Eastern Sun, 28 November 1968

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  • 25 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 837 Ihursday, 28 November 1968. ft MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 616 1 Johnson: New, hopeful step toward peace but hard bargaining ahead PARIS, WED. (UPI) COUTH Vietnam on Tuesday ended its boycott of Paris negotiations and cleared the way for negotiations to end the Vietnam war. U.S diplomats here said the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam and the
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  • 185 1 PARIS. Wed. (CPI) The National Liberation Front (NLF) said todav it will take part in the expanded Paris talks on Vietnam hut will challenge Saigon’s claim to be the legal spokesman for the South. High Allied sources said Hanoi also will come, thus ensuring
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  • 36 1 PHILADELPHIA. Wed (Reuter General William C. Westmoreland. US Army Chief of Staff, warned here last night that North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front (N.L.F.) might employ “fight-talk-flght” tactics during the Paris peace negotiations.
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  • 118 1 BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) About 400 Malaysian rubber tappers had been sent back home from Southern Thailand, Interior Minister General Praphas Charusathien said today. General Praphas told reporters that Thailano had imposed a strict border control as part of its campaign. This had affected rubber tapping
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  • 440 1 SAIGON. Wed (CPI) South Vietnam is organising a negotiating "task force" of as many as 100 persons or more to handle its negotiating tasks in Paris. Government sources said today. The betting in diplomatic circles here is that President Nguyen Van Thieu
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  • 292 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. An exchange of portfolios between two Cabinet Ministers was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. today. The two Ministers are the Minister of Health. Dr. Ng Kam Poh. and the Minister of Welfare Services, Tan Sri Haji Abdul Hamid Khan.
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  • 121 1 MANILA. Wed (AFP) The Philippines decided at a meeting of its top-level Foreign Policy Council today to preserve diplomatic relations with Malaysia. There Is no break." Presidential press spokesman Jake Clave told newsmen after the two-hour closed door council meeting at the Malacanang Palace. A written
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  • 383 1 LUMPUR, Wed. Preparations have begun for another five-power defence conference among Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Britain. The talks are to discuss defence arrangements in this region in view of the British pull- out by 1971. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman,
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  • 63 1 VIENTIANE. Wed. (UPI) One more body has been found inside the wreckage of an Air America plane that crashed on Monday in Savannakhet, 250 miles southeast of here, raising the death toll to 26, U.S. officials reported. Thev said the casualty list included
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 535 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. The relative comfort and peace in the country should not blind the people from the hidden dangers facing the nation from various quarters. This was stated last night by the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Othman Mohamed Sa'at. He said communist elements
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    • 212 2 SINGAPORE Wed A doctor's refusal to attend a court case today as a prosecution witness caused the Fourth District Judge. Mr. Luew Ngik Kee. to discharge the three accused The doctor Is Dr A V. B Isaacs of the General Hospital. In granting the
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    • 20 2 IPOH —The police have recovered a motor cycle reported stolen recently by its owner, Low Chee Khong.
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    • 244 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari, has authorised Chief Education Officers in the states of West Malaysia and the Directors of Education in East Malaysia to receive on his behalf donations to the National Universitv Fund. Enche Khir told
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    • 174 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Police here have detained a man In connection with an incident three day* ago In which a housewife was robbed and molested by a man who called at her home posing as a fortune teller A police spokesman said today the man
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    • 88 2 KAMPAR. Wed. A lorry driver. Cheong Yoon Poh. 27, from Chemoh. was today jailed for a year by the Sessions Court here when he was found guilty of causing the death of a woman. Loh Ong Hoi. on Jan. 11 this year, through ne- gligent
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    • 364 2  -  By SUHAIMI BIDIN SINGAPORE. Wed The Maltese Prime Minister, Dr. Giorgio Borg Olivier, arrived here tonight by air for a fourday official visit. He was accompanied by Dr. J. Splteri. Minister of Trade. Industry and Agriculture. and four other officials. The aircraft which
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    • 81 2 SINGAPORE. Wed The Sngapore Government has after consultation with the Majlis Ugama Islam decided to declare Dec 21 (Saturday) as an additional public holiday for Hari Raya Puasa. If, however. Hari Raya Puasa should fall on Friday, employers are requested to allow all Muslim employees time off to
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    • 315 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home meant to be a children’s home away from home will be officially opened on Sunday. The chairman of the management committee. Mr. Tan Boon Chiang. said the land for the Home and $lOO,OOO in cash
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    • 312 2 Penang will support Fish Marketing Board provided it benefits all —CM PENANG, Wed. The Chief Minister, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee. today said the State Government would support the proposed F A M.A. Fish Marketing Board provided it would benefit all concerned. He was replying to a question put forward
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    • 29 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service's mobile blood bank will be stationed at the Fullerton Square car park on Friday from 9 am. to 4 p.m.
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    • 326 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. A British Army Corporal in Bedok. 26-year-old Robert Forrest is becoming increasingly known as something of a "zoo man". At his home in Jalan Limau Manis, he has two monkeys, one bad-temper-ed cockatoo, a white rabbit (known as Bugs),
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    • 137 2 IPOH. Wed. A former “Cha-Cba Queen”. Loh Foong Meng. 27. was today charged in the Magistrate's Court here with living on the immoral earnings of two girls and operating a brothel. Loh was arrested following a nolice raid at a house in Tiger
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    • 186 2 SINGAPORE. Wed n engineer told the High Court today that a few days after he returned to Singapore, his wife phoned him from Britain to say that she did not want to join him here. The engineer. Abdul Majid Shaik who was suing
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    • 88 2 IPOH. Wed. Lee Ah Seng. 17. who was sentenced to three vears’ imnri«onmeot and six strokes of the rotart in the Sessions Court a Kampar yesterday for armed robbery in Kopisan New Village, was produced before Enche Abu Bakar bin Awang in the Magistrate’s Court
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    • 1014 3 The partners for economic progress in new nations —Raja SINGAPORE, Wed. Economic development in new nations should be a partnership of workers, management and government. There will undoubtedly be conflict of interests between the three from time to time but such conflicts can be contained and resolved if all three
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    • 134 3 1 p.m.— 2 p.m.: Rotary Club of Singapore-West weekly luncheon at Hollandsche (Dutch) Club. Camden Park, off Adam Road 5 p.m. 9 p.m.: SATA free mass X-rav station Nam Hoe Village Community Centre. Neo Tiew Road 7.30 p.m.: Free film shows by Ministry of Culture at Hwa Ming
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    • 120 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. An employee of Cycle and Carriage Co., Lim Yong Huat, 37, charged with theft and cheating today, was released on a $20,000 bail. Lim claimed trial to both charges in the Ninth Magistrate Court. He Is charged with stealing Chartered
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    • 51 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A Naval Base worker, M. Nagora, was jailed for three years by the Fourth District Court today for theft of $875 worth of cash and property. Nagora pleaded guilty to stealing the items from another worker’s quarters in the Naval Base itself on Oct.
