Eastern Sun, 26 April 1969

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 980 Saturday* 26 April 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Russian Objection To ASEAN Gets A Rebuff
    635 1  -  By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Fri. The Russians took a beating in their ideological warfare today as ECAFE countries rallied round ASEAN nations against a vehement Soviet attempt to sever ECAFE's association with the South-east Asian regional grouping. The first news of the "big
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  • Article
    Lock icon Narrow Escape For Film Star
    162 1 KAMPALA. Fri. (Reuter)— Indian film star, Raiendra Kumar. narrowly escaped injury when a small charter aircraft force-landed on a cliff too in the Murchison Falls National Park, Northern Uganda. Mr. Kumar and six other oeople in the plane scent nine hours in the bush, surrounded
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    Lock icon CHOLERA WARNING
    50 1 GENEVA. Frl ißeuter) The World Health Ogams*tion warned today that cholera might be on the Increase again following a 25 per cent rise In the disease between 1967 and 1968 It said latest figures showed there were 28.941 cases last year compared with only 23,201 the year before.
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    Lock icon De Gaulle Leaves For Country Home
    61 1 PARIS. Fri. (Reuter) General de Gaulle left Paris for his country home in Eastern France today two days before French voters decide whether be will continue to rule them. The 78-year-old President drove to his big, austere house at Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises after recording his final
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    Lock icon Malaysia's Aik Mong Springs Sensational Upset
    76 1 SINGAPORE. Fri. Tan Aik Mong of Malaysia seeded No. 7, created a sensational upset tonight when he beat the defending champion. Darmadi. of Indonesia. in three gruelling sets 14-17. 15-14. 18-14 in the semi-finals of the Singapore Pestabadminton Championships held at Guillemard Road. He
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon • CAMBRIDGE, England; The Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, paid a visit to Churchill College, Cambridge University, here on April 24. He is seen with the Master of the College. Sir Eric Ashby in the campus.
    39 1 CAMBRIDGE, England; The Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, paid a visit to Churchill College, Cambridge University, here on April 24. He is seen with the Master of the College. Sir Eric Ashby in the campus. tPI photo.
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    Lock icon Envoy Raman 'Seriously III'
    135 1 JAKARTA. Fri. (Reuter) Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia. Mr. P. S Raman, is still on the seriously ill list in a Jakarta hospital but improving after suffering a heart attack last Tuesday. A spokesman for the Singapore Embassy told Reuter today that Mr. Raman collapsed early last
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    Lock icon 500 British Troops For N. Ireland
    82 1 LONDON, Fri. (UPl)—Britain today ordered a battalion of 500 troops into Northern Ireland where water main explosions have increased the danger of civil strife. The Defence Ministry said that men from a Battalion of the Prince of Wales Regiment would leave in the next
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    Lock icon Malik: No Urgency For Military Pact In S.E. Asia
    287 1 JAKARTA. Fri. (Reuter) Indonesia today told Australia that It saw no urgency at present to arrange a military pact in South-east Asia. "We may agree to co-operate in some sort of security arrangement to neutralise the area,*' Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam
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    Lock icon First Public Use Of U.K.'s Newest Coin
    66 1 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Britain's newest coin, the 50 new pence, which doesn't become legal until October, has its first public use tomorrow at two soccer matches The referees at the England and Scottish Cup finals will use the seven-sided coin at the pre-match
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    Lock icon Americans Ate 787,500 Tons Of Hot Dogs
    61 1 CHICAGO. Fri. (UPD—The American public consumed 787.500 tons of hot dogs (frankfurters) last year. That's 1.5 billion pounds or about 80 frankfurters per citizen based on 200 million population, the American Meat Institute said on Thursday. Strung end to end. a spokesman said
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    Lock icon Papers Black Out News
    114 1 JAKARTA, Fri. (Reuter) Jakarta editors clamped an almost total news blackout on last night's arrival of Australian External Affairs Minister Gordon Freeth apparently because a security guard clashed with pressmen Although a battery of Indonesian photographers greeted the Minister at the airport, only one newspaper carried
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    Lock icon Holyoake: Spy Ring In N.Z.
    111 1 WELLINGTON. Fri < Reuter > An International spy ring is operating in New Zealand. Prime Minister Keith Holyoake said here today. In a special press statement. issued as New Zealanders celebrated ANZAC Day. a public holiday. Mr. Holyoake said the country's security services had evidence
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    Lock icon What A Shame!
