Eastern Sun, 25 April 1969

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY TV Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 979 Friday* 25 April 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Lee Visits His Old College
    104 1 CAMBRIDGE, England. Thurs (Reuter) Singapore's Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, today visited his old college. Fitzwilliam at Cambridge University and met his Minister of Culture, Mr. Jek Yuen Thong, who is on a special course here. The Prime Minister, accompnnied by Mrs. Lee and
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    Lock icon 2-Way Traffic Lane In Straits?
    112 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuterl Shipowning nations are discussing introduction otf twoway traffic lanes for ships going through the Malacca Straits between Indonesia. Malaysia and Singapore, according to shipping circles here today. Pressure to organise a traffic separation scheme in these busy waters results from the growing
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    Lock icon Peking's Congress Concludes
    39 1 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) The Chinese Communist Party's Ninth Congress has erded In Peking, Radio Peking arnounced. The announcement came in u midnight broadcast. The long-delayed Congress, which opened on April 1, endec yesterday (April 24).
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    83 1 BOURNEMOUTH. England, Thurs. (Reuter) Housewife Louise Chevely drove her brand new car into a garage yesterday via a plate S'ass window. She ended up inside, neatly parked among the rows of cars for sale. Mrs. Chevely, 56, had planned to go shopping with her husband. He had just
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    Lock icon PSA Plans $36m. Godown Complex
    535 1  -  By ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Port of Singapore Authority is planning a $36 million warehousing complex on a 30-acre site as an adjunct to existing port facilities. This was disclosed today bv the Singapore delegate to the ECAFE session. Mr Chan Keng Howe. Permanent
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    Lock icon Sirhan Gets Death Penalty
    151 1 LOS ANGELES. Thurs (Reuter) A jury today decided that Sirhan B Sirhan should be executed for murdering Senator Robert Kennedy last June. The chief prosecutor, Mr Lynn Compton. said however that it was difficult to say whether the 25-year-old Jordanian immigrant would actually die in the
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    Lock icon Dog Hamburger: For Or From ?
    77 1 Dog Hamburger: For Or From TOKYO. Thurs (UPI) The following letter to the editor appeared in the Englishlanguage Asahi Evening News today "Editor: "Relative to recent articles and letters dealing with the complaints of British animal lovers about the treatment of dogs in Japan, I have noticed the following dish
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    Lock icon Clerk Wins Suit Against Employer
    48 1 SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter) A 45-vear-old clerk was awarded A 5105.113 (about £49.000) damages yesterday for malicious prosecution by his former employer. Mr. Victor Leslie Cullen claimed the damages after the State Attorney General declined to prosecute him on charges of embezzling AsB7o (£406;.
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    Lock icon Paris Talks: U.S. Makes Second Major Concession
    434 1 PARIS. Thurs. (CPI) The Cnited States, in a second major concession to the Communist side at the Vietnam peace conference, today declared its readiness to negotiate political as well as military issues simultaneously. Chief American negotiator Henry Cabot Lodge told the 14th session
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    Lock icon Drug Youth Finds God On 8-Inch Wide Window Ledge
    312 1 PHILADELPHIA. Pennsylvania. Thurs. (TPI) Thomas Dickerson, 19. and hooked on drugs for two years, dived out a sixth floor courtroom window on Wednesday and found God on an eight-inch wide window ledge. "I know there is a God now." he said
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    Lock icon A Hungry And Angry Husband's Act
    95 1 MANILA. Thurs 'UPI) Eduardo Casio, 26. hungry and angry, beat up his wife, poured kerosene on her and set her afire after she failed to fire him dinner on Wednesday night. The wife. Rosalia Casio. 17. was hospitalised with second degree burns while the
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    Lock icon 'Pregnant' Boy Aged 3 Months
    175 1 MANILA Thurs (AFP) An unusual medical case was rriLstrrrd in Cfbu City, Central Philippines, last week when a hospital doctor ex* tracted a human foetus from a "pregnant" boy. aged three months. The foetus was complete with legs. arms, buttocks and a part of the
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    Lock icon PRINCE CHARLES GETS A TICKET
    62 1 ABERYSTWYTH. Wiltl. Thurs (Reuter) Prince Charles picked up a parking ticket yesterday his third day at college here. He emerged from his studies to find it slapped on the windscreen of his sleek, blue sports car. The Prince, son of Queen Elizabeth and heir to
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    Lock icon Lady Churchill Leaves Hospital
    73 1 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Lady Spencer- Churchill. 84. who broke her thigh in a fall at her London home on April 4. was discharged from hospital today. A hospital spokesman said the widow of Britain's wartime leader. Sir Winston Churchill, was much better. For several days after
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    Lock icon Freeth Denies Defence Pact Report In Jakarta
    298 1 JAKARTA, Thors. (Renter) Australian External Affairs Minister Gordon Freeth arrived in Jakarta this evening and immediately denied local press reports that he might be here to try to arrange some sort of regional defence pact. "I am here because it is most important
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    Lock icon Apollo 10's May 18 Date On Schedule
    82 1 CAPE KENNEDY, Thurs. (UPI) —Space Agency official* said on Wednesday preparations for the May 18 launch of Apollo 10 into orbit around the moon were right on gchedule. Astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cej> nan are scheduled to orbit th® moon
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    Lock icon Tea At The 'Y' For ECAFE Wives...
    168 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. An unusual party 50 ladies spent their afternoon leisurely at a tea-party held yesterday at the Young Women's Christian Association's new hostel at Fort Canning Road These ladies were ordinary person but were wives of some of the ECAFE delegates and
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    Lock icon Telecoms Training Centres
    291 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Action is now being taken to set up basic training centres in telecommunications for Singapore and six other countries in the region. This is disclosed In a statement made by the representative of the Internationa! Telecommunication Union, Mr. K. V. Pai at an ECAFE plenary
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    Lock icon Gold Prices Close Mixed
    159 3 NEW YORK. Thurs.(UPl) Gold prices closed mixed In moderately active trading yesterday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold rose 2$ cents at the morning fixing and an additional 12$ cents for a second fixing of 43.30 dollars a troy ounce. The closing range was
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    Lock icon Coconut Community Asks 'UN Family' Aid
    192 3 Coconut Community Asks UN Family' Aid SINGAPORE, Thurs. ECAFE, countries and the United Nations family of organisations have been called to give the Asian Coconut Community their fullest support and assis- "I tance. This is incorporated in a draft resolution by nine countries namely Afghanistan. Ceylon, India. Indonesia, Iran. Japan.
