Eastern Sun, 10 April 1969

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 964 Thursday, 10 April 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Soviets Reinforce Mid-East Fleet
    260 1 SHOWIXG SUPPORT FOR ARABS TVAPLES, Italy. Wed. (UPI) Seven Soviet warships steamed through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea today, the U.S. Navy said. The navy said it was the first time the Russians had reinforced in strength their Mediterranean fleet from the Atlantic.
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    Lock icon WHY HE STOLE A HYDRANT
    53 1 HOLLYWOOD Wed. (UPI) —Bernard Vercellone, 35 was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of theft when police found a fire hydrant in his living room A witness saw Vercellone disconnect the hydrant on Sunday. When police asked him about it, Vercellone said he wanted it as
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    Lock icon Protest Against A Nun's Act
    175 1 BT LOUIS. Missouri. Wed. tßeuter) A parents' meeting here has called for the sacking of a Roman Catholic nun-teacher who poured "human blood" on furnishings in a protest against the Vietnam war. The 28-year-old nun. Sister Joann Malone who teaches at a girls high school,
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    Lock icon H.K. TV Stars Threatened
    46 1 HONG KONG, Wed (Reuter) Hong Kong's beautiful television actress. Sum Sum, and her sister. Bun Bun. have received two threatening letters demanding 1.550 HJC. dollars (about £100). Police set a trap at a Kowloon resettlement estate yesterday and arrested a 15-year-old youth.
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    Lock icon 'Meowing' Husband
    46 1 IMPERIA. Italy. Wed (UPI) —A court considered today whether to grant an unidentified housewife a legal separation because of her complaint that her husband has kept her awake for months by curling u 0 under their bed at night and meowing like a cat
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    Lock icon FIRST 'LOCAL' ORDAINED AS A JESUIT PRIEST
    160 1 SINGAPORE, Wed.—Rev. Geoggrev Coland, 31, today became the first local man to b? ordained as a Jesuit priest today. He is the third Jesuit priest in Singapore. He was ordained by Archbishop Olcomendy who was assisted by four priests in the ceremony which
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    Lock icon Second Cross-Canal Duel In 24 Hours
    185 1 CAIRO. Wed. (Reuter) Egyptian and Israeli forces fought a fierce 90-mmute duel across the Sue* Canal lasting until early today in a second flare-up in the area In less than *4 hours. A military communique lasued here said the Israeli tanks and artillery opened
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    Lock icon MOB ATTACK POLICE
    53 1 HONG KONG. Wed (Feuter) Five policemen were injured by flying bottles hurled by a mob chanting Maoist slogans in a scuffle at a Kowloon resettlement estate today. The injured policemen were with eight others escorting a squatter demolition squad who were pulling down Illegal structures. Two men
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    Lock icon Thai Beauties In The Nude
    68 1 BANGKOK. Wed (Reuter) —General Prasert Ruchirawong. Director-General of Police, has ordered the DOllce to strictly enforce the ban of the American magazine. Playboy, which contained in this months Issue several nude photographs of Thai beauties, a police source said. The source said the order had
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    Lock icon Malik Coming For ECAFE Session
    155 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) —Australian External Affairs Minister. Mr. Gordon Freeth. will probably d lBC uss defence and regional security in South-east Asia when he visits Indonesia for the first time at the end of this month. Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik said today. Speaking to
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    Lock icon Lady Churchill 'A Little Better'
    71 1 LONDON, Wed (Reuter) Lady Spencer-Churchill. in hospital with a broken thigh, seemed a little better today, a spokesman reported. Lady Churchill, widow of wartime leader Winston Churchill, is 84. She fractured the thigh when she fell in her London home five days ago. A hospital
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    Lock icon Electricity From God
    35 1 BUDAPEST, Wed. (UPI) The Soviet Union is receiving electricity supplies from Goa —a town near Budapest. A transmission line between God and the Russian town of Munakcs has been placed in operatidh.
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    Lock icon Britain's Concorde Flies
    240 1 BRISTOL. England. Wed. <UPI Reuter) Britain's faster-than-sound Concorde jetliner took off successfully today on a maiden flight that put Britain and Franre well ahead in their drive to capture the supersonic passenger market from the United States. Four thundering Jet engines slammed Britain's prototype. Concorde 002. into
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    Lock icon F. East Fleet Ships In Korean Waters
    98 1 SEOUL. Wed (Reuter) Thr<« British Far East Fleet ship*, led by the commando carrier HMS Albion, arrived in Korean water* today lor a four-day visit during a cruising exercise Vlce-A d m 1 r a 1 AFFG Griffin. second In command, Far East
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    Lock icon $375,000 For SEA Studies Institute
    72 1 SINGAPORE. Wed The newly established Institute of Southeast Asian Studies has received news from the Ford Foundation that a grant of U*****,000 to the Institute has been approved by the Foundation for a t>eriod of three year s commencing December 1, 1968. The funds are
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    Lock icon Hair Transplants
    44 1 ADELAIDE. South Australia, Wed. (Reuter) A visiting Melbourne surgeon performed a series of transplant! here yesterday giving four balding men a new get of hair. One of the patients travelled more than 1500 milea (2,400 kms.) from Western Australia for the transplant.
