Eastern Sun, 18 February 1967

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 209 Saturday, February 18 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 624 1 Clashes in Port Arthur Mao's forces take Kanshu HONG KONG. FRIDAY (UPI) OPPONENTS Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung mobbed public security (police) offices in Kiangsi province day and Army troops were called in to uprising, according chang Radio broadcast last night. The provincial radio said the mob
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  • 233 1 MUAR, Fri. —The flood situation in North Johore took a turn for the worst today causing extensive damage to livestock and orchards, isolating more kampongs and in certain cases entire districts. A warning was sent this morning by the Muar Tangkak Segamat and Yong Peng districts
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  • 183 1 SINGAPORE. Fri. Late tonight at approximately 9.30 p.m. the flood waters at Bukit Timah were still at a level of three to four feet deep. Hundreds of residents along the Bukit Timah stretch of road, from Newton Circus. 3 m.s. Bukit Timah Road to 7 m.s.
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  • 300 1 JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter)—Reliable reports reaching here today gave accounts of dead and wounded left behind following street battles between supporters and opponents of President Sukarno. In Magelang, Central Java. an anti-Sukarno university student died after being seized and tortured by Pres. Sukarno supporters, reliable
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  • 118 1 CHICAGO. Fri. (Reuter) A man who faces execution in the electric chair if his appeal against the death sentence fails, plans to get married here next week. Martin Tajra. 35. has been given permission to marry Mrs. Frances Beatty, a 25-year-old widow with two children. He has been
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  • 26 1 NEW DELHI, Fri. (Reuter) New Delhi was peaceful this morning after a rowdy pre-election night, during which two candidates were arrested and one stabbed.
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  • Parliament round up by Lim Thow Boon & Musa Scully
    • 1309 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Ministry of Information's ultramodern building in Pantai Valley, along the Federal Highway will be officially opened on Aug. 31. Television will move in later a year/ when all the equipment is ready, and radio will follow
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    • 344 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Bill will be introduced in the Oewon Roayat requiring non-citizens to apply for employment passes if they wish to work in Malaysia. This was announced in the Dewan Raayat today by the Minister of Home Affairs,
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    • 293 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. An Alliance backbencher today accused the Straits Times of being "doublefaced." The Straits Times, Haji Mokhtar bin Haji Ismail (All.-Perlis Selatan), said, was belittling the sovereignty and independence of Malaysia. He said the paper was printing a Malaysian Edition for local
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    • 374 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Straits Times "does not come out very well" in its dealings against the Selangor Indian Association, for refusing to deliver its newspapers during the Hari Raya holidays, the DAP Member for Bungsar, Mr. Devan Nair said in the Dewan Ra'ayat this
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    • 243 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federation of X-ray Staff Union today hit bark at the Opposition MPs who accused them of "murdering their fellow citizen" in Parliament yesterday. The secretary general of the union, Mr. Yeo Thiam Hock, denounced the allegations as "most stupied nonsense.*' "Whoever
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    • 239 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Frt Appropriate step? have been taken to cope with the increase in the enrolment of upper secondary schools next year, the Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari said in the Dewan Raayat today. The steps will include
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    • 221 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A Bill to Implement the Workers Social Security Scheme is expected to be tabled in Parliament by mid-year. The Minister for Labour Mr. V. Manickavasagam said this in the Dewan Ra'ayat today. In moving his Ministry's allocation of $6.6 million
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  • 456 3 KUALA LUMPURFri. The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services todav came out in support of the radiographers in the face 0 f criticisms by Members of Parliament on their work to ruie. The president of CUEpACS, Mr. T.
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  • 133 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. Twenty-nine people will be attending a workshop for senior sub-editors to be held at the South-east Asia Press Centre, 203, Jalan Ampang from Monday to March 4. Two of the participants will be from Ceylon. They are Mr. Albert Welivita, 39, a senior
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  • 109 3 KUCHING, Fri. The Chief Minister. Penghulu Tawi Sli yesterday warned the people whose loyalty lay with Peking to leave the country. H e gave this warning at Batu Lintang in the Second Division. The Chief Minister dispelled rumours that the security forces have been arresting people without
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  • 598 3 More for the flood victims KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. More donations to the National Disaster Relief Fund:— Through Minister of Information and Broadcasting:— Hock Heng Co. Ltd., Kuala Lumpur $l,OOO, South Union Co., Ltd., Port Swettenham $5OO, Staff of Radio Malaysia $94 and Ahli2 UMNO dan Pengundi2 diMukim Parit Bakar, Muar
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  • 248 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The exchange of Army personnel between Malaysia and Indonesia would be beneficial to both countries in maintaining the peace said Lt. General A. J. Mokoginta, Commander of Indonesian Army in Sumatra today. He said this at the airport today before
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  • 202 3 kttat a tuMPUR Fri. The Minister of IransPort, Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji u^ ir In tenMalaysian Government "has not the s g te t tion to contribute to a dying airline either csrsss s. self is a dying airline. "Nevertheless, I
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  • 183 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The amounts may not be very sizeable, but barely a day passes without some kind readers sending in some cash for brave 14-year-old Chan Kam Yuen who is the sole supporter of her seven younger brothers and sisters. A stream of donations,
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  • 65 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The world-wide search for a highly-qualified man to head the Federal Industrial Development Authority in Malaysia has at last ended. A top German expert. Dr. Heinz Rudolph, who was at one time a Minister of State in the Federal Republic has agreed
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  • 39 3 KAMPAR, Fri. For the 18,000 people of Tanjong Tuallang, the chore of drawing well water and boiling it for consumption, a dreary chore they have been doing since the end of second world war, is now over.
