Eastern Sun, 15 April 1970

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    23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY <fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1319 Wednesday, 15 April 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cent#
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    Lock icon APOLLO 13 NEAR DISASTER: COURSE SET FOR EARTH
    766 1 HOUSTON, Tues. (All Agencies) —The Apollo 13 moon mission came close to disaster today when the command ship was crippled by a mysterious space failure. Space Agency officials ordered the astronauts back home and a tense world watched as they fired a
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    Lock icon Disabled Russian N-Sub Disappears
    249 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) A disabled Soviet nuclear sub- marine seen in distress off the Spanish coast is presumed to have sunk in the Atlantic. The United States Defence Department said that the November class submarine which normally has a crew of 88—had apparently sunk last weekend.
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    Lock icon $15 RANSOM
    37 1 LAGOS. Tum. (Reuter) Police at Abeokuta, north of Lagos, ar© hunting a kidnap gang who stole a man's wife and daughter for a ransom demand of SSIS The husband says he cannot afford to pay.
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    Lock icon CAMBODIAN BATTLES
    285 1 PHNOM PENH. Tues. (UPI) Large-scale communist attacks to the north, south and east of Phnom Penh, including a battle only 25 miles from the capital. were reported today. "Several hundred" Vletcong backed by 75 millimetre artillery attacked a military post at Koh Rocar in Prey Veng province 25
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    Lock icon Gold Price Up
    39 1 LONDON. Tue s (Reuter) A 12 50-cent an ounce ns# in the price of fold on Tuesday lifted the rate to its highest for more than four months. It is now 35 525 dollars an ounce.
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    Lock icon Gunman Gives Up
    37 1 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) A man who took two of his own children and a neighbours* family hostage at gunpoint on Monday released his prisoners unharmed today and surrendered to police. Earlier story page 4.
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    Lock icon Khmer Protest
    26 1 PHNOM PENH. Tues (Reuter) Cambodia has protested azainst alleged violations d its space and territory by fbe United States. South Vietnam and Thai! and.
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    Lock icon The End Of The Apollo Mission
    263 1 This is the serie* of events which led to the cancellation of the Apollo 13 moon landing (all Sintimes): 9.13 a.m. Tuesday Apollo 13 is 198.450 miles from the earth and 56,812 miles from the moon Lovell and Haise report the lunar landing module
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    Lock icon JENKIN'S JOYOUS BUDGET
    152 1 LONDON, Tues. (Renter) Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins today spoke of solid achievement in th* nation's economy and said "I propose to celebra e this." The chancellor said In his budget circumstances were more agreeable than those of his last budget statements. Improvement In Britain's
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    Lock icon FONOMARAE CAMP OPENS
    99 2 FONOMARAE 70 began at the Eusoff College yesterday morning with an opening devotion for brigaders from Pacific area countries. FONOMARAE is a new word coined for th§ Pacific Fellowship of the Girls' Brigade and it means "meeting in a big place." Brigades attending the Pacific Fellowship com«
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    Lock icon 74 Accidents
    19 2 There were a total of 74 accidents, five of which wer 0 described as serious on Monday,
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    Lock icon CHORAL CONCERTS SET FOR MAY 13
    127 2 Singapore's music-lo-vers will be entertained to a series of choral and orchestral concerts and several band items on May 13 at the National Theatre. About 100 young budding musicians from Melbourne's Scotch College Boys' School will arrive here In the course of their Southeast
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    Lock icon Victim Identified
    33 2 Police yesterday identified th e woman who fell to her death from a block of flats at Toa Payoh as Lee Sok Kwee, 19 of Jalan Jurai off Upper Changi Road.
