Eastern Sun, 19 August 1969

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY -fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1092 Tuesday, 19 August 1969. <& MC(P) 0737 Price 15 conU
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    Lock icon ROW OYER POSSIBLE REVELATION OF 'SECRET' US-THAI DEFENCE PACT
    262 1 BANGKOK, Mon. (Reuter) A secret contingency plon for the defence of Thailand agreed between American and Thai authorities was made within U.S. commitments to the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO), according to Lieutenant-General Jesus Vargas, the SEATO Secretary-General. General Vargas added
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    Lock icon OUT OF WORK
    140 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Non-citizens working in Malaysia were today warned to give up their jobs immediately if they had failed to apply for work permits. The w a r n i n g was given by the Director of Operations, Tun Abdul Razak. at the meetings of
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    Lock icon PRECARIOUS 'HONEYMOON' FOR UK TROOPS
    162 1 LISBURN, Northern Ireland, Mon. (Reuter) Britain's military chief in Northern Ireland warned today that failure of government talks in London tomorrow could end a "honeymoon period" and engulf British troops in renewed Pro-testant-Catholic fighting. Lt. Gen. Sir lan Freeland. told a press conference at his
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    Lock icon 13-HOUR DUEL
    52 1 CAIRO, Mon. (Reuter) Egyptian and Israeli forces fought an intermittent 13-hour heavy artillery and small arms duel along the whole length of the Suez Canal during the night and early today, an Egyptian military spokesman said. The firing started at 4.30 p.m. last night and went on until
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    Lock icon Egyptian Plane Hijacked
    115 1 CAIRO, Mon. (Reuter)— Two armed men today hijacked an Egyptian airliner and forced the pilot to fly it at gunpoint to an airport iti Saudi Arabia. The plane, a Soviet-built Antonov belonging to Misrair. affiliated to the Unites Arab Airlines, was flying from Cairo to Luxor in
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    Lock icon 2 On Fraud Charge In HK
    135 1 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) Hong Kong police today arrested two ticket clerks for the American company Trans World Airlines and charged them in connection with a fraud case involving about 11K5190.000 (£13,100 sterling). The arrests followed a '°ng investigation by the police commercial crime
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    Lock icon Soviet Fleet Traffic
    55 1 ISTANBUL, Mon. (ATP) Four Soviet warships passed through the Bosphorous from the Black Sea towards the Mediterranean today, bringing the net increase in the number of Soviet ships west of the Bosphorous this year to 51. Today's ships were a heli-copter-carrying cruiser, a mis-sile-carrying cruiser, a missilecarrying
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    Lock icon Iraq Cuts Ties With Rumania
    75 1 BAGHDAD, Mon. (Reuter) Iraq, which pioneered the recognition of East Germany by the Arab states, today froze its diplomatic relations with Rumania because of Bucharest's raising of relations with Israel to diplomatic level. Foreign Minister Abdel Karim Sheikhly called In the Rumanian Charge d'Affalres this
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    Lock icon GIRLS SWEEP COVETED 'BEST COMPERE'AWARDS
    218 1 IT was V-day for the girls when they swept away the top prizes in both the Chinese and English sections of the "Best Compere of the Year Contest" organised jointly by RETAS Radio and Electrical Traders Association of Singapore and RTS Enterprises in conjunction with
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    Lock icon Big Drive On Border Security
    184 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A full-scale operation is to be launched by Security Forces to bring the "threatening situation" in the border areas of East and West Malaysia under control. The National Operations Council. presided for the first time by the Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman,
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    Lock icon Nixon's Chief Justice
    97 1 BAN CLEMEN TE. California, Mon. (Reuter) President Nixon today nominated South Carolina Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr.. who has been lukewarm on Civil Rights Issues, to fill the vacant seat on the U S Supreme Court. The 56-year-old Judge Haynsworth. a man of moderately conservative views, would
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    Lock icon Tom Mboya Murder Trial
    91 1 NAIROBI. Mon. (AFP) Nahashon Isaac Njenga Njoyoge was todav sent for trial before Kenya Hieh Court charged with murdering former Economic Planning and Development Minister Mr. Tom Mboya. When the magistrate committed him for trial. Njenga Njoroge showed no sign of emotion. He said he had
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    Lock icon Three 'Waylaid' Leaving Kallang Exposition
    117 1 Three Waylaid' Leaving Kallang Exposition THREE robbers, in a car waylaid a family who were on their way home after leaving the Kallang Exposition. At Guillemard Road, the Police was told. Mr. Lim Swee Lang, a shirt maker, and his wife and younger brother, were confronted by three armed robbers,
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    Lock icon SUDAN: Two Aborted Coups In A Month
    93 1 CAIRO. Mon (UPl)—Sudanese Security Forces have foiled a "reactionary plan" to topple Sudan's three-month-old left-wing military regime, the Sudanese Omdurman Radio said yesterday. The broadcast said several civilians and military men have been arrested and will stand trial. It was the second time
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    Lock icon Blaiberg Is Dead
    168 1 CAPE TOWN, South Africa. Mon. (UPI) Dr. Philip Blaiberg. the world's longest surviving heart transplant patient who for more than one and a half years lived with the heart of a man less than hafebis age, died last night. He was 60. Doctors at Cape Town's Groote
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    Lock icon Rocks Thrown At Landing Jet
    64 1 TOKYO, Mon. (Reuter) Rocks were hurled against a U.S. Air Force transport plane while the ©lane was approaching for a landing at an American base in Western Tokyo, it was reported today. Police said one of the rocks hit a flap on the rear of
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    Lock icon Picture shows Mr. Tan at the drawing board designing a chair.
