Eastern Sun, 8 November 1969

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    21 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1173 Saturday, 8 November 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Govt. Tightens Control Of Steel
    355 1  -  NO SHORTAGE FORESEEN By Peter Loke ALL cohtractors carrying out construction projects in the private sector who require steel supply from National Iron and Steel Mills, must, as from today, submit their requirements to the Trade Division of the Ministry of Finance for scrutiny and
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    Lock icon Russians Roll Out Missiles
    196 1 MOSCOW, Fri. (UPl)—The Soviet Union rolled Its intercontinental missiles across a frosty Red Square Friday, pledging to "consistently and implacably struggle" for world peace As fur hatted Kremlin leaders gathered to mark the Unions 52nd anniversary. Defense Minister Marshal Andrei A. Grechko only routinely criticized America's
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    Lock icon MAGSAYSAY HAS NARROW ESCAPE
    205 1 MANILA. Fri. (UPI)—A helicopter carrying opposition Vice Presidential candidate Sen. Genaro Magsaysay lost two rotor blades Friday just before take off in a small Philippine town 125 miles north of Manila. Magsaysay. 45, suffered slight bruises on his nose, right hand, left knee and chest when
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    Lock icon U.S. Charged With Breach Of Faith
    121 1 PARIS. Frl <Reuter> North Vietnam said today that President Nixon's "breach of faith" In disclosing secret meetings here exposed the duplicity of the American attitude towards the Vietnam peace negotiations. Hanoi's Chief Negotiator Xuan Thuy. made the charge at a session of the Paris
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    Lock icon Sarawak Base
    40 1 KUCHING. Frl (AFP> The Sarawak State Government denied a local Chinese press report that an American air base is to be established in the state. A statement issued by the Emergency Operations Committee described the reportas "completely untrue".
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    Lock icon Niger Chief
    39 1 COLOMBO. Fri. (ATP) Niger President Diori Hamanl arrived he*e today from Singapore for a 24-hour visit on his way home after a Far Ea st visit. He is the first African Head of State to vist Ceylon
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    128 1 NEW YORK, Fri, (UPI) Mrs. John Kennedy didn't like a sweater her husband gave her on Christmas, 1959, so she got a 18.50 U.S. dollars refund. Her letter asking for the refund brought a bit more, 25 U.S. dollars at an auction Thursday. That letter and three others
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    Lock icon GORTON ELECTED LEADER; WILL REVIEW POLICIES
    317 1 CANBERRA. Fri. ißeuter) Prime Minister John Gorton today retained a firm hold on the Liberal Party leadership with a first ballot defeat of two challengers to his position. The challengers. Treasurer William McMahon and National Development Minister David Falrbairn. both said alter their defeat
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    Lock icon K.L. Ceremony
    48 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. The Yang Dl-Pertuan Agong today received the Marshal's baton from the retiring Chief of Armed Forces Gen. Tunku Osman bin Jewa at a ceremony in the Istana here. The King is the Comman-der-in-Chief of the Armed Forces with the rank of Chief Marshal.
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    Lock icon Man Shot Dead; Payroll Robbed
    471 1  -  By K.S. Sidhu AN island-wide search has been mounted for five thugs who shot dead a Public Utilities Board lorry driver and wounded a policeman during a payroll robbery involving $140,000 wages for 800 employees of the P.U.B. yesterday. The daring daylight robbery took place
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    Lock icon Mine Blast Kills 66 In S. Africa
    184 1 JOHANNESBURG, Fri. (Reuter) Sixty-six men were killed and 29 injured in a blasting accident at a gold mine southwest of here today. Most of the miners were buried by rock after an explosion 7.700 feet below ground at the ZufTelsfontein mine, near the
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    Lock icon M-E Fighting
    59 1 TEL AVIV. Frl. (Reuter) Israeli alrforce planes today blasted Egyptian targets In the northern sector of the Suez Canal, where Egyptian and Israeli gunners fought an artillery duel for several hours earlier today. A military spokesman here said the warplanes swooped down on Egyptian gunsites as well as
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    Lock icon Floods Hit S. Thailand
    97 1 BANGKOK. Frl. (UPI) Sixteen people were reported dead. 50 missing and at least 6.000 homeless in floods that continue to ravage the three provinces south of Bangkok, official reports said today. The worst hit was the seaside resort town of Hua Hin in Prachuab Khiri Khan
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    Lock icon RVN FOREIGN MINISTER: Saigon Tries To Start Secret Talks With Reds
    268 3 SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) South Vietnam's Foreign Minister Trail Van Lam said today Saigon was still trying to start secret peace talks with Hanoi and the National Liberation Front (NLF), He disclosed at a news conference that the South Vietnamese
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    Lock icon 'No Confidence In Khiem's Govt.' Motion
    143 3 SAIGON. Fri (Reuter) South Vietnamese Lower House Deputies today attacked new government tax increases and moved a motion of 'non- confidence' In the Government of Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem The motion, signed by 48 deputies. sparked off a lengthy and frequently heated discussion
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    Lock icon V-C 'Winter Offensive' Starts
    73 3 SAIGON, Fri. (Reuter) The United States Command today reported the heaviest country-wide Vietcong shelling attacks against military installations and population centres for more than two months. A Command spokesman said there were 68 attacks in South Vietnam in the 24 hours ending at 0300 this morning.