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    75 1 SANTAGATA DEI GOTI, Italy, Wed. (Reuter) An enraged peasant shot and seriously wounded local fortune-teller Giuseppe Suppa because he failed to cure a headache. Police said Signor Suppa yesterday gave the peasant a secret herbal medicine to cure his throbbing head but the man returned shortly afterwards and
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    Lock icon Artificial Heart Comes Under Fire As Karp Dies
    387 1 HOUSTON, Texas. Wed. (UPI) The first human to be fiven a heart made by a fellow human died on Tuesday. But the verdict on the artificial heart—which kept him alive until a human donor could be found remained in doubt. I Haskell
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    Lock icon Tiger Hunt That Never Was
    89 1 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) When people In the tiny outlying village of Kwai Chung heard noises in the scrubland behind their houses, they promptly banded together and set out on a tiger hunt. Banging gongs and drums. 40 villagers bravely chased the animal until it
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    Lock icon Asian Bank: N.Z.'s View
    81 1 SYDNEY. Wed (Reuter) New Zealand believes its aid to Asian nations should be channelled through th« Asian Development Banl "because we are so lntarea'ed In this region" nnar-o* Minister Robert D Muldoon said here toda» Mr Mnidoct In Sydney for the Ailar Bank's ann'.al meeting trtiicb
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    Lock icon M.P.s DEBATE ON THE BILL
    1501 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Di- verse views, for and against the Abortion Bill were voiced in Parliament today when the debate on the j controversial subject resumed. Spear-heading the support *or the Bill, was Professor Wong Lin Ken, the MP for Alexandra who also refuted i arguments
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    Lock icon Supreme Court Bill Tabled
    122 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A Bill to establish a Supreme Court in Singapore hag been tabled in Parliament. Under the Supreme Court of Judicature Bill, which was read for the first time in Parliament yesterday, the new Supreme Court will replace the Federal Court and the High Court.
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    Lock icon Yong: Why The Government Introduces Abortion Bill
    726 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. today explained in Parliament the reasons which led to the Government's decision to introduce legalisation of abortion. It began some two years ago. he said, when he was then in charge of the
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    Lock icon Wee Tells Printers: 'Try New Approach'
    492 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. The acting Minister for Culture. Mr Wee Toon Boon today called on printers In the Republic to try a new approach by amalgamating on a mutually advantageous basis so as to achieve a break-through to great potentials and be In a better
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    Lock icon Minister On Pirate Taxis
    235 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The Minister for Communications. Mr. Yon* Nyuk Lin. todaT told Parliament that to "legalise pirate taxis" was equivalent to the "legalisation of smuggling activities." "I agree that pirat* taxis, though running illegally, are performing a form of social function in providing an element of
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    Lock icon 'UNSURPASSED BEAUTY' AT SEAVIEW GARDEN ESTATE
    369 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. For an initial down payment as low as $2,500 you can become a property owner in the East Coast Road district of Katong This is the undertaking of the Lucky Realty Co. Ltd.. a member company of the Far East Organisation. The
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    Lock icon QUERIES ON CITIZENSHIP
    337 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. Members of Parliament today again raised several queries pertaining to the problems of citizenship encountered by non-resi-dents residing in the Republic. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Labour, Mr. Sia Kah Hui, first affirmer-; that "the length of residence in Singapore" was not the
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    Lock icon Viets Rocket Saigon Again
    347 5 SAIGON, Wed. (UPI) Four Russian-made rocket slammed into a Saigon suburb and wounded 1 2 persons in the first shelling attack on the capital since March 30, military spokesmen said today. One of the six-foot-long 122 mm projectiles fired into the Gia Dinh suburb about three
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    Lock icon Sirhan Trial In Final Stages
    170 5 LOS ANGELES. Wed I Reuter) The trial of Sirhan Sirhan. alleged assassin of Senator Robert Kennedy, moved into its final stages yesterday with the last witness being heard and counsel for both sides preparing to argue their cases before the jury. The trial of the
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    Lock icon Caradon For Anguilla Again
    163 5 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Wed. (Reuter) Lord Caradon, Britain's chief U.N. ceiegate. will pay a second visit to Anguilla on Fnday to trv to solve new differences with local leaders since the interim agreement on the island's constitutional crisis was announced a week ago. The British
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    Lock icon Czechs Tighten Censorship
    194 5 PRAGUE. Wed. (Reuter) Czechoslovakia's Communist Party leadership said last night it would make journalist party members answer for particles they publish which oppose official policy. The new curbs on the press were announced in a stateirent following a meeting of the 21-man Party Presidium h e- e
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    Lock icon Pak's Provincial Governors Named
    134 5 KARACHI. Wed. (UPI) Fresident Yahya Khan has r3med his martial law administrators in East and West Pakistan as provincial Governors. it was announced yesterday. An official announcement from Rawalpindi said Yahya has ordered General Atlqur >Rehman administrator for ythe West, and MaJ. Gen. Mu[zafTar Uddin. administrator
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    Lock icon SONGWRITER BUTLER DIES
    81 5 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Songwriter Ralph Butler, wnose popular music Included several international hits between the two world wars, cued on Tuesday at 82 His ballad. "All By Yourself in the Moonlight" sold more than a million copies, and was recorded by some 30 artistes Butler received an
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    Lock icon Webster's New Charge
    73 5 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. TUPI) Anguillan leader Ronald Webster charged on Tuesday that armed British soldiers with change jingling in their pockets are endangering the morals of Anguillan women. "In the next 10 months you'll see the evidence." Webster told newsmen at U.N. Headquarters. He called for removal
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    Lock icon A REMBRANDT STOLEN
    54 5 PARIS. Art thieves stole a Rembrandt and eighr modern paintings from two Paris collectors during the Easter holicay. police said yesterday. The Rembrandt is of a group of card players. The other works are by such artists as Chagall. Dufy. Modigliani and Utrillo. No estimate of their
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    Lock icon 3 Indon Red Leaders Killed
    117 5 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) A pro-Communist Army Lieutenant and two Communists have been shot dead in a clash with Indonesian troops at a Central Java village, an Army spokesman said today. Lieutenant Gatot Sanjoto who had given support to Communist elements was involved in the clash
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    Lock icon Easter Death Toll In Europe Slightly Lower
    240 5 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Major European capitals reported that road death figures during this year's Easter holiday period were slightly lower than last year. London. Paris and Rome said there were fewer deaths. South Africa also reported a slight Improvement. Slxty-«even people died on
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    Lock icon Cinema Becoming 'An Indecent Place'
    128 5 VATICAN CITY. Wed (Reuter) The Vatican daily L'Osserratore Romano said today that the standard of film* had sunk so low it would soon he impossible to ro to the cinema at all without enterin* "an indecent place, a brothel for maniacs." The newspaper's film critic.
