Eastern Sun, 11 June 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Esld. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 671 Tuesday, 11 June 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 574 1  -  U.K. not taking part in any joint control after 1971 By TAI SING ONN TT'UALA LUMPUR, Mon. Ensconced in the air-conditioned comfort of Wisma Putra, the Malaysian and Singapore delegations to the five-nation defence talks which began here today, emerged four hours later with some inescapable hard
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  • 461 1 SAIGON, Mon. (I PI) Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the outgoing Commander of t\S. forces in Vietnam, today warned that "it is unrealistic to expect a quick and early defeat of the Hanoi-led enemy.” Gen. Westmoreland, who opened the news conference reviewing his four
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  • 136 1 KUALA LIMPI’R. Mon. The Assistant Minister of Home Affairs. Enche Hamzah bin Dato Abu Samah. said today the Government would retaliate if Singapore continued to pursue a policy of “selective entry" for Malaysians. This selective entry, he told the Dewan Ra’ayat today. meant only Malaysians
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  • 71 1 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Philippine Foreign Secretary Nareiso Ramos said today he was glad the Malaysian delegation to the forthcoming meeting in Bangkok over the Philippines claim to Sabah would be going with an "open mind.” Mr. Ramos was commenting on news reports from Kuala Lumpur quoting
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  • 139 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. (Reuter UPI) The Negro chauffeur of the late Senator Robert Kennedy was beaten and robbed by a gang of youths on his way home after nearly 24 hours on duty for the funeral, police said today. The chauffeur. Lee Morrow, was set upon
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  • 122 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The five-nation defence talks began here today with expectations of hearing a reassuring statement of British military commitments in this region after her pullout by 1971 but there was none. Instead her Defence Secretary. Mr. Denis Healey, is understood to have done some
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  • 142 1 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) The man suspected of killing Martin Luther King made a two-minute appearance in a London court today and was remanded in custody until June 18. The Bow Street Magistrate’s Court was packed to capacity for the appearance of Ramon George Sneyd,
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  • 115 1 Kuala lumpur. Mon. President Marcos ol the Philippines was today accused in the Dewan Ra’ayat here of being responsible for the Corregidor incident. The Minister of Lands and Mines. Dato Abdul Rahman Yakub, said the incident took place in a special military Force camp
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  • 68 1 BANGKOK. Mon. <UPI) Thailand will do no more than provide a site for talks between the Philippines and Malaysia over the possession of Sabah, a territory on North Borneo, Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn said today. Thanom said at present there is no intention on the
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  • 36 1 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Foreign Minister Adam Malik said today that Indonesia w-as ready to offer its good offices if requested to hasten a settlement of the dispute over Sabah between Malaysia and the Philippines.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 682 2  -  By MAUREEN LEE KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A caution order was given to Ajaih Singh, the driver of the ill-fated railcar express before it collided with a stationary passenger-goods train from Singapore on April 23 near the Layang
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    • 400 2  - S’pore shouldn’t be too commercialised says Australian tourist agent By SIM MING KUI SINGAPORE. Mon. The Republic should not become too commercialised if it wants to attract more Australians here. -Mr. S. Kennedy, a mem- ber of an Australian tour- ist- agencies’ delagation. f which was in the Republic on
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    • 130 2 SINGAPORE. Mon The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. said here that the establishment of the Republic's Air Force has been settled. Mr. Lee. speaking at a .function at Hong Lim, padded that this was the reisult of his visit to the United Kingdom recently.
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    • 45 2 KUALA KANGBAR. Mon. Norazmy bin Abdul Manat. 14. was believed drowned in the Suneel Kanas near here yesterday. Norazmy, a student of the Malay College here, had gone to the river for a swim when he was swept away by strong currents.
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    • 58 2 KAMPAR. Mon. A baby, barely five hours old. was found abandoned In a cupboard behind a house at Batu Barngku. near here, early this morning. The baby, wrapped in a piece of cloth and with blood stains on Its body, was found by Mumamah. 67
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    • 46 2 SINGAPORE. Mon The Government has set up a Commission of Inquiry to recommend ways of making available up-to-date statistical information. The Commission would make recommendations for improving the existing machinery so that there could be better development of the statistical system in future.
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    • 126 2 Mr. Won* Pent Soon, Singapore's badminton coach and four-time winner of the All-Engiand title, draws a number during the inaugural Toto draw at Victoria Theatre on Sunday. Mr. Wong drew the first number (42). He was among seven sports per- sonalities invited to draw the numbers for
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    • 276 2  -  by K.S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Mon. Police are looking for eyewitnesses to four separate road accidents which occurred between June 2 and Saturday. Giving details of the accident.-. Mr. Lionel Chee. the Acting Police Secretary. appealed to the public to come forward and help the Sepoy Lines Traffic
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    • 65 2 PENANG. Mon. The body of a swimmer, Ibrahim bin Mohamad Hussin, 21 drowned in the sea off Gurney Drive yesterday, was recovered at the same spot at 5 a.m. today. It was learnt Ibrahim and three friends went for a swim at Gurney Drive. He got
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    • 383 2 SEREMBAN. Mon. Dato Justice S. M. Yong today dismissed the appeal by the DPP in the High Court against the acquittal of the former President of the Seremban Town Council, Robert Singam, on a charge of using criminal force to outrage the
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    • 24 2 SINGAPORE Mon. The Singapore Tourist Association will hold its eighth annual general meeting on Thursday at 2.30 p.m. in Denmark House here.