    87 1 BANGKOK. Fri. (Reuter) A 20-year-old girl student hanged herself because she "lost face' when her Father was lat* in sending her fare home, police said today. They said Panvadl Maneerhai "lost face" when her father on arrival home in Bangkok from Chiang Mai University, 500 miles north
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    Lock icon Curfew In Certain Parts Of Penang
    498 1 Man Killed In Anti-Polls Incident KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. A curfew has been imposed in certain areas in Penang Island from 1 p.m. today until further notice following a "Communist inspired" incident in which a man, believed to be a detective, was killed the Pcrak
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    Lock icon Mao Re-Elected
    47 1 HONG KONG. Fri. lUFI) The ninth Congress of the Chinese Communist Party ended on Thursday night with tb« election of a new Central Committee consisting of 17remembers Mao Tse-tung. 75, was elected Chairman of the Central Committee. Lin Piao. Maos closest comrade-in-arma was elected Vice-Chairman.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon Corporal Found Guilty, Fined $1,000
    314 2 SINGAPORE, Fri. A 37-yeor-old Policy Corporal was today fined $l,OOO or four months' imprisonment in the Third District Court for attempting to obtain a sum of $3OO from a man who was found in possession of two illegal betting sups. Th > accused. Corporal Kalbl
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    Lock icon Keep Parks Clean Appeal
    229 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Public Works Department has appealed to thp public for cooperation in keening the parks and playgrounds clean. Said the PWD 'Our parks and playgrounds are for the enjoyment of the general public and the co-operation of both parents and children will be greatly
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    Lock icon Customs Duties Amendment
    94 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Government has abolished the following duties in the Customs tariff. Tiles, rectangular, of an artiftcal plastic material falling within heading 581.1, other than roofing. The exist'.ng duty is 25 r e or 15 cts per pound (Full and Preferential) Tiles, rectangular, of an artificial
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    Lock icon Back After Brain Operation
    141 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. —lt was a happy reunion for 21-year-old Yong Ah Chee, with his mother, Madam Yong Kum, when he returned to Singapore tonight after a successful brain tumour operation. Yong underwent the operation at the Roval Perth Hospital which wrote off the costs. The Rntary
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    Lock icon EUROPEAN TRAVEL AGENTS IMPRESSED
    150 2 SINGAPORE, Fri.—Some thirteen European travel agents who arrived here on Tuesday evening: are surprised by the facilities provided by Singapore for tourists. Their few days' stay here had already convinced them that Singapore was worth a visit They assured that with so much facilities provided and
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    Lock icon This Week's 2nd Lucky Shopper
    137 2 WERE you shopping at C.K. Tang at about 2.30 p m. on Thursday (April 24)? And if you are the lady circled above in the picture, yod have been declared Eastern Sun's second lurkv shopper for the week For being lucky, you have won a
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    Lock icon U NYUN ON LOWER MEKONG BASIN PROJECT
    894 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. The ECAFE Executive Secretary, II Nyun. has described the participation of member countries in the lower Mekonr basin project as an expression of "solidarity. friendship 'and cooperative spirit." He said the Mekong basin project wa» one of the most "inspiring and
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    Lock icon Blood Donation Campaign
    195 2 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Minister for Health. Mr. Chua Blan Chin, will open the Red Crocs Blood Donation Campaign to be held at Red Cross House. Penang Lane, on Sunday, at 10 00 a m This Is the third Blood Donor Publicity and Recruitment Campaign organised bv the
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    Lock icon Al-Fatah Wants Islamic Talks To Proclaim A 'Jihad'
    838 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Palestine Liberation Front (Al-Fatah) hopes to nersuade the International Islamic Coference here from which it is barred to proclaim a "Jihad' (holy war) by calling on Muslims even where to 'sacrifice their souli and wealth'' to liberate Palestine
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    Lock icon S'pore's Water Supply Of Highest Standard
    427 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The people of Singapore enJoys piped supply of water which is of the highest standard and perfectly safe to drink from the tap. ECAFE delegates were told of this today by the Singapore delegate, Mr. Tan Chok Kian, when he gave an
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    Lock icon India's River Valley Projects
    299 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. ECAFE delegates were today told of the success of India's multiturpose river valley projects which brought about economic prosperity and fully justifying the money and effort spent on them. The leader of the Indian celegation. Mr. Surendra Pal S.r.gh, stated this today in an
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    Lock icon Broader View Of Planning Urged
    540 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. Ne- l therlands today expressed i the hope that the forth- 1 coming meeting of water resources engineers, development planners and so- cial scientists on social and non-economic factors in vater resources development would contribute a broader view on planning in this field.
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    Lock icon Donations And Aid Pledges Ceremony
    531 3 MEKONG PROJECT SINGAPORE, Fri. The Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East this morning in a simple but dignified ceremonv at the Singapore Conference Hall received donations and pledges of assistance for its Mekong Project from Belgium. Philippines. Japan, the United Nations Development Programme
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    Lock icon Blue Film Exhibitor Fined
    39 3 SINGAPORE. Fri Lim Poo Long was today fined $4OO for showing one reel of blue film and also for having in possession another four reels of this film yesterday at 11.55 p.m. in Tannery Lane
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    Lock icon Victorian PM In K. Lumpur
    125 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— The Prime Minister, of State for Victoria, Australia, Sir Henry Bolte. and his wife arrived here today for a two-day visit in the course of a world tour. Their visit is at the invitation of the Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rah m
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    Lock icon Availability Of Experts On Roster System Called For
    653 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East was today called upon to create a roster of experts on the development of water resources so that their services could be made available on request from member countries. The proposal
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    Lock icon Hotel Theft
    75 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Thieves broke into a hotel room of an Indonesian delesate to the International Islamic conference here an escaped with a pen, a $lOO watch and 5462 cash. The theft occurred four days aso but was reported to the police only last night. The victim Prof,
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      Lock icon "ALL OUT PEACE BID"
      101 5 WASHINGTON. (Reuter) res j^ en t x °n told a group fiL b l? city ma y° r s today that tr.e Lnited States was exploring every possible avenue to bring the Vietnam war to a peaceful settlement. The President, as quoted by White House officials,
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      Lock icon HIGH POWER BOMB AT STATION
      85 5 CARDIFF. Wales. (Reuter) A bomb left in a locker at a busy Cardiff railwav station for two days this week would have demolished ha'f the building If its lid had been moved as little as one-eighth of an inch police said last night. Its discovery
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      Lock icon UPPER HOUSE AXED
      100 5 CHANDIGARH. India. (Reu- The Punjab State Assembly has unanimously voted for the abolition of the Upper House, the Legislative Council, following the example 0 f the West Bergal Assembly, in a Commurjist-dorninated United Front has the majority. The 67 members voting for the resolution, out of a
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      Lock icon REPUBLIC BILL 2ND READING
      113 5 Salisbury, (Reuter) The Bhodesian Parliament last night gave a second reading to controversial legislation providing for an early referendum on a new Republican constitution. Fiercflv opposed by the handful of African legislators, the Bill creates the mechanism to test opinion on whether the electorate wants a
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      Lock icon US "FIRM ON EUROPE"
      77 5 NORFOLK. Virginia. (Reuter) The U.S. Defence Secretary. Mr. Melvin Laird, said today that the American military commitment to Europe remains firm. despite the change of administration in Washington. "In view of the historv of two world wars, and today's tenuous balance of no'w.er in Europe it
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      Lock icon SOCCER STAR DIES
      43 5 SHEFFIELD. England, (Reuter) Ernest Blenkinsop who p'ayed for England in 26 soccer internationals. died in his public house here today while serving a customer. Blenkmsop olaved for Hull City. Sheffield Wedday for whom he turned out 395 times and Liverpool
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      Lock icon MID-AIR CRASH
      51 5 LONDON. (Reuter) Two li-ht planes coliined in midair last night and crashed, killing all four aboard. The aircraft plunged into ploughed fields near the outer London suburb of Ongar.Two men were in one plane and a man and a woman in the other. All were said to be
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      Lock icon NEAR "VIETNAMISATION"
      87 5 SAIGON (Reuier) An Arnerican battalion hands over the lxt of its equipment to South Vietnamese forces tomorrow bringing the "Vietramisation" of the war a step nearer. The *OO-strong battalion of the 77th artillery complete the transfer of its three batteries at Can Tho in the Mekong delta tomorrow.
