Eastern Sun, 5 February 1968

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  • Title Section
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    23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 549 Monday, 5 February 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Defence talks urgent...
    189 1 ALOR STAR, Sun. Top level talks on defence arrangement for Malaysia in particular and South-east Asia in general was a matter of great urgency in view of the current situation in South Vietnam, said the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, before leaving here today for Penang. He
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    Lock icon Defence talks date by Hasluck
    38 1 SINGAPORE. Sun The five-nation defence talks may be held in this region in or about June this {rear says the Austraian Minister for External Affairs. Mr. Hasluck. (See Page 10 for fuller story)
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    Lock icon Pope: Don’t lose faith
    127 1 VATICAN CITY. Sun. (UPI i Pope Paul VI said today that the "atrocity” of recent battles in Vietnam -was "painful and demoralising” but he urged the world not to lose faith in the hope for peace. Speaking during his regular noonday Sunday blessing, the Pontiff told
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    Lock icon At least 175,000 homeless
    194 1 The big problem =of refugees... SAIGON, Sun. ißeu. ter). The current fighting in South Vietnam has created at least 175,000 refugees, an American Embassy spokesman reported here today. But this figure does not cover wide areas of the country where there has been heavy fighting including
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    Lock icon MILITARY MUSCLE OF VIETCONG
    557 1 ‘Over 65,000 men in reserve’ General Davidson speaks on: Saigon, Sun. Reuter Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops still have well over hal£ their attack capability uncommitted to their present wave o£ attacks up and down South Vietnam. The Intelligence Officer for American Forces in Vietnam, Bri-gadier-General
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    Lock icon New fighting in Saigon
    286 1 SAIGON, Sun. (UPI). New fighting broke out in Saigon today, Communist soldiers clung to tenuous positions in the northern city of Hue, and the Vietcong pressed their Tet offensive a step further with a wave of strong attocks in the Mekong Delta south of the capital.
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    Lock icon STOP PRESS
    25 1 Fire: Nine die BOSTON, San. (Reuter) At least nine people died today in a fire which swept through a hotel here. Police reported.
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    Lock icon Tito in Aswan
    24 1 ASWAN. Egypt. Sun. (Reuter) President Tito of Yugoslavia arrived here today for talks with President Nasser on the Middle East crisis.
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    Lock icon GUM TROUBLE CAUSES MOST TOOTH DECAY AND LOSS OF TEETH
    183 1 Dentists will tell you how more teeth are lost from gum trouble than from any other cause. Certain danger signs are gums which are sore or tender to touch, or gums that bleed a little when you brush your teeth.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Japanese goodwill mission arrives
      596 3  -  By ANTHONY CHIA SINGAPORE, Sun. The first "Jopanese Youth Goodwill Cruise" with 322 youth leaders oboord the Sakura Maru is here on a four-day visit. The mission carried with it a message of "goodwill and international understanding" to the people of the world. Excited youthful members
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      Lock icon 'Butterworth will be an export centre'
      186 3 PENANG. Sun The Industrial area in Prai. Butterworth. would not only supply local demand but would also he the export centre to Thailand, Indonesia and overseas. This was disclosed by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Lim Swee Aun. when interviewed by the
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      Lock icon PENANG CAN BE A ‘TOURIST MECCA’—EXPERTS
      578 3 PENANG, Sun. Tourist pundits, who have sung the praises of Penang, are of the view that this island has everything necessary to develop it into a ''Tourist Mecca." This was stated by the resident of the Penang ourist Association. Mr. Chet T S Chua.
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      Lock icon Work on coin mint factory hurried
      126 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. Work i$ now being rushed through to complete the "Coin Mint Factory" at Jurong industrial complex. On completion, all Singapore coins will be minted locally. Meanwhile, since the British currency devaluation in November last year, the Government hod managed to overcome the
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      Lock icon Commission to probe into varsity brain drain hailed
      309 4 LUMPUR, Sun. The University of Malaya Academic Staff Association today welcomed the setting up of a commission of inquiry by the University Council to ascertain the causes for recent resignations of academic university staffThe inquiry will be headed by the Prochancellor, Tan
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      Lock icon SABAH NEWS IN BRIEF
      249 4 Kota kinabalu. sun. A preliminary investigation has been carried out in the Pensiangan. Sepulot areas and the nearbv villages to ascertain the feasibility of extending a fullscale tuberculosis control campaign. During the nine-day investigation. a number of school children were given tuberculin and BCG vaccinations. From
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      Lock icon Perak MB opens orchid show
      114 4 TAIPING, Sun. Malaysia’s national flower, the “bunga raya" should take > pride of place in floral decorations in Malaysian homes, the Mentri Besar. Dato Ahmad bin Said, said here today. The Mentri Besar officially opened the orchid show held for the first time here. Dato
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      Lock icon Fatal fall in well
      52 4 IPOH. Sun. A 19-year-old housewife. Siti Mariam binte Ahmad, fell into a well at Kampor.g Sungei Bahru in Tanjone Piandang. Knan. yesterday and was drowned. Her husband, Zakaria bin Aziddm. found her missing in the house. He went to look for her and found her inside
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      Lock icon Mara man on transfer
      39 4 MUA R. Sun. The MARA officer for Batu Pahat. Enche Mohammed Yusof bln Ayob. has been transferred to Sungei Patanl. He is succe«ded by Enche Abdul Aziz bin Dato Hajl Mohammed Yusof. of Kuala Lumpur.
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      Lock icon Hawkers’ confab
      24 4 MUAR. Sun. The Malaysian Hawkers Association will hold a three-day delegates' conference at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Kluang from March 23.
