Eastern Sun, 4 February 1969

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  • 23 1 SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Eastern Sun fa Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 903 Tuesday. 4 February 1969. fa MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 240 1 ADDIS ABABA, Mon. (Reuter) U Thant, the United Nations' Secretary General, warned today that the continuation of racial discrimination in Southern Africa could lead to a conflagration “more serious than most of us can imagine.” Speaking at the Headquarters of the Organisation
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  • 91 1 SINGAPORE. Mon. The New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Keith Holyoake. arrives here tomorrow for a one-day stop-over on his way home after attending the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference in London. In Singapore, he will pay an official call on the President of the Republic, Enche Yusof
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  • 94 1 MANILA. Mon. (AFP) Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos made special mention of Malaysia in a speech today opening the 14-nation second Asian Badminton Championships at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum here. After welcoming the 14 teams, the President said: “I notice that the Malaysian delegation 2s here with
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  • 53 1 MELBOURNE. Mon. (Reuter) Pope Paul has sent a personal gift of AS.YOnn (£2.300) to victims of bushfires in Victoria late las* year. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. Dr. R Kock. todav presented a cheque of AS.YOnn to the President of the St Vincent De Paul Society. Mr.
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  • 89 1 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI) President Nixon, after weekend discussions with his top advisers, has decided to accept m principle a French proposal for “Big Four” talks on the Middle East crisis. The State Department has been instructed to send a note on the decision to Paris within
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  • 35 1 QUIMPER, France: French President Charles de Gaulle raises both arms wide following a speech here on Feb. 2. De Gaulle was touring Brittany in an effort to dampen separatist feelings in the Province. UPI photo.
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  • 109 1 BREST, France. Mon. (UPI) An attempt was made to sabotage the train route by which President Charles de Gaulle would have travelled in case of inclement weather during his Brittany tour, police said today. A steel rod was placed at the junction of two
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  • 120 1 SALISBURY. Mon. (Router) Outlawed African nationalist leader, the Reverend Ndabaningi Slthole wen: on trial here today on charges of incitement and conspiracy to murder Rhodesian Prime Minister lan Smith and two members of his Cabinet. The 48-year-old former headmaster of a church sehool and leader
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  • 105 1 LONDON Mon. (Reu'er) Spaceman Frank Borman was toasted by British Government chiefs today after explaining to British scientists some of the niceties on moon travel As President Richard Nixon's first Ambassador extraordinary to his allies, the 40-year-old Colonel Borman launched into a round of British
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  • 65 1 KARACHI. Mon. (UPI) Students, demanding a voice in any possible Government-op-position talks, clashed with police in Lahore today. Police in riot helmets used tear gas and charged with staves to break up three student processions heading for the central mall assembly hall. The demonstrations were dispersed but
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  • 269 1 BEIRUT. Mon. (Reuter) Israeli planes struck at Iraqi troops in Jordan in a 25-minute raid this morning, Baghdad Radio said. The radio, quoting a statement by a military spokesman. did not say where the raid occurred. It said that 14 Israeli aircraft took part
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  • 138 1 MIDHIRST. England Mon (I'PI i—Boris Karloff, the gentle actor whose portrayal of “Frankenstein" and other monsters chilled millions of moviegoers, died on Sunday in King Edward the VII hospital. He was 81. Karloff was born William Henry Pratt at Dulwich. England. Nov. 23. 1887. He had
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  • 69 1 BANGKOK. Mon (Reuter) Rice was still being smuggled from Thailand to Malaysia despite efforts by the Thai Customs Department, official sources said today. They said consultations were being held with officials of the Interior Ministry to stamp out the trade in Thailand's southern provinces. As
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  • 62 1 HILVERSUM. Netherlands Mon. (UPI)—A total of 189 Dutch Roman Catholic priests resigned their offices in 1968. according to the Catholic news agency, KNP. The comparative figure for 1967 was 145 out of a total of 10.000 priests in The Netherlands. In addition, only
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  • 37 1 LAHORE. Pakistan. Mon. (Reuter) Twenty-nine people were killed and 11 lniured today when a train collided with a bus on a level crossing at Saiwind near here, according to reports from the scene.
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  • 28 1 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter Leading British industrialists and financiers are meeting here next month to demand a more liberal Government policy on overseas investment projects.
