Eastern Sun, 21 May 1969

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY VV Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 1004 Wednesday* 21 May 1969. <& MC (P) 0737 Price 15 canto
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    Lock icon P.M. LEE BACK FROM TOUR
    98 1 SINGAPORE, Mon. The Singapore Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew returned here early tonight after an extended stay in the United Kingdom, the United States. Honolulu and Japan. Mr. Lee was met by his close associates and friends at the airport. The Minister for Law
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    Lock icon Apollo Moon Lands Today
    193 1 SPACE CENTRE. Houston. Texas. Tues. (UPI) Apollo 10 and its three U.S. astronauts, flying an almost flawless course, sped ever closer today toward a perilous Wednesday rendezvous with the moon. The earth was tiny blue and white marble 177,000 miles away when the astronauts, who slept
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    Lock icon MOON RAIN
    50 1 PHILADELPHIA. Tues. (UPI) Chief William Red Fox. a nephew of famed Indian Chief Crazy Horse, has his own idea of the Apollo moon shots. Red Fox, now a nimble 99, summed it np thus. "It doesn't seem to rain much since man started mess ins with the moon.''
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    Lock icon Special Posts For 4 MCA Men In Cabinet
    303 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman today announced the composition of his Cabinet which includes four MCA leaders. The Tunku holds the portfolio for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Tun Abdul
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    Lock icon Police Seek Four 'Well-Dressed' Youths
    274 1 MOTOR-CYCLIST SHOT AT NOON SINGAPORE, Tues. The Singopore Police is now looking for four assailants who fatally wounded a motor-cyclist with a smallarm at Sumbawa Road at noon today. The Police described these assailants as well-dressed youths in their early 20s, wearing gaily-coloured shirts, and
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    Lock icon Liver 'Booster' A Failure
    94 1 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. (Reuter) Hospital authorities here today reported the failure of South Africa g first liver transplant operation and said the patient, an unidentified white man, was in a critical condition. They said the man did not have his own liver removedln last night's operation. The
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    Lock icon The Tooth Of The Matter...
    60 1 ERDING. Bavaria. Tues. (AFP) —A young Bavarian peasant who had a violent toothache recently decided to cure it by firing a 6 mm airgun pellet at th* tooth. The pellet passed right through fiis Jaw. and he was rushed to hospital. The local police hav«
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    Lock icon Official Toll Now At 158
    150 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The death toll in the disturbances have risen to 158 with Selangor alone accounting for 149. The official death figures have been Jacked uP by the discovery of bodies of those killed in the earlier days of the disturbances and also of
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    Lock icon Nixon-Thieu To Meet Midway
    87 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter)—President Nixon will meet South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu on Midway Island in the Pacific on June 8 to discuss the course of the Vietnam war and the search for a peaceful settlement. the White House announced today. The one-day meeting will hnng
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    Lock icon Cosmos-282 Up
    43 1 MOSCOW. Tues. <Reuter> Russia today launched Cosmos-282. the latest In a series of artificial earth satellites used to explore outer space. Tass reported. The satellite went Into orbit about 188 miles up and its equipment is working normally, the report added
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    Lock icon $20m Run On Bank Of China
    209 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. Withdrawals estimated to exceed $2O million have been made by both cheques and cash from the Bank of China during the last ten days. This was disclosed in a special statement issued by the Ministry of Finance today. "In the last ten
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    Lock icon WASHINGTON: President Nixon is going to meet Pres. Thieu. Midway Island on June 8 (see this page) while SEATO allies have been told by the Americans and the British that they will continue to maintain an interest in the defence of the region after US-UK forces withdraw. (see page 3) Photo here shows Defence Secretary Melvin Laird at Washington conference Monday when he appealed to Hanoi and the Vietcong for the "prompt" release of all American prisoners (UPI)
    78 1 WASHINGTON: President Nixon is going to meet Pres. Thieu. Midway Island on June 8 (see this page) while SEATO allies have been told by the Americans and the British that they will continue to maintain an interest in the defence of the region after US-UK forces withdraw. (see page 3)
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    Lock icon 'Hit Rock Bottom'
    148 1 OXFORD, England, Tues. fUPI) As far as former Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home Is concerned, socialism is a failure In Britain. And because of it, he told the Oxford University Conservative Association last night, "We have literally come to the end. We have scnped the bottom of
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    Lock icon Fisherman Killed By Reds
    112 1 HONG KONG. Tues. (AFP) The Hong Kong government today protested to China over thf killing of a local fisherman by an armed Chinese Communist fishing junk on May 12. The fisherman. 42-year-olri Wong Man-Tak, was shot in the throat and the right eye on board his
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    Lock icon CCC Calls For Speedy Relief To Refugees
    157 1 SINGAPORE, Tues. The President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Mr. Wee Cho Yaw today called on the Malaysian Government to make arrangements for the despatch of food parcels to refugees of the current disturbances in Malaysia and who are being put
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    Lock icon TIGER MENACE
    59 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. (ATP) Over 300 people have been killed by eight man-eater tigers over the past two and a half vears m the Abujmarh region of Madhya Pradesh State, it was reported here today. The tigers were said to be operating in batches in remote tribal villages.
