Eastern Sun, 28 April 1969

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 982 Monday, 28 April 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon ECAFE To Resist Soviet Wedge On ASEAN
    570 1  -  By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE, Sun. The focus is on ASEAN Association of South-east Asian Nations when the final draft of the Report on the 25th Session of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East is tabled for adoption at the closing
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    Lock icon A MINI ATTACK
    75 1 KAMPALA. Uganda, Sun. (Reuter) A group of some 50 men attacked women wearing mini-skirts in a busy area of Kampala yesterday. slapping them and tearing their clothes. Eye-witnesses said at least 15 women were molested before police arrived and restored order. A police spokesman said one arrest
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    Lock icon Freeth-Malik Loses At Golf
    122 1 JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) Australian External Affairs Minister Mr Gordon Freeth and Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik teamed up today for a golf match but were beaten despite a blinding finish by Mr. Freeth. Displaying tremendous hitting power the big Australian knocked off birdies on the second
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    Lock icon Leban Crisis Talks Go On
    156 1 BEIRL'T, Sun. (Reuter) Lebanon's President Charles Helou will today continue talks with political leaders to solve the country 's cabinet cr i sis caused by the resignation of Mr. Rashid Karami's government. The resignation came after clashes last week between security forces and demonstrators demanding
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    Lock icon PM And Mrs Lee Guests Of The Queen
    243 1 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore and his wife were the guests of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip at a royal luncheon party at Windsor Castle today. The queen received Mr. and Mrs. Lee for an informal chat
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    Lock icon Lin-Piao Hits At Liu
    115 1 HONG KONG. Sun <Reuter) Chinese Vice-Chair-man Lin Piao bitterly attacked disgraced Head of State Liu Shao-Chl In his report to the ninth party congress which ended in Peking last week. This was revealed when the New China News Agency started carrying the *****word text of Lin's
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    Lock icon Bomb In Church
    42 1 BELFAST. Northern Ireland. Sun. »Reuter> A time bomb was found in a Roman Catholic church near here today as churches throughout Northern Ireland held a day of prayer for peace and an end to violence In the riottorn province.
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    Lock icon Spanish Military Bows To The Vatican
    202 1 BILBAO. Spain. Sun (I'PI) Military authorities yesterday bowed to the Madrid-Vatican concordat and released a high ranking church official. He is Canon Jose Angel Übieta. detained on Wednesday for his alleged part in the escape of a wounded Basque nationalist accused of killing a
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    Lock icon PENANG 'NORMAL'
    153 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun The situation in Penang is "almost normal" and the curfew would be lifted completely "as soon as things are alright", said Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, the Chief Minister, today. The curfew >;nposed on some parts of the island was lifted from 8 a.m to
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    Lock icon Their First Bullfight...
    131 1 JAKARTA. Sun (UPI) More than one hundred thousand Indonesians, including President Suharto and cabinet ministers. Jammed the huge sports stadium in Jakarta yesterday aiternoon to see the first bullfight ever pertormed here The spectators, most o! them had never seen a bullfight before, were entertained for two
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    Lock icon S. Africa's 6th Transplant
    62 1 DURBAN. Sun. tßeuter) South Africa's sixth heart transplant patient a white man in his 40s was reported makine good progress in hospital here today. "The patient is fully conscious and doing well." a hospital bulletin said. Names of the patient and donor have not been released
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    148 1 Imagine That By Dusko Dnder MOSCOW. Sun (UPI) An old Russian oroverb says "It's better to see once then hear a hundred times." Anyone who uses the telephone here knows the truth of this adage. Instead of telephoning, the best way to accomplish anythin* is to appear in person and
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    Lock icon New Week-end Fire Trading At Canal
    253 1 JORDAN CLAIMS SUCCESS IN VALLEY BEIRUT, Sun. (Reuter) Egyptian and Israel forces blazed away at each other in a prolonged artillery duel across the Suez Canal today, Cairo radio reported. The duel began across the middle section of the canal at 10 a.m. and
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    Lock icon PEKING'S BELATED REPORT...
