Eastern Sun, 1 April 1970
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Title Section22 1970-04-01 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY <& Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1307 Wednesday, 1 April 1970. MC (P 1618 Price 15 cents22 words
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Article, Illustration727 1970-04-01 1 'We're Not Afraid To Die' SEOUL, Tues. (Reuter, UPI) Police kept a tense watch on a hijacked airliner tonight which radical Japanese students threatened to blow up if they were stopped from flying to North Korea. The Japan Airlines Boeing 727 stood floodlit on727 words
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Article, Illustration642 1970-04-01 1 Mr. Hon Sui Sen, Chairman and President of the Development Bank of Singapore, will be one of five PAP "new faces" contesting Parliamentary seats in the coming by-elections. This was announced yesterday by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. as Secretary642 words
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Article22 1970-04-01 1 MANILA. Tues (Reuter) —Policy used teargas in. central Manila today to disperse stone-throwing students protesting against hiehe r bus fares22 words
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Article29 1970-04-01 1 BRUSSELS Tues (Reuter) —Belgian police have arrested a Soviet engineer. Boris Savitch. o" charges of spyIn* against Belgium and against the Supreme Headquarters Allied Forces in Europe.29 words
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121 1970-04-01 1 ISTANBUL. Tues (Reuter) Fresh tremors hit the earthquake ravaged areas of Turkey today, killing 130 people. And. unofficial sources said the death toll in the shocks which first struck on Saturday night is approaching 3.000 The first tremors hit Simav, about 40 miles west121 words
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Article278 1970-04-01 1 'lf The Situation Worsens' WASHINGTON, Tues. ißeuter) —The United States will provide military aid to the new Cambodian Government if it is requested, the State Department indicated today. Statp Department spokesman Robert McClosky said no request for aid has been received And in Phnom Fenh.278 words
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Article125 1970-04-01 1 TOKYO Tues (CPI) The students who hijacked tiie japan Airlines Boeing 727 belong to such an extreme group that even radical Zengalcuren students do not consider them their colleagues. The students claimed they are members of the "Red Army Faction of the Communist League."125 words
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Advertisement58 1970-04-01 1 Fresh Up WITH u YOU LIKE 1T...1T LIKES YOU For what shall it profit a man if he shall GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD and LOSE HIS OWN SOUL? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul Mark 8:36,37 get the answer at: 808 WELLS GOSPEL CRUSADE at58 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous14 1970-04-01 1 "We got to arguing about equal rights and my right wasn't equal to hers!"14 words
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Article, Illustration152 1970-04-01 2 jinee reading of other people's windfalls resulting i,om the sales of freak stamps and currency notes, law srudent Alvain Wong has religiously developed a habit of scrutinisinq every stamp and currency note which passes through his hands. Where many other stouthearted "scrutlnisers" would have152 words
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Article90 1970-04-01 2 A 54-YEAR-OLD man. Teh Whatt was fined $5O or three months Jail bv the Third District Court Judge. Mr. K. T Alexander for slashirg his neighbour with a long knife. On Sept 23 last vear. following a fight between his son and a son of90 words
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Article16 1970-04-01 2 There were a total of 47 accidents, six of which were serious, on Monday.16 words
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Article148 1970-04-01 2 A new company to participate in industrial growth in South Asia has been formed here, it was announced yesterday. The Gulf Oil Company South Asian—as it is known i$ the sixth regional unit of Gulf Oil Corporation U.S. Mr. Herbert I. Goodman has been148 words
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Article123 1970-04-01 2 About $20,000 worth of pipe lines and valves were destroyed when a three hour tire broke out at the Shell Pulau Bukom Besar on Monday evening. According to a Shell spoke.«man the fire started when a group contract workers were welding at the place without123 words
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Article, Illustration169 1970-04-01 2 AN American oil rig. "Milton G. Hulme" it lea*, ing for Indonesian waters for oil exploration today after having gone through some services and general "fixing up" at the Sembawang Shipyard in Naval Base here for 1 about a week. The Milton owned by169 words
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Article25 1970-04-01 2 TEL AVIV. Tues (UPI) —lsraeli jeta attacked two Egyptian Sam II missile bases in the northern Nile Delta today, a military SDokesman said25 words
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Article, Illustration149 1970-04-01 2 Men of the 40 Command Workshop, seen putting the finishing touches to the 'Orient Express' a fun 'train' for children mounted on a Land Rover. The Express' will be driven around the Whitley Road Primary School and the Police Training School grounds at the Annual149 words
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Article48 1970-04-01 2 BUANG B. Sangin. 49. «ai yesterday flned $3,000 or nine months by (he Ninth Court Magistrate. Mr. E.C. Foenander, lor possession of 153 gallons of blue (duty free) petrol. He pleaded guiltv to having the petrol on March 31 «t 9-30 air. outside Kent R;dge Quarters48 words