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    • 187 2 SINGAPORE. Mon. An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death when he and his friend were attacked by three thugs in a coffee-shop at the junction of Maude Road and Jalan Besar this afternoon. The victim. Hoo Sing Maen. of Jalan Pipit, received stab wounds in
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    • 96 2 SEREMBAN. Mon. —The Head of the Criminal Investigation Department here, DSP K. Subbiah today lashed out at some owners of pawnshops whom he termed as unscrupulous businessmen”. This follows the recovery of some jewellery stolen from a Gurkha officer's home in April this year in a pawnshop here.
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    • 177 2  -  By MARTIN LIM SINGAPORE. Mon. A 31-year-old tailor took off his trousers in front of a female teacher. Tong Slew Fong, 20. in a classroom, the Ninth Magistrate's Court was told today. The tailor. Ho Beng Chew, and Tong were at Hua
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    • 352 3  -  By H.M.S. Sutan SINGAPORE, Mon. The Republic's satellite town Toa Payoh received its first VIP visitor when the Australian Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton, and Mrs. Gorton toured the Housing and Development Board flats there today. The Australian Premier later told newsmen that the Republic’s lowcost
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    • 211 3 Board. Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, when thev toured Toa Pavoh Housing Estate. Earlier, Mr. Gorton and his entourage were accorded a red-carpet welcome at the Housing Board office and briefed on the Republic’s housing scheme by Mr. Howe. At Toa Payoh, the Gortons visited the
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    • 174 3 SINGAPORE. Mon.— More flats in Queenstown. Toa Payoh, Bukit Ho Swee and other estates will be available for sale in the immediate future. This is to meet the present demand for home ownership among citizens of the Republic in the lower income and middle
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    • 2170 4  -  Running of Br. military installations here: By Hoo Bon Khee KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Tunku Abdul Rahman today suggested Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Britain should jointly hold the responsibility of running the British military i n s t a Nations here for regional defence
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    • 1397 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Evidence on the "case of 126 signed but unpaid cheques" highlighted the continued sitting of the Raja Azlan Commission of Inquiry here today. How the Johore Bahru Town Council sustained a loss of $20,917 in assessment
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    • 40 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon.— BelangOr Police raided several “third-rate hotels'* during the weekend and detained more than 20 thugs including 4 from Singapore and a 14-vear-old girl. The girl has been sent back to her parents in Kampar.
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    • 315 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malaysia has asked the Philippines not to refer to the Malaysian Government matters which were not its concern, especially in the manner and tone the Philippines did last week. This request was made In
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    • 52 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Joharl. today announced the $l4 million polytechnic in Ipoh will be up by 1969. Construction of the oolytechnic will be phased to accommodate the first 1969 h f students in mid Courses available will be business studies
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    • 236 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Australian Prime Minister. Mr. John Gorton, accompanied by Mrs. Gorton and an official party of eight will arrive here at 5.15 p.m. tomorrow. They will be accorded a ceremonial welcome at the airport on arrival, and will spend a free
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    • 153 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Government was today urged to explore all avenues for the neutralisation of South-east Asia, guaranteed by the big powers before embarking on a collective defence arrangement with othe r countries. The call was made by the former Minister
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    • 292 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon The P«nwu>. sive Party M.P. for iDbh Mr V cS? 1 8 Progressfn. ?o a "reVn n naSa '***&*£?£?>& He accused Tun Tan of bringing the country to the “brink of bankruptcy.” Mr. Seenivasagam, who was speaking in the Dewan Ra’ayat on a
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    • 458 10  -  By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Mon. A former Czechoslovakian fighter pilot, Josef Jurak, was sued for divorce in the High Court here today. Jurak, who made headlines in 1959 when he publicly announced his conversion to the Muslim faith and regard “Malaya as his home” did
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    • 133 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A 64-year-old man was burnt to death at the compound of his house at Cheng San Road yesterday at 1.30 p.m. Police today identified him as Ng Chiung. According to his wife. Madam Cheong Bok Neo. she heard cries at about 130 p.m.
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    • 39 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A driving instructor fell to his death from a Housing and Development Board flat at Jalan Buklt Ho Swee this morning Police Identified him as Chan Koh Tong. 42. of Red Hill Close.
