Eastern Sun, 31 May 1967

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    25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 308 Wednesday, 31 May 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents.
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    Lock icon JETS COLLIDE: 2 KILLED
    419 1  -  Mother and daughter injured by flying splinters of crashed Javelin By V. T. LINGAM A Royal Air Force pilot and erew were killed this morning when two Javelins of the No. 64 Squadron, RAF Tengah collided in mid-air near Pontian, Johore. A RAF spokesman said that
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    Lock icon Fire in Shooter's Paradise
    38 1 SHAMOKIN DAM. PA, Tues. (AP) An explosion and fire destroyed a gun shop called Shooter's Paradise yesterday, killing six persons and injuring eight others. The dead included a five-year-old boy, his father and grandmother.
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    Lock icon Train jumps track: 10 killed
    175 1 MANILA, Tues. (AP) Ten passengers were killed and an undetermined number injured when a train went off the rails some 300 miles south-east of Manila, the Philippine Presidential Press office annonced to- day. A spokesman said President Ferdinand E. Marcos immediately ordered a paramedic team
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    Lock icon Eastern Nigeria is now called Republic of Biafra
    176 1 ENTOU, Tues. (Reuter) Eastern Nigeria today broke away from the seven-year-old Nigerian Federation and proclaimed itself the sovereign independent Republic of Biafra. r Announcement of the break cam" after a drama':*: To«<end in which the possibility of a secession o! the rpgion
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    Lock icon Police look for killer
    113 1 MANILA, Tues. (AP) Manila Police are looking for a killer who dismembers his victims. It appeared that two women already had fallen in the hands of the murderer Police last night found a pair of legs in a trash can. a few blocks from where a
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    Lock icon Hopes of swift action by Security Council dimmed
    248 1 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (Reuter) Egyptian and Soviet positions on the Middle East crisis dimmed hopes today of swift action by the Security Council to relax tension. The 10 elected members arranged private talks before another session of the 15-nation Council to hammer
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    Lock icon Hussein, Nasser sign pact
    141 1 CAIRO, Tues. (Reuter) King Hussein of Jordan and Egypt's President Nasser today signed a joint defence agreement between their two countries. The agreement stated that "the two iountries ionsider that any attack on either of them is an attack on both, and will take measures, including
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    Lock icon 'ISRAEL READY FOR ACTION'
    174 1 JERUSALEM (Israel Sector), Tues. (Reuter) Foreign Minister Abba Eban warned today that Israel is still ready for military action and will make unlimited sacrifices to open the blockaded Gulf of Aqaba. But he stressed Israel is i wiling to 'invest a little time' to see if
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    Lock icon TANKER FORCED TO TURN BACK
    109 1 CAIRO, Tues. (Reuter) Egyptian Navy ships fired a warning shot across the bows of a Liberlan tanker trying to run the blockade on the Gulf of Aqaba yesterday and forced it to turn back down the Red Sea. the Cairo newspaper A 1 Ahram said
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    Lock icon Singapore, Rumania agree to improve trade relations
    491 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore and Rumania today agreed to establish diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level and to resort to "practical measures" for the improvement of their economic and trade relations. This was announced today in a joint communique issued by the Foreign Ministers of
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      42 3 SPORE DIARY 7.45 p.m. National Theatre: Singapore Record Star* Concert, organised by Rediffusion of Singapore. 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Mata Gate, Naval Base; Kampong Heap Guan San; Yook Kiau School and Lee Choon School. Holland Road.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Russia silent on de Gaulle's M-East move
      261 5 PARIS, Tues. (UPI) President Charles de Gaulle i w as reported yesterday to be bitterly disappointed bv Russia's rebuff of his call for Big Four on the Middle Eastern crisis. Souraes close to the 76T p a r-olci President said he Considered Russia's
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      Lock icon HILTON'S COURT ACTION
      201 5 TOKYO, Tues. (UPI) Hilton International went to court yesterday to make sure that it—and not the owners of the building runs the Tokyo Hilton Hotel Hilton International, in a joint plea with Trans World Airlines (TWA) and the Japan Hilton Co., asked the Tokyo District Court to
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      Lock icon US Marines storm hilltop fortress near Con Thien
      347 5 CAIGON, Tues. (UPI). U.S. Marines stormed a hilltop fortress neor their border outpost ot Con Thien and routed North Vietnamese Forces in a fierce five-hour fight, military spokesmen said today. Other Marine units swept on three sides of the beleaguered strongpoint just
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      Lock icon 8 American Quakers evicted from Treasury Building
      236 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) Armed guards last night forcibly evicted a group of eight American Quakers from the United States Treasury building. The eight, five men and three women, were part of a larger group of about 30 which staged a day-long vigil and