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Article, Illustration166 1970-04-01 2 TWO rugged adventurous hikers successfully returned to Singapore after having completed a 540-mile journey to Klang yesterday. They were Raymond Pe- ter Gomes, 19. a seaman, and Jimmy Tan. 18. a second year student In Singapore Polytechnic. They were testing some Bata boots.166 words
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Article27 1970-04-01 2 Th* Government will auction 64 lots of oorftscated motor vehicles on April 8 from 10 a m at Nassim <sc Cot Ltd.. in Collyer Quay27 words
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Article114 1970-04-01 2 THE Singapore National Orchestra of the National Theatre Trust will present a "Classical Symphony" on Apr I 5 and 6, at 8.30 p.m. at the Singapore Conference Hall Auditorium. under the patronage of th e President, Enche Yusof bin Ishak. Mr. Shalom Ronly-Riklls. the world-renowned conductor from Israel,114 words
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Article92 1970-04-01 2 A labourer. Teo Woon Lat. 31. was robbed of $l2O bv three youths, one armed with a knife, at his flat at Taman Ho Swee yesterday evening. Teo was alone at his flat when they came in. He was ordered to lie face downwards inside his room92 words
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678 1970-04-01 2 Unhappy love affairs account for only 13 per cent of suicide cases among young people between 10 to 29 years of age. Mental illnesses account for the major part (31 per cent) while failure in life and family problems carried 12678 words
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Advertisement97 1970-04-01 2 Congratulations and Best Wishes to PACIFIC BOOK CENTRE on the official opening of their Head Office and their Queenstow From: Macmillan Co. (S) Private Ltd 28-A Tanglin Halt Close, Singapore-3. Tel: *****6 CONGRA TUL AND BEST WISHES to PACIFIC BOOK CENTRE on the Official Opening of the Head Office and97 words
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Article, Illustration207 1970-04-01 3 PHNOM PENH Tues (UPI> Cambodia announced yesterday It will return the hijacked freighter. 'Columbia Eagle', to the United States. The ship and some of its crew have been in Sihanoukville since March 13. Prime Minister Gen. Lon Nol. said a neutral country. mayb#» India', will(UPI radiophoto). - 207 words
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Article185 1970-04-01 3 SAIGON, Tues (UPI) Sixteen South Vietnamese students, carrying a banner reading. "Hunger Strike To Protest Government Oppressions." staged a sit-in today on the steps of the National Assembly in downtown Saigon. Amid much chanting and singing by the students. Lower House police tried to remove the students185 words
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Article61 1970-04-01 3 WASHINGTON. Tues. 'Renter)—Democratic Senator Alan Cranston charged yesterday that the Administration pressures a Ne?ro government lawyer •into publicly supporting President Nixon'* embattled Supreme Court nominee. Harrold Carsweil However, the Justice Department denied pressure. It admitted one of it* officers haH written a letter of support signed by lawyer61 words
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Article38 1970-04-01 3 RANGOON. Tues. (Reuter) Thirteen people. Including five policemen and three monks were killed on Sunday when their bus ran over a rebel mine 250 miles south-east of here the official newspaper. 'The Guardian' reported today.38 words
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Article241 1970-04-01 3 VIENTIANE, Tues. (UPI)—Meo Hill tribe leader Van Pao today declared in a radio broadcast that Sam Thong and four other nearby positions had been 'recaptured' from the North Vietnamese. He urged refugees to return to their homes in the area. Well-informed sources said by mid-dav241 words
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Article75 1970-04-01 3 PHNOM PENH. Tues. (UPI) Almost half of Cambodia's male university students have left their classrooms and joined the army, an official government spokesman announced today. He said more than 5.000 students between the ages of 20 and 24 on the nation's five university campuses went to induction75 words
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467 1970-04-01 3 JAKARTA, Tues. (AFP) Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik fiew to Bonn last night in an urgent bid to resolve the repayment of Indones a's vast debts to eastern ard western countries. Tomorrow, according to informed sources, he will ask Chancellor Willy Brandt467 words
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242 1970-04-01 3 PATNA, India. Tues. (Reuter) A gunman shot at West Bengal's Marxist Communist Party leader Jyoti Basu here today, but missed and killed a government official standing nearby. The assailant escaped in a bis crowd milling around the Patna Railway Station to greet Basu242 words
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Article134 1970-04-01 3 HONG KONG. Tues. <UPI> Communist China released 10 of 50 Hong Kong fishermen today but gave no indication when the rest, detained in Chinese waters on March 23. will be freed. A government spokesman said two of the seven Junks abducted on March 23 were released134 words
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Advertisement196 1970-04-01 3 TWO DRAWS A WEEK EVERY THURSDAY SUNDAY DRAW NO: 26/70 (2-4-70) to be held TOMORROW at the Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park, Kallang Park at 7.45 p.m. IST GROUP: $140,000 TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT GROUP 2ND 3RD 6ROU $20,000 ■NTH S N 'ME rtoHAi P LU'^ CO«WtCT NUMBER FREE196 words
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627 1970-04-01 4 1,700 CONFIRMED DEAD GEDIZ, Tues. (Reuter) Snow fell on the moss graves around this shattered Turkish town today and the wind blew ashes and the stench of burnt flesh across a wilderness of rubble. Forty-eight hours after the earthquake smashed through western Anatolia, the627 words
