Eastern Sun, 15 June 1969

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 1028 Sunday Edition 15 June 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 214 1 Sukarno Still My Husband —Dewi TOKYO. Sat. (UPI) Madam Ratna Sari Dewi, the third Japanese wife of former Indonesian President Sukarno, said that she has no intention of marrying a Japanese movie and television actor, although she admitted she is in love with him. The 29-year-old wife of the deposed
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  • 77 1 BANGKOK. Sat. (Reuter) Police have arrested a 23-year-old married woman on charges of showing disrespect to King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Police said the woman, remained seated in a cinema when the royal anthem was played and the portrait of the king was flashed on the screen. The Thai criminal court
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  • 69 1 SYDNEY. Sat. (Renter) Foreign correspondents had written distorted reports about Malaysia's recent racial clashes. Malaysian Dep»tv Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said in a Television interview here tonight Tun Razak. director of the National Operations Council set up under the state of emergency to secure internal order.
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  • 406 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Deputy Prime Minister, and Director of Operations, Tun Abdul Razak today welcomed the suggestion by Indonesia's Foreign Minister, Mr. Adam Malik, that nations bounding the Indian Ocean co-operate in joint defence of the region. "Any attempt to bring about the
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  • 131 1 LAGOS. Sat. fßeuter)Nigeria today deported Mr. Peter Stewart, West Africa correspondent of the British Broadcasting Corporation, five hours after police arrested him at his flat here. Three plainclothes policemen put Mr. Stewart, dressed in only a shirt and trousers and without any baggage, on a
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  • 450 1  -  THE MELBOURNE INQUIRY By PATRICK J. KILLEN SUBIC BAY NAVAL BASE, Philippines, Sat. (UPI) —Two young American Navy Officers were warned today they were suspected of being negligent when their ship, the U.S. destroyer Frank E. Evans, collided with the Australian car- rier Melbourne. Lt. Ronald C. Ramsey,
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  • 91 1 CAIRO. Sat. (Reuter) Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl today told the Egyptian Minister of Tourism. Dr. Hafez Ghanem, that all was well <m board the papyrus boat RA. now crossing the Atlantic. A message from the leader of the expedition, received by Dr. Ghanem h«re today,
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  • 45 1 JAKARTA. Sat (Reuter) A man has committed suicide after attending the burial of his wife in Tegal, Central Java. Antara news agency reported today. Antara said the husband did so to keen his promise to live and die together with his wife.
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  • 37 1 TOKYO. Sat. (Reuter) A Japanese Coast Guard cutter today brought back home 17 crewmen of three Japanese fishing boats detained by the Soviet Union since earlie r this year, a Coast Guard spokesman here said.
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  • 154 1 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Filmstar Vanessa Redgrave was ordered off a Rome-bound Alitalia Jetliner here last night because she is pregnant and did not have a doctor's certificate to fly. Later Miss Redgrave, star of films such as Camelot and Isadora. left for Rome on a British European
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  • 50 1 The week-long seminar on the development of the English language concluded at noon yesterday. The seminar, a project of the South East Asian Ministers of Education Council (Seamec) wa s attended by representatives of Education Ministers and institutions of learning from nearly every country in South East Asia.
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  • 46 1 MANCHESTER, Sat. (Reuter) —West Indies, following on 266 behind, were 215 for four wickets in their second innings at the close on the third day of the first cricket test against England here today. Scores: England 413; West Indies 147 and 215 for four.
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  • 149 1 ASCOLI PICENO, Italy, Sat (Reuter) A court today halted the trial here of 188 people on charges of wine adulteration after hearing 1.200 witnesses in 11 months and decided to start all over again. This followed new information fathered by police who recently investigated the theft of over
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  • 82 1 V.I.Ps. and guests of the British High Commissioner, Sir Arthur de la Mar© and Lady de la Mare were present at a reception last night to celebrate Queen Elizabeth ll's birthday. The reception was held
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  • 244 1 French Polls Run-off PARIS, Sat, (Reuter and UPI) France's interim president, M. Alain Poher, and Gaullist leaders today had a last-minute pre-electoral skirmish over whether M. Poher would open the way for West Germany to get its finger on the nuclear trigger. Foreign Minister
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  • 89 1 CAIRO, Sat. (Reuter) Egyptian and Israeli forces exchanged fire across the Suez Canal at dawn today in the areas of Kantara, Tina and Gisr El Hirsh, a military spokesman said here today. The firing stopped after the enemy failed to reinforce its front positions, he added.
