Eastern Sun, 25 December 1968

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily ir Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 863 Wednesday, 25 December 1968. Twr MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cent*
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  • 165 1 SINGAPORE Tues. e Prim Minister, Mr. tee Kuan Yew, has hoped *nat Christmas 1969 will see a more peaceful world in i.i h there win hp less HIw!“ between communities within nations, and between the nations. In a Christmas message. Mr Lee said; “Peace
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  • 95 1 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) T.urteen girl office workers were tcld .oday they have won a Christmas jackpot of £21)0.442 on football pools. A spokesman for the pools ecrpany also announced another syndicate of 12 people jn Stockport. Northern England. has won £135.403. A staff member of
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  • 65 1 SEOUL, Tues. (UPI) Admiral Edwin Rosenber •was present last night when a group of Red Cross girls visited the hospital ward where the 82 crew members of the Pueblo were resting after their re ease by North Korea after 11 months’ imprisonment. "If you had seen their
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  • 412 1 ‘Grey...Like Plaster Of Paris KENNEDY, Florida, Tues. (Reuter) America's Appollo 8 astronauts today became the first men to orbit the moon, and reported it looks "grey no colour like plaster of Paris." Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders picked out landmarks
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  • 114 1 TAIPEI. Tues. (Reuter) The Taiwan University Hospital was today reported to oe preparing for a kidney transplant in the next lew aays on a 38-year-old man whose father would be the aonor. Hospital sources identified the man as Ru Wen-Teh. They said the transplant haa been
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  • 66 1 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) Six people were killed and three others seriously injured when two loegine camp workers ran amok last night after being told that they would not be paid before Christmas, police reported today. They said no other details had been received in Manila
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  • 263 1 C.APF KENNEDY. Tues. (Reuter) The 6000 men and women, who call themselves the “Apollo Orphans,” will spend Christmas 1968 looking after the three Apollo astronauts as they circle the moon. They are the men and women who run the project.
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  • 214 1 CJAIGON, Tues. (Reuter) The Vietcong broke their self-imposed Christmas truce at least seven times on its first day today, a South Vietnamese military spokesman said. The spokesman reported 10 people killed and 41 wounded in five rocket and two ground attacks throughout South Vietnam.
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  • 207 1 KONG KONG. Tues. (AFP) Peking today called 0 n the Burmese people to step up their struggle to wrest political powers from the Government of General Ne Win. Reviewing the Communist insurgency in Burma over the past year. Radio Peking expressed confidence that
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  • 58 1 CAIRO. Tues. (Reuter) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko left Cairo by air for Moscow today after three days of talks with President Nasser and other Government leaders on the Middle East crisis. The Foreign Minister held a second lengthy meeting last meht with the Egyptian President.
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  • 93 1 JAKARTA, Tues. (Reuter) Indonesia is planning to ask the Soviet Union for new technical and financial aid although relations between the two countries are now* worse than they have been in former years. Government economic advisers here say the request will be put to
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  • 56 1 BANGKOK Tues (Reuter)—Rebel Meo tribesmen suffered 25 casualties in heavy fighting yesterday with Government troops in Northern Thailand, it was announced today. A high Thai official who returned today from the scene of the fighting in Pitsanuloke Province about 400 miles from Bangkok said ten Government
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  • 114 1 VATICAN CITY. Tues. (Reuter) Pope Paul leaves the Vatican tonight to spend Christmas Eve with workers and their families among the blast furnaces of a steel plant in Taranto, Southern Italy. He will wear a steelworker's helmet and tour the giant plant before celebrating
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  • 42 1 THE EASTERN SUN wishes all its readers and friends a "Merry Christmas". There will be no issue of the Eastern Sun tomorrow (Thursday, Dec. 26, 1968). Publication will be resumed on Friday, Dec. 27. 1968.
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  • 207 1 SEOUL. Tues. (Reuter) The 82 crew of the Pueblo flew out of Korea today on their way home for Christmas. Their two four-engined jet aircraft left a snow circled runway and lifted into brilliant blue skies. The huge C-141 jet Starlifters of the
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  • 28 1 HAVANA Tues. (Reuter) Telephone callers dialling numbers in Havana today heard the opening verse of the Christmas carol “silent night.” instead of normal ringing tone.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 262 2 The Are is believed to. hav« started in the rear portion of the machine department J At the time of the blaze only 20 workers were inside the factory. No one was Injured. The fire is said to have been caused by a spark
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    • 102 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Department of Extramural Studies has organised in conjunction with the Singapore Tamil Teachers' Association two courses on Advanced Tamil (Parts I and II). Consisting of twenty-five lectures by Messrs K Gtv vindasamy M A M. Ed., and T. Pakshinajan M.A.. 8.T.. the courses will
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    • 160 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two of Shaw Organisation's top Hong Kong film stars, vivacious Tina Chin Fei and dashing Yang Fang today paid a courtesy call on the Managing Director of Eastern Sun and Sin Chew Jit Poh, Dato Aw Kow today. Also present was Shaw's youthful
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    • 116 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. The co-owner of a pawnshop. Lam Sie Gin. was robbed of $5OO by two armed thugs at Upper Paya Lebar Road yesterday. A police spokesman said Lam together with four other employees were in the shop when he was approached by
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    • 264 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Public Works Department todav sent a letter to Tav Mook Yong. the priest of the Leong Nam Buddhist temple in Geylang Serai pointing out that the Government required an additional space for a development project. The letter also
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    • 230 2 (BERNAMA) KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. A ship reported to be carrying a cargo of Rhodesian chrome will be prohibited from unloading at Penang when it calls at the port this week, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today. We have
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    • 287 2 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI> The Stock Market selloff heated up In late trading yesterday as declines topped advances by nearly 3-to-l. Volume was fairly heavy. Shortly before the final bell, the UPI stock market Indicator. measuring all stocks traded, was off 0.37 per cent
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    • 35 2 2 to 4 p.m.: Christmas party at St Andrew’s Mission Hospital for Children. 9 a m. to 5 p.m.: Exhibition of low priced college text books from Britain at University of Singapore Library.
