Eastern Sun, 12 May 1967

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  • 24 1 EASTERN SUN National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION r Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 290 Friday, 12 May 1967. MC(P) 2251 KOIM 2660 Price 15 cents.
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  • 72 1 DACCA. Best Pakis- More than 1,000 persons have d ed in a smallpox epidemic in Pabna district, 100 milp> north of Dacca, press reports said today. T n p reports "3id it was sod) a virulent type of ?ttm 11 pox that even some persons covered
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  • 60 1 LONDON*. Thur- <AP) L M -'-tan. 31-year-o'a piayins Peer, today ?nr a divorce from his Ma'avs'ar. tv>m belly dancpr Tifp. Known as Princess Am:na. >rd Moynihan's suit rnmmitrpd ad'. with Pefcr Yarm, her :nrmpr manager. Yarm died last June. The Movnihans were marred .n 1953. They have
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  • 172 1 SMOKE-SCREEN THE conversation piece between Dato C.M. Yusof, the Speaker, and Mr. M.C. Chagla. India's External Affairs Minister, when the latter paid a courtesy call on Dato Yusof this morn- ing at Parliament House yesterday in Kuala Lumpur was apparently on habitforming tobacco. So, as conversation progressed, about the world
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  • 254 1 HONG KONG THURS. (REUTER) Twenty-one demonstrators were arrested day in a new industrial troub San Pohong district of Kowtoon. Police rushed to the Hong Kong artificial flowers factory after a crowd was reported to be shahing the gates of the plant. When the first squad
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  • 237 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Two major Communist newspapers here today accused police of "beastly acts" against labourers arrested last week after a clash with striking workers at an artificial flowers factory. Q The Wen Wei Po and Ta Kung Pao, both headlined the charge on
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  • 59 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI)— Serious rioting erupted today in a heavily populated industrial area near Kaitak International Airport and authorities imposed a curfew on part of the Kowloon district of this British crown colony. The Britisn Military Garrison was placed on full standby alert and the Commissioner
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  • 182 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The future security of this country depends greatly on inter-racial harmony and understanding, among the various races, the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, said today. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the "May" Kaum Ibu UMNO movement, at Stadium Negara here.
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  • 29 1 LONDON. Thurs. (AP> Britain's Marconi Company announced today the award of an £8.000.000 ($64 mil.) sub-contract for radar and radio components in Saudi Arabia's defence system.
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  • 234 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia and Indonesia today signed a trade agreement aimed at promoting, developing and strengthening trade relations and economic co-operation between the two countries. i Under the agreement, each party will grant the other most favoured nation treatment in their trade relationship. The agreement covers
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  • 198 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI) The newspaper, Peking Daily, said today serious fighting had broken out in the streets of Peking and Shanghai between supporters and foes of Chinese Communist Chairman Mao Tse-Tung. Wall posters in Peking also said 10.000 persons had been killed or injured in
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 296 2 UPKO members boycott swearing-in-ceremony JESSELTON, Saboh, Thurs. (Reuter). Tun Mustapha bin Datu Harun, 48, was sworn in today as Chief Minister of Sabah by Haad of Stote, the Yang di-Pertua Negara. Four former Ministers also took their oaths to serve in the Cabinet and rotainad their old portfolios. There are
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    • 85 2 IPOH, Thurs. Three mining labourers were buried alivt and two others seriously injured in a landslide at Messrs. Hong Leong Tin Mine in Batu Gajah, 14 miles from here last night. The dead were Lee Kam Tack, 25, Hor Tong. 23, and Chiang Khoay Choon.
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    • 203 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A Malaysian student at tne Camborne School of Mines in the tin producing area of Cornwall, Southwest England, was presented to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother during her recent tour of the area. He is Mr. Abdullah Hasbi bin Haji Hassan, of 21C
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    • 57 2 PEN*ANG. Thurs A 22-year-old school teacher, Ramizan binte Abu Bakar, was believed to have burnt to death with kerosine in a kitchen adjoining one of the teachers' domitories in Sabak Bernam, Perak, last Monday. Her body was brought back to her home in Jalan Kampong Dodol
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    • 76 2 PEN AN G, Thurs. The North East District and George Town Berzanji Competition will be held at Jalan Hutton Mosque on May 22 at 8.30 p.m. The competition is open to residents of George Town and North East District, Penang, of both sexes between the ages of 18
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    • 50 2 n®OH, Thurs. The national chairman of the Democratic Action Party, Dr. Chen Man Hin, will be addressing a public meeting of the Ipoh branch, DAP in Anderson Road here tomorrow night. The branrh chairman, Mr. Lim Cho Hock, officials of the branch committee and the central execuwill addresa
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    • 373 2  -  By CHAN KAM YAU MEET two lovely "wahines" that's Hawaiian for girls— Karen Lum, 22, and Colette Aiu, 24. And just what are they doing in these outfits. Well, Karen and Colette are members of the Honolulu Police Choral Group, which is giving a
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    • 337 2 IPOH, Thurs. Pupils from schools of various mediums will line the route from the airport here right up to Kuala Kangsar, during the first State visit of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong to Perak for three days Tuesday to Thursday.
