Eastern Sun, 29 August 1969

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    21 1 Eastern Sun iINGAPORES OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1102 Friday, 29 August 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Resign Offer By Aziz
    764 1 Campus Clash KUALA LUMPUR, THurs. Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz today offered to resign as vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya following police intervention in a student demonstration in the campus. Two units of the Federal Reserve Unit fired 10 rounds of tear gas to disperse the
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    Lock icon Baby Beatle
    102 1 LONDON. Thurs. rßeuter) Beatle Paul McCartnev is a father. His wife, the former Linda Eastman of New York, gave birth to a 6 lb 8 oz. daughter here early todav. The couple were married here on March 12 this vear. Linda, a 26-vear-old divorcee with a six-vear-old daughter.
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    Lock icon Two Submarines For Brazil
    34 1 LONDON. Thurs. (AFP) Brazil has placed an order for two diesel powered submarines with the British Company Vickers. it was announced here today The order is worth £ll million sterling.
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    95 1 MELBOURNE, Thurs. (Reuter) —An engineering draftsman mill go to his old bank tomorrow, accept $1,500 and carry it to new banfr after a three months battle over a forged cheque Mr Jim Elkins. 31. of Springale. a southern suburb, started his fight in April when the forged cheque
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    Lock icon More Raids
    68 1 AMMAN. Thurs (Reuter) Two Israeli planes, firing rockets and machine-guns, raided SheSha'A area in the southern Jordan valley today, a military spokesman said here. He said ground fire intercepted the planes during the flve-mlnute raid, and there were no Jordanian casualties. Earlier, the spokesman reported a 25- minute
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    Lock icon Microstate Headaches
    142 1 UNITED. NATIONS. Thurs. (Reuter)—The United States move to block about 50 small countries frcm admission to full membership in the UNproposing Instead the creation of a new status of associate member. US Ambassador Charles W. Yost formally introduced a resolution in the Security Council to refer the proposal
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    Lock icon China Warned On ICBMs Ambition
    140 1 MOSCOW, Thurs. (ATP) The Communist Party daily Pravda today warned China against developing intercontinental nuclear missiles, and said the Soviet Union was dy to "counter firmly" if necessary. The unsigned article, which I can practically be considered an official document, also warned that "if war
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    Lock icon ROBBERS GET $21,000 IN TWO STRIKES
    502 1 Armed robbers again made two clean strikes in different parts of the city taking away more than $21,000 in cash and cheques. T In both cases, the robbers were either armed with daggers or ro- volvers or both. In both cases. the robbers also
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    Lock icon MAHESAN'S DEFENCE IS CALLED
    1542 2 Dr. Saw Hock Chuan Freed KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Dr. Saw Hock Chuan, a director of the United Asia Investment Limited today walked out of the High Court a free man cleared of all charges of abetment in a corruption case involving T. Mahesan. At the end
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    Lock icon $290 Fine For 'Mischief'
    80 2 MELVIN A. Hobb» wu vesterday fined a total of $290 by the Ninth Court Magistrate. Mr. E. C. Foenander, on three counts of mischief. He had earlier pleaded fuiltv to all the three charges of committing the offences on Aug. 26. Hobbs admitted on that day
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    Lock icon First Exposition Lucky Draw Winners
    254 2 Thousands jammed the open-air theatre at the Transport and Communications Exposition at Kalian g Park on Wednesday night to witness a lucky draw sponsored by Edward Eu and Co. Ltd. The star attraction for the occasion was Mlu Singapore, Miss Mavis Young, who helped to
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    Lock icon SCHOOLS SEMINAR ON UNDERSTANDING OPENS
    476 2 A Seminar to aive a new impetus efforts to promote international understanding in schools opened at the Ministry of Education, yester- doy. Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Chairman of the Singapore National Commission for UNESCO organisers of the Seminar Mr Kwan Sal Kheong quoted
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    Lock icon Here To Hunt For Antiques
    122 2 AN Italian antique dealer. Mr. Luciano Guerra arrived with hi* French wife here yesterday on a short hunt for local antiques. Mr. Guerra. a former Journa list, is on a month's Asian tour searching for rare antiques to bring back to his London antique shop.