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    • 187 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia today regretted that the Philippines had found it necessary to amend the Asean Foreign Ministers' joint communique issued at Bangsien, Thailand, recently. “The joint communique which emphasises the recognition of Malaysia's sovereignty over Sabah is a minimum condition for normalising diplomatic
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    • 122 2 SINGAPORE. Tues Christmas services will be held tomorrow in the various churches throughout the Republic. Here are some of 'them: St. Andrews Cathedral, Holy Communion at 7 am. Parish Communion fj a.m., Holy Communion in Mandarin a.m Christmas Morning Family Service. 11-a.m. and also Holy Communion
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    • 82 2 IN TOA PAYOH ESTATE A Christmas service was organised by the Bethesda Gospel Hall at the Community Hall In Toa Payoh. Singapore last Sunday. It was attended by 120 people, including 90 children. Many Interesting items were rendered by the children. A testimony w r as given by
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    • 169 3 Old Currency Coins: Six-Month Extension Arrangement With Banks SINGAPORE, Tues. Arrangements have been made for commercial bonks and the Currency Board in Singapore to exchange the old Malayan currency for six months after the expiry date on Jan. 16, next year. A Ministry of Finance statement today reminded the public
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    • 241 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Smugglers escaped and abandoned about $200,000 worth of goods in two boats near Port Dickson today. A walki-talkie was found in one of the boats by a raid- ing party led by Enche Mohamed Nuri bin S.A Latiff. Senior Superintendent of
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    • 152 3 CALCUTTA, Tues. (Reuter) Premier Indira Gandhi said here today India was anxious to see how relations could be Improved with Pakistan and China, but any improvement would not be at the cost of the nation's dignity and Interest. Speaking at a rally of
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    • 94 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues A motion supporting the Malaysian Government s recent crackdown on subversive elements in the country, was passed by the Selangor State Assembly here today. The Mentn Besar, Dato Harun bin Haji Idris, in introducing the motion. said the Government's action was necessary because
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    • 322 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Medical Association today urged for a review of the present output of doctors in the Republic. In a statement put out by Dr George Wong, for the Secretary. the SMA supported the statement made by the Minister
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    • 182 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Chairman of the National Safety First Council of Singapore. Mr. Milton Tan, has called on the public to give more support toward the Council so that it could better conduct its work in promoting safety consciousness among the people. Mr.
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    • 119 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Singapore Pools (Private) Limited today announced that participants in its first Holiday Draw had struck big cash prices. Though there were no winners for the 5 or 4 plus 1 numbers group, those with four numbers correct will each receive $5OO whilst 2.058
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    • 95 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. An American expert on business administration arrived here for discussions with the Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. on the teach- ing of business administration in teachers' training colleges. He is Dr Joseph Green, the Dean of
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    • 29 3 SINGAPORE Tues. The Institute of Building. Singapore and Malaysia Centre, will hold its inaugural meeting at the Chinese Chamber's auditorium on Jan. 17, 1969. at 7.30 p.m
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    • 167 3 SINGAPORE. Tues Some 160 French airline employees will arrive here by That International for an educational and familiarisation tour of Singapore and Ball during the next three months. The General Manager of SAS and Thai Internation- al Mr John Hoyer, described these
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    • 43 3 SINGAPORE. Tues The AUPE will hold a “Christmas Ball" at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday. Dec. 28, from 8.30 p.m. to 2 am. The highlight of the evening will be the “Festive Fashions” show bv a local modelling school.
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    • 312 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Employment prospects for economics graduates appear to be reasonably bright. This was part of the findings by the Survey Committee of the University of Singapore Economics Society. According to the findings. published in the “Singapore Undergrad,’' there is a marked preference
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    • 60 4 MRS. Lee Choon Guan, a prominent Singapore woman, celebrated her birthday in Hong Kong recently. She had just completed a tour of Seoul and Japan. Picture shows Miss Beatrice Ho, a Cathay Pacific Airways ground hostess, presenting Mrs. Lee with an eight-pound birthday
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    • 49 4 KUALA LUMPUR Tues. Thieves broke into the N A.A.F.I. store at Batu Garrison here yesterday and got away with $20,000 worth of goods. The stolen articles included $9,000 w r orth of cigarettes. $5,000 worth of essence of chicken and $2,000 worth of brandy.
