Eastern Sun, 8 May 1969

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 991 Thursday, 8 May 1969. -fr MC(P) 0737 Price 15 <«nU
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    Lock icon WHAT PALMIST TOLD AGNEW
    109 1 SACRAMENTO. California, Wed. (UPI) Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew. the happily married father of four children. was told by a palm reader on Tuesday he would be married again. A woman who Identified herself as 83-year-old Mrs. leodora Escolin. San Francisco. took the Vice-President's hand at a
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    Lock icon 'Nudest Play Ever Seen In UK!
    86 1 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Two dancers performed the world premiere of a nude ballet here in a church hall. The ballet. "Vultures" by the late Japanese authoress Momoko Hosokawa. was described by American producer Adam Darius as "the nudest play ever seen in Britain". The
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    Lock icon Marijuana In Bongos
    50 1 TORONTO. Wed. (Renter) —A court here has jailed two Canadians and an Australian immigrant involved in importing marijuana in bongo drums from Kenya. The three were arrested last November with two Toronto newspaper men—sentenced last month —at a warehouse here where t>olice seized U*****,000 worth of Marijuana.
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    Lock icon Washington: Navy Secretary John H. Chafee tells a Pentagon news conference on Tuesday he has ruled that 'no disciplinary action" will be taken against any personnel involved in the seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korea in January, 1968. Chafee said he and other ranking naval authorities overruled the recommendation of a Navy Court of Inquiry that the ship's captain, Comdr. Lloyd M. Bucher, be tried by general court martial.
    73 1 Washington: Navy Secretary John H. Chafee tells a Pentagon news conference on Tuesday he has ruled that 'no disciplinary action" will be taken against any personnel involved in the seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korea in January, 1968. Chafee said he and other ranking naval authorities overruled the
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    Lock icon Scramble To Buy West German Marks
    248 1 FRANKFURT. West Germany. Wed. (Reuter) The scramble to buy West German marks amid speculation that the currency will be revalued has reached the same chaotic proportions as during last November's international monetary crisis. Frankfurt money market sources said today. i Dealers described trading here
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    Lock icon Forward Dollar Swaps Suspended
    102 1 FRANKFURT. Wed (Reuter) The West German Central Bank today suspended all forward dollars swap transactions In an attempt to restrict speculation connected with a revaluation of the mark. Foreign exchange circles reported that the Central Bank was forced to buy about $3OO million today In feverish
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    Lock icon Police 'No' To Youth's Funeral On May 10
    353 1 Police No' To Youth's Funeral On May 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Police here have refused to grant permission to the Labour Party of Malaya to hold the "protest" funeral for Llm Sun Seng on polling day. Mr. Lam Chai Lai. 49. the father, has been told that he could have
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    Lock icon Pressure On Poher To Run
    85 1 PARIS. Wed. (Reuter) France's interim Head of State, M. Alain Poher. said today he may be forced to run for the presidency. "I am not in the least a candidate. I do not wish to be. but I may be forced to." he told a
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    Lock icon Siew Sin: We're Ready To Disclose Evidence
    305 1 Reaction To Spore Protest ?sote f/~UALA LUMPUR, Wed.—Malaysia is prepared to disclose evidence that the Singapore Government is interfering with the internal affairs of Malaysia, Tun Tan Siew Sin, the Malaysian Minister of Finance, declared today. In an obvious reply to the note
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    Lock icon Lee May Have Talks With Nixon
    128 1 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore is expected to have talks with President Richard Nixon durinc a visit to Washington starting this weekend. Mr Lee «hn is staying at Cambridge University plans to return to London on Friday and is
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    Lock icon Nixon On ANZUS, SEATO Alliance
    91 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) US. President Nixon today described ANZUS and SEATO as two alliances which are fundamental to the U S. strategy and position in South-east Asia. The Presicent's strong declaration in support of these two regional treaties was made in a statement issued at
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    Lock icon Queen E's 3rd Day In Austria
    67 1 VIENNA. Wed. (Reu'er) Britain's Queen Elizabeth opened the third day of her State visit to Austria today with a glimpse into the life of a Viennese working man. The Queen called on 40-year-old construction clerk Walter Chlumetzky. and his wife. Elizabeth at the 11th
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    Lock icon Cost Of Rheumatism
    42 1 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Rheumatism causes more .ost work days in most years than any other illness in Britain, says an industrial report. It costs industry £l5O mil-l-on In wages alone and many millions more in lost production and disruption.
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    Lock icon N-Test At Nevada
    43 1 WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) The Atomic Energy Commission today conducted an underground low yield nuclear test at its Nevada test site. The test, the ninth blast announced so far this year, was equivalent to between 20,000 and 200.000 tons of TNT.
