Eastern Sun, 19 May 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. 297 Friday, 19 May 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Mass anti-British rally in Peking
    321 1 HONG KONG, THURS. (RELTER) CHINESE Premier Chou En Lai attended a mass rall to protest against British actions in Hong Kong, according Other leaders present included Chen Po Ta, Director of the Cultural Revolution campaign, Foreign Minister Chen Yi and Kuo Mo Jo, Vice-Chairman of
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  • Article
    Lock icon Demonstrators hang paper tiger effigy
    167 1 P-k Thurs. (Reuter) —Chinese anti.British ffcmnn-trators la>t night hung a large paper tiger effisr above the entrance to the house of Reuter's mrreipondcnt in Peking. The correspondent found a 'tiger' made of straw and xrearjig a rail top hat suspended from the small curved rx>i
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    Lock icon 10 jump overboard
    62 1 JESS ELTON, Thurs. Police at Tambisan reported what vs believed to be a Philippines Navy patrol boat which entered Malaysian territorial waters near Trusan. Tambisan. in the Sandakan residency in pursuit of a Philippines barter trade boat yesterday. The passengers of the barter trade boat. 10 in
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    Lock icon GOLD RATES RISE SHARPLY
    100 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. (Reuter) Both sold and United States dollar note rates rose sharply here this morning as anti-Government demonstrations continued in this British colony. During the morning, gold prices rose by HKs4£ per tael to HK$27l. The US dollar note rate rose by 3$ Hong
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    Lock icon 'Naked wires' warning
    115 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The National Electricity Board today warned the public not to tamper with any dangling wires from the metal box if their cutout fuses were stolen. A statement from the National Electricity Board said these naked wires might cause either an electric shock or electrocution.
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    Lock icon Bloody clashes
    92 1 TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter) A Japanese report from Peking said today that more than 100 people were killed in four days of bloody clashes at Ipin, a city in troubled Szechwan province. A countless number of people were also reported injured. The report, quoting a Red Guard telegram received
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    Lock icon Governor welcomes statement
    207 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) The British Government statement expressing support for the Hong Kong authorities in the maintenance of law and order widely interpreted here as a direct rebuttal of Peking's tough five-point protest on Monday was tonight welcomed by the Hong Kong Governor, Sir David Trench.
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    Lock icon Girls plaster posters on Govt House
    177 1 HONG KONG, Thurs. (Reuter) A group of about 200 people, some of them girls barely in their teens, demonstrated today in front of Government House plastering posters on the main gates and demanding an end to "atrocities" against Chinese workers in the colony. The
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    Lock icon Kim San heads S'pore's Board of Currency
    289 1 SINGAPORE, THURS. THE Singapore Government today announced the appointment of six members of the Board of Commissioners of Cur- rency, Singapore. As provided for under Section 6 of the Currency Act, 1967, the Board will consist of six members with the Minister for
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon US bases along DMZ under mortar – rocket attack
      606 5 US bases along DMZ under mortar rocket attack ri A |GON, Thurs. (UPI). North Vietnam--5 csc Forces launched co-ordinated mortar on d rocket attacks at a string of U.S. bases along the Demilitarised Zone early today. Mflr j nc Headquarters complex at Dong Ha MO k its heaviest pounding of
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      Lock icon AL AHRAM: UN TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM FRONTIER WITH ISRAEL
      154 5  -  By MICHAEL DENNIGAN CAIRO, Thurs. (UPI). United Nations troops have been withdrawn from all border observation posts along the frontier with Israel, the newspaper Al Ahram said last night. The newspaper, which is close to President Gamal Abdel Nasser, said the
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      Lock icon Hungarian diplomat in Washington defected
      260 5  -  By NICOLAS DANILOFF WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI). —The State Department announced yesterday that the top Hungarian diplomat here had defected to the United States. It was the first time that the head of a Communist diplomatic mission to the United States had decided to defect and
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      Lock icon Resumed talks on Gibraltar
      83 5 MADRID. Tnurs (UPI) Spain and Britain yesterday exchanged notes urging resumption of bilateral talks on the simmering Gibraltar dispute. Each nation, however, had its own idea what the talks should cover. Spain wanted immediate resumption of talks to c*iscuss "decolonisation" of the famed rock. Britain on
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      Lock icon The Queen Mother meets students
      141 5 CORNWALL, Thurs. Mr. C-A. Akinro. from IleonujL, western Nigeria (left) and Abdullah Hasbi bin Haji Hassan, from Alor Star, Kedah. Malaysia, both students at the Camborne School of Mines in Cornwall, south west England, pictured being presented to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother during her
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      Lock icon Korean envoy awarded
      47 5 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. (UPI) —Korean Ambassador Chun Suk Auh was guest at a farewell banquet given yesterday by Foreign Secre- tary Antonio Carillo Flores. The envoy is leaving soon for a new assignment. He was awarded the Mexican decoration "Order of the Aztec Eagle".
