Eastern Sun, 6 December 1967

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  • 27 1 Eastern Sun Injlependenf National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 492 Wednesday, 6 December 1967. ft MC(P) 2251 Kn| M 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 653 1 No tax increases, no major innovations or changes for 1968 SINGAPORE, Tues. JHE Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, today presented a "normal continuation" budget with no tax increases at all. As expected, there will be no major innovations or changes both in the ordinary
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  • 45 1 MANILA. Tues (UPI) The Foreign Office todaynamed Casimiro Valdez, a veteran diplomat, as new Philippine Consul-General to Singapore. Valdez, who was formerly First Secretary and ConsulGeneral in the Philippine Embassy in London, replaces Minister Mariano Logarta who was given a home assignment.
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  • 43 1 Miss Lee Wei Ling, daughter of Singapore's Prime Minister, being introduced to the Cambodian Head *of State, Prince Sihanouk, at the State Palace. Looking on is the Prime Minister, Mrs. Lee, his eldest son, Hsien Yang, and Hsien Loong.
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  • 339 1  -  By KHOO BOON CHOO PENANG. Tues. A young armed robber was shot dead by the police when he tried lo escape after an unsuccessful attempt to rob a wealthy businessman's residence in Ayer Rajah Road here, this evening. A Browning pistol was recovered from tne
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  • 143 1 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) The Geneva Convention does not extend the protection given to prisoners of war to nationals of a detaining power, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council said today. The same principle must apply to persons who. though not nationals, owed a
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  • 194 1 CAIGON, Tues. (UPI) A large Communist force overran a Vietnamese refugee village near the Cambodian border and killed 300 civilians in a murderous pre-dawn raid today, a C.S. spokesman reported. An undisclosed number of others also were wounded, the spokesman said. According to sketchy
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  • 54 1 LONDON, Tues. (ReuterV Mr. A. J. De La Mare, Assistant Under Secretary in the Foreign Office, has been appointed as Britain's new High Commissioner in Singapore, it was announced today. He succeeds Mr. J.V. Rob who for health reasons has returned to a post in
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 168 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Far Jlast Organisation, Singapore’s eading finance organisation, js diversifying its business activities. The Organisation, which has a string of subsidiary companies engaged in gigan- tic housing projects, banking, finance and realty activities, has now entered the retail department store business. It recently
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    • 139 2 9 a.m. 6 p m.:. Yeh TsuiPai Horse Painting Exhibition at the Chinese School Teachers’ Union, 5. Leonie Hill. 10 a.m. 12 i.n and 4 p.m. 9 p.m Italian Engineering, Exhibition, Shenton Circus. 510 p.m. 9 p.m.:- S AT A, free mass X-ray campaign at Tiong Bahru area,
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    • 67 2 SINGAPORE Tues. The Boys’ Town Old Boys' Association's. “Peep Pop Show 1967’* will be held at the National Theatre on Dec. 8, at 8 p.m. Guest artistes, who include Radio and TV personalities lika Sakura, Rita Chao, the Quest*, and the Trailers, will be taking part
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    • 110 2 SINGAPORE. Tues.—Two Singaporeans, Mr. Goh Choon Hee and Mr. Goh Ngoh Khang, have been awarded scholarships of the German Academic Exchange Service. They have left for Germany. Mr. Goh Choon Hee. 24. a graduate from the University of Singapore, will study physics at the Technical
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    • 299 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Boys’ Brigade in Singapore will be sending two representatives to attend a National Expedition Camp organised by the Boys’ Brigade in New Zealand to be held at the Arihurs Pass National Park from Dec. 28. 1967, to Jan. 8, 1968. The
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    • 92 2 Mr. Larry TH. Ong, Chief of the Protocol Division of the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, centre, with two Australian protocol and hospitality officers on cruise in Sydney Harbour during the visit to Australia of the Prime Minister of Laos. On the left is Mr. M. Lake, protocol officer for
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    • 144 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. A bus-conductor, Choo Cheok Seng, 33, was today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court with forgery of o ticket for The Singapore Sweep. This is believed to be the first cose of ifs kind to be brought be- fore the court. Choo
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    • 493 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Tourist Association will launch a three-month island wide competition for the most attractive service and Ailing stations in Singapore so as to contribute towards the desired image of the Republic as a Garden City. Announcing this today at a
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    • 102 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The three missing boys feared drowned yesterday while on a boating trip were reported by the villagers in Pasir Panjang to be “safe”, today Confirming this, a police spokesman said an appeal was made to trace the parents or relatives of the
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    • 42 2 Miss Soo Tslng. one of Hong Kong’s top actresses, has arrived in Singapore to make personal appearances at two leading Chinese Theatres. Two of her pictures. “White Swan” and “Pink Bomb” will be released here during her visit.