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    Lock icon Rhino Horns Sales
    92 3 SHTLLONG India. Frl. (Reuter) India's northeastern State of Assam earned 433.079 rupees (24.000 sterling) last year through sales of rhino horns at prices ranging up to 9.000 rupees (525 sterling) a kilogramme, officials said here. The Government auctions horns collected from dead rhino In the Kazlranga Sanctuary
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    Lock icon Peking's Greetings
    70 3 HONG KONG, Fn. (Reuter) Signs a thaw in icy Sino-S ovi e t relations emerge today with publication of a Chinese greetings message to the Kremlin to mark the 52nd anniversary of the Russian Revolution. The message—sent yesterday —was broadcast by Radio Peking. It said. "Long live the
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    Lock icon Russia Not Keen On U.S. Withdrawal From Asia
    533 3 UNITED NATIONS, Frl. (UPI and Reuter) The Soviet Union is not really interested in a complete U.S. withbrawal from Korea, a veteran U.N. diplomat and delegation head said yesterday. "And that also goes for the entire area of South-East Asia, "he added.
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    Lock icon CONGRESS PARTY UNITY: 'BARGAINING' BEGINS
    393 3 NEW DELHI, Fri. (UPI) Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi and Congress Party President Nijalingappa were reported yesterday to have agreed to meet today to try to settle a dispute threatening to split the party which has ruled India since Independence 22 years ago. Party sources
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      83 3 Sneakout of town for MSA introduces Boeing 737 low-cost fares between Singapore and Koala Lumpur. Sneak out of town for 529.50 with MSA. Every day, commencing 15 November, an MSA Boeing 737 will leave Singapore for Kuala Lumpur at 5.30 am. Another 737 will leave Kuala Lumpur for Singapore at
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  • Article
    Lock icon SURVEYOR 3 MAY NOT RE REACHED
    299 5 Apollo 12 Crew CAPE KENNEDY, Fla„ Fri. (UPI) Apollo 12's astronauts may be the first to bring man-made machinery back from another world. Charles H. Conrad Jr, and Alan L Bean are supposed to land only 1,120 feet from the Surveyor 3 spacecraft that
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    Lock icon Nixon Caused GOP Victories
    161 5 WASHINGTON. Frl. (UPI) Republican leaders allotted much of the credit to President Nixon yesterday for party victories on Tuesday in contests for the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia. And Democratic National Chairman Fred Harris said Nixon's campaign appearances in the two states and his election
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    Lock icon Nixon Will See Launch Of Apollo 12
    240 5 WASHINGTON. Fri. (UPI) President Nixon will view the launching of the Apollo 12 moon shot Nov. 14 at Cape Kennedy. Fla., the White House announced yesterday. The Apollo 11 astronauts, who spent the night at the White House after their return Wednesday from
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    Lock icon Countdown Beginning Advanced
    193 5 CAPE KENNEDY, Fri. ?UPI) The Launch Director «n Thursday ordered the Apollo 12 countdown started SI hours early, at r.oon EST totiav (003 C Saturday Singapore time) to save money on the nation's second moon larding mission. The decision, made by Walter J. Kapryan, will have no
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    Lock icon Senate Approves Defence Budget
    204 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (Reuter) The Senate yesterday approved a 2C.700 million dollar Defence Department Budget which includes funds for the Vietnam war and the controversial safeguard Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) system. The vote was 58 to 9 *nd the measure now goes to the White House for President
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    Lock icon DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK, famed baby doctor, it seen speaking before a standing-room-only crowd at the Queen Elisabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Canada. Thursday, reiterating his demand for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. He shared the rostrum with Le Phoung (seated) and Huynh Van Ba (not seen), two representatives of the Vietnamese National Liberation Front, now making a two-week visit to Canada.
