Eastern Sun, 27 January 1969
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Title Section21 1969-01-27 1 SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Eastern Sun Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 895 Monday, 27 January 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents21 words
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328 1969-01-27 1 WALSALL, England, Sun. (UPI) British Conservative Party Leader Edward Heath has demanded complete control of immigration to Britain by August. “The matter Is urgent, because so long as the present government is seen to have inadequate control over immigration, the fears of our people328 words
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Article47 1969-01-27 1 LYONS France. Sun. (Reuter) Truffle fanciers have been warned to beware of Imitations made of coal. With the price of truffles around 250 francs a kilo (Ten pound sterling a pound) dishonest suppliers here have been mixing lumps of coal In with the tasty black fungi.47 words
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Article305 1969-01-27 1 ‘Already Enough' Tan Siew Sin KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malaysian Government has decided not to issue any mere new licences to foreign or domestic banks unless "exceptional circumstances indicate otherwise." This was announced by the Minister of Finance, Tun Tan Siew Sin tonight when305 words
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Article85 1969-01-27 1 SYDNEY, Sun (Reuter) Dame Zara Holt, widow of former Australian Prime Minister Mr. Harold Holt, who disappeared in the sea near Melbourne in December, 1967. tonight announced that she is to marry Mr. Jeff Bate, a member of the House of Representatives. Mr. Bate, 62. is85 words
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Article54 1969-01-27 1 AUCKLAND, New Zealand Sun. (Reuter) —Demonstrators burned a United States flag anri heckled American sailors during a visit today by the guided missile frigate USS Wainwright. About 350 people took part in the demonstration against U.S. policy in Vietnam. Police said they did not know54 words
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Article57 1969-01-27 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Sun. < Reuter) Visiting Japanese officials today thanked the Brunei government for allowing a war memorial service to be held here for the 18.000 Japanese who died in Borneo during World War Two. The Shinto ceremony was held last night, the first of its kind57 words
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Article53 1969-01-27 1 KARACHI. Sun. (Reuter) The modern trade union member should be a model to his compatriots. He is not an agitator. according to Pakistan's Labour Minister, Kazi Haque. He expressed this view to a recent Conference of labour leaders, adding that a developing nation could ill afford frequent53 words
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Article214 1969-01-27 1 CHICAGO. Sun. (Reuter) Admiral Thomas H Moorer. Chief of U.S. Naval Operations, said today the Navy court investigating the seizure of the Intelligence ship Pueblo was looking for facts not scapegoats. He expressed alarm over suggestions that the Navv intended to make Commander Lloyd. M.214 words
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62 1969-01-27 1 PHOTO on left shows the American chief delegate Henry Cabot Lodge answering the press as he leaves the US embassy in Paris (see Page 8 for text of his speech). Photo above shows the NLF delegate Tran Buu Kiem (r) and his aide Mme Nguyen Thi Binh (l) waving and— UPI radiophoto. - 62 words
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402 1969-01-27 1 TALKS COSTIME OS THURSDAY PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) Hanoi and the Vietcong immediately rejected an American proposal for complete restoration of the demilitarised zone between the two Vietnams when full-scale peace negotiations opened here yesterday. The tour main combatants in the war outlined their402 words
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Article88 1969-01-27 1 MOSCOW SHOOTING MOSCOW Sun. (Reuter) Rumours circulated in Moscow today that the car driver wounded in Wednesday’s mysterious shooting incident at the Kremlin had died from head wounds. But although the rumours came from several sources there was no official confirmation. The identity of the gunman officially88 words
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Article88 1969-01-27 1 NEW DELHI. Sun. (AFP)— President Zakir Husain took the salute today at the parade as 10.000 members of India’s Armed forces took part in an impressive show of India's growing military strength. Highlighted India's 19th anniversary celebration and was also attended by Bulgaria's premier Todor Zhivkov and88 words
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Article54 1969-01-27 1 WASHINGTON. Sun (Reuter) Italy's move towards recognition of China was a matter for regret and disappointment, US State Department officials said today. Informed officials said Italy had notified the United States in advance of Foreign Minister Pietro Nenni’s statement yesterday that the time have come for Italy54 words
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100 1969-01-27 1 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Union chiefs have gone ahead with plans to disrupt post and telephone services In a campaign aimed at forcing a new pay offer for 3.500 striking overseas telegraph operators. Postal union branches were instructed to Dan overtime and Sunday working starting this100 words
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Article47 1969-01-27 1 PRAGUE. Sun. (Reuter) Czechoslovak police clashed with young students and workers in Wenceslas Square this afternoon when youths tried to light candles in memory of Jan Palach. the 21-year-old student who burned himself to death here. (See earlier roundup and pictures. Page 8).47 words
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Article86 1969-01-27 1 BUENOS AIRES. Sun. (UPI) Australian Ambassador Ewen Daniel Mackinnon was in "serious condition” in North Clinic today after being run over by a car, police reported. Authorities said Mr. Mackinnon was hit by an auto last night while crossing a side street at busy Avenida Libertador. Police86 words
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Article49 1969-01-27 1 KARACHI. Sun. (UPI) Police opened fire today on crowds of anti-government demonstrators in East Pakistan following a week of violence in which at least 16 persons were killed. Reports from Dacca said police began shooting again at curfew violators on sight. (See Story on Page S).49 words
