Eastern Sun, 2 February 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1255 Monday, 2 February 1970. MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Indonesia Steps Up Drive Against Reds
    268 1 JAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) The Indonesian Army is stepping up its drive against underground Communists amid signs of a resurgence of Communist activity in the country, Army sources said today. "W« have no alternative but to step up our efforts to crush them and their
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    Lock icon Flu In Korea
    63 1 SEOUL Sun. (UFI) The South Korean government vesterdav announced an outbreak ©f influenza in Seoul and alerted au health authorities against possible spread throughout the country. The alert followed a report of the National Health Research Institute that A-2 Hong Kong tvoe flu viruses were found in
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    Lock icon Ho Chi Minh Trail 'Massively'Bombed
    244 1 VIENTIANE. Sun (Reuter) American aircraft are flying massive raids against the vital Ho Chi Mlnh trail In an effort to stem the flow of North Vietnamese troops and supplies to South Vietnam. Reliable military source* Indicated the current number of sorties strikes by individual aircraft
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    Lock icon Israel Duels With Syria
    96 1 TEL AVTV. Sun. (UPI) Israel said her forces destroyed three Syrian tanks and hit two Syrian outposts In a two-hour artillery and tank fire duel on the occupied Golan Heights today. An Israeli army spokesman said exchanges across thp eastern section of the Israeli-Syrian ceasefire line
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    Lock icon 10.000 lb. Bomb
    81 1 SAIGON Sun. (UPI) A US aircraft dropped a 10.000pound bomb on North Vietnamese troops hiding in caves on the Seven Sisters" mountains deep in the Mekong delta. Informed allied military sources said yesterday. The Communists were identified as members of the North Vietnamese 188 Regiment first spotted
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    Lock icon All Manila Schools Shut
    91 1 MANILA. SUB. (UPI) Philippine authorities, worried at the prospect of more street violence, ordered the suspension of classes from elementary through college in the greater Manila are a for one week, it was announced today. Education Secretary Onofre Corpuz said the suspension would begin Mondav and
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    Lock icon Panthers Meet N. Vietnamese
    99 1 ST JEROME. Quebec. Sun. (UPI) Representatives of the North Vietnamese government and the Black Panthers met secretly here yesterday to discuss methods of forcing a United States withdrawal from Vietnam. The group numbered about 30 Spokesmen said that guide-lines for further talks to be held In
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    Lock icon Salvador, Honduras Battle Over Hill
    169 1 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Sun. (UPI) Salvadorean and Honduran troops fought over a Hill called La Tabla in northwest Honduras yesterday, the Honduran Army Command reported. The Army Command said a Salvadorean battalion opened fire on Honduran troops guarding the hill a short distance from the SalvadoreanHonduran
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    Lock icon KY SEES BOMBING OF N. VIETNAM 'POSSIBLE'
    319 1 SAIGON, Sun. (UPI) Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky said today it is possible that there will be a resumption of bombina of North Vietnam, "but if we have to do it again we will do it ourselves" without American help. Sidestepping a question
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    Lock icon Johnson To Run Again?
    102 1 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) Ex-President Lyndon Johnson will run again for some elective office "and I believe It will be the Presidency," his brother. Sam, wrote in this week's Parade Magazine. M Politics Is in his blood." said Sam Houston Johnson. Sam Johnson, 55 admitted he
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    Lock icon 208 Freed
    66 1 MANILA. Sun. (UP I)— The 208 arrested participants in Friday night's rioting before the Presidential MaJacanang Palace were freed yesterday and sedition charges against them were dismissed for lack of evidence The charges A led bv the national oolice against the suspects were dropped without prejudice to refiling
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    Lock icon Naga Truce
    30 1 KOHIMA. India. Sun. (Reuter*—The ceasefire between the Naga guerrillas and Indian security forces In Nagaland will be extended by one month fron toil. 2 lit, officials said here
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    Lock icon Ceylon Poised To Counter Violence
    226 1 COLOMBO, Sun. (Reuter) Troops with fixed bayonets patrolled Colombo and guarded strategic points today as the key Ceylon Mercantile Union staged a general strike. Police riot and tear gas squads also stood by in case of trouble during the stoppage, mounted in support of a
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    Lock icon Belgian King
    60 1 NEW DELHI. Eun. (Reuter) King Baoudouln of Belgium hu invited Indian President VV. Girl to pay an official visit to Belgium. It was announced tonight. No date for the visit has been set. The King and Queen, on a nine-day visit to India, have Just ended a three-day
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    Lock icon Church Meet
    50 1 KUCHING. Sun. (Reuter) The Council of Churches in Southeast Asia todav began a four-dav meeting here to discuss Christian unity, and political changes affecting churches in the region. The meeting was being attended by bishops from Kuchlng. Nationalist China. South Korea. Hong Kong, the Philippines Sabah and Singapore