    61 2 A SINGAPORE Colombo Plan student, Mr. Tan Tianf Senf, is now studyin* industrial design at the Wellington Polytechnic. The study includes product, furniture, exhibition and interior design. The tenure of the course is four years and all design exercises
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    Lock icon HK Miss A-Go-Go Is Back On A Date
    118 2 Remember Miss A-Go-Go of Hong Kong. Irene Ryder, the bright-eyed Innocentlooking teenager, who took Singapore by storm a few years ago at the height of the dance craze. Well, she's back, but now as an accomplished vocalist who has cut a dozen
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    Lock icon Boy Drowned As 1,000 Flee Mekong Floods
    161 2 BANGKOK, Mon. (fPI) —An 8-year old boy was killed and about 1,000 other persons were evacuated today from their homes in Nongkhai province about 300 miles northeast of Bangkok as the Mekong River rose to flood stage. Provincial authorities saio about 10.000 acres
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    Lock icon Police Post Bombed In Manila
    117 2 MANILA, Mon. (ATP) Unidentified men believed to be pro-Communist Huk guerrillas last night lobbed a hand grer.ade at a National Police Outpost just north of Manila, killing young woman and seriously injuring three others, including a government soldier. The outpost, situated at Bamban town. Tarlac
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    Lock icon Star 'Hutch' Dies, 69
    118 2 LONDON, Mon, (Reuter) West Indian born singer and pianist Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson. music hsll, cabaret and radio star of the thirties and forties, died today aged 69 The coloured singer was a big hit in London and Paris nightclubs and in the French capital became a
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    Lock icon Security Men Hurt In Robbery
    88 2 HONK KONG. Man. (UPI)— Three men this afternoon overpowered three security guards escorting a payroll van and fled with the vehicle which contained various currencies the equivalent of US$lO,OOO. The guards, who were attacked with pick handles from behind, suffered serious injuries and remained in
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    Lock icon Statistical Activities Report
    135 2 Th« Commission of InSuiry's Report into the lovernment Statistical Activities was officially handed over to President Yusof bin Ishak at the Istana, jesterlay. The Director of the Economic Research Centre of the University of Singapore. Professor You Poh Seng led his 7-member Commission of Inquiry. at the
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    Lock icon King Of Mambo To Perform At N-Theatre
    208 2 SINGAPOREANS will b« able fro lie frhe King of Mambo, Pere* Prado, and Hit 12-piece orchestra ond three vivacious Mexican vocalisfrs, in acfrion this evening. Thousands have already made their bookings for the two-night season, when the King of Mambo will be appearing
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    Lock icon 'Largest Salamander Caught'
    90 2 TOKYO. MOP. (AFP) Probably the largest wild salamander in the world was spotted by an eight-year-old girl in Hachlojl City. Tokyo, yesterday and caught after a two-hour fight. The monster was taken into custody by the Metropolitan Tama Zoological Oardens. Salamanders are the biggest amphibian* and used
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    Lock icon WAY Meets In Brussels This Week
    288 2 BRUSSELS. Mon. (Reuter)—The World Assembly of youth (WAY) is hoping for first official contacts at global level with its Communist counterpart, the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), when tt meets in Belgium this weekWay. which groups youth leaders from non-Communist countries, has Invited
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    Lock icon David Urges Registration Streamlining
    155 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Th* Malaysian government was today urged to streamline Its Registration Department to ensure quicker Issue of citizenship certificates to applicants Had this been done earlier, said the Deputy Secretary General of the Gerakan Ra ayat Malaysia. Mr. V. David, many people would have
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    Lock icon New Subjects At Nanyang
    137 2 Students at the Nanyang University's Faculty of Arts will from next year onwards be able to opt for courses on introduction to Journalism, news writing, and library science as part of th® subjectrequirements for their deiree examinations. Announcing this In a statement issued last week, the
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    Lock icon "Expat" Off To New Life In Canada
    162 2 Sarawak's former director of Civil Aviation. Mr. John Seal who recently retired under the Malayanisation scheme arrived in the Republic on Saturday with his family for a short holiday. Mr. Seal who served in Singapore as Air Traffic Control Office from 1952-54 is
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    Lock icon AN AMERICAN SOLDIER helps a wounded Vietnamese Ranger to a medivac helicopter following heavy fighting in a rubber plantation near Quan Loi, South Vietnam, over the weekend. Firing from ambush Communist guerrillas attacked an allied convoy heading south from Quan Loi to the base at Lai Khe, 30 miles north of Saigon.
    53 3 AN AMERICAN SOLDIER helps a wounded Vietnamese Ranger to a medivac helicopter following heavy fighting in a rubber plantation near Quan Loi, South Vietnam, over the weekend. Firing from ambush Communist guerrillas attacked an allied convoy heading south from Quan Loi to the base at Lai Khe, 30 miles north
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    Lock icon Quang Ngai Curfew
    432 3 V-C INFILTRATION: SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter and UPI) The coastal city of Quang Ngai, in South Vietnam's northern provinces, has been placed under a 24-hour curfew, Saigon Radio reported to-day. The radio said the curfew, ordered yesterday by the Province Chief, followed report* that Vietcong had infiltrated the
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    Lock icon New American Overtures To Red China
    107 3 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI)— Newsweek magazine this week reports new U.S. overtures to Communist China. The magazine's Periscope column says: "The United States plans to Step up its overtures to Communist China. Last month, the U.S. cancelled restrictions on visits to China by American
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    Lock icon N. Korean Spy Ring In Court
    290 3 SEOUL. Mon. (LPI and Reuter) Former Rep. Kim Kyu-Nam and 17 other South Koreans accused of spying for Communist North Korea plead, ed guilty at their first trial today at the Seoul District Court All the defendants were accused of being members of a
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    Lock icon 'MISSING MAO' MYSTERY
    369 3 HONG KONG, Mon. (IPI) Mao Tsetung is missing again. The 75-year-old Chinese Communist Party Chairman has not appeared in public for three months and diplomats keeping watch on China are wondering why. A few speculate that he may be ill. But the most widely accepted opinion Is
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    Lock icon PEKING STRATEGY?