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      Lock icon SOVIET NEWSMAN'S PLEDGE
      133 5 MOSCOW, Ttaurs. (UPI) A Soviet journalist expelled from Peking vowed yesterday that he would continue writing the kind of "truth" for which he said he and three other Russian newsmen were kicked out of China. The Soviet Government formally protested on Monday against the expulsion of May
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      Lock icon Radio Hanoi: US pilot captured
      54 5 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) Radio Hanoi today said one U.S. aircraft was shot down over North Vietnam and its pilot captured yesterday. A broadcast monitored here said the downed plane brought the total of U.S. losses over the north to 1.900. The US. figure is less
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      Lock icon 'US Special Forces kill off hostile people'
      658 6 COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Thurs. <AP). The Chief Defence Attorney at an Army court-martial said yesterday he believes he can show that the purpose of United States Special Forces troopers in Vietnam is "the eradication of people in the south who will not be
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon # LUNAR ORBTTER 4 Is mounted on a three-axis test stand at Cape Kennedy in Florida for final checkout before launching. The spacecrafts mission is to photograph more than 80 percent of the front face of the Moon and 90 percent of the backside. The first three Orbiters. launched last August, November and February. concentrated their photography on a narrow belt along the Moon's equator and pinpointed eight sites suitable for a manned landing.
      73 6 LUNAR ORBTTER 4 Is mounted on a three-axis test stand at Cape Kennedy in Florida for final checkout before launching. The spacecrafts mission is to photograph more than 80 percent of the front face of the Moon and 90 percent of the backside. The first three Orbiters. launched last August,
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      Lock icon A Premier requests hunt for Sadist
      105 6 SYDNEY. Thurs. (Reuter) A police hunt for a person who tied a cat to a tree and blew off half its face with a firecracker was ordered today by New South Wales Premier Robin Askin. Six-year-old Jane Philp. of suburban Five Dock, found the
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      Lock icon FREIGHTER SINKS OFF MOROCCO
      92 6 Casablanca, th u r s. (UPI) The Spanish freighter Rosan Illueca of Valencia yesterday collided with the Dutch freighter Fez and sank 60 miles off the Moroccan Coast. Casablanca port authorities said 12 of the crew of 15 were picked up alive by rescue ships. Another
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      Lock icon MORE KILLED IN ANTI-BRITISH VIOLENCE IN ADEN
      192 6 ADEN. Thurs. (Reuter). A fresh wave of antiBritish violence in Aden last night left two British servicemen and two Arabs including a girl dead, with six British soldiers and another Arab injured. Military authorities here reported a total of 14 security incidents throughout
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      Lock icon River cruise for Royal party
      112 6 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. (AFP) A four-hour cruise to the Tigre Islands at the junction of the Parana and Uruguay rivers highlighted the third day of the official visit here of crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko. The royal couple did the 25 mile trip up
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      Lock icon Canada seeks closer ties with France
      143 6 PARIS. Thurs. (AFP) Mr. Daniel Johnson. Premier of the Canadian French-speaking province of Quebec, flew in here yesterday on an official visit. Mr. Johnson told airport reporters a particular purpose of his visit was to enlarge Quebec's "opening up toward France". He added: "I
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      Lock icon US MAY RETURN DOCUMENTARY ON 'HORRORS OF HIROSHIMA'
