Eastern Sun, 22 July 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 711 Monday, 22 July 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 785 1  -  BY CHAN KAM YAU Kuala lumpur. Sun. At 11.30 o.m. today the MSA Silver Kris Comet touched down at the Subang International Airport the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong are home. Home? They were at home In Sabah
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  • 309 1 MANILA, SUN. (UPI) A complete break in relations between the Philippines and Malaysia appeared imminent today as a continuation of the dispute over ownership of the Malaysian State of Sabah. On Saturday, Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos ordered the immediate recall of the Philippine Ambassador to Malaysia
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  • 521 1 Unfortunate' move by Manila—Razak KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Malaysia will take no action on the decision of the Philippines to recall its Ambassador and all but one of the staff of its diplomatic mission here, until the Cabinet has met on Wednesday. This was disclosed today by the Deputy Prime Minister.
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  • 48 1 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) Indonesian officials today remained silent on the Philippines decision to withdraw its Ambassador and other Embassy staff from Kuala Lumpur following Malaysia's rejection of Manila's claim to Sabah. "It will be too hasty to comment at the present time,” one official said.
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  • 29 1 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Renter) Malaysian Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman left here today for Kathmandu, after an overnight stop, to begin a four-day official visit to Nepal.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 488 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A second channel for Television Malaysia will be started in February next year, the Minister of Information -and Broadcasting, Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman, dis- closed today. He was "optimistic" this could be done and named the target date as
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    • 137 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The University of Malaya Medical Society would organise community health project* on a larger scale this year. The new President of the Society, Mr. A. Jai Mohan, said last night. Mr. Mohan added the society would place special .emphasis on social
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    • 61 2 KAMPAR. Sun. The Kinta Health Officer. Dr. S Raman, told a meeting of the Town Council here last sight that lack of drainage system and water supply in squatters areas were mainly responsible for the increased outbreak of malaria In the District. Raja Abdul Aziz.
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    • 157 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— The Central Executive Council of Partal Rakyat Malaya will hold its extraordinary meeting shortly to take disciplinary action against “rightist opportunists" within the party. Enche Halim All, the Secretary of Party* Information Bureau said the party would not
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    • 248 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Senior history lecturer In the University of Malaya, Enche Zainai Abidin bln Wahid, said the setting up of the proposed $2O million leeder college would defeat the Government’s efforts to use the National Language to unite the various races. :Z He
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    • 152 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Enche Senu bln Abdul Rahman said today that there should not be too many political parties in Malaysia. He told reporters at Subang Airport on arrival from Ipoh that too many political parties divided
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    • 139 2 SLIM RIVER. Sun. An urgent appeal was made today to eye-witnesses of the Trolak accident last Friday in which five persons were killed. The O.C.P.D. here. Mr. Thamby Pillai. said that they could contact anv police station. Meanwhile, three of the persons killed
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    • 334 2 Mr. John M. Brown (right) Managing Director of Rothmans of Pall Mall (M) Berhad talking to Dato Ng Tow Foo (centre) President of the Malayan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, Selangor and Prof. Ng Kung Foo, a Formosan artist. Paintings of Tiger Ng KUALA LUMPUR, Bun. Prof. Ng Kung
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    • 187 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. MARA* proposed $3.8 million white cotton cloth factory in Petaling Jaya Thi^wasstated by the Minister without Portfolio and Chairman of MARA. Senator Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, last night at the anniversary dinner of the Ferchetakkan Am, a printing firm
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    • 198 2  -  By L.D. Baptist PENANG. Sun The Working Committee of the Labour Party of here today alleged that fmir of its members had been detained by the police. The names of the detained persons were given as Tan Lip Chee. a member of the Rural
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    • 56 2 IPOH. Sun. The Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs. Perak Branch, will be holding a social and dance. "Malam Aneka Batek” (Batek Night) at Asrama Perak in Tambun Road here on July 27. Dancing is from 8 p m. to 2 am. The Mentri Besar. Dato Haji Ahmad bin
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    • 115 2 LABIS. Sun. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. today expressed his concern over the acts of vandalism going on in the country. Speaking at the opening of a Secondary English School here. Enche Khir said he was very much saddened by such
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    • 187 2 SEOAMAT. Sun. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari warned that Government would not hesitate to withdraw scholarship of students who failed to show satisfactory results In examinations. Speaking here today at the opening of a national type secondary school costing $400,000.
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    • 48 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Police yesterday recovered the car used by a fourman gang of robbers who stabbed and robbed a Petaling Jaya sundry shop owner, last Friday. Mr. Khoh Hock Joo. 83. was killed while attempting to stop the robbers from escaping.
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    • 179 2 ‘Boestamam is pro-imperialist... PENANG. Sun—The Na,tional Chairman of Party Rakyat Enche Kassim Ahmad. today stated that the latest move made by their former Chairman. Enche Ahmad Boestamam, clearly exposed himself as the splitter of socialist force and an enemy of the party. Enche Kassim Ahmad said that Enche Boestamam's announcement
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    • 182 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Ministry of Labour today expressed “shock and surprise” at the recent statement made by an Adviser of the Philippines delegation at the International Labour Conference In Geneva. Mr. Luciano Joson that Malaysia was ‘‘wooing Communist bloc members to prevent
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    • 169 2 KUALA LUMPUR Sun. The University of Malaya Medical Society and the Malaysian branch of the World University Service have collected $4,000 worth of drugs for the people of South Vietnam. This followed an appeal by the Asian Regional Medical Students’ Association
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    • 324 3 SINGAPORE TO PARTICIPATE FOR FIRST TIME Sun. Singapore will participate for the first time in the Frankfurt Book Fair 1968 to be held from Sept. 18 to 24. Singapore will participate under the name "Books from Singapore”. Books In Chinese. Malay and English will be on display
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    • 217 3 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI) —Mr. Tommy Koh Thong Bee. Singapore's new envoy to the United Nations, flew in from San Francisco yesterday to replace Ambassador Wong Lin Ken at the world organisation. Prof. Wong, who paid a farewell call on Secretary General
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    • 129 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Secretary-General of the Gerakan Ra'avat Malaysia. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, said the party intended to give a “good fight” during the general elections scheduled for next year. Speaking at the opening of the party headquarters here this
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    • 111 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. Two motor-cyclists, who ■did not wear crash helmets, idied in hospital this morniiDg after being involved in separate accidents. Yap Wing Pian. 30. was travelling along Jalan Membina when his mostor-eycle collided with a t womanpedestrian. Chia Ah Soon. 36, early this
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    • 147 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Mentri Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, said Scout movement could play a vital role to build a strong and dynamic society. He was speaking at the opening of the Selangor State Scout Council Building. costing $25,000, at
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    • 654 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. It costs the Public Cleansing Branch of the Health Ministry about five times as much to cleanse drains and streets than to remove refuse from dust bins. To illustrate this point, the Senior Public Health Engineer. Mr. Lye Thim
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    • 195 3 SINGAPORE. Sun—Singapore is host to nine East Malaysian students, including two girls, who are studying at the Medical Faculty, University of Singapore, under the Colombo Plan scholarships. Eight of them are doing a five-year course in dentistry and the other student.