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    • 233 2 CANBERRA. Tues. Singapore’s senior protocol officer. Mr. Larry T H. Ong. is spending four weeks in Australia under the Colombo Plan to study the work and methods of his Australian counterparts. Mr. Ong. who is Chief of the Protocol Division In the Singapore Ministry
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    • 108 2 SEREMBAN, Tues. Police have detained six top secret society thugs following a midnight swoop on o number of houses in Mambau New Village, five miles from here. This is the first big arrest in the State by police since the recent disturbances in the country. All
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    • 279 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Malaysia and Th lla r n a d are good neighbours with a long history of happy relation jJ countries also share in the ideals of neace lustice and freedom,” the Thai Ambassador here. Mr. Lek Tantemsapya said last night
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    • 104 2 No hindrance to legitimate trading P.I. MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) The Acting Philippine Secretary of For ei g n Affairs. Mr. Manuel Collantes. said today implementation of the anti-smuggling co-operation agreement between the Philippines and Malaysia would not curtail legitimate trading between the Sulu-Palaway areas <ln Southwestern Philippines) and Sabah. Mr.
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    • 355 4  -  By JAMAL ALI KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Mentri Besar of Kelantan, Dato Mohamed Asri bin Haji Muda today described the decision taken by the Central Government to banish non-citi-xens involved in the recent disturbances in the country as wise and pragmatic. This was necessary for
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    • 90 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. An attempt by pistolarmed youths to rob a 53-year-old sundry shopkeeper at Lorong Siputeh here yesterday, was foiled by the shop-keeper’s son. Teh Kai fluat left his shop at 9.30 a.m. yesterday for town. But he had hardly gone 10 yards when
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    • 218 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. An elderly mother testified in the High Court here today about her daughter's "missing underpants." The mother Haflfah bte. Ali was testifying against Attan bin Ismail, 23. charged with raping her 18-year-old daughter. The Johore D.P.P. Enche Kadir bin Haji
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    • 65 4 Miss Shirley Goh, 22, who was adjudged the Jaycee Convention Queen in Ipoh at a Jaycee Convention Ball at Asrama Ipoh on Saturday. She is a bank receptionist in Penang. Others in the picture are Mrs. Lim Bor Seng (second place) Mrs. L. Sarjeet Singh, wife of the Jaycee President
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    • 944 4 ‘6O arrested in KL recently have no I. Cards’ PENANG, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, said here today that he had no intention of closing the Labour Party of Malaya. Instead, he would try and help the more honest Labour members
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    • 224 4 KAJANG, Tues. Loyal citizens of this country would never think of creating disunity and unrest amongst the various races living here. “If anyone in this country is not satisfied with what the present Government is doing to bring progress and
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    • 69 4 MALACCA. Tues. Over 60 members of the Labour Party at Chinchln town. 24 miles from here are expected to change thetr political affiliation shortly. These members are understood to have agreed to Join the Jasln branch of 4CA. About 50 other residents
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    • 238 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Malaysia and Britain signed an agreement here today on the loan of British personnel under the BritishMalaysia Agreement op External Defence and Mutual Assistance. The agreement was signed by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Tun Abdul
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    • 336 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malaysian Trades Union Congress will be asked to strongly urge the Government to introduce legislation to control prices of at least T 2 essential commodities so that the public, especially workers in the country can obtain them easily.
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    • 85 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Cochrance Youth Club will be holding its Festival of Youth’ on Dec. 23 to Jan. 6. The festival will have a table-tennis tournament, a badminton tournament, a football tournament, an elocution contest and a Christmas ball. The Christmas ball will
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    • 127 4 Exhibition Of private papers of Tun Tan Cheng Lock at National Archives 9 am. to 1 pm. Works of prominent Malaysian artists by Pen:nsular Art Society at 41, Jalar. Raja Muda. 9 a.m. to 6 pm Exhibition of tapestries from France at Samat Art Gallery 9 a m
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    • 169 4 PENANG. Tues. The case of Mr. Lim Kean Siew cannot be made an exception because he Is a lawyer and is a member of a good family. This was stated by the Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, today when asked by the press about the
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    • 377 4 MALACCA, Tues. A total of two rural electrification projects have been completed by the National Electricity Board in the State this year at a cost of $873,384 of which $717, 859 was contributed by the Federal and State Governments. These projects benefited nearly
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    • 528 10 Khaw tells developed nations: KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. “Not oid but trade on more generous terms." This was the appeal to the more advanced countries by the Minister of Local Government and Housing, Enche Khaw Kai Boh on behalf of the developing nations. The
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    • 317 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. A BOAC spokesman confirmed here today the airline's management in London had received notice of a pending strike by its pilots. The notice was contained in a letter from the British Airline Pilots Association which stated that it was advising
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    • 140 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. A dud §1 coin the new Singapore currency has been detected bv a local businessman. The Currency Board of Singapore has already obtained the coin and is believed to have handed the matter to the Police for further investigations. The businessman handed the dud
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    • 109 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A crab-feed for a man and his wife along Klang Road last Saturday, turned out to be the most expensive feed ever. Lam Peng Wong. 30, of an insurance firm here, paid a $3,600 diamond ring and a $3OO gold necklace for
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    • 90 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. General Sir Geoffrey Baker, who will be Britain's Chief of the General Staff in March, 1968, will visit Singapore and West Malaysia from Dec. 7 to 13. During his visit which will mainly consist of a tour of British Army and Commonwealth units
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    • 76 10 MALACCA. Tues A Magistrate's Court trial today could not proceed because an exhibit held by the Court was missing. Just before ‘be Court sat. the staff found the Court-store lock had been tampered with A search revealed a transistor radio, the exhibit in today's
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    • 42 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Italian Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade. Mr. Mario Vetrone. arrived here tonight for a two-day visit. Mr. Vetrone is expected to visit the Italian Engineering Exhibition now being held at the Shenton Circus here tomorrow.