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    Lock icon 150th Year Joy
    51 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A double celebration is being planned by community leader* of Kampong Glam. Crawford. Mountbatten and Katong constituencies on the occasion of 150 th Anniversary of the Founding of Singapore and the National Day. The series of celebration will take place during July and August this
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    Lock icon Hotel Training May Be Upgraded Here
    470 3 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The hotel and catering training facilities in Singapore may be upgraded to meet regional requirements. A study is now being jointly made by the ECAFE Transport and Communications Committee and the International Union of Official Travel Organi- sations. This was disclosed by
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    Lock icon New Deal For Chinese Travellers
    207 3 HONG KONG. Thurs.—Two of the world's largest airliners are getting together to provide a new unique travel service for Chinese travellers emigrating from Hong Kong to the U.S.A. BOAC in Hong Kong and United Air Lines in the US A. will co-operate to offer Chinese
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    Lock icon Major Sewage Extension Projects On
    207 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Public Works Department have just begun work on the extension of two major treatment works the Ulu Pandan Sewage Treatment Works and the Serangoon Sludge Works. The Ulu Pandan Sewage Treatment Works at Dresent treats the sewage from over 400.000 persons in
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    Lock icon Miss Tourism To See Mrs. Marcos
    136 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. When she leaves for her Philippine tour on Saturday. Miss Rosalind Ong, "Miss Tourism Singapore 1969" will bring along with her "a very special gift" for the First Lady of the Philippines. During her weeks visit In the Philippines, she hopes to
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    Lock icon Course For Professionals
    103 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The visiting Ford Foundation Professor at the School of Engineering. Singapore Polytechnic, Professor G.M. Sicular, will be conducting a course on the •"Economics for Practising Professionals" for engineers, architects and other professionals who are involved in making economic decisions. Commencing on Mav 2 at the
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    Lock icon Savings Urged
    174 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Ministries of Education and Communications have launched a Savings Campaign amongst all Government and Government-aided school* In the Republic to encourage students to cultivate the habit of thrift and to save with the postal savings bank. A savings competition has bee n organised in this
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    Lock icon Scout Campfire
    90 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Geylanf district of the Singapore Scout Association will hold its annual campflre at the Dunman Integrated Secondary School grounds tomorrow at 7 p.m. The District Commissioner. Mr Peter Joe Chia. will dec'are open this campfire which will be attended bv more than 200 scouts and
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    Lock icon Shangri-La (Hotel), 1970
    454 3 SINGAPORE. Thurs. When the new multra-modern, S3O-million ShangriLa Hotel is completed in October 19*0, a new dimension in hotel standards will be seen in Singapore. i i Disclosing this, the President of Western International Hotels of Seattle, Washington Mr Edward E. Carlson said that the hotel which
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    Lock icon JAL To Build Luxury Hotels
    154 3 TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter)— The fast-growing Japan Airlines (JAL) plans a string of luxury hotels round the world by 1973 to cope with the coming era of Jumbo jetliner* and more passengers, a JAL spokesman said today The present plan, subjected to Japanese Government approval, was
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      87 3 CHART A LOCALE FLY THERE BY CAL #UKIM A= T»uu A veteran air traveller was very much impressed by the smoothness of China Airlines* flight. If he had known most of CAL pilots have records as glorious as Frank Savage he would not have been surprised at all. One year
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      62 3 Today's Diary 5.30 pm.-9 pm.: SATA free mas s X-ray station at Alexandra Community Centre, Mei Ling street. 7.30 p.m.: Free film shows bv Ministry of Culture at Kampong Coronation Tengah and Pesiaran Keliling Block 35. 8 p.m.: Harmonica practice at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue. 9 p.m.: Stage show
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      Lock icon SPY BREAKS JAIL
      57 5 ADfIWA, Turkey, (Reuter) A Turk serving a 20-year prison term for handing secret documents to the Russians escaped from Adana jail today and the warden said he must have had outside help. Hamit Sendur, 44, was arrested in June. 1966. while handing military documents to Soviet representatives
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      Lock icon CONSCRIPTION BILL PASSED
      92 5 BEIRUT, (Reuter) The Lebanese Cabinet late last night approved the military conscription Bill in its final text preliminary to referring it to Parliament, it was officially announced here early this morning. The Cabinet held an eighthour meeting under President Charles Helou to discuss the internal situation following
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      Lock icon TIES BEING RESTORED
      54 5 WASHINGTON. (Reuter) The United States and Cambouia are making progress towards formalising the decision to resume diplomatic relations, a State Department spokesman said today. Discussions are going on th.ough the Australian government. which represents U.S. interests in Cambodia, on the level of representation to be maintained in
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      Lock icon NIXON GETS BRIEFING
      55 5 WASHINGTON. (Reuter) President Nixon conferred toGay on progress in the Vietnam peace talks with Lawrence Walsh. Deputy, U.S. negotiator in Paris Mr. Walsh in the United States on personal matters, aiso had talks with Secretary of State William P. Rogers. The White House did not disclose the
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      Lock icon PEACE BID CONTINUES
      67 5 WASHINGTON, (Reuter) The big four powers are making modest progress in private efforts to find a Middle East peace solution, a senior U.S. official said today. Mr. Joseph Sisco, Assistant Secretary of State, said the L* S. British. Soviet and French ambassadors at the United Nations would
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      Lock icon CHINA EXPELS NEWSMAN
      48 5 BUDAPEST. (UPI) The Hungarian Foreign Ministry has lodged official protest with China over expulsion from Peking of Karoly Patak, correspondent of the Hungarian News Agency MTI, the agency reported today. MTI said the protest was del levered to the temporary Chinese Charge d'Affaires in Budapest.