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    • 91 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. A gang of car thieves has been smashed by Police. Men from the Cantonese Secret Society Branch of the CID early this morning arrested three of them in a stolen Ford Cortina at Kampong Kayu Road. This resulted in the arrest of
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    • 208 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— Malaysia will not sit down at a conference table again if the basis of the talks is on the Philippines Sabah claim. This position was reiterated tonight by Tan Sri Mohamed Ghazali bin Shafie, Malaysia's chief delegate to the
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    • 177 4 IPOH. Sun. The Miniater of Information and Broadcasting. Enche Senu bin Abdul Rahman said here todav that all opposition parties with their different ideologies, unacceptable by the cosmopolitan population which made up Malaysia. could not succeed in the forthcoming general elections. Enche Senu.
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    • 331 4 KOTA BHARU, Sun The Kelantan branch of the National Union of Teachers has called upon the Government not to renew the services of contract officers in the teaching profession, as locally-qualified graduate teachers were available to replace them. A resolution to this effect was
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    • 125 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Road Safety Council of Malaysia will launch a na-tion-wide road safety campaign from Sept. 14 to Oct. This was announced today by the Minister of Transport Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jublr. He was speaking at a presentation ceremony in which
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    • 234 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Austrian chef. Helmut Hauck. 28. has cooked his vt2Ly TOtmd the world flve times. He did this conveniently enough as a chef in some of the world’s largest luxury ocean liners. This “sea-dog.” however, has some interests flrmlv anchored on land back
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    • 65 4 An all-community dinner was held In Kuala Lumpur. Saturday night to honour the Bishop of Kusla Lumpur. Rt. Rev. Dominic Vendargon who was recently bestowed the title of Tan Brl| (Panglima Setia Mahkota) on the occasion of the King’s birthday. The dinner waa organised by >the
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    • 390 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Federal Police Secretary Supt. Burhan bln Kunton. today Issued an appeal to the public for full co-operation in all kid- napping cases. If police were only notified straightaway, by relatives of the victim after they received their first message
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    • 170 4 PENANG. Sun A police party, consisting of officers and members of the Federal Reserve Unit, this morning re-vlslted the house In Jalan Blntang. Fettes Park, where 32-year-old Llm Pee Hong was burled In the backyard, to continue follow-up Investigations. Three suspects, arrested In connection
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    • 32 4 IPOH. Sun. A 14-year-old student. Wong Sik Wah. was held up by two robbers at Simpang Pulai. four miles from here yesterday. They robbed him of $B7 cash.
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    • 290 4 f KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Malaysia will have Belgium’s^''complete support" in her effort to join the European lEconomic Community as an associate member. Thislwas disclosed tonight by the] Belgian Ambassador to Mateysia, Tan Sri Frans Taelerrians. in a broadcast over Riadio Malaysia
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    • 277 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Government plans to start youth camps similar to those in Japan where the activities were organised entirely by the youths themselves. The Morlb Youth Camp would be rebuilt for this purpose, the Minister of Culture, Youth and
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    • 198 4 KUALA LUMPUR Sun— Thirty volunteers of the Canadian University Service Overseas will arrive on Aug 13 to replace 11 colleagues returning to Canada after serving two years in Sabah and Sarawak The new arrivals would bring to 40 the number of CUSO volunteers
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    • 709 10  -  By SIM MING KUI SINGAPORE, Sun. The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuon Yew, toO d ay officially opened $1.6 million Auditorium/Science Laboratory of Chung Cheng High School at Goodman Road. Thousands of the school’s pupils Jammed the auditorium to witness the opening ceremony.