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    • 84 4 WRAF twins Kathleen and Margaret Townend, serving at R.A.F. Changi, Singapore, are causing confusion among the usually sharp eyed shopkeepers. But it is not sur- prising even Father Christmas cannot tell the differenceThe two girls are identical twins and came to Singapore earlier this month. They
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    • 295 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Santa Claus decided to leave his “sleigh" behind yesterday and instead used a trishaw to make his rounds bringing cheer and gifts to the many children who turned up to see him at service stations in Singapore. Count Etgtl von Ro?en, the Father
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    • 90 4 SINGAPORE. Tue s. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music Written Examinations 1969 will be held In Singapore on Saturday, March 1 (on Friday. Feb. 28 for Seventh-Day Adventist candidates). Entry forms are now available at the Ministry of Education Entries will be received
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    • 152 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Ministry of Health today warned the public against consuming wild mushrooms commonly found under banana trees and tapioca plants after a rainy spell. In recent investigations into reported food poisoning cases, it was found that seven persons had become ill as
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    • 70 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Dutch Ambassadordesignate to Malaysia. Mr. Gerard De Graag. arrived today to take up his post. Mr. De Graag who was accompanied by his wife and daughter, will succeed Mr Lucas Kruytbosch who left in October. Mr. Graag. who will also be accredited to
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    • 500 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Architects have been urged to retool the profession to prepare for the big building programme in Singapore. Otherwise, warned the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) in its latest journal: “It will strain the resources at professional level." The
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    • 186 4 Island: The Curse Is Over —Tunku PUL AU LANGKAIVI, Tue S.— This legendary island off the west coast believed to be under a curse for seven generations. is now being developed as a major tourist attraction. The Malaysian Government has spent $4 million to develop the island and this morning
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    • 171 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singapore Red Cross Society today gave away Hundreds of blankets to victims of the recent fire at Carey Rood, Tiorq Bahru at the Social Welfare Office this morning. Each of the 438 families received a blanket. At the same time. Social Welfare officers
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    • 236 5 VATICAN, CITY. Tum. (Reuter) Pope Paul today summoned an extraordinary •worldwide synod of bishops tor October 11 next year to study the crisis within the Roman Catholic Church. Announcing this in an exceptionally long Christmas address to the sacred college of cardinals, he also said he
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    • 414 5 IN an editorial, the newspaper s aid: “The Johnson administration's patient diplomacy in procuring their release also must be noted. When the Pueblo was seized last January. the air rang with angry calls to redeem this "humiliation'’ by re-seizing the ship, blocking Wonson. a retaliatory
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    • 190 5 MILAN. Tues. (UPI) Gasoline and liquid gas trucks and hundreds of cars piled up on a fog-shrouded highway link outside Milan yesterday and fuel burst into flames the size of a 10storev building. Five persons were killed. Hours after the crash authorities still had not been
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    • 129 5 GREENOCK. Seo 11 and. Tues (Reuter) The world's newest luxury liner, the Queen Elizabeth 11. slid out towards the Atlantic today with “On non-paying passengers putting her highlile to the test. A rainbow curved through the sky just behind the huge white vessel as she
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    • 77 5 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) The would-be murderer slashed at the throat of blonde film star Uta Levka with a dummy knife on a film set here today and drew blood from an inch-long gash Miss Levka a 24-year-old German beauty from Munich, was given first
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    • 455 5 SAIGON, (UPI) A scheduled 72-hour ceasefire period the Communist* said they would observe for Christmas began at 1 a m. on Tuesday Saigon time (1700 GMT> In the Vietnam war zone A one-day allied truce was set to begin 17 hours later. The war In Vietnam moved Into
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    • 87 5 LONDON Tues (Renter) A group of British dons. angered at the prices and incomes board report on their pav. advertised for new jobs in The Timec today. Under the heading “Have brain, will dram.” the university lecturers members of the 1 (W-strong faculty of applied Science
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    • 71 5 JAKARTA. Tues (AFP) —This year's Idul Fitri holidays did not bring joy to the people of Pageiaran in the western most part of Java island Last Friday night when the town's Moslem population was preparing for the Ramadan (*nd of fasting) festival next day floods swept
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    • 385 5 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) British police today launched an all-out Christmas campaign against motorists who drink and drive. A Scotland Yard spokesman said police will be pulled off other crimestopping duties to watch bars, car parks and catch would-be drivers who have been drinking at office parties. At
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    • 101 5 NEWS HONG KONG. Tues (Reuter) An apparent break in an American-owned cable linking Guam and Manila today cut off the Philippines from much of its normal communications with the rest of the world. Cable companies were using one cabie from Manila to Hong Kong for maintenance purposes
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    • 176 5 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) The Japanese government hailed as a good Christmas present” the U.S. statement yesterday that it was planning the return and relocation o f 50 facilities and areas by the U.S. Forces in Japan. The disclosure of the plan was made by US representatives at