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  • 54 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. This is a panoramic view of the third stage of the Pantai Hill Housing Development Scheme undertaken by Realty Development Corporation. Located in an area bordered by hills and woods, Pantai Hill is expected to become one of Malaysia's leading residential areas. Eastern
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  • 301 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. —Mohd. Attaur Rahman, a present leader of the Indian delegation and Chairman of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam, is to be India's new High Commissioner in Malaysia. He will succeed Mr. Mustafa Kamil Kidwai who has
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  • 78 3 MUAR, Fri. A householder, Ch u a Keng Chuan, 51, and his wife, Tan Ah Chee, 40, last night sustained serious head injuries when they were slashed by an unknown assailant with an axe in Serom town 10 miles north of here. Both have been admitted
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  • 221 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. THE HONG LEONG FINANCE LTD. which opens its doors tomorrow believes in promoting capital growth and formation with two main purposes in mind. They are to stimulate greater industrial, trade and commercial activity as well as to afford opportunities for the
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  • 99 4 SINGAPORE. F r i. Messrs. Hong Leon* Finance Ltd.. 140-142, Robinson Road. Singapore, has 15 members on its Board of Directors. The Board is headed by Mr. Kwek Hong Png. The other members of the Board are:- Tun Sir H.S. Lee. Dato Wong Shee Fun.
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  • 47 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. A 24-hour telex service between Singapore and Bulgaria is now in operation. The minimum charge for a duration of three minutes is and 512.30 for each additional minute or part thereof. A report charge of 52.15 for calls cancelled will be applied.
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  • 35 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Singapore-Jarkata radiotelephone service is now operating on a revised schedule. The times have been fixed as 8.00 a.m. to 12.30 and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily, except on Sundays.
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  • 397 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. "Americans out of Vietnam" written in Chinese characters on a white banner was produced today in the Second District Court here. The white banner was one of evidence discovered on the morning of Oct. 30. last year.-after Sergepnt Ong Kim Choon arrested
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  • 149 4 SINGAPORE, Fri. Several low-lying areas in Singapore are again under water due to the continuous rain for the past 36 hours. This is the second time this year that floods have hit the island. Two months ago, Singapore was hit by one of the
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  • 331 4 SINGAPORE, Fr i. Hong Leong Finance Ltd. today donated a cheque for $5,000 to help the Government in its efforts to provide better and improved .social services to the people. The cheque was presented to the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs, Mr.
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  • 96 4 SINGAPORE. Fri Police are looking for eyewitnesses to a fatal road accident which occurred at the junction of ~L-ow Hill Road and Keppel Road on Feb. 15 at 5.35 a.m. in which a trisha-rider sustained injuries which proved fatal. The trisha-rider, Lim Ah Mooi, 44.
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  • 97 4 SINGAPORE. Fri—Nomination for candidates for five electoral divisions, made vacant by the resignation of five Barisan Sosialis' MPs, will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday, Feb. 24, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. The constituencies are Bukit Panjang, Jalan Kayu,
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  • 103 4 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Anglo-Chinese School will celebrate its 81st anniversary on March 1 with a parade, march past and a founder's day service at the school in Barker Road. The Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Toh Chin Chye, will review the parade an
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 355 5 SINGAPORE, Frl. The "new tax incentives" Introduced by the Government have attracted a spate of inquiries to the Economic Development Board on investments in new industries. The Minister for Finance, Mr. Lim Kim San, disclosed this when he declared open the Tancho
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  • 50 5 SINGAPORE. Frl. Thieves forced open the backdoor of Hong Liang Co. Ltd., in Kallang Road and got away with building materials valued at $1,635 yesterday. The watchman of the firm. D. Bahaeiar, 56. told the Police that he had secured all the doors before going to sleep.
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  • 303 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. Another joint venture industry Tancho Corporation Ltd. has been set up in the Republic. The participants In this new industry are Tancho Co. Ltd. in Osaka, Japan, and Holden Trading Co. Ltd., of Singapore. The President of Tancho Co.