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    • 110 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The German Embassy here has awarded scholarships to four Singaporeans to study at technical colleges in Germany. They are Wong Chee Wah. Chin Chong Yang. Chia Kok Chuan, and Tan Cheng W’hatt. who left here recently for Germany. They will undergo a four-month
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    • 327 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Government is to be asked whether it is making adequate compulsory activities in secondary schools to hasten the building of a rugged society. Mr. Ang Nam Plau. MP for Thomson, has submitted this question for oral answer during the second
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    • 235 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A Hercules transport aircraft of Far East Air Force has flown round the world, covering 21.00ft miles and touching down at R.A.F. Changi exactly on schedule. This was the first round-the-world flight by a Hercules of 48 Squadron based at Changi, here,
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    • 60 10 SINGAPORE Mon.— The Soh Clan Association will hold its annual picnic on June 16 at 8 a m. at Kg. Tengah Holiday Camp. 14 m.s. Upper Serangoon Road here. Various sports and games will be held and prizes will also be awarded. Buses will leave Hong Lim
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    • 127 10 10 a.m. —6 p.m. Water-co-lours and drawings by Lee Leong Looi in the gallery of the British Council, 1A Orchard Road. 10 a.m. 6 P-m. “Teaching Science and Mathematics” an exhibition of books, periodicals and photographs on new teaching methods in the reading room of the British Council.
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    • 32 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A 70-year-old woman. Ang Klok. was found hanging in the bathroom of her house at Upper Thomson Road this morning. Police do not suspect any foul play.
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    • 176 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. More than 40 managers from Singapore and Malaysian companies will attend a residential advanced management course to be conducted by the Singapore Institute of Management at Cameron Highlands, beginning on June 14. The residential course, which will last for more than three
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    • 4543 13  - UNEXPECTED ALTERCATION LED TO TRAGIC INCIDENT- FREDDY Accused ‘inadvertently administered the blows which resulted in Gene’s unfortunate death’ 11th DAY OF GENE KOH MURDER TRIAL By R. V. LINGAM OINGAPORE, Mon. Freddy Tan the accused in the Gene Koh murder trial, today told the High Court that he "inadvertently administered
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    • 601 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, today stressed the need for sex education in schools. Among those who heard him speak on this at the seminar here on family planning were school children, druggists, doctors and government officials.
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    • 120 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Selangor Branch of the National Union of Government Industrial and Manual Employees today deplored the attitude of certain Chambers of Commerce ajid employer organisations “for blindly supporting" Government's decision to freeze the Suffian salary recommendations. Its Secretary. Mr. A.E. Samuel, said
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    • 97 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The pro-tem committee of the Malaysia Government Employees' National Trade Unions Federation today strongly protested against the Cabinet's decision not to implement “for the time being" the recommendations of the Suffian Salaries Commission. Its Chairman. Mr. R. Sadasivam, said at an emergency meeting
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    • 229 14 A 26-year-o 1 d East Malaysian Pilot Officer, Encbe Kassim Hasbollah, of Limbang, Fifth Division, has returned to Kuching after obtaining his “wings" in Canada, where he was trained for 14 months. He is the second Sarawakian to have qualified as a pilot in
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    • 212 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia believes the major powers have to respect and guarantee the security and stability of this region, the Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications, Tun V.T. Sambanthan, told the Dewan Ra’ayat today. The Government, he added, had always believed peace
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    • 65 14 MUAR. Mon. About 600 consumers in the Segamat District look forward to a “brighter life" when work on an electrification scheme by the National Electricity Board is completed. The public licensee’s supply at Buloh Kasap New Village, six miles from Segamat town, has been taken
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    • 147 14 PENANG. Mon State Executive Councillor and chairman of the State Youth Week Celebrations Committee Mr. Kee Yong Chin, announced today Youth Week here would be celebrated elaborately. During the week from June 25 to 31. various competitions will be held The competitions include badminton, soccer. sepak
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    • 104 14 Mr. A.J.M. Ruiter, manager of the Hotel Merlin, demonstrates meat cuts and European style dishes from wall charts provided by the Australian Meat Board, to students of the Hotel and Catering Staff Training Course, at the Technical College, Kuala Lumpur. Dish preparation of European foods is one of the many
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    • 186 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Railwaymen in West Malaysia are worried over the decision of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress to take part in politics. This was stated in Suara RUM, a publication of the Railwaymen’s Union of Malaya, which said that it could cause