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      Lock icon Human legs for garbage collector
      63 5 MANILA, Tues. (UPI) A 63-year-old garbage collector found a pair of human legs hacked into four pieces and wrapped in a newspaper last night. Police reported today. A Police Medical Officer said the legs were cut from a woman of between 20 and 25 years
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      Lock icon Third HK Govt. dept. hit by strikes
      139 5 UONG KONG, Tucs. (Reuter) The Hong Kong Government Waterworks Depot was hit today as token strikes staged by leftist workers in protest against the Government's handling of the recent riots continued. A Government announcement said some workmen in the depot were staging a
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      Lock icon Indon-BAT agreement
      114 5 JAKARTA, lues. (UPI) An agreement was signed for the return of the British American Tobacco Company (BAT) by the Indonesian Government to its original owners in a brief ceremony in Jakarta yesterday. The company, which owns large plantations and factories in Indonesia, was put under Government control by
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      Lock icon Philippines to attract capital investments from HK
      118 5 MANILA, Tues. (Reuter)—President Ferdinand Marcos has ordered the formation of an Economic Experts Groups to offer the Philippines to capital investments fleeing the trade centre of Hong Kong recently troubled by riots. Presidential Palace sources said that at the same time the President
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      Lock icon New head for VOA
      205 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) Mr. John Charles Daly, veteran network newsman and television personality, was named yesterday to head the Voice of America. His appointment was announced by Mr. Leonard H. Marks, Director of the United States Information Agency (USIA), at a news conference. Mr- Daly, moderator
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      Lock icon Deported seamen try for 5th time to enter London
      213 5 ATHENS, Tues. (Reuter) Nine Indian-born Chinese seamen deported four times in three days, will trv for the fifth time to enter London today. The seamen, who spent last night at the transit-room of the Athens Airport, will board an Olympic Airways
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      Lock icon Tri-kini: Step No. 1
      30 5 FASHION a la Mexico by rnet-ador-d esigner Pedro Loredo is modelled by this Japanese model in Tokyo recently. To convert this "town wear" see page 6.
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      Lock icon Gromyko's guest
      25 5 MOSCOW. Tues. (UPI) Cambodian Foreign Minister Norodom Furiwsara arrived yesterday on an official visit as the guest of Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
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      Lock icon Complete disagreement at the 'Peace on earth Conference'
      35 6 AMERICAN soldiers who were wounded during heavy fighting against North Vietnamese troops about 55 miles west of Pleiku prepare for evacuation by helicopter. UPI Photo. UPI Photo.
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      306 6 GENEVA, Tues. (UPI) Pacem in Teris a privately sponsored conference of world personalities called together to explore neve avenues to peace, ended their first day of working session last night in complete disagreement on South East Asia in general and Vietnam in particular. A high-ranking panel of eight experts hewed
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      Lock icon Germany supports free access through Gulf of Aqaba
      173 6 BONN, Tues. (UPI) The West German government today added its voice to those states supporting Israel's demand for the right of unhindered use of the Gulf of Aqaba. "The West German government," spokesman H. Conrad Ahlers told a press conference, "hopes for
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      Lock icon Italian clashes with de Gaulle on British entry
      413 6 EEC summit... ROME Tues (Reuter) President de Gaulle, here to celebrate the Common Market s tenth anniversary, today heard a direct Italian challenge to his views on British entry to Europe and the continent's relations with the United 1 States. President Giuseppe
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      Lock icon Wrong turn leads to jail
      143 6 SOMEWHERE is South Israel Tues. (UPI) Three Egyptian artillery officers, a sargeant and a orivate took a wrong turn while driving along the Egypt-Israel frontier on Sunday and wound up in the middle of an Israeli outpost. The Egyptians clambered out of their Rus-sian-built jeep
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      Lock icon Exodus from Egypt
      196 6 CAIRO, Tues (UPI) All women and children dependents of U.S. embassy and consular personnel in Cairo and Alexandria have been evacuated from Egypt, a spokesman said yesterday. He said the evacuation, which began on Friday, was completed when the last group left by commercial airliner for Athens
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      Lock icon Gift of sight from Ceylon
      129 6 RIO DE JANEIRO, Tues. (Reuter) Two people are in hospital here waiting for the results of transplants of corneas sent from the International Eye Bank in Colombo The corneas made the longest journey out of the 108 that have been sent so far by Ceylon
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      Lock icon Wheat ship in port
      44 6 TRIVANDRUM. South India, Tues (Reuter) —A ship carrying 14.000 tons of Canadian wheat for India arrived at Cochin harbour in Kerala today. Anotner ship with 10,000 tons of American wheat is expected to reach Cochin in the next two days.
