Eastern Sun, 27 February 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1277 Friday, 27 February 1970. MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cent*
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    Lock icon Laos Calls For Geneva Talks On Red Attacks
    451 1 "yiENTIANE, Thurs. (All Agencies) Laotian Premier Prince Souvanna Phouma today called for a Geneva meeting on the war an government troops braced for a new North Vietnamese thrust further into the country. The Prime Minister said he believed the situation in Northern
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    Lock icon MPs Questioned
    28 1 LONDON. Thurs (AFP)— Scotland Yard detectives are investigating visits bv Members of Parliament to Communist countries Two MPs h* v e already been questioned this week.
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    Lock icon Tit For Tat
    27 1 CAIRO. Thurs (Reuter) Syria has decided to restrict entrv of Swig* nationals in retaliation against a similar action bv Switzerland to restrict Arab citizens.
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    Lock icon Murder: Marines Charged
    154 1 DA NANG. Thurs. (UPI) —Fiv t U.S. Marin*) have been charged with the murder of fiv Vietnamese women and 11 children. The murders allegedly took place while the Marines were on patrol near a northern coastal village a week ago. None of the accused was Identified The
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    Lock icon Pilots – Action Or We'll Strike
    68 1 Pilots Action Or We'll Strike LONDON Thur*. (Reuter) —Airline pilot? from 51 rountrie* todav threatened a 24-hour strike if no progress ia made in thwarting attacks on civilian airlinersThe warning was issued bv the International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations after a meeting of its principal officer* in London. The
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    Lock icon Bodies Recovered From Avalanche
    164 1 GENEVA. Thura. (Reuter) Rescuers today dug the bodies of a Swiss Army captain and two children from the avalanche which engulfed the village in Reekingen. Sixteen people have now been found dead In the snow. Another man died in hospital and 13 were still missing, almost
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    Lock icon Reporters Thrown Out As Police Arrest Deputy
    299 1 SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI) South Vietnamese police tonight forcibly a National Assembly deputy convicted o* Communist activity and roughed up several newsmen who covered H*e arrest. Tran Ngoc Chau. 46, was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison by a military court. He was
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    Lock icon Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, arrived in Singapore yesterday to a colourful red carpet welcome at Paya Lebar International Airport. Here, they walk away from their chartered Japan Airlines jet after being welcomed by the Acting Vice – President, Professor Yeoh Ghim Seng (centre). (See Page 12).
    48 1 Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, arrived in Singapore yesterday to a colourful red carpet welcome at Paya Lebar International Airport. Here, they walk away from their chartered Japan Airlines jet after being welcomed by the Acting Vice President, Professor Yeoh Ghim Seng (centre). (See Page 12).
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    Lock icon BOMBS THROWN AT U.S. EMBASSY
    263 1 MANILA, Thurs. (Reuter) Student demonstrators tonight marched on the U.S. Embassy and flung rocks and petrol bombs at police deployed in front of the embassy compound. The demonstrators, members of the Movement for a Democratic Philippines had earlier been dispersed by police after a rally
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    Lock icon Republic Status For Rhodesia
    52 1 SALISBURY. Thurs-(AFP) —Rhodesia is to become a republic next Monday, it was announced today The British Crown Colony of Rhodesia unilaterallv declared its independence on November 11. 1965. A Government announcement said Parliament would be from one minute past midnight on Monday and new elections will
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    Lock icon Israelis Shoot Down Three Egyptian MIGs
    81 1 TEL AVTV. Thurs (Reuter)—lsraeli j«ts *hot down three Egyptian MIG 21s in an air battle west of Port Said todav The clash came when Egyptian planes intercepted Israeli j«w during their second attack on Egyptian m:Sr ule sites. The downing of the three MIG?
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    Lock icon 'Hair' Is Off In Osaka After Drug Arrests
    206 3 OSAKA, Japan, Thurs. (Reuter)— Japanese organisers of the controver*'al. Broadway musical Ha said today they had cancelled plans for performances here. Police had arrested five members of the cast for alleged possession of marijuana. Police announced today they had confiscated 140 grammes
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    Lock icon Ship Stuck In Ice
    123 3 TOKYO. Thurt (UPI) The 7.760-ton "Fuji" has lost Part of its ice-breaking gear in the Antarctic Ocean. It Is now hemmed in by ice up to 26 feet thick, accordto* to an official report received in Tokyo today Officials of the Antarctic Research Headquarters said the
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    Lock icon Laird: No Change In GI Withdrawal
    395 3 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) Defence Secretary Melvin Laird told Congress yesterday he *aw no reason to change the present pace of withdrawal of U.S. troops from Vietnam. This is despite the fact that the flow of North Vietnamese supplies to the war zone is increasing.