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    • 65 14 MALACCA. Mon. An 18-year-old English-speaking youth who posed as Major Dandy and Cadet Officer Mathews of the Federation Military College in Sungei Besi and obtained the use of a military vehicle last month belonging to the Territorial Army here, was today sentenced to two months’ jail.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 313 5 Time: ‘Unlikelg to produce even...beginnings of a plan’ .lion. Heater the Times of London said toting that talks beginning in Kuala Lumpur on Hritain's U‘i thdrau'al from Singapore are unlikelg to protluce even the beginnings of a plan. The talks are on alternative military
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    • 342 5 One die, eight hurt WEST ALLIS. Wisconsin Mon. (I PI) A spectacular. flaming three-car crash early in the Rex Mays 150-mile auto race yesterday killed one driver and injured two others along with eight spectators. The spectators were taken to Milwaukee County General Hospital,
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    • 58 5 ■,'ivivNH fashion designer Karl Lepisto, the winner of the EUROMODE-68 in oxford, has designed his first collection “Modemon’’ for all. The lady contest i e dress, asceti c style inspired hv the national Spanish dress wearing ...iiipd terno-sleeves. Lepisto carries the dinner jacket with the
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    • 434 5 How four nations caught up with King s alleged killer Long arm of the Law WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI). The break that led to the capture of James Earl Ray, accused assassin of Dr. Mart-n Luther King Jr., came after an examination of more than 100,000 passport photos in Washington and
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    • 187 5 N E W YORK Mon. (I'PI) Dr. Henry M. Cuneo. the operating surgeon on slain Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, says in thp latest issue of Time Magazine that had the bullet struck one centimentre more to the rear, the senator’s life would have been
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    • 86 5 HONG KONG. Mon (CPI) A major English language daily here today said. “The Philippines claim to Malaysia’s state of Sabah has become a convenient stick for many in Manila to wave.” The comment came in an editorial of the South China Morning Post, a
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    • 195 5 SCARBOROUGH. Ontario, Mon. t UPl> Eric St. Vincent Galt. 52, a warehouse foreman who lives in this suburb of Toronto, said yesterday he was very relieved that suspected Martin Luther King slayer James Earl Ray was arrested. “There were so many similarities (between Ray and himself)
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    • 107 5 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Mr. Jubei Nakamura. Japan's oldest citizen celebrated his 116th birthday anniversary today. Mr. Nakamura, who lives in Kamaishi city in Iwate Prefecture. Northern Japan, attributes his longevity to none smoking and moderate eating and drinking. His doctor said Mr. Nakamura still retains the physical
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    • 155 5 ST. LOUIS. Missouri. Mon. (UPI) The brother of James Earl Ray said that if Ray was paid to assassinate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “he did it for big money John Larry Ray, a South St. Louis tavern operator, said he wasn’t surprised to
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    • 88 5 HONG KONG Mon. (Reuter) Maoist supporters have smashed anti-Maoist plots to sabotage transport on the Lanchow railway following an intensive struggle in recent months. Radio Canton reported today. The 1,250-mile railway with its centre located in the northwest China city of Lanchow extends northwards to
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    • 106 5 Philip ’s birthday present LONDON. Mon. (UPI) Queen Elizabeth II yesterday appointed her husband. Prince Philip. a member of the Order of Merit as a sort of royal birthday present. Prince Philip will be 47 today. Appointment to the order is by personal gift of the sovereign The order was
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    • 154 5 MANILA, Mon. (Reuter) Fears that the controversy over the business activities of Japanese firm s in Manila might erupt again rose here today following the return home of Manila Mayor Antonio Villegas. Mr. Villegas while on a two-week tour of the United States had vowed
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    • 86 5 TOKYO. Mon. <UPIV Communist China has chosen sides in the present unrest in Yugoslavia, supporting the student movement. The official Peking People's daily spelled out the Chinese view in an editorial entitled “Rule by revisionism does not last long.” People’s daily praised the student movement in
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    • 78 5 MANILA, Mon. (Reuter) President Marcos has assured Filipino youth of their right to dissent and share in government decisions. Mr. Marcos in a weekly radio-television speech yesterday noted that youth all over the world were once more seeking recognition and an acknowledgement that they were valuable assets
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    • 364 6 7 V'namese killed, 28 injured... QAIGON Mon. (UPI) Communist gunners hurled barrage of rockets and mortar rounds into thickly populated residential areas of Saigon early today, killing at least seven Vietnamese and wounding 28 others, military spokesmen said. Fourteen rounds, at least
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    • 178 6 CHICAGO. Mon. (UPI) Six t e e n-year-old Elahe Azodi of Iran, was crowned International Teen Princess on Saturday night in competition with 15 other girls from around the world. Miss Azodi won the third annual pageant, held in a downtown hotel ballroom,
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    • 161 6 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) U.N. Secretary General U Thant and U.S. Ambassador Mr. Arthur Goldberg paid tribute to the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy yesterday and called for an end to the violence which caused his death. In eulogies both men decned the senseless”