      285 6 IyASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) A 22-year-old motion picture of the "Horrors of Hiroshima" my be turned over to Japan if the Japanese Government submits another request for the film, it was learnt yesterday. The 46-minute film of the dead and maimed was taken
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      Lock icon 'Cosmos' satellites in orbit
      112 6 MOSCOW, Thurs (AFP) The Soviet Union yesterday placed two "Cosmos'* satellites into orbits. They were respectively labelled "Cosmos-159" and "Cosmos--160". "Cosmos-159" maximum distance from the earth is 37,500 miles the longest distance ever reached by a Cosmos satellite, and an apogee second only to those of
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      Lock icon Judge orders FBI agent to testify before Grand Jury
      520 6 The JFK murder probe ORLEANS. Louisiana, Thurs. (AP). Criminal District Judge Bernard Bagert ruled yesterday that the U.S. Justice Department does not have the authority to prohibit its agents from testifying before a Grand Jury investigating the Kennedy Assassination. Judge Bagert
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      Lock icon Hijacked London bullion: Trio arrested in Peru
      239 6 LIMA, Peru. Thurs. (AP). Police stepped questioning of thTee Argentines yesterday i n for nection with a US$l.2 million gold hijacking London after arresting the trio wearing special vests holding 200 pounds in gold bars. A police spokesman "For the momennothing new Tn°
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      Lock icon BIGGEST BANK RAID IN PORTUGAL
      104 6 FIGUEIRA DA FOZ Portugal, Thurs. (Reuter 1 Four armed men todi? broke into the Ban* o! Portugal branch here nor?, of Lisbon and escaped w.'h a haul of 29 million Escudos (£362.500 sterlings), police reported. It was Portugal's bieee?t ever bank raid Police said the
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      Lock icon US urged to by-pass Singapore brokers for Vietnam war procurement
      755 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The U.S. Genera' Accounting Office (GAO) has recomthat U.S. construction concerns grating in Vietnam stop buying equipenf a nd materials through brokers in Singa- pore* w watchdog agency purchasing agents to J",the brokers and deal J£ tlv
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      Lock icon 'We will control the seas to protect ourselves'
      243 7 MOSCOW, Thurs. (UPI). Russia's Naval Comsaid yesterday his ships will take necessary action to control the seas wherever they see "a threat to the Soviet Union/* Adm. Sergei Gorshkov. Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Navy, denounced the collision of an American destroyer with
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      Lock icon Coppers and Bow Belles
      91 7 POLICEWOMEN in ManChester, England will in future look much more feminine, wearing white blouses and bow ties as part of a redesigned uniform. Here you see the old and the new worn respectively by Sgt. Avis Jessop (left) and Sgt. Beryl Seddon. The proposed new uniform
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      Lock icon Seasoned criminalsaged 8, 11
      334 7 MIRVINGTON. New Jersey. Thurs. (UPI) The two little girls seemed just as nice as sugar and spice. They weren't. Police revealed yesterday that while other girls were skipping rope and playing Jacks the "Barbie doll bandits two girls aged 8 and 11 were conducting a burglary
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      Lock icon 700 tons of NZ coins for sale
      114 7 WELLINGTON. New Zealand, Thurs. (AP) Seven hundred tons of New Zealand copper pennies and half pennies which will become obsolete when the country changes over to decimal currency in July have been put up for sale for the second time. The government first
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      Lock icon Fell out of love
      83 7 BANGKOK. Thurs (AP) A young man jumped from the top floor of a six-storey building in downtown Bangkok on Tuesday to prove to his girl friend that he loved her. The man. Somnuk Tissarot, 18, landed on the roof of a car and was slightly injured.
