Eastern Sun, 18 April 1969

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY i? Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 972 Friday, 18 April 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Found: Bodies Of 2 Men From Shot Down Plane
    367 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI Reuter) A U.S. destroyer in the Sea of Japan has recovered the bodies of one officer and one enlisted man from Navy intelligence plane shot down by North Korea the Defence Department said today. l* added it was
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    Lock icon FOURTH ROUND
    41 1 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Thurs. (Reuter) Representatives of the Big Foul powers went Into their fourth round of Middle East peace talks today with a warning from King Hussein of Jordan that time was running out for a solution.
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    Lock icon Nixon's Prediction
    54 1 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Reuter) President Nixon today predicted that a woman would be elected President of the United States within 50 years. Addressing officials of the League of Women Voters in White House ceremonies marking the League's 50th anniversary. Mr Nixon noted that women already lead the Governments of
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    92 1 BANGKOK. Thurs. (Reuter) A man. his wife and their eight-year-old son were killed by a troop of gunmen who raided their home in Central NaJchon Sawan Province on Tueviay night, police reported here today. Police said the wife and the child ran out of the house by the
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    Lock icon Lee In London
    45 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Singapore's Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew arrived here tonight for talks with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Cabinet Ministers on Singapore and South-east Asian problems. Officials said the discussions would be informal with no set agenda of subjects.
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    Lock icon 'We Want To Back The Right Horse'
    689 1  -  U.S. Aid: Envoy Speaks Out By JOHN KAM SINGAPORE, Thurs. The United States does not believe in "putting one's eggs in one basket" regarding aid for developing nations. Ambassador Glenn A. Olds declared today. Mr. Olds is heading the US delegation to the
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    Lock icon Misapprehension In S'pore Financial Circles Allayed
    214 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore investors in Malaysian pioneer industries will continue to enjoy the full benefit of Malaysian tax exemption, the Ministry of Finance announced today. A statement was Issued today by the Ministry to allay some misapprehension in local financial circles on the treatment
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    Lock icon Reds Attack Laotian Forces
    91 1 VIENTIANE Thurs (UPI> Communist soldiers. using Soviet tanks, have attacked neutralist military forces for the first time since the Geneva accords of 1962. then followed up one night later with their closest raid to Vientiane, military spokesman said today. The spokesman said the attack with three
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    Lock icon 'Miss Australia Flies In To A Pleasant Surprise
    259 1 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Miss Suzanne McClelland Miss Australia 1969 flew into Paya Lobar international airport tonight and received a "pleasant surprise." For among the admirers to welcome the beauty queen was 12-year-old Chew Ong. a student of St. Michael's School Earlier. Chew accompanied
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    Lock icon British Aid Project In S'pore
    73 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Britain Is providing £1 350 000 to create a network of Industrial training centres In Singapore, the Ministry of Overseas Development said today. This would help meet the Island Republic'* need for skilled manpower and is part of the special aid programme
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    Lock icon Secret Israeli Mortar Unveiled
    73 1 TEL AVIV. Thurs. (Reuter) An Israeli mortar said to be the largest mobile mortar In the world today came off Israel's official classified secrets list. The 160 millimetre mortar designed and manufactured in fcrael was featured In the latest Issue of the Israeli Army weekly "Bamahaneh".
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    Lock icon Peace Talks: 13th Session
    76 1 PARIS. Thurs rßeuter) The United States today claimed that North Vietnam had stopped denying the presence of Its forces in the South and charged that Hanoi was still pursuing military victory. The apparent American challenge to the North Vietnamese either to deny the presence of their
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    Lock icon UN Assembly President Dies
    82 1 GIATAMALA. Thurs. (Reuter) The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Dr. Emilio Arenales Cataian. who was also Guatemala's Foreign Minister, died here today. Dr. Arenales. 46, had been in failing health since he was operated on in New York for a brain tumour last October.
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    Lock icon Europe's Biggest Air Terminal
    53 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reutef) Queen Elizabeth today opened Europe's biggest air terminal, costing £ll million, at Heathrow Airport. London. About eight million passengers on domestic and passenger services this year will use this new "Terminal One" building at Hea'hrow which claims to ne the busiest world airport
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      161 1 *l*l In This Issue CORONER'S verdict on rejected lover's death Paee 2. UNION lashes out at Harvey report Paee 3. ADB's plea to member nations Page 4- AMONG Spore's bestdressed women Page 8. APPEAL to aid blind with Jobs Page 9. KUALA Lumpur Pestabadminton Page 11. ASIAN youth soccer results
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    Lock icon Coroner: One-Sided Love Is Disastrous
    615 2  -  By PAT CHAN SINGAPORE, Thurs. Love must be on o reciprocal basis for one-sided love would tnd in disaster, the State Coroner, Mr. Liew Ngik Kee, said today. He made this comment when he returned o verdict of suicide on the death of a rejected
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    Lock icon 1970 Is 'Visit E. Asia Year'
    216 2 MANILA, Thurs (UPI> Delegates to the third general meeting of the East Asia Travel A&sociatlon lEATA) voted today to designate 1970 as "Visit East Asia Year." Delegates, most of them from governmental tourist bodies from Japan, Nationalist China. Thailand. Korea. Macao, Hong Kong, and
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    Lock icon 'There'll Always Be Critics'
    180 2 WASHINGTON, Thurs (UPI) Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson likened critics of the anti-ballistic m:ssile system (ABM) to those who opposed developement of the hyarogen bomb 20 years ago. Mr. Acheson. a Democrat who served under President Harry S. Truman, told the American Society of Newspaper
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    Lock icon Archbishop: S'pore An Ideal S.E.A. Nation
    213 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs Rt Rev. Benedict Mar Grecoriose. Archbishop of Trivandrum. South India, said here today that Singaporeans had a great sense of discipline He said that It was this sense of discipline that had made the Republic of Bln- gapore so progressive. He ranked
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    Lock icon U.S. Banker: S'pore Gives Me A Buoyant Feeling
    348 2 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. Willard C. Butcher. Executive Vice-President of the Chase Manhattan Bank's International Department, today said that he experienced a "feeling of buovancy*' when he looked at the rate of development in Singapore. As a firm believer In private enterprise. Mr
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    Lock icon Freeth Due In K.L. Today For 3-Day Visit
    227 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Australian Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Gordon Freeth. who arrives here tomorrow evening for a three-da> visit will have talks with Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak. This was disclosed todav in a statement issued by the
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    Lock icon A STEP TO PEACE.