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  • 67 1 KUCHING, Sarawak, Mon (Reuter) A woman Communist guerilla has been captured and a man killed in security operations in the I.undu Area of Sarawak's First Division. a police spokesman said today The spokesman said the action took place last January 25 but was not disclosed until today
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  • 288 1 KI'ALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today hoped that a clear and agreed understanding would be reached between Malaysia. Australia and New Zealand regarding their commitments to the external defence of Malaysia at the five-power defence talks in Canberra in May. Wisma Putra in
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  • 135 1 BANGKOK, Mon (Reuter) —About 700 prisoners detained without trial in Bangkok's I.aard Yao Prison today seized three prison guards and two policemen as hostages and demanded their immediate release so they could vote in next Monday's general elections. Prison officials said the prisoners
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  • 114 1 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter) Ten thousand people in the capital of the Indonesian Island of Flores were isolated when the city was covered by smoke clouds following violent activities of a dangerous volcano nearby. Antara news agency reported today. A number of houses collapsed when
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  • 111 1 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris say there will be no repeat performance of last year's offensive during .he seven-day Tet holiday. Newsweek Magazine reported on Sunday in its column Periscope. The report said the Saigon Government believed that the Vietcong would
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  • 86 1 WEST BERLIN. Mon (Reuter)— A 19-year-old East Berlin refugee swam safely across an icy border canal into West Berlin today under a hail of sub-machine gun fire. West Berlin police reported Police said that some of the shots strayed into West Berlin territory. The exhausted re.
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  • 54 1 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Snow, ice and gales hit much of Britain today and w eathermen warned there was worse to come. Snow up to six inches deep, and ice covered half of the country including Wales and the entire Eastern side of the country from
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  • 87 1 WERE you shopping at Metro in High Street yesterday? If you were, turn to Page 4 and see whether the Lucky Shopper the Eastern Sun has picked to win a $2O gift voucher is you. Our twice weekly Lucky Shopper contest is open to all.
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  • 110 1 SALTILLO. Mexico. Moo. The lights went out in downtown Saltillo on Sunday night and the city faced the prospect of continued blackouts unless it pays its electricity bIU. The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) ordered the blackout and warned that they would continue until someone pays the
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  • 80 1 SINGAPORE has more best-dressed women than any other similar international city in the world. The reason? The best dressed women in town dress in a half dozen national costumes representing the many nations and religions which make Singapore the most colourful city in Asia. Now Eastern
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 463 2 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Ministry of Health has drawn up plans •to boost the national health programme in schools in the Republic. vji The island-wide campaign which aims to instil] and encourage a nigh standard of public hygiene among school-children would be introduced this
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  • 1172 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— A 10-point plan to giv6 greater impetus to the nation’s development, progress and tecurlty this year aind in the years to come, was outlined by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, in the Dewan Ra*ayat this morning. He
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  • 654 2 SINGAPORE. Mon.—The Government plans to conduct a massive blood-test drive among the Republic's National Servicemen soon. The Minister tor Health. Mr Chua Sian Chin, said this was one of the measures envisaged to detect the early symptoms oi venereal diseases among
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  • 277 2 SINGAPORE. Mon.—The four-nation Joint naval exercise code-named "Fotex 69” mounted last month has now entered the second phase in the Straits of Malacca. More than 40 ships from Britain. Australia New Zealand and Malaysia are taking part in the giant exercise—the first to be held
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  • 392 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia should the Soviet Union’s help against. aggression should he Uniter! state’s "Domino Theory become a reality in South-east Asia, an Alliance Backbencher. Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, said today. Debating on the development estimates in the House of
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  • 175 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Anti-national elements may use signs of an inefficient administration as proof to the people that Parliamentary democracy Is not suitable for them, the Minister of Lands and Mines. Dato Haji Rahman Yaacob. warned today. He told 22 senior Government officers attending a twoweek
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  • 306 3 i SINGAPORE, Mon. A conference on the proposal for a re* 9 ai institute of higher education and development will be held at the i,n gopore Conference Hall from Feb. 7 to 10. The conference is being held by the Singapore Government in
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  • 225 3  -  By K. S. Sidhu SINGAPORE. Mon. A nine-year-old pupil of the Jalan Teck Wah Primary School died in the General Hospital yesterday after she was attacked by a swarm of hornets at a lonely track, off Woodlands Road. The girl Quek Poh Choon, was found
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  • 250 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Post Office has listed six points for the public which will aid it to deliver Chinese New Year cards promptly. The Singapore Post Office «aid in the course 0 f the next two weeks, it will be called upon to
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  • 141 3 SINGAPORE, Mon Enrolment for the Kampong thai Chee Health Promotion Association is to start soon, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for Culture and MP for the constituency said yesterday. He was speaking during a ceremony to present accreditation cards to members of the Citizens
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  • 207 3 SINGAPORE, Mon The First District Court Judge. Mr D. C. D'Cotta today fined a 25-year-old youth, Sapari $750 in default nine months' imprisonment for giving $5 to a detective-corporal as inducement to refrain from taking action. Sapari who pleaded guilty did not pay the fine The
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  • 94 3 SINGAPORE. Mod. A 17-year-old youth. Lee Boon Siang today pleaded gilty to a charge of using force on a six-year-old girl in a flat in Geylang in October, 1967. The Ninth Court Magistrate. Mr Boev Kun Hong deferred sentence on Lee pending a probation
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  • 110 3 SINGAPORE Mon Attempts are being made to pump out water from the engine rooms of the German cargo ship ’Ludwigshafen" to prevent her from sinking. The 4.000-ton German freight ship collided with the 18.000-ton tanker “Hindsla’' off Pulau Sebarok seven miles from here yesterday The
