Eastern Sun, 28 July 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE SUNDAY EDITION ,96 6. Vol. 3 No. 717 Sunday. 28 July 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cent.
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  • 303 1 ‘Dubcek not outvoted’ PRAGUE, Sat. Reuter—Messages of support from all over Czechoslovakia flooded into Communist Party Headquarters today, as the crucial SovietC z echoslovak summit which will decide the country's future course approached. Factory workers are even asking to meet the Kremlin leaders themselves,
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  • 171 1 PARIS. Sat. (I PI) French newspapers have said the removal of Lt. Gen. Vaclav Prchlik was done by the Czech Government under pressure from Moscow, and that it might open the door to other concessions to Soviet Russia. The middle-road newspaper France-Soir recalled, in
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  • 63 1 But not in fu ll... MOSCOW. Sat. (Reuter) The Moscow' newspaper Pravda today reprinted an editorial from the Hungarian Communist Party newspaper comparing the situation in Czechoslovakia with that in Hungary before the 1956 uprising. But Pravda edited out of the article a sentence appealing to the Czechoslovak leaders not
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  • 33 1 MOSCOW. Sat. (UPI) Soviet newspapers today said the Red Air Force has joined the massive war games being played in the background of the worsening Czech-Russian crisis.
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  • 155 1 BANGKOK, Sat. (Reuter) Communist guerillas who attacked the U.S. airbase at Udorn in northeastern Thailand last night killed four U.S. security guards, destroyed one U.S. aircraft and damaged two others, according to latest reports reaching Bangkok. The reports, which identified the Communist guerillas as
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  • 91 1 MEXICO CITY. Sa*. (CPI) A polio-crippled teenager. with “super strong arms” accidentally crushed his younger brother's skull in a wrestling match on Friday. killing him. Jorge Castro, 15. was holding a friendly wrestling match with his younger brothers Mario. 11. and Ernesto 9
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  • 70 1 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter)— Britain’s second heart graft patient remains seriously ill. the hospital reported today. nearly 24 hours after he had been given the heart of a man killed in a car crash. The donor was Derek Birkbeck, 34, killed while drivine his family out
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  • 40 1 HONG KONG. Sat (Reuter) The Peking People’s Daily said today the revolutionary mass movement led by Chairman Mao Tse-Tung had passed a political death sentence on China’s Head of State. Liu Shao-Chi. the New China News Agency reported.
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  • 303 1  -  By JOHN KAM SINGAPORE. Sat. The survival and prosperity of Singapore in the seventies and eighties will depend largely on how quickly and efficiently Singapore can modernise itself and become a technological society. This was stated today by Mr. S. Rajaratnam when he spoke
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  • 222 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, has appealed to the Sultan of Johore. the Regent of Perak and the States' Pardons Boards for clemency for the 13 condemned men awaiting execution for consorting with armed Indonesians during Confrontation. The Attorney-General. Tan
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  • 48 1 KARACHI. Pakistan. Sat. (Reuter) Police at Quetta in East Pakistan thought there was something suspicious about four old ladies they spotted at the railway station. A search revealed that between them they were carrying 90 bottles of illicit liquor in their belongings.
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  • 38 1 KOKOLO. Finland. Sat. (UPI) —A white-gowned ghost who attracted hundreds of spectators and caused traffic jams last night turned out to be a schoolgirl wearing a bed sheet. She wated to if people still were superstitious.
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  • 41 1 BOLZANO. Italy. Sat. (Reuter) —Fifty bars of old German soap have been seized from a shop near here on suspicion that they were made from the remains of prisoners in wartime Nazi prison camps, police said today.
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  • 793 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Malaysian Government has rejected assertions by the Philippine Government that the delegation’ at the Sabah claim talks in Bangkok had ‘‘no competence to pass upon the merits of the claim.” The Malaysian Government said as far as it was
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  • 209 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Tun Abdul Razak. today said he was prepared to meet the Philippine Foreign Secretary. Mr. Narciso Ramos, in Jakarta on the Philippine claim to Sabah. The Deputy Premier will be attending the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Jakarta next month. He
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 1548 2 I TOHORE BAHRU, J Sat. At the request of Justice Raja Azlan, a political detainee and Secretary-General of the Labour Party of Malaya, Mr. Tan Kai Hee today revealed the names of six "big" people who were in
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    • 40 2 KUALA LUMPUR, s*t Thieves broke into a house at Ladang Getah Bukit Darah Kudang, Rawang. and got aw’ay with cash and jewellery amounting to $2,153 yesterday. The victim wa* A. Mudiapan. 21, a tapper in the estate
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    • 498 2  -  BY Chan Kam Yau IPOH. Sat.— The citizens of Greendale. or for that matter, those of any other American town or city, can hardly be expected to know anything about Innh or the Anglo-Chinese School. That is. until Ron Koehn, an American
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    • 151 2 SYDNEY, Sat (Reuter) Police armed with rifles and tear-gas surrounded a house in a Sydney suburb today where a man is holding his 13-year-old wife and a eix-mcntb-old baby hostage after a shooting incident. Five blasts from a shotgun were heard before the man
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    • 118 2 CAIRO. Sat. (Reuter) President Nasser, who flew to the Soviet Union yesterday for medical treatment, is suffering from inflammation of the leg, but otherwise his health is good, the newspaper AI Ah ram said today. After a thorough examination by Egyptian and Soviet
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    • 70 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman, will leave for Brunei on Wednesday to attend the Coronation of the Sultan of Brunei, Sultan Hassanol Bolkiah which takes place on Aug. 1. A spokesman of the Prime Minister’s Department said the Tunku will be
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    • 46 2 KUALA LUMPUF, Sat. A youth wsls shot In the leg when he tried to escape after he was arrested by police last night. Earlier, the youth who U on the Selangor police wanted list was arrested at Salalc South Gardena at 7 pm.