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Article99 1969-01-27 1 ZURICH. Sun. (Reuter) Six members of a fanatical religious sect accused in Zurich’s "Witchcraft trial” of flogging a teenage girl so savagely that she died, are expected to hear the jury’s verdict sometime this week. They are accused of causing the death of 17-year-old Mernadette Hasler99 words
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Article65 1969-01-27 1 PRIZES await “lucky shoppers”. Will you be one? Starting immediately Eastern Sun will award $2O in gift vouchers to persons who recognise themselves in photographs taken in leading stores (e.g. C. K. Tang, Metro or Metrotex) and claim their reward. Read Eastern Sun daily65 words
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Miscellaneous20 1969-01-27 1 LADIES DAY F* i|; I k It w f M “Some crazy idea she has about soothing the savage beast!”20 words
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262 1969-01-27 2 Where West Meet East SINGAPORE. Sun. Si* more International airlines will operate through Singapore this year and they will bring the number of carriers with regular commercial flights to the Republic to 26. Four of them are Swissair, Pakistan International Airlines. Air Laos and Trans-Mediterranean262 words
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Article489 1969-01-27 2 BETHPAGE, New York, Sun (UPI) The commander of the three-man Apollo 9 mission set to begin on Feb. 28 said yesterday its goal is to give the four-legged moon landing craft close scrutiny in earth orbit to see if it has any defects. “We don’t489 words
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224 1969-01-27 2 SINGAPORE. Sun The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, the Singapore Tourist Association and others connected with the tourist industry will launch a “Seiamat Datang Campaign” to make tourists more welcome to the Republic. The campaign is alto aimed at educating the public to the224 words
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65 1969-01-27 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Picture shows some of the people who attended a memorial service at the Yeo Hiap Seng Canning and Sauce Factory Ltd. tonight for the late Mr. Yeo Thian Kiew, who was a director of the factory The cortege of the late Mr. Yeo Thian Kiew will leave the65 words
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573 1969-01-27 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Doctors should be trained to be more than only obsessed with preserving life. THIS is the opinion of a doctor who signs himself “WHC” in a letter to the latest newsletter of the Singapore Medical Association. “Why not channel some of this573 words
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172 1969-01-27 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A conference of Inspectors of schools In the Far Eastern British Commonwealth is to be held here from Aug. 1-11. The Minister of Education. Fnche Mohamed Khlr Joharl, said today the main aim of the conference was to discuss the172 words
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Article78 1969-01-27 2 MEXICO. CITY. Sun. (UPI) —There is great sadness in Mexico this Sunday the bullfighters have gone on strike. For only the third time in its history, the Plaza Mexico, the world's biggest bullring, had to cancel today's programme. At the root of the w’alkout are television78 words
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123 1969-01-27 2 TOKYO Bun. (UPI) The Japanese government and the Japan Airlines reacted with surprise and puzzlement yesterday over the report that President Nixon had rescinded the Transpacific air route decision of his predecessor. former President Johnson Officials of the transport ministry expressed grave concern that President123 words
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Article, Illustration345 1969-01-27 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Lion dancers and Singapore’s girl pipers will help Miss Rosalind Ong “Miss Tourism Singapura 1969” in her task to promote Singapore s image to over 900 delegates and observers at the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) conference now being held345 words
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206 1969-01-27 2 VATICAN CITY. Sun. (UPI) Czech Cardinal Josef Beran, in his first broadcast to his homeland since he went into exile In 1965. yesterday called on Czechs to halt a wave of suicides In protest over the Soviet grip on the country. Vatican sources said206 words
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Article29 1969-01-27 2 LAUNCESTON. Tasmania. Sun. (Reuter) The Deloraine town council near here ha* bought a US$6,OOO fire engine Now it is looking for people to form a fire brigade.29 words
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Miscellaneous23 1969-01-27 2 abu (...YOU’RE SIMPLY IMPOSSIBLE. 1 > YOU'RE FLIPPY! YOtfRB. f By LIM KOK WING V 4 MOW HA/T A [MINUTE! A them.'i r '*B*i23 words
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382 1969-01-27 3 Sun. PI) Evacuations continued throughout the night and today as rains brought t ie worst flooding in 32 years to southern California. Twelve persons were killed mudslides that buried them alive in foothills areas around Angeles. Ventura and San Bernardino counties yesterday slides were382 words
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Article246 1969-01-27 3 HONG KONG. Sun (Reuter) Chinese doctors were reported yesterday to have made medical history by saving the life of a worker whose heart had stopped beating for 23 minutes. Radio Peking said Chou Teh-min. an employee of the Shanghai Bureau of Light Industry, was accidentally electrocuted246 words
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Article23 1969-01-27 3 The following are the Toto numbers drawn yesterday. They are 31. 4, 32. 37. and 38. The additional number is 30.23 words
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194 1969-01-27 3 LOS ANGELES Sun. (UPI) Twelve people representing a “broad cross-section of the population” are carrying on their normal lives until Thursday, when they will be sworn in as the jury to try Sirhan B. Sirhan for the murder of Sen. Robert F.194 words
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340 1969-01-27 3 ‘ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN’ SINGAPORE. Sun. An apathetic and indifferent attitude is the chief stumbling block to accident-less Singapore life, according to the National Safety First Council. “Thus in the factories and industrial units, changing the attitude of a careless worker is a challenge and340 words
