Eastern Sun, 12 May 1968

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  • 22 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 IMo. 642 Sunday, 12 May 1968. MC(P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 520 1 After 140 minutes meeting: Paris, Sat. Reuter The United States and North Vietnam today reached agreement on technical procedures tor preliminary peace talks opening here on Monday. Deputy delegates from the two negotiating teams announced this after a second procedural meeting here this morning, which lasted
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  • 85 1 DA NANG. South Vietnam, Sat. (Reuter) American and South Vietnamese troops have occupied the entire A Shau Valley —a key North Vietnamese infiltration route from Laos U.S. General Robert E. Cushman said today. General Cushman. Commander of the United States Marines in South Vietnam,
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  • 57 1 Paris Before and after the first round of preliminary Vietnam peace talks here on Friday. North Vietnam’s Col. Ha Van Lao (left) arrives to meet Cyrus Vance (right) U.S. deputy peace envoy is seen reading a statement after the meeting. Vance announced that formal preliminary talks on
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  • 121 1 A 5-day ordeal HOMINY FALLS. West Virginia, Sat. (Reuter) —Fifteen men trapped deep inside a flooded coal mineshaft for five days were rescued alive early this morning. Doctors i m m e d i a t ely checked the condition of the men after their lengthy
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  • 405 1  -  Equal pay for women: By MAUREEN LEE KI'ALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, declared today equal pay for women could not be implemented at present because of economic reasons. "The Government has accepted the claim in principle, hut we cannot implement it with
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  • 262 1 SAIGON, Sat. (Reuter) American and South Vietnamese troops battled in the southern suburbs of Saigon today to push remaining Vietcong guerrillas out of the Y-bridge area, scene of five days fierce fighting. The Vietcong still appear to be pulling back from positions they gained at the start
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  • 63 1 FRANKFURT. West Germany. Sat. (Reuter) —AH Court proceedings in West Germany will come to a stop for half an hour next Wednesday when the country’s judges stage a 30-minute “strike." A spokesman. Judge Werner Buettner of the Rhine Main District, said the judges were taking this unprecedented
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  • 277 1 PARIS, Sat. (UPI Cr Reuter) A wall of 500 riot police carrying shields and truncheons battled 3,500 students in left bank streets early today. Students hurled Molotov cocktails and chimney bricks and police fired tear gas grenades directly into their ranks in the fiercest fighting
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  • 79 1 VIJAYAWADA. India (UPI) More than 50 persons, most of them women, died in flames and panic on Friday when scrambling wedding guests overturned a gasoline lamp which set fire to a coconut leaf enclosure built for the ceremony, officials said today. The bride and groom, not
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  • 62 1 LEICESTER. England. Sat. (Reuter) A 17-year-old English boy has been forced to bid “Sayonara” to his female Japanese pen friends all 2.877 of them. His hometown girlfriend doesn’t like the opposition. Adam Nichols, who lives near here, only wanted one Japanese girl pen friend, but somehow his
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  • NEWS
    • 583 2 ‘Economic problems are grave.....’ PENANG, Sot. The Minister of Finance, Tun Ton Siew Sin warned tonight Malaysia would face a bleak economic future if the present crisis was not met by massive agricultural end industrial invest- ment in enterprises. He said Malaysia had
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    • 363 2 FILIPINO LEADERS TOLD: KOTA KINABALU, Sat. Tun Datu Haji Mustapha bin Datu Harun today assured the moderate Filipino leaders and the people of Philippines that Sabahans wished to remain their friends friends on equal basis, not as their subjects. At the
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    • 79 2 LANCASTER England, Sat. (UPI) A University Dean has proposed that bedrooms in a new residential wing be shared by unmarried men students and coeds, it was reported yesterday. The magazine “Carolynne”, of Cartmel College, Lancaster University, discldsed the proposal made by ••Dr. David Craig. 35-year-old Lecturer
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    • 50 2 Calvary Church of the As•“sembly of God (Damansara X Height*): Dedication Service „-5 p.m., Good News Crusade 30 p.m. Message at both meetings by the Rev. Gene Martin. Evangelist from Ca- lifornia. Radio Malaysia (Indian Variety show "Vaanoll Vlzha”— at Dew an •Bahasa dan Pus taka 7.30 'p.m.
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    • 415 2 SINGAPORE. Sat. Singapore needs a pyramid of manpower comprising skilled workers, technicians and engineers to build its strong economy and eventually “put life and vigour into our social structure”. This was staled last night by Mr. Seah Mul’Kok. MP. for Bukit Ho’ Swee when
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    • 39 2 ‘Very successful talks London Defence Secretary Denis Healey poses with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak outside the Defence Ministry on Thursday. Tun Razak later described his daylong defence talks with Healey as “very success- fur. t’PI radiophoto.