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    • 81 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Chew Yoon Thim. 37. was jailed for one year bv the Ninth Magistrate's Court today for cheating a provision shop of seven cases of sardines. Chew admitted taking the sardines, valued at $172 from the shop at Telok Blangah Road on Nov.
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    • 364 4 T)ORT DICKSON, Wed. Fragmentation of -T rubber estates will not only lead to unemployment but may pose a serious national threat as it results in the deterioration of the quality of rubber produced from small-hold-ings. This is the opinion
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    • 66 4 KAMPAR. Wed Police here have launched an allout campaign to round up pirate taxi operators. So far. four have been detained. The OCPD here. ASP Abdullah bin Latt Ibrahim, today warned the public not to travel in pirate taxis as they are not covered by
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    • 62 4 IP6H, Wed A rubber small-holder. S Selvarajoo. lost 51 sheets of rubber at Pathi Estate in Kampong Tawas. a Magistrate's Court here was told today. Shaikh Hisamudin bin Arrudin, 18 and Idris bin Samsudin. 18. pleaded guilty to stealing the rubber sheets valued at $5l
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    • 326 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A general political "awakening'' among the Chinese In the country can now be seen, the Secretary-General of the Malaysian Chinese Association. Mr. Kam Woon Wah. said today. He told Bernama that this "awakening" was evidence by the more than 40.000 new members
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    • 688 4  -  By CHARLES CHAN Kl ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Aurel Verne put on his disarming smile as he hovered above the seated Gina Carroll, ready to crush his cruel lips (Bond-styled) against hers. She looked up and saw his animated
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    • 113 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The search for the two hairy creatures reported to have been seen in the iungle ;war the Jengka triangle in Pahang has been temporarily called off. The State Game Warden. Enche Abdul Jalil bin Ahmad. said today that the search was
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    • 78 4 RATU GAJAH Wed A coffee shop proprietor. Wong Yap. 58. was attacked bv two youths armed with daggers and robbed of $343 and cigarettes worth $5B this morning He was on his way to his shop at Kampong Seram, near here, when his assailants pounced on him. Wong,
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    • 287 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Indonesia is to Initiate a move to set up a parliamentary association among the member nations of the Association of South-east Asian Nations to promote peace and security in the region, an Indonesian Parliamentarian, Mr. Imron Rosjadi, said
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    • 338 4 PENANG, Wed. The foreign consultants, who would draft the Master Flan for the economic development of the State of Penang, are expected to take about 17 months to complete the assignment. This was stated by the Chief Minister, Tan Sri
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    • 67 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —Another Rotary Club is to be formed in the Kuaia Lumpur district soon —this time in Gombak It will be the fourth such club in the district. The other three already established are the Feta ing Jaya Rotary Club, the Pudu Rotary Club
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    • 316 10 SINGAPORE, W«d. People in Singapore need not go to London or Europe before visiting the theatre to see a good play or drama on of the British Army Education Corps, Brigadier Stanley Mullin, said this when he commented on prejudice Singapore had of
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    • 151 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singopore Tourist Association is to organise a one-day seminar for member hotels, restaurants and nightclubs early next month. The seminar to be held on Dec. 9, will be at the Cultural Centre Theatre, Singapore from 3 to 6 p.m. The purpose of the
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    • 519 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. Members of a visiting six-man goodwill delegation from Rotary Clubs of Australia now on a study tour of South-East Asia said here today that they would have an inspiring report to carry back home on the "multi-racial harmony found in Singapore and
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    • 198 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Ministry of Education today released the results of the University of London Degree and Diploma Examinations held in May/June this year and the Michaelmas Bar Examinations held here in September Following is a list of successful candidates:
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    • 294 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, today disclosed Government measures to develop the education system to support the demand for technical skills in industry. Speaking at the opening of a new company in Jurong. Dr. Goh said there
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    • 356 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Singapore Malay Teachers’ Union (SMTU) has described the Ministry of Education’s move to get religious teachers to sign individual agreements with the Ministry on the implementation of the Harvev Salaries Commission recommendations as “unethical and lack of foresight in grasping
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    • 45 10 SINGAPORE. Wed —About 16 military personnel will conduct military exercises in the Mersilling area from 3 am. on Jan 12 to 4 pm. on Jan 15 next year Blanks, thunder-flashes and trip flares will be used Public are advised not to get alarmed
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    • 370 10 SINGAPORE, Wed. The representative of one of Australia's largest furniture manufacturing companies, is currently assessing the market for massproduced modular furniture for hotels and office use in Singapore. He is Mr. Louis Don, Export Manager of Hyman and Son Pty. Ltd., of Sydney.