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    Lock icon Swiss Factory Blast Toll Increases To 17
    193 5 DOTTIKON. Switzerland. Wed. (Reuter) A blast which ripped through an explosives factory here yesterday morning may have killed as many as 17 people. police said last night. A senior police officer told a press conference that nine homes had been recovered, but eight
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    Lock icon RED CRESCENTS APPEAL
    45 5 GENEVA. The Jordanian Red Crescent has appealed for aid. particularly food and clothme. for some 100.000 new refueees. the League of Red Cross Societies said here yesterday. The Jordanians said the new refugees were mostly from the Jordan valley, the League added.
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    Lock icon THE UNWANTED
    472 6 rE Singapore Parliament is currently debating the controversial Abortion Bill. Since the issue is one of great social importance and since Singapore is a democratic state, any criticism on the Bill should be healthy. Opposition to the Bill has come from various quarters. Good performance is also expected
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    Lock icon MAKING THE PILL SAFER
    175 6 r£E next step in contraceptive pills will probably be the elimination completely of estrogen, Dr. Louis M. Hellman of the State University of New York said on Tuesday. This would presumably make the pill safer, Hellman told a news conference on the eve of the Seventh
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    25 6 Children begin by loving their parents. After a time they Judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they forgive them. Wilde, Oscar OTlahertie Wills.
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    Lock icon A Mother Is Upset
    120 6 LONDON, Wed. (Heater) Mrs. Afnes Grey, mother of the Reuters correspondent under house arrest in Peking, said tonight she believed her latest letters were not reaching him. Sh« said that six letters had been posted to him in the last two months but apparently none had
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    Lock icon DONNELLY'S NEW PARTY
    279 6  -  By Alan Harrey LONDON. Wed (Reuter) Desmond Donnelly, a former Labour Parliamentarian, today announced plana for setting up a new political party to fight what he sees as the state stranglehold on individual initiative. Mr Donnelly, expelled by the Labour Party two years ago, told a press
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    Lock icon Plant More Maize Says Soviet Expert By Lara-Erik Nelson
    213 6 MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) A Soviet agronomist has urged the widespread planting of maize, a crop long championed by former Premier Nik i t a Khrushchev, as a remedy for the disastrous 1968-IM9 winter. Dr. B Solovyev, writing in the government newspaper
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    Lock icon Brandt-Sharp Discuss NATO
    187 6 OTTAWA, Wed. (Reuter) The West German Foreifn Minister, Herr Wlily Brandt, said today it would be deplorable ii Canada's planned reduction of NATO troops was interpreted as a potential disruption to the alliance. Thig is the time when it would be desirable to remain in a unified
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    Lock icon THE SITUATION IN ASIA
    1029 6  -  (From Sin Chew Jit Poh Judging the situation of Aaia by that of the world, we would notice rtghtaway that inspite of the Cserh event and the rlak ran by West Germany in holding her presidential election in West Berlin, the situation In the West is
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    Lock icon World Bank: Ceylon Is Credit-worthy Borrower
    484 6  -  BY CLARENCE FERNANDO COLOMBO, Wed. (Reuter) Ceylon hat achieved considerable economic »ucce»s In recent years despite limited import of raw materials and spare parts for industry, according to a World Bank mission report. The mission, which visited Celyon last year for discussions with government
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    Lock icon The 'Death March' Of Prisoners
    786 6  -  United Press International staffer Eutlquiano Palarea recounts, in the following dispatch, the Allied surrender at Bataan on April 9, 1942 and the "Death March of prisoners that followed twe event* in which he was both a witness end a participant Palarea was at the warfront
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    Lock icon Combat Anti-Soviet Sentiment—Slovak Party
    252 6 PRAGUE, Wed. (AFP) The Slovak Communist Party Central Committee met here on Tuesday, approved government measures taken after recent widespread anti-Soviet demonstrations and ordered party organisations at all levels'' to combat any n«w signs of anti-communist or anti-Soviet sentiment A communique issued by the Presidium after
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    Lock icon Rush For Gold Rings
    290 6  -  By Robert Evans MOSCOW. Wed. (Reuter) Russians queued at Moscow jewellery stores tocay to buy 18-carat gold rings for 70 roubles (about £3O) twice the price of a week ago when fewer were on offer. The rush for the rings and other Jewellery, which have recently
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    Lock icon 'Blockade Haiphong'
    53 6 ATLANTA, Georgia, Wed. (UPI) Sen. Richard B. Russel says President Nixon could end the Vietnam war within six months if he would blockade Haiphong and force North Vietnam to negotiate. The blockade should be accompanied by threats to bomb the city and rloe fields. Russell said in speech
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    Lock icon MESSAGE TO MAO
    93 6 FLORE NCI. Italy, Wed. (UPI) The Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party (Marxist-Leni-nist), a smaJ splinter group, applauded the Chinese communists on Tuesday for "unmasking" revisionism in 411 its forms and "carrying Mar-xism-Leninism to a completely new state." The remark? were in a message to the
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    Lock icon Mr. Willis Of SCMP Resigns