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    • 159 2 HOUSTEN. Texas. Bat. (Reuten Hopes were higher today that both Americas surviving heart transplant patients would recover. John Btuckwish. gravely 111 yesterday, has rallied in the last 24 hours. Everett Thomas is reported progressing “In a most satisfactory manner." Doctors last night
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    • 92 2 RANGOON. Sat. (Reuter) A monsoon storm with 100 miles per hour winds hit Burma's southwesiern coastal regions, sinking two ships, including a Greek vessel, and rut off communications with two towns. press reports said today. The 2.92 ft-ton Greek vessel. Gero Michalos yesterday broke
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    • 564 2 BANGKOK. S«t. (Reuter) Thailand today celebrated Viaakha Buja Day, one of most important Buddhist festival* to mark the triple events of the birth, enlightenment and passing into Nirvana (Heaven) of the Lord Buddha. SAIGON. Sat. (Reuter) Vietcong guerrillas have hit the cargo ship Fairland on its way
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    • 63 2 AMMAN, Sat. (Reuter)— A wedding party celebrated with hursts of machine-gun fire here on Thursday and two people died and the bridegroom spent hi ß wedding night in prison. A young man and a child were killed and another man seriously wounded by
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    • 53 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— Mr. Chong Kit Chee has been elected president of the National Union of Government Dispeners at its seventh annual meeting here today. Elected vice-president was Mr. Gurmit Singh, other office bearers are: Mr. S. T. Chelvan secretary general, Enche Star Mohamed, vicesecretary, and Mr. Woon
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    • 220 2 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson, his authority badly shaken by Thursday's shattering Labour Party defeat in nation-wide Municipal elections, today prepared to soldier on in the hope of better times ahead. Despite the Government's deep unpopularity and the resulting collapse In
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    • 290 2 Russian arms for Malaysia: LONDON, Sat. (Rauter) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said today he would be willing to discuss Soviet arms for his country's defence buildup if Russian leaders raised this on his forthcoming visit to Moscow. But
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    • 231 2 OMAHA. Nebraska. Sat. ißeuten Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and his chief rival for the democratic Presidential nomination, Senator Robert Kennedy. clashed here last night in speeches for next week's Nebraska Primary election. In separate addresses to a Democratic Fund-Raising Banquet, Vice President Humphrey vigorously defended President Johnson s
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    • 323 2 SINGAPORE. Sat. A highly-experienced hotelier, Mr. Harry N. Anholt. an executive of the International Executive Service Corps (lESC), is due here tomorrow to take up an "assignment” as consultant advising a hotel here. Mr. Anholt will be attached to Imperial Hotel Ltd. where he will help
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 376 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for Interior and Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San, yesterday received more donations to the National Defence Fund. The two biggest donations yesterday came from the Cycle and Carriage Co Ltd. and The Singapore Tobacco Co which gave $25,000 each The
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    • 111 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Dr. Weldon B. Gibson. Executive Vice-President of Stanford Research Institute. flew into Singapore tonight to attend the Singapore meeting of the South-East Asia Business Community which opens tomorrow. He told newsmen at the airport that the conference was the biggest ever to be sponsored
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    • 614 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The big business meeting of the top industrial and business ''brains" from 11 countries which begins here tomorrow, will come up with proposals likely to spark off new fields of cooperation among ASEAN countries. The Stanford Research Institute-sponsored meeting will
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    • 73 3 9 a m. Parade by the 12th Company of the People's Defence Force at Haig Road. 9 am. 12.30 p.m. The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service mobile team stationed at Red Cross House. Penang Lane 5.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Performance by the Singapore Infantry Regiment Band at Macßitchie Reservoir
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    • 45 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. A number of labourers miraculously escaped serious Injuries when the lorry they were travelling overturned at Mountbatten Road at noon today. Ten of the labourers were treated as out-patients and one of them was admitted to the General Hospital.