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Article116 1970-04-01 4 NEW YORK. TUM (Reuter) A twin-engine badger Soviet-made jet •uth Egyptian marking* brushed against an American Phantom F-4 over the Mediterrinean almost causing a collision Kewtweek magi sine s paid in It* Periscope section that the goblet plane, apparently based in Egvp* flew close to the116 words
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110 1970-04-01 4 LONDON Tues (Reuter) A Nigerian detained at Heathrow Airport claimed he was given seven suitcases in Beirut unaware that they were crammed with eold bars, coins and £350,000 In banknotes. "I dldnt know what was In the cases, so of course110 words
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Article37 1970-04-01 4 SOUTHAMPTON, TUM (Reuter). Policemen in Hampshire have been stripper of their whistles The whistles have bee", made redundant bv personal walkie-talkie radios "I'm going to feel naked without my whistle." lamented one policeman.37 words
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Article35 1970-04-01 4 NICOSIA. Tues. (Reuter> An arms cache of two anti-aircraft guns a mortar, a bren gun and 17 automatic weapons was handed In to Cyprlot authorities today under a new amnesty for lllegaJ ■vreapons.35 words
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54 1970-04-01 4 This was the scene at Vientiane airport in Laos when expelled Communist diplomats from the North Vietnam and Vietcong embassies in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, flew in at the weekend. The arrivals are pictured here being welcomed by colleagues. The diplomats spent an uncomfortable night on benches at the airport before54 words
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Article309 1970-04-01 4 ATHENS, Tues. (UPI) The wife of an economics professor, on trial for his life on charges of sedition, disrupted proceedings by dashing to her husband in the dock# embracing him and shouting ha had been faithful to her. The outburst occurred Just as a 24-year-old309 words
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Article90 1970-04-01 4 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Everyone is getting in on the act of demonstrating these days even tramps Four of them arrived at Buckingham Palace pushing a pram full of cigarette ends they had picked up on a 120-mlle protest march from Brighton to draw attention to90 words
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Article65 1970-04-01 4 FORT LAMY Chad Tues (UPI) French military headquarters said todav a major military operation near the border between Chad and Libva ha» resulted in the deaths of 84 Chadian rebels and the capture of 28 The launrhed early last week against organised rebels of65 words
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Article148 1970-04-01 4 LONDON. T u e (Reuter) Police In Southend coped with an invasion of 500 members of th* temag© "Skinhead" cult by a cunnintr piece of disarmament. When the Skinheads arrived from London at the local railway station, police forced them to give up their belts, braces148 words
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321 1970-04-01 4 CAIRO. Tues. (Reuter) Sudanese troops are massing for an attack on the island stronghold of a rebel religious leader, according to the newspaper Al Ahram. About. 30.000 members of the Alansar s?ct. fanatic followers of the Imam Alhadi Al-Mahdi. are entrenched321 words
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Advertisement159 1970-04-01 4 CONGRA TUL and BEST WISHES to PACIFIC BOOK CENTRE on the Official Opening of their Head Office at Have lock Road and their Queenstown Branch from: ASSOCIATED PUBLISHERS PTE. LTD. 67/67-A, Kanisha MaHcan Road, Singapore. 9, Tel: ***** ***** Cable* "APUBS" P. O. Box 193, Killlney Road. Congratulations Best Wishes159 words
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Article244 1970-04-01 5 WASHINGTON Tues. fUPI)- —The Soviet Union tested two ICBM's with three re-entry vehicles each over the weekend, e Defence Department an ,2® unc ed yesterday, in c St l m!ssiles landed the v Pa< v, if, <* Ocean near T C T atka Peninsula mi"*244 words
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Article130 1970-04-01 5 CHILPANCINGO. Mericn. Tues. (Reuter) Police and troops used flame throwers to destroy a huge marijuana plantation believed to have run by a rang linked with international drug traffickers. General Miguel Bracair.ontes commander of th® Acaoulco Military District announced yesterday th*> plantation was discovered near here at the130 words
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113 1970-04-01 5 LOS ANGELES. Tues. .Reuter) David Ryder, a 22-year-old English Polio victim, yesterday began a 3.000-m:le walk on crutches a-ross the United Spates. He was tracked by televison camera* a 5 he setout along Los Angeles rr "in commercial street, W Ishire Boulevard Rvder. from113 words
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344 1970-04-01 5 BUENOS AIRES, Tue«. (UPI) Russia protested to Argentina yesterday a try by right-wing terrorists to kidnap a Soviet diplomat. The diplomat. Jurl Pivorarov. a commercial attache. fought off his would-be abductors with swinging fist and flying knees. He was clubbed repeatedly over344 words
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Article182 1970-04-01 5 COLORADO SPRINGS. Colorado. Tues. (UFI) Expiorer 1. the 80-lnch stove-pipe object that put American officially Into the space age will be due today somewhere over Burma. Explorer was launched by a Jup.ter C rocket on Jan 31. 1953. It Is scheduled to burn up in the182 words
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Article75 1970-04-01 5 NEW YORK Tues (Reuter) —A sailor want«d by police for questioning about th* murder of four voung people at Enfield Connecticut r>n Friday gave himse;f ud to uoiic* here yesterday Joseph Morin 25 walked into the Mth Precinct nation and asked to be turned over to75 words
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Article233 1970-04-01 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) —A U.S. congressman has asked the Government to ban the entry of a proposed film about a marine who hijacked an airline last October and forced it to fly from California to Italy. Representative Samuel Stratton (Democrat New York>233 words
