Eastern Sun, 15 April 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION •fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 616 Monday, 15 April 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 529 1 U.S., Hanoi told: Any further delay in accord on talks venue most unfortunate UNITED NATIONS, New York, Sun. (Reuter) SECRETARY General U Thant yesterday appealed to both the United States and North Vietnam to reach a prompt agreement on a site for preliminary peace talks, saying that
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  • 136 1 HONG KONG, Sun (Reuter) North Vietnam last night officially rejected the sites suggested by the 1’nited States for holding preliminary discussions on Vietnam. A Foreign Ministry statement issued in Hanoi last night said the places proposed by the United States "are not adequate to
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  • 44 1 GLUECKSBURG, West Germany. Sun. (Reuter) A West German naval torpedo boat collided with an East German cruise liner in the Baltic early today while picking up a man who jumped from the East German vessel, a naval spokesman said here today.
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  • 51 1 Mrs. S. Rajaratnam. wife of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, garlanding Yamaha rider, H. Hasegawa after he had won the 10 laps motor-cycle race for Class 111 (126 to 250 cc.). Hasegawa rode a Yamaha 250 c.c. machine in the G.P. yes- terday. Eastern Sun pix by Jimmy
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  • 386 1 POPE’S EASTER MESSAGE VATICAN CITY. Sun. (Reuter) Pope Paul in his Easter message today implored all the interested parties in the Vietnam war “to think resolutely in terms of military truce and honourable and fair negotiations.” The Pope told more than 100.000
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  • 60 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Malaysia's Ambassador to the Philippines. Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Juma'at. arrived here today from Manila for consultations with the Government on the recent Corregidor issue. He said he would hold discussions with the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and officials
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  • 267 1 SAIGON. Sun. (UPI) The campaign that lifted the siege of Khe Sanh ended on Sunday, but military spokesmen said a bigger operation has been launched to ease the Communist threat to Hue. MaJ. Gen John J. Tolson. Commander of the U.S. Ist
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  • 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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  • NEWS
    • 751 4 IPOH, Sun. Sentiments should play no part among the bumiputras in the study of English as an essential language in their aspiration for academic qualifications either in Malaysia or abroad. This was stated by the Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed
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    • 260 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Sponsors of the proposed private Merdeka University met here today and decided to form a working committee to get the pro- ject underway. Mor# than people, includinf 16 representatives Ch Hall Chinese Assembly Hall. A prime mover of the proJect, Mr.
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    • 157 4 Liquor of all varieties flowed freely and lusty “Yam Sengs" filled the air at the annual dinner of the Wine Merchants’ Association of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night. Good reason for celebrating, noted President Mr Tan Kim Hong in his speech, as the association was
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    • 44 4 The Assistant Minister of Education, Enche Lee Siok Yew, opened the Tien Foo Temple at Dengkil, Kajang. on Friday. Pix shows the Asst. Minister cutting the ribbon to declare the temple open. On his left is Enche Choong Ken Yew, President of the Temple.
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    • 304 4 A farewell to Lt. Col Lopez TAIPING. Sun The Officer Commanding the Second Regiment, Malaysian Artillery. stationed here. Lieutenant f*>lonel M. T. Lopez. was given a traditional farewell at the parade ground here. There was a smart turn out of 300 non-commission-ed offi-ers. other ranks and 16 officers of the
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    • 180 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The political ideologies of countries should not be a limiting factor towards economic co-operation and trade This view was expressed by Mr. A. Grlickov, leader of the 10-member Yugoslav Trade Mission which arrived in Kuala Lumpur tonight to "explore possibilities for
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    • 210 4 MALIM NAWAR, Sun. A pork-sel-ler, Wong Soo Then, 56, was this morning robbed of $1,580.50 and a cheque for $7OO by two men (one of them armed with a pistol). Wong had come here to collect money for pork sold at the market. He
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    • 179 4 HONG KONG. Sun (Reuter) Trains leaving for Uie border station of Lo Wu were crowded today with businessmen on their way to attend Chinas spring export commodities fair, which Is due to open In Canton tomorrow According to Communist sources. 1.400 traders left for Canton today, bringing
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    • 62 4 PATNA. Bihar State. Sun. (Reuter- Eight people died of bums when a carriage of the Pathankot express caught fire near Hazarlbagh last night according to reports reaching here. In Punjab six passengers sitting on the roof of a railway carriage were Injured when lt passed