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    • 373 2 MANILA. Sat. (Reuter) Manila Times columnist Maximo V. Soliven said today that if the Philippines was expecting sympathy from the rest of Asia regarding her claim to Sabah she had better think again. Soliven writing in hi* eolumu “by the way” said: “There Is
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    • 88 2 National Art Gallery (Jalan Ampang:) Exhibition of batek design and art 10 a m. to 6.30 p.m. Peninsular Art Gallery (41, Jalan Raja Muda). Exhibition of works by prominent Malaysian artists 9 am. to 6 p.m. Samat Art Gallery (AIA Building): Exhibition of 'Oriento-Bvzantine’’ art by Lee Joo
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    • 151 2 PENANG. Sat. More police posts will be set up along the Malaysian-Thai border and armoured cars will he used in an all-out effort to wipe out Communist terrorists in the jungle area there This was disclosed by the Deputy Chief of Staff of
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    • 59 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The National Treasurer of the Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, Mr V. Veerappan, was admitted to the Bar today. Mr. Veerappan's admission was proposed by Mr. Ronald Yeo, former Secretary of the Selangor Bar Committee. The ceremony was held in the High Court here before
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    • 51 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Three youths took 'pity’ on a taxi-driver. Low Kin Ting, 30, and gave him back $5 after robbing him of bis Mercedes Benz taxi and $l5 at Jalan Pasar last night. The taxi was later found abandoned 100 yards away from the
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    • 22 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Thieves broke into Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Bungsar and got away with a typewriter valued at $3OO yesterday.
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    • 63 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Minister of Finance. Tun Tan Siew Sin, will go on a month’s leave from tomorrow. During his absence, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Tan Sri Dr. Lim Swee Ann, will act as Finance Minister, a Ministry spokesman said today. Tun
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    • 158 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A national committee would be set up by the Government to help ex-service-men said the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. here today. Speaking at the opening of the UMMO Bukit Bintang Division meeting held at Dewan Sharifah Rodziah.
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    • 1067 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, today explained why Singapore must become a technological society as soon as possible. Speaking at the convocation of the Singapore Polytechnic held at the Conference Hall, Shenton Way. he also discussed
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    • 591 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. There is a wide open field of opportunity in Singapore for those who are prepared to break fresh ground bv courageous planning and creativity in technology, said Mr. A. Robert Edis, Principal of the Singapore Polytechnic. Mr. Edis
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    • 563 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Defence Minister. Mr. Lim Kim San. today outlined the salary scales of University and Polytechnic graduates serving in the Singapore Armed Forces under the National Service. “We agree that if you get a job with your qualifications
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    • 261 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The people in the Republic were urged to open an account in the Post Office Savings Bank as this would not only help them in their old age but also the Government to finance its many development projects. The call was
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    • 220 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Minister for Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, said today the fate of 20 Chinese private secondary schools will be decided at a two-day meeting of Chief Education Officers in Alor Star on Aug. 5 and 6. Enche Khir said
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    • 177 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat—A former studio-cameraman, Chi* Lum. protested incessantly in Magistrate’s Court here today when a sobbing vegetable-seller referred to him as her son. More than twice he jumped to his feet and requested the Magistrate. Mr. Tham Earn Weng, to ask 58-year-old
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    • 151 4 SUNGEI PAT AMI. Sat. The National Union of Teachers has urged the MiBister of Education Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, to defer implementations of the proposed double promotion scheme for gifted primary Bupils, until he has sought the views of parents and teachers. NUT’s General Secretary, Mr
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    • 27 4 LUMPUR, Sat.— Peliee arrested two youtha in- the act of forcing open a c<sn box from a telephone booth at Medan Pasar here last night
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    • 53 4 KAMPAR. Sat. Two members of the Labour Party were detained under the Internal Security Act here last night. Both men were picked up In their homes, a police spokesman said today. The spokesman would not disclose their names but said they were “active members” of
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    • 339 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. today urged Singapore industrialists to expand production In the direction of sophisticated goods. He was speaking at the opening of the Raya Mills Corporation Ltd. —a joint venture between Riverside Mills Corp. of Manila (30 per
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    • 130 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Singapore Musical Society will hold its third Sunday Afternoon Concert for Young People at the Cultural Centre Theatre at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Miss Lee Tzu Pheng who Is a tutor at the University of Singapore, will be at the concert to
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    • 67 4 The Chief Minister of Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, on Friday, declared open a three-day Civies Course for 80 members of the Women's Institute of the State of Penang. The theme of the course is “The Role of Women in National Development.” Picture shows the Chief Minister addressing at
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    • 175 4 TEMERLOH. Sat. The Pahang Government is to open up 35.000 acres of land for youths. The Mentri Besar of Pahang. Tan Sri Haji Yahya bin Mohd. Seh. said today land schemes for youths had been started in all districts in the State, except Cameron
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    • 79 4 MALACCA, Sat. A on f. Kong seaman, pleading for leniency In the Sessions Court here yesterday, was told that the court was not a market nlare where he could bargain. Chong Koon Kan, 43, had sought the court to be lenient with him after he
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    • 49 4 PENANG, Sat. —Two thugs confronted a youth. Abdul Wahab. along Jelutong Road last night and robbed him of his $4O wristwatch after assaulting him. Abdul Wahab was cycling home from his mother’s sundry shoo towards Glugor, when he was held up near Bukit Dumbar reservoir.