    64 5 DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK, famed baby doctor, it seen speaking before a standing-room-only crowd at the Queen Elisabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Canada. Thursday, reiterating his demand for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. He shared the rostrum with Le Phoung (seated) and Huynh Van Ba (not seen), two representatives of
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    Lock icon AUSTRALIA, JAPAN WILL INFLUENCE U.S. POLICIES
    280 5 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Fri. (UPI) America's future policy in Asia and the Pacific will be shaped more and more by Japan's and Australia's wishes, according to former U.S. Ambassador Edwin 0. Reischauer. This country's dealings will depend largely on two thmss over the next two
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    Lock icon Inquest To Await Autopsy Decision
    233 5 EDGARTOWN, Mass.. Fri. (Reuter) A Judge refused today to set a date for an inquest into the death of Mary Jo Ropechne until a decision has been reached in Pennsylvania on whether her body is to be exhumed and an autopsy performed. A clerk representing
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    Lock icon N-TESTS
    26 5 AMCHITKA. Alaska. Fri (Reuter) America has halted Its Aleutian Islands nuclear test programme for two years, an Atomic Energy Commission (A EC.) spokesman said today.
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    Lock icon CRASH
    33 5 CHICAGO. Fri. (Reuter)— A twin-engine jet with seven people aboard crashed today In Lake Michigan about 50 mile® north of Chicago, the US. Coast Guard reported. There was no report of survivor*.
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    Lock icon OKINAWA
    69 5 WASHINGTON. Frl. (UPI) The United States negotiating position on the return of Okinawa to Japan will not be affected by senate resolution requesting that President Nixon consult it on the issue, the State Department said Thursday. Department spokesman Robert J McCloskey said, however, the Senate resolution obviously raises questions
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    Lock icon Chicago Trial
    68 5 CHICAGO. Frl. (UPI> The President of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) says he will ask for a search for new methods to cope with "revolutionary tactics in the courtroom," such as those experienced in the riot conspiracy trial the "Chicago Eight." "Our response to these tactics is awkward
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    Lock icon AIR TAX
    66 5 WASHINGTON. Fn (Reuter> The House of Representatives today approved Increases in taxe s on domestic and international air to pay for expansion and improvement of airport* and airways systems in the United States The bill, chlch was proposed by the administration and still has to be approved by
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    Lock icon DATING
    53 5 MIAMI, Fla., Fri. (Reuter) —A dog-mat-ing system "doggie match" modelled on computer dating systems for humans has been started in Miami. It is run by university student Bruce Kusens, who has compiled a list of likely dates which he supplies at a small fee to dog-owners seeking a mate
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    Lock icon Goldwater Backs Agnew And Nixon
    308 5 HONOLULU, Fri. (UPI) Sen, Barry Goldwater said Thursday if Vice President Spiro T. Agnew keeps talking the way he is, he may be drafted a Presidential candi- date. If Ted Agrew keeps or expressing the sentiment of the vast, overwhelming majority of the American people,
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    Lock icon House Committee Backs Nixon's Vietnam Policy
    394 5 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved Thursday a resolution supporting President Nixon's "efforts to negotiate a just peace in Vietnam." The vote was 21 to 8 on the measure first formal expression of House sentiment on Vietnam since the 1964 Gulf
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    Lock icon Father, Son Kidnappers Arrested
    242 5 SAO PAULO. Fri. (Reuter) A kidnapped American school-boy found dead near here yesterday was shot In the back of the neck as he stood blindfolded on the edge of a grave before his father even had to nay all the ransom money, police said last night.