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    • 117 10 A LARGE gathering last night attended a reception in Singapore on the occasion of the birthday of the King of Thailand. It was given by the Thai Ambassador to Singapore, Mr, Nibhon YVilairat and his wife. The gathering included the Minister for Culture and Social Affairs.
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    • 1113 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Defence allegations of police manhandling their remand prisoners and prosecution's rebuttals took up the entire day’s hearing in today’s trial of 261 Barisan members and supporters at the Fourth Emergency Magistrate’s Court in Chest- nut Drive. When the hearing resumed this
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    • 4218 11  -  i j rV:t 11 r:xn i A >j fl'TiSB Jonh Kam R.V. Lingam Singapore. Tues. Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, in his annual budget statement to Parliament today spoke of the problems facing Singapore and offered inme possible solutions. Industrial
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    • 2085 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, today gave three Important reasons for the good performance of Singapore’s economy this year. The reasons are: GROWTH of trade with Indonesia: CONTINUED expansion of exports to South Vietnam: and SUBSTANTIAL increase in
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    • 1422 14 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, said in Parliament here today that to pay holders of old notes the same value as the new currency would mean the Government would have to raise some $3O
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    • 127 14 SINGAPORE, Tues More congratulatory mess ages have been received by President Yusof Ishak on the occasion of his re-election as Head of State for a further term of four years. The messages came from President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic; The
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    • 472 3 New domestic timetable for Christmas and New Year travellers! additional flights to East &West Malaysia •Effective 1/12/67 to 15/1/6& No operations from 25/12/67 •Effective 1/12/67 to 15/1 '6B A Effective 4/12/67 to 24/12/67 only to 29/12/67 and 1/1/68 to 3/1/68 No operations on 29/12/67 A Effective 25/12/67 A’SKOK TMPH Mas
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    • 55 3 From December 4th, “MSA introduce this new holiday timetable.. .and introduce 5 new services! Additional F. 27 flights Monday, Wednesday and Friday between K.L. and Penang, and Friday and Sunday between Singapore and Jesselton. Refer to the timetable below when planning your holiday travel. For bookings, see your travel agent
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 436 5 X’mas pause prospect Marine Chief named WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) President Johnson yesterday met his top military advisers for a review of the U.S. defence budget for the 1969 financial year, which begins next July. Attending the White House conference were Defence Secretary Robert S McNamara. Undersecretary
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    • 117 5 LONDON, Tups. (Reuter) The cost of maintaining Britain's base facilities in Singapore in the current year is estimated at about £55 m. Defence Secretary Mr. Denis Healey told the House of Commons this yesterday in reply to a question by an opposition Conservative, Mr. David Howell.