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      Lock icon Soviet-Japan talks on
      73 7 SovietJapan talks on TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter)— Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's "personal envoy" Shojiro Kawashima left for Moscow via Siberia today to promote friendly relations with the Soviet Union. The four-man mission led by Mr. Kawashima, former vice-president of Mr. Sato's ruling Liberal Democratic party, is expected to discuss pending
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      Lock icon 'Rhodesia offers troops to V'nam'
      315 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs.. (UPI) Rhodesia has offered to send 5,000 "crack troops" to Vietnam. Senator Strom Thurmond. Republican, South Carolina, said last night at a pro-Rhodesia rally where the Johnson administration's African policy came under sharp attack. Sen.. Thurmond, waving an invitation to attend a White
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      Lock icon Jaw-jaw, not law-law in NZ-Jap dispute
      137 7 TOKYO. Thurs. (AP) Japan has accepted a New Zealand proposal to settle their dispute over that country's 12-mile exclusive fishing zone through talks instead of at the International Court of Justices, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. The Ministry said in a statement that a
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      Lock icon West Java 'cleared of Reds'
      59 7 JAKARTA Thurs. (Reuter) Densely populated West Java has been purged of Communists, the official Antara news agency said today It quoted the district's military commander. Brigadier General Satibi Darwis as saying that after widespread arrests, even In the Army Itself, only a handful of members
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      Lock icon Protectionist EEC betraying vision of a united Europe'
      595 7 LONDON, Thurs. (AP). —A ranking Commonwealth official yesterday warned Common Market leaders against betraying "The great venture of European unity" by locking themselves within their own continental compound. Mr. Arnold Smith, Secre-tary-General of the Commonwealth, addressed a Foreign Press Association luncheon In
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      Lock icon MOLDS IN FOOD IS SUSPECT FOR LIVER CANCER
      230 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) Government cancer fighters are exploring the possibility that liver or stomach malignancies might result from poisonous molds that can develop in improperly stored grains and certain other foods. This was reported bv Dr. Kenneth M. Endicott, head of the
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      Lock icon 'Japan-Germany up to their old game'
      215 7 MOSCOW, Thurs. (UPI) Izvestia says that Japan and West Germany "Are not against turning to the old game** of the pre-war axis. The government newspaper drew this conclusion from the talks in Tokyo between Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Miki and West German Foreign Minister
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      134 5 BETTER BUY BEDFORD I you can't buy better l More than 33 years of specialisation add up to a lot of knowhow. Know-how that has made Bedford what it is. Tough, reliable, economical. Made Bedford the biggest selling truck in Singagore and Malaysia. Every transport operator knows the real cost
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      709 5 > CHANNEL 5 Ruala Lumpur and Pulau Pinan?. 6 Ipoh and Mflika: 3 i 10 Johore Bahru 4 Taiping; Batu Pthat; 9 I Kluang. P\f 300 Prog Summary, IJtW 3.25 Flip ivd Wiiij Whopper; 4.00 I I Dretn of Jennie (Is There ran Extra Jeannie in the 425 C ose
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      103 6 h The DEADLY DIMES affair. OUR ONLY OUT NOW IS OPCAAJ7CW TAUC/MG DCLL-UMG ON TO THE UPHOLSTERY, ILLYA.'- WE'VE GOT SOME TIME TO KILL...' sssssi iihhß I /k H* HV*...7IN...WPT»EN MJNUTES SOLO ZIGZAGS ACROSS TOWN, HELPLESSLY TRVING TO LOSE TVIE THRUSH KILLERCAR... MORE CORNER IS TAKEN AT BREAK NECK SPEED
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    Lock icon CRIME IN RURAL AREAS
    812 8 AT one time, many Malaysians liked to live in or retire to rural areas. They had their smallholdings where they built their modest bungalows. They devoted their time to grow fruit trees of the types that appealed to them. Life was peaceful and satisfying to them.