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    • 91 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. More than 20.000 people have vis ted the 19th Singapore International Salon of Photography organised by the Photographic Society of Singapore since its opening on May 3. The Salon w r as held in conjunction with the 6th Foto Fair and Touristic Exhibition. Colour
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    • 367 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Minister for Culture. Mr. Jek Ycun Thong, today called on the people to continually preserve religious harmony as a permanent feature of the rtepublic’s national life. Mr. Jek was speaking at the joint Wesak Day Celebrations at Victoria Memorial Hall. The
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    • 108 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Ten contestants have qualified for the finals of the 6th Annual Safety First Oratorical Contest, organised by the Singapore Junior Safety First Council. They are; Chin Oi Min (St. Andrew's School), Lee H-ien Loong (Catholic High School). Rafiq Jumabhoy
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    • 135 3 SINGAPORE, Sat.—A collection of more than 4,000 books for use in Singapore schools wos presented recently to the Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pong Boon, by the United States Ambassador here, Mr. Francis J. Gal- braith. Mr. Galbraith made the presentation on behalf of
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    • 96 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr AYK. Loke wsu- elected president of the Singapore Telephone Board Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society at Its annual general meeting recently. Other office-bearers are; vice-presidents, Messrs. N. Sutcliffe and Chay Seng Pul; chairman. Mr Ong Yew Teck. hon. secretary. Mr. Lim Joo Chye; hon.
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    • 169 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The National Union of Government Dispensers will consider any form of Industrial action to back its salary demands. At its seventh annual meeting today, the executive council of the union has been empowered to take the next move which i n
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    • 48 4 TELUR ANSON. Sat. Mr. Tan Ah Hoh, 60, vicechairman of the Malaysian Chinese Association branch here, has been nominated a member of the Town Council. Mr. Tan fills the position left vacant by Alliance whip. Mr. Wah Ken Jooi. who died early this year.
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    • 25 4 1,000 haul PENANG. Sat. Thieves get away with a $1,090 haul in cash and jewellery, from two houses here while the occupants were out yesterday.
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    • 617 4 PENANG, Sat. The National President af the Malaysian Chinese Association, Tun Tan Siew Sin, said here today none of the opposition parties was in a position to form the next government. “None of them has a hope to form the
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    • 671 4 KCALA LUMPUR. Sat A public inquiry into the Layang Layang train crash -would begin as soon as a qualified person is found to head the inquiryThe Minister of Transport. Tan Sri Sardon bin Haji Jubir, has requested the Ministry of Justice to get a legal man for
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    • 102 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. Two suspected Suicides were reported to the Police today. Both cases occurred at about 10.30 a.m. today. The first, a 63-year-old man. Hoon Moo Heng. was found hanging in a toilet In a house at Cashin Street at 10.45 a.m. The
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    • 23 4 SINGAPORE Sat—More than 100 members of the Adult Education Board will donate blood at Red Cross House tomorrow at 0.30 a.m.
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    • 280 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Assistant Minister of Education. Mr Lee Siok Yew, today attacked self-styled progressive elements who brand religion as •anti-so-cialist.” “This is wrong.” he told a large gathering of Buddhist devotees at the Kwan Inn Teng. Ipoh Road here The occasion was
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    • 233 4 PENANG. Sat Thousands of devoted Buddhists, men. women and children, took part in the annual flower and flag procession this evening the highlight of Wesak Day celebrations in the State here. The main attraction was the beautifully illuminated float, conveying the image of Lord Buddha,
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    • 89 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman reiterated today the Philippines should drop her Sabah claim “if she wants to work with Malaysia. “Sabah will sink or swim with Malaysia.” he declared a? a rally at the Stadium Negara here to mark “Gerakan Mei
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    • 147 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Rumania want, to slr» a long-term trade s£ This was announced here toaay Dy Creanga. leader of a three-man Rumanian trade mission, now on a visit to Malaysia. Mr. Creanga said his country would like to have a trade agreement
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    • 167 4 SINGAPORE, sat. The Minister for Communications. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. tonight quoted a wellknown saying to drive home his point on loyalty and patriotism. He quoted: “The rise or decline of our countrv is the responsibility of everyone. If the country is conquered. the people are
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    • 39 4 IPOH. Sat. A car worth $3,000 stolen from Pasir Pinjl New Village here, was recovered at the sixth milestone In Jalan Pusing yesterday. The car. belonging to Teh Kong Tham. was stolen about three days ago.
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    • 259 4 PENANG. Sat. The west coast inshore fishermen have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, strongly opposing trawling in shallow waters and warned of further clashes if the Government did not take strong steps against illegal operation of trawlers. A
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    • 39 4 PENANG. Sat The 20th anniversary of World Health Day will be celebrated with an exhibition at the School of Nursing on May 19 and 20. The theme of the display will be "Health In The World Tomorrow.’