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    • 355 12 KUALA Ll'MPl’R. Wed. The Malaysia-Singa-pore Airlines, to implement their forward looking approach to checking the electronic equipment in their aircraft, is to buv a Hawker Siddeley dynamics' TR A C E. 600 system for S“50,000, it was announced in London today. T.R.A.C.E. stands for
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    • 72 12 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two men were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court with the armed robbery of 52.290 in cash andj ewellery from a Hairdressing and permanent wave shop in Geylang Road on Nov. 25. Tan Tian Chuah and Khoo Ah Yam were remanded till
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    • 83 12 SINGAPORE. Wed. Police recovered a .22 revolver with five rounds of ammunition in a hut at Kolam Ayer Lane here at 9.30 a.m. today. The Acting Police Secretary, Mr. R.C. da Silva said the revolver was discovered following the arrest of six persons by officers
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    • 498 12 SINGAPORE, Wed. Lack of basic data, lack of finance and lack of qualified technical personnel these are some of the obstacles to devlopment of water resources in ECAFE countries. These obstacles were brought out during the recent ECAFE conference on regional
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    • 211 12 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) Singapore's ambassador to Indonesia, Mr. P. S. Raman, has set up his office in temporary premises provided by Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik following the sacking of the Singapore Chancery in Jakarta last month. As from yesterday, he has been
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    • 286 12 SINGAPORE Wed General Sir Geoffrey Musson, Adjutant-General, will visit the Far East, inspecting the British Army. He went to Malaysia In July this year in his capacity of Colonel of the Light Infantry, for the change of the Ist Battalion King's Shropshire Light infantry
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    • 353 12 SINGAPORE. Wed. A racehorse trainer, Kitson Leong. went on trial today on a charge of causing the death of a retired architect, Seah Eck Jim, 84, while driving dangerously. Leong 33. also known as Leong Kiat Sen. is alleged to have collided
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    • 470 12 SINGAPORE, Wed. The President of the National Trades Union Congress, Mr. Peter Vincent, today criticised those who pay “lip-service” to the need for a rational correlation of wages and benefits to the effective contribution of labour. Speaking at the opening
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    • 184 12 SINGAPORE, Wed. The prosecution's final suomission in a detective's murder trial will commence tomorrow. Both the delence counsel. Mr. Khoo Hin Hiong and Mr. J. Advani concluded their submissions today. On trial for the murder of a detective, D. Munusamy are two men. Lim Heng
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    • 250 12 SINGAPORE. Wed A bill collector in a commercial firm Wong Tee Liang was granted a divorce in the High Court today on the grounds of his wife's adultery. Wong told Mr Justice Tan Ah Tah that his wife, Foo Ai Liang was now living with a
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    • 259 12 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Government will be asked to outline its plans to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Singapore next year during the next sitting of Parliament. Mr. Ng Yeow Chong, the MP for Mountbatten will ask the Minister for Culture.
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    • 265 12 'WRONGFUL DISMISSAL' CASE: SINGAPORE. IVcd. Mr. Justice Winslow today advised a plaintiff in suit against the Shell Company to think over carefully before proceeding further with the case. He made this comment soon after the completion of the plaintiff’s evidence today. The plaintiff. Abdul
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    • 487 13 Court president advises thug: TOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Crew-cut Ah Boon, a notorious Singapore underworld chieftain wanted by the Republic's police went to jail today with an advice to get married. The advice was given by the Mersing Sessions Court President, Mr. R.
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    • 84 13 The Minister of Sabah Affairs. Dato Game Gilorg visited the Federal Land Development Authority schemes at Gedangsa and Sungai Dusun in Selangor on Tuesday. The Minister is visiting land schemes in West Malaysia to gather ideas on how they are run. with a view to introducing
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    • 183 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed— An unexpectedly big crowd majority Malaysians turned up for the audition of RodgersHammerstein’s “King and I” at the Selangor Club last night. The audition team, led by Mrs. Signe Syme. was quite taken aback by the response. The musical is
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    • 43 13 KAJANG. Wed. The Kajang Primary English School One will hold a dinner on Saturday at 7.30 ixm. at the school hall to mark its tenth anniversary. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris. Mentrl Besar. Selangor and Datin Salmah, are expected to attend.
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    • 45 13 "If I Had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning, I'd hammer in the night.. Actually the girls here, student teachers at the Specialist Teachers Training Institute, in Kuala Lumpur are hard at work preparing for an exhibition on Nov. 30.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 336 5 PARIS, Wed. (Reuter) —The cancellation of France's nuclear test programme next year, announced yesterday by Prime Minister Maurice Couve de Murville, is more a political move than a serious defence cut, military observers said here last night. M. Couve de Murville announced the cancellation
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    • 106 5 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik has said Indonesia would not take an active part in combatting international Communism if the United States left Vietnam. Foreign Office sources who disclosed this today said Mr. Malik made the comment when
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    • 154 5 STRASSBOURG, Wed '(AFP) European Common Market commission president Jean Rey told the European parliament here yesterday that the Common Market countries must not allow failure to agree on the enlargement of the community to paralyse its development. Mr. Rey recalled that when negotiations over British entry broke
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    • 165 5 MOSCOW. Wed (UPI) The Soviet Union has signed new agreements with North Vietnam for sending military and other aid in 1969 to the Asian country to strengthen Its “defence potential and the development of its economy,” it was announced today. The announcement of the agreements,
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    • 145 5 'Three-fold increase in transplants in 1969' -Barnard CHICAGO. Wed. (Reuter) Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa's pioneer heart transplant surgeon, forecast here that the number of transplant operations would increase threefold In 1969. ’> t*'H a press confeeoce 1 t night tht multiple transplants of both lungs and heart would also
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    • 68 5 LONDON. Wed. Mrs. Tagakichi Aso. daughter of Mr Shigeru Yoshida, five times Prime Minister of Japan, admires the figure of her father which was introduced into the famous London waxwork museum of Madame Tussaud's at a private view las* week. Also seen is Mr.