    92 2 PARIS. Thurs. ttTPT> Restoration of diplomatic rela lions between the United States and Cambodia could be a step toward lasting peace in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, a U.S official at the Vietnam peace conference said yesterday. "We hope this la a »tep which will expedite this
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    Lock icon Police Nab 3 In Hut
    110 2 SINGAPORE. Tburs.—Police arretted three pert on* in an unnumbered but in Loroag Nerawan. off Chua Chu Rang Road, on Mondav morning. Police also recovered from the but several documents which are currently being examined. The documents are believed to be Communist pamphlets and photographs of
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    Lock icon 64 Accidents
    25 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs. There was a total of 64 road accidents of which aix were serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic
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    Lock icon WRAC's Hunt For Ex-members
    157 2 SINGAPORE. Thurs Members of the Women's Royal Army Corps in Singapore have started a big hunt for former Regular and Territorial members of their Corps and of its predecessor the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Reason for the hunt is a Corps weekend. There will be an Informal
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    Lock icon Live Firing Exercise
    70 2 SINGAPORE. Thurt. The Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting a live firing exercise at the Southern Islands Artillery Ranges on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. During this exercise, artillery weapons will be ft red from Pulau Semakau and Pulau Sudong on to the target areas
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    Lock icon 'Learn Also From Mistakes Of Developed Nations'
    459 2 U.S. EXPERT ON ECONOMICS ADVISES... SINGAPORE. Thurs. An eminent American educationist and expert on economics todav urfed Singapore and other new emerging nations to learn from not only the success hut the mistakes as well of the developed nations. In an Interview with
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    Lock icon Graves In Pulau Bukom Kechil
    92 2 SINGAPORE. Thurij-The inland of Puiau Bukom Kechil is now being developed by Shell Eastern Petroleum Company Limited in their industrial expansion. A number of graves have been found on the island tea it is intended to exhume these graves There are three Chinese graves on
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    Lock icon Police Offer $1,000 Reward
    152 2 SINGAPORE. Th ur s Singapore Police have offered a reward of $l,OOO to anyone who gives information on the theft of property from the premises oi Fatco (S) Limited at Hill View Avenue from November. 1968 to January, this vear. A ©olire hand-bill issued today statei
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    Lock icon More Interest On Less Aid Grouse By The Delegates
    685 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Both India and Ceylon hart complained about the burden of debt servicing and declining aid when their representatives presented their review to the current ECAFE conference here this morning. Both also reported that their economic performance overall was not
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    Lock icon V'nam Suggests Meeting To Tackle Economic Problems
    963 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Vietnam today proposed an International conference be convened to tackle the specific problem of economic re-adjustment in Asia in the post Vietnam war period. The proposal came from Vietnam's Minister of Public Works. Mr. Luong The Siew chief of his country's
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    Lock icon U.S. War Deaths Down Slightly
    308 3 SAIGON. Thurs. (Reuter)— American battle deaths in Vietnam fell slightly to 204 last week, 18 fewer than the previous week, a U S military spokesman reported today. However, the number wounded in the week ending April 12 rose dramatically to 2.691. more than double the
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    Lock icon Harvey Report: STL Lashes Out At Its Implementation
    713 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The 10th annual delegates' conference of the Singapore Teachers Union has condemned the unilateral implementation of the recommendations of the Harvey Salaries Commission set-up by the Government to probe into the terms and conditions of service for the Singapore Civil
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    Lock icon Plans Are Underway To Build 15,000-Ton Boats At Jurong
    201 3 TOKYO. Thurs. (Reuter) Plans to have Japan-ese-designed 15.000-ton new standard cargo boats built in Singapore are under study, a leading Japanese ship- yard said today. The Ishikawajima -Harima Heavy Industries Ltd. (1.H.1.) said it was considering licensing the Jurong Shipbuilders Private
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    Lock icon Ngee Ann's 3rd Convocation
    157 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Nge« Ann Technical College will hold its third Convocation at the Victoria Memorial Theatre on Saturday. The Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon will address the audience. Many VIPs, dignitaries, diplomats, principals and parents of graduates have been invited to attend the function.
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    Lock icon FOREMAN AWARDED $3,060 DAMAGES
    124 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs.— A production foreman in a Juror.g factory. Leong Keng Yew was today awarded $3,060 damages for injuries sustained in a motor accident in October 1967. Leong was awarded $3,000 general damages and $6O special damages. He was travelling along Margaret Drive on his motorcycle
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    Lock icon ADB's Plea: Contribute To Bank's Special Fund
    736 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Asian Development Bank Is calling on its member governments to make substantial contributions to the Bank's Special Fund so that concessional loans could be made to developing countries. The vice-president of the Asian Development Bank. Mr. C. S Krishna Moorthi.
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    Lock icon IMS Is 'Root Of Economic Problems'
    272 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs The leader of-the French delegation to the current ECAFE conference in Singapore. Mr. Arthur Conte. today denounced the International Monetary Svstem which gave rise to all economic and financial problems. Speaking at the debate on "The Economic Situation m Asia." in the
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    Lock icon 3 Firemen Crushed
    118 4 MANILA. Thurs. (AFP) Three veteran Filipino firemen were crushed to death by falling stonewalls in a small but fierce fire which broke out in a busy thoroughfare here on Wednesday. No o'her fireman was seriously injured. The fire, under control af'er an hour, razed six buildings Damage
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    Lock icon LIM: CREATE AN IMAGE OVERSEAS
    382 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Thi? chairman of the Singapore Tourists Association. Mr. Herbert Lim Eng Kwan. today called for concentrated efforts in creating an image overseas and promoting it. He made this call when he addressed an STA luncheon in honour of the new chairman and member*;
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    Lock icon 2 'Copter Pilots Killed
    135 4 MANILA. Thurs. (AFP> Two Philippine Air Force pilots were killed during a test flight on Wednesday when their helicopter struck a telephone cable and crashed Into the rocky banks of Marlkina River just outside Manila One of the pilots jumped our In mld-alr but was pinned
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    Lock icon Israelis Ambushed
    36 4 TEL AVIV. Thurs (Reu'er> —Forces in Jordanian positions today ambushed an Israeli Army pa f rol moving on the west bank of the Jordan, killing one Israeli border police sergeant. a military spokesman said.