    166 2 HONG KONG, Sun. (UPl> Radio Peking tonight belatedly broadcast the new critical programme of the Chinese Communist Party, three days after the party ended its ninth national congress. The congress opened on April 1 and closed on April 24 alter adopting the political programme approving a newconstitution
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    Lock icon Nixon Crowns Daughter
    168 2 NORFOLK. Virginia. Sun (UPI) Addressing her as "your majesty." President N'ucon yesterday crowned his blonde daughter Tricla queen of the 16th annual Azalea Fa*tlval. Then he kissed her on the cheek. The President flew here from the presidential retreat at Camp David In the western Maryland mountains
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    Lock icon Czechs Love Their Dubcek
    72 2 PRAGUE. Sun. (UPI) Photographs of Alexander Dubcek the deposed hero of Czechoslovakia are gracing the windows of stores in Prague in preparation for communist May Day celebrations. Most of the pictures show the smiling Dubcek rs head of the Czechoslovak Communist. Party at last year's Mav
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    Lock icon $36M 'LOST' IN U.S. BASES
    77 2 SAIGON. Sun. (AFP) The total value of merchandise pilfered a t U.S military gtores and warehouses for sale on the local black market has been estimated at USS36m American naval sources said today. Black market traffic costs the South Vietnamese government about USS7m a yea
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    Lock icon Free Bus Ride Offer
    116 2 SINGAPORE. Sun 10 bus companies of the Singapore Chinese Bus Owners will be offering free travel facilities along their routes to members of the SAFTI and the Police from May Ist. A three-man delegation from the association will call on the Minister for Communications. Mr Yong
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    Lock icon Indons Get Telstar Link
    87 2 JAKARTA. Sun. (UPI) Indonesia will link up with the Intelsat 111 global communica. cations satellite when a US $6.3 m. ground station is completed tn West Java in July. Bulit on a joint-venture basis by International Telephone and Telegraph Company (ITT' and the Indonesian PN Telekomunikasi,
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    Lock icon New Means To Keep Press Free
    114 2 ZURICH. Sun. Renter) The International Press Institute (1.P.1.) today announced the eitabhshment of a foundation to encourage free and responsible Journalism An initial grant of USS23 000 by the Geneva-based Inveatora Oversea! Services (lOS will be uaed to develop the founda. tion, which la
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    Lock icon THAI POLICE KILL FIVE BANDITS
    128 2 BANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter) Thai police killed Ave bandits in a fierce 15-minute gun battle last Friday in Sungei Golok district near the Malaysian border, a police spokesman said today. The spokesman said nine armed men were holding up a shop when surprised by a police
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    Lock icon Canada To Strengthen Ties With Pacific Nations
    267 2 SYDNEY, Sun. (Reuter) Canada would font down its involvement in Europe and strengthen its economic and political ties with Australia and South-East Asia, Canadian Trade, Industry and Commerce Minister Jean-Luc Pepin said here today. M. Pepin, speaking to reporters said "Australia" and Canada,
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    Lock icon 'Samaritans Of S'pore' Being Organised
    184 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. "Samaritans of Singapore" ar« being organised to befriend potential suicides in the Republic according to the Singapore Association for Mental Health which was inaugurated yesterday. Dr. Koh Eng Khenz in his speech said that he hoped that the Association would create an awareness
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    Lock icon Nazi Hess Is Now 75
    143 2 WEST BERLIN. Sun. (Reu. ter) Rudolf Hess, once Hitler's deputy, celebrated his 75th birthday today in a cell in the grim Spandau prison where he has spent a third of his life. He had a birthday cake and a handful of people gathered outside the
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    Lock icon 'Work Week' By JAYCEES
    91 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Junior Chamber of Singapore and Vocational Guidance Steering Committee will be organising a 'Youth Week In Commerce and Industry* from August 18th to 22nd. The target and aim this year is to provide 3.000 school leavers from the four language streams with Job
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    Lock icon Tri-Party Merger Is Announced
    190 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. Three political parties today formed a body called, the United National Front, following a three-party meeting held at the Singapore Chinese Party's headquarters in I Cecil Street, here. The three political parties are the Singapore Chinese Party, the Persatuan Melayu Singapura and the Angkatan
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    Lock icon BORDER WARNING
    111 2 BANGKOK. Sun. (Router) The Interior Ministry has warred farmers in southern Thailand not to cross into Malaysian territory In clearing jungle lands for cultivation. Interior Ministry sources said today. The sources were commenting on report? that Ma!aysian Security Forces on the Malay-sia-Thai border had been ordered to arrest
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    Lock icon Ultimatum Ignored
    135 2 NEW DELHI. Sun (UPI) Communist Chinese troops gave Indian forces 24 hours on Wednesday to withdraw from Nathula pass m Sikkim. a defence ministry spokesman reported yesterday. He said the Chinese warned through loudspeakers they would Are on Indian forces unless the Indians withdraw from area at India's
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    Lock icon Arab Raider Shot Dead
    78 2 TEL AVIV. Sun. (AFP) An Israeli patrol killed an Arab infiltrator in a clash near Kafer El Yahood north of the Dead Sea during the night. a military spokesman reported here today. He said the patrol found a machinegun, a submachinegun and a quantity of explosives
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    Lock icon Leftists Prepare To Riot Over Okinawa Today
    628 2  -  SUNDAY By LEON DANIEL TOKYO. Sun. (t'Pl) Some 10.000 riot police are prepared to clash tomorrow with half that many leftist students who demand that the I'nited States return Okinawa to Japan. The order of battle has heen *et for a situation that
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    Lock icon Red Militiamen Seek Freedom In UK
    178 2 HONG KONG. Sun (AFP) Four uniformed and armed Chine** militiamen together with nix Chinese villagers escaped from the South Chin* rna*t in a junk and reached Tai Monc T*ai. a \lMate in Hon* Kirr's New Territories, at dawn yesterday. It was learned that the
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    Lock icon 'AVOID FINAL BREAK' CALL