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    • 195 2 MALACCA, Thurs. —Malay building contractors vvere urged to distinguish the different values of experience and greater profit and the giving away -of a contract for an immediate but small gain. The Chief Minister, Enche Abdul Ghaffar Baba, made this appeal today when he
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    • 161 2 IPOH, Thurs. The Mentrl Besar, Dato Ahmad bin Said, today said that the Government had no intention to practise multi-lingua-lism in the country. He said this at a mass meeting in Kuala Kurau in Krian last night on the National Language Bill. "Unless it is absolutely necessary im
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    • 206 2 KCALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Hirh Court was told today how a brawl in a rubber estate ruined the families of two "friendly'* brothers. It all started after a drink in Meru Village, Klang almost a year ago. The younger brother Kolandavelu Anggappan. is now
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    • 111 2 PENANG. Thurs. The Malaysian Red Cross Society, Penang branch, is launching its appeals for this year with Flag Days, which will be held tomorrow and Saturday. The chairman of the Penang branch. Dr. Ooi Kee Wan, in a broadcast appeal over Radio Malaysia this evening, spoke
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    • 175 2 IPOH, Thurs. An Alliance visiting group has been forced by the Perak State Alliance in launching their "meet the people" campaign to prepare for the next general election*. This was revealed by Mr. Goh Chok Sam. secretary of the Perak State Alliance at a Press
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    • 645 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, warned today that Malaysia could dash into serious trouble over her balance of payment/ unless our industrialisation programme is accelerated." He said Malaysia must be able to manufacture for export in
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    • 324 3 RAZAK TELLS HEADS OF DEPTS. KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said today that the Government could not afford to have further increases in the recurrent expenditure without increasing pro- ductivity and the revenue. Addressing heads of departments at the National
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    • 253 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Indian Government is willing to give Malaysia credit export discount term to purchase Indian-made planes for the expansion of the Royal Malay- sian Air Force. This was disclosed today by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, after a two-hour discussion
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    • 74 3 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. Mr. D. J. Dallas, UNESCO Adviser of News Agency Services was on a familiarisation tour of the industrial estates in Johore today. Earlier, he met local newspaper representatives and had informal talks with Enche Sa'at bin Din, the State Information Officer. Mr
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    • 89 3 Six of the ten wellknown recording and radio artistes who will be performing at the Stadium Negara in Kuala Lumpur on May 16-17. They are (from left) Misses Lim Wai Kuen, Chang Loo, Mei Tai, Woo Chee Hua, Chui Peng and Yin Chia Choong. The artistes, billed as the South-east
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    • 308 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, Mr. Lim Hong Keat, said today that the trade potential between Singapore and Zambia was very good. Mr. Lim was speaking at a luncheon given by the association in honour of the Zambian trade delegation at
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    • 107 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Senior Aircraftman Alan King of the Royal Air Force took his promotion examination in the aircraft which was flying thousands of feet up in the sky between Singapore and Calcutta. Alan King took his test for about two hours while the aircraft flew
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    • 159 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. An Indonesian tourist expert has said that Singapore would provide keen competition to Hong Kong as a tourist attraction in time to come. He is Mr. Soenarwan Hadi, Acting President of the National and International Tourist Organisation in Indonesia* who left for home
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    • 50 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The National Safety First Council of Singapore will hold a home safety exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday, May The Council Is organising the exhibition in conjunction with the annual exhibition and sale of works conducted by the Singapore Council of Social Service.