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    • 103 4 PHNOM PENH, Sun. (UPI) Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk said today the United States’ refusal to accept Phnom Penh as the site for talks with North Vietnam once again showed her “hatred" for Cambodia. In a radio broadcast. Sihanouk said President Johnson had
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    • 233 4 PENANG, Sun. The Minister of Health, Dr. Ng Kam Poh, disclosed here last evening that it might be necessary to gradually curtail the recruitment of foreign doctors with the present rate of Malaysians going in to serve the tryDr. Ng was speaking
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    • 106 4 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) South Vietnam may call single women between the ages of 18 and 25 Into the armed services if general mobilisation is enforced informed sources here said today. The women would take over from soldiers at present doing desk
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    • 88 4 WELLINGTON. Sun (Router) A London salvage expert is confident that the ill-fated inter-island ferry Wahine which sank at the entrance to Wellington harbour on Wednesday with the loss of at least 48 lives will sail again. The 8.944-ton Wahine is now lying on her side in
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 212 5 ‘Interference with Postdam accord’ EAST BERLIN, Sun. (Reuter)- East Germany last night banned West German cabinet ministers and senior ministers from West Berlin. The East German news agency ADN reported that the ban was imposed because the presence of West German Interior
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    • 81 5 BONN. Sun. (Reuter) West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger last night warned that if violent demonstrations over the attempted assassinat'un of student leader Rudj Dutschke continued he would order tougher measures to maintain order. Ir ii interview with the est Germany radio he said the authorities had
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    • 72 5 WEST Germany has condemned as “illegal” East Germany’s ban on Bonn cabinet ministers and senior officials from travelling through its territory to West Berlin. “This is a typical illegal measure against the freedom of the access routes to Berlin,” a West German government spokesman said. The spokesman
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    • 359 5 The US travel cut-back SEOUL. Sun. (I PI) The current defend-the-dollar policy enforced by the United States is making Asian countries look for alternative sources of tourists, a leading Asian tourism official said yesterday. Maj. Harry F. Stanley, executive director of the Honk Kong Tourist Association. said
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    • 149 5 SOVIET SPYING BONN Sun. (Reuter) The West German daily newspaper Die Welt accused the U S Central Intelligence Agency of “unbelievable carelessness” in failing to discover that a German military electronics expert had link with the Soviet Secret Service. Austrian-born Josef Eitzenberger. 63, said to
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    • 46 5 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter) Two passengers lost their leg' when their bus smashed into an electric pole here yesterday Police said their legs were completely severed in the accident, and another pa s senger had his lees amputated at a hospital later.
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    • 131 5 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) Indonesia’s twelve-mile territorial waters limit was obstructing the current fishing talks between Indonesia and Japan. Antara news agency reported today Antara quoted Maritime Affairs Minister Rear Admiral Jatidjan as saying that Indonesia wanted its twelvemile limit to be honoured "Foreign aid
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    • 186 5 ABA. Biafra. Sun. ft Pl) British and American businessmen stand to lose some U S. S3ooh. if breakaway Biafra nationaf.ses ail foreign assets in 30 days. A statement issued by the rebe; government, headed by Lt. Col. Odumegw-u Ojukwu, warned that foreign companies would be nationalised
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    • 74 5 GREENCASTLE, Indiana. Sun (UPI) Gift shop-operator Granny Clodfelter report* a dart game with Sen. Robert Kennedy’s picture sells twice as fast as those with President Johnson's or Rirhard Nixon's faces. Granny said the game 1* part of a "fw fad. “The anti-hero dart game..’’ but she's not sure
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    • 86 5 TOKYO. Sun. Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito (right) offers a sigar to Japan's Prime Minister Eisaku Sato when they began a meeting at the latter's official residence in Tokyo last Tuesday. The President and Mrs. Tito were greeted at Tokyo airport by Emperor Hirohito, members
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    • 164 5 CHICAGO. Sun. (UPI) National Guardsmen activated for riot duty a week ago Friday were told they could join their families for Easter dinner. The city's five National Guard Armouries began the phasing-out process of 7.000 troops yesterday afternoon Some 5.000 Federal troops left the city
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    • 162 5 HONG KONG. Sun (UPI) Communist Schools in Hong Kong are preparing students for the day when Red China will throw the British out and take over this crown colony, it was reported today. A leading English language newspaper, the Hong Kong Standard, quoted a