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    Lock icon SEVEN DAYS IN MAY
    1158 8  -  BY TAI SING ONN, NEWS EDITOR, EASTfp s SUN, MALAYSIA, WHO RETURNED ON Mon DAY FROM A WEEK IN JAPAN AS A GUEST OF JAPAN AIR LINES ON ITS INAUGURAL FLIGHT FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO TOKYO. THERE I was 300 feet up in Tokyo Tower. It
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  • COMMERCIAL – INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon World's largest building to accommodate jet airliner
      601 9 SINGAPORB. Thurs. —On a 780-acre site near Everett, State of Washington, will rise the world's freest volume building (160 million cubic feet) which primary manufacturing, sub-assembly and final assembly operations for the 747 high •acacity jet the world's biggest commercial passenger irt airiner,
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      Lock icon Japan, South Korea sign aviation agreement
      249 9 Ki'O. Thurs. (Reuter) "7 and South Korea 3 y signed an aviation s:-eeient enabling designBirlines of the two '•<ntr.es to operate inter">r.|l flights to and beyond each other. a legal basis to '-1 3ir transport between t'Vo countries which has been operated since "4
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      Lock icon Stock averages
      56 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP> Dow Jones stock averages Open High 30 Industrials 886.75 891.37 20 Railroads 238.67 240.30 15 Utilities 138 45 139.41 65 Stocks 316.75 318.64 Low Close Change 30 Industrials 878.40 882.24 off 3.56 20 Railroads 237.35 238.15 off 0.34 15 Utilities 137.11 138.00 off 0.23
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      Lock icon STOCK INDEX
      35 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Net Close Change 425 Industrials 99.77 off .39 20 Railroads 47.31 off .16 55 Utilities 70.92 off .25 500 Stocks 92.78 off .36
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      Lock icon Rubber down 1/4 cent
      312 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Jun® first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 55 cents per lb., down a quarter cent from previous close. The tone was quiet. After an uncertain and unchanged opening the market developed an easier tendency
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      Lock icon Ford to build assembly plant near Manila
      72 9 DEARBORN, Michigan, Thurs. (AP) Ford Motor Company has said it will build an assembly plant near Manila to build British, American and German models of Ford cars. The Company did not give the cost of the new factory but said it would go
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      63 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Dow-Jones closing averages on the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 882-24 20 Rails 238.15 15 Utilities 138.00 65 Stocks 315.51 40 Bonds 81.87 Commodity Index 133.42 The volume was 9,560.000 shares of a total 1447 issues traded, 559 were higher and 632
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      Lock icon Commodity prices
      32 9 NEW YORK, Thurs- (AP) Dow Jones spot commodity price index closed at 137.00 off 0.41. Dow Jones commodity futures index (Open) 134.23, (High) 134.23, (Low) 133.41, (Close) 133.42 off 0.95.
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      Lock icon No sales
      21 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No. sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoke sheet 20 5/Bn.
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      Lock icon Machine tool exports up
      97 9 LONDON, Thurs. Brin machine tool deliveries IJTl JT export in March this j r F ere the highest since TV the Ministry of inology announced in w.flon. -nty wert worth £4.2 m. Net new orders, on a sea-sonally-adjusted basic, were also substantially higher in March at
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      Lock icon ADPB chairman visits Singapore
      150 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.Picture shows Mr. E.G. Roberts (centre), 0.8. E., Chairman of the Australian Dairy Produce Board and Chairman of Directors of Malaysia Dairy Industries Ltd.. with Mr. Thio Keng Poon (left), Managing Director of Malaysia Dairy Industries Ltd.. and Mr. K.C. Leong, Managing Director of Asia
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      Lock icon NEW YORK RUBBER
      43 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures yesterday closed unchanged. Jul 20.40 20.80 Sept 20.30 2080 Nov 20.30 20.80 Jan 68 20.45 21.45 Nov 20.30 20.80 Jan 68 20.45 21.45 May 20.55 21.10 The spot No. 1 RSS 20 1/2 cents.
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      Lock icon Stockpile tin
      40 9 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AP) The United States sold 10 long tons of tin from its surplus stock yesterday, 5 tons of Grade A at 1.5425 dollars a pound and 5 tons of Grade C at 1.5225 dollars a pound.
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      Lock icon Matsushita a feature on Stock Exchange
      811 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Industrial prices on the Stock Exchange today were somewhat mixed. This was because some counters remained steady, while others were moving on either way. Although business was fairly active in the afternoon session, turnover was very much less than yesterday. However, a
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      77 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 32-11/16; Airmail O.D. 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33-3/16 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 357/16; Airmail O.D. 35-9/16; 90 d/st. 36-1/8 credit bills; 36-1/4 trade bills.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      24 9 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK55.8225/5.775 per US dollar for cash. HK$ 15.99 per pound sterling. HK5273.0 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon Mart quiet
      20 9 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI)— Rubber market opened quiet with spot 16-13/16-17. No. 1 RSS CIF basis portsJune 16-5/8 16-3/4.