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      Lock icon A-scientist takes his own life
      51 6 CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Tues. (Reuter) A nuclear scientist who helped develop the first atomic bomb committed suicide yesterdav by jumping from the top of a 17-storey block of flats. The scientist, Paul C. Aebersold, 56, had been under treatment for mental depression, according to the
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      Lock icon European unity urgent says Pope
      147 6 VATICAN CITY, Tues. (Reuter) Pooe Paul said yesterday European unity was not only desirable but necessary and urgent both in the economic and political fields. He was speaking to members of the executive commissions of the Common Market and Euratom at a private audience Pope
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      Lock icon Teenagers defile the Colours
      155 6 BLACKPOOL, England, Tues. (Reuter* Fashionconscious teenagers who wear military uniforms and medals came under fire today from former British servicemen. "These young people are making a mockery of the uniform you and I were proud to wear," one delegate said at a conference of the British
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      Lock icon Tri-kini: Step No. 2
      47 6 YOU unzip the outer piece ..and step out in your bikini Just the job for instant fun at the bearh But. if vr» u fear too much shoulder tan or you just want to walk r>n the sand you can (see page 7)....
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      Lock icon PUBLIC POLLS SHATTER FAITH IN WARREN COMMISSION THEORY
      218 6 The Kennedy WASHINGTON, T u e s. (Reuter) Sixty-six per cent of the American people now believe that the assassination of President Kennedy was not the work of one man but was part of a broader plot, the Louis Harris Poll reported
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      Lock icon Saudi Arabia to have desalting plants
      83 6 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) Saudi Arabia toaay picked a United States company to build two water desalting plants on its Red Sea coastline at a cost of about US$BOO,OOO dollars. The plants will each produce 61,000 gallons of fresh water daily at Al-Wajh and Duba,
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      Lock icon French N-test
      55 6 PAPEETE. Tahiti, Tues. (Reuter) Warnings to ships and aircraft published here today indicated the possibility of a further French nuclear test in the Pacific tomorrow. Aircraft were warned not to approach within 200 nautical miles of the Mururua atoll test base and ships were warned against going within
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      Lock icon Justice Dept cracks down on miniskirts
      75 6 SYDNEY. Tues. (Reu er Mini-skirts and colourhave been bar. -el by the New S<v:*h Atto rney-Genera.'s Justice Department Employee? have warned in an ci'-J* lar that "example of sirable standards of such as ski jumpers in> moderately short sk:r' loured stockings and J* trical
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      Lock icon NUDE WOMAN ON PEACH PUZZLE POLICE
      126 6 ENNIS. Irish RepubU. Tues. (Reuter) —Poiire today trying to identi near nude body of a v/ found on the roast ne with multiple head in 3 and broken arms, leg« a ribs The dead woman, tween 30 and 40. was last Wednesday at D°
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      Lock icon Caroline launches the 'John F. Kennedy'
      59 7 Caroline Kennedy smashes the traditional bottle of champagne over the bow of the aircraft-carrier named after her father, the late John F. Kennedy in Newport News, Virginia. Watching the ceremony are John Jr., Mrs. Kennedy and Donald Holden, Preside nt of the Newport News
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      Lock icon PI to ask again for return of Sangley Base
      211 7 HONOLULU, Hawaii, Tues. '(AP Philippines Vice Fernando Lopez i yesterday that his government plans to a?k the United S i'e? to return the Sangley Naval Air Station on Manila Bay. The Philippines want to the base for its own naval pj-poses
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      Lock icon Woman reporter more free than men in asking 'sex question'
      417 7 TOKYO, Tues. (UPI) Italian film director Sgr. Michaelangelo Antonioni learned here today that Japanese women are more courageous than men when it comes to the discussion of sex in public. Here on his first visit to Japan, Sqr. Antonioni held
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      Lock icon TRIO WITH 90 GOLD BARS NOT GUILTY
      161 7 LIMA, Peru, Tues. (AP) Three Argentines arrested by Peruvian police and charged with entering the country with 90 bars of contraband gold were declared innocent and freed by a judge today. Judge Carlos Hermosa Moya released the three after hearing testimony and declarations
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      Lock icon Delay allowed for checking Speck's brain waves
      222 7 CHICAGO. Illinois. Tues. (AP) Richard Speck's lawyer obtained two more days yesterday to prepare an order outlining a brain wave examination of the man convicted of murdering eight nurses, including two Fiiippinas. Judge Herbert C. Paschen had directed Mr. Gerald Getty, Public Defender
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      Lock icon Showers of Lire
      65 7 ROME, Tues. (Reuter) Giuseppe Pierri. a 22-year-old farmer from Bari, threw banknotes totalling about one million lire (about £570) into the air before a statue of the Madonna here, crying: "This is your money, take it. take it. Amazed bystanders crowded round before Pierri was taken away
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      Lock icon Preparing for Asian survival without the West
      329 7 MANILA, Tues. (AFP) The "Manila Times" says that the projected new South East Asian organisation hping proposed by Indonesia was apparently designed to prepare Asian countries for the task of filling the "vacuum" to be created by future Western withdrawal from this region.