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    Lock icon Summons Charg Against Bank Of China (Singapore)
    228 1 SINGAPORE, Wed The Bank of China in Singapore was today charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court with not maintaining a minimum of 20 per cent of its total deposits in liquid assets. The Bank is alleged to have had less than 20 per
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    Lock icon CRACK PARACOMMANDOS SEEKING OUT IRIAN REBELS
    399 1 JAKARTA, Wed. (Reuter) —Crack Indonesian para-commandos are seeking out rebel tribesmen who had been forced to retreat into mountain jungles from the towns they controlled in West Irian's central western highlands, a Government spokesman said today. The spokesman said in a statement tha: the
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    Lock icon 2 Bra Makers' Bust-Up Settled
    146 1 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) A nine-year legal bust-up between two brassiere makers had been settled in Britain's House of Lords. The case known as "The Battle of the Bras" ended with five law Lords in the nation's highest Court of appeal deciding that women buying bras
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    Lock icon BOY'S STORY RAISES DOUBT
    76 1 BANGKOK. Wed (UPI) Military officials said today they were skeptic.-' about the tale of a 10-ye boy who reappeared after an absence of eight months and claimed he had been a prisoner with 1.000 other children in a Communist training camp. The boy disappeared while on
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    76 1 Imagine That NORWICH, England. Wed. (Reuter) —An airport is threatened by an invasion of moles. Thousands of them have been pushing up earth mounds on the grass landing strip at Norwich civic airport and presenting a hazard to aircraft. Group Captain Ronald Courtney airport manager, said yesterday that part of
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    Lock icon Hailstorm Kills 8
    57 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. (UPI> Eight persons were killed and 40 injured in a hailstorm which lashed parts of the Hazaribaeh District of Bihar State on Monday, the Press Trust of India reported today. The Agency quoted State legislator Mahesh Ram as saying some of the hailstones weighed
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    Lock icon DR. TOH: POLY IS NO 2nd RATE INSTITUTION
    871 2 SINGAPORE, Tues.—The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, told some 1,500 freshies ot an orientation ceremony that though the studying for degree courses had been shifted to the university "the Polytechnic is not a second-rate institution." -This shift of
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    674 2 MR. Andre Selllez has been appointed as the first Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary of Belgium to Singapore by the Kingdom of Belgium with the view of further strengthening close relations already exlstine between Singapore and Belgium. Mr. Andre Selliez is presently the Charge d'Affalres en pied of
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    Lock icon Visit To RMN Base In Woodlands
    66 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Chief of the Naval Staff. Commodore K. Thanabalasingam. will make an annual inspection visit of naval officers-in-charge, West Malaysia's organisation, and its complex at the Royal Malaysian Naval Base in Woodlands. Singapore. on Friday. Commodore Thanabalasingam will be accompanied by
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    Lock icon Below Par: No Award For Writers' Contest
    175 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. A panel of five judges for the National Contest for Writers, organised recently by the National Library on behalf of UNESCO, here decided that no entry "was considered of sufficient merit to deserve an award. The contest offered an award of
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    Lock icon ROAD DEATHS DECREASED
    142 2 SINGAPORE, Wed Ninetyfour people were killed nn the Singapore roads in the first four months of this Tear This shows a decrease of road accidents compared with last year's figure of 106 during the same period, A police release said that last month there was an increase
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    Lock icon Back To The Stone Age
    132 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Five young RAF officers who flew out to Singapore from Britain a fortnight ago are now In the process of finding ©ut what life was like thousands of years ago. The party, from RAF West Raynham. Norfolk, are on month's expedition training stint
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    Lock icon Show By 2 Visiting Australian Actors
    187 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Two young Australian actors, Garry Underwood and Chris Winrar, will arrive in Singapore on Saturday for a short visit. They will give a performance of their two-man show on Monday night to members of the Stage Club of Singapore. The two actors
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    Lock icon 'GOTHIC' SOLD
    39 2 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The 15,911-ton liner Gothic, which during 1953-54 took Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Australia and New Zealand, has been sold by the Shaw-Savllle Line of London for breaking up in Taiwan.
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    Lock icon Oil Tycoon To Write About Jesus Christ
    431 2  -  By H.C. Tan SINGAPORE, Wed Looking ot the sensitive face of Dr. Wendell Phillips, it is difficult to tell that in his 47 years, he has been a newsboy, night club entertainer, photographer, correspondent, author, African and Arabian explorer, archaeologist, and oil tycoon.
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      49 2 Today's Diary 1 pm—2 pir.: Rotary Club of Singapore-West's weekly luncheon at Hollandsche (Dutch i Club. Camden Park off Adam Road. 530 p.m. 9 p.m t SATA free mass X-ray station at 489 Stirling Road. Block 49 8 p m.: Malay dance at Na« tional Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue.
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    Lock icon ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC THEORY EXAMS. RESULTS
    3130 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Ministry of Education today released the results of the Association Board of the Royal Schools of Music Theory Examinations. 1969. GRADES V to Vm GENERAL PAPER The following candidates were successful in the above examinations held on 28 February and
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    Lock icon First Chamber To Perform In S'pore
    209 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The famed First Chamber Dance Quartet, young soloists from major American ballet companies. will perform in Sin«#gapore next month as part of their Near East and Asia tour. Presented by Donald Moore Entertainments Ltd., the dancers will perform at the Victoria Theatre
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      847 3 Keep fit with daily exercise Iff" STAY FIT WITH DAILY U S A SUPER FORMULA BEIKLIN 12 VITAMINS 12 MINERALS Does exercise take too much out of you? Does It leave you short of breath weak and worn-out? Do you always feel tired, listless, depressed? Are you rundown, overworked? The
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    Lock icon Y's Men's Club Donates $9,000 To Cancer Society
    236 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The president of the Y's Men's Club of Singapore. Beta Chapter. Mr. Leslie Struvs, this evening, presented a cheque for $9,000 to the Singapore Cancer Society. Mr. Richard K M Eu, the Society's chairman re- ceived the cheque. The money
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    Lock icon Tourists For The Sahara
    255 4 BERNE, Wed (SPRJO The area of Morocco south of the Atlas mountains, where the Sahara proper bezms. has long been one of the more romantic places open to Eurrw pean tourists looking for a little more adventure than is usually found in the crowded resorts of
