Eastern Sun, 8 August 1969

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1082 Friday, 8 August 1969. MC (P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon WE SINK OR SWIM WITH TUNKU—TAN
    602 1 s LUMPUR, Thurs. Only Tunku Abdul Rahman himself can decide if and when he should resign as Prime Minister, the Minister with Special Functions, Tun Tan Siew Sin, said yesterday. Tun Tan spelled this out in answers to questions submitted to him by the
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    Lock icon More Support For Tunku
    243 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Tunku Abdul Rahman was today hailed as the architect of Malaysia's climate of peace and harmony hy the business community of Sabah who pledged their support for him. The President of the Sabah Associated Chambers of Commerce. Mr. Lim Chine Wah pledged to
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    Lock icon New Fisheries Accord
    131 1 JAKARTA. Thurs (UPI) Indonesia and Malaysia today reached provisional agreement on co-operation to develop the fisheries Industry in both countries. The draft agreement ratified In Jakarta today provided for co-operation in research. training, education and the building of processing facilities. The draft will be presented to the
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    Lock icon RELIGIOUS CONCERN OVER JERUSALEM
    149 1 AMMAN. Jordan. Thurs. (UPI) Christian and Moslem leaders are drafting plans for a top-level religious conference to discuss "the threat to Jerusalem's religious character." according to Arab sources. Roman Catholic bishop Nimeh Sama'an who launched the plan, has said Pope Paul and Orthodox Patriach Athenagoras will
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    Lock icon Razak Heads New Council
    246 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. An economic committee is to be formed by the National Operations Council with the Deputy Primp Minister and Director of Operations. Tun Abdul Razak. as the chairman The task of the committee will be to oversee and coordinate the formulation and decision making
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    Lock icon Fire Trading At The Canal
    79 1 CAIRO. Thurs. (AFP) Israeli and Egyptian gun positions exchanged shots for about an hour over the Suez Canal in the Port Tewfik and El Shatt areas soon after mid-day today, a military spokesman reported. This later outbreak followed a night of sporadic duelling across the
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    Lock icon PRINCESS Alexandra laying a wreath at the Kranji War Memorial. N-Joy round up, – see page 12.
    16 1 PRINCESS Alexandra laying a wreath at the Kranji War Memorial. N-Joy round up, see page 12.
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    Lock icon V-N Post-war: Discord On Indonesian Involvement
    206 1 BALI. Thurs (AFP> A shade of disagreement on the sending of Indonesian troops to help keep the peace in Vietnam after a ceasefire emerged at talks between the United States and Indonesia, which ended here last night. Indonesian officials made it clear to journalist
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    Lock icon Cosmos 291
    38 1 MOSCOW. Thurs. (UPI) The Sovet Union yesterday launched an unmanned spacecraft. Cosmos 291. the official Soviet news Agency Tass said today. Ine news agencv said its mission was "to continue the earlier announced space probe programme."
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    Lock icon Kiesinger-Nixon Talk On Berlin
    261 1 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reutcr) West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger today told President Nixon he hoped the new allied approach to the Soviet Union for talks to ease the Berlin situation would prove successful. The chancellor, welcomed by the President on the White House lawn as they
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    Lock icon QUEEN E. IN NORWAY
    43 1 BERGEN (Norway) Thurs. (AFP) Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles arrived here today aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia for for a private visit. They were welcomed by King Olav. Crown Prince Harald and crown Princess Sonja.
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    Lock icon Rogers At ANZUS Talks
    51 1 CANBERRA. Thurs. (AFP) United States Secretary of State William Rogers arrived in Canberra today for the ANZUS meeting tomorrow. He avoided questions by newsmen at the RAAF Fairbaim Air Base but said he was "happy to be here." Mr. Rogers will at the National Press Club
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    Lock icon Fire Power On N-Day Parade
    118 1 SINGAPORE, will flex her muscles when she puts on display a section of the Armoured Brigade m tomorrow's parade to commemorate the 150 th Anniversary. For the first time will be seen 18 of the AMX-13 tanks which Singapore has acquired for her defence forces
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    Lock icon 83-Cent Rubber
    108 1 THE price of rubber yesterday continued to rise spectacularly with August first grace rubber buyers closing at 83 cents per lb., up another three quarters of a cent from the previous close. After opening one-quarter cent steadier in line with London advices, values were taken up a further
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    Lock icon Autumn Leaves
    46 1 PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) Hungarian-born Joseph Kosma, 63, composer of the popular song "Autumn Leaves." died today following a heart ail- in his country house near Paris. bom in Budapest, settled in France in 1933. He composed the music for more than 100 French films.