    90 6 HONG KONG Wed. (Renter) Mr T R C. Willis, General Manager and publisher of the South China Morning Post Limited, has resigned from the company, the newspaper reported today. The report said Mr. Willis' resignation was announced by the Board of Directors yesterday, Mr. Willis
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    Lock icon Greetings From Three
    143 6 HONG KONG. Wed. (AFP) The official Chinese press yesterday remained blank over the Ninth Chinese Communist Party Congress now in its second week, strongly suggesting that the shroud of secrecy will not be lifted until the gathering is all over. Radio Peking today nevertheless continued to broadcast
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Industrials Low On London Stock Mart
      208 7 LONDON, Wed. (CPI) Industrial shares drifted Irregularly lower on the stock market yesterday with the approach of the budget setting the blame for the setback. South Africsn gold mining stocks and De Beers In diamonds pushed higher while Australian mines with nickel Interests like
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      Lock icon Smart Recovery On N.Y. Stock Market
      141 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) The stock market made a. smart recovery yesterday after a broad selloff on Monday stemming from the Federal Reserve Board's latest monetary restrictions. The turnaround Involved some technical adjustment and to some extent reflected belief that "secret" talks on Vietnam
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      46 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 5 points higher across the board on no sales yesterday. May 27.00 July 25.85 26.45 Oct 25.80 26.40 Nov 23.40 28.00 Jan 25.40 26.00 March 25.40 26.00 May 25.40 26.00 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 263/4 cents
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      Lock icon Rubber: 71 3/4 Cts
      279 7 SINOAPORE v Wed April first grade rubber buyers eiosed at 5 p.m.. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 71-1 cent* par lb up three eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was very quiet but steady. There was not
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      53 7 Manage** 1* rtre»» lit Malayan SM 2nd Malayan 2 22 3rd Malayan XD l M The Commerce Ind 1.11 1 11 The Saving Fond XD 12# 1-M M. Invert »nnd 1 *5 1 4A 1»t Hong Kong lit 1 S8* 2nd Hong Kong M 100* Sterling Com «/n
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      104 7 SINGAPORE. We*. The noon prir»» at Ik* llai*p<>r« (bine** Prodsn Eirhtut tixlai ara>av« Brllei 1 oconot Oil (FOB.) Bulk 4V0O 1 iNiiliut (Ml (FOB.) Drum SI SO Mixed Copra 11 M Muntok Whit* Pepper (FOB.) P6% VL.W Sarawak White Prpcx-r in AO (FOB.) 11*00 Sarawak special Black «F O
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      Lock icon Mixed Look On Market
      1557 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Still quiet on conditions of its own design, the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today had a rather mixed look The market again settled for routine business until late afternoon when some "life" was injected Into 1U otherwise drab outlook which began early
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      Lock icon H.K. Money Quotations
      68 7 HONG KONG. Wed. (ITPI)— Money Quotations: HK $6.***** per U S dollar. HK $6 ***** per US. dollar TT HK $l4 54 per pound sterling. HK $320,125 per tael of *old 04 5 per cent fineness. HK $162.7 per 10.000 Japanese yens HK $132 0 per 100
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      37 7 NEW YORK. Wed. fUPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 923.17 20 Railg 240.36 13 Util'tieg 128 29 65 Stocks 320.24 40 Bonds 73.23 Commodity Futures Index 138.79
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      208 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Association of Banks in Ma-laysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates sre quoted to the equivalent of lOC units of foreign currency). SELLING T.T. o r O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks $76.4475: Holland Guilders $84.5700; Swiss Francs $71.0775; Belgian Francs $6.1125;
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      Lock icon London Rubber Closes Quiet
      92 7 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber market closed quiet yesterday with spot 24-3/4, 25. Settlement House May. June and July 24-13'16 25 July Sept 24-7 8 25 Oct Dec 24-13 18 24-15/16 Jan March 24-5 8 24-13/16 April June 24-1/2 24-11/16 July Sept 24-7'16 24-5 8 0"t Dec
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      Lock icon Steel Output Up
      84 7 NIW YORK Wed (UPI> S'eel production edged up to 2.328.000 tons last week from 326.000 tons the week before, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported. Production in the week ende<i on April 5 was eoual to 151.8 on the irstitute's index •average weekly production 1957-59 equals
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      447 7 S .Ql, Kuala Lumpur. *l5 a m. CTA CT 1575 United States, Papeete. Pacific. 9 0U am MM MLII 9 Kuala Lumpur. 3ft a m GARLDA GA9B2 Ja karta. 10 15am MsA MLISI Kuala 10 25 a.m. Penan*. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Nll Is ec ji 12 35 p
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      592 7 MMiAPUKfc Ktork (Clmange Mild and other priiea •nnai|> iHiro at the CK>M ot butinria INDCSTRIAL8 Arm* Ben X' Co t 3J 234 2 38 2.3!l Borneo Bhd IM 1-87 Bnu*tead 2 16 Camel Plywood X.12 2.74 C. sucar 4 56 told storage V) 6.60 Ch'mltal Co
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      16 7 SINGAPORE. Wed The tin price for today was *598 50 per picul, up $2.00.
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      283 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for April 10: DEPARTURE: Godowns Ve»»el» N.W 2/3 Perils 1/2 Priam 5 Pung Jeun B'9 Straat Colombo 15/16 Star Antares 19 Perry N.W 3/4 Bruas 25'28 Star Alcyone 31 32 State of
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      Lock icon SYRIA'S ACTING F.M.
