Eastern Sun, 27 April 1967

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  • Title Section
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    24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 276 Thursday* 27 April 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Girl (20), two boys found dead in room
    376 1  -  WEE HOCK CHYE MALACCA, Wed. A twenty-year old girl was found dead together with two brothers at a house in Tronquerah Street here this morning. At 10.30 a.m. Malacca police found the three dead bodies lying in a pool of blood in
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    Lock icon LABOUR LEADERS DETAINED
    63 1 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Three senior officials of the Labour Party here were chained this evening under the Internal Security Act following demonstrations in protest against the detention of Mr. Karam Singh, legal adviser of c°-re?:stered United Malayar Estate Workers Union. A posse of riot sQuad men c
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    Lock icon £190,000 for a painting
    131 1 LONDON Wed. ißeuter) A New York gallery today paid £190.000 for a Picasso painting, toppling all records for a living artist. The painting, a mother and child from the Spanish-born artist's Blue Period, was auctioned at Sotheby's salesroom here for an anonymous Swiss collector. Mr. David
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    Lock icon MARCOS GALLS FOR JOINT EFFORTS
    512 1 KHIR: TIME NOT ON OUR SIDE (Reuter and AP) MANILA WED. PHILIPPINES President Ferdinand Marcos today called for "joint, concerted and co-ordinated efforts 99 among rich and poor countries to solve the great inequality of the world 9 s societies. Mr. Marcos made the appeal
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    Lock icon THOMPSON: Reward goes up
    91 1 BANGKOK. Wed. (AFP>— The Thai Silk Company, founded by American millionaire businessman James H. Thompson, today boosted to U5525,000 the reward for finding him alive. Mr. Thompson disappeared in the jungles of Cameron Highlands. Malaysia a month ago. The company and Mr. Thompson's relatives were under
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    Lock icon FOUR PLANES SHOT DOWN
    38 1 MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) Four American planes were shot down today as they attacked the North Vietnamese port of Haiphong. firing missiles at the city's central streets, the Soviet news agency TASS reported from Hanoi.
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    Lock icon No delivery on May 1.
    37 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. There will be no delivery of correspondence or parcels on May 1 (May Day). The hours of business at the General Post Office will be from 9 a.m. to noon.
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    Lock icon Well trained union leaders needed—Lee
    377 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today told trade unionists of the importance of having the capacity to change and the determination and ability to adapt to the changing situation. He was addressing the unionists when he declared open the fourth annual
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    Lock icon Shops sacked in Medan
    243 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Anti-Chinese violence had spread to Sumatra, Indonesia's biggest island, the official ANTARA news agency reported today. Indonesian youths last Monday stormed and ransacked Chinese shops and homes in Medan, capital of North Sumatra, it said. The rioters dragged out furniture and shopgoods onto
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    Lock icon A hero's farewell to Cosmonaut Komarov
    257 1 MOSCOW, Wed (Reuter) Russia today pays a hero's farewell to Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov with a full State funeral and burial in the Kremlin Wall. Soviet leaders joined thousands of ordinary Muscovites In the streets around historic Red Square to pay tribute to the first
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      102 3 London-paradise for bird-watchers There are many different species of birds in London, and they come in all sorts of interesting shapes and sizes. So? Migrate there for a holiday. Go by BOAC VCIO or 707, your choice of 8 flights weekly direct or with attractive stopovers on the way. And
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      24 4 "@!"_<[+$-:''/]`$:,\)[;|+%[;+>, _SA\D HEIS NENEfIv SEEM A SETTEfv SPEAKEftTHAH AM HA-HA.' HE WAS DAMN Rv&HT/? GUESS WHAI ISATO_.' GOOD-MIGHT ii--60CD-N\GKT/' sr i 9 < s r. II
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  • Article
    Lock icon DEFENCE PACT
    202 5 Razak to seek British assurance in talks with Healev KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Tun Abdul Razak, will seek an assurance from the British Secretary of State for Defence, Mr. Denis Healey, that Britain would continue to honour her defence pact with
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    Lock icon SULTAN TO OPEN SHOW
    45 5 KUALA LUMPLTR. WedThe Sultan of Selangor will open the exhibition of "arts from other lands" at the Gallery on Friday. Tr.ere will be 75 exhibits or. d:sp!av. including many from Western and Asian countries. The exhibition will last till June 9-
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    Lock icon HEALEY ASSURES UNION: Move to discharge civilians will only be made after talks