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    Lock icon Duplicate Diamond
    106 5 NEW YORK, Frl. <UPI) The 3.500 US dollar replica of actress Elizabeth Taylor's new 70-carat diamond will be used by Cartler Inc.. the Fifth Avenue jewellers, as a dlsplav ?iece. it was disclosed on hursday. "But we'll be glad to make up another for Miss Taylor.'* said Robert
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    Lock icon Earthquake
    40 5 WASHINGTON. Frl. (UPT) The government reported that a "moderately strong" earthquake was recorded Thursday about 60 miles east of the Aleutian Island of Amchitka. where the United States exploded a one-mega-ton hydrogen bomb 4.000 feet under ground Oct. 2.
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    Lock icon LEBANON CRISIS AND AFTER
    370 6 THE troubles in Lebanon appear to have been at least temporarily settled but what appeared to have been more of a sideshow to the main Arab-Israeli conflict could have farreaching consequences. For over a year, the Palestinian commandos, or the A 1 Fatah guerrillas or the
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    Lock icon GORTON'S VICTORY
    366 6 AS many observers expected John Grey Gorton will continue to be the Prime Minister of Australia after an agonizing election and after an ever more agonizing struggle for power within the party. Both the elections in which the Country-Liberal Party coalition secured a paltry majority of seven seats
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    Lock icon KNEE-CAP ADDICTION
    382 6 THE LIGHTER SIDE BY DICK WEST WASHINGTON. (UPI) The record show that no man has been more forthright, diligent and courageous on the mini-skirt issue than me. I first began raising my voice against rising hemlines at a time when the average skirt length was still within commuting
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    Lock icon Circumcising Circumstances
    886 6  -  By CHRISTOPHER PARKER Gemini News Service When on ageold, hygenic sex custom of religious sign i f icance goes out of hand, the clash between the Old and New Africa is vividly contrasted. By a lonely Zambian bush path a rustic signboard proclaims: 'There is no way here.
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    Lock icon ALBANIA NOW PIPES A NEW UN TUNE
    666 6  -  By BETTY PILKINGTON Gemini News Service Quietly but consciously. Albania, a Communist country of only two million, seems to be undertaking, in this her twenty-fifth year as a People's Republic, a change of image. Not that she will cease for a moment to
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    Lock icon PI Election Facts
    64 6 MANILA Thurs. (UPI) At stake. Presidency VicePresidency, ei*ht it-1 ar g e Senate seat*. 110 Lower House Congressional seats (by district). Number of registered voters: About 11 million out of an estimated 38 million population. Personalities: Nacionalista President Marcos is opposed by Liberal Party Senator Osmena. Jr..
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    Lock icon Most Unpopular War On Earth
    664 6 THAT the Vietnam Conflict Is still unsolved after 20 years is a disgrace to our so-called 'Space Age". That Man must resort to might to prove his superiority is another scar to his intelligence. LONDON, (Reuter) America's involvement in the Vietnam War has probably sparked
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon MALAYSIAN WOOD WOOL CENTRE OF ATTRACTION
      409 7 A MODEST decline in ejrly trading in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday was reversed as a technical rally got underway. The upturn was due to some shortcovering and renewed buying interest in front of the weekend. The market, especially the Industrial
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1043 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with tha number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2.13 (1) 52.13 (1) $2 14 (8); DIM $2 15 <2) 52.16 (1);
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $651.12J per picul, up $3.00.