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 440 5 EASTERN SUN U.N.C.L.E. FAN CLUB w.&.e.&.5. NEWSLETTER ORDER FORMS FOR CAR-STICKERS (Members Only) I wish to purchase car-sticker/s at $l.OO each. Enclosed is for the total cost and 15c in stamps for postage. NAME ADDRESS SECTION State NUMBER Merry Christmas! OPEN CHANNEL D Todav is Christmas Day and on behalf
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 84 5 QA^Vg m m *45 m <5» 3 s 5 OUT OF 49 Wishing Merry Christmas to all! TOP PRIZES FOR 4 AND 3 CORRECT IN THE LAST DRAW $5OO for each 4 correct entry 28 for each 3 correct entry MANY MISSED THEIR CHANCES LAST WEEK BECAUSE THEY WERE LATE
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  • 278 6 THE Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew in a recent television interview’ spoke on problems facing the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Singapore. Among them the one which he qualified as purely personal view has much food for thought. Mr. Lee said he would like to
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  • 185 6 ALL efforts to industrialise Singapore should be welcomed and backed. It ls in this context the recent appeal by the President of the Singapore Garments Manufacturers Association, Mr. Lam Thian to the Government to set up an advisory committee to develop the garments manufacturing industry in the
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  • 208 6 (UPI) THE Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia has praised the Apollo 8 astronauts as demonstrating “the infinity of human courage and daring.” Izvestia carried photographs of the three American spacemen and the launching of Apollo 8 as well as a full report on the flight so far. Like
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  • 784 6 The Two New Years In A Fortnight Fiom Sin Chew Jit Fob Our Muslim brothers in Malaysia and Singapore, ending their fasting month, the Ramadan, last Saturday and celebrating hilariously their Hari Raya Puasa, welcomed the beginning of the Muslim New Year. To- morrow will he the
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  • 876 6  -  By OSAMU KONNO SASEBO, Japan, (UPI) The port call here on Wednesday of the U.S. nuclear powered submarine Plunger really angered people in Sasebo, the historical major naval port city in this Kyushu island. But their bitterness appeared to be based on economic
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  • 289 6 PRINCETON New Jersey. Tues (UPI) The oldest known work of popular science, published 330 years ago. foresaw accurately that the day might come when man wou<d devise a "flying chariot" to carry him to the moon. But John Wilkins. Bishop of Chester. England, also spe-uiated
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  • 155 6 HONO KONG. Tues (Reuter) The Hong Kong Standard said today the world must be losing hope that the spirit of goodwill would prevail In Peking and China would release Reuter correspondent Anthony Grey. In an editorial, the English-language paper said North Korea had released the
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  • 267 6  -  By Eastern Knight SINGAPORE TAN LIAN ANN I LIM KOK ANN 1 GIAM CHOO KWEE 1 LEE CHEE SENG 1 4 LIBANON SALAMER 0 BEDROS 0 GALEB 0 RIZK 0 0 Yet another 4 0 victory for Singapore and this time it was against L'banon Except for Lee Chee
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  • 93 6 NEW YORK. (UPI) The New York Times In an editorial recently said “It is difficult to imagine a man better fitted for this vital job" In commenting on the appointment of William Yost as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. the Ambassador-design-ate has demonstrated
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  • LETTERS...
    • 166 6 I read in your esteemed newspaper Dr Toh Chin Cbye's disclosure of the fear of some lady students of the Singapore University because they had snubbed tbe demands of one of their teachers for a date. One wonders if the teacher in question is still
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    • 146 6 FOLLOWING your recent article pigjlished in letter form rega-ding the control of Social Escort Agencies there have been: Questions asked in Parliament regarding the matter. with mention in both press, television and radioA recent major press item clearly indicating the involvement of ore such agency
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    • 139 6 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) The Washington Star said on Monday that "there will no doubt be some disappointment' in President-elect Richard Nixon's choice of Charles W Yost as Ambassador to the United Nations. But it said that Yost has "other and more important qualifications" for
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  • 222 6  -  By Henry B. Rothblatt (Author* "Handbook of Evlflonco f~r Criminal Trials") REE-YEAR-OLD Edgar caught his finger in the hallway door when he folloued his older brother through the doorway of the building in which they lived. Edgar's father sued Larry, the owner, for Edgar's injuries and medical
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 60 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. While Santa Claus Eigil Vnn Rosen of SAS was visiting Children's Home in Singapore and bringing Christmas cheer, the children in Scandinavian hospitals were presented with orchids as a token of appreciation of his visit. F mre shows SAS hostess Sissel Luytkis giving a few
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    • 149 7 LONDON. Tues. (UPI)— The approaching festive season kept business in Stock Markets restricted yesterday nevertheless the industrial market looked firm. Second rank stocks claimed most of the attention, e pecially "8 stocks” or those reporting company news. Government stocks, however. were hit further by the upward
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    • 70 7 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) B joer market closed quiet yesterday with spot 20-11/16 20-7/8. Settlement House. Feb. and March 20-13/14 20-15/16 April/.June 20-15/16. 21 July/Sept. 20-7/8. 21 Oct./Dec. 20-7/8. 21-1/16 Jan./March and April/June 20-13/16. 21 July Sept.. Oct. Dec. and Jan/March 20-3 'i. 20-15/16. General Markets. GIF basis
