Eastern Sun, 20 August 1968

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    22 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE EDITION Esld. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 739 Tuesday, 20 August 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents Independent National Daily
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  • Article
    Lock icon TENSION GRIPS SOUTH P.I.
    558 1  -  Marcos orders Armed Forces Chief to take ‘proper measures MANILA, Mon. (UPI) PRESIDENT Ferdinand E. Marcos tonight ordered his Armed Forces Chief to take "proper measures" to ease tensions in a remote, Moslemdominated region of the Southern Philippines. A Presidential Press Office announcement did not specify
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    Lock icon Missing Chipmunk: Search called off
    136 1 PENANG, Mon.—Shallow waters in the sea off Kuala Sungei Pinang, where the Penang Flying Club Chipmunk plunged into the sea on Aug. 8, prevented British Navy divers from trying to locate the plane with electronic equipment. The eight-man diving team who arrived here together with
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    Lock icon Border sweep continues
    127 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malaysian Police Field Force and Thai border police units are continuing their sweep of the Retong jungle area, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said here today. "The Joint Field Force and border police units are pursuing the Communist band, but so far there has
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    Lock icon House rejects motion for debate on condemned 13
    455 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A motion ratlins for an immediate debate on the case of the 13 condemned men was rejected by the speaker of the Dewan Ra ayat Dato C. M. Yusof. today. Dr. Tan Chee Khoon (Gera-kan-Ratn) rose at 11.30 a
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    Lock icon Dr. Tan told: 'Don't excite the women'
    102 1 M ALA LUMPUR. Mon Dr. Tan Chee Kboon (Gerakan —Batu) was told in the Dewan Ra’ayat today not to “excite" the women of Malaysia. Dr. Tan was criticising the Government's promise to implement equal pay for women when the country's financial position had
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    Lock icon Negri royalty in 'nasty' accident
    220 1  -  By M. T. LINGAM Kl ALA LUMPUR. Mon. A car taking Tunku Ampuan Durah. Consort of the former Yang di-Per-tua Besar of Negri Semhilan and her two daughters to Perlis for a holidav was involved in a collision with a latex lorry, four miles south
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    Lock icon 'Pauper's' savings
    60 1 OAKLAND. California. Mon. (UPI) An elderly widow who roamed the streets in tattered rags and scavaged for bottles and other junk amassed a fortune of more than US$llO,000 before she died. Although Mrs. Ursula Branch. 75. lived the life of a pauper, she had $70,000 in cash and
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    Lock icon No major problems between S'pore & Malaysia'
    99 1 No major problems between S'pore Malaysia' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. "There are no major problems between Malaysia and Singapore, only minor differences of opinion regarding work permits which have been settled.” This was stated in Parliament by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, during question time. On the question of defence
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    Lock icon 47th body in HK waters
    66 1 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) Marine Police today pickup a bound body which apparently floated into Hong Kong waters from Communist China. It was the 47th such body found in Hong Kong waters since June 22. The male body was badly decomposed. The upper part of
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    Lock icon Ike still 'critically ill'
    43 1 WASHINGTON. Moi. (Reuter) —Former President Dwight Eisenhower stubbornly fought for life today while doctors unsuccessfully tried to stop his already scarred heart from going into brief spasms. Doctors said late last night that the 77-year-old General “remains critically ill
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    Lock icon TOTO: First prize won
    128 1 SINGAPORE, Non. Singapore Pools (Private) Limited today announced that preliminary checking had found “one entry” with all the six numbers correct. This is the first time in 11 Toto draws that an all correct entry has been submitted and to which wins the “big jackpot prize.”
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    Lock icon Sihanouk arrests pro-Reds
    67 1 PHNOM PENH. Mon (UPD Cambodian Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk has placed several pro-com-munist persons under house arrest in the mountain resort of Kirirom. the Agence Khmer Presse said today. The report said among those under house arrest were ex-State Secretary So Nem (a Cabinet member).
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Dr. Prakash on 4 major defects in University
      473 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The outgoing President of the Academic Staff Association in the University of Malava. Dr. V. Prakash, today spoke of the four major defects in the University which affected the conditions of service of staff and resulted in a large-
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      Lock icon $700,000 to widen roads in Kg. Pandan area
      248 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A sum of $700,300 has been allocated for the widening and strengthening of the road from the junction of Jalan Pekeliling to Jalan Kampong Pandan Lama, it was disclosed in the Dewan Ra’ayat today. The Minister of Local Government
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      Lock icon Surtax on foreign films scrapped
      239 2 LUMPUR. Mon. The Dewan Ra'ayat tod Ay confirmed 17 Customs orders. Among them was the Customs Surtax (Imports) (Malaysian Common Tariffs! (AttitocUnent) Order. 1988. whicn abolished the two per cent surtax on the import of foreign films. Enche Ali bin Haii Ahmad. Paliamentary Secretary to
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      Lock icon Sultan back from holidays
      68 2 KLANG. Mon Thfe Sultan of selangor and Tunku Ampuan returned here today by ship after a 16-day holiday visit to Hong Kong. They were received at Port Sw’ettenham by the Mentri Besar. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, the Raja Muda and Heads of Department. Later the
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      Lock icon Amend EPF laws to help disabled —Dr. Tan
      180 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon A call was made in the Dewan Ra'ayat today to amend the Employees Provident Fund laws so that the blind or those who have lost the use of their limbs can withdraw part of their money. Dr. Tan Chee
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      Lock icon Court hears of wife– beating husband
      237 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A housewife told a divorce proceedings here today how her husband started to assault her on the day before she gave birth to their first child. Madam YaD Slew Kim. 38. was suing her husband. Wong Tin Siew. for divorce on
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      Lock icon Beware of opposition party says Mentri
      96 2 KUALA TRENOOAXU. Mon. The Mentri Besar of Treneganu. Tan Sri Ibrahim Fikri today reminded the people in the State not to fall into the clutches of an opposition party which exploited religion for their ends. Speaking at the opening of a $25,000 mosque at
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      Lock icon Housewife robbed
      28 2 PENANG. Mon —A 62-year-old housewife. Madam Leong Koy Yong. was robbed of her handbag and $l6. while she was walking alone along Burmah Road last night
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      Lock icon • The Minister of Education, Enrbe Mohamed Khir Johari. over the weekend opened the Malaysian Schools Choral Festival at Dewan Rahasa dan Pustaka in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows the Minister walking to his seat in the hall.
      36 2 The Minister of Education, Enrbe Mohamed Khir Johari. over the weekend opened the Malaysian Schools Choral Festival at Dewan Rahasa dan Pustaka in Kuala Lumpur. Picture shows the Minister walking to his seat in the hall.
