Eastern Sun, 22 December 1967

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Indepenflenf National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION -jV Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 508 Friday, 22 December 1967. IWC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 326 1 M cE wen assures Johnson CANBERRA. Thurs. (UPI) PresJdei* Johnson. Her a fatiguing flight halfway around the world, plunged on Thursday into an extended series of bilateral discussions with leaders of the notions allied with South Vietnam. The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. John McEwen gave the US. chief executing fac
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  • 466 1 Kuan Yew: A setback for Australian politics Razak: His loss is greatly felt in Malaysia SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter) QINGAPORE Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak arrived together from Singapore at 1117 AEST (0117 GMT) today to attend tomorrow's memorial
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  • 47 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Britain has offered grants of 1.500.000 to Singapore and £1.000.000 to Malaysia for the year 1967-68, Overseas Development Minister Reginald Prentice told Parliament today. Consideration was still being given to subsequent aid as a result of Britain’s projected military withdrawal. he added.
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  • 85 1 WORLD leaders began flying into Australia this morning. December 21, for the funeral of the late Prime Minister. Mr. Harold Holt, who disappeared in high seas when swimming near Portsea, Victoria, on Sunday. The first to arrive was thr President of the United States of America,
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  • 419 1 C'APE TOWN. South Africa Thurs. (I PI) Louis 1 Washkansky died today less than three weeks after surgeons replaced his diseased heart with that of a 25-vear-old girl in history’s first cardiac transplant operation. The 55-year-old wholesale grocer succumbed shortly after 7.00 a m. (oioo
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  • 130 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. (Reuter) Allies in the war in South Vietnam conferred in Canberra throughout today on the eve of tomorrow's memorial sendee for Australian Primp Minister, the late Mr Harold Holt. All of the Heads of State of countries involved in the war had talks
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  • 100 1 MELBOURNE. Thurs. (Reuter) An Indonesian airliner carrying Foreign Minister Adam Malik and his party to Melbourne is believed to have made a forced landing at Alice Springs. The airliner was due to land at Avalon RAAF Base 38 miles south west of Melbourne at 1715
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  • 316 1  -  By M. T. LINGAM SEREMBAN, Thurs. Eight people, including a husband and wife, have died here during the past 48 hours after drinking illicit samsu. Another person, who Is now in hospital. Is reported to be in critical condition. All nine people were taken
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  • 180 1 If your gums are sore and tender to the touch, or bleed a little when you brush them watch out. These are certain signs of dangerous gum trouble which can loosen teeth, so that they have to be pulled out. Kolynos Dental
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 448 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Commissioner of the Federal Capital, Da f o Lokman bin Yusof, has said the proposed traffic circulation In the central area of Kuala Lumpur, would result in considerable savings for the travelling public. They could save petrol, wear and tear
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    • 180 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs Bingapore'a crude birth rate of 28 8 per thousand in 1066 can be expected to be reduced to around 20 per thousand in the 1970 s with the excellent progress that the Family Planning and Population Board is making. During the
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    • 86 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Pesta Organisation ■which has organised charity shows to raise funds for more than in chanty homes and institutions during the year, will stage a grand r 'Hari Raya A'dilfitri 68" to raise funds for the organisations. The show which will be
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    • 118 2 Work* of prommem Malaysian artists by Peninaular Art Society at 41. Jalan Baja Muda, 9, a m. to 6 p.m Indonesian batiks and hsndieraft exhibition at Balai Ampang. AIA Building. 9.30 a m. to 6.30 p.m Art of space age at National Art Gallery 9 a.m. to noon
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    • 681 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Secre-tary-General of the Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific, Mr. J.H. Wootten, will arrive here on Dec. 29 to make preparatory arrangements for the first conference of the association, to be held here next July. In
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    • 98 2 MALACCA. Thuri. British historian. Prof. Arnold J. Toynbee now on a tour of the country received a pleasant surprise today when he visited the Heeren Street residence of the late Tun Tan Cheng Lock, father of the Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin. Prof.
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    • 163 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The K. D. Perkasa, a fast patrol boat for the Royal Malaysian Navy, i s expected to arrive at Singapore tomorrow, from Britain. K. D. Perkasa. the first of four fast patrol boats for the RMN was launched by the Tengku Ampuan
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    • 100 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The factory manager of the Eastern Sun. Mr. Lam Keng Tong reported the loss of his car from his home in Petaling Java early this morning Mr. Lam said he returned home from the "press” at •bout 2.00 a m. and parked his
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    • 79 2 ONE-hundred and eighty-one American Peace Corps volunteers arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning for a two-year tour of duty in Malaysia. The volunteers consist mostly of teachers. Forty-four of them will be serving in Sabah and 29 In Sarawak. Members of the group will he assigned to various parts of
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    • 193 2 KUALA. LUMPUR. Thurs The Department of Com. merce injfWashington has announced!' that a U.S. trade mission twill visit Malaysia for a fousr-day period from January 121-24 for the purpose of promoting U.S. mining equipment and engineering services. The trade mission, to be composed of
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    • 157 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Government officials, members of the Judiciary, representatives from foreign missions here, Australian and Singapore citizens today paid tribute to the late Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt. They expressed sympathy for the loss of Mr. Holt by calling at the residence
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    • 134 3 SINGAPORE Thurs. A military operation involving bomb experts and more than -100 personnel for the past two weeks has led to the removal of more than 100 explosives from the grounds of the Geylang English School. A Police spokesman today confirmed that the bombs were
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    • 90 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A 31-year old man. Abdul Aziz bin Makdab. was found dead in a pool of blood just before midnight last night at Siak S:reet Abdul Aziz of Selangor Sireet sustained wounds on hr- right eve-brow and chest Police believe he w r
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    • 109 3 9 a.m. —4.3 ft p.m:—Exhibition of traditional and modern Maori Art at the National Museum, Stamford Road. 7.3 ft p.m: —A Chinese classical opera at the Victoria Theatre. Empress Place. 7.3 ft p.m:—Free film shows at Lorong Teck Hock (off Tampines Road). Hong Sian Tong Temple (Nee Soon),
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    • 110 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The President of the Republic of Singapore Enche Yusof bin Ishak. will make his first public appearance since he was re-elected President at the Old Rafflesians’ Association’s variety show' at the National Theatre, tomorrow at 8 p.m The show, Christmas Sensation 1967. is organised by
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    • 74 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The chief steward of a Japanese ship. Nishikawa Seitaro, 43, was today committed to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of murder after a preliminary inquiry. Seitaro is alleged to have murdered the first engineer of the Takuyo Maru. Eiji Kinoshita.