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    Lock icon $50,000 Copper Wires Missing
    96 2 THE director of AMCOL Enterprise. Mr. Lee Keng Min reported to the police of the theft of 150 crates of copper wires valued at $50,000 from the Kiap Hoe Rubber Factory a' Upper Thomson Roa<i on Sunday night. Mr. Lee said that his company had rented
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    Lock icon UNION WANTS HSC FOR NEW RECRUITS
    396 2 TEACHERS' DEBATE PETALING JAYA, Tues.— The National Union of Teachers today proposed to the government to recruit only candidates who possess Higher School Certificates for future teacher trainees. "If this was not possible then we suggest that thev be drawn from good school certificate
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    Lock icon Non-Swimmer Lied To Mother—Drowned
    209 2 Non-swimmer Loh Voon Yin, 18, who drowned in the sea off the 15 m.s. Sembawang Road on March 28 lied to his mother that he was going to the beach to watch other people swim, the Coroner's Court was told yester- day. His younger brother Loh
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    Lock icon Extortioners Arrested
    157 2 TWO youths wen arrested shortly after they tried to extort $250 from a pork sellei at his stall at Redhill Market yesterday. The oork seller was carrying on his business when five youths approached him and demanded $360 from him. He told them that the money could only
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    Lock icon Thief Gets Four Years
    60 2 A provision shop assistant wsus yesterday sentenced to four years' Jail by the Ninth Court Magistrate. Mr. E. C. Foenander. when he pleaded guilty to stealing $405 75 and three cheques amounting to $350 belonging to Tay Pale Tong The offence was said to have taken
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    Lock icon Toto Panel
    71 2 Mr. Ho Koon Foo. a Director of Singapore Wonderland Amusement (Pte.) Ltd., will be chairman of the panel of judges for Thursday's Toto Draw. Other panel members are Mr. Leong Mu n Kwai, Director of Lion City Youth Publisher and Vice Chairman of Lion City Culture Priic pro-tem
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    Lock icon Skins Stolen
    25 2 Thieves broke into a store at Tomlinson Road, off Orchard Road and got away with crocodile skins valued at $3,900 on Monday morning.
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    Lock icon Man Strips Second Time In Court
    175 2 A man, charged with robbery and murder yesterday again stripped in Court. Chane Tiam took off his trousers just after a few fresh arrest cases were mentioned in the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday morning. A constable rushed Into the docks and threw a rain
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    Lock icon THIS is not a test of strength but a dance number —in typical Greek mythology. It is self-originated and is among the many performances by this couple who call themselves Daniele and Dimitris. The husband-wife team are currently performing at the Tropicana nightclub. Daniele, who is a French and her Greek husband, also perform sky leaps and topless dancing.
    59 2 THIS is not a test of strength but a dance number —in typical Greek mythology. It is self-originated and is among the many performances by this couple who call themselves Daniele and Dimitris. The husband-wife team are currently performing at the Tropicana nightclub. Daniele, who is a French and her
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    Lock icon SUBMARINE TO THE RESCUE: 5 Saved After 2 Days At Sea
    373 3 AGANA, Guam, Tues. (UPI) Five persons, including a Japanese couple on their honeymoon, were rescued this morning by the crew of an American sub- marine. They had drifted at sea for nearly 2 day s In a 16loot boat.
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    Lock icon Suharto Will Visit America
    50 3 JAKARTA. Mon. (AFP) Indonesian President Suharto will make a state visit to America from May 20 at the invitation of President Nixon, the Foreign Ministry announced here today. The Indonesian Chief of State will be accompanied by his wife, Madame Tien Suharto, and several ranking officials.
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    Lock icon Divine Way Of Oil Prospecting
    182 3 AUCKLAND. New Zealand. Tues. (UPI) Alfred Hulme. 59.. a Victoria Cross holder, is going into the oil business with a divining rod Re is also the father of 1967 world champion racing driver. Dennis Hulme. Hulme won the highest British award for gallantry in the
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    Lock icon Mystery Ship Fires At Japanese Patrol
    114 3 TOKYO. Tues. (AFP> An unidentified ship fired upon a Japanese patrol boat and escaped northward, the Maritime Safety Board reported. Japanese coastal patrol boat. 'Asagiri.' sighted the mysterious craft looking like a fishing boat approach the shore near Maizuru, Central Japan. It ordered the
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    Lock icon Thailand Strengthens Its 3 Forces To Meet Red Menace
    375 3 BANGKOK, Tues. (Reuter) Thailand is building up the striking power of its three armed forces to contain growing communist infiltration inside the country. Military sources here said the latest addition to the already formidable Thai forces will be a battery of
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    Lock icon ELECTION COMMISSIONER WARNS: NO FAIR POLLS IN INDIA TILL CORRUPTION IS OUT