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      Lock icon Deathfall of sundry shopman
      151 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A businessman. Mr. Khoo Soo Peon, 30. died today after falling from the 11th floor of the Lee Yan Lian building in Jalan Mountbatten here. His body landed on top of a car. parked in front of the building, belonging to the Eastern
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      Lock icon Six fishermen reported missing
      94 2 IPOH, Mon.—Six fishermen who went for deep sea fishing off Pantai Remis in the Bindings have been reported missing. The owner of the fishing craft. Khor Boon Kit, reported to the Police yesterday that the six fishermen went oat to sea on Aur. 7 and were
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      Lock icon Man admits having opium
      118 2 IPOH. Mon A car driver from Bukit Mertajam, Ng Chi a Weng. 36. was brought up before the Senior President of the Sessions Court. Kuala Kangsar. Tunku Mokhtar bin Tunku Yacob. today on two counts of being in possession of narcotics. Ng pleaded guilty to a
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      Lock icon Pact on provisions of Employment Restrictions Bill—Minister
      370 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Government, workers’ and employers’ representatives this evening agreed in broad principle on the provisions of the Employment Restrictions Bill which will be presented to Parliament on Friday. This was stated by the Minister of Labour. Mr. V. Manickavasagam after
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      Lock icon Pakistan Parliamentary delegation is here on a visit
      152 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. A nine-man Pakistani Parliamentary delegation, led by the Acting Speaker of the Pakistan National Assembly, Choudhurv Fazal Elahi. arrived here this evening for a five-day visit. Choudhury Fazal Elahi said the delegation was here at the invitation of the
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      Lock icon Khir: Higher Education Council will recommend faculties for Penang Varsity
      320 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, today said the faculties for the University of Penang would depend on the recommendations of the Higher Education Council, to be officially inaugurated on Aug. 26. Enche Khir was
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      Lock icon Brawl: Worker dies
      34 2 IPOH. Mon. A brawl which broke out in the Labour Lines in Kuala Kangsar resulted in the death of K. Letchumanan, 48. yesterday. A suspect has been detained by the police.
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      Lock icon 7 years for youth who 'disliked' sister's boyfriend
      468 3  -  By: R.V. UNGAM SINGAPORE, Mon. A youth who took objections to another youth paying attention to his fifteen-year-old sister was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by the High Court today when he pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not
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      Lock icon Fortune-teller for trial on rape charge
      160 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. A fortune-teller. Ng Ah Bee, 47. was today committed to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of raping a 12-year-old girl after a preliminary inquiry. Ng is alleged to have committed the offence at ms unnumbered hut at gliat
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      Lock icon Big plans for Raffles’ 150th anniversary
      171 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Extensive p*ans are now being finalised to hold the 150th anniversary of Sir Stamford Raffles, founder cf Singapore. The Mayor or Barnet, England. Mr. John GordonLee is here on a two-day goodwill visit, during which he hopes to make some concrete plans
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      Lock icon Misadventure verdict
      61 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. —The Coroner’s Court here today returned a verdict of misadventure on a 19-year-old girl. Wong So Nui who fell to her death from a seventh floor flat in Toa Payoh on July 16 this year. Wong, employed as a construction worker, fell to her ceath while
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      Lock icon Big success for National Choir and Orchestra
      201 3  -  AYAKO. SINGAPORE. Mon. The superb and glorious performance of the national choir and orchestra was praised when they made their debut at the Victoria Theatre last night. Mr. Matthew Leong leader and organiser is the well known musician lecturer of the T.T.C. who
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      Lock icon Public lecture
      54 3 SINGAPORE. Mon.— Professor A. Freyvogel of the University of Basle and Director. Department of Biology. Swiss Tropical Institute of Basle will deliver a public lecture on "Teaching and Medical Research in a Rural Area of East Africa” on Friday. at 8.15 p.m. at the Pathology Lecture Theatre. Outram
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      Lock icon 7 straight wins for Karaklaic
      436 3 Round Seven ITARAKLAIC v Nainggolan 1:0 Sicilian 56 moves. Bachtiar v Ong Yoke Hwa 1:0 King's Indian 27 moves. Badilles v Suradiradja adjourned King's Indian. Sltompul v Benitez adjourned Queen’s Gambit. Wotulo v Tay Theng Teong 1:0 Queen’s Gambit 40 moves. Sampouw v Koh Tian
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      Lock icon Korean goodwill team pledges closer ties
      146 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. A four-man goodwill mission from the Republic of Korea arrived In Singapore this evening to establish "closer relationship" between the two countries. Mr. Too Chin Talk, leader of the mission told newsmen at the airport soon after their arrival that they hoped
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      Lock icon Jailed for cheating
      58 3 SINGAPORE. Mon Mohatned Bashir was jailed for one year by the Ninth Magistrate's Court today for cheating Joseph Augustin of $7O. Bashir, who had four previous convictions, admitted taking the money from Augustin by promising him a job if he put $7O as deposit. This incident occurred
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      Lock icon Ship captain appointed Master of 'S'pore Lady'
      179 3 Ship captain appointed Master of 'S'pore Lady SINGAPORE, Mon. After forty years at sea. on ships ranging from coastal trawlers to ocean-going steamers, a Singapore Captain has been appointed Master of a Mississippi-style river-boat. He is Captain Mat bln Aboo. who is now Master of the new $3-mlllion riverboat restaurant,
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      Lock icon HEART DISEASE LECTURE
      83 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Professor R. B Blacket. Professor and Head of the School of Medicine, University of New South Wales, and Director of Medicine of Prince Henry and Prince of Wales Hospitals will deliver a public lecture on Coronary Heart Disease with particu- lar Reference to Lipids and
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      Lock icon 81 accidents
      25 3 SINGAPORE. Mon There were 81 road accidents of which one was fatal and three serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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      Lock icon Royal Naval tug on rescue job off Sumatra
      126 3 SINGAPORE, Mon—A Royal Navy tug, the Nimble, left here yesterday to rescue a 27,000ton Japanese ore carrier, Yamatasan Maru, which developed engine trouble ten miles north of Sumatra. The Nimble Is expected to reach the area tomorrow evening. A Navy spokesmen said
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      Lock icon Expert warns: Produce crumb rubber or....
      493 4  -  By HOO BAN KHEE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Indonesia might well overtake Malaysia in her overall production of rubber unless the latter took to production of crumb rubber in a big way. i.iis warning was sounded today by Mr. Peter de Jong. Research Manager of
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      Lock icon 226 people caught
      36 4 MALACCA. Mon. Two hundred and twenty six persons in Malacca State were caught between January and July this year for operating radio and TV sets without licence. The total for 1967 was 423.
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      Lock icon Public watch as pistol men rob bus company official
      319 4  -  11.20 a.m. robbery along busy street: By K.G. THARAN JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. More than 100 people looked on helplessly as three armed thugs staged a daring highway $14,000 robbery along busy Jalan Ngee Heng at 11.20 a.m. here today. The victim,
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      Lock icon Aussie journalists praise Malaysian papers
      252 4 PENANG, Mon. Two journalists fro mAustralia who arrived here today said that the standard of journalists from Australia very hifh and the Malay* sian newspapers have plenty of world coverage. They are Mr. G. Hutton, a feature writer with “The Age" In Melbourne, and Mr.
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      Lock icon 'Malaysia studying ship models'
      80 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— Malavsia has not yet specified to the Japanese Government the type of ships she wants under the Goodwill Agreement signed between the two countries in May this vear, a spokesman of the Japanese Embassy here said today. He told Bemama: “Malaysia is still
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      Lock icon $8 million for aircraft payment approved
      61 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Dewan Ra’ayat today approved S 8 million to be expended from the Development Fund to pav the balance for the purchase of aircraft by the Ministry of Defence last year. The House also passed the Excise (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill,
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      Lock icon Army units always rotate —Razak
      243 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Members of the Malaysian Rangers, whatever their State of origin, are expected to serve with their battalions In any part of Malaysia, the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. told the Dewan Ra'ayat today. Tun Razak. who Is also Minister of Defence,
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      Lock icon Ice-water stall girl raped
      70 4 IPOH Mob An icewater stall girl assistant, aged 17. was raped at the Perak Stadium here after the Merdeka Soccer tournament games last night Earlier, the was selling ice water at the stadium When the soccer games were over, she collected here wares to return home,
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      Lock icon K.L. DIARY
      84 4 Peninsular Art GalleryExhibition of works of prominent Malaysian artists at 41. Jalan Raja Muda 9 a.m to 8 p.m. Ba'.ai Ampang (AIA Building): Contemporary Chinese art exhibition by Patrick HS. Lim 930 a.m. to 545 p.m. Jalan Weld Swimming Pool: 9.30 a m to 12.30 pm. 2 to
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      Lock icon The stalls were distributed in a 'clumsy manner'
      638 4 Dato Jackson tells Commission: JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. Justice Raja Asian today angrily asked a witness why he did not use his common sense in dealing with the allocation of stalls at the Central Market here. The witness was a former Secretary of
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      Lock icon Reduced sentence for man who raped daughters
      129 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A 62-year-old man who was sentenced to 12 years jail for raping his two daughters at thei r home in Temerloh. had his sentence reduced to seven rears in the Appeal Court here today. Awang Hitam bin Tarman was sentenced
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      Lock icon Butterworth wharves: Operations to start on Sept. 17
      222 4 PENANG Mon:—The deep-water wharves in Butter* worth will commence operations with three berths from Sept. 17 by accepting ships for loading and discharging from 7.30 a.m. This w>as stated by the Secretary of the Penang Port Commission. Enche Osman Merican, here today.