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      Lock icon $1,500 joy to Sungei Buloh inmates
      73 4 A DELEGATION from the Se'angor Chinese Assembly Hall, led by Its vice-president, Dato Chong Shih Guan bringing New Year cheer to the inmates of the Sungei Buloh Settlement in Selangor during the Chinese New Year festivities. The Assembly Hall gave a cheque for $1,500
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      Lock icon ‘Miss Negri Sembilan’
      78 4 ‘Miss Negri Sembilan 6EREMBAN, Sun. A 20-year-old clerk Che Rahimaton blnti Haji Hasean (34-23-45) was elected Miss Negri Sembilan here last night. She will represent the State at the Miss Malaysia Contest to be held at Kuala Lumpur from Feb. 14 18. For Che Rahimaton this IS the second major
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      Lock icon Boy, 7, killed
      25 4 IPOH, Sun. A seven-year-old boy, Ooi Bee Hin. was killed in collision with a car at Simpang Tiga in Kuala Kurau yesterday.
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      Lock icon Tour of East Malaysia
      48 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The deputy- representative of the British Council here. Mr. D. Barton, will be on tour in East Malaysia from Feb. 11—29. The library adviser. Miss M. Wilden-Hart will be on tour in Ipoh and Penang from Feb. 2$ to March. 3.
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      Lock icon Hawkers’ joy
      23 4 Hawkers joy MUAR. Sun. The Kluang District Hawkers’ Association will commemorate its 15th anniversary with a dinner at itj premises on March 24.
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      Lock icon Japanese ‘dolls’ here to advice on make-up
      128 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun In the co metic market today Shiseido Cosmetic stands as one of the oldest factories in Japan. The company employs more than 10.000 persons. The Shiseido overseas branches include New York, Paris, Los Angeles and Hawaii and its overseas market
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      Lock icon $8,000 wires stolen
      46 4 SEREMBAN. Sun. Thieves got away with electric wires worth $B,OOO here yesterday afternoon from the store at the work site of the $lB million hospital now under construction here Last month a boiler valued at $2,000 was also stolen at the same siie.
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      Lock icon New building for UMNO branch
      48 4 MUAR. Sun. The Sungai Mati branch of the UMNO, seven miles north of here, is to have a $3,000 building. A house-to-house fundraising campaign under the chairmanship of Enche Mohammed Nor bin Haji Rasip, chairman of the Sungai Mati branch, has been launched.
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      Lock icon Thai team due today for border talks
      235 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun A 19-man delegation from Thailand will arrive tomorrow to attend the seventh meeting of the General Border Committee. The meeting will be offi. cially opened by the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. who is also Minister of Home Affairs,
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      Lock icon Senu: Malaysia will be strong if her people are united
      487 4 Kuala lumpck. Sun. The urgency of fostering and inculcating a deep-rooted sense of Malaysian consciousness among the people was reiterated by the Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman. He said Malaysia could only be strong if
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      Lock icon Five-nation defence talks
      545 10  -  MAYBE HELD IN THE REGION AROUND JUNE -HASLUCK By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Sun.—The five-nation defence k talks may be held in this region in or about June this year. The Australian Minister for External Affairs. Mr. Paul Hasluck, disclosed this when he met newsmen this morning. He
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      Lock icon Two bodies found in the sea
      112 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. The body of Ooi Teck Kim. 80. was fished out of the sea, off Elizabeth Walk, yesterday afternoon A passer-by, Kim Ah Seng, who saw the body floating in the sea, jumped into the sea and brought it up. Police do not
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      Lock icon Accident: Central Fire Station operator killed
      152 10 SINGAPORE, Sun. A Central Fire Station control room operator, Jaffar bin Ahmad, 32, was killed instantly when his motorcycle collided with a motor-car last evening. Jaffar, a father of four, was carrying his wife as pillion when the fatal collision took place at the
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      Lock icon S'PORE DIARY
      12 10 6 pm. Singapore Festival '6B at Gay World Stadium, Geyiang.
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      Lock icon Parents urged: Encourage children to study hard—MP
      253 10 SINGAPORE, Sun. Every child of Singapore citizens is assured a place in the school so os to enable him to receive a proper education and become a useful citizen in the multi-racial society. This was stated last night by Enche Rahmat Kenap M.P.
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      Lock icon Explosion behind PM’s house
      93 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. An explosion, which occurred along Dublin Road behind the Prime Minister's house at 12.35 this morning, was found to have been caused by cracker Dowder stuffed in a small bottle. A Government safety officer. found remnants at the scene. The safetv officer was of
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      Lock icon Ticket sales at Festival ’69 averaged 4,000 nightly
      269 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. The organising committee of the Singapore Festival '6B today reported with confidence that the half million tickets for the Mammoth Donation Draw would definitely be sold out before the opening day for the draw. During the past 15 days, the
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      Lock icon VARIETY SHOW DATE
      67 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. “Malam Peranakan” will be held a, Victoria Theatre on Feb. 10. The Eastern Sun regrets that it was inadvertently reported the show w'ould be staged on Feb. 19 at 8.45 pm. The public are urged to support the variety show as all the proceeds will
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      Lock icon British town planner coming
      196 10 SINGAPORE. Sun A British town planner will visit here for six days from March 1 to carry out a brief survey on the present state of town planning in the Republic He is Mr. G H Franklin. Chief Town Planner in the Overseas Division of the
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      Lock icon Burglars escape with $544 loot
      70 10 PENANG. Sun. Thieves broke into a house in Brown Gardens while the occupants were out and took away 5544 in cash and jewellery last night. KG. Gopalakrishnan. 44, reported he left the house together with his family to visit a friend, locking the house before
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      Lock icon Kelantan Sultan returns
      45 10 KOTA BAHRU, Sun— The Sultan of Kelantan today returned here after two-and-half months' absence from his home state after being hospitalised in the General Hospital. Kuala Lumpur for medical treatment. Thousands of people including Government servants. welcomed him at the airport here.