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      91 1 WE hi T Issue DAY Two of 4-D trial case Page 2. ANGLO-US promise of 'lnterest* in Asia after pullout Pare 3. RADIO log to follow progress of Apollo flight Page 3. BRIGHT prospects for joint MSA-Aeroflot services Page 3. FILM Page Page 4. > COMMERCIAL reports— Page 5. >
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      30 1 MALAYSIA 'Proper' government has to wait Razak. Call for an inquiry on rioting Labour supports back-to-work campaign. Tan Ch e e Khoon wants National Operations Council disbanded see Page 3.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon Girder Crushes Lorry Cabin
    105 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Two cranes at work (picture column one and two) on a wrecked lorry conveying two giant steel girders on the main highway at Anderson Bridge, opposite Fullerton building this morning. The girders mounted on a trailer is believed to have swung while the vehicle
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    Lock icon A Strange Date Ends In Rape
    646 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. A 26-year-old woman who made a date with a stranger she met in a cabaret on Chinese New Year's Eve, was raped the next day, a preliminary inquiry was told today. In the dock were Lim Kim Heng alias Ah Oh, 20,
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    Lock icon Rape In A Disused Car
    180 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A sixteen-year-old girl, victim of an alleged rape told the High Court today that a youth approached her and asked her to go to a quiet place. The girl a factory labourer added that when she refused the youth threatened her and tried
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    Lock icon India's Share In Progress
    201 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Indians in Singapore will celebrate the Republic's 150 th Anniversary with a variety show and a procession of decorated floats. All Indian houses and clubs' premises will be brightly lighted with colour lightings on this occasion. This decision was made .recently at a meeting
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    Lock icon 4-D Men Offered Police $10,000 For 'Protection'
    1294 2 SYNDICATE CASE SINGAPORE, Tues. A syndicate of 4-Digit operators offered the officer-in-charge of the Gambling Suppression Branch, CID, $lO,000 a month for not carrying out raids on their premises, the Third District Court was told today. The syndicate also offered to supply DSP
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    Lock icon Services Begin To Function Again
    330 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The overall situation in the country continued to improve with every prospect of an early return to normalcy. According to the Information Control Centre here there has been no major incident* since last night. In Kuala Lumpur and Petalytng Jay a except
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    Lock icon PC Found Thief In His House
    102 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A 36-year-old man. Low Mou Tian, who broke Into the house of police constable was today Jailed for two years by the Third Criminal District Court. Th® Court also ordered one year's police supervision after he has served hi* sentence. Low, unemployed,
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    Lock icon AEB Opens New Course
    91 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Adult Education Board will begin a second session course in architectural drawinf on June 1 at the Mountbatten Vocational Integrated School, Dakota Crescent. The 32-week course which is designed to provide preapprenticeihlo training for non-technical student* and laymen will be held daily from
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    Lock icon STOLE SHAVER FROM P.S.A.
    49 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Yeo Teow Pew was today fined $2OO or one month'* jail by the Ninth Court Magistrate for theft of one shaver valued at $l5. Yeo, 42. admitted stealing the shaver from the Port of Singspore Authority's Godown cn the morning ot May JL9.
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    Lock icon Cheshire Flag Day June 21
    56 2 SINGAPORE Mon—The Singapore Cheshire Home will hold its annual Red Feather Day on Saturday. June 21. The general secretary. Mrs. R Chandra- Dudley is appealing for volunteer workers to help sell feathers oo the streets on that day. Details could be obtained from her at
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      63 2 EACH HICEE IS EQUIVALENT TO 10 ORANGES(Vit.C) WONDER TONIC WITH CANDY TASTE Your complexion is your fortune, but only if you meke the most of it. A peeches end creem complexion cen be youre. Ae well es skin smooth as a new born bebe's. All this with Hicee. For one
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    Lock icon Keeping Tabs On Apollo-10
    56 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Shortwave radio listeners may follow the flight of Apollo-10 to the Moon over the following Voice of America frequencies during the period from 3.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., Thursday. May 22: Metre band Frequency ***** ***** ***** 19 ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
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    Lock icon M'sian HC's Aid To The Refugees
    84 3 WIVES of members of the staff of the Malaysian High Commission in Singapore, officers and men of K. D. Malaya, Federal Customs Department and Malayan Railways are seen here packing food parcels at the Collecting Centre, Rumah Malaysia, in Gallop Road, for distribution to
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    Lock icon 'Proper' Govt. Has To Wait On Situation
    458 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak today said be was not sure when a proper government would be formed. "We have to wait and watch the situation." he told newsmen after a two-hour visit to relief centres at the
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    Lock icon Rotary Lunch
    37 3 SINGAPORE. Tues The Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Red Cross. Dr. W. Rasanayagfm. will speak at a luncheon of Rotary Club of Singapore. District 330, at Adelphi Hotel tomorrow at 12.45 p.m.