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    Lock icon Call To Assess Role Of ECAFE In The Future
    729 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Philippines todav called for a review of the present setting and to assess the role that ECAFE should fulfil in the years to come. The country's delegation's leader. Dr L S Virata, who is his country's Secretary of Commerce
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    Lock icon Russia Hits Out At Developed Countries
    516 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Russian de lega 1 t t I^ lr J2 the current ECAFE Conference today strongly attaches the developed countries for taking more out of tne developing countries than what was put in, In terms OJ. conditional aids and grants. The leader
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    Lock icon DEVELOPED NATIONS UNDER FIRE
    499 4 SINGAPORE. Thurs Thailand today attacked the "unwilling attitude and continuing unco-operative policies'' of the developed countries, during the ECAFE debate today. The leader. Mr. Nibhon Wlla.rat. who is also his country's Ambassador to Singapore s a:d: "The developed countries still prefer to enjoy the advantages of
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    Lock icon Tax Accord Ratification
    126 4 CANBERRA. Thurs fßeu>r) The Australian Govera- ment toeay introduced legislation seeking parllamenary :atiflcaticn cf double taxation agreements with Japan. Singapore and France. Two of the a tree men ta with Singapore ann Japan are comprehensive and deal with all substantial forma of income flowing between Australia and
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    Lock icon Nixon Puzzles On Action On Korean Shooting
    508 5 THE SHOT-UP SPY PLANE 'AJHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) President Nixon, in seeking a w oy to deal with North Korea's shooting down of an unarmed Americon reconnaissance plane, faces two problems one political and the other military. 0 n the political front, he must
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    Lock icon 'SLAPPED KIESINGER TO BRAND HIM NAZI IN PUBLIC'
    276 5 WEST BERLIN. (Reuter) Mrs. Beate Rlarsfeld told a court here today she slapped West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger's face here last November to brand him publicly as a Nati. The attractive 30-year-old brunette, a German married to a French Jew, was
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    Lock icon WARRANT EXTENDED
    109 5 ZURICH. Thurs. (Reuter) The Zurich high court today extended for another two months the warrant on the three surviving Palestinians who shot up an El A 1 Boeing jetliner here last February. The decision was handed to Dr Joerg Rehberg. the investigating judge, who has asked for the
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    Lock icon Air Route Cuts Deplored
    200 5 W ASHTNGTON, Thurs (UPI) Washington Daily News has expressed its regret over President Nixon's cutback on proposed commercial airlines expansion plans across the Pacific but predicted the fight for expansion would go on Although he did approve some increase'; competition •mong U.S. airlines. President Nixon has
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    Lock icon HK Tunnel Approved
    170 5 HONG KONG. Thurs (UPI) Hong Kong today welcomed the news of successful negotiation of the long-delayed crossharbour tunnel project Reports from London that agreement in principle was reached between the crossHarbour Tunnel Company Ltd. and Lloyds Bank of London for a loan to finance the construction. reached
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    Lock icon RUSSIANS ANNOUNCE TEST ZONE
    88 5 MOSCOW. (Reuter) The Soviet Union announced today the start of carrier rocket tests in the Pacific and warned Shipping and aircraft away from a 9.000-square mile area northwest of Hawaii. The Soviet news agency Tass said the tests, which have previously been carried out in the
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    Lock icon ANTI-HIJACK CONFERENCE
    113 5 MONTREAL. (Reuter) The International Civil Aviation Organisation has set up a committee to study measures to combat hijacking and armed attacks on civil aircraft. A statement Issued yesterday by the Montreal -based I C.A O. Council said the committee. made up of 11 member states, would consider preventive
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    Lock icon FREED MURDERER KILLS 8
    61 5 ISTANBUL. (Reuter) A young murderer recently released from prison today shot dead eight people and wounded eight others before being killed in a gun fight with security forces, police said Police said 23-year-old Nebi Berber, released from prison six months ago. set up an ambush outside
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    Lock icon Natives Ate Their Gods
    163 5 UNIVERSITY PARK Pennsylvania. Thurs. Reuter) Charred human bones found in Guatemala shed new light on the practice of Cannibalism in central America by the Aztec Indians before the arrival of European explorers. The bones were found bv an archaeological team from Pennsylvania State University in the
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    Lock icon 'Hand In Your Hidden Treasures'
    99 5 RAWALPINDI. Thurs. (Reuter) Pakistanis were today ordered to declare their assess In foreign countries and to declare or surrender unlawfully held or acquired foreign exchange. Two martial law regulations said those who failed to do so would face a maximum of 14 years' imprisonment and
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    Lock icon TOO HOT FOR RED CROSS
    80 5 GENEVA. (Reuter) The International committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced here last night it had completely evacuated its headquarters in Umuahia and moved them to Umuowa. A spokesman for the allSwiss committee said its relief teams were continuing to operate normally and morale among
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    Lock icon AN unusual looking ferryboat whose bow opens to allow loading and unloading of buses and motor vehicles very recently began operating on the Niigata-Ryotsu route in the Japan Sea. The 1,864-ton Osada built by Japan's leading shipbuilder, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, is 250 foot long ferry, capable of carrying 1,791 passengers, 55 motor vehicles and 48 containers. This new ferryboat with a "big mouth"" was built at the cost of about U.S.$1.8m. – PANA photo.
    73 5 AN unusual looking ferryboat whose bow opens to allow loading and unloading of buses and motor vehicles very recently began operating on the NiigataRyotsu route in the Japan Sea. The 1,864-ton Osada built by Japan's leading shipbuilder, Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, is 250 foot long ferry, capable of carrying 1,791 passengers,
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    Lock icon Iran Urges New Trade Route For India
    326 5 NEW DELHI, Thuri. <UPI) The Shah of Iran has proposed to India a transit route to Europe which will bypass Suez Canal. The Shah offered the route to India following the closure of the Suez Canal in an interview with the mass circulation
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    Lock icon 'Paper Boat" Sails In May
    263 5 CAIRO Thurs (Router» Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl armed here today from Rabat to put the finishing touches to a papyrus boat in which he will try to cross the Atlantic from Morocco next month The 54-year-old anthropologist. leader of thel947 KonTikl Expedition. said he hoped
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      Lock icon COMEBACK BY KRISHNA MENON
      96 5 MIDNAPORE. India. (Reuter) Former Indian Defence Minister Mr Krishna Menon yesterday launched a bid to return to parliament after six years in the political wilderness Mr. Menon. 72. was of three candidates who fi>d nomination papers for a byelectlon in this West Bengal constituency to the
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      Lock icon CLOSE-SHOP PROTEST
      69 5 PARIS Thurs (Reuteri French shopkeeper? closed down in a massive protest against the tax and social security system. 11 days before the referendum on which General de Gaulle has staked his political future Most food stores remained open in the morning but the afternoon brought a 99 r«er
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      Lock icon "WE MARRIED OURSELVES"
      110 5 STANFORD. California. Reuteri Two Stanford University students found a new way last night to enliven a sit-in demonstration they got •married" outside the campus building they have been occupying for «ix days Music student Caro 1 v n the ?3-year-old b'lde. Tore black Vietcong pyiarras to symbolise
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      Lock icon COFFEE FLUNG AT POWELL
      88 5 NOTTINGHAM En g a n d. (Reuteri No legal action will be taken against the coloured Trinidadlan nurse who flung a cup of roff*» at rightwing Conservative M P. Mr Enoch Powell at a Con-servative-organised meeting here yesterday, it was announced todsy Mr Nonr.an F"?wler. who
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      Lock icon STIRLING MOSS FINED
      31 5 STRATFORD ON AVON. England. <Reuter) Former racing driver Stirling Mnss was fined £3 here today for driving on the wrong side of the road. He pleaded not guilty.