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    • 267 5 PROCUREMENTS WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) Sen. Hugh Scott. Republican-Pennsylvania, warned yesterday that a government policy of buying excessive amounts of supplies abroad may leave the Defence Department “at the mercy of foreign suppliers.” Scott said he wrote President Johnson protesting the way
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    • 83 5 HONG KONG. Sun. (UPI) A policeman shot and killed a teenager here yesterday when he rushed the officer with a kitchen knife he used to cut his mother, police reported. The spokesman said that Lee Tin Choi, 19, after injuring his mother, began waving the
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    • 103 5 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI) The temperature climbed to 82 degrees here yesterday a new' record for the date, as thousands of persons flocked to beaches and parks on the warmest dav of the year. The 82 degree mark, reached at 2.30 p.m.. broke
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    • 95 5 LBJ’s 2nd son--in-law in V’nam SAIGON. Sun. (UPI) Airman Ist Class Patrick J. Nugent, son-in-law of President Johnson, arrived in Vietnam yesterday to take up duties as an apprentice weapons mechanic. Nugent, husband of the President’s youngest daughter arrived with other Air Force replacements at Cam Ranh Bay on the
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    • 176 5 UN team in Africa DAR ES SALAAM. Sun. (Reuter) The United Nations Council for Southwest Africa arrived here last night to be greeted by a placard saying: “Your destination is Windhoek, not Dar Es Salaam." The council flew in from Lusaka where it
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    • 97 5 LAGOS. Sun. (Reuter) Nigeria announced last night that it was taking immediate steps to withdraw its diplomatic mission from Dar Es Salaam following Tanzanias recognition of Biafra. A statement issued by the Nigerian government called the Tanzanian move a hostile act. Tanzania announced earlier yesterday that It
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    • 206 6 Race-singed US, Easter, Sun: Is it peace? NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI). Notional Guard troops were withdrawn from the streets of Chicago as were all but a few of the 13,000 Gls on duty in Washington. Racial calm prevailed over most of the
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    • 164 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter) President Ho Chi-Minh of North Vietnam was not present when the newly appointed Bulgarian ambassador, Mr. Vladislav Videnov presented his credentials last Thursday. According to the official North Vietnam News Agency last night, the credentials were accepted by Vice-President
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    • 912 6  -  Racism: Prevention better than cure By Elizabeth Burney of the Economist LONDON, Sun. Britain this week has taken a significant step towards avoiding the racial tragedy and bitterness which the world has witnessed in the United States. As the poignant pictures of Dr. Martin Luther
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    • 73 6 WASHINGTON, D.C.; This is not a war scene but a picture taken in downtown Washington, capital of the I'nited States last week showing troops on duty near a building completely demolished by fire set by arsonists during a night of burning and pillaging. Four persons
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    • 141 6 JACKMAN, Maine, Sun. (UPI) The new hospital In this town near the Canadian border Is without a doctor again. Dr. Peter Morrison, who came to Jackman from Bismarck. North Dakota, last Dec. 7. left on Friday. He had been working on a provisional basis. Prior
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    • 105 6 MANILA. Sun (UPI) President Marcos will meet with his ambassadors to Southeast Asia probably next week for consultations on developments In the region. Speaking to newsmen In a beach resort North of Manila where he was visiting. Marcos said yesterday he called the
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    • 120 6 BRASILIA Sun <UPI) Brazil's Federal Police said last night they are on the trail of a Nazi war criminal. They did not name the hunted man But police spokesmen denied reports from Israel that the tracked man is Dr. Josef Mengele. wanted for mass “medical
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    • 137 6 Rann of Kutch issue AHMEDABAD. Gujarat State. Sun. (Reuter) Police arrested more than 56 people here yesterday as they moved to demonstrate against the Rann of Kutch award before Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. Those detained came from the Samyukta and Praja socialist parties. Another 300
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    • 73 6 NICOSIA. Sun (UPI) Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash returned In triumph to Cyprus yesterday after a four-year exile in Turkey. The 43-year-old community leader was given a tumultuous welcome in the Turkish quarter of the Cypriot capital. Vice-President Dr Fazll Kuchuk. the top ranking Turkish Cypriot, embraced
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    • 161 6 ATLANTA. Georgia, Sun. (UPI) Morehouse College, recipient of numerous cash contributions since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., announced yesterday It will construct a US$2 million chapel In King’s memory. To be known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Chapel