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    Lock icon US- UK Pledge 'Continued Interest' After Their Forces Pull-out
    638 3 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) Both the United States and Britain have given South-east Asian nations an assurance that they will continue to have an interest in the defence of the region after their forces pull-out. The American Secretary of State, Mr. William
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    Lock icon 'Summer Drive Has Begun'
    133 3 SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) American combat deaths n«arly doubled to about 340 killed during the first week of the Communist's nationwide summer offensive. U.S. military sources disclosed yesterday. At the same time allied military officials acknowledged for the first time that the latest upsurge in Communist shellings
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    Lock icon 9 Months For Extortion Bid
    130 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Ler Choon Hai, 24, was today sentenced to nine months jail to be followed by pobce supervision at the Ninth Magistrate's Court for threatening Chan Hok Sing and attempted to extort $lOB from him. Inspector Koh Lian Bee. prosecuting, told the court that
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    Lock icon Al Ahram Editor Suggest An Asian News Agency
    294 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Dr. C. Maksoud, senior editor of A 1 Ahram —the authoritative Egyptian newspaper today suggested the setting-up of an Asian News Agency which would provide a comprehensive coverage of Asian events in this region. He said such a news agency
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    Lock icon SAMTAS LECTURES
    125 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The SAMTAS organising a lecture on the "Problems of Leadership" and "Market research for marketing in Westem Australia" this month. Rev. Richard Geoffrey Colond, S.J. will speak on the "Problems of Leadership" this Friday at the auditorium of MSA Building. Robinson Road at 5.30 p.m., while
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    Lock icon HE IS 164
    108 3 MOSCOW Tues. (Reuter) Bhlrall Mlsllmov. a Soviet farmer who work* daily In his orchard, today celebrated his 164 th birthday, Tass news agency reported. They said his health had not altered in the past year. He still worts for several hours a day. spends much of his
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    Lock icon 64 Crashes
    24 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. There were 64 accident*, lour ol which were serious and one fatal during the past 24 hours police reported today.
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    Lock icon Defence Pact Will Be Invoked If Reds Can Revive The 'Emergency'
    338 3 CANBERRA, Tues (Reuter) Malaysia would have to consult its defence partners if the Communists managed to restore a state of emergency in the country, the Malaysian High Commissioner, Dato Donald Stephens, said today. However, he did not see the
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    Lock icon Bright Prospect For MSA-Aeroflot Joint Services
    374 3 Bright Prospect For MSAAeroflot Joint Services SINGAPORE, T u e s. Mr. Bykov, the Soviet Deputy Minister of Civil Aviation, who heads a delegation of 26 Soviet officials now in Singapore, foresees a big future for MSA in the development of air transportation in South-east Asia. He also said Aerofiot
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    Lock icon Plot To Kill Ray
    124 3 NASHVILLE, Tennessee. Tues. (Reuter) James Earl Ray. convicted killer of Dr Martin Luther King. Is being kept In maximum security at the state prison here because of a threat against his life. Tennessee's Corrections Commissioner Mr. Harry Avery, said yesterday he had received an anonymous telephone
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      163 3 WELCOME TO OUR ESTATE! SELECT YOUR LUCKY HOME IN ONE OF THE 'LUCKY" ROADS 2 Storey Terrace Houses 2 Storey Semi-Detached Bungalows 3 Storey Semi-Detached Bungalows 2 Storey Uilla/Detached Bungalows VERY LOW DOWN-PAYMENT IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION LUCRATIVE INVESTMENT WHETHER SELF-OCCUPIED OR RENT-OUT Garden Crescent Lflcfcy S v Uctir LOCATION PLAN s:
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  • THE NEW FILMS
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      Lock icon Paramount Gets First Italo-Soviet Picture
      270 4 rfHfc Italo-Soviet c6-£f6-duction of "The Red I'ent,"' a spectacular adventure film about an ill-fated arctic expedition, has been acquired f6f release by Paranfibunt Pictures. Paramount will have world-wide rights with the exception of the Soviet countries, Italy, Japan, Finland and Egypt. It will be one
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      Lock icon Hollywood's Biggest Change Is In How Stars Are 'Made'
      745 4  -  By James Stewart OEFORE we get too deeply into the subject of Hollywood and the changes that have taken place there, we rrtust not forget that the passing of time usually changes many things. First of all, Hollywood, per se, has
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      Lock icon 'SAINT' ACTOR TO PROMOTE MEN'S SUITING IN SINGAPORE
      401 4 "DOGER M OORE, the handsome 31-year-old British actor known on television for his part in "The Saint" is coming to Singapore to promote men's suitings including a new triple-blend ligntwelght. As "The Saint" in the TV detective series, in which he is
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      Lock icon Happy Birthday
      55 4 Academy Award-winner Barbra Streisand celebrated her 27th birthday recently with a surprise party 38.000 feet above ground while flying from Hollywood to New York City to film scenes for Paramount Pictures' "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever." Miss Streisand was presented with a special birthday cake
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      Lock icon Around The Studios...