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    • 582 3  -  Govt, and firms urged to give jobs to the handicapped By John Kam Singapore. Thurs. government, commercial and industrial firms were today urged to help blind and other handicapped people to obtain employment. The appeal was made by Dr. Lim Siew Ming, President of the Singapore
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    • 379 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs The Singapore Teachers’ Union today expressed confidence that the Education Advisory Council would play a greater part In the success of school advisory committees. In a statement Issued today by the general secretary, Mr Tng Chua Hock, the union supported fully the
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    • 88 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs—Tw-o youths w'ere today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court with rioting in a local nightclub at Upper Serangoon Road. Leong Chung Meng. 21 and Ng Mah Seng. 18 are alleged to have, together with eight others unknown, tried to cause hurt to Tay Chee
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    • 119 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Police are seeking the assistance of a group of scouts who witnessed a fatal road accident which occurred at the junction of High Street and North Bridge Road yesterday. Police are calling on them to come forward and throw more light on
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    • 177 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Pan-Malayan Islamic Partycontrolled State Government of Kelantan had agreed to give a full explanation to the Central Government on how it faced a deficit in the State expenditure. The PMIP Government has asked the Central Government for a 51.5 million loan to
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    • 411 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A bank official. Liang Slak Wall, was today acquitted and discharged by the 'First Criminal District Court on 49 charges in the $1.2 million Lee Wah Bank cheating case without his defence being called. Liang, defended by Mr. Freddie Yin
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    • 87 4 PENANG. Thurs. Ninety-one owners of mo-tor-cycles and scooters, who had noisy silencers and went round causing nuisance to other roadusers have been arrested. This followed a ten-day drive by the traffic police against hawkers and cyclists who caused obstruction in the thoroughfares here. It ended yesterday.
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    • 133 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Companies Bill was drafted as such that it would facilitate trading activities between Singapore and Malaysia The Minister for Law and National Development. Mr. E. W Barker, said this when he moved the third reading of the Bill in Parliament today. He pointed
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    • 82 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Enche Rosedin Yaacob has been elected President of the National Press Club of Malaysia with Mr. Chan Ken Sin and Mr. Y. B. Lee as Vice-presidents. Other officials: Hon. Secretary Mr. Tara Singh: Commiteee members Messrs. Tai Sing Onn. S. C. Ling, Tan Chong
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    • 156 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A proposal for the construction of multi-storey car parks was put to the public hearing recording objections to the draft Master Plan for Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Chua Boon Guan, President of the Selangor Property Owners and Rate Payers Association told the hearing under
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    • 96 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —Four girls and a boy were today jointly charged in the Magistrate's Court here with throwing stones at a bus while being members of an unlawful assembly at the Len Trading Limited premises at Petaling Gardens at about 10.40 a.m.
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    • 224 4 IPOH. Thurs. The Mentri Besar. Dato Ahmad bin Said, successfully moved a water supply Bill at the budget meeting of the State Legislative Assembly today for a sum of $16,738,841 for capital water works in Perak. He said the water supp.y in the State
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    • 54 4 THE Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Wednesday night opened the threenight international Koran reading competition held at Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur. Fifteen countries took part in the competition. Earlier, the flags of the 15 countries were paraded around the stadium to mark the opening of the competition. Picture shows the
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    • 64 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Five striking workers of Len Brothers Shoes Factory at Petaltng Java were detained by police for rioting, last night. Earlier, 20 strikers had gathered around the store of the factory at Petaling Garden, and began jeering and shouting After sometime, they started throwing stones
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    • 188 4 Peace Corps volunteers arrive 181 of them KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —A batch of 181 American Peace Corps volunteers arrived here today to begin two years of service throughout Malaysia. Of this, 165 volunteers are teachers and the other 16 of them will be working in forestry surveys, veterinary services, social
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    • 86 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs The former Director of the Trade Division in the Finance Ministry. Mr. Kok Ah Loy, is now the Director of Home Affairs in the Ministry of Defence. He relinquished his former post about two months ago before assuming his present appointment. He was Director
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    • 23 4 MALACCA. Thurs.—Police detained four men soon after an estate employee was robbed of $lO in a car park here last night.