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN-UNCHANGED
      507 9 SINOAPOKfc —Blot* Exchange Dirt and offer price* officially Ustert at the ctohr or oaainett INDUSTRIAL Bou stead 1.55 1.56 C. sugar 1.80 C.T.S. Ords 53/6 Chemical Co 1.79 1 HO Cold Storage 3.42 3.16 Dun lop (New) 2.17 2.19 Dunlop (Old) CD 2.28 2.30 E. Smelting CD 4.30
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      54 9 (ManHffr* Price*' Flr«t Malayan 1.66 1.76 Second Malayan 1.6.% 1.75 Third Malayan XD 1.12 1.22 The Commfrcf Industry Fund .88 .98 The Savings Fnnd 1.35 1.45 Malaysian Industry Fund XD .95 1.05 Sterling Commodity XD 3/8 4/3 First Hon* Konr XD .96 1.01® Second Hone Kong .66 70*
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      92 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Blncapore Chinese Produce Kxchang* noon prices today were: Om tyers Seltera Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 4700 Coconut oil (FOB) Drume 49.50 Loose Copra Mixed May/June 28.50 Sugar (Java) 15.25 cxgodown Nutmegs 110s 365.00 Nutmegs B A W 175.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (FOB) 112.50 Pepper Black Special
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      Lock icon Tin price
      14 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs—The tin price for today was $602.87$ per picul, up $1.125.
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      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      224 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Brianski Rabotchi 3/4 Straat Florida 5 Egvikinot 6/7 Rnexenor 8/9 State of Kutch 10/11 Wonogiri 13/14 Vietnam 15/16 Hoegh Drake 18 Benalder 19 Caledonia Maru 21/22 Slensvik 23/24 Keningau 25/26 Banggai 27/28 Empire Gannet
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMPUR
      736 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a m Airline MSA 029 from Rualu l.umpur Time 8.35 a m Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur Time 8.50 a m Airline 41 712 from Jakarta Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MAS 121 from Kuala Lumpur Time 10.30 a.m. Airline Ml
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      66 10 *2 as r EVERY TUESDAY we publish a whole week's Radio T.V. programmes in Malaysia and Singapore. In addition to our Special Features, viz: BOUTIQUE a full page for women and girls.ess (Tuesdays Saturdays) ENTERTAINMENT the latest in show businndays). POPPING AROUND Platter Pete's Page (Su FEMME another women's page
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  • EASTERN SUN SPECIAL
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      Lock icon Breast-fed babies are safer and healthier
      1682 12 IBM4EMW y] Dr. Molner: I om soon to become a new mother and am still uncertain whether to breast-feed or bottle-feed my baby. I've heard that breast-feeding gives the baby an immunity to disease. How long does this immunity last and to what diseases?
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      Lock icon Why worry?
      746 12  -  mm By Norman Vincent Peale /"iNE MAY morning "my wife and I were driving in West Virginia. Spring breezes tripped lightly over the Allegheny Mountains. The sky was blue. The air was full of the song of birds. Dogwood was in bloom. It was the kind of day
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      Lock icon Poodle puts up with whims of 'beautician'
      974 12  -  by J.J. McCoy pOODLES are a status symbol to some people. To own a poodle is to be a cut above the ordinary dog owner. We see bejewelled poodles walked by fashionable ladies down main streets in large cities. Swank apartment houses usually
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    Lock icon Sad tale of the people who pray for the rains to come...