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    • 116 4 The time was when infant Buddha was taking a hath on Wesak Day so came the big, big rush. Buddhist devotees, young and old, milled round the altar to shower the four-inch gold statue with sacred water. The occasion was after the opening of a Free Medical
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    • 133 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. A 1,500-mile car race along the Asian Highway, beginning from Vientiane and finishing in Singapore, is being planned. The project is being organised to help publicise a large part of the Asian Highway. The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic
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    • 186 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. A Queensland Parliamentary eight-man mission from Australia will arrive here on Tuesday for a three-day fact-finding and goodwill visit. The mission will visit Indonesia and Malaysia before coming to Singapore. From here they will proceed to Hong Kong. Taiwan and Japan. The leader
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    • 78 5 .Mr. and Mrs. Tuan Siew Loke were recently married in Singapore. Mr. Tuan is the proprietor of Milo Photo Studio and the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Tuan Chong Eng of Binjai Park in Singapore. The bride, the former Miss Tok Yeit Choo. is
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    • 314 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Here's one that did not get away an 18lbs. sting-ray—-landed by CpI. Albert P e t h i c k of Headquarters Far East Land Forces, in the recent All-Island Sea Angling tourney organised by RAF Changi. The sting-ray caught by
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    • 79 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Pakistan Government has appointed four Nanyang University graduates as translators. They will translate technological works in Chinese into English. The four are Mr. Liu Chong Liek, Mr. Chiam Ee Foo, Mr. Lim Chan Teng and Mr. Tan Chia Seng all from
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  • 413 6  -  By DAVI KUNJARA for ounce vJ and inch for inch the "world's greatest fighters" come from Thailand. And they are coming out from all over the country from holes in the ground, crocks in the pavements and from behind buildings. The battlers are crickets and the
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  • TIPS
    • 43 7 PHOTOGRAPHY lent assistance to the hydrodynamics involved, in the design of the Queen Elizabeth 11. In a 400-foot test tank, wax models of hull designs were filmed on 16 mm movie film to simulate the motion of a full-sized ship.
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    • 614 7 new British-registry ocean vessel, Queen Elizabeth 11, will make her maiden voyage in 1969 amid the clicking cameras of the press and tourists alike. And, due to the role of various types of photography during construction, the liner may be listed in history books as the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 315 7 ■Mojvrtf t Barbara’s o /l LOOK OUT FOR THAT CLIFF, VOU CRAxy BEAR'.'.' 0 J/ v *> o vs g d A 8 Boy'i'vt 6or You this time, THEy'RE CrONNA PUT you AwAy for twenty YEARS FOP CRACKING UP THAT PLANE.' J K..AMP, HERE'S WHERE A you HIT THE CUFF
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  • F O L L O W THE SUN ` A LIBERAL ARTS PAGE And the liberal soul shall be made fat
    • 131 8 MUNSTER. (DaD). Our photo shows chromosomes, the carrier of hereditary information. Its surface structure was recently probed with an electronic screen microscope for the first time. These chromosomes belong to a mongoloid patient, as the chromsome break at C and U show. B reveals the V-sex hormone.
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    • 404 8 NEW DELHI, Sat. (Reuter) Officials here are examining a plan to bring television to the millions of Indians in rural areas by means of an artificial earth satellite. Under the plan, drawn up by a team of United Nations experts who visited India last
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    • 74 8 TOKYO: UPI staff photographer Toshio Sakai, 28, winner of the first Pulitzer prize for feature photography, is seen here early May 7th with his prize-winning photo and the equipment he used to make it after receiving news of the award. Sakai took the prize-winning picture "Dreams
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    • 165 8 PARIS, Sat. Neris-les-Bains (Allier) is not only a thermal resort recommended for those with nervous ailments but also an archaeological centre where, since 1963. extremely interesting excavations have been carried out under Mr. Jacques Gourvest, a research assistant at the National Scientific Research Centre The town
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    • 145 8 AS WOMEN SEE US “Man Seen by Women Painters” is the subject of the Salon des Femmes Peintres at the Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris. Man is showm in many different aspects —a factory worker, bicyclist, fisherman, frail poet and strong athlete. A retrospective entitled “Man Seen
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    • 148 8 The wife of the greatgrandson of Victor Hugo, the painter Jean Hugo, was a painter herself. Valentine Hugo became famous for the decor and costumes, done with her husband, for “les Maries de la Tour Eiffel” in 1921. Her meeting with the
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    • 890 8 (INP). Still flying on sea-rescue missions based on the picturesque Puerta Pollensa in northern Mallorca is a Spanish Air Force squadron of veteran Dornier DO 24 flying boats. A later development of the famous tandem-engined Dornier Wal. whose exploits with Amundsen in the
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 440 9 'jU’EW YORK Sat. (UFI) The stock markets’s dramatic peace rally carried through another week but progress was more laboured as investors became much more willing to take profits. Trading simmered just below the previous week’s pace and traders seemed more choosey in their purchases.