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      Lock icon REDS ELIMINATE REDS
      53 5 MANILA. (Reuter) Two communist Huk groups clashed la?t night in Pampanga province. North of Manila, resulting in the death of two of their members, police said here todav. The two rival groups were fighting over the collection of funds in the province. The Huk movement is outlawed
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    Lock icon LEBANESE GOVT QUITS
    440 5 BEIRUT, Fri. (Reuter) The Lebanese government resigned last night after two days of violent clashes between security forces and demonstrators demanding freedom of action for Arab guerillas on Lebanese soil. Prime Minister Rashid Karami, announcing its resignation to parliament, frankly admitted that the country, which is formed
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    Lock icon HIPPIES EXECUTED
    85 5 SAX FRANCISCO. (UPI) A gunman executed three youths yesterday in an apartment in the Haight-Ashbury district that spawned the hippie generation. Lt. Char!es Fills of homicide squad said "The victims were found in kneeling positions." "Each had been shot once in the forehead." he said. "It was an
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    Lock icon 8TH-FLOOR DEATH FALL KILLS 3
    30 5 TOKYO. < Reuter) A window cleaner's gondola plunged eight storeys onto a suburban footpath crowded with schoolchildren here killing two 11-year-old boys and the window cleaner.
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    Lock icon 'Stupid Papers' NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI)
    77 5 Nguyen Tan. South Vietnam's counsellor to the United Nations, explained censorship In his country by saying that 'people in South Vietnam are so stupid they cannot even run a newspaper". He said the newspapers in Vietnam are not run by people who know what
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    Lock icon Iran-Iraq Bristles
    212 5 TEHERAN, Fri. (Reuter) Iran today continued to build up its forces along the Shatt-FI-Arab river border with Iraq as Phantom jet fighters and warships stood ready to escort an Iranian freighter down the disputed waterway. Iranian troops were reported to be concentrating along the river and warships were
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    Lock icon More Attacks On Pipe Lines
    140 5 BELFAST Fri. (UPD Saboteurs eluded British Army sentries for the second time in 24 nours today and b>w up another aqueduct supplying; Belfast. The government had only hours earlier ordered British helicopters and thousands of reserve police into action to prevent such attacks. Police said
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    Lock icon Don't Expect Too Much Response From British
    166 5 HONG KONG. Fri. (Reuter) The South China Morning Post said today he odds were not in favour of Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew being able at present to attract British investment to Singapore. The Hong Kong newspaper in an editorial said: "A capable
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    Lock icon AT the Japan Sea: A U.S. navy motor whaleboat (left centre) from the USS destroyer Tucker (unseen) picks up aircraft debris from a Russian motor launch in the Sea of Japan. The Soviet destroyer Vodokyaovenny (background) recovered the debris during search and rescue operations for the EC121 downed by North Korean aircraft on April 15.
    60 5 AT the Japan Sea: A U.S. navy motor whaleboat (left centre) from the USS destroyer Tucker (unseen) picks up aircraft debris from a Russian motor launch in the Sea of Japan. The Soviet destroyer Vodokyaovenny (background) recovered the debris during search and rescue operations for the EC121 downed by North
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    Lock icon 'No' To Transplant Donors Being Removed To Wait On Patient
    230 5 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) The British Medical Association today ruled that desperately ill prospective organ donors should not be moved to the hospital of a waiting recipient. In its annual report, the association's council governing body of the British medical profession
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    Lock icon Le Monde In English
    151 5 LONDON. Tri. (Router) An English weekly edition of Le Monde, the Paris evening newspnper. was Introduced at a press conference here today by Its foreign editor. M. Andre Fontaine M. Fontaine said profit was not the main objective of the new venture. Le Monde wished to
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    Lock icon 'PIRACY' SAYS PARK
    122 5 SEOUL. (UPI) South Korean President Park ChungHee said today the recent shooting down of a U.S. aircraft bv North Korea was a premeditated act of piracy designed to provoke the United States and South Korea into fullscale war. Touching on the North Korean provocation over the Japan
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    Lock icon INDON TRADE RAN ON 3 NATIONS
    71 5 INDON T RADE RAN ON 3 NATIONS JAKARTA. 'Renter) Indonesia has banned all export* to South Africa. Rhodesia and Portuguese Angola, it was officially announced here todav The announcement, issued bv the Trade Ministry, said the ban was being imposed becat>«e the three countries were still practising racial discrimination desp
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    64 5 BOYS' TOWN. Nebraska. (UPI» Pueblo skipper Lloyd Burher savs he wants his ship returned by North Korea "or removed from the face of the earth." Capt. Bucher, on a sentimental journey to his o'.d home here, said he was 'intensely f>roud w of his spy ship and
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    Lock icon Limitation Statute Abolished
    233 5 uw F ri (Rf|,t f r > Th< *>st German cabinet agreed earlv today to abolish without reservation the statute of limitations, which puts a time limit on prosecution of crimes of murder and genocide including wartime Nazi killings. The decision followed a flve-hour cabinet session which
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    Lock icon DIVORCED, AFTER 13 YEARS APART
    68 5 LOS ANGELES. (Reuter) Film actress Lorett a Young. 56. today filed a divorce suit against her husband after 13 years of separation. She alleged her husband. 6S-year-old business executive and former television producer Thomas Lewis, deserted her. The couple married in 1940 and separated in
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    Lock icon THE POST'S NEW G.M.