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    Lock icon PI Attache Expelled
    76 3 CAIRO. Thurs. (Reuter) Egyot has expelled the Philippines military attache. Colonel Valentin Mayuga. for security reasons, it was officially stated vesterday The government spokesman. Dr. Esmat Meguld. answered questions at a press conference. He said the Colonel had been declared persona non grata.' added. "The responsible authorities
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    Lock icon PI 'Thief' Killed At US Base
    182 3 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) A Filipino was shot and fatally wounded last night by an American security policeman "during an apparent robbery attempt" at the Huge Clark Air Base about 60 miles north of Manila, it was announced. Ick Moore press attache of the US
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    Lock icon THE MOST LONG-AWAITED LETTERS IN THE WORLD
    672 3  -  Bj DAVID MATHEW WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) The handwriting on the flimsy air-letter said almost as much as the terse, six-line message It contained. But it told all that mattered for the pretty housewife in an Alabama city. Both handwriting and message proved that
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    Lock icon TALKS ON GANGES
    101 3 RAWALPINDI. Thurs. (UPD Indian and Pakistani delegations to the fourth secretariat talks on the sharing of the River Ganges were understood to have agreed yesterday on the subject of discussions. There were no official statements issued after more than five hours of talks yesterday. There were also
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    Lock icon Riots In Hyderabad
    86 3 HYDERABAD. Thurf (Reuter) Police battled with hundreds of violent demonstrators here yesterday. Earlv reports said at least 13 policemen were Injured The demonstrators were supporting demands that the Telengana region o* Andhra Pradesh should be made a separate state It is the third outbreak of violence here
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    Lock icon On Wrong Cloud No. 9
    166 3 TAIPEI, Thurs. (Reuter) —A 21-year-old Indonesian is returning home today after an unscheduled six-week trip to Taiwan and Hong Kong. It all began when he chose the wrong place to fall asleep. Dioni Tamengkel, a truck driver, decided to take a nap in the hold
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    Lock icon A BIG BLOW TO NIXON'S HOPES: No USSR Peace Efforts On V-N
    444 3 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) The Soviet Union has no intention of assisting American peace efforts in the Vietnam conflict, despite President Nixon's recent criticism of the Kremlin's aloofness, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Russia, which "dropped out" of the search
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    Lock icon BROKEN HILL 'OIL BONANZA' REPORT FALSE
    380 3 MELBOURNE, Thurs. (Reuter) Reports that the Broken Hill Proprietary Co, Ltd. had struck "an Oil Bonanza" in its oil and natural gas field in Bass Strait oH the Victorian coast were completely irresponsible, a spokesman for the company declared today. He *aid the report,
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    Lock icon Colliery War
    67 3 CALCUTTA. Thurs. (UPI) Rival unions fought with brickbats, bombs and torches yesterday in a colliery in Jamurla. 150 miles outside of Calcutta, the Police Minister of West Bengal state reported. Four persons were killed Police were called In to disperse the fighting between members of the Marxist Communist
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    Lock icon 3 Missing
    75 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuten Three Chinese girls were still missing early today almost 24 hours after their fishing boat sank. The Incident followed a collision with a vessel in Hong Kong harbour. A government spokesman said 11 people from the boat were rescued by a Junk. They were
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    Lock icon Ship Blaze
    157 3 HONOLULU, Thurs. (UPI) Two fire-fighters from a coast guard ship battled a fire aboard a Panamanian cargo vessel yesterday. The incident .happened 2,500 miles south of Japan, th« coast guard reported. A fire-fighting team from the cutter, "Bering Strait", on ocean Datrol with a nucleus of Vietnamese Navy
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    Lock icon Soviet Ship Officer Asks For Asylum
    138 3 PAPEETE. Tahiti, Thurs. (Reuter) An officer from the Soviet ocean survey vessel, 'Verny' has requested political asylum from French Polynesian Authorities. Officials here named the officer as Yuri Ivanchenko, 29. They refused to hand him over to the captain of the 'Verny'. pending receipt
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    Lock icon Can A Mayor Ban Protest?
    122 3 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Supreme Court will decide today whether or not a mayor can ban demonstrations. The decision was askeid for by a student leader Nelson Navarro. This Movement for a Democratic Philippines sought a court ruling to compel the Manila mayor to issue
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    Lock icon U Thant Sees Hope For Peace In M-E
    435 4 WHY HE RUSHED TO NEW YORK NEW YORK, Thurs. (Reuter) United Nations Secretory-General U Thant cut short his visit to Burma because of "certain positive elements" in the "Big Four" talks on the Middle East crisis. U Thant decided to rush bock
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    Lock icon WILSON: WE'RE READY FOR EEC MEETING
    291 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Prime Minister Harold Wilson says Britain must pursue its bid to enter the six-nation European Economic Community. Speaking In Parliament at the end of a two-day debate on the cost to Britain of Common Market membership. Mr. Wilson said. "At the
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    Lock icon No Help For The Police
    145 4 LONDON. Than. (Renter) The Pakistani and Indian High Commissions are refusing to help police investigating passport offences. a detective told an Cxbridge court here today. The detective. Police Constable George Lalng. said that both High Commissions plead diplomatic Immunity when approached for aid In passport
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    Lock icon King Hussein To Visit Pakistan
    43 4 AMMAN Thurs (AFP) Km* Hussein of Jordan will make an official visit to Pakistan next month The visit had originally been planned for ear'.v this month but was postponed because of the tension between Jordanian and Palestinian forces
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    Lock icon Town Rising Up With The Land..
    202 4 ROME, Thurs. (Reuter) Cracks opened up in roads in Pozsuoli today, mothers took tneir children home early from school, windows shattered and surveyors measured land levels to spot any changes. Fear is spreading among the 70.000 population of the port near Naples about the
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    Lock icon Blast On Board British Tanker
    46 4 CAPETOWN. Thurs (AFP' An explosion today rocked the *****-ton B.P tanker "British Oak", injurln* four South African repair workers. Thev were badly burnt by the blast while working in one of the tanker's starboard holds The ship was not seriously damaged
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    Lock icon Princess Anne: What's So Good About London?