    369 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The British Government fully appreciates the difficulties any discharge of locally engaged civilians would create as a result of the reduction of British forces in Malaysia. Any moves in such a direction, however, would
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    Lock icon 200 firms from Taiwan to take part in exhibition
    225 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. About 200 manufacturers and commercial firms from Taiwan will take part in the products exhibition of the Republic of China at the Perak Chinese Recreation Club ground in Ipoh on May 6. Exhibits on show will include textiles
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    Lock icon PPP leader's move to keep out paper from library
    122 5 IPOH. Wed. Enche Samsudin bin Harun. vicepresident of the People's Progressive Party, the ruling party in the Municipal Council here, will move a motion at the full Council meeting tomorrow night that "this Council hereby resolves that the Ipoh Library shall
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    Lock icon MINISTER FOR HONOLULU
    58 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Minister for Local Government and Housing, Mr- Khaw Kai Boh. will lead a Malaysian delegation to attend a 12-day U.S. sponsored conference on urban growth at Honolulu, Hawaii, on Monday. This was announced today by the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak, after
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    Lock icon M.C.A. MEET
    30 5 MENTAKAB, Wed. The Mentakab branch of the Malaysian Chinese Association will hold its first committee meeting at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here on Sunday at 7.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon Rubber processing instructors' course
    212 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Rubber Research Institute of Malaya has organised a rubber processing instructors' diploma course to fulfil a long-standing need of the industry and to enable factory operations to keep in step with the application of the latest research results and modern techniques in
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    Lock icon Confirm or deny challenge by Seeni to Govt.
    158 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The President of the PeoBles Progressive Party, Mr. >.R. Seenivasagam. today challenged the Government to "confirm or deny" tKat senior police officers were being sent to South Vietnam to train American and South Vietnamese forces in jungle warfare. Mr.
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    Lock icon 10 months for thief
    56 5 IPOH. Wed. Wong Chin Yin, 32. unemployed, was sentenced to 10 months' jail on a charge of theft at the Magistrate's Court here today. He was said to have stolen three recording tapes, a woollen sweater and two magazines from a car parked at Leong Sin
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    Lock icon COURT MARTIAL TOLD: Capt. Rahman withdrew large sums of money when there was no need
    816 5  -  By C. F. LEE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The court martial trying former Royal Military College paymaster, Capt. Abdul Rahman bin Samsuree, was today told that he withdrew two large sums of money within two weeks
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      556 5 > roVR TV and j—gMMM 1 > ■> TODAY TV MALAYSIA vH WXEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Pmang; 6 Ipoh and Mflaka: 3 A. 10 Johore Bahru; < Taipinz- 7 Batu Pabat; P Kluang. P.M. 545 Prog. Summapr; Xews Outlines in The Nar i Language; 5.55 National News in
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon To make paper from rubber trees that is
      113 6 TOKYO. Wed. IAP) The Showa Seishi (Paper) Company said it has reached "basic understanding with the Malaysian government for the establishment of an industrial firm in Malaysia to produce chips from over aged rubber trees for paper-making purpose. Showa Seishi said the
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      Lock icon Penny wise, pound foolish
      109 6 NEW LONDON, Connecticut, Wed. (UPI) T.N.M. Lathrop. a Mercedes Bens dealer, hit on what he thought was a great gimmick for a used car sale. Lathrop advertised he would deduct one dollar from the list price of each car for each pound of the customer's weight.
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      Lock icon Mooncraft's unique photo of eclipse
      102 6 PASADENA. California, Wed. (Reuter) America's Surveyor 3 has take a unique photograph of an eclipse as the earth passed between the moon and the sun.. With no intervening layer of atmosphere to obscure the view the craft's television cameras relayed a series of live pictures
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      Lock icon Royal mint moving to Wales
      96 6 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) A new Royal Mint to make Britain's money is to be built at Llantrisant in South Wales to replace the present mint which has stood on Tower Hill in London since 1810. it was announced yesterday. Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr. James
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      Lock icon Congo volcano blows top
      46 6 KINSHASA. Congo. Wed. (UPD The volcano of Katale situated 10 miles north of Lake Kivu in North East Congo erupted on Monday, reports from Bukauu said. There were no details of the eruption or casualties. The volcano last blew off in 1958.