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      Lock icon CORRESPONDENCE ONLY
      72 5 HONG KONG, (Reuter) The Post Office here as advised people sending letters to China not to enclose any article in the enveiope other than the letter itself to comply with Chinese regulations. A spokesman who disclosed this yesterday said: "The Post Office has been notified that with immediate
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      Lock icon NEW BLASTS AT PIPELINES
      100 5 BELFAST, Northern Ireland, (Reuter) Saboteurs blew up a main water pipe supplying this riot-torn city early todav. Police raced to Dunadry. 20 miles from here, after the blast ruptured the pipe carrying water from Lough Neagh to the capital of the British province. Another water main
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      Lock icon 17 M. HIT BY RAIL STRIKE
      67 5 TOKYO. (UPI) Millions of Japanese walked to work today when workers on private railways throughout the nation went on strike for higher wages. Government railways continued to operate. But eight of the largest rail and subway lines which are privately owned went on 24-hour
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      Lock icon GAS TANK HURTS 77
      84 5 BOMBAY. (UPI) A railway tank loaded with gasoline exploded yesterday hurling cebris more than a thousand feet in the air and injuring 77 persons. 15 seriously. The explosion occurred while the railway staff was trying to disconnect six blazing tanks loaded with gasoline from the freight
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    Lock icon UN Hears Irish Woes
    160 5 UNITED NATIONS, New York. Thurs. (Reuter) Mr. Frank Aiken. Irish Minister for External Affairs, today discussed the situation in Northern Ireland with SecretaryGeneral U Thant but made no move formally to bring the issue before the U.N. After conferring with U Thant for 50 minutes. Mr.
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    Lock icon THE POOR NURSES
    144 5 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Some younger nurses are being forced into "borderline prostitution- by debts. Sister Patricia Veale. leader of the United Nurses' Association said last night She alleged that because of their financial hardship nurses were much more ready to accept a free meal and a few
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    Lock icon WOMAN, 80, STRANGLED
    88 5 LIKE ON TV LONDON. Thurs. Reuter) A woman was strangled yesterday by thieves who used a method shown two hours earlier on a television programme. In the serial "Raj" about colonial India, viewers were shown how a knotted scarf was used by tribesmen to kill merchants. The
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    Lock icon Beheaded Youth Found
    168 5 KAWASAKI, Japan, Thurs. (UPI) Police believe they know who decapitated 15-year-old Hirostti Kagami in a sunlit azalea garden, but so far they've made no arrest. Kagami's body was found yesterday afternoon in the garden near the private Roman Catholic School he attended. His head was found five
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    Lock icon Anglo-Japan Discussions
    41 5 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) Japanese Foreign Minister Mr. Kiichi Aichl will leave here for London next Tuesday to attend the seventh regular Anglo Japanese consultative meeting to be held there for two days beginning May 1, the Foreign Ministry said.
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    Lock icon CAMBODIAN DELEGATION
    35 5 PHNOM PENH. (Reuter) A Cambodian military delegation has left Phnom Penh for Moscow to take part in the May 1 Labour Dav celebrations. The visit is at the invitation of the Soviet government.
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    Lock icon • PRAGUE: Suddenly, a hand tears down a poster from this pillar in a Prague Street 4/23 as political unrest grips nation in wake of Husak taking over political post held by favoured Alexander Du- bcek. – UPI
    36 5 PRAGUE: Suddenly, a hand tears down a poster from this pillar in a Prague Street 4/23 as political unrest grips nation in wake of Husak taking over political post held by favoured Alexander Dubcek. UPI TPI
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    Lock icon Heaviest Raid Of Year On Reds
    309 5 SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI) American 852 bombers hammered Communist positions with at least 2.5 million pounds of bombs in the heaviest raids over South Vietnam this year, military spokesmen said. The stratofortresses flew 14 missions last night and early today, concentrating the majority of their
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    Lock icon TWO DIE IN RIOTING
    68 5 NEW DELHI. (UPI) Two persons were killed when police fired on a mob agitating for separate statehood of Telengana district from Andhra Pradesh, police reported yesterday. Police said the two died instantly during the firing to quell a mob attacking the two police stations at Chiryal.
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    Lock icon SECRET PROJECT
    175 5 WASHINGTON. Thurt. (UPI» The Defence Department clamped a tight security lid today on the military space communication facility to be constructed near Australia's Woomera rocket range A department spokesman refused to indicate for what purpose the facility would be used. In fact, he would confirm only what Australian
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    Lock icon Anti-nudity Protest
    99 5 NEW YORK Thurs (Reuter) The rising tide of nudity and simulation of sexual acts in the theatre Is being fought by a group of actors and actresses who refuse to strip In the name of art. One hundred and sixty actors yesterday presented their union Artor's Equity, with
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    Lock icon CALL FOR HARSH LAWS
    41 5 MELBOURNE. < Reuter) A woman delegate at the annual conference of the Victorian Country Party has urged sterlisation of persons convicted of criminal assault. Mrs Colin McDonald also urged sterilisation for parents convicted of brutality to their children.
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    Lock icon 'Americans Never Close Trouble, They Open It...'
    461 5  -  SIR HAWS FATHER: By Eliav Simon TAIBEH. Israeli-occupied Jordan Thurs. (UPI) Bishara Sirhan, father of Sirhan Sirhan. struggled to comprehend the first news that his son had been condemned to death for the murder of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and said: 44 A1l
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    Lock icon TON UP AND A SEA-GULL...
    88 5 NEWCASTLE. Australia. Thurs. (UPI) A motorcyclist was rushed to hospital here yesterday with head, chest and probable internal Injuries, after colliding with a lowflying seagull. Grahamfield. 18. was hit on the chest by the seagull, and lost control of his motorbike. He slid across the
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    Lock icon House Passes The Anguilla Vote 286-239
    127 5 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) The British government yesterday fought off a strong censure motion against its Anguiila policy by the Conservative opposition party by only 47 votes, less than half its majoritv in the House of Commons. The vote was 286 against the Conservative motion
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    Lock icon EATING RECORD
    40 5 EDINBURGH. Scotland, Thurs (Reuter) Law student Tony Young claimed the world sausage-eating record last night. Tony ate 25 two-ounce sausages in 7 mm. 10 sec. during a student charity stunt. Previous record was 24 sausages in ten minutes.