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  • 92 3 SINGAPORE. Mon Singapore has had a drier season than is normal for this time of the year. The wet monsoon season, from October to MidFebruary, has seen less rainfall than usual. t According to the meteorological department, the total rainfall for last month was 4.85 inches
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  • 56 3 About 200 various pieces of art were exhibited at an nnen-air exhibition held at the Esplanade yesterday. H The exhibition was staged by members of the National Theatre Trust to create art consciousness amongst the local people. About 30 odd people displayed their art pieces. Eastern Sun picture
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  • 149 3 SINGAPORE. Mon.— The Australian Minister for the Interior ‘Ur. Peter Nixon recently called for greater emphasis on Asian studies in the secondary school system. Mr. Nixon was speaking at the opening of a 10-day induction course for 120 students from Malaysia. Singapore, Indonesia. Hong Kong
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  • 117 3 SINGAPORE Mon Detention orders have been issued for fourteen people under the Criminal Temporary Ordinance Law. All of them are believed to have been involved in running an illegal lottery racket They were detained early this year. It is reliably learnt that amongst these 14
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  • 211 3 SINGAPORE. M on. Maninacturers musi resist ihe temptation to make a fast dollar at the expense of consumers, the Earliamemary Secretary to the Ministry of tulture, tnche Sha'ari iadin said last mgnt. ine re ationship between consumers and manufacturers was a reciprocal one, he said
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  • 42 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. There were a total of 39 road accidents of which five were serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic. This is the lowest record so far recorded by the Traffic Police. since the year began.
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  • 332 3 FRIEND: I SHOUTED TO ON-LOOKERS SINGAPORE, Mon. A girl shouted for help and asked on-lookers to search for her 17-vear-old friend who fell into a monsoon drain in front of her house but nobody heeded her call, the Coroner's Court was told
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  • 160 3 SINGAPORE. Mon A five-year old girl. Alice Thomas who was calling out for her friend from a 40-feet high balcony of her house fell to the ground. the Coroner'a Court was told today. Inspector Yeo Kah Lee of Queenstown Police Station said this from
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  • 259 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Permission will not be granted to ships for handling any quantity, however limited, of explosives or Class A dangerous goods at night outside its specific anchorage. This ruling has been made by the Port Master Capt R L Bird. In a
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  • 106 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Department of Extramural Studies is offering a new course on "Business Finance”. Consisting of twelve lectures by Mr. Nyan Boon Hang, Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Business Administration. the course aims to introduce basic business finance, capital budgetting, cash and asset
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  • 238 4 SINGAPORE. Mon Dr Gradv Wilson, the famed evangelist and close associate of Dr. Billy Graham told thousands tonight that the world today preferred to amuse themselves rather than do any serious thinking. He was speaking at a crusade meeting at the National
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  • 370 4 Malaysian Not Affected By Currency Crisis KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The purchasing power of the Malaysian currency remained unxffected by the currency crisis in Europe last year, the Minister of Finance. Tun Tan Slew Sin. told the Dewan Ra'ayat here today He was answering a question from Enehe Ahmad Arshad, (All
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  • 355 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. A stormy debate is expected at the forthcoming meeting of the 32-member Central Council of the Singapore Teachers’ Union to be held on Feb. 9. A previous meeting scheduled to be held on Feb 1. had been postponed to this weekend. The
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  • 229 4 Many Exams Don’t Ask Necessary Questions— Expert KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Far too many examinations are be:ng held that do not ask the necessary questions. Dr A E G. Pilliner. a British expert in objective testing said today “Examiners must try. as far as possible, to provide for a feed-back and
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  • 58 4 JAKARTA. Mon (Router Indonesian intellectuals have agreed that the proposed common spelling system for both Indonesia and Malaysia must be reviewed. The decision was made after a three-day meeting attended by leading writers, teachers, politicians, journalists and language experts They have also agreed to set
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  • 108 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Malaysian Government was today urged to quit Its Naval Base at Woodlands Singapore and establish Its own naval base In the Peninsular The suggestion came from an Alliance backbencher Haji Rahmat bin Haji Daud during the debate on the
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  • 246 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon.— The Government's proposal to establish a four-digits lottery syndicate came under heavy Are in Parliament today from the opposition member, Dr Tan Chee Koon of the Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia. Dr Tan said such organised gambling was against the tenets of Islam and
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  • 207 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon The Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia and the Democratic Action Party have failed to reach an understanding for a bl lateral pact for the forthcoming general elections. This wax stated today by the chairman of the Sarawak United Peoples Party. Mr Ong Kee Hul who
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  • 101 4 SINGAPORE. Mon the Adult Education Board is registering students for admission to its Secondary Four Classes (Chinese Medium). The registration will be held from 9.00 a m. 4.00 p.m. from Thursday to Feb. 12 at the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise. Singapore <5. Applicants should bring with
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  • 100 4 KUALA LUMPUR Mon. The Minister of Local Government and Housing Is drafting legislation for the employment of car attendants Instead of using parking meters in Kuala Lumpur. The Parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Labour. Mr Lee San Choon. told the Dewan Ra'ayat that the
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  • 60 4 THIS lucky shopper (circled) wins a $2O gift voucher. She thus becomes the third Eastern Sun Lucky Shopper in our twice weekly contest. She was "caught" shopping at Metro, High Street, by our cameraman yesterday. Is she you :> If so, please call at Eastern Sun, 23-B,
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  • 120 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Minister of Local Government and Housing is studying the Master Plan for Kuala Lumpur before making it public, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour Mr. Lee San Choon. told Dewan Ra'ayat. here today He was replying to Dr Tan
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  • 245 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon—Thailand and Ceylon hare set up national operations rooms on the pattern of Malaysia's, the Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of National and Rural Development, Enche Mohammad Naim bin Haji Ahmad, said today. Enche Naim told BERNAMA that Fiji.