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      Lock icon Psychological war at home says NY Post
      892 6 China says US carrying war to mainland HONG KONG, Wed. (Agencies) The organ of the Red China. Army today accused the United States of trying to "carry the fir? j war to China. The charge came in a commentary published by the Liberation
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      Lock icon Prince Charles at Cambridge from Oct. 8
      236 6 CAMBRIDGE. England, Wed (UPI) The head of Prince Charles future college said yesterday he hopes the heir to the throne will go out with friends for a drink at a pub when he starts at Cambridge on Oct. 8. so he will not
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      Lock icon WELL SAID...
      50 6 SYDNEY. Wed. (AP> Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Rees. of Balmoral Beach. Sydney, received this report on the spring weather in London from their daughter Megan: have to wear your over- coat but instead of feeling cold with an overcoat on. you now feel warm with an overcoat on."
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      Lock icon Immigrants reduced
      71 6 LONDON. Wed (AFP) 1.339 Commonwealth citizens were refused admission into the United Kingdom in 1966. compared with 1.335 during the previous year, according to official figures published here today. The number of labour vouchers made available decreased from 12.880 in 1965 to 5.461 in 1966. There was a
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      Lock icon New Greek Govt. begins moral clean-up
      492 6 'Go to church' youths told ATHENS, Greece. Wed. (I PI). —The new Greek Government, which insists that it is "democratic" has a J ll0 cl *an-up bv banning long hah- (for bo>s) and short skirts (for girls) and urged youths to go to church
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      Lock icon Belief in God cause of Svetlana's defection?
      325 6 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's daughter, will hold her first formal press conference today to explain further her reasons for deserting Russia. The 42-year-old defector's attorneys rented the elegant Hotel Plaza's gilded terrace room for the conference in the best capitalist
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      Lock icon Communist confab move against Bonn's overtures to Eastern bloc
      423 7 KARLOVY VARY. Czecho--slcvakia, Wed. (UPI) Communist parties of East ai./j West Europe joined in Q-rong denunciations of \V Germany, attempting to present a united front against Bonn's drive to improve relations with the Eastern bloc. blowing the lead of 5 iviet
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      Lock icon JFK's last joke on 'zero year'
      226 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP> The fact that many presidents elected in years ending in zero died in office was deI rhred thought-provok-ine" by presidential candidate John. F. Kennedy in a letter made public yesterday. The letter, written in was donated to the Library of
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      Lock icon A-bomb crewman dies at 46
      106 7 DETROIT Wed. (UPI) Robert R. Shumard, one of the crewmen aboard the bomber Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hirosnima. died on Monday of acute leukemia He was 46. Doctors at the Veterans Hospital in suburban Dearborn said they did not
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      Lock icon • This was the scene in the Illinois town of Belvidere last Friday after several tornadoes had ravaged the area – and the whole of the state— in the worst weather catastrophe in the history of Illinois. The final death toll is expected to exceed 100.
      46 7 This was the scene in the Illinois town of Belvidere last Friday after several tornadoes had ravaged the area and the whole of the state in the worst weather catastrophe in the history of Illinois. The final death toll is expected to exceed 100. UPI Photo.
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      Lock icon A virus to out a virus in you
      182 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. (AP) A new approach to fighting virus infections by literally chasing viruses from living cells through a crowding-out technique was envisioned yesterday by a University of Illinois scientist. In effect, it would be something like uninvited relatives ultimately crowding a
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      Lock icon Sea pollution menace to world fisheries
      237 7 ROME. Wed (AFP) A call for international cooperation in the field of fisheries with the view of preserving the natural resources of the sea was made by Mr. W. R. Chapman of the United States, at the Inaugural meeting of the second session of
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      Lock icon Baby No. 2 for Beatle
      76 7 LONDON, Wed. (AP) Ringo Starr, shunning the limelight like all the Beatles these days, made it quietly known yesterday that he's going to be a father for the second time His wife Maureen expects the baby in August, he said. Ringo and Maureen already have
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      Lock icon Miss Denmark...