    177 2 SALISBURY. Sun (Reuter) The Salisbury Sunday Mail today called on British Prime Minister Harold Wilson fo make a new positive effort to avert a final break between Britain and Rhodesia. In editorial comment on the lan Smith government's plans to hold a referendum on a re
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    Lock icon Sec Four Exam. List Opens May 2
    166 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Registration for The Government Secondary Four School Certificate (Chinese) Exanv.nat'on and the Government Higher School Certlflca'e Examination will open from May 2 to May 23 at the Examinations Division. Kay S:ar.g Road. Private candidates are asked to apply for the pamphlet
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    Lock icon 'McNamara Should Have Waged War To Win'
    473 3 NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp, former U.S. commander in the Pacific, said today America could long ago have won the Vietnam war if former Defence Secretary Robert S. McNamara had not prevented the proper use of air power. In an
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    Lock icon A Personal Announcement
    65 3 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) Michigan congressman James OHara says the Army and Air Force will try to personally notify the next of kin of seriously wounded U.S. Servicemen O'Hara says he has received assurances from Assistant Secretary of Defence Roger Kelley that such an effort would be made
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    Lock icon SATA Needs More Support
    52 3 SINGAPORE. Sun The Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association has successfully fought tuberculosis and controled its spread for the past 20 years in the Republic This was stated yesterday by the Chairman of the SATA's 1969 Flag Day Committee. Mrs Emmanuel when she appealed for public to support the
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    Lock icon Getaway Car Held
    132 3 COLOMBLY-L E S-D EUXEGLISES. Sun. <AFP> Police guarding the country home of General de Gaulle here opened fire on a stolen :ar which crashed through a roadblock early this morning, and arrested two men in the car One of the men was arrested at once, but the
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    Lock icon Clean Up At Spy Plane Site
    135 3 KORAT. Thailand. Sun. (UPI) A team of investigators yesterday questioned Thai villagers who watched U.S. Air Force spy plane plow Into a rice paddy near their homes on Friday, killing all 18 men abroad. Residents of Ban Mai village were the only witnesses to
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    Lock icon Sihanouk To Seek Aid Again
    1212 3  -  SUNDAY REPORT Bv KIM WILLENSON BANGKOK. Sun. (UPI) An unexplained renewal ot Communist hostility toward the Cambodian government and serious economic troubles probably are behind Prince Noro- dom Sihanouk's recent steps toward restoring diplomatic relations with < the United States, in the view of diplomats
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    Lock icon Jaycees To Help School Commuters
    278 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. —The Junior Chamber of Singapore (Jaycees) is to launch a project soon aimed at solving the problem of transport for school children. The long-term project which will run on for about two years is part of the Chamber's community development programme. This project
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    Lock icon New Nantah Photo Show
    248 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Singapore Nanyang University's Photographic Society is inviting student photographers throughout the world to participate in Its Eighth International Student Salon of photography. In the Salon, valuable prizes a wait the winners In both sections of monochrome prints colour slides section. For the winners
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    Lock icon Unwanted Pressures
    90 3 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) —Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today accused unnamed foreign countries of trying to influence India's internal affairs. In a speech at the ruling congress party's annual convention at Faridabad near here. Mrs. Gandhi also charged that oil companies were among agencies that interfered in the
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    Lock icon A Death Fall
    26 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. An ex-Woodbridge patient Teng Chin Soon fell of his death from one of the floors of Block. 105. Commonwealth Crescent, today.
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    Lock icon Sabra To Perform At Conference Hall
    586 3 SINGAPORE, Sun.—The Singapore National Orchestra's guest conductor, Maestro Shalom Ronly-'viklis of Israel, will appear with the orchestra in the "Rossini Centennial Concert" on May 11 and 12. The concert. In honour of the famous Italian composer, G A Rossini will be held at the
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    Lock icon UAR WAR GAMES ON
    56 3 CAIRO. Sun (AFP)—Egyptian War Minister General Mohamed Fawzi will attend combined air and ground manoeuvres close to the Suez Canal zone today, the Middle East News Agency reported. The agency said that the manoeuvres were designed to test co-operation between the air force and armoured ground
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    Lock icon PICTORICAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
    1230 4 THE Premier of State of Victoria Sir Henry Bolte and Lady^Boltevisited Slncapore last week. During their stay they called on the President and the First Lady at the Istana during which the visitors exchanged gifts with u««»f Ish.ik and Puan Jioor Aishah Picture shows the Boltes chatting
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    Lock icon LINGUISM IN INDIA
    261 6 TNDIA is facing many problems both within •■•and without. Most of her internal troubles stem from linguism, provincialism and their attendant evils. Today they are threatening the country's unity itself. Drought (India's agriculture greatly depends on the monsoon), population growth and inadequate industrial performance are the problems
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    Lock icon 'SUEZ CANAL CAN'T BE THE CEASEFIRE LINE'
    272 6 Reuter THE Suez Canal cannot be considered the ceasefire line between the Egyptian forces and Israel, Cairo newspapers declared openly today. The new theme, apparently reflecting a definite policy decision, was hammered home in several editorials after a month of almost daily artillery
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    Lock icon 'SHEER ESCAPISM'
    153 6 UPI rtE Evening Star said cn Saturday that the world was thrilled with the non-stop, round-the-world solo sailing trip of Robin Knox-Johnson mainly because of vicarious enjoyment. "It is worth pondering why Robin KnoxJohnson's solo sailing trip...gives us all such a thri11...," the newspaper said in an editorial.
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    Lock icon Why Egypt Looks To The East?