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    • 80 9 JAKARTA. Sat. (Reuter) Two Japanese companies Mitsui and Oji paper this week signed an agreement with the Indonesian Government to exploit 100,000 hectares of forests in the Rhio Islands in partnership with a private Indonesian concern. The estimated capital investment is $2 million. Another company,
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    • 87 9 t unique system of solving the problem of lost children television-telephone was installed by one of the leading department stores in Tokyo very recently. A female store clerk who finds a stray child picks up the receiver at the switch, the child's face is “teleoperator
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    • 77 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. —A joint gift of $lO,OOO to Singapore's National Defence Fund and to the Social Welfare Homes Fund has been made by Guan Hoe Company (M) Ltd. and Suzuki Motor Company Ltd. of Japan. The Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman
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    • 196 9 WASHINGTON, sat (UPI) The Vice President and Manager of the Boeing programme for a 366-seat jet plane repeated his company’s pledge to put the plane in the air in December. In an address to Washington Aviation writers. Malcolm T Stamper said when
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    • 145 9 VANCOUVER. British Columbia. Sat. (Reuter) Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau says he favours "any measures, including recognition on suitable terms.” that would intensify contacts between Canada and China and contribute to international order and stability. Mr. Trudeau, in a speech to the British Columbia
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    • 178 9 SYDNEY, Sat A co-operative winery and distillery is exporting Australian wines in plastic kegs. The kegs are rectangular five-gallon containers known as quadritainers. They are stacked in seatainers (large sheet-steel containers) especially designed for shipping space economy. Each seatainer holds 75 quadritainers to give a
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    • 78 9 PARIS. Sat (Reuter) France’s foreign trade deficit last month widened to 550 million francs < about 46,000.000 sterling) from 370 million (about 31,000.000 sterling* in March, the Ministry of Finance announced today. Imports in April totalled 5.840 million franc (about 471.000.000 sterling) against 6.120 million francs
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    • 282 9 WASHINGTON. Sat. (Renter) Government-indus-try cotton salesmen, just returned from a Far East tour, predicted today that Japan. South Korea, Taiwan. Hong Kong and India could increase their imports of U.S. raw cotton. The condition was that adequate supplies of the preferred
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    • 121 9 HOT SPRINGS. Virginia. Sat (Reuter) Soaring economic growth in the United States together with major inflationary problems was predicted for the next year or so by leaders of American business meeting here today. The Elite Business Council. whose members include the heads of the
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    • 265 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Although fluctuations were small, more activity was in evidence during the past week’s trading, state Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. in their weekly market review. Business in one sheet w r as well spread up to and including April/June 1969. After a softer
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    • 219 9 LONDON. Sat. (UPI) Financial talks on the future of Hong Kong's large sterling balances held in London reopen on Monday at the Treasury Office. They have been adjourned lor a week while Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary John Cowperthwaite returned home and reported to the colony’s
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    • 87 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Indonesian Government has returned a rubber factory ”N.V Handel My. Rubberfabriek Hock Lie” to its former Malaysian owners. Antara said here today. The factory was seized by the former Sukarno Government during confrontation. The Director General of small-Holders. Department of
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    • 142 9 SYDNEY, Sat. An Australian firm has designed a new marine radio telephone for use on yachts, pleasure cruisers, fishing boats and patrol vessels. The light and compact radio telephone fits on the bridge of a vessel and operates from the normal 12-volt power
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  • 99 10 Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy Judgments. Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. I am small
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  • 238 10 A reader asks My parents are Buddhists—can I study the Bible? ANSWER 1. The Bible 1* a book that teaches about God. who made you. who loves you and who gave His Son to die for your sins. It Is like a letter written to you. It tells you the
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  • 112 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mrs Marion Simmons of South Lancaster, Mass has been appointed elementary supervisor of the Far Eastern Division of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. This was announced by the president of the Conference, Mr. Paul H. Eldridgen, recently. Mrs. Simmons will replace
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 1264 10  -  By CHUA WEE HIAN, Editor of "Way" Magazine lITAN'S personality consists of mind, feeling and will. All these faculties come into play when a decision is made. If you want to buy a car, you would find out all about its engine, reliability and also
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  • 274 10 SINGAPORE,. Sot. During o rtctnt Stopover here, Mr. James T. S Churches International Christian Co c,, F o C r (ICCC), paid a courtesy h S i5 cill to Eastern Sun, Mr. Shaw said. “I have come here because of your Church At Home page
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  • 115 10 SINGAPORE Sat.— One hundred and four million and eight hundred and five thousand Bibles. New Testaments and parts of the Bible were circulated by the Bible Societies in 1967 This was disclosed by Rev. Peter Hsieh. secretary of the Bible Societies in Malaysia. Singapore
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  • 57 10 SINGAPORE. Sat— The May luncheon meeting of the Christian Business Men’s Committee wil] be held at Chinese YMCA 16 South Pier on May 21 from 1 to 2 p.m. Mr. Norman Macintosh, of New Zealand, who is here to establish a book store for the Scripture Union,
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  • 42 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Varsity Christian Fellowship here will be holding a conference from Monday to May 18 for its members. The conference will be devotional in nature and emphasis is being laid on Christian living and campus witnessing.