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      Lock icon Mr. Speight
      70 7 Mr. S- L. Speight, managing director of Jonas Colver Ltd, Sheffield, northern England, is to lead the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Trade Mission to the Far East (Nov. 8-28). Jonas Colver Ltd.. a member firm of the Neepsend Steel and Tool Corporation Group, manufactures files, saws, twist drills
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      Lock icon Expo '70 Visit In New BOAC Orient Tours
      128 7 NEW YORK. Frl. The chance to catch Japan'* EXPO '7O at Osaka is offered through Value Orient Holidays. a new series packaged by BOAC for sale in the USA Both of the tour* the 17-dav Prince and the 22day Sultan offer optional
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      Lock icon Price Of Gold Slumps On World Markets
      309 7 LONDON, Fri, (Reuter) The price of gold slumped dramatically in all the world's bullion markets yesterday and experienced dealers were last night forecasting that the slide may go on again today. As always. London set the price trend. When dealers met here for
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      Lock icon Rubber Market Reacts Sharply During Week
      304 7 THE market reacted sharply during the week follow, ing the heavy clear out of hedges and physicals which took place over the preceding ten days and which resulted in a drop of some nine cents. About three cents were added to values after the
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      Lock icon SYDNEY CLOSING PRICES
      157 7 SYDNEY Fri. (UPI) closing Sydney Stock Exchange (Selected Shares:) MINES Acmex 2.65 Ass- Min 7.40 Aust Dev. .74 Barrier 1.75 BH South 4.62 C Norse 5.50 C Gold 940 CRA 1950 Emp*r 1.50 Endur .93 GM Kale 120 GT Boulder 3 60 GT West .15 Hammersley 1220
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      Lock icon N.Y. STOCKS WANDER AIMLESSLY
      139 7 NEW YORK. Frl. <UPI) Stocks wandered aimlessly yesterday in the absence cf outstanding features. Trading was moderate. At the close, the upi marketwlde indicator was uncnanged on 1611 issues traded. There were 630 declines and 654 advances. Volume of about 11.000.000 shares ran behind Wednesday's pace.
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      244 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for ships In port today. Sat. Nov. 8 DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 3/4 Yewbank 6'7 Straat Colombo 10 11 Vishva Mahima N W. 1 Giang Lee N.W. 2 Serampang 21/22 Kota Klnabalu 25 26 Altalr 27 28
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      Lock icon London Rubber Mart Closes Slightly Easier
      91 7 LONDON. Frl (UPI) Rubber market cloaed slightly easier yesterday with No. 1 RSS spot 27, 27i nom. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Feb 23-7/8 24 Dec 26-1/2 27 nom Jan 24-1/8 24-1/2 Feb 23-7/8 24 Jan Mar 23-7/8 24 Apr/June 23-3 4 23-7/8 July/Sept 23-5/8 23-3/4 Oct
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      Lock icon Pepper Price In U.K. Up
      58 7 LONDON. Frl. (Reuter) A smaller-than-usual Indonesian crop thia year had led to higher prices in Britain for Pepper, government minister Jamea Hoy said thia week. He also told a queatloner in Parliament that a temporary shortage of pepper in some shop* was mainly due to
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      Lock icon U.K. Mart Generally Firm
      166 7 LONDON. Frl. (Reuter) The market was generally firm yesterday, although an initial rally faltered on lack of follow through. Towards the close the FT index was up 0.3 after an early rise of 13 Equities moved ahead under the lead of Unilever up 1/- at 54/9
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 65 5/8 Cts.
      282 7 November first grade rubber buyers f o b. closed at 5 p.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 65-5/8 cents per lb., down three eights of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was uncertain. The market was Quieter and after
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      Lock icon JAL Granted Moscow To Tokyo Route
      152 7 MOSCOW, Frl. (UFI) Japan and the Soviet Union signed an agreement on Wednesday giving Japan Airlines (JAL) the right to fly the much sought-after Moscow to Tokyo route over Siberia, Tass said. The agreement will put U.S.made DCB airliner on the route for the
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      64 7 THE Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING T.T. of O D. ready: Deutsche Marks $83.3050; Hoiland Guilder? $B5 2175; Swiss rrancs $70.7775; Belgian Francs $6 1850,
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      612 7 SINGAPORE fhanr? sold ud officially iiated at )>UilOtML stoea other the cji nIML(«S DM Of INDUSTRIALS Arma 21a 2.15 Ben Co 1.75 1.79 Borneo Bhd cd Boustead co. Camel, Plywood Central Sntin CCM 7T 1.75 1 66 I.7J 1.99 1-68 1-72 CI >1 Deb •94 Cold
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      39 7 NEW YORK. m. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 855.20 20 rails 199.64 15 utilities 118.93 65 stocks 286.48 40 bonds 70.83 Commodity futures index 143.71 off 0.05.