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Article184 1970-04-01 5 SANTA MONICA. California. Tues (t'PI) A young navy dentist credited with pulling an elderU woman from her flaming apartment last April sued her yesterday for I'SSI-5 million. Lt Thorpe W'niteman. claimed that residence ©v Mrs. Fanny goldsmith of Log Angeles caused him to injure184 words
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307 1970-04-01 5 SAN FRANCISCO. Tues (tPI) An eightwoman, four-man jury was yesterday selected to hear a 500.000 I'.S. dollar damage suit bv a woman. She claims a cable car accident gave her an insatiable desire for sex'. Trial of the suit was expected307 words
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Advertisement173 1970-04-01 5 CONGRA TULA TIOXS and BEST WISHES to PACIFIC BOOK CENTRE On The Official Opening Of Their Head Office at Have lock Road and their Queenstoun Branch from: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 28-A, Tanglin Halt Close, Singapore, 3. Tel: *****4 *****5 «r 1 I I 1 I Today brings a big new173 words
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Article516 1970-04-01 6 "DEPORTS have been steadily trickling In recently from Moscow and various other European capitals predicting a "palace revolution" in the Kremlin. Some go very far and say that the end of collective leadership, that proved so effective since the fall of Nikita Khrushchev, is already at516 words
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Article283 1970-04-01 6 government's decision to control strictly the use of firecrackers should be welcomed by all sections of the public. Certainly firecrackers add din and sparkle to any festivity but. as Defence Minister Lim Kim San pointed out, a dynamic society as Singapore should adapt itself to changing conditions283 words
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Article805 1970-04-01 6 Oliver Carruthers - By Oliver Carruthers GEMINI LONDON: Modern politics in Britain is quite often the art of handling a problem Mr. Enoeh Powell has posed. Immigration and race are his present chosen battle-fields, but wherever he applies his ruthless logic, the government and his party areGEMINI - 805 words
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366 1970-04-01 6 NEW YORK To further the theory that many a chronically recurring headache originates in the neck, two scientists studied 100 headache-prone children. They all had recurring headaches of adult type without apparent cause The scientists stretched their necks with gentle tracting cures366 words
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Article219 1970-04-01 6 Y. C - Y. C. Singapore I think there are many other teachers who share the same experience as my daughter. I do hope you will print this letter. Perhaps it will (or not) bring about some action from those Headmasters who Just sit In their cosy office* and are219 words
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603 1970-04-01 6 Lasse Jensen - By Lasse Jensen Gemini HELSINKI A leading Finnish paper has analysed the socialist and communist general election disaster as "Finland's answer to Czechoslovakia". Observers in Helsinki are in no doubt that the massive "no" to Socialism wa s a direct reaction to the Soviet invasionGemini - 603 words
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Article1042 1970-04-01 6 Charles R. Smith - By Charles R. Smith IIONG KONG Anna Louise Strong, who died in Peking Sunday, was one of about 70 Amerieans living in Communist China. A few are In prison, but most of them work for the communist regime and are classified as "foreign friends" Miss St1,042 words
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Article593 1970-04-01 6 M. M. Gupta - Bv M. M. Gupta KATMANDU In times past, the Nepal Government would release Boris Lissenavitch from one of his periodic stretches in prison so he could organize the royal banquets. After all. no one in Katmandu except the smiling. Russian-born Boris could put together feasts fit593 words
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COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
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357 1970-04-01 7 PRICES slided further in quiet trading as bearish conditions persisted in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Now the Committee Has published its views of the Ferris Report which showed that some of Mr. Ferris' recommendations hare been accepted in full357 words
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Article947 1970-04-01 7 pjUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms ot the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore numb r shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS AC.MA $2.30 <3); Alcan $1 76 (3) J1.75 (4) $1.74 (7); DIM S. 77 (l> Si.Tg947 words
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Article, Illustration244 1970-04-01 7 One of Singapore's top admen, Mr. William Lee. said yesterday that the advertising standards In Singapore has Improved tremendously during the past three years. Mr Lee. managing director and creative director of the newly established Central Design (Pte) Limited, feels that244 words
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Article738 1970-04-01 7 BID and offer prices off c 1a 1 ly listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS a 8Ar\u 230 231 A! an 175 B ri to 173 Borneo Bhd 175 1.78 Boiiitrad738 words
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Article298 1970-04-01 7 APRIL first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 62 cents per lb., up one eighth of a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet but steady. After an unchanged opening, levels sagged on reduced298 words
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Article, Illustration132 1970-04-01 7 MR. Tham Khal Wor. 25. (above, left) emerged as the overall winner in the sales competition organised by Rank Xerox recently. The competition was held amongst the sales representatives of Rank Xerox in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, and Mr. Tham won in this intanee bv achieving the highest132 words