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    • 157 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The canteen at Jalan Bandar police station here was very much a "floating restaurant" as a result of a threehour downpour today. The bungalow was under three feet of water, and bottles were seen floating around the building. A
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    • 58 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The 13.000-ton P and O. liner. Cathay, will arrive at Port Swettenham tomorrow for a two-day visit. Nine passengers will em- bark from here or Saturday when the vessel will proceed to London via Colombo, Durban. Capetown. Dakar, Gibraltar and Le Havre
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    • 601 10 ‘Chaotic state’ of labour affairs in Jurong: SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Member of Parliament for Telok Blangah, Mr. Bernard Rodrigues today refuted the allegations made by the MP for Delta, Madam Chan Choy Siong, concerning the "chaotic state o»l a hour affairs in Jurong industries, including that of the
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    • 563 10 SINGAPORE Thurs. Parliament today approved a Bill to enable Singapore's female workers to work late in the night. Moving the Labour (Amendment) Bill, the Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, said that the present Labour Ordinance restricted female employees from working
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    • 642 10  -  By Peter Loke and R. V. Lingam SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, assured Parliament today that representations on the Finance Companies Bill would be considered. The Minister gave this assurance when he moved the scecond reading of
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    • 99 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Land Titles (Strata) Bill was passed in Parliament today. Moving the motion for the approval of the Bill, tne Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker, said that representations from organisations were heard during the Se ect Committee meetings of
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    • 224 10 RE-EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED OFFICERS: SINGAPORE. Thurs—The Finance Minister. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. told Parliament today that the Government did not re-employ retired officers without good reasons. Dr. Goh said this in reply to a question by Mr. Ang Nam Piau (Member for Thomson) who warned to
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    • 454 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Pariiimeat t«day approved the Registration of Import and Export Rules. 1967 This will introduce a new system to record trade between Singapore and Malaysia. It will become operative from Dec. 26. Moving the motion for f he approval of
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    • 495 11 Govt, urged to seek Jakarta’s assistance JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. The Central Government was today urged to make a strong request to the Jakarta authorities to holt the mounting cases of Indonesian piracy in the Straits of Malacca. Speaking during the budget session of the Johore Legislative Assembly here,
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    • 241 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Director of the Na tional Family Planning Board Dr Ariffin Marruki. said today the family planning pills sold by the Board were not of inferior quality. The family planning pills sold by the Board for SI were the
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    • 112 11 fPOH. Thurs. Thirteen firls will vie for the Miss Perak International 1958 title a* St. John Ambulance Association Hall here on Saturday. The contest is being organised by the Ipoh Jaycees at *heir Christmas Ball. It is being held under the patronage of
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    • 211 11 JESSELTON. Thurs. Sabah's Minister of Finance. Enche Harris, bin Mohamed SaKeh. has pledged to create conditions which will secure a place for every one in the country. "The whole aims and objectives of nur economic and social policies are directed to
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    • 26 11 BUTTERWORTH. Thurs. Jewellery, worth 5320, were stolen from the house of a Penang Port Commission ticket-seller. D Thangaya. in Heng Choon Ee Road yesterday.
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    • 29 11 KAJANG. Thurs. The friends of Kajang Society will hold its annual meeting on Saturday at the Kajang High School Old Boy's Association club house. Club Road here.
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    • 25 11 KUALA LUMPUR Thurs. Six hundred and twenty pounds of teleDhone wire, valued at $1,272. was stolen along 2nd mile Ja!an Subang yesterday morning.
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    • 130 11 A PRETTY James-Bond-glrl from Hong Kong. SooTsing. flew in yesterday with this advice to Malaysian girls:” Take up Judo or karate.” Not to Join her in making more thrillers but for your own health and safety, she said The 20-vear-old charming S'Tt-chow native was speaking to reporters
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    • 264 11 MUAR, Thurs. The flood situation in North Johore took a turn for the worse today in certain low-lying areas despite sunny weather and four rain-free days. Hundreds of police personnel and volunteers are urgently standing by to evacuate more villagers in the affected
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    • 432 11 rPOH. Thurs. A Bill to expend 524.768.718 fop development estimates next year was unanimously passed at the budget meeting of the State Legislative Assembly here today after a marathon debate session last night. In moving the Bill, the Mentri Besar. Dato
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    • 146 11 Guns gems warning by C.P.O. PENANG, Thurs. Tha Chief Police Officer, Pentane, Enche Salleh bin Abdul Rahman, today stressed that licensed gun-holders should leave their weapon* in the custody of the police when going on holir day. “As you know, thugs want to go for the guns.” said Enche Salleh.
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    • 75 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The Cochrane Youth Club will hold its first annual "Festival of Youth” from Saturdav. Dec 39 to Jan. 6, with social, cultural, welfare, literary and sports activities. The festival will be open-] ed at a Christmas ball at thf Corane Road School hall on
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    • 35 11 PENANG. Thurs. Thieves broke into a house in Chor Sin Kheng Road. Ayer It am. and took away a tape-recorder, a statuette, a camera and cash, all to the value of $570, yesterday.
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    • 29 11 KAJANG, Thurs. A local pop group known as the “Sloopees” will hold a Christmas dance at the Kajang Hall. Club Road here, on Saturday, at 8 p.m.
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    • 54 11 THE Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, on Tuesday night entertained the participants of national and international Koran reading competitions to break the fast at Mesjid Negara in Kuala Lumpur. Also present were members of organising committee including the Minister of Lands and Mine*, Da to Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'akub, chairman
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 335 5 Red dawn attack repelled SAIGON. Thurs. (UPI) Newly arrived Thai forces fought their bloodiest battle of the war by hurling back Communist troops attacking their positions near Saigon before dawn today, military sources said. They killed at least 50. In the capital itself.
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    • 50 5 CAPETOWN. Thurs. (UPll)—First picture of Jonathan Van Wyk, 11-year-old coloured boy who took kidney transplant from Denise Darvall the accident victim who gave her heart to Louis Washansky. The heart man died today. No bulletin has been issued o n the condition of the kidney patient.