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    • 536 6 HONG KONG, Sun. (CPI) After seven weeks of homework. Hong Kong Police this week burst into the ground floor of a non-des-script yellow stucco building and found four men and five shiny presses that lay at the heart of one of the
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    • 61 7 KHE SANH. South Vietnam r As the US. Ist Air Cavalry moved up highway ‘Number 9’ towards Khe Sanh. a company of ARVN Airborne troops landed bv helicopter on April sth. to bolster Marine strength. They walk past ruined helicopters and planes lost
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    • 109 7 SEOUL. Sun (Reuter) Indonesian legislator Moreaf. accompanied by two Foreign Ministry officials, arrived here by air yesterday to open an Indonesian Consulate General in Seoul. He told airport reporters that he would try to open the consulate general by mid-May at the latest. Indonesia
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    • 133 7 $1m and no guard HONG KONG. Sun (Reuter) A Ferrr company here assigns only one. unescorted unarmed man to carry the payroll of its 2.W0 employees at the end of each month. It has no fear of the money (over one million Hong Kong dollars) being sto len. because the
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    • 115 7 CHANDIGARH. Northern Inaia. Sun. (Reuter) —An Indo-American expedition working in the Himalayan foothills has found the jawbone of one of the largest apes ever known. The discovery of the jawbone. estimated at between 10 and 15 million years old was announced by Dr. S.R.K. Cnopra,
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    • 369 7 BANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter) Thai Prime Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, has called in the soldiers to break the alien Chinese monopoly of pork trade in Bangkok and its twin city, Thonburi. Servicemen working with the Preserved Food Organisation (P.F.0.) of the
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    • 84 7 PARIS. Sun (Reuter) Sixty per cent of children bom of incestuous relationships suffer malformations or die prematurely, according to research by two US. geneticists published here. Writing in the French review “Concours medical” Drs Adams and Nell, of Be'hesda Hospital, Maryland, said that out of
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    • 108 7 KARACHI. Sun (Reuter) The Karachi evening newspaper Leader reported that Pakistan's National Assemblv meeting next month was likely to change the constitution to appoint a vice-president. This would be to help ease the burden of routine state duties on President Ayub Khan President Ayub Khan fell
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    • 164 7 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter) Thai Government legal experts are putting finishing touches to anticommunist amendment laws to be enacted under the new constitution, which is expected to come into force next month. These tough laws will give government officials wide powers to suppress clandestine
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    • 118 7 KARACHI. Sun. (Reuter) —The Soviet Union signed an agreement with Pakistan here yesterday to study the technical aspects of a plan to build a nuclear power plant in East Pakistan. The signing came four days before Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin pay? the
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    • 42 7 MONTGOMERY, Alabama Sun (UPI) —Gov. Lurleen B Wallace was allowed to return home yesterday after almost two months in hospital. Mrs. Wallace entered St. Margaret’s hospital on Feb. 22. for her third cancer operation in two years.
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    • 136 7 More antiMaoist purge in Anhwei HONG KONG. Sun 'UPI) A provincial radio broadcast from China's Anhwei province announced the formation of an armed group of civilians to help put down opponents of Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Tse-Tung. The group, called the "Attack by reasoning and defend by force command
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    • 330 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI). British Chancellor of fhe Exchequer Roy Jenkins believes that an end to the Vietnam war would have a beneficial effect on the world economy by enabling the United States to eliminate its balance of payments deficit. If was one
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    • 234 7 CHARLESTON, West Virginia. Sun. (CPI) Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, campaigning through the state that propelled his late brother to the presidency, said yesterdav if elected president he would try to puli V.S. troops out of Vietnam and let the Vietnamese fight the war.
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    • 43 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) Secretary of State Dean Rusk left Walter Reed Army Hospital yesterday, feeling 'fine'' after a three-day series of tests. Mr Rusk entered the hospital last Wednesday night for what the State Department called a routine physical check-up.
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    • 408 7 WAJAY. Cuba Bun. (Reuter) “If you want to drink it. you must first plant it” proclaims a large billboard along a treelined country lane outside this village In Western Cuba "It” refers to Cuba’s latest campaign coffeegrowing. In Havana, newspapers provide dally reports about
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    • 21 7 FRANKFURT. Sun. Polict OM watcr-cannon to break up atudant mob outsid* Springer Publication* yesterday. UPI Radio Photo.