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      Lock icon NEW PERSIAN GULF PORT
      73 5 SHARJAH. Persian Gulf. (Reuten Sharjah's ne* port received its first ship today at the 780-yard Jetty where a welcome was led by the ruler, Sheikh Khalid. According to the port's general manager. Captain Pat Walsh, the port will not be In full operation until June but
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      Lock icon TERRORISTS GET LIFE
      67 5 TEL AVIV. (Reuter) Two young Arab? captured j year ago in a gun battle with ar. Israeli patrol were todaf sentenced to life imprisonment by an Israeli Military CfAJrt at Nablus The two accused. Jiad Ahmed Assm. 22. of Baghdad, and Walid Mohammed ElRamhi. lfl. of Amman,
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      Lock icon 15 ROCKETS HIT DANANG
      78 5 SAIGON. (Router) Vietcong gunner? fired 15 rockets into Danang City early today killing s:x peop'e and wounding 33, a South Vietnamese military spokesman reported. HP said the rocket barrage struck Danarg. South Vietnam's second largest city which also houses the giant northern military romplex. shortly before
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      Lock icon A STUDY IN VIOLENCE
      75 5 WASHINGTON. < Reuter) The US. government will launch a study of violence in television programming and Its effects on viewers, especially children. It was announced today. Secret arv of the Department of Health. Education and Welfare Mr Robert H. Finch said the study would be headed
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    Lock icon N-system At China Fair
    261 5 HONG KONG. Thurs (AFP) Instruments used in China's nuclear and guided missile re«earch are among the exhibits on display at the current Canton trade fair which opened on Tuesday. This was revealed in an on-the-spot report bv a correspondent of Hong Kong's leading communist newspaper, the
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    Lock icon 2ND UK CONCORDE FLIGHT
    62 5 BRISTOL England. beaten The British version of Concorde made its second tes» flight today. The airliner. which made its maiden flight from here a fortnight ago, flew for 40 minutes today from Fairford Air Force Base 50 miles away. Pilot Brian Trubshaw was again at the
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    Lock icon BRUSSELS FAIR OPENS
    28 5 BRUSSELS. <Reut«r) Brussels International trad® fair opened today with exhibitors from 51 nations Japan is the biggest national exhibitor with over 2.000 product* on show
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      168 5 Absolutely nothing. In the line of Lufthansa duty. Our stewards were trained In the same rigorous school as our stewardesses. Which means, for example, that our stewards diaper babies just as well as they serve cocktails. But. if there's no difference in what they can do. why does Lufthansa staff
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    Lock icon THE WISE PRINCE
    284 6 AFTER a four-year break, Cambodia and the United States are to resume diplomatic ties beginning with an exchange of Charges d'Affaires. The United States, in a note, has recognised the sovereignty, independence, neutrality and territorial integrity of Cambodia within the limit of its present frontiers. This is
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    Lock icon U.S. PAPER: LEAVE HORNETS ALONE...
    178 6 UPI THE Washington Daily News on Wednesday said editorially that North Korea was like a hornet's nest and "the way to treat hornets is to leave them alone, not poke around in the neighbourhood of the nest." Commenting on the loss of the U.S. reconnaissance
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    Lock icon HEROIC FEAT CLAIM
    217 6 UPI RADIO Hanoi on Wednesday said the Vietnamese people warmly welcomed the downing of a U.S. reconnaissance plane by the North Koreans on Tuesday off the coast of North Korea. The radio in a Japanese language broadcast said that it regarded the "heroic feat of the Korean
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    Lock icon Mending A Four-year Break In Ties
    570 6  -  BY VENG ENG PHNOM PENH, Thurs. (UPI) Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Cambodia's Head of State, mended a fouryear break in diplomatic relations with the United States on Wednesday and said relations with neighbouring Thailand stood a good chance of being restored. At the same time,
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    Lock icon The Honest Comrades...
    283 6 PRAGUE. Thurv (Renter) The Executive of the Czechoslovak Communist Party tonight issued a statement saving that 10 leading communist* who had been widely retarded aa traitors and collaborationists last sum. mer. were, in (art, honest comrades Tonight's statement appeared to be the moit abject submission yet made
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    Lock icon Malik On Change In Power Balance
    159 6 JAKARTA. Thurs <Router) Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik hat said the forthcoming change of power balance in Southea>t Asia will ret out of hand if the countries in the region remain disunited. In an article published today in the Army Staff College official magazine
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    108 6 VATICAN CITY. Thurs. (Reuter) The Vatican weeky Oaaervatore Delia Domemca said today the triumph of Mao Tse-tung» policy line at the Chinese Communiat Party Confrew in Peking S F®U*<i trouble for the world. In an editorial. It said the Maoists had wwi over other forces
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      250 6  -  S. RAMACHANDRA Sir Stamford Raffias' age and the date on which he died puzzle many reader of his tombstone inscription picture and the caption to it and the picture of Highwood" and it* "aptton shown in one showcase; and the sketch of his life displayed in another showcase
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      965 6  -  A.R.G. D'ROSE. For many years I have often wondered at the adequacy of the Jury system. Actually, I have never agreed with it. And, I have often wondered whether the day would ever come when a Government would decide that such a system SRS antiquated, did not
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    650 6  -  BY JEAN RAFFEALLI MOSCOW. Thurs. (AFP) The late Soviet Marshal Gueorgui Zhukov praised Stalin in a book of memoirs just published in Moscow and reviewed today. Marshal Zhukov. the only man to be decorated four times as s "Hero of the Soviet Union.** describe* Stalin as
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    647 6  -  (From Sin Chew Jit Poh The 2Sth plenary session of the conference of the UN. Economic Commission for Asia and Far East. ECAFE. KM opened in Singapore yesterday in a colourful ceremony. Some 400 delegate* from 30 countries attended the meeting, which is to last a fortnight.