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      Lock icon A ‘toy’ pistol that wasn’t
      168 11  -  By L.D. Baptist pENANG, Sun. A 32-year-old vegetable seller. Lee Shin Sung, threw stones at two youths who were trying to rob him while armed with what he thought was a toy pistol along Bell Road last night. While picking up a third stone to
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      Lock icon Jabs to dogs along border
      38 11 KAMPAR. Sun. The annual campaign to immunise dogs aga nst rabis on the Thai-Maiavsian border •tarts tomorrow. During the next three weeks. vaccination teams will visit border towns to give jabs to dogs
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      Lock icon On transfer
      21 11 IPOH. Sun Mr. Ooi Eu Tee. of Kuala Lumpur. has resumed duly as assistant controller of te’eccmmunicarions traffic) here.
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      Lock icon MCA members told: Have no fear or suspicion of the other races
      445 11 IDENANG, Sun. The president of the Penang State M.C.A., Tan Sri Saw Seng Kew, today stressed that there should be no room for any fear or suspicion in their relations with other races. He urged the delegates of
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      Lock icon Mara's economy bus service to be extended
      203 11 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. MARA todav released details of its “economy” long-distant bus service introduced in West Malaysia recently. The first among a fleet of MARA’s modern buses leaves Kuantan at 8.45 am., arriving here via Rompin at 4 p m. This will be
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      Lock icon Our developments impress Indon, P.I.
      244 11 Kuala lumpur sun The National Development Bureau in Indonesia would soon forward its five-year economic blueprint to the Pe 'pies' Consultative Congress the MP.R.S. —for approval. Dr. Soelaeman Somandi. the leader of the Indonesian delegation to a regional seminar here, said today. The three-man delegation
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      Lock icon Staff nurse wins Miss Penang beauty title
      232 11 PENANG, Sun. Miss Edna Wanda Jacobs, a 24-year-old staff nurse, was crowned Miss Penang 1968 bv the wife of the Chief Minister. Puan Sri Wong Pow Nee, at the Penang Chinese Girls’ High School last night. She received a free return trip to
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      Lock icon ‘Women’s status in Japan changed’
      378 11  -  By Pat Chan SINGAPORE. Sun One of the few prominent figures in the women's world in Japan today said that the status of the Japanese women had been changed a great deal after the Second World War. She is Mrs. Sachiko Hash'moto. National Director of
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      Lock icon Minister launches ‘Thank You Week’
      475 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. S c h o o 1- children in Malaysia will devote this week to emphasise the little courtesies of life. This campaign, labelled simply as "Thank You Week" in schools, was launched by the Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. today.
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      Lock icon Treat for orphans
      102 11 THE children of the Welfare Homes of the Pure Life Society 6th mile Puchong Road. Petaling. were entertained to a vegetarian dinner recently by the Scouts and Girl Guides of the Chong Hwa Afternoon School The dinner w’as followed by short plays, dances and songs performed by
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      Lock icon INVEST IN JOBCREATING VENTURES -DR. LIM.
      413 11 PENANG. Sun. The Minister of Commerce and Industry. Dr. Lim Swee Aun, today stressed the urgent necessity for those, who have capita! or surplus savings to invest in job-creating ventures. Dr Lim was declaring open the “Pagoda" building of Min Ngai Knitting Factory in
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon BRANDT LIKENS VIETNAM TO RELIGIOUS WAR
      131 5 GERMANY IS NEUTRAL RAVENSBURG. West Germany, Sun. (Reuter) West German Foreign Minister H. Willy Brandt said today he could support neither side in the Vietnam war. He told a local Social Democratic Party rally here “The war is a tragedy which can be compared
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      Lock icon Bonn in first public rebuff of de Gaulle ‘Power obsessed’
      286 5 R4f E\SBl BG. If est Germany. Sun. (Reuter) If ext German Foreign llinister If illy Rranrlt today alluded to General de Gaulle ax a head of government ohxexsed uith power and said France's national interests were alien to a European
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      Lock icon No comment’ on Pueblo talks at Panmunjom
      396 5 SEOI'L. Sun. (I PI). American officials here todav refused to disclose whether the United States and the North Korean Communists had another secret session at the truce village of Panmunjom yesterday on the PUEBLO case. “We have nothing to add to what President
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      Lock icon REDS FALL OUT Nationalism: 'The threat within'
      143 5 WARSAW. Sun. (Reuter). The Polish Communist party todav called for a struggle against nationalism, which it said was the main danger threatening the world Communist movement. In an apparent rebuke to Yugoslavia. Cuba. Rumania and some other parties, the party's monthly theoretical journal
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      Lock icon ‘Tourism boom for Indon’
      44 5 JAKARTA Sun (CPI) The chairman of the Indonesian National Tourist Council Subroto Kusmardjo today said about 40.000 foreign tourists would visit Indonesia this year. He said the figure would double the number of foreign tourists mho visited Indonesia last year.