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  • 98 5 SINGAPORE, Fri.— Police found the body of a male Chinese at the foot of a 16-storey block of flats of the Housing and Development Board at Jalan Membina Barat, on Feb. 15 at 11.20 a.m. Police believe the man jumped from the 16th
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  • 122 5 SINGAPORE. Fri.—The Danish Government has agreed to provide Singapore with technical assistance amounting to some $lBO,OOO to help the Government in the construction of a new abattoir. The assistance will be in the form of: Posting for two years of a veterinary expert in
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  • 1684 5 SINGAPORE, Fri. Sim Boon Chuan, a key witness in the $1.2 million Lee Wah Bank cheating case, told a District Court today that five days after a ''plot" to cheat the bank had been exposed, he was told that he and two of the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 676 5 TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pnlaa Pinanr, 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 laiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. I Singapore viewers, please switch to channel 3 for T.V. Malaysia programmes). fM. V* OPENING ANNCT Prog. Summary. V*\ Mr. W INGLE GOES TO WAR. 141
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 255 6 MANILA, Fri. (UPI). Philippine and U.S. Military aircraft resumed a massive Air search today for four Philippine Air Force (PAF) F-86 Sabrejets which vanished while on a routine training flight North of Manila yesterday. A PAF spokesman said an eight-hour search up to
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    • 77 6 BIRMINGHAM. England. Fri. (UPI) A 1676 atlas by John Speed titled "Theatre of Britain," said to be worth "many hundreds of pounds" disappeared from the city's public reference library here on Monday. Police were searching for a bearded man aged about 30 who filled in a false
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    • 148 6 NEW DELHI, Fri. (UPI) Indian tribesmen went to the polls yesterday. The scene in the second stage of India's six-day general election shifted to Madhya Pradesh state, a huge oval 600 miles wide and 400 miles long on India's map. It was the only state
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    • 63 6 WORCESTER, Massachu•etts, Fri. (UPI) Winds up to 60-miles an hour blew a section of roof off a school yesterday into a playground crowded with children. Six children were injured. The wind-ripped the roof •ection off the Blessed Sacrament School on Pleasant Street and carried it several
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    • 292 6 ROUEN, France, Fri. (AFP). A tough Norman farmer's wife together with seven of her children and a son-in-law appeared in court here yesterday accused of jointly murdering the family's two grandmothers in a cold, macabre plot. Reason for the alleged carefully planned executions: the grandmas were
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    • 56 6 WASHINGTON, Fri. K ing Hassan of Morocco (left) i s greeted on his arrival at the White House by President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson last week. Moroccos King accompanied by his wife and young son and daughter had arrived earlier in Washington for high level talks with the President and
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    • 87 6 MANILA, Fri. (UPI) Philippine House Speaker Mr. Jose B. Laurel Jr. apparently has come to the conclusion that his colleagues are spending money too much too fast. Mr. Laurel yesterday described the financial status of the House of Representatives for the rest of the
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    • 228 6 DALLAS, Texas, Fri. (UPI) Jack Ruby, the killer of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, left an estate estimated at U5525,000 to be divided between two sisters and a nephew. The will, handwritten by Ruby almost 17 years ago. was filed for nrobate on Wednesday by the
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    • 70 6 SYRACUSE, Sicily, Fri (UPI) Italians have used fists, screwdrivers and pistols in traffic arguments. Giovanni Orecchio was the first motorcyclist to be whipped. Orecchio told police he was riding behind a slow car on Wednesday and tooted his horn to ask the driver to speed up or
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    • 180 6 LONDON, Fri. <UPI). The government yesterday pointed to its role during Indonesia's confrontation of Malaysia as "a flne example of what British Forces can do outside of Europe to maintain inter- national stability/' The government, in a White paper on defence estimates for 1967, added,
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    • 49 6 PORTSMOUTH. England. Fri. (UPI) —Two Royal navy submarines collided outside Portsmouth Harbour on Wednesday night, it was announced yesterday. There were no casualties and only slight damage was sustained by the two submarines, the Orpheus and the Opportune. Both are of 1.610 tons standard displacement
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    • 101 6 ST. LOUIS, Missouri. Fri. (UPI) Mr. Walter Riess, a Lutheran minister, and Mr. Edward Melners, a Roman Catholic layman, are asking the Vatican to lift the excommunication on Martin Luther. Luther was responsible for the "Protestant reformation" that split the Catholic church. They said yesterday they
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    • 124 6 Orgies' ship may sent home BONN, Fri. (UPI) The West German government may order the return to West Germany of the hospital ship Helgoland after reports of alleged sex orgies and wild drinking parties aboard the vessel, Health Minister Kaethe Strobel said yesterday. Mrs. Strobel told a radio Interview the
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    • 87 6 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Flying saucies apeared in the sky over Southern England yesterday. Light plane pilot John Stephenson reported to police that six pairs of panties to go with mini-skirts so short they would be indecent without something underneath blew out of his cockpit when ne opened
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    • 443 6 LONDON, Fri. (UPI). Britain yesterday proposed sweeping economy cutbacks in Allied Forces in Germany and said Western Europe should depend primarily on the American nuclear deterrent for its defence. At the same time, it warned that it may reduce its 55,000-man Rhine Army after
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    • 243 6 PHILADELPHIA, Fri. (UPI). —A University of Pennsylvania researcher has predicted that a revolutionary transportation system will be instituted here in three years in which 200,000 rented electric automobiles will be used for around-town trips. Dr. Manfred Altman, director of the University's Institute of Direct
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    • 183 6 WASHINGTON, M. (UPI) Gen. Wallace Nl Greene was reported yesterday to have said some critically needed Marine specialists will be sent back to Vietnam within six months of their previous tour. The Marine Commandant wag addressing the Marine officers wives club at nearby