    171 3 MOSCOW. Mon. (UPI) Peking sells cheap goods to American soldiers in Singapore as a way of raising money to build more nuclear weapons. Pravda said today. In a report from its Singapore correspondent, Yulian Semyonov, Pravda described stores in Singapore where goods made in Communist China are sold
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    Lock icon Costly Bite
    46 3 MELBOURNE. Mon (Reuter) Mrs. Gioffa Vincenza. 50, bit a policeman's hand when he chased and caught her after she stole underclothes from a store here. She was fined 50 dollars (23 e terling) to-day fo r stealing—and 20 dollar® (nine sterling) lor the bite.
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    Lock icon GREEN BERETS MURDER: Victim A Top S. Vietnamese?
    356 3 ATHENS, Georgia. Mon. (UPI) An attorney for one of eight Special Forces soldiers charged with murder in Vietnam said yesterday he has been advised that their alleged Vietnamese victim was more than a double agent. Attorney Guy Scott of Athens said a
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    Lock icon U. Students Evicted By Police
    152 3 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) A large Police unit to-day evicted about 30 radical students from the main building of Hiroshima University after a tierce twoday battle. The leftist students, protesting against the University's administration methods, had barricaded themselves in the white concrete building for three months.
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    Lock icon Asian Coconut Community
    179 3 MANILA. Mon. (Reuter) President Marcos has ratified a Philippine Agreement to join Malaysia. Singapore. Ceylon. India. Indonesia and Thailand in forming the Asian Coconut Community (ACC). He announced his ratification of the agreement in Ozamls City, in the Southern Philippines, after his arrival from Mam!a yesterday. The
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    Lock icon Anti-Pro-tests In America
    211 3 NEW YORK. Mon. (UPI) About 40 youthful members of conservative organisations burned a Vietcong flag yesterday in a demonstration outside City Hall called to urge stronger L\S. military measures against North Vietnam. After the burning of the red. blue and gold flag, the group began reading a
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    Lock icon All Fell In
    73 3 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPP— A small sampan with six fishing enthusiast* aboard sank after colliding with a pleasure boat near a sea-food restaurant last night. Police said More than 20 persons went onto a wooden sea-food selection bridge to see rescue work and due *o overweight the
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    Lock icon US 'COPTER SHOT OVER N. KOREA
    553 3 SEOUL, Mon. (UPI and Heater) arth Korea said yesterday it shot down a US. Army helicopter deep inside its _.ritory. The United Nations Command said there was "strong evidence" the chopper with three persons aboard violated the North Korean border and was brought down
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    Lock icon NEW HANOI PEACE MOVE?
    266 3 SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) The leaders of a left wing South Vietnamese group who joined the Vietcong after the 1968 Tet offensive, arrived in Hanoi for a state visit to the North yesterday, triggering speculation in Saigon that Hanoi may be ready to make another move to-
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    Lock icon Artificial Life
    46 3 MELBOURNE. Mon. (Reuter) —An Oxford University prof essor says that by the year 2.000. scientists will probably be able to create some sort of artificial life. Professor C. A. Coulson, a Professor of Mathema ties, was fepeakine to reporters after a Methodistsponsored radio programme.
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    Lock icon UK Troops Keep Uneasy Truce In Northern Ireland
    640 4 Pope Condemns Violence..* BELFAST Mon. (Reuter) British troops kept an uneasy truce across riottorn Northern Ireland today as plans were prepared for a summit meeting in London to discuss the crisis. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was breaking off his holiday and
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    Lock icon Armstrong: Man On Mars By 1981 If...
    154 4 HOUSTON. Mon. (Reuter) Neil Armstrong, first man ©n the moon, said yesterday that U.S. spacemen could be on Mars by 1981 if the government made the commitment to reach the planet. "I certainly think It's well within our capability to be prepared for
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    Lock icon Police Hunt Sharon's Killers In Canada
    352 4 LOS ANGELES, Mon. (Reuter) A police hunt for the killer or killers of film actress Sharon Tate and four others spread to Canada this weekend at Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they had been asked by Los Angeles police to search for four "hippie
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    Lock icon Vietnam War Demonstrators
    57 4 SAN CLEMENTE. Calilomia. Mon. (Reuter) —Several thousand Vietnam war protesters demonstrated peacefully outside the western White House of President Nixon yesterday. Organisers of the protest estimated 10.000 took part. The San Clement« Police Department. reinforced by men from other town s along the coa*t, put the number
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    Lock icon SIR PERCY IS DEAD
    74 4 CARDIFF. Wales. Mon. (UK) Sir Percy Thomas. Internationally famous Welsh architect of civic centres, university buildings and bridges died at his Cardiff home yesterday after a long illness. He was 85. Sir Percy, son of a Welsh tea captain. t>ractise in Cardiff for 50 years and
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    Lock icon Heart Girl Cathy Out Of Hospital
    50 4 LONDON, Mon. OIK) Cathy Lee. the seven-year-old Australian girl who was brought here from Melbourne fcr a aelicate heart operation, was discharged from Great Ormond Street Hoepital yesterday. Doctors said she would spend three weeks in a convalescent home before returning to Aus. tralia.
