Eastern Sun, 4 September 1969

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1108 Thursday, 4 September 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 50 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The President of the Council of Regency Selangor, Tunku Idris Shah (left) received in audience the visiting Commander of the Japanese Training Squadron, Rear Admiral Tetsuro Motomura, at Istana Alam Shah in Klang yesterday. The Admiral presented a painting of Mount Fujiyama to the Tunku Idris Shah.
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  • 77 1  -  By Mark Meredith PRAGUE. Wed. (Reuter> The Czechoslovak Communist Central committee will meet tomorrow or on Friday to decide the political fate of former Party Secretary Alexander Dubcek. informed sources said today. Mr. Dubcek and two other reformist figures of last year's liberalisation movement Mr.
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  • 104 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Japanese and Malaysian officials today entered iflto their third and final round of talks for an agreement on the avoidance of double taxation between the two countries. Two officials from the Japanese Ministry of Finance. Mr. M. Sato and Mr N. Ustri. are
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  • 372 1 PORTSMOUTH, England, Wed. (Reuter)— Britain's trade union leaders today demanded the scrapping of laws holding down pay and prices laws that form a cornerstone of the Labour Government's economic programme. A motion demanding repeal of the measure known as the Prices and Incomes Act
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  • 162 1 HONG KONG. Wed (Reuter) —Ho Chi Minh. the whispybearded revolutionary who has fought Communism in Vietnam for over 20 years of almost unbroken war, today lay close to death. The 79-year-old north Vietnamese leader was reported gravely ill and his health deteriorating. The central committee of
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  • 237 1  -  24 YEARS OF POWER By Leonard Santorelli SAIGON, Wed. (Reuter) Fighting is said to have dropped sharply throughout South Vietnam today as news reached Saigon that North Vietnam's President Ho Chi Minh was critically 111 A US. Command spokesman however, said he did not beilev®
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  • 96 1 Photo shows Mr Toh (stretching out his hand) being greeted by Tun Ismail (on the right with Hawaiian shirt) at the Ministry in Kuala Lumpur. Looking on is the Attor-ney-General, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir bin Yusof. Standing beside Mr. Toh is Mr. Rajan Rajasooria, the legal adviser to UMSU. KUALA
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  • 264 1 ORDEAL IN DESERT, SAYS WIFE JERUSALEM, Wed. (UPI) —Searchers have found the car abandoned by fomer American Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike, but there is still no trace of the missing ex-cleric, o police spokesman said today. A map belonging to the California
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  • 76 1 JERUSALEM. Wed. (Reuter) A prominent Israeli attorney. Mr. Yitzhak Tun:k. told reporters today he had accepted a court appointment to represent Australian sheepshearer Denis Michael Rohan, 28. accused of setting fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque here last month. In the District Court today Court President Judge Zvi
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  • 89 1 TOKYO Wed. (UPI) Police arrested two voung Japanese tonight for allegedly hurling a fire bomb into the U.S. embassy, a police spokesman said The Molotov cocktail was quickly extinguished, he said. About 200 labourers snakedanced near the embassy protesting Foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi's trip to
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  • 86 1 TEL AVIV, Wed (UPI) Arab guerrillas fired Sovietmade Katyusha rockets into the Israeli town of Kiriat Shmona on the Lebanese frontier last night, killing a 12-year-old boy and wounding five other persons, a military spokesman said. Two of the five were wounded critically Kiriat Shmona,
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  • 223 1 RETIRED Chief Justice of the United States, Mr. Earl Warren who headed the Warren Commission investigation into the assassination of President John Kennedy and presented the controversial Warren Report flew into Singapore late yesterday afternoon for a two-day vacation. Mr. Warren, in a telephone
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  • 49 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed: Tunku Abdul Rahman's proposal for conference of Southeast Asian leaders to discuss regional security has not met with any response so far. The Malaysian Prime Minister. who returned here this morning from a goodwill visit to Kelantan. hoped the conference could be arranged "slowly."
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 176 2 THE year 1968 recorded a new low in industrial disputes in the Republic. The Annual Report of the Labour Ministry, 1968, said there were only four work stoppages with 11,447 man-days lost as compared with 10 work stoppages with a loss of 41,322 mandays lost in
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  • 97 2 A 41-year-old man yesterday denied in the Fourth District Court that he had cheated two persons of $7,080 between June 20 and July 28 this year Seah Peng Song was alleged to have made out "rubber cheques" (cheques which were later dishonoured on presentation at the bank)
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  • 160 2 A salesman. Lim Llan Heng. was yesterday sentenced to three years' Jail by the First District Court Judge. Mr. D. C. D'Cotta who found him guilty of stealing a motor-car. Mr. D'Cotta further imposed a two years' police supervision on Lim. 26. after serving his
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  • 53 2 AN Indonesian was fined $5O for stealing a $4O canvas sheet by the Ninth Court Magistrate. Mr. E. C. Foenander, yesterday. Ragar bin Retor.ga pleaded guilty to charge of stealing a 12 feet by 12 feet canvas sheet from a iocal textiles stall in Tanjong Bilai, on Sept.
