Eastern Sun, 7 October 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION -fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 786 Monday, 7 October 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 356 1 Marcos accepts Tunku’s proposal for tension-easing talks MANILA, SUN. (AFP UPI) 'DRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos last night bolstered hopes for a Philippine-Malaysia summit meeting by accepting Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman's proposal for talks on ways to reduce "tension that have arisen in the area." The presidential
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  • 80 1 KISSES for “Miss C.P.F.” pretty Miss Doris Chua who won the title on Saturday night. She beat a host of other beauties to be crowned ‘‘Miss C.P.F.” 1968. The crowning was performed by Mrs. S. Rajaratnam, wife of the Foreign Minister. Runner-up was Miss Zavia
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  • 64 1 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) There was no confirmation in Jakarta today of reports from Manila that Indonesia had offered itself as a possible mediator in the Sabah dispute between Malaysia and the Philippines. Indonesian officials refused to comment on the reports which quoted Philippines acting Foreign
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  • 55 1 STANFORD, California. Sun. (UPI) A 54-year-old housewife became the world’s 57th heart transplant patient yesterday. She was the seventh woman. She was Mrs. Georgette Larson of Santa Clara. California. who received her new heart in a four-hour operation at Stanford University Hospital by a surgical team headed
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  • 354 1 IT l ALA LUMPUR. Sun. L» The Philippines had never at any time made a formal claim to Sabah, the former British Colonial Secretary. Lord Boyd, said here today. “So long as 1 was the Secretary of State for the
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  • 100 1 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) President Suharto Has assured the people that no militarism or dictatorship would emerge in Indonesia. In a speech marking Indonesia's Armed Forces Day yesterday. President Suharto said: “I want to stress that there will be no militarism or any kind of dictatorship in
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  • 200 1 JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) Indonesian presidential secretary Colonel Sutikno today denied that Hartini, second wife of former President Sukarno, had been detained or recently interrogated. He told Reuter in answer to questions that the last time the former leader’s preferred wife was interrogated was about 18
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  • 195 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Police are looking for another two men, believed to be involved in the $190,000 Securicor robbery in Banting on Friday. No details of the men are available, but they are believed to belong to the same gang which executed the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 42 2 A WUV* V fill' The Chinese celebrated the festival yesterday. Eastern Sun picture.
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    • 385 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A total of 68,000 people including two Ministers and a former Minister have registered for national Service in Sabah, the Assistant Controller of Manpower, Malaysia, Mr. G.N. Rajan, told 2.000 volunteers who were outside the age limit. Mr. Rajan
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    • 35 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. The lucky numbers for this week’s Toto Draw are: 19. 7, 11, 36, 17, 8 and additional number is 43. The supplementary draw for three numbers were. 3. 17 and 39.
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    • 124 2 IPOH. Sun. The Chairman of the Malaysian Chinese Association. Perak branch. Senator Yeoh Klan Teik. urged all M.C.A. members to be sincere and honest In their dealings with the public. Senator Yeoh was speaking at a dinner in Brewster Road last night. The
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    • 396 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Controller of Export Commodities in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Enche Jamil Jan, left today for Paris to attend a meetin- of the Consultative Cnmmitt~e of Natural and Svnthetic Ruaber Producers from Oct. 9 to 11. He is
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    • 201 2 Sabah belongs to Malaysia Pak. body KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Pakistan Malaysia Cultural Association in Karachi has hailed the stand of the Pakistan Government on the Sabah issue. In a statement received by Bernama today, it praised the Secretary to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. S. M. Yusuf,
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    • 384 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The public in India bark Malaysia in its dispute with the Philippines over Sabah, a visiting Indian M.P.. Professor M. L. Sondhl. said today. Prof. Sondhl. Secretary of the Jan Sangha Parliamentary Party, told Bernama that the issue should
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    • 77 2 PENANG. 8 u n Mr. Pr&sath Naidu. a field officer of the Ministry of Labour, won the "Mr. Handsome” contest at the Parents’ Association School’s third gala dance here last night. Mr. Stewart Loh. a sales executive won the “Mr. Personality'’ contest, also held in
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    • 255 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. All the diplomats at the Soviet Embassy here are learning the National Language. A spokesman of the Embassy today said it was the practice among Soviet diplomatic officers to study the language of the country to which they were posted. All
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    • 267 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A special one-year post-graduate diploma course for trainee executives is being planned by the University of Malaya. The Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administration, Dr. Yip Yat Hoong. told Bernama today that this full-time course was for trainee
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    • 34 2 IPOH. Sun. Two robbers on a motor cycle held up a cyclist. Nior Annuar bin Nior Hashim. 19. at Shamrock Gardens in Batu Gajah last night. They snatched his wrist watch.