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Article161 1970-04-01 7 SCANDINAVIAN Airlines and Thai International will open a 2.000 sq .ar#» foot office at the Pa>'a Lebar Airport new cargo complex to meet th* increasing demand for r&rgo spa-* on the J*ts of the two airlines Thi« was announced by the airlines general managrr for161 words
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Article53 1970-04-01 7 TOKYO. Tues (UPI> All Nippon Air* ays < ANA) announced on Monday It carried 609.000 passengers from March l to 29 this year for a one-month record since it began services In December 1952. The previous record, the announcement said, was In August last year when 596.466 passengers53 words
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Article38 1970-04-01 7 NEW YORK. Tum. (UPI) Dow Jones closina averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 784.65 20 Transp 172.84 15 Utilities 117.71 65 Stocks 261.57 40 Bonds 69.51 Commodity Futures Index 133.91 off 0.1338 words
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Article, Illustration207 1970-04-01 7 MR Nga Been Sing has ,»een appointed works Manager. Concrete Products Division of Hume Industries < Malaya t Berhad He was previously the manager of the company's Concrete Products factory at Tasek. Perak. In announcing Mr. Nga's appointment. Hume s chief executive Mr. A. G. KyleLittle.207 words
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Article49 1970-04-01 7 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded Monday on the New York Commodity Exchange: Close: Prev May 21.508 2150 July 21.508 21.50 Sept 21.508 21.50 Nov 21.508 21-50 Jan 21.508 2150 Mar ***** 2150 Locally, No 2 R6S was 22-7 8 cents per pound.49 words
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Article240 1970-04-01 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangement* for today. Wednesday April 1. DEPARTURES Godowna Vessels 6/7 Vishva V:ka» 13/14 Bougainville 15/16 Adelaide Maru 18 Yewbank 23/24 State of Madras 29/30 Tjinegara 31/32 Le Natal 33 34 Lriesenstein 47 Hoesh Pilot 45 Benhiant240 words
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Article277 1970-04-01 7 Sydney Stocks, I f v > -fy* Closing Prices SYDNEY, Tues. (UPI) Trading on th« Sydney Stock Exchange today wet firm, continuing the preEester trend. Rises outrmimbered falls two to one. Many traders are holding back for the release of th« Poseidon report. Poseidon finished up277 words
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Article106 1970-04-01 7 Lufthansa German Airlines will begin operating a third frequency In Singapore from April l. Trita was stated by Mr. A vom Hofe, the airline's manager for Singapore. Malaysia and Brunei. Mr. vom Hofe said there was need for expanding lt» services to Singapore because tourists were106 words
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Article14 1970-04-01 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $689 00 per plcuL down $0.25.14 words
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Article123 1970-04-01 7 HONG KONG. (CTI> Tuesday,, 5 pm currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd >. (Buyers) (Sellers) 194.70 ***** per 100 Straits dollars 140.50 147.50 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.755 6.765 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 480 500 per 1.000 Indian rupees123 words
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Article410 1970-04-01 7 ARRIVALS S-15am. MSA 123 k. Lumpur n 4.1 a m Ms A lis* K Lumpur. 12.30 pm MSA 451 kuchlne 2-30 p m Ms 021 K Lurapor. Ittpm M>A 458 k klnahalu 340 p m MSA 521 Bangkok. 340p m. MSA 521 Bangkok. Penang 500p m. MsA S3l410 words
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Article, Illustration772 1970-04-01 8 ADAM LYNFORD - By ADAM LYNFORD HONG KONG: A ''people's budget is how one Hong Kong paper labelled it. And with 40 per cent of government expenditure for 1970/71 devoted to social services, that was a pfetty apt description. With bigger sums than ever before allocated to772 words
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Article1026 1970-04-01 8 Ele; Walt Dulaney - DATELINE By Ele Walt Dulaney Dear Ele and Walt: Please express your opinion on this. Do you think children should have the right to sav what they think about the idea of their fathe r getting a toupee or not? Our father is considering1,026 words
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Article35 1970-04-01 8 Kuo Chuan Girls' School w.ll hold its annual sports m?et:p.j or Frldav (April 3) at 2 45 prrs. at Seraya FmrUe School field off Ha:g Road Mrs V. Rajaratram will present the pn?es35 words
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190 1970-04-01 8 Singapore Scout Association. Geylang District, will hold its Cadet Scout Field Dav 1970 at Sarimbun Scout Camp on Sunday (April 5> from 10 am. to 4.30 p.m. The following schools will be the pick-up points for buses They will leave the points sharp190 words
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Advertisement394 1970-04-01 8 CONTEST H-3 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM MP. lor: Constituency: Entrant's Particulars Name: Mr.,Miss Address: Are: j Closing date 9 4 70 Cut Here WHAT VOli HAVE TO OO: 1) Earn rtaj tbia wees. tbe Eastern son wilt puMito photograph 2) ld«*ntit* in* iboir pbniniraph in tbr abnir >pai-r394 words
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Miscellaneous102 1970-04-01 8 DATELIKE: DANGER! by John Saunders and AJden McWiHiams WITHOUT POWER, THE SMALL BOAT CARRYING DANNY, ADA ANDTICO 15 AT THE MERCY OP THE STORM. 7 THE WATER ISN T EVEN UP TO VtXIP WAIST WOMAN AND YOU'RE WEARING A LIFE w JACKET/ m pr i <3 V\ A SEA L'KE102 words
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Miscellaneous148 1970-04-01 8 QUIZ 1. Name the capital of West German Federal Republic? 2. What do you mean by the Third Reich? 3. Who was the great French fabler? 4 Name the American state founded by Raleigh as a colony. 5. Who discovered Canada? 6. Who was the first President of the ISA?148 words