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    Lock icon 'More Voluntary Clubs Needed'
    460 2 "SINGAPORE, will need to hove more voluntary clubs like the "Steadfast Club" to render community service to the people especially during the next few years. Mr. Sis Kah Hui. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour was speaking as guest of honour at the inaugural dinner
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    Lock icon Industrial Safety Seminar And Display At Goodwood
    407 2 A ONE week seminar and safetv Firlt Safety jointly organised by the National Mfety Firat Council of Singapore and the American <Opl ration. opened at the Conference Room of the Goodwoo^ Hotel this week. 9 j The aim of this seminar and exhibition
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    Lock icon 'Democracy And Nursing'
    261 2 THE nursing service It Intimately connected with looking after the sick and their relationship with the patients Is important. Therefore those in the nursing profession have to carry out their duties without showing any partiality or discrmination because of race, language religion and culture. Thia call to
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    Lock icon British Engineering Week Sept. 16-20
    338 2 A BRITISH Engineering Week, featuring an exhibition of up-to-date engineering product*. will be held at the Polytechnic here Sept. 16 to 20. it was announced yesterday. It is sponsored by the Singapore Polytechnic and is organised by the London Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with
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    Lock icon PRESIDENT NIXON leads singing of "Happy Birthday" by crowd on hand to greet former President Johnson (L) at the Western White House at San Clements, California on Aug. 27. Beside them are Mrs. Nixon and Mrs Johnson (R). Nixon was to host an informal luncheon in honour of Johnson's 61st Birthday.
    53 3 PRESIDENT NIXON leads singing of "Happy Birthday" by crowd on hand to greet former President Johnson (L) at the Western White House at San Clements, California on Aug. 27. Beside them are Mrs. Nixon and Mrs Johnson (R). Nixon was to host an informal luncheon in honour of Johnson's 61st
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    Lock icon SINO-SOVIET BORDER CONFLICT: US Alarmed On Chance Of USSR Attack On Mao's Nuclear Base
    775 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter and UPI) U.S. Government alarm over chances of a war between China and Russia has increased, following: reports reaching here of a possible Soviet strike at the Chinese nuclear complex in Sinkiang, the
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    Lock icon Court Suit Against PI First Lady
    124 3 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) A Manila lawyer has filed a suit against the Philippines' First Lady and five other persons for the establishment of the USS9.S million Philippine Cultural Centre. The centre will be formally opened Sept. 10 with California Governor Ronald Reagan, as special
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    Lock icon Ship Fire
    68 3 TOKYO. Thurs. (Reuter) Fire aboard a South Korean freighter outside Kobe Port in Western Japan today killed two of the 11 crewmen aboard and injured five others, two seriously, the Japanese Coast Guard said. The fire started from polyester containers of methyl ketone, highly-flammable chemical, and other chemicals
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    Lock icon Hunger Strike Over Drug Ban
    102 3 MACAO, Thurs. (UPI) Prisoners in this Portuguese enclave have been on a hunger strike against the clampdown on use of drugs s ince last night, a spokesman of the prison reported today. The spokesman said the strike by 142 prisoners followed tough measures taken by
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    Lock icon Red China For History But Kills Religions
    89 3 TOKYO. Thurs. (Reuter) China is preserving her cultural assets, but her religions appear to have died out, a Peking-based Japanese correspondent reported to-day Iyeshige Akioka of the Japanese National Daily. "Asahi Shimbun," reporting on a recent tour of Nanking. Shanghai and Hangchow, said
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    Lock icon Kwangtung New Move Launched
    123 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) Revolutionary committees in the South China province of Kwangtung have launched a new drive in the "revolutionary Mass Criticism Campaign." Radio Canton reported yesterday. The news of the drive, which follows an editorial in China's three most important publications this week calling
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    Lock icon NZ, Australia Pool Defence Planning
    49 3 WELLINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) New Zealand announced today it had reached agreement with Australia to pool planning of military production and equipment. New Zealand Defence Minister, David Thompson, told a press conference the agreement would make the two countries logistlcally self-suffi-cient in time of war.
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    Lock icon PELTED
    91 3 PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania Thurs. (UPI) Workers on the superstructure of a new 64-storey steel company building rained down peach pits, chicken bones, fruit and other lunchbox items yesterday on a crowd of persons demonstrating in the street below for more construction jobs for blacks. Two persons were struck on the
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    Lock icon Pentagon Analyses Low V-C Infiltration Rate
    794 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI and Reuter) —U.S. experts are assessing whether the low rate of infiltration of men and supplies from North Vietnam southwards signifies an important change in Hanoi's conduct of the war. The experts noted that despite the lowereti rate of infiltration. the
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    Lock icon Beauties In Tokyo Vie For 'Miss International'
    277 3 TOKYO, Thurs. (L'PI) Misses Brazil. Canada. Philippines and Thailand looked like earlv favourites today when candidates for the title of "Miss International" met the press in swim suits. Margarita fßlnky) Montlnola. a dark-haired charmer with a classic figure, looked like a good bet
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    Lock icon Australians Should Learn About Asia
    144 3 SYDNEY. Thurs (Reuter) Australians are Europeans in Asia, and as such we a" learn in* too little about Asia too late, the Sydney evening tabloid, "The Daily Mirror" said in an editorial today. "Australians are a weird mob like no other people on earth really,
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    Lock icon Ganges Flood
    41 3 CALCUTTA. Thurs. (Reuten Heavy floods in the Holy Ganges River and its tributaries have affected more than 800 square miles in West Bengal and Bihar states this week, destroyed vast crops and left thousands homeless, officials summed up yesterday.