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Article, Illustration170 1969-01-27 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. »Vhen is a rooftop a swimming pool? When it is being flooded to test the roof system. Picture shows a flooded roof, deliberately flooded for the purpose of proving its du; ability under severe climatic conditions A unique170 words
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Article103 1969-01-27 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. Police yesterday detained two suspects at the Singapore Turf Club in Bukit Timah for questioning in connection with forged betting slips. Although no official confirmation was available, it is understood that the two suspects were found with suspected forged betting slips on them103 words
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Article, Illustration406 1969-01-27 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. A 17-member delegation of British hotel experts which arrived in Singapore yesterday is highly impressed with the high standards of the Republic’s hotels. The demand for high quality and well-designed hotel wares had prompted the mission from the406 words
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Article85 1969-01-27 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Minister for Finance, will be asked during the next sitting of Parliament whether he will consider introducing legislation similar to the Trade Description Act. 1968. of the United Kingdom. This question for oral answer has been submitted by Mr P. Selvadurai. the MP for85 words
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128 1969-01-27 3 ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sun. (AFP) A frecklefaced 15-year-old whose father is in Vietnam was charged here today with the murder of his mother, his two sisters and his brother. The youth. Kenneth Clark, will appeal in court today. Police suspicions were aroused when a neighbour128 words
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Eastern Sun Weekly Feature
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Article, Illustration711 1969-01-27 4 MISS TOURISM Singapore. Mis? Rosalind Ong paid a visit to the multi-million dollar Swiss Match and Jewellery exhibition now being held at the Singapore Conference Hall. The exhibition, known as Mnntres et Riioux was op-ned by Mr. Tang See Chim, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance.711 words
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Article, Illustration701 1969-01-27 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) President Nixon set a humming pace in the White Mouse during his first week in office. Buf elsewhere in fhe Capifal his a d m in is f rafion seemed fo be mosfly marking time. Throughout his first work701 words
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449 1969-01-27 5 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Anglo-Soviet relations efer,orated ominously in 1926 when Britain complained to the Russians about financially assisting the general strike in Britain in May of that year. This Is disclosed in documents on British policy during 1926 1927 to be published by the Government's449 words
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Article63 1969-01-27 5 CAIRO. (UPI) Egvptian President Gama; Abdel Nasser said on Saturday Palestinians are paying a debt the West feeis toward Jews who suffered persecution by the Nazis. “Must Arabs bear the consequences of Nazi persecution of Jews and pay the price with part of their homeland?” Mr Nasser asked63 words
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Article34 1969-01-27 5 QLIMA. Peru (UPl)—Chiefs of the Peruvian Armed Forces on Saturday announced a vote of confidence in Gen Juan Velasco Alvarado. leader of the Junta which overthrew President Fernando Belaunde Terry last October.34 words
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Article, Illustration59 1969-01-27 5 TUNKU Abdul Rahman, the Malaysian Prime Minister, leaving the French Premier's residence Hotel de Matigon in Paris on Jan. 18. The Tunku said his meeting with Premier M. Couve de Murville. had been very fruitful. The Tunku. who had almost completed negotiations to purchase 16 French Mirage jets,59 words
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Article96 1969-01-27 5 TOKYO. Sun. (AFPj Japans Gross X'ational Product (GX'P) in fiscal 1968 (ending this March) will increase nominally 173 per cent (126 per cent really) over fiscal 1967 to surpass West Germany and become the non-commu-nist world’s second largest, according to latest official estimation here. A96 words
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Article64 1969-01-27 5 RIVAROLO. Italy, (Reuter) —A 58-vear-old Italian who poured alcohol over his clothes and set himself a lght on Fridav died in hospital here today from bums covering two-thirds of his body. Police in this town near Genoa said Enrico Antonio:ti had no political motives for the suicide He64 words
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Article730 1969-01-27 5 HOUSTON. Texas (UPI) The father of singer Frank Sinatra. Anthony Sinatra. 74, died on Friday night of a heart attack at Methodist Hospital. The elder Sinatra had arrived at the Houston Hospital last Sunday, with his famous aon and his wife, Natalie. He was under the care of famed730 words
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Article, Illustration234 1969-01-27 5 HONG KONG. Sun. (I PI) Mao Tse-tung, rumoured dead in recent weeks, appeared in public yesterday for the first time in two months. The 75-year-old Chinese Communist Party Chairman and other top leaders of the Peking regime showed up at a234 words
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Article50 1969-01-27 5 UMUAHIA. Biafra (UPI)— Biafran leader Lt Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu said on Saturday he expected President Nixon to arrange a cease-fire and a negotiated settlement of the Nigerian civil war. Ojukwu said the new US. Administration would push for peace because of a general awareness of the war by Americans.50 words
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363 1969-01-27 5 KARACHI. Sun. (Reuter) Violence flared again vesterdav in the major cities of East and West Pakistan where anti-government agitation and police firing have claimed at least nine dead and 200 injured in the past 24 hours. Dacca, the capital of East Pakistan363 words