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    Lock icon Allegation Against DAP
    149 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— The Democratic Action Party was today alleged to be voice of its "boss in Singapore." The allegation was made by the Mentn Besar of Selangor. Dato Harun bin Haji Idris. at the opening of a national secondary school at Simpang Lima near here. Dato
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    Lock icon Trawler In Malaysian Waters
    137 4 BANGKOK. Wed (Reuter) —A Thai government committee which investigated the shooting of a Thai fishing trawler by a Malaysian patrol boat on April 25 found that the incident occurred while tte trawler was violating Malaysian territorial waters The committee's report, released today, said the trawler not
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    Lock icon No More Coins For The Urchins
    76 4 ROME. Wed (Reuter)—The Roman street urchins who for vears have been pilfering coins thrown by romantic-minded tourists into the Trevi Fountain yesterday suffered a major setback. The coins in future will be formally collected, counted and deposited in the municipal coffers The decision, announced
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    Lock icon More Govt. Jobs To E. Pakistanis
    245 4 RAWALPINDI, Wed (AFP) President Yahya Khan of Pakistan on Tuesday made sweeping changes in top echelons of the Central Government in a concrete answer to East Pakistani leaders' demands for more equitable sharing of key Government appointments with West Pakistan. The President gave five
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    Lock icon C-5A: A Giant In The Sky
    66 4 MARIETTA. Georgia. Wed <L'PI) The hulking CSGalavy. world's largest airplane, remained aloft a record nine hours and nine minutes yesterday Lockheed-Georgia officials announced The previous duration record for the C 5 was eight hours and five minutes Total air time for the plane, being
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    Lock icon ENTER: NEW 'THAI SILK KING'
    429 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A new "Thai Silk King" has emerged after the disappearance of Jim Thompson about three years ago. He is Mr. Peter Forgham. 29. who is now the biggest manufacturer of Thai-siik in Thailand Mr. Forgham. an American, whc formed his own Thai silk
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    Lock icon GHAZALI ON FOREIGN POLICY OF MALAYSIA
    490 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Malaysia's relations with other countries is guided by the United Nations' concept of peaceful co-existence This was stated here tonight in a radio broadcast by the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of External Affairs, Tan Sri Ghazalie Sha- fie. He said:
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    Lock icon Aussie Rivals At Building Display
    373 4 SINGAPORE, Wed Two rival Australian businessmen visiting Singapore for the Australian Building Materials and Hand Tools Display are in agreement on on* point that the Republic's booming construction industry offers vast potential for wide range of new and improved building techniques and materials Both men
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    Lock icon Cholera Check
    89 4 KUALA LUMPUtt Wed. About 30 visitor? from Singapore who have not been Inoculated against cholera today -eported for medicai examination at the Federal Capital Commission here, the acting Municipal Health Officer. Dr T. Viswanathaa. said today. He said: "We are just keeplrg a watch and the Commission has
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    Lock icon • ITS a stick-up! Miss Nancy Tan and Miss Angelina Wu, of the Australian Trade Commission, "hold-up" Mr. Robert Sim, Ramset Area Supervisor of East English (S) Pte. Ltd., at the Australian Building Materials and Hand Tools Display. But the girls' Ramset guns are not loaded and are used extensively in the building industry or firing Ramset fasteners into masonry.
    59 4 ITS a stick-up! Miss Nancy Tan and Miss Angelina Wu, of the Australian Trade Commission, "hold-up" Mr. Robert Sim, Ramset Area Supervisor of East English (S) Pte. Ltd., at the Australian Building Materials and Hand Tools Display. But the girls' Ramset guns are not loaded and are used extensively in
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    Lock icon London Transport
    153 4 LONDON Wed. <CTI> When early morning commuters arrived at the railway station in the London suburb of Streatham thev found the rate leading to the platform padlocked They watched as one train pulled in. stopped and pulled out The station's ticket clerk arrived with a ring of keys
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    Lock icon 'Get Out Of Vietnam' Business Tells Nixon
    571 5  -  THE HOSEYMOON TS OITR By John F. Barton WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) —An organisation of American business executives yesterday called for an "immediate unilateral withdrawal" of American troops from Vietnam. In a resolution adopted during a one day meeting here, the Business Executives Movement
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    Lock icon RAYON FROM BAGASSE
    83 5 HONG KONG. (Reuter) China has successfully produced its first batch of viscose rayon from bagasse (residue from sugar-making), the New Cninl News Agency said today. i Tte rayon cloth made by workers of Kwangtung proving. South China, is alkaliand shrmk-resistant, durable and smooth, the agency said. 11
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    Lock icon THE EL FATAH IN US
    70 5 WASHINGTON, (Reuter) A. Republican congressman sait today the Federal Bureau of Investigation was inquiring info the activities of El Fatah, th# Arab guerrilla organisati*j. among American college st»dents. representative J. Herbert Bike of Florida said in a Stement that the Justice H?partment told him the
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    Lock icon Unrepentant Minister Leaves Jail
    175 5 BE LFAST, \or them Ireland, (Renter) Extremist Protestant leader the Reverend lan Paisley was released from jail yesterday under a government amnestr and Immediate 1 T declared his intention to continue his anti-Catholic crusade. He and his chief aide. Major Ronald Bunting, were among 130 persons
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    Lock icon New 'Seeing' For Pilots
    147 5 OAKLAND. California. Wed CReuter) A new instrument which would enable commercial airliner pilots to 'see' the runway in zero visibility has been designed by the Kaiser Aerospace and Electronics Corporation, it was announced today It claims the Revision-type instrument made landings in dense fog about as
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    Lock icon Ground Job For Borman
    59 5 SPACE CENTRE, Houston. Wed (UP I) Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman. commander of mankind's first trip around the moon, has stepped out of the astronaut corps, a Space Agency spokesman said yesterday. Borman will become an official in the space agency's programme to develop orbiting space
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    Lock icon Giant Chopper Crashes In V'nam
    74 5 SAIGON. Wed. (UPI) A big U.S. Army transport helicopter crashed northeast of Saigon, killing 34 allied troops and injuring 35 others, military spokesmen said today. Spokesman blamed a mechanical failure for the crash, which was the most costly involving a sing hellcopter during the Vietnam
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    Lock icon PARIS: A close-up of Alain Poher, France's Interim President, who replaced General de Gaulle, who resigned. This photo was taken on April 27th, when President Alain Poher, was giving a brief conference at the Senate. M. Georges Pompidou, General de Gaulle's former Prime Minister, will stand as a candidate in the forthcoming French Presidential elections. He was premier during last year's May-June revolt.