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    71 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) The New York Times said on Wednesday Australia's gift to Malaysia of 10 Sabre Jets is expected to cause anger in the Philippines. Robert Trumbull, writing from Sydney, said "the gift of the Australian Sabre jets to Malaysia is expected to
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    50 6  -  Washington, George Be courteous to all. bat intimate with few. and let those few he well tried before you rive them your confidence. True friendship la a plant of alow frowth. and must undergo and withstand the shotka of adversity before It la entitled to the appellation. Wu-
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    203 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) Republican and Democratic House members demanded on Wednesday that the United States take soma type of action against North Korea for the alleged downing of a U.S. reconnaissance plane Although leaders kept silent, several rank-and-file lawmakers rose at the opening of
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    195 6 CHARLOTTE. North Carolina. Thurs (CPI) The Japanese Ambassador to the Cnited States said on Wednesday his government has "con fldence" In the way President Nixon will react to the North Korean plane Incident "1 think our people hack home are very much concerned about the recent
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      Lock icon Sharp Setback In New York Stocks
      260 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Stocks suffered a sharp setback yesterday as traders looked to Washington for an indication of what steps, if any, would be taken against North Korea for downing a U.S. Navy intelligence plane over international waters. Trading was fairly heavy. J
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      84 7 LONDON Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market c:osed uncertain yesterday with spot 24J 25| Settlement House. May 24-15/16 25-1/8 June and July 25-1/16 15-3/I®. July/Sept 25-1/8 25-3/16 Oct./ Dec. 25-1 R 25-1/4. March 25 25-1/8 April/June 24-15 16 If July Sept. 24-13/16 24-7/8. Oct. Dec. 24-11'16 24-3/4
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      15 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The tin price for today was $603,124 per picul. up $4.00.
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      203 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Mr. Hugh Brewster has been appointed BOAC's marketing officer in South East Asia, based in Singapore. The previous marketing officer here was Mr. Colin Bird who has now been promoted to district sales manager in Teheran. Mr. Brewster arrived in the Republic
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      39 7 NEW YORK Thur». (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York stock exchange: 30 industrial! 923 49 20 rails 237.13 15 utilities 128.93 65 stock! 319.09 40 bonds 73 58 Commodity futures index 139 98
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      42 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded yesterday: (Bid) (Ask) May 27.50 July 26.15 26.73 Sept. 26 10 26.70 Nov. 25.70 26.30 Jan. 25.70 26.30 March 25.70 26.30 Mav 25.70 26-30 Locally, No. 2 RSS was 261/2.
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      Lock icon More Buying Power Steadied Conditions In Stock Market
      1758 7 Bv Ot R MARKET REPORTER SINGAPORE, Thurs. More buying power further steadied conditions in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today reminiscent of the &am«developments last Thursday. Interest until now had been quite nominal with a general reserve of buyers. Speculative
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      298 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs Mly first grid* r ubh« r buyers ed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 72i cents per lb.. down half a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market wa» quiet after easier The market was in the
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      66 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Association of Banks in Ma-laysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign cur* rency). SELLING T T or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks $78.4600; Holland Guilders $B4 875; Swiss Francs $70.9850; Belgian
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      91 7 SINGAPORE. Thur* The n<>on price* at the Singapore Chinese Pnxluce Exchange today are;— Bu>« aelln t Munut Oil (F.OB) Bulk 4«50 <M iinui (Ml (FOB.) Dram 61 00 Mixed Copra SI 00 Muntot. While P< ra(FOB.) M* K ltOOO t*ara»a* Hblte Pepper (FO.B.) 117 SO Sarawak special tt-pper if
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      187 7 S'pore Malaysia Impress Le Grand Monsieur PierreAndre Le Grand, the president of Benedictine. D.O.M. recently spent a week In Singapore and Malaysia on his way hack to France from a world visit. Monsieur Le Grand is the great rrandaon of Alexandre Le Grand, founder of the world famous House of
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      277 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) The stock market gave a mixed reception to Britain's new budget yesterday with individual sections reacting t 0 the impact of the varying proposals. Government bonds had their best morning for years. Prices for the so-called "gilt edged" bonds bounced ahead
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      612 7 HINUAPOKB. Stork Elmange Hid and other price* officially Uited at the CIOM el bukineaa INDUSTRIALS B. S. AC MA 2 42 245 Hen A- Co 236 2 40 Borneo Bhd l -¥l 1 92 Camel Plywood 2 :s C. Sugar XALL 4.42 4 44 Cold Moral*
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      54 7 <Mnnairr> Prtr*«» 1ft Milaru 3 1# ?nd Malayan 2.27 3rd Ma In an XD 132 llif Commerce li no. 1.11 1 21 The >a\ini Fun XD d lit Ml M Inmi lund 1-35 I 45 Im Hone Kong 1.32 J 38* 2nd Hons Kong 95 100* Sterling Com.
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      59 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (LTI) Monev quotations: HKS6 ***** per U.S. dollar. KR $6.***** per U.S. dollar TT HKSI4 55 per pound sterling. HKS32O per tael of gold 94 5 per cent fineness HK5162.5 per 10.000 Japanese ven. HKSI3I 5 per 100 Philippine pesos buyers. HK5132.5 per 100
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      267 7 SINGAPORE. The rS—The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for April 18: DEPARTURE: God owns Vessels 1/2 Anchises 3*4 Tennessee Maru 6 7 Cardiganshire 10/11 Belgorod Dnestrovsky 13/14 General Sikorski 19 Kotoku Maru 21/22 Tonan Maru No. 7 25 26 Tonan
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      435 7 AKKIIALS! iOOim. MSA Ml 029 Koala LUSH' l*o a.m. M> A MLII 6 Kuala Lumpnr 10 15 am. MM ML I*l Koala Lumpur 10.23 am. MSA MLOOS Penang. Ipoh. Kuala lumpur. Malacca. 110 pm. MsA ML 451 Korbing 126pm MSA MLO47 Kota Bharu, Treugganu. Koala Lumpnr 825 pm.