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  • 124 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon The Deputy Chairman of the Federa' Agricultural Marketing Authority, Enche Abdul Aziz Yassin, will make a week's visit to East Malaysia from Wednesday to observe the marketing of fish, pepper, padi and prawns in the two States In Sarawak, he will
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  • 242 4 SINGAPORE Mon New Zealand's National Day, Waitangi Day, will be officially celebrated next week in Singapore. The New Zealand High Commissioner. Mr J.H Weir and Mrs. Weir, will hold a reception at their official resident in Queen Astrid Park Mr Lim Kim San. Minister
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  • 259 4 SINGAPORE. Mon. Shaw's popular James Bond girl, Chin Fei officially opened Kian Gwan Laundry Distributor’s coinoperated self-serving laundry centre at Havelock Road this evening. The centre. second of its type to be opened in the Republic by the same organisation. will enable
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  • 250 5 Def ected Chinese Diplomat ‘Major Windfall For The West’ LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) A London newspaper said today that a Chinese diplomat '•'ho asked tor political asylum in the Netherlands nine days ago is now believed to be one of the biggest international spy catches for the west for several years.
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  • 98 5 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPI) Wildlife experts agree the male prairie chicken produces a loud sound, called a “Boom.” to attract the famale in mating season. But there seems to be considerate disagreement about the exact nature of the sound, an Agriculture Department publication disclosed. The study, a review
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  • 156 5 LONDON, (Reuter) American actor Robert Ryan told a special audience of film enthusiasts here today of one of his bis dislikes in his job most actresses. Between clips of some of his films Ryan invited questions and was asked if actors ever got emotionally involved
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  • 179 5 ROME. Mon. (Reuter) Prison sentences should be retained for Italian adulterresses because husbands and wives are not necessarily equal, according to a Jesuit priest. He was attacking the abolition by Italy's constitutional court last December 19 of a law under which women could be imprisoned for
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  • 77 5 FREJUS. France Mon. /UPI) The only Buddhist temple In France built during World War I for the use of colonial troops was reopened yesterday after 23 years The temple of Hong-Tien-Tu fell Into disrepair between the wars and eventually closed in 1945. The reopening of
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  • 187 5 CRAWLEY England. Mon. (Reuter) A Roman Catholic priest was suspended last night from teaching in a convent school here after a national newspaper reported he practiced black magic and was looking for a virgin to take part in a black mass. The Board of Governors
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  • 243 5 BUENOS AIRES Mon (UPI) A young Argentine was burned to death when two of his friends played a Joke on him and mistook petrol for water. Jorge Adolfo Castielo. 21. paused for a moment in his work at a tyre-shop iGomeriai and went to the bathroom Two of
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  • 32 5 WASHINGTON: Marian Mung-Yung Lee. daughter of the President of Broad—casting Corp. of China in Taiwan married mainland defector Richard Chen PaiMiao on Sunday. Both now working in the United States. UPI photo.
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  • 974 5 4-POWER PLAN REJECTED IN ADVANCE NEW YORK, Mon. (Reuter) The Israeli cabinet agreed at a secret meeting last week to fortify and expand Israel's frontiers, even though this would make a Middle East settlement more unlikely than ever, Time Magazine said today. The
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  • 171 5 BOSTON. Mon. (UPI) Frederick J. O'Donnell married Frances Bradv in a ceremony that created a family with 23 children. All the children ranging in age from 8 through 26 were on hand In the Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in the Jamaica Plain section. “I never
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  • 62 5 SALZBURG. Austria <UPI> Princess Henrtette von Auersperg. 35 and Krupp heir Amd' von Bohlen-Halbach. 30. were married in a surprise civil ceremony at Bluehnbach Castle In Werfen near here, on Saturday. Ten close friends of the Austrian princess and German scion to the Krupp millions were
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  • 64 5 WASHINGTON. (UPI) President Nixon's adviser on urban affairs said t will take “cold cash" to solve the problems of America's cities. Daniel Moynihan made it clear be was not necessarily putting forward any Nixon administration proposals but suggested that one step in curing the nation's urban problems was
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  • 62 5 PARIS, (UPI) Western diplomats say there can be little progress in the Vietnam talks in Paris until it becomes clear whether Saigon or the Vietcong is winning the battle for loyalty of the South Vietnamese people. Diplomats say concrete negotiation are difficult because of conflicting information
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  • 50 5 HONG KONG. (UPI) Authorities scheduled In inquest today into the death of a young American diplomat. The diplomat, identified as Michael Milner, was found dead in his apartment yesterday. He was 27 and single. He is survived by his parents, who also live in San Jo 6«.