    63 5 PARIS: A close-up of Alain Poher, France's Interim President, who replaced General de Gaulle, who resigned. This photo was taken on April 27th, when President Alain Poher, was giving a brief conference at the Senate. M. Georges Pompidou, General de Gaulle's former Prime Minister, will stand as a candidate in
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      Lock icon BUCHER EAGER FOR NEW JOB
      100 5 CORONADO California. (Reuter) Commander Lloyd Bucher. captain of the reconnaissance ship Pueblo, today expressed eagerness for his "next duty assignment, whatever it may be", following the Navy's decision not to take disciplinary action against any of the ship's personnel. Bucher's lawyer. Mr. E. Miles Harvey
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      Lock icon U THANT BACK IN N.Y.
      79 5 NEW YORK. (Reuter) U.N. Secretary-G en era 1 U Thant arrived back in New York last night after his 11day visit to London. Geneva and Rome He declined to make any statement at John F Kennedy International Airport, where he was met by representatives of
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      Lock icon BALLOONIST PLUNGES 90 FEET
      56 5 PUERLA. Mexico. (Reuter) Mexican balloonist Carlos Camacho Espintu escaped with broken ribs, cuts and bruises when he plummetted 90 feet to the ground after disconnecting his gondola from his balloon near here Camacho deliberately cut himself free to a v oid hitting high tension cables as
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      Lock icon BOUND IN BLAZING HOUSE
      52 5 SWINDON. England. (Reuter* A woman bound hand and foot was rescued from a blazing house here today. who smashed down the front door said they found Mrs Maureen Pri-kett. mother of four children. lying unconscious in the hallway. Police said later a man would appear In
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      Lock icon HIGH WATER IN VENICE
      40 5 VENICE. (Reuter) Venetians and tourists had to walk on wooden gangways today as high tides and strong easterly winds brought the "acqua alta" (high water) flooding Into St. Marks Square and low-lying parts of the city.
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      Lock icon LULL IN LOCUST PLAGUE
      61 5 RIYADH. (Reuter) The locust threat to the Arabian penmsu'.a and countries east of the Red Sea has ended for this year, Mr. Massoud AlTaji. Director of Agricultural Servires at the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Agriculture, said here. Mr. Taji said that 9.500 square miles of Saudi
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      Lock icon MALTREATMENT CHARGES
      57 5 TEHERAN. fßeuter) Iran's committee on Human Rights today asked United Nations Secretary General U Thant to send a special representative to the disputed border area of Shatt-El-Arab for an eyewitness account about Iranians said to have been tortured and expelled by Iraq The committee demanded U.N intervention to
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    Lock icon WEST IRIAN REVOLT
    277 6 TSE world has come to know of the revolt in West Irian now. However, the trouble was said to have started two weeks ago. The West Irian Affairs Chief Dr. Sudjarwo's admission of airdrop of paratroops underlines the seriousness of the situation. It may be a revolt
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    Lock icon 'FUTILE LAST-MINUTE STAND'
    300 6 Reuter rE Sydney Daily Telegraph said today Indonesia's reported rocket attack on tribesmen in a remote West Irian town "takes us back to the days when the Italian Air Force bombed helpless Abyssinians The rightwing morning daily said in an editorial: West Irian's farcical 'act of free
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    Lock icon Problems Facing Pressmen In Saigon
    700 6  -  By Ronald Clarke SAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) A South Vietnamese information Ministry spokesman reads out to a crowded press conference in Saigon each afternoon the latest government announcements. Vietnamese reporters among the 200 Journalists who attended listen Intently. But they do not know after the conference
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    Lock icon A New Strategy In Ceylon
    588 6  -  BY CLARENCE FERNANDO COLOMBO, Wed. (Reuter) Several political parties are battling for the allegiance of the Tamil-speaking people of Ceylon following the recent breakaway of the Federal Porty from the government. The Federal Party's 12 Members of Parliament, who represent mainly the Tamil-speaking minontv community
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    Lock icon Party Presidium On Role Of Press In Czechoslovakia
    332 6 PRAGUE. Wed. (AFP i The Czechoslovak Communist Part? Presidium today ordered 'the causes at the ore** to he "eliminated and said the press, radio and television must actively help the party and the state The instruction VII issued to communists officials after
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    Lock icon Kosygin-Indira Talks
    496 6 NEW DELHI. Wed. (Reuter) The Soviet and Indian Prime Ministers. Mr. Alexel Kosygin and Mrs. Indira Gandhi, had a 90-minute private meeting hare yesterday at which only an interpreter was present Mr. Kosygin. who came to Delhi to attend the funeral yesterday of the late President Zakir Husain.
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    Lock icon Will Mendes-France Get A Chance?
    461 6  -  BY JONATHAN FENBY PARIS. Wed (Reuter) The bitter political feuding among France's socialists has led to growing speculation here that the left-wing's best chance in the June 1 presidential poll mar lie with former Prime Minister Pierre Mendes-France. M. Mendes-France. who b?ought peace to Indo-Ch:na
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    Lock icon Moscow Attacks Mao
    414 6 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) Radio Moscow tonight accused Chinese leader Mao Tsetung of killing thousands of people and warned that millions of more lives would be lost if he were to consolidate his political power. The attack on Mao. described by observers here as one of the
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    Lock icon Fables And False Captions Says Moscow
    264 6 MOSCOW, Wed (AFP) Mao Tsetung and his colleagues are seeking to convince China's masses thev are faced by a threat from the north, the Soviet magazine Journalist said in its May issue, published here today. Followinf the Sino-Soviet border clashes on the Ussuri River,
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    Lock icon International Poaching
    152 6 BERNE. Wed. (SPR.Z) Traffic in game meat and skins is now known to be going on between the Congo. Rwanda and Uganda, according to the latest quarterly report of the Uganda Nrtional Parks. It is understood that Rwanda is being used as the base for legalising wild animal
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    Lock icon Pressure On Poher
    320 6  -  By CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS PARIS. Wed. (tenter p Frances interim Head of State, M. Alain Poher. tcdaj faced mounting pressure to enter the Presidential togtst against former Prime MinisW Georges Pompidou. Meanwhile. M. 'ompidou was planning a perstial campaign that should barring unforseen disaster sweep him to the
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    Lock icon 'Adventurism'
    97 6 VIENNA. Wed. (ATP) The Central Committee of tie Hungarian Communist Par y has attacked the ideological stand of *he Communist Pa*ties of China. Japan. Yugoshvia Italy and Rumania. rtPfrding Soviet intervention ia Czechoslovakia. In an article, entitled hnternationahsm in our time.*] in the most recent number! of Part Elet."