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    Lock icon Hussein To Confer With Nasser In Cairo Next Week
    328 4 CAIRO. Thurs. (Reuter) King Hussein of Jordan will visit Cairo early next week for important policy talks with President Nasser, the Middle East News Agency said last night. The visit had been arranged for some time but no precise date was
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    Lock icon IMAGINE THAT...
    90 4 CHATHAM. England. Thurs Red-bearded tailor Howard Bevls. 23. walked Into a coin-operated laundry, took off his trousers and underpants and popped them into a washing machine. Women in the laundry called police. In court yesterday. Bevls admitted conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. Magistrates ordered
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    Lock icon Exposed: Sex Orgies By Hippies On Resort Island
    161 4 MADRID, Thurs (Reuter) Hundreds of hippies are indulging in mass orgies of sex and drugs on the popular Mediterranean holiday island of Ibiza and nearby Formentera. the Spanish monarchist newspaper ABC claimed yesterday. The newspaper, which has been running a campaign for
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    Lock icon Kerala C.M. In E. Berlin Hospital
    73 4 EAST BERLIN*. ThU r 8. (Reuter) Mr. EMS Namboodiripad. Chief Minister for the Communist-ruled Indian State of Kerala. Is undergoing treatment for a stomach ailment in the East German government hospital here. Mr. Namboodlripad. one of the top figures of the Indian Marxist Communist
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    Lock icon Asleep Lion Bites Tourist
    70 4 ROME. Thurs. (Reuter) The lion In Rome zoo looked so cuddly curled up in Its cage asleep that American tourist Jill Purcell of Los Angeles could not resist the temptation to reach through the bars and stroke It. Now Jill is in a Rome hospital being
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    Lock icon UK Will Not Give Up N. Ireland
    278 4 BELFAST. Northern Ireland Thurs. (UPI) British H<~me Secretary James Cal.aghan vesterciay issued a flat and unequivocal" promise that Britain would not give up Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic As he issued his pledte Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark appointed two Protestants
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    Lock icon U.S. Firm To Take Over Pergamon
    169 4 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) The American computer Arm Leasco. is to eo ahead with its on-off bid to take over the British Pergamon publishing empire. Both tides Mid early today thev were satisfied with the term* of a new offer after a nine-hour session of
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    Lock icon 15 Die When Soviet Plane Belly-landed
    274 4 MOSCOW. Thurs. (UPI) —I At least 15 Soviet vacationers died In the fiery bellylanding of a crowded airliner on the way home from Russia s Black Seacoast on Tuesday, 1 unofficial sources said yester- i day. The sources said "many" were injured among the
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    Lock icon 'No Entry' For Mini-skirted Princess
    117 4 ROME. Thurs. (Reuter) Princess Paola of Liege, sister-in-law of King Baudouln of Belgium, has been turned away from St. Peter's, following a Vatican crackdown on mini-skirts and other "indecent" attire In the Basilica, according to an Italian magazine here yesterday The fashion magazine. Annabella. published
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    Lock icon 'Advice To The Lovelorn'
    123 4 Advice To The Lovelorn' LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) A television station here It considering an "advice to the lovelorn'' feature in one of their programmes for 12-year-old children. The station, Thames Television, says it receives thousands of letters from youne viewers with boy-meets-girl problems. "We also know from these letters that
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    Lock icon Israelis Mortar Egyptian Camp
    868 4 Moslem Nations A Security Council Meeting On Mosque Fire 'TEL AVIV, Thurs. (Reu--1 ter) Israeli commandos swept to the banks of the Nile overnight in a reprisal raid believed to be the deepest yet into Egypt. The Israeli Army, announcing the raid early today, said the
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      368 4 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM FOR 'SINGAPORE HER PEOPLE" COLOUR PHOTO CONTEST JOINTLY ORGANISED BY EASTERN SUN/BENN MEYER CO.. LID. IN COMMEMORATION OF SINGAPORE'S NATIONAL DAY 150 th ANNIVERSARY In accordance wit* the rules of this Contest, I submit herewith my entry and confirm that tt has been printed from AuFACOLOR CNS
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      250 4 TODAY a Friday, August 29, 1969. TAURUS AP*2O L MAY 20 STAR GAZERS By CLAY 1. POLLAN yt Your Daily Activity Guidm M According to tho Stan. To develop messoge for Friday, n-tSM-id read words corresponding to numbers QQ of your Zodioc birth sign. KO to °cr. a )S,'; T'T
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    Lock icon AMONG SINGAPORE'S BEST-DRESSED WOMEN
    235 5 pictorial feature by the Eastern Sun based on the photographs taken by our cameramen at official functions, parties, exhibitions, shopping centers etc. ONCE again, a hit for the Chinese brocade seen here on Mrs. M. Pagnutti (above), wife of the Charge d'Affalres of the Italian Embassy.