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    • 294 7 T’OKYO, Tues. (AFP) Japan provided $ll million A to developing nations in let.inical assistance in fiscal 1967, the Japanese Overseas Technical Co-ope-ration Agency reported in a White Paper issued ves- terdav. The amount placed Japan ninth among the member nations of the
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    • 170 7 NEW ZEALAND. Tues With three months to run New Zealand’s exports to Singapore had exceeded the 1967 total by almost $1 million at the end of September. The nine months’ trading produced an export total of $23.4 million, whereas exports for the whole of last
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    • 107 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The fo lowing ships are eocpected to he in port today:Godowns Vesse’s 1/2 Chitral 3/4 Slovemja 5 Marietta E 8 9 Thorscape 10 ll Golden River 12 Yamamine Maru 13/14 Laomedon 19 Panorea 21 22 Sletter 23'24 Barpeta 25/26 Reuben Tipton 27/28 Angara 29/30 Toreador
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    • 113 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI) Gold prices slipped a bit in quiet trading yesterday on world markets Engelhard Minerals and Chemical® Corp. lowered its selling price for gold to licensed industrial users by 10 cents to $42.20 per troy ounce. The company said it was
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    • 124 7 SINGAPORE. Tees. The noon prices at the Singapore r-l ie-e Produce Exchange today are:— Barer Seltei I IX '.Hill oil <iob> Bulk soon (lot nil 111 till ll OB.) Drum 52.90 Loo-p l npra Mixed 30 00 Mii n ink White Hrpprr 1 1 (IB) WO'”* VI W 120
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    • 349 7 TOKYO. Tues.— On Oct. 21. Nissan Motor CO. Ltd. announced the New Datsun 1000 (Sunny) erles of passenger cars, vans and trucks. The company, at the same time, unveiled a new variation of the Van De Luxe, called the Van De Luxe B It is
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    • 133 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. —The Association of Banks in Malaysia Singapore today announced the following be*t agreed merchant rates The following rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency. SELLING T.T. or OD ready: Deutsche Marks $77.1625; Holland Guilders $85.3300; Swiss Francs $71.8425; Begian Francs $6
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    • 1333 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. —The half day trading today at the Stock Exchange of Singapore and Malaysia, though still on an active note, produced easier prices specially in the industrials. The higher levels recorded yesterday fell again to the speculative element The losses ranged from one cent
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    • 134 7 SINGAPORE. Tues A pipe-mill will begin production in mld-1970 as part of New Zealand s s*teel complex at Glenbrook near Auckland Approval for the plan which Is expected to save New Zealand initially about $4 8 million a year in overseas funds, rising
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    • 175 7 SINGAPORE. Tues January first grade rubber buyers closed at 12 noon in Singapore and Kuala Lumf)ur today at 561 cent per b., down one eighth of a ent from previous close. The tone was quiet. The market changed a little and held quiet. It was about
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    • 82 7 TOKYO. Tues (Reuter) Two Japanese firms today announced plans to start a joint venture with a Malaysian company in Penang to produce agricultural chemicals. The Japanese firms are the Marubeni-lida Company and the Nippon Agricultural Chemical Company. They will establish a joint venture
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    • 479 7 SINGAPORE Stock Exchant* anld and otber prices nfltclally listed at (b* close ot business INDUSTRIALS Ar.MA 2 45 Hrn X n ?7! 2 Borneo Bhrl 2.10 2.12 < "Otar 1 i.() 1 04 I old Mnrace D S.40 5.45 T hrtnlcal t o o; 2 08 OB' 1
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    • 15 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. Th« tin price for today was $5Sn.75 per picul. down $13.25.
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platte Pete
    • 780 8 POPPING AROUND CHRISTMAS d MAIL fgfig FROM THE W STARS I HOPE to have a X really old-fashioned Christmas you know the sort —a great roaring fire and plenty of good nosh Although prices seem to climb every year I'm a great believer in sending lots of cards, especially to
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    • 186 8 f\UR Pop Poll winner this year. HEATHER (Top Female Singer), and the THUNDERBIRDS have asked me to convey their love and very best wishes to all hep-type cool cats during this festive season. They wish all a Happy Harl Raya Puasa. a
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    • 183 8 07 THERE! Well, it's Christmas time once again my favourite time of year. 'Tis the season of fun and O an s .f > se feasting, presents. Xmas carols, presents, mistletoe., pr sents. etc., etc. But amidst all these joyous hou t et us not forget
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    • 113 8 Liverpool's arty pop trio. The Scaffold, whose last hit Thank You Very Much” reached the top ten in London about a year ago. are top of the English pops for the second week running with their novelty single "Lily The Pink And Liverpool's contribution does not end there
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    • 210 8 London 1 Lily The Fink Scaffold 2 I Ain’t Got No-1 Got Life Nma Simone 3 One Two. Three O Leary Des O Connor 4 The Good. The Bad And The Ugly Hugo Montenegro J Build Me Up Buttercup Foundations 6 May I Have The
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    • 195 8 Gifts for Christmas Say it' with these and other Itc/I Stereo Albums The Robert Shew Chmale Th. many mood* of Christmas Harry Belfente A Merry Christmas m Reeves welve soots Christmas Sfcreter Pr* Hand in hand with |a«us I* Floyd Cramer We A Merry Christmas ANOTHER CASUAL REMINDER ABOUT OUR
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  • THE NEW FILMs
    • 1178 9  - These Are My Secrets Says Tom Jones By Simon Stead HAT are the mys t e ries in Tom Jones' lookers? Mainly because Tom doesn't fall over backwards for publicity he rarely gives an exclusive interview —a certain auro of mystery has developed around the Welsh marvel with the commercial