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    Lock icon China May Become More Isolated Says Journalist
    149 6 WARSAW. Wed. (Reuter) A Polish commentator forecast today that China was unlikely to achieve Quick political stabilisation and would be. come more isolated from other communist countries Mr. Daniel Lulinski, a former correspondent in Peking, was commenting in the oflficisl communist party newspaper
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    11 6 Life without faith is an arid business. Coward. Noel.
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    344 8 ILLEGAL ENTRY LONDON, Wed. (Reuter)—Lord Stonham, the Home Office Minister of State, said las* night that a highly organised racket had sprung up in some Commonwealth nations to forge passports, entry and work permits for would-be immigrants to Britain and their dependants. "There are thou-1 sands
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    42 8 MORPETH. England. Wed. (CPI) A London to Aberdeen express train derailed early today hurling sleeping passengers oat of their berths A police spokesman said •even persons were killed and 94 injured in the accident just outside this North England town.
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    59 8 ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey, Wed (UPI) Henry Hayes. 65. sat in laundromat as fire engines roared by. "It's probably my place." Hayes said jokingly to a friend. It was. Hayes' three storey apartment house was destroyed by a fire which police said was started by children playing
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    104 8 ROME. Wed. (.UPI) —Someone without a «hred of J*onnance in his soul has been throwing carpet tacks instead of coins into the Trevi fountain. Police revealed that the culprit had been caught. Police didn't say who he is or why he did it. But newspapers hinted
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    136 8 JAKARTA. Wed. (UPI) Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik has said that reports of rebellion in West Irian are "grossly exaggerated". 'The government is in full control of the region," Mr. Malik said in an interview with UPI. However such incidents could be ©xpected until the
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    148 8 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) More people in Hong Kong will commit suicide unless better preventive measures can be devised, the Hong Kong Samaritans, an organisation devoted to preventing suicides, says In its annual report. Last year, the Samaritans recorded 559 suicide cases a 43 26
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    126 8 HONG KONG. Wed (Reuter) The Chinese Communist Party's theoretical journal, Red Flag, has forecast the eventual overthrow of the present leadership in the Soviet Union. An article appearinr In the magazine and frontpaged In the two leading Chinese newspapers. People's Daily and the Liberation Army Daily today said:
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    94 8 NEW YORK Wed (AIT) S«les of Agricultural fertiliser by European producer# to People's China will probably drop this year, according to Mr Norlshige Hasegawa. Chairman of "Sumlmoto Chemicals" of Japan Mr Hasegawa told a presa conference here today that he did not know the
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    92 8 MANILA. Wed (Reuter) Six persons were critically injured when a gasoline tanker exploded and sank at a pier in Cebu. in the Southern Philippines yesterday, according to police reports here today. The tankers was loaded with 40.000 litres of high octane easoline and 100 tons
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    49 8 BEIRUT, (Reuter) One Lebanese soldier and two commandos were killed in fighting between the Lebanese Army and the Syrian-backed Sa'lqa guerrilla organisation, a military spokesman announced The fighting, near Hasbava in South-East Lebanon, also resulted in three commandos and three soldiers being wounded, the spokesman said.
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    91 8 EAST LANSING. Michigan. Wed (UPI) Here's a good news" story for people tired of reading about mayhem and protest on college campuses across the United States Some 18.000 Michigan State University students say they will stage a mass "fast-m" this weeic to ra:se funds for famine-plagued
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    89 8 WASHINGTON. Wed (Renter) An American Civil Aeronautics Board examiner today recommended that Air India should be allowed to make calls in Moscow, the Netherlands and Denmark on its route between points in India and New York. Air India said it plans initially to offer one
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    95 8 IZUHARA. Japan. Wed (UPI) —Japanese fishermen have found an aircraft tyre, a tube and a radio buoy belived to be parts of the US. reconnaissance plane shot down bv North Korea The finds were made in Izuhara town of Intsushima Island in the Korean Straits
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    56 8 BUENOS AIRES. Wed. 'UPI) Eleven persons in an Argentine Air Force C 47 cargo plane died in a crash while landing at Rio Cuarto, 420 miles west of Buenos Aires, yesterday. The air force said the plans on a service mission, nosed over on
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    34 8 NEW YORK (Reuter) Comedian Bob Hope '.eft Columbia Presbyterian Hospital today following several days of treatment for a chronic disorder in his left eye He told reporters he felt well.
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    46 8 BELFAST Northern Island: Captain Terence O'Neill making his first public appearance since resigning as Northern Ireland Premier gave an impromptu press conference as he toured the Harland and Wolff shipyard. He said that he was not going to retire from politics but remain a backbench MP.
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    267 8 Students Flee CameraShooting Troopers CHICAGO, Wed. (UPI) Angry Purdue University students, forced out of the school administration building by camera snapping Indiana State Troopers, moved back last night into the student union, where 229 of their number were orrested for trespassing early in the day. Sixty anti-war protesters took over
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    84 8 CAIRO. Wed (UPI) Foreign Ministry officials said that French Foreign Minister Michel Deb re had assured Egypt that French policies in the Middle East remained unchanged. They said this bad been conveyed to Egypt's Foreign Minister Mr Mahmoud Rlad by the French Ambassador in Cairo Mr.