    1025 13  -  Bv PETER JACKSON, BHABUA, Bihar State, India, Thurs. (Reuter). At midday every day, hundreds of thousands of emaciated women and children and old men squat on hard dry ground throughout famine stricken Bihar. A hot, ar y wind
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    293 13 BANGKOK, Thurs. (Reuter) Asian Communists from outside Thailand are stepping up infiltration and subversion in remote and under-develODed Northeastern Thailand to help Thai Communists. Interior Minister General Praphas Charusathien said here today. General Praphas told reporters that because government forces were succesful in containing local
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    719 13  -  By TIMING MYINE JAKARTA Thurs. (Reuter). James Bond, Beatles' songs and Cowboy films all manifestations of Western culture to young Indonesians have come to stay in Jakarta with the fall of President Sukarno. Dr. Sukarno, who banned all these when he '"confronted" Malaysia in 1963, confiscated
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      332 14 MANAGER: WE CAN BEAT MOST TEAMS BANGKOK, Thurs. (UPI) The Danish badminton Thomas Cup team manager, Johan Nielsen, said his team was not afraid of anything but the heat in an interview last night after the team's arrival this morning. The team will train in Thailand
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      Lock icon Malacca hope to beat S'pore on Sunday
      188 14 MALACCA, Thu r s Malacca hope to beat Singapore in their Malaysia Cup (South Zone) soccer fixture on Sunday at the Kubu Stadium here. Kick-off will be at 5.15 pm "With a good all round side this year, we have maintained our unbeaten
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      229 14 SAN REMO, Italy, Thurs. (Reuter) Carmelo Bossi, of fo won the European welterweight boxing title here last night when K outpointed the holder, Jean Josselin of France, over 15 rounds. Jubilant Italian fans carried Bossi on their shoulders after a dull match which produced
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      73 14  -  BOWLING TIPS by DON CARTER In the four-step delivery, a bowler does not begin to bend forward until the third step begins. I've found this does two beneficial things: (1) It serves to counterbalance the weight of the ball being swung backward. (2) It
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      274 14 Dispute over ConterasDerado 'title' fight SAN FRANCISCO, Thurs. (UPI) A dispute brewed yesterday between the Philippines Consul and the California State Athletic Commission over a scheduled bout between Raul Conteras and Argentina's Vicente Derado for the State version of the world junior lightweight title. Ruperto Baliao, the local Consul, said
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      26 14 MALACCA, Thurs—la Ayer Keroh Country C Monthly medal golf corr.pe tion will be played off "i May 22 at the Ayer Keroh golf course.
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      110 14 After an interval of more than 10 years, the German motor company BMW (Baverische Motorenwerke) in Munich has again constructed a Formula II racing car (see picture). BMW aims to imitate the great successes of the Mercedes-Benz "SilveT Arrow" in the fifties. The new German racing sports car not to
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      150 14 LYNN, Massachusetts, Thurs. (AP) Dundee, Scotland, remained undefeated through five games in their current American tour as their forward line accounted for all the scores in a 3-0 (1-0) international soccer victory over the Boston Tigers before 2,500 at Manning Bowl last night. Alex Stuart, Dundee's outside
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      328 15  -  An easy 371/5 sec. for 3 furs. SL WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Th|irs. Navaho (Coleman) and Master Auctioneer were workers on the track at Bukit Timah this morning when they easily breezed over 3f in 37 1/5 sec., striding out smoothly all the way
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      1334 15 Race is Horses CI. 6, Div. 2«-9 F. tic 15 Yds.-.2.15 P.M. (FOB LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 544 F ince Tanr Jy 126 Pro Rat 4 Stable Sullivan Draaon in p.o'Mgan** 7y 123 Mr. PT Wong RW Baebv 11 B.ik's Pleasure 4y 122 Wolfs Stable V Allan til
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      140 15 LONDON. Thurs. A lew days before England bids farewell in July to the big guns in Indian cricket led by the Nawab of Pataurii, a team of youngsters will be arriving in Britain the first All-India schools cricket team to visit the country to
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      65 15 LONDON, Thurs. David Larter, the 27-year-old Northamptonshire and former England fast bowler, has decided to retire from first class cricket owing to the recurrence of his foot injury Larter, who played for England ten times, made 131 first team appearances for Northampton between 1900
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      402 15 The following is the latest classification list issued by the Malayan Racing Association. PROMOTIONS:—(TotaI 14):From Class 2 to Class 1— Joint Venture. From Class 3 to Class 2 (6): Galley Proof; Boy's Fun; Highland Joy Lark. Unicorn 11, Born Free. From Class 4 to Class
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      1575 15 Race 1: Horses CI. s,Dlv. I—6 P. 15 Yds. —2.15 P.M. 1. 542 Golliwog 4y 126 Gollie Stable Sullivan Ho 4 2. 241 Flying Charger 5y 122 Mme. Lee Cheng Kin Teh Bubian 12 3. 780 Lavender Prince 6v 122 Boons Stable Bagby Jt Yeo 1 4
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      131 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malaysian Malays Badminton Association have Invited entriea for the annual badminton tournament for the Tunku Abdul Rahman Cup. Bntrltt close on June 30The association'# seere* Ury. Bnehe A M. Omar, Mid the fliii aad Mcond round ties would begin on Aug.