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Article71 1969-01-27 5 HATTIESBURG. Mississippi (UPI) The State of Mississippi failed for the second time within a year on Saturdav to convict former Ku Klux K’an Chieftain Samuel H Bowers, accused of plotting the fiery murder of Negro leader Vernon Dahmer. A jury of in Whites and two ked up overnight after71 words
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211 1969-01-27 5 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Malaysian Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman went for a joyride over South England today in a Hawker Siddeley 125 executive jet. The Tunku who arrived in London earlier this month lor the 28-nation Commonwealth summit, flew at 25,000 feet and211 words
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Miscellaneous29 1969-01-27 5 WIN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WITH 5 OUT OF 49~| THE EASIEST GAME OF ALL GUARANTEED PRIZE FOR 3 NUMBERS CORRECT $15.00 PLUS MANY OTHER ATTRACTIVE PRIZES DRAWS EVERY SUNDAY29 words
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Article315 1969-01-27 6 THE Mirage deal turns out to be a mire Into which many feet are being dragged. One thing that is clear from all the statements and clarifications in the past few days is that there has been some diplomatic bungling over the entire affair. Kuala Lumpur,315 words
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169 1969-01-27 6 BRITISH Prime Minister Harold Wilson has proposed a new Commonwealth Premiers’ Conference next year with Britain handing over the chairmanship to another government, the Sunday Telegraph reported here today. The paper’s Commonwealth correspondent said Mr. Wilson proposed that future conferences should be held In169 words
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Article218 1969-01-27 6 A MAN wearing the uniform of the Jr\ handpicked Kremlin guard carried out last week's Moscow assassination attempt on the Soviet Unions four astronauts, the London Sunday Times reported today. The paper’s Moscow correspondent Edmund Stevens reported the man leaped from a sentry box within the218 words
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322 1969-01-27 6 DETROIT, Michigan, Sun. (UPI) A scientist said on Friday he believes the energy that produced life was supplied by huge meteorites crashing into the “dead” earth. Dr. Adolf R. Hochstim, Director of the Research Institute for Engineering Sciences at Wayne State322 words
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277 1969-01-27 6 CAIRO. Run. (AFP) A spokesman for the Palestinian nationalist organisation Al Fatah today categorically reacted the Nov. 22, 1987 UN. Security Council resolution on the Middle East and "all further proposals following from It. Speaking at the second international conference in support of the277 words
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340 1969-01-27 6 N’EW YORK, Sun. (UPI) Josef Stalin vai so sure that Hitler would never attack Russia that he had a nervous breakdown that paralysed the Kremlin's deci-sion-making apparatus for two weeks after the German invasion began, it was reported on Saturday. Harrison Salisbury, veteran340 words
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155 1969-01-27 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter) Preparations for the allimportant ninth Communist Party Congress which has not xen held for more than 10 I years are now going on In Chekiang Province in East China according to Radio Chekiang. The radio in a broadcast heard in155 words
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80 1969-01-27 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (AFP) The North Vietnam Agency has reported that a delegation of East Oermanys Council of Consumers’ Cooperatives recently visited North Vietnam. The delegation, led by Dr. Wernzr Kruger, was warmly received by leading members of North Vietnam* Central Council of Marketing80 words
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160 1969-01-27 6 BEIRUT. Run. (UPI) The pro-Egyptian Beirut newspaper “Al Anwar” said Saturday the United Arab Republic will restore relations with the United Rtates on Feb 15. The paper s correspondent In Khartoum. Rudan. said Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Rlad Informed all Arab ambassadors160 words
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Article405 1969-01-27 6 THAUNG MYINE - By THAUNG MYINE BANGKOK. Run. (Reuter) More than 700 delegates from 29 member states of the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA) will meet here tomorrow to discuss measures to attract more tourists to the area. The flve-day conference will itself serve as a small boom405 words
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1006 1969-01-27 6 ROBFRT C. MILLER - By ROBFRT C. MILLER SYDNEY, Sun (UPI) Nauru, the world's youngest, smallest and most remote republic, celebrates its first birthday Jan. 31 with plans to legalise gambling. The lonely atoll halfway between Honolulu and Sydney has granted Pactfle Sporting Pools Ltd a 10-year1,006 words
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272 1969-01-27 6 NEW YORK. Sun. (UPI) The Philippines i» facing a period of austerity caused by domestic overspending. the New York Times said in an Asian survey published recently. “President Ferdinand E. Marcos Is in the unhappy position of having to call on his country to272 words
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389 1969-01-27 6 DARRELL MACK - By DARRELL MACK HOUSTON. Texas. Sun. (UPI) Dr. Christian Barnard and Dr. Denton Cooley, famed heart surgeons who practise half a world apart, said on Saturday the heart is not a “privileged organ" to be taken to the grave but should389 words
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77 1969-01-27 6 LONDON. Sun (UPI) The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd., one of Ceylon's largest newspaper groups, is closing its London office on Jan. 31, a statement issued by the group said Saturday. The group ha» had representatives in London Since 1919 and an office here77 words
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63 1969-01-27 6 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) India has issued a special postage stamp honouring American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. Hi* widow. Mrs. Coretta King, receiving the first Stamp, said: “May it remind mankind everywhere of the man who stood for noble ideas of63 words
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LETTERS...