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      Lock icon Diamond sold for £108,180
      150 7 MASERU. Lesotho T ues. (AFP) —A diamond as big as a hen's egg was sold for £lOB,lBO to a Bloemfontain diamond merchant here yesterday. The 601 and one quarter carat off-white diamond, described as "a lovely stone", was found at the Letsa-la-Draai diggings in the Leostho
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      Lock icon Test-firing kills 5 in gun shop
      71 7 SHANOKIN, Pennsylvania, Tues. (Reuter) —Five people were killed and eight injured in an explosion and fire in a gun shop here. According to police, the explosion was triggered yesterday by the owner of the shop test-firing a 45-calibre pistol. The bodies of three men
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      Lock icon Tunku to discuss world events with Japan
      127 7 TOKYO, Tues. (Reuter) Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Takeo Miki will discuss the international situation on Saturday in Tokyo, Mr- Miki said today He was speaking at a press conference after a regular cabinet meeting. This
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      Lock icon Discrimination based on sex 'basically unjust'
      204 7 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (UPI) The economic and social council yesterday unanimously decided to submit to the General Assembly a draft declaration on the elimination of discrimination against women, terming such discrimination "fundamentally unjust" and an "offence, against human dignity". The declaration outlines measures to
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      Lock icon Record deaths for holiday
      130 7 CHICAGO. Tues. (UPI) Americans died at the rate of one every 10 minutes on the nation's highways as the Memorial Day weekend traffic toll mounted yesterday. It may become a tragic holiday record. Still to come was what traffic experts said was the most dangerous period
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      24 7 YOU can use the waistline round your neck and get a shroud to keep out the sun (or light drizzle).
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      Lock icon There was once a Great Britain
      152 7 'We'll do SYDNEY, Tues. (Reuter) Sir Francis Chichester and Britain's World Cup victory are partly to blame for the drop in British migrants coming to Australia, according to Australian Immigrsu tion Minister, Mr. Billy denSpeaking at Sydney airport today before leaving to head a
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      Lock icon Club owner fined for 'nun' stripper
      101 7 WEST BERLIN. Tues. (Reuter) A West Berlin night club owner and his wife were fined 1.000 marks (€9O) each yesterday for organising a striptease act in which a stripper posed as a nun. The court said the dancer had slowly cast away her nun's
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      Lock icon 'SAVE OUR PRESS'
      97 7 DACCA. East Pakistan* Tues. (Reuter) East Pakistani Journalists have formed a "save the press committee" to press demands for reinstatment, it two banned newspapers, it was reported today. The committee will urge Governor Abdul Monem Khan to permit publication again of the Bengali language Daily Sangbad. suspended
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      Lock icon The hair thieves
      88 7 MOGI DAS CRUZES. Brazil. Tues. (Reuter) Long haired women travel in fear in this citv because of a gang stealing hair. Police said yesterday that in the last two weeks about 20 women have been shorn of their tresses by two women dressed in police uniforms who
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      Lock icon HK to get 8-hr. water ration
      158 7 HONG KONG. Tues (Reuter) The colony's water supply will be cut to eight hours daily as from June 1 because of the continuing drought, according to a government announcement today For the past few weeks Hong Kong has been on a 16-hour basis after
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      664 5 11 M iMjlkJ CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinan?: 6 Ipoh and Melaka; 3 10 Johore Bahru 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kluanff. P>l 545 Pros. Summary; nes in the g age; 5.55 National Songs; 600 News in TV SINGAPURA Tamil; 6.10 Majallah Kita; 6.35 Ken the Wolf
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      160 6 The DEADLY SJ"LCT Moments later... THE CAPONA HOTEL, 08M8! AMD WITH THE UTMOST OSfWCH, PLlAfi6--WE HAVE JUST BEEM ATTACKED BV A TfGACSS' I WAD BEST CONTACT t THE SWISS RENOEZVOUS 1 POINT AT ONCE iffiU 'IS o Vi/ if I KEEP LOOKING FOR PORTOFOR'S LAS ON tvatt bnd whil* we
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    Lock icon A FILLIP FOR BRITAIN
    527 8 THE round-the-world exploit of Sir Francis Chichester has perked up the drooping spirit of the British people. Despite flights to outer space and to the moon by super-rockets, yet it takes a lot of guts, endurance and skill for a 65-year old man to brave the