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    Lock icon BONUS ON 'VIRTUE'
    55 5 TAIPEI, (Reuter) Towns which have resisted the temptation to set up "Girlie" restaurants and "sex-peddling" tea rooms in Taiwan will receive a government subsidy this year, the Central News Agency reported today. The Taiwan provincial government has set aside more than seven million Taiwan dollars 'U*****,250) for
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    Lock icon WHARF HIJACK
    31 5 MANILA. (Reuter) Police are hunting for three armed men who hijacked a truck loaded with chemicals worth about 45.000 pesos (about £4.500) as it left the Manila harbour yesterday.
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    Lock icon FLYING SAUCER
    24 5 BUNGAWALBYN. Australia (Reuter) A flying saucer flattened a fodder patch here before disappearing last night, farmer Thomas Heffernan reported to country authorities.
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    Lock icon MONGOLIAN VISITORS
    24 5 HONG KONG. (Reuter) A Mongolian women's delegation has arrived in Hanoi for a friendly visit, according to the North Vietnamese news agency.
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    Lock icon Japan To Deny Ports To US Task Force 71
    381 5 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) Foreign Minister Mr. Kiichi Aiehi says the government will not allow the U.S. naval Task Force 71 now operating in the Sea of Japan to use Japanese ports as a base. Mr. Aiehi said the govern-1 ment would
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    Lock icon US C.O.L. Up One Per Cent
    107 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuteri The U.S. March cost of living Index shot up nearly one per cent In March to refister the highest monthly increase in 18 years, the government reported today The Labour Department consumer price Index showed that Americans paid °8 per cent
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    Lock icon WIND WREACKS CROP HAVOC
    77 5 MANTLA. 'UPI> Typhoon Susan hovered over the lush Central Philippines early day with much of its punch lost, according to weathermen. The typhoon was plotted *»> miles east southeast of Leyte Province in the Visayas with centre winds of 80 miles per hour. Radio station DZHP
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    Lock icon Full Eye Transplant: Three Weeks Wait For Results...
    278 5 HOUSTON. Texas. Thurg. (UPI) John Madden, a 55-vear-old photo shop owner whose eyes are stitched shut, must wait three weeks to learn if history's first total eye transplant will let him see. A leading specialist said it would be "the miracle of
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    Lock icon NIXON vs 'MAFIA'
    285 6 PRESIDENT Nixon has declared an all-out war against organised crime in the United States. This is good news to Americans and to non-Americans. Organised crime has penetrated into American life and has spread. The admission by President Nixon that "not a single one of 24 'Mafia' families
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    Lock icon 'UNDECLARED MARTIAL LAW'
    186 6 Reuter THE official Soviet Tass News Agency said tonight that Peking was under "undeclared martial law" as the Chinese Communist Party's Ninth Congress went into a mysterious fourth week. "The city is patrolled by armed troops and units of police. The government residence, where the Congress is
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    Lock icon RUDE PRAVO ATTACKS JOURNALISTS
    160 6 AFP IN Prague, Communist Party newspaper Rude Pravo delivered a blistering attack against "certain intellectuals and journalists today, and warned that the fight against "right-wing forces, far from being over, has just begun." The paper, which has been under new editorship for the past week, said
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    Lock icon IS JAPAN ENTERING A NEW GOLDEN AGE?
    642 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Harvard Orientalist Edwin O. Reischauer told a nationwide television audience on Wednesday that Japan may be entering a new golden age. "And when the rest of Asia moves into the 20th century," he said, "the countries of the East
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    Lock icon W. Irian: March Is A Minor Incident Says Minister
    310 6  -  BY HUGH LUNN DJAKARTA, Thurs. (Reuter) Indonesia's reaction to the recent surprise demonstration against the aet of free choice in West Irian has been one of outward calm. Home Minister Amir Machmud on his return from the remote territory described the
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    Lock icon Big Backing For Dubcek
    89 6 PRAGUE. Thurs. (AFP> Alexander Dubcek. the ousted First Secretary of the Communist Party, will be elected President of the Czechoslovak National Assembly next Monday according to an announcement made here today. The announcement, made by the Ceteka News Agency, said that the new President of the
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    Lock icon Czech Students Sing: 'We Shall Overcome'
    473 6  -  BY ALINE MOSBY PRAGUE, Mon. (UPI) A picture of Mao Tie-Tung hung; on the wall next to a bare-bosom piivup photo and rock music droned from the radio. A half-dozen students, the boys in corduroy slacks and sweaters and the girls in neat pants
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    Lock icon 'Poll' Hints At No To Reforms
    188 6 PARIS. Thurs. (UPI) A public opinion poll by Le Figaro newspaper on Wednesday indicated for the first time a majority of Frenchmen would vote against reforms proposed bv President Charles d«r Gaulle in a referendum on Sunday. The poll said 53 per cent of
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    Lock icon Bernadette Youngest Ever Woman MP) Takes The Commons By Storm
    589 6  -  BY ROBERT GHISAYS LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Diminutive Bernadette Devlin. 22 today, is the toast of London following her tradition-shattering maiden speech in the House of Commons on the troubles in Northern Ireland. Bernadette. five feet tall, with long flowing hair,
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    Lock icon Nixon's All-out War Against Organised Crime
    247 6 WASHINGTON*. Thurl (UPI) President Nixon asked Congress on Wednesday lor mor» money and stronger laws :c halt "the moral and legal subversion of our society'* by organised crime. Despite two decades of slowly increasing Federal efforts. Nixon said In a message to Congress, "not
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    Lock icon China And U.S.: A Forecast By Bhutto
    633 6  -  Bv Ed Rosenthal LONDON, rhurs. (Reuter) Former Foreign Minister Zulfikor Ali Bhutto, 41, stormy petrel of Pakistan's turbulent political scene, forecasts in a book published here today that the United States and China will eventually have to come to terms. The tall, scholarly
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    Lock icon To Return Or Not To Return Okinawa...
    331 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI> Two American writers on Asia took opposing stanas on Tuesday on reversion o i Okinawa to Japan. Sol Sanders, Southeast Asia correspondent for a maj»r U.S. news magazine and author of a new book "A Sense Of Asia", told
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    16 6 We all talk; Shakespeare, use his similes. and describe with hisi descriptions. Austen, Jane.