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    Lock icon Ground Rules For Inquest Demanded
    591 5 EDGARTOWN, Maaa. Thurs. (UPI) District Judge James A. Boyle said on Wednesday that if Sen. Edward M. Kennedy did not voluntarily appear at a scheduled on Sept. 3 inquest into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, he would issue a subpoena to force him to
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    Lock icon Nixon Moght Hire Shirley Temple
    184 5 WOODSIDE. Calif., Thurs. (UPI) Shirley Temple Black said Wednesday she had been offered a job in the Nixon administration but could not discuss until the official announcement is madeRumeur had it that the job was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural
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    Lock icon Radioactivity
    63 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) A small amount of radioactivity escaped after an underground nuclear test 70 miles from Las Vegas yesterday. the Atomic Energy Commission said today. It said the radioactivity leaked to the surface through a pipe used for collecting particles for tests. The radioactivity was confined to the
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    Lock icon Trimble Quits
    63 5 SPACE CENTRE. Houston. Thurs. (UPI) The Deputy Director of the Manned Spacecraft Centre, George S. Trimble. is about to join the exodus of key space agency officials who helped put together America's moon landing programme and now are turning to other pursuits Trimble said yesterday he would step
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    Lock icon Lost Copter
    75 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) The United States has asked lor another meetlnf with North Korean representatives on Friday to determine the fate of a helicopter which strayed over North Korea on Aug. 17. the State Department said today. A department spokesman said that regrettably the North Koreans had provided
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    Lock icon California Sky Lit Up
    170 5 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs (UPI) west coast residents were treated to two spectacular light shows in the evening sky yesterday the glowing exhaust trial from a missile, and a brilliant streak from the breakup of a meteor or "space garbage." The curtain-raiser came at 7:35 p.m. when
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    Lock icon Sharon Tate Used Drugs
    102 5 LOS ANGELES. Thurs (UPI) The brother of Voltyck. Frnkowsky. one of five persons killed at the home of film director Roman Polanski. said Wednesday that Polanskls wife, actress Bharon Tate, used drugs although she may have stopped during her pregnancy. Jerry Frowsky. who came to the
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    Lock icon Ark. Whites Want 'Law And Order'
    218 5 FORREST CITY, Arkansas. Thurs. (Renter) Stat* rjlicemen patrolled the streets here today after about 000 armed whites, demanding "law and order" roamed this small town overturning: cars and attacking by- standers last night. One black militant leader and three newsmen were beaten by the
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    Lock icon Strike Hits Argentina
    138 5 BUENOS AIRES. Thurs. (UPI) A 24-hour general strike against the government by an estimated 2.5 million workers brought industry to a near halt Wednesday throughout most of Argentina. But the government managed to maintain nationwide train, bus and air services and public utilities at normal levels. Unions
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    Lock icon Delta Destroyed
    68 5 CAPE KENNEDY. Thurs. (UPI) A Delta rocket carrying two spare aeency satellites veered off course early in flight yesterday and was destroyed high over the Atlantic. The second stage of a rocket carrying a $l4 million Pioneer 10 satellite and an earth orbiting satellite malfunctioned, the space agency
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    Lock icon Rickover On Soviet Subs
    148 5 WASHINGTON. Thuri. (UPD Vice Admiral Hyman G. Riekover has told Congress the Russians probably will surpass the United States In conventional and nuclear submarine power by the end of 1970. It was disclosed Wednesday. Riekover Is Director of tha Division of Naval Reactors for the Navy
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    Lock icon KREMLIN'S EASTERN ADVENTURE
    632 6 EVER since the border troubles between Russia and China started along the Ussurl River about a year ago and along the Kazakhstan Sinkiang border a fortnight ago, there has been much speculation on the dreaded possibility of armed conflict between the two giants of the Eurasian land
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    Lock icon THE QUICK-FOOTED
    264 6 IF modernism means that which is not obsolete, in the economic sphere alone, its import is one hundred percent applicable. The old notions that huge nations and great wealth go together are no longer true. Neither is it little less true. The emerging picture is a complete reversal
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    Lock icon BUSINESSMEN MOVE IN AS FOREIGN AID FLAGS
    913 6  -  By ALAN RAKE, Gemini New s Service The climate of opinion towards foreign aid is increasingly pessimistic. Not only the right wing senators of America's deep South complain about pouring help on ungrateful and unproductive developing nations. Serious economists are increasingly critical of
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    Lock icon '100% In Favour Of Divorce'
    425 6  -  By MARGARET HYMAN THE VALLEY, Anguilla (L'PI) —A quizened woman with sun-reddened eyes greets Anguillan leader Ronald Webster "Good morning. Premier. God bless you." It is Ave months since British troops swarmed over this tiny scrub-covered Caribbean Island to depose Webster as President of the
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    Lock icon Expert Predicts Inflation In U.S.