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    55 8 DAMASCUS. Wed (Reuter) Floodwaters from the Euphrates River today inundated thousands of acres of farmland at Deir Al-Zor when the river rose 16 feet above normal. an Interior Ministry spokesman announced Helicopters were used to evacuate people in threatened areas, the spokesman said. There was no immediate
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    212 8 MUNICH Wed. (UPI) If and when the Sues Canal is re-opened to shipping of all nations, it will hardly resume its old importance, Herr Gerhard Hansen-Stahl, President of the Baltic and International Maritime Conference said yesterday. Addressing the annua] Maritime Conference. he said the
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    46 8 LONDON*. Wed. (Reuter) Former Prime Minister Harold MacMiUan. 75. todav left St. Thomas's Hospital, which he entered on April 14 for an operation to remove a sail stone. The former Conservative Party leader will convalesce at his home in Sussex, a hospital spokesman said.
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    47 8 SYDNEY, Wed. (Reuter) The Pacific Island of Norfolk, part of New South Wales State, will issue a series of special stamps to honour the 18th-century voyages of Captain James Cook, the British Naval Lieutenant who discovered Australia's eastern coast, government authorities announced here today.
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    126 8 HONG KONG, Wed <tTl> A simulated plane crash and rescue operation exercise was conducted at Kaitak International Airport by the Civil Aviation Department today. It was assumed a DC-3 aircraft crashed on takeoff onto the rround east o# the runway, killing 15 of the 29
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    72 8 BONN. Wed (Reuter) Afghanistan's Minister for Postal Affairs. Mr. Arim Cran, arrived here todav for a nineday visit to West Germany at the invitation of his Bonn counterpart. Herr Werner DoL linger. During his stay Mr. Cran will have talks with West German Post Ministry officials and
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    47 8 MANILA. (R«uter)—Philippine Police Chief Brigadier General Vicente Raval has appealed to Huks (communists) to take advantage of President Ferdinand Marcos' amnesty offer. General Raval told newsmen yesterday that the president's offer would pave the way for the restoration of peace and order in Central Luzon
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    160 8 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI> A forest Are raging unchecked in Iwate prefecture of northern Japan today, destroying rrore than 1.1 billion yen (U.S $3 m.) worth of timber and at least 37 houses. Six other forest flre3 which roared through mountain areas of northern Honshu Island
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    192 8 PARIS. Wed. (AFP) M. Gaston Defferre the Socialist Party candidate said today that if he is elected President of tha French Republic he will disidve the National Assembly because Parliament and the Chief Executive must share the same political views. Commenting on the competition
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    135 8 WASHINGTON. Wed OJPI) Australian Prime Minister Mr. John Gorton assured President Nixon at an official White House dinner last nlgnt that Australia would "Go Wa'.tzing Matilda" with t'n« United States whenever it sought to Improve the '•material and spiritual standards" of the world's peoples. Mr. Gorton was replying
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    Lock icon W. Irian Worries Aussies
    162 8 CANBERRA. Wed. ATP) Canberra is gravely concerned about reports of rebellion in several areas of West Irian. Although Australia has r.o diplomatic or ether office m West Irian since the Indonesians took over it is known from reliable sources inside the government that many airstrip* are
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    202 8 LYKENS, Pennsylvania. Wed. (UPI) A New Jersey contestant in a Trans-Atlartic air race landed his plane sale, ly in a field near the Borough of Gratz on Tuesday after apparently flying off course during the night. Benjamin Gracia. 32. of New Brunswick. New Jersey, told police he
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    Lock icon Grown Children Find Dad's 'Other Home' Of 10 Years
    439 9 i J P High Court was today told of how a ten-year-o d as ocia ion between the respandent in a divorce suit with another woman was discovered by two of his grown-up children. At the time of the discovery, the
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    202 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. A Singapore girl. 27-vear-old Miss Premita Gill, has been appointed a Reservations Officer with Lufthansa German Airlines based in New York. A former ballet teacher in The Republic and Penang. Miss Gill's responsibilities will cover all travel arrangements for Far East
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    Lock icon Appointed Director Of Institute Of SEA Affairs
    265 9 Appointed Director Of Insti tute Of SEA Affairs SINGAPORE. Wed. Professor J. D. Legge of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, has been appointed Director of the Institute of South-East Asian Affairs in Singapore. Professor Legge, 47. will succeed an American Scholar Professor Harry J. Benda, who was the first director
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    Lock icon First 'Transport And Communications Expo'
    413 9 SINGAPORE. Wed The first-ever "Transport and Communications Exposition" in Singapore will be held at the Old Kallang Airport from Aug. 1 to 21. The Exposition Is organised bv the Ministry of Communications in conjunction with the 150 th anni- versarv of Singapore. The Exposition, covering
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    Lock icon Stole $25.000 Engine: Jailed
    91 9 SINGAPORE Wed A clerk. I. Santhamotrthy. jai!ed for six month# by the Ninth Magistrate's Court today for theft of a $25,000 Caterpillar diesel engine from the Port of Singapore Authority cod own* on March 31. Santhamoorthy. 20, admitted stealing the engine and selling It for $2,000.
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    Lock icon Shake Off Apathy New Students Told
    382 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. A student leader Bhag Singh has called on students intending to join the University of Singapore to discard the concept of apathy and contribute their share in all areas of student activity. He made this call in a note to new students
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    Lock icon Two Granted Divorces
    255 9 SINGAPORE. Wed A domestic servant, Lim Ah Lek told the High Court today that her husband. Tan Soon Hock beat her whenever she complained about his "nocturnal outings" Eventually, she sa'.d. her husband drove her out of his house and had since never asked her to return
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      499 10 SAFETY is freedom from danger or the state of being safe from anything dangerous to human lives. Today safety-first is the motto of our city for the pedestrians, cyclists, scootensts, motor-cyclists and motorists because the traffic is getting heavier everyday. The everyday accidents and casualties are also alarmingly high.