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    • 364 5 MANILA, Wed. Reuter The Philippines Chamber of Commerce has recommended a five-point programme aimed at establishing direct trade relations with socialist countries in Europe. The recommendations were contained in a detailed report submitted to President Ferdinand Marcos, according t o chamber sources. The
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    • 82 5 Turkey 's 2nd heart transplant ISTANBUL. Wed (Reuter) Doctors have carried out Turkey's second transplant operation here, stitching the heart of a 39-year-old man killed in a traffic accident Into bricklayer Aii Akgul. aged 26. Staff at Istanbul's Hadarpasha Hospital watched the operation on closed circuit television last night. There
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    • 150 5 LAGOS. Wed <AIP» Nigeria western state military governor last night warned that further demonstrations would be firmly dealt with following protests against tax increases which reportedly resulted in at least 10 dead and 12 seriously wcunded earlier in the day in Ibadan. In a special
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    • 258 5 TOKYO, Wed. (Reuter) Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato was today given a third two-year term in charge of the nation's affairs. The 67-year-old Premier staunchly pro-United States and cool towards Communist China was elected at twoyearly presidential elections of his Liberal Democratic Party. Of 456 possible
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    • 61 5 KITAKYUSHU, Japan. Wed. (UPI) Two stowaways. both 17-year-old girls, were found on the Biitish freighter Prospero which is due in port on Friday. the Kyodo News Agency reported The nationalities of the girls were not revealed. Kvorio said the Prospero’s last port of c?U was Newcastle.
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    • 153 5 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI) Thailand accused friends of North Korea of trying to rewrite the history of L’.N. involvement in Korea. It warned the General Assembly’s main political committee that Communist authorities in Pyongyang hope to annex South Korea by force. "It is all
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    • 125 5 MANILA. Wed. (AFP) A "mad killer” who slew two persons and injured four last night has been reported loose in suburban Caloocan City here The amok reportedly went on a shooting and stabbing rampage in a Caloocan village and managed to elude a pcsse of some
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    • 44 5 BAX BANLEAK. Cambodia: A Cambodian soldier sits on an anti-aircraft gun lo atcd just across the border from Vietnam. The Cam- bodians justify the straw covered weapons by claiming that American aircraft have violated her borders. UPI photo.
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    • 320 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) Mr. Yong Jeung Kim, President of the Korean Affairs Institute in Washington, called upon the United Nations yesterday to dissolve the Military Command in South Korea, to provide for equal representation in the United Nations for North Korea and
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    • 256 6 The countries where antiReds exist PRAGUE. Wed. (UPI). Parliamentary President Josef Smrkovsky charged yesterday that anti-Com-munists exist in East Germany. Poland and the other countries of the Communist world as well as in Cze- choslovakia. "Whoever would affirm otherwise would be telling tales.” the popular reformist leader said in an
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    • 212 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) Families of 1,294 American servicemen who are or may be prisoners in the Far East have been told how to mail Christmas packages to them, the Defence Department said yesterday. A spokesman said, however, the families have been warned there is
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    • 324 6 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. (UPI* The Soviet Union angrily accused the United States yesterday of a "class approach” to North and South Korean participation in UN. debates on the Korean question. More than two dozen delegates exchange oldfashioned cold war recriminations on the eve of
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    • 73 6 SAN DIEGO. California. Wed. (UPI) —Hindu dancer Uday Shankar w»as listed in serious but “very much improved” condition yesterday at Mercy Hospital after collapsing in his hotel room from a possible cerebral haemmorhage. Shankar, 68. brother of sitarist Ravi Shankar, collapsed Monday night. He was taken
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    • 64 6 LYONS, France. Wed. (Reuter) Four masked and armed bandits raided the Charbonnieres Casino near here early today and got away with 130,000 franc (10.833 sterling), a Casino spokesman said They burst into the roulette room shortly after the last players had left, ordered employees to lie on
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    • 161 6 NEW YORK. Wed. <UPI> The New York Social Register welcomed Aristotle Onassls to Its 1969 listing of the social elect as the result of his marriage to the former Mrs John F. Kennedy, according to the new issue published yesterday. The chunky black book
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    • 213 6 BALTIMORE. Wed. (UPI) A Maryland State Senator has been indicted in Federal Court in New York on charges of aiding In the import of 17 pounds of hashish valued at $30,000. Mr. David P. Steinmann, assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District
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    • 158 6 COLOGNE An unusual harvest is gathered each year in the West of the Federal Republic of Germany during the first summer weeks. In the large woods between Cologne and Aachen, the most lilies of the valley can be found. Even centuries ago.