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  • 33 1 LE MANS. Sat. (Reuter) Britain's John Woolfe was killed in a fiery, 160 mile an hour crash on the fi"t lap of the Le Mans 24-hour endurances race here today.
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  • 116 1 LONDON, Sat. (Reuter) Londoners caught their first glimpse of the supersonic Anglo-French airliner Concorde today as it flew over Buckingham Palace. It was escorted by a flight of Lightning Jet fighters. Queen Elizabeth took the salute from the balcony of the palace as the Concorde passed
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  • 460 2  -  By Peter Ong ONCE again, rice dumplings will hit the streets of Singapore when the Dragon Boat Festival completes another cycle on June 22. Celebrated by Chinese all over the world, this is one of the three most important festivals
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  • 85 2 Some 400 people, mostly members of the Chen Li Church in Guillemard Road, attended the 60th birthday of Mr. Lim Tong Siu, at his residence in Paterson Hill, yesterday. It was a Thanksgiving ceremony and dinner. Mr. Lim a prominent businessman, has 10 children and 14
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  • 348 2  -  By Martin Lim ONE OF the most lucrative businesses in the Republic today is the forging of Singapore passports and identity cards. The forged passport* are sold for as much as $4,000 each while the forged identity cards fetch as much as $750
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  • 34 2 Mr. Hagay Dikan has been appointed Israel'* first Ambassador to the Republic. Mr. Dikan. 51. has been his country's Charge d'Aflfaires since full diplomatic ties were established between both countries, recently.
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  • 166 2 A 45,000-ton Russian, whaling factory ship, the Sovetakaya Rossiya, with a crew of 530 aboard spent more than $500,000 in the Republic during its four-day anchorage in port. Disclosing this to newsmen on board the ship yesterday, the Vice-Chairman of the Singapore-S ovlet Shipping Agency. Mr.
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  • 104 2 Unanimous Aye' For S. Vietnam MEMBER countries of ASPAC given their "unanimous" support for measures taken by South Vietnam to reach a just and honourable peace in Vietnam. Japan. Australia. Formosa, South Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia and Thailand pledged their support for this endeavour at the plenary session of the
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  • 77 2 Reading The Man READING makes a whole man out of you! That was the message from the Acting Minister for Culture, Mr. Wee Toon Boon, when he opened the week-long festival 0 f books at the Victoria Theatre yesterday. Reading, said Mr. Wee, made a special contribution towards the understanding
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  • 45 2 The Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union yesterday gave $lO,OOO to the National Defence Fund to mark its 32nd Anniversary. Receiving the cheque at the Lion City Hotel, the Minister for Communications. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. praised them for their "splendid sacrifice
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  • 173 2 SHE Is pretty, she is sweet and she can sing like a nightingale and in three languages too. That's Lily Yuen to you, a 22-year-old singer from up north (Taiwan), who wants to settle down here. "That is, if you want me to
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  • 193 2  -  By Teresa Seah Abdul Salam, a hand rigger, took a chance too many and paid for it with his life, when he climbed up the masthead of a derrick crane without a safe, ty rope. For as he stepped or.to the adjoining bridle on
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  • 150 2 A JAPANESE seaman who was sentenced by a Singapore Court and served 18 months in a local prison for murdering a compatriot, was arrested for the same crime in Tokyo, yesterday. A Reuter report from Tokyo says that Seitaro Nishikawa was charged in a Singapore
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 70 2 SPORE DIARY 10 a.m.: Chinese operatic practice at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue. 1.30 p.m.: English drama workshop at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue. 4 p.m.-6 p.m.: Performance by Sin Wah Musical and Dramatic Association Band at Botanic Gardens, Cluny Road. 5.30 p.m.-6.30 p.m.; Performances by the Singapore Infantry Regiment
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  • 143 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Police today announced a 52,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the six men responsible for the 535,000 robbery at Lee Wah Bank in Petalin* Jaya on June 9. During the holdup the cashier of the bank,
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  • 101 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The National Emergency Relief Fund has set up a panel of eight doctors for those affected by the recent disturbances. This was disclosed today by the co-chairman of the fund. Tan Sri H.T. Ong who said the doctors will be available three
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  • 67 3 SAIGON, Sat. (UPI) The Saigon government today ordered an indefinite shutdown of the Saigon Daily News, an English language newspaper. A columnist for the newspaper offended authorities by printing an article which charged that government efforts to fight corruption were ineffective. By unofficial count, it was
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  • 52 3 WASHINGTON, Sat. (Reuter) Modernising South Vietnam's army will cost the United States U556,200 million the Defence Department has estimated. The modernisation programme is a major factor in President Nixon's plans for withdrawing some American troops from Vietnam in the absence of a settlement at the Paris
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  • 235 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Kelantan River and the shellfish originating from its mouth are contaminated by cholera virus, a Ministry of Health statement warned today. This was discovered following laboratory tests by the Ministry. The statement urged the people not to co'.lect and eat
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  • 236 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Minister with Special Functions. Tun Tan Siew Sin, today said Malaysians should have no cause to be fearful of the future despite the recent events. I "We have every cause to be optimistic, provided we respond suitably to the
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  • 43 3 PHNOM PENH. Sat. (AFP) Cambodia has decided to recognise the newly formed "provisional revolutionary government" of South Vietnam, official sources said here today. They said Cambodia's decision had been passed on to Nguyen Van Hieu, the National Liberaton Front's ambassador here.