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Article250 1969-01-27 6 FAITHFUL READER Singapore - FAITHFUL READER Singapore. HAVING taken your paper daily since last July, I wish to express my appreciation along with others recently, of your news coverage and tremendous improvement in presentation and quality of print and style. The points which make me take your paper rather250 words
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COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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Article755 1969-01-27 7 The weekly market review S'M G ot PORE^ Sun ~7 Trading in the Stock Exchange of Singapore ond Malaysia during the past week was undertoned with a general easiness and marked by a short spate of better buying power. Persistent profit-taking and a proportion of755 words
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Article94 1969-01-27 7 BANGKOK Sun. (AFP) The B'unei Government ha? contracted to buy 14.000 tons of Thr.i rice for shipment before the middle of this year, it was repor ed here yesterday Foreign Trade Department officials said the Brunei purchase brought the sale of Thai rice on a94 words
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Article352 1969-01-27 7 Tokyo, sun. <urn The well-known Japanese trading firm of Nichiman Co has disclosed it was negotiating with the Clutha Development Corp of Australia for a joint development project of the Sirius Creek Coalfield in Queensland. It said Clutha Development Corp. has been developing the Sirius352 words
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Article, Illustration157 1969-01-27 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. French Fortnight opened in Kuala Lumpur last Monday night with a wine tasting party given bv the Commercial Counsellor of the French Embassy for almost 1,000 guests. Held at the Dragon Court. Hotel Merlin, the tasting party featured a wide range157 words
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218 1969-01-27 7 PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) The austerity measures introduced last November to fend off a Freneh devaluation last November will plunge the eountry into a gloomy year of recession and spiralling unemployment, economic experts here believe. At present France is enjoying an uninhibited buying spree set218 words
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122 1969-01-27 7 BREMEN. West Germany, Sun. (AFP) A new agreement was signed here yesterday between the “Bremen Group" of the German-Indone-slan tobacco firm and representatives of the Jakarta Government. A spokesman for the firm said that under the agreement sales of Indonesian tobacco on the Bremen122 words
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Article, Illustration181 1969-01-27 7 KUALA LUMPUB. Sun The Minuter of Labour. Mr V. Manickavasagam and two senior official* from hi* ministry left Kuala Lumpur recently for New Delhi to attend a four-day conference of Asian Labour Ministers At a press conference at Bubang Airport, the Minister said that 19181 words
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382 1969-01-27 7 Antonio Friginal - By Antonio Friginal MM ANII.A. Sun (I PI i Despite considerable problems. Asia made modest economic progress in 196 R. according to a survey published last week. Japan, as (he industrial col- lossus of Asia, continued its spectacular development on the level of382 words
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84 1969-01-27 7 LONDON. Sun. <UPI> Britain agreed to lend Pakistan £4 5 million ($lO 8 million). the Ministry of Overseas Development announced yesterday The interest-free loan arrangement was Signed in Islamabad for the purchase from Britain of chemical*, dyes, drugs and medicine*, pharmaceutical raw materials. tractors84 words
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Article580 1969-01-27 7 James Chia - By James Chia KINABALU, Sun. (Reuter) Sabah la nnder- going a vigorous agricultural revolution to mak» more land available for cultivation. At present, only ten per cent of the state's 29,300 square miles is cultivated and only about 20 people live on each square mile. The580 words
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178 1969-01-27 7 Russia's Economy Grows Benefits Consumers MOSCOW. Sun. (UPI) The Soviet Union said ye*terday It* economy grew buring 1960 to the benefit of consumers The annual report of the central statistical board of the USSR said industrial production increased by 8.1 per cent over the 1967 figure. The nation's Gross National178 words
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1058 1969-01-27 8 PARIS, Sun. (UPI) Following is the text of U-S. delegation Chief Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge's statement to the opening of the Paris Vietnam talks: This Is a unique moment In history. Today, in this new meeting in Paris, the search for1,058 words
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136 1969-01-27 8 TOKYO. Sun. (UPI)— AntiMaoist elements are gaming power in the Chinese military forces. Radio Moscow claimed today. The radio's Japanese-langu-age newscast said some militarv leaders are being purged behind the scenes by pro-Mao groups. "There appeared signs of ■weakening controls of the military by Mao Tse-Tung,"136 words
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Article, Illustration309 1969-01-27 8 PRAGUE. Sun. (UPI) Czechoslovakia yesterday complied with appeals for “calm and dignity” in the funeral of Jan Palach. Tens of thousands honoured his memory in a silent march devoid of the disorders leaders feared. Preceded by a brass band playing funeral dirges and followed by309 words
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Article, Illustration80 1969-01-27 8 CALCUTTA. Sun. Indra Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, addresses an election meeting recently asking for support for her Congress Party in February- 9 elections in the states of West Bengal, Bihar, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. People go to polls to elect members of state legislatures inUPI photo. - 80 words
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Article726 1969-01-27 8 PITTSBURGH. < UPI) William G. Wolfram, Pittsburgh’s second heart transplant patient, died on Saturday night less than 48 hours after he was given the heart of a 13-year-old girl. A spokesman for Allegheny General Hospital said Wolfram died of “post-operative complications.’’ MANILA.* (UPI) ’President Ferdinand E Marcos has blocked726 words