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    Lock icon Yong At Stamp Show
    65 2 THE president of the Singapore Philatelic Society. Mr. Chu Sui Man* and the Minister for Communications. Mr. Yong Nvuk Lin (with glasses) viewing: some of the rare stamp exhibits at the Philatelic Exhibition to mark Singapore's 1 th Anniversarv. A LARGE crowd queued up at the
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    Lock icon Ad President Impressed With S'pore
    127 2 The President of Grant Advertising (Canada' Ltd. and executive vice-president of Grant Advertising International Inc. in Chicago, Mr. Joseph G Wren flew into Singapore on Wednesday to study investment prospects for his clients. "Canada is becoming aware of the excellent investment climate here and in
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    Lock icon A S'pore National Book List Is Published
    194 2 THE National Library has brought out the first issue of the Singapore National Bibliography, an annual publication which will list all works DUblished in Singapore and deposited in the National Library under the Printers and Publishers Ordinance. The first issue covers publications issued
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    Lock icon 250,000 Have Been To Kallang Show
    179 2 MORE than 250,000 persons have visited the mammoth Transport and Communications Exposition at Kallang Park during its first five nights. A spokesman disclosed these figures when he announced that the Exposition will be opened from 6 p.m. to 12 midnight on National Day He
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    Lock icon Help Youths To Help Themselves
    111 2 Elders have always tended to look askance at young people since the beginning of time and restless youth is a challenge that we face today. The Rotary Governor of District 330, Mr. L. S. Sodhy sa.d this when he addressed fellow Rotarians at their weekly
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    Lock icon LOCAL FIRM TO DO FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM
    309 2 A local company Tai On Machinery Manufacture Industrial Co. (F.E.) Pte., Ltd., has entered into an agreement with au Australian company. Fire Fighting Enterprises Limited to supply a whole range of fire protection systems and Are fighting equipment. Mr. Noel F. Wesoombe the
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    Lock icon 'Crime Is Not Tolerated In Singapore'
    145 2 SIX persons were sentenced yesterday from two to five years' jail and were each given six strokes of the rottan when they admitted committing robbery. In passing out the sentence, the Third District Judge. Mr K. T. Alexander said: "I would not tolerate robbers
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    Lock icon Nurses Net $52,000 For Charities
    199 2 A TOTAL of 31 cheques amounting to $52,000 were handed to welfare organisations at the School of Nursing, Outram Road General Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Chua Sian Chin, the wife of the Minister of Health gave away the cheques. The donations are from proceeds of the
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    Lock icon TREAT FOR OLD AND YOUNG
    124 2 THE Chairman of St. John Council. Mr. Runme Shaw will give a big treat to the Aged and 400 other under-privileged children on National Dav to enable them to take part in the festivities. All the children and the aged will be taken from the
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    Lock icon 'Jungle Boy' Shooting At Singapore Airport
    414 2 IT was a hive of activity at the Singapore Airport yesterday morning to noon but it was not a welcoming ceremony for foreign dignitaries to witness the Republic's 150 th Anniversary Celebrations. Cameramen were rushing up ond down to shouts of hold it' 'take
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    Lock icon TTC Speech Contest Winners
    170 2 The Teachers' Training College held the finals of its bilingual oratorical contest for trainee teachers at its auditorium yesterday. This contest which was being organised by the TTC as part of the Republic's 150 th anniversarv celebration wa? divided into four sections English. Chinese. Malay and
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    Lock icon DAP's Goh Sees Shepherd
    78 2 LONDON*. Thurs. (Reu'er Mr. Goh Hock Guan. Secretary General of the Democratic Act. tion Party :n Malavsia, today called on Lord Shepherd. Minister of State at the Foreign Office. Mr. Goh. here on a privit# visit, is returning to Malaysia on Monday. It was believed he
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      94 2 Time €Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 9.02 am (.5.3 ft. 6.19 pm. (6.9 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 9.19 a.m. (7.2 ft.) 6.05 p.m. (8 ft.) Low Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 0.59 a.m. (2.2 ft.) 12.57 p.m. (4.9 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 0.55 a.m. (3.1 ft.) 1.31 p.m. (6.1 ft.) High Tide
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      47 2 Today's Diary 7 p.m. 8 p.m.: Performance by Hua Yi Integrated Primary School Bugle and Fif* Band at Botanic Gardens. Cluny Road. 7.30 p.m.: Variety show by schools at Kallang Community Centre. 77 Tronoh Road, block 7. 8 p.m.: Harmonica practice at National Theatre Club. Clemenceau Avenue.