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    • 178 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI). The United States yesterday defended aerial reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam and indicated it will retaliate against military installations that fire on the unarmed planes. State Department spokesman Mr. Robert J. McCloskey said “the activities being undertaken in Vietnam are completely consistent
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    • 101 6 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (Reuter)— Police said today high-class prostitution ring operating from some of the best nightclubs and hotels in Hollywood and Beverly Hills. Forty-nine people connected with the $150,000 (62.500 sterling) a week operation have been arrested. police said. They face charges of pandering, pimping
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    • 209 6 JAKARTA Wed. (Reutvr) An Indonesian daily newspaper today backed moves towards joint rubber marketing by Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The daily Arr.pera. run by influential army trader. Brigadier General Suhardiman, said in an editorial: “The existence of a joint rubber market in the
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    • 156 6 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Gold prices declined in very quiet trading yesterday on markets in New York and abroad Engelhard Minerals and Chemicals Corp lowered its selling price for gold to licensed industrial users by 4 cents to $4O 25 per troy ounce. The company
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    • 288 6 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) The US Embassv confirmed yesterday reports the American Agency for International Development (AID) had suspended a portion of its food for peace programme to the Philipspines because of alleged irregularities. An Embassy spokesman said the “food for work” agreement with
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    • 273 6 BUCHAREST, Wed (AFP) The Soviet Union was reported to have assured Rumania today that any Warsaw Pact troops entering its territory for largescale manoeuvres would leave as soon as military exercises were completed. The reports came from unofficial sources as the annual Warsaw
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    • 92 6 DETROIT. Wed. (UPI) American Motors Corp.. has announced development of a new windshield glass which In a severe crash breaks into dull-etiged granules rather than sharp, jagged slivers. AMC said the new glass, developed under its sponsorship by Coming Glass Works, will be used first on
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    • 93 6 PARIS. Wed. (AFP) Students at the Nanterre Arts Faculty at Paris University yesterday pelted rotten tomatoes at their dean as he attempted to leave a protest meeting. He had agreed to attend the meeting, which was staged to protest at the appointment of a university
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    • 142 6 (UPI) Four non-commissioned officers of the Japanese self-defence force were killed and six others were injured yesterday when the on w hich they were riding ditched into a rice paddy, it was reported today. The report said there were 18 men on the truck
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    • 203 7 SAIGON. Wed. (AFP). Giant US B-52 bombers flew three of a total six missions last night against enemy troop concentrations near the Cambodian frontier, following a fierce ground battle yesterday which left 123 Yietcong dead, an American spokesman said here today. U.S. losses, after
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    • 110 7 BEIRUT. Lebanon. Wed (UPI) Egyptian jets and helicopters swooped low over Cairo in an apparent show of strength aimed at discouraging further noting by Egyptian students, reports reaching here said. Travellers arriving from the Egyptian port city of Alexandria said at least 16 persons had
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    • 87 7 CAIRO. Wed (UPI) Lt- Gen. Odd Bull, head of the United Nations Truce Supervisory Organisation (UNTSO). discussed the activities of U.N ceasefire observers with U.A R. Foreign Ministry Undersecretary* Ealah Gohar yesterday. Gen. Bull, who arrived in Egypt on Monday, is on a five-day
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    • 47 7 LONDON: Singapore Finance Ministry officials Lee Reng Tuan (centre) and Poh Khoon Beng (right), being greeted bv Mr. John Isaac of the General Expenditure Division of the British Treasury on Nov. 26 during a 15-dav stay in Bri- tain. UPI radiophoto
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    • 266 7 Spokesman warns the Faithful VATICAN CITY Wed. (UPI) A leading Cardinal warned Roman Catholics that they have a duty to obey the Pope even if the Pope is wrong. Cardinal Pericle Felici, writing in the Vatican newspaper L' Osservatore Romano, did not mention the current uproar
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    • 172 7 MANILA. Wed (AFP) A Manila policeman who responded to a distress call in his underwear was arrested bv three detectives who refused to believe an officer of law would venture out with hardly a stitch on. The policeman, patrolman Alfredo Torralba, was roused from his afternoon nap
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    • 166 7 ROME. Wed. (AFP) Christian Democrat Party secretary general Mariano Rumor, whom President Giuseppe Saragat yesterday asked to form a new government, faces a difficult and complex task, observers said here. The call to the presidential p ace ended several days of speculation about the
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    • 91 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) President-elect Richard Mr. Nixon and his family will have thanksgiving dinner with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. A Nixon spokesman announced that the Presidentelect will fly to Washington, DC., and visit Mr. Eisenhower. who is in Walter Reed Army Medical
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    • 112 7 PARIS. Wed (UPI) Aviation sources said last right the 60 million franc (US$l2 m) budgetary cut on Anglo-French Concorde project would not affect plans for the maiden flight of the supersonic jetliner next January. The sources said the much-postponed first flight of the 1.450
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    • 362 7 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) The Hong Kong government bos told 20th Century Fox it cannot film scenes here for "The Chairman," starring Gregory Peck and Anne Heywood. This follows strong local Communist Chinese attacks on the film which the Communists claim has an
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    • 183 7 LONDON Wed. (Reuter) British newspapers today gave prominent front page displays to reports on the treatment of Reuter correspondent Anthony Grey, held under house arrest in Peking for the past 16 months. Two members of the British legation in Peking saw Mr
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    • 60 7 JAKARTA. Wed (AFP) Communications Minis ter Frans Seda last night urged British business to invest in Hovercraft and other communications in Indonesia. He told the London Chamber of Commerce fact finding mission headed by Sir Con O'Neil that hovercraft would speed up links between Indonesia and
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    • 146 7 SYDNEY. Wed. (UPI) Sir Norman Cowper, chairman of one of Australia’s biggest booksellers and publishers. said yesterday the company may be forced to turn to Asian printing companies. in order to curb rising costs. Addressing the annual general meeting of Angus and
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    • 70 7 HELSINKI. Wed. (.AFP) President Urho Kekkonen today issued a warning to students demonstrating here that strong measures might be taken if disturbances got ou* of control. But. he added, he supported students who made sincere efforts to solve international and national problems. Dr. Kekkonen was speaking at
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    • 59 7 NEAR DMZ in South Vietnam: Members of the 3rd Marine Division are being conducted by the Lutheran Chaplain Commander Martin J. Doermann in the Thanksgiving day service under a barrel of a 15mm ho’friier at the combat base C-l, two miles south of
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  • 405 8 IN April 1963, the former Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia, General Djatlkusumo, In briefing a party of Malaysian Journalists before they left for Jakarta to attend the Afro-Aslan Journalists’ Conference, said the Straits of Malacca should be controlled by both Malaysia and Indonesia. He pointed out that
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  • 314 8 WHEN a State can balance its budget, it is good news. The Mentri Besar of Perak, Dato Haji Ahmad bin Said, reveals that Perak will get a balanced budget next year the first time in ten years. He also says there may be a small surplus. If all
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  • 465 8  -  By R.J. Dunlavey WASHINGTON. Wed The idea of a communist summit conference the first since the 1960 meeting was originally floated about five years ago It was a major issue at the meeting of the Bulgarian Communist Party in Sofia in November. 1966. and it
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  • LETTERS...