      69 8 DAMASCUS. (Reuter) Syria's Higher Education Minister. Dr. Mustafa Al-Sayed. was today named as acting Foreign Minister. The Foreign Minister has hitherto been Mr. Mohammed Eid Ash any. But no official reference has been made to him since he lost his place in the leadership of the ruling
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      Lock icon SPANISH FORCES HAVE QUIT
      82 8 UNITED NATIONS. New York. (Reuter) All Spanish armed forces have now been withdrawn from Equatorial Guinea. U.N. Secretary-General U "Hiant announced in a report yesterday. The report, based on information sent by the U.N. chief's representative in Equatorial Guinea. Senor Marc i a 1 Tamayo. indicated
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      59 8 FORTALEZA Brazil. Wed (Reuter) Two women, a man an<* a child were killed and three people wounded in a battle between rival bands of gypsies near this northeast Brazilian town last night. The battle began in a vengeance raid by one band of gypsies after one of its members
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      Lock icon TRAINS CRASH
      63 8 WOLVERHAMPTON, England. (Reuter) A passenger train crashed head-on into a stationary goods train near here today killing both drivers. The front coachs of the passenger train reared into the air then burst into flames as dazed passengers scrambled to safety down an embankment. Ambulance and fire engines raced
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      60 8 NEW YORK. < Reuter) An autobiographical work being written by General Eisenhower before his death last month is to be published here by Doubleday and Company. A spokesman for the publishers said the former President had completed more than 20.000 words of the work It has not yet
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      49 8 MOSCOW. (Reuter) Moscow student Alia Kushnir won the first game against reignine eh amnion Nona Gapnnaashvili of the Soviet Union in their women's world chess title match at Tbilisi today. Gaprindashvili conceded the game on the 47th move. The second game will be played next Thursday
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      36 8 CAIRO. (Reuter) The United Arab Republic Handball Association today expelieo three players for attacking the referee in the final match of the U.A.R Handball Championship between the nation and Huezlreh clubs on Friday.
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      51 8 KATMANDU, (Reuter) At least eight people have been reported killed in clashes with police In Bhairwaha. Western Nepal, during the past week. Reports reaching here said police oper.ed Are on four occasions when peasants, who had refused to deposit compulsory saving as required by law. attacked
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      Lock icon NEW HEART WOMAN DIES
      59 8 NEW YORK. (Reuter) A 40 year old woman who received a new heart at the New York Hospital on Apirl 2 died yesterday. A brief announcement by the hospital said her heart had continued its function The cause of death was not disclosed. The names of
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      62 8 MODENA, Italy. (Reuter) New Zealand ace Chris Amon and Mexican Pedro Rodriguez will drive the new Ferrari pro. totype In the six-hour Brand's Hatch race in England on April 13. Ferrari announced yesterday. The low-slung 3.012/P 3.000 C.C. prototype, revealed by Ferrari last December, will be shipped to
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      Lock icon BANK ROBBERY SUSPECTS
      56 8 RIO DE JANEIRO. (Reuter) Police said today they had arrested eight men and a woman suspected of taking part in a series of bank robberies involving about three million cruzeiros (£317.000). Meanwhile, a series of bank robberies in Sao Paulo continued last night when four armed men
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    Lock icon Hush-Hush Big 4 Talks At Soviet Envoy's House
    444 8 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. (UPI) The Ambassadors of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France called their second meeting on Tuesday to try to find some solution to the Middle East imbroglio. The second round, held at the residence of the
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    118 8 CAPE KENNEDY. Wed (Reuter) The Apollo 10 astronauts hope to beam to earth "really fantastic fullcolour. close-up television pictures of the lunar surface when they fly round the moon next month Spacecraft Commander Thomas Stafford. 38. told a press conference here yesterday he and his
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    Lock icon Charge Of 'Plagio' Against Woman
    123 8 CASERTA. Italy, Wed (Reuter) A 27-year-old woman has been arrested here and accused of keeping her 23-year-old boy friend prisoner for five months, police said yesterday. The woman. Teresa Roppoli. married with two children but separated from her husband, was charged with maltreatment and th'*
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    Lock icon U.S. Spy Plane Crashes
    138 8 BANGKOK. Wed (UPI) —A US. Air Force electronic spy plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Tuesdav from Takhli air base and killed the three crewmen aboard, the U S. Embassy said today. According to eyewitness reports. the E866 twin engine jet apparently failed to gam altitude
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    104 8 DETROIT. Michigan. Wed. (Reuter) Senator Edward Kennedy yesterday warned that U.S. deployment of an Anti-Ballistic Missile system would be highly provocative and force a counter-move on the part of the Soviet Union. "Whether we call the ABM system offensive or defensive, the inevitable effect of its deployment
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    58 8 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) Unemployment in this U.S. rose last month for the first time since December, the Labour Department said today. The department said the rise to a 3.4 per cent level in March from 3.3 per cent in the previous three months could be due
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    Lock icon Gold Prices Mixed On World Markets
    161 8 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Gold prices were mixed yesterday on markets here and abroad. Post-holiday trading in European markets was very quiet. In London, gold slipped 21/2 cent* at the morning fixing but regained 2-I'J cents for a second fixing of 43.375 Uf>. dollars
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    Lock icon Barnard's Patient Improving
    54 8 CAPETOWN Wed. (Reuter) Professor Chris Barnard's fourth heart transplant patient was maintaining improvement, two days after the operation, and is to have fluids by mouth today, a hospital bulletin said. The name® of the patient, a 63-year-old widower, and the donor, a 53-year-old coloured (mixed race) widow,
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    Lock icon • RAWALPINDI: One of four Chinese tanks seen through the window of a passing taxi on April 4. The tanks were placed in the centre of Rawalpindi last week when martial law was proclaimed. They guarded a small bridge and the entrance to the city from the suburb where students caused major trouble several months ago. – UPI
    58 8 RAWALPINDI: One of four Chinese tanks seen through the window of a passing taxi o n April 4. The tanks were placed in the centre of Rawalpindi last week when martial law was proclaimed. They guarded a small bridge and the entrance to the city from the suburb where students
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    712 8 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) The American film industry this week celebrates its "sth anniversary, not with a gala Hollywood party but with a modest ceremony in an old New York City office building. The building, at 1155 Broadway, is the site of the world's first
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    Lock icon Britons Are Marrying Earlier
