi will present Paul Olefsky, the young and now world famous American cellist, in recital on Saturday, Feb. 11. Olefsky will be accompanied by Miss Gillian Lim, the up-and-coming Singapore pianist, who has just returned from England following five
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  • 102 11 R A.F. HASTINGS of No. 48 Squadron in formation over Fairy Point, Singapore. The squadron will celebrate its Golden Jubilee on March 3 at R.A.F. Changi, Singapore, with a ceremonial parade and fly past. Then the squadron will disband and reform later this year with Hercules Cl3O
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  • 194 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. Singaporeans will will be able to see the "cream" of Indian classical dances on Feb. 6, when India's Aruna Gora performs at the Cultural Centre in Canning Rise. For Gora It will be a wish fulfilled, because she has been waiting for
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  • 433 11 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. A minor reshuffle in the State political machinery is expected soon. This was the implication °f an announcement by the newly-appointed Mentri Besar of Johore, Dato Haji Othman bin Haji Mohamed Saat. He told a Press conference today when he
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  • 122 11 SINGAPORE, Sun A schoolboy. Fong Keng Leong, 16. was killed by a moving lift in a block of flats at Queenstown. when he put his hea«| through a peep-hole in the door outside the lift yesterday. Police said the boy had put his head through the
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  • 73 11 SINGAPORE. Sun. Forty artistes and nine animals of the German National Circus will arrive In Singapore tomorrow. The gala opening performance by this circus will be at at Gay World Stadium on Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. The show Is under the patronage of the Minister
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  • 327 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. —With Chinese New Year just around the corner, shopping centres in Singapore report brisk business —an indication that this year's festive season is going to be bigger, better and brighter. Managers of several department stores and ather shopping centres say that business
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  • 116 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. Three robbers, one armed with a revolver, held up the proprietor of a bar at the junction of Lorong One mnd Jalan Ayer at 1.45 a.m. today and robbed him of $BOO in cash and a cheque amounting to $lOO. The robbers, before
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  • 24 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore Traffic Police recorded 122 road accidents, of which 12 were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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  • 55 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. A woman, Gwang Boon Wha. 32, of Lorong Eight, Geylang, reported to the Police that her handbag containing $l,BOO in cash was missing from her house yesterday. The woman said that she had left her handbag on a table at 6.20 p.m. and 20
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  • Students' Page – All $10 Essay Winners
    • 284 12 AS I flipped over the pages of one of my photograph albums, with the figures "1963-1964'' boldly written on it, many incidents some pleasant and some unpleasant, came back to me quite vividly. During my primary schooldays. I was neither brilliant nor a conscientious pupil.
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    • 222 12 TT is considered hard to make a model school. Perhaps, the image of a good school is created by diligent pupils and dedicated teachers led by an understanding principal. To achieve a good image for the school, there should be co-operation between the pupils and their teachers.
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    • 176 12 IT is an unpleasant experience to be a stranger. This can happen when one is in a new place or attending a function when one is unknown by the majority of those present. It is an accepted fact that a stranger is easily spotted anywhere. Curious
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    • 283 12 IVTO form of sports is a waste of time. To think of it, a school's annual athletic meet is always a glamour event in the school's activities. At every school's athletic meet, there will be cheers for the winners some of whom may even set
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    • 273 12 WAS it a man, a ghost or an illusion which I saw one day? Till today, this experience has always baffled me. It all began one evening while I was walking along a dark lane. To add to this spine-chilling experience, I was alone. This was the
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    • 889 12 I)yHAT are ghosts? According to a dictionary, ghosts are the "spirits of men appearing after death." Ghosts are regarded as the disembodied spirits of people long dead, doomed to walk this earth for some reason or another. Are there really such things as ghosts? If
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    • 569 12 AH Chong is an old childless man who lives next door to me. He has been working as a rubber tapper since he became my neighbour. He and his wife are the only people living in his humble plank house. Every morning, while most of the