    • 362 8 ALLOW me the courtesy of your columns to reply to the letter of K.M.L. that appeared In the Eastern Sun of 16.11.1968. First the Gerakan is being accused of being old faces in a new party. It is true that there are a number of old
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  • 274 8  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author, ’’Handbook of E*ld«iO« for Crlainal Trials") WARREN was driving his automobile at about five miles an hour when he just turned into Broadway. Janie was suddenly struck by his side view mirror. Janie fell and broke her ankle Later. Janie's mother sued
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  • 1114 8  -  By Jeff Pike The I.Q. Test, usually consisting of questions in the form of puxxles, hos become the accepted way of testing a person's intelligence But psychologists feel that the old methods are outdated. They are finding more accurate ways to measure brain-power. TT OW many
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 44 8 Eastern Sun Independent National Newspaper THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1968 2V ft Cantonment Road. Smsapore 2. Telephone: ***** T Penn ns OMice Ipoh Office Cable 39. lalan Sultan. Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia. Telephone ***** 6 8 Leith Street. Tel: ***** 77. Brewster Road. Te1:***** Addr«s»; AWNEWS
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 351 9 Wed. (UPI). The threat of drastic cuts in Hong Kong's export rinn orLlnS 111 W J S !essened slightly yesterday by new information from Lonoon, Government spokesmen reported. They reported that goods imported to Britain which are intended for
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    • 355 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federal Industrial Development Authority has been offered assistance by way of experts from the Australian Professional Consultants Council. A member of the Publicity Sub-Committee of the Council. Mr. W. L. Kuttner. who Is here on a four-day visit,
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    • 35 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Vesterday's volume was 16.380,000 shares of a total 1.609 issues traded, 905 were higher and 514 lower. American exchange volume Was 7.670.000 shares Bonds volume amounted to 23.530.000.
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    • 111 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The n.Hin price* il «ne jlnjapirr day are:— Buyer wiki toconul Oil (FOB) Bulk Coconut Oil <F O B Drum opr-j Mixed 28 50 48.50 4M 00 Miinlok Millie Pepper iHlB) m<r e m u narauak Millie Pepper il OB.) karawuk special Pepper (FOB »(i% N L
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    • 17 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The tin price for today was $598 25 per picul, down $1 25.
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    • 114 9 SINGAPORE. Wed —The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Benreoch 3 4 Carronbank 5 Lika 8/9 Fernmoor 10/11 Sally Maersk 13/14 G'.enfallorh 18 Garden City 19 Sir Lancelot 21/22 Katong 23/24 Teverya 25/26 Sea Express 27/28 Tobago 29/30 Nagova Maru 31/32
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    • 303 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE. Wed. November first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 58-3 8 cents per lb., down one eighth of a cent from previous close. The tone was steady quiet. After a lower opening the market eased further on
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    • 139 9 SINGAPORE. Wed—Two members of the Cathay Pacific staff. based in Singapore, will be sent to the Hong Kong Head Office for training in line with the Company’s policy of having well-trained local staff. Stephen Low Siew Tee, a Sales Representative, who has been attached to
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    • 227 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Natural rubber exports from West Malaysia last month hit the highest level for any month in the history of the industry, the lat- est official statistics show. It was also the second successive month that exports of rubber from West Malaysia
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    • 145 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore today announced the folowing best agreed spot delivery rates to merchants. The following rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency: SELLING T.T. or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks $77.3650; Holland Guilders $85.0725. Swiss Francs $71.6350. Belgian
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    • 40 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged, untraded Jan 23.35 Mar 22.50 23.00 May 22.15 22.65 July 22.15 22 65 Sept 22 15 22 65 Nov 22 15 22 65 Locally No. 2 RSS was 23-1/2.
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    • 1353 9 SINGAPORE Wed. The Stock Exchange today opened on a steady note. It turned active in the afternoon with prices generally easier. Speculators seem to turn their attention on General Lumber. On a turnover of 283.000 units, the counter moved up by 12 cents with
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    • 194 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) An easing of international monetary tensions, reports that Saigon will soon join the expanded Vietnam talks in Paris and bright domestic economic news yesterday sparked a Stock Market advance in heavy trading Shortly before the final be. the UPI stock
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    • 522 9 SINGAPORE. Stock E»change on Id and other prices officially Hated at the close of business. INDUSTRIALS 2 06 Ben Co 2.40 2.42 Borneo Rhd i 73 i :i Bmi'tead 1 si 1 82 C sugar 4 12 4.16 Chemical n 1.83 1 8o told -tnrage 4.88 IMinlop 3.26
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    • 51 9 Managers Prices) First Malayan 2 85 »rcnnd 'lala'an 2.05 Third Malayan 1.23 The t ominerce 1 07 industry XD .98 The faring Fund 1.08 1 17 Malaysian Inrestment Hind Xli 1.20 1.30 First ll'knng 1.17 1 23* "•proiiil Hkonjc XD .82 .87* sterling C’modity XD 5/10 <• Hong
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 1141 10 YOUK TU IV B»« TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL KUALA LCMPC* and Palau Piatoi; I Ipoh »wJ Melaka: 3 A It Johor* Bahru. I Taiptnr 1 Bata F&bat; 9 Kloang. P.M. 545 Opening Annet: 548 News Outlines in the National Language; 5.53 Waktu Berbuka in Tamil; 6.10 Beatles Cartoon; 635 Sheena. Queen
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE
    • 223 11 'T'HE Australian circus came to town in 1966. A long line of cages and caravans were seen along the streets in town. It was on the third day that I went to see the circus with my brothers and sister. On arrival, we
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    • 209 11 ONE night I was returning home irem a place I had visited. It was a dark night, the air was still and silent, and I could hear the hooting of the owl and the barking of the dogs. It was ten o'clock and I knew
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    • 160 11 T HAVE always wanted to he a prefect of my school The work of a prefect is quite pleasant His job is to see that the pupils obey the rules of the school. When people do not obey the rules, he rebukes themHe sees that
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    • Article, Illustration
      261 11 ONE MORNING I woke up to find mvself lying on the floor. I had fallen from my bed during my sleep without knowing it. I got up to brush my teeth. When I took the brush. I found that it was broken. My mother gave me a
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    • 148 11 DURING the second term holidays, I had a bad toothache. It was painful and my mouth was swollen. I could not eat or sleep. A few days later, my father took me to a dentist. When we reached there, a nurse gave me a card.