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    Lock icon 'Camille' Renders 20,000 Homeless
    251 4 NEW ORLEANS. Mon (Reuter) —Thunderstorms began to lash the Southern Mississippi coast yesterday, heralding the arrival of hurricane Camille. described by weathermen as the second most powerful hurricane this century. Its 160-mile an hour winds left 20.000 people homeless in Cuba on Saturday Now the storm
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    Lock icon Dr. Blaiberg A Profile
    451 4 CAPE TOWN. Moo (Reuter) Dr. Philip Blaiberg made history u the man to lire lonrer than anyone else with another man's heart belting inside him. He was operated on by Professor Christian Barnard at Cape Town's Groote Schuur Hospital on January 2. 1968. and was by
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    Lock icon 30th Anniversary Flight Planned By French Pilot
    108 4 NOUMEA. New Caledonia. Mon. (Reuter) A 63-year-old French pilot has landed here safely after a six-month flight from Paris in a single-engined aircraft. Henri Martinet touches down here in his Caudron Renault plane yesterday after his 28.-000-mile journey. He left Paris with his
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    Lock icon FANCY THIS
    30 4 BELFAST. Mon (Reuter) Belfast milkmen are sufferin* from a shortage of bottles because so many were used to make petrol bombs during last week's five day* ot violence
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    Lock icon Tourism In Red China
    164 4 TOKYO. Mon. (UPl)—Red China, which slammed the door »hut on foreign tourists four years ago. has opened it a tiny crack for Japanese, the Yorruuri newspaper said yesterday. It said China now is allowing Pakistan International Airways (PIA) to carry Japanese over a route from Canton
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    Lock icon PAINFUL SOUVENIR
    83 4 JAKARTA. Mon. (UPI) Indonesian Independence Day was a bit painful for at least one young Indonesian. An 18-month-old baby was wounded in the leg by a spent bullet fired into the air in Jakarta by unknown celebrants. The child., son of Domingfues Tularesy. a driver for United Press
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    63 4 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI) The Foreign Office has begun study on whether or not to propose the United States for the establishment of a hotline between Washington and Tokyo for use regarding U.S. military movements, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said today. Under the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, both nations must hold
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    Lock icon Ted's Case: The Other Girls Should Speak Up
    254 4 NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) Mrs Joseph Kopechne said yesterday the other women who attended the Chappaquiddick Island cookout should tell what happened the night her daughter died in a car driven by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. "The girls know they could lessen
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    Lock icon Red Technicians
    33 4 DAR-ES-SALAAM. Tanzania. Mon. (UPI> Another 280 Communist Chinese technicians and surveyors waving little Red Mao books arrived here today to complete planning for a 1.000-mile railway link between the Tanzanian-Zambia copper-belt.
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      7 4 SHARIFF In THE MAMLUKS Soon of Galaxy
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  • Fotorama '69
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      Lock icon From The Editor's Hypo-stained Desk
      338 5 HI THERE. FOTOFANS! Seeing that not so very long ago the most talked-about topic was Man's historic landing on the Moon, it seems only logical that attention should now be focussed on the Stars. Right now, a great many Singaporeans appear to be engrossed with
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      Lock icon Meet The 15 RTS Talentime '69 Finalists
      30 5 lUNICI SIM CHRISTINA TAN MARK TANC D'KLF THI ISLAND POLK DUSKY LA COOMA AINAH AHMAD THE MURIELS I.C TAN M. ALMANOR PATRICK RUDCI
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      Lock icon PHOTOGRAPH YOUR FAVOURITE TALENTIME FINALISTS OFF YOUR TV SET AND WIN THESE VALUABLE PRIZES!
      511 5 1. On Friday. 22nd August immediately after the 9.00 p.m. News in English, TV SINGAPURA will telecast ever Channel 5. a special "preview" programme in which all Fifteen Finalists of R T S TALENTIME '69 will
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      Lock icon TV Snapshots—How to take them
      749 5 Practical Tips by SHUTTERBUG THERE isn't a more comfortable woy to photograph your favourite stars in action than from the comfort of your armchair, in your very own living room. All you need is a TV set and of course, a camera. Your TV set
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      Lock icon CONTEST A-7
      355 5 THE PRIZES Ist PRIZE: S3OO CASH VOUCHER 2nd PRIZE: SIOO CASH VOUCHER 3rd PRIZE: 50 CASH VOUCHER Plus Certificates of Merit to the next 10 best entiifcs THE RULES 1. To participate in this contest, all you Have to do is to submit one or more postcard-sisa or
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      Lock icon WINNING PHOTO
      21 5 'MEDITATION* Third Prize Winner in Contest A-3 submitter by Mr. Chan Wee Min of 22 Taman Permata Singapore 20.
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      Lock icon Free Roll Of Agfacolor CNS To Every Contestant
      179 5 Just a reminder, Fotofans. regarding "Singapore and Her People" Contest, jointly organised by Behn, Meyer Co. Limited, Sole Agent for Agfacolor CNS and Eastern.Sun to commemorate Singapore's 150 th Anniversary and National Day. If you have taken colour pictures of the celebrations
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    Lock icon THE WILL TO LIVE
    598 6 SIDE by side with the name Christian Barnard, the name of Philip Blaiberg will go down in the history of transplant surgery. The South African dentist who lived with another man's heart pulsing in his breast for over 19 months, did not make any direct contribution
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    Lock icon TERROR THAT WASN'T
    323 6 A NYWHERE from one to five months, nobody seems to be sure how long, a leopard has been roaming the concrete Jungles of Singapore. Ripley may not believe it, but this is an authenticated fact. It is not uncommon that dangerous animals do escape from captivity in
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    Lock icon Why Zambia Took Over Copper Mines
    973 6  -  By Richard Hall Gemini News Service LONDON; It is fair to tee a link between the lightning takeover of 51 per cent of Zambia's copper mines and the equally sudden exit by the country's Chief Justice three weeks ago. In both cases, President Kaunda
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    Lock icon RAISE POSTAL FACILITIES
    136 6  -  Letters... S.K. LIM Singapore THE Government is congratulated for the earlier working hours from 8.30 to 5.00 p.m. for all Government departments. However, it is regretted that the post offices, which has a more vital public role to play still open and close at the same hours.