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  • 530 8 THE Sabah claim dangles like a bait to draw all sorts of adventurers. It seems that there IS no lack of people who claim relationship with the Sultan of Sulu and their entitlement to a share of that territory. As the days go by there is every
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  • 283 8 There are some Singapore and Malaysian students who go abroad to study music, ballet dancing and drama. When they come back they expect the people here to appreciate and applaud their acquisition of the arts of a Western society. They themselves have become so westernised
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  • 2524 8  -  By Albert K. Ludy FOLLOWING is the text of an address, “The Trouble With Gold,” delivered by Albert K. Ludy, chief of the Economic Section of the U.S. Embassy, to the Singapore RotaryClub West recently. ■JirHEN I started gathering material for my remarks, I found a
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  • 246 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Handbook of Evidence For Criminal Trials") DACHEL, six months pregnant, was riding with Leo. her husband, in their car. A truck owned by Solon Bottling Co made a wrong turn and hit their car. A short time later, Rachel gave birth to
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    • 341 8 IN A paper delivered at the 2nd All Malaysia Congress of the Teaching Profession, Kuala Lumpur, 4-5 January 1968, I have made a few statements which could have led to some misunderstandings affecting the Teachers' Commission. The Chairman of the Commission has expressed objections to
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    • 217 8 MAY I congratulate you on your editorials published on April 3 and 4 concerning the American presence in Vietnam. Not one single newspaper in South east Asia has ever dared to express the opinion which you voiced. Yet the truth, no matter how unpalatable
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 617 9 The weekly market review SINGAPORE, Sun. Last week, the Singapore Trading Room of the Stock Exchange was operating for four days in view of the Easter holidays, while Kuala Lumpur was opened for five full days but closed on Satur- day. As
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    • 137 9 BELGRADE. Sun. (UPI) Japanese and Yugoslav economists discussed possoilities for concrete business arrangements between the two countries firms and industrial groups A visiting Japanese economic delegation met officials of the Yugoslav Federal Chamber of Commerce here. The delegation, which arrived here recently, mcluded representatives of Japan's
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    • 65 9 HAVANA. Sun. (Reuter) Cuba .yesterday produced its fourth million ton of sugar this harvest six day s ahead of schedule but 18 days behind last year’s sugar figure. If the harvest continuse at the present rate and springs rains do not slow down. Cuba should have little
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    • 678 9 SYDNEY, Sun. (AIS). A group of businessmen from fire Pacific countries will assemble in Sydney next month to form an investment company with a difference. The company will have an authorised capital of SUS20.000.000 and its sphere of action will be technical
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    • 807 9 By David Fairhall LONDON, Sun. (LPSI. As a triumph of commercial engineering, Rolls Royce's success in winning the contract to power the United States' Lockheed "Airbus" has received the public credit it deserves. The Derby firm has given a great boost to the
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    • 243 9 By ROBERT J. REGAN NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI). A study to see whether gold futures hove o future has been launched by Commodity Exchange, Inc., which provides facilities for trading in silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, and mercury futures. Comex President Matthew S Fox said the
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    • 101 9 MANILA. Sun. (Reuter) The first shipment of 5.000 metric tons of Philip-pine-grown rice to be exported is now enroute to Indonesia, according to the Philippine Exchange Company here The carrier SS Pacifica sailed on Wednesday for Singapore enroute to Indonesia carrying the first half of
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    • 102 9 SYDNEY. Sun. One of the fastest growing domestic markets in Australia is the pet food trade. This trade has estimated the size of Australia's pet population dogs. cats, fish and birds to be about 3 000.000. It also estimates that there i s nearly one
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    • 361 9 TOKYO, Sun. (JTB). Japan's yearly production of steel in calendar 1967 exceeded the 60 mil-lion-ton level in terms of crude steel, an increase of some 30 per cent over the preceding year's total. This figure surpassed the combined production of West Germony and
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    • 90 9 STOCKHOLM, Sun. Sweden's exports of readymade clothing increased by 23.8 per cent to Kr. 163 million ($32,000,000) in 1967. Last year, the increase over 1966 was 23.3 per cent. Imports of ready-made clothing showed a rise of 38 pe r cent to Kr. 403 million, compared
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  • 417 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. The People's Action Party has been returned to power for the third time in ten years. The PAP won all the seven remaining electoral seats to take all the 58 seats in Parliament. On Nomination Day some eight weeks ago PAP candidates for 51
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1262 10 YOVR TV and TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPCT and Pulaa Pinang: 6 Ipoh and Melaka: 3 10 Johore .Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. P.M 545 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary: 550 News Outline in the National Language: 5.55 National Songs; 600 News in Tamil; 610 Kimba “The
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  • Students’ Page — All $10 Essay Winners
    • 319 12 GOOD manners play an important part in maintaining peace and good-will in a community. A man whose manners are good does not hurt the feelings of others. In this way he helps to keep peace in society. But a man whose manners are bad has