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    Lock icon POMP AND CEREMONY
    247 6  -  By GEOFFREY MURRAY STRATFORD-U pon-A von, England. Thurs (Renter) The 405 th birthday anniversary of England's famous poetplaywright. William Shakespeare. was celebrated with full Elliabethan pomp and ceremony here today. Diplomats from 72 countries and leading representatives of the theatre and the arts in Britain raised wine
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    Lock icon Fascist Rule Says NCNA
    111 6 HONG KONG. Thur». (AFP' Peking today charged that the Soviet Union had stepped up Its domestic intelligence work to intensify lta 'Fascist rule" over the Soviet people. The official New China News Agency quoted an article In the Soviet journal '•Communist" as sayin* "Information Is an
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      Lock icon Picture above shows Mr. Carlson (right) being met at the airport on Tuesday by Mr. R. Kuok Hock Nien, chairman of Orange Grove Hotels Ltd. of Singapore.
      59 7 MR. Edward E. Carlson, president of the international hotel group. Western International Hotels of USA arrived in Singapore on Tuesday to discuss plans
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      Lock icon U.S.-H.K. Power Station Opens
      115 7 HOXG KONG, Thurs. (Reuter) A massive oil-fired power station jointly financed by American and Hong Kong interests was opened on Tuesday boosting power supplies to a major part of the colony. The power station which was begun in 1966, has been built by the Peninsula Electrical
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      45 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded. (Bid) (Asked) May 26.90 27.40 July 26 35 Sept 26 00 26 60 Nov 2560 26.20 Jan 25.60 26.20 Mar 25.60 26 20 May 25.60 26.20 locally. No. 2 RSS wa s 275.
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      Lock icon Dealings Focused On The New Issues In Stock Exchange
      1695 7 By Our Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today gave official listing to Sheng Huo Enterprise Ltd. the third new counter this week. And with the prevalent mood, the easier conditions in the market were more
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      Lock icon Rubber: 71 1/2 Cts
      293 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs May first grade robber buyer* eloeed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Koala Lumpur today at 71) cts. per lb., down seven eighths of a cent from the prefioes close The tone of the market was qoW after easier. The market fluctuated narrowly around
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      Lock icon Record Sales Of Ford Buses
      89 7 LONDON. Thura. (UPI) Sales of Ford buses and coaches are at record levels and orders for 1969 already total well over 2-3/4 million pounds <6.6 million dollars), the company said yesterday. The biggest increase* are in export market* where bus orders currently total some 2-1
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      120 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 I°° units of foreign currency). SELLING T.T. or OD ready: Deutsche Marks $77.2325; Holland Guilders $84.8975; Swiss Francs $71.3975; French Francs $62.0825; Danish
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      107 7 SINGAPORE. Thur noon price* II the Chine** Pnnlure E*rhi are:— Hi Coconut Oil (I.OB) Hulk Cmnnul Oil ((OB I Orum \ll*rti top.it Xittti'i: »»«t >• l*rpp«"« (P.OB.) ?»6* S.LW. BMIHMitM U Hill r. PI" I (FOB) sin nge i ej iT 00 Tbe gapore to«ia> freltei 48 V. SI
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      Lock icon IESC EXPERT TO HOLD LECTURES FOR S'PORE BANKING EXECUTIVES
      321 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Mr John C. Chandler. Director of Operations in Sinripore for the International Executive Service Corps said today the Chung Khiaw Bank Limited is sponsoring, with the cognizance of the Commissioner of Banking. Singapore, a project with the lESC wherein,
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      38 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York stock ex-c.-^-ȣe: 30 Industrials 917.64 20 Rails 233 72 15 Utilities 129 63 65 Stocks 316.73 40 Bonds 73.71 Commodity Futures Index *****
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Closes Uncertain
      76 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber closed uncertain yesterday with spot 24-9/16 2413/16 Settlement House Mav 24-5/8 24-13/16 June 24-11/16 24-7/8 July 24-13/16 25 July Sept 24-15/16 25-1/8 Oct/Dec 24-15/16 25-1/8 Jan March 24-7/3 25-1/16 April/June 24-13/16 25 July/Sept 24-3/4 24-7/8 Oct/Dec 24-s'B 24-3/4 Jan/March 24-9/16 24-3
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      Lock icon Sarees To Stay
      64 7 An Air-India spokesman has Stated thet while the churidar mainly for foreign air hostesses and for some Indian hostesses In Air-India to add glamour, colour and variety on board, the sari will be retained as the basic uniform for all Indian hostesses. Alr-Indla is also planning to
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Up In World Marts
      139 7 NEW YORK. Thuri. (UPI) Gold prices rose In fairly active trading yesterday on world markets. In London, gold gained 10 cents at the mornm* Axing, but lost 5 cents for a second fixing of $43.35 per troy ounce Dealers reported brisk speculative demand from
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      Lock icon H. K. Money Quotations
      60 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Monev Quotations: HK56.0925 per U.S. dollar. HK$6 ***** per U.S. Dollar TT. HKSI4 53 per pound sterling HKS32I per tael of fold 94.5 per cent».finenesj HX$l62 2 per 10.000 Japanese vens. HKSI3I 2 per 100 Philippine pe-?s b -vers. HK*l3 2 per
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      16 7 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The tin price for today was 5610.8"i per picui, down SO 12J.