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    • 183 11 IT WAS shortly after midnight when I was suddenly awakened by the gongs of a church bell. I got up to open my window and heard a wolf howling. There was a loud sound of thunder and I knew it was about to rain. I shut my
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    • 200 11 EVERYONE has an ambition. Among the numerous professions, I hope to become a reporter. During my school days. I always wanted to be a reporter because the job is a very important one. A reporter's Job is to report on events that are
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    • 223 11 I AM a small silver coin. I was born in Malaya with many other friends. One day, I was brought to a bank in a well protected van. On my arrival at the bank. I was placed in a box with other coins and I
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    • 150 11 IT WAS a rainy day and I was returning home from school when I saw a car speeding along the road. Just then, the car skidded and crashed onto a lamp-post. I rushed to the scene and saw many people near the accident. The
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      171 11 ONE day my friends and I decided to go for a bicycle ride. We prepared for the journey and brought some food and drinks. While cycling for about a quarter of a mile from our home, we saw a boy crying. We stopped and asked him what
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    • 159 11 FRIENDS make us happy and cheerful all day long. The friend I like best is Ah Law. He is 13 years old and lives in Malaysia He is a student of the Secondary English School in Yong Peng He is a well-behaved boy in school as well
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    • Article, Illustration
      155 11 LAST week I had a nightmare It was frightening and I am going to tell about the incident. My friends and I were playing football in the field nearby. I was so exhausted and went home to rest. After dinner. I went to bed. I dreamt that
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    • 123 11 CLEANLINESS leads to success and prevents diseases from spreading. The cleanliness of a city adds to the beautiful touches to the scenery, and makes the place attractive to tourists. Every citizen must try to keep the city clean. People living in flats should not throw their
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    • 148 11 THE teacher I like best 19 a woman. She is very young, attractive and well dressed. She teaches me Geography and is the best teacher in my school. She teaches in the morning and afternoon sessions. I like her because she is very kind. nice,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 184 11 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN’S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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    • 41 13 G A L AX Y"KH^ S *ho«r§: t. t p m Indonesia’* Be.«t Action Film 1 MAT JAN KEMAJORAN" Special Children Concession S 3 eta. to all seats all shows TRAVEL CENTRE OF SINGAPORE nell-koawo (or personalised services E-10 INTERNATIONAL RUtLOENCs
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 217 13 SHAW Orßimlaatln LI D O Phone ***** Latt A 11. 115 A 4 p m Cant Eastwood. Annie Gimrdot Silvan* Mangano "Th** WITCHES'* Technicolor. »United ArtiaU) Tonight il (TKI pm A Sl5 pm. No ee Li' B—> f iina I o lobr'i'da k Ihr PR|\ ATE WAVY OF SI,T O'F
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    • 316 13 TODAY and YOU Thursday. November 28, 1968. I x By CLAY R. POLLAN ARIES MAR. 21 APR. 19 15-18-20-44 49-64-65 f TAURUS APR. 20 MAY 20 2- 6-37-41 5x46-55-80-88 GEMINI MAY 21 JUNE 20 V)36-39-52-69 CANCER JUNE2I JULY 22 'lll-22-28-43 56-62-68 LEO 0 juL r 23 AUG. 22 D l3-27-34-60
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    • 145 13 OBCHMD: OPENS TOMOMOW! DAILY 4 SHOWS AT 1.30,4.6.30 A 9.15 pm Sunday Extra Show at 11.00 a.m. V THE VENGUm.^ CO.CW b DfUKt V stvttMTs- #r Jehu Rlrkardlna Edvard Jadd and OLINKA BEROVA... NF>l I\n IXCITING C/FCH nt\\ TV IN TRf T|T|» RMI I of THI \rvM I9f| i mi
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    • 287 13 ICATHAYIi ORCHARD-***** LAST DAT! Shows Start: I SO. Son 830 p.m “STAR” Starts: 1.30. 5.J0 ABSO p m Adm.: (1 SO. 82 SO A 84 00 Caah Bookings Only No Free List School Concession: 81 SO To Any Seat at 1.30 A S p.m. Shows only. June Anorew* '“STAR iPOXi
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  • 752 14  -  Sun Special Features by Vicente Maliwanag T AS Pinos, PHilippines (UPI) The sound of music in this palm-shaded town comes from a bamboo organ, 147 years old. Filipinos say it is the only bamboo organ in the world. The organ, which stands 14 feet high, is
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  • 749 14  -  by ALBERT E. KAFF rpOKYO (UPI) In the old days, Japan's honourable Omeshi Ressha carried a parlour car tor the Emperor, a se- cond coach for the Empress and a third car for the Empress Dowager. Nowadays, Emp e r o r Hirohito, 67, and Empress Nagako,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 543 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. $3, Bras Basah Road, and 2, Maju Avenue, Serangoon Carden Estate, Singapore. TAY BUAN CUAN LTD-, SUPERMARKET. 83. East Coast Road. Singapore 15. Tel: *****9. HAMIEM
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    • 212 14 NOTICE NOTICE OF EXHUMATION NOTICE is hereby given to the children, descendants and next-of-kin of the deceased persons buried in the State land being lot 150-3, Mukim I, comprising an area of 18.1 acres or thereabouts, situated in the District of Telok Blangah and located off Silat Road, previously known
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    • 108 14 A LiTTLI IIT THAT COIS A LONC WAY Eastern Sun CLASSIFIED ADS I EACH WORD 50 or 25 cent* (Jtc above) PLEASE WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS Advertiser's Name.... Address Telephone No Number of Insertions Date(s) Requested.... Cost Ferment acenmpan* ran order <t O. Cheese Caik enclave I Caah out he
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  • Sun Sport
    • 219 15 SINGAPORE. Wed g-.ngapore s weight-lifters who recently returned from the Mexico Olympics are row In active training for the SEAP Games next year President of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation Mr. Soh Ghee Soon said that the lifters Tang Chye Hong a nd
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    • 157 15 Thailand hit three past Malaysia BANGKOK, Wed. (Reuter) Indonesia trounced Singapore 7-0 in a lopsided King's Cup football tournament match here yesterday. The half-time score was 4-0. Thailand defeated Malaysia 3-0 in the second match after leading 1-0 at halftime. Thailand will now meet Burma in
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    • 663 15  -  By LESLIE NAKASHIMA TOKYO, Wed. (1’PI). Shozo Saijo put up such a wonderful fight when he wrested the World Boxing Association’s version of the world featherweight from Raul Rojas on Sept. *7 in Los Angeles that his showing against Flash Besande last week
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    • 29 15 NORTHAMPTON’. 'England). Wed. (Reuter) Swindon Town beat Northampton Town by six goals to two in an English League division three match played here last night.