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    Lock icon V-C Explode Charges In US Hospital
    800 3 SAIGON, Thurs. (Reuter and UPI) Explosive charges laid by Vietcong sappers killed one American and wounded 99 at a hospital near the sprawling U.S. Air Base at Cam Ranh early to-day. a military spokesman sad. The spokesman said the charges hidden within the confines
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    Lock icon Halt Fighting For Progress In Talks
    273 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) W. Averell Harriman, President Johnson's Paris negotiator on the Vietnam Talks, said yesterday more progress could be achieved in Paris "if we stop the killing, stop the fighting." Harriman said a "reasonable peace" in Vietnam would be one that allowed the
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    Lock icon Hiroshima Remembered
    109 3 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) A candlelight procession from Times Square to Central Park lake was the highlight Wednesday of anti-war demonstrations commemorating the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and condemning the American involvement in the Vietnam war. The procession, which began at 7 p.m. from a
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    Lock icon Red Members Allowed Into Party: Sinha
    116 3 NEW DELHI. Thurs (Reuter) Uproar broke out at a Congress Party meeting here last night when a former Deputy Minister accused Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi of allowing Communists to infiltrate into the party. As soon as the meeting opened some pro-Gandhi members attacked
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    Lock icon Magazine Ban
    84 3 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. (UPI) —Police confiscated Wednesday the current issue of Argentina's leading news magazine in the most serious press clampdown yet taken by the three-year-old military regime Primera Plana, a weekly similar to Time and Newsweek, became the third magazine hit by government restrictions since President Juan
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    Lock icon Natives May Sacrifice Child In Protest Against Govt. Move
    287 3 PORT MORESBY, New Guinea. Thurs. (UPI) An Administration official said yesterday natives on the nearby island of Bougainville might try to sacrifice a child as a protest against the Government tak ing their land and turning it over to a private
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    Lock icon Current Green Beret Commander 'Surprised' At Murder Charge
    460 3 NHA TRANG, Vietnam. Thurs. (UPI and Reuter) The current Commander of U.S. Special Forces troops in Vietnam said last night he was as "surprised" as anyone to learn of murder charges against his predecessor and seven other Green Berets. "There was no
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    Lock icon Fulbright Complains
    94 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reutet*> Sen. J. William Fulbright. Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said today the State Department had refused to give his panel copies of a secret defence contingency agreement between the U.S and Thailand. He told reporters he had received a further rejection In a
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    Lock icon BURNING MAD
    67 3 CHINGLEPUT. India, Thurs. (Reuter) —A man who burned the chariot of a temDle deity because the god did not answer his prayers was jailed for two years here yesterday. The accused. Dhanpal, pleaded guilty to setting fire to the 90-vear-old chariot used to carry the idol at Kothandaramaswamy
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    Lock icon HK Police Seize 2 Tons Of Drugs
    333 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI) Police today seized two tons of opium and morphine, aboard a junk in the harbour area. The seizure was the second biggest in Hong Kong's history. The retail value of the drugs 4,320 pounds of opium and 66 pounds
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    Lock icon ANZUS TREATY COUNCIL: Australia, NZ To Learn New US Pacific Policy
    572 3 CANBERRA. Thurs. (UPI) Australia and New Zealand will be out to discover tomorrow at the 19th ANZUS Treaty Council Meeting how much American military insurance is left to them under the Nixon Administration's new defence posture in the Pacific.
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    Lock icon Storms Kill 15
    40 3 DULUTH. Minnesota. Thurs (Reuter) Tornadoes s we Pt across northern Minnesota tonight. killing at least 15 people and injuring many others. Officials said more than six towns were struck and extensive damage was reported from three areas.
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    Lock icon Miss U In HK
    244 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter and UPI) Th« newly crowned Miss Universe. Gloria Diaz of the Philippines arrived in Hone Kong last night for a threedav visit and "shopping spree" Gloria. 18. was smartly dressed in mini-skirt. She was thronged by press photographers and admirers on her
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    Lock icon POPE ON HIS AFRICAN VISIT
    76 4 CASttLGANDOLFO, Italy, Thurg. (UPI) Pope Paul VI »tid yesterday his three-day trip to Africa last week impressed on him the urgent necessity of greater missionary activity to carry Catholicism to tht world. The Pope told his weekly general audienec that nary activity is a "first
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    Lock icon AMONG SINGAPORE'S BEST-DRESSED WOMEN
    164 4 WEEKLY pictorial feature by the Eastern Sun based on the photographs taken by our cameramen at official functions, parties, exhibitions, shopping centres etc. MISS Ann McKee, daughter of the First Secretary of the United States Embassy in Singapore, in a long-gown of Thai Silk, with an
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    Lock icon Rumanians Ready To Defend Their Nation
    420 4 BUCHAREST, Thurs. (UPI) Nieolae Ceausescu, the Rumanian leader who angered his Communist allies with his warm welcome of U.S. President Nixon, said yesterday his people and his army are ready to defend their nation in case of war. As the 3,200 delegates to the
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    Lock icon Exposed: $15m. Plot To Rescue Tshombe
    216 4 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The London Evening Standard reported yesterday that an international syndicate planned to rescue former Congo Premier Moise Tshombe from Algiers Just before his death last June 29. The story was written by freelance writer Lord Kllbracken He claimed 'o be reveaime
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    Lock icon FOUR TO DIE FOR ASSASSINATION BID
    282 4 ALGIERS Thurs <Reu*er> —Former Major Amar Mellah and three other Algerians were last night sentenced to death by a revolutionary court sitting at Oran. Western Algeria, for their part in an assassination attempt against President Houarl Boumedlenne 15 months ago The attempt was made
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    Lock icon THE High Commissioner for Malaysia in London. Tan Sri Abdul Jamil Rais (centre), admires a modernistic sculpture entitled "Reclining Figure" – steel polished, at an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and prints by two Malaysian artists, Muhammad bin Arshad (right) and Ahmad Khalid bin Yusof (left). Arshad did the sculpture seen in the picture here on Aug. 6 after the High Commissioner opened the exhibition.