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    • 263 12 THE night was very cool and clear. I looked down from my window and felt the chiUy wind blowing against mv face I saw the garden clearly and caught the sparkle of t.ie rainririps on the leaves. I looked up and saw the moon amidst white
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    • 344 12 WHAT is co-education? In this modern world both sexes are seen in social gatherings and other functions They co-operate in societies and run their society smoothly and they mix with one another freely. What is the main factor which leads to all this harmony and
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    • 381 12 It was a few minutes to midnight and I was still reading the book "Count Dracula.’' I intended to finish the book by midnight. I was alone in the house My parents had gone on a holiday trip to Penang. Once in a
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    • 472 12 IN my opinion, my country is going to encounter a few serious problems in the next few years. The most serious and important one is the production of rubber. One who is aware and appreciates the country’s affairs will know that the price of
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    • 205 12 THE recent spate of thefts and robberies is a cause for concern. Clearly, other forces are at work and temptation definitely is among them. If only the public concerned had exercised more care as not to present any temptation in any form, many of the crimes
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    • 201 12 OFTEN, we hear people say that so-and-so Is very clever or even a genius. But. there are important factors present behind every success which always remains unmentioned Traditionally, if a student fails an examination, the entire blame would be on him. This is sometimes wrong. Gone
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    • 273 12 LIFE, today, has become so complex that examinations have come to play an important part in one's education Examinations are considered important that most students are afraid of them. The ability to pass an examination is indeed a valuable quality. It shows that the student is able
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    • 353 12 A family outing is a very interesting thing in our lives Every family hopes to have a get-together someday Last year, during my third term holidays, my father suggested that we should have a family outing to Bangkok. He was permitted by the officer to
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    • 357 12 IN the pre-historic days travel used to be slow and full of hardships and thus ancient civilation was confined within the narrow limits of a few particular countries. As years passed, inventions were made and travel became easier and faster. As a result of new inventions,
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    • 252 12 One of the most striking features of the present century is the progress of science and its effects on almost every aspect of social life. Building on the foundations laid by their predecessors. the scientists of today are carrying their investigation into ever-widening fields of knowledge.
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    • 409 13  -  By THAUNG MYINE Afar-reaching proposal to teach the Chinese language as an optional subject in Thailand's schools is now gathering dust in a government office in Bangkok. Its author. Dr Chamnan Yuvaboon Director-General of Local Administration and Mayor of Bangkok, has
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    • 341 13  -  By ALFONSO MAURI 4 SELF-STYLED Board of Censors wielding sharp scissors may have snipped Argentina right off the International Film Festival Map. The fear in both Government and artistic circles stems from wholesale censorship during last month’s Mar Del Plata Festival, the first
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    • 761 13 /"4NLY people who themselves love flowers as the Dutch do could have developed flower-growing to the level of a major industry. Everywhere there is glorious evidence of this national flower cult. Land is at a premium in tiny Holland and
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    • 1308 13  -  By H. L. HERSCHENSOHN, M.D. TF you are one of A those persons who insists that LSD is a harmless and wonderful mind-expan-der, it is because you are either psychotic (maybe from taking LSD) and, therefore, not responsible for what you think and say,
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    • 228 13 SHAW IGANtSATIOW WISH ALL MOVIEGOEKS A HAPPY EASTER LAST DAT! 11 S B 1 44. 4. 6 30 A 9 IS p.m. Neil Connery. Daniels Bianchl "OPERATION KID BROTHER” Technicolor A Techniaccpe (TJA) Tomorrow and Wednesday Only! "The Magnificent Swordaman" (The Xe» Vagabond Swordamah) A Shaw Production Mandarin in Shawseope,
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  • Sun Sport
    • 122 14 PENANG. Sun. The skilful batting and accurate fielding by the Selangor Under-23 cricket team enabled them to beat Penang Under-23 by ten wickets at the Chinese Recreation Club ground today. When the Selangor batsmen opened shoulders on a dry wicket runs came In quickly. Zalnuddln Meah
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    • 2095 14  -  TUNKU GIVEN BIG OVATION By WINDSOR LAD KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Alliance Stable's Intan Terpeieh, confidently ridden by jockey Allan Trevena, came into her own when she held off the fast-finishing Base Metal (Wilson) to win by a head here today concluding day of the Selangor Turf
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    • 147 14 PENANG, Sun The Penang Badminton Association will embark on a special mission to organise State training for promising youngsters to raise the standard of play. ’’This will be in line with our scheme to scout for more young talented players and give them attention, facilities
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    • 141 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— Kadiam Hussain of Selangor today won bv one mere point the individual centrefire event in the third Selangor Open shooting championships currently in progress at the National Shooting Range at Subang. near here. Results of events completed today: Individual Centre Fire: 1.