    46 5 HONG KONG. (Reuter) Mr. G.A. Pi'srim has been appointed gereral manager of the South China Morning Post Ltd the newspaper reported today. He suc-eeds Mr. T RC. Wil'is who resigned from the company earlier this month. Mr Pilgrim was deputy general manager.
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    Lock icon Beatles Battle A Tycoon
    115 5 LONDON. Fri (Reuter) The Beatles today went into battle against Britain's entertainment ciar. Sir Lew Grade, for control of Northern Songs, the company which publishes their music. The Beatles now ow n about 30 per rent of the company they founded with their late manager. Brian
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      143 5 -t 1 Her first time by the sea. She loved the sunshw* and the sounds. And then you found the shell. You *aid that if she held the shell to her ear. she could hear the sea. always. Always U a long time...espettally for holding memories. So sate those precious
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    Lock icon WORDS OF SINCERITY
    280 6 MEMORIAL lectures are fertile fields where new thoughts sprout. They either grow or wither away depending on the whims of societies. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's recent lecture at Cambridge is full of ideas prolific and practical for Britair of today to solve her problems of tomorrow.
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    Lock icon ONE-THIRD FOR NATIONAL DEFENCE
    236 6 NORTH Korea has appropriated 30 per cent of its fiscal 1969 national budget for national defence, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. North Korean Finance Minister Yoon Ki Bok made the announcement in his report on the 1969 state budget at the third
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    Lock icon RESEARCH WORKERS AND MAOISM
    158 6 THE army and workers propaganda team stationed in the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Peking are striving to restore the confidence of research workers who were humiliated during the Cultural Revolution, Radio Peking reported today. Many of these were once more trusted and in some cases
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    Lock icon First 100 Days Of Nixon In The White House
    827 6  -  By Merriman Smith WASHINGTON, Frl. (UFI) Pr« lid nt Nixon approaches the end of his first 100 doyt in the White House confident he has made a good beginning. He claims no more for, as he told a recent news conference,
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    Lock icon Japanese Search For Offshore Oil Resources
    398 6  -  BY TAKESHI SATO TOKYO, Fri. (Reuter) Japanese petrol companies have started serious searches for offshore oil resources on the continental shelf around Japan. The Ministry of International Trade and industry said applications had been received from six companies lor concessions to carry out prospecting.
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    Lock icon Chinese Expert's Plan To Kill Tornadoes
    318 6  -  By JOSEPH L. MYLER WASHINGTON. Fri (UPI) A Chines-born scientist said on Thursday it may be possible to kill tornadoes, the most violent of sudden storms, with exploding balloons. He said he plans to test his idea on "dust devils." small dusty whirlwinds, some
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    Lock icon Czechoslovakia: Mere Change Of Horses Says China
    129 6 BELGRADE Fri. (UPI) In China's first public reaction to the charge in Czechoslovakia s leadership. Peking s official New China News Agency said yesterday the change was forced by Moscow "with the help of bayonets." the Yugoslav News Agency Tanjug reported In a
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    Lock icon Population Explosion In Mexico
    444 6  -  BY MICHAEL HAYES MEXICO CITY, Fri. (Reuter) Mexicans, facing the problem of a major population explosion, are beginning to accept the previously taboo concepts of birth control and sex education, according to recent state- ments here. Mexico's population had risen early thic year to 47.300.000 an
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    Lock icon Czechoslovakia Moving Towards Tightly Controlled Society
    373 6  -  BY ALINE MOSBY PRAGUE. Fri. (I'PI) Authorities on Thursday cancelled the May Day parade in Prague, repressed student agitation and censored sources of information to the foreign press. Bit by bit. Czechoslovakia is reverting to the closed and tighty controlled societv it had before
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    Lock icon Stabilise Prices Of Native Products
    838 6  -  (From Sin Chew Jit Poh IN the past few day«. the conference of ECAFE discussed many important problems, especially, the problem* pertaining to the economic development of Asian and Far East nations, that held the attention on all sides. The business of Asian Development Bank
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    Lock icon Suharto's Visit To Yugoslavia May Be Postponed
    154 6 JAKARTA. Fri. (AFP' Jgos.av President Jcsip Tito ho«. asked Indonesian President General Suharto to postpone his state visit to Yugoslavia. reliable diplomatic sources said last night. Another informed source said the reason was that the -If* guard members of the rulir.2 Communis: League
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    Lock icon Albania On Soviet Military Growth
    321 6  -  By K.C. THALER LONDON. Frt CUPI) Albania Communist China's spokesman In Europe, contends the Soviet military has taken over in Moscow to keep the Kremlin leaders in power. The claim appeared In Albania's official newspaper. Zeri Populit. which reached London this week. The paper reflects
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    19 6  -  Bagehot, Walter. One of the greatest pairs to human nature is the pain of a new Idea
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      Lock icon Camera Aids Communication Among Third Graders In US
      349 7 A PRI\ ATE SCHOOL in the United States is teaching photography to students as young as six years to stimulate their learning ability and to encourage selfexpression. The course in photography is being used as a pilot project in communications, explains the