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    • 900 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Government is launching: a hard-hitting campaign to clean up Singapore, maintain the high standards and eventually make the Island Republic the "cleanest, most tidy and beautiful garden city in Asia." Premier Lee Kuan Yew
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    • 105 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Three men were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for trying to evade Customs duties on goods. The three men are Choy Fatt Choon, 44, Joseph Chan Wah Thin. 38, and a Thai national, Suvit Nathmontri, 27. They are alleged to have been
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    • 180 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The following: candidates have passed the Supplementary Examination in the subject shown against their names thereby completing the Second Year Examination for the Diploma in Social Studies Part I: Loh Yuen Lan (Miss), Principles Methods of Social Work 11. Ong Kah Chong, Principles Methods
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    • 124 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Members of Warwick House drawn from the children of the British Armed Forces here have donated a sum of $l7O to the Singapore Leprosy Relief Association. They raised the money by organising a fashion show at the British Army's St. John's (Senior
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    • 89 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Dr. P.D.C. Kinmont. Consultant Dematologist to Derbyshire Royal Infirmary and the Derbyshire Hospital for Sick Children, England, will deliver three public lectures at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, General Hospital. They are cosmetic dermatitis on Tuesday, May 16 at 8.15 p.m. cutaneous aspect of giant
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    • 150 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A "Miss Beautiful 1967" contest will be held on Sunday (May 14) at the National Theatre here at 7.30 p.m. The contest is being organised by the Singapore Amateur Body Builders' Federation, It is open to all Singapore residents. Among those who
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    • 390 4 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A motor company here pointed out today that car sales in Singapore for January, this year, had been a record 700 cars compared with 661 cars sold in the same month, last year. The Ford Motor Company said this when it pointed
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    • 67 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A film titled "A Countess from Hong Kong" will be showr. on June 14 at 915 pm. s* the Capitol Theatre to rai c funds for charity. The film premiere is beir.g organised by the University of Singapore Studerrs' Union. In conjunction with this premiere,
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    • 143 4 SINGAPORE, Ttaurs. Tan See Liong, 26, was today sentenced to one year'* imprisonment in a District Court after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of housebreaking and stealing eight bags of coffee-beans valued at $1,275. Chief Inspector E. H. Shea res, prosecuting, told the
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    • 531 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, assured today that the enactment of the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions), (Amendment) Act, the Trade Unions (Amendment) Act and the Societies Act was not designed to curb legitimate trade union activities "but
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    • 324 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The proposed School Transport Drivers' Association has sent an appeal to the Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, to withhold the present Police campaign against school transport drivers. The association's pro-tem Chairman, Mr. Ng Eng Lam, also called on the
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    • 121 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Department of Extramural Studies will begin a new course on business economics from May 30 at the New Lecture Theatre 3, University of Singapore. The course, designed for junior executives and Individuals taking economics for professional examinations, assumes no prior acquaintance with
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    • 230 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A dress-maker, Madam Tan Hwee Koon, was granted a divorce bv Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the High Court today on grounds of desertion. Madam Tan told the court her husband, Koh Biak Khoon, left her In October, 1963, following a quarrel
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    • 51 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The new Air Vietnam sales office was officially opened today by the Director-gene-ral of the airline. The new office is at the International Building in Orchard Road. In the evening Air Vietnam also held a reception at the Four Lions to mark th#
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    • 54 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The "Hawaiian Paradise" show will be held at the Stadium Negara here for tomorrow night only. The troupe tonight successfully completed a two-day performance at the National Theatre here before packed houses. The show is sponsored by the Malaysian Cultural and Entertainment Tours
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    • Article, Illustration
      97 10 The Hong Kong film stars and singers who arrived on Wednesday for performances both in Singapore and in Malaysia today thanked their fans for the rousing and warm welcome they received at the aiTport. The stars were yesterday entertained to lunch by the Malaysian Cultural and Entertainment Ltd., which is
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    • 462 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. An accused in a rape case told the High Court today that the mother of the complainant scolded and abused him when h* refused to oblige her request for a big loan. The accused, N. Suppiah, added that he was on very
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    • 90 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs The driver of the lorry which collided with a lamp post at Bukit Timah on Tuesday died in the General Hospital at 7.30 p.m. last night. He was Sheng Thian Sng, 20, who was placed on the "dangerously ill list", soon after the accident. His
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    • 325 11  -  TWO NOMINATIONS BY JOHORE UMNO YOUTH bv K. G. THARAN „;jHORE BAHRU, —The Johere UMNO Youth is 3 a strong bid -jpture the leader p of the party's pctic' 31 body. UMNO Youth (Barat here, had norrv noted an MP., ne All Haji Ah* ontian) to
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    • 106 11 I IP OH. Thurs. The Junior Chamber here will be holding a Miss Perak beauty contest it a gala dance a* St. John's Ambulance Association hall on June 8 Enrrif* *h p contest 8.-- invited from unmarried /r°m j/? to 27. They must b- 3
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    • 85 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. 'raffle nolice here will c an operation tomor- vto teach pedestrians about the -Do's and Don'ts" travelling in a bus. Thp Traffic Chief of the Capital. Enche <r.bin Mohamed Noor, officers will be •r'T.-'i at the bus-stand it Foch Avenue to give
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    • 557 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, said today that although Malaysia and Singapore were now separate countries a "number of businessmen" on the other side of the causeway had still to realise the full implications of this
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    • 81 11 SOME of the 70 nurses and midwives who received prizes and certificates from the Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Health. Enche Ibrahim bin Abdul Rahman, in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. THE ceremony was held at General Hospital,Pahang Road. SEATED on the left (front row) is Miss Koey Sau Eng, 24, who
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    • 29 11 PENANG, Thurs. The annual general meeting of the Association of Justices of the Peace will be held at 5.15 p.m. at the E. and O. Hotel here.
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    • 312 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A defence counsel in the Sun Toi Thong massage parlour case submitted in the Magistrate's Court today that the practice of using police personnel as "agent provocateur" should be discouraged. Mr. S. Kulasagaram, counsel for Yap Kum Yeow, 40, made this submission
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    • 216 11 MALACCA, Thurs. A taxi driver confronted by four men. two of whom carried knives, took a chance and the effort paid off. The taxi driver Chi Tiong Seng was cruising along Klebang late last night when four men stopped his car and
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    • 169 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malacca will celebrate "Wesak" on May 20, when the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun, opens the H'esak celebrations at the Malacca Municipal Town Hall, at 8 p.m. The celebrations will last till May 23. Speakers at the
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    • 131 11 SEREMBAN, Thurs. Lieutenant General T. C. Pearson, the General Officer Commanding British Forces in the Far East had an audience with the Yang di-Per-tuan Besar and Tunku Am puan at "Istana Hinggap" here this morning. He was accompanied by the Mentri Besar Dato (Dr.)