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    Lock icon India Riot Death Toll Now Ten
    174 1 NEW DELHI. Sun (UPI) Police yesterday opened fire on rampaging mobs who struck In three cities of Haryana state In protest against the award of deputed Chandigarh city to the neighbouring Punjab state. Police gunfire killed one person In Jacadhri town, raising to 10
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    Lock icon Water Talks
    58 1 RAWALPINDI, Sun. (UPI) An India-Pakis-tan secretary-1 eve I meeting on sharing the Ganges waters following the construction •of the Farakka barrage in eastern India will be held here Feb 23 The Indian delegation is expected to arrive Feb 22. The last of such meeting between India and Pakistan
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    Lock icon The Pathetic Plight Of A USSR Recluse
    450 3 MOSCOW, Sun. (Reuter) An old peasant walked info the police station of a Siberian village the other d *Y and told the astonished duty officer he wanted to give himself up after hiding for 40 years in an old hut on his own
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    Lock icon KISSING IS OUT
    89 3 MOSCOW. Sun. (UPI) The Government newspaper 'lzvestia.' advised Soviet citizens yesterday to eliminate kissing in expressions of affection or social greeting. The recommendation was put forth as a means of slowing the spread of an outbreak of influenza in the Soviet Union. 'lzvestia* said the epidemic had
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    Lock icon Man Kills 6 Relatives
    106 3 SHIMABARA. Japan. Sun. (UPI) A Japanese brewery executive massacred six persons early today in a dispute over an inheritance. He then committed suicide. Police said Shinsho Oba. 32. killed his mother, his wife, his two children, and an uncle and aunt. He next drove to a
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    Lock icon Sinking Ship In Atlantic
    159 3 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sun. (Reuter) A. U.S. Coast Guard plane has parachuted pumps to a crippled Norwegian oi I tanker. The vessel was sinking after an engine room explosion. Coast guard officials here said there was no word of any injuries or the extent of
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    Lock icon SAID CIGARETTES TO CANCER: 'LET'S GET TOGETHER!'
    643 3  -  Bv EDWIN ROSENTHAL LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Queen Catherine of France puffed daintily at a pipe filled with dried leaves. The gift was forwarded with compliments from the French ambassador in Lisbon. She coughed, puffed again and nodded approval. That nod in the year
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    Lock icon GETTING FRESH?
    79 3 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) The only male stripper in Soho, London's entertainment centre, wants to make your flesh creep. For 31-year-old Terence Leigh has ambitions to graduate from strip-tease shows to the more bloodcurdling world of horror movies. "My dream is to play monster parts like Boris Karloff," he
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    Lock icon Calcutta Dock Strike Looms
    106 3 CALCUTTA, Sun. (Router) About 1.200 dock clerks and supervisory staff engaged In loading and unloading operations at Calcutta docks will go on strike from Feb. 7 to support demands for the abolition of the contractor and decasuallsatlon systems In the use of dock labour. It was
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    Lock icon 15-Month Suspense
    68 3 WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Sun. (Reuter) Scientists at Wellington Zoo announced yesterday that two eggs of a rare Tuatara lizard, scaly descendent of primeval reptiles, have been laid in captivity for the first time. They will take about 15 months to hatch. The Tuatara, which survives only in New
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    Lock icon Word Power
    88 3 SAIGON, Sun. (Renter) Vietcong guerillas are being bombarded with artillery shells special ones that explode in the air and send hundreds of leaflets fluttering to the ground. "Artillery can place leaflet rounds anywhere In the district on a moment's notice and in any kind of weather." claimed First
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    Lock icon ROYAL HAIR?
    83 3 BAIGON. Sun (Router) Private Copp has purple hair. He doesn't think that particularly funny. He only wishes his normally blonde hair would grow more quickly. Private First Class Larry Copp of the First Air Cavalry Division near here tossed his helmet on a smoke grenade. The latter accidentally
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    Lock icon W. Pak Gov. Resigns
    104 3 KARACHI, San. (Renter) Air Marshal Malik Nur Khan, influential Governor of West Pakistan, has resigned. It prompts speculation that he intends to enter party politics. The resignation of the 46-year-old former Air Force Commander-in-Chief, effective today, was officially announced last night. President Yahya Khan, head of
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    Lock icon BCNU To Fight Brain Tumour
    335 3 New Use For Leukemia Drug? WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) A drug used to arrest temporarily advanced leukemia in children, it now being studied as a possible weapon against brain tumours, the National Cancer Institute announced Friday, The substance is BCNU, an experimental drug which also has
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    Lock icon Computerized
    33 3 HONG KONG. Sun. (UPI) Kal Tak Airport will be the only airport In Asia adopting a computerised passenger-handling system Chairman Claus Dehio of the Board of Airline Representatives* Working Party disclosed today.
