Eastern Sun, 20 April 1970

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1323 Monday, 20 April 1970. -fr MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Cambodian Provincial Capital Besieged
    281 1 PHNOM PENH, Sun. (UPI) Vietcon* forces Have encircled the provincial capital of Takeo and moved to within 22 miles of Phnom Penh, military officials said today. The officials said Takeo province to the south of Phnom Penh was threatened bv an estimated 5.000 Communist soldiers. "All
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    Lock icon U.S. Seeks Partners In Space
    100 1 HONOLULU. Sun (Reuter) The White House spokesman says the United States will soon make a number of significant proposals for international cooperation in space. "There will be some fairly significant ground broken in the field of international space cooperation soon." Presidential Press Secreta Ronald Ziegler
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    Lock icon MOONMEN HEAD FOR HOUSTON
    513 1 HONOLULU, Sun. (UPI> The three tired but happy Apollo 13 astronauts flew to Houston today for an extensive debriefing aimea at pinpointing what went wrong with their moon mission. The astronauts slept long last night after a reunion with their wives and a welcome by President
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    Lock icon Weight Watchers' Paradise
    39 1 HONOLULU. Sun. (Reuter) Astronaut James Lovell lost 14 lbs. in weight during the four days he and his two fellow astronauts spent aboard thetr crippled Apollo 13 spaceship Fred Haise lost only ft few pounds less.
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    Lock icon French Nuclear Missiles Operational Next Year
    209 1 PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) France's first inter-con-tinental nuclear ballistic missiles *iH be operational by the middle of next year, according to Defence Minister Michel Debre. Debre was visiting a missile base near Apt. north of Marseilles where two units of nine lnter-contlnental ballistic missiles are
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    Lock icon RUSSIA DASHES U.S. PEACE HOPE
    445 1 "VEW YORK, Sun. (UPI, Reuter) Russia has squashed American hopes of 1 recalling the Geneva conference soon to settle the spreading war in Southeast Asia. The Soviet Ambassador to the United Nations Jacob Malik says the recalling of the Geneva Conference on Indochina is "unrealistic
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    Lock icon Indonesian Alert For Communists
    86 1 KUCHING. Sun CF«ut«r> Indonesian troops io Borneo h*ve been alerted to hunt Communist guerrillas along the border with Sarawak. General Dat© Ibrahim Ismail saH today General Ibrahim, chief executive officer of Malaysia's National Operations Council, said the guerrillas were encircled by security forces taking part in
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    Lock icon 5-CENT FINE FOR DRIVER
    65 1 MELBOURNE. Sun (Renter) A Melbourne bus driver has been fined five Australian rent* for wearing a roP neck Jumper instead of a regulation tie on dutyPeter Archer, 25. told Stipendiary Magistrate Mr K.J. O'Connor in the Moone* Ponds Court the only tie he owned was one
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    Lock icon Earthquakes Rock Turkey
    43 1 ISTANBUL. Sun. <UPI>— Two strong earthquakes were felt here today within a period of five minutes. The epicentre was believed to be In the alreadyravaged Gedlz area. First reports said that a few houses had fallen down In the tone.
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    Lock icon Saigon Troops Cross Border
    231 1 SAIGON, Sun. (UPI)— South Vietnamese troops completed a four-day drive into Cambodia in which they killed close to 400 Communist soldiers, military sources said today. There was speculation the attack, which pushed 15 miles across the Irontier. may have touched off an attacfc by retreating Communist
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    Lock icon Greener City
    41 2 MORE than 200 schoolchildren led the w ay Saturday morning in an exercise to promote a more gracious and greener Singapore. They busied themselves planting trees and shrubs at the Kallang Estate. Pictures show the children hard at work.