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    • 573 10  -  By AYAKO ADAM Wong Moan Sing's ex-pupil, a child prodigy Miss Toh Chee-Hung, will give a recital when she returns home for a holiday on Aug. 1 at the Victoria Theatre in Singapore. Presented by Mr. Doggett’s Singapore Music Teachers’ Association, It is expected
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    • 89 10 SINGAPORE. Sun.—The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will organise a new course entitled “Introduction to Operations Research,” which starts on Aug. 6 The course of 12 lectures by Mr. Low Siew Nghee. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, will deal with the
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    • 72 10 9.30 a.m. —4 p.m The Sinfapore Blood Transfusion ervice’s Mobile Blood Bank stationed at the Fullerton Square car park. 7.30 p.m. Final rehearsal of music and dance for the Singapore Youth Festival at the National Theatre, Clemenceau Avenue. 7.30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture
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    • 48 10 Schubert. Chopin. Beethoven and Llezt. Peter Chlang is holder of L.R.S.M. (Teaching and Performing) A.T.C.L.. L.T. Cl*. Performing. In 1966, he was awarded the Fellowship Diploma of the Trinity College of London for successfully passing the F.T.C-L. Exams. Some of the comments of examiners
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    • 229 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Freight Committee of the Rubber Industry of Malaysia and Singapore is prepared to meet the Far Eastern Freight Conference if the conference would agree to a new contract system. This was stated today by the Chairman of the
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    • 133 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Three members <>f a fourman Government delegation to Muslim countries left here this morning for Karachi. They are a member of Parliament, Enche Abu Bakar bin Hamzah (PMIPBachok). the Principal of the Muslim College, Tan Sri Dr Abdul Jalil bin Hassan, and an
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    • 60 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A ballot for 28 stall spaces at the Jaian Sekolah Hawkers’ Emporium and at the Municipal Car Park, rear of the Bukit Bintang Dance Hall will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. Balloting will take place at the Jaian Sekolah Hawkers’ emporium. One
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    • 147 13 PENANG. Sun. An award by the Deputy Collector of Land Revenue Butterworth, on 107,961 square feet of Governmentacquired land In Butterworth, was today Increased from $79,197 to $227,286.60. The order for the increase was made by Mr. Justice H. S Ong in the High Court
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    • 123 13 MALACCA, Sun. The Director of the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Syed Nasir Ismail said the mental •‘revolution" could not progress effectively without having a change in the living conditions of the people. Speaking yesterday at the opening of Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Book Exhibition here,
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    • 168 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— The Ministry of Education was yesterday urged to hold a meeting of the National Joint Council for Teachers as soon as possible to discuss issues not included in the terms of reference of the Teachers’ Salaries Commission. The call was
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    • 65 13 PENANG. Sat The Minister of Justice, Enche Bahaman bin Samsudin. has suggested that a new Lower Court building should be built in Bukit Mertajam. He made the suggestion during his visit to Nibong Tebal and Bukit Mertajam to inspect Lower Courts there yesterday. Enche Bahaman
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    • 63 13 THE Commander of the Ist Malaysian Infantry Brigade. Brigadier Dato Syed Mohamed bin Syed Ahmad Alsagoff. on Friday presented Volunteer Decoration Medals to six officers and noncommissioned Officers of the Local Defence Corps at Imphal Camp. Gurney Road, in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows Brigadier Dato Syed Mohamed
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    • 121 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The Royal Malaysian Air Force's latest mediumrange helicopters, the Sikorsky SfilA-4, have been given a Malaysian name “Nuri”, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said today. “Nuri is the name of a colourful and friendly Malaysian bird, and Malaysians regard the bird with
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    • 52 13 THE Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. with umbrellas shielding him from the rain, answering questions from the press on the recent Sabah claim talks in Bangkok, after opening a secondary English school in Jinjang Village, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday. Eastern Sun Pix by Yap
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    • 152 13 ALACCA, Sun. Land scheme participants here are worned the Government would not hesitate to recover their properties if they were found neglecting their lands. Once the Government moved into them no amount of pleas would move the Government to relent after that the Chief Minister
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    • 103 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— The Gerakan Raayat Malaysia today joined in criticising the M C.A. proposal to set up a feeder college. The Chairman of the Gerakan Raayat, Professor Syed Hussein Alatas, told reporters that It was against the normal procedure for the Government
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    • 64 13 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The Raja Azlan Commission of Inquiry, which was adjourned till today on last Thursday, was further postponed till 9.30 a.m. tomorrow. The Commissioner Justice Raja Azlan of the Kuala Lumpur High Court was indisposed today. The Commission Is investigating into allegations of maladministration
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    • 93 13 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun The Teochew Association here today appealed for donations towards the construction of Its new building in Johore Bahru, costing $120,000. The Association’s President, Mr. Tok Jwee Kee said the building will be constructed In traditional Chinese architecture on a quarter of an
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 260 5 RHODESIANS. AFRICAN FORCES BATTLE RAIDERS SALISBURY. Sun. '(Reuter) Rhodesian security forces supported by South African police units are battling against a fresh invasion of African nationalist guerillas from the north in the second major incursion into Rhodesia in four months. The security forces, fighting in the winter-dry areas of the
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    • 150 5 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter)— Actress Jane Asher, appearing on a nationwide television interview show lastnight. said her engagement to Beatle Paul McCartney was broken off a few days ego. Asked by television interviewer Simon Dee if she was s?d, the 22-year-old redhead sad, "What do you think?”
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    • 87 5 MONTREAL, Sun. (UPI) The women tellers at the Montreal bank said the man in the black cleric's outfit was just “too cute to be a priest.” But police ?ay he wasn’t. They are looking lor a “very athletic looking man” in his early 30s who took
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    • 70 5 HENLEY-ON-THAMES: The organisers of the Henlev Koval Regatta are a bit fussy about what ladies wear beside the river. Trouser suits are definitely not permitted. But Jane Ercolani of High Wycombe got away with her bloomer suit. She was stopped by officials but the Secretary ruled
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    • 119 5 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) Small locust swarms have been sighted in India’s western border states of Rajasthan and Gujarat the possible advance guard of the first locust invasion of the country for six years. Official reports from the two states said the swarms, which had flown
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    • 38 5 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Miss Deirdre Barnard, 18. a top water skier and daughter of heart transplant surgeon Or. Christian Barnard underwent an operation here today to remove a cartilage from her right knee.
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    • 32 5 ALGIERS. Sun. (Reuter) The Organisation of African Unity’s liberation committee last night recognised the movement for the independence of the Spanish Canary Islands which, it said, were “part of Africa.”