    633 6  -  By Raymond Wilkinson CAIRO, Sun. (UPI) Egypt regards the Russian presence here and in other Mediterranean countries as a necessary evil. It is something to be tolerated because there is no logical alternative but not necessarily liked, according to Egyptians. However, while the confrontation
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    Lock icon Pyramid May Have Hidden Chambers
    231 6  -  By John Chadwick Cairo. Sun. (Reuter)— Space archeologists measuring cosmic rays have discovered possible evidence of hidden chambers in Egypt's famous Pyramid of Chefren. "X-rays" of the six milllionton structure nine miles (15 kms) south-west of Cairo have revealed shadows which could be hitherto uniocated
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    Lock icon COMECON Summit Ends
    452 6 MOSCOW, Sun. (UPI) An eight-nation communist summit conference ended on Saturday in "full unanimity" that further study was needed before "mutually acceptable decisions" could be reached on ways to strengthen economic co-ope-ration. I An official communique on the four-day session <>f the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
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    Lock icon Huge Portrait Of Mao
    89 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (AFP) Radio Peking reported tonight that the coloured documentary Aim on the opening of the Ninth Congress which began its nationwide screening today showed a huge portrait of Chairman Mao dominating over the Congress rostrum At the entrance to the Congress hall stood
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    Lock icon World's Fastest Train Claim By Moscow
    88 6 MOSCOW. Sun. (UPI) The Rus«ians said on Saturday they have built the world's fastest train engine, capable of developing s P*eds up to 185 miles (300 kilometres) an hour. The newspaper Moskovskava Pravda said the new turbolocomotive is undergoirg te«ts Japanese trains on the
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    Lock icon Soviet Parade On November 7 Only
    114 6 MOSCOW. Sun (IPIi The Soviet f'nion announced on Sunday it will hold annual military parade* only on November 7. The Soviet (Government and the Central Committee of the Communist Part T have found it expedient to hold, beginning with thi« year parades of Soviet
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    Lock icon Pledge By Guerrillas
    82 6 CAIRO. Sun <UPT> The Voice of Palestine Radio, outlet for the Palestine Liberation Organisation, says guerrillas will continue to launch raids against Israel from Lebanon •Palestinian people will never allow Lebanon to be a secure border for the Zionist enemy and will never permit Lebanese authorities to
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    Lock icon Asian Handicraft Centre
    710 6  -  (From Sin Chew Jit Poh Mr. Tan See Chim. Parliamentary Secretary to the Finance Ministry proposed at the recent ECAFE Conference the establishment of an Asian Handicraft Centre in Singapore to sell and to exhibit products of arts and crafts produced in these parts on the one
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    Lock icon Princes Of The Roman Catholic Church By ERNEST SAKLER
    364 6 VATICAN CITY. Bun. (UPI) Cardinals-designate from all parts of the world arrived yesterday for consistory ceremonies next week which will make them Princes of the Roman Catholic Church The consistory on Monday will appoint 35 new Cardinals, bringing to a record
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    11 6  -  Thomson, James Perfect beauty is its own sole end.
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    Lock icon 'No Concrete Programmes'
    84 6 HONG KONG. Sun (Reuter) Radio Moscow said today the press communiques issued by Peking on the recently concluded Ninth Chinese Party Congress were jjst flattering word* to Chairman Mao Tse-tung and other members of his "clique." The three communiques the lirst issued at the start of Congress
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    Lock icon Gradual Withdrawal Of Soviet Troops From Czechoslovakia Likely
    431 6  -  by Mark Meredith PRAGUE, Sun. (Renter) Communist Party leader Gustav Husak may bring home from Moscow an agreement from the Kremlin to relax the Soviet Union's formidable military presence in Czechoslovakia, according to Eastern European reports. The Yugoslav News Agency Tanjug quoted
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    Lock icon Warning By Indian Congress Party Chief
    164 6 FARIDABAD, India. Sun. (UPI) The communists are out to promote dissention. the ruling Congress Party leader warned today. In an address to the annual session of the party of Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi at this industrial city. 15 miles outside of New Delhi,
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    Lock icon Saigon Bans Kawabata's Book
    148 6 TOKYO, Sun. <UPI> A novel by the only Japanese Nobei Literature Prize wir.ner was barned In South Vietnam yesterday, a Saigon correspondent for the Mainichl newspaper reported today. South Vietnam s Information Ministry confiscated 10.000 copies of "One Thousand Cranes" by Yasunari Kawabata on the ground
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    Lock icon Japanese Prepare For Their Biggest Holiday
    168 6 TOKYO Sun (UPI) Millions of Japanese got themselves ready on Sunriav for their biggest holiday in 11 years five official daysoff. including two Sundays, in nine days. The cloudy weather and aa early-morning railway strike did not prevent them from leaving home for resort
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    Lock icon No Internationalism In Peking—Pravda
    95 6 MOSCOW. Sun. (AFP) The Chinese Communist Party's present objective is to break up the "anti-imperialist" front and create a state of anti-Soviet hysteria the Soviet Party Organ Pravda said today. the recently-ended Ninth Chinese Party Congress demonstrated that Peking leaders had renounced "the principles of proletarian
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      Lock icon $57.2 Mil. Aid Pact For India
      145 7 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) i—Secretary of Agriculture Clifford M. Hardin announced the signing of a U5557.2 million aid agreement for shipment of farm goods to India. Under the agreement, signed In New Delhi, the United States will ship to India $l4 4 million worth (about
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      Lock icon Jenkins Off To Washington
      124 7 LONDON, Sun. (AFP) Chancellor of the Exchequer Key Jenkins left London yesterday for Washington where ke will have talks with Secletary of the Treasury David Kennedy on financial and economic problems. These problems include new monetary tensions, the escalation of interest rates throughout the world, special
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      Lock icon New Issues Force Active Conditions In Stock Mart
      979 7  -  The weekly market review By GOH ENG KEE QJ INGAPORE, Sun. It was the case of the new issues forcing the active though easier conditions in the Srock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore the past week. And the market began trading on