      491 4 ROME Peter Graves, (tar of MGM's "The Five-Man Army," currently filming here has been named Honorary Mayor of Pacific Palisades. California, where he and his wife and three daughters make their home. Grave* received the news on the Mexican village set near Rome Airport where the Italian
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      Lock icon Good Ole Charlie Brown, Movie Star, Will Be Real-Life First Man To Moon
      714 4 CAPE KENNEDY, Tues. It's a year of firsts for Charlie Brown. The worldfamous comic strip character not only bows as a big screen movie star in his first feature-length picture, Cinema Centre Film' "A BOY NAMED CHARLIE
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      247 4 SB r J SHAW ZJjZZiML LIDO Phone ***** LAST DAT! U ».m., 143, 4.M. IJt I.IS pja. Bl'.iabeth Taylor. Ml* Farrow "Secret Ceremony" Color Robert Mitchum l UT-8B) OPENS TOMORROW "LOVES OF GAUA" <8B) Rurtsi MTKETT.I.E DARC 297 Ph SVG OPENS TOMORROW! "Diary Of A Lady Killer(A SHAW PRODUCTION. Mandarin
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      259 4 TODAY and Wednesday* May 21. 1969. Aim r< MAX. 21 Apiw 4-21-3044 47-62-74 TAURUS AM 20 A n tu ✓,r 2 U STAR GAZI Bj CLAY JL POLLAN H Vow Daily Activity Guide H According to tho Start. To develop message for Wednesday, read words corresponding to numbers of your
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      376 4 CATHAY 3 3 4(V tA- D v > if i 30. 4. A I W TREASI REjame* Franeucm la Color C*TH*T PALACE OPENS ~r r THE STK*NGE %EFA.R Michael York Paramount QRCHARP-321^1 LAST D\*: 2 At 145 5.15. 4 4« po ROW AT NOBMAL PBICES! MGM "Where Eagles Dare Richard
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon DUE to popular demand for houses in Watten Estate, the developer, Lucky Realty Co., Ltd., will build over 100 units of a similar type of houses in the same estate. These houses are California-type earden bungalows and two-storey terrace houses. (see picture above). Making this announcement today the developer called on potential buyers to call at its office in South Bridge Road to make their bookings or Telephone *****, *****, ***** and *****.
      73 5 DUE to popular demand for houses in Watten Estate, the developer, Lucky Realty Co., Ltd., will build over 100 units of a similar type of houses in the same estate. These houses are Cali-fornia-type earden bungalows and two-storey terrace houses. (see picture above). Making this announcement today the developer called
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      Lock icon Japan-U.S. Motorcar Joint Venture Hailed
      246 5 rpOKYO, Tues. (Reuter) Leading Japanese newspapers today supported the plan for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Chrysler Corporation to organise a joint venture for motorcar production and distribution in Japan and the United States. The Yomiuri Shimbun said the Ministry of International Trade and Industry should
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      Lock icon Rubber: 69 1/2 Cts
      294 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. June first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. In Singapore tocay at 69J cents per lb., up three eighths of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. The market opened fractionally lower but a steadier undertone developed
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      Lock icon Sharp Losses Continue In The Stock Mart
      1839 5  -  By Our Market Reporter SINGAPORE, Tues. The same conditions prevailed in the Singapore trading room of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today. Sharp losses were again sustained all sections of the market. Trading was still restricted to ready dealings among the
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      Lock icon Japan Economic News In Brief
      373 5 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Ishlkawajlma-Harima Heavy Industries Co. said yesterday it had received a U852.300.000 order from Empress National Del Peteroleo (ENAP) of Chile for low temperature storage facilities. The facilities are to be used for liquefying and storing propane and butane gas to be produced
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Mixed
      135 5 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Gold prices were mixed in moderately active trading vesterdav on markets here and abroad. In London, gold fell 2$ cents at the morning fixing but regained 24 cents at the second fixing of 43.50 dollars per troy ounce. In Frankfurt, gold remained unchanged
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      Lock icon World Tin Output For 1968 Up
      67 5 LONDON. Tues. (AFP) World tin production in 1968. excluding the Sov et Union. Eastern Europe and Peop e's China, totalled 182.700 tons (revised figure), against 171.900 in 1967 according to statistics issued by the International Tin Council here. World production of primary tin in
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      Lock icon H. K. Money Quotations
      59 5 HONG KONG. Tues. <UPI> Monev quotatior.s:HK56U875 per U S dollar HKS6 ***** Per US dollar TT HKSI4 51 per pound sterling HKsmi2s per tael of gold 94 5 per cent finenessHKJ'I63 0 per 10 000 Japanese yens. HKJI34S per 100 Philippines peso* buyers HK5135.5 per 100
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      14 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. The tin price for today was $612 per picul, unchanged.