      59 7 A 20-year-old Danish model Gitte Rhein-Knudsen, who was elected as Miss Denmark 1967 on Aoril 20 in Copenhagen, is beinc happily carried away by her friends Miss Rita Nielsen (left) and Miss Lotte Voifing (right). Miss Denmark 1967 is going to represent Denmark during the annual Miss Europe
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      Lock icon Troops bill accord on Friday
      98 7 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) An agreement between the United States, West Germany and Britain over support costs of the British Army of the Rhine will be signed here on Friday, informed sources said today. Under the agreement all but £lO m of the current cost in
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      Lock icon Moslem news agency
      56 7 KARACHI. Wed. (Reuter) The World Moslem Congress. In a session here, last night agreed in principle to establish a world Moslem news agency. Sixteen delegates from Moslem countries taking part in the conference unanimously approved of the proposal which was referred to the Syrian delegate. Dr. Maroof
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      Lock icon 'The abortion Mecca of the world'
      198 7 DENVER, Colorado, Wed. (UPI) Governor John A. Love today signed a bill to give Colorado the nation's most liberal abortion law. The measure which Mr. Love said had given him "quite a bit of worry," be came law with his signature. Mr. Love, a
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      Lock icon Island bastions for UK-US
      204 7 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) Britain and the United States have signed a 50-year agreement to jointly use recently acquired Indian oceanlands for military purposes, according to a government White Paper published here last night. The official document said the agreement was made last December. The bases will
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      Lock icon Runaway car kills his wife
      119 7 MELBOURNE, (Reuter) As a motorist frantically chased his runaway car in a suburban street here today, it mounted a footpath and ran down his wife. Killed in the freak accident was Mrs. Sebastiana Larussa, 53, a factory worker. Her husband. Mr. Paolo Larussa. 55, a
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      Lock icon Suspense, Tension Delay
      48 7 NEW DELHI. Wed. (AP) Direct telephone dialing service from New Delhi to a few other cities has been inaugurated under the name Subscriber Trunk Dialing. But the System apparently isn't working and one New Delhi newspaper suggested the STD stands for "Suspense. Tension and Delay
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      196 6 THE MAM FROM THE EXPLOSIVE AFFAIR All work and no play makes even a MAN U.H.C.L.B. A DULL 8C AND KNOWING THAT H£ L e E ON SHARP NESS. NAPOLEON SOUO ACCENTED THE BUXDE'S INVITATION TO GO WATER SWING.' NCW, SLALOMiNK? HER SCAT AS fT SPEAKS DOWN LONG ISLAND SOUND,
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    Lock icon TOO MUCH TALK
    495 8 CONFERENCES follow conferences in endless succession. All these conference activities are concerned with the solution of the economic problems of the developing nations of South-east Asia. Each nation tries to better the other by producing impressive plans on paper and talk endlessly about them. Nations that can
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    Lock icon THE HAWKER PROBLEM
    372 8 UNSKILLED and unemployed persons become hawkers in order to earn a living. That is why they are tolerated even though they do not have licences to operate their stalls. Illegal hawkers have swelled to 3,000 in Kuala Lumpur, causing street congestion and obstructing traffic. The K.L. Municipality
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    Lock icon Economic survey of Asia and the Far East
    4823 8 economic performance of the developing conntries in the ECAFE region as a ichole during the period 1960*1965 tens far from satisfactory. Not only did their economic growth, especially on a per capita basis, lag behind that of the other developing regions of
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon IBM scientists develop simple liquid laser
      653 9 YORK TOWN HEIGHTS, New York, Wed. Scientists of International Business Machines Corporation have de/eloped a simple liquid laser which can produce a 'rainbow" of different colours. So ar green, yellow, orange, and red laser light has beei produced, and in principle it should be
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      Lock icon Excessive competition detrimental to indust
      178 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Excess;\e competition through pr.re-cutting can be detrimental to industry. This was stated in Singapore by Mr. A. J. Seabrook, managing director of M.G. Duff Partners Guardion protection equipment, England. Mr Seabrook said that good after-sales service was more important to a buyer, than
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      32 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) Dow-Jones spot commodity price index closed at 136.67 off 0.44. Dow Jones commodity futures index: Open high low close 133.97 133.97 133.48 133.52 off 0.73.
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      Lock icon Tin price
      16 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The tin price for today was $602.37| per picul, uP 62$ cents.