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    Lock icon FISHERMEN AND PROGRESS
    310 8 ACCORDING to the Director of Fisheries, Mr. Soong Min Kong, 62,500 fishermen in West Malaysia brought in a catch of 235,000 tons of fish worth $205 million in 1966. This included both marine and fresh water fish. For this large number of fishermen, the catch could have
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    Lock icon A swashbuckling touch in the great lone navigator
    1279 8  -  By DAVID MORGAN AN epic voyage, a supreme effort of seamanship and endurance and perhaps one of the most daring and exciting feats of the 20th century. That sums up the round-the-w or I d voyage of the man who at this
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    Lock icon Chichester has an overpowering urge for lone sailing
    1498 8  -  By E. F. Haylock I first encountered Francis Chichester when he took up yachting, about 1953• I teas a member of the Royal Ocean Rac• ing Club 9 which was only just round the corner from Chichester's map business over which he
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  • COMMERCIAL – INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon INWARD FREIGHT MANAGER NAMED
      83 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Mr. D Andrews, who ent a Liverpool the Inward ppish* Department, has appointed Inward Fr-:gh' Manager of the I Funnel Line Ltd. B :n on June 24, 1925, fcp ua- educated at Holt I, Liverpool, bef :e joining Blue Funnel from school In August
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      Lock icon RUBBER DOWN 1/2 CENT
      272 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. June fir>l grade rubber f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala l.umpur today at 55? cents per lb., down half a cent tram previous ose. The tone wa< very quiet. Absence of London advices for the worse in East situation led hr.g
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      Lock icon Sabah rice prices go up
      67 9 ter Tu s (Reu- Kerala's Chief Minisp'.J'e'"Y.here today to ask cVSi- :nisler Mrs. Indira .to ni more rice followi e ays in government «ta£ Ue# l the South Ind:an E T he Chief Minister. Mr. Sankaran Namboodirth#r»sa n arrival here that Wn W tt S
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      Lock icon There's 'junk' —and junks in Hong Kong shopping bargains
      823 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. You can buy absolutely anything in Hong Kong anything from a secondhand newspaper to a genuine Chinese junk. The Chinese junk building industry has developed considerably in recent years and you can get a brand new model complete with
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      Lock icon Commodity price
      30 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (AP) Dow Jones commodity futures index: (Open) 136.02, (High) 136.18, (Low) 136.00, (Close) 136.18 up 0.07. Dow Jones spot commodity price Index 138.93 off 0.27.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      23 9 HONG KONG, Tues (UPI) Money Quotations: HK$5BO/582.50 per US dollar for cash HK516.15 per pound sterling HK5273.25 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      16 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. —The Association of Banks in Malaysia announced that all rates remain unchanged.
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      Lock icon Tin price
      15 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. —The tin price for today was 608 per picul, down $l.
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      Lock icon No sales
      22 9 NEW YORK, Tues. (AP) Rubber standard futures close quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 211/4 N. N-nominal.
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      Lock icon COCKTAIL PARTY ON BOARD 'OCEAN PRIMA'
      317 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Ocean Bhipping and Enterprises (M) Ltd., last night gave a cocktail and buffet party on board the "Ocean Prima" at the port here on the occasion of her maiden voyage to Singapore from Australia. The 14.000-ton ship, which arrived here from
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      56 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (AP) Dow Jones stock averages Open High 30 Industrials 869.43 871.60 20 Railroads 247.59 252.28 15 Utilities 134.91 135.48 65 Stocks 315.92 318.48 Low Close Change 30 Industrials 860.24 864.99 off 5.43 20 Railroads 235.99 248.58 up 1.25 15 Utilities 133.63 134.30 off 0.73
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      Lock icon Stockpile tin
      42 9 WASHINGTON, Tues. (AP) The United States Government on Monday sold 20 tons of tin from surplus stocks, 10 tons of Grade B tin sold at $1.5250 Der pound and 10 tons of Grade C tin sold at $1.5200 per pound.