    122 4 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Princess Anne says she cannot understand why people want to come to London, especially on the off-chance of getting a dreary job. The Princess was opening a hostel fox homeless girls aged 17 to 21 at the London Centre in
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    Lock icon Commonwealth Asylum Rights In Britain Now
    125 4 LONDON. Thurs (Reuter) Th# right of Commonwealth citizens to claim political asylum in Britain is recognised for the flrst time in revised immigration rules A Commonwealth cltixen who doe# not otherwise qualify for admission will not be expelled if he will be persecuted on
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    Lock icon 'ISRAELIS MUST WITHDRAW'
    244 4 BELGRADE, Thurs. (UPI) President* Tito of Yugoslavia and Nasser of Egypt last night called for an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab territories. The call was contained In a joint communique published at the end of Tito's talks with Nasser tn Egypt. The two Presidents discussed "the Middle
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    Lock icon Blast Cut Vital Wire On Swissair Plane
    303 4 BIRNE, Thurs. (Reuter)—An explosion damaged a vital wire linked with the navigation system of the Swissair jet which crashed on Saturday, air experts said today. This could have sent the piane on its fatal plunge to earth with 47 people aboard, the officials
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    Lock icon Parts of West Germany are still covered with water following the worst floods there for many years. At least seven people have been drowned in the floods which followed heavy rain and a thaw of mountain snow. Here, a fireman in Syke. is up to his waist in swirling, muddy water as he searches for the body of a child who drowned.
    64 4 Parts of West Germany are still covered with water following the worst floods there for many years. At least seven people have been drowned in the floods which followed heavy rain and a thaw of mountain snow. Here, a fireman in Syke. is up to his waist in swirling, muddy
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    Lock icon Mini-Skirt Girls After The Pinchers
    117 4 LONDON, Thurs (Router) London's miniskirt ed shop f iris are petitioning the Home Secretary for protection because of on* girl put It: "London has overtaken Paris for the menace of bottom pinching" The outraged girls «snt police travelling in trains to prevent their rush hour
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    Lock icon Artist Defends Portrait Of The Queen
    81 4 LONDON. Thurs. (UPT»— The latest official portrait of Queen Elizabeth has been unveiled and the artist defended her unsmiling, serious face as reflective of a troubled world "I saw her a* the symbol a moment in time when thin** in the world are difficult
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    Lock icon EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN EX-M15 MAN'S HOUSE
    226 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) A former army, officer accused of plotting to blow up an Israeli jet was once connected with Ml 5, the British countef-intel-ligence organisation, a court was told. The prosecutor agreed this was true and said the trial might have to go
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    Lock icon Bomb Wrecks Belfast Club
    71 4 BELFAST. Thurs (LTD A bomb explosion wounded five men and wrecked a social club used by c ltv government emplovees today. The blast flung furniture through Windows, ©f the building and hurled glass •cross the street The five wounde* were taken to hospital one of them
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    Lock icon Indecency Summons On Beatles Lithos
    85 4 LONDON. Thurs. (LPI) Police have served a summons on the art gallery that displayed lithographs of the love life of Beatle John Lennoa and his wife Toko One. Police allege it was an Indecent exhibition. Polica confiscated eight lithograph* during a January 16 raid on
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    Lock icon Clawed To Death By A Leopard
    98 4 ROME. Thurs. (Reuter) A leopard clawed a 41-year-old man to death in a Rome apartment last night when he opened the animal's cage to clean It. The man. Errole Gentlll. a polio victim without the use of one leg and arm regularly fed the
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    Lock icon Egyptian Jets Attack Israel
    60 4 TEL AVIV. Thurs (AFP) Egyptian aircraft attacked an Israeli outpost In the northern sector of the Suez Canal today. A military *pokesman here said there were no Israeli casualties He said mortar shell* were flred from Lebanese territory at the Israeli settlement at Zarid last night.
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    Lock icon Record Sale Of Modern Paintings
    248 5 YORK Thur (UPI) —5,852,250 U.S. dollars art auction last night exceeded the world record tor a single sale ot impressionist and modern paintings. It put Vicent van Gogh in the million dollar class. A mystery buyer who placed his bid before the «ale outbid Malcolm
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    Lock icon Planes For Israel
    80 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs 7 U PI) —A congressman protesting French President Pompidou's appearrance before Congress yesterday said he had information France soon will ship 50 fighter planes to Israel. He also claimed the United States will sell another 25 planes also to Israel Rep Roman Pucinski told newsmen
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    Lock icon Train Hits Full Bus
    82 5 PROGRESO Mexico. Thurs <UPI> A freight tram plowed Into a bus at a Progreso dock yesterday, killing at least six persons and injuring 17, Progreso Police said Some of the passengers o the bus were hurled into »he sea by the impact. Unconfirmed reports pushed the
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    Lock icon Wallace To Seek Governorship ?
    241 5 Wallace To Seek Governorship MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Thurs. (Reuter) Segregationist George Wallace is expected to seek the Alabama Governorship today. It will be his first step toward another presidential candidacy in 1972. Wallace gained fame for his defiance of federal court-ordered integration when he served as Governor in 1962-66. The observers
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    Lock icon FRENCH PRESIDENT POMPIDOU, addresses a joint meeting of Congress yesterday. He claimed that a Middle East settlement must include a renunciation of force by both sides. A solution to the problem of Arab refugees from Palestine must also be found as soon as possible. Sitting in the back ground are Vice-President Agnew and House Speaker John McCormack.