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    • 87 5 A SPACE-AGE Santa goes one better than the Latest Love-In or Talk-In and makes a spectacular- Fall-in. In fact, a free fallin, from 10,000 feet. Sgt. David Jones of the RAF Falcon Free Fall team puts on his Father Christmas outfit to make a practice Jump He reckons to ‘drop-in’
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    • 278 5 CANBERRA. Thurs. (Reuter) President Johnson arrived here by air at dawn today to pay tribute to the late Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt "A man who was my cherished friend, a trusted friend of the United States.” Speaking at the airport. President Johnson said
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    • 136 5 CIVIL SUIT JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) Some 20 Jakarta citizens were disappointed today when deposed President Sukarno failed to comply with a summons to appear In court in connection with a civil suit they have taken out against his regime. Chief Judgp Dr. Sutamo Sunja told
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    • 447 5  -  Garrison to charge new man By JACK PAYTON NEW ORLEANS. Thurs. (UPI) Dist. Attorney Jim Garrison yesterday filed charges of conspiring to assassinate President John F. Kennedy against a freckle-faced man he identified as Edgar Eugene Bradley. Mr. Garrison would not s:y where Bradley was f“om or
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    • 98 5 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Miss Sue Holt. 21-year-olri niece of the missing Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt, travelled to Melbourne last night for her uncle's memorial service on the same aircraft as Prince Charles and British Premier Harold Wilson. An Australian High Commission spokesman said Mr.
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    • 420 5 ROME. Thurs. (UPI) Exiled King Constantine, admitting he was powerless In defeat, said last night he would return to Greece only on condition the ruling military junta set a "firm and concrete timetable” for restoration of democracv. "It remains my duty and purpose
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    • 84 5 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Thurs. (Reuter) —The. United Nations is to print in 16 different languages a 16-page resume of the Sec-retary-General’s report on the possible effects of a nuclear war. it was announced today. The report is also to be published in full in
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    • 155 5 Smuggling by wife MANILA Thurs. (UPI) Philippine Defence Undersecretary r»;anuel Syquio resigned last night after his wife was named by customs authorities In an incident involving an attempt to bring in undeclared jewellery from Hong Kong. President Marcos deferred action on Syquio’s resignation pending the
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    • 144 6 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson has decided against any Cabinet reshuffle while the government decides what cuts it Is to make in home and overseas spending, authoritative sources said tonight. Speculation had been mounting that some top ministers might be due for
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    • 75 6 TOKYO. Thurs. (Reuter) The Soviet Union will shortly release four Japanese fishermen and two fishing vessels they captured earlier this year for alleged violation of Russian territorial waters. It was announced here today. A Japanese Maritime Safety Agency patrol boat will be dispatched to
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    • 155 6 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The Intra-uterine contraceptive device the loop used by many developing countries in their birth control campaigns, is likely to make women anaemic. according to a study published here today. Three doctors from London’s Paddington General Hospital concluded from a study of 219
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    • 116 6 MELBOURNE. Thurs. (Reuter) Police today took the names of six university students for handing out anti-Vietnam war pamphlets In the city at lunchtime. The pamphlets depicted Santa Claus and the United States President Lyndon Johnson with a bag of bombs. The pamphlets said
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    • 26 6 PARIS. Thurs. <Reu f er> A score of club-wield-ing riehtwlng extremist* ransacked a cinema here last night during showing of a pro-north Vietnamese film.
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    • 50 6 Dog needs ‘Clean meat too AS US President Johnson prepares to affix his signature to the “Clean Meat Bill” in the White House, his pet dog “I ki” jumped up in his lap to join in the cere- mony. Behind are Senator Walter Mondale and Mrs. Betty Furnese. PANA Photo.
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    • 602 6 AIANTLA Thurs (UPI) President Ferdinand E. Marcos said today the PhilipM A ™s Si extend the tour of its 2.000 man South Vietnam but ruled out the dispatch of more men or combat troops to the war. Mr. Marcos made the statement
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    • 163 6 WASHINGTON Thurs (Reuter* The U.S Court of Appeals yesterday placed restrictions on the State Departments powers to prevent. Americans from travelling to off limits Communists countries It ruled that the department did not have the authority to withhold a passport on mere suspicion that
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    • 80 6 JAKARTA. Thurs. (UPI) The Samiinnda. East Borneo newspaper “Kompen" is the first Indonesian newspaper to use the proposed new spelling. the official news agency Antara reported today. Kompen.} the largest newspaper in Indonesian East Borneo, used the new spelling early this month. Curiosity among Indonesians about the
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    • 282 6 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (UPI» Secretary General U Thant expressed his gratitude to Pope Paul VI for his message calling for observance of a “day of peace" on New Year's day and voiced his full support for the idea. “The deep spiritual insplrltion of
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    • 121 6 SAN DIEGO. California. Thurs. (UPI) Adm U.S. Grant Sharp. Commander-m-Chief of the Pacific, has said he is against any stop in the bombing of North Vietnam during the holidays. Gen. Sharp, here for a one-day meeting with Area Naval Officers, said: “A lot
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    • 80 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) White House officials said today they knew nothing to support rumours that President Johnson might call on Pope Paul in Rome on his way back from his present trip to Australia Officials said Mr. Johnson had no plans for a detour via
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    • 45 6 SIX Drettv French students of Lille School for Mannequin Models display new fashion stockings now in vogue in France. These stockings are embroidered with dHTerent signs of Zodiac and the wearers naturally will select the one under which she was born.