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange still quiet
      611 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Although the turnover was a little improved today on the Stock Exchange, the market still ruled very quiet. There was little inclination to deal in all sections as many investors are still digesting the Middle East crisis. However, industrial prices were generally steady with
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      Lock icon MARKET TO 'FIND ITS OWN LEVEL'
      63 9 HONG KONG, Tues. Members of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at a meeting last night decided to allow the market to "find its own level". When trading was resumed yesterday after a fortnight of "blank" sessions members had agreed not to sell stocks at
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      Lock icon STOCK INDEX
      35 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (AP) Standard and poor's 500 stock index: Net Close Change 425 Industrial 97.29 off .58 20 Railroads 47.65 off .11 55 Utilities 68.85 off .02 500 Stocks 90.49 off .49
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      Lock icon YOUR SHARES-UP-DOWN-UNCHANGED
      486 9 SINGAPORE—Slock Exchange bid and offer price* officially lifted at the close of business. INDUSTRIAL Alex. Bricks Ords. 16.00 Roustead 1.48 1JI C. Sugar 1.63 1.64 Chemical Co 1.72 1.73 Cold Storage 3.38 3.42 Dunlop (New) 2.18 2.24 Dunlop (Old) CD 2.18 9.04 E. Smelting XD 4.14 E««o Ords.
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      49 9 Managers Prices) Flr*t Malayan 2.2K 2.38 Second Malayan 1.63 1.73 Third Malayan 1.11 1.21 The Commerce Industry Fund XD .86 The Savings Fund 1.33 1.43 Malayan Industry Fund .95 1.05 Sterling Commodity 3/7 4/2 First Hong Kong .90 .95* Second Hong Ronr .61 65* (♦Hone Kong Currency)
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      90 9 SINGAPORE. Tuev —Singapore Chinese Produce Exchanre noon prices today were: Buyer* (trllrri Coconut oi| (FOB) Bulk 47.50 Coconut oil (FOB) Drums .SO.00 Loose Copra Mixed Mav/June 28.M) Nutmegs 110s 34S.OO Nutmegs B W 165.00 Garbled Lampong Bluek Pepper (FOB) 112.50 Pepper Black Special Sarawak (FOB) ***** La mpong Black
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      176 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following ships are expected to be in port today:today: Godowns Vessels. 1/2 Benwyvis 3/4 Yamaguchi Maru 6/7 Ocean Prima 8/9 Sumbawa 13/K Hoegh Dyke 15/16 Nichiyo Maru 18 Rhexenor 19 Surma 21/22 Kinabalu 23/24 Van Noort 25/26 Hoi Houw 27/28 Maui Pomare 29/30 Sipsah 31/32
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      822 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur Time 6 a.m Airline MSA 309 from Perth. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur Time 8.50 a m Airline JAL 712 from Jakarta Time 9.30 a.m Airline MSA 121 from Kuala
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    4438 12  -  By HORST ELISEIT This story is written k by Horst El inert, chief H reporter of the Ger- H man language WELT I AM SO!S!S'TAG, pub• I lished in Hamburg, H Germany, B He has written with H alarming and blunt B clarity about his ex*
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  • THE NEW FILMS
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      736 13  - 'Hotel'—a moving story full of plots intrigues by Suhaimi Bidin SINGAPORE, Tues. 0_ it a moving story with intriguing plots, love and death against a wonderful scenery. The Warner Brothers' release (Capitol theatre) tells a story of how a smart young general manager of a hotel, Peter McDermott (Rod Taylor)
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      Lock icon Don't see this film if you have a weak stomach!