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      Lock icon GIANT COLOUR TV SET
      125 9 TOKYO. Wed. Do you want a giant colour television set like this? If so, it can be yours for between about U.S. $3,333 and U.S. 53.611. The TV set is now displayed at Harumi's Tokyo International Trade Centre where the 7th Tokyo International Trade Fair was
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      Lock icon Aussie delegates' courtesy call
      150 9 Aussie delegates courtesy call KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two representatives of the Australian Industrial Promotion Delegation, Miss Gwen Gosper of the Commercial Department of QANTAS Airways and Miss Anne Houston of the TransAustralia Airlines, paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Transport, Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir, at
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      Lock icon Closing index
      36 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (AP) —New York stock exchange closing index: Market up 27 cents Index 51.08 up 0.27 Industrial 51.66 up 0.36 Transportation 55.42 up 033 Utility 48.10 down 0.07 Finance 48.67 up 0.03
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      Lock icon MART QUIET
      21 9 LONDON, Wed. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 16-15/16 17-1/8. No. 1 RSS CIF basis portsMay 17 17-1/8.
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      Lock icon Rice output up but exports down
      176 9 LONDON, Wed. World rice production in *****967, excluding China, was above the previous season's level but not as high as the record 1964-1965 output, according to the latest rice report issued by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. This recovery largely reflected the improved Indian
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      Lock icon Motor Investments show a rise on Stock Mart
      911 9 Singapore, wed. Business on the Stock Exchange today was at a fairly active pace, but turnover was slightly lower than yesterday's figure. Industrials opened firm then eased off slightly in few selective counters. At the close, however, the tone was still holding
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      24 9 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) —Money Quotations: HK55.*****/5.735 per US dollar for cash. HK$l5 99 per pound sterling. HK5263.0 per taei gold.
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      Lock icon 175th anniversary dinner
      87 9 PENANG. Wed. —The Far East general representative of "4711," Mr. Gunter Kleinsimon, met local dealers at a grand dinner held at the Chopstick Restaurant, Hotel Ambassador recently, to celebrate "4711" 175 th anniversary. Mr. Kleinsimon is here to introduce new products and to promote the finer aspects
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      Lock icon Rubber up 1/8 cent
      291 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. —May first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 57$ cents per lb., up I cent from previous close. The tone was quiet. London advices were rather lower than expected and opening quotations were marked down
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      Lock icon BANK RATES
      75 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-3/4; Airmail O.D. 32-7/8; 90 d/st. 33-1/4 credit bills; 33-5/8 trade bills; Canada; Buying T.T. 351/2; Airmail O.D. 35-5/8; 90 d/st. 36-3/16 credit bills; 36-5/16 trade
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN-UNCHANGED
      470 9 SINGAPORE—8toe* exchange hid and offer price* officially listed ar the close or business INDUSTRIAL Boustead 1.54 1.53 C. Sugar 1.90 Chemical Co. 1.8? 1.83 Cold Storage 3.48 3.50 E. Smelting 1.46 4.54 Esso ()rd>>. CD 3.30 3.32 Fitzpatrtcks 1.55 F. V Ords. 8.96 4.00 Gammon 1.29 1.30 Goodwood
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      58 9 (Manager* Prices) First Malayan 2.32 42 Second Ma la van 1.63 L75 Third Malayan XI) 1.13 1.24 The Commerce Industry Fund 30 1.01 The Saving* Fund \I> 1.36 1.46 Malaysian Investment Fund J)ft t .03 Sterling Commodity XI) 3 4/4 First Hong Kong \D .98 1.03* Second Hong
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      95 9 SINGAPORE. Wrd. Sincapore Chines Produce Exchange noon prices today were: Bayers Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 4.VOO Coconut oil (FOB) Drums 4 7 ..SO Loose Copra Mixed Apr/May 27.50 mm Sugar 'Java) cxgodown 25.25 Nutmegs 110s 380.00 Nutmegs B W 180.00 Garbled l>ampong Black Pepper (FOB) 115.00 Pepper Black
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      Lock icon STOCK INDEX
      34 9 NEW WORK. Wed. (AP) Standard and poors 500 stock index: (close) (net) (change) 425 industrials 100.05 up .63 20 railroads 46.13 unchanged. 55 utilities 72.13 off .31. 500 stocks 93.11 up .49
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      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      147 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. —The following ships are expected to be in port tomorrow. Godowns Vessels 1/2 Lloyd Bakke 3/4 Billitom 5 Barpeta 6/7 Zeeland 8/9 Stentor 13/14 Diomed 15/16 Malaysia 18 Spildra 19 Nichiryu Maru 21/22 Siberoet 23/24 Tung Lee 27/28 Tokuwa Maru 29/30 Amasia 31/32 Polyphemus 33/34 Asia
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS – S'PORE, K. LUMPUR
      887 9 AIR MOVEMENTS S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 1.05 a.m. Airline MSA 02® from Koala Lumpur. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.20 a.m. Airline GIA 982 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.25 a.m. Airline MSA 451 from