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    • 113 14 AUGUSTA. Georgia. Sun. (Reuter) Gary Player led the field into the final round of the 32nd Masters championship today but at least eight other golfers were in striking distance of denying him his second victory in the coveted tournament. “I’m going to have a go”, the
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    • 189 14 SEREMBAN, Sun Johore scored an easy eight wickets win over Negri Sembilan in the MCA Under--23 competition played here today. Negri, batting first, were dismissed for 85. Loganathan (22), Selvamaniam (18) and Kelly Tong (13) were the only Negri bastmen to enter double figures.
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    • 94 14 FULLERTON, California, Sun. (UPI) Chan-Narong Ratanaseangsuang of Thailand captured the men’s singles title yesterday by beating Jim Poole of the U.S. 15-7. 15-11 in the 15th open amateur championships of the American Badminton Association. The Thai was the top foreign seed and Poole was No. 1
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    • 57 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Tamilian Physical Culture Association and Police shared first innings points when they drew in their Stonor Shield cricket fixture at Depot here today. SCORES: TPCA 155 for eight dec. (Ramanathan 41 n. 0.. Mahadevan 40. Kurugnanam 6-40); Police 155 for eight (M. Doraisamy 71 n.
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    • 134 14 SYDNEY. Sun. (Reuter) John Harvey, one of Australia’s top motor racing drivers, is in a serious condition tonight after a 100 mile per hour crash during practice lor tomorrow’s Gold Star trophy race at Bathurst, about 130 mile* west of here. He hats a fractured
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    • 129 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Selangor, joint holders with Penang, thrashed Perlis 12-1 in the opening match of the Burnley Cup soccer tournament at the Stadium Merdeka tonight. The home team proved their superiority right from the start with five quick goals during the first 17 minutes of the
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    • 766 15  -  HE WINS RACE FROM START TO FINISH By. JOHN KAM and R. NATHAN Sun. Brian Foley confirmed that he is still "the fastest man in a mini" when he won the 15-lap race for saloon and tourers at the Singapore Grand Prix today. Driving a 1370 cc
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    • 141 15 Today ’s main events The main events at the Singapore Grand Prix today will be the GP for ears and motorcycles. The motorcycles will start their 66-lap race from 16 a m with about 36 riders taking part A good array of Japanese riders and a number of up-and-coming local
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    • 964 15 Katayama thrills crowds with dare-devil performance BINOAPORE Sun As expected, the Japanese riders dominated the motorcycle events at the Singapore Grand Prix todav, but the Yamaha “Works” riders were exceptionally prominent. Veteran Japanese ace. H Hasegawa. manv-time winner of the GP for motorcycles both in Malaysia and
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    • 106 15 MELBOURNE. Sun. (Reuter) Unseeded South Korean girl Choi Hwan Hwan caused a major upset in the South East Asian Pacific area table tennis championships here today by beating Japan's number one ranked woman Yukie Ozeka in a quarter final of the women’s singles. Miss Choi’s win
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    • 687 15 The following are the results of today’s GP races. Race 1: Motorcycles: Up to 100 c.c. (Class I) (10 laps) 1. Akiyasu Motohashl (Yamaha) Time: 27 minutes and 13.4 seconds (new course record). 2 Ou Teck Wing (Yamaha) 27 mins, and 58.0 sec. 3. Harry Tan
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    • 336 16 LONDON. Sat (Reuter) Results of football matches played today were: SCOTTISH ONE Airdrie 2 Hearts 2 Celtic 5 Dundee 2 Dundee U. 2 Clyde 1 Hibernian 2 Motherwell 1 Kilmarnock 1 St. Johnstone 0 Morton 2 Falkirk 1 Partick 1 Dunfermline 2 Raith 2 Rangers 3 Stirling 0
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    • 1787 16 ENGLISH ONE HOME AWAY P W D L F A W D L F A 1 Pts Man United 37 12 2 3 38 19 9 6 5 37 28 50 Leeds 3 6 15 3 0 44 11 5 6 7 17 17 49 Man Citv 36