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  • 900 5 ANTI-AYUB IN LONDON LONDON. (Reuter) About 200 Pakistanis marched on their High Commission In London yesterday shouting slogans against President Ayub Khan A spokesman for the marchers said the demonstration was in protest against “repression of people in Pakistan One of the protestors attempted to set fire to a
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  • 424 6 FTER his half-a-cheer reception in Brittany President de Gaulle yesterday called for a spring referendum to try to erase the wrinkled image of France among Frenchmen and to, if at all possible, carry Gaullist France through his full term of office. De Gaulle is a man
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  • 170 6 FOLLOWING one of the most intense publicity campaigns in the history of Singapore the Grady Wilson Crusade, organized in association with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, began Sunday night with a massive turnout that taxed the National Theatre capacity to overflowing. Hundreds responded to the call at
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  • 193 6 F BAGHDAD, the Minister of Information Mr. Abdullah Sallum al Samarrai has declared that Iraq will hang more spies if necessary despite world-wide criticism of the hanging of fourteen people (including nine Jews) recently. ‘‘The whole world” he said “will not stop us from defending our
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  • 593 6  -  By JEAN RAFFAELI MOSCOW. Mon. (AFP] shooting incident at the Kr< inside the Soviet Union t observers are asking. They point to the Kirov assassination In 1934. which opened the era of Stalinist terror, and also to the hardening of the
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  • 454 6 (From Sin Chew Jit Peh) EVER since the results of the secondary-four examinations were published, the problem of “Where to go?” has loomed large with those who had passed and has become s general concern of the whole society. Taking our paper for instance, every day we
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  • 169 6 Let NATO And Warsaw Pact Go -Rumania BUCHAREST. Mon. (AFP) Rumania's ruling party alliance reaffirmed today its determination to see both NATO and the Warsaw Pact disappear, and aU troops in Europe withdraw “from the territories of other states.” “The road to peace, security and detente in Europe does not
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  • 513 6  -  By DAVID LAWDAY PALO ALTO, California, Mon. (Reuter) In her quiet, stubborn way Mr*. Evelyn Whitehorn is posing the United States Government a bigger problem than legions of young anti-war demonstrators around the country. The 44-year-old mother of four has forbidden her son Erik.
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  • 275 6 TOYKO. Mon. (UPI) Could the American people do anything “together” with the U.S. Government as President Richard Nixon asked in hi* inaugural speech? “No, certainly not,” the Peoples Daily, the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party said in its recent blast against the United States.
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  • 492 6  -  By ELIAS NA’WAS BEIRUT. Mon. (Reuter) Relations between the two opposing factions of the Arab Baath Socialist Party ruling in Syria and Iraq are expected to get worse, Arab observers here said today. The split in the party came into the open in a
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  • 316 6 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) Israel has decided to annex parts of the Arab territories it captured during the six-day war in June, 1967, Time magaxine reported on Sunday. The Israel decision, which Time describes as the most far-reaching since
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  • 318 6 PRAGUE, Mon. (UPI) Ciechoslovak journalists, faced with the prospect of more severe censorship, will be allowed to negotiate terms with the Government, reliable sources said on Sunday. The sources said that the regime has tentatively ordered prior censorship for two controversial political magazines
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  • 321 6 SYDNEY. Australia Mon. (UPI Reutef) The Australian Government has taken the only sensible course in te ling Malaysia that “Australian troops are not for use in the dispute with the Philippines over Sabah,” the Daily Telegraph said on Monday. Under the banner
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  • 183 6 WASHINGTON. Mon. (UPf) Oland D Russell, 68. a lon* time Far East correspondent for the Scripps-Howard newspapers, died on Sunday of a heart attack. In a Journalistic career that covered 51 years, Russell worked for a number of publications, including the St. Joseph Missouri Oazetta,
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    • 127 7 JAKARTA. Mon <UPI> Central Bank Governors of 10 South-east Asian nations todav started a four-day conference here to seek ways to further economic co-operation and to solve economic problems of the reeion Mr. Radius Prawiro, the Indonesian Central Bank Governor, said in an
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    • 294 7 Rubber Up Cent SINGAPORE, Men Feb ruart first grade rubber bu>er» closed at S pm.. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (ndav at 61-1 cents per lb., up seven eighths of a cent from previous close. The tone of the market was »tead> The ma:ket ruled idle and 'urnover was minimised
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    • 155 7 BANGKOK. Mon. CReuter) —Thailand* in~om« from tourism dropped by 40 million baht (about 800.000 sterling) last year and official* attribute the decrease to fewer American troops coming from Vietnam on rest and recreation. Officials of the Tourist Organisation of Thailand (TOT) said 34.000 American servicemen visited
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    • 21 7 LONDON Mon <UPI> Rubber market opened steady. Spot 22 22-1 No 1 RSS CIF basic ports Feb.