    173 6 WASHINGTON, (UPI) A top US Government economist predicted today inflation will plague the United States for the rest of the year despite Nixon Administration efforts to slow its pace. William H. Chartener, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, said while there had been few
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    11 6 Amusement to an observing mind is study. Benjamin Disraeli.
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    Lock icon MAKARIOS IS STILL THE BOSS IN CYPRUS
    796 6  -  (By ANDREAS HADJIFAFAS, Gemini News Service) NICOSIA: Cyprus remained virtually without any political parties for nine years after independence. Then suddenly last February they sprang up like mushrooms. Five parties were formed by Greek Cypriots overnight, all ready to contest the long overdue
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    Lock icon Okinawa's New Dream
    570 6  -  By SHOTA USHIO NAH A, Okinawa (UPI) Okinawa's economic planners have a dream: they see their island's fine beaches lined with luxury hotels, and tourist posters throughout the world proclaiming Okinawa as the Hawaii of Japan. The dream may come true after Okinawa reverts to Japanese control
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE EASE SLIGHTLY
      495 7  -  "Sr Our Market Reporter ii s ock ™1WP|» of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday eased y *fter Wednesday's rally. Trading was more active than of late. Alter opening around its previous levels, the market experienced a downward drift towards the morning session's close. News of a student
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1009 7 I>USINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms 13 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 $1.84 (1) $1.86 (1) $lB5 (7); Boustead $l.Bl (3); Camel Plywood $lB5
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      Lock icon Thai, Indon To Negotiate Rice Deal
      94 7 BANGKOK. Thurs. (AFP) Two Thai trade officials leave here today for Jakarta to negotiate a rice deal with the Indonesian Government. The officials. Nam Poonwattu oirector-general of the Foreign Trade Department and Suthee Noortvarathat, chief of the Foreign Trade Policy Division of the Foreign
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Closes Steady Quiet
      78 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market closed steady quiet yesterday with spot: 273/4. 28-1/8. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Oct. 27-7/8, 28-1/8 Nov. 28. 28-1/8 Oct/Dec- 28. 28-1/8 Jan./ March 27-1/8 27-1/4 April/June 26-15/16. 27-1/8 July/Sept. 26-11/16. 26-7/8 Oct./ Dec. 26-3/8, 26-1/2 Jan/March 26-3/16, 26-3/8 April/June 26-1/8. 26-5/16
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      54 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 25 points lower on thp New York Commodity Exchange yesterday. There were no sales (BID) (ASK) Sept 30.75 Nov. 3050 Jan. 30 25 Mar. 30 00 May 29 60 July 29 50 Sept. 29 35 Locally No. 2 RSS was 291/2
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 The tin nrice for yesterday was $643.00 per picul, up $0,871.
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      246 7 THE following is a berthing list released by th« Port of Singapore Authority for Aug 29' DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels g/7 Gundrun Bakke 8/9 Hammonia 18 Hokkai Maru 23/24 Gunong Tambora 26/27 Malaysia 29 Yosei Maru 29 30 Dong Bang 35/36 Pres. Coohcee 38/39 Texaco London (tanker) 45
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 77-5/8 Cts.