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    • 1254 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. In this age and world, a powerful and prosperous nation like America cannot opt out of the affairs of Asia or for that matter Africa, Europe or Australia. This is the opinion of Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam. when
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    • 86 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. Military personnel will conduct a Cordon and Search exercise tomorrow at Taman Jurong. No blanks or thunderflashes will be fired during the exercises and troops will only use the pavements. No building will be entered. The public are advised not to be alarmed. Meanwhile, the Singapore
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    • 59 3 SINGAPORE Sun. More than 200 persons last night attended a cocktail party given by the Indonesian Charge d’Affaires. Lt. Col. Abdul Rachman Ramly and his wife to celebrate the Indonesia’s Armed Forces Day at the Wisma Indonesia in Orchard Road here. Among those present were
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    • 262 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. Seventeen top British Industrialists will study the market here with a view of forming a joint enterprise in the Republic. They are members of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry Selling mission which flew in here today from
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    • 141 3 5 p.m. Public lecture by Mr. Douglas Cohen, of t.ie Royal Alexandra Hospital for children. New South* Wales on “Thoracic Cvsts and tumours” at Pathology Lecture Theatre. Organised by School of Postgraduate Medical Studies, University of Singapore. 5 p.m. Opening of Third Conference of the Pacific Regional Fellowship
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    • 597 10  -  By SUHAIMI BIDIN OINGAPORE, Sun. Women provided with tertiary education will stand in good stead not only in bringing up their families but also play an equally o e role as men in contributing towards the progress of society and the nation.
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    • 211 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. A more scientific approach is being adopted by the Government to bring about balanced development of both the urban and the rural sector. This was stated today by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture. Enche Sha’ari Tadin. when he
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    • 49 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Adult Education Board will organise a course on Spoken Cantonese, Spoken Hokkien and Conversational Malay, catering specially for Eng-lish-speaking students, commencing on Oct. 16. English will be used as a medium of instruction. The fee for the total course Is $l2,
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    • 63 10 THE Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kucn Yew ond Mrs. Lee were guests at a dinner at Eusoff College on Saturday night to celebrate the College's 10th anniversary. Eastern Sun picture shows the Lees with officials of the College proceeding to the dinner tables soon after
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    • 317 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. Law students of the University of Singapore have urged the authorities to see that their training should not only he academic in nature, but should also equip the student for practice at the Bar. In urging for this, the “Law Times."
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    • 67 10 Raja’s wife crowns ‘Miss CPF SINGAPORE. Sun. The wife of the Foreign Minister. Mrs. S. Rajaratnam. is seen crowning this year’s “Miss C.P.F." Miss Doris Chua. Standing on the extreme left is the runner-up, Miss Zavia Elias. The competition was held last night at the Ocean Park Hotel, where Miss
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    • 237 10 SINGAPORE. Sun Major prizes, worth several thousand of dollars, remain unclaimed from the New Era Exposition. Mr. Robert Tan Yew H;ok of Hwee Seng ft Co., the sponsor of PIONEER Night on Sept. 27 and TEAC Night on Oct. 2. appealed to winners of the
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    • 211 10 SINGAPORE. Sun. A two-month free music course, to he conducted by Dr. Thomas Eugene West, will be held from Tuesday at the Thomson Road Baptist Church. Dr. West who arrived in Singapore a few months ago. is an interim pastor of the Thomson
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    • 213 4 Varsity Hospital: Mo re seek treatment now— Official KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. A greatly increased number of patients are seeking treatment at the University Hospital, following the wide publicity it received at its official opening on Aug. 5. The Hospital Administrator, Mr. James Neal, told Bernama today that certain internal changes
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    • 45 4 AT the weaving loom. This is one of the items in the Sabah Stall at the Ma- laysian Agri- Horticultural Association exhibition in Kuala Lumpur. The four-day exhibition opened on Thursday at the Old Klang Road, MAHA grounds. Eastern Sun Pix by Yap Chew Yan.
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    • 110 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sun. An operation against speeding motorists was launched here today by the Johore Bahru Police In a statement, the OCPD. DSP Mohamed bin Hassan said: “We are concentrating all our efforts to book speeding and reckless drivers. He said 20 motorists Including five from
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    • 37 4 MONTREAL: Bhupinder Singh (L) Dep. Controller of Treasury of Malaysia receives briefing on CF-5 plane at ASS. Line by Canadian marketer director K. J. McDonald. Use in Canadian forces followed by great interest by Malaysia (UPI Radiophoto).
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    • 100 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Gerakan Raayat Malaysia will soon launch Its youth wing, the Deputy Secretary of the party. Mr. V. David, told a press conference today. The inauguration ceremonv of the Gerakan youths will be performed by Its chairman. Prof. Syed Hussein Al-Atas here.
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    • 342 4 Calculation by Kit Siang: KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The DAP Organising Secretary, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, today charged that the Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Khai Boh, has failed completely to solve the housing problem in Malaysia. He said
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    • 142 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Pearls and walking sticks caught the fancv of the Sultan of Selangor when he visited the Malaysian Agri-Horticultural Association exhibition at Jalan Klang today. The Sultan, accompanied by the Tunku Ampuan and several members of the royal family, spent more
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    • 75 4 SEREMBAN. Sun. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. today said the threat posed by the Philippines had united all Malaysians despite whatever differences they might have. The people, he added, had more than proved their solidarity. Enche Khir said this when
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    • 45 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Ministry of Works. Posts and Telecommunications. has announced that the Bukit Bintang post office, which was closed on Oct. 29. last year, will be re-opened at Its new premises at No. 114. Jalan Bukit Bintang tomorrow.
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    • 23 4 KAMPAR. Sun. The Lions Club df Kampar today distributed mooncakes and towels to 160 lrtmates in seven old folks’ Homes.