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    • 102 5 WASHINGTON. Tue s (Reuter) U.S. Defence Department is stepping up purchases of “Christmas tree” tinsel to foil strengthened North Vietnam anti-aircraft batteries. The Air Force has ordered nine times more silver chaff this year than last year to deceive Communist radar guiding the guns
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    • 71 5 ROME, Tues. (Reuter) The Italian Roman Catholic news agency Relazioni Religiose today reported that six million boxes of contraceptive pills were sold in Italy in 1966. This meant that at least half a million Italian women used the pills despite a Vatican ban. the
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    • 67 5 NEW DELHI. Tues. (Reuter)— Opposition members walked out of parliament yesterday after both houses approved the government's stand that the West Bengal state ministry of Dr. P.C. Ghosh was lawfully constituted. and threw out a Communist demand for the governor’s dismissal. In the lower house, the Communist motion
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    • 87 5 PRESIDENT Johnson is shown meeting with his advisers on Vietnam at an early morning breakfast session recently. The group are left to right (clockwise). Vice President Humphrey; Robert Komer, deputy for pacification programmes. Tom Johnson, Asst. Press Secretary; Richard Helms. Central Intelligence Agency: Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Ambassador Elsworth
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    • 261 5 More bombs than World War II WASHINGTON. Tues <R«*u ter) The United States has dropped more bombs on Vietnam than it dumped on Europe in thp whole of World War II and double the tonnage used in the Korean war. according to latest figures from the Pentagon
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    • 457 5 Quirk in transplant story CAPE TOWN. Tues. (Reuter) By a trick of fate. Mrs Louis Washkansky was an onlooker at the Cape Town street accident last Satcrday which enabled the historic heart-transplant operation to be performed on her
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    • 171 5 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Britain has announced suspension of meat imports from Latin America until the present epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease has been brought under control. Agrteurture Minwtor Fred Peart disclosed the moves in parliament as latest figures showed another 18 outbreaks. bringing the total to
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    • 163 5 JAKARTA, Tues. (Reuter) The working committee of the Indonesian Peoples Congress has decided to anul deposed President Sukarno's theory of guided democracy imposed during the last few years of his regime, it was announced here yesterday. The working committee of Congress Indonesia supreme policy
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    • 131 5 NEW YORK. Tues. (Reuter) —Film and stage comedian Bert Lahr died in hospital here yesterday after a short illness. He was 72. His best-known films included “Wizard of Oz,” “Love and Kisses,” “Mr. Broadway.” “Jose 11 e,” “Ship Ahoy.” “Mr. Universe” and "Rose Marie.” On Broadway
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    • 99 5 LONDON. Tues <ReU-' ter)—Buyers spent v total of £12,647 yesterday in bidding for bogus first editions and other material concerning English master forger Thomas J Wise. The New York book dealers El Dieff spentwhat an official of Sothe by’ s auction rooms called the
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    • 29 5 BELGRADE, Tue§ (ReUr. ter) —President Tito .yes-., terday ordered the releaseof 132 prisoners and reductions in the sentences ot 425 others under an annua! National Day amnesty.
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    • 154 6 NEW YORK. Tues. (Router) Thousands of New Yorkers filed past the bier of Cardinal Francis Spellman here today as he lay in state in Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. The crowds swelled during the noon lunch hour and at one time the entrance became jammed with people all
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    • 170 6 NEW YORK. Tues (Reuter) Two students were charged today with burgling a Norwich, Connecticut, Bank of more than $84,000 (£35,000) two weekends ago. The students, Theodore O. Kennedy 111. 21, and Samuel Bernthal, 20, both of Norwich. were held in lieu of bail of $lO,OOO
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    • 30 6 TEL AVIV, Tues (Reuter) Four people were wounded last night when a rail trolley ran over explosive charges on the line to Beersheba, an Army spokesman said today.
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    • 104 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) The US. National Students Association filed a court action today against a controversial move by General Lewis Hershey, head of the military draft, recommending immediate induction of anti-draft demonstrators. The N.S.A asked the District Court here to overrule General Hershey’s action as unconstitutional
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    • 483 6 Accused knew of dangers of insulin— Prosecutor T OS ANGELES, Tues. (UPI) The prosecution in the insulin murder trial of William Dale Archerd charged yesterday he hid three of his wives suffering from insulin shock until it was too late to save them. In the first day of the trial,
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    • 45 6 YES. j there Is nothing impossible. Even the cats’ can type these days!! Here our photo shows a cat “Mizifuz" belonging .to Mrs Maria Tomas of Spain, Just doing her Job perfectly after having learned to type successfully in matter of weeks
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    • 94 6 NEW DELHIu Tues (Reuter) Indian Commerce Minister Dmesh Singh, left here today for Hong en route for Canberra to head a developing nations delegation to visit* Australia. New Zealand and s Japan. The delegation jis one of six established by (the recent Algiers conference of
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    • 189 6 SAIGON, Tues. (Reuter) South Vietnam will not oppose admission of National Liberation Front (N.L.F.) representatives to United Nations discussions on Vietnam but will never allow the Vietcong organisation to be a party in peace negotiations, South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Do
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    • 39 6 JAKARTA. Tues (Reuter) Former President Sukarno’s second wife, Madame Hartini. is to sue a Jakarta magazine which linked her with the abortive Communist coup attempt two years ago. the Army controlled newspaper Ampera said today.
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    • 382 7 ‘Trench threat to United Europe PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) If the Common Market Five again passively accept a French veto on British entry the community and NATO will be heading for disintegration. the president of the Western European I'nion's parliamentary assembly said yesterday. Signor Vittorio Badini Confalonieri.
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    • 62 7 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Tues. (Reuter) South Yemen has applied for membership of the United Nations, it was announced here yesterday. The new state gained independence on Nov. 30 alter 123 years of British rule. Britain has said it will sponsor the application.
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    • 43 7 THE first Japan-France ministerial consultation was opened at the Foreign Office in Tokyo last Friday afternoon with the visiting French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville (2nd from right) and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Miki (left) attend- ing as chief delegate. PANA Photo.