      314 7 September first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 77-5/8 cents per lb., u© three eighth of s'cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. After opening about unchanged, levels appreciated gradually but consistently by five
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Mixed On World Marts
      248 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Gold p-ices were mixed In moderately active trading yesterday on world markets. British press reports that South Africa has begun selling gold through London were viewed with skepticism by bankers In Zurich, where the gold pool Is a principal outlet
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      Lock icon New Measures Introduced To Counter A New Sugar Price Crisis
      337 7 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) The world sugar Industry is today being threatened with emergency restrictions on trading to meet a new price crisis. Shortly after dealers in the London and New York sugar markets fixed yesterday's price under the international sugar
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      Lock icon U.A.R., Indon Review Trade Pact
      91 7 JAKARTA. Thurs. (Reuter) United Arab Republic and Indonesian trade officials yesterday begin a review of the existing trade agreement between the two countries and will also discuss the possible re-scheduling of Indonesia's debt to the U.A.R. The four-member Arab delegation led by Ibrahim El Dessouki
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      Lock icon Japan-Soviet Trade Up
      68 7 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) Two-way trade between Japan and the Soviet Union In the first half of 1969 totalled U*****,600,000. says the Association for Trade with the Soviet Union and European Socialist countries. The figure represents an 18.4 per cent increase from the corresponding period of 1968. Japanese
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      Lock icon Japan To Buy More Thai Rubber If...
      155 7 BANGKOK. Thurs (AFP) Japan would buy more Thai rubber If Thailand could develop the quality of the commodity, K. Hashimoto. leader of a visiting Japanese rubber trade mission. said yesterday. The seven-men mission representing the Japanese Rubber Trade Association and rubber consuming firms
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      Lock icon NY Stocks Turn Higher
      123 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Stocks turned higher yesterday in what analyst* described as "a technical readjustment after two dismal performances Shortly before the close, the UPI marketwide indicator was up 030 per cent on 1.515 Issues on the tape. There were 704 advances and 551 declines.
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      Lock icon ADB Aid To NIA Extended Another Year
      101 7 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will extend technical assistance to the National Irrigation Administration of the Philippines (NIA) for a further year. It has been announced here. The bank said that satisfactory progress in water management projects during the first
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      197 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) An explosive time was seen in stock markets at the opening yesterday. The market was thrown Into confusion when an underground cable exploded and caught fire. This interrupted communications and for a while it was thought the "floor" would nave to be evacuated.
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      621 7 8INO&POKI 8 tOC® n> cbanre wid and other DCloM or officially UitM at th« ek) biuloeM. IN DU 6XK1ALS ACMA 185 1.86 Be n Co 1 83 Camel Plywood XBI i.«T 185 Borneo Bhd 1.7S Bouttead 1 88 1.88 C. Sugar CD 364 3.66 Cycle Carriage
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      56 7 HONG KONG. Thurs fUPI) Money Quotations today: HK56.0875 per U.S. dollar HK56.***** per U.S. dollar TT HKSI4 46 per pound sterling HK?307.5 per tael ot gold 94.5 per cent fineness HK5162.1 per 10,000 Japanese ven HKS 124.7 per 100 Philippine pesos buyers HK5125.7 per 100 Philippine pesos sellers
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      38 7 NEW YORK. Thui» (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 824.78 20 rails 199.73 15 utilities 115.48 65 stocks 279.79 40 bonds 71.85 Commodity futures index 139 94
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      90 7 THE noon prlrea at the ntnrwpore Chine** Produce Lsrbang* )Nttrdv wn>Bnrn (H>liev Comnot Oil (FOB Balk 48 00 Coconut Oil (FOB.) Dram 50 50 Mixed Copra 3050 a. Montok White Pepper (FOB.) 142 M Sarawak White Pepper (FOB) 140 00 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (F O B.) 96* N.L.W
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      61 7 (Manners' Price* for Aug. 28) ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invett. Fund 125 1 33 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS 1st Malayan 272 2nd Malayan 1.96 3rd Malayan 1.25 mmm The Cont. Ind 14)1 1.11 The Saving Fund 108 MS Sterling Com 5 5 H.K. TRUST FUNDS lot Hone Konr 1
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      431 7 ARRIVALS: 500 a m. MSA 029 K. Lumpur. 900 a m- MSA 119 K- Lumpur. 10-15 a.m. MsA 121 K. Lumpur. 10 25 am- MSA 005 Penang, Ipoh, K Lumpur. Malacca--1-10 p.m. MSA 451 kuchlng. 2.25 p.m. MSA 047 Kota Bnaru, Trengganu. K. Lumpur. 325 pm- MSA 509
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      390 8  -  INNOCENT CHEF BUILT THE COURT By Ramesh C. Pande GHORAKHAL, India, (UPI) When other courts fail them, Indians climb a mountain in the Himalayan foothills and appeal to the Supreme Court of the Gods. According to legend, the chef of a Hindu king built the
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      654 8 EVERY day the lives of thousands of people are put in danger because of a haemorrhage. They have lost too much blood. I say their lives are "put in danger*'; this doesn't mean thev die because, fortunately. we have the technique of blood transfusion replacing the
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      846 8 C A N B E R R A Thirtyeight men and women from Asia, Africa and the Pacific islands came together in Sydney recently at a special school for television and radio people. This school, conducted by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) in conjunction with
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      679 8  -  Date-line v 'Sz j: >_ By Ele and Walt Dulaney DEAR ELE: How do you cet a girlfriend to shut up? Jane is really proud of her figure and she always manages to let the boys know what her burst measurement is and reassure them. "It's all me.