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      Lock icon N.Y. Stock Prices Dropped Sharply
      133 5 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Stock prices dropped sharply yesterday in the face of heavy profit taking and speculation that banks may raise their prime lending rates again. Trading was moderate. Shortly before the closing bell, the UPI market indicator, measuring all stocks traded, was off
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      Lock icon BOAC To Buy 2 More Boeings
      73 5 HONG KONG. Tues. It wss announced today by Mr. D L. Creedy, manager N E. Asia BOAC that BOAC is buying two more Boeing 707/336 a:rcraft at cost of about £8.000.000 for delivery early next year. These aircraft will meet demand for additional capacity
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      267 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. The fallowing is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for May 21: DEPARTURE: Godown* Vessels 1/2 Ditte Skou 3/4 Neder Rijn 6/7 Martha Bakke 10/11 Uzushio Maru 15/16 Bengalen 13 Glenearn 19 Bingo Maru N.W. 3/4 Perak 25/26 Kunak 31 '32
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      367 5 SISOAPOKB MOT* El ehange sold and i other prices nttifiail* Hated at the CJOM o i btttlorw INDUSTRIALS B. 6. AC MA 1 77 1 80 Ben Co 1.9' 1 »9 Boustead 2.00 Camel Plywood 2 0" 2.05 sugar CD 350 Cold Storage 6 00 6.40
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      134 5 SINGAPORE. Tues The Association of Banks in Ma-laysia-Singapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency) SELLING T.T. or O D ready: Deutsche Marks $77.1325; Holland Guilders $B4 *800; Swiss Francs $7l 3600; Belgian
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      54 5 >hn«i«ri fiicr* > 1*t >l«l' -n S.*»4 ?n«l 2.12 3r<l -oiiioan 1 .19 1 Hf < mnifirr !n«1 1 JsS\4 IIS Tbr Fun<t 1.15 its M lni»-t hand XD I 1 4A 1M Hon* K"f»e M 1 -47 Znrt H«»n# K"n* Mrrlini I om XD 1 00 r<
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      108 5 SINGAPORE. Tues. The noon prtc<«. at the Singapore Chinese Pr«Hlu«« Exc hange to<iay are:— Hnjet Coconot Oil (FO B Bulk 4* M> toronut Oil (F.O.B Dram 51 00 Mixed Copra Muntok While Pepper (FOB) 96% N .L W. 127 50 Sarawak White Pepper (FOB) 125.00 Sarawak f«pe« tal Black
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      Lock icon London Stock Mart Slightly Higher
      142 5 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter> The market was slightly higher yesterday but well below best after earlier gains were pared on lack of follow through. Towards the close the FT index was 2 8 up at 433.7. after beine five points UD at 10 30 a m
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      427 5 ARRIVALS 500 am. MSA Ml 020 Kuala Luinpur. 7 25am *.A> s>K97l Bangkok. Tashkent. I open hasen oooa m. MSA MLIIO Koala Lumpur. io io a m (iAKIUA GAHOO Jakarta. 10.15 am. M>A ML 121 Kuala Lumpur. 10 25 am MSA MLOOS Penang. I nob. Kuala Lumpur. Malacca
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    Lock icon TOWARD PEACE, PROGRESS & HARMONY
    488 6 TOWARD PEACE, PROGRESS HARMONY TUN Abdul Razak, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister and Director of the newly set-up National Operations Council, has declared that last week's riots have injured the image of his country. Ostensibly Tun Razak was speaking more out of frustration than anything else. His frustration is quite understandable
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    Lock icon PRAGMATIC APPROACH
    340 6 rpHE United States has to be commended for its pragmatic approach toward the reestabllshment of diplomatic relations with Cambodia. A re-afflrmation by the State Department that the U.S. is ready to explore renewal of relations comes close on the criticism of the U.S. voiced by Cambodian Chef d'Etat
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    Lock icon Venezuela Planning Two Industrial Super-cities
    389 6  -  By Jorge Goodridge CARACAS, Venezuela, Tues. (Reuter) Faced with a rapid population increase and the need to meet its fast rate of development, Venezuela is planning to build two industrial super-cities within the next 20 years. The cities, in the valley of El Tuy, 35
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    Lock icon West Irian: U.N. Can Influence Jakarta Says Paper
    152 6 BOSTON, Tues (UPI) The Christian Science Monitor expressed sympathy yesterday for the Papuans who have been protesting Indonesian rule in West Irian. An editorial on the "act of free choice" to decide West Irian's future said In part: "The Indonesians have weakened
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    Lock icon Job Mobility In Japan
    256 6 NEW YORK. Toes. (UPI) Paternalism is losing rround in Japanese industry, a Tokyo management analyst told tne American management association on Monday. Tradition! of lifetime employment and seniority advancement are yielding to Job mobility and merit promotions. according to Masaakl Ima:, Managing Director of the Cambridge
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    Lock icon Ban On Dailies
    84 6 SAIGON. Tues. (ATP) Three more Saigon dallies have been Indefinitely suspended by the Information Ministry, it was announced here today. Chuong Mai was banned for publishing an article entitled "agreement for the neutralisation of South Vietnam." which was considered bad for army morale. Quyen Song was suspended