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  • 52 10 SINGAPORE Sat. The coming YWCA “Morning Prayer” will be held in the basement of Wesley Methodist Church. Fort Canning on Tuesday, from 10 a m to 2 p.m. The YWCA also has lunch-time prayer meetings at the YWCA Raffles Quay. every Wednesday from 1 30 p.m. to
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  • 32 10 SINGAPORE. Sat.— The general committee of the Fellowship of Evangelical Students here will meet on May 18 to study the Interim Report of the five-year plan submitted by the subcommittee.
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  • 518 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. The 105-ycar history of the Seventhday Adventist church was related to those attending the "Word of Life" evangelistic series which were held at Victoria Memorial Hall. Don Jacobsen, director and main speaker for the three-week series of Bible lectures, told how the
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    • 518 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS BRETHREN BETHESDA GOSPEL HALL 17, Bras Basah Road, Singapore 7-, Meetings in English Sunday: 8.30 a.m. Breaking of Bread, 3.00 p.m. Junior Sunday School. 4.30 pm. Senior Sunday School and Bib.e Classes. 6.15 p.m Gospel Service. 8.00 pm. Song Service. Tuesday: 5.30 p.m. Prayer Meeting. Thursday: 730 pm
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    • 556 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS METHODIST FAITH METHODIST CHURCH (Queenstown) Sunday: Worship Service in English: 7.30 a.m. and 530 p.m. Sunday School in English: 9.00 a.m and 4.00 p.m.. Boys Brigade Bible Class 10.00 a.m.. Saturday MYF Programme in English: 2.30 pm.. Boys* Brigade Drill 3.30 p.m.. Friday: Bible Class for Youths: 7.30
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  • Boutique
    • 830 11  -  ‘A lost love is not the last love’ By Pat Chan CJO your engagement is broken. iV our heart torn asunder and your pride hurt. Your intimate relationship with him has finally reached the end of the road. All your plans of settiOg up a homo and dreams
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    • 138 11 AUSSIE TOGETHERNESS THESE Australian girls are not going out together to the same place nor have they forgotten to synchronize their watches, dressed as each one is for sports, evening and town. They are parading a few Of the finest pure new wool fashions for the national presentation of the
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    • 166 11 Little coats for casual moments, leanly carved and natty, such as a camel-co- lour pe* -jacket, a Western jacket, a plushy but fitted parka New short looks, worn under sweaters, seen as sweaters cut like shirts, done in dresses like lengthened shirts, cut in satin for
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    • 200 11 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter)— Australian men. once reputed to be the world’s worst dressers, are now receiving the fashion message loud and dear: According to 22-nation survey conducted, by a leading British men.'s wear-firm, the Australians are now as well turned out as. anyone in the world.
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    • 98 11 rotten luck for girls when unexpected guests call when you are just about preparing for bed? To be caught in your not-so-presentable night, clothes is as embarrassing as to keep your caller* waiting at the porch while you change into something decent. Susan here shows you a face-saving
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • 204 11  -  Luiuuiai (By Mary Sue Miller) THE skin is never free of perspiration. Hot weather and exercise increase the flow. In the process the body’s temperature is regulated, among other things. And that’s a comfort boon when the thermometer soars. But as everybody knows it's not ex- actly
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    • 350 11 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS QUEENSTOWN LUTHERAN CHURCH. 709 Commonwealth Drive. Singapore. 3. English Sunday School 8 30 am.; English Worship Service .9 30 am:; Chinese Sunday School 9.30 am.; Chinese Service (Mandarin/Cantonese) 11.00 a.m.; English Service 6.30 p.m.; Chinese Service (Man/Cant.) 7.30 p.m. LUTHERAN CHURCH OF OUR REDEEMER. 30 Duke Road, Singapore.