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  • 233 2 FOUR young Singaporeans left for Germany on Tuesday to take up three to four years specialised studies at German Technical Engineering Colleges They are Kwek Beng K:m of Teng Tong Road. Tay Thiam Hong of Chapel Close. Wee Boon Chye of Jalan Bukit Ho Sw?e
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  • 117 2 A Penang painter, Yeo Hoe Koon will present an exhibition of 33 oil paintings at the National Library on Friday. A former student of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts In Singapore, Mr. Yeo has already presented oneman shows In London, Paris, Penang and
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  • 156 2 A quarter-master, Chan Siu Ki, was yesterday sentenced to a total of three months jail for assaulting his crew-mates on board a Pana-ma-registered vessel on Sept. 2. Chan. 28. who appeared before the Ninth Court Magistrate. Mr. E. C. Foenander. pleaded guilty to two charges of
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  • 329 2 A 19-year-old youth, who refuted to say anything in his defence on a charge of failing to register for National Service, was sentenced to four months' jail in the Fourth District Coart when he was found guilty of the offence. Lieutenant Hoe Fook Sin. Assistant Registration
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  • 53 2 Mr. Cheam Kim Sean*, has been confirmed in his appointment as Commissioner of Police, with effect from Sept. 1. Three ©ollce officerj have also been confirmed in their appointments:— Mr. P Rajaratnam. Deputy Commissioner of Police; Mr. Ong Lian Ton* and Mr V. N. Retnasingam, both Assistant
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  • 147 2 THE well-known 'Tommy Finnan Revue" certainly hat more excitement than it can cope with during its current Far East tour. Living up to the popular dedication of show-business. "The show muit go on", the Revue flew into Singapore with half their possessions, brand new
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  • 160 2 THE cream of Singapore's top models will leave here eariy this morning to commence on a "special assignment" to sell the Lion City to tourists in Hong Kong and Japan. The trip, jointly sponsored by the Goodwood Group oi Hotels, the Tourist Promotion Board and
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  • 89 2 Another honest taxi-driver turned up at the Beach Road Police Station and handed over to the officer-in-charge si Omega watch, which he found in his taxi on Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. The taxi-driver, who prefered to remain anonymous said he picked up a passenger from Katong Bar
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  • 71 2 The chairman of officials for the mid-week Toto Draw tonight at the Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park Kallang Park, will be Mr. Jimmy Ho Mr. Ho Is the managing director of the Wonderland Amusement Park. The other two officials are. Mr. Lee Sze Ghor. a Toto agent, and
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  • 80 2 Twenty-two years old. Miss Hilary Shutt, a commercial student beat 13 other finalists to take away the "Mobil Princess '69" title, held at the Happy Night Club, recently. The runners-up are Miss Jane Wone and Miss Irene Low. Miss Shutt received a roundtrip air ticket to
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  • 134 2 Four persons have been reported killed In road accidents during the past 48 hours At Anson Road. Chow Chm Hong. 18, was killed on the spot when the motor-cyce which he was ridine collided with a stationary car. The accident caused a traffic jam along Tanjong
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  • 382 3 NEW YORK, Wed. (Reuter) Trans World Airline* said today it was making every effort to secure the speedy release of two Israeli passengers detained in Syria after the weekend hijacking of one of its Boeing 707 Jets. The airline said its President had
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  • 103 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. (UPI) Girls become striptease dancers because thev didn't get enough affection at home—especially from Daddy, the American Sociological Association Convention was told Tuesday. James K. Skipper of Western Case Reserve University said the girls he studied—for scientific reasons were taller and heavier than average
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  • 207 3 WASHINGTON, Wed. (I'Pl)—Sen. Everett M. Dirksen. 73. underwent a dangerous three-hour operation on Tuesday to remove a tumor on his right lung. A reliable source said the tumor was malignant without question. Dirksen, leader of Senate Republicans for 10 years, was reported in satisfactory condition at
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  • 69 3 CORDOBA. Argentina, Wed fßeuter) —Bandits have struck twice in 24 hours at Cordoba's main cemetery once penetrating a vault in search of cash. First two men held up a night watchman at the administration building earlv on Monday and grabbed nearly 3.000 dollars. Yesterdav two men-one in police
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  • 188 3 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (UPI) > An engineer who lost her job because she doesn't believe in wearing brassieres is suing her former employer for 1.25 million dollars, charging slander. Jane M. Andre, 39. who worked as an 18,000-U.S.-Dol-lar-a-year manufacturing and engineering supervisor for General
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  • 148 3 SAN CLEMENTE. Calif., (Reuter) —President Nixon today called the U.S. Postal Svstem inefficient and inadequate, and urged Congress to approve its thorough reform. He told reporters at the western White House here this reform was the top priority of the administration, for the present system
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  • 116 3 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (Reuter> Los Angeles police said yesterday they had questioned aoout 300 people in the hunt for the murderer of film actress Sharon Tate and four others but admitted they have no suspect. Miss Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanskl.