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      245 8 TOKYO Money, time and friends in that order. ar e what junior high school students in Tokyo want, according to a recent survey conducted by the Juvenile Research Institute. Of 275 boys and 264 girls questioned at random 40.1 per cent said they preferred money, 31.9
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      153 8 AMY By Jack Tippft I m Z" m IHr EI "I think Archie's going through a phase. 1 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saundere and Alton McWliams X I CANT SLEEP, 515! SOMEONE STOLE ONE OP MR. NAPOLI'S TRUCKS V LAST NIGHT/ y R I KNOW I DIONT DO IT, AND
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      368 9  -  Five H.K. Mannequins Model 60 Stunning Outfits By H.C. Tan MUCH of the brilliance exhibited in Hong Kong couturier Collin Lim's collection shown recently at the Golden Lotus lies undoubtedly in the excellence of his bead work, artfully blended with his conception of elegant fluid lines From
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      248 9 LONDON. Thur* (Reuter) The Bee Gees. Anglo-Au*-tralian pop group splitting and both sides in the breakup on Tuesday talked of carrying on under the same title. The group, which consisted originahy of two Australians and the three British Gibb brothers, recently dwindled to three Australian
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      103 9 SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs. (Reuter) Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor yesterday denied she threw a hairbrush at a hotel maid and threatened through lawyers, to sue the famed Mark Hopkins Hotel here tor saying she did. A hotel spokesman said on Tuesday the blonde Hungarian was no longer
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      42 9 Indian ProducerDirector Dead MADRAS. Thurs. (Reuter) Mr. 88. Vasan, a leading film producer and director of South India, died here on Tuesday. Mr. Vasan, who was 66. was a Member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, the Council of States.
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      577 9  -  Ann Landers DIAR Ann: Yesterday I walked into the garage and caught my 4-year-old boy and the five-vear-old neighbour girl with most of their clothes off. Thty looked embarrassed and knew without being told that they had been doing something wrong. I
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      126 9 ROYAL CAMBODIAN I iMr \rl». I iii\rr->il) DANCKRS Only On* Perform*nc* VICTORIA THSATRI Monday Bth Sept. 1969 at 8 SO p.m. Tickets: $2, $3. $5 at C. K. Tang, Robirtson'i *<vl National Th«*tr# Box Office TAA'S 'BLUE RIBBON' DAILY FLIGHT Every Jay at 1 p.m. TAA'a 'Blue Ribbon' flight pro*
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      302 9 SHAW ■jTiidli'iriWlil,'! LIDO Phoo, 2841 4 OPENS TODAY: U ia IN, 4.65, 1.18 pa David Jaaasea. Reitmi.-T Forayth WHERE IT 8 AT" Color lUA) CAPITOL Phoni 2975 Hi LAST 4 SHOWS! U am.. 1 43, 4.00 6 AM p a. OUT Madiaoa. Raffaella Carra "The Mmtcri Brigade" Is Widaacreea As
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      144 9 irarrwr 4 A 779?] LMI D«y: i i V m. AWAftD WINNEB OF THE MOSCOW FILM FESTIVAL! "PERJUANG" (laaoatkitai BagUib Subtitle* Children 85 ett. All Beau Tbmorrow: "baht begvm" Coior-Kng. A M>T»y Subtitle* Tomorrow Mldnifht "A«»k Prrawan Dlilriai rm|MU" 'ln<Jone».«n En|.i#h fiubtitlM) ORCHARD I fiPFMC TODAY! l.M. «.M. 0 V>
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      3260 10 SATURDAY Race 1: CI. 5 Dlv. 5—6 P.—2.00 f 4» I (FOR LOCAL RIDERS ONLY) I 346 Milky Way III 4y 900 Balkan Stable Daniels Sairi 13 2 369 Kind Retards n 5y 809 Goldmine Stable Spencer 3 004 Ada Menang 5y 8.08 Menang Stable
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      258 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Theatre VI, with George Podmore astride, showed improved form 0n going this morning when he clocked 43 2 5 on the oil, reports BIG BEN. Bukit Serok also attracted attention when he went smartly over 3f in 42. Galley Proof and Kingmaster
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      213 10 US Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) Results of yesterday's major league baseball times: AMERICAN LEAGUE N.Y. Yankee 6. Chicago W.S. 3 Boston R.S. 4. K.C. Rovals 3 Haiti. Orioles 7. Seattle Pilots 2 Calif. Angels 4. C. Indians 1 (10 innings* Minnes Twins 4. W. Senators 2 D.