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    Lock icon Podgorny To Japan
    116 3 TOKYO. Sun. (UPl)—Nikolai Podgorny. President of the Soviet Presidium, will arrive in Japan on April 9. It would be a five-day official visit, government sources said yesterday. While in Japan. Podgorny will take part in the Soviet National Day Celebration at the Expo 70 opening in Osaka
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    Lock icon 'Hot Line' Used To Halt Israeli Advance
    191 4 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) The London Sunday Telegraph soid that the telephone "hot line" between Moscow and Washington was used last week to avert a new war in the Middle East. In a front dispatch from Beirut, the Telegraphs early Sunday edition said Egyptian
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    Lock icon $80m Advance Repayment To The US
    166 4 TOKYO, Sun. (UPI) Japan has decided to make in advance repayment of USS--80 million to the US ExportImport Bank, for loans given to Japanese firms for purchases in America. The advance repayment is designed to aid US policies aimed at coping with the drain
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    Lock icon US Denies The Story
    100 4 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Renter* The White House today denied a report that th* Mos-cow-Washington emergency hot line was used after Israeli commandos occupied Egypt-ian-held Shad wan Island last week. "There is no truth to the story" White House spokesman Gerald Warren said The emergency telephone line was
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    Lock icon Tories See No Snap Polls By Wilson
    182 4 LONDON, Sun. (UPI) Leaders of the opposition Conservative Party decided at a weekend strategy meeting yesterday that Prime Minister Harold Wilson would be unable to call a general election before spring of 1971. Conservative sources said the party leaders expect Wilson to remain
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    Lock icon Gaming Club Robbed By 4
    96 4 PARIS. Sun (Reuter) Four armed men wearing hoods burst Into one of Paris' oldest gaming clubs in a daring dawn raid yesterday and got away with 969.000 francs (£72,675). Police said the men. armed with sawn-off shotguns and pistols, forced the club's night manager to
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    Lock icon Melbourne Doctor In Barricade
    237 4 MELBOURNE. Sun (Reuter) A doctor leading a campaign against alleged police corruption here, has barricaded himself inside a suburban house with a group of followers known as "The Untouchables" to pursue his fight. Inside the high-walled terraced house, the eight men and a woman have an
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    Lock icon No Smoke Without Hell Fire
    597 4  -  Ann Landers fIEAR Ann: Like millions of other decent, socially acceptable people, I smoke. Since I am a neavy smoker, I am vastly uncomfortable if I must go for over an hour without a cigarette. Your notion that people who do not want smoking in
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    Lock icon Bomb Blows Hole At Police Station
    291 4 Irish tUots Are Brewing BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Sun, (U PI) Explosives blew a five-foot hole in a former Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Station nousing British troops last night, a military spokesman said. The spokesman said about 100 soldlera were housed in the four-storev building
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    Lock icon 'Runaway Leprechaun' Helping To Bring Peace?
    191 4 LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland. Sun. (Reuten A hypnotist In this trouble-torn town has caused a little trouble for the police this week by sending his audience* out to hunt down a runaway Leprechaun Ever? night about M member* of Paul Goldin's audience have been put
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    Lock icon New Hope For Berlin Problem
    252 4 PARIS. SUB (Renter) Chancellor Willy Brandt flew honv U»t night. havtn* aroused new hope* of solving the problem of Berlin tn a twoday Franco-German "summit* here. Berlin was a major theme of hi* talks with President George* Pompidou. West German officials «ald thev believe the
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    Lock icon Ford Strike Threat Feb. 16
    114 4 LONDON. Sun. (Renter) Shop stewards from Ford Motor Company's Engineering Union today voted to support strike action by 48.000 workers from Feb. 18. unless their pay demands are met. The vote of the two hundred shop stewards, all members of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering
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    Lock icon Nigerians Boycotted
    73 4 DUBLIN. Iruh Republic. Sun. (Reuter) Pump attendants at a Dublin garage today refused to serve Nigerian embassy officials In protest against Jail sentences on 17 Irish missionaries Imposed by a military government court in Port Harcourt "We don't want your custom." an embassy official was told when he
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    Lock icon Sale Of Jets: No Change Of Basic Policy, Says France
    439 4  -  By Mme. L. Hubert-Rodier Paris, Sun. (F. 1.0.) The affair of the sale of French aircraft to Libya hat caused such a stir both in France and abroad, that the Prime Minister, M, ChabanDelmas, and the Foreign Minister, M. Schumann,
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    Lock icon No Changes Seen For Pompidou Visit