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    • 54 6 HANOI, North Vietnam: North Vietnamese school-girls in Hanoi city return to their homes after practising heavy military trainings to he ready for smashing U.S. attacks on North Vietnam. This picture was taken sometime in May, 1968. by Nihon Denpa News in Tokyo and obtained
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    • 345 6 General Assembly enters closing round o f debate on South West Africa UNITED NATIONS Mon. (UPI) The General Assembly entered its final week today with a closing round of debate on South West Africa, and a scheduled afternoon vote on the U.S. Soviet proposal to curb the spread of nu-
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    • 440 6 LOS ANGELES Mon. (UPI) Sirhan Bishara has asked for a “big name” lawyer to defend him against the charge of assassinating Robert F Kennedy. A. L. Wirin. noted constitutional lawyer and Chief Counsel of the Southern California American Civil Liberties
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    • 298 6 NORFOLK. Virginia. Mon. (UPI) Was the nuclear submarine Scorpion playing a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with a Russian submarine when she vanished in the Atlantic with 99 men abroad? The Navy is not saying. But it has been suggested unofficially that a chance
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    • 56 6 ATHENS. Mon. <UPI> Former Archbishop of Athens Chrysostomos died yesterday in an Athens Hospital He was 88. Born Themistoklis Hadjistavrou at Aidinion in Asia Minor, he studied theology in Halki and in Lausanne. Chrysostomos will lie in state at the Athens Cathedral todav and tomorrow. His
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    • 211 6 BOGOTA. Mon. (UPI) Carlos Lleras Restrepo, President of Colombia, has said he will resign next Tuesday to protest the Senate’s refusal to approve “important constitutional reforms.” National support for Mr. Lleras was growing as public opinion Increasingly rallied behind the Chief Executive in hopes of
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    • 107 6 ATHENS. Mon. (Reuter) Twenty-eight people, including 14 young Naval ratings, will be tried by Athens Court Martial on July 3 on charges of attempting to overthrow the regime, an authoritative source said today The source said the accused were indicted by the Crown Prosecutor
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    • 158 6 BUENOS AIRES. Mon. (UPI) Customs authorities have identified a man and a woman detained on Thursday with two and a half million dollars worth of phony US$lOO bills, most of them found in a baby carriage A communique from the customs agency named the
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    • 287 6 BELGRADE. Mon. (UPI) Rebellious Belgrade students resume normal university work today after a week long demonstrations which earned them firm guarantees from President Tito that sweeping reforms in economic and social life in Yugoslavia's Communist system were imminent. Mr. Tito has kept silent since the
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    • 141 6 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI)— Indonesia has no room for a press system similar to that prevailing in either totalitarian or developed countries, according to Jakarta Military Commander Maj Gen. Amir Machmud. Mr. Machmud said the tolitarian press is merelv means of propaganda while the
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    • 247 6 SA NH< s Vietnam Mon. (UPI) No^th ye«e“dT e hm‘!nS S tS ld 1 a tac Ma’rine convoy S. chargcs onto the from an overtfangmi The North Vietnamese sneaked past five Marine battalions sweeping the Jungles to the South of Highway 9 to launch
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    • 382 7 Barr: ‘We cannot afford to keep paying’ WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI). Treasury undersecretary Mr. Joseph W. Barr said yesterday that the United States cannot afford to keep on paying the whole bill to maintain large numbers of American troops throughout the world. Mr. Barr said other nations
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    • 185 7 PARIS. Mon. (UPI) French gun dealers have protested the new licensing regulations decreed by the government on Friday following the assassination of Sen Robert F. Kennedy, We will be ruined.” a spokesman for the Armourers Chamber of Commerce said. “All we can do
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    • 98 7 LISBON. Mon. (Reuter) The Lisbon newspaper O Seculo. has appealed for a solution to the problem of a village that became a centre for starving, abandoned dogs. The village, Granja Do Ulmeiro. is full of dogs because it is a railway junction where dogs abandoned
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    • 85 7 it ivn t a submarine passing through this underground tunnel hut its a iiisni Swedish Navy has constructed a three hundred million crowns whole destroy water citv with offices, dry docks and miles of transport worth of un g time 1.250 per sons are employed. Thus
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    • 82 7 It's no class for the dentists but is the first day of Tooth Decay Prevention week in Tokyo. Some 15.000 Tokyo's elementary school children gathered at the 25th annual Tooth Brushing Practice Meeting in the huge Nippon Budokan Hall,
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    • 330 7 JAKARTA, Mon. (Reuter) President Suharto today swore in a new Indonesian cabinet which included more economic experts and less military men in key economic posts. it is colled a development cabinet, responsible for carrying out a five-year plan and making preparations for the next
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    • 144 7 VATICAN CITY. Mon. (UPI) Pope Paul VI is considering changes in the centuries-o.d rules that require cardinals to lock themselves in the Sistine Chapel while electing a new pope. Vatican sources said. The sources said the practice has become outdated and impractical.