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451 1970-04-01 9 T AS VEGAS, Nevada, Tues. (UPI) Tempest Storm, a queen of American striptease, speaks as an expert when she says entertainment today is "carrying our pre-occupa-tion with nudity too far." "Movies sAd such stage plays as Oh. Calcutta!' have gone451 words
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Article224 1970-04-01 9 w i LOOK fOfi... IN WHIRLY crepe cocktail dresses. almost always white still short but crys-tal-pleated with fathered halter neck and scrolled belts. IN SOFT shirt outfits the shirt 'n crepe or nvlon tricot with biUowy sleeves, the skirt in soft knit of lime violet or gold. IN224 words
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Article141 1970-04-01 9 SNAKES KIN Is turning Jr.to such a rag* that a lot of it had better be fake or the conservationists will have a new target. Designers are using It for coats. *Kirts and sport Jackets Every shoe collection has styles in some kind of snakeskln. Hats,141 words
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Article93 1970-04-01 9 GERMAN* fashion houses aren't known for starting n*-v trends but c*rta.nlr know* ho*v to n-ak* th* n*w a<*c*pkabV to everyone Th# <oitly rut Jersey coats rriidi dift—r>cr» um suit jackets and leap Pantsuit* ar* all dor» with such car* and «u<"h clever modification* that newness93 words
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Article, Illustration244 1970-04-01 9 Mary Sue Miller - Br Mary Sue Miller IT'S »n "in" fashion for sure if vou Can wrap it. That for starves and skirts dresses and shirts jacket* an<j coats And for shawls Indian. Sranish Mexican. Grand Piano and Grandma in origin shawls top everything from maxi skirts to244 words
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Article115 1970-04-01 9 THE TREND to lightness in foundation garment* has brought in th# bodvsuit Much lik# a it'? of whisperweight spa nd#*-ny-lon stretch Now thei> tr* new versions as summer sleeker* under th# slinkv line? of crepes md knits Th* bodysuits are slee***>ss and l»g>sa looking a good d"a' -ik#115 words
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Article, Illustration594 1970-04-01 9 Ann Landers - Ann Landers pEAR ANN: It stared when our Ifi-vear-oid bov began to shovel snow for this young dlvorre® who lives In the next block He gets paid for It The worn3n is ten or twelve years older than Donnie. She has two594 words
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934 1970-04-01 9 SHEILAH GRAHAM - I HI/ l/ l/>«•/# SHEILAH GRAHAM VTW YORK, Tuea I would like you to meet the Jon Voight of 1970 25-year-Old blond Martin Potter. His blond hair la not his natural colour. "I bleached its first because Felllnl wanted me blond for 'Satyricon',"934 words
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Advertisement31 1970-04-01 9 rJj THE IDEAL MTE.SPOT FOR PARTIES AND ENTERTAINING FRIENDS. Last J The Great Royal Circus of India at Queens town-Junction of Commonwealth Avenue and Queencway NewArttstas! New Acts!.' New Costumes!!!. mm31 words
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Miscellaneous222 1970-04-01 9 I WSHAW 1 ORGANISATION [LIDO Phone ***** LAST P4Y* No List U am. tU, 4. 63A A 9 14 pm Li Ch.ns 4 Lo Len in "VALLEY or THE FANGS* A SHAW PRODUCTION t Maadarm to Shaw»cope. Color OPENS TOMORROW! Paul Burke Carol Lynley One© Ton Ki»« A Stranger" lfi222 words
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Miscellaneous20 1970-04-01 9 TODAY a ULi Wednesday, April 1, 1970. jf TAURUS *>*■ *> MAY X <s rr 3- 4-I*s-33 0 jZ3ai v i 10-13-20-20 words
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Miscellaneous198 1970-04-01 9 T1 ORGANISATION CATHAY -***** NOW SHOWING: NO FREE LIST DAILY SHOWS: 11 P Paramount P'eture? Pre«»at« "PAINT Tor* W4GOV Ist Marvin Clint EMtwssd Paanvisi(*B Tfchftiw.w oqCHARP-***** NOW SHOWING! Cwb On'.y No Fr«* Ll*' p *il.T SHOWS {•HOW STAHTS' I.4ft. MS 9 m CHIPS" Starts: L.M. 5 S3 L« Punday Extra198 words
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Article1160 1970-04-01 10 CI. 4 Dlv. 2 6 F. ***** Bono Merah 9y 9 00 Cloc 8 Rwanda II 4y 8 13 Ideal Bougoure 78 Hi-Octane 4v 8.11 Tee Gee Em Lee 81 Newcombe A* 8.10 G A E Tioa 88 Snapshot 3v 8.10 Mrs J Breuk Tjoa *****1,160 words
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Article, Illustration126 1970-04-01 10 A football field for all vawn* has long been available in America and now. in what Its sponsors say is a cheaper and better version, is being manufactured by German chemical firms. Picture shows members of the West German soccer team FC Cologne testing the imported-from-the-l'.S.126 words
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Article315 1970-04-01 10 TAIPEI, Tuev (I PI) Nationalist China are fielding all the r top pros for the I 5512.000 China open golf championship starting Thursday, in an effort to regain tiie title from Japan Hldeyo Sugimoto won the China Open last year, in a sudden d-»ath315 words
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Article147 1970-04-01 10 KEMPTON F.r. eland Tues (Renter 1 Brirht«e«*. owned by Tommy Smith and Ridden bv South African jockev John Gorton won the Queen? Priz« handicap run over two miles her* yesterdav HE Pfwer's Authors Correction was second and Colonel S W. Green's Tantalum third of 13147 words
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Article163 1970-04-01 10 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Result* of Rugby U":on mafche* Played yesterday. Aberavon 14 Neath 3. Abertilierv 6 Ebbw Vale 1". Ballymena 19 Newbridge 0 Bath 35 Old Merchant Taylor 0. Bridgend Hull and Ea«t Riding .1 Bridgwater and Abion 8 Old Millhillians 3. Bristol 30 Northampton 11.163 words