    210 4 PARIS. Son. (Reuter) French officials expect President Pompidou's visit to the Tnited States next month to go ahead in a Arm, businesslike manner despite President Nixon's unease over France's controversial arms sale to Libya The sale of 100 MirSfe jets has raised a major
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    Lock icon Finland-China
    54 4 TOKYO. Sun. (UFI) The 1970 trad# agreement between Communist China and Finland was signed in P*kln f yesterday, the New China News Agenpv said. NCNA said U Chiang. Chines* Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade; Liu Hsl-Wen. Assistant Minister of Foreign Trade; and Veil Helenius. Finnish Ambassador to China, were present
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    Lock icon WARNING BY MARCOS
    493 6 PHILIPPINES President Ferdinand Marcos' charge that the student demonstrations before his Malacanang Palace was a Communist Chinese Inspired Insurrection is obviously exaggerated but the exaggeration was necessary in order to drive home his point. Prom detailed reports of the fivehour violent demonstration Friday night In Manila it
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    Lock icon THE NUCLEAR MENACE
    426 6 PRESIDENT Richard Nixon's press conference on a wide range of subjects covering both comestic and foreign policy conformed in all essential matters with his numerous previous statements. He did not try to hide the fact that the U.S. was piqued with France for trying to upset the
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    Lock icon Tarbela—A Dam To Dwarf Even The Mighty Aswan
    752 6  -  By ABDUL HAKIM, Gemini Newt Service KARACHI: Tl»a gigantic Tarbela Dim now baing built in a beautiful mountainous terrain 40 air-miles north-wast of Rawalpindi is becoming a tourist rosort. Work on the site, now made accessible by an airstrip and good road,
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    Lock icon An 18th Century Sloop To Boost Tourism
    485 6  -  By J.T. Clarke VANCOUVER, Canada, (Reuter) Tourist promoters here are planning to build a sea-going replica of an 18th century sloop-of-war which explored the Pacific coast -of North America and whose captain gave Vancouver its name. The promoters, headed by Vancouver Visitors' Bureau
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    Lock icon Unriddling The Enigma
    690 6  -  «r Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON, "Why?" is the obvious question anyone must ask when an immensely long-headed, basically cautious man is preparing to take an enormous, seemingly needless gamble. That is precisely what President Nixon is now doing. As last reported in this space,'he means to intervene in
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    Lock icon Obote Has Escaped The Spear, Snakes And Leopard
    1073 6  -  ky DAVID MUSOKE Gemini Newt Service KAMPALA: He hot been spoored in tho bock, dubbed by a thief, norrowly escaped two snakes ond a leopard and faced unarmed three Mou Mau men intending to shoot him. Now he has escaped assassination. President
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    Lock icon East Germany Is Angry...
    148 6 BERLIN. (AFP) The official East German paper "Neues Deutschland" today lashed at Bonn's Defence Minister Helmut Schmidt charging that he was embarking on a "typically aggressive and imperialist military policy." The paper said representatives of West German monopolies were again at the controls and Herr Schmidt
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Philippine Riots Aimed At Fragile Economy
      787 7 HONG KONG, Sun. (UPI) The wont no«tw*» Pk7- h f M,n a 1,,t w,ek »Md blow te Hi* Philippine economy and to th. Horh fo i y including th. country', "open tkiot" tourist promotion! The riot* struck at a time the country, handicapped with
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      Lock icon New Director With KPM
      118 7 MR. G. KASTELEIJN has Joined Mr. F. Terwogt and I Jhr. C.L.C. van Kretschmar a Managing Director of Royal Interocean Lines in Hong Kong from February. Mr. Kasteleijn Is familiar w -th the Far East having started his career with Royal Interocean Lines In Indonesia In
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      Lock icon Cut In Crude Oil Import Price
      110 7 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) Esso has cut the price of imported crude oil for Its Bombay refinery to US$l.29 a barrel in response to government demands for an immediate reduction. Yesterday. Burmah Shell reduce the price of It* crude oil to $1.28 per barrel.
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      Lock icon Mexico Gets Beechcraft Trainers
      92 7 The Mexican government haa purchased 20 bright yellow Beechcraft Musketeer Sports for training pilots, primarily in advanced and instrument flight programmes. According to Gen. Jose Q. Vergara Ahumada, Chief of Staff, Air Forces of Mexico and the government's purchasing representative, the 20 Beechcraft will be based
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      Lock icon THREE Singapore Unionists left for the United Kingdom on a month's study tour as the guests of the British Government, on Wednesday. They are seen here with the UK High Commissioner here. Sir Arthur de la Mare (2nd from left). The unionists are: Sim Cheng Swee (Army Civil Service Union), Ivan Baptist (S'pore Govt. Technical Services Union), and K.T. Samuel (United Workers of Petroleum Industry).