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    • 98 7 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Mon. (Reuter) The General Assembly’s main political committee was today expected to “command” the Soviet-American nuclear non-proliferation treaty for the signature of U.N. members after six weeks of debate and intense negotiation A 47-nations resolution to this effect, backed by the United
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    • 54 7 RIO DE JANIERO. Mon (Reuter) Lovers seeking the darkness of Rio parks will now be protected from pickpockets and beggars by “Night Guards.” who will police parks on bicycles at night. “All lovers, except those found in indecorous attitudes. will henceforth be protected by the Night Guard”,
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    • 79 7 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Japanese nationals in Saigon have been told to go home because of the recent fighting there. the Japanese Foreign Ministry said today. It said the Japanese ambassador to South Vietnam recommended that those Japanese who could leave their .lobs return home or
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    • 128 7 HONG KONG Mon. (Reuter) Riot police rushed to the Kowloon terminal of the Star Ferry Company today when about 30 sacked leftist workers staged a noisy demonstration demanding their old jobs back. The demonstrators blocked the first class entrance of the terminal waving the red
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    • 87 7 SYDNEY. >lon (Reuter) The lamb birthrate could double ewes producing up to four lambs a vear if experiments being conducted by Sydney University prove successful. Professor D.E. Tribe, head of Sydncv University’s Animal Husbandry Department, said researchers were using a “ewe milk replacer” —a liquid diet based
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    • 242 7 PHNOM PENH, Mon. (Reuter) Cambodia's Head of State. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, today announced he would free unconditionally two United States soldiers held since last month as a gesture of homage to the death of Senator Robert Kennedy. The two soldiers were captured
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    • 236 7 HONG KONG Mon. (I'PI) Three police officers were to fly to Jakarta today with the heads of a murdered Indonesian woman and hei son to interrogate theii suspected murderer. The bodies of Lili Kartiha Dewi, 28. her son, Ivan, five, were buried yesterday. They
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    • 100 7 GOOD NEWS FOR ELDERLY MAN! WANT TO BE ACTIVE AND ENERGETIC LIKE YOUNG MAN Start taking "SEMI.EX" to-day. According to Dr. Rich Weiss, MPS.. F.C.B. in Germany. Awarded 60 Gold Medais by International Exhibition. ♦Sentlex Is a special compound of Ginseng. Tonic herbs mixed with deer-horn ponder other ingredients is
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  • 709 8 THE satisfactory outcome of the five-nation defence talks now being held in Kuala Lumpur hinges on Britain’s willingness to send immediate military aid to Malaysia should she be the victim of outside aggression. This aid should be fast and effective. Though Labour Britain is trying her best to
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  • 1282 8 A USTRALIAS 19th Prime Minister, John Grey Gorton, who will be making his first official visit, as Prime Minister, to Kuala Lu npur from June 11 to 13, is no stranger to Sout'i T ist Asia and the Miliyan Archipelago in particular. In
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    • 517 8 I attended the May Day celebrations (50th anniversary) in Moscow as a representative of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress. It was the first time Malaysian workers were represented on an occasion like tnts in Russia. The Soviet people's progress and prosperity and their military prowess
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  • 260 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, "Hinafisok of Evldanca Cor Crlalna 1 Trlala") Eight year -old Bobby went to Tracy's pool to get a few swims. His body was suddenly found in the pool where the water was 10 feet deep. Harry, Bobby's father sued Frank, the owner
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  • 425 8 From Sin Chew Jit Poh. M R Ong Pang Boon, Singapore Minister for Education, in his speech announcing the official recognition of Nanyang University degrees, said the following: “Owing to Singapore’s limited resources, we hope the University of Singapore and Nanyang University would seek closer co-operation, especially
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 41 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper TUESDAY, JUNE 11. 1968 23-B Cantonment Road. 39. lalan Sultan. ■Singapore 2 Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Telephone: *****/7 Telephone: *****/6 Penang Office 8. Le«»h Street. Tel: ***** Ipoh Office 77. Brewster Road. Tel: ***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 353 9 1TUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Fraudulent sales of inferior oil palm seeds are pOsiiig a serious problem to the industry, and in the long term could act to the detriment of the national economy as a whole. This was disclosed
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    • 306 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The volume of trade between Malaysia and West Australia was substantial with a trade balance of nearly MslB7 million a year in favour of West Australia, said Mr. Earnest G. Smith, the leader of the eight-member West
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    • 183 9 WARSAW, Mon. (Reuter) More than 1,500 workers are putting the finishing touches to exhibits from 46 countries for the official opening today of Poland’s major Annual Trade show, t’* Poznan International Fair. ..he main items on show at the two-week fair, to be
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    • 54 9 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Delegates and observers from eight Aslan countries today began discussions here on Asia’s offshore mineral resources. They are attending a Conference on Mineral Resources prospecting in Aslan offshore areas sponsored by the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE). The meeting will
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for today was $.t5S 87J per picul, down 62J cent.
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    • 72 9 LISBON, Mon. (Reuter) The Ninth International Lisbon Fair opened in Lisbon today with 1.733 exhibitors from 21 countries displaying their products The fair will last a fortnight. West Germany leads the list of foreign participants with 168 exhibitors. Followed by Italy with 134. Britain (116), France
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    • 108 9 MACAO Mon. (UPI) Exports from this tiny Portuguese enclave In April totalled $2 1 million up by more than $200,000 from the previous month, officials reported Hong Kong remained the single best market buying just under $500,000 worth of goods. Other major outlets were
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Mon (UPI) Money Quotations HK$6.llO/6.***** per US dollar for cash. HK514.52 per pound sterling HK5307.75 per tael gold.