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      Lock icon 'LBJ asked Chiang for 200,000 troops'
      144 5 HONG KONG. Sun. UPI> Washington is pressing the Nationalist Chinese government on Taiwan to release 200.000 troops from home duty to fight in Vietnam. a right wing Chinese newspaper said today. The vernacular Sun Po quoted exclusive reports from Washington that the U S
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      Lock icon KENYA OUSTS ASIANS
      152 5 NAIROBI. Sun. (UPI) Alr.ine officials estimated that about 100 000 Asians would be leaving Kenya, mostly for Britain, during their current exodus. The Asians are mainly Indian? and Pakistanis who went to Kenya as merchants and administration workers while the country was a British colony. They have
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      Lock icon European unitythe Benelux way
      184 5 European unity the Benelux way LANCASTER. England. Sun. (Reuter). Britain is willing to work with France to implement the Benelux plan for closer consultations providing France has no power to veto discussion or action. Lord Chalfont. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, set out the Br.*ish position in a speecn
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      Lock icon Danish Princess takes German Prince
      201 5 COPENHAGEN. Sun. (UP! > Pretty Princess Benedikte. Denmark s last unmarried Princess, yesterday married the blonde German Prince she met on a dance floor. They were married in a 13th cen'ury cas'le before a cross-section of European royalty. The Princess. 23. married a 33-vear-old landowner
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      Lock icon 'US making Japan an N-bastion'
      128 5 MOSCOW. Sun. <UPI> The Soviet government said last night the United States ‘‘Ls try ng to convert Japan Into its nuclear stronghold.” This will tell negatively on Soviet-Japanese relations.” it said. The Soviet government newspaper Izvest a said the recent Soviet note to Japan compiaining
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      Lock icon H-bomb bits flown to AEC station
      119 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) Fragments from four hydrogen bombs aboard an American B-52 bomber which crashed off Greenland almost two weeks ago are to be flown to the Umten States for inspection, the Pentagon announced tooay They will be packed and sealed in lead containers
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      Lock icon The girl bandit
      74 5 MANILA Sun. (UPI) Robbers, led by a woman, used the butt of a Thompson submacnine gun to club unconscious grocery store operator Jesus Yao and empty his cash register of 300 pesos on Friday night in nearby Quezon City. Police said the woman gave orders to two
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      Lock icon 'ROK might pullout troops from Vietnam'
      205 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter). The State Department had no comment today on reports from Seoul suggesting that South Korea might withdraw troops stationed in Vietnam unless the United States gave it more American soldiers to combat North Korean infiltrators. Department officials, however, slated that "We
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      Lock icon Windfall in the 'Rubbish'
      117 5 SYDNEY. Sun. (Reuter) A Sydney Publican who opened an envelope marked "rubbish” that he had discovered in his hotel safe found it contained a certificate for 20 000 Western Mining Corporation shares now worth $1,060,000 Australian, the Sunday Mirror reported today. The newspaper quoted the publican,
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      Lock icon Wilson should go says NOW polls
      94 5 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) The mass circulation News of the World said today that in a poll of more than inn,noo of its readers, nearly 90 per cent of them thought Prime Minister Harold Wilson should resign. The popular Sunday newspaper said that out of
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      Lock icon US may propose 5 per cent tax on travel tickets today
      209 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter). It was widely believed here today that the United States treasury will on Monday propose a five per cent tax on all overseas travel tickets and a tax on daily spending by Americans abroad. Treasury Secretary
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      Lock icon Marines battle to defend Danang
      526 6 DANANG, South Vietnam, Sun. (Reuter). U.S. Marines and government forces today battled heavily near Danang with North Viet* namese troops believed trying to close in on the city, South Vietnam's second biggest, in* formed military sources said. Danang, 380 miles Northeast of Saigon, shuddered as
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      Lock icon ‘OBEY YOUR CHURCH’
      111 6 VATICAN CITY. Sun. (Reuter) Pope Paul defended the virtue of obedience in the Church yesterdav. in the wake of unrest among liberal-minded clergy. Ecclesiastical obedienre was a basic law In the Roman Catholic Church, he told Rome Priests at a traditional candle-giving ceremony. He said there was
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      Lock icon Doctor paid one cent
      76 6 BI'ENOS AIRES. Sun (Reuter) —Bureaucracy has forced a prominent Buenos Aires psychiatrist to accept the lowest salary on record in Argentina. But Dr. Mauricio Goldenberg. recently appointed head of the city’s Mental Health Department, does not mind. When he took the job he said he would
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      Lock icon War alert amidst peaceful setting
      36 6 NEW DELHI: High in the snow-bound Himalayas. Indian Army "Jawans” guard the Northern borders of India. Cold. wind, and treacherous terrain add to the hazards of their sentinel duty. UPI Photo.
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      Lock icon Confused heads at the top
      298 6 A LOT OF HEAD-SHAKING WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) A note of scepticism crept into the reaction todav to the Johnson administration's expressed confidence that the Vietcong's widespread offensive had been smashed. Shock, dismay and In- credulity greeted the sombre news from Vietnam, with officials privately shaking
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      Lock icon Unprecedented drought threatens French Riviera
      301 6 TOULON FRANCE. Sun (Reuter) An unprecedented drought over large areas of the south of France threatens to turn a stretch of Europe's most famous coastline into a disaster area. While floodwaters slowly recede in the north after a month of rain. 300,000 inhabitants of the
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      Lock icon Tito arrives for talks with Nasser
      303 6 CAIRO. Sun. (Reuter) President Tito arrives at Aswan todav for talks with President Nasser on the Middle East situation and informed sources said he is expected to stress that a political solution should still be the aim. The atmosphere has been sobered bv last
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      Lock icon 'War on poverty' promised
      107 6 JAKARTA. Sun (UPI) The two day conference of Indonesia's military commanders that enaed here last night agreed to declare “War against poverty" and promised to take concrete steps to cope with the soaring price of rice. The conference was held after acting President Gen. Suharto issued
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      Lock icon 'Monks' caught Red-handed
      80 6 BANGKOK. Sun. (UPI)— Eight itinerant monks who tended to skip their evening meditation period have been arrested on suspicion of being Communist agents, police reported today. Police Colonel Luen Boonvajitti said the monks were seen walking about after vespers, when they should be meditating in their tents.