      398 13  -  by CHAN KAM YAU TTUALA LUMPUR, Tucs.—For sheer rawhide violence, butchery and suspense, nothing can top "Coffin for a Gunfighter". If you have a weak stomach, this is not the film for you. How's this for size? A gunf i
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      Lock icon Gimmicks galore
      210 13  -  By: TAI SING ONN Kuala lumpur. Tues. The plot of "The Silencers Kill Again" superscope, color is threadbare. There is the same fantastic, devious scheme as in scores of spy films to dominate the world Some pompous, self-centred ass here again wants to be the all-conquering hero. But
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      111 13 f SHAW fflgaamaaAisifl I D O Phone ***** "n°»ing: low, 1.45, 5.30, 8.45 Concession $l.OO to eny »*»t at 1.45 Showt F\lR LADY" (WB> ?u c 7O At Color NEXT CHANGE! T "r RILI S RUN RED" (D A I T *'h":co:or Teehmscope [Capitol Phone ***** L 22« REX-SKY *****
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      304 13 BSUEfi »Ti GALA 3/38 Bl ACH »OA;> Ample Car Park Space Available Behind The Theatre. Entrance Between Gala A Marlborough Theatres. ODEON ?1 116 Last Day: 11. 1.30, 4. 6.30. 9.15 p m "Deadlier Than Tha Male" Scope Richard Johnaon Elite Sommer Color < Rank Organisation Picture 1 Season Continue*
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  • SUN SPORT
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      Lock icon FRAS planned promotions: FAS Council will be approached
      267 14 SINGAPORE, Tucs. The F.A. of Singapore Tournament Committee is to initiate moves with the F.A.S. Council to assist in the planned promotions of FRAS to conduct courses for those keen to take up refereeing in Singapore. The Football Referees' Association of Singapore
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      195 14 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Woon Sui Kut, has been elected as treasurer of the Amateur Swimming Federation of Asia at the first ASFA convention held in Manila recently. Mr. Woon was the Republic's delegate to the convention to be hosted by the Philippines. In
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      Lock icon Leicester City hit three past Asian All Stars
      781 14  -  By PERCY JOSEPH KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Leicester Citv Football Club tonight maintained their unbeaten record in their Malaysian tour, when they outplayed the Asian All-Stars in every department and won by three goal* to nil at the Stadium Merdeka here. The excitement
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      106 14 Lee Han Seng, winner of the fastest time of the day award for cars receives the Mobil Trophy from Mrs. R. H. Arnold, wife of the Relations Manager of Mobil Oil Malaya Sdn. Berhad after the Mobil Sprint yesterday. The half mile sprint, sponsored by Mobil and
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      Lock icon Lincha (47) wins singles title
      293 14 MALACCA, Tues. Veteran Abdullah Lincha (Malacca) clinched the men's open singles title in the annual Malacca Lawn Tennis Association Open Championships held at the General Hospital courts Abdullah Lincha who is now 47 years old, last won the Malacca Open singles championships in 1954 Mrs.
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      30 14 MALACCA, Tues. Malacca Women's Hockey Association President's XI and Harimau Sports Club (Seremban) played to a scoreless draw in women's hockey match at the Malacca Club nadang here.
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      Lock icon Swifts and Achilles for Malacca meet
      131 14 MALACCA, Tues. The Swifts Athletic Club and Achilles Club from Singapore will compete in the annual Malacca Amateur Athletic Association's open relay events to be held on June 4 at the Kubu Stadium here. The Singapore Combined Schools will also be sending a strong
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      Lock icon Disrupted by rain again...
      101 14 NORTHAMPTON T t J', (Reuter) The Indian crick ers. already deprived of thirds of their scheduled p.» ing time on their English were again disrupted h\ on the second day of match against Northampton shire here yesterday. After completely was 'l' n j out the first
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      354 14 JAKARTA, Tues. (AP and Reuter) Both Denmark and Malaysia were rated strong favourites to upset defending champions Indonesia when the Thomas Cup World Badminton Championship begins tomorrow. The opening round between Malaysia and Denmark will be one of the highlights of the
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      77 14 SINGAPORE. Tues.— Raffles Institution entered the semi-final of the inter schools cricket tournament when they beat St. Andrew's School by 98 runs here today. Raffles batted first and were all out for 150. with Ho Sang (44) and Surajan (30) being the main scorers for RI.