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    • 16 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for today was $379 25 per Picul, down $O-79.
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    • 1576 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. Slightly easier conditions marked the morning session of trading in the Btock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today. However, conditions improved in the afternoon and the market closed slightly steady with an easier undertone. The trading rooms recorded an improved total
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    • 79 7 BRUSSELS Mon ILPI> European Common Market countries doubled thei- trade with the rest of the world during the period from 1958 to 1967. surx’ey made by the organisation show ed recently During the >ame years, the six member nation* of the European Economic Community (EEC' increased
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    • 83 7 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) —A Thai rice merchant said today he expected Hong Kong buyers to step up rice purchases from Thailand after the Chinese New Year festivities In mid-February Mr. Pricha Tanprasert. se-cretary-general of the Thai Rice Traders' Assotyatlon. returned recently from a
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    • 55 7 i Managers Prices) l-t MaU>an \l> 2.»» J nil Malayan \I» 2.IK •mm ini \|.il*\;in 1.33 —m iimrmnnifrif Ind 10% 1 15 I h»* S;i\ Inc 1 mid 1.20 1.30 m Invest hind 1.30 1.40 IM Ilong Kong 135 1 41« -'llil lloiig Kong .95 l no* Hltrllnt
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    • 125 7 SINGAPORE, Mon. The nnon price* at the Singapore hinese Produce Exchange today are Boyer Seller toconut OH IF O B.) Bulk 50 50 1 mount Oil (1 o H > Drum 53 00 Ijhop 1 opra Mikeri 81.50 Mnnlok Mime Pepper < t o b.) l w ***** Sarawak
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    • 87 7 JAKARTA. Mon (Reuter) Trade Minister Dr. Sumitro said the quality of Indonesian rubber dropped bv eleven per cent last year causing serious financial losses. Antara news agency reported yesterday. In a lecture to university students Dr. Sumitro stressed the need to improve the quality of
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    • 63 7 HONG KONG. Mon. IUPIV Montv quotations:HKS6 0875 Per US- dollar. HK$6 ***** per US dollar TT. HKSI4 52 per pound sterling HK* 312 15 per tael of gold 94 5 per cent fir,ess. HK5161.5 per 10.000 Japanes# yen HKM36 0 100 Philippine pesoi bU' err HKJI37
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    • 80 7 SEOUL. Mon (UPl)—South Korea will sign an official contract next Monday to bor« row' 333.000 tons of unpolished rice from Japan this year, the Economic Planning Board said today. It said that Korean officials will eaxe for Tokyo on Wednesday to complete the
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    • 176 7 SNIPS IN PORT SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be in port todav: Godowns Vessels 29/30 Kasei Maru 31/32 Megara 33/34 Menestheus 35/30 Centaur 38/39 Le Natas 40/41 Vega 42/43 President Hayes 44 Niehiyo Maru 45 Trinidad 40 Alemania The following shipa have laid anchorage at the WESTERN
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    • 37 7 Taiwan Produces 2.5 Million Ton« Of Brown Rice TAIPEI. Mon. (Reuter) Taiwan produced 2.518.100 metric tons of brown rict last year, an increase of 104,300 metric tons over the previous year, tha Central News Agency said today.
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  • 264 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. The shift system in the Port or Singapore Authority is now working smoothlv and the unofficial go-slow has come to a stop, according to Singapore Port Workers’ Union. The union's secretary-gen-eral, Mr. M. N. Lingam told the Eastern Sun this
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  • 145 9 SINGAPORE. Mon —Street demonstrators yesterday dragged and stoned a resident of .Talan Pintau. off Thomson Road, after a heated argument. The man whose name Police are withholding was taken to the hospital where his condition ha* been described as “not serious”. It is understood that the
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  • 90 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The functions of the schools' boards of managers and governors would be decided when the Aziz Teachers’ Salaries Report is made known, the Assistance Minister of Education. Mr Lee Siok Yew. told the Dewan Ra’ayat here today He was replying to
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  • 190 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. Six lovely Dalmatians are currently on auction proceeds of which will be donated to the Cancer Research Fund. The six Dalmatians od« male and live females were offered bv the widow of Mr P. C Lim who died in November last year.