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      Lock icon Princess (38) killed by student lover (23)
      227 6 PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) French police said today a 23-year-old student had confessed to killing his former lover, a 38-year-old blonde princess, whose charred and seml-naked body was found In her Paris flat on Thursday. Princess Aliette de Rohan. whose family could trace its
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      Lock icon Indon doctors to train in Singapore
      108 6 JAKARTA. (UPI) Sun Nme Indonesian doctors are scheduled to leave for Singapore tomorrow to attend a four-week training and orientation course on family planning, it was reported today. The Indonesians have been awarded fellowships from *he Inter-National Planned Parenthood Federation for South-east Asia and
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      Lock icon Travellers plea for freedom
      102 6 NEW YORK Sun. (UPI) The Society of American Travel Writers has urged implementation of a realistically budgeted U.S. travel service instead of travel restrictions to improve the U.S balance of payments deficit, it was disclosed today. In a letter to President Johnson and other Government officials,
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      Lock icon Avalanche injures 13
      53 6 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) An avalanche killed 13 policemen near Badrinath in the central HimalaTas earlier last week it was disclosed here last night Indian Air Force helicopters flew in yesterday to evacuate four policemen who were injured at the same time. No details of the avalanche
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      Lock icon 'Your rent in gold, please'
      227 6 BOSTON, Masaehusetts, Sun. (Reuter) The French consul here has been warned that he might have to pay his annual rent of USS--7.500 in gold once his lease expires because of the policies of President de Gaulle. Republican Senator Oliver Ames, who owns the threestorey consulate
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      Lock icon Barnard will visit Brazil
      145 6 RIO DE JANEIRO. Sun. (Reuter) South African heart transplant surgeon. Professor Christian Barnard, will visit Brazil during the first week of March at the invitation of several medical institutes, according to Jornai Do Brasil. Professor Barnard told the newspaper in an interview he was interested in
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      Lock icon WHO chief re-elected
      53 6 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Sun. (Reuter)) Dr. Marcelino G- Candau, 5(5 of Brazil, has been nominated for a further five-year term as Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The nomination by the WH O. executive board will go before the World Health Assembly in Geneva in
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      Lock icon Garbage strike
      34 6 NEW YORK. Sun (Reuter This city of eight million peop'e was without garbage collection service since yesterday after 10,05!) sanitation department workers went on strike, demanding higher pay and improved working conditions.
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      225 6 NEW YORK. Sun (Reuter) The commander and some of the crew of the U.S. spy ship Pueblo locked themselves in and tossed secret documents and equipment through a porthole after North Koreans seized their vessel on January 23. the New York Times
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      368 7 JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter). The Indonesian Army says it has broken the back of the current Communist rebellion in West Borneo and believes that it will cease to be a factor of strategic importance by the middle of this year. West Borneo Military Commande r
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      221 7 ?TW YORK Sun (Renter 1— A New York woman university professor claim; American schools turn boys Into cissies. Dr Patricia Cayo Sexton, prolessor of educational sociology, said a recent twoyear study she made of an unidentified American communitv showed that schools tended to reward
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      105 7 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) The Billy Graham organisation has made an approach to buy the ageing liner Queer, Elizabeth with the idea of turning it into a floating evangelical mission Mr. Graham's business manager, George M. Wilson said he had been to see the Canard Steamship Company.
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      78 7 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter) A hand-grenade exploded killing a Thai Army Sergeant and a policeman in Bangkok last night, police reported today. The police said the Sergeant had been staggering drunkenly outside his bro-ther-in-law’s house and had taken the safety pin out of the grenade threatening to throw’
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      316 7 Films in her bra DA NANG. South Vietnam. Sun. (Reuter). Two French journalists returned here from Hue vesterdav and reported they had been held captive by North Vietnamese soldiers in the embattled city for three hours. Miss Cathie Leroy. 22. a photographer, and 30-year-old
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      277 7 NEW’ YORK. Sun. <UPI> A 19-year-oid Philadelphia youth who longed to return to his native Australia changed his mind on Friday night about shipping himself back by airfreight but not soon enough to avoid a stowaway charge. Police said Michael Schway. 19. suddenly panicked as
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      70 7 LONDON. Sun (UPI) The first of two Boeing *****8B airplanes bought by British Lagle International Airlines from Qantas. the Australian Airline, arrived from Sydney at Heathrow Airport yesterday. The second place will be delivered In the next few weeks. British Eagle will use the planes for
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      331 7 LONDON, Sun (UPI) The London Times says the Communist offensive in Vietnam apparently took the Americans ‘Completely by surprise” despite President Johnson's assurance that the U S knew for several months that such a move was planned Both the Times and the Economist commented
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      169 7 CAPE TOWN. Sun CReuter) Crude oil seeped from the 49.32 n-ton French tanker Sivella today after it ran aground on rocks at Mouille Point here. The Le Harve registered tanker. loaded wi*h oil from the Persian Gulf went aground in fair weather a
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      97 7 KARLSRUCHE. West Germany. Sun (Reuter) West German counter-espionage has smashed another spy nng. the second it has discovered operating in SouthWest Germany within a week, the Federal prosecutors office said here today. Dr Heinz Mende. an engineer. his wife and adult son have been arrested
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      81 7 JOHANNESBURG. Sun <UPI> Catherine and Shirley O'Hare. Siamese twin? separated on Jan. 6 In a daring South African operation, left the hospital yesterday under strictest secrecy. Parents Ronald and Joyce O Hare collected their four-month-old girls early in the morning to avoid any exposure to publicity,
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      231 7 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter). The commander-in-chief of the Soviet Navy, Admiral S. Gorshov, will arrive in India on February' 9 for a 10-day visit as guest of the Indian Navy. Admiral Gorshov will be accompanied by Vice Admiral G. Yurin, Deputy Chairman of the
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      122 7 LAGOS. Sun. (Reuter) Nigerian troops today announced the capture of a key Biafran town and electric power station after a bloody seven-hour battle. Oji River town, about 30 miles south-west of 'he former breakaway capital, Enugu. w-as seized by men of the Federal First Division after
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      118 7 TEL AVIV, Sun. (Reuter) Foreign Minister Abba Eban said today Israel's agreement to the operation for the release of 15 foreign ships trapped in the Suez Canal through the waterway's southern outlet still stands. In an interview broadcast over the Israeli radio Mr Eban
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      98 7 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter) Holland's new Charge d Affaires to China Mr J.J. Derksen, flew Into Peking today to take up his post, the New China News Agency reported. Mr Derksen succeeds Mr. G. Jongejans. who left Peking In December 1966 after spending five months
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      62 7 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuter) The Mainichi Shimbun, a leading Japanese national daily newspaper, announced today it had established the first branch office of a Japanese newspaper to be set up in Phnom Penh. The Mainichi branch office was opened on February 1 in the Cambodian capital where