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    • 144 6 BLACKBURN, England Fri. (UPI) Blackburns official medical health officer has suggested the:? might be a potential danger to unborn babies j their mothers take orapolio vaccine in early preg* nancy. Dr. John Ardley added, however, that his statistics of defects In new-born cables may not
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    • 127 6 TEXARKANA, TV»xas, Fri. (UPI) An artillery shell 14 inches long exploded on an assembly line at an army ordnance plant on Wednesday night killing 11 workers and injuring at least 14. The 105-millimetre shell went off in an assembly and packing room of the Lone
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    • 673 7 MADRID, FrT (AFP) Former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said here yesterday that European unity must be achieved very soon If European states want to avoid coming under the hegemony of the two "Super-powers", the L.S. and the Soviet Union. There should be a serious
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    • 102 7 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Driving in rush-hour traffic is not only hairraising, but also heartscaring, two doctors reported today. Their investigation into the stresses of driving in heavy traffic-reported in the British Medical Journ-al-revealed that the heartbeats of motorists in Trafalgar Square's rushhour quickened to between 100
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    • 229 7 HOUSTON, Texas, Fri (UPI) Singer Eartha Kitt, arrested for refusing to stay away from the body of a heart attack victim, failed to show up In city court yesterday and forfeited US$25 bond. Miss Kitt was arrested in the early morning hours of Feb. 7.
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    • 84 7 MANILA, Fri. (UPI) Three death convicts were executed on the electric chair at the Philippine National Penitentiary yesterday afternoon. Their Piea for a reprieve was rejected by President Marcos to demonstrate the government's firm stand against criminality. It was the first execution in the
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    • 124 7 MANILA. Fri. (UPI) An American medical expert has blamed the backward water supply and sewerage disposal systems In the Philippines for repeated outbreaks of cholera and Intestinal diseases here. Dr. Abel Wolman. consultant to the World Health Organisation and the U.S Public Health Service,
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    • 73 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) A salvage crew announced here yesterday the discovery of the U.S.S. Tecunseh. leader of four Union ironclad vessels, which was sunk in Mobile Bay. Alabama. in 1864 near the end of the American Civil War. The Tecunseh was found buried under 38
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    • 123 7 FORT MONROE Virginia. Fri. (UPI). —The U.S. Army has said it wil step up grenade training to improve the American combat effort in Vietnam. "The warfare in Vietnam lends itself to the extensive use of the grenade," said a spokesman of the U.S. Continental Army
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    • 233 7 UNITED NATIONS Fri. (AP). —The Soviet Union yesterday demanded that Communist countries should be allowed to provide contingents and staff officers for any future U.N. Armed Forces. Soviet Ambassador Nikolai T. Fedorenko told the U. N. special committee on peacekeeping operations that such
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    • 84 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (AFP) Senator Robert Kennedy told th e "New York Post" yesterday he would definitely not stand in 1968 for the presidency or vice-presidency. He told the paper he would back President Johnson and Vice-Presi-dent Humphrey. Mr. Kennedy also called on a group
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    • 65 7 CHICAGO, Fri. (Heuter) Accidents in the home killed 29,000 Americans last year, a four per cent increase over 1965, the National Safety Council reported yesterday. The council attributed the increase to greater longevity, earlier retirement and more leisure time, which meant people spent more time in
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    • 120 7 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Two scarlet-robed judges scribbled furiously yesterday after volunteering to be official court reporters In their own courts. For the first time In 30 years Judges at the High Court lacked shorthand writers to take the official note of evidence and Judgment. So the
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    • 74 7 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. (Reuter) Twop ece bikinis may attract "wolves" on the beach, but they are liable to lure sharks in the water. Dr. Leonard Schultz, a scientist, told a panel here today of the American Institute of Biological Sciences that bathing suits with
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    • 263 7 MILAN, Fri. (AFP).—Count Domenico Agusta, a wealthy Milanese industrialist, was today anxiously awaiting word from his beautiful 21-year old daughter Giovanna Maria who on Monday ran off to Belgium to wed a coloured Brazilian football player. For the count has let it be
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    • 146 7 DETROIT, Michigan, Fri. (AFP). Pope Paul VT yesterday appealed to American Catholic bishops on behalf of "untold millions of our brothers in the human family who have to live their lives without even the basic necessities." In a personal letter published today by
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    • 99 7 AMMAN (Jordan), Fri. (AFP) Two Emirs have given a total of £750.000 pounds sterling to strengthen Jordan's Armed Forces it was announced last night. The Emir of Qatar, Ahmedibn Ali Al Thani, gave £500,000 an official communique said that the gift followed King Hussein of
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    • 97 7 ROME. Fri. (Reuter) Film actress Raquel Welch, who wore an ultra-short dress for her wedding in Paris this week, set an example to families who ruin themselves to give their daughters elaborate bridal gowns, the Rome newspaper Paese Sera said today. "She of all people
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    • 117 7 MANILA, Fri. (AFP) A broken hypodermic needle in a woman school teacher's buttock was discovered through an X-ray film by a physician in a hospital in Cagayan Province, Northern Philippines News Service (PNS) reported yesterday. The news agency report stated that a n X-ray
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    • 43 7 BRUNEI TOWN. Frl. (AFP). —The Brunei government is to retain the service® of Dr. J.S. Gould, its United Nations economic adviser since 1961. Dr. Gould, an American economist, returned this week from leave to serve in Brunei another two years.