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      447 7 AHKIWLS $.OO a-m. MSA MLO29 Kuala Lumpur. (Kit.oL MSA MLlli Koala Lumpor 10 15 am. MSA MLI2I Koala Lumpur. 10.25 a.m. MSA MLOOS Penang. Ipoh. Koala Lumpur. Malacca 1050 a.m. THAI TG423 Bangkok. 12 35 pm PAN-AM PAB4I SaiSon. Guam. Honolulu, an I raoclsco 12-50 pm. UAKIDA GAtun
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      Lock icon N.S.U. To Merge With Auto-Union
      74 7 NECKARSULM. Germany. Sun. (UPI) An extraordinary NS.U. motor company shareholders meeting yesterday approved a merger with the Volkswagen of Germany automobile giant. Approval of the deal, which will merge NSU with AutoUnion, a wholly-owred Volkswagen subsidiary, was achieved after more than 10 hours of discussions
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      Lock icon Worm-Infested Rice Charge By S. Korea
      78 7 SEOUL, Sun. (UPI) South Korea has officially asked the Japanese government for compensation for 159 tons of allegedly sub-standard rice lent by Japan, the Agriculture-Fores-try Ministry said yesterday. It was Korea's first claim against Japan for worm-in-fested rice. A total of 251 tons out
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      Lock icon 'Synthetic Hamburgers'
      189 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) Soybean "hamburgers" and other vegetable protein products made with the look and texture of meat could cut into the meat market in the future, an agriculture department report said yesterday. The report noted that soy flour is already being used as a binder in some
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      Lock icon U.S. Expenditures In Japan Up 16.8 Per Cent
      324 7 TOKYO, Sun. (UPI) U.S. Expenditures in Japan during the fiscal 1968 totalled U*****,578.000, an increase of 16.8 per cent over the previous year the Ministry of International Trade and Industry said. The figure was the highest since the Korean War when it
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      Lock icon H.K. Mission In Holland
      96 7 AMSTERDAM. Sun. (UPI)— A Hong Kong trade mission led by Mr Daniel Lam arrived here this afternoon by plane from Copenhagen for a six-day visit to Holland. The 22-member mission will visit Holland under the auspices of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council a nd consists
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      Lock icon Thailand's Tourism Income Up 25 Per Cent
      76 7 BANGKOK. Sun. (UPI) Thailand earned a little over US$lO million from tourism in the first three months of 1969. the Tourist Organisation of Thailand reported yesterday. The figure represented a 2$ per cent increase from the corresponding period of 1968. the organisation said.
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      Lock icon Better Deal Plan For 550 Million Indians
      643 7 MANILA. Sun. (UPI) More food, free education for children, more steel and aluminium are the targets of a new five-year plan announced last week by India's Prime Minister. Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The fourth five-year plan is aimed at giving India's 550 million population
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    532 8 PARIS Sun. (Reuter) France voted today on a referendum which will decide whether General De Gaulle serves out his three remaining vears as President. The first of the 29 000,000 voters cast their ballots shortly after the noils opened at 0600 GMT in the
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    686 8 ATHENS (UPI) Shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis on Saturday denied that both his children were about to be married. Thus he put down reports by newspaper gossip columnists that Alexander Onassis 21. and Swiss-born Baroness Fiona Von Thyssen. 38. would be married. The writers also hinted that Christina Onassis and
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    57 8 SYDNEY. (Reuten Ten cheetahs, worth AS 1.500 (700 sterling) each, are on their way to Sydney aboard the freighter Sonoma to roam *ree in a fenced-off 50-a ere section of Sydney's Warragamba Lion Park. Park director. Mr Geoffrey Gibbson said vesterday the cheetahs would be the first to
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    64 8 HONG KONG. (Renter) Hong Kong will have a centre for the training of child and youth welfare workers, the first of Its kind in Southeast Asia, next year. The HKSI.6 million (about £llO 000) centre comprises two blocks housing a gymnasium. four nursery playrooms and rooms for other
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    62 8 ROBERT Moore of Australia. Hone Kong's Executive Club helmsman, trying to cross the harbour in a bathtub with a float of oil-cans recently, unsuccessfully- The tub began to sink after sailing about 150 metres, and Moore was picked up by an escort boat. He boasted later
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    239 8 BRISBANE. Australia Sun. (UPI) The Great Barrier Reef, the world's longest coral reef and one of Australia s most popular tourist attractions. has been terribly damaged. by the crown of thorns of star fish, according to a Japanese research team. The team, using the research Boat
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    64 8 LOS ANGELES. (Reuter) A steam-powered car blew up during a parade of veteran cars at an amusement park near here, seriously injuring four adults and two children The veteran cars were taking part in an annual parade yesterday organised by the Antique Automobile Club of American. The
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    276 8 TEL AVIV. Sun. (Reuter) Sporadic shelling, bursts of automatic fire and occasional sniping were carried out yesterday by Egyptian forces on the west bank of the Suez Canal, an Israeli military announce- ment said last night It said the Egyptian firing at various points along
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    89 8 CARDIFF Wales (Reuter) Nine officials were today planning to cut through part of a Welsh mountain to rescue two terrier dngs trapped 50 feet inside The operation, using heavy digging equipment, is expected to take two or three days. The dogs, which are in
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    480 8 NEW DELHI Sun. (Reuter) Chinese troops have threatened to open Are on Indian forces holding the 15.297-foot (4.660-metre) Nathu Pass scene of fighting between the two countries 18 months ago The Indian Defence Ministry. disclosing the new border tension, said yesterday the Chinese
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    55 8 Lee Hsien Loon?. 17-year-old son of Singapore Prime Minister >lr. Lee Kuan Yew talks with British Defence Mir istf r. Mr. Denis Healev in London's Downing Street. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew is currently In London for discussions with British leaders on the run-down of the British