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      82 10 COMBINED Schools B' beat Special Constabulary by 2-1 in the quarter-flnalg of the Singapore Hockey Association Under-23 knockout tournament at the Police Academy grounds yesterday. Schools took the lead in the first minute of play with a goal by E. Chandran. On resumption. Police attacked and were
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      25 10 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Results of Irish Football League Ulster Cup matches played last night were: Ballymena 2. Crusaders 1. Coleraine 3, Qlentoran 1-
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      329 10 LONDON, Thurs. CReuter) Revitalised Liverpool joined their Merseyside rival* Everton at the top of the England First Division soccer table with a 3-1 away win over promoted Crystal Palace here last night. Liverpool, throwing off th« defensive shackles of last season, slammed in two
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      41 10 JOHANNESBURG, Thura. (Renter) The South African Professional Golfers Association today named Bobby Cole and Graham Henning as the South African team to play in the World Cup competition in Singapore from October 2 to 5.
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      638 11 ALL Singapore sport* en* thusiasts should fully cooperate with the proposed National Sports Promotion Board to develop the recreational activities in the State Into pastimes and pleasures tor pride and prestige. 80 exhorted Enche Othman Wok. the Republic's Minister for Social Affairs, at the
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      79 11 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Router) Frank Beard continues to lead the money winners' list for the United State* foil circuit thla season In the latest figure* issued yesterday by the American Professional Golfers' Association. Beard la credited with total winnings of U*****,562 Though Tom Shaw, winner of
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      109 11 SINGAPORE trounced Ceylon 5-0 in a friendly international students badminton match at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Ouillemard Road yesterday. Singapore, placed fourth In th« International Students Badminton Confederation held in Manila recently, won all five matches with hardly any competition. The visitors. who were unplaced in the
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      59 11 LONDON. Thur* (Reuter) Alan Connolly. Australian Test bowler playing hlg first season for Middlesex, ha* been awarded his County cap. the Cricket Club announced here yesterday. The 30-year-old mediumpacer. who has had a successful season, received the rap at the same time as pace bowler Bob
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      62 11 Mount Vernon Secondary School will hold their second annual athletic meet at their school ground. Mount Vernon, today a: 2 30 pm. The Patron of the meet 1* Enche Mohamed Ghazall bin Ismail. Political Secretary to the Minister for Education and Member of Parliament for Aljunled
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      42 11 Police will clash against the Special Constabulary in the Police Military knockout rugby final to be played at the SCC Padang. today at 5.15 pm In the semi-finals. Police defeated Singapore Armed Forces while Special Constabulary outplayed Vigilante Corp.
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      589 11 Cox Davidson Score Upset Wins In First Round FOREST HILLS, New York, Thurt. (Reuter) Britain's Mark Cox scored an upset victory here yesterday in the opening round of the U.S. Open tennis championships. the richest event in the history of sport. The British number one surprised the sparse gallery st
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      79 11 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. (Reuter) Oscar "Ringo" Bonavena, Argentina's No. 2 contender for the world heavyweight boxing crown, has been suspended for days following a verbal bin* against Argentine boxing officials. Bonavena, known for his outburst against officialdom, attacked the Argentine Boxing Federation on a local
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      28 11 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Matches played last night were: Bradford Oldham 9. Lelfh 14. Workington Town 4. Rochdale Hornets 11 Dewssbury 10. Wakefield Trinity 6 York 10.
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      282 11 TENDER P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are invited from P.W.D. Registered Contractors for the following Work:— Construction of a Car Park, etc. for Extra Curricular Centre at Farrer Park. All Building Contractors. Closing Date:— sth September. 1989 at 10.00 a.m. Full particulars may be seen and obtained a t the office of
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