    411 3 NEW DELHI, Tues. (Reuter) India's Chief Election Commissioner has warned that he may not be able to ensure fair polls in the country unless force and bribery were rooted out. Election Comm ssloner Sen Verma was reporting yesterday
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    Lock icon 2 GIRLS DIE OVER LOVE
    69 3 TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter) Two 17-year-old high school-girl* Jumped to their deaths into a volcanic crater on Oshlma Island south of Tokyo. They were apparently both In love with the same boy. Police said parent* found a diary note written by one of the girls It
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    Lock icon Reign Of Terror For Vietnamese In Cambodia
    501 3 PHNOM PENH, Tues. (AFP) Six hundred thousand Vietnamese civilians live in terror in Cambodia today as an officiallyinspired purge moves into top gear. Hunted, arrested, beaten, threatened and herded into prison camps, the Vietnamese are finding that the wave of repression grows day
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    Lock icon Reds Reject Laos' Proposal
    62 3 VIENTIANE. Mon. (AFP) The Pathet Lao, in a broadcast monitored here today, rejected thi Laotian Government's counter proposal for a solution of the Laotian crisis. It was commenting on Premier Sovanna Phouma's reply to last month's Pathet Lao leader Prince Souphanouvong's five-point proposal. The radio claimed
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      167 3 >••*< V; -.i M .V" ■ESS >;• m t. iW From April we give you 50% more Europe because we give you 50% more Lufthansa seats from Singapore to Europe. We make it faster too. With shorter fright times and fewer stops to add a little extra sleep. If your
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    Lock icon Ambassador Held On Drug Charge
    475 4 T>OME, Tuei. (Reuter) Police here said last night they had arrested Prince Haroon-AI-Xv Rashid Abbasi, Pakistani ambassador to Tunisia, on a charge of possesssing drugs. The 46-year-old diplomat was taken to Rome's Queen of Heaven jail. Police said they had also arrested two West German
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    Lock icon School In Memory 47 Killed In Raid
    169 4 BAHR EL BAKAR. Egypt. Tues. tUPI) Workmen Monday began to build a a new school near here In memory of 46 school children and one teacher who were killed last Wednesday when Israeli warplanes bombed the local schoolhouse. The new schoolhouse, renamed "Martyrs
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    Lock icon Historic Russian Exercises
    168 4 MOSCOW, Tues. (Reuter) Soviet forces deployed In both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans will operate together during the forthcoming world-wide Soviet naval exercises. The Soviet Armed Torres newspaper, Red Star, said the exercises, code-named "Ocean", will differ widely from anything the Russian navv had ever don« before.
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    Lock icon Sisco In Cyprus
    42 4 NICOSIA. Tues. (Reuter) United States Assistant Secretary of State. Joseph Si sco. arrived todav from Caro. Sisco. President Nixon's top Middle East adviser, drove with the United States ambassador straight to the presidential palace for talks with President Makarlos.
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    Lock icon Think Again Call To Israelis And Arabs
    253 4 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Britain Mondav called on Israel and the Arab States to "think again" and warned the "menace of destruction" hangs over all of them. In a one-day House of Commons debate on the Middle East crisis, Foreign Secretary Michael Stewtrt said,
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    Lock icon Britain Back In The Black
    50 4 LONDON. Tues. (AFP) Britain's trade balance showed a £5 million surplus in March after February's £7 million pound deficit, the Board of Trade announced today. It said exports in March notched a new record at £671 million sterling FOB. compared with £634 million in February
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    Lock icon PHONE LINK TO CAIRO INSTEAD OF LONDON
    170 4 TEL AVIV, Tu«s. (UPI) —The wife of an Israeli rabbi in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon was accidentally connected with Cairo when sh e telephoned her mother :n London, the Israeli news agency Item reported Monday. i The conversation, as reconstructed by
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    Lock icon Air Raids By Israel
    49 4 TEL AVIV, Tues. (Reuter) Israeli planes attacked Egyptian military targets in the northern and southern sectors of the Suez Canal early today, a military spokesman announced here. All the Israeli alrcrafts returned to base after the raid which lasted about ten minutes, the spokesman added.
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    Lock icon Secrets Case: Govt. Acted Strangely
    273 4 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) The government has been accused by a London newspaper of acting strangely In a secrets case which has aroused widp resentment among the British press. The Evening Standard newspaper said in an editorial yesterday that when the case which opens in nine
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    Lock icon Arabs Train Them Young
    44 4 An Arab youth, train, ing to b# a commando, leaps over a burning obstacle at h« trains at a camp run by th« Al Fatah organisation near a refugee camp at Baga in Amman.— UPI radio photo. UPI radio photo.