    64 4 THE High Commissioner for Malaysia in London. Tan Sri Abdul Jamil Rais (centre), admires a modernistic sculpture entitled "Reclining Figure" steel polished, at an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and prints by two Malaysian artists, Muhammad bin Arshad (right) and Ahmad Khalid bin Yusof (left). Arshad did the sculpture seen in
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    Lock icon Govt. Urged To Probe A Wildcat Strike
    289 4 PORT TALBOT. Wales. Thurs (t'PI i —Officials of the Brit.sn Steel Corporation yesterday urged the Government to investigate a w:ldcat strike that has idled lO.onn workers and damaged the Bnt;sh economy. A covernment inquiry was the only appropriate way to deal with the
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    Lock icon Athens Angry Over BBC Broadcast
    103 4 LONDON, Thur«. (UPI) The British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) admitted yesterday it broadcast a "wartime style" coded message mto Greece but said it was an Innocent gimmick meant to advertise the anniversary of its World War II Greek-language casts. A BBC spokesman issued an official explanation
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    Lock icon More U.K. Troops Fly To Tense But Quiet Belfast
    388 4 BELFAST. N. Ireland. Thurs. (Reuter) Ad\ance elements of an infantry battalion flew here vesterday to boost Britain's 5.000 lister-based troops, alerted over Protestant-Catholic riots in Belfast. The Defence Ministry said the "routine" troop movement was to relieve another battalion stationed in
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    Lock icon Czech Envoy & Family Vanish
    62 4 Czech Envoy Family Vanish nrmf* Lebanon. Thurs. JiPP Fr,ntl *«k August, the third secretary of the Czechoslovak Embassy in Beirut has disappeared with hi* wife and two children, a n embassy spokesman said yesterday. Th# spokesman said August "disappeared Tuesday" a nrf ha s not been heard from since. Lebanese
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    Lock icon RUMOR'S CABINET SWORN IN
    144 4 ROME. Thurs (Reuter Mr Mariano Rumor, who finally formed Italy's SAtn postwar government after a month-'ong political crisis, took hi? oath of office yesterday. He was keeping his fir.g<=-rs crossed for his Christian Democrat Government is in. the minority and depends for its survival on the
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    Lock icon French Cabinet Discusses Vietnam War
    118 4 PARIS, Thurs. (UPI) President Georges Pompidou and his Cabinet considers a report yesterday on U S views towards a settlement of the Vietnam war and the Implications of President Nixon's Rumanian visit on ncan re.ations. Government spokesman Leo Ham on to*d newsmen after the regular
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    148 4 POOLE. England. Thurs (Renter)— Fred the rat-catch-ing cat was onlv a whisker away from getting the sack at the factory where he did such a great job. Rumour had it that when the firm moved from its docksir'e premises here to a new site in. town Fred would
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    Lock icon 'One Too Many' Cost Him £100
    124 4 HIGH WYCOMBE. England. Thurs. (Reuter) Stan Dawson had drunk so much at a party that he couldn't remember climbing through the window of a police car. hauling the driver out and running off with his cap shouting, "Now I'm a copper." But when the
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      207 4 TODAY and Friday, August 8, 1969. STAR GAZERS Bj CLAY R. POLLAN K Your Daily Activity Gwd* X According to tho Start. Tf jlCiyV To develop message for Friday, rwd words corresponding to number* 47 *1 71 of your Zodiac birth sign. C IA 2 You 3 AlPKtt 4 R«'um
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    Lock icon Senate Drama Over Lone Woman's Vote
    368 5 Nixon Wins ABM Battle WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) President Nixon won approval in the Senate Wednesday to begin deploying the Safeguard ABM, but only after a 50-to-50 tie vote prevented his missile defence system from being scuttled completely. Nixon escaped a crushing defeat on the
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    Lock icon Concorde Flies Near Mach 1
    78 5 TOULOUSE. France. Thurs. (Reuter) Concorde 001, prototype of the Anglo-French supersonic airliner, flew at near the speed of sound during a 115-mmute test flight here today. The Sud Aviation Company, joint makers of the Concorde with the British Aircraft Corporation. said the results of today's
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    Lock icon Woman Says She Wed R.C. Priest
    236 5 SAN FRANCISCO Thurs. (Reuter) —An attractive 45-year-old secretary said here she married a Franciscan priest five years ago while he was still a senior Roman Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Navy. The disclosure came from Mrs Beryl Macmnes. a nonCatholic. who is contesting an
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    Lock icon 4 Mexicans Rob Robber
    85 5 NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico. Thurs. (Reuter) The Governor of this north Mexican border town today ordered the capture of four State policemen alleged to have killed a bank robber then fled with his loot. The four policemen are said to have taken bank robber Fernando Castro from
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    Lock icon Atheist's Demand On Astronauts
    106 5 AUSTIN, Texas, Thurs. "(UPI) Madalyn Murray O'Hair. the world's foremost atheist, filed suit against the Space Agency (NASA) Wednesday to prevent American astronauts on duty from practising religion on earth, in space or "around ana about the moon An earlier lawsuit by Mrs. O'Hair resulted in
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    Lock icon Second Man Held in Coed Murder