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    • 230 7 Soviets cannot take over Algerian it naval base from France PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) A French Gaullist deputy told the Western European Union (WEU) assembly here yesterday that the Soviet Union cannot take over the Mers-el-Kebir Naval Base in Algeria, which France is quitting next year. M. Andre Beauguitte, in a
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    • 251 7 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) President Johnson last night compared opponents of his Vietnam policy to appeasers of Hitler and Mussolini be- fore World War 11. He acknowledged in a speech here that many people did not accept his view that the American presence in Vietnam
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    • 180 7 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) A date for Prime Minister Harold Wilson to visit President Johnson is being arranged in British-American talks here, officials confirmed last night. They said the Prime Minister would not go to Washington until the new year. Government circles said they believed
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    • 143 7 VATICAN CITY, Tues.— The Vatican newspaper said today sexy films, magazines and fashions were at the back of many sex crimes. The Osservatore Romano was reflecting, in an editorial, on a Turin youth who last night stabbed his fiancee to death and then tried
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    • 43 7 VALPARAISO Chile. Tues. (UPI) A ma.ior volcanic eruption in Antarctica was reported here today. Radio messages from Chilean boats in the barren wastes off the southern continent say the eruption shook Decepcion Island, where Chile maintains an air base.
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    • 45 7 BOMBAY. Tues. (I PI) A pleasure boat carrying at least 30 youths aged between 10 and io and some schoolteachers capsized yesterday on a cruise at Lake Mahrun. 300 miles northeast of Bombay. police said today. Twenty-three bodies were recovered.
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    • 297 7 Great Britain: It never rains but pours LONDON. Tues. (LPD A nationwide slowdown by railroad engineers involved in a feud with brakemen over a government streamlining programme delayed or slopped thousands of British commuters and caused big traffic jams during rush hours yesterday.
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    • 534 7 Envoy taken to task for statement TOKYO, Tues. (UPI) Japan Socialist Party yesterday called for the dismissal of the Japanese ambassador to the United States because of a statement he made on Friday on nuclear weapons. At a meeting of the Japan-America Society in Washington,
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    • 112 7 SAIGON, Tues. (CPI) In a policy split with the I'nited States, the South Vietnamese government yesterday declared its opposition to Viet Cong participation in a I'nited Nations debate on the war. A Foreign Ministry communique called on the security council “to prevent the Communists from making use of
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    • 145 7 MOSCOW. Tues. (Reuter) Students have taken over the schools of China and have abolished examinations and grades, the Soviet government newspaper Izvestia said today. Basing its report on accounts in Chinese newspapers. Izvestia said the students had also reduced their work load to 20 hours a week,
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    • 128 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) Filipinos have failed in their hid to get the United States to make good on millions of dollars worth of phony money commonly known as “Mickey Mouse” issued in the Philippines in World War 11. The counterfeit Japanese
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    • 68 7 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. (Reuter) Britain yesterday introduced a resolution which expressed concern at Spanish measures “aimed at the economy of Gibraltar and the freedom of movement of its people". Four Latin American countries countered with a draft resolution which deplored the British referendum on the
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    • 72 7 GENEVA, Tues. (Reuter) The Red Cross today made an international appeal for food, clothing, bedding and money to help the 20.000 inhabitants of Debar, made homeless after their town was destroyed by an earthquake last Thursday. The league said it had asked Albania, where
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    • 60 7 STEPHEN Shileafer entered the US. Military as a Jew. After serving his term as a South Vietnam in 1963. he stayed and studied Buddhism and Chinese literature In Saigon lnn ersity M with shaved head Shileafer squats and takes his vows as a novice
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  • 412 8 THE President-elect of the Malayan Medical Association, Dr, J.B.A. Peter, made a brave, noble speech the other day at the Jaycee Convention in Ipoh, when he said civic responsibility must be founded on loyalty to country and fellow citizens alike. He sounded a clarion call to leaders
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  • 407 8 THE present generation of young Asians are growing up in a new atmosphere free from the inhibitions of the Western colonial era in the old Asia. Island nations like Britain and Japan, which until recently controlled large empires, have to accustom themselves to get along without such
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  • 6025 8  -  By C.S. JHA Foreign Secretary, I eT,. v ii. dfev Ministry of >1 r •*.v. U' vvijragbi'; External Affairs, -I Government of India. pX)R two decades, non-alignment as a 1 creed has influenced the policies and ethos of many nations and the course of international
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 851 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. Amongst the manufacturing areas, which during the past years have improved considerably, one notices the section for woodworking machinery. Some 150 Italian firms produce woodworking machinery, a greater number than in any other European country. Even more significant is the
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    • 79 9 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) Rubber market closed idle with spot 16-1/2 17-1/2 nominal. Settlement House Jan 16-9/16 16-13/16 Feb 16-3/4 17 Jan/March 16-15/16 17-1/8 April/June 16-3/4 17 July/Sept 17-5/16 17-7/16 Oct Dec 17-9/16 17-3/4 Jan/March 17-13/16 18 April/June 18 18-3/16 July/Sept 18-1/8 18-5/16 Oct/Dec 18-1/4 18-7/16 Jan/March 18-3/8
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    • 219 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Caltex Oil Malaysia Limited announce the appointment of Mr. E.W. Sanders as their new General Manager to succeed Mr. F. H. Levenhagen, who has returned to New York for reposting and Mr. R. E. Dougherty as Assistant General Manager. A chemical engineer
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    • 281 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Tues. December first grade rubber f.o.b. buyers cios-ed at 5 pm. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 48J cents per lb., down one-quarter of a cent from previous close. The tone was dull. A mixed morning’s trading ranged around the 49cent level for current month.