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      76 7 MUNICH The work being carried out by these specialized workers 1s not quite as simple as it seems: Thev direct and control the entire automatic-production of a sugar factory in the South of the federal Republic of Germany. All necessary instruments gyro pilots and regulated instruments
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    454 8 THE United States went to war In Vietnam with a fanfare of publicity which is not unlike that accorded to a world title boxing match at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Military and civilian experts analysed the chances of American success and published their findings almost every
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    297 8 WELL bihived youngster* are rare specimen* today. They model them*elve* on the tough character* they see in film* and In comic atrip*. They regard good manners a* old-fashioned and effeminate. They find courage in packs, but singly they seldom show any guts. Many of them put on tough
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    2024 8  -  By Mavis Puthucneary PAPER presented at the seminar on ‘Reporting Social Changes' at the Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 25. rIE developmentol role of the civil service must presuppose that those who are in control of political power desire economic
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    296 8 Aviary in Jurong not feasible yfllH correspondent, S K. Llm. whose letter you published on January 6. suggested that an aviary might be established in Jurong Industries Estate, Blakang Matl or the Botanic Gardens. While this would of course be possible, the choice of Botanic Gardens as a site
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    228 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author> "Handbook of Evidence Por Criminal Trials") rkAISY brought ar. action against Howard in which she asked that she be recognised as owner of a certain lot. “I bought this property some time before the tax sale at which Howard got It for
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      237 9 TOKYO. Sun. (JIB) A machine which electronically ripens wine, fruits, cake, canned foods or anything else edible has recently been placed on the market. Called the Yohtron A-l, it was developed by a Japanese engineering company in Tokyo The Yohtron functions in the following
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      126 9 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) Developing countries should be helped to set up their own shipping lines provided these are economically viable and are not simply prestige projects, an International Confederation of Free Trade Unions spokesman said here last night. He was answering press conference questions
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      109 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Chinese Produce Exchange's secretary. Mr. Teng Thiam Kon. has resigned due to 111-health. Mr. Teng. #B. who has lived in Singapore for 43 years. Joined the Exchange as its secretary in 1928. Except for the interrupted three years durin* the Japanese Occupation; he has
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      280 9 LONDON, Sun. To meet the fastgrowing use of micro-film in drawing and engineering offices, workshops, stores, reference libraries and general offices, a London firm has produced a 35 mm. viewer that is claimed to be the cheapest and most flexible highquality unit on the market. Specially
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      450 9  -  By HARRY HOBBS Sun. (UPI). More mergers marked the business world this week and the first clear results of one recent link up between two electrical giants showed up. About 6.000 persons will lose their Jobs in London and South east England where the
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      264 9 LONDON, Sun. A new concrete-rout-ing machine developed by a British firm gives accurate control of cutting up to six inches deep. The machine consists of a pneumatic drill mounted vertically on a trolley, which has four retractable wheels. Retraction ts controlled by a lever
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      364 9 /CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sun. (UPI). Output of raw steel is nearing the record high set three years ago, Steel Magazine said today. The metalworking weekly estimated US plants produced 2.80n.000 net tons of stee: in the week ended Feb 3. just below the 2
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      472 9 WICHITA. Kansas. Sun Witt initial deliveries scheduled for the spring, first production units of the new Beechcraft 99 Airliner have begun to flow from final assembly lines at the Beech Aircraft Wichita plant. World-Wide advance orders for the 17-place, turbine-po-wered Beechcraft 99 Airliner for calendar-year
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      317 12 DURING schooldays, I normally wake up about half-past six which has become a habit with me and yet one day I woke up late. This happened to be a schoolday. I was disturbed from a wonderful dream by my father who knocked on my door. I
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      313 12 AS the stages of development go. manufacturing and mining are considered to be the peak of advancement in the development of a region. Nowadays, many forested areas have been cut down for the growing of industries Industry covers a vast range of works and is
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      300 12 11ILN have always endeavoured to gain from their a cti° n s so *he man in the cinema hall is aware that the cinema exercises a great influence on its patrons. FROM the screens, a great deal of knowledge comes u, a moving pictorial form, iftore
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      606 12 T>ERHAPS the most sophisticated and glamorous stage in our life time is the period when we attain the age of thirteen onwards. It is during this period, when we are on the threshold of adulthood, that we experience the majority of the difficulties in our
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      277 12 LAST holidays, my cousins from Malacca came to stay with me for a week. We spent some time talking. On the third day. I decided to bring them to see the sights of Singapore. About five o’clock my father brought us to Mount Faber in
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      306 12 ONE afternoon as I was going to school, I saw some black clouds. I ran Into my house and took an umbrella. I walked to the bus-stop for a bus As I was waiting a storm came. Thunder clapped and lighting flashed and everywhere was plunged Into
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      375 12 PHYSICAL education and reading have important connections with all students. It depends on a student to judge whether he or she regards reading better than physical education or vice versa. However, most parents regard reading as more important. Reading must be a hobby of all
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      294 12 IT was about 6 30 pm. when my friend and I came home from a football match. The sun was about to set and the sky was brightly lit up by a lur d colour of orange and red. “It seems to be on fire.” remarked
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      245 12 IT was a Saturday night. Ah Chai was feeling bored remaining at home and decided to go to pictures. He usually goes with a friend but that night his friend was not feeling well and he went alone. The show ended about midnight. Ah Chai walked
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      217 12 IT is the natural tendency of every girl, beautiful or ugly, to look or feel more beautiful in public. Some girls who are usually beautiful are not considered admirable by certain men. On the contrary, some girls seemingly beautiful through deception, win
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      732 13  -  By Vernon Gibb (S.F.). ''pATOOS, say psychiatrists, can be the mark of the psychopath. Many criminals, they add, have a large selection of designs and mottos to show for their violent and undisciplined past. In nearly all cases, too, the tattooed man reveals more
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      1499 13  -  A DETECTIVE CALLED SCIENCE By HENRY FULLER SF. /“\NCE upon a time the greatest figures in the police organisations were the detectives. But in the last generation or so they have been beaten into second place by an even greater detective SCIENCE. It
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      503 13  -  By Thaung Myine LACK of coordination in welfare activities is undermining the efforts of the Thai Government to win the hill tribes in northern Nan Province on the Laotian border from the influence of the Communists who have infiltrated into the area.