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Article240 1969-01-27 8 CANBERRA. Sun. (UPI) The Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia. Dato Donald Stephens. believes Australian troop withdrawal from Malaysia and Singapore would leave the people with a stronger feeling of let-down than that caused by the British pull-out. The High Commissioner was speaking at the opening of240 words
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Article64 1969-01-27 8 SEOUL. (UPI)—US Military authorities said on Saturday an American GI was being be d bv the Bth US. Army in connection with the slaying of a Korean man in downtown Seoul on Friday night. The GI was identified as Staff Sgt Frank D Sledge. 35. who64 words
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Article238 1969-01-27 8 SAIGON. Sun. (UPI) A group of Communist soldiers armed with anti-tank rockets attacked a civil defence office in Saigon early today wounding four of the defenders, military spokesmen said. South Vietnamese spokesmen said the Communists slammed at least 10 840 rockets and fired automatic238 words
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Article70 1969-01-27 8 NEW DELHI. Sun. fAFP) Nobel prize winner Dr. Hargobindd Khorana has been awarded India’s second highest national honour the Padma Vibhusan on the occasion of the 19th anniversary of India becoming a republic, it was announced here today. For the third year running the country's highest70 words
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696 1969-01-27 8 CORONADO, California, Sun. (UPI) The court of inquiry into the seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korea heard secret testimony on the intelligence ship 3 mission and operation yesterday. Two navy captains, Thomas L. Dwyer, Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Naval Forces696 words
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219 1969-01-27 8 PARIS. Sun. (UPI) Actor Alain Delon complained yesterday that newspapers were publishing false information about his relationship with murdered film stuntman Stefan Markovic. He called on them to “stop playing double or quits with my honour.” The popular French film star issued a long statement219 words
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Article, Illustration23 1969-01-27 8 PRAGUE students carry flags in funeral procession for Jan Palach nn a, mourners »a,ch o.d /.ath has UPI photo.— UPI photo. - 23 words
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Article, Illustration480 1969-01-27 9 Aussie Defence Contribution Will Be Substantial And Logically Planned Envoy 171 ALA LUMPUR, Sun. “Far-reaching decisions’* regarding defence contribution to the Malaysia-Singapore area after 1971 are to be announced bv the Australian Parliament next month. The exact form and scale of the Australian contribution would however be determined by Australia’s480 words
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178 1969-01-27 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. A pelice officer and a publicspirited man yesterday apprehended two thieves after a short chase in the Queenstown area. The man. who refused to be identified was at Queens Crescent about 10.30 am. when he heard cries of "penchuri penchuri” (thieves, th.eves).178 words
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Article54 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. An operations room, similar to the National Operations room, is to be set up in the Dewan. its director. Enche Ali bin Haii Ahmad, said today. The room would enable visitors to see at a glance the progress made by the Dewan since54 words
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Article169 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia can expect a 20 per cent increase in the number of foreign tourists visiting her in the next few years. an American expert on tourism predicted today. “Although the tourist industry in Malaysia is still in its infancy, there will be a169 words
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187 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The government was today urged to make use of the combined resources of both government and private doctors to start a national heal h or social-cum-heaith scheme in the country. The call was made by the Presloent of the Malayan Medical187 words
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Article64 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR Sun Doctors will visit 10 schools here from next week to start an anti-smoking campaign among pupils. The Medical Director of the National Cancer Society. Dr. SK. Dharmalingam. said today that the doctors would give talks and show films on the danger of smoking. He told64 words
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338 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A pilot project aimed at encouraging greater community participation b\ the rural population in improving the health conditions of their environment has been 'aunrhed in the countrv, the acting Minister of Health. Itato Ganie Gilong. said. He told the Dewan338 words
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Article103 1969-01-27 9 SINGAPORE Sun Military personnel will be conducting exercises in different areas from Jan. 28 to 31. They will conduct exercises from 8 a m. to 1159 p m. In the Chua Chu Kang area from Jan 23 to 30 From Feb 29 to 31 they will103 words
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Article123 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Two men. one armed with a knife, yesterday held up a housewife at her home in Jaian Tiong Nam and robbed her of $BOO worth of jewellery Che Sharlfah Tom was alone in the house when the two men walked in. One of123 words
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Article111 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Fifty members of the Malaysian Trades Union Congress. Youth Section and the National Union of Teachers, today donated b'.ood at the Bangunan Buroh, Petaling Jaya, to the mobile unit of the University Hospital Blood Bank. The secretary of the MTUC, Youth Section, Mr S111 words
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Article66 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. A $60,000 kindergarten open to children of all races have been opened by the Kaum Ibu of Johore Bahru, the chairman of the Kindergarten's Committee. Datin Fatimah binte Haji Abdul Majid, M.P.. said today. She told Bernama that the kindergarten taught both the national language66 words
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Article129 1969-01-27 9 SINGAPORE. Sun A girl Chong Choon Lian. 7, died nn-the-*<pnt after she was knocked down hy a taxi at 121 m s. Woodsland Road, yesterday. After the accident the taxi hit a lamp post. The taxi driver. Ng 800 Siew. and four of the passengers129 words