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    • 91 5 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Police today girded for a second big-anti-Vietnam war rally in London's stately Grosvencr Square, where thousands of demonstrators laid seige to the American Embassy in a violent protest on March 17. Organisers of the demonstration said they expected 10.000 persons to converge at
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    • 202 5 HAIFA, Sun. (Reuter) Israel's Defence Minister General Moshe Dayan said last night that a genuine and basic settlement between Israel and the Arabs was now nearer than ever before. Speaking at a labour rally near here, he said: "Anybody who looks with realistic eyes at the
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    • 125 5 CAPE TOWN. Sun. (Reuter) Dr. Philip Blaiberg. the South African heart transplant patient, has completely shaken off the lung trouble which brought him to the point of death just over a fortnight ago. a hospital bulletin reported todayThe bulletin the first to be issued for some
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    • 81 5 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI> An American Institution celebrated a birthday yesterday the ice cream cone is 65-years-old. In 1903, A.J. Doumar was selling ice cream sandwiched between two thin waffles U» customers at New York's Coney Island. Then he hit on the idea of
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    • 67 5 HONOLULU. Sun. (UPI) The talks between Presidents Johnson and Thieu have ended. They said the U.S. and South Vietnam will keep up the war at the present level but called on North Vietnam to be “realistic" at the Paris talks. The two Presidents issued a joint
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    • 66 5 BRUSSELS. Sun. (UPI) The Common Market has agreed to give France an economic shot in the arm with new loans for French industry. The move will help France recover from her recent economic crisis. At the same time. Ministers of the Common Market countries criticised President
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    • 60 5 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Ousted Iraqi President Abdel Rahman Mohammed Arif has been granted a th’-ee-month visa to stay in Britain as a private citizen. the Home Office said last night. General Arif, toppled by a coup last week, is in Britain to visit his wife
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    • 101 5 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) The Sunday Telegraph today replaced scheduled three-column photograph of Prime Minister Harold Wilson with a blank space and blamed it on an engraver's union go-slow. Inside the blank space was a small box apologising for the lack of several other photographs
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    • 258 5 AFTER THE WCC LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Church unity is likely to dommate discussions when 450 bishops from every continent attend the Anglican communion's Lambeth conference which opens here this week. The bishops, bound together by loyalty rather than any central authority, will also seek
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    • 56 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (UPI) Defence Secretary Clark Clifford says he doesn’t expect any changes in allied strategy or tactics in Vietnam. Mr. Clifford returned yesterday from an inspection trip The secretary said the allies chief objective currently is to stop a Communist offensive. He said the enemy attack could
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    • 87 5 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Nigerians and Biafrans lay bleeding on the pavement here today after a clash near the Zambian High Commission. About 30 members of the Nigerian Students’ Action Committee marched on the High Commission with a letter protesting over Zambia’s recognition of Biafra As they
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    • 96 5 LONDON. Sun (Reuterf Beryl Mellish, the “Shotgun” bride of Aus.-raiian gunman Wallace Mellish. -believes she may be carrying his child and is tormented by the thought, the Sunday newspaper The People ported today. The 18-year-old Mrs Mellish and her young son. Leslie. were held hostage
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    • 60 5 BOGOTA, Colombia. Sun. (Reuter) At least eight people were killed today when a rockfall trapped a group of about 50 in an emerald mine near here. Marcos Garcia, a partner in the mine, said the trapped men were not miners but strangers who entered the,,
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    • 138 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter)—China's military commanders have been ordered to use their troops to put down all factional fighting inside China by the end of this month, the Englishlanguage Star said today. Quoting its own sources Inside China, the afternoon tabloid said the
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    • 113 6 ISTANBUL. Sun. (UPIVLeftist Turkish students mounted more anti-American demonstrations yesterday but police and troops kept them in check. Turkish authorities kept tight rein on the 2.500-strong demonstration, refusing permission for a march through the city and ringing the students with a cordon of police and
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    • 86 6 LIMA, Preu Sun (Reuter) fcThe first radio-active cloud from a French nuclear explosion in the Pacific Ocean early this month passed over northern Chile in the past few days, a communique from the Peruvian Atomic Energy Control Board said today. But no radio-activity has fallen over
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    • 59 6 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) Indonesian sea patrol has captured three Malaysian motor boats for allegedly fishing in Indonesian territorial waters Reporting this today Antara news agency said the boats were intercepted off Karimun Island. Indonesia claims a 12-mile territorial limit. The boats are currently being held
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    • 60 6 HOUSTON Texas. Sun. (Reuter) A 58-year-old retired barber, Fredi C. Everman, today received the heart of a 33-year-old housewife in the sixth heart transplant performed at St. Luke's Hospital here. A hospital statement after the two-hour operation said Everman was “doing well, with all vital
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    • 177 6 PARIS, Sun. President Charles De Gaulle with members of the new French Government at the Elysee Palace. Seen, left to right are: Phillippe Malaud. secretary of State for General Administration; Robert Galley. Scientific Research: Andre Bord. Interior Ministry Secretary of state; Francois Xavier Ortoli. Economy and Finance Minister; official raising
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    • 161 6 GEORGETOWN. Sun. (Reuter) The Guyana government today called for volunteers between the ages of 18 and 24 to learn ‘the handling of basic weapons" and prepare for internal security duties. The announcement in the nation's official gazette made no specific mention of the simmering border crisis
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    • 181 6 CAIRNS. Queensland, Sun. (UPI) An air search resumed at dawn today for a fishing boat, believed to be a Chinese poacher, operating off the north Queensland coast. The boat was first sighted about 4.30 p.m. on Thursday, some five miles north of Green Island, inside
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    • 146 6 NICE. France. Sun. (UPI) Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Takeo Miki spent yesterday sight seeing and eating local specialities on the French Riviera. Mr. Miki accompanied by Japanese Ambassador to France Mr Akira Matsui arrived on Friday night for a short rest after concluding an official
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    • 94 6 LAS VEGAS. Nevada. Sun. (UPI) Fire of unknown origin roared through a wing of a luxury hotelcasino on the Strip early yesterday forcing some of the 400 guest to jump from second-storey windows and sending 29 persons to a hospital for treatment. After firemen quelled the blaze.