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      Lock icon PHYSICIAN TO THE QUEEN VISITS BMH
      39 4 Sir Ronald Bodley-Scott, Physician to Her Majesty the Queen, visited the British Milltarv Hospital Singapore recently. He la seen here talking to the Matron. Lieutenant Colonel M- Fabien, RRC, QARANC and Captain Shuttleworth.
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      Lock icon Othman: Help the army to get marksmen
      372 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Minister for Social Affairs Enche Othman Wok tonight called on the Singapore Armed Forces and the Singapore Shooting Association to cooperate in the recruitment of marksmen for the army. He was speaking at a dinner here held by the Singapore
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      Lock icon Orchard Road one-way system begins on Sat.
      241 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The extension to the Orchard Road one-way system will be implemented at 10 p.m. on Saturday. There will be two major changes in the traffic system of the affected area. They are: THE section of Orchard Road between Grange Road junction
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      Lock icon EX-POLITICAL DETAINEE RELEASED
      99 10 SINGAPORE, Mon. A man who was involved in the 1965 plot to blow up the Bailey Bridge at Serangoon Road together with some officials of the Barisan Sosialis Toa Payoh branch was released from detention today. The former political detainee. Tan Swee Kim. was said to be
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      Lock icon Man found hanging
      65 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The decomposed body of a male Chinese was found hanging from a beam In a public toilet, off Beach Road, yesterday. The man about 35 years to 40 years was wearing a white shirt and blue trousers. He was about 5 4” In height. Those
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      Lock icon S'PORE DIARY
      50 10 9 am. 5 p.m.: National Day books display at the National Library, Stamford Road. 5 p.m. —8.30 p.m.: SATA free mass X-ray station at Kampong Padang Terbakar Community Centre. Siah Kuan Road. 8 p.m.: Malay dance practice and English drama workshop at the National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue.
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      Lock icon LAND ROVER 'FLOATED'
      31 10 LAND ROVER FLOATED' Australian engineers, member* of 2 Field Troop. Royal Australian Engineers, based at Terendak Garrison, Malacca, float a Land Rover down the Sungei Muar in a recent military exercise.
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      Lock icon FESTIVAL OF SINGAPORE, JAPANESE CULTURE
      135 10 SINGAPORE. Mon The Japanese Cultural Society in Singapore will organise a “Festival of Singapore and Japanese Culture” in September to promote international understanding and better understanding between the peoples of these two nations. The festival Is to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on
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      Lock icon Lee to open variety show
      77 10 SINGAPORE. Mon Th* Prime Minister. Mr Lee KosYeu\ will open a two-hc variety concert organised b;, the Singapore Indian Association to celebrate National Day on Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. in Baiestier Road here. The associations generalsecretary, Mr. G. Gopalakrishnan said: “Though a little belated
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      Lock icon Military exercise
      62 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. Military personnel will conduct street clearing exercise on Wednesday between 1-5 a.m. The exercise will be held at North Bridge Road from Capitol Building to High Street and Hill Street to the Junction of Coleman Street and Hill Street. No blanks will be fired and no
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      Lock icon S’pore nuclear scientist gets Dr. degree
      161 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A nuclear scientist from Singapore. Dr. Tay Eng Soon, has been conferred a doctorate in philosophy by the Queen Mother of England recently. Dr. Tay. attached to the Atomic Energy Commission. Culbam Laboratory. Bershire. was formerly a top student in Singapore. He
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      Lock icon Boy, 4, dies after crash
      70 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. A four-year-old bov died on arrival at the Thomson Road Hospital after he was knocked down by a motor-cyclist at the junction of Toh Tuck Road and Toh Tuck Terrace ye*terday. The boy. Tan Beng Gee. and the motor-cyclist. Ng Lai Chai. 23
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      Lock icon 5-man art exhibition
      85 10 SINGAPORE. Mon —The Society of Chinese Artists and the Modern Art Society w-ill hold a five-man art exhibition at the National Library exhibition room from August 23 to 25 from 10 a m. to 6 p.m. The five artists are Tay Sian Slew. Han Chee Juan. Koh
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      Lock icon BEST OFFICE BOY AWARD
      183 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. The three winners of the Ministry of Social Affairs’ Best Office Boy Award were given prites by Che Dah binte Mohd. Noor, wife of the Minister for Social Affairs, at the ministry’s dinner and dance held on Saturday. They were Inche Hosnl bln Abdul
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      Lock icon S'pore, Pan-Malaysian photo show
      103 10 S'pore, PanMalaysian photo show SINGAPORE. Mon The Photography Society of Singapore will hold the 16th Singapore and PanMalaysian photographic exhibition at the National Library Lecture Hall from Oct. 23 to 27. Participants will be from Singapore. West Malaysia. Sarawak. Sabah. There will be 10 gold trophy awards for outstanding prints
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      Lock icon 2 YOUTHS JAILED FOR RIOTING
      68 10 SINGAPORE. Mon. Two youths were jailed for three weeks each by the Second District Court today for rioting at the junction of Goodman Road and Boscombe Road on Jan. 3 last year. Lim Seng Kim and Ng Kok Kheong were found guiltv of committing the
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      Lock icon Tunku: We'll be friendly with Mao if...
      246 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, told Parliament today Malaysia would be friendly with Communist China if she would reciprocate Malaysia's desire to be friendly with all countries. He pointed out, however, that the Mao regime had consistently tried to
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      Lock icon Smuggling: 3 fined $10, 000 each
      147 11 MALACCA. Mon. The Sessions Court here today fined three men $lO,OOO H'-h nn two counts of smuggling. How Chong Yong. 30. of Kiebang Kechil. Wong Ah Kow. 25, of Gaja Berang and Ng Hal Sun. 28. of Sungei Udang here, who admitted the charges
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      Lock icon Training in India for 6 MARA nominees
      113 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon s:x MARA nominees will be having for India by air tomorrow for two years of training in radio and television at the Industrial Training Institute, Pusa, New Delhi. Seventy MARA candidates 8 e already undergoing vocatonal training in various inin
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      Lock icon Thieves take away adding machines
      65 11 kuala lumpur. Mon. w Thieves broke into ShaLouis Leon Owens ®*rhad during the weekend ana aW ay with four addmachines valued at *1.700. manager of the com- £***>', an import and export i‘ rrtl at Jalan Ipoh here, f? r Leon Owens discovered rp insg
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      Lock icon Press Ball at Parliament House
      65 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The 1968 Press Ball will be held at Parliament House here on Oct. 5 Many glittering prizes await Miss Stop Press. If you are the first entrant vou will also receive a surprise package containing a valuable prize. The Press Bali is
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      Lock icon Wanted thug arrested
      60 11 MALACCA, Mon A notorious thug on the pvl.ce wanted list for some time w r as arrested here last night. The thug stated to be a leader of the Goh Sek Gang or 5 Colours” was held in a Bar at Jalan Hang Tuah. Acting O.C.S.S. Inspector
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      Lock icon Conference on Genetics
      58 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A lecturer in genetics in the University of Malaya. Dr. V. Prakash, left for Tokyo today to attend the two-week 12th International Conference on Genetics there. He will submit a paper on Microbial Genetics at the conference. More than 2.000 geneticians from all over
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      Lock icon Spare-wheel thefts again
      40 11 Spare- wheel thefts again f nang. Mon. SpareVt npp l the.ts, which had °rv at a minimum by ce here, were ramWnt again. Yesterday, three sparewheels and hub-caps, including one belonging to a visitor from Singapore, were reported stolen here.