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    Lock icon ARABS GANG UP ON ISRAELI PATROLS
    384 8 NO SUMMER WAR, UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (UPI) Arab guerrilla groups combined their forces for the first time yesterday in attacks on Israeli oatrols. They claimed heavy Israeli casualties. v Dafviilai* AMK or«H Tcraali Regular Arab and Israeli forces fought It out for the 13th
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    Lock icon Charles Chaplin: Still Going Strong At 80
    433 8 CORSIER SUR VEVEY, Switzerland, Thurs. (Reuter) Charles Chaplin, the London street urchin who became the world's richest and most celebrated comedian, modestly celebrated his 80th birthday here on Wednesday. If nrie rx rin all TYI HQCTIC It was a small cnampagne party, arranged
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    134 8 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Ne**- York and Tokyo celebrate Sister-City Day" today with the official blessings of Mayor John V Lindsay. Lindsay proclaimed the day "New York-Tokyo Sister-City Day" In honour of the ninth anniversary of affiliation between the two metropolitan giants. The proclamation was issued for
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    63 8 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) A strike against Pan American World Airways scheduled to begin at one minute after midnight today has been postponed for at least 24 hours, a spokesman for the National Mediation Board said. Talks between the airline and the United Transport Workers Union were
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    144 8 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) US plants took off through heavy snow today to search for survivors in the Sea of Japan after wreckage was found near where a navy reconnaissance plane disappeared. The snow delayed gome of the search craft but the operation is continuing." a US. military
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    53 8 PARIS. Thurs. <ATP> Two bombs exploded outside a supermarket and a tax office in Brive. Sou'h West France, early today causini extensive material damage. The explosions came in the wake of the nationwide strike by shopkeepers yesterday in protest over taxation and what they consider to be unfair
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    59 8 NAPLES. Thurs. (Reuter) Alarm spread through Naples today as a violent explosion and thick smoke came frcwn the crater of the nearby volcano Vesuvis. People gathered in the street* and telephoned anxiously to newspapers until they found that it was only a group of amateur film-makers simulating an
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    147 8 CASSINO, Italv. Thurs. fT-pi)—An earth tremor shook this World War Two battlefield and half a dozer, other communities half way betwen Rome and Naples toHav. At the village of Terelle near Cassino. two houses colfa psed The families escaped, but livestock kept iar stalls on the ground
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    156 8 NEW YORK. Thurs (UPI) Gold prices were mixed in fairly active trading Yesterday or world markets In London, gold gained 10 cents at the morning fixing and an additional 17-1/2 cents for a second fixing of U5543.25 per troy ounce The closing range was
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    Lock icon Spiritualist Faces Prosecution
    97 8 NEW DELHI. Thurs. (UPI) A leading Hindu spiritualist faces prosecution for defending untouchabllity, Parliament was Informed on Wednesday. Law Minister Govmda Menon told members of the Indian legislative body that His Holiness the Shankaracharya of Puri. one of four leading Hindu spiritualists, will be prosecuted for violation
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    Lock icon Switzerland's First Heart Transplantee
    67 8 ZURICH. Switzerland. Thurs. (UPI) Switzerland's first heart transplant recipient was "lively and cheerful" today, a spokesman fo r the Zurich County Hospital said. Emil Hofmann. a 54-year-old salesman, had a "quiet and restful" night three days afte r the heart of Albert Gautschi. a 27-year-old private
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    47 8 AMMAN, Thurs. (Reuter) —Sheikh Abdullah Ghosha. Minister of Wakfs (Religious Endowments), Islamic Aftairs and Holy Places, left here today for Malaysia to attend a one-week Islamic conference starting on Monday. Sheikh Abdullah, who is also Chief Justice, will head a two-man delegation at the conference.
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    275 8 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Government and union leaders remained stubbornly deadlocked last night on moves towards industrial reform. After meeting for nearly two hours with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and employment Minister Mrs Barbara Castle, union chief Victor Feather told reporters there had been no change In
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    191 8 MOSCOW. Thur*. 'AFT) Former Soviet Leader Nikita Krusrhev one of history's forgotten men celebrates hit 75th birthday today. The man who until four and a half years ago negotiated and haggled on eQuil terms with the world's greatest statesmen. will sit down to a simple birthday
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    120 8 CANBERRA. Tburs. (Reuter) Australian Defence Minister Alien Falrhall said today Australia wa s not considering reducing its troops in Vietnam. Answering a questioner who referred to press reports that the United S'ates was planning to cut down her troops In Vietnam by 50.000. Mr. Fairhall
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    297 8 A weekly pictorial feature by the Eastern Sun based on the photographs taken by our cameramen at official functions, parties, ex hi bitions, shopping centres etc. A famous Hong Kong film star. Miss Lily Ho. displays this chic dress for Eastern Sun cameraman. An outstanding feature
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    422 9 U4 J" LUMPUR, Thurs. Finance Minister Tun Ton Sitw Sin disclosed today that a Kuala Lumpur representative ct a Government much nearer home" attempted to get secrets of the Alliance and the Malaysian Chinese Association through "highly dubious methods." t. e
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    Lock icon New $30m. Industrial Estate For Selangor
    230 9 i hurs Work will start next year on 1.400-acre industrial estate costing 530 million near B n i ew wh^" f ,n Port Swettenham. the Mentri Besar o f Selangor, Dato Haji Harun bin Haii Idrls. said today. 4*l It\* «.H. projec i WOuU
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    Lock icon Pope's Geneva Visit Welcomed
    245 9 GENEVA. Thurs (UPI) The World Council of Churches said on Thursday Pope Paul's visit her* in Jure will accelerate ro-op*rahon between Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches. "We can think of nothing that would provide a greater impetus to the promotion of Christian unity", a Council spokesman
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    Lock icon Australia's Citizenship Bill
    111 9 CANBERRA. Than. (Reuter) Australians will be Able to call themselves "Australian Citixens" rather than "British Subjects" under a Rill Introduced la Parliament here today. Immigration Minister, Mr. Billy Markie Snedden. Introducing the Citlsenshio Bill, said the proposal arose from a rrowinr sense of Australian national Identity. The
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    Lock icon Unassuming Ramdas Gandhi
    201 9 NEW DELHI. Thurs (UPI) Ramdas Gandhi, the second of his illustrious father Mahatma Gandhi's four sons, died on Tuesday in Bombay. He was 55. The quiet, unassuming man who shunned publicity was bom in Johannesburg!! In 1914 He joiner Mahatma's campaign in South Africa against apartheid at
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    Lock icon Soviet Film Festival Banned In Jakarta
    121 9 JAKARTA. Thurs (Reuter) The Jakarta Military Garrison has banned a one-week Russian Aim festival which was to have opened on May 1. a Garrison spokesman said today. The spokesman. Lieutenant Colonel Wirjadi. said the decision was taken on Monday on the grounds that the
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    Lock icon Appeal To Public To Aid Blind With Job Offers
    291 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The public in Singapore should make o more conscious effort to offer employment opportunities to people who ere blind. This was the view of Mr Ron Chandran Dudley. Se-cretary-General of the Singapore Association lor the Blind. He was speaking
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    Lock icon Swedish Mission To Visit K.L.