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    • 101 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Sutt. An appeal to the public to help the physically and mentally handicapped children was made here today. In a statement, the Secretary of the local branch of the Central Welfare Council of Malaya. Dr. M B. Dass said: “Many physically and mentally
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    • 194 4 PENANG. Sun. A colourful water festival, including dragon boat races, may be staged by the Penang Tourist Association in April next year to boost Penang's tourist trade. The association has appointed a committee to go into the planning and to draw up an estimate
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    • 138 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A suggestion to do away with meters in parking bays and employ attendants instead was welcomed today by the Traffic Police Chief. Supt. Mansor bin Mohamed Noor. The call was made in the latest issue of the AAM News,
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    • 48 4 TELUK ANSON. Sun Police have arrested two men believed to be responsible for the theft of 30 cases of matches worth $1,200. from the Perak match factory here on Saturday night. The two men were arrested in an ambush laid by Police following a tip-off
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 13 ONE of the novelty Items of the four-day Malaysian Agri-Horticultural Association exhibition in Kuala Lumpur was the coconut plucking competition the competitors were all professionals, monkeys in fact. Ten such coconut plucking monkeys are taking part In the competition, three times a day for prize money. Picture
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    • 87 13 SINGAPORE. Sun. A 33-year-old motor-cyclist died in the General Hospital this morning alter his machine skidded and hit a lamp-post along River Valley Road Police who gave his name as Lee Yap Pew. said that he was not wearing a crash helmet. He met the
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    • 96 13 MANILA. Sun. (AFP) Retired Filipino Ambassador Eduardo Quintero, a considered expert on the Philippine claim to Sabah, flew to New York yesterday to reinforce the Philippine delegation to the United Nations General Assembly. At the U.N.. Quintero will join Foreign Secretary Narciso Ramos
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    • 212 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Poison’s Board is putting final touches to a new draft ordinance to curb imports of low standard drugs into Malaysia. The board had met twice to discuss the draft which it hoped would be forwarded to Parliament soon. A spokesman
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    • 170 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Malaysia and Brunei employed most of the 2.368 Hong Kong workers who went overseas for employment last year, according to an annual report of the Hong Kong Government received by Bernama today. These countries employed them mainly as domestic
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    • 97 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. British industrialists have reached agreemnt with their local counterparts here to start two joint ventures. This was disclosed today by the leader of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce trade mission Mr. W. R P King, before their departure to Singapore after
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    • 130 13 KEMAMAN. Sun. Tun Abdul Razak today said co-operation with the Philippines could resume If Manila recognised Sabah as a constituent State of Malaysia. But Malaysia would not compromise on its sovereignty and territorial Integrity, the Deputy Prime Minister said in Ayer Puteh, near
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    • 397 13 SINGAPORE, Sun. Since separation from Malaysia. Singaporeans have been instilled with the spirit of self-reliance, dedication and an awareness of the necessity to make Singapore succeed. Disclosing this today. Enche Rahim Ishak. the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, added that never before
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    • 27 13 CRATES of ammunition being airlifted (above) by the RMAF, Nuri Helicopters from Dungun airfield to troops taking part in the joint exercise in the Pahang/ Trengganu jungles.
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    • 628 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The MARA Institute of Technology today announced the results of its candidates who sat for various professional examinations in June. The examinations were those of the Corporation of Certified Secretaries. London. the Chartered Institute of Secretaries. London, the Institute of
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • WORLD NEWS
    • 491 5 ‘Police killed 200 on Wednesday’ MEXICO CITY, Sun. (Reuter) Mexico's Student Council said today that 200 people were killed during last Wednesday's riots here and claimed that police had executed many student leaders. The rebel student “committee of 210“ which has led the fight
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    • 283 5 MEXICO CITY, Sun (Reuter) Police beat students who refused to disclose the names of their leaders after Wednesday night's bloody Mexico City street battle, a student claimed. The student. 21-vear-old Roberto X he asked for his surname to be withheld was in the Plaza of Three
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    • 135 5 CALCUTTA. Sun. (UPI) At least 135 persons have been killed in Himalayan landslides, officials reported on Saturday. The landslides on Friday followed storms which dumped almost one and a half feet of rain In 52 hours on north-eastern India and cut oil much of the
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    • 54 5 FRANCE'S noted haute couturier. Pierre Cardin, showed some of his latest collection of 200 originals for the autumn-winter 1968-69 at the Tokyo's House. Photo shows four of the most charming Japanese models wearing the Cardin’s evening gowns glittering with beads of multicolours making them appear gorgeous
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    • 477 5 CLEVELAND. Ohio, Sun(IPI) Anti-Wallace demonstrators battled with his supporters at a George C. Wallace rally on Saturday and police waded with clubs swinging to break up the melee. Police made dozens of arrests. At least one demonstrator's head was bloodied and others were knocked
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    • 126 5 ONLY a few people can imitate four-year-old Ariane. She can “throw” her mother down to the mat. Ariane is the daughter of one of the “most dangerous women in Europe”, 27-year-old Linde Gunther of Offenbach (Federal Republic of Germany) who has the title of the 3rd international
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    • 157 5 VATICAN CITY. Sun. Reuter) Pope Paul yesterday called on ageing married couples to guide younger ones in following his ban on artificial birth control and leading a good Christian life. Speaking to Italian couples celebrating their silver (25th) wedding anniversaries. the Pope congratulated them for
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    • 132 5 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) Two of the 11 exwives of late playboy-heir Tommy Manville have started a legal battle over his estimated USS3O million will. Manville died last year aged 73. leaving a fortune from asbestos. The legal battle will be between his eleventh
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    • 411 5 QAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) General Duong Van "Big" Minh, who led the 1963 coup which toppled President Ngo Dinh Diem, returned home yesterday after nearly four years of exile in Thailand. General Minh was invited back by President Nguyen Van Thieu
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    • 123 5 ROME. Sun. (AFP) A tropical'plant parasite taken in the form of infusion is being tested in Honduras as a possible cure for cancer and leukaemia, the Honduran Ambassador. Dr. Eugenio Matuie. reported yesterday to a seminar on the prevention of cancer now meeting
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    • 70 5 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Elderly widow Mrs. Margaret Mitchell nearly died laughing when she read the insurance company's reply to her letter. “We cannot attend to this for you until we receive your death certificate.” was the company's blunt instruction. “It tickled me to death,” said a
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    • 294 5 SAIGON, Sun. (UPI) Allied forces threw a cordon of infantry-men around the outskirts of Hue and killed 85 Communists and captured 203 Vietcong prisoners, C.S. spokesmen said today. The troops began inching through the marshy lowlands nine days ago, and since then have
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    • 201 5 MIAMI. Sun (CPI) Two persons were killed and four others critically injured on Saturday when two light planes collided in the air over southwest Miami. One plane plunged straight down with a wing shorn away and the other spun into South Bisgayne Bay.