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    424 6  -  By ALI MEHRAWARI TEHERAN, (Reuter) Thousands of workmen, eided by fleets of bulldozers and cranes, ere working around the clock in the shedow of Iran's snow-capped Albors mountains on preparations for the Second Asian International Trade Fair which opens here on October 4.
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    671 6  -  By Frank Mankiewicz,Tom Braden WASHINGTON Two days after the ABM received its underwhelming 50-50 endorsement, the Senate amended the defence appropriation on the floor by a 47-46 vote. Historians may well record the second vote as the more significant. Offered by three freshman Republicans, the amendment requires
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    521 6 BANGKOK, (Reuter) —Genera! Ne Win who rules Burma at the head of the Armybacked Revolutionary Council has answered recent calls for a return to parliamentary democracy by completely militarising the government. The only civilian Cabinet Minister Foreign Minister U Thi Hen lies been dropped
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    25 6 There Is nothing in the world so much ad. mired as a man who knows how to bear unhapplness with coo. rage. Seneca-
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    190 6 Down-With-Marriage Poet Raises The Hackles KARACHI. Josh Malihbadi, 70-year-old poet, married with several children, went on Karachi television and said that "the institution of marriage" was on the way out. He said: "After marriage the husband wants tohis wife into his the wife wants to shape her husband into her
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      513 7  -  By OUR MARKET REPORTER change °i Ialaysia and Singapore yesterday began the week j as cond *U<ms were very quiet and easier for the better part nt t ho ri a v of the day. Speculative interest continued withdrawn and confined to selective
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      1093 7 "DUSINESS 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 Borneo Bhd. $1.74 (1) 51.73 (6>; Boustead $lB5 (1); Camel Plywood $1.89 (2> $l.BB
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      146 7 Petroleum Co-ordinator For S. E.A. THE Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. ha* announced the appointment of William L. Zentgraf as petroleum coordinator for South-east Asia. Mr Zentgraf will act as co-ordlnator for the Chase Manhattan Bank's Southeast Asian programme to meet the banking needs of the international petroleum industry in this
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      106 7 BANGKOK. Mon. (Reuter) Thallands rice exports this year would be less than the target of one million tons, Mr. Amphorn Bulphak. president of the Rice Traders' Association, said yesterday. Mr Amphorn told reporters that up to now less than 600.000 tons of rice had been
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      56 7 HONG KONG. Mon. (UPI) Money Quotations: HK56.***** per U.S. dollar HK56.1175pp r US dollar TT HKSI4.2 per pound sterling HK5308.25 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness HK$ 162.3 per 10,000 Japanese yens HKSI2I.O pe r 100 Philippine pesos buyers HK$ 122.0 per 100 Philippine pesos sellers
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      242 7 THE following is a berthing list issued by the Port of Singapore Authority for Aug. 19:DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 3/4 Laos 10/11 Bakuriani 13/14 Heiryu Maru 18 Machaon N.W.5 Bruas 21/22 Mekatani-01 25 26 Htoneywa 29/30 Johneverett 31/32 Thorscape 42/43 Freyburg 44 Hoegh Den# 33/34 Campass Satu. ARRIVALS
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      311 7 September first grade rubbe r buyers closed at 5 pjn.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 784 cents per lb., down seven eighths of a cent from the previous close The tone of the market was quiet. After opening prices were Suoted slightly higher on
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      97 7 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Drilling of the third JapexIndonesia well off Northern Sumatra had run into trouble. which was expected to delay the flow tests there for about two weeks A spokesman for the semiofficial wholly-Japanese owned corporation declined to reveal details, but described as premature
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      330 7 COPENHAGEN, Mon. —On September 1, 1969 Scandinavian Airlines will introduce the first of two DC-9 all-cargo Jets on its European freighter network comprising 14 commercial centres in nine countries- The initial aircraft will serve Copenhagen, Stockholm, Amsterdam and Milan. With the
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      80 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) The 200 largest industrial corporations outside the U.S achieved record sales and profits in 1968 with the Japanese continuing to out perform everybody else, Fortune Magazine reported yesterday. Forty-three Japanese companies showed a sales gain of 18.6 pp r cent —2O
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      183 7 THE recent merger of two large Swiss watch companies, Holding Favre-Leuba B.A. and BAPIC, has resulted In the establishment of a new and important holding company in the Swiss Watch industry. The new company will be called BAPHIR. The merger Is designed to
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      135 7 New Pact Will Boost SovietIndian Trade MOSCOW, Mon. (Reuter) An Indian trade delegation has wound up week-long talks here with Soviet oflicials on prospect» of Soviet Indian trade in the next five years, it was announced yesterday. The Soviet news agency Tass said the tw 0 side s had exchanged
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      250 7 MANILA. Mon. (UPI) The Philippines will not devalue the peso this year or in 1970. according to Central Bank Governor Alfonso Calalang. The statement was made in a television Interview on Saturday night amid fears of an impending devaluation of the Philippine currency touched
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      634 7 SINGAPORE Stork tSxchange sold and other I )ricd officially luted at bust nest. the ClOM of INDUSTRIALS B b. AC MA 1 78 1 81 Ben Co. XD 1.88 Borneo Bhd 1.72 Boustead 1 85 1 87 Camel Plywood 1 86 188 C. sugar 342 3
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      63 7 NEW YORK. Mon. (Reuter) Britain's Barclays Bank is the biggest non-American commercial bank in the world, with deposits of almost $13,000 million (about £5.400 million) Fortune Magazine reported yesterday. In a listing of the 50 biggest banks outside the U.S. the Business magazine aaid only three American had
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      63 7 (Managers' Prices ASIA UNIT (or An|. TRUSTS 16) Mai. Invest. Fund 1*3 1-S5 SIXGAPOK1 t MT TBI ST? 1st Miliyin XD 1.7* 2nd Malayan XD 1.97 3rd Malayan 1.2* The Com. Ind. 101 Ml The Saving Fund 108 1.18 Sterling Com. 5/6 H K. 7 R 1ST FUNDS
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      95 7 THB noon prtfel at the Rtnrapore Chinese Prodnc* Exchange jesterday wcre>— Borer Bflier Coconut Oil 4875 (F O B Bulk Coconut Oil 51 25 (F.O.B.) Dram Mixed Copra SO-54 Mantok White Pepper 147.50 (FOB.) Sarawak White Pepper 145.00 (FOB.) Sarawak Special Black Prpprr (FO B.) 99% N.LW 100 00
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      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $643,621 per picul, down $3.75.