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      756 13 A USTRALIAN cities are reaching for the sky with new building as hiqh as 600 feet or 50 storeys dominating the skyline. These new buildings have meant new techniques, new materials, new machinery for the Australian building industry. Some of these new Australian techniques
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      208 13 SHAW IGANISATTON LIDO NOW SHOWING —No Free Llat! 11 m 1.45. 4.00. 915 pm. James Garner Jason Regard* "HOUR OF THE GrN" <UA) Color bv DeL'ixe Ac Panaviaion CAPITOL Now Showin*! 11. 1.50 4. 0.45. 9.50 "LAND OF MANY PFRFTMFS" (A SHAW PRODUCTION' Mandarin In Shawscep* Ac Color Wednesday 9.50
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      221 13 IcathayA BUHBaBEBSSI tod CARNIVAL WEEK! 11 am. I SO. 4.00. 0.3* 9 30 p m. CARNIVAL OF THIEVES'* 'Far.' Stephen Boyd Yrette Mimieux In COLOR COMING' Charlton Heston In Paramount'* "WILL PENNY" Donald P'.ea'cnce Technicolor OPENS today: 1 00. 3 3*. 7.00 9 IS p m SECRET OF A MAIDEN—
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      328 14 Threat to pull out of world body pORONADO, California, Sun. (Reuter). U The United States Lawn Tennis Association in a surprise move yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of open tennis and threatened to pull out of the International Lawn Tennis Federation if it did not revise
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      441 14 OAKLAND. California, Sun. (Reuter) Jerry Quarry gave an impressive display of powerpunching as he beat Tnad Spencer in a semifinal bout of the World Boxing Association’s heavyweight elimination tournament here last night. Referee Jack Downey stopped the fight after two minutes and 57 seconds of
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      55 14 SINGAPORE. Sun. St. Joseph's Institution of City District won the Singapore Combined Schools Sports Council Six-a-Side hockey knock-out tournament, played at the British Army ground. Dover Road, yesterday. St. Joseph, beat St. John’s Comprehensive School by a long corner after extra time. Mr. Ong Pang Boon. Minister for
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      120 14 Fistball—a new game for Germans There are altogether 111.BOO people in the Federal Republic of Germany belonging to the Federation of German Works Sports Association. In many German firms, work* sports clubs have been formed in recent vears to play football, table tennis and especially Faustball <fistba'.I) (picture) in their
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      214 14 OAKLAND. California. Sun. (UPI) Sonny Liston, the former world heavyweight champion, was granted a licence by the California State Athletic Commission yesterday. The 35-year-old Liston, who lost hi s title to Cassius Clay in 1965 and was subsequently knocked out in the first round of
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      263 14 GRENOBLE. Sun (Reuter) North Korea yesterday made an implied threat to withdraw from the Olympic movement after the International Olympic Committee had turned down their request to be known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. North Korea accused the I OC.
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      120 14 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuter)— Japan's marathon hopeful for the Mexico Olympics. Sellchlro Sasaki. today won the 17th Mainichl marathon competition in Beppu. Southwestern Japan with a time of 2 hours 13 minutes 23.8 seconds. The time, however, was well under the world's fastest time of 2 hours
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      47 14 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuier) A Delhi representative side defeated Singapore 1-0 in a exhibition men s hockey match here yesterday. after a goalless first half The Singapore team are on their way home from taking part in a pre-Olympic tournament in Lahore, Pakistan
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      27 14 GRENOBLE. Sun (Reuter) All 60.000 tickets have been sold for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games here on Tuesday, the organisers said today.