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      415 10 HONESTY is a form of good character which should be cultivated in all individuals. It is an important and a delicate subject for us to investigate. Dishonesty will cause mistrust. To be honest means to discard slyness and falsehood. Sometime ago, I witnessed the truthfulness of the proverb "Honesty
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      Lock icon Games Should Be Made Compulsory In Schools
      280 10 IN Singapore, our Prime Minister insisted that all Singapore's schools should help to form a rugged society. Games in my opinion is one of the vital factors in fulfilling this statement. Many sporting events are being encouraged by the government for the citizens
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      414 10 DISCONTENTMENT is a sad thing. Give o man an inch and he will want a yard. Give a Sultan a beautiful wife and he will keep a harem. Are you one of those who arc not contended? Do you envy your neighbours who have o big car or a
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      438 10 ONE Sunday, my uncle, aunt, brother, sister and I went to a beach near the bungalow which my uncle had rented. It was such a fine day. The sun was shining brightly. The air was cool and moist. It was rather a rocky beach. The beach stretches
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      273 10 family consists of nine members They are my father, mother, two brothers, four sisters and myself. We live in South Bridge Road. My family is very good and we do not quarrel. In my house we have a radio, a fan. a tape-recorder, a te.ephone and other things
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      293 10 A MOTHER'S love is as boundless as the oceans. Nothing else in the world can compare with the love of a mother. She is always ready to sacrifice herself for the children Even if she has to starve she must make sure that her children have a bit
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      Lock icon A NARROW ESCAPE
      272 10 It was on Bth Feb 1942. that the Japanese landed in Singapore The Royal Air Force gallantly put up quite a fierce resistance, but their attempt was a failure Within a week. Singapore fell Into the hands of the Jap^^e. During that time, many loyal volunteer* and
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      449 10 GAMBLING is a cancer of society. It is the most harmful and dangerous habit in our lives. Although it is very popular everywhere, we must not get the habit of it. In gambling, gain or loss is uncertain. Some people think that gambling is a kind of
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      Lock icon Okker Beats Roche In Straight Sets
      244 11 r pOKYO, Wed. (Reuter) Tom Okker of Holland yesterday scored his third victory in the world pro-tennis circuit here beatinq Australia's Tony Roche in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. The match. yesterday's highlight, gave Okker a three-win no-loss record In the elgth-day 10 million yen
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      200 11 LONDON Wed The Amateur Athletics Association have launched a new star system aimed at producing high calibre athletes of the future. Tom McNab. the AAA national coach, said that the Ave star award scheme is directed at every child who wishes to run. jump, hurdle or throw
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      66 11 SINGAPORE Wed—Khalsa outplaved 19 Signals by three goals to nil in a replay in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Hockey Association senior knockout competition played at SCC padang today. In the quarter-finals played last week both teams played to a scoreless draw Khalsa led l-« at half-time Scorers
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      226 11 MACAO. Wed (UPI> Fifty-two cars with capacities ranging from 598 to 6.332 cc have entered the Guia 101 endurance race to be held here tn May 18. Bev en overseas drivers (outside of Hong Kong and Macao» are among those who will drive 384 miles or
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      102 11 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter)— Nineteen acceptors were announced today for the Mark Lane Jubiiee Stake* Handicap to be run over one mile and a quarter at Kempton on Saturday. May 10. They are with weights: Wolver Hollow 9 stone 7 pounds. Midnight Marauder 9.1, Karahas
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      600 11 NEW YORK. Wed (Reuter) The Chicago Cubs moved 3i games In front of the second place Pittsburgh Pirates in the eastern division of the National League with a 7-1 victory yesterdav over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ken Holtzman hurled a six hitter, while A
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      87 11 MOSCOW Wed (Reuter) World chess champion Tlgran Pe.rosian Is ill and *he tenth came in his world title series against challenger Boris Spassky has been postponed until Friday. It was reported here today. The seventh game was postponed on April 2# because Spassky was ill. Spassky leads
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      225 11 LONDON*. Wed. "Grand Prix", a new motor racing annual sponsored by the British Racine Drivers' Club and the Ford Motor Company of Britain, has just been published in London. The book contains 19 race reports on the IMB Formula One season. These have all been taken from
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      Lock icon Cadet Completes Nightmare Transatlantic Air Crossing
      315 11 LONDON, Wed. (Reliter) A 20-year-old Army Cadet with near frostbitten hands and feet Ignored at temperature of minus 20 decrees centigrade (minus 4 farenheit) yesterday to complete a nightmare Transatlantic air crossing. After an almost 44hour flight In which everything went wrong David Wynne-Davis
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      Lock icon Camacho Hits Magnificent Century For W.I.
      107 11 MANCHESTER England. Wed (Router) Steve Camachc hit s magnificent century here ;ooay to help the West Indian cricket team reach 227 for four wickets on the opening day of their three-day match against Lancashire. Camarho. who opened with Roy Fredericks, completed his 100 in
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      65 11 LATEST GUILDrORD. England, Wed. (Router) Results in the Surrey Hardcourt Lawn Tennis Championships here today included: Wo*nen' s Slnrles Third Round: Miss P w*!kden (South Africa) beat Miss G. Dove (South Africa) o—l0 —1 B—l Mrs P W Curtis (USA) beat Mrs C W Brasher (Britain) 4—6,
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      Lock icon Emo Beats Laver In Straight Sets
      170 11 TOKYO. Wed (Reuter) Roy Emerson of Australia De'eated Rod Laver 6—5. 6—4 in the world Dro-tennis circuit here last night. The defeat put Emerson. Laver and Mar'y Riessen of the United States in a threeway tie for first pla<-e in Group A with two
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      47 11 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) The Russian panda An-An will return to Moscow on May 21 having failed to mate with the London Zoo'g Chi-Chi. An-An arrived in London last August. Despite the appli. cation of hormones he declined to sustain interest in ChiChi.