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    • 362 4 MENTAKAB. Sat. The Alliance Is confident of returning to power with an increased majority in both the State and Parliamentary elections next year. This was stated by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, here last night. The occasion was a dinner given in honour
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    • 125 4 PENANG. Sat. In an effort to educate the public on preventive measures against house-breaking and vehicle theft, the police here have mounted a pamphlet campaign. More than 10,000 copies, bearing caricatures of burglars and security measures have been printed for distribution to house and vehicle owners.
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    • 77 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat The Kuala Lumpur Royal Selangor Flying Club has decided to reduced its flying rates from $45 per hour to $4O. The new rates take effect from Aug. 1. The reduction is being made possible by assistance from the government, the club said today. The
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    • 258 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. To open football pools to all and not only to the English-educated. Sports Pool (Malaysia) Ltd has begun Issuing its instructive literature in Malay and Chinese also. Disclosing this, the General Manager of the Ageny. Mr. Lum Mun Chak, told Bernama
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    • 69 4 PENANG. Sat. The Assistant Minister of Education. Mr Lee Slok Yew. will present 23 cheques, totalling 5155.250. for 23 schools at a ceremony to be held at St. Mark’s Secondary School. Butterworth. on Tuesday. A cheque for $2O 000 will be presented by the Chief Minister.
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    • 26 4 PENANG. Sat.—The Governor of Penang, Tun Syed Sheh bin Syed shahabuddin. will open a new post office in Bukit Mertajam on Aug. 5
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    • 70 4 Eastern Sun picture shows Mr. Chan Chee Seng, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs (centre) cutting the ribbon at the opening of the 1968 Autumn Trade Fair and Carnival at the Great World Amusement Park last evening. On Mr. Chan's right is Mr. Shaw Vee Meng, Director of
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    • 169 4 S'pore makes steady progress Chan SINGAPORE. Sat. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for Social Affairs. Mr. Chan Chee Seng, tonight opened the 1968 Autumn Trade Fair and Carnival at Great World Amusement Park. Speaking at the opening, Mr. Chan noted that Singapore was making steady progress in her industrial
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  • 426 5 MEETING PROBLEMS OF '70s: There’s need for more adjustments Barker SINGAPORE, Sot. More adjustments will have to be made in all spheres to introduce new values and institutions to enable the people to cope with the problems of the 1970 s and beyond. This was stated tonight by the Minister
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  • 99 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. A Royal Air Force man died in the British Military Hospital here at 10 p.m. yesterday. shortly after a car in which he was travelling collided with a stationary lorry at Chua Chu Kang Road. Another RAF man. who was driving the
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  • 18 5 10 a.m. 10 p.m. Flower arrangement and driftwood exhibition at the Singapore Conference Hall. Shenton Way.
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  • 407 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. Intensive farming has an important role in the economic development of the Republic, graduates of the Farm School. Sembawang were told today. Speaking at the graduation ceremony. Mr. Ho Cheng Choon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for National Development, told
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  • 29 5 IFOH. Sat. A mining labourer. Lai Foo. 43. was buried alive in a landslide at the Kwong Heap Fatt tin mine in Kampong Simee here yesterday
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  • 381 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Unlike other pythons which will drowsily creep its way, the 16-foot python will be zooming to Tokyo on Aug. 1 at super speed in MSA's new Boeing 707. It will be among VIPs travelling to Tokyo on MSA’s inaugural flight to introduce its new
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  • 394 6  -  By Nick Lamberto in sowing corn (maize) from the air and injecting propane gas into the soil as a crop booster are being made in the American "corn belt" state of lowa. The results so f*r are promising. With the object of producing two crops in one
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  • PHOTO TIPS
    • 509 7 COME of the most fascinating picture opportunities of all are just around the corner for the photographer who's willing to wander about in showers. Picture-taking in the rain can be so rewarding that once you have tried it you will be
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  • F O L L O W THE SUN A LIBERAL ARTS PAGE And the liberal soul shat be made fat
    • 210 8 TROUT is greatly prised by fishermen for its liveliness and by gourmets for its delicate meat. It is a type of fish that thrives in fast-running well-aerated water. Transporting this type of fish in trucks or container veniCies is always a difficult operation with
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    • 111 8 CAMBRIDGE, England, Sat. (Reuter) Sir Henry Daie. 93. British Nobel Prize winner and medical scientist, died in a nursing home here on Monday night. In 1936 Sir Henry shared the Nobel Prize for medicine with Austrian professor Otto Loewe. Working independently, they solved the
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    • 96 8 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI) A crossed Field Gun (CFG) cathode-ray tube which cuts power consumption by twothirds has been developed by the Fujitsu and Kobe Industry. The gun. to be used initially in television-telephones and electronic computers, yields adequate brightness with relatively low voltage, according to the
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    • 478 8 A conversation with the dancer. Tilly Soiling “I'm not a prima-ballerina in the usual sense of the word,” said Tilly Soiling when I called on her. The tall good-looking dancer did not want to be photographed in the classical ballerina hairstyle which she just happened to
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    • 29 8 Biafra (bee -ah afruh Alexander Dubcek doob’chehk) Lydda (lih'-duh), Israel Niamer (nigh-ah-may Nicer Quang Ngai (kwahng nigh) Prince Sihanouk (see-ahn’-ook) Nguyen Van Thieu (nooyehn van tyoo). (DPI)
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    • 453 8  -  By Leonard Santorelli LONDON, Sat (Reuter) Peter Heywood was only 15 when he crouched terrified on board the Royal Navy’* vessel, Bounty, as his cut-class-wielding shipmates overran it, seising command. 179 years later, his eyewitness account of history’s most notorious mutiny at sea was made