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      400 7 ARRIVALS 600 am. MSA MLO2O Koala l.ampor 0-00 a.m. M>A MLII 9 Koala Lauipar 9X5 a.m. OAKLDA UiMR Jakarta. 10 16 a.m. MSA MUtl Koala Lumpur 10.25 am MSA HLOM Penang. Ipoh, Kuala Lompor. Malacca 100 p.m. HAS SK»7I Copenhagen. TuMcat Bangkok. 1.10 pm MSA ML4SI Kucbing 1-30
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      532 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR Ann Landers: If anyone doubts that there are an awful lot of nutty people in this world, they ought to read your column for one week. The letter from that woman who telephoned her poodle long distance every night so
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      309 9 V"OT even the most lmaginative Hollywood film maker could have dreamed a story filled with more tdventure. mystery and romance than the career of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the fiery Latin American revolutionary and guerilla leader. With the possible exception of Lawrence of Arabia, r.o
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      240 9 LONDON. Mon. (Reuten Mae West, the cinema's sex symbol of the 1930's told Britons from her Hollywood home yesterday why she is making a screen comeback at the age of 77 "the younger generation wants to see more of me." she said. Her
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      332 9  -  By Sheilah Graham LONDON. Mon. what do scholars and philosophers talk about when they are having a confer-ence-cum-vacation In Denmark? Sex. sex, and more sex This universal topic was obviously on the minds of all the intellectual big-wigs, assembled by Commonwealth United in
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      1350 9  -  HAVE TICKET WILL TRAVEL 3 By Gloria-mae YL AVE wiU travel* teems to be the mexim of Gloria-mae, Eastern Sun's latest "find' who writes mainly t for the Women's t Page. i 4 swinger by any standard, GloriaJ moe has just return* J ed from a swinging X
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      358 10 FLOYD WINS PGA DAYTON, Ohio, Mon. (UPI Renter) Struggling Ray Floyd, unable to generate a charge in hit head-to-head clash with South Africa's Gary Player, canned a crucial 35-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole on Sunday to carry him to a one
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      377 10 LOUISVILLE. Ken. Mon. (UFI) Gary Hall of Long Beach. Calif., set his third world record in the current national AAU Swimming and Diving Champioships on Sunday night to share the spotlight with world record setters Debbie Emeyer and Mike Burton. Hall, 18-year-old speedster, representing the
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      210 10 ASUNCION, Paraguay. Mon. (Reuter) Brazil virtually clinched a place in the 1970 World Soccer Cup finals by defeating Paraguay 3-0 here today. It was Brazil's third consecutive victory in Group Eleven. The Brazilians, who have scored 10 goals in their three matches so far. were held
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      78 10 HONG KONG, Mon. (UPI) Burma. South Korea. Indonesia and Israel emerged as the "four big powers" in today's semi-final matches for individual championship of the Third Asian Junior Tennis Championships which began here last Tuesday. There are still two more elimination matches tomorrow before any player
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      264 10 BERLIN, Mon. (CPI) The Soviet Union, already sure of the title for the 12th time, beat England 3-1 on Sunday to finish five-and-a-half points clear of its opponents in the final round of the Students World Chess Team Championships in Dresden. The East German news
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      170 10 BERLIN. Mon. (UPl)—The Japanese women's volleyball team beat East Germany's squad for the third consecutive time and by the Identical 3-0 score on Sunday at Aschersleben, the official news agency ADN reported. The set scores were 15-6, 15-7. 15-0 The 46 minutes game duration was
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      32 10 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Results of rugby league matches played yesterday were. Lancashire Cup first round: Huyton 13, Blackpool Brough 16; Rochdale 42. St. Helens Amateurs 5; Widnes 16, Workington J5.
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      205 10 LEOBEN, Austria, Mon. (UPI) Austria's Olympic silver medalist Liesl Prokop flashed through the rain yesterday to set a new world record for the women's Pentathlon. The 28-year-old Mrs. Prokop rolled up 5.089 points during the two days of competition here. Meta Antenen of Switzerland had
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      37 10 THE OUTLINE of the giant Olympic Stadium for the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich is already easily recognisable in the picture above. The foundation stone for the stadium was recently laid by Federal Finance Minister FranzJosef Strauss.
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      311 10 Exhibition Pro Football NEW YORK Mon. (t'PI) Broadway Joe Xamath claimed New York for his own yesterdav hv leadinf the world champion Jets, to a 37-14 victory over the NFL Giants. Namath hit 14 of 16 passes for 188 yards and three touchdowns
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      154 10 HAVERFORD. Pennsylvania. Mon (Reuter) Cliff Richey of the United States beat Robert Carmichael of Australia 6-4. 7-9. 6-2. 6-4 to win the 70th Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship men's singles title here today. The top-seeded American clinched the two-hour 13-min-ute struggle in hot sticky weather at the
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      84 10 LEXINGTON. Ohio. Mon. (UPI) New Zealand teammates Dennis Hulme and Bruce McLaren continued their domination of the Cana-dian-American challenge race series yesterday, finished 1-2 in the US$BO,OOO Buckeye Cup at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Race course. Chris Amon. another New Zealand native, made It a clean sweep for the
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      49 10 HELSINKI. Mon. (UPI) Japan beat Finland 3-0 in their friendly volleyball international match here last night. The scores were 15-6. 15-4, 15-3 for the Japanese team Some 600 fans watched the game. The two teams will meet twice during the coming week in Karhula. eastern Finland. and Helsinki.