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Article201 1970-04-01 10 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter) PRINCE REGENT, w.nner of last year's Irish Derby, cruised to an easy five lengths victory at Saint Cloud yesterday in his first outing of the season. The French horse, who was third m the 1969 Epsom Derby, came surging through on the last201 words
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Article48 1970-04-01 10 SANTA BARBARA. California. Tues. (AFP) Taiwan's crack woman sprinter Chi Cheng equalled the women's 100 yards world record with the time of 103 sees, during the Santa Barbara Easter relay* athletics meeting here yesterday. The record was set In by American girl Marylln Mathews.48 words
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Article50 1970-04-01 10 PATNA India. Tues. (Reuter) India and Ceylon will meet in the final of Section "B" In the Eastern Zone of the Davis Cup competition In India on April 18. 19 and 20. It was announced here yesterday The venue of the matcli has yet to be decided50 words
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Article541 1970-04-01 10 LONDON 1 Tues. (Reuter) Teenager Alan Whittle virtually clinched the English First Division soccer championship for Everton with an eighth-minute goal to g've them a 1-0 victory over Stoke City yesterday. The win left Everton needing only two points from their last three matches to541 words
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Article61 1970-04-01 10 MILAN. Tues. ißeuter) Naftali Temu of Kenya. Olympic 10.000 metres gold medallist, yesterday won the International "Cinque Mulini" cross-country race at San Vlttore Olona. near here Temu's tlm»» over the 9 500 metres (10.390 yards) course was 30 minutes 37.8 seconds Daniel Orica of Yugoslavia was second.61 words
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Article135 1970-04-01 10 SOUTH PORT. England. Tues (Reuter) Evonne Goolagong. 18 year old Australian Junior women's tennis champion, yesterday reached the Anal of the women's singles in her first tournament outside her own country. She beat Corlnne Molesworth of Britain 8-8. 6-3 to earn the right to meet Mrs. Joyce135 words
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Article305 1970-04-01 10 JOHANNESBURG. Tues. (Reuter) Australian Rod Laver. the world No. 1, powered his way in Jo the semi-finals of the men's singles fn the South African Open lawn ten n i s championships here yesterday. The red-haired lefthander touched peak form in scoring a305 words
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Article171 1970-04-01 10 WELLINGTON. T u e <Reuter> Sam Trimble. 35-year-old Australian B' team captain, hit a magnificent double century here today to save his side from collapse on the third day of the third unofficial cricket Test against New Zealand. Trimble made 213. hitting 31 fours in his171 words
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Article260 1970-04-01 11 KAMPALA, Tues. (Reuter) Japanese Datsun cars yesterday swept the board in the 3,200-mile East African Safari rally, grabbing all the major prizes as only 24 cars of the 91 starters finished the course in the time allowed. There were nine Datsuns among the finishers, including the260 words
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Article105 1970-04-01 11 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Stockport County, defeated 2-0 by Bournemouth In an English League Division Three match last night, are now sure to be relegated to the Fourth Division. With only 20 points from 41 matches and five games still to play, they cannot tntal enough points to105 words
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Article110 1970-04-01 11 STOCKHOLM. Tues UPI) Powerhouse Russia beat Sweden 3-1 m the final game of the 1970 world Ice hockey championships yesterday to capture their eighth consecutive title. It was a victory for Russia's smooth team plav o v er Sweden's blood and guts brand of hockey. The110 words
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237 1970-04-01 11 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) —Australian Jochen Rtndt drove a superb race to win the final of the international formula two event at Thruxton, Hamp- shire, yesterday. Driving a Lotus 69 Cosworth. Rindt swept into the lead from the pole position and during the race237 words
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Article49 1970-04-01 11 PATNA India. Tues. (Reuter) India and Ceylon will meet in the final of Section "B" in the Eastern Zone of the Davi* Cup competition in India on April 18. 19 and 20. it was announced here yesterday. The venue of the match has yet to be decided49 words
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Article134 1970-04-01 11 BANGKOK Tues (UPI> The Villacampo-Berkrerk flyweight title fight scheduled here tomorrow n;g'nt has been postponed until Monday night, spokesmen of both camps sa id today. The postponement was made at the request of t he Thai side because the cn;>ilenger. Ber<rerk Chartvancha;. is suffering Irom cold." Ber*rer*.134 words
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Article110 1970-04-01 11 CHICAGO. Tues. (UPI) Rav Anderson sixth ranked lighthesvyweight by the World Boxing Association, was held to a draw last night bv Allen Thomas of Chicago in a 10-round bout In a Joe Kellma n fi*ht promotion. Anderson, winner of 29 of 32 pro bouts, might110 words
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Article165 1970-04-01 11 'Chess Match Of The Cen BELGRADE. Tues. (Reuter> The Soviet Urnon led the Rest of the World by 55 points to 45 last night at the end of the first round of the "chess match of the century'* here. The score could have been levfl on165 words
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Article192 1970-04-01 11 By Eastern Knight EIGHT Olympic trainees led by Professor Lim Kok Ann began serious training for the Olympics last Sunday at the Alumni Centre. The trainees were Lee Chee Seng Pang Kwok Leorg, Tan Lian Ann, Choong Liong On, Andrew Ee, Giam Ghoo Kwee and Leslie192 words