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    • 84 8 CANBERRA. Sat. (Reuter) The Victorian Director 0 f Aboriginal Affairs. Mr. Reg Worthy, has invented a machine to teach languages, based on sight and tound principles. It has special uaes for children with speech and perception difficulties. A language student can see a word written on the machine’s
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    • 99 8 LONDON. Set (Reuter) Former Prime Minister Harold MacMillan, having written his autobiography, has turned author’s agent to help his former private secretary with his memoirs. He will be the agent for Lord Egremont’s memoirs and his own firm, MacMillan's, will publish it. Lord
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    • 100 8 SYDNEY A Melbourne schoolboy. 18 year -old Ron Savage, has returned to school with his hair a normal length after being suspended for wearing one and a half inch long sideburns. Ron. a pupil at Shepparton High School, was barred from classes because the side burns contravened
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    • 102 8 HONG KONG, Sat. (UPI) You can’t be too careful living life in Asia Attached to invitations to a cocktail reception sent out by an Asian diplomat here recently was this w smlag: “It typhoon signal Number Five is raised the reception will not be held.” MONTREAL, Sat. (UPI)
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    • 58 8 SELM, (DaD) Invalid Hans Lenher of Seim a small town in the north of Germany’s coal district, sniffs at a very special box of cigars. It was a present to him from former Chancellor Ludwig Erhard to his former gunner. H. Erhard by chance learned of the
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    • 256 8  -  BY PATRICK MASSEY ONDON, Sat. (Reuter) After more than three Ei years of political turmoil, Britain’s Labour Government has begun to nurse cautious hopes of better days ahead. The hopeful signs ere still faint. Prime Minister Harold Wilson is still warning of rigours
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    • 225 8 /CARDIFF, Wales, Sat. (Reuter) Aberfan villagers sang in the streets at the news that the mountains of coalwaste that brought disaster to the community two years ago are to be removed. Some 116 schoolchildren and 28 adults were killed when one of the
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    • 727 8 NUREMBERG, (INB) Since early in 1966, (three young students from Malaysia have been living in Nuremberg, the ancient imperial city (first mentioned in 1050), whose old Emperor's castle the citadel is considered one of the most beautiful of its kind in Europa. Today
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 363 9 T'OKYO, Sat. (UPI) Japan and Nationalist China V**®* toda y try an< increase their trade but jailed to find ways to do so. Trade delegations from the two nations continued meeting until 10.30 pm. last night, more than 24 hours longer than
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    • 104 9 NEW YORK, Sat. (Reuter) General Motors, the world's biggest manufacturer, today reported sales of $11,700 million (£4.875 million) during the first half of 1968 12 per cent above last year's figure. Earnings were up five per cent, compared with the first six months
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    • 143 9 TOKYO. Sat. (Reuter) Japan's Nichibo Company and Mitsui Company have Signed an agreement with the Woodard Company, of Hong Kong, to set up a joint cotton spinning venture in Singapore, Nichibo said today. The Japanese spinning firm and trading company are seeking the Japanese
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    • 121 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— The Associated Chinese Chamber of Commerce hoped that a Malaysia-Soviet joint venture distillery be set up for the production of Vodka. This was stated here today by acting president of the Chamber. Senator Dato Y. T. Lee. at the luncheon given
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    • 29 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Closing Dow Jones averages: 30 Industrials 888.47 20 Rails 250.86 15 Utilities 131.81 65 Stocks 319.85 40 Bonds 76.46 Commodity Index 135.44
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    • 259 9 CINGAPORE. Sat. The locally-employed staff of Rank Xerox Limited are presently undergoing training in the maintenance of its latest and highly complex new machine. Called the Rank Xerox 3600. it is capable of copying and duplicating at a rate of one print
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    • 76 9 LONDON, Sat. (UPI) Rubber closed steady with No. 1 RSS spot 19-9/16 19-13/16. Settlement House Sept 19-11/16 19-7/8 Oct 19-3/4 19-15/16 Oct/Dec 19-3/4 19-15/16 Jan/March 19-7/8 20-1/10 April/June 19-15/16 20-1/8 July/Sept 20 20-3/16 Oct/Dec 20-1/8 20-5/16 Jan/March 20-1/4 20-7/16 Jan/March 20-1/4 20-7/10 April/June 20-5/16 20-1/2 July/Sept 20-3/8
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    • 101 9 ATHENS. Sat (Reuter)— The Greek Government tonight awarded a $l6 million (£6.6 million) contract to an Italian firm that will bring a national television network to Greece for the first time. An official government announcement said the contract had been given in the face
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    • 35 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Friday's volume waa 11.690,000 shares of a total 1,558 issues traded. 638 were higher and 685 lower. American Exchange volume was 4.900.000 shares bonds volume amounted to 514,010.000.
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    • 78 9 SINGAPORE Sat. Mr. Chu Sing Chi. General Manager of Yardley Jardine left recently for Britain for a business trip. He is meeting officials of Yardley in London to discuss plans for introducing new products and expanding the local manufacturing activities. Mr. Chu will also visit other
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    • 51 9 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI) Japan's automobile production for the first six months of 1968 jumped to a new high of 1.891.128 units, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association announced yesterday. This was an increase of 36 3 per cent over the 1.452.977 units, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association
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    • 15 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The tin price for today was $550.50 per picul, down $1.25.
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    • 273 9 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) There are times when the London Stock Market disregards Wall Street and goes its own sweet way. This week was not one of those times. Values slumped each day and on Friday alone prices took their biggest singleday fall since early May.
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    • 55 9 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 20 points higher on no sales. Sep 20.5 bid, 21.40 asked Nov 20.55 bid, 21.05 asked Jan 20.45 bid, 20.95 asked. March 20.45 bid, 20.85 asked. May 20.45 bid, 20.95 asked. July 20.45 bid. 20.95 asked. The No.