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    • 91 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The visiting Indian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Mohammed All Currim Chagla yesterday visited the National Monument. He was accompanied by the Indian High Commissioner Mr. Attur Rahman, Mr- John N* Hoon Ken, Protocol Officer, Foreign Arfairs Ministry, Enche Ghazali bin Dato Mahmud,
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    • 364 11 J OHO RE. BAHRU. Thurs. British Defence authorities in Singapore today took reels of aerial photographs of a bundle of twisted steel and sensitive equipment which were the only remains of the helicopter which crashed here yesterday. The aircraft navigators. Private Barthalomeow of the Royal
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    • 147 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The new-image of natural rubber will be publicised at the four-day "RUBBEREX 67" which opens at the exhibition hall of Brighton's Metropole Hotel next Monday- A spokesman for the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya said here today the Malayan Rubber Fund Board
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 388 5 CUGON. Thurs. (UPI). U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker today gave Gen. William C. Westmoreland the additional key job of directing U.S. pacification efforts in Vietnam. rye decision clearly 'e the US. military dominant role in both i®Mine the Communists 'id inning the loyalty If the
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    • 411 5 92 REDS, 19 MARINES KILLED OAIGON, Thurs. (UPI). United States Marines tangled in heavy fighting with a large North Vietnamese Force in a hilly battleground on the northern coast between their two bases at Hoi An and Tam Ky, military spokesmen said today. The
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    • 118 5 HONOLULU, Thurs. (UPI) A Nike-Hercules air defence missile exploded off the north shore of Oahu yesterday during a National Guard test firing. No injuries or property damage was reported but some debris from the 40-foot missile fell within a safety zone near the firing range, 25
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    • 46 5 TAIPEI, Thurs. (AP) The United Daily News quoted Police at Msinchu as saying that an American military plane crashed near that north-west Formosa town yesterday killing one of the five crewmen and injuring the other four. The plane reportedly was a C 123 Transport.
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    • 368 5 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (AP) Secretary General U Thant mad e a strong new appeal yesterday for a cessation of the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam in order to resolve what he called "the greatest crisis facing mankind since World War Two". H e
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    • 91 5 OSLO, Thurs. (AP) Denmark, Sweden and Norway, while "completely in agreement about the unfortunate political development in Greece" said yesterday they would have to consult their individual governments before launching a move against the new regime. Danish Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag, speaking for the
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    • 67 5 ATHENS, Thurs. Having a good time Miss Singapore, MOLLIE ANG, skips along the rocks of the Acropolis during a tour of the Greek capital's sights here recently. In Athens. Miss Ang appeared on TV, visited both the Acropolis and the Parthenon and was received by Athens' Mayor,
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    • 479 6 Formal bid by UK today Invnniv thum fßeuter). The government expects Britain to enter the European Common Marttt at the second attempt. Foreign Secretary George Brown said yesterday. "We expect to get in. We would never have gone this far or got this far
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    • 179 6 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP) West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt was reported yesterday to have told Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato that the proposed nuclear nonproliferation treaty must be accompanied by disarmament pledges from atomic nations. Japanese sources said H. Brandt also told Mr. Sato that
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    • 69 6 AMSTERDAM, Thurs. (Reuter) The chairman of Reuters Board of Directors. Mr. John L. Burgess, said here today "The free flow of uncorrupted news between nations was the greatest contribution towards peace and understanding.'* Mr. Burgess was speaking at an official dinner given in honour of Reuters
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    • 74 6 THE Fifth Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly convened at United Nations Headquarters recently. Questions of South West Africa and UN peace-keeping operations, in accordance with decisions were taken by the General Assembly, at its twenty-first session. Seen here, prior to the meeting are (left to right): Mr.
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    • A Latin dilemma
      • 431 6 Double talk or double Dutch NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) The "Wall Street Journal" said yesterday that Vatican translators of Pope Paul's recent encyclical produced an English version showing "A hostility to capitalism in general which does not appear in the Latin." The original text "was not the ecclesiastical attack on
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      • 206 6 VATICAN CITY, Thurs. (Reuter) Pope Paul defended controversial Roman Catholic teachings on the Virgin Mary, four days before flying to Portugal to pray at the shrine of Fatima. His visit will mark the 50th anniversary of the day the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared
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    • 321 6 CHICHESTER, England, Thurs. (AP). Rolling Stone Brian Jones, 25, was arrested on a drug charge in London yesterday while two other members of the group lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richard were appearing in court here 70 miles away, on drug charges. Jagger
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    • 254 6 LIMA. Peru, Thurs. (AP) Headlines and editorials of welcome heralded the arrival today of Japan's Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, the first tim e the Royal couple has ever visited this South American country. The Prince and Princess, coming from Miami. Florida. will be greeted
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    • 56 6 HALIFAX, Canada, Thurs. (AP) Wan Hoi Chan of Ipoh. Malaysia, has been awarded the GovernorGeneral's medal at the spring convocation of the Nova Scotia Technical College here. The medal is presented annually to the student with the highest standing in his junior and senior years.