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  • 23 3 THERE will be no water Or poor pressure from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 16 in Jalan Benaan Kapal.
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  • 414 3 IN celebration of American Independence Day. the Ambassador of the United States of America and Mrs. Francis J. Galbraith. will hold a reception on Friday, July 4 at 53, Grange Road from 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. MR. T. Iwasaki. Deputy Manager. International Operations Division of
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  • 401 3 JAKARTA. Sat. (UPI) Witnesses at a Jakarta Court of Justice Saturday bared the beginning of a romance which allegedly led to the grisly death of a young woman and her 4-year-old son In a Hong Kong apartment. Workers at a Happv Valley apartment building
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  • 113 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Working Committee of the National Relief Fund has to date spend a total of $lOl,OOO from the fund to assist those affected by the recent disturbances. The Co-Chairman of the Fund's Working Committee, Tan Sri H.T. Ong in disclosing this today said
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  • 107 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat—The Chief Minister of Penang, Dr. Lim Chong Eu today urged the people of the State to remain vigilant against bad elements who were trying to destroy the peace, harmony and happiness in the State. In making the call, Dr. Lim who was addressing
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  • 99 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Over 1,000 pieces of homemade weapons have been surrendered to the police by residents in an area where confidence has been restored, the Information Control Centre here reported this morning. The Centre said that the last 12 hours up to 6 a.m. had been
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  • 55 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Secretary-General of the National Council of Women's Organisations. Mrs. FR. Bhupalan. is representing the council at the four-day world congress of women in Helsinki. Finland, which begins today. A council statement said that after the congress. Mrs. Bhupalan would visit Russia as a guest
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  • 141 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. —A 16-foot high model of the Lunar Exploration Module (LEM) and two dummy spacemen will be the main attractions of an exhibition at the National Museum in Kuala Lumpur from July 7 to 27. Displays of pictures and coloured photographs of America's
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  • 149 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The China Press, a Kuala Lumpur Chinese daily, will resume publication tomorrow after a suspension of 10 days. The paper has been given "Another chance" by the Minister of Home Affairs, Tun Dr. Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, following an appeal by
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  • 130 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Malaysia Air Charter today took delivery of what is believed to be the largest charter aircraft in Malaysia costing $500,000. The Piper Turbo Navajo which arrived here this afternoon is the latest addition to M A.C.'s 10 aircraft. In a statement the
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  • 293 5 Australia Cannot Have Ties With China Now' HONG KONG, Sat. (AFP) Australia's Foreign Minister Gordon Freeth reiterated today that his country did not at present consider following Canada's example in trying to open diplomatic relations with People's China as long as the Peking government did not behave in a responsible
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  • 99 5 CANBERRA. Sat. (UPD Patrols by the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). will be increased along the Great Barrier Reef, following recent intrusions by foreign fishing vessels. Five foreign fishing vessels have been intercepted in Aus--tralian territorial waters since November. Prime Minister Gorton
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  • 31 5 MANILA. Sat. (UPl)—Thirty children and three adults were hospitalised Friday night due to apparent food poisoning during a children's birthday party in Olongapo City, 90 miles north of Manila.
