Eastern Sun, 15 November 1969

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1179 Saturday, 15 November 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cent*
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  • 747 1 CAPE KENNEDY, Fri. (Reuter fir UPI) The Apollo 12 astronauts lifted off from here today just ahead of a bad weather front that could have delayed the start of their lunar landing mission. The giant Saturn 5 rocket, belching smoke and flames, disappeared quickly
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  • 374 1 FOMULO ON MANILA, Fri. (AFP) The Philippines today expressed readiness to discuss normalization of ties with Malaysia, but said its claim to Sabah cannot be sacrificed for the sake of regional co-operation. Secretary Carlos P Rornu'o said he will discuss the question
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  • 137 1 The price in Straits Tin rose another s4.B"i to Sb6B. the highest in the last four years. Yesterday's rise in the price of tin shows a gain of 523.75 since Nov. 1. The gain in Straits Tin also resulted in more active interest shown in the
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  • 46 1 BANGKOK Fn iAFP) Two more Thai policemen were killed In a clash with Communist terrorists in the southern province of Pattalung. Thursday bringing to nine the number of police killed by Communists In the area this week, according to reports reaching here today.
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  • 304 1 PARIS, Fri. (UPI) Vietcong Foreign Minister Madame Nguyen Thi Binh Friday endorsed the idea of staging a referendum in South Vietnam for or against the Saigon regime provided such a vote was not held in Vietcong-controlled districts. Speaking at a Paris Foreign Diplomatic Press
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  • 337 1 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Anti-war demonstrations spread across Europe Friday in a wave of sympathy for U.S. protesters that climaxes Saturday in marches, vigils, prayers and the planned burning of a dog. BOTH SIDES of the Iron Curtain were involved. Protests were underway or scheduled for
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  • 104 1 COLOGNE, Germany, Fri. (Reuter) —The three Judges and members of the court trying a 45-year-old Bonn photographer on charges of spying for the Soviet Union flew to the United States today to hear evidence from a former Soviet spy. The spy is former Soviet Secretary Service Lt. Col.
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  • 128 1 The Finance Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will officially open McGraw-Hill Far Eastern Publishers' complex in Jurong at 5 p.m. tomorrow. Leading publishers from overseas, including the Chairman of McGraw-Hill of New York. Mr. John McGraw. will attend the function. McGraw-Hill Far Eastern Publishers, a
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  • 40 1 SYDNEY, Fn (Reuter) The worst floods m 15 years which Inundated parts of New South Wales. Queensland and Victoria were receding t°night. allowing hundreds of families to return to their homes for the heartbreaking task of mopping up.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 344 2 UNITED NATIONS, Fri. (Reuter) —The U.N. General Assembly declined today to give rubber stamp approval to Indonesia's takeover of former Dutch Wast t New Guinea. In a surprise move, the 126-nation body, responding to African reluctance to accept that the people of
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  • 217 2 SAIGON. Frt. (UPI) High-flying American 852 bombers striking in the predawn darknes* today unloaded at least 180 ton* of bombs on Communist concentrations threatening the Special Forces outpost of Due Lap northeast of Saigon, military spokesmen said. The stratofortresses unloaded their bombs in
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  • 157 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri Vice-C'nanceLor, Prof. Ungku Aziz today annour.ced appointment of three more professors for the University of Malaya. They are Prof (Dr.) Balide o B.sseru (Chair of Parasi'o:ogy>. Prof (Dr WR (Chief of Botany) and Prof (Dr.) SJ. Gilani as Professor in Analytical Economics Prof. Ungku
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  • 338 2 NEW DELHI, Frl. (UPI) The Congress Parliamentary Council yesterday renewed its confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi in a meeting she had called at the Central Hall of Parliament. The meeting was not attended by all members of the party who
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  • 86 2 MANILA. Frl. (UPI) A U.S. Marine Corps F-4 Phantom Jet crashed into a hill and exploded Thursday during gunnery practice at an American military reservation but both pilots bailed out to safety, a U S. Air Force spokesman said Friday. Three Filipinos at the crash site were Injured
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  • 216 2 TOKYO. Fri. (UPI) —More than 400 militant Zengakuren students took the police by surprise late Thursday by suddenly storming the Ginsa, Tokyo's Broadway, and the entrances of the subway with Molotov cocktails. Th e attack, coming during the busy ruah period with tens of
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  • 216 2 FT. BENNING, Ga., Fri. (UPI) Charges that an officer murdered a large number of civilians in Vietnam are being reviewed by the army to determine whether he should be courtmartialled, a spokesman said yesterday. The officer Ist Lt. William Laws Calley Jr. 26. is currently attached to
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  • 113 2 LONDON. Frl. (Reuter) Doctors should be careful about prescribing the oral contraceptive pill for women with a clear-cut history of depression, the British Medical Journal warned today. A recent comparative studv between 50 women on the pill snd 50 other women showed that 13 of the
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  • 45 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl Two new diplomats to Malaysia the United States Ambassador. Mr. Jack W. Lydman and the Australian High Commissioner. Mr. J 8.Rowland. paid courtesy calls on the Minister with special functions. Mr Khaw Kal Boh at his office here today, today.