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    • 796 16 T ONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Two goals In three minutes, just before half-time, enabled Manchester United to earn a draw at Southampton and keep a slim grip on the First Division championship. They dropped a valuable point with their 2-2 draw, and
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    • 172 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Mr. Chew Keng Wat. a business executive, was reelected President of the Methodist Afternoon School Old Boys- Association for the 4th successive year at its annual general meeting held yesterday Others elected were: Vice Presidents Peter Tal and Chin Kin Voon. Secretary Peter
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    • 138 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Malaysian cyclist N.A. Rosli of the Statistics Department won the Open- senior’s title in the gruelling 12-mile big walk organised by the Treasury Sports Club held here yesterday. He returned a time of 1 hr 44 mins. RESULTS: OPEN SENIORS: 1 N.A
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    • 46 16 MCC Captain Colin Cowdrey receiving the Wisden Trophv recently from John St. F. Deare, Past President of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control after the touring side had drawn the last Test here to win the West Indies-MCC series 1-0. UPI Photo.
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    • 318 16 \airobi. Sun. (Reuter) ONLY 21 Of the 92 starters ;n the East African Safari, the world’s most punishing motor rally, survive to contest the gruelling second half of the 3.000-mile (4.818 kilometres) course through southern Kenva and Tanzania this weekend. Japanese Datsuns yesterday
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    • 106 16 KUCHING. Sun. A two-day regatta will be held in Saratok. Second Division beginning on June 29. It was announced. Land sports. football competition and agricultural exhibition and competition are among other items to be held in connection with the regatta There will also be film shows
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    • 63 16 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter) A Malacca basketball team yesterday overcame a strong first-half showing by a Bangkok Bank team and won the first match of a two-game serie s here. The home team was leading Initially, but the Malacca team tied at 32-all at half-time. In the second
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    • 214 16 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) Stan Peach of Australia became a clear favourite to win the fifth Indian Open golf championship after an impressive two-under-par 71 on yesterday third round over the 6,964-yard Delhi Club course. His consistent long game offset patchy putting to put
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    • 93 16 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Tlong Bahru Community Centre will hold an Invitation Football Championship for 12 days starting from tomorrow at the Medical College Ground. The Member of Parliament for Tiong Bahru Constituency. Mr Chng Jit Koon will officiate at the opening ceremony at 4.30 pm Games for
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    • 208 16 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. (Reuter) Tom Okker. Holland's leading tennis player, yesterday became the new South African mens singles champion when he beat American Marty Riessen 12-10, 6-1. 6-4. in the final here Manuel Santana. of Spain, who won the event a year ago. did not defend the
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    • 51 16 SYDNEY, Sun. (Reuter) Unpainted, a New Zealand mare, finished with a tremendous speed to score a 66 to 1 victory in the £12.600 Doncaster Handicap over a mile here yesterday She scored by a length and a half from Cabochon (7 to 1), with Shakedown (16 to 1)
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    • 56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 1.44 a.m. (8.2 ft.), 2.00 p.m. (9.2 ft.) Port Swettenham: 7.08 a.m. (15.9 ft.), 7.25 p.m. (16.8 ft.) Port Dickson: 7.54 a.m (8.8 ft.), 8.19 p.m. (10.3 ft.) Singapore: 12.31 a.m. (9.5 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 1125 a.m. (7.8 ft.), 10.35 p.m. (6.7 ft.) Kuantan: 10.43 a.m.
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