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      37 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages On the New York stock exchange; 30 Industrials 921.20 20 Rails 234.38 15 Utilities 130.14 65 Stocks 17.85 40 Bonds 73.89 Commodity future s index 138.77
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      Lock icon It's $$$ For HK On Danish Marts
      294 7 It's For HK On Danish Marts COPENHAGEN, Fri. (UPI) What was expected to be an ordinary reception with plenty of free drinks and talk turned out to be a surprise for the Hong Kong trade delegation. There were no drinks, no cakes and no «mall-talk, but separate rooms with desks
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      Lock icon Sterling Holds Steady After French Franc Flurry
      235 7 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Sterling remain* cd fairly steady for most of today after recovering some of the losses it suffered yesterday in the backwash of the French franc troubles. Then, just before trading ended. It slipped bark, to finish the day at $2.3889
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      Lock icon Rubber: No Change
      274 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. May flrst grade rubber buyer* closed at 5 p.m in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 71} cents per lb., unchanged from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. The market opened practically off on lower London advices but steadied back on
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      126 7 SINGAPORE. Tri The Association of Bank* In Ma laysia-Singapore today made the following changes in Its rate* to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent o' unl's of foreign currency). SEI XING T.T or O D ready Deutsche Marks $77.3750; Holland Guilders $84.9123; Swiss Francs $71.4925; Belran Franc
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      1786 7 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today reacted rather nervously to reports of civil disturbances in parts of Penang, West Malaysia, and practically took quite o plunge. Conditions were already easier at the opening with the market still confining interest to the newer
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      66 7 HONG KONG. Tti. (UPI)— Money Quotations: HK $6.***** per US dollar. HK SB. ***** pe r U.S. dollar TT. HK $l4 53 per pound sterling. HK $3213 per ta«l of fold 94 5 per cent flnenesa. HK $162 2 per 10.000 Japan«if yens. HK $132.3 per 100'
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      109 7 Sags To Lowest Level Since Jan. LATEST LONDON. Fri. (l*PI) In quiet conditions, the pound sagged to its lowest level since early January in the foreign exchange market today. The rate against the TB. dollar opened 11 points lower at ***** but then quickly rallied to 2.3885, possibly with the
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      99 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. Mr. W C. King, a director of Williams and Humbert International Ltd., will visit Kuala Lumpur and Singapore later this month In the course of a tour oI South-east Asia. Williams and Humbert are one of the world'® leading producers of sherry, their
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      205 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. Miss Shirley Lee Yeut Hoe. secretary to Mr R. Kong. District Sales Manager of Philippine Air Lines, has been awatded bi educational tour to the United States. Miss Lee'» US. tour will begin at San Francisco where jhe will join other Philippine Air Lines
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      16 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The tin price for today was $6lO per picul, down $0.87 i.
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      594 7 MINUOPOKK Htort Kirliinir told tn« other price* nfttriall) Hated at the cM»m of nutlnru INDl'STRIAL B*n Co B. p. 2 29 Borneo Bhd 1 M I >8 Bouttead 2 11 2.16 1 amel Plywood 2 50 2 54 C. >u|ar 441 4 46 told Moriie 6
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      52 7 •Manager* l»t Mala*an 317 3.26 ?n«l Malayan 228 '!r«l Mala>an \D 1.3# 1 4S The < 0111 merer Ina. 11* lit The "a* in; fund 1 21 1.31 M 1 nnd XD U1 14.1 1»t Hong Kong 1.35 1 41* '.'nd Hong Kong »5 100* sterling Com 6/10
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      99 7 SINGAPORE. Frl. The r.oon priest at the Hnzapore Chinese Produce Exchange today are dam belter Coconut Oil <F.O.B.) Hulk 43 50 Coconut Oil (FOB.) Dram 51.00 MUeu copra 31 00 Muntok While Pepper (ro.B.) N V. 121 50 >arH»dh White Pepper (F.OB) 120 00 Sarawak special Black •vpp«»r (FOB.)
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      257 7 SINGAPORE. Fri. The following 1« a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for April 26: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels N W 3 Giang Lee 23/24 Eastern Ranger 25 Rajah Brooke 27/28 Nansei Maru 15/16 Straat Hong Kong 21/22 Eastern Luck ARRIVAL Godowns Vessels 6/9 Tudor
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    224 8 NEW YORK, Fri. (UPI) A blonde, former model was charged today with trving to hire a gunman for I*SSIO,OOO to kill her estranged husband. a wealthy clothing manufacturer. Barbara Shampain, 38, who used to model bathing suits, •w as released on U5315.000 bail after her arraignment
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    56 8 HONG KONG, FA (Reuter) A documentary film about the Kremlin's alleged antiChina border activities seems to be the current top boxofflce attraction in Peking The New China News Agency in a report yesterday said nearly one million people in the capital had already seen the film since
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    101 8 NAPLES. Fri. (Reuter) Two Egyptian reconnaissance aircraft spent an hour yesterday flying at low altitude round the United States aircraft carrier Shangri-La as it took oart in a NATO exercise. PvATO officials said here today. They were two Soviet-built Badger TU-16 planes bearing Egyptian markings, the officials said.