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    • 41 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants. Selling T T./O.D. ready were: Deutsche Marks 1301; Holland Guilders 117|; Swiss Francs 1391. French Francs 1611 (Nominal); Japanese Yen *****.
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    • 178 9 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter)— The Government today rejected a 7,100 million sterling merger plan of three British Banks Barclays, Lloyds and Martins on the ground it would be against the public interest Mr. Anthony Crosland. President of the Board of Trade (Trade Minister)
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    • 108 9 CANBERRA. Sat. (UPI) A slump in the import of Japanese cars was shown in figures released yesterday. the figures for June were lower than in any month since November. During the month of June. 2.858 Japanese vehicles worth A52.425.000 were imported. This wa*
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    • 334 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Another quiet week’s trading was seen and conditions were generally very thin, states Holiday, Cutler, Bath and Co. Ltd. in their weekly market review. Nevertheless the undertone was steady and the quality of the buying was Improved. Prices gained about one
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    • 42 9 STOCKHOLM, Sat—Clos-ed-circuit TV to help the police keep good order will be installed at eight underKnd stations in StockCrews patrolling the stations will be equipped with two-way radio sets. The Government is investing Kr. 2 mil. ($400,060) in the project.
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    • 122 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI)' The Stock Market turned mixed in dull trading session yesterday. Evening-up operations by traders were apparent, but volume was some 4-million shares under the Thursday total. At 3 p.m. turnover totalled 10,160.000 shares against 14,200,000 at the same time
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    • 48 9 (Managers* Prices) First Malayan XD 2.89 Second Mala} an XD 2 08 Third Malayan 1.36 The Commerce Industry 106 1.15 The saving Fund 1.22 1.31 First HKong .95 1.01* Second H Kong .67 .71* Malaysian Investment Fund ISO 1.40 Sterling C’modltv 5 9 Bong Knng Currency)
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    • 103 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The noon prices at the Singapore Chine*? Produce Exchange today aresBuyer Belief Coconut Oil (FOB.) Bulk Coconut Oil 53 50 FOB.) Drums 56.00 Loose Copra Mixed July 30 00(N) Muntok White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.W 112.50 Sarawak While Pepper (FOB.) 96% N.L.W. 112.50 Sarawak special E lack
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    • 87 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. —As from 4th August, 1968, CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS will be introducing a faster air service Singapore/Tokyo and also Kuala Lumpur/ Tokyo. Initially, there will be a weekly service departing Singapore on every Sunday at 8.00 a.m. arriving Tokyo at 6.10 p.m. (Tokyo Time). Total flying
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    • 218 9 SINGAPORE. Sat The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Apple Leaf 3/4 Aarastus 5 Hongkong Amber 6/T Anna Bakke 8/9 Cma Gora 10/11 Kinrinki Maru No. 8 13/14 Theben 15/16 Glenfalloch 18 Australasia 21/22 Sletter 23/24 Star Alcyone 25 Cindee 26
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 116 10 (Psalm 121) I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that
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    • 54 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. In conjunction with the Republic’s National Day on Aug. 9. the Malaysia Evangelistic Fellowship will be bringing out a special tract in English and Chinese, entitled ’A Good Citizen." The tracts are available at the MEF office. 120, Upper Serangoon Road. Singapore. 13 at $1
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      660 10 JESUS CHIRST WILL RETURN TO THIS WORLD SOON. HOW DO WE KNOW THIS? nPHERE are happenings which the Bible says will take A place at the time of His return to the earth. And these very things are taking place today. Here are some of them; 1. PEOPLE WILL
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    • 234 10 By Ray Moseley VATICAN CITY, Sat. (UPI). Pope Paul VI plans to issue his long-awaited document on birth control on Monday, Vatican sources said yesterday. They said the Pope's document would say "no" to the pill and other forms of contraception. The Pope, in summer
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    • 69 10 SINGAPORE. Sat The Malaysia Evangelistic Fellowship will be celebrating its Bth anniversary with a rally at the Singapore Conference Hall. Shenton Way, on Sept. 1 at 8 p.m. Mrs. Lilian Choo will lead the Scripture Union Centenary Choir to highlight the anniversary. The speaker will be Dr
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    • 85 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Church of St- Anne at Ponggol will celebrate its patron's feast tomorrow with two low Masses at 6.30 am. and 8 a.m. It will be followed by a Thanksgiving High Mass and the “Blessing of the sick” at 9.30 a.m. In the
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    • 335 10 SINGAPORE, Sal. The Singapore Keswick Convention will now be held at the Victoria Theatre here instead of the Singapore Conference Hall as previously announced. It will be held from Aug. 12 to 17. There will be two sessions daily from 5.30 pm. to
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    • 54 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Overseas Missionary Fellowship will hold a valedictory meeting for 18 new workers at the Telok Ayer Methodist Church. 235 Telok Ayer Street here on Aug. 6 at 7.45 pm. The speaker will be Rev. Samuel Kamaleson. The public are welcome
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    • 256 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. Dr. Ray Nyce, president of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore, will declare open the new Jurong Christian Church in Taman Jurong here tomorrow at 3. p.m. This will be followed by a dedication service. The church was
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    • 219 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. A dedication service in memory of the late Rev. Tan Leng Tian will be held at the Chinese Christian True Way Church. 156-B Stirling Road here tomorrow at 3 p.m. A building will be dedicated to the late Rev. Tan Leng
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 492 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS BRETHREN BETHESDA (KATONG) CHURCH 17, Pennefather Road. Singapore 15. SUNDAE 8.30 am. Lord’s Supper 930 a.m. Ministry of the Word 10.15 a.m. 11.00 a.m. 11.45 a.m. 4.00 p.m 6.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m. TUESDAY 3.00 p.m. 7 1 m. THURSDAY 7.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m. FRIDAY 3.00 pun. 7.30 p.m.