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    Lock icon Fake John And Yoko Record
    150 4 STOCKHOLM. Tues. (Reuten A British and an Australian dls» jockey have made a monkey out of pop fans with a fake single pretending to be John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The disc Jockeys, Roger Wallls from Rugby. England. and Kim Loughran. from Perth. Australia, read
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    Lock icon Gunman Gets Back Hostage, Aged 3
    317 4 TOWNVILLE. England. Tues. (Reuter) A distraught father waited here today after handing his three year old daughter bark to a desperate gunman holding his wife and three other children hostage here after warning they would be shot. Falr-halred Debbie Simpson wa* carried back into
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    Lock icon Semyonov In Vienna
    94 4 VIENNA. Tues. (ReuterV Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semyonov arrived here by train from Moscow today for the Soviet-American Strategic Arms Limitation talks which resume here on Thursday. In a brief statement Mr. Semyonov expressed his satisfaction that the talks were taking place In Vienna and said
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    Lock icon Distress Hares
    61 4 LAS PALMAS. Canary Islands. Tues. <AFP> Two Spanish fishing boats, the Lsla Alegranza and the Tarzan last night reported seeing five distress flares about 100 miles north of the Canary Islands. The two boats cruised the area where the flares were observed but noticed nothing unusual. Shortly afterwards,
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    Lock icon PAROLE FOR 2 SPY LOVERS
    247 4 T ONDON, Tues. (Rcuter) The British government has granted parole for two middle aged lovers who spied for Russia in one of most highly publicised espionage cases since World War Two. Informed sources said that Ethel Gee and Harry Houghton, both British subjects would be
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    Lock icon 'Zorba The Greek' Composer In Paris
    350 4 PARISj Tuei. (Reuter) Mikis Theodorakis. the left-wing Greek composer, was in a Paris Hospital being treated for tuberculosis yesterday after arriving from Greece wherg be had been detained for 20 months as an alleged risk to public security by th# military government. The 44-year-old
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    Lock icon Students Riot In Ankara
    113 4 ANKARA. Turkey. Tues. (UPI) Student violence erupted in Ankara yesterday. killing one man and wounding scores, when leftwing and right-wing factions hurled firebombs and shot Pistols at each other, police said. A 37-year-old medical reserve officer died from "bullet wounds after about 15 right-wing militant students
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    Lock icon Israeli Torture Exposed
    118 4 AMMAN Jordan. Tues fUPI) A Palestinian said Monday that during two year* in Israeli prison* his captor* forced water down his throat, administered electnc shocks to his body and hung him from the wrist for long periods The Palestinian. Yousef Hafes. 25. was set free by the
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    Lock icon Jordanians Dismantle 14 Rockets
    84 4 AMMAN, Tue« (UPI) Jordan-an soldiers discovered 14 Katyusha rockets aimed at the Israeli port of Eilat earlv Sundav and dismantled them minutes before thev were scheduled to Are. travellers reaching Amman said vesterday They said the Jordan army imposed a partial curfew in Aqaba. where the
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    Lock icon RED ADMITS HE WATCHED MASSACRE
    79 4 JAKARTA. Tues. (ATP) A Communist leader. Sutadji, has confessed that he saw Communists massacring local Inhabitants la Solo, central Java, on Oct. 22. 1965 A newspaper quoted Police Commissioner Benny Notosubijoso as saying Sutadji made the confession dur* ing interrogation after he was arrested recently
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    Lock icon Brezhnev Slams China's Policy
    55 4 MOSCOW, Tues. (UPI) Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Communist Party, said todav China is trying to prevent art agreement in the current SlnoSovlet border talks In a wide-ranging foreign policy speech. Brezhnev a iso said America's position in Vietnam has "sharply deteriorated not onlv militarily,
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    Lock icon READY IN 10 YEARS' TIME: Rescue Spaceship For The Marooned
    442 5 HOUSTON, Tues. (Reuter) The Space Agency hat disclosed plans tor a rescue spaceship that could race through the heavens and pick up stranded astro- nauts. Preliminary ideas for the craft a huge, multipurpose vehicle which the agency calls 'a space
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    Lock icon Two Killed In Village Blaze
    42 5 RANGOON. Tues. (Reuter Two people were killed and five injured when a fire started by lightning, broke out in Ye in lower Burma. The Are destroyed about 100 houses Property damage was estimated at about 552.100 000.
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    Lock icon A COMMUNIST ROCKET ATTACK hit a Saigon cinema on Monday. A theatre employee (above), helped by her friends, leaves the hospital after receiving treatment. She was wounded in the leg. The incident killed 3 persons and injured 38 others. This is the first raid on the capital in nearly 4 months.—(UPI radiophoto).