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Convicted union leaders fined
      764 10 Suppiah: I didn't know strike was illegal until arrest SINGAPORE, Wed. Seven trade union leaders today were ordered by the Court to pay a $lOO fine each or in default one month's imprisonment for instigating others to take part in an illegal strike on Feb. 1,
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      Lock icon Hundreds pay final respects to 'Grand Old Lady' of Fairfield
      493 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Wesley Methodist Church and its compound were packed with relatives and friends of the late Mrs. Lim Bock Kee, who had assembled there to pay their last respects to a "good grand lady". The funeral service was
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    Lock icon The excuse for killing
    1196 11 THE WOMAN IN THE CASE IT is safe that the murder case involving Madame Fahmy shocked the world in the 'twenties. But it was not so much the crime itself that startled; it was the deep, horrible cruelty of a man s character. If there is
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    Lock icon Cirrhosis & how to treat it
    1613 11  - Cirrhosis how to treat it I j By JOSEPH I. MOLNER, MD. Q: I need information on cirrhosis of the liver. My husband has been a heavy d 'X eors A onee he started to swell. His lips almost doubled. His face swelled and got red. The doctor said it
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    740 11  -  ''JimiMiiiiiiiiijiiiuiiiiiiiuiiiiijjjii CONFIDENT ■LIVINGB By: Norman Vincent Peale "DO not weep. Do not wax indignant. Understand." This advice is from the 17th-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza. That three-point formula was his method for meeting, conquering and defeating misfortune or tough situations* To overcome troubles you have to use
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      378 12 A GOOD library is a mine of information. In it, there are thousands of books on every branch of study. Even the original writings of many great writers of antiquity are sometimes found in a good library. In the past, when man's knowledge of the
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      216 12 AS everyone knows, animals consist of common bears, monkeys, birds, tigers and leopards and even wild boars. But one thing they have forgotten is that there are thousands of species all over the world. In America alone, there are more than five thousand animals. These
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      252 12 IT was a warm night. After my lessons, I went to bed. I woke up when part of the ceiling crashed at my bedroom floor. The room was filled with smoke. I was anxious so I quickly got up and crawled to the window for
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      197 12 A HOUSEFLY is a harmful and dirty insect. It can spread serious sickness like typhoid. The maggot eats the food on where the mother housefly lay- We must keep away the housefly by throwing all rubbish into the dustbin; then bv burying or burning all
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      331 12 THE advantages of air travelling are rather obvious. Speed is the most essential value. A sea voyage of about a fortnight can be speeded up to half the time; a wearisome journey over mountains and deserts may just be a matter of three hours. Air
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      245 12 JOURNALISM can be considered as a profession. It is not a job which can be trifled with but one to be taken seriously. Efficiency, intelligence, wit and presence of mind are qualities required in a journalistOnce he is a member of the editorial staff he
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      260 12 THE DAY I like best is Sunday. From Monday to Saturday I have so much classwork and homework to do that I have scarely time for relaxation and amusement and I feel happy when Sunday comes I suppose it is also the day
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      461 12 EVEN if your home is not lighted with gas, you know plenty of places that are, and you know enough about it to be able to say that it is one of the blessings of civilization. It is about 150 years ago that gas became a
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      176 12 OUR beloved Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman was born in Alor Star. Kedah. He is respected by every nationality because he helps them and gives good advice to the people. For example. Tan Sri Sambanthan has given him valuable presents at the Stadium Negara lately
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      486 12 IT WAS a dark, silent night, except for the waves lashing against the rocks. Sitting on a rock in a company of five we told stories in turns. One of the stories told was about smuggling. It was an interesting story, then suddenly I realised that was
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      232 12 A SMILING face with smiling eyes That is what I see when I glance at the photo of Jacqueline Kenned) which hangs in my room. Jackie Kennedy is the former First Lady of the United States of America. She and her late husband have two
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      158 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOR THOSE WHO ARE 14 AND UNDER THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And
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      24 13 THESE are two of the many lovely Chinese girls you'll meet in "Dances From Our Nationalities" now being screened in Kuala Lumpur.