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  • 146 3 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. (Reuter) Marriages between blacks and whites may be more durable than those between members of the same race. Prof. Thomas Monahan of Villanova University. Pennsylvania. said a study of nearly 30 years of marriage and divorce records in lowa showed that partnerships
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  • 120 3 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. Wed. <Reuter) Interior Minister Pedro Cersosimo has turned down a challenge to a duel from the Dean of the local university s School of Architecture Adolfo Aguirre Gonzalez. Aguirre Gonzalez sent his sponsors to the Minister after being detained nearly fou r weeks
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  • 218 3 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Wed. (Reuter) National Guardsmen patrolled the streets of this curfew bound town overnight after two nights of racial violence and looting. i In Hartford. Conn, a curfew. enforced by state troopers is also in effect for similar reasons. The Fort Lauderdale disturbances
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  • 762 3 BOSTON. Wed. (UPI) —A Massachusett Supreme Court Justice postponed the Mary Jo Kopechne inquest indefinitely on Tuesday after an 11th hour appeal by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's lawyers that a "gathering crescendo of publicity" in the case endangered his constitutional rights. At the request of
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  • 237 3 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. (Reuter) Brazilians today faced the prospect of an indefinite suspension of their country's slow return to constitutional rule. Coupled with the new military junta's early decision to continue ruling by decree came its choice yesterday of Rio De Janeiro,
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  • 121 3 SAO PAULO. Brazil. Wed. (Reuter) Brazilian heart transplant patient Hugo Orlandi is in hospital suffering from shock over the death of South African Dr Philip Blaiberg. a hospital official said today. Orlandi. 42. was to have celebrated the first anniversary of his successful operation
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  • 108 3 MIAMI. Fla., Wed (Reuter) The US. Hurricane Centre todav urgently warned people in Honduras. British Honduras and Guatemala to flee the coast in face of approaching hurricane Francelia. The centre said in a special bulletin that some people in low-lying areas in Honduras had already been
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  • 59 3 KINGSTON. Jamaica, Wed. rßeuter) Norman Manley, a former Prime Minister of Jamaica died here today. He was "6. Manley became Jamaica s Chief Minister in 1955 and later the first Premier after taking the country into full internal self-government. He retired from active politics and the leadership of
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  • 61 3 COLUMBIA. SC. James F. Byrnes, whoW political career of 50 years placed him in all three branches at government, remained in critical condition early Tuesday. Byrnes. 90. was hospitalized Friday evening after an apnarent heart attack at his suburban home. It was the third hospital stay this
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  • 137 3 ANN ARBOR. Mich. (UPI) Albert Lee Carnick. who received a left lung transplant from a 17-year-old traffic victim Monday, was reported in "very grave condition" Tuesday at the University of Michigan Hospital. A team or University of Michigan surgeons with three successful heart transplants to
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  • 80 3 SAN CLEMENTE. California. Wed. (Reuter) President Nixon yesterday named Rudolph A. Peterson, a San Francisco banker, to head a group of private citizens who will advise him on how the United States should aid developing countries in the next decade. In his message to Congress on foreign aid
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  • 101 3 CHICAGO lU. Wed. (UPI) More than 600 persons died in traffic accidents over the Labour Day holiday weekend, but the toll fell far behind last year's record total. A final United Press International tabulation Tuesday showed €l2 persons were killed in traffic between 6 p.m.