      65 7 THREE Singapore Unionists left for the United Kingdom on a month's study tour as the guests of the British Government, on Wednesday. They are seen here with the UK High Commissioner here. Sir Arthur de la Mare (2nd from left). The unionists are: Sim Cheng Swee (Army Civil Service Union),
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      Lock icon Japan, Germany Lead In Ship Production
      564 7 LONDON, Sun. (Beuter) Japanese and West German ahrpyards turned oit more tonnage laat year than ever before, according to official statistics Issued here And for Japan which has already cornered about one-third of the world shipbuilding market future prospects are even better. Records kept
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      Lock icon Six Cylinder Compact Holden Torana Range
      611 7 New From The Progress Motors (Pte) Ltd. has introduced a new compact six cylinder passen gar car range which they believe will have a significant impact on existing Singa pore/Malaysian car buying habits. Announcing the new ranga the Manager, Mr. J. W. Lawry, said
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      Lock icon Tough Compacts Sales Drive
      199 7 Powder compacts with a tough, perspiration reaistani finish are among cosmetic aceeeaorteß to be promoted in Singapore by a British export executive. The British team, headed by Mr. J.H. (Jack) Graham will visit Singapore from March 8 to 15; and Kuala Lumpur from March 15-19 and
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      Lock icon Turnover Sharply Reduced In Market
      712 7 The weekly market review Conditions in tfce Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore Hie past week reflected the resultant disinclination to deal after the Federal Paper happening more than a week ago. Tradina was quiet and total turnover was sharply reduced to 8,692,000 units compared
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      Lock icon New Food Executive At Hilton
      161 7 Mr. Juerg E. Tueacher has been appointed Executive Assistant Manager in charge of Food and Beverage of the Sinrapore Hilton. Mr. Tuescher. a nativ® of Switzerland, ha* been associated with Hilton International for several years and has had wide experience in Food and Beverage. Prior
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      Lock icon New Money Board Chairman
      96 7 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) Mr. Arthur F. Burns took office today as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, the semi-autonomous body which controls American monetary policy. President Nixon, Vice President Splro Agnew and members of the cabinet attended the swearing-in ceremony. Mr. Burns, who takes over at
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      339 7 ARRIVALS S-lSant- MSA Its K. Lampur 9-45 in MSA 119 K. Lumpnr 12.Se p.m. MSA 4SI Kaching ISO pro MSA Otl K. Lumpar Malacca SUpm. MSA 453 K Klnabalu 340p m- MSA 521 Bangkok. Prnini 5 40pm MBA 6*7 Tokyo. Taipei, Hongkong 710 pm. MSA 027 K- Lampur,
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    Lock icon PICTORICAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
    684 8 Award Presentation Ceremonies The ne* reuceaentation office of the Commen Bank In Singapore held a cocktail reception, recently to mailt Its official opening Sunpix shows some of the officials of the hank, posing a map with the German Ambassador in Singapore (From left) Messrs Heinz L. Haake.
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL TEN DOLLARS ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon TIME
      965 9 TIME! What t smalt word it is, but what immense value it has! To some people, perheps only to a very few, the word "Time" has a really deep meaning, but to others it may just simply mean 'Time" and nothing more. Yet time, as they say is Eternity!
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      Lock icon CAUGHT IN A STORM
      309 9 TURING the holidays, my father and I had been enjoying a boat ride. But, unfortunately we had been caught in a storm at sea. This was how it happened. My father was rowing the boat and I was sitting in it admiring the calm, bright day
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      Lock icon 'PRIDE COMES BEFORE FALL'
      530 9 IT vu a week before the final decisive Cambridge examinations. Everyone in Secondary Four was desperately preparing for this very important examination. except two boys. "Throughout the whole year, these two boys were a menace to the class During lessons, they would "crack" their stupid Jokes,
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      Lock icon GLASS
      662 9 MANY centuries ago there was just one kind of glass and people used it only because they admired its beauty. It was hard but fragile. It was not very heavy. Today, glass is one of the commonest substances in our modern world. We all can afford it. We use
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      371 9 Country Life Town Life SOME people live in towns while others like to live in a countryside. This is because they are brought up in such an atmosphere, or they like that type of living. Ther are other reasons too After the Industrial Revolution, many changes took place especially in
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      44 10 BIG SWEEP Ist Prix* No. *****2 4,416 2nd Prin No, *****8 1,261 3rd Priso No. *****4 390 3rd Priso No. *****8 390 Starters ($l5O each) No»:*****2 *****1 *****6 *****8 *****3 *****7 Consolations ($lOO each) Nos:*****7 *****2 *****1 *****2 *****2 *****1 *****4 *****9 *****9 *****3.