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      38 11 •™a ffissr h ”hi“^' S plac a ed n «c"nJ Uln Kuala v P n h whirh hHp Angela Montcrio was} "bird* amTSuhan! Mv'dln Vas™?o^rth 0 three SheUa Sod hy. was held by IMPS formodels inly.
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      Lock icon Freed on murder charge
      270 11 PENANG. Mon. Ai 31-year-old labourer. R Kittu. accused of murder alleged to have been anmmitted three years ago. *was acquitted and discharged In the high court here today. The Judge Mr. Justice- H. S. Or.g, held that, in view of the obvious discrepancies in the evidence
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      Lock icon DAP on Govt. motive in closing 4 schools
      206 11 IPOH, Mon. The Government’s intention to close four independent secondary schools in Perak and Johore on the ground of Communist infiltration was to defeat the establishment of the Merdeka University. One of its objectives was the opening of educational outlets for students
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      Lock icon Penang’s hotel problem over by 1970
      234 11 PENANG, Mon. Penang's hotel accommodation, which was a problem in the past, is no more a worry for at least 10 fairly large hotels will be completed by 1970. This was stated by the Managing Director of Hotel Ambassador. Mr. Chet T. S. Chua.
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      Lock icon $20,000 raised for charity
      131 11 IPOH. Mon. More than $20,000 was raised in the Cantonese opera staged by the Perak Chinese Dramatic Association at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka in Kuala Lumpur in aid of the Malayan Association for the Blind and the Pulau Ketam Fire Relief Fund. This was announced
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      Lock icon $1,200 loss to burglars
      129 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon Thieves broke into the Jalan Ulu Klang home of an American Ford Foundation worker and stole more than $1,200 in cash and property yesterday. A police spokesman said today Mr. Joseph L. August discovered the theft at 5.30 a m. after finding the
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      38 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The MARA graduates' association has donated $5OO to the National Disaster Relief Fund. The money has been handed to the Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak, Patron of the Association.
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      142 11 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon. Six British volunteers from the Organisation Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) are due to arrive here on Thursday at 7.55 p m. from London. An additional 10 VSO's will be coming to Malaysia between September and January next year. These will
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      162 11 MUAR. Mon. The Maori Concert Group and the brass band of the First Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment both from Malacca stole the limelight at the two-night music festival at the Diamond Jubilee Hall here over the weekend. Organised by the Music Festival
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      105 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Finance Minister of Sabah, Enche Haris bin Saleh, will take a year’s leave beginning on Sept. 1 to continue his law study in London. This was disclosed to Bernama today by the Chief Minister of Sabah. Tun Datu Mustapha bin
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      48 11 IPOH. Mon. A piece goods shop in Jalan Idris was burgled last night of $3,760. jewellery and other goods The proprietor. Ng Cheah Hin. 31. discovered the theft when he opened for the day's business. Entrv into the shop was through the back door.
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      50 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Two MARA lecturers. Mr S. Rathichandran and Mr. Lum Chin Meng. left for the United States today on a oneyear Fulbnght Teacher Development Grant. Mr. Rathichandran will do linguistics at the University of Texas and Mr. Lum will study educational statistics at the University of Indiana.
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      178 11  -  By KHOO BOON CHOO PENANG, Mon. A strong protest against admission of holidaying G.l's from South Vietnam to the club and swimming in the pool was made by certain members at the annual meeting of the Chinese Swimming Club here. The meeting was told some
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      151 11 'Miss B.P. Queen 1968 Contest PENANG. Mon. A “Miss B. P. Queen 1968” contest will be the highlight at the Easaka Dance to be held at the Old Frees’ Association on Saturdav night. The winner will receive two return tickets to Bangkok. donated by Thai International Airways. The dance, under
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      116 11 PENANG, Mon. A 14-year-old girl, Loh Ah Ngean, who seldom went out of her house alone, was reported missing from her Aboo Sittee Lane home here yesterday. Her mother. Goh Ah Eng. told the police that Ah Ngean took along her identity card and birth
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      325 5 JERUSALEM, Mon. (Reuter) Hundreds of Jewish youths rioted in the Arab sector of east Jerusalem last night after a series ot grenade blasts throughout the city. Nine people were Injured tv i seriously. In the blasts, included a young pregnant woman and four
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      96 5 NEW YORK. Mon (UPI) About 1,000 persons demonstrated to “keep Biafra alive'’ yesterday with Prayers and singing at Dag Kammerskjold Plaza across the street from the United Nations he group marched to the Plaza after an interla th service at St. Thomas Er-scopal Church. following
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      43 5 MINNEAPOLIS,— Vice President Hubert H Humphrey carries granddaughter. Lorie Humphrey, 2. daughter of HHH the third, as he greets Special Forces group of Seattles. Washington on Saturday. The Green Berets finished training at Camp McCoy. UPI radiopix.
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      127 5 SAN DIEGO. California. Mon. (Reuter) Republican Presidential nominee Richard M. Nixon said yesterday he believed the United States was "going the extra mile” in outlining terms for a cessation of bombing in North Vietnam. He endorsed Defence Secretary Clark Clifford’s call for the safeguarding of
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      55 5 HONG KONG, Mon. (Reuter) Bumper harvests of early rice have been reported from China’s rice-g owing areas despite r tural disasters. Radio Peki-g said tc ay. A istance from soldiers of t e People’s Liberation Army was one of the main factors in producing the
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      172 5 Pope due on Thursday LONDON. Mon. (I'Pl)—Former English Test saplombian troops carrvinr rifles and police armed with long clubs ringed the open-air congress site five miles outside Bogota yesterday. It marked the first time a major religious rally has been held in the world's most populous Roman
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      34 5 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) A Chinese man was killed by a wheel which flew off a passing car here yesterday and struck him as he was walking along the pavement.