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  • 304 4 VOLOS, Greece, Wed. (Reuter) Deposed King 'idris of Libya arrived Here today and announced he would return to Tripoli, one of his country's twin capitals, very soon. The announcement was made &y a spokesman for the ailing King at a press conference shortly after
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  • 360 4 PRAGUE. Wed. (Reuter> Alexander Dubcek. Czechoslovakia's fallen liberal idol, laced political oblivion today after one of the strongest demands so far that he be ousted from his remaining posts. Many observers regard Mr. Dubcek's removal from the Communist Party's ruling presidium is certain following a bitter
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  • 273 4 PORTSMOUTH. England. Wed (UPI) Britain's labour unions, in open defiance of Prime Minister Harold Wilson, called on his government yesterday to give an immediate green light to equal pay for women workers The 2.000 delegates to the annual convention here of i the Trades
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  • 142 4 NAIROBI. Wed. (Reuter) A gun found in the house of the man accused of murdering Mr. Tom Mboya. Kenya's former Economics Minister fired the bullet that killed him. a police witness told Nairobi's hi ah court here today. Detective senior superintendent
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  • 77 4 MOSCOW, Wed. (UPI) —The reason Moscovites can't buy soup plates or other China is simple: some two million dishes are waiting at the Konakov China factory to be shipped to Mosow. Konakov is about 70 miles northwest of Moscow. According to the Newspaper Komsomolskava
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  • 28 4 UNITED NATIONS. Wed. Secretary-General Thant yesterday cancelled plans to visit Libya later this week because of the change of government In that country.
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  • 46 4 MUNICH. Wed. (Reuter) Czechoslovak frontier authorities have lifted a ban on western journalists and students entering the country. Bavarian border oolice here said yesterday. The ban was Imposed after riots on the first anniversary on August 21 of the Warsaw troops invasion into Czechoslovakia.
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  • 263 4 ACCRA. Wed. (Reuter) Ghana takes a major step away from military rule today with the swearingin of a quiet-spoken sociology professor as Prime Minister. As 56-year-old Dr. Kofi Busia takes over the premiership. the police and army National Liberation Council which has ruled
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  • 65 4 NORWICH, England. Wed. (Reuter) Anthony Grey, the Reuter correspondent under house arrest in Peking, told his mother in hig latest letter not to get excited over his hoped for release date in October. Mrs. Agnes Grey said from her home here yesterday that hs had written in a
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  • 552 4 SUDAN MAY JOIN MINI ARAB SUMMIT CAIRO. Wed. (Reuter) The four-power Arab talk* resume here today with the strong possibility that Sudan which takes a strong line on the conflict with Israel may also join the S rou P-. Major General Jafaar Mohamed El Nimeiry, chairman of the Sudanese Revolutionary
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  • 258 4 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter> Socialist millionaire Robert Maxwell, central figure in the troubled Pergamon-Leasco negotiations, last night announced failure in his bid to take over the Sun newspaper. The wealthy Czechoslovakborn Mr. Maxwell, a Labour parliamentarian, said in i statement he had dropped his
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  • 52 4 VATICAN CITY. Wed. (Rtujf_r> The Vatican and tne \V orld Presbyterian a»an. e nave agreed to set up a Joint commission to study ways of promoting Christian unity, it was announced yesterdnv The Vatican's Secreta-i'at tor Christian Unity ha? already set up auch commission* w.th the Anglican* and
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  • 58 4 KINGSTON. Ontario. Wed (Reuter) —About 100 delegates from 13 countries are attending a conference which opened he> vesterday on the hazards of birds to aircraft Sponsored by the Canadian National Research Council, the conference will discuss detection of birds by radar dispersal of birds by chemicals, and
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  • 46 4 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Sixty-seven people died in road accidents during Britain's three-day bank holiday weekend. the Ministry of Transport reported yesterday. The figures kept from midnight last Thursday to midnight yesterday compared with 82 deaths during the same period last year.
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  • 351 4 PARIS. Wed. (Reuter) Fifty million Frenchmen are preparing to tighten their belts another notch as the French Cabinet meets today to decide further austerity measures in the battle to make devaluation work. The latest reserve figures, published yesterday, offered IHtle hope that the measures,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 188 4 TODAY an Thursday* September 4, 1969. r.r, —Bf CLAYK. K YmrDtHrAdMtrGM* X i AtfrlHtg to thm Stan. To drnvlop mnaog* for Thursday, nod words oormponding to numbtrs of your Zodiac birth siga. 2 AN SAffak* 4 DonT. 5 Lot 4 Una* 7 Lev* And Mak• lOtononci 11 Avoid 12 Mimlwi
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  • 590 6 rls a pity that it has been necessary for the National Operations Council to issue a strongly-worded warning that those attempting to depose Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman will be punished. It is well over three months since Malaysia was torn by racial riots and
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  • 215 6 STRATEGY is almost always allied to wars But in recent times, its beneficial parts are extended to the domain of peace. President Nixon in defining his strategy for peace has declared that it is to maintain defence forces strong enough to keep the peace while not allowing
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  • 1246 6  -  Death Of Mary Jo Kopechne By Philip Balboni EDGARTOWN, Motsaehusetts, (UPI) With the d < a th of pretty Mary Jo Kopechne, some toy, Ttd Kennedy lost the White House perhaps forever. But even the longrange national Impact of this dramatic political reversal has
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  • 13 6 Work keeps at three great evils: boredom, sice and need. Voltaire.