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      348 16  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Thurs. Joint Services F.A. wm submit an on-the-spot report to the Football Association of Malaysia on the Malaysia Cup tie soccer match between Joint Services and and Singapore played at Jalan Besar stadium on May 14. The report
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      364 16  -  by ROBERT KUAN IPOH, Thurs. Perak is looking forward to a keen tussle with Selangor, the Malaysia Cup holders in their soccer encounter at the Perak Stadium here at 8 p.m. on Sunday. Playing for the first time
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      111 16 JAKARTA. Thurs. (AP> Indonesia officially announcTlLi* /S ould take part in 1968 Olympic Games in 1968 Mexico, the official News Agency Antara reported today. Colonel Sukammto Sajidiman. Director General of Sports disclosed that Indonesia had received an invitation from the Mexican Olympic Organisation
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      73 16 SBREMBAN, Thurs. The South Zone inter contingent police hockey competition for the Hannigan Shield will be played here from June 2 to 4 at the N.S padang. Teams taking part are Negri Sembilan. Malacca. Selangor and Johore. The draw for the tournament is:- Ist day: Negri
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      211 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Amateur Swimming Association are still awaiting a reply on the seminar for swimming coaches to be held in Manila starting May 22. Mr. Woon Sui Kut, hon. secretary of SASA told Sunspor't: "I have written to them on the
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      287 16  -  By HARI CHAND KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —Malaysian soccer fans can expect some thrilling soccer tomorrow when the Malaysian XI meet much fancied All-Asian Stars in the opening match of the 'Gold Leaf Pestabola' at the Merdeka Stadium. The chances of a victory appear bright for
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      222 16 SEREMBAN, Thurs. Two Negri Sembilan State hockey players who were involved in last week's hockey 'brawl' here in a N.S.H.A. league match were found guilty of misconduct by the Disciplinary Board which met at the N.S.f.R C. last night. The players are Ceylonese Youth Forum's
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      176 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— The International Computers and Tabulators Limited will establish a new Computer technique support group for the Far East. This was announced by Mr. H. G. Osborn, ICT's Far East Manager. According to Mr. Osborn, this is part of the planned expansion
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      231 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The chairman of the FAS Tournament Committee, Mr. Ong Ah Keng today expressed regret over a Press report on a move to remove him from the committee. Addressing members of the Tournament Committee at the FAS Club House tonignt Mr. Ong said:
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      47 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs.. The Singapore Chess Federation will hold Its annual prize distribution for the Singapore Championships and the Junior Championships at the Y.M.C.A. in Orchard Road on Saturday. May 27, at 4 p.m. The Minister of Defence. Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will be present.
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      259 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore Lawn Tennis Association have accepted a Cambodian invitation to participate in a friendf triangular tennis tournament to be held in Phnom Penh next mon»J Dr. Chan Ah Kow, president of SLTA, told Sunsport: "We have sent a reply stating
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      194 16 LONDON. Thurs. Arthur Gilligan, the 72-year-old former captain of Sussex and England, is to be the new president of the Marylebone Cricket Club. MCC. governing body of the sport. Gilligan, who was an allrounder is one of that select band of cricketers who have
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      52 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 9.32 a.m. (7.0 ft.), 9.12 p.m. (7.0 ft Port Swettenham: 12.57 p.m. (12.0 ft.); 1.44 p.m. (14.1 ft.). Port Dickson: 2.09 a.m. (6.5 ft); 2.36 p.m. (7.5 ft.). Singapore: 6.01 a.m. (7.2 ft.); 7.59 p.m. (7.3 ft). Sedili Kechil: 5.47 p.m. (6.7 ft.). Kuantan: 5.11 p.m.
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