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      146 5 SAN DIEGO. California. Mon. (Reuter* Three beauty contestants have hired a lawyer to investigate the Miss World USA contest In which 22-year-old J. Lee Avery was crowned by comedian Bob Hope here on Saturday night. They allege that the choice of Miss Avery, of Washington
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      110 5 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) —Japan's first heart transplant patient today sat on a chair for (he first time since the operation on August 8. The 18-.vear-old patient. Nobuo Mivazak, was helped to leave his bed and sit on a chair to eat
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      75 5 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) Hong Kong will lose USs6om. every year should peace be declared In Vietnam. the director of the Hong Kong Tourist Association said yesterday. Major Hariy F. Stanley said H K. will have to build up the tourist industry to combat the
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      393 5 SYDNEY. Mon. (Reuter) Student riots could be a warning to the academic profession that it needs a code of ethics, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, Sir Eric Ashby, said in a paper released to the 10th Commonwealth Universities Congress today. Sir Eric, who could
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      189 5 CHARLOTTESVILLE. Virginia. Mon. (CPI) Anastasia Anderson's claim that she is the daughter of a Russian Czar murdered by Bolsheviks was supported last week by a former playmate of the princess. Maria Rasputin, daughter of the "Mad Monk” who was religious adviser to Czar Nicholas 11. visited
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      65 5 MELBOURNE. Mon. (Reuter* The Victoria State government today announced A55.000 reward in their hunt for seven-year-old Linda Stillwell, missing for nine davs Mr. R H Arnold. Chief Police Commissioner. said Linda was last seen in the late afternoon of Aug. 10 on the foreshore at suburban
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      74 5 KARACHI. Mon. (Reuter) The United States still remains Pakistani most important aid donor, despite Pakistan's continued efforts to cultivate the Soviet Union and China According to figures just released American aid is 40 per cent more than the total assistance from all other countries
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      292 5 JAKARTA, Mon. (Reuter) Indonesian Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik predicted last night that the People's Republic of China might attack the United States and Japan if it managed to build up a nuclear arsenal. Mr. Malik was questioned in a television
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      154 5 LONDON. Mon. (UPI)—In the last eight years, there have been six air disasters in the area of Cyprus and Egypt. On Mar 10. 1061. 78 per3sons were killed in the crash of an Air France airlines in the Sahara. In 1063. a United Arab
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      77 5 MELBOURNE. Mon. (Reuter) Police posted a 24-hour guard on the United States consulate here today after reporting an attempt to bum it down. The attempt failed when a 30-foot (nine metre) fuse leading to a petrol-soaked room went out. they said. If it had ignited, it
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      181 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI). Russian jet bombers flying from North African Arab bases are conducting surveillance of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. Rep. Bob Wilson. Re-publican-California, reported yesterday. He said the United States should respond by bolstering Israel's deterrent capacity.
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      118 5 CENTRE MORICHES. New York. Mon. A pickup truck, specially equipped to do driving tricks on its rear wheels, lurched out of control at the New York Nation ad Speedway yesterday and roared in reverse through a guard rail and two fences into a crowd watching the
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      100 5 SEOUL. Mon. (Reuter) Two American soldiers were killed last night when an American Army patrol clashed with eight North Korean intruders inside the western part of the demilitarised zone, a U-S. Army spokesman said today. The clash took place 1,300 yards south of the
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      481 6 MANILA, Mon. (UPI). Tension gripped o remote, Muslem-domin-ated region of the Southern Philippines today despite official deni* als of a weekend massacre. The evacuation of worried Christian families from the northern portions of Cotabato Province to the seaport towns of Digos and
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      306 6 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI) Plans of Japanese automobile manufacturers to boost export to $2 billion by 1971 are worrying all car manufacturers. U.S. News and World Report said yesterday. The Magazine said “Tokyo’s target is $2 billion worth of vehicle export by 1971
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      89 6 LONDON. Mon. < Reuter) A police hunt was launched here today for a man who bound and gagged a 14-year-old newspaper delivery girl then raped her at knife point. The girl was delivering newspapers in the south London district of Penge this morning
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      330 6 DANANG, Vietnam Mon. (UPI) A riot squad of 120 military police yesterday stormed into a U.S. Marine Brig, and fired tear gas Into the ranks of rebellious prisoners who went on a weekend rampage in their cell blocks. The choking.
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      131 6 TAIPEI, Mon. (Reuter) Delegates from seven countries have pledged their support for establishment of an Asian Vegetable Devlopment Centre (AVDCi in Taiwan, at a two-day conference which ended today. According to conference sources, all 17 delegates from Japan. South Korea. Thailand. Philippines,
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      249 6 HOUSTON. Texas Mon (UPI) A five-year-old girl who yesterday became the second child to receive a new heart was given an excellent chance to become the first child to survive the transplant. Maria Giannaris of Hagerstown. Maryland, received the heart of James Dudley Herron
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      68 6 PORTSMOUTH. N.H. Crewmen of the submarine USS “Dolphin” stand ready during commissioning ceremonies at the Portsmouth naval shipyard. The “Dolphin”, a new breed submarine in the U.S. Navy is an experimental cr aft which the navy says can submerge deeper an than other known submarine. It is a small ship
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      Lock icon Lady Moynihan’s bellydance for London again
      82 6 LONDON—Roberta. Lady Moynihan. the former Princess Shirin Amina-Roshin-Geylani, who is well-known for her bellv-dancing act. pictured during rehearsals in London recently in preparation for her return to the West End when she opens for a three-week season at the “Pipistrello’’ Restaurant. Lady Moynihan. former
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      158 6 STOCKHOLM. Mon. Sweden's exports of passenger cars rose by 9 per cent to 59, 734 in the first five months of this year compared with January-May 1967, according to the business weekly Affarsvarlden. Sales on the home market have also shown a rise, and
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      204 6 MANILA Mon. (UPI) Eight bodies have been found floating in a river in Cotobato Province where reports on Saturday said a gun-battle between Muslims and Christian settlers killed 26 persons, the Phi- lippines Herald reported. A Vice Governor of a neighbouring province of
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      62 6 LUCKNOW India, Mon. (Reuter* Monsoon floods have killed 32 people and affected one million in the northern state or Uttar Predesh this year, officials said here today About 7.960 houses in 3 960 villages were damaged or destro>ed and more than 959.000 acres of land flooded
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      66 6 VENTURA, California Mon. (UPI) Actor Kirk Douglas was awarded a $30,000 judgment against the Calleguas Municipal Water District which pipes Colorado River water to his Newbury Park ranch. Douglas and Associates Investment Partners Corporation claimed they would be forced to lower the line, constructed in 1963
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      117 6 SYDNiIY, Min <Reu ?e r» A Roman Catholic pries* said at mass here tonm he would ref;:-e communion to Roman Cathe; s who publicly defied the Pope# encyclical on btr a control. Dr R J Batten, a former Prot>- f M lh' logy in
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      103 6 WASHINGTON M-n. (UPI* The Soviet Un n is emerging as a "hot n v salesman in Asia.” the US. News and World report said yesterday. The magazine noted that the ’’Soviets havp just pidied 2.4 biillcn board e r of Siberian lumber
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      312 7 HONG KONG. Mo n. (Reuter) Captain Alex Munro of the Hong Kong ship “Kinross” said today the arrival of a British destroyer in answer to his SOS had prevented a full-scale mutiny in his ship on the way to Gibraltar. Captain Munro,
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      132 7 DETROIT. Mon. (Reuter) The Michigan state Highway Patrol and Police Departments from several small municipalities are continuing their search for a 16-year-old British girl feared to have been kidnapped on Friday night. Police said they had no leads into the disappearance of Catherine Reid of
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      41 7 WALGETT. AUSTRALIA. Mon. (Reuter) An albino Emu, described by a naturalist as “extraordinarily hear here. Mrs. Linda McNamara, cne of six people who saw the Emu. said it had “a brown head, white neck and back, and yellowish wings.”
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      41 7 LONDON: Replica of Yuri Gagarin's first space ship Vostok 1 as seen at the Earls Court Russian Trade Exhibition in London. Read the Eastern Sun tomorrow for our weekly feature "SCIENCE AND THE MAN" UPI photo.