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    • 91 6 TOKYO. Thurs <tPl> The year-end bonus time was near and Isao Kikuchi. who operates a machine parts firm, was short of capital He hung around a bank long enough to spot a woman withdraw 300.000-yen (about USSB33) and stuff it in her handbag Kikuchi snatched
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    • 138 6 CHICAGO Thurs. (UPI). —The body of a Federal Narcotics Agent —a Negro described as "a young Harvard type” was found yesterday in a clump of weeds, shot four times in the of the head. Indiana authorities w-ere questioning two men. alleged members of a Gary. Indiana. narcotics
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    • 82 6 CALCUTTA. Thurs. (UPI) Police fought with riotous demonstrators who set fire to streetcars and private autos yesterday About 200 persons were injured in the streets. Police clamped a 12-hour curfew on the city and made widespread arrests in an attempt to stem the wave of
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    • 290 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) The first fulllength documentary film examining the American Hippie phenomenon narrated by the flower children themselves has opened here Shown against a soundtrack of often-deafening Rock Music it explores love-ins. ’freaks-outs’ on LSD (Lysergic Acid), pot marijuana) parties, wedding ceremonies, nude
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    • 61 6 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (Reuter) India's ruling congress party will hold Its annual session in Hyderabad. Andhra state, from January 7 to 11 instead of in Sangli, Maharashtra, which was in the zone affected by last week’s Koyna earthquake. The announcement was made after a
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    • 112 6 ATLANTA. Georgia, Thurs. (Reuter) An Aslan flu outbreak spreading across the United States from the Eastern seaboard has closed schools and universities and curtailed Christmas holiday activities In many states. Federal Health authorities here reported Aslan flu outbreaks, some reaching epidemic proportions, in 12 states
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    • 150 6 POINT PLEASANT. West Virginia Thurs. (UPI) The toll of known dead in the Silver Bridge collapse rose sharply yesterday and President Johnson directed an immediate national survey of bridge safety to “prevent similar tragedies.” The recovery of seven bodies—one of them a taxicab passenger still clutching
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    • 379 7 OVER By 1971 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) British Forces withdrawal from the Far East will probably now be completed "by 1971" British Defence Chiefs are working on plans for fresh cuts in overseas defence spending and commitments, including an accelerated withdrawal from the Far East
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    • 221 7 WARSAW. Thurs. (UPT)— Foreign Ministers of eight East European countries met twice yesterday to seek a unified Communist line to present to the Arabs and possibly to work out an aid package for Soviet Communist leader Leonid Brezhnev to take to
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    • 94 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) A 27-year-old Swiss national and an 18-year-old Argentine youth appeared before a Kowloon court today on charges of trying to smuggle more than 150 pounds of gold into the colony yesterday. The Swiss. Peter Klaus and the Argentine Jose Mario
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    • 108 7 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) A “potentially damaging” earthquake struck northern Chile last night near the City of Iquique. the Environmental Science Services Administration reported. ESSA said the large quake was recorded at 9:25 pm. EST and measured 7.25 p.m. •he Richter scale. “The quake lasted for
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    • 281 7 PORTSEA. Thurs. (Reuter) Two young Melbourne brothers missing from their suburban home are believed to have joined the waning search for Prime Minister Harold Holt. presumed drowned last Sunday. David Maggs. 11 and his brother Ken. 9. have been missing
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    • 74 7 WEARING the Nazi officer's uniforms, fad-conscious Tokyo youths carry their girl friends on their shoulders as they parade through the gayest street of downtown Tokyo joyfully. They are members of an ultra-mo-dern arts theatre that dared to stage their new creation not inside the theatre but on the street. The
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    • 270 7 Clamour for release of 73-year-old Nazi Only one left in Spandau MUNICH. Germanv. Thurs. (UPI) Wolf Ruedlger Hess, the son of Nazi fuehrer Adolf Hitlers deputv Rudolf Hess and founder of the “freedom for Rudolf Hess” association, appealed yesterday that his 13-year-old father be released from West Berlin's Spandau Prison
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    • 149 7 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Scotland Yard was today reported to be facing a maior problem over the premature retirement of some of its most experienced crime investigators. The report in the London Evening News followed an announcement that three detective superintendents the sixth highest rank in the
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    • 112 7 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs (Reuter) A Cameroon delegate to the U N. pressed the wrong vote button and left his ambassador with some explaining to do today. The unfortunate delegate found he had voted on Monday on behalf of his country against a General Assembly
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    • 111 7 CANBERRA. Thurs. (Reuter) Bills combat crime in the U S are required for early passage in the new session of Congress. President Johnson said here today. America must art quickly against crime,” he said. “Continued inaction threatens the pocketbook of peace and
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    • 37 7 SAIGON. Thurs. (UPI) Four hundred ground employees of Pan American World Airways walked off their iohs here (nda.v and demanded 30 ner cent pav boost in their third strike this year.