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    • 230 15 ADELAIDE. Wed (AFP) —Australia's probable Davis Cup doubles pair. Bill Bowrey and Ray Ruffels had to battle through 59 games before defeating Doug Smith and lan Fletcher 11-9, 6-8. 9-7, 6-3 In the South Australia tennis championships here yesterday. Bowrey and Ruffels who
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    • 219 15 SINGAPROE. Wed. The visiting Fijian rugger team manager Capt Bill Masl said he was happy to see schoolboys playing rugby in Singapore When he served out here In Malaysia during the "Emergency Years some 16 to 17 years ago. Capt. Masl said he
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    • 58 15 J. Philipps of Singapore President's XV (centre) being assisted by two Fijians Fatafehi Daunivuka (left) and Timoci Tukaitabua (right) after he sustained a back injury which lay him writhing in pain for three full minutes during the second half of the Fijian versus Singapore President's XV game
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    • 151 15 Top pro tennis stars start hunt NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) The world's leading professional tennis players resume their round-the-world hunt for big-money prizes in a 20.000 dollars (8,300 sterling) tournament starting at the Madison Square Garden tomorrow. The tournament, first of the American Indoor season. brings together four players from
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    • 353 15 ISTANBUL. Wed. (Reuter) A mud-spattered British Ford Lotus Cortina driven by Sweden's Bengt Soderstorm and Gunnar Palm roared Into Istanbul last night at the head of the cavalcade of cars in the London-Sydney marathon rally. The Swedes, who had to pay 100 sterling
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    • 154 15 ACCRA. Wed (Reuter) Ghana's Amateur Footha 1 Association (GAFA> have suspended thei r National team captain and another international player for six months because of their behaviour during an Olympic soccer match against Israel in Mexico last month. The two players, captain Addo Odametey and
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    • 72 15 PORT AU PRINCE. (Haiti). Wed. (AFP) Trinidad beat Haiti by four goals to two in their World Cup Group 13 (B) qualifying round return match here. In the first leg. also in Port Au Prince. Haiti had won four-nil. The other team in this north and
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    • 1406 15 Horses Class 1, Div. l-l Mile: 141 Desert Apache 6y 900 Mr CS Oon Tulleh 711 Castle Command 5v 811 Hollywood Stable Allan 500 Bcllendaine 7y 806 Horse Sense Stable E B ke’en 239 Marriage 5v 8 06 Balkan Stable E Donnelly 242 Currency Note 5y
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    • 631 16 Rain during second half spoil game SINGAPORE, Wed. The Fijian ArmyPolice rugby team wound up their eight-game tour of Malaysia and Singapore today with a convincing 16 points to three win over the formidable Joints Services XV on the padang. The Fijians got their points through
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    • 396 16 TOKYO, Wed. (UFI) Argentina's Nicolino Locche was described by Japanese sports papers today as a dangerous challenger whom Paul Fuji, the World Boxing Association’s world junior welterweight champion, takes on in a title bout on Dec. 12 in Tokyo. Japanese boxing writers made
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    • 115 16 PALM BEACH GARDEN'S. Florida. Wed (Reuter!—Billy Casper was an easy winner of the 1968 monev-winning title on the U.S. Golf Circuit with earnings of 205.168 dollars (about 85.000 sterling) final Professional Golfers’ Association statistics showed last nieht. Casper’s total fell short of Jack
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    • 467 16  -  By WINDSOR LAD SINGAPORE. Wed. Goldmine Stable's Magic Jim and the Rinus van Breuke-len-trained Gigantor were outstanding workers went out separately in testing trials on a soft track at Bukit Timah here this morning Magic Jim displayed striking form wc.en he easily breezed over
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    • 132 16 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Boxing promoter Mike Barrett said he had not been officially informed that world featherweight champion Jose Legra would be unable to fight Australian Johnny Famechon in London as scheduled next Tuesday. “I am trying to communicate with Legra’s manager in Spain and I
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    • 635 16 8 YL VANIA, (Ohio). (Wed. (UPI) A Venezuelan and three American boxers were selected by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to share Boxer-of-the-Month honours. They were Venezuelan lightweight Ramon Blancos. middle Dovce Baird, junior middle Stanley Hayward and feather Dwight Hawkins. Blancos
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    • 158 16 OSLO. Wed (UPI) Th® Legal Committee of the Nordic Council yesterday decided. by a 7-6 vote not to ban professional boxing in the Scandinavian counties. Present at the meeting were the Ministers of Justice from Norway. Sweden and Finland, three Parliamentarians from
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 53 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 7.18 am. (6.0 ft.). 9.18 pm. (6.6 ft.). Port Swettenham: 11.39 a.m. (11.3 ft.). Port Dickson: 12.20 a m (7.2 ft.), 1.25 pm. (6.0 ft.). Singapore: 4.59 pm. (7.6 ft.). Sedili Kechil: 4.16 am. (7.8 ft.). 3.46 pm. (5.6 ft.). Kuantan: 3.30 a.m. (9.1 ft.). 3.45
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