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  • 120 5 SAIGON, Sat. (Reuter) —As a gesture for peace in Vietnam a Buddhist monk held his finger over a candle for 90 minutes. Reducing it to charred bone, the Saigon Press reported today. "During that period of endurance he never uttered a gToan." one newspaper reported. "Spectators
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  • 112 5 To Speed Up Peace' STEW DELHI. Sat. (Reuter) India's top external affairs official. Mr. Triloki Nath Kaul. will discuss how Vietnamese peace negotiations can be speeded during a visit to Hanoi and Saigon next week, officials said here today. Mr. Kaul is officially going to review the working of the
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  • 82 5 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI) A seven-member delegation of the (North) Vietnams Women's Union, led by Phan Thi An. standing member of Central Executive Committee of the Union, has left Hanoi for Helsinki to attend the World Women's Congress. The Congress will be held In the Finnish capital from June
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  • 192 5 JANGKOK. Sat. (UPI) Four members of a £ton, Kentucky family were killed in a Friday the 13th tragedy outside Korat, 125 miles northeast of Bangkok when a U.S. Army five-ton truck smashed into their station wagon and sent it careening over an embankment in
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  • 92 5 SAIGON. Sat. (UPI) Communist commandos who struck from the darkness hurling satchel charges killed 11 American paratroopers and wounded 42 others early today in a fierce assault on a mountain top headquarters base, military spokesmen said. Military sources said part of the Communist force
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  • 128 5 HONG KONG. Sat. (UPI) Hong Kong mav be one of the first territories to use data-processing passports to reduce passenger clearance time in the advent of the jumbo jet age. Inquiries are being made with printing firms in France and Germany about the production
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  • 31 5 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) Gloria Diaz, an 18-year-old beau y who measures 34-24-34. was chosen last night as the Philippines' representative to the 1969 Miss Universe pageant in Miami Beach.
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  • 55 5 NEW DELHI. Sat (UPI) India will helo build Sovietaided projects in Asia and Africa with plant and machinery lying idle in its Russianbuilt factories. Industrie* Minister Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed said. Ahmed, who returned after a two-weeks tour of Britain. Russia and Hungary, said he had worked out
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  • 157 5 BOMBAY. India. Sat. (UPI) A young employee of the Post Telegraph Office here has sought the help of the court to look for his new born baby which he claims had been •misappropriated" by the hospital What SB. Gawde meant was thv the hospital where
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  • 72 5 CANBERRA. Sat. (UPI) Four Japanese destroyers make a good-will visit to Australia, starting July 29. The destroyers. Teruzuki, Takanami. Oonami. and Makinami, comprise the 11th escort division of the Japarese Maritime Self-Defence Force, commanded by Captain Kanichi Arai, Rear-Admiral Tetsuro Motomura, commander of the Japane?** training squadron.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 346 5 THE MAN FROM V.N.C.Z..E THE DEEP FREEZE AFFAIR Part II: There's No Pool AND AG SOLO AND /LLYA BUMT THROU6H THE HIDEOUT... OUR THAVSH OIROS ARE FLYING FOR THE CAB'N CRUISES.' THEY CAN MAKE THE OPEN SEA ON US, NAPOLEON/ NOT IP WE FREEZE THEIR WINGS.' THE /C* ***£s ILLKA.'
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  • 202 6 THE St. Andrew's Cathedral and the Singapore Regional Council of Churches will be sponsoring a series of public lectures on "The Making of a Nation" in commemoration of the 150 th Anniversary of Singa- pore. It will be held at St. Andrew's Cathedral Memorial Hail,
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  • 188 6 A SECRETARY turned housemother. Mrs. Jeane Perkins (above) of 800 Thomson Road Singapore, dean of girls of Far Eastern Academy for the past year, left the Republic for her homeland in America after spending ten years in East Asia. Before coming to the local Seventh-day
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  • 64 6 THE Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Buccour. Slglap, Singapore, will be celebrating its Titular Feast with the Annual Mas* and Blessing of the Sick on Sunday June 22 at 10.30 a.m. There will be Masg and candle-light procession at 6.00 p.m. and a Social Evening at
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  • 72 6 THERE will be a Marriage Preparation Course available for rouples who are planning to get married between now and November 1969. The Coarse will be held at 137 Kampong Java Road. Singapore 9. There will be five (5) successive meetings held on Sunday mornings. The Course will
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  • 99 6 THE Reverend John Stott. a distinguished Bible scholar, expositor and Rector of All Soul's Church. Langham Place. London, will be the speaker at a public meeting to be held on June 17. 1969 at St. Andrew's Cathedral. He will speak on "The Call to Commitment. M This public
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  • 122 6 As part of their fund-raising project for 1969 the Wesley Methodist Youth Fellowship (MYF) presented a variety concert, "Wesley MYF Musicale" last night at the Singapore Conference Hall. The show featured a wide variety of programmes, rang, lng from the classical to the popular.