    59 5 FRENCH PRESIDENT POMPIDOU, addresses a joint meeting of Congress yesterday. He claimed that a Middle East settlement must include a renunciation of force by both sides. A solution to the problem of Arab refugees from Palestine must also be found as soon as possible. Sitting in the back ground are
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    Lock icon 'Che" Violates Obscenity Law: Author, Producer And Star Fined
    257 5 NEW YORK, Thurs. (Reuter) The author, producer and star of the controversial off-Broadway play, 'Che', were fined a total of 2,000 dollars in criminal court yesterday. They were convicted along with other members of the cast for violating obscenity laws. In
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    Lock icon The Perfect Holdup
    181 5 TORONTO. Thurs. <Reuter) Two gunmen got away with nearly seven million dollars In cash and cheques in a bank holdup here yesterday. Police said the bandits entered the Bank of Montreal branch in mid-town Toronto This was about five minutes after the money and cheques had been
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    Lock icon FBI Arrests President Of Union
    139 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter) The Federal Bureau of Investigation vesterday arrested a top "United Mine-Workers Union official in Tennessee in connection with the murder of Joseph Yablonski. The latter was the unsuccessful candidate for the union presidency. The FB I. named the official as Silous Huddleston.
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    Lock icon Twins In Spleen Transplant
    191 5 LOUISVILLE, Kentucky. Thurs. (UPI > Two Identical 40-year-old twin brothers were listed In "sa'isiactory condition" yesterday after a team of surgeons from the University of Louisville School of Medicine transplanted the spleen of one into the other. A local tobacco executive, the recipient of the transplant
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    Lock icon Quins Had Close Call After Birth
    204 5 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) —A doctor said that three of the quintuplets born last night had a close call soon after their birth. However, all five now are in good condition Dr. Stanley James, chief pediatrician at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital disclosed yesterday. The quins
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    Lock icon Dam Blast Kills Seven Workers
    54 5 CABORA BASSA. Mozamblgue, Thurs. (L*PI) A premature explosion during routine blastinz on the Cabora Bass* dam g; te today killed seven African workers and serious'y injured three European technicians, officials announred A spokesman said the explosion occurred during blasting operations for a diversion tunnel in
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    Lock icon AFTER SNUB AT CONGRESS: Nixon-Pompidou Talks On Mid-East
    511 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) U S.—French differences over Middle East policy take priority when visiting President Pompidou meets President Nixon at the White House today. The former will fly to the American space centre in Cl__: J_ Florida later. Informed sources said the
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    Lock icon Bank Set On Fire
    154 5 GOLETA California Thurs (UPI) A crowd of 300 to 500 students broke Into a bank and set drapes and papers aflre Police meanwhile sealed off a fourblock business district adjacent to the University of California at Santa Barbara campus In the second night of violence last
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    Lock icon Chicago Trial
    79 5 CHICAGO Thurs. (Reuten Ramsey Clark, former American attorneygeneral. has Joined in the motions submitted to the UJ3 Appeal Court asking for bail to be granted to the Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial defendants. Clark was among those who signed a brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ICLU>
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    Lock icon American Ambassador To France Resigns
    184 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Sargent Shriver yesterday said he had submitted hit written resignation as U.S. ambassador to France to President Nixon. He told reporters his resignation had been on Nixon's desk "for several months or several weeks." When asked if he was leaving the Paris
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    Lock icon 4-Legged 'Informer' Walks No More
    217 5 JACKSON, Wyoming, Thurs. (Reuter) Monlque the elk is dead. Monique was the animal chosen to wear an electronic collar which would transmit infomation to the Nimbus 111 weather satellite. The experiment was to prove the feasibility of tracking animals. Ma'nkind could learn more about their
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    Lock icon THE FEAR IN BANGKOK
    945 6 FTTHE "forgotten war" has suddenly assumed J. importance and is being given pride of place in the front pages of newspapers round the world. Perhaps this resurrection from limbo will also be associated with the renewal of arguments about the equally forgotten "Domino Theory." There is
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    Lock icon It's Back To Churches In Bucharest
    566 6  -  By Aline Mosby BUCHAREST (UPI) Communist nations present to th e world a stiff, grey facade through their controlled press. But burrow beneath and you can find people busy living their lives not reflected in this official image. Bucharest really is not the Bucharest
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    Lock icon Man And Moon: Next On Top Of Cone Crater
    262 6  -  By Mary Bubb CAPE KENNEDY. Florida. < Reuter) America* Apollo 13 astronauts said today they are hoping to scale what looks like a volcano during their mission to the moon in April Called cone crater, it measures over 900 feet <270
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    Lock icon Authoress Carolina Now Selling Fruits
    551 6  -  ®y John Virtue SAO PAULO, Brazil, (UPI) The tall, barefoot black woman who was once Brazil's bestsailing authoress laid down her hoe end said she sometimes feels homesick for the slum sh« left 10 years ego. "At least there.'* aald Carolina Maria de Jesus. "I
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    Lock icon The Fateful Decision
    765 6  -  *y Joseph Alsop WASHINGTON, The French Government first lied about the fact, and is now lying about the motive, of its sale of Mirage fighter planes to Libya. The true motive for the sale is plain to be seen, however, in the French undercover agents of several
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    Lock icon Saigon Plans A Casino —To Attract Tourists
    620 6  -  By Christopher Pritchett SAIGON. (Reuter) A plush gambling casino is on th« cards for South Vietnam. Where and when it will be built has still to be announced but the government has already mad* one thing clear there will be no prostitutes on
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    Lock icon The Divided Homo Sapiens
    388 6  -  By DICK WEST WASHINGTON. (CFI) The U.S. space programme appears to have arrived at a turning point, or at a crossroads or at some other crudal cliche. A decision must be made soon on whether to continue to pour vast sums Into the exploration of the
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      Lock icon STEADY TRADING IN INDUSTRIALS
      405 7 INDUSTRIALS remained steady in the Stock Exchange Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Share prices were again marked up marginally across the board although trading was mainly of a selective nature. The better class stocks finished rather firm alter Fitzpatricks which came in lor sustained bullish interest and
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1065 7 gUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia and Singapore 7™* number traded in brackets in lots ot 1,000 units unless otherwise specified•INDUSTRIALS Acma $2.29 (2) $2.30 (2); Alcan Industries $2ll (1) $2 10 (1' $2 08 (1) $2 09 <lB
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      Lock icon Ford Loses In Earnings Too
      97 7 DETRIOT. Thurs. (UPP— Ford Motor Co Monday became the last of the big three to report a decline in earning* during 1969 with the announcement that its net income for the yea r was US$547 million. But Ford Mid its s»l«s in 1969 were a
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      Lock icon Sales Of Jades, Pearls Down
      66 7 RANGOON. Thurs (Router) Sales at Burma's annual week-lon* auction of precious stones were sharply down this year, officials saM vesterday The total figure for the sales was £645.694 down £365.868 from last yearMost of the jades, pearls ard other jewellery were sold to Hong Kon*
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      699 7 BID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at tSe close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia Singapore were INDWTSI \LS B sAcma .4iian InduM rie« 2-07 2 09 Ben A Co. 1.78 1 M0 Borneo Bbd 1.76 1.77 Buustead Co
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 62 3/8 Cts.