    171 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed A delegation of Swedish businessmen tankers and journalists will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on May 3 by an SAS intercontinental ioa u g ural (light. The delegation will be headed by the Swedish Ambassador to Malaysia. Count Axel Lewenhaupt. and will spend
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    Lock icon Survey On Marijuana
    106 9 WASHINGTON. Thurs (Keuter) Marijuana increases m .al pleasure ;n moat of Its users. according to a survey published here Some 200 weed smokers were quizzed on the subject recently by New York University Sociology Professor Erich Goode. whose findings were published in the May edition of Evergreen
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    Lock icon Two Days In Colourful Bavaria For Royal Couple
    332 9 WETZLAR, West Germany, Thurs. (Reuter) The King and Queen of Malaysia today end their visit to the Taunus region of Hessia State and fly to Munich for two days in Bavaria which will conclude their State visit to West Germany. The Yang
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    Lock icon 2/6 Gurkha Rifles Move To HK
    204 9 SEREMBAN Tiiurs. The 2nd Battalion 6th Queer Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles will move from Kluang. Johore. in Mav to Hong Kong, where it will amalgamate with the Ist Battalion. 6th Queers Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles In 1963 the battalion moved to Brunei for 4
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    Lock icon The 'Rightist Extremists'
    336 9 PRAGUE. Thurs. (AFP) Rude Pravo, the official Communist Party daily, today sharply attacked what it described as "rightist extremists" in the party, it accused them of trying to submit internal party affairs to public external pressures" Theae extremists. Rude Pravo said, "question the leadin e role of
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    62 9 JAKARTA. Thurs (Reuter) Indonesia has opened lta first entrepot near the Jakarta Port of Tandjung Prluk aimed at accelerating the flow of good from Its creditor countries. The entrepot, run bv the Indonesian PT Jado Warehousing. was opened yesterday. Goods sent to the entrepot are not taxed
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    Lock icon Pundits Of Doom Hope To Fend Off Mighty Quake
    256 9 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs. (Reuter) Official anti-earth-quake celebrations start tomorrow in hopes of fendin* off the mighty upheaval which pundits of doom predict will wipe out California this month. The pre-dawn ritual ordered by Mayor Joseph Alioto will coincide with the exact
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    69 9 GIBRALTAR. Thurs. (Reuter) Admiral of the Fleet. Sir Varyl Begg was today sworn In as the new Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar He succeeds General Sir Gerald Lathbury Sir Varyl and Lady Begg arrived here earlier thla morning on board HMB London After inspecting
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    169 9 MANILA. Thurs (UPI) Th« Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation cannot hope to survive without the United States SEATO SecretaryGeneral Jesus Vargas said yesterday Mr. Vargas made the statement before he left for Bangkok following reports that the United States will propose the dismantling oI the organisation during
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    126 9 ROTA KIN'ABALU, Thurv A vocational agriculture school and a Junior college resting SI million will be established in the State of Sabab soon The project, embodied in the First Malay*;a Deveiopment Plan, was announced by the Chief Minister, Tun Datu Haji Mustapha bin Datu Harun yesterday
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      210 9 S PORE DIARY 5.30 pm-9 pm.: SATA free mas» X-ray station at Alexandra Community Centre. Mei Ling Street. 7.30 p.m.; Tree film jhows by Ministry of Culture at Kampong P»t»ni off Sime Road. Nam Hoe Village (18 m Lim Chu Kang Road) and Jalan Memhing block 27. 8 pm Harmonica
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    783 10  -  By ROBERT C. MILLER SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) Shake out the diving suit, fill the tanks with air. Australia is the place to search for sunken treasure. Hunderds of ships have been wrecked off Australia's treacherous coastline in the last 300 years, and historians list at least
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    494 10  -  J* Hari Hartojo JAKARTA. (UPI) Pak Nurdin. 50, is employed by the Indonesian government. But he spends almost every day looking for a job. Pak Nurdin has been forced to join the growing number of civil servants ordered to take extended vacations. With
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    1078 10  -  By Albert E. Kaff TOKYO (UPI) Riceeating Asians are adding new foods to their diets amid unexpected developments. In Japan, primary school children no longer fit Into their desks and chairs In Pakistan, government doctors report an increase in heart diseases and diabetes
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    Lock icon PI Prisoners Live In 'Subhuman' Conditions
    581 10 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) Twenty thousand Filipinos are serving prison terms under living conditions "subhuman" by modern penal standards. This is the conclusion of the Senate Committee on Justice w h |C rec e n ducted a study of penal institutions in this South-east Asian
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    762 10 HONG KONG. Thurs <Reuter> Only a short boat-trip from the packed, laundryhung tenements of the city. Hong Kong's Island are a tranquil reminder of the days before the British founded this colony. Rocky, sparse, underdeveloped and almost undiscovered. Jagged islands dot the horizon
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    109 10 NEW DELHI. Thurs. (Reuter) Mr. A.P Shinde. Minister of State for Food and Agriculture, today announced plans to introduce 300 trawlers during the next five years to undertake deep sea fishing in the Indian Ocean. He told the House of the People that dee© sea
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    132 10 The People's Association Cultural Group will hold a cultural show "Paradise Island" to commemorate the Republic's 150th anniversary at the National Theatre at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Highlight of the show will be a full-length poetic dance drama entitled "Paradise Island." It is specially created
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      Lock icon Malaysians Shine In First Round
      201 11 LUMPUR, Thu r t. Malaysian players did exceedingly well in the opening night of the MTC-sponsored "Goldleaf Pestabadminton" at the Stadium Negara here tonight. Tan Aik Huane set the ball rolling by beating India's Romen Ghosh 15-7. 15-2. His brother Aik Mong outclassed New Zealand
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      103 11 WEYMOUTH. Eoilißd Thurs (Reuter)—Economic conditions in England and taxation forced the withdrawal of the British challenge for the 1970 Amrica's Cup race, the Royal Dorset Yacht Club said today. Commodore Gordon WaUace said the club, which are responsible for British entries, had informed the
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      107 11 LONDON. Thurs (AFP; Mike Griffith of Sussex will captain a strong Duke of Norfolk's cricket XI against the West Indies in the first match of their tour at Arundel Castle. Sussex, on Saturday. April 2*5. The side include two West Indians. Roy Marshall the
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      Lock icon Frenchman Injured In Practice Run
      97 11 LE MANS. Trance. Thurs. (Reuteri French racing c« r drive r Henri Pescarolo crashed in flames on a practice run here yesterday and a hospital spokesman said he was m a serious condition. Pescarolo was hurtled about 50 feet from his Mstrg 640 a« it
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      63 11 LONDON. Thurs. Former world. European and British featherweight boxing champion. Howard Winstone. received the Freedom of his home town. Merthyr Tydfil. Wales, at a special ceremony last week He wag sworn in as a Freeman following a procession through the town by Councillors. Alderman and officers of
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      174 11 BANGKOK. Thurs <AFP> Japan will face in acid test when they meet Singapore n the "key" match in the 11th Asian youth soccer tournament Group "C" here tomorrow n '.£ht. It is Japan's last hope if they are to qualify for the quarterfinal rounds The v
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      87 11 LONDON*. Thurs. Former English cricket captain. Brian Close, who skippered York shire to their third successive County championship title last year, told club supporters the other day: "Don't expect a grand slam in 1969." Close reckons that the odds against one County wnlnlng the championship, the
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      372 11 Youth Soccer BANGKOK. Than. (AFP) Burma, defending champion, started their cup campaign with 2-2 draw arainst Taiwan in the Group "D" of the 11th Asian Youth Soccer tournament which entered its third day at the National Stadium here before a crowd of 27.001). At half
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      160 11 LONDON. Thurs Lynn Da vies Welsh winner of the long jump title at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, .s planning an attack on the British record for decathlon. "I have become Interested In making the attempt since hearing that David Hemerv is preparing to have a
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      378 11 BANGKOK, Thurs. (Reuter) Cars in the first Asian Highway rally pulled out of Bangkok today for the second and most difficult leg of their run through Thailand. The ralliers were to reach the Thai-Malaysia border during the night, but would not cross
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      65 11 CARDIFF Wales. Thurs (Reuter) Plans for the first European Hockey Cup. to he staged In Brussels in September. 1970. will be discussed at a conference here on May 3 and 4. Delegates from the 21 European rations affiliated to the Internationa Hockev F«"ieration are expe-ted
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      70 11 LONDON Thurs. (Reuter) Results of rugby matches played last nifht were: RUGBY LEAGUE Bradfora Northern 11 Wigan 18. Hull Kingston Rovers 36 Workington 'o«n 5. Braniey 8 Huddersfield 21. RUGBY UNION Birkenhead Park 3 New Brighton 27. Ebbw Vale 14 Llane'li 16. Newbridge 23 Bristol 20. Pontypridd 38
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      84 11 LONDON. Thurs. (AFP) Andrew Sradding, a 21-year-old C*rnbridge University student will attempt to cross the English Channel in a bath tub powered by a ten horsepower engine in his original way to col'ect charity mone v in the national campaign for the homeless.