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      325 13  -  By: CHAN KAM YAU Kuala Lumpur, Wed. seeing a preview of 'The Poppy Is Also o Flower" I am glad I am only a Tobacco smoker running a risk of contacting cancer the film, you see deals with the international traffic in opium. And opium,
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      187 13  -  By: EL SOTO SINGAPORE, Wed. Harry Saltzman and actor Michael Caine who gave us the successful thriller the "Ipcress File" return with yet another spy film, "Funeral In Berlin". Caine, the bespectacled secret agent, who thrilled many in his previous film as Harry Palmer,
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      463 13  -  By: TAI SING ONN Kuala Lumpur, Wed. Af AXDARIN films are x A scaling new heights these days. If there are sword fights in a film, you'll find a blood thirstier crew. If it's just a China boy meets China girl tale of romance, the film will
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      115 13 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have won Britain's top Aim awards for their roles as the quarrelling campus couple in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The British Film Academy last night named Burton the best British actor of the year for his part
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      69 13 HOLLYWOOD. Wed After an absence of eight years. Mickey Rooney will return to MGM. the studio where he oecame the world s most poDular Juvenile actor, to portray a major role in MGM's "The Extraordinary Seaman". He joins David Niven, Faye Dunaway and Jack Carter
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      174 13  -  By Charlie Chan. Kuala lumpcr, wed. Lynn Redgrave, the other daughter of British actor, Sir Michael Redgrave. does her acting family proud in her portrayal of a mixed-up but warmhearted girl in "Georgy Girl" and earthy but highly enjoyable comedy. Not much of a
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      978 14  -  By ALAN SWIFT Every round of the English Football Association Cup, one of the outstanding events of the sporting year, draws huge crowds to all centres where the matches are played from the big arenas of the major First Division Clubs to
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      222 14 BOURNEMOUTH, England, Wed. (AP) Bob Hewitt. Australian tennis star who has now qualified for the South African Davis Cup team, was in good form in the British hard courts championships yesterday. He defeated John McDonald of New Zealand 6-2, 6-3 6-3. in blustery conditions and moved
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      2632 14 In order to clarify and correct certain statements recently made by the spokesman of the Four Co-operative Rice Mill Societies in Sekinchang on the suspension of the purchase of padi in that area, the Selangor Rice Millers' Association wishes to bring to the notice members of the public
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      1209 15 Horses Class 3, Div. 1 6 Furs. 301 5 006 874 0 079 106 0 271 0 924 04 Amos Burke Big Job Galley Proof Liberty II Sammkan Joint Command Oasis Majorana Mr. Waverly Venga Reamuir Taiping Jade General Trong II Our Hero Grand Arctic
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      204 15  -  ONLY A HANDFUL IN WORKOUT By Windor Lod KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. There was very little activity on the track here this morning. Only a handful of horses were tent against the clock on a heavy track. ESTHERS PET went attractively over 3f. clocking 41
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      248 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —Kilat Club earned their ticket to the semi-finals, when they beat Tamilian Physical Culture Association 2 —l in the senior division knockout competition of the Seiangor Hockey Association, at Pantai here this evening. They will now meet Seiangor Club. The other semifinal
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      264 15 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation is to initiate moves to invite Thailand, Burma and Indonesia for friendly weightlifting competitions. i The tripartite invitation Is aimed to foster closer fraternal links with national weightlifting associations among neighbouring countries in this region. In an exclusive
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      198 15  -  By ALAN THOMAS BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) Israel will be bidding to make it four championships in four years when they take on the speedy Indonesians in the final of the Asian Youth Soccer Tournament at the National Stadium here tomorrow night.
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      277 15 LONDON, Wed. (AFP) Nottingham forest will be without Joe Baker, their international centre forward, in the FA Cup semifinal against Tottenham on Sheffield Wednesday's ground at Hillsborough on Saturday. This was announced after Baker had attended an orthopaedic hospital for treatment yesterday. At one
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      85 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed- The Malaysian Malays tennis tournament will be held from June 16 to 19 at the Selangor Club courts here. The events to be played are: Men's open singles and doubles, men's handicaped singles and doubles, veteran's singles and doubles, junior (boys> singles and doubles,
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      219 15 PENANG. Wed. North Korea will either accept to play their matches in Israel in Group Three of the preOlympic group tournament in March, next. year, or withdraw from the tournament. This was stated by the Secretary of the Asian Football Confederation. Mr.