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      222 14 Test cricket CHRISTCHURCH. New Zealand, Sun. (Reuter) Three players new to Test cricket are included in the 12 from whom the New Zealand team to play India in the First Test will be selected. The first of four Tests the Indian# will plav
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      69 14 MERTHYR. TYDFIL. Wales. Sun. (Reuter) World featherweight boxing champion Howard Winstone, granted a divorce 11 days ago. has since received about 15 proposals of marriage. Winstone’s mother said here last night she imagined her son was taking the marriage offers as "something of a joke.” The
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      709 15 Bobby Charlton scores the winner London, s U n. (Reuter) The epic series between English Football Association Cup-holders Tottenham Hotspur and League champions Manchester United continued here yesterday when United inched to a 2-1 win in their third clash in eight days. Manchester United gained revenge for
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      2095 15 ENGLISH ONE ENGLISH FOUR Burnlev Chelsea Everton Leicester C Man City Newcastle Sheffield W Southampton Spurs V Bromwich West Ham 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 Wolves Notts Forest Liverpool Leeds Arsenal SheffiswWJ Sunderland Stoke Man Utd Coventry Fulham
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      437 15 Hong Kong, Sun. (UPI) The 1968 Far East gulf circuit becomes the richest ever over Its seven far flung courses beginning on Feb. 22 with the Philippine open, co-ord:n-ator Kim Hall announced today. Sponsors have put up US$ll5,OOO in total prize money for
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      208 15 Winter Olympics GRENOBLE. Sun (Reuter) A record 1,355 athletes will take part in the Winter Olympic Games opening here on Tuesday, the organiser announced today. The previous biggest entry for a winter games was 1,186. at Innsbruck in 1984. The United States. with 113 athle’es.
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      73 15 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Two swimming champions Linda Ludgrove of Britain and John Collins of America were married here yesterday. The 20-year-o’.d bride is a former world backstroke record holder with file Commonwealth Gold Medals to her credit, and her 22-year-old husband is a former U
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      44 15 KINGSTON. Jamaica. Sun (Reuter) MCC beat Jamaica by 174 runs on the fourth and final day of their match here to record the first victory of their West Indies tour Scores: MCC 135 and 343 for six declared: Jamaica 88 and 206
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      86 15 The world's best freehand acrobatic cycling pair are Peter Monschau and Jacki Weinreis of Duisdorf near Bonn, the Federal German capital. This 2"-year-old baker and his 26-year-old friend, who works for the German Federal Post Office, have not lost once at the Indoor Cycling World Championships
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      506 15 CARDIFF. Sun. (Reuter) Wales, who finished bottom of the international championship table last season, beat Scotland 5-0 here yesterday to score their first win in their last eight Rugby Union international. A try by Keri Jones In the 18th minute, converted by Keith
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      84 15 BANGKOK Sun. (Reuter) World flyweight boxing champion Chartchal Chionol has said that his victory over Efren ■'Alacran" Torres last week at Mexico City was “the greatest fight I ever had.” Chartchai. who arrived here yesterday, told reporters at the airport that he was amazed at the Mexican
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      75 15 ADELAIDE. Sun. (Reuter) Tony Lock, the former England spin-bowler, will return to Britain to captain Leicestershire in the 1968 County Cricket championship. he said here today. Lock, who also plays for Western Australia in Sheffield Shield competition, led Leicestershire to third place in the championship last
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      32 15 SINGAPORE. Sun. Joyful Indians gave a walk-over to the Tamil Brotherhood Association. In the Bukit Panjang Pongal Festival soccer finals, which was to be played at the Farrer Park ground yesterday.
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      25 15 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. Tony Thong won the “A” medal golf competition with a nett score of 69 played at Bukit Course here yesterday.
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      193 15 DAYTONA BEACH. Flo. rida. Sun. (Reuter) Three Prosches and a Ford fought for the lead here as the gruelling Daytona 24-hour motor race continued through the night. Joe Buzzetta, of Island. New York, and his French ream-mate Joe Schlesser driving a Prosche, took the
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      99 15 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. (Reuter) South African Alan Henning won the Master Golf tournament here yesterday by six strokes with a 72-hole total of 270. Henning shot a five-under-par 65 in the third round before clinching victory with a fins -round <2 to finish ten under par
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    2354 16 Kingston boots home throe winners SINGAPORE, Sun. Royal Meadow 11, brilliantly ridden by jockey Subian, snatched a neck win to annex the Club Cup in Race 6 for Cl 1-Div. 1 run over one mile at Bukit Timah today, concluding day of the Singapore Turf Club January/February
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    389 16 SINGAPORE. Sun. Following is the Stipendiarv Steward's report on today's racing at Bukit Timah: Race I: Lord Timothy (Soaidi) pulled very hard in the earlv stages and his saddle slipped up slightly. Race 2: Harapan (Wilson* and Palm Estate (Trevena) were glow to begin.
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    26 16 MUAR. Sun. The annual meeting of the Johore State Shooting Association will be held at the Penggarang Club in Batu Pahat on Feb. 10.
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    119 16 FAM CUP PENANG, Sun.—Penang won the second round of the FAM Cup match against Kedah by three goals to two at the City Stadium here this evening. After a scoreless first half, Penang made quick raids at the Kedah goal which resulted in S.ved Ahmad and Sharuddin
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    107 16 BANGKOK. Sun (UPI) World flyweight champion Chartchai Chionoi returned to Bangkok today after a successful title defence and was accorded honours usually reserved for visiting chiefs of state. Government dignitaries, movie stars and other local beauties were at the airport to greet ChartchaL who holds the
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    60 16 SAN DIEGO. California. Sun. UPI Kerry Pearce, an Australian attending the University of Texas at El Paso, set a world indoor two-mil® record of 8:27 2 in the second annual San Diego indoor games last night The slim Australian's time surpasses the mark of 8:288 set bv his
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      61 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 3.50 a.m. (68 ft.), 4.44 pm (6.6 ft.). Port Swettenham: 8.58 a.m. (13.0 ft.), 9.29 pm. (13.8 ft). Port Dickson: 10.04 am. (7.2 ft.), 10.36 pm. (7.9 ft). Singapore: 2.50 a.m. (8.7 ft), 3.00 p.m- (8.0 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 1.41 a.m. (7.5 ft.). 2.15 p m
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