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    • 526 9 M G! T s “The Impossible Years” spotlights the hilarious situations a parent can get involved in. especially when he has a “way-out-of-this-earth daughter” who thinks nothing of spending the night in jail for protesting. David Niven plays the role of the father, a psychiatrist. Dr. Jonathan
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    • 58 9 BIG X MAS attraction: GAL A'XY® i r* Todar 1! a m "ATTACK" SATURDAY MIDNIOHT' KAHIN DIN RAHIV R A AT" THE SINGAPORE ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND r Wishes Its Sup- Wf tv porters And Helpers A Very Merry JjV Christmas And A »r Bright And Pros- V perous New
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    • 366 9 SHAW# Orsaniaatlon WISH ALL MOVIEGOERS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! OPENS TOO AY No Free LNt! 11 a m 1.30. 4 n«. 0 30 a s is m Trevor Howard. David H»mmins.« VlnOata Redrrave 'THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE" Panov-Mon A- Color iU.Ai ißManamawk-ui-i OPENS TODAY No Erf* LI«C tl
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    • 319 9 TODAY and YOU... Wednesday, December 25, 1968. >v re ARIES MAR. 21 APR. 19 33-40-54-57 63-66-73 yf TAURUS APR. 20 MAY 20 -Vy7o-77-81-85 GEMINI MAY 21 JUNE 20 9-26-30-38 4^61-71-82-87 CANCER JUNE 21 JULY 22 4- 5-12-17 '3l-35-51 LEO JULY 23 AUG. 22 0\ 7- 8-10-24 E VIRGO 4 AUG.
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    • 300 9 asons a ng C«th Op*n» Toda*: 11, 1 ’•0. 4. 630. 9.30 I so Free last* WALT DISNEY'S •‘The Jungle Bnok” in Color PLUS’ Walt Ftiturette Duneyland Around The Seasons ;n Technicolor* OOEON I PALACE 21-116 *****8 now showing: 11 I.SR. 4 00. II 100. S 30. 630 A 9.15
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  • 707 10 A Blessed Christmas To All Our Christian Readers rpHE mere passage of time brings Christmas to us annually. We don't have to do anything about it, it just comes. As Solomon said, "To every thing there is a season a time to be born a time
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  • 118 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Choirs of many churches started weeks In advance to rehearse elaborate presentations of Christmas oratories. In all the churches, musicians prepared special programmes of familiar carols and hymns. The Bethesda Gospel Hall young people together with those at Neil Road Gospel
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  • 90 10 SINGAPORE. Tuts. Christians and non-Christians in the Republic eagerly await to celebrate Christmas in the spirit of friendliness. More than 60 carol parties from different churches began their rounds from 7 p.m. today. They sang at member homes, charitable institutions and public places. According to some church
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  • 512 10  -  By LAUW KIM GUAM WE have all heard of the Seven Wonders of the World. Have you heard of the Seven Wonders of the Christ of Christmas? (1) A Wonderful Exhibition: "The grace of God that bringeth salvation to all men hath appeared: 'The birth of Jesus Christ,
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  • CHURCH AT HOME
    • 898 10  -  By J. Stanley Hook Christianity loday "WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING? 1 (Matthew 2:2). This was the question that was posed by the Wise Men from the East. They had come to Jerusalem in search of the King, and naturally King Herod was suspicious when
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  • 564 10  -  By D. A. ROTH rpODAY the world again celebrates Christ* mas. I say, "the world" because Christmas has become an almost universal holiday. THE days approaching Christmas are days of feverish activity. In Singapore this year, the pace is even faster because the Moslems are also celebrating
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 364 11 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Rfutfr correspondent Anthony Grey will spend his second Christmas in solitude ln PPek e tomorrow unless there is a sudden change of heart by the Chinese Government. With the approach of Christmas the General Manager of Reuters. Mr Gerald Long, has
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    • 119 11 TOKYO. Tues (Reuter) Japan exported 53.593 motor vehicles in November to bring total exports for the first 11 months of this year to 543.767 —;an increase of 70.2 per cent over the same period last year. The Japan Automobile Industry Association said today the November
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    • 522 11  -  By SPECTATOR I ONDON, Tues. The Christmas-New Year soccer matches in Britain will probably go a long way towards sorting out the likely champions in the various sections of the leagues. It is a strenuous programme and teams which can cope adequately with it
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    • 180 11 HONG KONG. Tues (AFP) Chinese Deputy Chief 0 f the General Staff Wu FaHsien at a North Vietnamese Embassy reception in Peking last night kept up the Chinese charge that the Soviet Union was an "extremely dangerous enemy of the Vietnamese people". The reception. given
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    • 74 11 BELGRADE. Tues (Reuten Hundreds of demonstrator.; rampaged through the streets of Tetovo In northwest Macedonia yesterday. overturning cars, ransacking shop* and raiding the local communist party offices. Tanjug news agency reported. Six person* were hurt. Tanjug said the demonstrators were of Albanian origin. They were demanding unification
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    • 84 11 JOHANNESBURG. Tues (AFPi America's top racing driver Mario Andretti, is one of the fifteen drivers from overseas who have been invited to compete in the South African Grand Pnx at Kvalam:. near Johannesburg, on March 1, 1969. This was announced today here by the Secretary
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    • 80 11 LONDON. Tues. The world featherweight title fight between Jose Legra of Spain, the holder, and Johnny Famechon of Australia, the British and Empire champion, postponed from Dec 3 will take place in London at the Royal Albert Hall on Jan. 21British promoter Mike Barrett. said that the
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    • 48 11 HONG KONG. Tues. (AFP) —A junk from China landed on Stanley Beach Tuesday with 41 refugees on board They scattered through Stanley village but were later rounded up by Hong Kong police. Final decision as to their d snosal rests with w. Collard, Director of Immigration.