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  • 564 6 Personnel Wanted! Field Director, Vietnam—« mature person, with iom« international experience and experience of service work, who has capacity to plan programmes and to handle staff. Salary $3,200 U.S. p.a., terms negotiable. —Urgent Programme Officer, Vietnam Programme Officer. Laoe—two people, with some service experience if possible, who
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  • 1835 6 CHUR&H lilMfll- The following: is the text of the address given by the President of the Graduates' Christian Fellowship in Singapore, Reverend James Wong at its 15th Annual General Meeting held recently. AS we enter Into the 15th year of its life in Singapore we need
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  • 121 6 Sunday Breakfast PEACE I leave with yon, my peace I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid. John 14:27 Two painters each drew a picture to illustrate hi* conception of Rest. The first drew a still calm, lake surrounded by mountain*. The
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 926 7  -  By John F. Webb LONDON, Sat. Ten years ago to the day the hovercraft made its first public flight. At the time it was described as a "science fiction machine." Today it is better known as the "sea shrinker" an accepted form of
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    • 120 7 THE Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency): Selling T.T. 0 r O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks $77.0925; Holland Guilders $84.4350; Swiss Francs $71.5275; Belgian Francs $6.1150; French Francs $61.9650:
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    • 98 7 THE noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange j esterdaj were Bo.vei tn»liei Coconut Oil ir O R.\ RnIk 4X.75 Coronut Oil (F.OB.) Dram Mixed Cupri M tint ok White Pepper (FOB.) 96% N.L.W. SirawaK White Pepper (F.o.a) Sarawak special Black Pepper (FO.B.) tt% N£.W Lam pond Special
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    • 119 7 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) Gold prices were mixed in moderately active trading yesterday on markets here and abroad. In Zurich, gold remained unchanged at 41.65 dollars, while in Frankfurt it slipped 10 cents to 40 12 dollars and. on the Paris free market, fell 53 cents to
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    • 87 7 LONDON. Sat. (UPl)—Rubber market closed steady yesterday with 25-3/8, 25-5/8. Settlement House July 25-3'B 25-5 '8 August 25-1/4 25-3'B September 25-I'B 25-3/8 July/Sept. 25-1/4 25-1/2 Oct./ Dec. 24-7/8 24-15/16 Jan/March 24-5/8 24-11/16 April/June 24-7/16 24-5/8 July' Sept. 24-3/8 24-1/2 Oct./ Dec. 24-1/4 24-3/8 Jan./ March 24-3/16
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    • 236 7 The following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for June 15: DEPARTURE: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Glengyle 8/9 S A. Constantia 27/28 Malaysia 45 Pelleas 46 Golden Summer N.W.3 4 Giang Ann E.W. Jetty Ca'.tex Kartika 31/32 Schelde Lloyd ARRIVAL: God owns Vessels
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    • 143 7 REPRESENTATIVES of a number of leading travel agencies in Kuala Lumpur are this week attending a training course being given by Lufthansa German Airlines. The course covers the new lATA air fares and regulations which became effective on May 1. Lufthansa is the first airline
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      43 7 QANTAS Airways recently held their South East Asian marketing conference at the Goodwood Hotel in Singapore. Altogether, 19 delegates from Australia, Indonesia, Thai land Malaysia and Singapore attended the twoday conference to discuss and co-ordinate the company's marketing activities for 1969/70.
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    • 318 7 SAN FRANCISCO. Sat. (UPI) Japan and the United States took a step toward increased co-operation in trade and investment yesterday during a three-day conference between the top business leaders of the two nations. The sixth Japan-U.S. businessmen's conference ended with a joint communique in which
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    • 12 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $617.12$ per plcul, unchanged.