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    • 171 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) Several well-known American women said today that, if elected president their first act would he to withdraw U.S. Forces from Vietnam Among a series of articles published in McCall's Magazine. folk singer Joan Baez said her solution to the Vietnam war was
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    • 231 7 'HEART MAN 'S' DEATH CAPE TOWN. Thurs. (Reuter) Louis Washkanskv, the first human being ever to survive even temporarily with another person’s heart, was described by friends as a tough, lively and courageous man. full of dry humour. A close friend said: "Louis is
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    • 664 7 US shifts onus on Saigon WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) President Johnson's public urging of informal talks between Saigon and the Vietcong was seen today as the opening hid in a U.S. attempt to encourage a dialogue between the warring Vietnamese. First reactions from Saigon were unfavourable, but observers
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    • 35 7 a tO<W»6 ff 1 BhuM Scotch A 1 r>i»»« **<> •IX»w*r»<.n rrrz: (X Lori Vi w»«nc »o«SE y >? U»i AND DO?*'' mriuitisn COVES One whisky is valued more than any other The Whisky is White Horse
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  • 490 8 WITH Britain rapidly liquidating her role as the world’s policeman, is France trying to fill the power vacuum in Asia and Africa? The continual slamming of the door of Europe against Britain’s face and her increasing hostility to American policies in Europe and Asia show that France
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  • 341 8 WHILE the small Singapore contingent to the recently concluded South-east Asia Peninsular Games in Bangkok returned to the Island Republic with a flourish of trumpets, the 307-strong Malaysian contingent of athletes and officials limped home unnoticed. This is understandably so considering the poor show put up by the
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    • 355 8 Passports: Payment in S’pore OfilNG once a British subject by birth (a Singapon rean) I carried a British passport which has Just expired, and as the Republic of Singapore is now an independent state, the British Consulate in Surabaya where I live would not extend my passport. I then applied
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    • 270 8 THE Government Intends to save $2 million by introducing sports pools, now we heard that the Ministry of Education intends to save another $2 million by increasing school fees which will only affect the lower income group All the $4 million which the Government will
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    • 467 8 THE Sungei Patani Town Council wants to increase assessments and rates by 20 per cent in 1968. In my opinion the increase Is unwarranted as Sungei Patani has not improved much since the Council came into existence. There are unpaved roads, and some backlanes have pot-holes which during
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  • 1206 8 Towards steady progress in Sarawak —Sli T WANT to explain the 1968 Budget but before doing so, I would like to say a few words about progress during 1967. This year has been one of steady achievement. One of the more spectacular events has been the completion of the road
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  • 205 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") 'pHE United States Government sued Ham- for letting his cattle graze on a National forest park. “My land adjoins the forest. Harry told the Judge. “But I leased an additional ten acres, also next to the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 42 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1967 23-B, Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office I poh Office 19, |alan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Telephone: *****/6 S. Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 509 9 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) The need for a wider exchange of knowledge about technological developments in the South-East Asian tin industry was stressed by a mining expert here today. The suggestion was made by Mr. M. P Jones of the Department of
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    • 964 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Stock Exchange was uneventful today with dealers disinclined to deal. One reason for the present quiet market was because of the approaching holidays Christmas, Hari Raya Puasa and the Chinese New Year More likely. Investors will not widen their commitments until
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    • 87 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: New York: Buying T.T. 325; Airmail O.D. 33; 90 d/st. 33} credit bills; 33-13/16 trade bills. Canada: Buying T.T. 35}; Airmail OD. 35|. 90 d/st. 36} credit bills; 36-5/16 trade bills.
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    • 26 9 THE Riley Kestrel is one of the luxury versions of the B.M.C. 1100 saloon range now available with a 1275 cm 3 engine.
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    • 321 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. January first grade rubber f o b. buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 51-3 8 cents per lb., up one cent from the previous close The tone was quiet. The market opened fractionally better and continued to improve
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    • 23 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI)— Gold was fixed at 292/8) (up 1 penny) the U.S. dollar parity was quoted at 35.19* (1) cents).
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    • 14 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs—The tin price for today was $578.75 t>er picul, down $2.25.
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    • 158 9 LONDON. Thurs (UPI) Industrial stocks and gold mines both 6pun sharply lower on the stock market today. Steady selling prompted by government warnings of new severe measures to reinforce devaluation early In 1968 hit most sections of the market. Frances veto of Britain’s bid for European
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    • 272 9 SINGAPORE Thurs. The market price of shares depend on several other factors besides the current dividend of the shares, Mr. Lim Chee Poh advised today. Mr Lim. the manager of the Stock Exchange oi Malaysia and Singapore, was speaking at today's luncheon
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    • 168 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Stock prices moved slightly higher in fairly active trading today. Shortly before the end of the first hour of trading, the United Press International Stock market Indicator picked up 0.28 per cent with 1.226 issues crossing the tape. There were 550 advances
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    • 123 9 LONDON. Thurs (UPI). Gold lost its glamour “for gamblers' yesterday and the price ran back as sellers took the field. The dollar price dipped by 1-3/8 cents an ounce yesterday to $35.18-3 8 a level which it has touched only once in the past three
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    • 503 9 SI.NGAPOKE—Stock Exchange old and offer price* officially listed at the close of business. INDl'ST RIALS Hen X Co 2.17 2.19 Bnustead 1.60 1.61 sugar 2.09 2.10 chemical In 1.44 1.43 Cold storage 3.90 4.00 Dunlop 2.24 2.28 E. Smelting 430 4 40 E VI 2.15 E>«n Ords 2.91
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    • 171 9 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The sterling price of gold dropped by nearly 1,000 sterling a ton on the London market today, but for the first time in a month nobody wanted to buy it. “The demand is virtually nil”, one dealer said after the bullion