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    • 187 9 Mr. Peter T C Lee. a Singaporean, has been named general manager of the biggest hotel in Bangkok which is scheduled to be completed in March 1968. This was announced by the managing director of Narai Hotel Company, Mr. Suchint Bencharongkul, last
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    • 91 9 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Mr. B.C. Sekhar, Director of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya, and Dr. J.W. Blencowe. who has recently been acting director. today attendeu a meeting here of the co-ordinat-ing advisory committee of the Malayan Rubber Fund Board. The committee, of scientists. technologists, agriculturists, and
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    • 687 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. Thin trading continued on the Stock Exchange today without any feature Some of this inactivity can be put down to the fact that many buyers are still digesting the finer points of the Singapore Budget. So far. the total
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    • 45 9 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded. All asked prices; Jan. 18.50 Mar. 18.65 May 18 80 Ju y 19.00 Sept. 19.25 Nov. 19.50 Jan. 69 19.50 The Spot No 1 RSS was quoted at 17J cents per pound nominal.
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    • 25 9 HONG KONG. Tues. (UPI) Money quotations HKS6 0375/6.0575 per US dollar for cash HKS 14.45 per pound sterling HK5282.375 per tael gold.
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    • 23 9 LONDON Tues. (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 16-4 —17 J No. 1 RSS CIF basis ports Dec. 16jt 16J.
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The tin price for today was $585. 50 per picul, up 37* cents.
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    • 214 9 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: London: Buying TT 32.7031 d. O.D 32 7533 d; Selling T.T./ OD 32 5573 d Australian Dollars: Buying T.T. 29-3 8. O.D. 29-9/16; Selling T T./O.D 29 New Zealand Dollars:
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    • 487 9 SI.NUAPOKK—stock Exchange old and otter prices officially listed at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS B«»n A* Co 1.91 1.93 Boustead 1.62 1.64 C. sugar O O 2.14 hemical Co 1.44 1.46 Cold storage 4 Of! 4.16 Dunlop 2.28 2.29 E.A.I 2.21 2.30 Ksso Ords 2.94 2.9.5 I. N.
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    • 51 9 (Managers’ Prices) first Malayan 2.45 2.54 Second Malayan 1.76 1.85 Third Malayan 1.11 1 20 The Commerce Industry Fund XD .00 •♦9 The savins* Fund 1.41 1.50 Malayan Investment Fund XI) 1.05 1.15 First Honskons .80 85* second H’kong XD .5.1 .59* S’ng Commodity 4/1 4,8 (♦lions Kong
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    • 100 9 SINGAPORE. Tups. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Seller Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Bulk 60.75 Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Drums 63.25 Loose Copra Mixed Not /Dec 85.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% NEW 125.00 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.E.W 128.50 Sarawak Special Black
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    • 60 9 JAKARTA, Tues (UPI) Indonesia is planning to send a floating fair around the world to promote Indonesian product*. The ship is scheduled to start its voyage from Jakarta next year with stops in Singapore. Bangkok, the Philippines. Hong Kong, Taiwan. Japan. Honolulu and other American ports, Britain,
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    • 192 9 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Sea Sage 3/4 Tonsberg 5 State of Andhra 6/7 Angelica N--8/9 Vienne 10/11 Frankford 13/14 Mataram 15/16 Sumatra 18 Fernbrook 19 Mombasa Maru 27 '2B Senyo Maru 31/32 Glenflnlas 33/34 Benarmin 40/41 Mikasa
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    • 815 9 AIR MOVEMENTS— S'PORE, 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 018 from Kuala Lumpur Time 8.50 a.m Airline J.AL 712 from Jakarta Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MSA 121
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1220 10 YOUR TV and TODAY TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Puiau Pinang; 6 Ipota and Vlelaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru; 1 Taiping; 7 Batu Pabat; 9 Kluang. P.M. 5.45 Opening Annct Prog. Summary; 548 News Outlines in the National Language; 5.53 National Songs; 600 News in Tamil: 610 World
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 590 12  -  Are you executive material? by LAURENCE BOOKMAN INTELLIGENT enough to be the man at the top? Many top firms are now using intelligence tests to see if candidates for executive posts have what it takes. This set of I Q tests are specially designed to see if
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    • 590 12  -  By MICHAEL PRENTICE pRANCE'S birth rate is falling and the Government fears political and economic decline unless married couples can be persuaded to have more babies. Concern over the falling birth in a country with a population of 50,000,000 comes at a time when a law
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    • 193 12 cided with the birth of France's 50,000,000th citizen. Computers picked September 25 as the day when this milestone was reached. Parents of the 2.000 odd children born that day were invited to enter a lottery to determine which child have the distinction of being the 50,000.000th citizen.