    53 5 A COMMUNIST ROCKET ATTACK hit a Saigon cinema on Monday. A theatre employee (above), helped by her friends, leaves th e hospital after receiving treatment. She was wounded in the leg. The incident killed 3 persons and injured 38 others. This is the first raid on the capital in nearly
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    Lock icon UNLUCKY APOLLO 13
    111 5 TASS ON APOLLO 13 MOSCOW. Tues. (UPI) The Soviet News Agency. Tass. carried its fl r »t report on the Apollo 13 troubles in a brief factual report from New York. Tass announced the "three astronauts are In grave danger" but "flight officials are taking all measures
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    Lock icon Korean Armistice's 300th Meet: OVERTURE OF RED INSULTS
    370 5 PANMUNJOM, Tues. (Reuter) —North Korea marked th* 300 th meeting of the 17-year-old Korean Armistice Commission recently by setting a record in invectiv* against America. The five and three-quarter hours of confrontation between the two Koreas summed up the futility and frustrations
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    Lock icon Man Kills Wife And Children
    128 5 MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Tues, (UPI) —A man killed his wife, another woman and 3 children yesterday. He wounded a fourth child and himself with the same gun. police announced Detective Chief Joe Gagliano said the five dead were Mrs. Chavis. age unknown. Latonia Chavis. 3. Dathr*
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    Lock icon KENNEDY'S PAINFUL POINT
    111 5 WASHINGTON, Tue». (Reuter) Senator Edward Kennedy yesterday appeared in the Senate with his left Hand bandaged—the result of an extravagant gestur# when making a political point. He explained he had three stitches in his hand after cutting it on a glass case in hit office. The Massachusetts
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    Lock icon Astronauts' Wives Keep Cool
    162 5 TIMBER COVE, Texas, Tues. (UPI) Marilyn Lovell and Mary Haise hav e lived for months with the possibility their husbands being marooned in space. Thev faced the failure of the flight today with deep disappointment but with ner-es of steel "There were no tears." said NASA
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    Lock icon RECOVERY SHIP READY
    114 5 ABOARD THE 'TSS IWO J IMA". Tues. (UPI) Capt Leiand Kirkemo of the Apollo 13 recover? carrier kept an eje on a tropical storm today. However, he anticipated no problems if he has to pick up the crew on Friday. This would be 4 days earlier than
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    Lock icon Mishap At 'Right Time'
    105 5 SPACE CENTRE Houston. Tues. (UPI) Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Alan Bean declared the electrical failure of Apollo 13 happened "at the right time." "It gives the crew time to solve the problem and do something about It." commented a NASA official who spoke to them "The
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    Lock icon GI Pullout Address Tomorrow Night: Nixon's Sudden Pentagon Visit
    251 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) President Nixon yesterday paid a surprise visit to the Pentagon. This is presumably to notify defence chiefs of a decision he will announce on Thursday night about further troop withdrawals. The third round of troop pullouts is now
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    Lock icon Pain-Killing INew Drug Approved
    203 5 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama. Tues., (UPI) A newly.discovered drug can render a patient intensity* to pain without producing "sleep" in the traditional sense. The University o< Alabama medical centre announced yesterday that It has b*en approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration for eeneral use The drug.
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      138 5 THIS THURSDAYS DRAW NO: 30)70 (16-4-70) to be held the Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park, Kallang Park at 7.45 IST CROUP: $155,000 TO WINNIRS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRICT 2ND 6ROUP| $20,000 TO «•••••(RS #|TH 4 FLOS THC aOOITOHAi. NUWBCB -OWtCI 4TH GROUP $l5 lr*CM TO W«.NfI»S W"M L Mlltracns CO**€CT I
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    Lock icon A LOST OPPORTUNITY
    992 6 YITHAT might have happened in the Middle East if the proposed meeting between President Nasser of Egypt and Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Chairman of the World Jewish Congress, had taken place will now have to remain perpetually in the womb of theoretical speculation. One thing, however, is certain:
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    Lock icon THE SILENT PEOPLE OF SAIPAN
    1000 6  -  By Richard Williams (UPI). S A I P A N Did Amelia Earhart die in Saipan, the former Pacific battleground? This is a question that amateur and professional writers have been pondering and probing for 20 years, and everyone of them seems to think he
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      Lock icon NEWS OF REAL CHRISTIAN ACTIVITY
      274 6  -  W. M. SUTHERLAND General Manager Design Development Div. Auckland. New Zealand. I hart today received a copy of your newspaper for Wednesday 25th March, 1970 enclosing a copy of an article entitled "A Positive Revolution Hits I.S. Campuses". I would like to congratulate your newspaper
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      Lock icon Misleading Boxes
      146 6  -  LIM SIAK KWANG Recently I applied for a local driving licence at Maxwell Driving Office Counter 5 on someone's behalf who holds an Australian driving licence. I ended up in considerable frustration through having to rush to and from the office six times before the licence was eventually
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    Lock icon Giant Scarf Stolen
    112 6 (Reuter) LONDON:—A fir! who who knitted the world's longest scarf to rive to Beatle John Lennon and his wife Yoko for a peace demonstration, is having to start all over again The s#<Moot (1M metres) scarf has been stolen. Carolyn Laiarus. 22. of Deal, Kent, knitted the