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    • 168 6 LONDON, Thurs. (AP) What's the newest in swinging London? The no-glove glove, and the no-shoe shoe. None to speak of, but enough to write about. The no-glove glove is a glove of thongs, or slings, that entwine milady's fingers and wristsThey are said to be wonderful for hot
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    • 38 6 VARNA. Thurs. (Reuter) King Mahendra of Nepal and Queen Ratna arrived at this Bulgarian Black Sea resort today for a brief visit. The Nepalese Royal couple are on an unofficial two-day visit to Bulgaria.
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    • 248 6 PERTH, Australia Thurs. (Reuter). —Asian countries were suffen ne from an inferiority com plex and a sense of p o ij. tical frustration, a I'nited Nation's Association luncheon was told here ve* terday. Dr. K.G. Tregonrin? headmaster of Hale School said the Asian nations ha'-*
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    • 197 6 NEW DELHI, Thurs. <AP) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said yesterday that India was confronted with food shortages in nearly every state and with a sudden deterioration in relations with Pakistan But she said: "I am a born optimist. "1% is based on mv experience with the
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    • 121 6 WASHINGTON. Tni u r s (AP) Half of all thefts the United States are cornmited by juveniles situation will probably worse unless steps are to combat it. a subtee of the House of K f sentatives was told ye r day. The situation was rep ed by
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    • 301 7 DNKW ThuTs. (Reuter) Mr. Lance Barnard, deputy leader of the on position Australian Labour Party suggested today that Canada could play a ner,ovatinz role in the Vietnam conflict. v y a ne At Sydney airport, before leaving on a three-week educational tour
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    • 218 7 TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter) British and American newspaper editors agreed here today that the press played an important role in maintaining peace. Mr Dewitt John, editor of the Christian Science Monitor of Boston, stressed the press' role in a world threatened by nuclear
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    • 128 7 IndianCeylonese Citizenship Bill row COLOMBO. Thurs. (AFP) Former Premier Mrs. S. Bandaranaike said today that opposition parties were determined to fight legislation proposed by the government to implement the Indo-Ceylon agreement on Indian nationals. She said the proposed bills now being discussed by Parliament in subcommittee went against the purpose
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    • 74 7 How to end 4-year sleep NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) No decision has been made whether to perform brain surgery on a Chinese girl In an attempt to bring her out of a coma of almost four years, a spokesman at S. Vincent's hospital said yesterday. The girl. Miss Wang Hsiao-Ming,
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    • 125 7 Sf\V YORK. Thurs. I)r Herman 7 ,]ler. 56 yrar old ]U tbor of a best-selling fwvtk vhich claimed to outline a revolutionary dieting system, was tod 3% found guilty on 12 munts «f mail fraud an H violation of the food and drug act. Hr
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    • 93 7 IO\DON, Thurs fßeu--2Y tinental network 'iprlv ng Indian? and Pakistanis with forged passport jo thar they can enter Br tain tbe House of Lords was told yesterday. I ord E *o r said the forgers h?A agon's in Frankfurt, West Germany, and other centres. They supplied Indians and
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    • 189 7 Gl.:eva. Thurs. (Reuter) More than 27.000 peop dh-d in Britain last year r 'rr. lung cancer, and this n imber will continue to inintil more people up cigarettes. Health *r Mr. Kenneth Robinson said hfrp today. < anrpr of the lung was
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    • 70 7 TWELVE "Mini-Mokes" cars equipped with taperecorders give the description of historic sites and itineraries to foreign tourists visiting Paris from May ls£. These new ideal cars are being provided without a driver at the rate of fifteen French francs
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    • 195 7 A million clean-out from art forgeries NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) The District Attorney of New York is expected to announce in a few days the indictment of a European dealer who ordered painted hundreds of watercolours as works of Picasso and Chagall and sold them for one million dollars. A
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    • 46 7 Photo shows the three-man abortive United Nations mission to Aden led by Manuel Perez Guerrero (left) which stormed angrily out of the British Colony after a misunderstanding in April. The other two delegates were Abdul Sattar Shalizi, of Afghanistan, centre, and Moussa Leo Keita of Mali.