    230 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Wednesday ratedjjirw Julian Manuel Jr., who was sought for questioning in connection with the slavings of young women in Hash- tenaw County, Michigan. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover announced agents apprehended Manuel at 3001 North
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    Lock icon Women Also To Mars
    137 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) —Women should be included in the crew of 12 in America's first manned mission to Mars. Dr. Thomas Paine, Head of the Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said yesterday. Referring to the fact that an unmanned Soviet spacecraft was in the vicinity of
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    Lock icon EXPERTS BRIEFED ON MOON ROCKS
    422 5 SPACE CENTRE. Houston, Thurs (UPI) The Apollo 11 astronauts told scientists on Wednesday they found the moon more interesting and rich in different rock samples than thev had expected. "There were many things... they wished they had time to go and Investigate In their minds
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    Lock icon NASA Scientists Discuss Science Fiction Coming True
    456 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) The head of America's space team and 0r.6 of his top assistants looked to the next few decades Wedntsdav and saw man commuting between earth and moon and colonising such places as Mars. Dr Thomas O. Paine, Administrator of the
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    Lock icon CREW NAMED FOR APOLLO 13 & 14
    218 5 CREW NAMED FOR APOLLO 13 14 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) Veteran Astronaut James Lovell and two novices, Tom Mattingly and Fred Haise. will form the crew for the Apollo 13 moonlanding mission set for early next year. This was diclosed today by Space Agency Administrator Dr Thomas Paine. He added that
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    Lock icon Feud Killing
    47 5 CHILPANCINGO. Mexico. Thurs. (Reuter) Twelve men were killed and a dozen wounded in a gun battle today between five feuding families at Tlanquinsalco. a village near this western state capital, police here said. Seventy soldiers and 20 policemen were sent trom here to restore order.
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    Lock icon Nixon Consults Advisers On Welfare Operations
    290 5 THITRMONT, Md.. Thurs. (UPI) President Nixon consulted for more than five-and-a-half hours with his cabinet advisers on Wednesday on the broad new welfare and other domestic programmes he will spell out to the nation In a Friday night television appearance. The Chief Executive and
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    Lock icon Mary Jo Inquest Seen in 2 Months
    358 5 BOSTON, Thurs. (Reuter) A District Court Judge today withheld sanction for an immediate inquest on Mary Jo Kopechne, the 28-year-old secretary drowned last month when Senator Edward Kennedy's car plunged off a bridge. But his decision was on a technical point and he
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    Lock icon Screen Idol Killers Got Only $45
    224 5 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. UPI> The killers of silent screen star Ramon Novarro got only 45 dollars in unemployment compensation the 69-year-old actor had collected two days before his torture death the prosecution said Tuesday at the Novarro murder trial Deputy D:st .Vty James M
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    Lock icon CHINA – CANADA TIES SOON
    87 5 CHINA CANADA TIES SOON OTTAWA, Thurs. (Reuter) Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said yesterday he did not expect a final decision on establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and Ch.na to be delayed Indefinite y. Answering a press conference question. Trudeau said he could not S> v e a progress report
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    Lock icon LIFE-KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
    702 6 FTtO most of us the excitement of man landing 1 on the moon has passed leaving behind the somewhat rhetorical question as to when man will land on Mars. But for the world's top astronomers, geophysists and minerologists who are examining the moon rocks and studying the
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    Lock icon WITHDRAWAL AND PEACE
    319 6 PRESIDENT Richard Nixon, matching actions to words, is to withdraw 100,000 men from Vietnam by October bringing the total to be withdrawn by then to 125.000 of the 536.000 now fighting in South Vietnam. While a sizeable American force will still be left to assist the Saigon
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    578 6  -  By Peter Cook, Work Is about to begin on a seabed tunnel linking Hong Kong and the mainland city of Kowloon. The contract was signed in June. It is the fulfilment «f a 60-year-old dream to relieve the pressure on the famous feries across Hong
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    463 6  -  200 th Anniversary Of Captain James Cook's First Landing: By EVELYN FALCONER WELLINGTON. (Reuter) The stage is almost set for glittering celebrations in October to mark the 200 th anniversary of Captain James Cook's first landing in New Zealand. The only trouble Is an offstage dispute
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    1026 6  -  ■y GAMINI SENEVIRATNE LONDON: The twentieth century it threatening to engulf the only existing fiefdom. The Feudal (fief equals feud) system of government wa s common in Europe in the Middle Ages vassal and ruler sharing political power on a basis of landholding.
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    15 6 Desire nothing for yourself which you do not desire for others. Baracb Spinous.
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    723 6  -  By CRAIG PALMER WASHINGTON, (UPI) Sickness is becoming more of a luxury than ever in America. Throughout the nation, mediral bills are the highest in history ar.d they are getting higher everyday. Nowhere has inflation had a greater impact on the public's pocketbook.