      303 7 MARCH first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 62-| cents per lb.. down one a half cent from the previoua close. The tone of the market was quiet after easy. Opening quotations were marked dow n following lower
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      Lock icon Colour TV: US Bows To Japan
      77 7 TOKYO. Thurs (UPI Japan will outstrio the United States and become the world's largest maker of colour television# in 1970. the Electronic Industrie* Association of Japan predicted this week. The association estimated Japan win ha\> 13.340.000 TV sets, valued at 824.460 million yen (U552,290
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      40 7 NEW YORK, Thuri. <UPH Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday 30 Industrials 768 28 20 Transp 174.34 15 Utilities 113 62 65 Btoclcs 257.57 40 Bonds 69.13 Commodity futures Index 134 89 018
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      60 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed 40 to 60 points lower on no sales Wednesday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (Close) (Prev) Mar 2400 2460 May 24 00 24.60 July 24 00 24 60 Sept 24.00 24 00 Nov 2350 2390 Jan 2400 24.60 Mar 24.00
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      Lock icon Stock Prices Soar In NY
      106 7 NEW YORK. Thur*. (UPI) A reduction In the prime Interest rat« by a small Philadelphia bank sent stock prices soaring late Wednesday In steppedup trading. In a matter of minutes the Dow Jones Industrial average, the closely watched blue chip barometer, climbed more than 10
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      Lock icon London Stock Mart Steady
      111 7 LONDON. Thurs <UPI) Stock markets steadied Wednesday, though trading remained light with no decisive trend for most of the time Broken Hill Proprietary <BHP» claimed most of the early limelight with a big gain on their rich Australian oil strike, but profit taking made its mark
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      75 7 NEW DELHI. Thurs (Reuter) Rail fares and freight charges In India will be increased from April l under the government's railway budget Railway Minister Oulzarllal Nanda said on Monday the increases will not adversely affect the common man and trade In any significant manner The
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      56 7 DETROIT. Thurs (UPI) The big three U.S automakers say sales for the second 10 days In February fell 18.1 per cent from a year ago. The total number of cars and trucks sold Feb. 11-20 was 228 198 compared with 278.550 In the same period of 1969.
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      87 7 (Miniifn' Prlrfi for F*l»- f) CM \M 1 1- Kl l» INII IHlItU. 9 «irn»th eund l IV 110 %*l DM1 TBI 1*7 Mai. InveM Fund 1S2 SIM) \POKfc UMT IKl'H^ ]>t Singapore Z-Sl ?nd Singapore J if 3rd Singapore 1 *4 I.TT The Com- Ind I M
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      131 7 HONG KONG, Thurs. (UPI) Thursday's 5 p.m. currency rates (Supplied by Fereifw I*«ha«9e and lnv«itm«nt Ltd.): BUYERS SELLERS per 100 St'a»ts dollars 195 196 143 5 144 5 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6 755 6 765 per Australian do^ar 330 350 per 1,000 Burmese kyatj 520 540
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      455 7 LONDON, Thurt. (Reuter) The International Tin Council last night virtually restored a free market for tin to find its own price level. It did this in two ways: 1. By ending with immediate effect the restrictions on the operations
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      74 7 LONDON. Thurs. <UPI> Rubber market closed steady quiet yesterday with spot 22-3' B. 22-3 4. Settlement House April 22-3/4. 23 May 22-13'16 23 June. April June. July' Sept. Oct/Dec. Jan March. April/ June. July/Sept and Oct/ Dec 22-7 8. 23. Jan March and April/June 22-13/16. 23.