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  • 502 9 SINGAPORE. Mon. A contested divorce suit, set down for a flve-day hearing in the High Court was adjourned today to enable one of the parties to make an attempt at reconciliation In the suit, a businessman. Gerrlt Jan Podt is suing his wile.
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  • 80 9 KUALA LUMPUR. M&n —A $(5 A million training scheme will be launched soon to increase the number of trade instructors and skilled workers. The United Nations’ office here said today that the U.N. would contribute $35 million towards the project. The Malaysian Government would contribute $3.3
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  • 290 9 SINGAPORE, Mon. A soldier from the People's Defence Force, Abdul Wahab bin Abdul Kani and three others were today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for vandalism allegedly stealing the cash boxes of public tele- phones. The other three accused are Mohamed
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  • 148 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Russian freighter. Komsomoletg Kirgizil will arrive in Port Swettenham on Wednesday to load rubber and timber for Europe, a spokesman of Wah Soon Company, agents for the ship, told Bemama today The freighter steamed into Singapore last Sunday to load
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  • 466 10 FASHION circles in Europe are all set for spring and summer fashions as the winter months roll away to make way for the warmer season. In Home, designer Schuberth brought back the late 1940 s look in his romanticminded spring-summer collection. Prominently displayed
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  • 276 10  -  By Florence de Santis Prosperity isn't the only reason women are more interested In real jewellery. A new consciousness of fashion is creatine designs which intrigue eyes used to the variety of customer jewellery. Jewellers, of course, tend to regard costume jewellery as
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  • 143 10 One of the reasons, said Mr. Morton Sloate of Teen- form Incorporated was “more psychological and emotional than anything else.” In fact many experts felt
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  • 739 10  -  By Florence de Santis Sometimes a fabric turns out to be so great that its function inhibits its fashion development. Such has been the fate of the modern linen, whether of Irish derivation or in the man-made blends which returned this
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  • 143 10 LOTS of stripes for spring, in blazers, cardigan sweater jackets, pullover shells for suits, tunic tops of dresses with pleated skirts. RAINCOATS and sports jackets of a new slick-surfaced nylon that looks wet. m red, black or navy, worn with pants or skirts of the same.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 314 10 TODAY and YOU... Tuesday, February 4, 1969. ARIES MAR. 21 APR 19 1-48-»43 §y 68-75-79-89 TAURUS AV I 2 Maybe MAY 20 2 Da S)^73 53-54 A Courtship 5 Mas 6 Don't GEMINI 7 Plenty m MAY 21 8 Real JV JUNE 20 9 Don't 10 You're' O ,11-17 25-33
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  • Sun Sport
    • 1820 11  -  By BIG BEN PENANG, Mon. Punters had an off day today, the second day of the Penang Turf Club Spring Meeting. In Race 5. rank outsider Globe Stream owned by Flash Stable and trained by Osman bin Sariman made a late bid
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    • 263 11 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) Heavyweights George Chuvalo and Buster Mathis meet in a 12-roUnd bout at Madison Square Garden tonight and win or lose, both seem assured of future ring work The Garden’s Boxing Director. Harry Marksor. plans to match the winner with Jerry Quarry on
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    • 71 11 TOKYO. Mon. Reuter) The first Asian Rugby Championship will be held in Tokyo from March 8 to 18, the Japan Rugbv Football Union announced today. Hong Kong, Taiwan. Soutn Korea and Japan have so far submitted official entries for the tournament, the union said. The championship
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    • 84 11 SYDNEY. Mon. (Reuter) Wicketkeeper Barrv Jarman has been dropped from the \ustialian team to meet the West Indies in the fifth Test in Sydney from Feb 14 to Feb. 20 He has been replaced by Brian Taber. The Australian side, announced here tonight, is W Lawry (Capt).
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    • 540 11 ti. E< v,on < Rp uter) a fierce thunderstorm came to the rescue of ailing West Indian cricket touring team o n the final day of their return clash with ictoria at the Melbourne cricket ground today. I mpires ruled play closed by poor light
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    • 809 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. Erie Sterrett. an RAF' Changi Golf Club handirap 6 golfer, shot a 39-32=71 over the par 33-33=66 Warren Club links to beat P. J. Kessler. handicap 3 on a countback for the 1960 Warren Open Golf Club championship on Sunday.