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      2065 10 "PLYING Finn, with Lea f Coles, astride scored an easv win in the Bukit Timah Cup yesterday. Well back in the early stages. Flying Finn made a forward move at the 5f post and was first into the straight, going on strongly to win from the
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      Lock icon Patterson To Fight Tessman
      146 10 BOSTON. Sun (UPI) Floyd Patterson, former world heavyweight champion, has Signed to fight Mark Tessman, th«. No. 2 ranked light-heavy-weight in a 10-round fight in Houston Coliseum April 1. Lee Coleman announced yesterday. It will be the biggest light of young Tessman's career and it will
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      48 10 JOHANNESBURG. Sun. (ATP) South African toller Gary Player will tour the United States as usual this year despite his country', refusal to grant American Negro Arthur Ashe a visa Th e American Consulate in Johannesburg h* s granted Player a 1370 visa "subject to no conditions."
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      55 10 KOTA KINABALU. Sun. The Sabah Cricket Association will make its first overseas tour when a 14-man team leaves here on Tuesday for Hong Kong to play a series of matches there. The team will play matches against the Hong Kong Combined Services the Kowloon Cricket Club and the
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      Lock icon English Sweep Tennis Singles
      265 10 AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sun. (UPI) Britain's Roger Taylor upset odds-on favourite Dutchman Tom Okker today in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. and 6-1 in a 90minute men's singles final of the Benson and Hedges tennis championships. Wimbledon champion Mrs, Ann Jones of Britain came from behind to
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      Lock icon Nicklaus Still Leads In Golf
      356 10 SAN DIEGO, Calif. Sun. (UPI) Jack Nicklaufl rallied from a poor front nine to shoot a two-under par 70 in the third round of the $150,000 Andy Williams San Diego open yesterday for a stroke lead over staggering Tony Jacklin with one round left to
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      Lock icon STRANGE END TO MIXED DOUBLES
      224 10 AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sun. (UPI) The Benson and Hedges open tennis tournament ended in sensational fashion Sunday when officials and players in the mixed doubles agreed to call it a day. The unusual ending to the tournament occurred when Australia's Ray Ruffels and Karen Krantzcke
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      58 10 BRISBANE. Sun. (AFP) Queensland battling on without Tom Gravenev who broke a wrist yesterdav. reached the solid position of 106 without loss in the second innings of their Sheffield Shield cricket match against Victoria here vesterdav The state side dismissed Victoria for 13° earlier today and at close
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      130 10 BANGKOK, Sun. (AFP) The Thai police team inter-culb A division champions last year will represent Thailand in the third Asian Champion Clubs Cup soccer tournament to be held in Teheran from April l to 10. it was announced here today. Team manager of the
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      Lock icon Gonzalez Devastates Newcombe
      334 10 DETROIT, Mich. Sun. (UPI) Pancho Gonzalez, so near perfect he never had to display his famous temper, beat back time for the second week in a row by punishing John Newcombe. 5-4, 6-4 and 6-2, for the 10.000 U.S. dollars prize In the 300,000 U.S. dollars 10
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      Lock icon Dolphins And Bruins Win Cage
      215 10 NEW YORK, Sun. <UPI) The Jacksonville Dolphin*, after losing their first game in 14 outlnga this season to Florida State Tuesday night, bounced back Friday night for a convincing 124-101 victory over St. Peter's. As usual, the Dolphin s big gun was Artis Gllmore. the
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      113 10 GARMISCH, Germany, Sun. 'UPI) The worlds leading ski races went on strike yesterday and forced cancellation of the Arlberg Kandahar downhill because of poor visibility. After an hour-long argu ment between skiers and officials racing chief Hubert Spiess of Austria said. "We can't force them to start" and
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      Lock icon Giants Sign Up 3rd Basemen
      82 10 SAN rRANCISCO. Sun. (UPI) Third base rivals Tito Fuentes and Alan Gallagher have signed their 1970 contracts with the San Francisco giants. Fuentes. a pleasant surprise at third base late last season, batted .295 i n 67 game s after being called up at mid-season
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      Lock icon Italian Wins Title; Filipino Decisioned
      367 11 ROME, Sun.(UPI) Challenger Bruno Arcari of Italy snatched the World Junior Welter weight championship away from Pedro Adique of the Philippines last night in a close 15-round bloody fight. Both fighters were flailing away like windmills from the opening bell in a rough match in
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      Lock icon Australia Takes Very Slim Lead
      241 11 JOHANNESBURG. Sun (UPI) A workmanlike 66 by lan Chappell. a steady 40 from skipper Bill Lawry and a brisk rally by the tallenders allowed the Australan tourists to gain a 45-run first Innings lead over Transvaal on Saturday on the second day of their three-day
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      Lock icon Soccer Fans In Hospital
      126 11 STOKE. England. Sun. (fleuter) Nearly 50 football spectators were taken to hospital here today after crush barriers collapsed during a Stoke City-Leeds United match here A hospital spokesman said 35 had minor Injuries, mostly cuts and bruises and about a dozen people had more gerioua Injuries