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    • 244 13 THOUGH movie-mak-ing is a multi-million-doKar attraction, the tvpe of films being produced nowadays tend to pander to the lust of passion, and sensationalism. The cinemas depend for much of its popularity on pure erotic sensation. Films of the James Bond character and
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    • 440 13 tpVERY COUNTRY must have a government of some sort, or life would be impossible. The primary duties of a government are to protect the life and property of the citixens, to maintain law and order, to settle disputes between citizens in
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    • 291 13 IN a large family of brothers and sisters, there is, usually plenty of fun and amusement. An only child, who has no companion of its own age in the family, is a lonely child. But in a large family, the children are happier, because
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    • 323 13 NOWADAYS scientific knowledge plays an important role in our lives. Science provides us with such modern amenities as radio, television and air-concutioners. Through science we have the modern means of transport. Science also plays an important role in the industries. The machinery
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    • 196 13 LAST year. I celebrated my birthday with a party. Relatives and friends were invited. On that night, everything was prepared and the only thing was to wait for my friends and relatives to arrive. At about seven o'clock some of them began to arrive. They wished
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    • 408 13 WITHOUT enthusiasm, nothing was ever achiev-. Ed," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. How true his words are. If life is to be lived with any degree of success and satisfaction, we need plenty of enthusiasm. It is indeed a necessary ingredient for success. Enthusiasm is the great
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    • 197 13 TIDINESS is one of the many principles which we should adopt and put into practice. In everyday life, in work and in play we should place everything in an orderly fashion. The first step in tidiness begins at home and once we have acquired this
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
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  • 343 14 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Olympic and Sports Council has taken a "stern view" of leakage of reports on international games to the Press. In moving for the implementation of stringent measures to curb such leakages, the Vice-President of the Council, Dr. Chan Ah Kotc,
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  • 32 14 SEREMBAN. Sun. Teams wishing to take part in the N.S. club six-a-side hockey carnival here on Sunday, Feb. 26. are reminded to send in their entries before Feb. 12.
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  • 240 14 DAYTONA BEACH, Florida, Sun. (AP) The Ford factory team has retired one of its Mark II prototypes from the Continental 24hour sports car race, i As the Ferraris from Italy continued to hold the top four positions, the Mark II driven by Ronnie
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  • 138 14 MANILA, Sun. (UPI) Japan and the Philippines yesterday won their opening games In the fournation first Asian Women's softball championship here. Japan defeated Nationalist China, 3-0, in the first match of the day. The Philippines clobbered Hong Kong, 7-1, In the second game. Japan's Noduko Tanaka
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  • 131 14 SINGAPORE, Sun. Ceylon Sports Club, tipped to capture the Singapore Hockey Association Division One League title this season, have hit a postponement snag. Bingapor e Khalsa Association who were drawn to meet CSC in the Division One clash yesterday did not turn up for the
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  • 148 14 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Swiss national soccer u an lT" Chaux de Fonds scheduled for a tour of the Island Republic next week has cancelled its visit to Singapore. This was disclosed to Sunsport by a top official of the Football
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  • 319 14  -  -SPARTA MANAGER By Albert Johnson Singapore, Sun: Mr. V. Vasicek, manager of the Sparta Prague soccer team, stressed the urgent need for expert coaches from abroad to train local footballers. Mr. Vasicek said: 44 If football in Asian countries is to improve, good coaches
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  • 79 14 Junior InterParty shuttle finals SEREMBAN. Sun. The finals of the Junior InterParty Badminton Championships of the N.S. Badminton Association will be played here on Monday at the N.S.C.R.C. indoor stadium commencing at 7 p.m. On Friday Star BP. and Heng Chiew 'A' qualified for the final with victories over Heng
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  • 92 14 United States and Peru women's volleyball teams that participated in the recent world championships, both lost practice games in a doubleheader with Nippon Kokan's team in games held in Yokohama. In the first game NKK defeated the US team 3-0 by scores of 15-3, 15-5 and
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  • 48 14 SEREMBAN, Sun. The inter-ward champions Rahang will meet the Rest in a hockey match here on Monday. Rahang, who retained the title, beat Temiang 5-1 and Lobak 3-1. The Merdeka Trophy for the inter-ward championship will be presented to the champions after this match.