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  • 203 2 BALLARAT. Victoria. Frl. (Reuter) Austria's Government was described today as "like a medieval court" with Prime Minister John Gorton as King" in the centre of a stage surrounded by bis "courtiers" But there is only one person who can really get the King's ear." said
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  • 67 2 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuterj Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said today the overwhelming reelection this week of President Ferdinand Marcos "may aLso mark the beginning of a new era In U.S.-Philippine relations." "The next four years may well mark the period In which the book Is finally closed on the
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  • 171 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Tun Dr Ismail today assured the people that the government's exercise to recall citizenship certificates Issued under article 30 was the aimed at depriving them of their citizenship. Television Malaysia quoted the Minister of Home Affairs as saying the move Is a question
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  • 91 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tr* The Government was urged ♦odav to take strict measures aealrst Muslims who do not observe the fasting month of Ramadhan and also against those Muslims wno consumed alcoholic drinks at all hours of the day. This call came from the Imam of the National
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  • 212 2 PARIS. Fri. (UPl—Communist North Vietnam maintained yesterday its re* fusal to deal directly with the South Vietnamese government and turned down a Saigon offer to free 62 North Vietnamese prisoners of war. Chief Saigon Negotiator Pham Dang Lam. who made the offer
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  • 55 2 Elmer Nicholas Soy*a, 22. wa« yesterday charged before the Tenth Court Magistrate. Mr Tan Chine Tiong. for outraging the modesty of Liew Leek Kee by embracing her at Clifford Pier, on July 9 at about 9-40 p.m. Soyza. a member of the British Armed Force*, claimed trial The case
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  • 45 2 ONE hundred and twenty handicapped children from Rix homes will be enjoying themselves at a "Get together" party at the Tanah Merah Holiday Camp this evening The party was organised by the Committee on the Education of Handicapped Children. Singapore Council of Social Service.
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  • 173 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The Deputy Prime Minister. Tun Abdul Razak. said today the murder of seven Thai policemen by Communist terrorists on the Thai side of the border Wednesday was a pointer to the seriousness of the border situation. He said this shows that people on
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  • 100 2 THE Adult Education Board will register those who wish to enrol for a nine-week course in "Law Relating to Marriage and Family Affairs" as from Nov. 26. The course is designed for those who wish to understand marital law in relation to marriafe and family life.
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  • 380 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri.— Two company exeeutiv# who were discharged not amounting to an acquittal on Nov. 7 on acts of corruption charges will now face similar charges on Jan. 19. The executives are AG. Kyle-Little. 48, Manager of Hume Industries (Malaya) Ltd. and Cerosio Franco, 50,
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  • 187 2 MANILA, Fr; (UPI> The too level Philippine Foreign Policy Council approved today President Ferdinand E. Marcos' plan to withdraw all Philippine forces from South Vietnam Marcos immediately announced the 1 S'W-rran Philippine Civic Action Group (Phllcag) will be deployed in Philippine countryside in areas where the
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  • 55 2 THE pilgrim ship. "Kuala Lumpur", will leave Singapore on its first trip this year to Mecca tomorrow The ship ia now anchored la front of Godown s 42/43. at th# Port of Singapore Authority Those pilgrims travelling on this ship are requested to bring their luggsge to the ship
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 123 2 "Sorry, Marlon*. could never be engaged to -anyone who wears his shirt backwards and who can'tHe hit shoes." DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AUen MdMhro YEP' HE'S WORRIED I CAN T BELIEVE IT, DANNY/A ABOUT MY PATH BR OFFERED YOU YOUR MONEY TO TALK ME OUT OF/ HEALTH, UNIFORM
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  • 277 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. (Reuter) President Nixon yesterday appealed for congressional support for his Vietnam policies and held out the prospect of progress towards peace in the next few months. Addressing a packed Upper Chamber after lunching with congressional leaders, Nixon acknowledged tha 1- his Vietnam