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    • 330 7 THE market ruled consistently steady during the past week with price levels for current month holding comfortably over 70 cents, and with prompt shipment rubber continuing at sizeable premiums state Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co., in its weekly rubber market review. The squeeze on nearby supplies
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    • 50 7 tst Malayan X .90 2nd Malayan t 3rd Malayan .10 .27 m The Com. Ind XD The vi\ ins l and M Invent Tund l«t Hons Kong 2nd Hong Kong XD Sterling Com J .01 .It .23 .41 90 1/7 1.1 12 1.3 14 10 <*Hong Rons currency)
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    • 143 7 PARIS. Sat. (UPI) The Bank of France yesterday raised its discount rates from 6 to 7 per cent to cope with strong inflationary pressures and continued heavy foreign trade deficit. A special meeting of the board of governors of the Bank of France Increased the
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    • 221 7 TOKYO, Sat The m v. SINGAPORE TRIUMPH. 13,500 dw tons was launched this afternoon at Yokosuka. This new modern fast cargo liner, sister of the m.v. SINGAPORE PRIDE with home port at Singapore, is built by Uraga Heavy Industries and belongs to the Island or C. Y.
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    • 54 7 NEW YORK. Sat (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and T untraded yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. Bid Ask July 26.45 27.20 September 25.70 26.20 November 25.15 25.80 January (70) 24.45 24.95 March 24.40 24 75 May 24.40 24.75 July 24.40 24.75 Locally. No. 2 RSS was
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    • 65 7 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will convene the fourth regional conference of development banks in Asia July 14 to 17 at the Intercontinental Hotel here The conference is expected to be attended bv 60 to 70 senior representatives of about 30 development banks
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    • 60 7 TOKYO. Sat. (UPl)—Japan and Taiwan will hold their conference on trade and economic affairs in Taipei beginning on Wednesday to discuss trade problems between the two Asian countries, the Foreign Ministry said. The Japanese delegation to the three-dav meeting will be led by Mr. Ryozo Sunobe,
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    • 55 7 HONG KONG, Sat. (UPI) Money QuotationsHK56.1125 per US dollar HK56.125 per U.S. dollar TT HKII4 53 per ©ound sterling HKS3IO.O per tael of gold 94.5 t>er cent fineness. HK$ 162.3 per 10,000 Japanese yens HK$ 134.5 per 100 Philippines pesos buyers HK5135.5 per 100 Philippines pesos sellers Philippine
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  • 959 8  -  By H. C. Tan "CWEN if Pierre Balmain does not return to Singapore again, the memories and excitement of having associated Singapore with his Spring/Summer collection, 1969, for three evenings are encugh to linger on for a long time. But
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 175 8 ft I s V IT WAS A LOVELY PINNER, PROFESSOR.' THANK KXJ SO MUCH/ THANK VOU FOR COMIN6 WITH ME, LU ANN/IT ISN'T SO OFTEN THAT I HAVE THE COMPANY OF THREE BEAUTIFUL WOMEN/ VM rzt APARTMENT K V 4 I >(> R L? m 2SE P2 IT J i
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  • 1198 9  - Avoid Too Much Shade For LightLoving Orchids The A.B.C. Of Orchid Growing 8y K. F. Yay TOO much shade for light-1 o v l n g genera must be avoided at all costs. When such orchids are shaded too heavily, their vegetative growths will become dark green, laree and flabby,
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  • 113 9 NEW YORK If the pressure keeps up. we'll soon all be completely back in the fashion Thirties. A fashion publication recently discovered with cries of enchantment, the banded, skinny, waist-length sweater of the period, complete with deeply ribbed bottom and V neck. In fact, the
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  • 97 9 NEW YORK Already, designers are saying there won't be much of it. but they're all trying to get some of that new no-wale corduroy. In fact, it's the demand that's creating the scarcity. In sportswear and back-to-school styles, the flat corduroy is being seen as a way
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  • 447 9 LOOK d NEW jewelllngs for dresses, lavished with ropes of pearls, sewn as braid edgings on cocktail dresses, made into bibs for necklines. NEW patterns for fabrics, in prints of Twenties modernism. in Persian tile motlfa. in woven geometries of Bauhaus insp-.ra.tlon. HATS showing a return to the