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  • 78 14 SEATTLE, Washington, Sun. (UPI) Mrs Doris Brown of Seattle on Saturday night smashed the world mark for women in the 880-yard run at the Seattle Invitational Indoor track meet, posting a time of 2:08.5. which topped the old mark by 1.2 seconds. Earlier in the evening,
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    • 60 14 TIME AND TIDE Penan;: 12.02 p.m. (5.3 ft.); 11.30 p.m. (66 ft). Port Swettenham: 3.29 a.m. (12.8 ft.); 4.24 p.m. (12.3 ft). Port Dickson: 4.39 a.m. (7.5 ft.); 4.56 p.m. (6.2 ft.). Singapore: 7.49 a.m. (8.1 ft); 10.41 p.m. (7.9 ft.). Sedili KechU: 5.19 a.m. (6.4 ft.); 925 p.m. (7.8
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  • 174 15 BEPPU, KYUSHU, Japan, Sun. (AFP) Kenji Kimihara of Japan today won the Mainichi Marathon, one of Japan's biggest annual races, in an impressive time of two hours, 13 minutes, 33.4 seconds. The Japan Track and Field Association claimed that Kimihara's time was the third best ever
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  • 229 15 SAN DIEGO, California, Sun. (ITI) Tom Von Ruden, San Francisco, set a U.S. record for the 1.000-yard run on Saturday night at the San Diego indoor games. He was clocked at 2.6.06, which is 8/10 seconds off the world record held by Peter Snell
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  • 112 15 SEREMBAN, Sun. N.S. C:ub President's XI beat Vice President's XI by 44 runs at a cricket match here today. The highlight of the match *as a brilliant batting disPay by Lt. Mike Halliwell who. following up yesterday's good knock, scored 47 runs in today's
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  • 103 15 SINGAPORE, Sun. Police Club are leading after the first round In the ?olf competition played at the Island Golf Club courae here today. Results:— B.K. Sen (69 nett); Eddy Fung (71 nftt), Douglas 00l (72), T.M. Cummins (72), Thoa Hul Teck (72). T.S Hughe
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  • 157 15 SINGAPORE. Sun. At the Forces Driving Club Singapore motor cycle scrable meeting today held at Colombo Camp. Ray Harris, riding a Triumph, won three events including both open races. Another successful rider was J. Hudson, who won one race and was placed in three
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  • 219 15 SEREMBAN, Sat—Twelve teams have entered the N.S.H.A. League competition which commences here on Feb. 15. The League will once again be run on a -super-league'' system and will be played on single round basis. Seven teams will compete in the Senior Division while the
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  • 761 15 NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI) When Cassius Mohammed AM Clay does battle with Ernie Terrell for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world on Monday night, (Feb. 6) in Houston's Astrodome, a vitally interested spectator will be a middle-aged businessman who figures he
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  • 318 15 HOUSTON, Texas, Sun. (AP). Even as he pre- tared for Monday's night itle bout with Ernie Terrell, heavyweight champion Cassius Clay appeared to have lined up his next fights for the year. Clay, 25. a solid 4-1 favourite to retain his
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  • 145 15 HOUSTON, Texas, Sun. (AP) Heavyweight champion Casaius nay aeMcm Saturday fro® bow on m a Texan". •This is my home," said the champ after concluding his Anal workoirt for his title ftfht with Ernie Terrell here on Monday night. After the drill
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  • 150 15 RICHMOND, Virginia, Sun. (AP). Top seeded Arthur Ashe of Richmond and fourth-seeded Charles Pasarell of Puerto Rico put on displays of power tennis on Saturday and won their way into the finals of the Fidelity Bankers Invitational Tennis Tournament. Ashe, at 23, America's ranking
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  • 1091 15 S'pore Yearlinss—Div. 1—6 Furs* 123 Eastern Maid Iv 9.00 Low Par 8ut Stable Ahmad 148 Ville 3y 8.12 Bredang Stable Sullivan 328 Beatles 3y 8.07 M s. Lim Kian Huat 8c Kong 928 Conrorde Mun Cheong sy 8.07 Cheng's Kongsi 315 Resourceful 3y 8.05
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  • 113 15 THOMAS CUP BANGKOK, Sun. (UPI) Thailand have confirmed withdrawal from annual Thomas Cup badmin* ton competition, it was an-, nounced on Friday. The original announcement was forwarded recently to Jamaica, against whom Thailand were drawn to play in the first round. But a subsequent offer from a
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  • 65 15 BANGKOK. Sun. (UPI> Thirteen countries have confirmed participation in the 9th international youth soccer tournament to be held here April 15-27. Teams are divided into three groups and top «eeded Thailand, Burma and Israel head each group. Following are the competing nations: Malaysia, Burma, South
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  • 67 15 KAMPAR. Sun. Perak Chinese beat the Kampar Invitation XI 4-2 in a soccer match in aid of the National Disaster Relief Fund, at the Town Padang here this evening Perak Chinese left wing, Chan See Onn, scored a hat-trick in the game two goals in the
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