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    95 8 MOSCOW. Frt. (UPI) European communist chiefs yesterday finished staking out their positions on closer Integration of their national economies while their aides worked out policy details. The second day of the summit session of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) included a speech by Rumanlas party
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    476 8  -  BY DONALD P. O'HIGGINS BELFAST, Northern Ireland Fri (UPI) —A property owner has six or more votes in Northern Ireland's local elections, but a worker who rents his home has none. Many of the country's *****0 Roman Catholics, who make up one-third of
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    218 8 NEW DELHI, Fri. (UPI) —A crowd of nearly 5.000, including Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi and leading cabinet ministers, fled for their lives today when fire broke out durinq the ruling Congress Party annual meeting at Faridabad, 16 miles from here. The fire broke
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    178 8 CAIRO Fri. (AFP) There .ire now no cease-fire lines in "he Middle East. Egypt has •rid UN. Secretary General U Thant in a reply to his statement that a virtual state of war exist s in the Suez Canal region the semi-official ne«> paper A 1 Ahram
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    66 8 SEOUL, (UPI) Torrential rains hit central and eastern cities and villages of South Korea leaving at least 14 persons dead, 24 others injured and 42 missing yesterday, police said today. The latest announcement said four died and 14 were rushed to hospitals in hard-hit SeouL Some
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    70 8 SAIGON Fri. (ATP) Military authorities todav announced that "in view of results achieved by security forces" in the capital, curfew hours had been shortened in some districts of Saigon In those districts, the command of Saigon's "special sector" said the curfew would now end at 0600 a.m. (local)
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    148 8 DUBLIN, Ireland, Fri. (Reuter) A lefthanded man has founded an international association to put right the handicaps of the world's estimated 260 million left-handed people. In the past month he has enrolled 100 members here. H e hopes the rest of Ireland's approximately 250.000 left-handers will
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    82 8 TEL AVIV. Frl (Reuter) Israeli troops killed six of a party of Egyptian commandos who tried to land on the occupied east bank of the Suez Canal early today a military announcement said here One Israeli soldier was reported wounded in the clash, about 18 miles north
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    43 8 FUKUOKA. Japan, Fri. (Reuter) Eleven girls were burnt to death in a fire that destroyed a two-storey rubber factory building near here today. police reported Police said the fartory was processing used rubber and other mflamable materia**.
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    161 8 OTTAWA. Fri. (AFP) External Affairs Minister Mr. Mitchell Sharp last night reiterated Canada's intention of consulting other Atlantic alliance countries on its plans to cut troop commitments in Europe In the resumed House of Commons debate on foreign and aefence policies, he said the government's decision to reouce
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    80 8 MOSCOW. Frl. (Reuter) Russia has launched 20 meteorological rockets In the past Ave days to study a b:g magnetic storm in spare. Tass News Agency reported today. The rocket* were flred to a height of between <*o and 125 miles during the programme, the first
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    Lock icon US 'Raiding' Of Euromart Spirals Interest Rates
    237 8 PARIS, Fri. (Reuter) Top monetary officials from leading nonCommunist nations met here today to discuss spiralling world interest rates caused mainly by American deflationary tactics. Conference sources at the monthly two-day meetin; of the organisation for economic co-operation and development'* third workin; party
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    215 8 HOLLYWOOD. Florida. Frl. <UPI> George Lavelle and two of his little league buddies wanted to get in some •sliding" practice at home base. So. yesterday they went to the sand lot where they always play and found some fresh sand and an old shoe lying
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    Lock icon Open Verdict On Sinking
    111 8 TEL AVTV. Fri (UPI) Israeli Navy rommsndfr Gen. Abraham Botzer said on Thursday "technical or human malfunctionine*' caused the loss of !h#» Israeli submarine Dakar which cank with 69 officers and crew*men on Jan 24. 1968 Study bv experts of a buoy from the Dakar washed
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    46 8 CANBERRA. Frl. (Reuter) Twenty women students from the Australian National University took over the saloon bar of a hotel here this afternoon and held a "drlnk-ln." They were protesting against the hotel's policy of refusing service to women in the public and saloon bars.
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    50 8 NAIROBI. Frl. (Reuter) Xa'.robi police are investigating a series of three small bomb blasts at the Chinese embassy here on Monday. They went off near a Window display containing pictures of Chinese leader Mao Tse-Tung addressing delegates at the recent Peking conference of the Chinese Communist Party
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    Lock icon FRANKFURT, Germany: – Donning national costumes of their homelands, this quintet of Far Eastern beauties (from left) Che Ainon Zamin of Kuala Lumpur, Makiko Koayashi of Japan, Pimpimol Vongsmoot of Bangkok, Gouri Dixit from Bombay, and Hong Kong television star Jennifer Folk, offer a potpourri of Asian delicatessen at a reception here at the start of their tour of Germany. Their tour is sponsored by the German Lufthansa airline, whose classic Far East southern route links the girls' hometowns with Germany.