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    • 179 7 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Fifteen per cent of science lecturers at nearby Cambridge University are not bright enough to pass exams taken by 11-year-old children, according to the results of a recent intelligence survey. The survey among 148 science dons the historic university's traditional name for
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    • 186 7 WASHINGTON, Fri(UPI) The main doors of the Pentagon were locked for about half an hour yesterday when a shoving, shouting crowd of about 2,500 women tried to storm the entrance, protesting the Vietnam war. The doors were re-opened on the orders of Defence Secretary Mr. Robert
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 37 7 m 1 1 nni SI m by Johnny hnrt I DOMT SUPPOSE >tx> HAVE ANY MONEY? Wjil w a Ori,WEU_....6O.AMEAC> YOU MAV&vfcOR PICK. OF ANYONE ITEM IM THE STORE. y%£7ERS X' &FTSHOP I a 1 iu< it
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  • 441 8 IF power can go to the heads of intellectuals and political and other types of leaders, all the more it can swell the heads of the masses who have not been used to wield any sort of power before. We refer to the trade unionists. Trade
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  • 346 8 TTNTIL a complete overhaul of Government departments Is carried out, public servants will continue to be complacent and to think easy living is their due for life. They do not seem to be interested in the fact their emoluments take up some 40 per cent of the nation's revenue,
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  • 3268 8  -  By: P.P. NARAYANAN General Secretary of the NUPW in a talk to Rotary Club members in Kuaia Lumpur this week. ACCORDING to Ungku Aziz, the term 'fragmentation' is a misnomer, and he has given the term subdivision of estates instead. When you take a
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 53 9 NEW YORK, Fri Mr. Fduardo Z. Romualdez, Cmiilllf of Finance of the Philippines, left by Japan Air Lines from San Francisco for Tokyo and Manila after conferring with officials in Washington D.C. »w York and San Francisco where he planned President Ferdinand Marcos' visit to the
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    • 147 9 New YORK, Fri. (AP) The Stock Market moved irregularly early yesterday in iairlv active trading. Gains and losses were evenly balanced but the industrial average showed a slight gain as it continued to move well below the resistance level of 860 which it penetrated
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    • 111 9 LONDON. Fri. (AP).—The London Stock Market closed steady yesterday after subdued trading. Investors were evaluating the effects of the ceience white paper and the budget estimates announced late in the trading day. The market was dominated by the Imperial Chemical Industries statement, which maintained the dividend but
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    • 55 9 NEW YORK, Fri. (UPI) futures closed 20 to 45 points lower with no sales yesterday. Mar. 20.30 21.00 May 20.75 21.25 J uly 20.90 21.50 Se Pt. 20.90 21.60 Nov. 20.90 21.60 Ja n. 20.90 21.60 Mar. 20.90 21.60 The spot No. 1 RSS was Unchanged at
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    • 405 9 LONDON, Fri. British exports in January reached a new record of £472 million. Imports also rose substantially to £554 million, while re-exports went up marginally to £lB million. The trade deficit, on a balance of payments basis, was reduced to £9 million, compared with
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    • 81 9 CANBERRA, Fri. (UPI) Australia will switch over completely to decimal currency on Aug. 1. Treasurer, Mr. William McMahon said today. Since last Feb. 14. Australia has been operating on a dual currency basis scheduled originally to continue for two years. But he said because of progress in
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    • 47 9 WASHINGTON. Fri. (AP) The United States government sold 35 long tons of tin from surplus stocks yesterday 5 tons of grade A at U551.5425 a pound 20 tons of grade B at U551.5275 a pound, and 10 tons of grade C at U551.5225 a pound.
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    • 244 9 DETROIT, Fri. (UPI) New car sales plummeted 20 per cent during the first 10 days of February, manufacturers reported accelerating an auto industry slump. The "Big Four" auto manufacturers reported their retail sales of new cars during the 10-day period totalled 170,798, down
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    • 303 9 SINGAPORE. Fri.—March first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 56} cents per lb, down cent from previous close. The tone was quiet and slightly easier. A quiet but steadier session ruled during the morning after
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    • 25 9 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Rubber market opened hesitant with No- 1 RSS spot 171 17}. No 1 RSS CIF basis ports March 17 17}.