    144 8 LONDON, Wed (Reuter) I Britons are getting married earlier, having fewer children and being divorced more often than ever before, according to official statistics released today. The Registrar-General's 1967 population report for England and Wales savs the divorce rate is rapidly rising. There were 51.000 new
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    Lock icon Rhythm Birth Control Method Is 'Unreliable'
    251 8 Rhythm Birth Control Method Is 'U nreliable' WASHINGTON. Wed. (UFI) The rhythm birth control methods are unreliable and "should never be recommended' to women for whom pregnancy is inadvisable, a study by the Roman Catholic Georgetown University concluded on Tuesday A team of researchers at the Jesuit School's Centre for
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    Lock icon Police Dog's Heroic Deed
    236 8 ..rtxvxv, «*ew Jersey, Wed. icfi) rv young police cog, wounaea anu oieeaing. on iuesaay routea tnree masxea intruders beating ner 00-year-oid invalid mistress. Her joo done, Dol.y, a two-year-old German snepnera quietly returned to ner sleeping place" unosr her mistress' bed. The dog attacked the intruders
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    62 8 COPENHAGEN. Wed (Router) Six.ten Czechoslovak tourists soucht political asylum in Denmark over the Easter holiday, an aliens police spokesman said here today. The 16 arrived in the country as tourists, and came to the police independents of each other. the spokesman said Over 200 Chechoslovakians have
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    Lock icon 'They'll Kill Me', Says Escapee
    238 8 LOS ANGELES. Wed <UPI> Dykes A. Simmons Jr.. who escaped from a Mexico prison nearly 10 years after he was convicted of a triple slaying he insists he did not commit, said on Tuesday that U.S. Consulate officials told him they had orders from the
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    Lock icon Open Rift Among 2 Huk Leaders
    101 8 MANILA Wed (Reuter) The Philippine Constabulary (National Police) said today there was an cpen break between two top Huk (Communist) leaders over party funds. Constabulary Intelligence reports said the quarrelling Huks are Commander Sumilong. No. 2 Huk leader whose real name is Faustino Del
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    Lock icon 'Merdeka' Ceases Publication
    60 8 JAKARTA. Wed (Reuter) The independent Inaonesian newspaper. Merdeka, run by former Information Minister B. M Diah. has ceased publication following the dismissal of its editors and reporters. Antara news agency reported today. Merdeka was the first Indonesian newspaper published after the Republic proclaimed its independence in 1945.
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    55 8 HONG KONG: Thirteen persons captured bv Red Chinese gunboats while on a yachting: cruise last February returned on April 3 after 46 days of detention in a Chinese fishing village. (L to R) Miss Christina Van Sydow; Mrs. Joan Van Sydow; Mr. Timothy Budga and Miss Joceline
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    Lock icon Asia's Need: 'A Free Exchange'
    420 8 Asia's Need: A Free Exchange' CURRENCY Wed. (UPI) An American financial A writer believes that Asian nations should exchange their currencies freely rather than support the proposed Asia dollar. Joseph Reday, a businessman who trades in East Asia and writes a financial column for the Japan Times, said the region
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    99 8 YORK England. Wed (Renter* For the first time in more than 450 rears a Roman Cathohc Cardinal is to preach in York Minister, the Anglican Cathedral, later this month. Cardinal Suenens. Archbishop nf Ma lines. Belgium will unveil a plaque commemorating the Maline* conversations, an
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    Lock icon Move Rapidly To Reconstruct—Barker
    660 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Minister for Low ond National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker said today that developing countries should shift from its excessive preoccupation with politics at the expense of economic planning and development if there was to be rapid development. The Minister was speaking at
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    Lock icon Alternative Plan For Third Scheme
    168 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Port of Singapore Authority is working out an alternative scheme for the third shift system, the Singapore Portworkers' Union said today. The PSA. It said, had become more radical and sincere In Its subsequent negotiations with the union since the publication in
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    Lock icon Car Thefts Up In U.S.
    61 9 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) Mayor John Lindsay hag announced a new campaign to counter car thefts here —up bv 68 per cent last year to 77.000. Theme of the campaign would be "lock it and pocket the key" said the Mayor who claimed eight out
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    Lock icon Girl Wins Top Award In Colour Slide Section
    274 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. A local girl has. for the first time in the history of international photographic exhibitions in Singapore, won a top award in the colour slide section. Miss Daisy Chee. a secretary in a commercial firm, beat nearly 500 international photographers
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    Lock icon Beauty Course
    38 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The People's Action Party Geylanf East branch will conduct beauty course nifhtlv from the middle of this month. Those Interested are requested to register at the branch premises at No. 5-A. Loron* 31. Geylang.
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    Lock icon Course On 'Job Evaluation'
    95 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The Nations! Productivity Centre has organised a course on "Job Evaluation and Incentives'* which will commence on May 12. This course will explain how Arms ean increase productivity by employing important techniques In th# promotion of morale and motivation In industries. A feature of
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    Lock icon Public Lecture On Graphic Design
    109 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Department of Extramural Studies is presenting an illustrated public lecture on "Graphic Design and Desifn Communications". The speaker 1a Professor Howard C. Worner. Associate Professor of paintlnf and design at Carnejie-MeUon University and ene of Amenca'a foremost painters of the ladustrlal scene.
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    Lock icon $17 Million Port For Sarawak—Sardon
    261 9 RUALA LUMPUR. Wed— Bigger ocean going vessels will be able to call at Sarawak when the new 517 million port at Pending Point is completed, the Minister of Transport. Tan Sri Sardon bin Hajl Jubir. said today. Consultant were now sur- veying the area at
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    Lock icon Inter-School Debates
    146 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The Catholic Social Guild la inviting all Catholic school* here to enter a team of four students each to compete in the Inter-School debates for the Olcomendy Shield The debates will be held at 9 a m on May 10. 17 and 24 and at 4.30
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    Lock icon Surtax On Textiles
    53 9 OTTAWA. Wed (Reuter) Canada has imposed a surtax on certain textile imports from South Korea and Malaysia because of overshipments from these countries, a government spokesman said yesterday The surtax applies to Nylon fabrics and shirts of certain fibre® from South Korea, and shirts of all man-made
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      7 9 TODAY an VOU... Thursday, April 10, 1969.