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  • 282 6 SANTANDER, Spain, (Router) United States and Spanish archaeologists have found the first known J rave of the early Stone .go (tho Palaeolithic) Period) containing tho fossilised body of a man who lived 30,000 years before Christ. The discovery was made earlier this month
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  • 419 6  -  The Lighter Side By Dick West WASHINGTON, (UPI) Earlier this year, a neurophysloligist at the National Institute of Health came forth with a theory that man has not one but three count 'em' three brains. The brains developed, one atop the other, during various states of the
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  • 843 6  -  By Brad Smith DENVER, Colorado. (UPI) Deep under the rugged country-side of the Colorado Rockies' western slope waits a slender cylinder, 15 feet (sm) long and nine inches (228 mm) in diameter. On Sept. 4. (today) if all goes as planned, a n electrical impulse to
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  • 427 6 PARIS (Renter) A research committee has established that Hitler organised the 1933 Reichstag fire as a provocation to fool world opinion, the head of a research team said here today. The claim was made by M. Jacques Deiarue. Chairman of the
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  • 196 6  -  By Tony Nguyen HONG KONG. (Renter) Two or three children die in Hon* Konf every month from a disease that in most Western countries kmc since lost its kiUe r sting. The disease is measles. The red-spotted lilnesg that just about every child catches gome time.
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 515 7 By OUR MARKET REPORTER STEADY conditions prevailed in the Stoek Exchange yesterday as fresh buying support and some shortcovering interest maintained the rather brighter tone or Tuesday. Trading continued active mainly due to the speculative element in the buying power and after a firm opening, the
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    • 39 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 industrial 837.78 20 rails 20.10 15 utilities 116.72 65 stocks 283.19 40 bonds 71.76 Commodity futures index 139.50 off 0.29.
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    • 13 7 THE tin price for yesterday wis 5641.75 per picul, down $0.50.
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    • 184 7 IT was first-time luckv for 18-year-old Goh Chee Soong of Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, when he entered the recent Lakerol slogan writing contest organised by The East Asiatic Company Ltd. His entry w o n the first prize of a Vespa motor scooter and Chee
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    • 73 7 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber market closed very quiet yesterday with spot 271/2, 27-3/4 SETTLEMENT HOUSE Oct. 27-9/16. 27-11/16 Nov 27-9/16. 27-11/16 Dec and Oct/Dec. 27-1/2. 27-3/4 Jan /March 26-15/16. 27-3/16 April/June 26-3/4. 27 July/Sept. 26-1/2. 26-3/4 Oct./ Dec. 26-5/16, 26-1/2 Jan./ March 26-1/8. 26-3/8 April/June 26,
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    • 157 7 NEW YORK. Wed, (UPI) Prices closed mixed on the New York stock exchange yesterday in light turnover. Shortly before the final bell, the UPI marketwlde indicator showed a loss of 0.01 per cent on 1.543 issues on the tape. There were 652 advances and 631 declines.
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    • 93 7 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) The Federation of Bankers' Association of Japan decided yesterday to raise the standard ioan interest for first-rate enterprises to 6.25 per cent per annum. The decision takes effect on Monday following approval of the Federation Board of Directors expected Wednesday. The Federation
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    • 301 7 September first grade rubber buyer» closed at 5 p.m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 78-3/8 cents per lb., unchanged from the previous close. The tone ©f the market was quiet. Quiet and thin conditions marked the morning's trading. After opening unchanged the market steadied
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    • 121 7 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) The market was quietly firm yesterday. The new account which began on Friday only really started to get under way yesterday after the long weekend. Equities met persistent small demand throughout the day and towards the close the FT index was 4
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    • 195 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications. Tun V. T. Sambanthan. recently received on behalf of the Telecommunications Training Centre at Jalan Gurney. Kuala Lumpur, a gift of radio telephone equipment from Australia. The presentation wa« made by Mr. I. McKenzie, regional delegate
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    • 1090 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms D 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 51.94 (1); Ben $l-86 (3) $lB7 (3); Borneo $1.76 (1) $1 77
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    • 255 7 The following is a berthinj list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for Sept. 4: DEPARTURE Godowns Vessels 1/2 Berezovka 5 Mikasa 6/7 Neptune Aquamarine 8/9 Japan Mail 10/11 Kyoa Maru 13/14 Pando Strait 15/16 Benrinnes 18 Kanto Maru 31/32 Radnorshire 33/34 Woodville 42/43 Kenyo Maru
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    • 118 7 THE Singapore Rubber Brokers Association has supplied the following information m respect of business transacted In SMR tor the week ending Aug. 29. SMR 5 CV (HC) Sept. Pallets 4 cents premium traded. SMR s L (HC) Bept/Oct. Paper bags 3 cents premium traded. SMR 5 L
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    • 581 7 SINGAPORE change •old ud officially listed at Store other the do E*5 bus In cm. INDUSTRIALS Acma 1 OA Ben Co B"rnfo Bhd Bouitead 1 88 1 93 188 1.78 Camel Plywood IN 4 (Jo 2 23 410 1 69 1.70 Cycle Carriages 1if 173 181
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    • 147 7 NEW YORK, Wed. (UPI) Gold price* were lower In quiet trading on markets here and abroad yesterday. New York and London gold markets were closed lor holidays on Monday. Handy and Harman's New York posting was 15 U.S. cent* lower at US $40.95 per
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    • 48 7 TOKYO. Wed (UPI) Nippon Electric Company announced yesterday it has signed a contract with Jordan for export of equipment for a satellite telecommunication station at cost of 1,300 million yen (US$3.6 million). The contract followed Nippon electric's winning a bid against four other unidentified overseas companies.