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    368 8 SAIGON. Sun. (Reuter) Vletcong ed an U.S. infantry night camp and then• lj" nc heci an assault on it with automatic weapons, rocket and small arms early today killing 10 a military spokesman reported. The defendin? infantrymen at the camp, about 29 miles northwest
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    89 8 BELFAST. lister. Sun. Charred exterior of the Durham Street Post Office here, severely damaged following night of petrol bomb attacks in which ten post offices were damaged, following a week-end of civil rights disorders. Northern Ireland police blamed the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA), for
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    77 8 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) Americans in every state except Arizona. Hawaii and Michigan lose an hour out of their day today as daylight saving time goes into effect. At 0200 Eastern Standard Time (0700 GMT) clocks will be moved ahead one hour in all US possessions, the
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    60 8 LOS ANGELES. (Reuter) Police seized a small arsenal of arms believed to belong to the American Nazi party here last night after arresting three men suspected of holding up a bank. The arms were found in a truck. Later, police investigators raided two North Hollywood homes and confiscated
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    330 8 NEW DELHI. Sun. (UPI) It may sound like carrying coa j to Newcastle, but India plans to export roses to several European countries The consignments will o« carried at concessional rates by Air India's overnight flight to Frankfurt From there the rose? will be dispatched to
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    140 8 PRAGUE. Sun. (AFP> The Union of Czech Journalists has declared that Crechsolovika's new leadership was following policies approved by them last June when the liberalisation movement was at it. zenith. A communique said: "Together with the whole cultural front. Czech journalists want to assist the pressing
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    33 8 CALCUTTA. (Reuter) Four people were kiUed and 15 injured when three coaches of a passenger tram overturned near Burdwan, West Bengal. last night. Railway officials are investigating the cause of the accident
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    162 8 WASHINGTON. Sun (Reuter) Deputy Attorney General Richard Kleindienst was quoted today as saying demonstrators who interfered with the rights of others should be rounded up and put in a detention camp. The controversial proposal was attributed to him in an interview m Atlantic Magazine and was
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    94 8 KENAI. Alaska. Sun. (Feuter) Six ships were called out to evacuate the 45-man crew from an offshore oil rig in Cook Inlet here after an explosion and fire In the bunkhouse. Helicopters flew in from Anchorage, about 75 miles awav to fight the blaze with chemicals after
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    152 9 SIN6APORE. Sun. Twenty finalists will appear in the "Miss ASA Queen 1969" contest on April 30 at the Ocean Park Hotel. They ar e Misses Audrey Lim. Angelina Chan, Juliet Chia, Donna Lee, Vivien Tan. Rosie Hooi, Lulu. Mavis Young. K. Mohana Devi. Theresa Leong. Yvonne Pestana.
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    98 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Military personnel will be concurling a street clearing exercise tomorrow from 3 a.m. to 6 am. along Middle Road. Nort.n Bridge Road and Victoria Street. No blanks or thunderflashes will be used. No buildings will be entered and only the pavements will be made used
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    85 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. An P.AF Shack eton No. 205 Squadron from Roval Air Force Changi has joined in the search for an RMAF Aleouette helicopter which has been missing two days ago in East Malaysia At dawn yesterday. the Shackleton with RAF Lieutenant Tonv Prail co-ordinating the
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    617 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. The people In the Republic were today urged to donate blood periodically as the demand for blood in the hospitals to meet urgent cases is almost insatiable. The Minister for Health. Mr Chua Sian Chin made this appeal when he opened tne ceremony
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    201 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Malaysia would one day have sufficient sugar not only for local consumption but for export aa well. The Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives. Hajl Mohamed Ghazali Jawi. predicted this in a message to mark the launching of Malaysia's first fully-integrated sugar industry at
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    406 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Tunka Abdul Ribmin today expressed his hope and praver that the Big Powers of the world use their best efforts to bring about a peaceful settlement of the Middle-East situation before the conflict escalated Into a "religious war." The situation, he added,
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    95 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Two children were killed in road accidents during the past 24 hours. One died on the spot and the other on the way to hospital. At 11.05 a.m. yesterday Wan Fook Kee, 4, of Sterling Road died on the spot after he was knocked down
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    284 9 SPACE CENTRE, Houston, Sun. (UPI) Apollo 10 Commander Thomas Stafford reported yesterday that preparations were satisfactory lor next month's crucial moon orbit flight and "we're well ahead of the game and ready to BO Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan are scheduled to blast off
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    137 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Sir Henry Bolte, Prim* Minister of the Australian State of Victoria. left here today for Bangkok after a two-day visit in the course of a world-wide goodwill tour. Sir Henry, who was in Malaysia seven years ago said he was most impressed
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    487 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. The winding up of the current 25th plenary session of ECAFE tomorrow will signal the "exodus" of some 500 delegates from 40 countries who have been participating in the talks held here from April 15. For the past 12 daya, the National Trades
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    222 9 PARIS. Sun. (UPI) Shots were exchanged between political opponents last night in one of a number of violent incidents on the eve of today's critical constitutional referendum. At least three persons were injured in the shooting incident near Versailles between pro and antl-Gaullist activists involved
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    30 9 SINGAPORE, SUB Two ships. "Kuala Luir.pur" and "Anshun." carrying pilgrims from Mecca will arrive here on April 29 and May 1, respectively They will berth along fodown 42/43.