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      Lock icon '300 Reds die in battle near Cambodian border'
      447 7 SAIGON, Mon. (UPI). Allied troops killed more thon 300 Communists who launched a wave of attacks from along the Cambodian border. At least 20 Americans were reported killed and more than 100 wounded. North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops striking from lairs along
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      133 7 '£l2m. swindle' by deceased BANGKOK, Mon. (Reuter) The Thai government has recovered from the estates of the late Prime Minister Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat the total sum of 450 million baht (about £9 m. sterling) which he misappropriated while in office, according
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      79 7 MADRID. Mon. (Reuter) Madrid, one of Europe's fastest growing capitals, has passed the three million population mark —a growth of one million in nine years it has been announced here. But the capital, swollen by migrants from agricultural provinces, and by rapid industrialisation since the
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      129 7 LEICESTER. England, Mon. (Reuter) Two of Britain's notorious great train robbers were among the six convicts who tried unsuccessfully to breakout of Leicester top security prison over the weekend. Police said that among the six were Thomas Wisbey and Robert Welch, both serving 30 years
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      74 7 MANILA. Mon. (UPD Storm warnings were hoisted and all schools closed in the greater Manila region today after reports a tropical storm was bearing down on Luzon island. The U.S. Naval Weather Station at Sangley Point, near Manila, said tropical Storm Shirley, packing 60 knot winds,
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      154 7 TOULOUSE. France, Mon. (UPI) The AngloFrench supersonic Concorde airliner yesterday moved for the first time under the powe r of its own four Jet engines. The giant airliner taxied gently down a special runway here for a distance of some 200 yards. The test was the
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      58 7 WOOD RIVER. Illinois. Mon. (Reuter) Billy Ray White. 25. a fugitive on the FBl's list of the 10 most wanted men. was captured here last night, FIB officials said today. White sought on charges murder, attempted murder and armed robbery in two states offered no resistance
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      61 7 NORFOLK. Virginia. Mon. (Reuter) An experiment being conducted here could have significant effects on overseas shipment of tobacco, especially to Britain. Since the 18th century, tobacco to overseas markets has travelled mainly In hogsheads. But now. one exporter Is trying out container transportation shipping the tobcaco
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      609 7 Swept by slide into roaring river GIFU, Japan, Mon. (UPI). Police searched today for the bodies of 107 victims of the world's worst highway disaster, a freak tragedy triggered by a landslide that hurled two buses into a rain-swollen river. Only three persons survived.
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      47 7 LONDON. Mon (UPI) A British company said it had won a contract worth more than £5 m. from Thailand for the construction of refuse-disposal plant. The contract was received by John Thompson Ltd. of Wolverhampton, against competition from Japan. West Germany and France
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      93 7 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) A Swiss and a Chilean who tried to smuggle gold bars worth HKS7OO.OOO into Hong Kong on board the Norwegian ship Tarantel were found guilty at the Central Court here today. Swiss radio mechanic Heinz Anderegg and Chilean computer operator Gabriel
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      144 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) A 16-year-old boy was charged with homicide today after a passenger on a suburban train was killed and another injured by sniper fire this morning. The dead man, 31-year-old Vincent Maher, father of three, and Gabriel Jansen. 49. were both hit by
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    682 8 THE stark facts of economic life have forced the Singapore Government to change its views and policies in the course of the last ten years. The moment of truth has flashed into the minds of the leaders of many new countries after the subsidence of their lurid utterances
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    1911 8  -  Story and pix by Peter Lye TIME in exotic JAPAN and exciting L HONG KONG with PETER LYE one of Malaysia-Singapore-Airlines guests on the inaugural flight of their new BOEING 707) /")N August I, 1968, MSA's new big Boeing jet fleet
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    692 8 From Sin Chew Jit Poh THE commander-in-chief 0 f the Indonesian army reported to the Indonesian Cabinet that more than 1,400 communists have been arrested, of whom 835 are cadres, inclusive of central committeemen and regional committeemen. In Western Borneo, 392 communist guerrillas were killed, 209 captured
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      41 8 Eastern Sun Independent TUESDAY. 23-B. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Penang Office Ipoh Office National Newspaper AUGUST. 20, 1968 39. lalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Telephone: ***** 6 8. Leith Street, Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Te1:***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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      Lock icon Weighing equipment expert to visit S’pore, Malaysia
      476 9 1 ONDON, Mon. The General Sales Manager of a British firm which is one of the largest manufacturers of spring balance equipment in the world, will be visiting Singapore and Malaysia next month intent on consolidating apd increasing business in the area. f
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      Lock icon $158 million worth of timber sold to overseas markets
      180 9 KOTA KINABALU. Mon. Sabah sold more than SISB million worth of timber to overseas markets during the first six months of this year. This represents an increase of more than $2l million compared to the revenue netted by timber during the
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      199 9 SYDNEY, Mon. fUPI) Pan-American World Alr*ays plans to Increase its services between Sydney and the United States from seven to 12 flights a week n each direction from Bept. 6 Director for AusR s Clark. sa'd yesterday that the airline Uld offer the first
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      39 9 SINGAPORE. Mon —The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank re-opens its Jakarta Branch on 26th August. Heading the new branch will be Mr. RGB. Wyatt The bank will be situated at No. 18 Jalan Wadja, Jakarta.
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      174 9 LONDON. Mon. The Arst is a compact telephone seat one of a wide range of styles from the Louis, Regency and Jacobean to the contemporary whleh fits as well into the hall, living room or elsewhere in a private residence as it does in the
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      191 9 LONDON. Mon A representative of the Owen Organisation —a group of 70 companies which makes nearly everything from nuts and bolts to fork-lift trucks and racing cars is to make his third visit to the Far East soon. He is Mr. Jack Saundera, who
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      15 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for today was *548 per picul, down *1.50.
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      260 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Mon September first grade rubber buyers f.o.b closed at 8 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 54-1/4 cents per lb. down half a cent from previous close. The tone *as easier A very quiet and dull session ruled during the morning. After a steadier
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      140 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Vienne 18 Geh Yung 19 Colombo Maru 23. 24 Hoi Houw 27/28 Bcmbala 29/30 Orchidea 31/32 Benvorlich 38/39 Vishva Vibhuti 40/41 Robert Maersk 44 Tandjung Raya 45 Kota Ratu 47 Ravenstein The
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      1623 9 SINGAPORE. M o n. I Prices fell on a broad front in the industrial section of the Stock Exchange today with total turnover showing I contraction. The market declined with the most substantial drops in the speculative counters after the recent price spiral, and
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      62 9 N G KONG. Mon. Money Quotations: HK$ 6.***** per U.S. doflar HK$ 6.1025 per U.S. dollar TT HK514.54 per pound sterling HKS 298 0 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness HKS 162.6 per 10,000 Japanese yens HKS 149.2 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers HK$ 149.4
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      22 9 LONDON, Mon. (UPI) Rubber opened quiet with spot 19-5 6 19-1/2. No. 1 rss elf basis ports Sep. 193/8 19-9/16.
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      334 9 SINGAPORE Stock Exchange sold and offer prices officially listed at the close ot business. INDL'STRIALS ■V 2 7ft Ben Co XBI 2.75 2.88 Borneo Bhd 2.10 4 26 4.38 Chemical Co. 1.92 C. storage 5.20 3.7ft E. smelting 7.15 2.98 Eit/patrlcks 2.50 IAN Ords CM Gammon 2 6ft
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      40 9 (Mans* err Price*) Flr*t Malayan 8.89 Second Malayan 2.07 Third Malayan 1.31 The Commerce Industry 1.04 1.13 The savin* Fund 1.20 1.29 First H'knnf 1 05 1.10* Second H'kone .13 .71* Fund Sterling Cmodlty 5/9 <• Hon* Kona Currency)
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      86 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The noon price# at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange todaj ar#> Super Seller Coconut Oil (FOB.) Bank Coconut oil 53.00 <1.0.B.) Urumi 55 50 Loose Copra Mixed S100 Muntok White Pepper (FO&) 96% N.L.W. ***** Sarawak White Pepper (K.O.B.) 107.50 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (F.OJi.) 96% N.L.W.