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    • 279 9 CANBERRA. Australia. Mon. Australia’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. John McEwen. has said he regrets the failure of the sugar talks in Geneva to reach an agreement. It was to be noted, he said, that there had not been an outright collapse and Dr.
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    • 124 9 FRANCE. Mon. Trade relations between France and North Korea, which actually accounted for only a minute part of French foreign trade, will shortly undergo further growth following the arrival in Paris of the North Korean Committee headed by Gab Ryon Pak. French imports from
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    • 393 9 SYDNEY, Australia. Mon. Australia and other developing countries should use their energies to help create understanding and wisdom among major Powers. This was stated by Australia’s Minister for Externa] Affairs. Mr. Paul Hasluck. his closing address to the third Asian and Pacific marketing conference of
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    • 1333 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Industrial share prices eased on a broad front on the Stock Exchange today. At the close. 36 counters had drops, eight unchanged while only Chemical. Malayan Cement and Pan-Electric were a shade better. Buying was less. The market is now undergoing a
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    • 287 9 SINGAPORE. Mon—June first grade rubber f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 56i cents per lb., down one and a half cents from previous close. The tone was easier. London advices were lowei than expected and after a slow start, the
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    • 396 9 SINGAPORE. Stock Exchange sold and offer prices officiallv listed at ;he close of business. INDUSTRIALS Bon Co. CB1 3.10 3.48 C. sugar 4. VI 4.56 Chemical Co 1.59 1 .HO Cold storage 4.68 Dunlop 3.18 320 E smelting 6.80 fc.VI 2.30 |WI Ords 2. <6 2.83 Kltzpat ricks
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    • 24 9 LONDON. Mon. (UPI) Rubber market opened very quiet with spot 19-7/16, 19-5/8. No. l RSS cif basis ports June 19-3/8. 19-5/8 nom.
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    • 44 9 (Manasers* Prices) First Malayan 2.76 Second Malayan 1.98 Third Malayan 1.26 The Commerce Industry XD .98 1.07 The Sarins Fund 1.12 1.21 First H'kons .86 .91* Second H'kone XD .61 .65* Malaysian Investment Fund 1.20 130 Sterlins C'modlty 5/4 <* Hons Rons Currency)
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    • 96 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The noon prices at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are:Bayer Seller Coconut Oil (F.O.B.) Bulk Coconut Oil 67.25 (F.O.B.) Drums Loose Copra Mixed 69.75 June 40.00 Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.W Sarawak Whlte 113.00 Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.W’ Sarawak Special Black 112.50 Pepper (F.O.B 96%
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    • 114 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants NEW YORK; Buying TT. 32-11/16; Airmail OD 3213/16; 90 d/st. 33-3/8 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. CANADA: Buying T.T .353/16; Airmail O.D 35-5/16; 90 d/st. 36-1/16 credit bills; 36-3/16 trade
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    • 186 9 JAKARTA Mon. (UPI) Negotiations between Indonesian and West German officials on additional aid for Indonesia have been started through West German Embassy channels in Jakarta, it was report- ed today. The official news agency Antara quoted West German Ambassador H. Bassler as saying in
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    • 154 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be in port today; Godowns Vessels 1/2 Alemannia 3 4 Luna Maersk 5 Eastern Enterprise 6 7 Dagan 8 9 Benmhor 10/11 Neder Lek 15 <l6 Halldis 18 Garronbank 25 26 Eastern Muse 27 28 Kyoshu Maru 29 30
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1520 10 ml ■mm *::SV TODAY ■>> TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPU* and Pulao Plnanr. *P®JJ a Melaka: 3 Jobore Bahru; Taipinr, 1 Batu Pahat; 9 Kluang. P.M.: 5.45 Opening Annct Prog Summary: 5.50 News Outline in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs. 6.00 News in Tamil: 6.10 The Outdoorsman; 635
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  • PICTORIAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
    • 507 11 The Minister for Serial Affairs. Enche Othman Wok. made the last of his series of visits to Social Welfare Homes In the Republic recently. Picture shows: Enche Othman Wok and senior officials of his Ministry watching the flag-raising ceremony at the Convent of the Holy
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    • 109 11 Wednesday. June 12: 7 p.m. 8.30 p.m.: Reception at 82. Jalan Weld to mark 70th anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine independence. Thursday, June 13: 5.30 p.m.: Opening of an exhibition of photographs bv the Photographic Society of Malaysia at British Council Centre 7.3 n p.m.: Selangor Chinese
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    • 133 11 Wednesday. June 12: 1 p.m.: Rotary Club of Singapore weekly luncheon meeting at Blue Room. Capitol Building. 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.: Reception to celebrate 70th anniversary of the proclamation of Philippine Independence at 166, Mount Pleasant Road. Thursday, June 13: 1 p.m.: Rotary Club of Singapore West weekly
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  • Femme
    • 310 12  -  By Florence de Santis rpHAT onetime classic, the sheer blouse, is back, most often as an organdy shirt, but also in voile prints or as a pastel ruffled organza. Whatever it is, it shows what's worn beneath. So we have the revival of the pretty
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    • 48 12 year's fashion sunglasses are big enough to give a deliberately goggle-eyed effect. From Riviera comes this huge oval set in a thin, inverted telesol frame of black, tortoise, light shell or bone white. Choice of lens, colours, includes light grey, blue or amethyst. Fashion League picture.