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    106 9 SINGAPORE. Sua. The Adult Education Board in con;jrction with the German Embassy will organise a new series of German language courses at beginners I to beginners' IV and intermediate and II levels from May 5 at the Cultural Centre. Canning Rise. Each course comprises 20 weekly lessons
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      172 9 SHAW ISATION LIDO Phone ***** IWT D*r! U a.. 1.(9. I N. 1» Tony Curtw Monies VitU **Tho Chastity Belt" Tochnteolor iWtraer Broa 7 Art*) OPENS TOMORROW Jack Lord. Shirley Knight "Counterfeit Killer" COior fccAPITOIL Phon 29 75<, 1 NOW SHOWING! No Free Liat U IJM «o, «45 *.M P-M-Ching
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      42 9 Toto Result SINGAPORE SUB The following axe the lucky numbers which were dr**" n week's Toto Draw. They are 40; 45; 7; 31; 17; and (47). TODAY and YOU... 31-32-34-55 38-66-83-89 77-7W147 4-12 72 47 '5l-62-71 AUG. 3) A «»t 1- 5-U-H
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      714 10 rpHE night was ho* and the atmosphere was still. The moon was out and the mid-night chime of the city-hall dock could be clearly heard in the stillness of the night. At the very moment, there was a flash across the sky followed by a faint
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      221 10 THE benefits of travel havej been known and recognised for centuries. Every age has its own great travellers, adventurous and bold people who advanced into regions where no human being has ever set loot before. Besides there have always been and there will always be the ordinary travellers who
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      413 10 DEEP in the middle of a dark forest stood a deserted mansion. Nobody knew the builder of thi» particular mansion which was big but rather oid Its gate was barred by a heavy and big lock. There was a garden which was full of grass and a ow
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      361 10 BY the year A.D. 2,000, the population of the earth will be doubled. This population explosion will increase the food problem. Thus there must be an increase of agricultural output. One of the many suggestions put forward to solve this food problem lies in the
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      578 10 "T|OGS are domestic animals. They were tamed by men thousands of years ago. Dogs are found in almost every part of the world, including places that are within the arctic circle. There are many different kinds of dogs, each kind having its own function, but the quality of each
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      323 10 TJAVE you asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably say that they want to Uarn their own language and other languages, arithmetic, geography, geometry, history, science and oil the other subjects. That is quite true; but why do they learn these things? And
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      384 10 I\ this modern world, every individual has a fairly good eduration. Whether you rome from a rich or a poor family, you still have the facilities for study. It is a great boon to the people of Singapore because the government gives free primary education to everyone.
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      500 10 lost term holidays, my cousin and I went to Malacca by train to visit our grandmother. It was the first time I travelled by train, because most of the tim« we went by bus. We left early in t*e morning from our house, and took a
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      252 10 NOWADAYS, Industries in Singapore are being set up ever-increasingly. These industries, will require technical workers. Therefore technical education is important for them. Technical education was first started in 1956. From then on more technical schools have been built. Technical education was at first taught in
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      220 10 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrant* are requested to observe the following rule*: 1. Each entrant mutt fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended below in block letters. 2 IVo entry will be considered without the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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      515 11 r LONDON, Sun. (Rcuter) Manchester v odded the English Football Association Cup to the First Division championship they won last season when they beat Leicester City one-nil at Wembley Stadium here yesterday. A crowd of 100.000 paid £128,000 to watch the game, decided by
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      Lock icon JAPAN'S second seeded Mitsuru Kono wipes sweat after he was eliminated from the tournament when Anatoliv Amelin (USS)) beat him 3-1 in the third main round at Munich on Friday. – UPI radiophoto.
      32 11 JAPAN'S second seeded Mitsuru Kono wipes sweat after he was eliminated from the tournament when Anatoliv Amelin (USS)) beat him 3-1 in the third main round at Munich on Friday. UPI radiophoto.
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      375 11 GLASGOW. Bun. (Router) Rampaging Celtic roared to a 4-0 victory In the Scottish Football Association Cup final here yesterday. crushing their great Glasgow rivals Ranees in front of 135,000 fans at Hampden Park Celtic, who have already won the Scottish League Cup this season
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      146 11 LONDON. Sun (AFP) The eeaso'n's football honours, to date are as follows:. English F. A. Cup winners! Manchester City. Runnervup: Leicester City English league cup winners: Swln Town Ru Arserai. F. i. Amateur Cup Winners: North Shields. Runners-up: Sutton United. Scottish cup winners: Glasgow Celtic Runners-up: Glasgow
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      238 11 SYDNEY. Sun <UPI> A London to Sydney air following the 14..150 miles route taken bv Sir Ro*s and Sir Keith Smi'h in 1919. is planned for December this year. The rare would mark not only the 50th anniversary of the first Britain-Australia flight, but would begin
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      135 11 ROME, Sun. (Rcuter) Australian professionals Tony Roche and John Newcombe, the first and second seeds overcame strong opposition to enter the men's singles semifinals in the Italian Open tennis championships here yesterday. Top sped Roche. 23. beat eighth-seeded Cliff Drvsdale of South Africa 6-4. 4-6. 6-0.