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      46 9 4- THEATRE SIMULTANEOUS OPENING TODAY! GALA IODEON-Katongl MAJESTICI RUBY 1M I* I IK. IM. I IN. IN. I I.M. I N »II 1 IM ns I T.M »M IT Tis AN ACTION-PACKED ADVENTUKE FILLED WITH LIGHTNING BWORD-DI'ELS AND SWASHBUCKLING THRILLS! 1. M No Free Lltt. A
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      412 10 I AM a postman and my name it David. I I am working in the Bukit Timah Post Office. My work is to deliver letters and parcels for the people of the Bukit Timah district. I work in the afternoon and the
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      250 10 MY family consists of eight members. My father, mother, three brothers, two sisters and myself. My family lives in a house with a bit garden full of flowers and trees. It is at Balestier Road and is also near the school. My house consists of two rooms, a
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      534 10 IT was a hot dry Saturday and I was feeling rather stiff; so I decided to go to the River Valley Swimming Pool for a plunge. At the gate a long queue was being formed and I happened to be near the end of it. After
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      Lock icon Festivals Of Singapore
      641 10 SINGAPORE is a multi-racial country. Each race has its own customs and religions and all these are reflected in the festivals they celebrate annually. As examples, the Chinese celebrate their New Year and Mooncake Festival, annually. The Muslims celebrate their Hori Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji and
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      Lock icon Good Manners
      389 10 A VERY important part of our life at home, at school or in Society is our formation of good manners. Good manners are the foundations of a good character, and we should start practising them while we are young, for practice makes perfect. If we neglect this work
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      Lock icon Bad Habits
      387 10 AS we know that ire, fellow »tudent», are the bright future of Singa* pore. So every student must not possess bad habit» by which they will ea*ily ruin their bright future. That is why most parents hare to »uffer for their child• ren take. One common bad habit
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      497 10 SUPERSTITIONS, as described by the Britonnica Encylopaedia, are "beliefs that will bring good or bad luck." Superstitions are very widespread and often very old The word "Superstition" is always used to mean something that has long been believed but has been proved wrong. Some superstitions are connected with old
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      Lock icon A Road Accident
      398 10 IN Singapore, road accidents are daily occurrences. Accidents occur through the negligence of drivers, motorists and even pedestrians. There are over two hundred accidents per day in Singapore and of these two hundred, at least a few are fatal. Accident* usually cause Injuries or loss of limbs
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      305 10 MOST students dislike homework because they are lazy. However, I am convinced that it is necessary and that every student should be compelled to do a certain amount of homework. It is said that laziness runs in everyone's veins. If a student has too much leisure time, he may
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      185 10 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boya and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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      Lock icon Manhattan Shirts Lead
      141 11 Bowling SINGAPORE, Wed.— Manhattan Shirts are leading in the Midnight Blues bowling league tournament now being held at the Jackie's Bowl Katong. Out of the 148 games bowled so far, they have *on 122$ of them. Close behind them are the Garuda team and the Sharikat National
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      Lock icon There's Still Plenty Of Life
      334 11  -  By NORMA POWERS SINGAPORE. Wed. Vintage ear enthusiasts had the pleasure of seeing an exciting rare on Saturday, April sth, when the Fourth Singapore Grand Prix was in full swing. The Vintage and P.V.T. cars were the fourth race of the day, and aside from
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      52 11 SINGAPORE. Wed Army Department Police will meet Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines in the Singapore District Robinson Cup soccer final to be played at Dover Road ground on Saturday at 5.00 p.m. Major G en e ral David Tvacke. General Officer Commanding Singapore District, will give away
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      23 11 BELFAST. Northern Ireland, Wed (Reuter) Ards drew two-two with Crusaders in an Irish Footbal League City Cup match plaved here yesterday.
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      Lock icon McGuinness Named Chief Coach
      144 11 MANCHESTER. England. Wed (Reuter) Manchester United, the European soccer champions, todav appointed their trainer. Wilf McGulnneas. as chief coach. The club also said that no new team manager would be appointed. The announcement ended three months of speculation about a possible successor to Sir Matt Busby
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      343 11 From Eastern Knight SINGAPORE. Wed Nine players have entered for the 1969 Singapore Chess Championship They are fighting for the Llm Boon Keng Challenge Trophy and the Singapore title. In addition, the top two players will represent Singapore In the Zone 10 championship to be held
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      Lock icon Taking the water jump during the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree last week. Leading the field at this stage are, left to right: Castle Falls (S. Hayhurst); Flosuebarb (J. Guest), and Steel Bridge (R.Pitman), who was second. In background the Union Jack flies at half-mast over the stand in tribute to the late General Eisenhower. – UPI pix.
      59 11 Taking the water jump during the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree last week. Leading the field at this stage are, left to right: Castle Falls (S. Hayhurst); Flosuebarb (J. Guest), and Steel Bridge (R.Pitman), who was second. In background the Union Jack flies at half-mast over the stand in tribute
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      Lock icon Quarry Is 'Boxer Of The Month'
      343 11 MANILA. Wed. (Reuter) —The World Boxing Council (WBC) today named American heavyweight Jerry Quarry as boxer of the month (for March) for his recent 12-round victory over another American heavy- weight Buster Mathis. The WBC in their official ratings for March continued to hold
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      92 11 NEW YORK Wed (Renter) —Results of yesterday's major League baseball games: NATIONAL LEAGUE Montreal Expos 11. New York Met* 10. Chicago Cubs 7. Philadelphia Phillies 8 (11 innings) Atlanta Brave? 10. San Francisco Giants 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 8. St Louis Cardinals 4 (14 innings). San Diego Padres 2.