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      79 7 TBR anon prlcw It tke Singapore i'hinrM* PuKloft L*(bunt* reMerday were.Bu>cr Sellei Coconut Oil 55 00 (FOB) rtulk Coconut Oil 8? SO (FOB-) Drum Miked Copra *4 00 Muntok VO»lte Pepper (FOB) l«tM Mrawak White pepper ***** <ro.B) Sarawak fcpectai Black Pepper (T OM 9«<\ N.L-W Lampong "prrlal Black
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      351 7 Closing Prices SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) —Trading was rejuvenated in th« speculative market on Sydney stock exchange today with rises outnumbering falls three to one. It Is the first time In more than a week that rises have been greater than falla. BHP commanded much attention this
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      13 7 The tin Price for vesterday was $662,624 pe*. picul. down $5.375.
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      277 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today. February 27. DEPARTURES God owns Vessels 1/2 Martha Bakka 8 9 Centaur 20 West Compass Satu 25 26 Keningau 27 28 Recife Maru 31/32 Batjan 33 34 Shuyo Maru 38 39 Neptune Tauru* 40
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      369 7 ARRIVALS 815 a m MSA i 23 K Lnnpnr 9 i m MSA 119 k. I.umpnr 1230 pm. Mm A 451 Kncbtng 2.30 p m MSA OM R- 1 umpnr. Malacca 325 pm. MSA 453 K klnabalu 340 p a MSA Ml Bangkok. Penaog 540 p.Ri. MSA 63?
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      619 8  -  DAME by Ele,Walt Dulaney Dear Ele and Walt: Your prescription for winning friends and influencing people is fine for some people but not for me. Allow me to pick it apart for you from my point of view. tl) 'Take a charm and grooming course tv
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      736 8 LONDON: The age of supersonic jet travel will bring with It many problems. some less expected than others. It will soon be possible, for example, for a businessman to finish his breakfast In London, and arrive In New York five hours later just as Americans
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      179 8 With the Introduction of the Stanley Surform sculpture kit It Is possible for almost anyone to produce pleasing sculpture In a variety of materials. Sculpture can be learned in a few hours and boys and girls, the physically handicapped and even the blind can take up this Instant
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      126 8 SEOUL, (Reuter) A liable proportion of South Korea'§ public shareholders are teenagers. This has resulted from a suggestion br the rovernment that schoolchildren leaving elementary, middle and nl*h schools th 1 a spring Invent their savings in state enterprises, writes Reuter correspondent Siho Lee. So far more
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      354 8  -  By Joseph Galloway TJIAMPEA VILLAGE, Indonesia (UPI) Small boys and kings often turn to knife or chisel in their search for immortality. Few enjoy the lasting success of King Purnavarman, a fifth century ruler of Central Java Purnavarman's kingdom, character, deeds and glory are obscured by the
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      409 8 CONTEST I C-5 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OFFICIAL ENTBI FORM I Ri '■s' Desirnstlon: Entrant's Particulars Name: Mr./ Mist i Address: [J Age: I Closing date: 5.3.70 Cot Here WHAT Yon Hare TO DO: 1) Larb da> this imll til a Eaatern Ban will paMim a photograph S) Identify tbe above
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      90 8 DATELINE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AldenMcVWams VVE ARE STARTING OUR DESCENT, FOLKSPLEASE OBSERVE THE SEATBELT SIGN/ THAT IS A WARNING I WONT IGNORE, RAVEN...I DONT WANT TO LOSE MY GLASSES AGAIN/ WHEN WE ARRIVE I INTEND TO DO A LOT OP OFFICIAL LOOKING FLIGHT ©24 15 IN J JUST
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      189 8 1. What it a pharmaceutical chemist? 2 What is a compound fracture? 3 Distinguish between a physician and a surgeon 4 Give one word for a time of compulsory isolation to prevent the spread of contagion or infection 5 Name three types of shares 6 What do we mean by
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    599 9  -  By HARRY BELAFONTE VTEW YORK, Thurs. The artistic, literary, musical and cultural contribute facets of the American Negro Hav e not only been neglected, but. in many cases, totally ignored. I have heard the phrase "culturally deprived" and "emotionally denied" too many
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    Lock icon 'The Looking Glass War'
    93 9 TO MARK the return of Christopher Jones to the New York screen. Columbia Pictures has Invited some 1.500 members of his fan club from the New York area to see "The Looking Glass War" recently at Loew's State 1. Ralph Richardson and Pla Deaermark are starred
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    67 9 GKAHAM JARVIS has reported for rehearsals for his co-starring role as the prison doctor in MGM's "The Travelling Executioner starrlne Stacy Keach. This is Jarvls 1 ninth feature motion picture, three of which. "AUce'e Restaurant." "Bye Bve Braverman" and "End of the Road." are currently in release
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    36 9 BUD YOEKTN h a s been signed to direct "The Fame Game." motion picture version of the best-selling novel by Rona Jaffe which Milton Sperling and Jay Weston will produce for Columbia Pictures
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    295 9  -  Fashion Show In A Of Charity by gloria.ma^ A TWIST to this fashion show! Gone are the days when models walked out onto Ihe catwalk most elegantly as if a light breexe was behind them. The trend now for those "cool cats" on the catwalk seems
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    Lock icon 'Ticking' To New Record
    72 9 MGM'a "...tic k tlck tick..." continues to record sensational grosses across America, notably In Its opening days in the Midwest with grosses of $4,751 for three days Paramount Theatre. Des Moines. $4.179 for three days. Midway Theatre. Rockford. 111. and $9,771 for three days. Orpheum Theatre.