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    374 6 KAMPALA, Uganda, Tues. (Reuter) Thirty-two Cardinals, Archbishops, and Bishops, representing all Catholic Episcopal Conferences in Africa and Malagasy, will meet here for three days in July on the eve of Pope Paul's visit, the first to Africa by a reigning Pontiff in modern times. The
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    374 6  -  By RAY F. HERNDON PARIS. Tuet. (UPI) Communist negotiators agreed to discuss President Richard M. Nixon's peace Blan8 lan in order to create a split between the United tates and South Vietnam, a responsible South Vietnamese official said Monday. Diplomatic observers agreed that
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    246 6 UNITED NATIONS. New York. Tues. (AFP) The 4, 81k Pour" powers may publish a communique m the next fortnight outlining results obtained so far in the Joint-talks they have been holding on the Middle East, informed sources said here today. The sources added that
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    129 6 BAGHDAD. Tuea. (AFP) The Baghdad daily. A 1 Saoura, reported today that the Iraqi authorities had uncovered a new spy network "working for the American. Israeli. British and Iranian secret services". It was the first time that Britain has been accused of spying In Iraq. The
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    511 6 MONTREAL, Tues. (Reuter) Montreal City policy facing a "wall of silence" from the underworld, Have so far failed to get to the root of a gangland feud that has brought sudden death in different ways to 41 persons in 15 months. The latest victim.
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    176 6 LONDON. Tues. (ATP) "What has happened in Malaysia is not as simple as the Federal Government would have us believe" B aid the "Guardian** today In an editorial, and it went on: "In fact the Communists had little to do with the election result... for the rioting
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    398 6  -  By Dick West WASHINGTON, Tues. (UPI) One thing can be said for certain about the U.S. army's nerve fas programme. It Is making a lot of people nervous. Folks sround Denver. Colorado. are nervous sbout having 100 million doses of the stuff
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    67 6  -  LETTERS... MICHAEL HERVEY MY publishes have commitsioned me to write a book dealing with true supernatural and paranormal happening! from all parts of the world, and I should appreciate hearing from any of your readers who may have experienced ings. ESP precognition, etc. or come across cases of
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    215 11 HONG KONG, Tues. (UPI) Two Hong Kong newspapers on Tuesday reported that an estimated US$l6.5 million of capital had flown to Hong Kong from Malaysia due to the troubles there. The two papers were the Ever Press and the Fai Po, both rightwing
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    146 11 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UFI) A mother's with to be buried near her MII was realised Saturday when the body of Mrs. Alexander Hilton was lowered from a Navy ship into the Philippine Sea the exact spot where her *on died in a plane crash nearly 25
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    161 11 LOS ANGELES. Tues. (UPI) The Ambassador Hotel where Sen Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated has sued his campaign committee for his unpaid US$B5,OOO hotel bill. The suit was filed In Superior Court here April 18. as a closed attachment and made public yesterday. A report indicated
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    259 11 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Japanese business no longer wants East and South-east Asia for its private playground, an American banker told U.S. executives o n Monday. "They would now like u to eo-ordlnate with them and be controlled in our advance Into South-east
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    80 11 MESSINA. Sicily. Tues (Reutor)—Farmworker Anitonio Varrica shot and wounded eiffht people today in Wild West-style motor-scooter raids on two Sicilian villages, police reported. Varrica first rode into Fondaco. firing his hunting rifle at five people, including his sister-in-law and her baby. Then ho roared
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    204 11 CAPE KENNEDY, Florida. Tues. (UFI) The Apollo 11 space machine that la scheduled to land the first men on the moon in two months it scheduled to be moved from Its towering hangar to the launch pad today. The 363-foot Saturn 5 rocketspacecraft combination will
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    240 11 NEWARK, New Jersey, Tues. (UPI) More than 1.000 angry Negroes surged onto the streets and rooftops on Monday, many of them throwing bottles, after a Negro policeman shot and killed a black teenager. The dead boy. Dexter Johnson, 17, had been in a station
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    430 11 SPACE CENTRE, Houston Tues. (UPI) The three jubilant Apollo 10 astronauts on Monday clowned with televised acrobatics and a taped rendition of Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me To The Moon." Millions around the world watched the gravity-free hijinkg in their fourth and liveliest colour telecast since
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    155 11 BUFBANK. California. Tuea (UPI> The Army's order to halt production of Lockheed aircraft corps Cheyenne hellcopter was unjustified, according to Chairman of the Board Daniel J Haughton. Haughton said Lockheed had submitted a detailed plan to the arm* for solving the developmental problems encountered In the Cneyenne.