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    • 246 11 SITUATIONS VACANT PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD SINGAPORE APPLICANTS who responded to the advertisement dated 21-8-68 for the following posts »re thanked and advised that the vacancies have been filled (1) Budget Officer (2) Assistant Secretary (3) Senior Assistant Personnel Officer (Training) (4) Senior Assistant Personnel Officer (Establishments) (Staff and Daily Rated
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  • 502 12  -  By STEVE SNIDER NEW YORK. Mon. (I’PI) Another bombshell may be dropped on America's tennis players this week. A year ago, it was a vote for open tennis. This week, it could be a vote to knock out the time-honoured distinction between pros
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  • 252 12 GUNNEDAH. New South Wales. Mon. (Reuter) The touring Singapore national cricket team face a 26* runs first innings deficit with two wickets down after the first day of their match against an Emu Cricket Club team here yesterday. The Emus declared their first innings closed
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  • 63 12 S’p ore Avert Outright Defeat TAMWORTH. New South Wales. Mon (UPI) There was a bright finish to the twoday cricket match between the touring Singapore national team and an Emu Club eleven at Kitchener Park, Gunnedah. today w’ith the visitors narrowly averting outright defeat. The Emu’s scored 7-319 and 1-75
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  • 108 12 6YLVANIA. OHIO. Mon. '(AFP) Australian aborigine Lionel Rose, world bantamweight champion, is the World Boxing Association’s boxer of the year. WB A. classification chairman Arch Hindman, announcing this here yesterday, said that Rose had earned the title for first winning the bantamweight crown against
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  • 334 12 MELBOURNE, Mon. (Reuter). Giant West Indian fast bowler Charlie Griffith, has provided his team leaders with another unwelcome headache on the eve of the vital fifth Test against Australia to begin in Sydney on Feb. 14. West Indies team manager. Mr Berkeley Gaskin revealed
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  • 669 12 KARACHI, Mon. (Reuter) MCC yesterday turned down the offer of a match at Bahawalpur starting next Tuesday as the tour of Pakistan ran into further troubles. The match at Bahawalpur was arranged by Pakistan Board officials after the cancellation of the East
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  • 35 12 COSFORD. England. Mon. (AFPi lan Stewart of Scotland yesterday set a new European and British allcomers indoor two miles record with the time of 8 mins. 32.2 secs at an international meeting here.
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  • 228 12 TOKYO. Mon. (AFP) Allan Rudkin of Wales is the top choice as the challenger to the world bantamweight boxing champion. Lionel Rose of Australia, in Melbourne on March 8. Jack Rennie. Rose’s manager told a Tokyo sports daily on Sunday. However. Rennie said that
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  • 144 12 HANNUT. Belgium Mon (AFP> Belgian long distance runner Gaston Roelants yesterday won the Hannut International Cross Country Race for the sixth time finishing ahead of British runner Tim Johnson. Roelants. former Olymptc teer'lrchase champion, won he 9 km <56 miles) event in 27 min 25 sec
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  • 58 12 Singapore: 12.48 am (10. ft. 5 ins 5.52 am. (4 ft. 9 ins.); 12 08 pm (10 ft. 8 ins.); 607 p.m. (1 ft. 5 ins.). TOMORROW Singapore: 1.12 am. (10 ft. 7 ins 6 22 a.m. (4 ft. 4 ins.); 12 44 p.m (11 ft.
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  • 240 12 TOKYO Mon. (UPD O J Simpson may be the best college football player in America but he “may not make it as a pro.” according to professional football superstar Joe Namath. Namath. in an interview published in the Asahi evening news here on
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  • 274 12 AGI’A CALIENTE. Mexico. Mon. (tPl)—Alvaro Pineda, second-leading jockey in North America for the past two years, on Sunday cave Penny Ann Early a riding lesson as he scored a threelength victory over the aspiring girl jockey in a match rare at Caliente
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  • 423 12 DAYTONA BEACH. Florida, Mon. (AFP) The American pair. Mark Donohue and Chuck Parson driving a Lola Chevrolet sports won the Daytona Beach -4 hours motor race here yesterday the first event counting for the 19 6 9 constructors championship. Another Lola Chevrolet pair
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  • 324 12 LAUSANNE. Mon. (AFP) International Olympic Committee (1.0. C.) President Avery Brundage yesterday further hit at the commercialism of the Winter Olympic Games. In a press conference after the two-day 1.0. C. Executive meeting here, the millionaire American said that a special committee had been
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  • 99 12 LONDON. Mon (AFP) European heavyweight champion Henry Cooper is suffering from gout and may have to forego his title defence against Piero Tomasonl of Italy later this mon’.h. Cooper’s manager Jim Wicks announced yesterday. Wicks said that Cooper had been feeling pains in his foot and
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  • 288 12 AUCKLAND. New Zealand. Mon. (Reuter). Australian Tony Roche turned on a dazzling display of tennis to beat Wimbledon champion Rod Laver of Australia in the men's final of the New Zealand Open Tennis Tournament here today. Roche serving brilliantly won 6-1. 6-4. 4-6. 6-3
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  • 170 12 TOULOUSE. France. Mon. (AFP) France defeated Britain by 13 points to nine in their Rugby League international at Toulouse yesterday. At half time the French led seven to four. The French made the British look slow and clumsy yesterday in ideal conditions here. In the first
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  • 174 12 MANILA. (Reuter) Badminton players from 14 Asian countries will take part in the second Asian Badminton Championships starting in Manila today. The countries represented in the two-week competition are Malaysia, the Philippines, South Vietnam. Japan. Pakistan. Taiwan. Burma. Indonesia. India. Hong Kong. South Korea, Laos, Ceylon
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