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      59 7 NEW YORK. Fri. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged to 25 point* lower on no sales yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange: (CLOSE) (PREV) NOv 27.50 27.50 Jan 24.658 25.25 24.90 Mar 25.25 2550 May 25.10 25.35 July 25 00 25 25 Sept 24.90 25.15 Nov 24.90 25.15
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      88 7 THE noon prieci at the Bintspore Chine*# produce Cxduni* yesterday were> Buyer Seller Coconut Oil (F OB-) Balk 54-50 Coconut Oil (F O B Dram 57.00 Mixed Co pre 5S-50 Mnntok white Pepper (F-OB-) ***** Sarawak White Pepper (FOB) 212-SO Sarawak specia] BlacB Pepper (F-O-B.) 90% NL-W. 157-50 Iamponc
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      397 7 ARHIVALB 5.00 am. MSA 029 k. Lumpur 900 a.m. MSA 119 k. Lumpur wB5 a.m. MSA 52a Phnom-Penb 10 13 am. MSA 121 K. Lumpur 10 25 am- MSA 005 Prnana. lpob. k. Lumpur, Malacca 10.50 a.m. THAI 1U423 Banskok 12-30 pm. (JAKLDA OA 806 Mr dan 1.10
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    Lock icon The Man Who Puts 002 Through Its Paces
    1464 8  -  By Peter Bostock LONDON, FRIDAY, the world's first faster-than-sound passenger jet aircraft, is streaking ahead in its ambitious flight test programme. Enthusiasm abounds on both tides of the English Channel as the joint Anglo-French project moves forward at an ever-quickening pace. In
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    Lock icon BUILDINGS FROM WASTE
    450 8  -  By Donald MacRow T ONDON, Fri. The activities of the tinsmiths and the bottle markets show that "waste not, want not" is no new saying in the developing countries. By far the greater proportion of the most sophisticated research is based on the same idea of using
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    Lock icon Drive Safely With The Proper Extras
    142 8 FRANKFURT, m More than a valid driver's lincence and fast car are needed Tor sarety on the road The automobiles elubs in the Federal Republic of Germany advise all car drivers not to purchase cheap but rather practical extras such as those that the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      147 8 AMY By Jack Tipprf ofrM, to 4 /TV,, 5 i "Archie, what ore you gonna be when we grow up?" DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Alden McWKaro IN AN VORT TO CALM OUKE MOBLSfOANNY HASOFFERED TO PRACTICE. A FEW PLAYS WITH HIS WHAT DO XXi THINK YOU'RE DOING/DOC? JUST
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      Lock icon Envoy's Wife Offers Her Services As A Social Worker
      419 9  -  By Gloria-mae house itself is an ordinary one, but behind its fdcade is the tastefully furnished home of the new Charge d'Affaires of Cambodia in Singapore, Mr. Thach Phiem and Mrs. Phiem. Cambodia is deftnnitely "present" in the home. Art pieces
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      Lock icon 'EASY RIDER' DRAWS IN THE CROWDS
      145 9 NEW YORK. Frl. Because of the great demand by New Yorkers to s.*e "Easy Rider." and because of the limited seating capacity at the Beekman Theatre. Columbia Pictures has decided to open an additional first run engagement at the Loew s State I Theatre
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      Lock icon A 16-Year-Old Mother Who Cannot Love Her Own Baby
      571 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR Ann: Two years ago I started to go with Wayne It wasn't love at first sight (I don't believe there is such a thing!, but I grew to love him one day at a time Last August I
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      783 9 MELBOURNE, Fri. Climate and practicality prevent the direct adaptation of Indian styles of dressing for Australians but many fashion observers agree that Indian influence has become considerably more important in recent years on the Australian fashion scene. It has shown Hself in fabrics and
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      912 10 Radiant Day's Best T EADING jockey Glynn Pretty has several fancied mounts and I strongly recommend punters to follow him at Kuala Lumpur today. One of his best mounts is Radiant Moon in Race Two. Last week with Liew astride the Australian gelding came with a
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      201 10 JIMMY LAD CISCO ZODIAC RACE 1 (4) GOOD FOR TOD (1) M. Picture IV (5) Kerakah (5) KERAKAH (4) Good For Too (8) Ringgit (81 RINGGIT (4) Good For Ton (5) Kerakah RACE (5) R MOON (8) Delamare (12) Johnara (5» R MOON (9) Koala S'ror (12) Johnara (5)
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      Lock icon Stewart Pins Hope On New GP Racer
      233 10 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Jackie Stewart. Britain's world motor racing champion, will drive a brand-new British car next season, it was announced yesterday. Stewart won his world drivers title by an overwhelming margin this year in a French-built Matra. powered by a Ford V
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      133 10 BANGKOK. Sat. <UPI) Eleven Asian countries will participate in the sth Asian Basketball Championship (ABC) scheduled here from Nov. 18 to Dec. 2, a spokesman for ABC said today. Nations to be represented are the Philippines, South Korea. India, Japan, Nationalist China. Hong Kong. South