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platter Pete
    • 233 12 NEW YORK The Four Seasons have sent ten gold records earned by the team and Frankie Yalli to Washington in a symbolic statement of support for the government and co-operation with the President during the current fiscal crisis. The team has also sent
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    • 356 12 J \l THERE! Like. Holy Too Good! The BEE GEES must he one of the fastest rising international ever! Just look at some of their achievements in this week s Pitp Gossip. And because of the fantastic amount of requests I've had to spotlight them, do one
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      279 12 HEY! HEY! Looks like 15)67 has been the year of the BEE GEES, and 1968 looks pretty promising too. No kidding, but just look at some at the awards they've won:- N.M.E. Best New Group 1967 Valentine Award-World’s Brightest Hope 1968 U.S.A.’s SIXTEEN Magazine—World's Most Promising Group Radio
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    • 130 12 STILL on the summit of the New York chart for the filth week running. Bobby Goldsboro’s “Honey” has made a spectacular leap towards the top spot in London. Its jump from 19th to sixth place there coincides with the young singers visit to Britain to promote his gentle
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    • SPOTLIGHT
      • 272 12 SOME people think musicians are weird, and many would think The Association weird. Like Russ who spends his spare hours walking alone around the city his favourite all-time job was running a merry-go-round because "people didn’t bug me and I could think.” And Ted who reminds himself not
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    • 248 12 Real name: Birthdate: Birthplace: Personal point*: Parents’ names; Brothers’ sisters’ names: Present home: Instruments pla'ed: Where educated: Musical education: Age entered showbiz: First public appearance: First professional appearance: Biggest break in career: Biggest disappointment in career TV debut: Radio debut: N’o. l hit discs:
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    • 133 12 LONDON: 1. Wonderful World Louis Armstrong. 2. Simon Says 1910 Fruitgum Co 3. Lazy Sunday Small Faces (tied) 4. A Man Without Love Engelbert Humperdinck 5. Young Girl Union Gap 6. Honey Bobhv Goldsboro 7. Can't Take My Eves Off You Andy Williams 8. I
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 174 13 Hollywood s sex symbol. Ursula Andress (above) will appear in the role as Vesper Lynd one of the richest and most beautiful spies in the world —in the Bond spoof “Casino Royale.” The charity premiere of “Casino Royale" to raise money for the
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    • 294 13  -  By Peter Lye "HTHE SECRET WAR OF HARRY FRIGG" is a funny wartime escapade which has Paul Newman as an undisciplined American private with a particular skill for breaking out of army prisons. The army's problem is that five generals, two British, two Americans
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    • 425 13  -  By K T. JOSEPH. Though T-provnk-ing. controversial, dra-matic-these are some of the words that have bren used to describe Peter Brook's “Marat Sade.” The lull title; "The persecution and assasinatlon of Jean-Paul Marat as performed by the inmates of the asylum of Chanerton under the
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    • 115 13 SEA premiere of ‘MaratSade’ on Thursday SINGAPORE. Sat. The University of Singapore Society will present the South-east Asian premiere of the “Marat Sade” at the Lido theatre on Thursday (May 16) at 9.15 p.m. The film in colour. Is being presented under the distinguished patronage of the Minister for Science
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 284 13 IGANISATION LIDO Phone ***** OPENS TODAY N« Free List 11 a m 1 15, 1 on. 6.50 A 9 1* pm. Chin Ping "KILLER D4RT” iA SHAW PRODUCTIONi Mandarin in Shan.'•cope. Color Superimposed English Subtitles Last 2 Days No Free List 11 a m.. 1.30. 4.00 6.45 A 9.30 p.m
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    • 331 13 Today At 11. 1 30. 4 00. 6.30 9.30 "THE COBRA” la Co!»r-8ee»t Dana Andrews Anita Eitben t.RANO FILM PREMIERE! WEOXESDIT AT 9 15 pm •CASINO ROYALE’ iColumblal Da-id NIVEN. Color. Scop# SEASON from THURSDAY at ODEON. ORCHARD. PALACE ORCHARD-***** NOW SHOWING! Him. 1.30. 4 no. 6.30 ft 0 1*
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  • 757 14  - Wimbledon —magnet for world’s tennis stars by Fred Perry ...whose three successive wins in the All England Lawn Tennis Championships thirty years ago have yet to be equalled. WIMBLEDON —On the outer edge of London becomes the focal point of the tennis world in June and July every year. At
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  • 270 14 SEREMBAN. Sat K. Alagaratnam Negri Sembilan's 1967 winner of the “Most promising young cricketer of the year” Award was suspended from cricket for 18 months by the N.S.C. A. council which held an emergency meeting here yesterday. Alagaratnam. who was the vice-captain of the
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  • 117 14 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Girls’ Brigade (Third Singapore Company). Fairfield Methodist Girls’ School will hold a Big Walk starting at 7 a.m. on May 20. More than 160 girls between the ages of nine and 17 will be participating in the Big Walk, the aim of
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  • 1123 14  -  By R.D. Selva KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia face an unenviable task in the final day tomorrow of the three-day interport cricket match against Hong Kong, despite having taken a first innings lead of 108 runs. The Malaysians in their second knock had lost five
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  • 179 14 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Member of Parliament for Serangoon Gardens, Mr. L.P. Roortgo. has described the establishment of a Government-backed Sports Division as “timely Speaking at the recent r sitting of Parliament the, lawyer-assemblyman said: “The numerous sports bodies in the Republic would expect
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  • 119 14 SEREMBAN. Sat. Negri Sembilan Ceylonese Youth Forum scored a five wicket win over King George V School in a Negri Sembilan Cricket Association league match at the King George V grounds here today. KGV. batting first, scored 79 through good batting by 59-year-old J.F. Edmond
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  • 41 14 MADRID. Sat. (UPI) Spain’s Pedro Carrasco, the 24-year-old reigning European lightweight boxing champion, last night defended his title with an eighth round knockout of challenger Kid Tano. also of Spain. Both boxers weighed in at 132 pounds.