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  • 369 3 DES MOINES. lOWA, Fri. (UPI) Vice-President Spiro Agnew criticized television Coverage of President Nixon's Nov. 3 speech on Vietnam and yesterday urged the networks to work towards "improving the quality and objectivity of news presentation." Perhaps the place to start looking for a credibility
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  • 122 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) President Nixon conferred with Senate leaders yesterday about plans to return Okinawa to Japan and the forthcoming visit of Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, Sen. Mike Mansfield said last night. Mansfield would not disclose details of the plans outlined by Nixon
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  • 471 3 NEW YORK, Fri. (Reuter and UPI) —Federal authorities yesterday aecused three men and a women of a rash of recent bombings in New York, including four explosions tn Targe buildings in the past three cbys. The four
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  • 363 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI and Reuter) The U.S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) with the Soviet Union in Helsinki left yesterday in a military jetliner. The delegation, headed by Gerard C. Smith, was making a first stop in Brussels where it was
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  • 183 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. (UPI) A White House panel yesterday charged the space agency is incompetent to decide what role man can or should play in future explorations of the solar system. The report made It clear that neither NASA nor anyone else knows
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  • 482 3 NE'V YCV', r r i. (UPI) Dozens of white doves soared skyward yesterday into the bright November sunliqht above Times Square when 5.000 demonstrators packed tightly between wccoen police barricades below launched two full days of anti-war activity in New York. The doves
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  • 191 3 UNITED NATIONS., Fri. (Reuter) Tooth decay is the commonest of all chrcnic diseases affecting virtually entire populations in many countries, and there are not nearly enough dentists t° rope witn the problem. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report issued yesterday that in Sweden
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  • 243 3 CHICAGO. Fri. (Reuter) A policeman and a youth said to belong to the Black Panther Party were killed and seven other policemen and a Negro youth wounded yesterday in a gun battle in a black ghetto area on Chicago's south side. The battle erupted
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  • 69 3 PROVIDENCE Rhode Island. Fri (UPI) Diverting money and talent from the space programme would not be a cure-all for America's social ills, says Thomas Paine, Administrator of NASA. America spends more on Milady's coiffures every year than on space. "Turning back from the challenge of space would not simulate
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  • 77 3 MOSCOW. Fri. (UPI >—Few Soviet newspapers yesterday reported on the preparations for the Apollo 12 flight to the moon, but those that did wished the astronauts well. Pravda, the Soviet Union's leading newspaper. carried nothing of the preparations for the flight. However. Trud. the trade union newspaper, devoted
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  • 133 3 BOGOTA, Fri (Reuter) Six armed students hijacked a Colombian airliner to Cuba yesterday in the 100 th hijacking since this form of air piracy became current in 1967. An airline spokesman said the students took over an Avlanca DC-4 as it was nylng with 56 passengers and six
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  • 132 4 T ONDON, Fri. (UPI) A 33-year-old L woman who had been taking fertility drugs gave birth to girl quintuplets last night at London's Queen Charlotte Hospital. A I -1.1 I A hospital spokesman said the mother, Mrs. Irene Mary Hanson, was in "excellent condition"
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  • 74 4 JERUSALEM. Frl. (UPT> A high-ranking Israeli government official categorically denied yesterday there was any mass exodus of Arabs from the occupied Jordanian West Bank. The official said reports quoting Arab sources that 200 families had applied for permits to leave West Bank were "completely Inaccurate." He said
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  • 85 4 HOLLY WOOD. Fn (UPI) Actress Julie Andrews revealed yesterday jhe was married on Wednesday in a private ceremony to director Blake Edwards The English-born beauty a n 4 Edwards had been Inseparable companions for more than tw o years It was the second match for each Miss
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  • 77 4 TEL AVIV. Frl. (Reuter) An indefinite curtew was Imposed yesterday at Rafah. southern occupied Ga?a Strip, following a grenade and light arms attack on an Israeli patrol last Tuesday. A military spokesman said the curfew, on a section of the town's main street, will be for