    82 8 FRANKFURT, Germany: Donning national costumes of their homelands, this quintet of Far Eastern beauties (from left) Che Ainon Zamin of Kuala Lumpur, Makiko Koayashi of Japan, Pimpimol Vongsmoot of Bangkok, Gouri Dixit from Bombay, and Hong Kong television star Jennifer Folk, offer a potpourri of Asian delicatessen at a reception
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    Lock icon 'Grand Illusion'
    106 8 LONDON. Fri (AFP) Foreign Secretary Mr. Michael Stewart warned last n'ght that European nations' independence could become an illusion in a divided Europe. He told a banquet in honou r of visiting Italian President Giuseppe Saragat: "If divisions :n Western Europe should persist berau-e of national insistence on
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    Lock icon Egypt 'Zones On' NATO Sea Games
    91 8 JAKARTA. Fri. (AFP) The Indonesian Foreign Ministry today confirmed that the Yugoslav government had asked It to postpone President General Sunarto's state visit to Belgrade, as reported exclusively by AFP last night. A foreign ministry spokesman said: "The Yugoslav Foreign Ministry has asked the
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    Lock icon 'Base Is To Guard Asia'
    304 8 SEOUL Fri. (UPI) South Korean President Park Cfaung-Hee stressed the strategic importance of Okinawa today and said the IT.S.l T .S. bases on the Pacific island must he maintained even after its reversion to Japan. Presioent Park voiced strong objections to wlthdrawing the U.S. bases
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      Lock icon FULL ORCHESTRA TO APPEAR IN 'THE GIPSY BARON'
      710 9 SINGAPORE, Fri. A cast of "JO and a full orchestra under the direction of Madame Tay Lee Howe will appear in the Sceneshifters' forthcoming production "The Gipsy Baron". The SceAeshlf'.ers dramatic and musical society of the YMCA is presenting this Johann Strauss's
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      158 9 MONTREUX. Switzerland. Frl. (Reuter) The eightday competition tor the Golden Rose of Montreux. one of world television's most coveted awards started here yesterday with the accent mainly on variety ghows and humour. The 28 entrle* from 25 countries over half of them In colour are
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      194 9 OVER TWO THOUSAND FANS WERE TURNED AWAY lAST SATURDAY! DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. TICKETS ON SALE AT THE OFFICES OF THREE STAR PROMOTIONS GAY WORLD NOW. THIS WEEK'S BIG QUESTIONS CAN CLAYBOURNE WITHHOLD THE DEADLY CLAW HOLD OF STEVE RICKARD? HOW STRONG IS SHINTARO FUJI? CAN HIS KARATE
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      212 9 TODAY an Saturday, April 26, 1969. 7 ChtrM fk 9 You 39 Find *9 Friendship 10 News 40 Art 70Soec<ol JI A'quoMonail Old 71 Attention !2Moy 42 Ocposita 72 Cora 13 Intimate 43 Into 73 To 14 Vexing 44 Sex 74 Could 15 Or 45 Arts* 75 Renew )6 Friendship
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    534 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. The Conodion Minister for Industry, Trade and Commerce today disclosed proposals for joint ventures in the manufacture of paper and prefabricated house and Canadian aid for the setting up of a techn i c a I institution in Singapore. Mr. Jean-L u c
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    Lock icon Non-citizens Aiding The Opposition – Khaw
    354 10 Non-citizens Aiding The Opposition Khaw KUALA LUMPUR Fri. Non-citizens have been crossing the causeway from Singapore into Malaysia under the guise of being members of sports teams to help opposition parties here in their election campaigns, an Alllance Minister claimed today. The Minister of Local Government and Housing. Mr. Khaw
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    133 10 ALOR STAR Fn. Muslims in the country were again urged today by the Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. to work hard to imrrove their standard of living. Only by doing so could they achieve an economic standing that was on par with the other
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    Lock icon Sale Of Houses Almost A Sellout
    132 10 SINGAPORE, Fri.—The ne w housing estate at Upper East Coast Road attracted tremendous response when the sale of the houses was made public recently. The estate now has only a few houses left for sale. Situated opposite the Shaw Villa in Upper East Coast
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    197 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Frt. The status of the Lebanese delegation to the International Islamic conference here will remain unchanged despite the resignation of the Lebanese Government last night, the Chairman of th e Conference Organising Committee, Dato Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'kub said today. He told a press
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    183 10 SINGAPORE. Tri. Slngapor« which Is in th« No. 4 position in the world in marine transportation also aspires to be a major International air centre, the Minister for Communication. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin said tonight. Speaking in honour of the visiting Canadian Minister of Industry, Trade
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    312 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. The long-term requirements in water resources devlopment in relation to the world-wide strategy for the Inited Nations Second Development Decade will be one of three main topics to he introduced in the 1970 Regional Conference on Water Resources. The Chief of the Division
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    147 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tri. A session of the International biamic Conference on education today fully supported Malaysia's recommendation to set up an Islamic research centre The Chairman of the Orgarislnr Committee of the Conference and Minister of Lands and Mines. Dato Haji Abdul Rahman YaTcub. told a
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    Lock icon Soon S'pore To Have New Microfilm System
    201 10 SINGAPORE, Fri. Mr. C.W. Ryan, manager, International Market Development, Microfilm Products, disclosed today that 3M Company will introduce their latest microfilm system in Singapore. Mr. Ry»n said: Tor vears microfilm was considered merely a method of reducing the space occupied by stored records
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    118 10 KUALA LUMPUR Fri A six-day multi-national minesweeping exercise is to be he'd for the firgt time by the Royal Malaysian Navy from Monday. The exercise. code-named "Juggler" will take place in waterg covering 350 square miles off Limut, Perak. s Ministry of Defence statement said today Taking part
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    159 10 Forged Notes KUALA LUMPUR. Fn. A second bundle of forged Singapore $5O notes amounting to $56,200 was fished out from the muddy bank of the Klang River on Wednesday morning This was disclosed today by a police spokesman who said the notes, in a plastic bag. were
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    Lock icon GIFT VOUCHERS BY THE P.O.S.B.
    113 10 SINGAPORE. Fri. The Pc st a 1 Savings Bank will be introducing the sale of special Savings Bank Gift Vouchers at all Post Offices on May 2 These vouchers are suitable as gifts for weddings, birthdays and other festive occasions. The Gift Vouchers can be
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    591 10 NEW YORK. Fri. (Reuter) Dave McNally hurled a Ave hitter as the Baltimore Orioles whipped Detroit 5-2 last night to complete a two game of the Tigers. Frank Robinson smashed his seventh home run of the season and Boog Powell slammed two hits for the
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    Lock icon Aik Mong Downs Darmadi In S-Final
    612 10  -  Bt R. NATHAN SINGAPORE. Fri. Malaysian Thomas Cup trainee Tan Aik Mong created another sensational upset when he outplayed defending champion Darmadi of Indonesia in the semi-finals of the Singapore Pestabadminton Champions at the Singapore Badminton Hall tonight. It took the young and pao
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    564 10 BANGKOK. Frl. (AFP) e Iran aualifled for the semii finals when they edged South Korea 2-0 in the quarter- finals round of the 11th i .Asian Youth Soccer tourn?- ment before a 47.000 crowd at the National Stadium here tonight. Iran led a solitary goal at half
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      85 11 BANGKOK. Frl. (AFP) Bernabe Villaeampo number two world flyweight boxing contender, arrived here yesterday to prepare for his May 5 bout with Thailand's Berglerc Chartwanchal. Villaeampo was accompanied by Philippine promoter Lope Sarreal Jr. and manager W. Olalawan. Mr. Sarreal Jr. said hi* boy was in
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      46 11 SINGAPORE Frl The Young Men's Christian Association of Singapore will hold their 19th annual open Invitation lawn trnrjis tournament from May 31 to June 4. Entry forms are available at the Y M C.A Orchard Road. Closing date for entries 1* May 24.