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    • 59 11 MANILA Tues (Reuter) Fourteen countries are expected to participate in the second Asian Badminton Confederation championships to be held i n Manila jn February next year. The countries expected to take part in the competition are: Burma Ceylon. Taiwan. India. Indonesia. Japan. South Korea Laos. Malaysia
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    • 215 11 LONDON Tues.:—The Jockey Club and the National Hunt Committee in Britain have decided to amalgamate into one body known as the Jockey Club to control racing in Britain from Jan. 1, 1969. This new plan will save at least 2(1 per cent in the costs
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    • 183 11 LONDON. Tues The programme arranged by the British Amateur Athletic Board for i 960 is one of the heaviest ever in a postOlympic game* year and will bring Britain into line with the European season. With the Amateur Athletic Association championships coming early in August
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    • 93 11 LONDON. Tues. Experts are describing lan Robertson. :e, a- fhc English tab!,, ten.-vs star of the future Six weeks ago this Northumberland sehoolbov was left out of England's top 20 junior players Since then, however, he has won the Cumberland. Hull and
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    • 351 11 .MANILA, Tues. (AFP) The World Boxing Council (WBC) today threatened to withdraw their recognition of Cassius Clay and Hiroshi Kobavashi as heavyweight and junior lightweight champions respectively. WBC President Justiniano Montano Jr. of the Philippine* told AFP today that the Council wa*
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    • 163 11 LONDON. TuCs Four major recommendations have been mad# for the improvement of British hockey by Geoffrey Cutter, the national team manager, in his report on the Olympic hockey tournament in Mexico City in October. A national coach, competitive hockey at all leve s. international
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    • 164 11 LONDON, Tuea. The Indian Gymkhana Club of Orterley, West London, are to organise a hockey tournament with other hockey clubs in the Middlesex area of London and suburbs next year. Member-cluba of the Middlesex Hockey Association will play for a silver trophy presented by the
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    • 346 11 LONDON Tues A luxury hostel, oen'rallyheateri with wall-to-wall carpeting. colour television for leisure hours balanced diets, a sick bay and a “mother" to see to all their reeds this ta how the young professional and trlalists with Coventry City, the English Midlands club, are being
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    • 77 11 RIO DE JANEIRO. Tues. (AFP' Edson Pele. Brazil's Black Pearl” of soccer has scored 938 goals since turning professional in 1957 This year's score Of go goals is slightly lower than his average for other seasons. He has scored 61 goal* for Brazil since his first
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    • 402 11 Sir, I fully agree with the contents of Gelah Bola's letter, appearing on your sports page of the 18th inst., on how to improve soccer in the Republic. His or her suggestions that FAS should employ a full time manager and offer incentives to the
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    • 283 12 LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Tues. (Reuter) The Kentucky State Racing Commission yesterday upheld the Churchill Downs Stewards and deprived Dancer's Image of the U *****,600 (about £51,000) winner's purse from lost May's Kentucky Derby because the colt had received a poin-killing drug. The commissioner said that Dancer’s Image
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    • 189 12 MOSCOW, Tues. (Reuter) The Soviet Union's new •ports chief today announced a mass campaign to raise the level of performances in track and field, swimming and other Olympic sports following his country’s disappointing performance in this year's Mexico Games. Mr. Sergei Pavlov, former chief
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    • 110 12 Penang. Tues.—Watania Commando, a course scratching last week, showed there is nothing wrong with him. This morning he did a smart trial over 3f in 39 1 5 on the bit on a good track here this morning. Wodonga. who was also scratched last week, impressed when
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    • 157 12 MELBOURNE. Victoria. Tues. (UPI) Stewards yesterday “grilled” the leading member of the Asian Racing Syndicate. Felipe Ysmael. on the running of one of his horses in Melbourne last Saturday. The stewards of the Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) were investigating the running of Follow Me in
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    • 109 12 ST. ANDREWS. Scotland. Tues <Reuter) Fourteen countries nave already entered for the seniors (over 50s) world amateur team golf championship here on October 1-4, next vear. it was announced today The championship is organised by the World Golf Council. Overseas entries have been received
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    • 142 12 SYDNEY. Tues. (Reuter) The Davis Cup challenge round beginning in Adelaide on Thursday will probably be Australian Captain Harry Hopman’s last, tennis writer E. E. Christensen writes in the Sydney Sun today. Christensen says in a report from Adelaide that Hopman “almost certainly will not seek reappointment
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    • 180 12 ADELAIDE. Tues. (Reu’er) The American and Australian Davis Cup teams each had two hours’ practice on the centre court at Memorial Drive today In preparation for the cup matches beginning on Thursday. No practice was possible yesterday because rain had saturated outside courts and •he centre
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    • 131 12 KARACHI. Tues (AFP) A 15-member England schoolboys cricket team arrived here todav for a one month tour of West Pakistan The team, made up of seven players from Middlesex and eight from Surrey will play three-day representative matches at Lahore Rawalpindi and Karachi, and three
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    • 154 12 BANGKOK. Tues. (Reuter) Thai boxing promoter Mr. Tiemboon Intrabutr said today he has begun negotiations for a title fight next year between world flyweight champion Chartchai Chionoi of Thailand and world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose of Australia H* said he had offered Rose's manager.