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      49 11 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Results of rugbv matehta played last night were: RUGBY LEAGUE Dewsbury 9 Hunslet 8. Wafefte'.d Trinity 25 4. 3UGBY UNION Cheltenham 24 Fylde 14. Newport 3 Barbarians 18, Penzance and Newlyn 6 St. Marv's Hospital 18. Pontvpoo! 11 London Welsh 34. Stround 6 45
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      Lock icon HK To Host Youth Soccer
      147 11 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) Hong Kone will host the 12th Asian Youth Soccer tournament in May, 1970, a Hong Kong Football Association spokesman said today. The spokesman said the 15 countries taking part in the tournament are Burma. Ceylon. Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran Israel,
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      Lock icon Kuala Lumpur Race Handicaps For Sunday
      873 12 Class 1 Dlv. i 6 Purs. 610 Kin*'* Knight 7y 908 L. W Kongsi West 333 Giftotor 5y 906 PU Stable R BTtelen 518 Mafic Jim 6y 902 Goldmine Stable Ahmad 0 Astoria iy 8 11 HC Tan Bamsuri 100 PlttSf Mat 4y 8
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      Lock icon 171 For Highway Rally
      163 12 BANGKOK. Wed. (AFP) A total of 171 cars have entered so far for the Vientiane-Singapore Asian Highway rally due to begin on April 17, ECAFE executive secretary U Nyun disclosed here today. Mr. U Nyun said the rally was being organised to coincide with the 25th
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      Lock icon Sri Lipis Shows Improved Form
      239 12 By Big Ben TPOH, Wed. Sri Lipis showed improved form when he went faultlessly in his workout on a good track here this morning. With Lyle Harbridge astrde Sri Lipis clocked 37 for 3f in the company of Good Prince. Ipoh trainer Rinus van Br
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      Lock icon Gonzales Is Beaten
      331 12 JOHANNESBURG. Wed. (Reuter) Veteran professional Pancho Gonzales, wearied by a four-hour singles marathon on Monday, failed to survive another gruelling 5-set match yesterday against Cliff Drysdale in the quarterfinals of the South African Open tennis championships here. The Gonzales. 41. had a match point in the third
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      Lock icon Goalby To Quit After Masters
      356 12 AUGUSTA. Georgia. Wed (UPI) Defending champion Bob Goalby said yesterday he is so discouraged about bis goif cam* be mav quit after thin week's Masters. "I seem to hare lost desire," Goalby said. "It's really been bugging me. but it seems I bate to go
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      63 12 LONDON. Wed MCC have named the six umpires for their Test panel this summer when Fngland will be playing three Tests each against West Indies and New Zealand. .They are Syd Buller. Charlie Elliot. Arthur Fagg. Arthur Jepson, Bert Rhodes and Tom Spencer. Last season duties were shared
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      Lock icon Burruni To Retire If...
      182 12 REGGIO CALABRIA. Italy. Wed. (Reuter) Salvatore Burruni, Italy's former world bantamweight champion, will consider retiring if he loses his European title to Frenchman Pierre Vetroff here tonight. The 36-year-old Italian, who has be*n Hnxing for 17 years Mid todf tt is clear that I should h
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      Lock icon Reunion For FA Cup Players
      109 12 LONDON*. Wed When the English Football Association FA> CuP final is played at Wemblev Stad'um in North lyindnn on April 26. it wilt be 'be eighth time that Manchester City and Leicester ha\> clashed in cup-ties in four years. In 1965-68 Manchester beat Leicester 1-0
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      94 12 MANILA. Wed <UPI> A 19-man Philippine team will fly to Bangkok on Saturdav morning to compete in the 11th Asian Youth football championship from April 15-30. The team of 12 veterans and seven newcomers are coached by Juan Cutillas. a former Spanish national coach
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      Lock icon Kwok Leads In Qualifying Rounds
      569 12 SINGAPORE. Wed. Max Kwok is leading In the qualifying rounds in Singapore for '.he 1969 Cathay Pacific-Bruns-wick Far East Bowling championships. held at the Jackie's Bowls at Orchard and Katong Kwok bowled a three-game total of 699 pin fa lis to be Singapore's top bowler
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      Lock icon The Dolly Affair: Minister To Be Quizzed In Parliament
      441 12 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Minister of Sport Denis Howell is to be quizzed in Parliament about the D'Oliveira affair—the yearlong cricket row whose racial and political overtones led to the cancellation of England's winter tour of South Africa. Liberal Members of Parliament
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      160 12 LONDON. Wed H»aw demand for space at Tattersalls yearling «ale« hag prompted the Arm to announce a new sale this year. The autumn yearling sales vill take place at Newmarket the rating centre in Suffolk. Eastern England, on October 30 and November 1 The new yearling
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      Lock icon Coventry Earn 2 Valuable Points
      569 12 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Coventry City, fighting desperately to avoid relegation, grabbed two vital points for a 2-1 home win over European Champions Manchester United in the English First Division soccer matches played last night. Meanwhile. Coventry s neighbouring rivals Leicester City sunk deeper Into the
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      99 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore town: 303 a.m. (8 ft. 2 Ins.): 10 44 am. (1 ft. 5 Ins.): 7.18 p.m. (6 ft. 4 ins.); 10.57 p.m. (5 ft 7 ins.). Naval Dockyard: 3.03 a m. (9 ft. 4 ins.): 10.11 a.m. <2 ft. 2 ins); 6.52 p.m. (8 ft.);
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