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE. Fri. The tin price for today was $604-13-1 per picul, up 374 cents.
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    • 847 9 BY OUR MARKET REPORTER SINGAPORE, Fri. I Fairly active conditions prevailed on the Stock Exchange. Generally, Industrial shares were holding steady, while few selective equities continued to edge up slightly. Trading was confined mainly on Central Sugar, Gammon, Malayan Containers. National Iron and United
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    • 27 9 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Tin was quiet. Turnover 25 tons. Spot buyers 1199 sellers 1199-1/2 business nil. 3-months buyers 1202 sellers 1202-1/2 business 1202-1/2. Settlement 1199-1/2.
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    • 890 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 p.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from Kuching. Time 10.55 a.m. Airline MSA 005 from Penang,
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    • 147 9 NEW YORK. Fri. (AP). American Telephone and Telegraph Co., the world's largest corporate enterprise, reported yesterday record 1966 profit of $1,979 billion or $3.69 per share. This compares with $1,796 billion or $3.41 per share, 1965. Operating revenues rose to a record $12,419
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    • 138 9 PARIS, Fri. (Reuter) The French Oil Company Compagnie Francaise Des Petroles has denied reports that its marketing subsidiary total had signed an agreement to supply South Africa with oil. A company spokesman said total was holding talks with the South African government about helping to build
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    • 66 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/10; Airmail O.D. 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33-J credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 355/16; Airmail O.D. 35-7/16; 90 d/st. 36-1/16 credit bills; 36-i trade
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Fri. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK55,735/5.7475 per US dollar for cash HK515.99 per pound sterling HK5264.75 per Uel gold.
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    • 460 9 STOCK EXCHANGE MALAYSIA, S'PORE SINGAPORE Stock Ex- I fhanif bid and affer prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIAL Bonstead B. 1.53 S. C. Sugar 1.91 1.93 Chemical Co. 1.T7 1.78 Cold Storage 3 >0 Punlop (Old) 2.34 E. Smelting 4.26 Esso Ords 3.26 3.30 Fltzpat ricks 1.55
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    • 51 9 (Managers Prices) First Ma la an 2.23 2.33 Second Malayan 1.58 1.68 Third Mala>an 1.16 1.27 The Commerce Industry Fund... J9 1.00 The Savings Fund 1.38 1.48 Malaysian Investment Fund .90 1 00 Sterling Commodity 4/4/7 First Hong Kong... 1.00 l.«5* Second Hong Kong .70 .74* Hong Kong
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    • 120 9 SINGAPORE. Frl. Sinn* pore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices today were; Buyer* Seller* Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 44 00 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums 47.00 Loose Copra -y Mixed Feb/Mar 27.75 Sugar (Java) exgodown 26.25 Nutmegs 110s 456.00 Nutmegs B ,v W 210.00 Garbled Lam pong Black Pepper (FOB) 100.00
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    • 162 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. The following ships are expected in port today:— God owns Vessels. 1/2 Hoegh Cape 3/4 Canberra Maru 5 Andrzej Strug 6/7 Yama 8/9 Straat Lombok 10/11 Gloria Maru 13/14 Straat Fiji 15/16 Cyclops 18 Busuanga 19 Sansei Maru 21/22 Maxwell Brander 23 Kyosho Maru 24 Tjiliwong
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  • HONG LEONG FINANCE LTD
    • 403 10  -  SINGAPORE, Fri By JOHN KAM THE HONG LEONG FINANCE LTD., a public limited company incorporated in the Republic of Singapore, will officially open tomorrow at 2.?0 p.m. at 140-142 Robinson Road here. The young company has an authorised capital of $2O million
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    • 280 11  -  Bj JOHN KAM SINGAPORE, Frl; THE HONG LEONG FINANCE LTD. which opens officially tomorrow, has an effective and well-balanced Board of Directors consisting of men of eminence, high ability, wide and varied experience and known integrity. They include bankers, industrialists, financiers, bank business advisers, prominent
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    • 138 10 OUR SAVINGS PLAN YOUR MONEY WILL BE SAFLAND EACH YEAR YOU WILL SEE IT INCREASING! A»V\V S«> >«»% > A M iMKcn** > na -V 5fS > a S®S2' ft? Sit Al *v;« ?&£2: > A AWV > A A A A A > *4 E > *A 12 >
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    • 80 11 Congratulations Best Wishes to HOKG LEONG FINANCE LTD. from Hup Lee (Shanghai) Furniture Co. &*4 X 25 (Suppliers of all furniture) 56 Victoria Street 74 Victoria Street Singapore. Teh ***** ***** CONGRATULATIONS to Hong Leong Finance Limited from Nassim Co., (S) Limited. (Auctioners, Appraisers Est. Agents) 4 4-1 Collyer Quay,