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      374 11 MONTE CARLO. Thurs. (Reuter) Manuel Santana of Spain and the Dutch professional Tom Okker fight for a semi-final place in the men's singles at the Monaco International Open tennis tournament yester- day. The swarthy, smiling Santana and the small, fair Okker are recognised as
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      125 11 DURBAN. Thurs (Renter) Top-seeded Tony Roche of Australia withdrew from the Natal Open tennis championships here today with an injured shoulder. Roche, who hurt his shoulder in the South African championship* last week, announced his withdrawal after heating South African Bvrnn Bertram 6-3. 6-3.
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      497 11 NEW YORK Thurs (Renter) The Baltimore Orioles grabbed the lead in the American League's eastern division yesterday by defeating the Boston Red Box 11-8 In a game called after seven-and-a-half innings because of rain. Brooks Robinson hit a three-run homer in the
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      136 11 JAKARTA. Thurs (Reuter) Two people were killed and more than 20 injured when a wall from which spectators were watching a soccer match between a touring Malaysian women's team and Indonesian women's team collapsed, police said today. A 60-foot section of the wall surrounding the stadium
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      2215 12 SATURDAY Rai M 1: Horses Class 1, Dlv. 4— 6 Furs.—2. JO p.m. (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) E DonnellT Loa 11 1 a 3 4 5 7 8 9 009 348 39* r*5 793 184 030 830 075 FKlng Spark Hvrrjn Olympic torch Paling Baik Casino
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      276 12 KI'ALA Ll'MPl'R. Thurs The winner of the Asian Highway motor rally from Vientiane to Singapore is to receive a 52.500 pewter trophy modelled after Parliament building from Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. This was disclosed at a press con'eren<-e here today by
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      356 12 LISBON Thurs (Reuter) Portugal, thira-placed nation ;n the 1966 World Soccer Cup finals, crashed to a shock 2-0 defeat against Switzerland in Lisbon last night and look certain to be absent from the 16team finals in Mexico next > ear The defeat left Portgual at the
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      144 12 BRIDGETOWN. Barbados. Thurs. (Reuter) The West Indies Cricket Board of Control yesterday announced the award of the Karl Nunes trophy to Trinidad and West Indies all-rounder Michael "Joey" Carew for his outstanding performance during the recent Australia and New Zealand tour. Carew finished the tour
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      34 12 HONOLULU. Thurs. (ATP) —Filipino Rene Barrien'o- a leading chaJenge r to Japan's world lightweight champion Hiroshi Kobayashi. knocked out American Len Kesey in the ninth round of their scheduled ten-rounder h*re yesterday.
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      97 12 HONG KONG. Thurs (Reuter) The Hong Kong Badminton Association have accepted Singapore's proposal for exhibition matches to be played here on May 13 and 14. Singapore's men's national badminton team will be led by Wong Peng Soon, one of the world's leading badminton players Hong
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      215 12 By BIG BEN KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Last start winner Cobber's Boy is retaining his form, This morning he went stylishly over two rounds at a steady pace on a soft track# Deltarnews with apprentice Rao astride and Invincible II matched strides over 3f in 39
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      141 12 SINGAPORE Thurs. Thirteen sport men and four sportswomen have been nominated to the Singapore Olympic and Sport* Council for the "best sportsman and sportswoman of the year 1963 Disclosing this today the President of the SOSC. Enche Othman Wok. who is also the Minister of Social Affairs
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      69 12 MUNICH. Thurs <AFP> Rumania at the last minute have withdrawn their men's team from the world table tennis championships starting here today after suspending leading players for disciplinary reasons. Officials said the three plavers. Reti. Gurdtuca and Nreulesco were unavailable either through .suspension or the fact they were
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      294 12 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) M.C.C. secretary Billy Griffith. a general figure in the recent cricket controversy surrounding Basil D'Olivelra, last night received a unanimous vote of confidence from the M.C.C. Committee. Mr Griffith said last week that he was considering resigning as M C.C. secretary, but alter last
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      148 12 LONDON. Thurs. Sydney Wooderson. who held th® world mile record 32 years ago. is making a comeback at 54 He will run the 50th leg tn Blackheath Harriers' centennial celebration one hundred by one mile relay at Crovdon. near London, on April 27 Wooderson
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      174 12 LOS ANGELES. Th u r s (jjpji Welterweight rhampion Curtis Cokes yesterday refused to go through a prengnt weighing-in ceremony as he and challenger Jos Napoies of Mexico City rassed their physical examinations prior to Fridav nights title bout Cha'lenger Napoies readily got on
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      87 12 •Time And Tide TODAY Singapore town: 539 a m. (8 ins.); 12.05 pm. (8 It. 8 ins 552 p.m. (2 ft. 9 Ins.); 11.42 p.m. (9 ft. 2 ins.). Naval Dockyard: 5.22 a.m. (1 ft 4 ins); 12.15 p.m. (10 ft. 7 ins.); 5.34 pm (3 ft. 6 ins.). TOMORROW
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