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  • 76 4 MILAN. Fri. (Router) A Milan court, after hearing the much-banned record "Je T'aime. Moi Non Plus." decided it was not obscene, just Indecent, and gave the Italian publisher a 200.000 lire (£133) conditional fine. The prosecution had asked for a conditional two-year jail sentence and 40.000
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  • 60 4 CASTLEDAWSON. Northern Ireland. Frl. (Reuter) Major James ChichesterClark. Prime Minister of riot-battered Northern Ireland. has been ousted from office in his own Unionist Party branch here, it was disclosed iast night. He was oeaten on a vote when he sought re-election as vice-chairman at the
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  • 52 4 MOSCOW. Fri. (Feuter) President, Cevdet Suna y of Turkey stressed here yesterday his country's willingness to maintain good relations with Its great neighbour the Soviet Union. President Sunay was speaking at a luncheon given in his honour by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and the
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  • 143 4 LONDON. Fri. <UPP Prince Charles, the future King Charles 111 of England, turned 21 today in a blend of royal pomp and the swinging style of a jet-age monarch. Thereby he became a man who has Just about everything. Among his birthday presents were a millionaires
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  • 182 4 CAIRO. Fri. (Reuter) The authoritative newspaper Al-Ahram said today that Israeli navy and air force units took part In Joint Anglo-American navy manoeuvres in the Eastern Mediterranean. Al-Ahram, known to reflect official Egyptian opinion, quoted Its military correspondent as saying the U.S. Sixth Fleet
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  • 172 4 LONDON, Fri. (UPI) Britain announced last night it has offered to begin negotiations immediately with Libya for the wihdrawal of British military forces and termination of the Anglo-Libyan Alliance and Friendship Treaty. A Foreign Office spokesman divulged Britain's position after announcing
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  • 103 4 KINSHASA. Fri. (Reuter) Four people were to death In CORPO Brazzaville yesterday for their part in the attempted coup uncovered on Saturday. Radio Brazzaville announced Thev were named a« Bernard Kolela Desire Mllanfo. Joseph Bakama and Eugene Matimba. Kolela. considered the plotters' leader had
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  • 55 4 WASHINGTON. Fri. (UPI) President Nixon yesterday advocated immediate and dramatic reform of the nation's prison system to help protect the public from the criminal who comes out more dangerous than when first arrested He directed Attorney General John Mitchell to co-ordi-nate a 13-pomt programme ••vith emphasis on rehabilitation.
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  • 531 4  -  Ann Landers QEAR ANN: For six years I carried on an affair with a married man I was divorced when I met him. This man was a successful professional person and had a very high standing in the community His wife knew
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  • 155 4 WASHINGTON. Fri. (Reuter) President Nixon's request for an initial 95.900.CKD0 dollars to finance development on an American supersonic transport (SST) was approved in full today by the House of Representatives appropriations Committee. The Committee strongly urged continued development of the controversial plane "before our rivals gain
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  • 94 4 LONDON, Fri. (Reuten Mr. John Prolumo. Britain's former War Minister, made his first public speech yesterday since his resignation six years ago during the Christine Keeler scandie He opened an exhibition of prisoners' art in London's EastEnd slum district, where he has been do.ns voluntary social
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 378 5 TRADING in the Singapore and Malaysian market remained quiet but steady with renewed interest in hotels and properties. Hotel Negara was the most active stock of the day with a turnover of 292,000 units and improved by five points from 1.03 at the opening to
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    • 1022 5 BUSINESS do«* in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACMA 52.18 (3) $2.20 (1) $2 13 (3); DIM S2 20 (2) $2 21
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    • 107 5 Picture shows (left to right): Mr Tan Keng Gin, Mr. E. E. Campbell, Plant Manager of Ford Motor Co. L.td., Mr. Owen F. Newnham, and Mr. C. S. Yap, Purchasing Officer of Cycle Carriage Co. (E) Pte. Ltd. examining the latest BDA grinding wheel. MEMBERS of the motor trade in
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    • 152 5 NEW YORK Fn (UPI> Stocks fell sharply yesterday alter a rumour that a b;g Nex York bank was planning to boost its prime rate from the current record high of 3 12 per cent. Trading was active A spokesman for the banking fraternity said there tos
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    • 95 5 LONDON*. Frl (UPl> Rubber market closed uncertain yesterday with spot 26-1/2 271/2 nom. SETTLEMENT HOUSE Pec 26. 27 nom Jan. 23-3/4. 24 Feb 23-7/16. 23-11/16 Jan./ March 23-9/1« 23-11/16 Apr:l /June 23-5/16 23-3/8 July Sent 23-1/8 23-1/4 Oct. /Dec 23. 23-1 8 Jan /March 22-7/8