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    • 376 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 2 Dundee Road. Queenstown Sunday Services —Chinese Worship (Hokkien and Cantonese) 8.30 a.m. on Ist, 3rd, sth Sundays (Morning Prayer); 2nd and 4th Sundays (Holy Communion). English Worship Every Sunday Young Peoples Meeting at 3.30 p.m-; Holy Communion Ist Sunday 5.00 p.m
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    • 535 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS MT. CARMEL GOSPEL MISSION 446. Lengkok Btaaru. Spore 3. 8.30 p.m Chinese Sunday School. 9.30 a.m. Jun. Sunday School. 2.00 p.m. Sen. Sunday School. 3.30 p.m. English Service. PULAU TEKONG GOSPEL CENTRE Pulau Tekong. 230 p.m. Hokkien-Hakka Service. HUME HEIGHTS GOSPEL ENTRE 22. Jalan Udaya, S'pore 21. 9.00
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  • Boutique
    • 34 11 i e BRENDA in a light striped mini with two waistpockets. A striped flopping hat. of the same is used to match. —Eastern Sun pix by Mok oon.
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    • 351 11  -  By Maureen Lee XTUALA LUMPUR. Sot.— Stripes the narrow, the medium and the broad have hit the town in a big way. And the man behind this fashion blitz is Mr. Royston Consitliere, who only started designing dresses three months ago. “They are
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    • 495 11  -  By Pat Chan OINGAPORE. Sat—What you didn't see. you won’t miss. But If you're a fashion-conscious lady, you can’t afford to miss this spectacular fashion show “Fashionscope 196*”, which will feature high fashions prevailing in all the leading countries. It also means
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    • 138 11 ROME. Sat. (UPI) Hemlines had more ups and downs than an express elevator in the second day of Italian fallwinter high fashion for international buyers and press. The lowest hemlines were on Patrick De Barentzen's lashing maxicoat. They Were teamed with 1930 cuffed flannel
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    • 280 11  -  A lovelier you By Mary Sue Miller VOW, in mid-summer, ■Ls you can have fun and profit, too, by gazing into fashion’s crystal ball. Your eyes soon quickens to a top-flight trend as it comes in view. By fall you’ll be set with a purchase plan of
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    • 330 11  -  By H. S. TAN £*ANE furniture is getting immensely popular in Singapore by reason of the fart that it is both attractive as well as durable. Comparatively it Is also reasonably priced. Thus It is not surprising that cane furniture has found its way Into even
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platte Pete
    • 836 12 SPOTLIGHT: Esther Abi Ofarim HE WAS a choreographer; she was stuck in the army doing her national service. He married her; she thus received her release from square-bashina and similar ordeals. He had a guitar; she had a good voice. He said: “With a voice like yours, we can be
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    • 143 12 JT S wrong to take lesson* right from the start because It cramps your style. If I had had lessons, I don’t think it would have suited the group I'm in. I have found some sticks which don't break too easily
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    • 181 12 Early morning fire at Stones recording session A Rolling Stones recording and filming session in London was interrupted by fire on Tuesday. The incident occurred at 4.15 a.m.. when the roof of Olympic Sound Studios was seen furiously ablaze. A threeengine fire brigade put the conflagration out. The Stones were
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    • 261 12 |J| THERE! r LIKE promised last week. P.A. proudly presents the start of two supercolossal series this week namely the Life-Lines of the HERD, and LEARNING THE DRUMS' with the stars! How about that! (Now will you send more gifts?) Please address all letters to Platter Pete,
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    • 101 12 TOMMY JAMES and the Shondells with “Mony Mony" jumped four places to take this week’s number one position in the London pop chart from The Equals, who after three weeks at the top have dropped to number three wdth “Baby Come Back". Simon and Garfunkel's “Mrs Robinson", jumped
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    • 199 12 NEW YORK: 1. Grazing In The Grass Hugh Masakela 2. Lady Willpower Gary Puckett/Union Gap 3. Jumpin’ Jack Flash Rolling Stones 4. Stones Soul Picnic sth Dimension 5. The Guy’s In Lov* With You Herb Alpert 6. The Horse Cliff Nobles And Company 7. Hurdy
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    • 214 12 Real name: Andrew Steven Bown Birthdate: March 27, 1947 Birthplace: City of London Personal point*: 5ft llins.; 9 l bluegreen eyes. Drown hair Instruments played: Organ, bass piano, harmonica, recoraer Musical education: 5 year* classical piano Are entered show-bii: 17 First public appearance: School
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 417 13 SINGAPORE. Sat. Cathay’s modern production of "Teenagers Holiday" is a swinging picture which will be a hit for the go-go set in Singapore. Behind a background of pop music, teenage mobs and teenage romance is a lesson for all young people. The picture is
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    • 127 13 HOLLYWOOD. Sat—The crew of Paramount Pictures’ "Darling Lili,” headed by producer-director Blake Edwards and stars Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson, are now in Brussels, Belgium, following completion of seven weeks of location filming in Dublin, Ireland. The first sequences in Belgium will be photographed at
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    • 109 13 NEW YORK. Sat. Merle Chamberlin has been appointed to the newly created position of Executive Post-Production Supervisor of the company’s worldwide film activities, it was announced by Mr Robert H. O'Brien. President of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Clark Ramsay, Vice-President in charge of the MGM studio.