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      Lock icon New York Stocks End On A Firm Note
      270 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (CFI) Stocks finished on a firm note yesterday, but concern over the Korean situation knocked the list from best levels. Trading was active. Reports from North Korea that U.S. Forces on the Korean Armistice Line fired into North Korea
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      610 7 8INOAPOKR. Mort R»- 1 fbange told »nrt other prl<e» officially Uated at the clou 1 ot butlneta INDUSTRIAL B. S. AC MA mm 2.37 Borneo Bhd 1.88 1.90 Bo u stead 2.14 2 17 Camel Plywood 2.60 2 70 C. s»ujir 4 41 4.46 lold Morage
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      42 7 <Minum Prior*) lit Malayan 3.18 Ind Malayan 2.28 3rd Malayan XD 140 The Commerce Ind. 1.12 The mating Fund 121 M. Invest Fund XD 135 1st Hone kong 1-35 2nd Hong Kong -85 Sterling Com 6/10 (•Hon* Rone cnrr»nn i
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      285 7 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The following Is berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for April 25: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 1/2 S A Statesman 3/4 Cathay 5 Thorsonent 6/7 Yamahsna Mtru 8/9 Centaur 13/14 Bombala 15/16 Ixion 18 Nymphe 21/22 Wibeke 25 Rajah Brooks 27/28 Nansei Manx
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      430 7 ARRIVALS! 600 a.m. MSA MLO29 Kuala Lumpur. 900 a.m. MSA MLII 9 Koala Lumpur 10 15 am. MSA MLI2I Kuala Lumpur. 10X5 a-m. MSA MLOOS Penan*. !poh. Kuala Lumpur. Malaccatil Si BU ML M? S i, Hharu. Treniianu. Kuala Lumpur. 8.Z5 p.m. MSA MLSO9 Bangkok. 3.25 p.m. MSA
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    Lock icon Lee's Strong Plea For Commonwealth
    1371 8 'AFTER EMPIRE CAMBRIDGE, England, Thurs. (Renter) Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore Prime Minister, said today it may be prudent for Britain to maintain her Commonwealth links which could be of considerable economic value in the next few decades. Mr. Lee. who was delivering the Jan
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    Lock icon Leftists To Seize Buildings On 'Okinawa Day' Monday
    304 8 TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter) Extreme leftwing students plan next Monday to try to seize by force the parliament building, the Prime Minister's official residence and the United States embassy, the government has been warned. The warning was issued at a recent cabinet meeting
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    Lock icon 'Horrible' Mini Skirts
    134 8 MALAWI. Thurs. (AFP) Women In trousers and mini skirts were "horrible" President Banda told parliament today. He agreed with the Dutch Reformed Church minister in South Africa who had expelled women in mini skirts from his pjiurch. uriuSfeanda said African girls "of mixed blood were the chief
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    Lock icon Sept. Baby For Divorced Star
    139 8 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter)— Actress Vanessa Redgrave, whose marriage to stage and film director Tonv Richardson ended in divorce in 1967, is expecting a baby in September She flew into London from New York with 32-year-old Italian actor Franco Nero, who said he was the father.
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    Lock icon TIDAL WAVES HIT ISLAND
    89 8 JAKARTA, Thurs. (AFP) Huge tidal waves presumably caused by tremors early this month had swept away 75 houses in the village of "Ibu" Halmaher Island. North Moluccas. Antara News Agency reported today. Reports from Ambon said that tidal waves which hit part of the Halmahera Island
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    Lock icon A European Trade Union
    138 8 THE HAGUE. Thurs (AFP) Representatives of trade unions from the six Common Market countries at an assembly here yesterday set up a new European Trade Union Confederation with the aim of co-ordinating the activities of Its affiliated national unions. The new confederation will be open to
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    Lock icon Indefinite Curfew' After Lebanon Clashes
    237 8 BEIRUT, Thurs. (Reuter) Beirut and five other Lebanese cities were under curfew today following violent clashes between security forces and Arab commando supporters which left nine people dead and about 60 wounded. The indefinite curfew was announced bv military authorities after a latenight meetinr of
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    Lock icon AMONG SINGAPORE'S BEST-DRESSED WOMEN'
    285 8 A weekly pictorial feature by the Eastern Sun based on the photographs taken bv our cameramen at official functions, parties, ex hi bit ions, shopping centres etc. MRS. Casimiro M Valdez, wife of the Philippines Counsel-General in Singapore, is pictured here in her national costume of
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    Lock icon Court Hears Of $300 Demand By A Police Corporal
    538 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Third District Court today heard now a Police Corporal made an attempt to obtain a sum of $3OO from o man who was found in possession of two illegal betting slips. accused, Kalbi bin Mohd. Said, attached to
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    Lock icon Party Rakyat's Proposal Scoffed At By Minister
    159 9 MALACCA, Thurs. The Minister without Portfolio, Enche Ghafar Baba, today scoffed at the Party Rakyat's ability to carry out iis proposal to increase industries. The Party Rakyat, he pointed out in a press statement, was only fielding six parliamentary candidates in the general
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    Lock icon HK Hotels Fully Booked
    133 9 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI) —Thousands of overseas reservation have been turned down by Hong Kong's fully booked hotels this month, the Hong Kong Tourist Association said today Visitors coming here without previous reservations "stood no chance of finding accommodation," a spokesman warned. Protests from visitors heard
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    Lock icon Japan-Taiwan Air Accord
    177 9 TAIPEI. Thurr (UPI) The revised provisional civil aviation agreement between Japan and Nationalist China went into effect on Wednesday through exchange of notes here Under the arrangements. Kaohsiung. seaport of South Taiwan where Nationalist China's second International airport is located, will be added as one of the
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    Lock icon Muslim Graves Found On Island
    97 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The island of Pulau Bukom Kechil is now being developed by Shell Eastern Petroleum in their industrial expansion. A number of Muslim graves have been found on the island and it is intended to exhume the<=e graves. There a re 9 Muslim graves
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    Lock icon Which One'll Be 'Miss Germany?'
    41 9 Which One'll Be Miss Germany? THESE ten beautiful girls were selected from 10.000 competitors for the flnal s of the Miss Germany" elections for 1969, which will take place on May 3in Munich Which one will the judges bless? PANA photo.
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    Lock icon Boy's Body Located
    124 9 PETALING JAY A. Thurs The body of 12-year-old Mohamed Rasik bin Sulaiman. swept away by flood waters when he fell into a monsoon drain, was last night recovered at the 13th mile Sungei Puchong. The tragedy of Mohamed Rasik occurred last Sunday during a thunderstorm He was
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    Lock icon Insurance And Islamic Law
    142 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Is insurance against Islamic law? Conflicting views on this issue were expretaed by delegate* attending the current International Islamic conference here. The Chairman of the Organising Committee of the conference. Dato Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'akub. today said a few of the delegates felt
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    Lock icon Khir On Target For Malay Medium Schools
    408 9 SEREMBAX. Thurs. The Minister of Education. Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. today stressed the importance of improving the quality of teaching and learning especially in the fields of Science and English. in Malay medium schools. Postive steps, he added, were being taken by his
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    Lock icon World Bank Loan To PUB
    170 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs iUPI> The World Bank ha* announced that it has agreed to lend the Public Utilities Board »PUB» of Singapore US$2O 5 million to help finance expansion of PUB's electric power distribution system "Demand for power In Singapore, particularly from Industrial and commercial establishments.