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      118 10 ORIO. Spain. Mon (UPI) A smooth-stroking eight-oared crew from Cambridge University turned back a desperate bid from a local Spanish rowing club to narrowly win a 2.000-metre race here yesterday and arch rival Oxford convincingly down to defeat. While thousands of Spanish and foreign tourists watcheo
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      466 10 A L l? ON, M^ n < Re ter > Hampshire emerged as strong candidates to win the first Player s County Cricket Sunday League Championship when thev beat c HlT ent l* a dcrs Lancashire at Manchester yesterday. Their 48-run victory put
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      295 10 National League NEW YORK, Mon. (UPI) BUI Sudakis two-run eighth inning home run triggered a seven-run rally that carried the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-3 victory over the Montreal Expos yesterday and to within one game of first place in the National League's Western
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      120 10 NATIONAL LEAGUE EAST W L GB Chicago 75 45 New York 66 51 St. Louis 67 53 8 Pittsburgh 61 3S 124 Philadelphia 48 70 27 Montreal 38 83 37* WEST W L GB Cincinnati 64 50 Los Angeles 65 53 1 San Francisco 64 55 2* Houston
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      303 10 American NEW YORK. Mon. (UPD Denny McLain, backed by six home runs, including two by Ai Kallne, became the Major Leagues's first 19-game winner on Sunday as he pitched the Detroit Tigers to a 9-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics. McLain was touched for Reggie Jackson's
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      77 10 DEAUVILLE. France. Mon. (Reuter) Stewards disqualified a filly ridden by English Champion Jockey Lester Piggott. and fined trainer Sir Gordon Richards 200 francs (15 sterling) here today, announcing that the horse carried less than the prescribed weight. Sir Gordon was not present. The Stewards released a statement
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      211 11 ranti.rp'Th. «25.5S t, J a b s*** JoIllI,d Athletic Union by two foals to nil to Farrer Park ground, m Sunday n ~nnual Mccer malch P la s«l »t the The hero of the match was Sime Darby's centre-forward Valentine Ng who
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      546 11 THE Indonesian tennis ace S. Buglarto captured the men's singles title in the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's 1969 open grass court championships held In conjunction with the Pesta Sukan, at the Padang yesterday. Sugiarto, who nas represented Indonesia in the past three Asian Games, and making his
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      287 11 ROSE ONG, a teacher of Stamford Girls' School topped the chart on the first day of the two-day Pesta Sukan National Gymnastics championships held at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Gulllemard Road, yesterday. Rose. 18, who is no newcomer to the gymnastics scene, puts it shyly:
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      78 11 INDORE. India Mon (Reuter) The Indian Cricket Control Board today approved tours of the West Indies and England by an Indian team in 1971. Subject to final approval by the Indian government, the Indian side will play in West Indies in January-March 1971 and England from the second
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      253 11 Teoh Khoon Keah. handicap 11, won the August (Stableford) A Division Medal at Keppei after scoring 18 going fhe front nine, and 19 on the way back for a total 37, three in front of runner-up F G. Sahysay (H'cap 7). First Nine ballsweep: Teoh Khoon
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      91 11 LOS ANGELES. Mon (UPI) Betting odds shifted in the direction of bantamweight champion Lionel Rose yesterday for his title defence against Ruben Oilvares at the Forum this Friday. Oilvares had been a 10 8 favourite but even money was quoted yesterday apparently because "the Australian champion has
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      474 11 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Davis Cup outsiders Rumania emerged as a formidable threat to the I'nited States following their tight-rope 3-2 victory over Britain in the inter-zone final. The Rumanian pair lon Tlriac and Hie Nastase. recognised as two of the world's leading hardcourt
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      58 11 FORT WORTH. Texas. Mon. (AFP) Australian professional Rod Laver won his fifth successive tournament by tak ing the Bth Fort Worth Invitation professional title when he beat compatriot Ken Rosewall 6-3. 6-2 in the final here late yesterday. Tom Okker (Holland) received a walk-over in the third place
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      102 11 Jockey Sellers started out In a blaze of glorv at the penultimate day's racing at Rukit Timah bv winnine four races in a row. These three pictures show him on the horses which earned for him the hat-trick. Above he is up Globe Stream with
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      258 11 S. P. Loh, who won the Masters Event on Sunday at Jackie's Bowl, is one of the six top qualifiers who will be vylnf to represent Singapore at the South flc Spectacular sheduled to be held in Melbourne. Australia, in November this year.
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      36 11 PESTA SUKAN DIARY Billiards: Snooker championships (finals), Slong Boo A.A.. 7.00 p.m. Chess: Zonal championships. King Edward VII Hall. 6.30 p.m. Gymnastics: Singapore cham. plonships. SBA Hall. 2.3o p.m. Volleyball: International championships. Gay World. 7.30 p.m.