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    • 66 5 HONG KONG. Fri. CUPI) Money Quotations today: HK $6 055 per US. dollar HK $6,075 per U.S. dollar TT HK $l4 47 per pound sterlin? HK $294 per tael of gold 94 5 per cent fineness HK $l6l 5 oer 10.000 Japanese Yen HK $llB 2 per 100
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    • 62 5 NEW YORK. Frt. (UPD —I Rubber futures closed 25 points lower on sale* yesterday on the New York Commodity Exchange. Close Prev. Jan. 23 758 24 25 24 00 Mar. 24 75 25 00 May 24 60 24 85 Jly. 24 50 2475 Sep 24.40 2465 Nov. 24
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    • 333 5 THE market was slow to resume after the extended week-end due to the Deepavali Holiday on Monday. Lack of fresh factors and new orders together with the approaching end of November trading led to gentle liquidation which depressed levels at the start. Conditions were practically
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    • 104 5 The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following change* in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 unit* of foreign currency): SELLING T T or O.D. ready: Deutsche Mark* $B3 3525; Holland Guilders $B5 3675; Swiss Francs $71.0775: Belgian Francs $6
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    • 319 5 DECEMBER first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p m yesterday at 63-7/8 cents per lb. up seveneighths of a cent from previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. The market opened in the morning yesterday slightly steadier with support derived from trade demand. In
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    • 42 5 NEW YORK TV. (UPI> D«"*w Jon?* closing averaees on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday 30 Industrials 849 35 20 Rails 197.07 15 Utilities 118 29 65 Stocks 284 14 40 "n 53 Commodity futures 143 21 up 0.20
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    • 239 5 The Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for sh:ps in port today. Saturday. November 15. DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 1/2 Presiden* Pierce 5 Golden Sea 31/32 Lexa Maersk 13/14 Primorje 15/16 Protesilaus 19 Staj- Arcturus NW 1 Giang Ann 27/28 Straat Chatham 31/32 President
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    • 169 5 SYDNEY Fri fUPI> FHday s closing Sydney Stock Exchange selected ahares: MINING Acmex 2 TO Ass M:n 7 40 Austral Mia 40 Aust. Dev. 1.50 Barrier 1.75 Bh South 485 Cnorse 6 00 C Gold 000 CRA 20 00 Err, per 1.52 GM Kalg 120 GT B?u
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    • 137 5 LONDON. Frl fßeuter) The market came off the top In late dealing* following early firmness. Some confusion over the UK October trade figures turned prices lower. Equities closed mixed Glaxo and Rank Org were gainers, but Courtaulds. Unilever and ICI eased below overnight levels
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    • 13 5 THE tin price for yesterday was $668.00 per picul, up $4.87^.
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    • 692 5 BWOAPOU SIM #toanre aoid aM otber officially intra at the d bulnttt. K ex* pctaea «M of INDUSTRIAL* ACMA a S2.20 Ben A Co 1-72 Borneo Bhd CD Boustead Co. Camrl I'h nod C. Sugar* 1*4 1 98 1 63 4 12 1-75 1 99 1
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    • 145 5 N'EW YORK. Fn fUPI) Gold prices were mixed In fairly quiet trading yesterday on market* here an<l abroad. In London, gold gained 5 cents to 37.80 dollars per troy ounce at the morning fixing and remained at that level for the second fixing Gold
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    • 85 5 THE noon price* at tl>? Mnsapor« Chinese Produce MCbanga yesterday were:Borer Seller Coconut Oil (FOB.) Balk 57 00 Coconut Oil (FOR) Drum 5fl 30 Mixed Copra 35-00 Mnntok Whit* Pepper (FOB) 212 50 Sarawak White Pepper ***** (FOB.) 3i'a»ak Special War* Pepper (F.O-B-) 96% N.LW. ■P ***** laroponr Special
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    • 5 5 »*Hong Kong Currency)
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    • 396 5 ARRIVALS 500 a.m. MSA 029 K. Lumpur 900 am. MSA 119 K. Lumpur 9 35 am MSA 529 Phnom-Penh 1015 a.m. MSA 121 R Lumpur 10 25 a.m. MSA 005 Penang. Ipoh. K. Lam pur. Malacca 10.50 a.m. THAI TU423 Bangkok 12 30 pm. GAKLDA GABO6 Medan 1.10
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  • 835 6 mHE National Trades Union Congress A Seminar on "Modernisation of the Labour Movement" will be officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew tomorrow although the registration of participants and the orientation session get underway this afternoon. In many of the messages that have greeted the seminar and
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  • 978 6 BRITISH ROYALTY'S LIMELIGHT for the last few months climaxed with Prince Philip's quips on the American television networks. Prince Charles, who is 21 yesterday will become a millionaire by birthright alone. By comparison with the salaries of other world leaders, Queen Elizabeth ought to be