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      1430 10 and TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMPUR and Pulau Pinang; 6 *P oh an Melaka: 3 10 Johore Bahru. 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat; 9 Ktoang. p.M. 5.45 Opening Annct Prcg. Summary; 5 50 News Outlines in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs: 6.00 News in Tamil; 610 The Outdoorsman
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  • Boutique
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      Lock icon The suit that sets the stage alive...
      111 12 THE stage is alive with this cape-coat suit that has just walked out of “The Sound of Music.” (right) Brenda gives a full swing to this tent-span cut, though it’s much too thick for this temperature. It’s brown checked, with a sophiseated collar,
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      169 12 Sweet and Sour Pork The secret of the great popularity of this Chinesetype recipe is its intriguing sweet and sour llavour. You’ll be amazed that anything so good is so simple to make. Ingredients: three quarter lb. pork fillet cut into small pieces, one (20 oz.» can pineapple pieces,
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      Lock icon Bamboo vases for the home
      62 12 BAMBOO vases-cum-con-tamers from Malacca—something pretty and economical ome these porcelain vases are dressed in bamboo, topped off with covers also weaved with bamboo, But make no mistake. They are not dull drab 'bings. The bamboo Is painted in multi-colours and shellaced and woven into very
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      Lock icon Marriage comes first
      464 12  -  says Vietnamese mother of 2 By Pat Chan 11/HAT does a woman in war-torn South Vietnam look for in life? Like any other woman in the world, she certainly would look for happiness, security, a happy married life and perhaps a successful career. But she will be
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      Lock icon PIERCING EARS WITHOUT TEARS
      179 12 NO MORE tears when piercing ears. Just imagine the fear and the raw wav of piercing your ears which swells and hurts for days later. A new and painless method of making ear-holes has been invented. The equipment for this is no gadget but just a
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      137 12 -> JAPAN TOKYO ALL GIRLS REVUE (THE LES PAPILLOMS) preseting for the first time A HOST OF ATTRACTIVE b BEAUTIFUL ALL CIRLS REVUE TO PER FORM 2 HOURS NON STOP SONCS b DANCplus 2 ACROBATICS CROU FROM TAIWAN AND 3 LOVELY CIRLS from KOREA Come and see the r sizzling
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      316 12 Yt TODAY and YO|L/... Tuesday, August 20, 1968. Kfi ARIES MAR. 22 k APR. 20 5745-52-69 /X TAURUS 4&£\ APR. 21 iHMAY 21 4 7-20-641 65-66-74 GEMINI MAY 22 fif JUNE 22 3- 8-10-251 28-50-83-85 CANCER JUNE 23 JULY 23 0534-36-51-53 73-77-78 LEO /<§ juL r 24 AUG. 23 13-18-30-33
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    Lock icon PAPER BIKINI COMES TO TOKYO
    43 13 t HERE is charmine Japanese girl displaying: the latest of the most colourful paper bikinis along with the latest fad of stickers on legs and arms during the Beachwear Fashion Show held In Tokyo very recently. PANA photo.
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    Lock icon Pop dominating Moscow scene
    286 13 MOSCOW. Mon. (Reuter) Yount Russian lovers of Western popular music face the complaint of their elders that classical music has beaten a too-hasty retreat before the pop onslaught. The older people are reacting against the way in which pop is at present dominating the Moscow musical
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    Lock icon An end to cholera?
    564 13  -  By JOHN F. BARTON WASH INGTON, (UPI).—A University of Chicago scientist has discovered on immunising agent he believes can prevent cholera. William Burrows, professor of microbiology, said that anti-cholera vaccine currently in use is not really effective. Convinced He is convinced, however, that the anti-toxin which
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    763 13  -  By JOSEPH GALLOWAY JAKARTA, (UPI). d George Krogness Jr. is 68 years old. He could be sitting on his front porch in Cleveland, Ohio, playing with his grandchildren. But he isn't ready for rocking chair retirement yet. He found a use for the business management talents he
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      43 14 TAIPEI: Nationalist Chinese Air Force supersonic F-104G fighters during patrol of Communist Chinese coastline. The fish-eve view of the fighter formation was taken by I’PI cameraman C.C. Yao. who flew the mission in the navigators seat. UPI photo.
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      219 14 The knowledge boom LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) For the first time In human history the younger generation knows more than the old. an American anthropologbt has told an International Mental Health conference here. The world had progressed so rapidly in the past 25 years that many adults had
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      110 14 RANGOON. Mon. (Reuter) A Burmese health official has said that one per cent of Burma’s estimated 26 million population has tuberculosis, according to official reports. Dr. Xhein Nyun. assistant health director for tuberculosis told this to the visiting World Health Organisation (WHO) director for
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      73 14 MDDENA Italy. Mon. (Reuter) An Italian light a'ncraft with a pilot and three amateur parachutist* on board crashed after takeout near here today killing one of the occupants and seriously Injuring two others. A wing of the Cessna-175 plane hit a tree as the pilot was
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      89 14 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Forty-three boy scouts and girl guides from Camarines Sur Province, southeast of here, have received the scout Jovj Fuentebeila award for high school students after passing college entrance examinations. Scout Jovi Fuentebeila scholarships are given annually by Mr. Felix Fuentebeila. a member of
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      135 14 SEOUL. Mon. (Reuter) —A 13-year-old Korean girl who stowed away to Japan in June for a reunion with her mother after a separation of 12 years is likely to be given a permit to live in Japan with her mother, according to reports from Tokyo. Miss Yang-Sook
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      76 14 Anti-crime wave MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) Manila's high school and college students have been urged to join nation-wide anti-crime poster contest sponsored by the Society of Philippine Illustrators and Cartoonists (SPIC). SPIC has announced that 10 outstanding posters would be given the "SPIC awards’’ in the
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      487 14 STOCKHOLM. Reuter—Sweden, trhere abortion iatrm are more liberally interpreted than in mom other eountriem im moving toward melt determination for pregnant women. A special “abortion committee,” formed in 1965 and comprising jurists, medical experts and women members of Parliament, is
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      98 14 KARACHI. Mon. (Reuter) Pakistani youth considers serious thinking “entirely useless.’’ Karachi University Vice-Chancellor I.H. Quereshi complained to a recent meeting on education. To put things right he suggested a commission to work out how to bring the nation’s educational system inherited from the period of British rule
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      1139 14 POPE AND THE PILL VATICAN CITY, Mon. (Reuter) Pope Pout's unwavering defence of his controversial encyclical on birth control has been echoed in several countries mainly those with problems arising from underpopulation. Humanae The encyclical. “Humanae vitae,” upholdinr the tradional Roman Catholic ban on
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      481 14 Eastern Sun Classified advertisement can be accepted at the following addresses: MONT D OR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building, Singapore. S.S. MUBARUK b Brothers. 63, Bras Basah Road, and 2. Maiu Avenue. Serangoon Carden Estate, Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD.. SUPERMARKET. 83. East Coast Road. Singapore 15. Tel: *****9. hamiem
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      446 15 Britain refuses entry to Test cricketer LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) Rhodesianborn South African Test cricketer Colin Bland wos refused entry to Britain yesterday to play jn o major cricket series. Bland arrived here at 1 a.m. yesterday. Immigration officials, told him he could not enter Britain
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      Lock icon Singapore lifters Chua and Tang triumph
      326 15 SINGAPORE. Mon. S.rgaporf s Mexico-bound vfightlifters Chua Phung Kim and Tang Chye Hong tron a title each In the pc?ta Sukan triangular weightlifting championship* held at Hong Llm Green Cemmunlty Centre last tight. The two lifters who comped in the championships alter an attack
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      215 15 HARRISON. (New York). Mon. (Reuter) Julius Boros fired a four-under-Ear 68 yesterday for a 72ole total of 272 to win the $250,000 Westchester Classic the richest golf tournament in the world Boros, the 1967 Professional Golfers Association champion fought off a strong finishing
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      Lock icon Trainer R. W. van Breukelen receives the Pesta Sukan Cup from Mrs. E. W. Barker, wife of the Minister of Law and National Development. Mr. van Breukelen trained the winner of the Pesta Sukan Cup. Viva Ipoh. in Singapore on Sunday. Ridden by Pretty. Viva Ipoh, romped home with ease to pay a hand- some $95 and $25.