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    • 366 12 MARIJUANA arrests in California/ both of juveniles and adults, showed a big increase in the first six months of this year. Even so, California’s judges are not applying the full force of the law. Possession of marijuana is an offence which should carry a prison sentence.
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    • 727 12 By Ernesto Mendoza SXRDINIAN Police believe that they have uncovered a big-time kidnapping and gunrunning syndicate largely responsible for a wave of terror on the sunny Mediterranean island. A well-known Cagliari lawyer and a businessman, suspected of running the syndicate, has been arrested with four
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    • 810 12  -  By Joseph G. Molner, M.D. Q: The ball joint in my shoulder is slightly "frozen" and I cannot extend the arm upward normally. Will exercising the arm loosen it up? This was the result of a ruptured muscle in the upper arm that took
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    • 395 12 many months it may be impossible to restore it to normal action. Q: If a doctor operates for a kidney stone does he have to take the kidney out if the stone is too big to pass tnrough. or can he cut into the kidney and
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    • 272 12 COUNTRIES in the region served by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) are being urged to modernise and expand their coastal shipping fleets. The call to do this has come from the Commission's Water Transport SubCommittee which met in Bangkok
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  • 326 13  -  by: David L. Dugas "DOME, Tues. (ITI) Gina Lollobrigida. legally separated from her husband of 18 years and awaiting a Vatican annulment, hopes to marry again “When I'm seventy.” There she was, cool as anything on the set. of her 50th or
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    • 490 14 advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maju Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate. Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET 83. East Coast Road, Singapore 15. Tel: *****9 HAMIEM STORE. 1419. Upper Changi Road.
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    • 167 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENT LEMBAGA LETRIK NEGARA TECHNICIAN (TIMESCALE) ASSISTANT QUANTITY SURVEYOR (NON-ESTABLISHED) APPLICATIONS are invited from Federal Citizens for the Post Of Technician (Timescale) Assistant Quantity Surveyor (Non-Established) in the 'Office of the Architect, Kuala Lumpur on a salary scale $530 x2O 650 plus cost of living allowance at current rates.
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  • Sun Sport
    • 218 15 5-year-old mare in top form SINGAPORE, Tues.Mannum Miss, with a riding boy astride, revealed striking form on a soft track here this morning when he galloped half a mile in 51 3 5 sec. the last 3f. in 38 2 5 sec., reports Windsor Lad. Napoleon Solo
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    • 55 15 Tun Abdul Razak, the Olympic Council of Malaysia President, meeting competitors and officials at the Subang International Airport at Kuala Lumpur on Monday just before their departure to Bangkok for the SEAP Games. Accompanying Tun Razak is Dr. Aziz Durairatnam, Chef de Mission of
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    • 157 15 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Roger Taylor, Britain’s number one player, has cancelled his proposed trip to South Africa later this month because of the uncertainty of British players' position in world tennis. This follows the meeting in Paris at the weekend, when the International Federation
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    • 90 15 SYDNEY. Tues (Reuter) Nan Duncan, one of the four Australian Olympic representatives banned by the Australian Swimming Union for alleged misconduct during the 1964 Tokyo Games, today announced her retirement. Miss Duncan. 20. who 18 months ago was granted a reprieve of her three-year suspension after an
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    • 211 15 PENANG, Tues. The unenviable task of looking after the Malaysian water polo team to the fourth SEAP Games to be held in Bangkok this month goes to Mr. Sim Kooi Chye of Penang. One of the pioneer members of the Penang Chinese Swimming Club.
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    • 46 15 SYDNEY Tues (Reuter) Bobby Dunlop. Australia’s world rated light-heavyweight boxer, stopped American Elmo Henderson in nine rounds at Sydney Stadium here last night. It was sweet revenge for Dunlop, who suffered his only knock-out defeat at the hands of Henderson earlier this year.