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    Lock icon WHY WOMEN CANNOT REDUCE
    267 9 By Mary Sue Miler HOW often have you heard a woman say, "I eat. hardly anything, but I ke*p galnlnt weight. I don t understand It" Methinks the lady underestimates how much she eats Most heavy people harbour a oeiuslon about their dally consumption of food
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    Lock icon AN UNMARRIED MOTHER WITH A BIG PROBLEM
    524 9  -  Ann Landers HEAR Ann: I'm a young mother with a big problem, I became involved with a married man. He said he loved me and I believed him Now I'm supporting a 7-month-old daughter I had a miserable pregnancy and hated the baby
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    Lock icon M.G.M. SELLING PROPS, SETS TO STAY ALIVE
    444 9  -  By Vernon Scott HOLLYWOOD, Thurs. (UPI) MGM, once the largest, proudest studio of them all, is selling its heritage to stay alive. Most of its real estate and all of the studio's props, sets, costumes and rolling stock will be auctioned off during
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      78 9 I ,i,r DO YOU KNOW HOW TO TURN YOUR DOLLAR INTO w V $400,000? BUY THE SINGAPORE SWEEP tAouJa*tc(<i orf atncT UAcrt/t ooei %r 000.000 DRAWING DATESTH MARCH 70 L V. THE GREAT ROYAL CIRCUS OF INDIA NOW SHOWING AT KALLANG PARK, SINGAPORE. MEW ARTISTES! NEW ACTS!! MEW COSTUMES!!! Monday
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      212 9 tsa-vwa ORGANISATION L I Phone *****1 last day! 11 a 111 145 4no h 10 915 pi Dustin Hoffman. Jon Voight "MIDNIGHT COWBOY" In Color "United Art.su I OPENS TOMORROW 1 Kent Lanf Miche e Carry "LESSONS IN LOW" Pana i*:on and Color <BB> CAPITOL _Phone ***** VOW SHOWING! U
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      10 9 TODAY and YOU... Friday. February 27, 1970. 1 '?4i-«5 tt
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      209 9 I? Af ORGANISATION CATHAY -***** Now Shovini! 11. 1.2 M. 4. fi.W, 9.3 ft Walt "Monkey*. Go B«m«" Maurice Chevalier Technicolor TOMORROW MIDKIOHT! MOM I "Latt Da? Of Th* War" la Color Oeoree Maharl* Maria Perschy OR CHARD-*****J Now ymw-in*! I.W, 4 00. #.30 •.15 "Tour Twrn To Die Color.
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    1491 10 Ri ISO 1 1 CL S Div. 2«S!4 Fur*,—2.15 p.m. ($5*000) 1 ***** 4r 900 Manhattan Stable Spencer Pretty 11 is ***** Actor IV 8y 813 Shaw Stable E Donnelly Harbridfe 7 a. ***** Jilted <L. Ku 8 12 California Stable Allan 4 07 JW While Seraya
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    Lock icon Rina Does Fastest Workout
    175 10  -  By Our Racing Correspondent TJENANG, Thurs. Rina 11, with apprentice Wadi up, showed impressive form when she sprinted smartly over 3f in 37 1/5 on a good track here this morning. She finished full of running. It was the fastest workout of the morning. Colin Tulloh's
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    Lock icon SA Grants Visa To Jockey Masuzawa
    197 10 TOKYO. Thurs. ißeuten South Africa a ConsulGeneral In Tokyo today informed the Japanese Foreign Ministry that a visa would be issued to a Japanese Jockey who had earlier been refused entry to South Africa The Consul-General. Mr. David Geviilers Du Bulsson said he had
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    Lock icon COMPUTER TO HELP HANDICAPPERS?
    249 10 LONDON. Thur*. (Reuter) The Jockey Club Britain's horse rtclng authority, are congldering the poaalbllity of ualng a computer to help handlcappers in ajsseasing weights for races A Jockey Club spokesman said today that the idea WSLS "still very much in the melting pot." ®nd added there
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    Lock icon 'Curly Pot' Tournament
    57 10 South Johore Rugoy Toot ball Club are confident of winning the South Johore Sevens "Th» Curly Pot" tournament to be held at the Johore Civil Services Club Johore Bahru. on Saturday. Beven other teams H.MS "Forth-. JB United Admin Co. Ist RNZIR Batu Pahat United Kluang Garrison.