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  • 169 14 MALACCA. Sat. The annual Malacca Amateur Athletic Association minimarathon road race over 10.7 miles will be held tomorrow starting from the Kubu Stadium at 7.30 a.m. This was disclosed by Mr. Chin Yik Keun the Malacca Amateur Athletic Association secretary. “We have
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  • 64 14 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Selangor’s third Big Walk organised by the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Malaysian Indian Congress will be held here on June 16. The walk will be over 11 miles. There will be no entry fee and interested walkers are requested to contact Enche A.R.
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  • 24 14 SEOUL. Sat. (UPI) Defending champion Israel defeated Thailand 2—o in a second-round match of the 10th Asian Youth soccer championships here tonight.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous

  • 2637 15 SINGAPORE, Sot. Melbourne jockey Rodney Dawkins got off to a flying start when he scored o winning debut in the country, booting home Brilliant Princess an all the way winner in Race Two to pay $4l for a win, the first day of the Singapore
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  • 338 15 SINGAPORE Sat Following is the Stipendiary Steward's report on today's races at Bukit Timah:Race 1: Nothing to report. Race 2: At the start Movie Goer 111 (Coleman), who was half rearing as the gates opened, jumped awkwardly hitting her head on the side of the gates
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  • 406 15  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Sat. Singapore Under-23 squad will face a "big test" when they meet PAM Cup champions Selangor in the Malaysia Cup competition at Merdeka Stadium tomorrow. The young Singapore team gave a sparkling performance to beat Malacca 5-3 in the
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  • 193 15 LONDON, Sat (Reuter* Results of English Football League matches played today were: ENGLISH ONE Arsenal 2 West Brom 1 Burnley 3 Leeds United 0 Liverpool 6 Notts 1 Man U 1 Sunderland 2 Newcastle U 3 Man C. 4 Sheffield U. 1 Chelsea 2 Southampton 0 Coventry
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  • 365 15  -  By Ben Variyan KUALA LUMPUR, Sat, Selangor, who have not been beaten in their five Malaysia Cup outings face their stiffest test in the South Zone when they take on Singapore at the Merdeka Stadium here tomorrow at 8.00 p.m. Will Selangor
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  • 210 15 INDIANAPOLIS. (Indianna 1 Sat. <UPI> Roger McCluskey and Bobby Unser surpassed the 167 miles per hour mark yesterday to chalk up the fastest speeds in ‘'500” practice so far for piston-driven racing cars. Two turbine-powered machines have flirted with 170 mph. McCluskey was
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  • 1903 16 Race 1: Horses Class 5s Div. 2 6 Furs. 1.35 P.M. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) 252 Sunspot 4y 900 Bright Star Stable 16 1. 2 R S. B'kelen 399 900 00 Aqua Viva Koala Bear Miss Raconteur 3y 9 00 Aqua Viva Stable 5y 3y 8.13 8.13
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  • 1694 16  -  AN IMPROVING TYPE HE SHOULD SEE THIS THROUGH By Windsor Lad SINGAPORE, Sun. Napoli should scoro his third successive win in the 9f for class two division one (Race 9) at Bukit Timoh here this afternoon, the second day of the Singapore Turf Club's May meeting.
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  • 198 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE 1 SUNSPOT Cannon Fire Major Girl OTARO Spring Fancy Sunspot CANNON FIRE Sunspot Big Hill BRIGHT EYES IV Golliwog Otaro RACE 8 ACCURATE Syndicate Nvonva Ipoh DARMAL Golden Sun Accurate SET UP Syndicate Evermore DARMAL Globe Stream Hendak Menang RACE 3
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  • 30 16 Windsor Lad: Accurate Microwave Our Coco Adeline: Darmal Nice Choice Harapan Star Bov Cannon Fire Nice Choice Sweet Mcloily Jimmy Lad Bright Eye IV Violacea Mahseer
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