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    • 457 6 Soviet ‘master spy failed to get into Australia... ADELAIDE, South Australia, Sun. (UPI). A Soviet "master spy" tricked a Melbourne (Victoria) man into sponsoring him as a migrant to Australia, but was thwarted by the Australian Immigration Department, leading to the expulsion of a Russian diplomat from Australia. The incident,
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    • 362 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPl).—Congressman Otto Passman, long time foe of American foreign aid, believes that Americans "have been token for suckers" by joining the Asia Development Bank. Mr. Passman told members of the House Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, of which he is chairman, that
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    • 133 6 ABINGDON. England. Sun. (UPI) Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home pledged yesterday that Britain would return to the Persian Gulf and Singapore if possible if his party regains power. Sir Alec now “shadow” Foreign Secretary, was addressing a 1,000-strong Convervative rally in this Berkshire town. He
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    • 140 6 CHICAGO, Sun. (UPI) A one-storey frame building housing three businesses in downtown Chicago was levelled by an explosion last night. More than 30 persons were reported injured. The explosion overturned nearby parked cars, shattered windows and dropped ceilings in other buildings four blocks from the scene.
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    • 278 7 JAKARTA, Sun. (Rtuter) The new military commander of West Irian, Brigadier General Sarwo Edhie, has said Indonesia will win next year's plebiscite in the former Dutch-controlled territory, the Antara news agency reported today. The plebiscite is being held to determine whether the inhabitants of
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    • 111 7 COLOMBO. Sun. (Reuter) —Ceylon police, fearing large-«rale bloodshed, have Strengthened their forces in Jaffna after clashes between high and low caste Hindus over entry to high-caste temples. A number of clashes have been reported in the past few days in Jaffna. 200 miles north of
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    • 50 7 LA RIVIERE. Manitoba. Sun. (Reuter) A tornado smashed through a Pembina River valley skiing resort area about 70 miles southwest of Winnipeg last night, flattening cabins. flipping over at least one car and heavily damaging barns and homes in nearby communities. No deaths were immediately reported.
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    • 98 7 BARCELONA. Venezuela, Sun. (Reuter) —A motorist has been fined a goat, two dozen eggs, and a cheese by a traffic policeman here because he did not carry his driving licence or identity papers. A local newspaper said Jose Almeida was worried when he was
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    • 74 7 JAKARTA, Sun (UPI) Government authorities have ordered the evacuation of Ngandjuk and Kedira in East Java Continued monsoon rains overflowed Brantas River and broke down dikes, threatening the areas with floods for the second time this year. Eleven houses were reported destroyed in Ngandjuk. But the
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    • 53 7 SEVILLE Spain: Joseph Kennedy 15 years old son of the late Senator Robert Kennedy trying his hand at bullfighting whilst on holiday near here last weekJoseph who later received a slight gash when knocked down by the baby bull said. “I wouldn’t mind
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    • 358 7 D-Day at the Kremlin MOSCOW, Sun. (Reuter) The Soviet L'nion was believed today to be edging towards an agonising derision on whether to countenance the use of force to impose its will on Czechoslovakia or continue with its political pressure against the Prague leadership. This
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    • 51 7 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) surging flood waters swamped fresh areas of the South Indian state of Kerala today, killing six people and driving thousands from their homes. At least 147 people have died in the floods caused by torrential monsoon rains in seven Indian states this
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    • 188 7 Just like on TV NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter). A mystery machine gunner who has apparently been triggering off unaimed bursts for several months on New York's West Side was picked up by police yesterday after firing his latest fusillade. Sam Fazone, 32. was
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    • 389 7 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) South Vietnamese troops have freed Vietcong hostages, lashed together in two pathetic groups and scarred by beatings, after their captors ran away, a U.S. official said. The guerillas had left them while they prepared an ambush for advancing government troops. But
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    • 106 7 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) Police hurling teargas grenades clashed here today with at least 5.000 demonstrators protesting against a reported Soviet decision to sell arms to Pakistan. At least 37 from a total police force of 1.400 were injured in scuffles as the demonstrators
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    • 76 7 CASTELGANDOLFO. Near Rome, Sun. (Reuter) —Pope Paul today publicly admitted that the Vatican was hiring bloackade-running planes through various charitable agencies to smuggle food and medicine to war refugees in Biafra. The Pope, making his first public appearance since moving to his summer residence here last
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    • 112 7 ROME. Sun. (UPI) The residence of the Soviet Ambassador to Italy was struck by a burst of machinegun fire on Saturday night, one week after shots were fired into the door of another Russian building here. A police spokesman said the shots apparently were fired
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    • 485 7 HONG KONG. Sun. (I'PI) Hong Kong's Communist-run schools have all but abandoned conventional academic Instruction and teach little beyond rote exercises in Communist doctrine. according to a newspaper survey. The South China Sunday Post-Herald reported that about 20,000 youngsters are enrolled
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  • 778 8 THE Commander of the sth Malaysian Infantry Brigade brought up a significant point when he briefed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the situation in Sabah during His Majesty's recent visit. Brigadier Tunku Ahmad bin Tunku Besar Burhanuddin said the people of the Southern Philippines
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  • 247 8 ONE of my grand-children asked me the actual meaning of the word BL'MIPUTRA I explained to him “bum!" is earth and “putra” is son. therefore the whole word means son of the (earth) soil. Then he asked me, “are nil Malays sons of the soil?’’ I rot
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  • 636 8 Indonesia JAKARTA, Sun. (UPI) “How much longer will Merdeka (freedom) last?’’ It is an embarrassing question which Indonesian government officials touring the provinces have to answer all too often. It Is not an easy question to answer. For in it is expressed the years of hardship® the
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    • 436 8 May I refer to two letters arising from my interview with your newspaper on July 4, 1968. I am afraid that your correspondents C.F.K. and S.Y. Lee have taken me out of context and have ignored the crux of the whole matter, it being