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    • 439 12 ADELAIDE, Tues. (Reuter) —Australia’s four years reign as Davis Cup champions looks like ending this weekend. The United States are overwhelming favourites to win the challenge round which starts here on Thursday an encounter that could well mark the end of an
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    • 240 12 CALCUTTA. Tues (Reuter) The first upset for the overseas entry at the International Asian lawn tennis championships here came yesterday when Iran's No. 1, Taqi Akbari, was eliminated by the Indian Davis Cup player Shyam Minotra. Minotra won an exciting third round struggle 6-4. 6-3, 6-8. 1-6.
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    • 146 12 PARIS Tues <AFP) George Best, Manchester United’s Irish International forward, has been elected K'Topean Footballer of the Year in a poll among journalists from 25 European countries, organised by the weekly magazine FranceFootball. Best polled 61 points to beat his Manchester United colleague Bobby
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    • 50 12 TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras. Tues < Reuter) Honduras beat Costa Rica I—o1 —0 here yesterday j n a Group A world cup qualifying s occe r game The return match takes place in Costa Rica on Dec. 28. Bo'h teams have already twice defeated Jamaica, the third member of the
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    • 187 12 MELBOURNE. Tues. (Reuter) The West Indies cricket selectors today made two changes to the side that won the First Test so convincingly in Brisbane. The two new inclusions fast bowler Richard Edwards and all-rounder Charlie Davis will both be making their Test debut for them
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    • 162 12 ROTHERHAM (Lancashire). Tues (AFP) —Tommy Docherty. appointed Aston Villa manager last Wednesday. yesterday signed Rotherham Unitea wing half Brian Tiler for a fee believed to be in the region of £40.000. Tiler will make his debut against Cardiff City at Villa Park on Boxing Day.
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    • 164 12 BANGKOK. Tues <AFP) The scheduled world flyweight title bout between holner Chartchai Chionoi and Effren Alacran Torres of Mexico in Mexico City on Jan. 26 is certain to be postponed, according to press reports here today. The English daily. "Bangkok Post.” reported one of the main reasons
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    • 99 12 MOSCOW Tues (Reuter) Soviet weightlifters broke tw o light-heavy-weight world records in the rational team championships at Alma Ata. capital of Kazakhstan yesterday. Olympic gold medallist Boris Selitskv raised a total of 487.5 kgs (1.074-1/4 (lbs. in the combined press sratrn ana ie- k. beating the old
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    • 570 12 SYLVANIA. Ohio, Tues. (UPI) Italian Nino Benvenuti and Argentina's Nicolino Locche were named ‘Boxers of the Month’ by the World Boxing Association yesterday. Benvenuti was cited for beating the number one rated middleweight contender Don Fullmer of the United States. Locche earned
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    • 148 12 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter)’ American A1 Oerter, who won h:s fourth gold medal at the Mexico O.ympics. has been voted Sportsman of the Year by World Sports, a British sports magazine with a world-wide distribution. Oerter, a discus-thrower, topped the poll among the magazine's staff. beating Jean-Claude
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    • 842 11 YOUR ■Mum dS JL&M. TV and Radio TOP AY TV SINGAPURA (CHANNEL 5) \.M. 900 Prog Suramirv in all Language*. 9.10 Holiday Storybook of Fables Big Bad Wolf; 935 Huckleberry Hound; 955 The Flying Nun Wailing In A Winter Wonderland. 1020 Amahl And The Night Visitor*; 11 10 Deep Six
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    • 63 12 TIME AND TIDE Ppnamr: 11 00 am. (2.1 ft). 3.44 a m (7.5 ft). Port Swpttenham: 3.24 pm. (3.6 ft). 949 nm (14.9 ft). Port Dirkson: 422 a.m. (1.9 ft). 10.39 pm (8 4 ft) Singapore: 9.21 p.m. (1.7 ft). 2.23 p.m. (9.4 ft). Sedili Kcchil: 7.37 p.m. (1.9 ft).
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