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    264 6  -  (By Claude Moisy WASHINGTON*. (AFP) Wednesdays failed attempt in the Senate to torpedo the proposed "safeguard" AntiBallistic Missile system gave President Nixon his first significant victory over Congress's liberals But it was only one battle in the war which liberals from both parties have declared on
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    Lock icon PRICES IMPROVE ON A STEADY MARKET
    342 7  -  By Our Market Reporter ne da!*f Excha gc of iMala ysia and Singapore yesterday improved on Wednesdays steady undertone in generally fairly subdued trading. The market steadied soon a slightly easier opening and easily absorbed some late profit-taking towards the close. Gains of ud
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    1173 7 gUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified: INDUSTRIALS ACMA $1 68 (1) $1.70 (1); Ben $1.89 (4>; Borneo $i.69 d) SI 70
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    249 7 THE following is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for Aug. 8: DEPARTURE Godovms Vessels 5 Stentor 6'7 Dahlia 10/11 Senyo Maru 18 Moonie 21/22 Rajah Brooke 29'30 Nittou Maru 35 '36 Tijuca 38 '39 Sc'niekerk 42/43 Hanka Sawicka 44 Josef Conrad 47
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    Lock icon RUBBER: 83 Cts.
    356 7 August first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 83 cents per lb.. up three quarters of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was uncertain. After opening one-quarter cent steadier in line with London advices,
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    49 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 825.88 up 4.65 20 Rails 198.78 up 0.45 15 Utilities 116.79 up 0.22 65 Stocks 279.99 up 0.96 40 Bonds 72.25 up 0.08 Commodity futures index 139.09 up 0.15
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    189 7 NEW YORK. Thurs (UPI) Stocks finished on a strong note yesterday In what was widely described as "continuation of Tuesday s vigorous comeback." Trading was moderately active. There Is still concern over Inflation. commented one analyst, "but you can't overlook the recent protracted decline
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    Lock icon Gold Price Slip On World Marts
    132 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Gold prices slipped yesterday in routine trading on world markets. T- London, gold remained unchanged at the morning fixing. but fell 10 cents lor a second fixing of 41.00 dollars per troy ounce. Gold in Zurich dropped 15 r-e nts
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    13 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $644.50 per picul, down $1.25.
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    189 7 A NEW. 87-foot fast patrol boat, known as the PX 16, equipped with radar and armoury, was delivered in Singapore to thp Royal Malaysian Police, recently. Built by Vosper Thornycroft Uniteers Private Limited, the PX 16 underwent several hours of close checking.
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    Lock icon London Rubber Uncertain
    88 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) The rubber market yesterday elo«ed uncertain and mixed with spot 28-1/2, 29 SETTLEMENT HOUSE Sept 28-9/16. 28-7/8 Oct 28-11'16. 28-13/16 Nov and Oct/Dec 28-11/16. 28-3/4 Jan/March 28-7/16, 28-9/16 Apri'. June 27-7/8. 28 July/Sept 27-7/16. 27-5 '8 Oct Dec 27-3 16. 27-3/8 Jan/March 26-15/16, 27-1/8
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    57 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 25 to 35 points higher yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. There were no sales (Bid) (Ask) Sept. 3080 Nov. 29.95 Jan 29.30 29.50 March 28 30 28.80 May 2825 28 75 July 2800 28.50 Sept 27.75 28.25 Locally. No.
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    Lock icon London Mart Continues Its Advances
    198 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) The stock market continued its advance yesterday with gains he.ped by more merger situations and hopes that when revised foreign trade figures become available they will show a big jump m Britain's totaJ exports. These two factors overcame fears of the impact
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    59 7 THE Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore yesterday 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 $77.0750; Holland Guilders $85.1950; Swiss Francs $71.5800; Belgian Francs $6.1450; French Francs $61.9925;
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    318 7 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) Japan's imports in July continued to rise, and totalled U551,260,730,000, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced yesterday. The figure was 8.8 t>er cent higher than June and 28.4 per cent more than the corresponding month last year, the Ministry said. It
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    632 7 SINGAPORE Stork Exchange «oid and other prices officially lutra at tbe clo»e of builneaa. INDUSTRIALS B. 8. ACMA 1 68 Ben Co. XD 1 86 190 Borneo Bhd 1.69 191 Boustead 1.78 1.82 Camel Plywood XB1 1.91 C. Sugar 340 Cold storage 2.15 2 IS Chemical