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    • 126 11 Heartiest HONG LEONC FINANCE LTD. on their officia from SENG HUP ELECTRIC CO., LTD. V.' "J£ f Specialist in Modern Electrical all Designs Colours. Supplier of all Hong Leon* Finance Ltd. Singapore Main Office:« 171, Orchard Road, Singapore, 9. Tels: ***** ***** Branch Office: 246-248, Orchard Road, Singapore, 9. Tel:
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  • SHOW BUSINESS
    • 480 12  -  By: K. S. Sidhu CINGAPORE, Fri. Meet the Kari Karl. They have Been hit by the showbiz bug. They gave up their royal status in Africa for life under the floodlights. Billed as "Kari Kari and the Jungle Dancers" the Kari Kari are
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    • 162 12 SINGAPORE, Fri. A mother and daughter vocal recital gained loud applause recently. For Madam Hwang Phay Ching and her 16-year-old daughter Miss Vivienne Wee it was a day full of applause and appreciation. The recital was held at the Singapore Conference Hall. It displayed an
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    • 325 12 'Hippo Dancing'comedy with a message SINGAPORE. Fri. As its first production for this year, the Singapore Stage Club will provide local theatre enthusiasts with a hilarious comical play entitled, "Hippo Dancing". This three-act comedy by Robert Morley will be staged at the Cultural Centre from Feb. 22 to 25. Robert
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    • 296 12 WASHINGTON, Fri. Leading foreign entertainers will join U.S. stars in a broadcast salute to the Voice of America (VOA), which celebrates its 25th anniversary next Friday (Feb. 24). The two-hour "Performers' Salute" will be broadcast over VOA five times on the anniversary date.
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    • 234 12 SINGAPORE, Fri. The famed Chinese envoy-travel-ler, Admiral Cheng-Ho better known Co the Chinese masses as Sam Pak Kong will be the theme of the 1967 Ball organised by the Malaysian Sociological Research Institute here. The Ball, to be held at the Raffles Hotel
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 175 12 New BULLWORKER A Exerciser for New Strength yir in the FIRST WEEK for all ages. Outdates all previ o u I methods of exercise body building. Used by the Ger- \JHPi man Team for training at pSmor the Tokyo Olympics. Superb for Reducing Waistline. Build a powerful manly physique. Increase
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    • 333 12 TONIGHT EXTENSION r r~fTTWr; 1' t# WINE AND DANCE WITH THE FABULOUS SHOW TIME 10 P.M. and 12.30 A.M. A SIZZLING PRESENTATION OF SONGS AND EXOTIC DANCES ROMANALEE SYD DUGGAN THE SHOW YOU MI ST NOT MISS! LOS CABALLEROS the ACTION Is.m.JoiN SHili 0. N 0. ij. 4<l s c
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  • 7432 13 PENANG, Fri. Following are the Penang Higher School Certificate results. Only successful candidates are mentioned. 4 indicates award of full H.S.C. and 5 indicates award of Statement: PENANG FREE SCHOOL Abdul Shukor bin Ariffln 4. Ahmad Zaini b. Ahmjd Shaarani 4, Aw Seong Chee 4
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    • 55 13 'lll, r V /?»•>.„ "»i KWAN SIA RECORD CO. ..Mi l Uli) l> I*- 4 Ui'-iiiuimmj-r; ar»'ai| .r--7, Ground Floor International Building Orchard Road, Singapore 9. Tel: No. ***** YOUR FAVOURITE RECORDS AVAILABLE POPULAR CLASSICAL JAZZ PRICES VERY REASONABLE (AMPLE FREE PARKING SPACE) POP NEWS: E/P HALA HALA BY CHARLIES
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 256 13 #SHAW ORGANISATION LIDO Phone ***** 10th DAY: 11. 1.45, 4. «30 A 9.15 (No Free List» Yul Brrnner -RETURN OF THE T in Panavision Color l"A) I CAPITOL Phone ***** Now Showing —No Free List! 11 a m.. 1.30 4.ftO, 6.45 A 9.30 p.m. L: La Hua "Goddess of Mercy"
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    • 306 13 _orgamsai io 1 CATHAY ***** Naw Showing! 11, I.l*. i.|t, ».se Giuliann ifirnni EtHtn Stewart "ADIOS GRINGO" Cathay A Filarf: TON! OUT MIDNIGHT! Walt DLsnpr Present* "LT. ROBIN CRI SOF. f.l.jr." Dick Van Dyke Technicolor GALA ***** J N«m Showinf! 4, (.M A |.U OPERATION WHITE SHARK Rodd Dana Eastmancolor
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  • 6226 14 SINGAPORE, Fri. The following are the 1966 Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examination results. The first figure after the name indicates the HSC (Full) result while the second figure in brackets indicates the G.C.E. (4) Indicates that the candidate has been awarded a Higher School Certificate. (The
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 285 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS 20 Words $lO/- (Minimum) WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH. 5 Fort Canning Road, Singapore Worship services at 7.30 a.m., 10.09 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Sunday School for all ages at 8.45 a.m. Junior Church at 10.00 a.m. Everyone Welcome. CHINESE PRESBYTERIAN TRUE WAY Church, 156-B Stirling Road, off
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  • 372 15 Tunku's Cup run wind Bv WINDSOR LAD KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Prince Dino (Subian) and Sporting Gesture II (Posncr), two fancied candidates for the Tunku's Gold Cup on Sunday. were impressive workers on a soft track here this morning. They easily disposed of 3f. in