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    • Article, Illustration
      284 12 Chicken pilau with raisins and saffron, served with a delicious Kabob. Half boil the rice without rinsing it first. Next rinse out starch and cool the rice. Brown a good lump of butter in a pan with mixed spices to taste, and when light brown, add a rich chicken
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    • 229 12 THERE’S a new idea for the care of aging skin. It involves two perfectly matched night-care creams that when used together form a total face treatment. Application of any other night-care product is then unnecessary. The reasoning behind twin creams is that each can have
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    • 129 12 Turpin never had it so '1 xr good. He may have had a good time robbing the rich, but where his clothes were concerned, he never enjoyed wearing such glamorous outfits as this. Zabedah the model is wearing "D i c k Turpin", the outfit in yellow
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    • 95 12 A DRESS CALLED ‘DINGLE A BEIGE and black ensemble by Australian fashion designer Noeleen King in her ‘personal” fabric, which she calls “Dingle” after a fishing village in her native Ireland. The Terylene, linen and viscose fabric is specially woven in Australia for Miss King. This 2-piece ensemble part of
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    • 54 13 THIS IS THE MARK OF THE STRANGLER! UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN BEWARE!! He is STILL on the loose!!! Hill CATHAY NEXT CHANGE PARAMOUNT PICTURES presents a SOL C. SIEGEL reduction WAV TO TREAT A LADY ncMNicoLon' fS LEE GEORGE N STEIGER REMICK SEGAL ROD STEIGER BEST ACTOR ACADEMY AWARD WINKER tor'ln The
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    • 267 13 SSHAW GANISATTON D O Phone ***** VOW SHOWING —No Free Lot! 3 Shows: I ft. 34 am. S.ftft. 7.3» pm. Sean Connery ''THrSDESRUL" Plug “YOU ONLY LIVF TWICE" Both In PsnaVision A Color IUA) CAPITOL Phone ***** LAST 1 DAYS! 11 a m.. 1.30, 4.00, 0.45 A 9.30 p m
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    • 217 13 ORCHARD —***** 13th Day! 1.30. 4. 630 A 915 p m Cash Bookings Only No Free List “GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER" Spencer Tracy. Katharine Hepburn Sidnev Pottier. Katharine Houghton 70MM. Color. Stereophonic Sound (A Columbia Picture) PALACE -*****8 Season Extended Definitely Last Da/! 3 Shows 1.30. 5.00 A 8.30
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 534 14 i Eastern Sun Classified advertisements can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK Brothers. 63, Bras Basab Road, and 2, Maiu Avenue. Serangoon Carden Estate, Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD., SUPERMARKET. 83, East Coast Road, Singapore 15 Tel: *****9. HAMIEM STORE,
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    • 226 14 mmm KENYATAAN TAWARAN J.K.R., KEDAH. TAWARAN daripada Pemborong2 yang berdaftar diJ.K.R.. di-dalam kelas “E” Kepala II Pechahan Kepala 2 dan ka-atas akan di-terima diPejabat Jurutera Nege r i. Kedah/Perlis, Alor Setar hingga jam pukol 3.00 Petang pada 18hb. Jun. 1968. Untok: RIEMBINA DAN MENYIAPKAN BANGUNAN2 BILEK DARJAH. TANDAS. KANTIN DAN
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    • 471 14 TENDER NOTICE Proposed Erection and Completion of Stalls at Gay World Amusement Park for NATIONAL DAY EXPOSITION, 1968. Tenders are invited from experienced contractors for the construction and completion of the stalls and arches in accordance with specific plans. Plans and specifications are obtainable from Geylang West C.C.C. c/o Gay
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 57 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 12.33 a.m. (7.3 ft.). 12.40 p.m. (90 ft.) Port Swettenham: 6.10 p.m. (16.1 ft.) Port Dickson: 6.35 a.m. (8.2 ft.). 7.10 p.m. (9.8 ft.) Singapore: 11.47 a.m. (8.3 ft.), 10.42 p.m. (9.5 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 10.41 a.m. (8-1 ft.). 8 34 p.m. (6.7 ft.) Kuantan: 9.47
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