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      62 11 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) South African Cricket Association President Jack Cheetham and hi» colleague Arthur Coy are tonight flying back to South Africa after two days of secret talk# with representatives of the English Cricket Council M C C. Secretary "Billy" Griffith salH last ni?ht that the two South
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      81 11 SHEFFIELD. En g! and. Sun. (Reuter) Protest* atalnst Yorkshire playiftf the South African cficketers dunn* their tour here later fhi» vear w«rs made at the club't annual meeting today Members said it was uP to thi club to takf a gtand on the issue and give a lead to
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      Lock icon Rugby Field 'Cushion Battle'
      109 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Angry rugby fang pelt«d cushions at anti-apartheid demonstrators at the end of the final match of the troubled Spingbok tour at the Twickenham ground here todav. South Africa beat the Barbarians 21-12. Hundreds of cushions from two tiers of the main grandstand rained
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      31 11 WOLVERHAMPTON. Tr. gland Sun. (Router) Mary Peters. 30-year-old British international. set world's best time for th« women's 60 metres when she ctorked 8.5 seconds at Cosford near here todav
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      Lock icon OLEG CASSINI (Harbridge) seen here with the owner Mr. Tan Chin Teck at the winner's gate after winning the CI. 4 Div. I over 9f at Bukit Timah yesterday. Oleg Cassini was the second leg of a double for Lyle Harbridge who had earlier won on Forever Yours in the first race.
      52 11 OLEG CASSINI (Harbridge) seen here with the owner Mr. Tan Chin Teck at the winner's gate after winning the CI. 4 Div. I over 9f at Bukit Timah yesterday. Oleg Cassini was the second leg of a double for Lyle Harbridge who had earlier won on Forever Yours in the
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      Lock icon Everton Levels With Leeds In League Soccer
      552 11 LONDON, Sun. (Rauter) Only goal average separated defending champions Leeds United from Everton's thrust tor the English Soccer League title after yesterday's programme. Both clubs head the table with 46 points after Everton snatched back a point on their rivals with a 1-0
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      Lock icon Asian Games Assurance From Seoul
      174 11 BEOUL- Sun. (UPI) Chan* Key-Young. South Korean Honorary President of the Asian Oames Federation <AGF), aid yesterday that he will take the whole responsibility of holding the Sixth Asian Oames In December In Bangkok as scheduled. "The Asian Oames should never be cancelled o» suspended."
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      Lock icon Davis Cup
      74 11 TEL AVIV. Sun. f Reuter) The Israeli Lawn Tennis Association today postponed a decision on their home tennis tie against Rhodesia In May until after the emergency meeting of the Davis Cup nation* in London on March 23 The London meeting was requested by the International Lawn Tennis
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      Lock icon Listless Soccer Marks Visitors' Game Here
      501 11 THI Inter Bratislava soccer team of Czechoslovakia overwhelmed the Singapore Selection tide 6*o in a friendly international match played at the Jalan Betar Stadium, yesterday. The visitors who leave her? tomorrow for India, put up a very disappointing display especially the forwards who mlased
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      Lock icon Bukit Timah Record
      82 11 TUDOR Light wt new totalizator record by carrying 12.444 tiekeig on the tin tot# at Bukit Tlmah yesterday. H# dulv obliged the pun ten to pay 913 for a win ticket. Tudor Light, a strapping four-year-o'.d Auatrailan geldlnt became the Mth horse i« local Turf history to
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      Lock icon Sullivan Award
      80 11 NEW YORK. Sun (UPI) Bill Toomey. 30-year-old Olympian who overcame a series of disappointment# to capture the world decathlon record in hie final effort of the year was named yesterday winner of th§ James ESullivan memorial award for 1969 Toomey. the moat active decathlon contestant in hutory dominated
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      Lock icon Fred Trueman
      78 11 KINGSTON. Jamaica. Sun (Reuter) Former England fait bowler Freddl Trueman showed tome of hi* old fire here and it almost proved dlaastrou* for a young Jamaican batsman playing for the island'* youth team against the touring international cavalier*. Opener Samuel Jordan was hit on the heed by a
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      79 11 BUENOS AIRES. Sun. (UPI> A spokesman for Luna Park, as id on Friday negotiations are underway in NewYork for a heavyweight match between Argentina's Oscar ('Rjngo") Bonaveng and form* er world champion Sonny Liston. The spokesman said Deway Frsgetta. a representative of Luna Park in New York, wa*
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    Lock icon Water Precious For Singapore
    352 12 THE Member of Parliament for Toa Payoh, Mr. Erie Cheong, last night reminded the people of Singapore that water is more precious than gold in the Republic. "Singapore would not survive for long without an adequate supply of water. "We cannot continue to live in a
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    Lock icon KITE DOWNS CHOPPER
    169 12 Flying by helicopter around mountainous Hong Kong and the neighbouring Kowloon and New Territories can be a hazardous operation at any time, with typhoons, torrential rains, low-lying clouds and flocks of birds all posing problems for the crews of No. 28 Squadron, which operates Whirlwinds from R.A.F.