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    • 1016 6  -  By AL ROSSITER Jr. UPI Space Writer r<APE KENNEDY, Sun. (UPI) America's hope to send men on a cnrlstmastime trip.to V" the moon rest upon the success of a 3-man, 16-ton spaceship due to take rridoy (Oct. 11) in the opening of
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    • 225 6 'U.S. air superiority is vital and urgent WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) A Senate Committee yesterday called for the urgent development of a new jet fighter and warned that the United States might not otherwise be able to maintain air superiority in any conflict with the Soviet Union. A report by the
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    • 177 6 UMUAHIA, Biafra. Sun. (Reuter) Sixty-one people died when Federal Nigerian jet planes using napalm raided a Biafran town near Aba, official Biafran sources said here yesterday. The sources said the raid, which took place on Friday, burned down two thirds of the market
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    • 93 6 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) Bernard M. Baruch, unpaid adviser to seven U S. Presidents, Wall Street financier and philanthropist, left U 5516,890,000, according to details of his will published here at the weekend. Baruch, who made and lost millions on the Stock Exchange, left most of
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    • 250 6 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) A celf-styled Bishop was held on rape and kidnap charges here today after a British-born blonde told police he held her captive in his “church” for seven month*. Police said when the blonde bank clerk led them to the four-storey
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    • 122 6 SYDNEY. Sun. (UPI) Some of Australia's highranking defence officials watched 2.500 Royal Marines storm Queensland beaches on Saturday. The Marines, part of a large amphibious force, were called in to stoo theoretical enemy invaders advancing down Australia's East Coast. Australian defence planners were studying the implications
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    • 108 6 A GREAT rarity which is kept in a safe and only touched with tweezers, has been put up for sale in a stamp shop in Hamburg (Federal Republic of Germany). The value of this phiiatelistic rarity is estimated at USS- 40,000 and is a letter
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    • 456 6 VIWASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) Most heart transplant patients will eventually need a second or third transplant, South African heart surgeon Dr. Christian Barnard told a press conference yesterday. But he said later there were no current plans for another transplant
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    • 134 6 PERTH. Sun (Reuter) A Perth journalist's application for a nationalist Chinese visa has been referred to Taipeh because the journalist once spent a few hours in Communist East Germany. Hugh Schmitt, chief of the West Australian Newspapers Ltd. News Bureau, applied two weeks ago for a
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    • 197 6 TOKY’O. Sun. (AFP) British and Japanese heart-transplant surgeons met in Tokyo today among the 1.500 surgeons from 51 nations, including 250 Japanese, who gathered for the 16th biennial session of the International College of Surgeons. Before the Congress opening. Dr. Donald N. Ross. British
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    • 116 6 JAKARTA. Sun. <AFP> Three Bandung. West Java, weeklies have been sus--pended for publishing pornographic articles and pictures. Indonesia's Information Minister, Vice Air Marshal Budirdjo In disclosing this, also noted that he was considering cancelling the licences of five Medan. North Sumatra, papers. Earlier, ten Jakarta periodicals
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    • 75 6 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuter) Beauties from almost 50 countries today attracted an admiring crowd estimated at 40.000 when they paraded on floats through Ginza. Tokyo's thoroughfare. Amateur cameramen vied each other for snap-shots of the girls in national costumes who were protected by a police
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    • 217 6 TOKYO. Sun (AFP) A 66-y«ar»old gold prospector who had been digging a tunnel for 21 years was buried alive for seven day? but has lived to tell the tale Five thousand rescue workers worked day and night to get to Mr Klyomitsu Otsuka. who was
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    • 137 6 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) A newspaper report says Indonesian military authorities have discovered a Chinese organisation which tried to mobilise aid for underground Communist activities in Java. The Army newspaper War News, reporting this yesterday. did not give the source of its information but
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    • 519 7 Moscow demanding further sweeping concessions T>RAGUE, Sun. (Reuter) Czechoslovakia yesterday received with gloom the outcon,e of tough negotiations in Moscow which demand further sweeping concessions by the Prague reformists. Following the talks between the Soviet and Czechoslovak leaders, the country now faces the prospects of a purge
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    • 388 7 MOSCOW, Sun. (Reuter) The Soviet Union hits out at dissident Prague journalists again today as it waited for Czechoslovak leaders to act on the far-reaching promises given to the Kremlin in their crucial talks here. All signs in Moscow are that the Soviet
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    • 88 7 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter) Thai police are to be drafted to serve In their home towns because authorities feel they will be more active in defending their own homes from Communist infiltration. Informed Government sources today said a new draft system would be introduced soon to recruit