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    • 107 15 LONDON. Tues. < Reuter) tAavertismg on racing ears will be allowed in Britain from January 1 in an effort to beat the threat to motor racing caused by the withdrawal of £5OO 000 support from fuel and tyre companies This was announced yesterday bv
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    • 600 15  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE, Tues. The Republic's contingent of 11 5 competitors and 20 officials leave here tomorrow in two batches for the 4th SEAP Games in Bangkok starting on Sat- urday. An advance party of athletes and oflfiriala will leave in the morning
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    • 74 15 BUENOS AIRES. Tues. (Reuter) Roberto de Vicenzo. the British Open champion. won the Argentine open golf title for a record-equalling seventh time here yesterday. De Vicenzo topped a strong local field with a 72-hole total of 282. five strokes ahead of Alberto Rivadeneira. Florentino Molina,
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    • 247 15 MALACCA. Tues. The Malacca Hockev Association at their first council meeting appointed several high-powered sub-committees to raise the standard of the game in the State and to put the association on a sound financial position. The Chief Minister of Malacca. Tuan Haji Talib bin Karim,
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    • 52 15 LONDON. Tues < Reuter) Th« draw for the English Football League Cup semi-finals to be played on a home and away basis, on Wednesday. Jan 17. and Wednesday Feb. 7 was made here as follows. Burnley or Arsenal vs. Fulham or Huddersfield Town. Derbv County vs Leeds United
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    • 227 15 Malaysians will do better than last Seap Games Kler BANGKOK. Tues. (Reuter) The Malaysian contingent of 134 men and women athletes for the South East Asia Peninsular (SEAP) Games flew in here last night. The arrivals were members of the track and field, badminton, cycling, swimming and shooting teams, led
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    • 146 15 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Bamboozle rated as the number two filly in the 1967 British three-year-old handicap. weis sold during the weekend bv Edgar Cooper-Bland to American Taylor Hardin for an undisclosed amount. It was announced yesterday The filly will remain in training with Sam Armstrong at
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    • 103 15 PERTH. Tues (Reuter) The touring Singapore cricket team gained a comfortable first innings lead in a drawn match with Combined Western Australian High Schools in the two-dav match which ended here yesterday. The Schools side, who had lost two wickets for 36 runs at Stumps on Sunday,
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    • 408 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Following are results of the second day’s Selangor Combined Schools’ Sports Council’s annual individual badminton championship played at the Selangor Badminton Association Hall today Boys Singles under 20 Jansen Emmanuel bt Khoo Teng Seng 15 —6. 9—15, 15— 6;Ng Tay Meng bt Johnny
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    • 279 16 MELBOURNE, Australia, Tues. (UPI). The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia (LTAA) yesterday came out against the British plan for an open Wimbledon champion- ship next summer. On Sunday, after a meeting of the LTAA, usually reliable sources said that the Australians would allow
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    • 98 16 DUBLIN, Tues. (Reuter) LARKSPUR, winner of the 1962 English Derby, is to be sold to a Japanese buyer for £105,000 before the end of the year, it was announced here yesterday. Share-owners of the horse met here yesterday to accept the offer for the young stallion.
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    • 58 16 A scrum goes down. A' con be seen Waka Nathan (striped jersey). Murray Wills (stripes) is just about to go down on this side of the sc»u i w’lile Jack H**xlett (No. 1) can be seen facing Bruce McLeod and Alistair Hopkinson (white jersey).
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    • 221 16 MOSCOW, Tues. (UPI) Soviet Olympic Gold Meda llist Tamara Press announced her resignation yesterday, in a newspaper aricle on the importance of willpower to athleteMiss Press won gold medals in the shut putt and the discus in the 1960 Olym pics and took a
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    • 136 16 LONDON, Tues- (Reuter) Injuries have forced England team manager Sir Alf Ramsev to reshuffle his squad for next Wednesday’s soccer international against the Soviet Union at Wembley stadium here. Four players right-back George Cohen, a member of England’s World-Cup winning team, centre-half Brian Labone
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    • 94 16 TOKYO Tues (Reuteri Bernabe Villacampo virtually an unknown outside the Philippines, scored a technical knockout over world ranking Yosh:o Nakar.e of Japan in the sixth round of their scheduled ten-round bout here last night. The 24-year-old Phripptne No 3 flyweight stopped Nakane. seventh-ranked world bantamweight, after 53
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    • 247 16 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. (Reuter) The elegant Manuel Santana, former Wimbledon champion, took Spain into the challenge round of the Davis Cup lawn tennis competition yesterday when he beat Cliff Drysdale for a 3-2 victory over South Africa in the inter-zone final here. Spain now meet
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 65 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang;: 2.44 a.m. (8 0 ft.), 3.50 p.m. (6.2 ft.) Port Swettenham: 8.27 a m. (14.3 ft.), 9.06 p.m (14.6 ft.) Port Dickson: 927 a.m (8.3 ft.). 9.40 pm (8.1 ft.) Singapore: 2.38 a.m. (8.4 ft.). 1.14 p.m. (9.7 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 123 a.m (89 ft 11.24
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