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  • 378 9  -  H.C. Tan CURRENT fashion NEWS is on accessories. You see so much of them around town multiple c-a n belts, scarves, chunky jewellery. Plain dresses become merely the base on which the accessories are hung on. In fact, as one person puts it fashion is now 'a look'
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  • 91 9 ARE roses the secret of longevity? At letst that li what Dr. Kurt Jeremias of Stuttgart University's department of Botany thinks. According to him, a bunch of strongly-scented roses regulates the blood pressure, and Increases the desire for sexual Intercourse. So do orchids, poppies and
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  • 71 9  -  By H. C. Tan University in Boston where he did a course in Business Management. and there. Mrs. Lim he only Chinese lady present was invite<j to participate in a special one week course for ladies This is in no small measure a testimony
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    • 290 9 TODAY a Sunday, June 15* 1969. STAR GAZEK^ Bf CLAY R- POLLAN ug|u Your Daily Attirity Gvido X strr. 21 According to tho Start. KS CANCIfc JUNE 21 i 5-U2r 53-62 83-871 According to tho Stan* To develop messoge for Sunday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth
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    • 241 10 'The Ballad Of John Yoko' LONDON Softly on the heels of the Beatles' "Get Back" is comine "The Ballad of John and Yolco.'' Boftly, because It is a ballad and Its personnel is no more than the duo of Lennon and McCartney as a trio Paul plays both piano and
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    • 358 10 HI THERE! Like Holy Cockle Shells and Beads! "The Ballad Of John And Yoko"! What will they think of next? "Down With Clothes Or "Come And Join Us In Our Hotel Bed And Play Scrabble For One Week"? Or "Let's See Who Can Grow The Longer Beard"?
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    • 340 10  -  NICK LOGAN. WITH a little help from the Good Lord, the freak hit of 1969 makes its chart debut this week on its way to No. 1. The song is "Oh Happy Day." The singers: the Edwin Hawkins Singers featuring soloist Dorothy Coombs Morrison.
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    • 147 10 BUZZERS and bells all the way ♦or the Who that's lead singer Roger Daltrey giving his all on the left gaming "instant replay" for their "tilt" hit "Pinball Wizard." And there's more of the deaf, dumb and blind boy to come with the release, tentatively
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    • 117 10 ACROSS: 1. (|«cques) Br«l: 7. Harris; B."lce (In The *O. Appls; 11. Icko; 12. Rkhard; 16. Maharishi; 18. Bolan; 20. Otis 'Redding); 21. (Mike) Heron; 22. Itta: 23 |ohn; 25. Brandon; 26. (Miko) Same; 27. Naro; 30. Cat; 32 Solo; 33. Oct; 36. (Radio) London: 38.
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    • 189 10  -  P. V. BADGE (Polydor) I always had a personal mind-boggle »bout the Cream that I couldn't quite work out. It was that while I loved watching them live I never felt their records (tingles anyway) quite lived up to what I'd seen, and that failing
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 395 10 WORLD CHARTS MEMORIES may be all that many pop fans from 10 years ago have of Elvis Presley, but this week "The King" turns the tables on his fans by taking his "Memories" up to number four in the Hong Kong charts. He also re-emphasises that despite 14 years of
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    • 238 10 Platter P ACROSS 1. Influence on Scott 7. See IX across S. Status Quo had their In the sun 11. Ringo'a favourite Inilt? 11. Repetition of aourd 12 and 7 across. Actor/ alnger 11. A frith Ham (Anagram) I>. Marc >O. King of tout 31. The Incredtblet Mm* 13. Mi••
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  • 228 11 Conventry City's £lOO,OOO centre-forward, Tony Hateley <cored four goals to give the visiting English F.A. s ide a 9 0 victory over the Singapore National team in a friendly •'international" match played at Stadium last eight. Tony, who top scored in the New Zealand
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  • 56 11 BIRMINGHAM. England. Sat (Reuter) West Germany kept their Davis Cup hopes alive when thev won the doubles against Britain to trail 1-2 in the European Zone Section 'A* semi-final here yesterday. Wilhelm Bungert and Christian Kuhnke beat Mark Cox and Peter Curtis 10-8. 17-19. 13-11. 3-6. 6-2 in