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  • 339 6  -  Bv LEMMY PINNA,NICHOLAS MOORE KARACHI (UPI and Reuter) Pakistanis may well be baffled by President A. M. Yahya Khan whose few remarks on the future of the country are often wrapped in parables. Yahya recently told newsmen when asked about the politicians riew that elections would
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  • 1009 6  -  AN amusing, sad account of today's youths searching for paradise and usually ending up more disillusioned than enlightened. By RALPH JOSEPH, HIPPIES and yippies, beardies and long-haired weirdies, sporting strings of beads and carrying hashish in secret pockets in their assorted
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  • 501 6 CONTRARY to popular belief, Apollo 12 will definitely not be a carbon copy of the July flight. Its pioneering mission is positively a more delicat* and scientific one. SPACE CENTRE, Houston (UPI) Apollo 12, the second American moon, landing flight, is hardly a carbon copy of the
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  • 180 6  -  By JOHN BARTON WASHINGTON (UPI) Th# U.S. Geolosical Survey recently said that "the eruptive activity of Taal volcano in the Philippines hat become more intense." Dr Richard Fiske claimed Taal is made especially violent and unpredictable by water that seeps into its foundation* from the
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  • 1920 7  -  By C. V. DEVAN NAIR THIS could be a purely trade union article, but we would miss the whole point if we failed to understand the rationale of progress. It stands to reason that those who understand the requirements of social and economic progress will be
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  • 486 7  -  S. RAJARATNAM THE general progress of Singapore will not be complete if organised labour does not share in it. Indeed, the whole aim and objective of the Government's policies is to secure increased job opportunities and better standards of living for our Republic's working
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  • 216 8  -  H. G. BUITER General Secretary. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions EVERYWHERE in the world the trade unions are confronted with the necessity of a continuous reappraisal of their position in society. In the industrialised world with its many strong and sophisticated unions, the
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  • 1634 8  - TRADE UNIONS TECHNOLOGY By T.H. ELLIOTT Advisor To N.T.U.C. WHAT determines whether a society has reached the stage of technological take off? And if it has, how can the new found level of development of the society be consolidated and advanced? Why are we in Singapore so certain that we
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  • 1152 8  -  SEAH MUI KOK Secretary-General National Trades Cnioft Congress PAST experience reputedly provides valuable guidance for the future. On the basis of the successful development of the trade union movement in the Republic during the past two decades, there seems hardly any need for
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    • 171 8 Congratulations to the National on the Opening of 'Modernisation of the T ©o© t k ni: A iix f fi o r v e 'w«t IK "V "♦c. *7 TO* TIOCB OIL A new product for the fast. fast relief of Bronchial irritation, chest colds, sore throat, neuritis rheumatism, neuralgia,
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  • 972 9 ORGANISED co-operation is almost non-existent in Singapore. Except for a few thrift and loan societies and the NTUC's Labour Research Unit, co-operation has failed to take roots here. The Republic's trade unions have, lor some reason or other, not exploited the concept of co-opera-tion. it
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  • 417 9 LEADERS of the National Trade Union Congress's 47 affiliate unions will meet at the Singapore Conference Hall tomorrow for a crucial four-day Seminar on 'Modernisation of the Labour Movement." The Seminar about the most important in the history of organised labour in Singapore will decide
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  • 249 9 The German Example CO-DETERMINATION in industries by workers-is a must for Singapore's unions. And the success of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (D.G.8.) in achieving this should spur them towards this goal. For the German Confederation of Trade Unions (D.GB). workers* participation in
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    • 31 9 Congratulations Best Wishes to N. T. u. C. on the occasion of the opening of the seminar on Modernisation Of The Trade Union Movement FROM: UNITED WORKERS OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY, SINGAPORE
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  • 645 10 SEMINAR PROGRAMME Saturday, 15th Nov. 1969 2.30 p.m. 5.00 pm. Orientation Session at Trade Union House. Staenton Way Registration of Participants Issue of bags, documents, etc. Grouping of Participants Into Workshops Sunday. 16th NOT. 1969 11.15 a.m. 12.30 p.m. Opening Session at Singapore Conference Hall, Auditorium Welcoming Address