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    • 268 7 AUSTRALIA is probably the only country that has two memorials to a single insect. In the grazing lands of the Darling Downs of Queensland. the town of Dalby has erected a cairn and the township of Boonarga has erected a memorial hall to the little
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    • 125 7 COLUMBUS. Ohio. Sun (UPI) And now the zippies the answer to the hippies and the yippies. The West High School Band. 140 members strong. on Saturday morning took the oath of a zippy —a new youth group zealous in promoting patriotic vouth.” The oath was administered
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    • 360 7 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Britain faces a difficult autumn of protest and vauthful discontent that needs only a small spark to explode into violence. Authority faces two factions the sit-in brigade wanting to change the education system and the marchers trying to change the world. In London
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    • 410 7 TIfASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) —The world's top banking and finan- cial experts are speeding up work to produce a plan to help pro* tect the export earnings of poor countries. Object of the plan to be completed by June 30, next year
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    • 115 7 VATICAN CITY. Sun. (Reuter) Twenty-four Roman Catholic martyrs killed during religious persecution in Korea in 1866 were beatified at a solemn ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica today. The martyrs were seven French missionaries and 17 Korean converts to Christianity. Hundreds of French and Korean pilgrims listened
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    • 58 7 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) The Indonesian Garuda Airlines today announced it had suspended two crew members now being detained at Tokyo international airport on charges of smuggling. A steward and a navigator were arrested in Tokyo last Thursday after being found with 24 gold
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    • 311 7 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) British motorists are quickly losing their fear of the breathalyser alcoholic tests. The British Automobile Association’s magazine, drive, has expressed great concern at the ‘alarming and discouraging’ drift back to the pre-breathalyser drinking and driving habits of British road-users. The British Government’s
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    • 139 7 MANILA. Sun. (UPI) Philippine volcanologists today kept a close watch on the activity of two volcanoes in Southern Luzon Island (showing signs of restlessness. The Volcanology Commission reported a 12-second tremor was felt at 9:35 am (0135 GMT) today near the general area of
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    • 88 7 SYDNEY. Sun. (Reuter) Blue cars are involved in more accidents than cars of any other colour, according to a world survey by a tyre company. The survey hv Goodyear Tyre and Rubber showed that blue cars, the most popular colour, were involved in 25 per cent of
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    • 173 7 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter)— —Buddy. A U.S. Marine sentry dog which suffered partial blindness after being struck by tear gas has been given a corneal transplant and may be back on duty within two months. Buddy is one of a team of alsatians the Marines keep
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    • 107 7 ROTORUA. New Zealand. Sun. (Reuter) Mr. Charles Ber.net, a former Ambassador to Malaya, will contest a seat in the New Zealand general elections next year the first time a Maori has stood in a constituency normally contested by whites. Of New Zealand’s 84 seats four must
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    • 118 7 SYDNEY. Sun (Ktuter) The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (A.5.1.0.) Is spying on members of the Tasmanian University, a civil liberties convention was told in Sydney today. Mr. John Craig, a postgraduate student of the university and part-time schoolteacher, said this during a discussion which touched
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  • 313 8 PAHANG, the largest State in West Malaysia. is the least developed. The Pahang Government is now opening up more forest reserves for development. A major undertaking like developing the virgin jungles should not be confined to a section of the population. Other sections, too, should be allowed to
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  • 426 8 ALMOST every year rain seemed to have washed out the MAHA Exhibition. This year is no exception. The fact is the exhibition no longer draws the crowds that it used to do forty to forty-five years ago. The urbanites of the Federal capital are no longer interested in
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  • 194 8 MOSCOW: These two diagrams show the flight of the Soviet spaceship Zond V, which, according 10 an official Soviet statement, recently "lassoed the Moon." The statement said the spaceship was successfully brought through a six-mile long "window in space” to a safe splashdown In the Indian
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  • 388 8  -  By R. E. Stannard Jr. ITNITED NATIONS (I'PI) The weatherman is about to go underwater. Scientific weather forecasting for the atmosphere dates back a century or more. But the flow of tides, temperatures and turbidity beneath the waves remains largely unpredictable. Now an International group of oceanographers
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  • LETTERS...