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      115 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Resu'ts of rugby matches played yesterday were Rugby League Top Sixteen Competition St Helens 25 Keishley 7. Swinton 9. Wake.leid Trinity 5 Rugby Union Camborne 17 Bridgwater and Albion 0. Leicester 17. Hartlepools Rovera 8. Ten7ance and Newlyn 3. Gloucester 38, Redruth 11. Exeter
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      96 11 MOSCOW. Sun. (Reuten Challenger Boris Spassky was last night one point ahead of title holder Tlgran Petrosyan In their world championship chess series at the end of the second week of the contest. The two played a draw yesterday In the playoff of the sixth
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      183 11 MANILA. Sun. (Reuter) Oriental lightweight boxing champion Jaguar Kakisawa of Japan defeated Flash Elorde of the Philippines in a ten-round non-title bout here lajt night. Kakisawa won by a unanimous decision from three Filipino judges. There wera no knockdowns. The 33-year-old Elorde, for mer world junior
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      Lock icon Munro Captures 'A' Division Medal
      356 11 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Duncan Munro. handicap 10. scored a plus-1 to win the 'A' Division April (Bogey) Medal at the Bukit Chermln links during the weekend. With the course playing long due to the heavy rain in the past few days, many single handlcappers had soaring
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      46 11 LONDON", Sun. < Reuter) Close of play scores in yesterday'* cricket matches were: At Cambridge: Cambridge University 59 for two. versus Nottinghamshire At Lords: Yorkshire 174 for three. P Sharpe 84 not out, J. Hampshire 75 versus MCC. At Oxford: Oxford Univer-sity-Lancashire no plav, rain.
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      2023 12 By BIG BEN PE N A N G, Sun. Marker Buoy second to Olympic Flame in the class four division two six furlongs race paid a thumping $l9B for a place ticket here today. Marker Buoy, ridden by Alan Trevena, carried 12 place tickets.
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      156 12 SAN DOWN PARK. England. Sun. (Reuter) Larbawu owned by Michael Marsh won the Whit bred Gold CUD Handicap steeplechase for the second successive year here yesterday in good going. P. Cussms's Titus Oates finished second and E.R. Courage's Spanish Steps third of 18 runners. The race
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      68 12 CAPETOWN. Sun. (Reuter) South Africa yesterday completed a 5-0 win over Iran in their European Zone Section 'A' first round Davis Cup tie. Bob Maud beat Issa Hodaie 6-1. 6-0, 6-1 and Australiaborn Bob Hewitt completed South Africa's clean sweep of the tie with a 6-4, 6-3. 6-3
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      102 12 LONDON. Sun 'Reuter) Bnbby Wilson. Britain's longserving tennis International, has been dropped from the British Davis Cup team to meet Switzerland in a European Zone first-round tie In Zurich from May 9, to 11. Wilson. 33. has plaved In every British Davis Cup match in
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      87 12 NEWr YORK Sun. (Reuten Results of yesterday's maior league baseball games: American League: New York Yankees 6. Baltimore Oriole* 5 (10 Inning). Boston Red Sox 7. Detroit Tigers 4. Minnesota Twins 12. Chicago White Sox 1. Washington Senator 8. Cleveland Indians 1. National League: Chicago Cubs 9 New
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      143 12 ANAHEIM, California. Sun. (UPI) Rod Laver of Australia beat Dennis Ralston of the US yesterday in the semi-finals of the US$lOOOO Anaheim Invitational professional tennis tournament. Laver, who won nearly US$lOO,OOO last year, downed Ralston 25-16. 25-22 to gain today's finals. In the other semi-final Pancho Gonzales
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      93 12 LONDON. Sun fßeuter) With onlv 13 colts left In at yesterdays acceptance stage, there will be a small field for the 2.000 Guineas, first classic of the British racing season, at Newmarket on Wednesday. The mile race will be worth a total of £36.450 In
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      105 12 MANILA. Sun. (ATP) Filipino policeman Domingo Quilban won 5.000 pesos (US SIJSSH) today as he captured the ten-day Tour of the Philippines cycling championship with a total time of 37 hrs 30 mins. 27 sees, over 1,204 kilometres. Quilban. aged 29. finished with nine-minute lead
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      461 12 ARUNDEL England. Sun (Reuter) The West Indian cricketers opened their England tour In bright style yesterday with a thrilling lastminute win over the Duke of Norfolk* XI here. The West Indians snatched victory by five wickets when dashing Cllve Lloyd slammed
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      118 12 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) A boycott by horse owners and trainers yesterday led to the cancellation of racing at New York's Aqueduct racetrack. The boycott followed the failure of the New York State legislature to pass a bill providing pensions and other benefits for stablehands
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      669 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Despite Anthony Lewis' brilliant bowling, Singapore Joint Services were beaten by 54 runs by the Singapore Civilians in the two-day annual cricket match played at the Padang here today. Lewis, a West Indian who took the bowling honours on the
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      135 12 DALLAS. Texas. Sun. (Renter) Bob Charles of New Zealand and U.S. Open champion Lee Trevino fired threeunder par 67's yesterday to share a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the CSSlOO.OOf) <£41.600> Byron Neison golf classic. The rest of the field looked like an Australian open
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      87 12 SEOUL. Sun (UPI) A Judo meet for the blind was held in Seoul yesterday with 10 blindmen attending. The participants performed all techniques as Mfi as ordinary athle*e« drawing enthusiastic cheers from about spectators at the YMCA floor. The coach of the blind iudoists. Chung In-Hwan.
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      103 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore town: 2.05 •.m. (4 ft. 3 ins.); 7.45 a.m. (7 ft.); 2.26 p.m. (2 ft. 3 ins.); 9.05 p.m. (7 ft 4 ins). Naval Dockyard: 1.57 am. (5 ft. 1 in.); 7.59 am. (8 ft. 1 in.); 2.11 p.m. (3 ft. 1 in.); 913 p.m.
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