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    58 7 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK56.***** per US dollar HKSO ***** per U S dollar TT HKSI4 53 per pound sterling HKS3O3 375 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness HK5162.2 per 10.000 Japanese yen HK5131.2 per 100 Philippine pesos buyers HK5132.2 per 100 Philippine pesos
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    99 7 THE noon prifw at the Mutt* pore Chinese Produce Exchange >e*terday were:— Buyer »wi»e* Cornnnr OH (FOB) Bulk 48.50 Coconut Oil (FOB) I'rum 60 75 Mixed Copra '3050 Muni ok VNhite Pepper (F.OB) 140 00 Hgr.mjk White Pepper (FOB) is: 50 Sarawak Special Black I'eppet (FO B.) 9fl% N.L.W
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    53 7 (Maniim PTICM) l't Malayan XD 2 66 2nd Malayan XD I.9S 3rd Malayan 1 23 The Com Inc .99 1 09 The Saving Fond 106 1 16 M. Invest Fund 1.20 130 1st Horn Kon* 1.53 1 ~,U* 2nd Hons Konr 104 1 09* Sterling Com 5 2
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    437 7 AHKIVALS: (00 im MSA MLO29 Koala Lompor. 900 a.m. MSA MLII 9 Kuala Lumper. 10.15 a.m. MSA MLI2I Koala Lnmpor. 10.25 am. MSA M 1.005 Penanf. Ipob. Koala Lompor. Malacca. 1.10 pm. MSA ML 451 Kuching 1.25 p.m. MSA MLO47 Kota Btxaro. Trengganu. Kuala Lompor. 1.25 p.m. MSA
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      Lock icon TEENASIA: Pop Groups Have Hard Time Making The Charts
      463 8  -  By Tony Nguyen HONG KONG, (Reuter) Rags-to-riches stories are as common as shoulder-length hair in the pop music world. And in hundreds of Hong Kong's backstreet homes, teenagers like youngsters the world over strum out-of-tune guitars and dream of emulating Elvis
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      553 8 A strange relationship has been found between the water we drink and our chances of getting heart disease. It seems that the "softer" the water, the more chance there is of our developing a diseased heart or arteries. The link has been discovered by
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      Lock icon Gymnastics Champions
      97 8 WILLOW Avenue Secondary School's Junior Girls' Team, winner of the Singapore Combined Sec. Schools Gymnastics Junior Team Championship held at the Gav World Stadium on July 29-31. Top Eicture from (L. to H:-) im Hwee Luang. Lim Chwee Hua. Loo Mel Gek, Tan Kim Choo and Kwek Kim
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      910 8  -  By Larry Frederick "FIRST get to know your child. Know him os a friend and not as a pupil. Find out about his weaknesses, his dislikes, his ability to work in one session. Do not mingle in family affairs unless you see he is troubled
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      549 8  -  Date-line By Ele,Walt Dulaney DEAR ELE: I am 15 and a junior in school. One vear ago I moved from the suburbs to this y. When I was in the suburbs, I wa» very popular, but when I got here I had lost a lot of weight
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      130 8 HONG KONG: More than 130 university students her© do not have to worry what to do In their long summer vacation. A scheme enabling them to work in various government departments has been set up to offer an alternative to idling away the vacation :n the cinema
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      133 8 1 (1) If someone Is polyglot, what will he be able to do? (2) Who was William Booth' (3) What Is an Isotope? 1' (1) Speak and understand many languages. (2) The founder of the Salvation Army. (3) A chemical clement chemicaliv identical with another bit of different atomic weight.
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      25 8 J ffT, \Wr wsm i 455 "Daddy, this HI 1 checkup won't take a minute, j and you'll be thankful I gave it to youl"
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    3278 10 SATURDAY Raee l: CI. 6 Dlv. 2—7 Furs.— 2.1 S p-m. ($5,000) (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) t 2 456 402 Malayan Dawn Samron's Pride Caramoor Tobruk Toro Kamehameha Bum Cup Ronigo Shyree Contract 11 Restaurant Sweepstake Soochow Water Rcout Pasir Rayangao Balkan Clipper Charming Beau
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    365 10  - Macondo Spinifex In Dashing Trial By BIG BEN ILTACONDO, a mudlark, surprised r c c watchers when he went as well as Spinifex in a half mile workout on a good track here this morning. The pair raced stride for stride to run the last 3f in 37 2/5 with
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    114 10 NEW DELHI. Thurs. (Reuter The Indian Government today approved a short tour of India next month by the New Zealand cricket team. The New Zeaianders, now touring England, had asked for revised terms for their visit to India and these have been agreed by
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    48 10 ST. LOUIS. Missouri. Thurs. (UPI) Rod Laver defeated fellow Australian Fred Stolle. 7-5. 3-6. 7-5. last night to capture the men's singles championship in the St. Louis professional tennis tournament. In the women's singles, Bi'.lie Jean King overpowered Rosemary Casals to take the championship. 6-4. 6-2.
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    159 10 WELLINGTON, Cape Province. Thurs. (Reuter) The touring Australian Rugby Union team were beaten 12-3 in a Lacklustre match against provincial side Boland here yesterday The Wallabies constantly carried the ball Into the Boland half but lost chances to score through fumbled passing and erratic handling.