    • 363 8 IT is an undeniable fact that the British Withdrawal In 1971 Is causing great concern amongst Malaysians. I believe it has been a folly on our part to have taken for granted that the British protective umbrella which is being spread over
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    • 1119 8  -  By A.W. Hoslett The discovery of the genetic code took 21 years. and the first name that springs to mind in connection with the dscovery is that of Nobel Prizewinner Francis Cnck. Although he had nothing to do with the first nine of those
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 40 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper MONDAY. OCTOBER 7. 1968 23-B. Cantonment Road. Singapore 2. Telephone: *****/7 Panang Office Ipoh OHka 39. lalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur. Mglavaia. Telephone: *****/6 8. Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77. Brewiter Reed. Tel-***** Cable Address: AWNEWS
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    • 20 8 UTTER WRITERS MUST GIVE THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES IN GOOD FAITH. LETTERS WITHOUT NAMES AND ADDRESSES WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED-
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 460 9 By Antonio Friginal MANILA, Sun. iTI (UPI) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) devoted its time and energy last week in promoting continued economic co-operation in the region, unperturbed by the territoriol dispute between the Philippines ond Malaysia. Commerce and
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    • 96 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun Dunlop Malaysian Industries Berhad is to spend an additional $2O million over the next four years in its expansion programme. A statement by Dunlop, released here, sa id: “Dunlop Malaysian Industries Berhad announce that after spending some $l3 million on additional
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    • 676 9 The weekly market review SINGAPORE, Sun. —The cautious mood and declined prices of the previous week continued into the first few days of last week on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singa- pore. Initially. there was widespread selling mainly attributed to
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    • 624 9  -  By HARRY HOBBS LONDON. Sun. (t'PI) The £2l million (t'SS--50.4 million) jump in Britain's cold and dollar reserves was among the best official news of the week signalling the country's improving economic health but a sign of a different type from
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    • 116 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The manaJiers of two of the coding polyethylene manufacturers m Malaysia left for Japan yesterday to attend the International Plastic Fair in Osaka. They are Mr. Chang Ah Ngow. Factory Manager for Century Plastics Sdn. Bhd., and Mr. Tan Chin Cheng,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 231 9 •:v- I r CAN YOU REALLY PRIOICT THE FUTURE? Some say that they can, and some believe them. Science hasn’t yet found the I secret of clairvoyance, we know that. But Insurance Companies, by statistical analysis of the past, can help you guard against the turning wheel of fate— in
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    • 741 9 Air Movements FLY THE BIG BOEING 707 s OF MSA TO HONGKONG, TAIPEI, TOKYO, MANILA, DJAKARTA PERTH, SYDNEY. Contact your travel agent or ring ***** for reservations. Y 7/ ARRIVALS DEPARTIiRLS SINGAPORE 9 00 pm. S 00 pm. 4.20 pm. 9.25 p m. 10-25 a.m. 10 15 a.m. 3.25 pm.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1547 10 YOUR TV and RADIO today TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL S KOALA LUMPUR and Palau Pinaiif. 6 Ipob and Melaka; 3 A It Jotaore Bahru, t Taipinr 1 Bata Pahat; 9 Klaang. P.M.: 8.43 Opening Annct. Prog. Summary, 5.50 News Outlines in the National Language; 5.55 National Songs; 600 News in Tamil;
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  • STUDENTS’ PAGE
    • 478 11 ALL TEN DOLLARS ESSAY WINNERS SINGAPORE'S Tourist Promotion Board has undertaken public relations and advertising effort in other parts of the world. These countries are the United States, Australia, Japan and Europe. It acts as an agent for the government for any business connected
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    • 205 11 "EASTERN Sun” is a daily newspaper, with head office in Singapore. It is a kind of newspaper most people, including myself like to read It provides the readers with many information. A special page called “The S udents’ Page” is a very good
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    • 214 11 I AM dirty and ugly dog and mv ribs are clearly visible. I do not know who my parents are and even my own name. I do not have a proper home and at night. I sleep by the roadside or under a bush. I
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    • 279 11 WHENEVER I think Of this Incident, or even talk about it with my friends, it would sound ridiculous. I shall relate this Incident to you. It happened when my friends and I were returning home from a party. We were heading home by car when a woman
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    • 396 11 HYPNOTISM, is a mysterious. strange, but familiar branch of science. It is. as a dictionary puts it. a “State like deep sleep in which the subject acts on external suggestions only.” Hypnotists have gained the awe. fear and respect of their fellow-men for they who
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    • 367 11 IT WAS the 25th of July 1965. On this day, I was attending Redhill Primary School II and while on my way home from school. I saw suspicious people looking at me and talking to each other in a whisper. In the
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    • 279 11 FISHING is an important occupation In South-east Asia. It is also part of our diet Many people in South-east Asia eat fish instead of meat because fish is plentiful and meat is scarce and expensive. Fish Is Important as it forms the staple food for most
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    • 300 11 I CAN stiU remember the evening when my uncle ?ave me four tickets to ake my brother and sisters to the circus. This was two years ago when the famous "Thai Thean Kew Cireus” was in town. We changed hastily and ran to the bus
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    • 368 11 ‘‘MEN do you want a figure the girls will admire?” Under this heading in a newspaper, a figure of a strongly built handsome man is shown. Below the figure, some instruction is given so that every man w’ho need this advice will become “a figure
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    • 254 11 AS I wandered the tranquil ground of the cemetery, my mind recalled the image of my dead friend Dorien. Dorien was one of my best friends. She was now dead and gone. She was a teen- 4 aged girl who was to sit forher Cambridge
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    • 186 11 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrants are requeued to observe the following rules: 2. Each entrant must fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended bolow in block letters. 2. No entry will be considered icithout the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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  • PICTORIAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
    • 433 12 Eastern Sun ’s feature weekly HUNDREDS flocked to the Oriental Emporium and Eastern Emporium Limited to witness the grand lucky draw held on Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. Eastern Sun pix shows the draw in progress while interested spectators look on. Mr. Mrs. Tan Boon Khing who were married on
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 212 13 SHAW% LIDO Phone ***** NOVA *-iO 11 am.. I.M, 4.00. K.:tn A is Steve McQueen <fc have Dunaway "The THOMAS CIOIVN AH Paul Burke. Color hr Deluxe iUA> OPENS TOOAT! 11 am 1 45, 4 00. «.:tn A o so nm "Marriage Without Fu filment Color.cope-Engltsh Dialogue superimpoaed Chinese Subtitles
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    • 315 13 TODAY and YOU... Monday, October 7, 1968. ARIES MAR 22 APR 20 5-25-31 36 £j/5 0-61-71 STAR Bv CLAY R. POLLAN TAURUS APR 21 I MAY 21 1-40-52-65) ST 66-74-77 ID GEMINI MAY 22 r^r JUNE 22 15-18-20-39 45-69-78 D CANCER JUNE 23 j. JULY 23 37-46-53-62 68-73-85-90 LEO JULY
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    • 278 13 CATHAY NOW SHOWING! 11 a m 1.30. 4 00. 0.30 P. 30 p.a ADIOS. HOMBRE” tn Color rr, J Hill. Qmla Rubin. Scope lilkai A Palace: COMING! ■DON'T LOOK NOW WERE BEING SHOT AT!” Terry Thomas. Co,or. P'Vislon ORCHARD-***** LAST DAT! 1 3*. 4.00. 6.30 A B.IS p.m. Hush O'Brian
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  • Sun Sport
    • 47 14 SEOUL. Sun. UP I > Orient bantamweight champion Lee Won-Suk of South Korea knocked out Japan's junior featherweight No. 2 contender K. Shimizu in the sixth round of a scheduled 12-round non title fight in Seoul yesterday. Loo Soo Chan, winner in the ladies section.