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Article, Illustration145 1969-01-27 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Royal Navy Fleet maintenance ship HMS Triumph leaves Singapore Naval Base tomorrow with four hovercraft embarked HMS Triumph, a major unit of the Far East Fleet, will be visiting the Indonesian islands of Ball and Ambon. The four hovercraft are from 200145 words
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Article123 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Australia is to provide 100 scholarships to Malaysian students under the Colombo Plan this year, the Australian High Commissioner to Malaysia. Mr. A. J. Eastman, said today. He said in an Australia Day message that at present one-third of all overseas scholarship holders123 words
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Article124 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Passenger traffic St the Kota Kinabalu airport In Sabah has been increasing at an average annual rate of 24 per cent since 1964. the Deputy Secretarv (Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services* of the Ministry of Transport, Mr Saw Huat Lye. said today. If the124 words
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472 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Bank Negara, which enters its tenth year of operation tomorrow, has achieved its objective of warding off serious inflations and depressions, its Governor, lan Sri Ismail bin Mohamed Ali, said today. It ha 3 also succeeded in building up472 words
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143 1969-01-27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. An eight-man Japanese Government team will arrive here tomorrow to conduct a survey on the feasibilitv of setting up of a fishing port in the east coast of West Malaysia The 40-dav survey would be conducted at three places Kuala Besut.143 words
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Article, Illustration288 1969-01-27 10 THERE are many ways in which I can contribute towards making: Singapore a united, happy and prosperous country. To start with, as a pupil I must cooperate with my teachers and classmates. I must study the National288 words
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Article, Illustration355 1969-01-27 10 ONE evening while I was relaxing after dinner. I heard voices of utmost urgency. “Fire! Fire'.”. I rushed out to see what had really happened. From a distance. I saw a black column of smoke and the occupants of the blazing houses were trying to salvage their personal355 words
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Article, Illustration392 1969-01-27 10 LAST Friday, I was absent from school because I had a high fever. My mother accompanied me to a hospital. I had never been to a hospital and I felt nervous and scared I decided not to go but due to my mother's pestering and392 words
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Article, Illustration336 1969-01-27 10 THE night was lonely and quiet with a full-moon shining above me as I strolled leisurely along the street. The air was filled with warmth and frequently I could hear the howling of stray-dogs. Pieces of rubbish and papers were lying here and there as336 words
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Article, Illustration338 1969-01-27 10 MANY of us may have forgotten about his or her experiences in a recent flood but for my part. I will never forget because it was the most terrifying and embarrassing experience I ever had. It had been raining heavily the whole day while I was338 words
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Article, Illustration1112 1969-01-27 10 LOOKING back at the years since I was born in 1951, I could not, but gasped with unutterable satisfaction and pleasure of the transformation that has taken place in Singapore. Consequently, I feel a deep satisfaction in expressing and sharing this pleasure with all of1,112 words
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Article, Illustration429 1969-01-27 10 On the sth and 6th December last year, my 2418 Port of Singapore Authority Sea Scout and I attended a combined camp with the 1601, St. Patrick School. This camp was organised by our troop, and was held at the Seribun Campsite off Lim Chu Kang429 words
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Article, Illustration543 1969-01-27 10 He was thin and frail, long hair covered his head and a thick, black beard obscured his sad face. Wrinkles covered his weather-beaten skin. No one knew his actual age. but it was said that he wa s born before the first World War. I was543 words
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Article, Illustration445 1969-01-27 10 LAST Saturday morning, while chatting with my friends. Lionel and Daniel Tseng who live in the neighbourhood, and my brother Richard Teo, I suggested that we should have a social get-together just to enjoy ourselves. They agreed but could not suggest anything interesting. Fortunately, my father who445 words
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Article, Illustration264 1969-01-27 10 RECENTLY our Government stressed the need of a rugged society. Because of this, many extramural activities in schools are carried out more seriously than ever. Extra-mural activities can supply us with much enjoyment. Consequently they train us to be active rugged and patient. Discipline training in264 words
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Article234 1969-01-27 11 COLOMBO, Sun. (Reuter)—Roger Prideaux became the first casualty of the MCC cricket tour of Ceylon and Pakistan when struck on the nose by a ball during net practice here yesterday The Northamptonshire opening batsman attempted to hook a short-pitched delivery from Jeff Jones, the Glamorgan pace234 words
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Article727 1969-01-27 11 r ONDON, Sun. (Reuter) The customary J shocks in the English Football Association Cup were sadly missing when the fourth round matches were played yesterday. The only real surprise was Third Division Watford's 1-1 draw against European Champions Manchester United before 63,498 spectators at Old Trafford.727 words
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Article70 1969-01-27 11 DRESEN. East Germany. Sun (Reuter) Scotland's women badminton players last night scored a sweeping 6-1 victory over East Germany In their European zone quarter-final match of the Über Cup competition. The Scots’ only loss in three singles and four doubles matches was Inflicted by East German youth70 words