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    • 227 8 IN supporting the plea for clemency for the eleven condemned men, I would like to raise the whole question of capital punishment in our Malaysian society at this time. Has the time come for Malaysia to join the forwardlooking nations that have abolished the death
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    • 132 8 “ALLOW me. a fervent reader of the Eastern Sun, to extend my heartiest congratulations on your 2nd Anniversary and best wishes for continued success and popularity. The advent of your newspaper has filled a dire need in this country for an independent and courageous forum and media for
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    • 577 8 AS a member of the long-silent portion of the population of mv country that has been viewing the Sabah imbroglio with increasing exasperation and dismay, I would like to let whatever remaining friends we have know what we think and feel. I realise one
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    • 437 8  -  By SIMON MULLER LIMA, Sun. Indian peasants in Southern Peru rely on astronomy handed down by the Incas and their predecessors dating back to 1,000 B.C. according to a new survey. Peasants in the Amphay area know that the earth revolves on Its
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    • 395 8 Population explosion SALISBURY, Sun. (Reuter) The threat of an African population explosion hangs over White-ruled Rhodesia like a menacing shadow. This is the real “black power” threat more dangerous than all the armed guerrillas who may cross the Zambesi River. Rhodesia’s White population rule a
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    • 109 8 THREE new issues are listed recently in the Stock Exchange in three successive days beginning the 8th of July Borneo Berhad and Acme are allowed to deal in both ready and delayed basis whereas the Malayan Flour is done only on ready basis To the general public,
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    • 98 8 APROPOS the letter on holiday for the daily rated, it is hoped when the proposed eleven public holidays for Singapore are drawn up, they are really public holidays when no one including the humble daily-rated need have to work. At present the daily-rated of Statutory Boards
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    • 43 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper MONDAY. JULY 22. 1968 23>8. Cantonment Read. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipeh Office 39, |alan Sultan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Telephone: *****/6 8, Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77, Brewster Road, Tel: 7232 S Cob!* Address: AW NEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 827 9 The weekly market review SINGAPORE, Sun.—After the comparatively featureful and active days of recent weeks, last week's trading on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore was a complete contrast. Although the suspension of trading to deal with a pile of
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    • 548 9  -  By VICENTE MALIWANAG Manila, Sun. (UPI). Asia's economic spectrum ranged far and wide this week from sugar to tea and from coal to yale locks. The sugar quotas In the U.S. market of four countries in the Asian and the
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    • 367 9  -  By Bernard Brenner COLLEGE PARK. Maryland, Sun. (UPI) A picture of wide-ranging scientific effort to provide more meat, milk and eggs for the world’s growing population was unveiled here this week. The Second World Conference on Animal Production, a week-long meeting which ended yesterday
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    • 369 9  -  By HILARY BARNES COPENHAGEN, Sun. (Reuter) The Danish Government is confident that it has overcome inflationary threats and has the nation's economy under control. The economic problem was acute when Prime Minister Hilmar Baunsgaard took office last February at the head of a
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    • 140 9 The I.A.C. Group of companies has announced the complete re-organisation of the company in West Malaysia. The company’s general manager. Mr. J.R.S. Kirkham, said the reorganisation was to further Improve Its services to customers. The company Is now divided Into four major divisions. They are Carrier Wholesale,
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    • 219 9 HAKONE. Japan. Sun. (UPI) The Presidents of 14 Japanese automobile companies agreed a meeting yesterday that foreign investment should be kept out of the Industry for some time. The meeting came at a time when Japan is under increasing pressure from other
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    • 1147 9 OSAKA, Sun. (JEB). The Japan Association for the giant World Exposition in Osaka in 1970, has almost completed elaborate plans for this great event, which will display the world's super talents in trade, industry and all-round progress in the technical field.. True
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  • Eastern Sun weekly feature
    • 929 11 S’pore-K. Lumpur diary SLNGAPOItE Tuesday (July 23). 6.30 p.m.: Mr. S. Rajaratrtam, the MiriisWr for Foreign Affairs and Labour, will be guest at the inaugural meeting of the News Vendors Association at Race Course Road. Wednesday (July 24) 5 p.m Commission ceremony of SAFTI service officer cadets
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL TEN DOLLATS ESSAY WINNERS
    • 420 12 ALL THE WAY FROM FIJI A STUDENT WRITES ABOUT... A SICK, old and feeble woman lay on her bed near an open window. Her eyes which were once bright were now reduced to dullness indicating that she was in pain and
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    • 141 12 ALTHOUGH I am a student of an academic school. I can prove that technical education Is more useful. As we know that industries are increasing rapidly in Singapore. »hey are greatly in need of skilled technicians, and the need for white-collar workers are decreasing.
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    • 162 12 AS I was strolling along the beach and enjoying the fresh air, I saw a bundle of clothes lying nearby. This ‘bundle’ turned out to be a beggar who was I-c-Hy clad in a pair of pants that was too large uv nim. He wore
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    • 440 12 AT last I was permitted to leave the hospital, though my Illness was not completely cured. It needed quite a long period to heal, as the doctor had advised. So, I was brought into a villa —a fascinating and dreamy ‘paradise’, I called
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    • 349 12 “FAR From the Madding Crowd” —a motion picture based on Thomas Hardy’s novel of the same name, was shown at the Pavilion Theatre recently. My friends who had seen it claimed that it was a beautiful film a rare change from
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    • 387 12 THE old clock struck ten. The atmosphere was still. Every now and then, the dogs broke the silent atmosphere. My parents had gone to a dinner and I was left to stay in my aunt’s house. She was sleeping soundly while I was doing my homework. I
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    • 244 12 IN a multi-racial country like Singapore there are many problems which the government has to face. Some of the problems are that of the increasing population and the heavy traffic in our Republic. Singapore, as we know is a small island. Her population is increasing day
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    • 395 12 EVEN as a child I had a liking for agriculture. My upbringing had much to do with this. I grew up in a place where the people looked to the land for their living. Fruit trees, coconut palms and rubber trees took up much of the land.