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    • 89 7 THB noon prteee «t pore Cbtneee Prod®* tne Btnae> b(*inie setter day were*— iyer Seller Coconut Oil 4*50 (FO B.) Balk Coconut Oil 5100 (FOB) Drum Crrora M-A 0 Tuiru vvw«» Mantnfe Whit* Pepper 147 50 (FOB) M ran an White Peppes ***** 101.50 (FOB.) Lampong MMlal Blaca Pepper
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    • 61 7 (Muipri' Prices for Sept. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS 4) Mai. iBTMt. Fund 1.25 140 SINGAPORE UNIT TRU»T§ 1 Malayan *.77 MM 2nd Malayan 2.00 3rd Malayan 1 28 ■M The Com. Ind lit lis The Sar. Fund xd 107 1.17 SterUnc Com. 5/4 ILK. TRUST FUNDS 1 67 lit
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    • 56 7 HONG KONG. Wed. (UPI) —Money Quotations yesterday. HKS6.O9 per US. dollar HK56.***** per U.S dollar TT HKSI4 5 per t*>und sterling HK5305.5 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness HKS 162.5 per 10,000 Japanese yen HK$l3O.O per 100 Philippines pesos buyers HKSI3I.O per 100 Philippines pesos sellers
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    • 420 7 ARRIVALS. ft oo *m. »-1 f> IU HOC am PJiii» 10 16 am1(1.16 in. ttupa. 140 pm. >16A 029 E. Lumpur. IT» tl iS76 Lulled Suit*. Papeete. Pact fle. M»A1 19 E. Lumpur. CAKl'bi Uinci Jakarta MSA III E. LumpurMSA MS Ptnui, IpoiL k- Lumpur, Malacca. PAW AM
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    • 798 8 AMONGST the indigenous sports of Asia, kite flying and kite fighting have fascinated millions for centuries. It was probably a Chinese, Indian, Burmese or a Thai who discovered the art of flying kites. In Thailand the sport was popularised first by King Narai. and then
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    • 624 8 MANY years ago, an Island just one degree north of the Equator and lying at the southern tip of the Malayan Peninsula was inhabited by a handful of Malays who used its shore for fishing but left the mainland to grow intor jungles and
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    • 578 8 PAINTING, calligraphy and poetry are the three arts traditionally held in highest esteem by the Chinese. Most Chinese paint- ings are in one or the other of the two forms lof mounting the handscroll and hanging 1 scroll. The handscroll is in i the shape of a horizontal
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      212 8 ONE of the most common sights in Singapore is its many road-side coffee stalls. A coffee stall consists of a canvas roof, a few pieces of furniture and some other equipment. The stcll is usually managed by one or two persons. It sells tea, coffee, cold drinks, cigarettes, biscuits
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 182 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this pace every Thursday. One or the objects of this contest Is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 78 8 By Jack Tipptt 1 Tm sure glad I'm a GIRL instead of one of THOSE!" DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Alden Md/VKams NOW, FRIENDS/ IF I CAN FIND THE CORRECT KEY, I'LL OPEN CONGRESSMAN ORAY'S ICE CREAM PARLORWELL WHAT'S THIS PACKAGE* m Sj LOOKS LIKE A GIFT FROM A
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  • 614 9  -  V' i* inlm tti Sheilah Graham VW YORK, Wed. John Wayne is a shoe-in to win the Oscar ftext April for his superb acting in the Hal Wallis production, "True Grit." We are two thirds into 1969 and there isn't
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  • 181 9 NEW YORK. Wed—Howard W. Koch will produce the serpen version of Nell Simon's smash Broadway comedy. "Plata Suite" for Paramount Picture*. Simon, author of the original play, also will write the screenplay for "Plaza Suite." which la scheduled to to before the cameras In March.