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    • 50 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. (Manners’ Prices) First Malayan 2 38 2.47 second Malayan 1.71 1.8ft Third Malayan 1.08 117 The Commerce Industry Fund XD .88 -97 The Savings Fund (ex-issue) 91 1.0® Fir-t Hongkong .78 .88 Second H'kong XI> .55 .59 Malayan Investment Fund 1-00 1.10 Sterling Commodity 4/4 4/11
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    • 103 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. -The noun prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are > Buyer Seller Coconut Oil (F O B Built 60.00 Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Drum* 62 50 Loo«e Copra Mixed Nov/lJee 85.50 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.W 12*.50 Sarawak White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% u 125.00 Sarawak
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    • 112 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following ships are expected to be in port today:Godowns Vessels 1/2 Marne Lloyd 3/4 Arkardy Gaidai 5 Nais 6/7 Ocean Prosper 8/9 Vardal 10/11 Hoegh Opal 13/14 Tuegheverett 15/16 Toledo 18 Tjinegara 19 Thorscape 23/24 Eastern Maid 25/26 Barpeta 27/28 Nicoline Maersk 29 <3O
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    • 734 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—SPORE, K. LUMPUR] z<jjM ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.in. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.50 a.m. Airline JL 112 from Jakarta. Time 9.3o a.m. Airline MAS 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a m. Airline ML 451
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    • 19 10 f 5 irrc* Af£p SUPPOSE 50_ IHE 6LCKE CM THE. CTHUC\ U-'VO SAID 'HEUO!/ S THATYCU, 010 /t»OT?‘J So—
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    • 1228 10 YOUR TV and s: TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and PuJau Pinang: 6 Ipoh and Vlelaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru; 1 Taiping; 1 Batu Pahat: 9 Klnang. P.M. 3 00 Opening Annct- Prog Summary: 3.01 Antara Dua Irama. 3 25 Jungle. 3 40 I Dream of Jeannie; 4.05 Telatah
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  • Eastern Sun Special
    • 328 12  -  By JOHN MmcLENNAN VIET CONG guerillas are offering a 750.000 piasters (about £2,650) dead or alive reward for a U. S- Marine they call “Sergeant Black man”. Regular broadcasts by the Viet Cong’s Clandestine Liberation Radio say successful bounty hunters will not have to haul the
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    • 664 12  -  By Jo Ann Fitzpatrick Reuter. fPHE United States is going to pot in a narcotics sense. More and more Americans are turning to marijuana, or pot. at a time when drugtaking in a variety of forms has achieved some social status. Estimates of the number
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    • 483 12 Stopping illegal rice trade: 'P HAILAND ha* asked Malaysia to help in stamping out the smuggling of rice from southern Thailand into northern Malaysia but says that no reply has so far been received. A Malaysian official admits that smuggling is being carried on between the
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    • 332 12  -  By Nicholas Moore Reuter. PAKISTAN want* more Chines* help to boost its third Fire-Year Plan Jeopardised by a rhronie shortage of Western eeonomir aid. President Ayub Khan has sent his top planning expert. Mr. M. M. Ahmad, to Peking He is expected to show the
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    • 2405 12  -  To Your Good Health By Joseph G. Molner, M.D. Q: My son is 13. He is 4 feet 11 inches 1 tall and weighs 115 which makes him overweight. I would like to put him on a diet but am afraid this would
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    • 659 13  -  By ARNOLD DIBBLE UPI. JAPAN is a lady who can't make up her mind. We've always known this, but it came home anew at a wedding reception recently where the Japan that will be, the Japan that is, and the Japan that was all
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    • 622 13  -  By JOHN EARLE Reuter. MAJOR breakthrough in producing fresh milk in the torrid heat of the tropics is claimed by experts at South-East Asia's leading Dairy Research Institute here. During the last three vears, milk production per hectare (2* acres) from
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    • 388 13  -  By NABIL TANNUS yiTAMIN A could help to save the eyesight of thousands of children each year, according to Dr. Donald S. McLarn. a world authority on the vitamin. “At least 80.000 of the world's children below the age of four go blind
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    • 421 13 JAPAN Is to Increase th© scale of its successful voluntary technical co-operation activities in Asia and Africa. Plans are announced for sending 210 young men and women overseas this year, compared with last year’s total of 102. Some 151 Japanese volunteers are at present engaged
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 361 13 SHAW IGANISATIOM LIDO Phone ***** Last 4 Shows: 11. 1.45, 4 6.30 School Children 85 cts. to any seat "NEVER SAY GOODBYE” Color Charity Premier* TONIGHT 9.15 .810 XMAS ATTRACTION) Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Oianry romer rCOa Steiger "IN THE HE \T OP THE NIGHT" Color By DeLuxe i United
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  • Sun Sport
    • 641 14 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) The Japan Boxing Commission today defied a move by a Philippine boxing official to strip Paul Fuji, the world junior welterweight champion, of his orient title in the same class. Justiniano Montano Jr., chairman of the Philippines Games and Amusement
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    • 48 14 Singapore's Peck Noi Huay (left) who won a gold medal in the singles women's tabletennis final at Bangkok poses with team-mate Tan Kek Hiang (runner-up). Peck Noi, a schoolgirl, again helped the national team to win the team championships. She collected two gold medals in the SEAP Games.
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    • 288 14 LAUNCESTON. Tasmania. Thurs. (Reuter) The Indian cricketers' prospects for the first Test against Australia in Adelaide starting on Saturday were given a boost here yesterday when the touring batsmen found their form in their drawn two-day match against Tasmania. The Indians piled
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    • 20 14 PHNOM PENH. Thurs. (Reuter) Cambodia beat Singapore 3-1 in a football international here last night. Halftime score was
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    • 165 14 I REFER to a letter which appeared in your paper of Wednesday. December 20th. In a page of most wonderful news for all of us collectively as one nation and Republic, one disgruntled person called “Discouraged” is petty-minded enough to put pin-pricks In the national
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    • 80 14 LONDON, Thurs. A record price fo r a race horse 142.800 was recently paid for the two-year-old colt. Vaguely Noble- at Britain's Newmarket sales The horse, which won the Observer Gold Cup this year, was bought for an American plastic surgeon, Mr. Robert Franklyn The previous
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    • 451 14 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) There has been divided reaction to the Japan Professional Golfers Association's one year suspension of top Japanese pro golfer Hideyo Sugimoto on grounds he overslept and missed his starting time on the third day of the recent Hawaiian Open tournament.