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      47 11 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The British Broadcasting Corporation has signed a contract "in excess of £2oo.ooo'' to televise *U major athletics in Britain for the next four years. Events to be covered this season include the international meetings against the United States. France, Rumania and Finland.
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      Lock icon Golfarini Retains Title By A TKO
      321 11 VIENNA. Wed (AFP) Italy's European light middleweight boxing champion Remo Golfarini easily retained hit title here last night when he beat Austrian Peter Marklewltz by a technical knockout in the ninth round of a scheduled 15round bout. The 10.000 Austrian spectators appeared surprised when
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      1222 12 Horses Class 2, Div. l—l Mile 443 Kuantan 5v 900 Sultan of Pahang Lee 1 Ness Lane 4y 812 CS Oo n 732 Thunder Court 4y 811 Court Stable Tulloh n Likewise 5y 809 J Donnelly Owner 010 State Law 6y 8.09 Bukit Stable
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      290 12  -  By Big Ben SINGAPORE, Wed. Newcomer Nasi Gorenq, owned by Goldmine Stable and trained by Ahmad bin Samad, did a smart gallop in a trial with stablemate Prince of Nepal at Bukit Timah this morning. The pair clapped on the pace at the half mile and ran
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      212 12 PARIS. Wed < AFP> The six-day suspension Imposed on British champion jockey lister Piggott by Stewards at the Longchamp race course here on Sunday was upheld by Stewards of the French Soclete D'Encouragement yesterday. The Stewards turned down Piggott's appeal against the sentence and also the appeal by
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      53 12 SINGAPORE. Wed Five-year-old Susan Bright, is the youngest-ever swimmer at Tengah to qualify for the ASA Gold Standard award in Personal Survival. Susan, who is a member of the Station's Heron' swimming Club, started to swim at four-year-old. She is the daughter of John Bright, a chief technician
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      355 12 GLASGOW, Scotland, Wed. (Reuter, Scotland, a goal down at halftime, forced a 1-1 draw with Ireland here last night in the third match of the home international championship series. Alex McMordie gave Ireland the lead in the 11th minute of the flrst half, during which
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      182 12 BARBASTRO. Wed (AFP) Britain's Michael Wright won the 229 kilometre (143 miles) Moya-Barbastro 13th stage of the Tour of Spain professional cycle race, covering the distance in six hours 34 minute? 50 seconds But France's Roger Pmgeon maintained the overall race leadership, although Wright cut 46 seconds off
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      82 12 BRISTOL. England. Wed. (Reuter) All of the world's leading tennis professionals except Pancho Gonzales will compete for £10.625 prize money in the Wills Open championships here next month The tournament, from. June 9 to 14. is Britain's richest Open event outside the Wimbledon championships.
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      57 12 LONDON. Wed f AFP > Johnnv Haynes. Fulbam's former England forward, is to stay with the London Club Haynes. who was sought by South African clubs, has signed a contract for one year with an option for a further vear. Fulham. in the First Division last year,
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      27 12 SINGAPORE. Wed Balestier Hill Intergrated Secondary Technical School will hold their fifth annual athletic meet at the Fairer Park Athletic Centre, tomorrow at 2.15. p.m.
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      Lock icon England Make Six Changes
      278 12 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Jeff Astle. the West Bromwich Albion striker, will make his international soccer debut for England In the British championship match against Wales at Wembley here tonight. England s team, announced today show six changes from the side which trained an unimpressive 3-1 win
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      129 12 LISBON. Wed. (Reuter) Spain routed Rhodesia 5-0 by winning yesterday's last two singles matches in the Davis Cup European Zone section B first round tie here Jose Gisbert beat Hank Irvine 6-3. 8-4. 7-5 and Manuel Santana defeated Frank Satomon 6-0. 6-2. 6-2 Bpain meet either Yugoslavia
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      46 12 EDINBURGH. Wed. (Reuter) The Scottish Rugbv Union announced today that they would send a team on a four-week tour of Australia in May next year. The side would plav six matches, including one full international and state games against New South Wales and Queensland.
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      173 12 HOUSTON. Texas. Wed. (AFP) Former world heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay's bid to avoid serving a flve-year Jail sentence imposed in 1967 for refusing to do his military service takes another step forward on June 2. when a Federal Court, presided over by Judge Joe
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      192 12 HIS feet on dry land for tb« first time in 312 days, lone Yachtsman Robin KJlOXjnhnson after one or two uncertain steps found his land legs and a big happy smile for the hundreds of people who waited to greet him at the end of his epic
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      678 12 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) England's cricket reputation faces a strong challenge this year with Test series against the talented but unpredictable West Indians and the Improving New Zealanders England must beat both touring sides convincingly to enhance any claims as champions of the world.
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      184 12 COPENHAGEN. Wed (Reuter) Mexico's soccer captain Gustavo Pena, was sent off the field here last night during the Mexicans' match against Denmark, which the Danes won 3-1. Fights broke out between the players, and the match was halted for five minutes, after Pena had been ordered off In
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      21 12 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Southport and Torquay played to a two-all draw in a division three match played last night.
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      84 12 PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida. Wed Reuter) Gene Littler still leads bv a comfortable margin in 1969 golf tour earnings with U5598,417 (about £41.0n0). Professional Golfers Association statistics showed yesterday. Littler passed ud last week's New Orleans Open, but his closest pursuers failed to gain anv appreciable ground. TOP
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