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    • 220 14 SINGAPORE. Sun. Jaswant Singh of the Swift Athletes Association captured the St. John Ambulance Brigade 10 miles big walk title in the men's senior division held here this morning. Jaswant. who was placed second In the SAAA National Defence Fund walk last Sunday, had a very
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    • 547 14 Angkasapuri Big Walk KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Radio Malaysia walkers had a field day when they took the honours by winning all three challenge trophies Men. women and overall (men and women) in the Angkasapuri Big Walk held here today. More than 500 competitors of
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    • 250 14 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Parliamentary Secretary* to th* Ministry of Culture. Mr. Fong Sip Chee. tonight advised boxers to keep on boxing, cultivate their style and spread the sport to as many youngsters as possible. Mr. Fong said this at the opening ceremony of the
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    • 61 14 MEXICO CITY. Sun (Reuter) All tickets for the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies have been sold, despite the serious student unrest in the city. Some visiting Olympic officials have expressed fears that rebel students might use the parade of thousands of overseas athletes and an 80.000
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    • 23 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun.— The Selangor Survey Department Sports Club will hold their Big Walk here on Oct. 13 at 7 a.m.
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    • 110 14 CARA CAS. Venezuela. Sun. (Reuter) Venezuelan featherweight boxing champion Pedro Gomez today faced suspension and exclusion from the monthly world rankings for refusing to meet Japanese world champion Sho Saijyo in a title fight on Dec. 12. Gomez told newsmen yesterday he refused to fight
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    • 564 15 Greaves scores hattrick for Spurs LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) —Liverpool, following their 4-0 owoy win at Burnley, are the new leaders in the English Football League. They disposed Arsenal who featured in a goalless draw against European champion Manchester United at Old Trafford. Leeds United joined Liverpool and
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    • 1069 15 ENGLISH DIVISION ONE HOME AWAY PWDLFA WDLFA Pt». Liverpool 12 5 0 0 14 3 3 2 2 13 4 18 Arsenal 12 420 11 3 3 2 1 6 5 18 Leeds 11 510 12 3 ***** 18 Everton 12 511 14 3 *****
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    • 277 15 English Division One Burnley 0 Liverpool 4 Chelsea 3 Ipswich 1 Coventry 0 Wolves 1 Everton 2 Man. City 0 Man. United 0 Arsenal 0 Newcastle 0 Leeds 1 Notts 3 Stoke 3 Sheff. Wed. 1 Sunderland 1 Suprs 3 Leicester 2 W Bromwich 3 Que. PR 1
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    • 43 15 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. (Reuter) Tony Roche, of Australia, won the Johannesburg professional tennis championship here yesterday. beating American Earl Buchholz 6-3. 9-7 In the final. In the play-off for third place. John Newcomb# (Australia) defeated South Africa’s Cliff Drysdale 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
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    • 501 15 NEWMARKET. England. Sun. (Reuter) Lester Piggott, Britain’s champion jockey, won the two and-a-quarter-mile Cesarewitch Handicap when he took last year’s runnerup. Major Rose, to the front two furlongs out to win by one and a half lengths from Promotion Year
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    • 80 15 DENVER, Colorado. Sun. (Reuter) Jesse Owens, the former Olympic star athlete, was in hospital here yesterday recuperating from a mild case of pneumonia. “I’m feeling fine.” Owens a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, said. He added that he hoped to leave hospital early next week and
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    • 167 15 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuter) Hiroshi Kobayashi of Japan easi.y retained his world junior lightweight boxing title last night without dropping a point in a dull 15round bout. As the crowd booed and called for more action. Kobayashi chased challenger Jaime Valladares of Ecuador who went
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    • 71 15 A* far as she is concerned. sport is only a great hobby, for 22-year-old Heide Rosendahl (picture) loves music, dancing and pretty clothes every bit as much. Heide. who is a student at the German High School for Physical Education in Cologne, is recognised as
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    • 199 15 SINGAPORE. Sun. A. Rahman Mastan, handicap 20. shot a gross 83 to win the annual Port Authority Recreation Club golf championship from 26 other hard trying contemporaries at the Bukit Chermin links during the weekend. Runner-up honours went to A. Samad Ali. handicap 18. after a
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    • 358 15 SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND, Sun. (Reuter Gay Brewer, 36-year-old former United States Master golfer, won the world record first prize of £23,025 with his second successive Alcan Golfer of the year triumph here yesterday Brewer, who won nearly £20.000 in last year's championship, fought off a
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    • 36 15 MEXICO, CITY. Sun. (Reuter) Ind;a. the Olympic hockey champions, beat Malaysia 3-2 in a pre-Olym-pic trial match here yesterday. Ea-h of the three p'av«=rs named Balbir in the Indian team scored for the winners.