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  • 531 9  -  By Staff Reviewer of technique and eloquence of motion clearly lifted Tessa Beaumont high above the others as the star of the Grcnd Ballet Classique de France whose Tuesday evening performance, until she appeared after the interval, had threatened to be mediocre Dancing with Jean Golovieff
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  • 278 9 EIGHTEEN -year-old, Miss Kemmy Tart. ortfc of Singapore's most promising and talented artistes leaves for Hong Kong and JaP a n today on what she describes as a mission to kill two birds with one stone." Kemmy. who is making a three-week tour. hope* to
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  • 564 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR Ann: I'm becoming a little bored with your defence of doctors, ministers, hotel maids and meter readers. It's about time you said a good word about newspapermen. My husband doesn't perform surgery or deliver babies, but he sees to it
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 256 9 lido Phone ***** OPENS TODAY: U A.m.. 1.45. 4AO ft 30 A 9.15 p.*. Rooert Mitchum Ang;e Dicainson "Young Billy Young" Color <UA> P:OE Pathe New* Special in Color Misa Great Britain 1949 contest ♦-Theatre Midnight Saturday •t LIDO-CAPITOL-REX SKY Wane Yu tn "MY SON" A 6HAW PRODUCTION' Mandarin tn
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    • 434 9 CATHAf f CATHAY ***** J Open* Today! 11. 1 M. «-M. 8. SO National General Picture* Praaant* Klvu Presley a* "CHARROr Technicolor, Panavulon Extra: As Hot Aa Todar'a Head'.lam: "Cmkttlorakit ltli to IMS" ODfcON 21 116 :vd rig week: U (Ji 13S. «PO 6..-MI 6 o.l* O B Paramount Picture.-.
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    • 193 10 PATSOHN DOES SMART WORKOUT KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Fleet Arm who scored o double of the recent Bukit Timah meeting is retaining his winning form. This morning with P. K. Leong in the saddle he was hard held all the way when sent at half speed,
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    • 201 10 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) Sharp-shooting Peter Noble scored his second hat-trick in successive matches to carry j holders Swindon Town to a 3-0 away victory over Swan- j sea Town In their English Football League Cup second round match last night. Swindon, who won the trophy last
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    • 149 10 TOKYO. Wed. (AFP) Japan's Hisao Minami. the world's third-ranking junior middleweight, was today confident of dethroning the world champion. Freddie Little of the U.S.. when they meet in a 15-round title match in Osaka. Western Japan, next Tuesday Dismissing unfavourable predictions. Minami said that he was
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    • 45 10 TE AROHA. New Zealand. Wed (Reuter) —The touring Tongan Rugby Union side went down 12-10 to Thames Valley here today. The Tongans scored the only two tries but two penalty goals and two dropped goal s gave the New Zealanders a winning margin.
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    • 174 10 DAVID RYDER. 21. a polio victim, pictured with Aim star Elizabeth Taylor who was waiting to greet him at Lands End after his 856-mile walk from John O'Groats from the far north to the far south of Britain. David, wearing leg irons and using crutches,
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    • 569 10 FAIRFIELD Methodist Girl's School relay team set a new record in the 4 x 50 metres freestvle on the final day of the three-day Pasir Panjang District Secondary Schools' annual swim meet at the River Valley Road Pool yesterday. They returned a new time of
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    • 123 10 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) England striker Jeff Astle has settled his pay dispute with First Division West Bromwich Albion. After signing a new four-year-contract with the club yesterday, the talented centre forward said: "Now I just want to get hack among the goals, help Albion
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    • 491 10 LONDON. Wed (Renter) Glamorgan snatched a thrilling one-run victory aiainst Essex at Swamsea yesterday and are now virtually assured of win. nine the English County cricket championship for the second time. The Welsh County, with two games left, led by 13 points from Gloucestershire. who
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    • 44 10 Bottom of the table Tampmes Rovers held the fancied Hamilton Sports Club to a scoreless draw in a FAS division one league match at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Hamilton beat Fathul Karlb last week to take third place at the table
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    • 237 10 US Baseball Results Standings NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) —Results of yesterday's major league baseball games: AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Yankees 5. Seattle Pilots 4, Chicago White Sox 10. Baltimore Orioles 3, Washington Senators 2, California Angels 0 (first game), Washington Senators 3, California Angels 2 (postponed, rain after 5J innings).