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    233 11 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) The Army yesterday announced It had cancelled an US$B75 million helicopter contract with Lockheed because the aircraft was too slow and too clumsy. Lockheed was to have supplied the Armv with 375 of the craft the AH-56A Cheyenne armed
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    136 11 CARLISLE. England, Tues (Reuter) Fallint lot». from s timber lorry killed three people and injured eight other occupants of minibus on a main road near hare y*sterday. ISTANBUL, Tuet. (Reuter) Eighteen passengers were killed when a but travelling from latanbul to Zonguldak. on the Black Sea coast,
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    110 11 LOS ANGELES. Tuea. (Renter) The wife and son of the President «f the U.S. Ex-port-Import Bank were bound and gagged early yesterday in their San Marino home, northeast of here, while a gunman ransacked their home and took t'.s.ssg.ooo (£25.000) worth of jewellery. Michael
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    96 11 HONG KONO Tues (UPI) Japanese diplomats In Asia will meet In Hong Kong on Thursday to study recent developments In Communist China. The three-dav conference will be attended bv Japanese diplomats from Taiwan. South Korea. South Vietnam. Cambodia. Laos. Thailand. Burma. Pakistan. Malaysia. Indonesia and
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    106 11 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Klghty thousand plastic toys which had been made for export to Japan and South America were stolen yesterday In an armed raid on a factory here Two security guards were attacked and held prisoner for four hours by the gang, who loaded the
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    272 11 BANGKOK, Tues. (Reuter) —New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Keith Holyoake said yesterday he thought the South-east Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) should continue in its present form. Mr. Holyoake told journalists at a Bangkok airport press conference that there should be "no change in
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      1104 11 TV SINGAPURA CHANNEL 5 PM. 300 Opening Announcements in ail Languages and Housewives Matinee (Longing for the Husband Pt 1 of a Hokkien Film); 330 House and Home (Chinese): 3.4n A Diary of Events in Singapore "Hits Week (Chinese Version); 345 Be Our Guest (English Version): 4.00 It's Happening in
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      Lock icon FAS Move To Speed Up Soccer Promotion
      185 12 SINGAPORE, Tues. The President of the F.A. of Singapore, Mr. L.P. Rodrigo, will meet FAS-registered referees shortly to explore avenues for a more effective approach to speed up football promotion in the Republic. Mr. Rodrigo described the coming talks as a "problem solving
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      213 12 LOS ANGELES. California. Tues. (Reuter) Jack Rennle, manager of world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose, said yesterday that Rose wiU fight Filipino bantamweight Ernesto De La Cruz In a non-title 10-round bout in Honolulu on June 10. Rennle. who Is here to arrange a title
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      127 12 We Will Play SA Hopman MEXICO CITY, Tues. (Reuter) Australian Davi s Cup captain Harry Hopman yesterday came out forthrijjhtlv in favour of playing against South Africa, regardless of her apartheid policies. Hopman told Reuter here: "We are tennis players and not politicians. If we meet South Africa, we will
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      205 12 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Minister for Interior and Defence, Mr. Lira Kim San. and Patron-in-Chief of the Sin. gapore Amateur Cycling Association said that international sports meet toold pave the w»v for closer co-opera-tion among Asian nations. He said such big sporting events could
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      242 12 LAS VEGAS. Nevada, Tues. (UPI) Former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, who became 37 May 8, scored his 13th straight comeback victory since losing to Cassius Clay in 1965 by stopping durable George "Scrap Iron" Johnson in the seventh round of a scheduled 10-round fight last
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      180 12 SINGAPORE, Tues. The University of Western Australia soccer team will play two friendly matches here. The team of 19 players, including two Malaysians, led by team-manager Dr. O. Mate and captain Alan Jefferson are expected to arrive here tomorrow. They will play against
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      76 12 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Terry Cooper, the England and Leeds United lull-back, was suspended for seven days and fined £5O by the English Football Association yesterdav for "serious foul play" in the In-ter-Cities Fairs Cup match against Hanover 96 of West Germany in Hanover on February 4. The suspension
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      669 12 SINGAPORE, Tues. Serjit Singh of Dunearn Secondary Technical School, toppled another record on the third day of the flve-day Bukit Timah District Secondary Schools annual athletic meet held at the Chinese High School, today. Serjit coasted home an easy winner with hardly any competition in
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      25 12 NEW YORK. Tues. (Reuter) The only scheduled major league baseball game yesterday. between the Atlanta Braves and the Montreal Expos, was postponed bv rain.