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      93 10 Go Jos n defeated Chip *B" II by 15 goals to eight In the Singapore Women's Netball Association 'Off Season* Grade B-2 division match yesterday. In the other tie, Dakotas II received a walk-over from STB. who have withdrawn from the tournament. Three matches will be played on
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      Lock icon Nicklaus Breaks Course Record In Hawaii Open
      268 10 HONOLULU, Fri. (UPI) —Jack Nicklaus, needing a victory here to top the million dollar mark in earnings at a golf professional, fired a record-shattering 32-31 —63 yesterday to run away from the field after one round of play in the U*****,000 Hawaii International
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      128 10 LONG BEACH. California. Fri. (Renter)— World lightweight champion Mando Ramos was arrested yesterday for alleged possession of marijuana. Police said they followed his car into a parking lot where they found marijuana in a plastic bag hanging out of the glove compartment. Ramos, who at
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      Lock icon Sokitomi In Smart 3f Trial
      116 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Sokitomi with Glynn Pretty in the saddle did a smart 3f workout in the company of stablemate Wodonga on a heavy track here this morning. Sokitomi Clocked 43 for the distance, reports our racing correspondent. El Cid ran 3f in 43-2/5 on
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      73 10 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) British Open golf champion Tony Jacklin has been named Sportsman of the Year by the British Sportswrlters Association In their annual ballot announced yesterday. Jacklin received 331 votes against world racing driving champion Jackie Stewarts 189 Ann Jones. Wimbledon lawn tennis champion, was
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      Lock icon Colonel Geoffrey Shepherd of Headquarters Singapore District hands over the 'Bradley Putter' to the Minister of Interior and Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San. The District team was recently defeated by five matches to nil with one halved. The 'Bradley Putter' is competed for twice a year by the Ministry of Interior and Defence and Headquarters Singapore District. To-date the Ministry have won the trophy nine times.
      66 10 Colonel Geoffrey Shepherd of Headquarters Singapore District hands over the 'Bradley Putter' to the Minister of Interior and Defence, Mr. Lim Kim San. The District team was recently defeated by five matches to nil with one halved. The 'Bradley Putter' is competed for twice a year by the Ministry of
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      375 11 ¥7"UALA LUMPUR, Fri. Defending champions Malaysia qualified for A* the final when they beat Burma 3-1 at the Merdeka Stadium here tonight. The game, played on a wet ground, tended to be a bit rough but all the same it was keen and exciting with
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      Lock icon $760,000 Fight Purse For Rose
      220 11 MELBOURNE. Australia. Fri. (UPI) Former world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose will have his second fight as a featherweight for a A 522.500 purse, a joint announcement said today. Melbourne promoter Bill Long and Rose's trainer-manager. Jack Rennie. said the fight will be held on Dec.
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      92 11 BRADFORD. England. Frl. ißeuten Laurie Brown, the former English amateur soccer International. Is the only one of the 19 rebel players still insisting on a transfer from Fourth Division Bradford, bottom of the 92 English league clubs The player* demanded transfers a fortnight ago when
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      151 11 LONDON. Fri. (Reuter) Th# international Tempest yacht. a two-man k**l boat, was adopted as the Sixth Class for the 1972 Olympic games Yachting events at Kiel by th* Internationa Yacht Racing Union's permanent committee here today When th* Tempest was proposed last year for the
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      57 11 BOMBAY. Fri. < Reuter) A 35-year-old spectator died of a heart attack half an hour after play started today on the third day of the first Australia-India cricket Test mat<!h. It wa« the second death during the match. On the first day a man of
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      22 11 LONDON. Sat (Reuter) Oxfordshire beat Buckinghamshire by thirteen points to three points in a Rugby Union County championship match yesterday
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      88 11 LONDON Frl (AFP) Jockey Brian Taylor has be#n engaged to ride regularly next year for one of Norway's leading trainers. Birger Anderson Taylor, who leaves shortly to ride In India during the winter will be retained In England next season by Harvey Leader. Jack Watts
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      40 11 BOMBAY Fn (Reuter) Australia, with three first innings wicket., left, led India by 51 run s at the close of the third day's olay in the first cricket test here today Scores: India 271; Australia 322 for sever.