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    • 685 10 St. Andrew's School took top honours at the end of the three-day Serangoon District Secondary Schools' annual swimming carnival held at the Chinese Swimming Club. Ambei Road, yesterdayThev won the boys' 'B' and 'C' division championship trophies and were runners-up in the A' division to snatch
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    • 549 11 POREST HILLS, New York, Wed. (fteuter) J- Second seeded John Newcombe of Australia, battling rain, nerves and an unrelenting opponent, defeated acrobatic American Marty Riessen yesterday to join countryman Fred Stolle in the last eight of the rich U.S. open tennis championship. Three times within
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    • 62 11 SYDNEY. W#d. (lUut«r) Auatralia'i b*tt known erleketer. Sir Donald Bradman 11, was tonight elected as ehsirman of the Aufttralian Board of Control for International Cricket He replaces Mr Bob Parish, who his completed the maximum three-year period in office. Sir Donald, South Australian delegate, la an
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    • 24 11 BELFAST. Wed. (Reuter) Gientoran beat Distillery by six goals to «ro in an Irish League Ulster Cup football match here last nlgnt.
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    • 177 11 WILSON RIPItrGtT, Kenya's Olympic ROO metres silver medallist, has decided to hang up his running spikes and take up coaching. He told the Kenya Amateur Athletics Association: "After more than ten tears on the track I feel I have had enough running
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    • 597 11 MANILA Wed. (Renter) The Oriental Roving Federation (OBF) harp aimed Jaguar Kakisawa of Japan as their boxer for the month of August. Jaguar won by an unanimous decision when he made his flrst lightweight title defence atainst Munchai Mong. kutpetch Thailand in Tokyo on
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    • 110 11 LONDON. Wed. This vear's Tattersalls autumn sa.e of horses in training will take place at Park Paddccks. Newmarket, in Eastern England from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1. The sales have been firmly established as the seasons best market for horses in training and potential J 11 pers
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    • 142 11 LONDON. Wed Britain's Denis Neale has been invited to visit Japan as a member of a European select team for three weeks between Sept. 17 and Oct. 20 during which the Japanese Table Tennis Association are organising a tou r of ten matches. The English
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    • 136 11 NEW YORK, Wed (ReuteT) Dave Hili Jest the Hartford Open to L Lunn in a playoff, but his I'SMI.4OO (about 44.300) second price solidified his hold on second place in the earn in ft list Figures supplied yesterday by the Prolessionsl Golfers Association show Frank Beard,
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    • 71 11 LOS ANGELES. Wed (AFP) The world lightweight boxing championship match between America's Mando Ramos, the holder and Japan's Yoshiakl Numata. planned for Sept. 20 has been postponed until Oct. 4 it was announced here last nightFight promoter Mrs. Aileen Eaton said Ramos was still having trouble from
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    • 140 11 DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Wed. (Reuter) English rider Robin Duffty on an Aer-Macchi machine, won the junior Manx Grand Prix motor cycle race here yesterday. He covered the six laps of the mountain circuit totalling 226} miles 65.5 kilometres) in 2 hours. 27 minutes. 9.6
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 1287 11 (CHANNEL 3) P.M. 3.00 Opening Announcements in all Languages and Morning Star; 3.25 Another Song Another Melodv (Eng Version) ißepeat*: 3.40 It's Happening in Singapore (Chinese Version > 'Repeat*: 3.53 Housewives Matinee <"Kok Yew Chin Chow" Part 2 of a Mandarin film) (English Subtitles*: 500 Close; 600 Prog Summary in
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  • 354 12 IF fhe entire school population of a half million school children is indoctrinated with safety awareness, much of the tragedy for accidents would be drastically cut down. This was stated in a bulletin, "Make Safety Your Sixth Sense", issued by
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  • 145 12 MELBOURNE Australi a Wed (UPI) A 7-year-old Malaysian girl, Linda Rajamoney, who came to Melbourne for a hole-in-the-heart operation, died suddenly in the Alfred Hospital today. Linda, who flew to Melbourne with her father. Sydney Rajamoney, a government clerk in Penang. was operated on at the hospital
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  • 290 12 A 47-year-old Canadian, Professor Victor M. Fic has been appointed to Nanyang University's Foundation Chair of Government and Public Administration, after serving the Cniversitv for five years. At the same time, another professor, Dr. Leonard Cohen has also been appointed as senior staff in the
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  • 354 12 A senior executive attached to the International Executive Service Corps. Mr. Parker C. Folse stated yesterday that no nation can maintain a high standard of progress without an efficient industrial safety programme. A strong advocate of industrial safety, Mr. Folse told Rotarians at their
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    • 87 12 Time dfc Tide High Tide (Today) Singapore Town: 4.06 a.m. (63 ft 3.18 p.m. (7.7 ft.). Naval Dockyard: 404 a.m. (7.9 ft.), 3.25 p.m. (8.9 ft.). Low Tide (Todoy) Singapore Town: 9.30 a.m. (4.4 ft.), 10.39 p.m. (2.2 ft.). Naval Dockyard: 9.06 a.m. (5.6 ft 10.10 p.m. (3.2 ft.). High
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