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    • 144 7 UNITED NATIONS, New York. Thurs. (AFP) The United Nations mission to Aden has begun a series of consultations here with the aim of giving a new im- pulse to Its work, it was learned today. The members of the mission have received from
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    • 97 7 COPENHAGEN. Thurs (AP) Quadruplets were born last night to a 27-year-old Copenhagen woman, and both mother and the four baby boys "are well". Professor Dyre Trolle. of the Danish Realm Hospital, said. The woman, who had wished to remain anomymous. was treated last October with locallyprodueed
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    • 108 7 SYDNEY. Thurs. (Reuter) The Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements were vitally necessary to developing countries, the World Chief Guide. Lady BadenPowell said In Sydney yesterday. "The Importance of guiding and scouting in underdeveloped countries cannot be over-estimated." Lady Baden-Powell said. "It can be such
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    • 260 7 Human drama in V'nam war LA GRANGE, Georgia, Thurs. (Reuter) The parents of an American serviceman in Vietnam first learned that their 20-year-old son had been wounded when they saw him fall during a newsfilm battle sequence shown on television. "That's Landon." Mrs
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    • 126 7  -  By Robert Evans MOSCOW, Ttaurs. (Reuter) Hot trumpets blare out in a Soviet City today to herald the country's first International Jazz Festival and the Russians first step into the world jazz scene. Several foreign groups are expected at the festival in the Estonian capital
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    • 56 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) Leopold Stokowski, conducting the American symphony orchestra in a concert at Carnegie Hall, last night squelched a particularly noisy audience by glaring at them and saying: "A painter paints his pictures on canva? But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the
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    • 156 7 JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) Deposed President Sukarno of Indonesia has been finally stripped of his title as Head of State and ordered to move from the Merdeka (Freedom) Palace he has occupied in the heart of Jakarta for the past 22 years, informed sources said
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    • 224 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. CAP)' The Reporter Magazine said yesterday that a new wave of Japan's "Whiteshirted businessmen" are carrying aid and technical skill across South-east Asia. The magazine said that Premier Sato recently summed up the Japanese position this way: "In the past, the
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    • 780 5 mR TV and Radio v i CHANXFL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Pulau Pinan?: 6 Ipoh and MHaka: 3 I<> Johore Bahru 4 Taiping; Balu Pihat; 8 Kluang. p M 3 Prog S mmary; 301 Serbaneka 66; 3.25 Flip ar.r: Wily: (Room Runners); 4no I D rear.: of Jeannie iß.chr>* A'ronaut
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    • 177 6 THE MAM FROM EXPLOSIVE AFFAIR ALL WORK AND NO pla/ makes even a MAN FROM U.H.C.L.t. A DULL BCV AND KNOWING THAT HIS LIFE DEPENDS OH SHARPNESS, NAPOLEON SOUD ACCEPTED THE BLONDE'S NVTTATION TO GO WATER SWING/ NOW, SLALDVMNG BEHIND HP? BOAT AS IT STREAKS DOWN LONG ISLAND SOUND,SOUD FEELS
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    • 68 7 W RUPES ■> A k n a SI portable electric tools SM 10 Light but very tough and rugged for grinding marble/stone. FuM range includes drills/percussion, angular/ vertical grinders, sanders, polishers, cvtters for laminated plastic, powerful jet electric blowers. SAITEX reinforced abrasive wheels Higher Quality Extra Durable Safe for hlgb
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  • 784 8 THE United States claims that over-produc-tion of natural rubber has depressed the rubber market, and so it suggests that rubber production should be restricted. Malaysia argues that the increasing production of synthetic and the large rubber stockpile releases by the G.S.A. are lowering the price of natural
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  • 715 8  -  By: JAMES S. KEAT ONE0 NE index of economic progress is not just tangible growth but how it was achieved. By that standard, the harnessing of the Beas River in India's Punjab State represents an historic breakthrough. Although the United States and the International Development
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  • 1250 8 AN APRIL 22, 1967, a few days before the meeting of Communist Parties in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia, the Foreign Minis* try of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic handed a statement to the Royal Thai Embassy in Moscow, in which measures taken by Thailand,
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    • 172 8 By Henry B. Rothblatt (Authori "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") r>AMELA thought it would be best for her poodle, Tootsie, to be washed and clipped bv a professional, so she took him to Lana's Dog Salon, Inc. The drying apparatus there was left carelessly unattended, causing serious burns and
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    • 94 10 COURTROOM By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") NO. "While the Court entertains deep affection for our canine companions and regrets the canicular injuries, it must reject any argument that the law exacts a higher degree of care in the treatment of animals than in that
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE
    • 418 12 ONE night, last week, I went to bed earlier than usual as I was tired. Half an hour later. I was wakened by a loud crash When I was fully awakened I heard many cries of "Fire, fire!" from the street down
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    • 343 12 THE main reason why there are so many road accidents nowadays is because most drivers are reckless. I can still remember quite clearly how this mad craze for speed bus caused people to lose their lives. This horrible acident occurred on a Sunday morning when there
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    • 328 12 EVERYBODY in this world has ambitions which means he has a strong desire for fame or honour Ambition is a torch which lights up every body's life Sometimes it is very difficult for everyone to fulfill his ambition. My ambition is to become a
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    • 406 12 IN a cosmopolitan country like Singapore, a National Language is a must! It is essential for fostering better understanding and unity among the various races. With the National Language wellgripped in our hands, we find great pleasure conversing with the other races.