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      167 15 PENANG. Wed. The successful tenderer for the making of the Malaysia Cup will also make the Tunku's Cup for the Asian champion teams' competition. This was stated by the Secretary of the A.F.C.. Mr. Koe Ewe Teik, here today. He said that the F.A.M was
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      1277 15 Horses Class 3, Div. 1—7 Furs. 322 235 059 400 193 311 211 00 414 667 708 090 749 122 420 709 Highland Jov Born Free Derby Street Determination II Pnwella II Kcganda Stingray Carnegie Beau Boy's Fun Tee Up Prince Tournal Oisln Splendid Chinzarro
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      210 16 BAD BEHAVIOUR 50... KINGSTON, Jamaica, Wed. (Reuter) West Indies Test stars Rohan Kanhai and Charlie Griffith have been fined and reprimanded for bad behaviour on the tour of India and Ceylon last winter, according to reliable cricket sources here. The sources said fast bowler
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      83 16 PRAGUE. Wed. (AP) Celtic Glasgow and Dukla Prague played a scorless tie in their semi-final return match here yesterday and Celtic advanced to the finals of the European Champions Cup with a 3 1 goal aggregate. Celtic's opponent in the finals will be the
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      187 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. Notional sepak rago team the Eastern Sun Cup champions in the inter-division sepak raga competition will meet Singapore Turf Club Rangers in the final for the Tiger Balm Trophy to be held at Singapore Badminton hall on April 29. Both
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      98 16 IMOLA. Italy, Wed. (UPI) Italy's Giacomo Agostini won the 350 cc event of the "Shell Gold Cup" international motorcycle races yesterday Agostini. on an MV„ covered the 23-iap. *****1 kilometre course in 45 minutes and 29.8 seconds, averaging 152.175 kilometres an hour. Second was Pasohni
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      99 16 In winning the recent Cumberland Club hard court tournament women's single final at Hampstead, London. 7-5. 6-1, beating Czechoslovakia's Number 1 player Jitka Velavkova, Britain's Miss Christine Truman jumped right back into championshin class. It was her first singles title victory for nearly two years The triumph
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      174 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. Six schoolboys have been selected by the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association for intensive training to be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning from May 2. The schoolboys will team up with other group of trainees for coach-super-vision under former State champion
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      116 16 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Japanese youth soccer team in the youth tournament at Bangkok will play in the island- Republic on May 2. The FA of Singapore has sent a letter to Mr. Charlie Chan, manager of the Republic's youth tram accepting the tour offer.
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      208 16 SINGAPORE. Wed—Aftei a re-organisation this year the Singapore Vigilante Corps, has intensified its sports activities. Its 24-training centres in the Republic have wellequipped facilities for ball games, judo, boxing and gymnastics. Outdoor activities hk§ hiking, swimming, camping are also encouraged Both indoor and outdoor activities
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      563 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT O'OR MILK BAR, Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK tx Brothers, Ltd.. 63, Bras Basah Road, Singapore. HAMIEM STORE. 1419 Upper Changi Road. Singapore 17. A.T. CNANAPRAKASAM CO.. J 361 Changi Point. Singapore 17. LIDO MILK BAR Lido
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      388 14 TENDER NOTICE TENDER NOTICE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Piling to proposed Lecture Theatre, extension to Faculty of Arts, University of Malaya, and Site Clearance, Earthworks and Piling to proposed Faculty of Economics, University Of Malaya. Tenders are invited from specialist piling contractors registered under Head IV SubHead 2 with the Public
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      48 14 EMMAUS BIBLE SCHOOL invites you to a GRAND STUDENTS' RALLY on Friday 28th April, 1967 at 10.00 a.m. at "BETHESDA" GOSPEL HALL 77, Bras Basah Road, Singapore. Speaker: Mr* Charlie Tan (There will be a biblical film entitl Certificates will be presented to successful students at this Rally
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      61 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 2.08 a.m. (7.8 ft.); 2.16 p.m. (9 ft.). Port Swettenham: 7.37 a.m. (15.5 ft.); 749 p.m. (16 ft.). Port Dickson: 8.17 am (8.6 ft.); 8.43 p.m. (9 8 ft.). Singapore: 1.15 p.m. (8.9 ft.); 6.50 p.m. (3.3 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 12.11 p.m. (8 ft.); 10.52 p.m.
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