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    Lock icon United Qualify For FA Cup S-finals
    259 10 MANCHESTER Eng Thurs. (Reuter) Manchester United former European champions, reached the English Footbal Association Cup semi-finals when they beat Middlesbrough 2-1 m a quarter-final replay here last night. United, who face League champions Leeds United in the semi-finals on March 14. clinched their win
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    1411 10 BIN lsCLS Dlv. 1—7 Furs—2.04 p.m. (*****) 1 380S2 Chan MaH Cbaa 6y 900 Mdtn. W C Choong Daniel* a ***** CHALCBUU <r 800 Tinjra Stable Teh a MOTS lamp* 8y 808 P C W*. Heddle Harbridge 1 4 ***** Shanghai Kid fty 8 0S PnaciUa Stable
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      629 11 Amateur Ho Sets N By LITTLE NENE CUKREE ONSHUM, a 26-year-old golfing master from Thailand, equalled the course record 32-32—64 to take the first round lead by two strokes after the first round in the Singapore Open golf championship tt the Buklt linki yesterday. weighing 126
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      Lock icon Marylebone Lead By 195 Runs
      135 11 SEREMBAN. Thurs. The touring MCC XI tore the Malaysian bowling 4UO pieces to hit 305 for eight declared in their opening two-day match against the Malaysian Cricket Association Patron's XI at the N8 Padang her* today At the close of play the tourists had bundled
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      Lock icon Trainer Robbed Of $2 m Worth Of Jewels
      147 11 CHAN TILLY, Franee, Thurs (Reuter) A rich Brazilian race-horse trainer has been beaten up and robbed of Jewels valued at over 2.500.000 franca tabout £230.000) bj armed. masked bandits at his home near here. Police said the man. 46-year-old Joae De Sousa
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      Lock icon First Round Scores
      710 11 Today's second round draw of the Singapore open golf championship at Bukit Course: 8 00 Ariffi Isa (M), Lim Klan Tiong (S), 8.08 K. Ramasamy (M), V. Nellan (M). C. Chulaka (T) (Am). 8.16 Savee Bakl (M) W. L. Poka (8) (Am), Y. Kanazawa (J) (Am), 8
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      Lock icon Hartono And Indratno Score The 'Winner'
      301 11 KYOTO, Japan, Thun. <UPI) Indonesia tonight defeated Japan 3-4 in the Thomas Cup badminton Asian tone finals but only after a hard battle before MOO spectators at the Nishikyogoku gymnasium. Rudy Hartono and Indratno earned the decisive fifth victory for Indonesia In the best
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      360 11 Nival <P) 36-34. S Uch:da (J) 36-34. Hsith Min Nam (C) 35-35 K Mon (J) 34-3*. Park Chunf Woon* (K) 3535. G Wo;stenholm« (A) 35-35 T Kono (J) 34-36. U. Dhappavlbui (T) 37-33. D. Granam (A) 37-33 M Kono 17-33 Ku« Chi Siorg (C> 17-33. II: S
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      413 11 Singapore's top bowlers will pit their skill against each other In a bid to represent the Republic in the Bangkok grand final of the Cathay Paeiflc-Brunswick 1970 Ftr East Bowling Tournament en July If and IT Singapore whose representative f. P. Loh won
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      Lock icon Cowdrey Out For A Duck
      118 11 CASTRIES. St. Lucia. Thurs. (Reuter) England Test cricketer Colin Cowdrey was out for a duck here as the Duke of Norfolk'* touring team put on a light-hearteo batting display In an exhibition match here. While Cowdrey failed, with the bat In his attempt to get
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      484 11 Classified Ads. ENTERTAINMENT TSfdtre Nightclub Cibdrpf Restaurant Pr. vat* D»-inq Floof 164 170 te» <e» e.<u Av»»nue SMOWTIMI K,P M t, K M lljh For Reservations call Met Ling *****2 STRAND BOTEL, Ben-* cooien Street. Town centre. Quiet, clean, reasonable rates. Alrconditioned room«, private bath. Bar/ Restaurant. Homely services. Tels:
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      416 11 TENDERS P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are Invited from P.W.D. Registered Contractors and from "Specially Registered Contractors" for the following works Supply Installation at Kolam Ayer Sewage Pumping Station of a Hydraulic Cast Iron Penstock for Kallang Basin Sewerage Scheme (Subcontract K2P). All Approved Contractors Closing Date: 21.4.70 at 10.90 a.m. Supply
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      1068 11 [rj KM (CHANNEL 5) PM, 3.00 Opening Anncts in all Language* and General Hospital; 125 Wnmißi World <E>; 3 45 A Diary of Events in Singapore Thig Weak <English>; 1.3 a It's Happening in Singapore (English) (Reneati; 410 nay« »f Our Live? 430 Close; Sis Opening Announcements in all Languages
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    542 12 CROWN Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko were given o worm welcome when they arrived here yesterday for their three day state visit. The Prince, smartly attired in a dark, doublebreasted suit, and his lovely consort were greeted by the acting Vice President Dr.
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    91 12 The body of an 85-year old man, Foo See Teck was found outside his house at Middle Road yesterday afternoon. Police rushed to the scene following a 999 call. Police do not suspect foul play. The body of an old woman, Tan Ah Pin, 60. was found at
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    Lock icon Cedar Girls' Fun Fair
    87 12 The Cedar Girls' Secondary School Advisory Committee Is organising a Fun Fair to raise money for the School's Development Fund on Saturday. Present at the fair will be the Citizens Consultative Committee of Poton* Paslr Constituency Mr. Lolce Mun Leng to declare the fair open. Games
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    Lock icon Local Joint-Venture To Build Ship For Singapore Line
    189 12 TOKYO, Thurs. (Reuter) A Singapore-Japan joint shipbuilding venture is likely to build the first ship for a Singapore national shippping line, the Ishi-kawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Ltd. (1.H.1.) said today. v The Jurong Shipbuilders Private Limited, jointly organised by the Singapore Government, the
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    Lock icon $20,000 FIRE
    95 12 TWO Are engines took half an hour to put out a fir® which broke out at the Aik Hoe Rubber and Paper Factory at Kim Chuan Road early yesterday morning The fire which broke out at the old building adjacent to the rubber factory spread on to the
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    18 12 There were a total of 58 accidents, six of which were described as serious on Wednesday.
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    641 12 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in a speech to honour the visit of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japon at a banquet last night said that it may be time for new nations to re-think their institutions of government and not to enshrine
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      82 12 TIME a TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: IJI am- (9.2 fet.) 8.01 ajn. (2 ft.) 2.22 D.m. (8.2 ft) 803 p.m. (3 4 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 2.10 a.m. (10.6 ft.) 752 a.m. (2.4 ft.) 2.37 p.m (9.9 ft.) 804 D.m. (4.2 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 2.21 am. <9l ft) 8.45 a.m.
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