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    344 12 CHAMPAGNE served high obove drifting cauliflowered clouds *that looked like cotton wool winsome Thai air-hostesses in rich silk costumes of striking colours "standstill" illusion of jet-speed such was "The Experience" more than 70 air travellers Saturday found on board the Super DC-9-41. The passengers comprising journalists and
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    Lock icon Loitering Charge
    65 12 A 22-year-old youth who was found loitering near a block of flats in Havelock Road will be charged in court, todav under the Prevention of Crime Ordinance. Chapter 22. He was arrested by two from the Orchard Road Police Station, when they found that the youth could not
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    26 12 'JHERE were a total ©f 53 road accidents on Saturday of which seven were serious and one fatal Fatal accidents have already been reported yesterday.
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    208 12 MORE than 10.000 farmers in Singapore have been licensed by the Primary Production Department since Jan. 2 this year. As there is still a large number of farmers who are waiting to renew their farm licences, the Department has decided to extend the licensing period to
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    32 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Director of the United States Information Service*. Mr. Earl J Wilson left here this morning for a n#w postin* in the US Information Agency in Washington.
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    27 12 KUALA LUMPUR Sun Twenty-five walkers from Singapore have entered for the Tunku Abdul Rahman Goodwill Bi ff Walk" to be held here on Feb 6
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    Lock icon Children Are Precious Assets
    295 12 PARENTS in Singapore were yesterday urged to see that every child is an effective digit in the defence of security and in the economic contribution for the viability of Singapore when he reaches manhood. This call was made by the Member of Parliament for the River
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    Lock icon Wall Slogan
    43 12 POLICE spokesman ASP Leslie 'Wong yesterday said that no arrests have been made in connection with the yellow paint mystery slogan "Down With Militarism" painted on the walls of the American Embassy at Hill Street on Saturday at 9 15 pm.
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    Lock icon POULTRY FARMER ROBBED
    196 12 FOUR robberr all armed with knives held up a poor poultry farmer in West Coast Road and escaped with his Chinese New Year savings amounting to $440. and valuables worth $550. yesterday Teo Seng. 65. who had saved the money for the forthcoming Chinese New Year, is
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    40 12 KUCHING. Sun (AFP> Curfew m certain oarts of th§ Sankei areas in the Third Administrative Division o? Sarawak has been lifted a t>olice spokesman said here today The curfew has been In force since-Oct. 17. the spokesman added.
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    Lock icon Groups Must Play Constructive Role
    305 12 THE Parliamentary Secretary to Hie Ministry for Culture, Enche Sha'ari Tadin, last night urged promotional and interest groups in Singapore to do "something different" than just merely organise annual dinners and dances, committee meetings, and collection teams. Although the financial proceeds of such endeavours would
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    170 12 TWO unemployed youths who were responsible for the theft of a motor-cycle and several petty hold-ups will be charged In court today They were arrested b v two Police Constables from the Central Police Station at Park Road, where the policemen found them loitering around without
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      110 12 TOTO DRAW THE following numbers were drawn in yesterday's Toto Draw:- 21. 14 36. 41, 20. The additional number drawn was 37. In the three circle draw the numbers drawn were:3. 25, 19. Time ft Tide TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 542 a.m. (8.1 ft.). 1.19 p.m. (2.4 ft.), 9.21 p.m. (7
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      130 12 |TODAY and YOU^ i! Monday, Febniary 2, 1970. A AIIIS sV m»> r r> 9-10-23-34 £>'47-37 66 yf TAURUS ah. :c yAt k \5-14-21 30 CIMINI 1« STAR GAZER'"*, By CLAY R POLLAN X Your Doily Adrnfy Gu-de M According to fho Stan. To develop messoge for Monday, reod words
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