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    • 267 12 When I finished my homework, I went to my bedroom to change into my nightgown, 1 said my prayers. As it was a warm and gloomy night I could not sleep. So I lay in bed and after about ten minutes, I heard footsteps coming
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    • 404 12 A GENTLE breeze was blowing as I tracked along a narrow and muddy path. Nature was beside me and 1 could feel it. The sun was smiling down at me but it was very cool. Dressed in shorts and blouse with a knapsack
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    • 216 12 Why do people advertise? The answer is simply this—thev wish to tell the public about things they make in order to induce people to buy them- Most things are advertised, each shop displaying their most attractive goods and advertisements telling that their prices are the lowest.
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    • 299 12 ONE rainy afternoon, as I was returning home from school, I decided to take the road by the canal as it was a short-cut to my place. I knew my mother would not approve of it because she was afraid that I might fall into the canal.
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    • 232 12 JgVERY year my uncle takes me fishing. I invited my friend to come with me, and we got ready to go. My uncle gave us each a fishing rod. We set off in a boat belonging to him. He rowed the boat to the sea and
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    • 488 12 WE are living in an age of science. Heaw machines can now do the work which even the strongest of men couid not do in the past. To these machines we need the knowledge of science not the muscles of Hercules. To operate a
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    • 159 12 NEW ESSAY CONTEST FOE THOSE WHO AEE 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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  • EASTERN SUN SPECIAL
    • 1335 13 THE WOMAN IN THE CASE AT the Madeleine in Paris a fashionably-dress-ed woman hailed a taxi. The driver w as not very pleased when he discovered that she only wanted to g0 to the Avenue Parmentier, just o walking distance away. But a t
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 363 14 ROME, Thurs. (AP). The president of the International Federation of University Sports (FISU) said yesterday he was convinced the University Games in Tokyo ''will be the greatest sports event of the year/ ''l do not anticipate any difficulties," said the official,
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    • 281 14 PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania. Thurs. (AP) The backers of unbeaten Joe Frazier want no part of a proposed eight man elimination tournament to determine a successor to heavyweight champion Cassius Clay. Cloverlay Corporation, owner of Frazier's contract, yesterday turned down the offer of the
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    • 278 14 MONTE CARLO, Thurs. {UP I). Italian auto racing star Lorenzo Bandini died yesterday from massive injuries he suffered on Sunday when his Ferrari crashed during the Monaco Grand Prix. The 32-year-old Milanese, a mechanics helper who climbed to the top rank of international drivers,
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    • 301 14 C H I C A G 0, Thurs. (UPI). Cassius (Muhammad Ali) Clay told a University of Chicago rally last night he refused to be drafted because "in war it's kill, kill, kill and kill some more." Clay was among the speakers at
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    • 54 14 JAKARTA, Thurs. (Reuter) Singapore's visiting football team lost the third consecutive game of their Indonesian tour last night when they went down by two goals to one against a Surabaya Selection in East Java. Half-time score in the game watohed by some 10.000 spectators at Surabaya's Tambaksari Stadium
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    • 162 14 ROME. Thurs. <AP> Fifth-seeded Nicola Pietrangeli of Italy and sixthseeded Martin Mulligan Australia advanced to the third round of the Italian Tennis ChamDionships yesterday. Pietrangeli whipped Tomas Leyus of the Sov: p t Union in three straight sets. 6-3. 6-4. 6-3. Mulligan won his
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    • 1358 15 Race li Horses Glass 6, Div. l l Mil®.2.15 P.M. 1 9W0 Twinkle Blade 6y 126 Green Star Stable J Donnelly Hassan Q 549 3 270 4 5 o72 c vw 7 8R 1 uH8 7 -23 •r, »85 Aria ran 4parhe \av»iUh 1 a«v Monev shanghai
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    • 253 15 KTTALA LUMPUR. Thurs. r; An °tner latest nomination r JJ 'he Sportsman v n ~^P° rt sworn an of The r ar for the Razak Awards made. I* hrjs come from the Ma- /S1^ r Amateur Basketball A^or !a tion. n two "Basketball
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    • 495 15  -  Flying Glory, Park and Goer 111 by WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Thurs. Flying Glory, Binjai Park and Movie Gotr 111 shaped like winners on the track here this morning when sent out for winding up gallops for tne current Singapore Turf Club's May Meeting. Flying Glory,
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    • 109 15 MOSCOW, Thurs. (Reuter) Soviet soccer chiefs yesterday called for the sale of alcohol to be banned at Russian stadiums to stop growing hooliganism. A special daylong session of the Soviet Football Federation condemned Increasing rough play in Russian soccer and complained at the
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    • 1642 15 Rao* 1: Kortti Class Dlv. 1 6 Furs. 2.1 S PJI. 1. 780 Lavender Pflnee 6v 126 Boons Stable Bagbv Jr 3 0 Psncbcn 7v 124 H H Sultan of Pihang e 3. 908 Eraser 5v 123 Lmai Stable t Bagby Jr. 4. 000 Blue Venus 3y
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    • 186 15 MUAR. Thurs. The National Electricity Board here this morning picked a 14member team for the southern area of the National Electricity Board Sports Meet to be held on the King George V School ground Seremban. on May 20. The team manager is Mr
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    • 127 15 HARRISON, New Jersey, Thurs. (AP). Dundee Football Club of Scotland won the second victory of its American soccer tour last night, downing the Ukranian All-Stars 4-1-A crowd of 4,000 at Kennedy Stadium saw the Scots put on a fine exhibition of bail control, snort passing and
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    • 50 15 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Results of football matches played in Britain last night were: International: Scotland 0, Soviet Union 2 (at Hamprien Park Glasgow) Under 23's International: England 3. Austria 0 (at Boothferry Park, Hull). English Division Four: Crewe Alexandra 1 Brentford 0 (postponed from December 3).