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Article285 1969-01-27 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Results of football matches played yesterday were: English Football Association Cup Fourth Round Arsenal 2; Charlton 0 Blackburn Rvrs. 4; P’mouth 0. Bolton W. 1; Bristol Rvrs. 2. Everton 2; Coventry 0. Fulham 1; West Bromwich 2. Huddersfield 0; W’est Ham 2. Liverpool 2; Burnley285 words
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Article86 1969-01-27 11 SEATTLE. Washington. Bun (Reuter) Kerry O'Brien of Australia set a new world indoor record In the two-mile run late last night with a time of eight minutes. 40.3 seconds O'Brien battled Stanislav Petr of Czechoslovakia throughout the race, but pulled away from the Czech In the86 words
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Article54 1969-01-27 11 LONDON Sun (Reuter) The following are the dates of the English Football Association Cup fourth round replays: Tuesday. Jan. 28: Birmlngman City v Sheffield Wednesday Halifax Town v Btoke Cltv. Watford v Manchester United. Wednesday. Jan 29 Aston Villa v Southampton. Chelsea v Preston North End. Manchester54 words
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696 1969-01-27 11 DUBLIN, Irish Republic, Sun. (Reuter) France surrended their Rugby Union international Championship title when they crashed to their first defeat against Ireland in ten years at Lansdowne Road here yesterday. Ireland stormed to a convincing 17-9 victory, winning by one goal, three penalty goals and696 words
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Article176 1969-01-27 11 PRETORIA. Sun. (Reuter)— North-eastern Transvaal snatched a 10-run victory over Rhodesia in the last minutes of their three-day friendly match here yesterday After setting Rhodesia 330 run* to make in 340 minutes for victory, the Transvaal team captured the last two wicket* in the second last176 words
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1024 1969-01-27 11 ENGLISH DIVISION ONE P W D L r A Pts Liverpool 28 19 S 4 48 16 43 Leeds 27 17 8 2 43 21 42 Everton 2' IS 8 4 58 26 38 Arsenal 26 13 7 4 35 15 37 Chelsea 271,024 words
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Article109 1969-01-27 11 NEW YORK. Sun (Reuter) Debbie Meyer, triple Olympic gold medal winner, became only the fourth woman in 39 years to receive the Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States last night. Miss Meyer. 16, won three gold medals in the 200, 400109 words
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Article143 1969-01-27 11 CAPE TOWN. Sun (Reuter) Young South African professional Bobby Cole shot his fourth successive sub-par round yesterday to win the Masters Golf tournament here by six strokes. Cole, maintaining the brilliant form that won him the Natal Open championship earlier this week, equalled Gary Player’s143 words
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Article, Illustration2386 1969-01-27 12 BIG BEN - By BIG BEN SINGAPORE. Sun. Katong Ocean, confidently ridden by champion jockey Glvnn Pretty, took the Club Cup run over nine furlongs to set up a new course record of 1 minute 51 seconds at Buka limah here today. He beat the previous records— Eastern Sun picture. - 2,386 words
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273 1969-01-27 12 BRISBANE. Sun. (Reuter) Australia’s Mrs. Margaret Court won her eighth Australian women’s singles tennis championship with a straight set win over Wimbledon champion Mrs. Billie Jean King of the United States here today. Mrs. Court won 6-4. 6-1 in 56 minute* in a273 words
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450 1969-01-27 12 ADELAIDE. Sun. (Reuter) The West Indies face an uphill task to salvage the fourth cricket Test which resumes here tomorrow with Australia 148 runs in front with four first innings wickets standing. The Australian batsmen, taking advantage of a plumb pitch, yesterday450 words
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Article427 1969-01-27 12 SINGAPORE. Sun Following is the Stipendiary Steward’s report on today’s races at Bukit Timah: RACE 1: Nothing to report. RACE 2: App. Hass an Beautiful Dreamer) was severely reprimanded for permitting his mount to move in under the whip in the straight and cause Count Rahu427 words
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184 1969-01-27 12 MANILA. Sun. (Reuter) Peping Santos of the Philippines last night became the Asian Masters 10-pin bowling champion when he topped a field of 14 bowlers in the third Asian bowling championships. Santos scored 3107 pinfalls in the 16-game series yesterday. In second place was184 words
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Article37 1969-01-27 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Selangor beat the touring West Australian XI 2-1 in a hockey match here this evening. Selangor led by two first half goals The Aussies scored their only goal a minute before time.37 words
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Article240 1969-01-27 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Rest beat a Singapore Selection by four bouts to three, in the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association monthly boxing contest held at the Moulmein Community Centre. last night. The most exciting bout of the evening was between Thanabal (SABA) and Richard Ong of Mountbatten240 words
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214 1969-01-27 12 SINGAPORE Sun Lee Soon Onn established a new record at the Ahmad Ibrahim Intergrated Secondary School fourth annual road race held at their school ground, yesterday. He was first with a new time of 24 minutes and 49 seconds for the 39-mile route. Second214 words
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Article63 1969-01-27 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. Jek Yuen Thong. Minister for Culture, was re-elected President of the Basketball Association of Singapore at their annual general meeting held at their associations premises. Joo Seng Road, today Vice-Presidents: Mr. Chua Pho Tiong and Chlng Tok Ngam (re-elected). Lee Yee Nam (Secretary).63 words
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58 1969-01-27 12 SYDNEY. Sun. (Reuter) World bantamweight boxing champion Lionel Rose was yesterday named the Australian Broadcasting Commission’s “Australian Sportsman of the Year.” Rose is the first aborigine to receive the award, which is Judged by a panel of sports editors of Australia's metropolitan press, and sporting58 words
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