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      277 14 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Table-Ten-nis Association has picked 37 players for centralised training in preparation for the Bth Asian Table-Tennis Championships to be held here from August 9 to 14. The 37-member squad which includes men and women players were selected following their impressive
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        1436 15 Race l: Horses Gl. 4, Div. 2 Abt. 9 F. 19 Yds. —2.00 P.M. Hatart 4v 126 Bydney Btable Allan Coleman 13 ?40 Skilful 8y 126 Mrs. D.E. B kelen RS. Bkelen Coles 11 Native Bor 4y 123 Asiatic Stable E. B'kelen Bubian 5 C
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        1570 15  -  Back to his best form The going IS GOOD By 'Windsor L ud '.J IPOH, Wed. Pot of Gold reods a good each way proposition in the Class One Division Two over 6f and 19 yards (Race 4) at Ipoh this afternoon, second
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        20 15 Windsor Lad: Kanchana Raytone Roland II Golden Sun: Angel Okay Okay Waspa acaa Adeline: Otaro Dellarnews Theatre
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        142 15 WINDSOR LAD GOLDEN SUN ADELINE RACE 1 S. VIEW Otaro Tot ota k CAPITAL GAIN Tototak Otaro OTARO C. Gain Hatari RACE 2 KANCHANA Warm Season Devil'* Peak ANGEL Warm Season Rexrosa L. FLASH II Warm Season Rexrosa RACE 3 TAIJHARA Sir Argent Retusa TAUHARA Bintanjf S'wak Seruan Negara
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        368 15 IPOH, Tues. Following Is the Stipendiary Steward's Report on the First Day of the Perak Turf Club Derby Meeting held here last Sunr day, May 28. on good going:— Race 1. Coleman (Venga) who missed the start slightly was told that he must put
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        Lock icon SMART WORKOUT BY POT OF GOLD
        211 15 IPOH. Tues. Pot of Gold (Harbridge) completed his preparation for Wednesday's race with a smart half mile spin, clocking 50 2/5 sec and 3f in 38 2 5 sec on a food track this morning. He finished his work with plenty in hand. Attractive
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      458 16  -  THEY LACK TEAMWORK AND UNDERSTANDING IL ROBERT KUAN IPOH, Tues. Without adequate centralised training the Asian All Stars taking part in the Gold Leaf Pestobola in Malaysia and Singapore cannot be expected to play with complete co-ordination and understanding. This was the opinion given by the
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      Lock icon MCA Youths win 5-0
      60 16 MALACCA. Tues.—M.CA. Youth from Alor Gajah District made a winning start in the Malacca Amateur Football Association Div. 2 league with a 5-0 win over Portuguese Youths at the Bandar Hilir ground. At half time the MCA Youths led 2-0. In another Div. 2 league fixture
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      100 16  -  BOWLING TIPS by Marion Ladewig A thumb hole that is too large will cause the bowler to squeeze the ball and this brings double trouble. A squeezed ball will not have nearly the strike power of one that leaves the hand smoothly, and a
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      71 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Sepak Raga Committee of the Selangor Combined Schools' Sport Council will hold its general meeting at the Appar Secondary School, Batu Road on Friday at 4 p.m. The meeting will discuss the staging of Under —13, 15, and 20 competitions for
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      Lock icon Manila side will take part in polo tourney here
      434 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. Manila will field a team of lour players at the forthcoming Malayan Polo Association Tournament for the Jumabhoy Cup and the Turf Club Plate beginning from Firday. In all, eight teams will participate in the threeday tournament. On June
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      94 16 MALACCA, Tues. The following were elected officebearers of the Malacca Badminton Association at their annual general meeting held at the Malacca B.A. hall. President, Dato Tan Cheng Swee; vice-presidents Messrs. Ho Kum Yeow, Ng Chong Chee, Lim Kim Soo, Yoong Yong Pow, Koh Kim Leng, Dr. T-
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      200 16 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) —The weoth ei relented yesterday and eight of the ten sche duled English first class cricket matches man aged to get started after the complete wash out over the weekend. Highlight of the day was at Worcester where Leicestershire
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      416 14 Eastern Sun Claseitied advertisements can ton accepted at the following addresses: MONT D'OR MILK BAIL Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK Brothers. Ltd., 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maju Avenue. Serangoon Garden Estate. Singapore HAMIEM STORE. 1419 Upper Changi Road Singapore 17 A.T. CNANAPRAKASAM b CO., 1361 Changi Point.
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      63 16 TIME AND TIDE Penan* l 7.41 am. (6.0 ft.); 6.13 p.m. (6.5 ft.) Port Swettenham: 10.47 a.m. (12.9 ft.); 10.53 (115 ft.). (115 ft.). Port Dickson: Singapore: 3 Sedili Kechil: Kuantan: 1.1 *son: 11.30 a.m. (6.6 ft.), e: 3.18 a.m. (7.5 ft.); 5.45 p.m. (6.3 ft.). *hU: 1.53 a.m. (4.9
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