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    • 253 12 AN ideal student should do his school work well. He should pay attention in class and show interest in his studies. He should be honest in his work. If he does not know how to do it, he should not copy from others. When he finds something
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    • 50 13 1 I ii 1968 AUTUMN TRADE FAIR AND CARNIVAL Girls above 17 years who wish to participate in the AUTUMN TRADE FAIR CARNIVAL QUEEN 1968 arc cordially invited to write for entry forms from The Producer, Autumn Trade Fair Carnival Queen, Great World Amusement Park, Kim Seng Road, S’pore 9.
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    • 213 13 SHAW iGANisnnow LIDO Phone ***** OPENS TODAY! 11 am., 1.45, 4 on. 6.30 A 9 15 p.m. Pietro Oermi's "THE CLIMAX" (OA) Tognarn Stefanla Sandrelll COMING BOON! Aronnd The World In *0 Days” Color. David Niven, Cantmflaa LAST 3 DAYS No Free Lilt! 11 am., 1.30. 4 00. < 45
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  • Sun Sport
    • 118 14 BUENOS AIRES, Sun. (Reuter) Horacio Accavallo. the 33-year-old Argentinian who is recognised as world flyweight champion by the World Boxing Association (W.8.A.) will defend his title against Brazil's Jose Severino here in October, it was announced. Accavallo’s manager said the W.B.A. had appointed Severino challenger because of
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    • 47 14 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Vera Nikolic, of Yugoslavia, set a world record for the women’s 800 metres here yesterday when she clocked two minutes 0.5 seconds This clipped half a second off the previous record of 2-01.0 set by Australian Judy Pollock, in Helsinki last year.
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    • 80 14 A CANDIDATE for the Olympic Games in Mexico Willi Jaschek (picture) of Heusenstamm. Although he only came second behind the brilliant Japanese gymnast Koji Takizawa in the Olympic Twelve Gymnastic Exercises Combined event at the German Gymnastics Festival, he won the title of German champion. Takizawa, who is studying at
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    • 650 14 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Ted Dexter, the former England cricket captain, played his first English County cricket game for two seasons yesterday and hammered a double century off the Kent bowlers. With a number of England’s leading players injured. Dexter gave the selectors ample evidence that he
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    • 289 14 BRANDS HATCH. England. Sun. (Reuter) Swiss driver Jo Siffert, in a Lotus-Ford, scored his first Grand Prix triumph here yesterday with an upset victory m the British event, seventh leg of the world drivers championship. Siffert. 32, was given little chance
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    • 181 14 LOS ANGELES, Sun. (Reuter) Veteran Pancho Gonzales fought back brilliantly to upset Australian Rod Laver and win a US$2O,OOO professional tennis tournament here last night. Gonzales. 40, lost the first set to the Wimbledon open champion 1-6 but his strong serve and ground strokes enabled him to
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    • 40 14 EASTBOURNE. England. Sun. (Reuter) Brazilian Maria Bueno won the women’s singles title at the Rothman's invitation lawn tennis tournament here yesterday. In the final the former Wimbledon champion beat Judy Tegart, the leading Australian woman player, 6-2 6-4.
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    • 1972 15  -  LARATOR ($170) CREATES AN UPSET By WINDSOR LAD pENANG, Sun. Tudor Cloud, a four-year-old gelding by Tudor Court, gave a magnificent display when he inflicted a half length beating on Hopeful Dawn (apprentice Hassan) to annex the Batu Gantong Cup run over BJf here this afternoon.
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    • 130 15 SEREMBAN, Sun. A bright knock of 76 not out bv P Alagendra enabled the Malaysian Cricket Association President's XI to score an eight wicket win over N.S.CA. President’s XI in the first match of an annual series between the two teams at the
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    • 93 15 IPOH. sun. At the annual general meeting of the Perak Indian Football Association at UMNO House in Brewster Road here yesterday. it was decided to change their name to Perak Indian Sports Association. The association would become a controlling body of all sports' activities among the
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    • 647 15 SINGAPORE. Sun. Top sprinter Canagasabai Kunalan had to withdraw from the 100 and 200 metres dash because of a muscle pull during the Swift Athletes Association’s annual championships held at the Farrer Park Centre today. Kunalan. a schoolteacher.
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    • 47 15 Vera Nikollc of Yugoslav wins the 800 m. in the world record time of 2 mins. 00.5 secs, at the women’s AAA championships in London on Saturday. Crystal Palace of Britain (left) eame in second and Doris Brown of the U.S. third. UPI radiophoto
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    • 569 15  -  DORALL, KLEINMAN BEATEN AT SAAA MEET By HARI CHAND KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. It was a shocking and surprising first day in the two-day Selangor Amateur Athletic Association meet when SEAP Games sprint champion G. Rajalingam was disqualified and international women sprinters Cheryl Dorall and Jackie Kleinman beaten
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    • 179 15 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuter) Colombia’s first-ranked lightweight Ulisses Botero takes on world junior lightweight champion Hiroshi Kobayashi in a 10-round non-title bout here tomorrow. Johnny Villafoloro, Filipino manager of the 28-year-old Los Angeles-based Colombian, said today his boy would go from the start for
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    • 122 15 ALOR STAR, Bun. Perak won the Te»rath Ram Shield with 110 points at the quadrangular athletics meet at the Darulaman Stadium here today. Kedah, with 95 points came second, while Penang with 51 points, was third. The only Malaysian record that came near to being
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    • 120 15 SINGAPORE. Sun. Chief Justice Mr. Wee Chong Jin, handicapped 14. shot a gross 81 nett 87 to top the list of qualifying the Eu Tong Sen qualifying round held at the Singapore Island Country Club today. For his grand performance Justice Wee. with a
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    • 194 16 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter)— Vera Nikolic, 20-year-old European champion from Yugoslavia, showed her Gold Medal potential for the forthcoming Olympic Games when she clipped half a second off the women’s 800 metres world record here yesterday. Miss Nikolic. world-record holder for the 880 yards, sped round