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    Lock icon Kodes Ousts Anderson
    127 10 HAMBURG, West Germany, Thurs. (Reuter) Australian Mai Anderson was the first professional to fall in the men's singles at the German international tennis championships here yesterday. Unseeded Anderson was bundled out in the second round by Czechoslovakia's hard hitting Jan Kodes 4-6. 10-8. 6-3. 6-4. Kodes served
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    67 10 NOTTINGHAM. Eng. Thurs. tßeuter) New Zealand were 68 for tw 0 wickets at lunch on the first day of the second cricket Test against England a Trent Bridge today. Zealand Ist Innings: ij.T. Dowiing b Ward 18 h'n urray c Knight b D Oliveria 03 B
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    337 11 BOXING in the Republic should not be treated as a game of the past but It should be revived and placed amonr today's popular sports like golf, motor racing, football and others. The call was made by Mr. K M. Abdullah, former professional boxer, who
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    546 11  -  Bv R. NATHAN RAFFLES Institution yesterday completed a grand slam in rugger when thev outplayed St. Andrews School in all departments to win the KIWI Cup by 19 points (two goals, two tries and a penalty) to nil at Raffles Institution ground.
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    95 11 NEW YORK Thurs. (Reutert Results of yesterday's major league baseball games: American League N Y Yankees 3. Calif. An;e's 1 Balti. Orioles 2. K.C. Royals 1 O. Athletics 6. C. Indians 4 (11 innings* S Pilots Boston Rex Sox 5 (in innings) M Twins 3. Detroit Tigers
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    253 11  -  Pesta Sukan SINGAPORE swimmers will face verv stiff opposition when they take on Japan and the Philippines in the swimming and water-polo games in the Pesta Sukan at the Singapore Swimming Club. Tanjong Rhu, on Aug. 16 and 17. The secretary of the Singapore Amateur
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    163 11 Enche Othman Wok. Minister for Social Affairs, will take the salute at the march past of over 2.000 participants from 21 countries at the oppning ceremony of the grandest ever Pestan Sukan. also a 150 th Year Celebration's event at the Gay World Stadium on
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    424 11 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Pakistani Test star Mushtaq Mohammed, with a solid century for Northamptonshire, checked Glamorgan's eager chase for points in the English County cricket championship yesterday. Mushtaq hit 118 In 256 minutes with 14 boundaries and lifted Northamptonshire to 289 for six declared on the
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    501 12  -  By Gloria-Mae Chen BRITISH housewives and their children flocked to catch a glimpse of their charming Princess Alexandra when she made her first appearance in public at a solemn and dignified wreath-laying ceremony at the Kranji War Memorial, yesterday. At least a hundred
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    682 12 MILLIONS of lights went on last night soon after sunset to herald in the grandest n a t i on-wide celebrations to mark the 150 th Anniversary of the Founding of Modern Singapore which officially commences on National Day, August 9. A quick
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    208 12  -  By JOHN HSU Visiting Ministers of the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand official representatives of their governments to attend Singapore's 150 th anniversary celebrat'ons had a busy day yc ;rday touring the city, calling on local counterparts, and paying a solemn visit to the
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    338 12 THE free film shows presented by the Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group at the Central Pavilion of the Transport and Communication Exposition at Kallang Park tonight are. Transportation: Planning—"Portrait a new town", and "Traffic In Towns" (6 p m.) Road Safety
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    148 12 THE police today warned the public to be on the lookout for a teenage "conman" who picks domestic servants as his "victims". Within a few hours the conman had cheated three servants in three separate incidents along Jalan Chengan. off Yio Chu Kang Road on Aug.
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    25 12 THERE were a total of 80 road accidents of which 12 were classified as serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    201 12 THE sale of the special commemorative stamps to mark the 150 th anniversary of the founding of modern Singapore will be at all post offices as from Saturday, Aug 9. The Postal Services Department announced yesterday that these new Issues will also
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    65 12 THE Police today recovered a 38 Web ley revolver following the detention of a man, Goh Bock Seng. 31, along Jalan Kampong San Teng yesterday. A police detective who was on patrol in the area saw Goh and arrested him. Later. Goh led the Police to recover the
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    106 12 Air-India yesterday held a cocktail party at their new premises at the MSA Building in Robinson Road. Housed in the eighth floor are their management, sales and account departments. Present at the cocktail re- ception were members from other airlines and travel agents. Sunpix by Richard
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    363 12 Osaka Expo Included THE Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin yesterday disclosed that Singapore will issue "Five Commemorative Sets of Stamps" in 1970. The new issues will be on the Osaka Expo '7O; 10th Anniversary of the People's Association; Festival of Sports;
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    97 12 GOLD coins commemorating the 150 th Anniversary of the founding of modern Singapore will be issued to the public at all commercial banks and the office of the Board of Commissioners of Currency at Empress Place from 9 a.m today. Only adults will be allowed to
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    97 12 SINGAPORE Pools (Pte) Ltd. announced yesterday that prize winners of the "5100 prizes" on the Singapore Draw on Aug 5 will be paid on Aug 12. Prize of $250 to $5OO for the 4-D draw in the Sweep and others will be paid from Thursday. Aug. 14.
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      113 12 Special Toto Draw Results THE first of the '"Twice-A-Weck Toto Draw" during the month of August to celebrate the Republic's 150 th Anniversary and National Day had the following numbers drawn in its "Five out of 49" draw: 15, 9, 39, 45, 3. The additional number drawn was: 43. Singapore
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