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    • 88 13 HOLLYWOOD. Sat. The first thousand feet of animated film for Chuck Jones' production of ‘The Phantom Tollbooth” for MGM has been completed. There will be 7.200 feet of animated film in the finished production, with an additional twenty minutes of live-action sequences at the opening and closing
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    • 261 13 CC in deep thought SINGAPORE, Sot. "A Rose For Everyone" is oil obout o vivacious girl who goes by the name of Rose and who wants to make everyone who loves her happy. And the producers could not have found a more rosy girl
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    • 249 13 STRATFORD. Ontario Sat. William Hutt, soon to be seen as Czar Nicholas II in MGM’s "The Fixer”, and Douglas Rain, the voice of Hal 9000 in Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”, won critical acclaim for their performances here this week m Moliere’s “Tartuffe”. at the
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    • 174 13 SINGAPORE. Sat “The Graduate" i S an explosive story about a man torn between his relations for mother and daughter. Dustin Hoffman as Benjamin Braddock is an allround scholar having excelled also in athletics and chalking up honours everywhere. Soon after he “graduates”,
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    • 60 13 NEW YORK. Sat.—Arthur C. Clark*, who co-authored MGM’s “2001: A Space Odysiey” with producerdirector Stanley Kubrick, accepted an invitation to address th* International Symposium on Bioastronautics and the Exploration of Spaee to be held in San Antonio, Texas. Clarke’s address, entitled "Next The Planets,” will be heard by
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    • 135 13 LONDON, Sat. It was the day everybody at the tiny Spanish port of Sa Riera. close to the Costa Brave, went without their breakfast eggs. The hens were too busy filming to bother about laying. The SOME GIRLS DO unit selected little Sa Riera as the
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    • 87 13 MADRID. Sat. MGM’s ’The Legend of Lylah Clare” has been officially invited to compete as an American entry in the 1968 San Sebastian Film Festival. Produced and directed by Robert Aldrich, “The Legend of Lylah Clare” stars Kim Novak in the title role, Peter Finch and
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 81 13 3rd BIG WEEK! THE TALK OF THE TOWN THE GREAT ROYAL CIRCUS OF INDIA KALLANG PARK OVER 80.000 PEOPLE IN SINGAPORE HAVE SEEN IT! HAVE YOU? f Today at 3.00, 6.15 9.30 p.m. Tickets: $7, $5, $3, $2. CHILDREN UNDER 12 $4, $3, $2, $l. Special 10a.m. show for students
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 286 13 fSHAW ORGANISATTOW LAST DATS Today Shoo?: 10. SO. 2 00. 0.45. 990 Tomorrow 3 Shows: 2 00. 5.4#. 900 School Children *S cent* To Any 6«at At All Show*. Michael Todd's “AROUND THE WORLD IN 00 DATS” Technicolor David Niven, Cantlnflaa (PA) Tersdav A Wednesday Only! BROUGHT BACK BY bEMAND
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    • 213 13 [CATHAYjfo NOW SHOWING! 11. 1.90. 4.00. 1.30. 4 00. 630 9.15 p m II 0.45 A 9.30 p m MOM Preswti “THE BIGGEST BUNDLE OF THEM ALL” Raquel Welch. P'Vision. Color CATHAY ***** Now Showing! Plea*e Not# Time* 4 Show*: 11 a.aa. 1 30. 0 00. 900 pm AT NORMAL
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  • Sun Sport
    • 609 14  -  MCA FINAL By R.D. SELVA IT'UALA LUMPUR, Sat. A chanceless 72 -iV by opener Jeffrey Jeremiah put Singapore in a favourable position over defending champions Selangor on the second day of the three-d a y Malaysian Cricket Association final on the Padang here
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    • 272 14 WELLINGTON. Sat. (Reuter) New Zealand beat France in the second rugby international here today to give them an unbeatable 2-0 margin in the three-match series. New Zealand won 9-3. kicking three penalties, to one penalty goal. The victory took the All Blacks
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    • 233 14 Selangor Ist Inns. (Overnight: 196-9) Ranjit c Jeremiah b Martens 1® Alwi Zahaman c de Witt b da Silva 13 Dulip b da Silva 15 Priddle st Stevens b Martens 45 Duralratnam c Soocelaraj b Martens 19 Delilkan c Stevens b Lewis 3 Gurucharan c Stevens b Martens 0
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    • 30 14 Mexico bound GARY Knoke (above), the Australian 400 metres hurdleschampionls a member of the team to represent Australia at the Mexico Olympic Games in October this year-—(Australian Information Service Photograph).