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      1141 11 (CHANNEL 3) PM. 300 Opening Announcement* in all Languages .t Morning Star; 325 BeOO r Guest Malav Vernon: 3.35 Health in the Home Tamil Version- 3.90 House and Home English Version. 405 A Diarv of Events in Singapore This Week English Version; 4CR Peyton Place Chinese Subtitles; 4 53 Close:
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    234 12 REPRESENTATIVES of several governments oi well as of the United Nations Development Programmes (UNDP) will a fourday meeting here tomorrow to discuss the details of an Asian Handicraft Centre planned to be setup in the Republic. A conference of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia
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    122 12 Mrs. Toh Chin Chye, wife of the Minister of Science and Technology will crown the winner of the 150 th Anniversary Queen of Singapore contest to be held on Aug. 24 at the National Theatre. The Pasir Panjang Constituency. is organising a threehour song-and-dance show
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    113 12 INMATES of the Yew Tee Village Old Home were given a rare treat last Sunday when food and articles were distributed to them at their Home by the St. John Ambulance Brigade and well-wishers. The inmates, most of them well over 60 years of
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    109 12 THE Jackpot prize for the mid-week Toto Draw has been increased to $85,000. The increase of $5,000 is in accordance with the set policy of th e August draws in the event there were no winners of the first and second prizes in the preceding draw.
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    119 12 A SPECIAL three-month training course on fishing, and on other skills and know-how in aid of it for youths and school-leavers will begin tomorrow at the Fishery Training Institute at Changi. Organised by the Primary Production Department of the Ministry of National Development here, the course
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    75 12 Australia's Miss Teenage of Victoria 1969, Jan Hindle. 19, recently visited Singapore for a two-day stopover to sample the Republic's "Instant Asia" flavour. During her stay she was given an extensive tour of the island. She also visited a wide variety of interesting places. As
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    68 12 The First Secretary of German Embassay. Mr. Graf von Bassewitz, will present a cheque for $3,771.50 to the Director of People's Association, Mr. Sim Boon Peng, at P A Headquarters. Kallang, at 7.30 p.m. today, as a donation tor installing lighting of the proposed P. A. auditorium.
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    290 12 The Singapore Tourist Association. has named t he waiter, waitress and hotel receptionist nominated the "most courteous' under the Association's "Good Service Competition." They are: Mr. Chuan Peak King 0 f Goodwood Park Hotel (Most Courteous Walter); Miss Lim Tan Huay of Hotel Singapura Intercontinental (Most
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    180 12 The presentation of prizes for the island-wide "Gardening-Competition" organised by the Housing and Development Board, will be held on Aug. 29 at 3.30 p.m. in Jalan Pipit. MacPherson Estate. The presentation ceremony will also coincide with the balloting for the sale of
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    95 12 Singapore listener# to the British Broadcasting Corporation's world service programme will be able to tune into a general knowledge Quiz contest specially recorded in the Republic at 5.15 p.m- on September 4. The programme, produced as part of the popidar BBC serie 9 'Force# Chance'
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    130 12 CADET scouts from the Singapore School for the Deaf and Dumb are among 200 cadet scouts who are talcing part in the Sixth Annual Cadet Scout Camp from todav until Aug. 22 to mark the 150 th anniversary of Singapore. The 200 cadet scouts, age
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    244 12 Asian Seminar In HK SINGAPORE it among 12 countries now taking part in the "Asian Workshop in Higher Education" which opened in Hong Kong, yesterday. The local representatives are, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Singapore, Mr. Reginald Quahe, the acting Head of the
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    130 12 JAKARTA. Mon. (Reuter)— President Suharto has called on Indonesian youths to select what Is good of foreign culture. Pres. Suharto said: "We do not reject foreign Influences nor hesitate to utilise alien culture, but we should be able to select what is good and
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    83 12 AUCKLAND (NZ) Man (Reuter) —Singapore taxi driver. Mr. How Hoe Peng, was admitted to Auckland hospital for brain surgery this morning, though he is unlikely to be operated on for about a fortnight. Mr. How, 28. has been troublerf by a brain tumour for the past
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    208 12 MYSTERY »tiU surrounds the ownership of six suitcases from Zurich, containing 126 cold bars valued at more than $600,000. which were sized by Singapore customs at the airport a few months ago. This morning, at an inquiry, in the seizure of the gold, held st
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    80 12 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) The enticing but dangerous game of sniffing paint solvents already has claimed the lives of 100 Japanese youngsters this year Despite police efforts to keep youngsters away from the secretly spreading the sniffing fad. the number of fatal victims this year is roughly
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    78 12 UCHINOURA. Kagoshima Pre. fecture, Mon. Kyodo The Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science of the University of Tokyo fired Japan's biggest rocket, the MU3D. at its launching centre in Uchinoura yesterday afternoon. Scientists said that the test was a great success and that they gained confidence they could
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    98 12 A former programme development co-ordinator of the Singapore Institute of Management, Mr. Lawrence Wong Men-Koy left recently for the University of Michigan, U.S.A. for a 3-year course to obtain a Ph.D in Business Administration. Mr. Wong, Is a graduate In Land Surveying from the Kuala
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    Lock icon Science Fair Is On At The ACS
    131 12 The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, will declare open a Science Fair "69 for secondary school students of all language streams in Singapore at 10 30 a.m. today at the AngloChinese Secondary School, Barker Road. Organised by the Science
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    Lock icon Architect To Speak
    42 12 A well-known Singapore architect, Mr. Lim Cheong Keat will sp«?ak on "Problems of Central Area Development" at tomorrow's weekly luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club of Singapore. The meeting will be held at the Coleman Room of Adelchi Hotel
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      94 12 Time Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 159 a.m. (8.3 ft.) 2.16 p.m. (8.3 It.) Naval Dockyard: 2.18 a.m. (9.9 ft.) 2.35 p.m. (9.8 ft.) Low Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 7.58 a.m. (2.2 ft.) 8.23 p.m. (1.8 ft.) Naval Dockyard: 7.56 a.m. (2.8 ft.) 8.14 p.m. (2.2 ft.) High Tide
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