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    • 55 10 With Compliments ';CA C I J: ,vW. v Singapore Class Manufacturers Pte. Limited 201. Henderson Road, Singapore 3. TPTHE PORT Z5&2 OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY SOON AN INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER LINK Congratulations and Best Wishes to the NATIONAL TRADES UNION CONGRESS on the occasion of the Seminar on "Modernisation of the Labour
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  • 575 11 THE NTUC has called for a system to review the work of employees who have been disciplined by their employers. A special committe set uf> bv the NTUC to study abuses by employers of the new labour laws also said that records of
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  • 783 11 NO LESS than an "about-faco" in the attitude of members is needed if organised labour in Singapore is to halt its downward slide. Members must today discard the narrow and limited view of trade unionism and start reaching out lor wider horizons. If they persist
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    • 90 11 CONGRATULATIONS and BEST WISHES N. T. °U. C. on the official opening of the seminar on Modernisation of the Trade Union Movement. from: LEON KWON YAN and SINGAPORE CONFERENCE HALL RESTAURANT Shenton Way, Singapore. Best Compliments UNION CARBIDE S'PORE (PTE.) LTD., 9, Hill View Road* Singapore 23. Best Wishes to
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    • 52 11 Congratulations Wishes National Trades Union Congress on the official opening *of the seminar on "Modernisation' of the Labour Movement" from: MALAYSIA RESTAURANT 290-R Joo ChUt Road, Singapore. Congratulations Best .Wishes National Trades Union Congress on the official opening of the seminar on "Modernisation of the Labour Movement" PUBLIC DAILY RATED
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    • 222 12 JIMMY LAD CISCO ZODIAC RACE 1: 5 SPRING FANCY 8 i Honey Dear 9 Cluny II (9) CLCNY n 5 Spring Fancy (12) Pasir Kayangan (3) DARMAL 5 Spring Fancy 9 > Cluny O RACE y. (5) M. RACONTEUR (13) Globe Stream < 2) Pink Heather 2) P HEATHER
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    • 193 12 RIO DE JANEIRO. Fri. (Reuter) Pele, Brazil's football wizard, will spark off celebrations throughout Brazil when he scores his I,oooth goal —and it could be within the next six days. The Santos forward whose tally to date is 998 goals has
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    • 108 12 LONDON. Fri- (Reuter) British number one Mark Cox. who yesterday signed a £31,000 three-year professional contract with the world championship tennis group, collected another big pay packet at Crystal Palace here last night. The 26-year-old left-hander beat former Wimbledon champion Lew Hoad. of Australia, 11-9, 6-1
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    • 313 12 LONDON, Fri. (Reuter) Unbeaten Nijinsky. a Canadian-bred colt owned by American Mr. Charles Engelhard, has been rated the top-two-year-old of the 1969 English flat racing season He has been given top weight of nine stone seven pounds in the traditional English Free Handicap
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    • 82 12 NEW DELHI. Fri. (Reuter) Bishen Singh Bedi. India's left-arm Test spin bowler, will captain North Zone against the Australian cricketers in a three-day match at Juilundur. in Punjab, starting on Saturday. The zone selectors yesterday picked 14 players, including one other Test player,
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    • 216 12 BAXGKOK. Fri. (UPI> Eight Asian countries will meet in Bangkok f° r the second King s Cup soccer tournament Nov 19-28 The nations are South Korea. Malaysia. Singapore. Indonesia. Australia South Vietnam. Laos and Thailand Burma, runner-up of last year's tournament, will not
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    • 123 12 TOKYO. Fri (UPl> A total of 120 race horses will be flow n to Japan from London within the next three months. It was announced yesterday. Air France information said the thoroughbreds will be flown by a series of chartered Air France All-cargo jetliners. The
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    • 96 12 EDINBURGH, Scotland, Fri, (Reuter) Scottish rugby fans have a plan to stop anti-apartheid demonstrators by taking away their trousers. A group of burly supporters have suggested forming a "debagging squad" to tackle demonstrators who try to interrupt Scotland's match against South Africa here on December
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    • 952 12 QJTART the day with Spring Fancy. The sparingly-raced Makapura mare gets a track to her liking and in this lack-lustre field she can topple the opposition in the opening event at Ipoh today. Her last start was at Bukit Timah in July when fifth
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    • 181 12 IPOH. Fn Nonpariel with Lvall Harbndge astride impressed in a 3f workout on a sof f track hore this morning He should be followed on Sunday Royal Bourbon (Mat Shaari) also did a smart 3f sprint in 39. Skipper II (Coleman) covered 3f in 41 3/5