      60 15 Trainer R. W. van Breukelen receives the Pesta Sukan Cup from Mrs. E. W. Barker, wife of the Minister of Law and National Development. Mr. van Breukelen trained the winner of the Pesta Sukan Cup. Viva Ipoh. in Singapore on Sunday. Ridden by Pretty. Viva Ipoh, romped home with ease
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      296 15 UOXDOK. Mon. (Reuler> English county cricketers, eager to make up for Saturday's loss of p ay through rain, dismissed some Test men cheaply yesterday. Roger Prideaux and Colin Milburn were among Northhamptonshire players who went quickly Prideaux for one and Milburn for four as the
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      309 15 SINGAPORE. Mon. The British Singapore Joint Services Football team are planning to undertake a tour abroad in October/November this year. Flt/Lt. Tom Kcelev. manager of the JS football team said the players are currently taking part in the Singapore Inter- Services soccer championships. Flt/Lt. Keeley
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      157 15 NEW YORK Mon < Reuter) The United States Open Law n Tennis Championships next week *lll offer 100.000 dollars :n prize money one reason for the sharp Increase In ticket prices at the Forest Hills tournament Last year's maximum of five dollars a
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      166 15 LONDON. Mon. 1 Reuter) The barring of cricketer Colin Bland from Britain was denounced by the Daily Express today as a petty and spiteful act. Bland was refused entry to Britain over the weekend because he held a Rhodesian passport. He had been due to
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      101 15 LOS ANGELES. Mon. (UP!) —World bantamweight champion Lionel Rose of Australia sparred four rounds with Baby Cassius of Pasadena. California jesterday and impressed onlookers with his speed. Manager Jack Rennie said it was his fighters best workout since arriving in Los Angeles last Tuesday. Rose
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      Lock icon Dexter keeps his place at the expense of Barrington
      415 15 LONDON, Mon. (I'Pl) Former English Test captain Ted Dexter, a part time plaver these davs, held his place in thy team to play in the Fourth Test against Australia at the expense of veteran Ken Barrington who has played 82 Tests
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      129 15 JOHANNESBURG. Mon. (Reuter) The Johannesburg Sunday Times reported yesterday that a cricket team assembled by M C.C. member Jimmy McAlptne would tour Rhodesia and South Africa next February. Giving no details, sports writer Eric litchfleld said the official Ivi.C.C. team had bowed to the
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      175 15 IPOH. Mon The Perak Chinese Football Federation have selected 29 players for a trial game at Jalan Abdul J.alll ground at 5 p.m. on Saturday in preparation for the match against the winners In the Kelantan Selangor Chinese encounter In Ipoh either on Bept.
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      517 15 TOKYO. Mon (UPI> Hiroyuki Eblhara, a hard hitting flyweight, mignt well be called the “unlucky kid” in boxing. Out to make a final attempt to regain the world flyweight crown which he lost back to Pone Kingpctch of Thailand in Bangkok in January. 1964,
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      495 16 Indons rout Taiwan 10-1 for all time record KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Indonesia, semi-finalists in the Merdeka soccer tournament, made feast of the Republic of Chino to become Group "A" champions at the Stadium Merdeka here tonight. They gave the Chinese a 10-1 drubbing which is an all time
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      351 16 MTBC competition moves on and oh so slowly KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian TenPin Bowling Congress’ National Open Championships are proceeding oh so slowly. Today’; the third day of the M.T.B.C. Championships and the first squad time started at 6.15 p.m. Many bowlers scheduled to bowl in their various events
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      310 16 MALACCA. Mon. The Ayer Keroh Country Club are hoping to attract a record number of entries lor the annual Malaysia Day open golf competition which will be held at Ayer Keroh here on Aug. 31 and Bept. 1. Last year 150 golfers from all
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      132 16 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Bierra Leone's Olympic team includes a heavyweight boxer who has not boxed competitively for more than a year. He is the British-based John Coker, a former Oxford University rugby blue, who lives in Ke'w. Surrey, near the world famous botanical
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      147 16 MANCHESTER. Mon. (Reuter) Manchester United, the European soccer champions, have been hit by their biggest injury crisis for years. On Saturday. John Aston was carried oft during the match against English champions Manchester City and it was later discovered he has a broken tibia in
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      87 16 TORONTO. Mon. <UPI> —3 Ramanathan Krishnan of India defeated Torben Ulrich of Denmark 6-3. 6-0. 7-5 yesteiday to win the men s singles title of the Canadian Open Tennis Championships Canadian's Harry Fauquier and John Sharpe took the doubles crown by downing Jasjit Singh of Pakistan
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      Lock icon India’s hope for semi-final berth dashed
      391 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Thailand dashed India's boats for a semi-final berth with an upset solitary goal win at the Stadium Merdeka here tonight paving the way for Burma to join Malaysia as Group B runners-up. The football played by the Indians was atrocious. The
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      113 16 HONG KONO Mon. < Reuter i The Hone Kong Rifle Association is finding it hard to raise money to send marksmen to the Mexico Olympics. After a recent fund-raising drive, the association found it was still short of 16.000 HK dollars <l.lOO stgi. According
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      33 16 BURMESE 'keeper Tin Aung gets ready to collect a header from India's centreforward Sa'adatullah at the Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Sunsport pix by Yap Chew Yon.
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      326 16 I'll try to get into UK again Bland JOHANNESBURG. Mon. (Reuter) Test cricketer Colin Bland flew back to Johannesburg today after being barred from entering Britain on his Rhodesian passport and announced he is going to try to get back again, possibly on South African travel documents. Bland, hustled out
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      516 16 TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) Singapore defeated Taiwan 3 0 in the men's team event of the Fourth International Students Badminton Championships opening here today. Nine Asian nations are taking part in the championships, also known as the Asian youth badminton championships. In the first
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      323 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Veteran players showed up well again in the final trial of the Selangor Rugby Union at the Selangor Club padang today Tne Probables XV (Yellows) beat Possibles XV (Reds) by 18 points to 13. The youngsters like Jimmy Yong.
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      96 16 NEW YORK. Mon Reut?r> Billy Casper nan-owl- r*tained his place a the money-winner on 1' 1: t- Professional Golf C pite yesterday's win by 5 Boros in the 2 (about 104.000 sterl Chester Golf Class Casper, who finis -ri t 1 strokes behind Boros h
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      56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 10.52 a.m. (6.5 ft.), 11.30 p.m. (6.0 ft.). Port Swettenham: 2.33 a.m. (11.6 ft.), 2.52 p.m. (12.5 ft.). Port Dickson: 3.17 a.m. (5.7 ft.). 4.48 pm- (6.8 ft.). Singapore: 959 a.m. (6.3 ft.). 7.57 pm. (7.0 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 8.34 a.m. (6.9 ft.), 5.22 pm. (5.9
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