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      421 12 Entries For Amateur Pro Meet At Bt. Timah SINGAPORE. Tues Following are entries for the Combined amateur and professional meeting on Sunday, May 25: Professional Horses Class 3 6 Furlongs Always There Art Nouveau Bambi II Better Than B:g Night Blue Sky Bukit Bendera Donoric Dragon Palace Film Studio V
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      125 12 Epsom Derby LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) American Charles Ergelhard's English-trained colt Ribofilio was installed nine to two favourite for next month's Epsom Derby at the first official betting callover of the Victoria Club here. Ribofilio started hot favourite for the 2.000 Guineas at Newmarket last month but finished
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      89 12 MADRAS. Tues. (Reuter) The New Zealand cricket team are expected to arrive in Bombay on September 14 for a tour of India, it was officially stated here today. Mr. Sri Raman, honorary secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said the itinerary had
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      48 12 ATLANTA. Georgia. Tues. (Reuter) Aston Villa drew 2-2 with West Ham United in a North American Soccer League game here marked by defence errors and rough plav. Villa represent Atlanta and West Ham Baltimoie IU League's international cup competition in which the British clubs are playing.
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      234 12 BenvenutiGriffith Title Fight NEW YORK, Tues. (AFP) Italy's world middleweight boxing champion Nino Benvenuti confirmed here today that he would defend his title against American former champion Emile Griffith in September or October. But Harry Markson. manager of Madison Square Garden where the bout is expected to take place, said
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      224 12 LONDON, Tues Lillian Board, Britain's Olympic 400 metres silver medallist, is expected to anchor the British team in the first women's international 4 x 400 metres relay race to take place at Crystal Palace in London on June 22. The winner of the event will set the
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      94 12 LOXDON. Tues. (Reuter) Hundreas of girls who play soccer are forming their own organisation in defiance of the English football Association. The Ladies' Football Association of Great Britain will be inaugurated at a meeting in London next August. The meeting has been called by Mr.
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      55 12 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) The West Indian cricket team have arranged an additional fixture on their tour of England. a one-day match against an All Star XI at Worcester on Sunday next. The match will be plaved under Sunday League rules, with each team batting for
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      Lock icon Kent Skittle Out Middlesex For 50
      397 12 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Kent ye*terday sk t ed out Middlesex for 50, the lowest total so far in this year's English County Cricket cha ™P io sh Vf lnutM and Two bowlers completed the rout '"J L rnd/rwood 27 2 overs England Test spinner
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      112 12 SINGAPORE. Tues. Sin;apore Cricket Association will play the voung Singapore Combined Schools in a one-dav cricket match at the Padang on Sunday, starting at 11.00 p.m. Teams: SCA Benedict Chua. N. Sivamavan. K. Moorthy, P. Ishwaral. Ellov, Maurice de Vaz (capt). Sharif Valimhoy. Harnam Singh.
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      150 12 ATHENS. Tues. (Reuter) Indonesia, Canada, the Netherlands. and West Germany moved through to the second round of the women's Federation Cup tennis here yesterday. Both Indonesia and the Netherlands won all three matches. Canada had an unbeatable two -match lead against Hungary and West Germany
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      118 12 COMBINED AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL MEETING SUNDAY. 25TH MAY 1969 Professional Races for Class 3 orer 6 Furlongs Amateur Races including HURDLE RACE LADIES RACE JACK AND JILL STAKES All Totes will operate as usual. Unlimited Sweep Tickets now on sale for the 7th June will be drawn on the 25th
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      76 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore Town: 0.45 a.m. (8.6 It); 7.44 a.m. (07 ft.); 2.37 a.m. (6.8 ft); 540 p.m. (4.2 ft). Naval Dockyard: 0.54 (9.6 ft); 7.16 am. (1.4 ft); 2.39 p.m. (8.5 ft); 7.39 p.m. (5.3 ft). TOMORROW Singapore Town: 123 a.m. (8.3 ft); 8.23 a.m. (1 ft);
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