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    • 157 14 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI> British and Empire heavyweight boxing champion Henry Cooper was officially presented yesterday with hi 3 third Lonsdale belt, the easiest he ever earned in nine years as title holder. Each belt represents three successful title fights and Cooper is the first to
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    • 200 14 SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter) Australian tennis stars John Newrombe. Tony Roche and Roy Emerson will receive 400.000 Australian dollars (187.756 sterling) to turn professional after the Davis Cup challenge round later this month, according to Sydney “Sun” newspaper tennis writer Bob Wilson. Wilson said Newcombe
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    • 1472 15 Race is Horses Class 3, Dlv. 3-Abt. 6 Furs. 2.00 P.M (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 1. 088 3. 779 3 030 4 0 6 250 Mans Tahn Shangrtla IV Our Coen Legal Plunder Kampong New fh* 3y 8 12 8 11 Jacky Bak Stable Tan Seah J
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    • 175 15  -  By WINDSOR LAD TpENANG, Thurs.—Winner's Delight shaped A like a winner on the track here this morning when he easily breezed over 3f in 36-2/5 striding out smoothly all the way. The track was very good. Avenger II (Coles) also went attractively In a
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    • 188 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The planning of the first Malaysian motor rally scheduled to take place early next year, is going on smoothly. The rally, over 500 miles, will start and finish at the Batu Tig a Circuit. It is being organised by Automobile Association
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    • 312 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Top level moves are now underway to stage an Asian-sponsored world badminton championships in this region. Disclosing this in an interview with Sunsport here today. Mr. M. A. Lange, manager of the badminton team to the 4th SEAP
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    • 197 15 TOKYO, Thurs. (I*Pl> World bantamweight champion Fighting Harada has gone into camp In warm Ibusuki, on the southern tip of Yushu. Japan s southernmost island, in preparation for his fifth title defence next month. Harada. 24. did s o on Tuesday despite recent
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    • 1436 15 Race l: Horses Class 2, Div. 5— *Abt. 6 Furs. 2.00 P.M. 1. 9 Ramona 4y 9 00 Ramona Stable R B'kelen 2 973 Tabu Santa Tahu 4v 9 00 Sama Tahu Stable Heddle 3. 0 Wakili 5y 900 Mr. T.S Leong J Donnelly 4. 7 5
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    • 109 16 SEAP Games heroine Patricia Chan being welcomed bv the President of the Republic of Singapore, Enche Yusof bin Ishak and the First Lady. THE President of the Republic of Singapore. Enche Yusof bin Ishak seen ad miring the gold medals won by Patricia Chan in the
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    • 564 16 LONDON, Thurs. Busy riding in South Africa and unable to attend the British Sports Writers' Association "Sportsman of the Year" presentation at the Cafe Royal in London on December 11 was Mike Hailwood who has been described as the "greatest motor cyclist ever." More
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    • 169 16 MOSCOW. Thurs. (UPI) An international poll conducted by the Soviet News Agency Tass named an American girl today as the “Sportswoman of the Year”. Debbie Meyer, 15-year-old Calito. man who holds the women's world 400. 800 and 1.500 metres frees yle swimming records, garnered
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    • 145 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Khalsa Association, yesterday trounced 19 Signals 3-0 in the Singapore Hockev Association’s League match held at Farrer Park. Though 19 Signals put up a gallant defence, their forwards missed several opportunities. Khalsa. put on the pressure from the start and in the
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    • 277 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore's silver medallist in the 100 m sprint event in the 4th SEAP Games, C. Kunalan, is believed to have been under a psychological strain while competing at Bangkok. Sunsport reliably understands that this was one of the factors which checked the
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    • 222 16 LONDON. Thurs. Moet and Chandon. the champagne firm, have announced that they will sponsor their “Silver Magnum" racing event at Epsom. Surrey. Southern England next year for the sixth successive season Often referred to as the “amateur riders’ derby”, the Silver
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    • 81 16 IPOH. Thurs. Phang Leong Hoon (handicap 17) returned the best score to be-’o»r>p the champion In th° Tiger Cun golf competition for I°j7 at the Perak Turf Club Sports Club golf links in Tiger Lane here He scored 72 (gross 89) and 75 (gross 90> with
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    • 229 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The President of the Singapore Company of Archers, Mr. Sill Wee, has urqed local archers to help boost the image of the Republic in international competitions. Mr. Wee stressed that archers should look ahead to the coming year as a
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    • 78 16 Cooper wants more LONDON. Thurs Henry Cooper's manager has turned down an offer for him to fight Canada's George Chuvalo during January or February 1968. Chuvalo has set his sights on the Empire title held by Cooper. Said manager Jim Wicks: "We received an offer of 525.000 dollars to fight
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    • 263 16 LONDON, Thurs. —Every* one in the racing world acknowledges (he fact that Hyperion was a kine among thoroughbreds. The story of Hyperion, the seventeenth Earl of Derby's little chestnut horse who carried the famous black jacket and white cap to victory in the
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    • 67 16 TIME AND TIDE Penane; 3.09 a m. (80 ft.). 4.20 p.m. (6.3 ft.) Port Swettenham; 834 a m. (13.7 ft 9.22 p m. (14.5 ft.) Port Dickson: 9.37 a m (8.0 ft). 9.54 pm. (8.2 Smeapore: 2.46 a m. (8.2 ft.). 1.35 p m. (9.4 ft.) SediJi Kechil: 1.46 a.m.
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