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  • 85 15 DUBLIN. Fri. (Reuter) Kin Tat. the London-ba.-rd Singapore player, is number one when h* defends his men's singles title in the Irish Open Badminton Chamhere today. The other seeded men in the two-day competition are Alan Parsons (South Africa) and Englishmen Roger Mills
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  • 84 15 SLOUGH, England, Frl. 'Pouter) a soccer club £as banned 18-year-old Patrick Money for rough Play against a girls' team. A spokesman said: "He Just tore into them as r nough they were men expressly asked the to go easy on the girls." Patrick said: "I didn't «°liberately set
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  • 1429 15 Race l: S'pore Yearlings—Dlv. 3,-6 Fur*. 2.00 P.M. 1. 890 2. 783 3. 04 4. 560 5. 906 Easy Money 3v 9 00 Ladies Stable Osman Nazudi 3 Honey Dear Poacher Vilmorin Actor IV 3y 3y 3y 3y 900 9.00 8 13 8.12 Thong Teck Stable Dato
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  • 979 16  -  By Percy Joseph and R.D. Selva KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Ferry Sonneville, Indonesian and Malayan champion of many years ago tonight went down fighting to his younger opponent Tan Aik Huang in two hard-fought straight sets at 15-10, 18-15. The Indonesian, a point before the
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  • 338 16 Far East Circuit gets on route soon MANILA. Fri. (AP) The Far East Golf Circuit five years old and richer than ever, swings through seven Asian capitals starting here next with its international field going after 232,530 dollars cash prizes strung along the way. Teeing-oflf for the Philippine Open Feb.
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  • 192 16 MALACCA. Fri. The Malacca Amateur Football Association will open their annual Victory Cup and under-19 knock-out soccer competition on March 1. Eleven teams will ftght It out for the Victory Cup and five teams will compete in the under-19 tourney. Four of the
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  • 153 16 Palmer fires a 6-under-par at Tuscon tourney TUCSON, Arizona, Fri. (AP) Arnold Palmer showed yesterday he wasn't rusty after a week's layoff from golfing when he fired a six-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke lead after the first round of the US$6O,OOO Tucson Open Golf Tournament. Chuck Courtney had caught
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  • 73 16 SINGAPORE, Fri. The following were elected office-bearers at the first annual general meeting of the Singapore United Estate F.C. held recently. President Enche Yousoff bin Hassan. Vice-President Enche Anwarl bin Imam. Hon. Secretary Enche Awe bin Ludin. Hon. Treasurer Enche Nin bin All. Sports Captain Enche
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  • 111 16 HELSINKI. Fri. (Reuter) Finnish hypnotist Oliver Hawk wants to challenge world heavyweight champion Cassius Clay to a fight if Clay visits Finland next summer He plans to knock out the champion by hypnotism. Hawk. 24. counters Clay's "I'm the greatest. I'm the prettiest" claims
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  • 604 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. (Percy): First class cricket was seen today on Selangor club padang here when the Cricket Club of India thrilled local enthusiasts with their wizardry with bat and ball, and defeated the Malaysian Cricket Association President's XI by seven wickets
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  • 197 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Fri. The Singapore Business F. A. i$ to seek assistance of commercial organisations to help promote Business Houses soccer in the Republic. The association would soon be sending out circulars to various commercial enterprises soliciting their support
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  • 90 16 HONG KONG. Fri. AFP) "Team Hong Kong." the colony's international motor racing group for the Singapore Grand Prix was officially announced today. Mr. Ken Wood. the manager of the team, said the drivers and cars were: Albert Poon (Lotus 23), John Mac Donald (Cooper
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  • 392 16 SAN FRANCISCO, California, Frl. (AP) Ron Clarke, Australia's multi-record-holder, answers the challenges of veteran Jim Grelle and little Jerry Lindgren tonight as their two-mile duel highlights the Golden Gate Invitational Indoor Track Meet. Oregonian Grelle is one of the few men
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  • 107 16 JOHORE BAHRU. Fr: The Johore Shooting Association will organise a three-day "Friendly at the Batu Pahat Shoo ing Range, starting tomorrow. at 9.00 a m A total of four events be held, namely: Clay r*geon, Target Rifle tres). Sporting Rifle ana Pistol Shooting (.22». Mr. George
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  • 168 16 IPOH, Frl. There will be six matches, three singles, one doubles, one mixed doubles and one ladies singles in an exhibition badminton tournament at St. John's ambulance hall on Monday night. The players are top notch shuttlers from Singapore. Thailand. India. Japan
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