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168 1970-04-01 11 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Yoshlaki Numata will flght aggressively and may knock out Rene Barrlentos. the World Boxing Council's (WBC) Junior lightweight champion. In their title flght Sunday night, the challenger's manager said today. Manager Iwao Kodaka said Numata. the WBC No. 6 contender, was in168 words
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Advertisement479 1970-04-01 11 At Your Service EASTERN UNITED TOURIST SERVICE. We have friendly attractive social girl guides at your service Courteous j service is assured. 802. Mountbatten Road. Singapore Tel: *****3. STRAND LOTEL Bencoolen Street. Towr centre. Quiet, clean, reasonable rates. AlrcotiO'tloned rooms, private bath. Bar/ Restaurant. Homeiv services. Tels: *****/***** APPOINTMENT SINGAPORE479 words
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Advertisement342 1970-04-01 11 Englishman wishes to intact a responsible person aged 35/45 years seeking in 'Out of The Rut' occupation offering unique opportunities I for financial returns subject ito person being suitable, replies naming 2 references (no copies* tn be received NOT LATER than April *th. No. ESD 23-B. Cantonment R<-<ad. Singapore-!. Wanted342 words
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Miscellaneous986 1970-04-01 11 (CHANNEL 5) P M,3 00 Opening Announcement* in ail Language? a-d Hn'jjrwiv* Matinee 1 Bachf.nrs Beware Tart 1 of a Mandarin Klm> 'Fnjl-sh Subtitles). 3 30 Woman World (Chinese'. 400 A Diary of Event? in Singapore This Week 'Ch;ne«c 4.01 Days of Our Lives 4ii C I 600 Opening Announcements986 words
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Article109 1970-04-01 12 A mother and her three ehi!d p en were yesterday charged in the Ninth Magistrates' Court for causing grievous hurt to Mohmad s/o Mohideen. Amirah bte Haji Abdul Kadir. 51. her son. Gampa b:n Yubah, 2". and her two daughters. Fatimah bte Jubbah alias Fatimah bte109 words
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Article65 1970-04-01 12 THE Adult Education Board will conduct a course in Practical Photography for Beginners on April 18 at the Cultural Centre. Canning Rise from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Duration of the course is 12 weeks and the fee is $lO.OO Application forms are available at Adult Education65 words
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Article, Illustration347 1970-04-01 12 A Man-Size Problem What the man of the 42nd Commond of the Royal Marines would love to do when they leave for home next week is to bring back with them a Great Done which had been their mascot for the past 10347 words
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215 1970-04-01 12 A sub accountant of the Chung Khiow Bonk was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for allegedly embezzling more than $1 SO,OOO from th e Bonk. Yong Nyen Vui faced 27 counts of criminal breach of trust of 27 cheques215 words
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Article46 1970-04-01 12 The Pacific Fellowship of the Girls' Brigade will be holding a seven-day camp. "Fonomaree 1970" at the Eusoff College, University of Singapore from April 14 to 21. About 250 girls from Australia. New Zealand. Hong Kong. Malaysia and Kota Klnabalu will be taking part46 words
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Article60 1970-04-01 12 A HAWKER. Tee Kim Hwe*. was fined 550 in the Tenth Magistrate Court yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to obstructing a hawker inspector from carrying out his duty On March 22 last vear. Mr. Chew Kok Ee 0 f the Hawkers Pepartment, was writing a summons against Teo60 words
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Article189 1970-04-01 12 JUDICIAL proceedings in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday grounded to an abrupt halt when one of two men charged with payroll robbery suddenly stripped himself stark naked. Hear i n g into the $124,799 Public Utilities Board payroll robbery case had hardly started 10 minutes189 words
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Article70 1970-04-01 12 A Government servant who has completed wo years full-time National Service will be eligible for two increment if h* is appointed into the servic# on monthlv rated oost If he is appointed on a daily rated job. he shalj be entitled to bonus rates applicable to employee*70 words
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Article140 1970-04-01 12 The reserve stock* of blood of all groups in the Blood Bank has fallen from 931 units last week to 656 units Monday morning because of poor attendances during the week. Meanwhile the number of donations received last week was 296. averaging 42 donations per day. The140 words
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Article74 1970-04-01 12 GOO LIME KEE was flnH $lOO yesterday by the Ninth Court Magistrate Mr. E.C. Foenander when he pleaded guilty to attempting to resell cinema tickets. Goo had tried to sell 32 $1 tickets outside the Queen's Theatre on March 28. at 6.35 pm„ for fh* 7 0074 words
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Article, Illustration138 1970-04-01 12 Internationally renowned German chef, Edmund Dittler, who holds 28 go'd medals from various food festivals Is confident "satay" will be well accepted the world round. Now in Singapore in conJunct'or with the forthcoming German Food Festival which opens In the Rajah Room of Hotel Malaysia138 words
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Article34 1970-04-01 12 Several members »>f the S ngapore Armed Forces will puest artiste? and 10-al band* :n a variety •how which will N» held at B'ikit Timah Camt» today at 4 in t> m34 words
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Miscellaneous70 1970-04-01 12 TIME a TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 4.35 am. (7.6 ft.); 12.38 p.m. <2 ft.); 8.49 p.m. (6.9 ft.) NAVAL DOCKYARD: 4.14 am. (8.8 ft.); 12.19 p.m. (2.8 ft.); 8.50 pm. (8.5 ft.) TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 1.09 a,m. (5.6 ft.); 6.44 a.m. <7 6 ft.); 2.16 p.m. (1.6 ft,); 9.27 p.m.70 words
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