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    • 192 16 THE CURRAGH. Irish Republic. Sun. (Reuter) Eng-lish-trained Celina. who led throughout, won the £20.000 Irish Guinness Oaks classic horse-race yesterday. Celina, owned by Mrs. JRHindley, was brilliantly ridden by young jockey Sandy Barclay who shot his mount out of the starting stalls and was never headed
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    • 391 16 MOSCOW, Sun. (Reuter) Aslan sprint champion Manika Jegathesan (Malaysia) completed a remarkable recovery from a pulled hamstring muscle injury yesterday when he equalled his own personal best performance by clocking 10.3 secs, for 100 metres in Leningrad. Only a
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    • 264 16 SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Sun. (Reuter) Marty Fleckman and Frank Beard both fired two-over par 72’s in the third round of the Professional Golfers Association championship here yesterday, but still managed to increase their lead over the rest of the field. With 54-hole totals
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    • 51 16 HOYLAKE, England. Sun. (Reuter) Australian Mrs. Margaret Court needed only 40 minutes to win the Hoylake Open tennis title here yesterday when she beat Britain s Virgina Wade 6-2. 6-4 in the final. Mrs. Court has now beaten Miss Wade five times in six meetings this
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    • 121 16 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Tom Graveney has informed the England cricket selectors that he may not be fit for the Fourth Test match against Australia at Leeds next Thursday. Graveney. the Worcester shire captain is the fourth leading England batsmen to suffer an injury, the others
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    • 83 16 SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. California. Sun (UPI) U.S. Olympic track and field candidates will get their first high altitude workout in an intra-squad meet on July 27. It will be held on the specially built track at the 7,377-foot level of Echo Summit to ‘‘give a progress report
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    • 30 16 A smiling Gary Player of South Africa shows spectators the trophy after his victory in the Open golf championship at Caroustie. Scotland, last week. UPI photo.
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    • 319 16 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) England's cricket selectors. constricted by injuries to star batsmen, today recalled former captain Ted Dexter to the squad from which the team to tackie Australia at Leeds in the Fourth Test, beginning next Thursday, will be chosen. The selectors had
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    • 176 16 Davis Cup DUESSELDORF. Sun. (UPI) South Africa yesterday reduced their arrears to 1-2. winning the doubles in the group B' European Zone Davis Cup final against West Germany. Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan beat West Germany’s Ingo Buding and Juergen Fassbaender in straight set, 6-4. 6-2,
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    • 96 16 BARCELONA. Sun. <UPI> Australian-b or n Martin Mulligan and Nicola Pietraiigeli yesterdav kept Italy's Davis Cup hopes going by beating Spain in the European Zone 'A' Davis Cup finals. 7-5, 6-2. 3-6. 6-3. The Italian team doubles victory over Manuel Orantes and 'Jose Luis Arilla
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    • 78 16 LOS ANGELES. Sun. (Reuter) Gary Hall of Lone Beach. California, set a new world record in the final of the men’s 400 metres individual medley at the Los Angeles invitational swimming c h a m pionships yesterday at four minutes, 43.4 seconds He beat the previous
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    • 365 16 SYDNEY, Sun. (UPI). A team of "rebel" swimmers will represent Australia in the Mexican Olympics, despite the fact that they will do so unofficially. They are members of a water polo team the Australian Swimming Union (ASU) nominated for inclusion in Australia's
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    • 125 16 Mexico Games SINGAPORE. Sun. Tan Thuan Heng. Singapore's top swimmer and “Golden Girl” Patricia Chan will make their bids for the Mexico Olympic Games tickets in the second official trial to be held at the Chinese Swimming Club tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. Thuan Heng.
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    • 229 16 SINGAPORE. Sun. Youth champion Lee Wah Chin will meet the Singapore Combined Schools No. 1 singles player. Low Kee Wah in the semifinals of the Singapore Badminton Association men's junior singles championship. at the Singapore Badminton Hall, tomorrow at 8.00 p m. Lee,
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    • 135 16 BRESCIA. Italy. Sun. (Reuter) West German athlete Heinfried Birlenbach set a New European shot putt-record at an international meetine here yesterday with a throw of 20.18 metres (66 ft- 2 and a half ins). The previous European record was held by East German Dieter Hoffmann with
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    • 68 16 BLOEMFONTEIN. South Africa Sun. <UPI) The British Lions gamed a ragged 9-3 victory over Orange Free State last night, but not before Welsh centre Gerald Davies of the visitors was knocked out of the game with a dislocated elbow. Poor co-ordination among the backs wrecked the
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    • 190 14 TENDERS KENYATAAN TAWARAN IBU PEJABAT, J.K.R. TAWARAN2 daripada pemborong2 yang berdaftar dengan J.K.R. di-bawah Kelas E hingga C Kepala II akan diterima di-Pejabat Pengarah Kerja Raya. Ibu Pejabat, J.K.R.. Jalan Maxwell. Kuala Lumpur hingga Jam pukul 12.00 tengah harl pada 12hb. Ogos 1968 untok:— CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION OF DENTAL CENTRE
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    • 264 14 MAJLIS PERBANDARAN IPOH TOWN BOARDS ENACTMENT (F.M.S CAP. 137) NOTICE UNDER SECTION 137 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it is proposed under section 144 of the Town Boards Enactment (F.M.S. Cap. 137) to amend the Ipoh Approved Town Plan No. B 3 published as Notification No. 2846 in the Federated
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    • 56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 10.55 a.m. (6.9 ft.), 11.29 p.m. (5.9 ft.). Port Swettenham: 2.55 a.m. (12.0 ft.), 3.08 pm. (13.4 ft.). Port Dickson: 3.56 a.m. (6.1 ft.), 5.01 p.m. (7.3 ft.). Singapore: 10.06 a.m. (6.3 ft.), 8.22 p.m. (7.3 ft.). Sediii Kechil: 9.04 a.m. (6.8 ft.), 5.58 p.m. (6.2
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