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    • 87 12 JAKARTA. Fri (Rfuter) Indonesian Shootin? Association todav said ;t wants the South-east Asian shooting championships due t© be held in Rangoon next month to be postponed to January for religious reasons. Association secretary Tjiptadi explained that December was full of Moslem and Christian holidays,
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    • 1595 12 Race is a 6 Div. 1—5Vz Fura.—2. 15 p.m. ($4,500) 1 090 Oar Hero 4* 900 T F, Sum Zaio Wadl 1 2 738 Checkmate 4y 8 u Domicile Stable Spencer Kingston 8 3. 3441 Daratal 8y 8 11 Bock Stable Ahmad Lec 10 4. .137 Red
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    • 380 13 Macao GISB MACAO, Fri (AFP) Malaysian aca Jan Bussell faces stiff opposition from the Japanese when he seeks to retain the trophy he won last year in the international Grand Prix here on Sunday, Bussell. an airline executive from Kuala Lumpur, is one of the pre-race
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    • 43 13 HORNETS I drew 20. all with Go Jos I in the Singapore Women Netball Association's 'Off Season" tournament played at the F k N ground on Thursday morning. The other two matches scheduled for the afternoon were nostponed due to rain.
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    • 1026 13 (CHANNEL 51 P* 12 50 Opening Announcements m all Language; and Space Kidettes; 115 Gentle Ben 1 Keeper of the Glades Part 1>; 1.40 Star Soccer (West Bromwieh vs Derby); J3O Inba Neram 'Repeat* (Deepavali Special'. 3 40 ABC Documentary (The Saga of Western Man 1492 4.30 What's My Line
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  • 221 14 A four-day exhibition of Chinese traditional and contemporary paintings by a well-known Hong Kong artist, Madam Fung Bi Che, opened yesterday at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce here. The exhibition jointly organised by the China Society. Singapore Academy of Art and Shun Tak Community Guild,
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  • 94 14 A youth wa s arrested by two detectives after he had snatched a handbag containing $3O from Miss On? Cheong Mui. 20 at Raffles Place yesterday afternoon. The two detectives were on rounds when they heard a commotion ana saw two youths running away They gave chase
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  • 973 14 THE Minister of Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker yesterday announced the third sale of Urban Renewal sites for private development. Speaking at a press conference held in the Conference Room of the Housing and Development Board, Mr. Barker said that emphasis
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  • 123 14 A "Symphony Concert" will be presented by the Singapore National Orchestra of the National Theatre Company on Nov. 22 at the Singapore Conference Mall. The concert is under the distinguished patronage of the President of the Republic. Yusof Ishak Composition? of Ludwig von Beethoven. Wolfgan? Amadeug
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  • 328 14 Operations of a criminal syndicate involved in selling stolen car s from Malaysia to Indonesia via Singapore were exposed In the First District Court when five men all members of the syndi?a'te pleaded guilty to charges against them. Hie First District Judge Mr DC. D'Cotta sentenced
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  • 188 14 THE volunteer of the Armed Forces, the People's Defence Force, is once again recruiting persons who are interested in part-time soldiering. Young men who are 20 years of age and above, physically fit. and who are not liable for National Service, are invited to volunteer for part-time
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  • 29 14 The Sceneshifters of the Young Men's Christian Association of Singapore will be presenting Gilbert and Sullivan's "Princess Ida" at the Victoria Theatre from Nov. 25 to 29
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  • 231 14 A LUCKY participant in the Thursday's Toto Draw has won the "jackpot prize" of $155.000 for submitting in an entry with all the numbers correct. The winner of this "jackpot prize", the blseest e v er won by anyon* from the Singapore Pools, purchased his coupon No 9R*****
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  • 290 14 TWO of the five oil companies in Singapore has announced here yesterday the price cut of three cents for every qallon of petrol. The cut will take effect as from today. Both the oil companies. Shell and British Petroleum (BP), said the reduction
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  • 147 14 A WIDE range of Australian drugs and pharmaceuticals will be display in the Trade Commissioner's Display Rooms at the Australian High Commission from Nov. 19 to 22. These Include vitamins, provitamins streptomycin, tyrocldlne and other antibiotics, hormones, bacterial products, sera, vaccines, medicaments and preparations
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