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    • 286 14  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Sot. The Minister tor Social Affairs, Enche Othman bin Wok/today ruled out any possibility of Singapore making a comeback to the Malaysia Cup soccer competition. In an interview with Sunsport at the Teacher’s Training College. Enche Othman said: “Although
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    • 342 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Minister for Social Affairs. Enche Othman Wok, today spoke of the four aims of sports promotion in the independent island Republic. Enche Othman listed the major priorities as: The creation of a physically fit and rugged society. The cementing of mutual understanding
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    • 526 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Western Australia’s State soccer team will compete in the 11th Merdeka anniversary football tournament here next month and will be the only non-National team to take part in the series. A squad of 17 players and three officials will leave
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    • 63 14 SEATTLE. Washington State. Sat. (Reuter) Jack Horsley, of the United States, shattered the world mark for the 880 yards free-style here last night, shaving nearly four seconds off the previous record set in 1964 by Australian Murray Rose. Horsley completed the distance in eight mins. 51.8
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    • 423 14 SINGAPORE, Sat. Bertram Yong of Anglo Chinese School, established two new records on the final day of the four-day athletic meet of the Singapore Combined Secondary Schools Sports Council, held at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre, today. The records he set were
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    • 142 14 KUALA. LUMPUR. Sat. The Establishment Office Sports Club will hold its third annual Big Walk here tomorrow. A total of 94 entries have been received for the walk, the secretary of the club. Enche Khalid bin Haji Ismail, said today. He said that
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    • 1927 15  - Doreeno, Smoko Score 'maidens' By WINDSOR LAD TPOH, Sot. Ipoh trainer Rinus van Breukelen hod a good day sending out three winners Doreeno, Professional and Smoko here this afternoon, opening day of the Perak Turf Club's Sultan's Gold Vase meeting. Both Doreeno and Smoko scored their first success in the
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    • 79 15 IPOH. Sat. Two State records were established on the opening day of the 36th State Amateur Athletic Championships held at the Municipal Padang here today. In the 1.500-metre event Papu Ignatius broke the record with a time of 4 mins. 5 secs. The old record was
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    • 59 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. A dropgoal by the former State centre three Ow Koon Chai in the closing stages of the senior league competition of the Selangor Rugby L T nion helped Combined Old Boys’ Rugby Association to beat Klang Club by 11 points (goal, try and dropgoal) to
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    • 58 15 PETER Norman. 26, a physical education teacher in Melbourne. Victoria. holds the Australian open 200 metres record, 20.5 sec. Norman has won the Australian 200 metres title three times. Olympian Norman is seen here practising a start. He is harnessed to a tension device which
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    • 228 15 TAIPEH. Sat. (UPI) China defeated Thailand 83-65 last night and was practically assured of third place in the Second Asian Women’s Basketball Tournament. China led 41-30 at halftime. In other games yesterday Korea crushed Singapore 117-14. The 103-point margin topped the 100-point difference
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    • 37 15 BATU PAHAT, Sat. Mr Tay Chee Chin has been elected chairman of the Johore State Basketball Association. Kluang Branch. The vice-chairman is Mr. Teo Chin Boon Mr. Lau Yan Teck w’as elected treasurer.
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    • 853 15 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Roger Harman, Surrey's slow left-arm bowler grabbed the second English county cricket championship hattrick this year and the best bowling figures of the season against Der- byshire at Ilkeston yesterday. Harman took the last seven remaining wickets for J 6
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    • 262 15 ST PAUL, Minnesota, Sat. (UPI) Veteran Pete Brown and young Harry Toscano fired four-under-par 67s yesterday for nine-under-133* to take the lead after 36 holes in the'72hole, 100,009 dollar Minnesota Golf Classic.The two hold a onestrike edge over Jim Colbert, who carded a 68 yesterday
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 122 14 Classified Ads. MISCELLANEOUS 20 Words $5/- <Minimum) SEE TOMORROW TODAY Will you be lucky? International Professional Astrologer Hand-Analyst DAVIS STAR 380-A East Coast Road, Singapore 15 Appointments Tel. *****9 CAR RENTAL 20 Words SS/- (Minimum U-DRIVE RING *****. Everflne Co. (Rent-a-Car) Ltd., 519. Serangoon Road. Singapore-8. Office Opens 800 a.m.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 48 15 BIG SWEEP TOTAL POOL: $60,160 1st prise No. *****1 $16,374 2nd prise No. *****2 8,187 3rd prise No. *****6 4,093 Starters prises: ($455 each) Nos:*****7 *****3 *****8 *****2 *****9 *****1 *****3 *****7 *****9 *****5 Consolation prises: ($318 each) Nos:*****5 *****3 *****7 *****0 *****8 *****5 *****6 *****8 *****1 *****0.
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    • 59 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 2.23 am. (7.4 ft.), 2.17 pm. (9.0 ft.). Pert Swettenham: 7.48 a.m. (15.8 ft.), 7.52 p.m. (15.2 ft.). Port Dickson: 8.15 a.m (8 8 ft.), 8.40 p.m. (8.7 ft.). Singapore: 1.24 p.m. (7.7 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 12.2 ft am. (8.0 ft.), 10.49 p m (6.5 ft.).
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  • RACING COMMENTS
    • 1710 16  -  By 'Windsor Lad’ OPEN reads a good each way proposition in (Race 5) at Ipoh this afternoon. This six-year-old Chantelsey gelding put up a splendid account last time out at Kuala Lumpur when he led all the way to beat Desert Apache by two lengths
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    • 1436 16 (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) Race 1: Horses Class 2, Div. 4-5% Furs.— 2.00 p.m, 1. 900 Pelor Mas lOy 9.00 Wan Stable Rodgers 2 380 Master Auctioneer 6y 9.00 S.K. Litn Stable Tulloh 11 3. 000 Malapin 7y 8.13 Mrs. S.E. Cheah R.S. B'kelen i B kelen
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    • 177 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE 1 DELTARNEWS Sir Argent Invincible DELTARNEWS Unreformed P. Estate DESERT SCOUT Unreformed Sir Argent SIR ARGENT Unreformed Deltamews RACE 3 CHINGLA New Liberty Little Angel CHINGLA Let Me Go Colony Surf LITTLE ANGEL Chingla Colony Surf LET ME GO Melody King
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    • 29 16 Windsor Lad Chingla Majorana Drop Volley Adeline Chinpla Violacea Joint Command Star Boy Desert Scout Radiant Star Pisang Mas Jimmy Lad Violacea Lord Sussex Resourceful
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    • 253 16 SINGAPORE. Sat. MAGIC JIM. a flve-year-old gelding by Matrice has been classified in class one. reports the Malayan Racing Association today. Other classifications: PROMOTIONS: From Class 5 to Class 4: Red Tulip, Pan Rajah. From Class 6 to Class 5: Courageous. DEMOTIONS: From Class
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    • 135 16 THIS hunk of man here is Mr. Selangor 1968 Basri Kerana. Basri. of the Persatuan Sari Jasmani. Banting, won the Class II and overall titles in the contest held in Kuala Lumpur recently. The results of the Mr. Selangor 1968 contest are: Overall Winners: Mr. Selangor Basri
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