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    Lock icon Jenkins—Wilson's Key Man Who Kept His Cool
    833 6  - Jenkins —Wilson's Key Man Who Kept His Cool By Robin Page (GEMINI). LONDON: This is the time of year when the whole of Britain takes a deep breath, focusses nervous eyes on one battered, redleather despatch case, and prepares to heap its curses (or blessings) on the person who happens
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      Lock icon Record Low Volume Business Done
      336 7 Business done in Hie Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday was leduced to another low with total volume at 1,290,000 units—since July 2, 1969 when total turnover was 1 <245,000 units. Trading was lethargic with operators largely withdrawn and uncertain. Share prices, however, were
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      866 7 J^US! NcSS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore wlrh the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACM A S2 16 (1). Alcan $1.76 (7> $1 15 il>; Allied Chocolate
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      Lock icon Stocks Down Sharply On N.Y. Market
      180 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI) Stocks fell sharply in moderate turnover yesterday. partly the result of a rights offering by American Telephone designed to raise approximately US$3.l million in fresh capital. Shortly before the final bell, the UPI market-wide idicator was off 2.17 per cent
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      Lock icon Less Tea But More Coffee
      54 7 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) Britons will drink less tea but a lot more coffee in the future, according to a study made by the Agriculture Industry's Economic Development Committee. The survey predicted a 7 per cent drop in the drinking in two years with coffee sales
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      Lock icon Travel Agents For Training
      55 7 LUFTHANSA German Airlines Is conducting an advanced training course for lATA travel agents In Singapore from April 13 to April 18. The course will cover various aspects of passage and passenger tariff, and is conducted by Mr. A Bernhard. passage sales supervisor attached to the Lufthansa
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $695.00 per picul, up $1.50.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      725 7 6iD and offer orices c. r cially listed yesterday at the close of business in he trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS H. 8. AC.MA cbi 2.10 2 14 Allan 1-75 178 A hocolate cbi 412 Bril A CO 1.65
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      421 7 "VEGOTIATIONS ha*i been concluded for a two-way A tie-up between Haw Par Brothers International Ltd. and DHA-Jack Chia Joint Company. Drug Houses ot Australia and tne Jack Chla Group have formed in 1969 a Joint company in Singapore known as Drug Houses of Australia
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      257 7 MAY first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 59| centa per lb., up half a cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was very quiet but steady. The market spent a quiet morning session. Levels
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      127 7 The Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quoted to tne equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency); SELLING T.T. or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks 584.7875; Holland Guilders $85.0550; Sw.£s Francs $71.8150; Belgian Francs $6.2225: French Francs $55.77j0;
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      261 7 GENEVA. Tues. (Reuter) Producers and consumers of tin began talks here yesterday to renegotiate the International Tin Agreement, which Is due to lapse on June 30 next year. They met at the United Nations tin conference, which was opened by Sec-retary-General Manual Perez Guerrero of
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      79 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Gold prices rose slightly In moderately active trading Monday on markets here and abroad. In London, gold gained 5-1/2 cents at the morning fixing but lost 3 cents for a second fixing of $35.40 a troy ounce, closing at $35.40 bid. $35
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      146 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for today. Wednesday April 15. DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels Godowns Vessels 3/4 President Coolidge 5 Eastern Enterprise 6'7 Thomas Maersk 13/14 Thomaseverett 20 East Goang Seng 21 West Kinabalu 23/24 Gelora 31/32 Koto Maru 35 36
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      341 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices SYDNEY, Tues. (UPI) The heavy selling pressure of the last few days on Sydney Stock Exchange continued Tuesday despite a strong recovery by Nickel Stocks and W.M.C. Durlne trading on Tuesday W.M.C. rose to $l2. a gain of one dollar while Poseidon came
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      87 7 fHE noon price* at the Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange yesterday were> Buyer Seller Coconut OH (F.O B.) Bulk 59 00 Coconut oil (FOB.) Drum 61 50 Mixed Copra 36-00 Muniok White Pepper (FOR) ***** 8aranak White pepper (FOB.) 142 50 Sarawak special Black Pepper (F O B.) 96% NL
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      117 7 HONG KONG, (UPI) Tuesday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.). (Buyers) (Sellers) 194.7 195.7 per 100 Straits dollars 149 150 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.755 6 765 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 495 515 per 10.000 Indonesian rupiahs
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      407 7 ARRIVALS 6-15 am. M>A 123 k Lumpur 945 am. MsA 119 K Lumpur. 12-30 pm. MSA 451 kuchinc 2-30 pm. MSA 021 k Lumpur. Maimers 8.25 pm. MsA 453 k. klnahalu 3-40 pm. MSA 521 Bangkok. 3-40 p-m- MSA S2l Bangkok. Penang. ft 0<( p.m. MsA 331 6»>dne?