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      Lock icon The March edition of the BBC World Service programme "Sporting Questions" wax recorded in Glasgow, with a panel of Scottish sporting personalities. Left to right: Eric Brown, international golfer; Peter Heatley, international diver, and executive on the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games Committee; Bobby McGregor (standing) international swimmer and former world record holder over 110 yards freestyle: Paddy Feeny, chairman, and John Blair, sports journalist.
      64 11 The March edition of the BBC World Service programme "Sporting Questions" wax recorded in Glasgow, with a panel of Scottish sporting personalities. Left to right: Eric Brown, international golfer; Peter Heatley, international diver, and executive on the 1970 Edinburgh Commonwealth Games Committee; Bobby McGregor (standing) international swimmer and former world
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      485 11 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) —Manchester City, League champions last season, are 2-1 on favourites to win the English Football Association Cup tomorrow when they meet Leicester City in the final here. A crowd of 100.000 will park Wembley Btadium. j and millions more at
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      216 11 YACHTING TOKYO Frt. (UPI) Eric Tabariy. 37-year-old French adventurer, today won the first Transpacific solo yacht race because he was favoured by good weather and got on the trade wind three days faster than he had expected K spokesman for the Art Life Association, Japanese sponsors of the
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      195 11 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Eight newcomeri in the touring West Indian cricket team face their first test on English wicketa against the Duke of Norfolk's XI at Arundel on Saturday. The only onea In the side wl;h previous experience in England are
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      Lock icon Howell 'No' To Ban Proposed SA Tour
      293 11 CRICKET LONDON. Fri (AFP) The British Government yesterdav refused to ban the proposed South African Test cricket tour of England next year because of the D'Oliveira affair. Minister for Sports, Mr. Denis Howell, told the House of Commons, "visits to Britain are matters
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      95 11 SINGAPORE. Frl. Tb« last golf film in the third series of Shell's Wonderful World of Golf is now available on loan to golf enthusiasts from the She 1 Film Library, Shell House, Collyer Quay, Singapore or Mr. Roland Lee (Tel: ***** ext. 389). This golf
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        1215 12  -  GOING: GOOD By BIG T ARATOR, at nine years can still raise a gallop and in this lack lustre field she should give punters a good start in Race One at Penang today, opening day of the Penang Turf Club's April meeting. The Lara
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        33 12 Big Ben Mala>an Dawn Nataraj Surveyor Jimmy Lad S. Flu*h II Actor IV T. of Perfection K.B.K. Hand I n Hand Sandhurst Desert Terror Cisco Larator Hand In Hand La Ngomber
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        197 12 BIG BEN JIMMY LAD K BK CISCO RAUL I LARATOR Von| Choy Ronigo VONG CHOY Larator Toro TORO Contract II Ronigo LARATOR Choy Ronigo RACK 2 MALAYAN DAWN Hand In Hand Landaulet Rl M CUP Malavan Dawn Hand In Hand HAND IN HAND Fraier M Dawn HAND LN HAND
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        100 12 LONDON. Fri. (UPI) Manchester Un i t e d s Tony Book and Derby County's Dave Maokav. joint winner cf the "Footballer of the Year'* award, received their trophies ast night at the annual dinner of the English Football Writers Association The Football Writers also
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        71 12 EPSOM. England. Fri. (Renter) Raft owned by Mr. R. D. Hollingsworth won the Princess E'izabeth Stakes run over 1 mile 110 yards here yesterday. I.adv Sasson's Oh So Sweet was second with Mr. R More O'Ferralls Mntarilla third of 12 runners Greville Starkev rode Raft. Sandy
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        27 12 COLOMBO. Fri. (Reuter) The Singapore women's hockey team were beaten 2-0 by Ceylon in Kandy today in the first Test match of their Ceylon tour.
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        233 12 PENAXG. Fri. Newcomer Golden Glitter did a. smart gallop with Eiffel Tower on a good going here this morning. With Glynn Pretty astride Golden Glitter easily beat his stahlemate hy two lengths to clock 38 for 3f. Another newcomer that caught the eye was John Steed.
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        152 12 Italian Open ROME. Fn fßeuter) Five seeded players, including U.S. Open champion Arthur Ashe were knocked out during the third round of the men's singles in the Italian Open tennis championships here yesterday. Ashe's conqueror was Czechoslovakia's Number One, Jan Kodes. who blasted his thirdseeded rival 6-4.
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        91 12 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Johnny Famechon. Australian holder of the World and Commonwealth featherwe'ght boxing titles, has relinquished his Commonwealth crown This was announced here yesterday by the British Boxing Board of Control. Famechon outpointed Italian Giovanni Girgenti in a 10-round non-title fight here last Monday.
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        29 12 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Results of English football league matches played last night were: Division Three: Tranmere Rovers 1 Hartlepools 0. Division Four. Exeter C. 2 Halifax 1.
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