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    Lock icon Rubber Processing: Warning By Sumitro
    127 9 JAKARTA. Thurs. (L?I) Indonesian Trade Minister Sumltro has threatened to let all Indonesian crude rubber to Malaysia for processing unless Sumatran remlllers improve their product and their capacities. Sumltro. who is on an inspection tour of Sumatra's rubber belt, said Indonesian remlllers should modernist their
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    Lock icon PI Central Banks Only To Handle US Funds
    264 9 MANILA, Thurs. (Reuter) Dollars spent by the United States in the Philippines are to be converted into pesos through the Manila government s Central Bank instead of commercial banks, the embassy haa told the Foreign office. A five-point note sent to the
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    Lock icon S'pore Heart Girl: Doctors Optimistic
    413 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) Doctors were optimistic yesterday that a 16-year-old Singapore schoolgirl would make a complete recovery following open heart surgery here on Tuesday to put In an artificial valve The girl. Chew Yeow Moy. was flown to the United States for the high risk
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    Lock icon Edmundo Ros Concerts
    61 9 SINGAPORE Thurs Special concession rates are being offered to members of the Nationl Theatre Club for the "Edmundo Ros' Concert* presentee by the National Theatre Trust on May 5 i 8. at the National Theatre Concession rate# at $l.OO for $4 00 tickets may be bought from
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    Lock icon Killer Sweater
    34 9 SYDNEY. Thurs (Reuter) Three-year-old Timothy R:tzau of suburban WentworthvlUe was strangled by his sweater when his arm was caught In his mother's washing machine wringer. Mrs. Ritzau Is expecting her second child.
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    Lock icon UNCTAD Chief: Future Of Developing Nations Optimistic
    1344 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The U.N. Second Development Decode should constitute o solemn declaration of intentions supported by the necessary political will of both developed and developing countries. The role of the Regional Economic Commissions will be fundamental not only in the preparation of the
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    Lock icon A VOTE OF THANKS
    117 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. ECAFE countries led by its Executive Secretary, U Nyun and the Chairman of the 25th Session. Mr. S. Rajaratnam enthusiastically applauded the statement b T the SecretaryGeneral of UNCTAD. Mr. Peret-Guerrero. A vote of thanks was proposed by the Indian delegation and seconded by
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    Lock icon Govt Troops After Huks
    125 10 MANILA, Thurs (Reuter) Government troops are closing in on a group of Huks (Filipino Communists) and outlaws hiding out somewhere in Nueva Ecija Province, north of Manila, according to Constabulary (National Police) reports today. The Constabulary said the Huk outlaw band of more than 70 men
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    Lock icon Ghana Airways Dakota Crashes
    177 10 ACCRA. Thurs. (Reuter) A Ghana Airways DC-3 Dakota with 32 people aboard crash-landed today near Takoradi airport, seriously injuring 19 people. An earlier report that one person a man of unknown nationality who had come from London had died could not be confirmed. The DC-3. flying
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    Lock icon Thai Troops On The Alert
    86 10 BANGKOK. Thurs. (Reuter) 1 Thai Government forces stationed on the Thai bank of the Mekong River have been alerted to prevent infiltration of communist guerrillas from the Laotian aide, the Bangkok World reported today. The newspaper, which did not quote any s ources, s aid
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    Lock icon EXCHANGE OF TOASTS
    52 10 WASHINGTON, Thurs. iVPI) Chief Justice Earl Warren toasted President Nixon last night and told him he is leaving the Supreme Court "with malice in mjr heart toward no one." Nixon, in turn raised his glass of champagne and saluted Warren "as a friend of justice and friend
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    Lock icon Singapore-Canada Joint Venture Prospects Good
    442 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. There are good possibilities of Joint venture projects between Singapore and Canada, the Canadian Minister for Industry, Trade and Commerce. Mr. Jean-Luc Pepin said today. Meeting the Press on arrival for a three-day official visit, Mr Pepin said however, it was too early
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    Lock icon Move To Form New Front
    89 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The Singapore Chinese Party has invited three opposition parties to attend a meeting on Sunday at 2 p.m. at its headquarters in Cross Street to form an alliance called the Singapore National Front. The Chinese Party and the three opposition parties have agreed
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    Lock icon Call For US Presence In Indonesia Hailed
    156 10 JAKARTA. Thurs (Reuter) The independent Indonesian Observer today welcomed Mr Marshall Green's call for a smaller American presence In Indonesia. "Ever since the American image has been dealt a painful blow by the Vietnam war. it Is quite obvious that a new U
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    Lock icon Air Dash A Success
    146 10 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Nine Hercules of the Royal Air Force touched down in Kuala Lumpur yesterday and disgorged 'A' Squadron of the Queen's Own Hussars, fully equipped with armoured vehicles and ready to go into instant action The exercise, demonstrating the air-portability of the Singapore-based Hussars, was
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    Lock icon Indon Bans Trade With 3 African Nations
    97 10 JAKARTA. Thurs (L'PI) The Indonesian Government has banned trade with three African countries because of what it called their racist policies. it was announced today. The ban. announced by the Trade Ministry, was in response to the U>N. Securitv Council's call for a
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    Lock icon 'Developed Nations Lucky to be ECAFE Members'
    1001 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The ECAFE executive secretary, U Nyun, said it was fortunate that developed countries in Asia were members of ECAFE. "Otherwise it would be like 'Oliver Twist' asking for more," he said. U Nyun said it was also pood and fortunate that
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    Lock icon Teachers Home From Language Course
    148 10 SINGAPORE. Thars—Three Singapore Uarhers Miss Rosalia Khn. Miss Farida Maric an and Miss Maria de Fatima Furtado recently returned from Germany where they underwent a two-year training course as teachers of the German language. This course was offered to them as scholarships sponsored by the
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      Lock icon Akiyama Shocks Aik Huang