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    395 8 Head of State and Premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea APRIL T5, T9T2 APRIL 15, 1970 MANGYONGDAE, the cradle of the Korean revolution, is situated in the west of Pyongyang by the Daedong River. Mangyongdae is as dear
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    581 9  -  Ann Landers Ann: My sister-in-law telephoned us last week from somewhere in Arkansas- She said thev were drlvlnf to the Coast and would be In Louisville "in a few days". I offered them the hospitality of our home BEFORE she told me they had
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    603 9  -  *»/<«•«/. ,1/i/vc/)'... Sheilah Graham NEW YORK: I wanted to laugh when the inter, viewer on television asked Britt Ekland whether being the wife «x now, of Peter Sollers had hindered her career. Good heavens, no one except Darryl Zanuck. who had
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    225 9  -  BY MARY SUE MILLER Do you ever give your posture a thought In quest of loveliness the female mind most often dwells on the figure, fare and fashion Yet good posture Is basic to the charm of the total woman. Fewer women surely would suffer poor
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    127 9 MONTGOMERY. Alabama Mellner. location casting director here on NGM i "The Travelling Executioner. has been engaged by Penn State University to teach a film claaa this spring Miss Mellner. who will assume her teaching chores immediately upon completion 01 the Montgomery shooting next month, will conduct
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      242 9 TODAY and YOU Wednesday* April 15. 1970. G AZER X By CLAY R- PCLLAN' ylfr XFrl 11 Vour D»ly Activity Gmdo K sgn. ii I tt According to Stan. i A AtllS /f« VA# »f :>11.16-It-44 48 58-63 TAURUS W MAf 20 7-10-1 Ml 3 ffi M Your Doily Activity
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      342 10  -  By By Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Timber Exporter with Ricky Kingston up did a two-round workout returning even time for the last 3f. The Tarwyn Blue five-year-old geldine who won at the last Bukit Timah meeting is retaining his winning form. The going
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      907 10 CI. 3 Dlv. 3 6 F. ***** Knala Selangor 7y 9.00 Sultan of Selangor Law Osman ***** Cahlr 7y 9 00 Breuk Gan. RS Breuk ***** Pahlawan If 4y 9 00 KL Chong Teh ***** Happv Hour 4y 9.00 HT Wee ***** Bukit Bendera 7y
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      26 10 LONDON. TUPS (Reuter) Result.* of last night's Rugby Union matches were: Glamorgan Wanderers 11. Aberavon 17; Newbridge 33. Penarth 3: Newport 45. Gloucester 9
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      346 10 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) —Cassius Clay/ Muhammad All, writing in the latest issue of Esquire Magazine, reiterated his permanent retirement from the ring and suggested that Joe Frazier do so too. and join him in a battle for Black freedom in the U.S. "...I
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      176 10 NEW YORK. Tues <Reuter> The Cincinnati Reds. most successful team in the major baseball leagues this season. were beaten 3-1 by the ban Diego Padres yesterday. Tommy Deans lourthlnmngs homer sparked a three -run victory rally by the San Diego Padres. Don Sutton hurled a
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      244 10 SEREMBAN, Tues. Malaysia will take part in the tenth women world hockey tournament In Auckland from Aug. 29 to Sept. 16 next year. This was disclosed by the Secretary of the Malaysian Women Hockey Association, Miss T. Navarednam. Miss Navarednam said the MWHA Council at
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      158 10 DURBAN. Tues (Reuter) American Blllie-Jean King has added the women's and mixed doubles titles to the women's singles crown sh* won on Saturday In the Natal Open Tennis championships here. Her women's doubles match w;th fellow-Ameri-can Rosemary Casals, followed their success In the recent South
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      109 10 A goal minutes from time enabled Arsenal to beat SCC in a FAS division two match at the Padanj* yesterday. The winning goal was scored by centre-for-ward Lim Boon Jit off a Muthiah's pass. The match was evenly contested. Arsenal's goalkeeper, Loke Hong Kit, was
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      172 10 AUGUSTA. Georgia. Tuea (Reuten Billy Casper has the 1970 Masters golf championship to his credit today and a cheque for about U5525,000 that goea with It by virtue of his 18hole playoff victory over Gene Littler yesterday. The 38-year-old Casper, twice winner of the US Open
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      36 10 BOGOTA. Tues. (Reuter) Colombia clinched a 3-0 winning lead over Uruguay in their Davis Cup American zone south section se-cond-round tennis tie here yesterday. Colombia will now meet Brazil in the south section final.