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      96 11 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Sir Alf Ramsey, England's soccer manager, will call up 30 players for the international match against Portugal at Wembley next month. The friendly match against Portugal is regarded as an important test in England's preparations for the defence of the World Cup
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      Lock icon Devlin Streaks To Six-Stroke Lead
      271 11 CANBERRA, Frl. (Rautar) Australia's Bruce Devlin streaked to a six stroke lead in the national Professional Golfers Association championship hara with a second round 69 today. Putting with a new found confidence. Devlin on aggregate 136 is eight under the card and appears to hold
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    678 12 THE National Trades Union Congress which yesterday lodged its "strongest protest" to U.S. Ambassador Mr. Charles T. Cross, will press ahead with its action against the Bank of America management for allegedly inducing 120 members of its staff to resign from the
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    50 12 Chandrasegaran Kut a 16, was yesterday charged in the Ninth Magistrate Court for possession of a dagger, at Changl Road earlier on In the morning. Chandrasegaran however claimed trial and hearing was fixed for March 13 in the Eight Magistrate Court. Bail was offered at $5OO in one surety.
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    324 12 NUDITY on the stage is very unnecessary because It does not enhance the value of the play, Miss Maisie Cobby, a British Inspector of Education in the Arts, said yesterday. Miss Cobby, who is here as adjudicator for the "Festival of One Act Plays"
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    177 12 A man who o'eaded guilty an n apolog sed to a parking supervisor he threatened to assault haU-way through the trial was fined $2OO bv the First District Court Judge. Mr DC D'Cotta ve^erday Iloong M:np Ying 2fl had earlier claimed trial for threatening t 0 assault
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    21 12 There were a total of 50 road accidents of which seven were classified as serious during the past 24 hours
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    623 12 SINGAPORE ranks second in Asia to Japan in the annual per capita consumption of electricity. The Chairman of Public Utilities Board, Dr. Ong Swee Law, disclosed this yesterdoy when he officiated at a ceremony to award two contracts, totalling more than $l7O million, to
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    631 12 THE third engineer of the Greek freighter "Nais" is still missing despite an extensive search following a collision with the Norwegian tanker, "Bergebragd" early yesterday morning. The 2,697-ton Nais sank within 10 minutes after the 80,003-ton Bergebragd ploughed into the porttida of her
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    32 12 The numbers drawn In the "three-circle" draw during the mid-week Toto Pools on Thursday evening should be: "2". "31" and "40 These numbers were published incorrectly yesterday. The error is regretted.
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    54 12 A return atr-ticket to Bang, kok by courtesy of MalaysiaSingapore Airlines \s one of *he prizes to be won at the Singapore Chlldrens' Christmas Fair to be held today at th* Victoria Memorial Hall. The draw ticket of $l can be obtainable from the stalls, organised by the
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    586 12 SINGAPORE'S already booming tourist industry it to receive the biggest boost when a series of television and radio programmes are broadcast over i world- wide network. Thl* half-hour colour programme. which will be on on* week, will he shown first to more than
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    143 12 ..i keeping a sharp look-out" for a group of thugs who call themselves the 'Scooter Gang Thugs" The modus operandi of r e new iy formed gang is simple They waylay their victims along lonely roads, whether they are walking or driving. Yesterday the timely arrival
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    97 12 The Ninth Magistrate. \fr. EC. Foenander. yesterday rejected a plea of guilt by proxy from a man charged with engraving the Singapore State Arms on 50 gold plated medallions The man. Yap Kor Kol 52 had sent a youth to the behalf 10 Pl6ld gullty on
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