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    • 165 15 DAVIS CUP MUNICH, West Germany, Sun. (Reuter) Indian tennis stars Ramanathan Krishnan and JaideeD Mukerjea were carried off the court in triumph after putting their country into a 2-1 lead in the Davis Cup inter-zone semi-final against West Germany here yesterday. Fans swarmed onto the
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    • 114 15 MASERU, Lesotho. Sun (Reuter) South Africa’s white middleweight boxing champion. Willie Ludick, beat the country’s non-white champion Joe Ngidi on points in a non-title bout over 10 rounds here last night. The fight was staged in Lesotho because South Africa’s segregation laws do not allow mixed-race
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 544 14 Eastern Sun ClmiHcd advertisement can be accepted at the followin* addresses: MONT DOR MILK BAR. Ngee Ann Building. Singaoore. S.S. MUBARUK Brothers. 63. Bras Basah Road, and 2. Ma)u Avenue. Serangoon Carden Estate. Singaoore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD., SUPERMARKET. 83. East Coast Road. Singaoore 15 Tel: *****9. HAM lEM STORE.
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    • 206 14 TENDERS JABATAN KERJA RAYA PERAK. RENYATAAN TAWARAN TAW ARAN daripada Pemborong2 yang berdaflar dengan J.K.R. jenis Kelas “A” kaKelas “D” sahaia berkepala I Kepala Kechil 3 untok Kelas “A” ka Kelas “C” dan Kepala I untok Kelas “D” akan diterima rii-pejabat Jurutera Negeri. J.K.R., Perak, hingga jam pukul 3.00 petang
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    • 365 14 NOTICE OF REMOVAL THOMAS COWAN COMPANY LIMITED FUMIGATION PEST CONTROL will be operating from 7th October 1968 at New Office, 31 Leng Kee Road, Singapore 3 TEL: *****1 or *****2 Advertisement for pre-qualifications of prospective tenderers for fuel oil for Jurong, Pasir Panjang ‘A’ and ‘B’ Power Stations and for
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 62 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang;: 12.45 a.m. Port Swettenham: (8.5 ft.), 12.50 p.m. (8.0 ft.). 6.06 a.m. fl 6 5 ft-1 626 p.m. (15.2 ft.). Port Dickson: 6.50 a.m. (9.9 ft.). <-12 P- I (**sft.). Singapore: 11.14 a.m. (8.9 ft.). 11.36 p.m. (9.4 ft.). Sedili Kectail: 9.47 a.m. (7.0 ft.), 10.36
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  • 2544 16  -  REGAL MATE LOSES RACE ON AN OBJECTION By WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE, Sun. Mr. Ng Khoon Khoon's Moonbeam, trained by Eddy van Breukelen and briiliantiy ridden by Allan Trevena scored a magnificent win when he coasted home an easy winner from the ranked outsider Gwana (Frank White)
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  • 218 16 Ist Prize: No. *****81 ($358,086). 2nd Prize: No. *****35 ($150,000). 3rd Prize: No. *****59 ($100,000). 4th Prize: No. *****88 ($50,000). Acceptors: ($lO,OOO each) Nos. *****00 *****38 *****80 *****95 *****13 *****97 *****01 *****78 *****25 *****66. 10 CONSOLATION PRIZES ($5,000 each) Nos. *****41 *****82 *****91 *****73 *****92 *****26 *****34 *****02
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  • 372 16 SINGAPORE. Sun. The adjourned Inquiry into Interference suffered by Prince Piper (Dawkins) and to a lesser extent Picture House II (Coleman) near the 4 furlongs in the last race on Saturday was concluded today. It was found that Kookaburra (Soaidi) had moved In slightly making
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  • 234 16 SYDNEY, Sun. (Reuter) West Indies Test cricketers Gary Sobers and Wes Hall won the second round of the world two-wicket championship, and a Asl,ooo (£476) prize in Sydney today. Australians Bill Lawry and Doug Walters were runners-up. The 15,000 crowd saw 531 runs scored
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  • 353 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Rain marred what would otherwise have been an exciting finish of the annual North Malays vs South Malays cricket match for the "Mentri Besar shield” on the Selangor Club padang here today. An unbeaten 64 by young Zainuddin Meah put North in
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  • 46 16 MUNICH. Sun. (AFP) India qualified to meet the United States in the Davis Cup tennis inter-zone final by gaining a winning 3-1 lead over West Germany in the semi-final tie here today. when Ramanathan Krishnan scored a straight-set win over West German Ingo Buding.
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