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    • 440 16  -  by JOHN KAM SINGAPORE, Thurs. On May 3, the 9 p.m. Capricorn League taw a new House Record set up at Jackie's Bowl, Grange Road, when the Square Pegs smashed an 18-month old mark and established a new high. In their second gdme on
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    • 311 16 RENGAM, Thurs. Sedenak Estate beat Revertex Estate by four matches to one to capture the Dr. Hardon Cup in the final of the inter-estate badminton tournament which concluded here. In the curtain-raiser singles clash Loi Ah Tong (Sedenak) and Md. Ayub (Revertex) won rounds
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    • 344 16 IPOH, Thurs. Perak will have to play another "awav" match in the Malaysia Cup soccer competition this season as a result of heavy rain washing out their home match against Penang at the Perak Stadium last Sunday. The "away" match is between Perak and
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    • 174 16 MALACCA, Thurs. Kilat Club are tipped to beat No. 2 Infantry Workshops R E M E. in the final of the annual Malacca Amateur Football Association open knock-out competition on Sunday at the Kubu Stadium here. With several state players in their line-up including
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    • 297 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Thurs. The F.A. of Singapore plans to get the services of a top tnglish soccer coach to conduct a two-month coaching stint in the Republic next year. The Football Association of Singapore Council is keen to have the
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    • 328 16 SEREMBAN, Thurs. Negri SembiWs hopes for a victory over Johore for Sunday's Malaysia Cup South Zone soccer match to be played here are bright despite a last minute setback. Negri's first choice goalkeeper, Maughan from the Life Guards is not available, while
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    • 406 16 CANTERBURY, Thurs. (Reuter) An unbeaten century by Alan Dixon his third 100 in first-class cricket, turned the tables on the Indian cricketers and left Kent in a commanding position after the first nay of their three-day match here yesterday. Dixon and Barbados-born John
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    • 158 16 JAKARTA. Thurs. <AP)— Organisers of the Thomas Cup World Badminton Championships here disclosed that Malaysia has asked the Indonesian Government to guarantee the safety of its predominantly Chinese team. Officials said they received a letter expressing concern because of the antiChinese sentiments here
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    • 76 16 Mrs. E. W. Barker, wife of the Minister for Law and National Development, presents the 18-inch Bridgestone Trophy to local racing ace Looi Im Heok at the Forces' Driving Club's annual dinner and dance held over the weekend. The trophy was donated by The East Asiatic Co. Ltd., for the
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    • 277 16 PENANG. Thurs. The Penang Badminton Association will hold its Junior Championships from June 3 to 7 at the Penang Chinese Girl's High school Indoor Stadium here. This was decided by the P.B.A. Tournament Committee. ar its meeting held at the Penang
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    • 475 14 Eastern S Classified advertisements can oe accepted at the following address es: MONT DOR MILK BAIL Ngee Ann BuiMing Singapore S.S. MUBARUK 6 Brothers. Ltd.. 63. Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maiu Avenue. Serangoon Garden Estate Singapore HAMIEM STORE. 1419 Upper Changi Road Singapore 17 A.T. GNANAPRAKASAM CO.. 1361 Changi
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    • 276 14 TENDER NOTICES TENDER TENDERS are invited by the Chief Supplies Officer, Central Supplies Office, Kandang Kerbau. Singapore 8 for the supply and delivery of the following items. Further particulars may be obtained from the Chief Supplies Officer on any day during normal office hours on production of receipts for payment
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    • 323 14 TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received in the Ministry of the Interior and Defence, Pearl's Hill. Singapore 2, up to 12 Noon on 26.5.67 for the supply of> (1) Projector, film. (2) Beret, puttees and socks woollen; belt web. (3) Cap badges and shoulder titles, metal. (4) Tape cotton/plastic. for
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    • 436 14 GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC O v SINGAPORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE 1963. (No. 18 of 1963) NOTICE UNDER SECTION 19 (2) NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to Section 19 (2) of the Local Government Integration Ordinance. 1963 that the Director of Public Works requires the execution of streetworks in
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    • 63 16 J... TIME AND TIDE Penang: 1.47 a.m. (7.4 ft.) 1 m n /«<9 ti PO r i 4.44 W ft t enhaifl: 731 a m (14,6 t) 132 pnL 823 P m <B 7 ft Ku d ant^T^ I n i] 2 i 6 P (7 :i ft > 10-18
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