      397 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Masao Akiyama of Japan created a major upset when he defeated Malaysian ace Tan Aik Huang in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Pestabadminton championships held at the Singapore Bodminton Hall, Guillemard Road, tonight. It was a thrilling match where Aik Huans bowed out of
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      Lock icon Australian Ace For Japan GP
      121 11 SYDNEY. Thurs. (UPI) Alec Mildren. former Australian racing chamr'.on and now owner-manager of the M'.ldren racing team, left Sydney today with two of his drivers for the Japanese Grand Prix on May 3 The two drivers are current Australian champion Kevin Bartlelt. and current Australia
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      Lock icon Intikhab Joins Surrey
      82 11 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) —lntikhab Alam, the Pakistan Test all-rounder, has agreed to join English County Cricket club Surrey, it was announced here today. Mr. Geoffrey Howard. the Surrey secretary, said Intikhab would begin his duties with the County on Monday. Intikhab is recognised as one of the
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      Lock icon Cambridge Win Boat Race
      97 11 TIIF Cambridge crew (right) already with a six-second lead over Oxford approach Hammersmith Bridge during the 115 th annual boat race between the two universities rowed to the River Thames between Putney and Mortlake. Cambridge won the race by a comfortable four lengths in the third
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      Lock icon Beaten United Are Not Giving Up Hope
      432 11 MILAN, Thurs. (Reuter) Manchester I'nited pounded to a 2-0 European Cup defeat by A. C. Milan here last night have not given up hope of winning through to their second successive Anal. United Manager. Sir Matt Busby, although disappointed at his team's poor
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      Lock icon BASEBALL RESULTS
      106 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter> Results of yesterday s major league baseball game: AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota Twins 7. Oakland Athletics 6. Washington Senators 9. Boston Red Sox 3. Chicago White Sox 7. California Angels 1. Baltimore Orioles 3. Detroit Tigers 2 Kansas City Royals 4. Seattle Pilots 3. New
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      44 11 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Results of Ru*by Union Club matches played last night were: Bristol 27 Weston-Super-Mare 9. Broughtoo Park 14 Coventry 12, Gloucester 12 Clifton 6. London Irish 6 London Welsh 9 Maestea 19 Metropolitan Police 11, Waterloo 17 united Services 9.
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      Lock icon Spassky Takes Clear Lead
      248 11 CHESS MOSCOW Thurs fßeuter) Challenger Bor:» Spassky took a clear lead over champion Tigran Petrosyan when he won a thrilling fifth game in their series for th* world che«s title last night Spassky, a 32->ear-old Russian, beat th« 40-vear-old Soviet Armenian to lead by three points
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      Lock icon Match Drawn
      23 11 SEVILLE. Thurs (Reuter) —Spain and Mexico drew 0 0 in a friendly soccer international watched bv 40,000 spectators here last night.
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      218 11 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore's regular goalkeeper. Carmen Van Huizen has entered for the 19f»9 "Soccer Queen of the Year" contest to be held at the Ocean Park Hotel. o n May 3 at 800 pm. The contest, organised by the Women's Football Association of Singapore, is not hased
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      Lock icon Vigia First
      57 11 PARIS. Thurs (Reut«r) M Daniel Wildenstem'g filly Yigia favourite fo r the Epfom Oaks in some betting lists, won the £1.250 Prix Fair Helen over 8-1.2 furlongs at Maison s Laffltte yesterday. British jockey Wally Swinburn rode Vigia, who was making her racecourse debut. She scored from Sentence
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      Lock icon $225,000 Fight Offer
      95 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AFP) New world welterweight champion Jose Napoles of Mexico ha* been offered r5575.000 to defend his title against former champion Emile Griffith, it was revealed here today. The offer came from New York promoter George Albert, who said that Griffith, former middleweight champion also,
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      Lock icon Brundage Demands Return Of Medals
      397 11  -  ALPINE SKIING Ry RONALD BATCHELOR CHICAGO, Thurs- (Reuter) —Mr. Avery Brundage, President of the Internationa] Oivmpic Committee, today ripped into the "scandal'' surrounding Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympic Games and declared it was "doubtful if it should be on the Olympic programme."' Asserting that
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      1539 12 Race 1 s Horses Class 6 Div. 5—Abt. 7 Purs.—2.00 p.m. 9 m 5 00 gin 8 12 813 811 810 8 "9 804 R.'C 8 01 K 01 J Donnelly Omar 14 I i. 000 Rmp Proctur Sy Ahmad Yeo B 3 3 4 8 9
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      Lock icon Glen Larmonic In Fluent Trial
      264 12 By BIG BEN T3ENANG, Thurs. Gl«n Larmonic who scored a winning debut at Ipoh recently has made further improvement. This morning with Jolly Scout for company Glen Larmonic did a fluent 3f gallop in 39 on a good track. Movie House VI (Nelson) attracted attention
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      Lock icon Frazier To Stake Title
      219 12 HOUSTON. Texas. Thurs fßeuter> Joe Frazier will defend hi* version of the world heavyweight title against his fellow American Jerry Quarry in a 15-mund fight at New York's Madison Square Garden on June 23, Garden official* announced here vesterday. Frazier. unbeaten in 23 professional fights, successfully
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      81 12 BANGKOK. Thurs (Reuter) —Standings of the teams at the end of the ninth day of the tournament were: GROUP A P W L D Pts. Iran 3 2-15 Malaysia 3 1113 Indonesia 3-122 Ceylon 3-122 GROUP B Israel 3 3 116 South Korea 3 2 1-4 Laos
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      Lock icon 2-1 Victory
      44 12 GLASGOW. Thurs. (Reuter) The South African men's hockey team opened their short British section of their tour with a 2 —l win over Scotland here last night. Despite efforts by a small group of anti-apartheid demonstrators. the match went off without trouble.
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      Lock icon Rochdale Triumph
      244 12 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Rochdale improved their chance of promot'on from the Fourth Division of the English Football League with a 2-1 home win over Wrexham last night while their fellow promotion candidates Lincoln City went down to a 24 defeat at Chester. In the tight struggle for the
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      Lock icon Connolly Shines For Middlesex
      82 12 LONDON Thurs fEeuter) Alar Connolly, the Australian Test bowler, made an encouraging start to his cricket with Middlesex here yesterday Though the 29-year-old fast-medium pace man delivered only ten overs in the annual warm-up match acainst Surrey, he keot a tight length and produced plenty of
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