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      177 10 PRESTON. England, Tues (Reuter) Blackpool made sure of returning to the English Soccer League First Division after a three-year absence with a 3-0 win over Preston North End i n a Division Two match last night. Blackpool now have 53 points from 41 games behind
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      1027 11 When the IXth British Commonwealth Games open in Edinburgh in July, the Scottish capital will be invaded by a record number of Press, Television and radio men. Here, Bill McStay, the Games chief Press Officer, discusses, how Edinburgh it making preparations tor the event
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      75 11 MOSCOW. Tues. <R«uter) Valery Brumel. the Russian world hifh-jump record holder who is recovering in hospital from a recent leg operation, is plannin? another come-back, according to here today. Brumel. 27, had recently been working back to world record height of 7ft. 5-3/4 jns. after breaking
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      27 11 ZIRICH. Tues. (Reutrr) the International Football Federation (FIFA) yesterdav lifted suspensions on the M»Ccer association of Cambodia and Lao* after receiving their annual subscription fees.
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      570 11 Martin Is Top Challenger To Frazier's Title WBA SYLVANIA, Ohio. Tues. (UPI) Leotls Martin was named top heavyweight ehallenter and Joe Frazier ana Ismael Laguna were joint "boxers of-the-month" in latest ratings announced by the World Boxing Association (WBA). Frazier was recognised for hi® kayo of Jimmy Ellis and Laguna
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      108 11 MANCHESTER. England. Tues <Reuter) Lancashire 8 opening cricket match of the season at Old Trafford here next Sunday la likely played on an artificial pitch. Recent bad weather ha* hampered the groundsmen in their preparation of a turf pitch for the gameagainst Yorkshire. Lancashire have laid
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      109 10 AMY By Jack Tippet 'To which lady of the house do you wish to speak ...the OLD lady or the YOUNG lady?" DATELIKE: DANGER! by John Saunders and Alden McWiiliams ON THE ISLAND TICO'S ATTEMPT TO WAVE THE Ol ST RE 5b SIGNAL, ENDS IN DISASTER? I TOLD VTXI TO
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    303 12 Australian Pre The leader of the Australian Democratic Labour Party, Senator V.C. Gair, yesterday pooh-poohed the assertion that the Australian battalion tn Singapore is "an irreievancy to genuine regional co-ope- ration." He was commenting on a recent statement made in the Australian Parliament by Mr.
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    86 12 The Ministry of Labour had to intervene and conduct a secret ballot for 116 workers of a night club to decide whether they should be members of the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union on April 14. A total of 110 workers were in favour of the union
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    33 12 The Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday fined Ho Ah Jin, $l5O yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited publication of "Selected Works of Mao Tse Tung."
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    286 12 The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Leslie Wong denied an allegation made by the secretary of the Singapore Traction Company Employees' Union. Mr. Lee Hock Seng that M over-zealous" police officers were harassing STC bus drivers for failure to stop in allocated bus bays. ASP
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    330 12 With a name like Raphael Scott Ah Beng, a person had better be somebody. And Raphael Scott Ah Beng i$ somebody—a Land Dyak who is a gifted painter. His works ar e now on display in an exhibition at the British Council Gallery. "Raphael"
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    501 12  - First Impression: 'I t's 'Orrible...' When Pte. Trollope Meets The Jungle By K. S. SIDHU It was 'orrible, Pte. D. Trollope, 18, youngest soldier in the Bersatu Padu exercise said of his first experience in jungle warfare yesterday. Pte. Trollope, of the 2nd Battalion 3oyal Anglians Regiment, a component of
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    45 12 Popular Negro singer, Johnny Mathis, will arrive in Singapore for a threeday engagement on April 26. His show Is being presented by Slngstar Associates of Singapore. Johnny will perform at the National Theatre on Aprl! 27 and Tropicana nightclub for two days.
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    57 12 DIRECTOR of the Cardiac Laboratory at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. will deliver two public lectures at the Pathology Lecture Theatre. Outram Road General Hospital. beginning tomorrow. Rle will speak on Malignant Arrbythmlasin and Acute Myocardial Infection tomorrow at 8.15 pm. On Frlaay. he will speak on the Management
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      71 12 TIME TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 413 am <6.9 ft.); 12.12 pm. (2 7 ft.): 8.30 p.m. (6.1 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD 4 05 am. (8 ft.): 12.09 p.m. (3.6 ft 8 36 pm. (7.7 ft.). TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 12.43 a.m. (5.1 ft); 6.01 a.m. (6.5 ft.); 1.51 p.m (2.7 ft.); 9.02
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