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  • 1537 11 By Big Ben pENANG, Sot. A Donville, with Rod Dowkins in the saddle, scored o smart win in the last event here today to pay $64 for a win, the highest dividend of the day. Donville was the second leg of a double
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  • 102 11 NEW YORK. Sat. (Reuter) Results of last night's major league baseball games: American League Seattle Pilots 2. New York Yankees 1. Washington Senators 6. California Angels 2. Oakland Athletics 4. Boston Red Sox 1, Detroit Tigers 6. Kansas City Rovals 0, Baltimore Orioles 5. Chicago White Sox
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  • 97 11 BRISTOL. England. Sat. (Reuter) Mrs Margaret Court, of Australia, yesterday followed up her Australian and French triumphs this season by beating Wimbledon champion Mrs Blllle Jean King In the final of the Wlllg Open tennlg championship here. The tall Australian beat the Callfornlan by 8-3. 8-3
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  • 112 11 HOUSTON. Texas. Sat. (Reutfcr) Dea«« Beman ran in two consecutive birdie putts on the back nine yesterday to take the second round lead in the US$2OO,OOO (about £82.000) U.S. Open golf championship over the hot and humid Cypreas Club course here. The 31-year-old Beman. the
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  • 480 11 MANCHESTER. England. Sat. (Reuter) England took a firm grip on the second day of the first cricket Test here yesterday when the West Indies collapsed disastrously to finish the second day six wickets down for only 104 runs at Old Traflford. The West Indies
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  • 179 11 MANCHESTER. Sat. (Reuter) The West Indies failed to avoid the follow-on when they were dismissed for 147 in reply to England's first innings total of 413 on the third day of the first cricket Test at Old Trafford here today. The West Indies, resuming at
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  • 38 11 TOKYO. Sat. (UPl)—Japan tonight retained the Über Cup. symbolic of the world women's badminton championship, by defeating Indonesia 6-1 In the challenge round before a sellout crowd of 10.000 at the Tokyo Municipal gymnasium.
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  • 146 11 LEGAL sanction will be given to sports promotion when the National Sports Promotion Board is passed by Parliament The Bill, presented to Parliament on June 11 and made public yesterday, seeks to Incorporate a National Sports Pronation Board. Its primary aim will be to encourage, develop and
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    • 82 11 Time And Tide TODAY SINGAPORE Town: 503 a.m. (0 4 ft.); 12.01 p.m. (7.2 ft.); 4.55 p.m. (4.1 ft.); 1039 p.m. (85 ft NAVAL Dockyard: 4 48 a.m. (1 ft.); 12.15 pm. (9 1 ft); 5 09 pm <5l ft.); 10.51 p.m. (9.3 ft.). TOMORROW BINGAPORE Town: 5.40 am (0.3
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    • 1119 11 roiw TV and Radio v (CHANNEL 5) A.M. 10 00 Prog. Summary in English: 1005 The Carol Burnett Show; 10.55 The Nurses Forever Child; 1145 Pesta Pop. P.M. 12«40 Mr Ed. The Talking Horse Unemployment Show; 105 Prog. Summary in all Languages: 1 10 Belajar-lah Bahasa Kebangsaan; 1.15 Skippv The
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  • 128 12 BIG BEN JIMMY LAD CISCO ZODIAC ■ACS I COURAGEOUS Trooper Delville BIG HILL Tee Up Delville SACKS HONET DEAR Gwerle Landaulet LANDAULET Easy Money Koala Bear SACS > VIVA PEBAK VIVA PERAK Mahseer Moomba Mahseer Majorana BACK 4 GIGANTOB Baron Boy Goodwill 11 GOODWILL II Gifantor Baron Boy BARON
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  • 868 12  -  GOING: GOOD By BIG BEN REGRET II it a safe each-way proposi- tion in Race Five at Penang today, second day of the Penang Turf Club June meeting. The four-year-old made an impressive debut at Ipoh in March when fourth to Forest Law over 6f.
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  • 29 12 Big Ben Gigantor Never Regret II Demovel Jimmy Lad Trooper Asian Pride Jerantut Cisco Baron Boy Midas Touch Asian Pride Zodiac Mahseer Y.A. For It Asian Pride
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  • 147 12 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Seven acceptors were announced today for the Prince of Wales Stakes run over one and a quarter miles Royal Ascot (1405 GMT) on Tuesday, June 17. They are with weights: Admirals Boy. Midnight Marauder .Wolver Hollow all 9.04. Cheval. Connaught both 9.02. The Elk
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