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    Lock icon Citizenship Stressed
    117 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Malaysian yo'Jths must not confine themselves to cultural and sPorts activities only, the Assistant Minister of Culture. Youth and Sports. Dato Engku Muhsein. said here todav. "You must also be prepared to be good citizen* and make our independence meaningful," he added Dato Muhsein said
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    Lock icon Indon Show
    77 2 IPOH. Sun. The Indonesian police cultural troupe will give a one >;ht performance at Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman here at 8 30 p.m. Thursday. The troupe, comprising 34 irtistes and four officials bead ed by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Dr. S. Sarsaban, will feature modern Indonesian cultural and
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    Lock icon FOREIGN TRADE SHOWS ALL-ROUND INCREASE
    308 2 SINGAPORE'S external trade for the first two months of the year registered increases on all fronts, including the deficit gap. Imports for the month of February amounted to $494.55 million compared to exports of $347.59 million. There was thus a deficit of $146.96 million, according
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    Lock icon Drowned
    51 2 BAGAN SERAL Sun. A three-year-old girl. SiU Azizan. was drowned in a well near her home in Kuala Tokip, 10 miles from here, yesterday A police spokesman said today her mother. Amah binte Osman. found her dauphjer's body floating in the well when she looked for her at lunch
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    Lock icon Move To Contain Sarawak Reds
    201 2 KUCHING. Sun Malaysian security furors in the Konok sub-district of the First Division have been redeployed to prevent communist terrorists from slipping out of the Jala Raja operation area, it was disclosed today. The Chief Executive Officer to the National Operations Council, Gen. Dato Ibrahim
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    Lock icon FINANCIAL SEMINAR
    67 2 THE week-long 1970 Financial Seminar of IBM World Trade Corporation Asia-Pacific. will start in Singapore today. The seminar will bring together 40 IBM delegates from Asia-Pacific Countries as w*ll as members from IBM World Trade Headquarters in New York Delegates will discuss, amoni other topics, the "impact of
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    Lock icon SARAWAK'S TELECOM
    82 2 KUCHING. Sun. «Reuter> Sarawak* telecomm uncatior.s link with West Malaysia and the rest of the world will be brought up to international standard* within two months the Minister of Work*. P >sts and Telecommunication*. Tun Sambathan. said here today. Thij would be achieved 'nth the completion of a
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    Lock icon Photo Society
    23 2 MR TOr" Koon Hung has been elected as President of the Southeast Asia Photographic Society at the annual general meeting recently.
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    Lock icon Burglary
    42 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun Thieves broke 'nto a house at Ka in pone K;lat in Setapak yesterday and escaped with jewellery and clothing worth $355 Police spokesman said that the theft occurred while the housewife. Badanah birte Din. 33. was out shopping
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    Lock icon FAMINE IN NEW GUINEA
    82 2 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) Famine is spreading in an area of West Irian whrre the staple diet. Sago, has become scarce, the Indonesian new* agency Antara reported today. The agency quoted military officials In Dutch New Gntt around Lake Scntani as saying living conditions were 'quite deplorable.
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    Lock icon Malay Youths Planning Quiet Demonstration
    305 2 THE Singapore Malays National Organisation's Youth Section will hold a peaceful demonstration at the City Hall in protest against government action for not allowing Utusan Melayu to circulate in Singapore. The Youth leader. Enche Yahya Mohd. Noor said the SMNO had approached the Acting Minister
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    Lock icon Malaysian Corps To Exercise
    216 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun— Member* of the Malaysian Service Corps will leave in 23 trucks tomorrow on the first stage of a 400-mile journey to Dungun on the coast of Trengganu for exercise Bersatu Padu. A group of 40 men of the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment will accompany
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    Lock icon Fatally Hit
    43 2 IPOH Sun. A labourer. G Goballo. 56 died in hospital here yesterday after being hit by a car Friday evening, a police spokesman said t< day. Goballo was riding a bicycle along Lahat Road towards Kidd Rnad when the accident occurred.
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    Lock icon Kedah Culture Revival Urged
    110 2 ALOR STAR. Sun. A committee is to be set up here to revive and popularise Kedah s traditional fine arts and culture. The committee, with representatives from the government and cultural bodies as well a* individuals, could also oieani-e an annual cultural festival for the state,
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    Lock icon Conference Called On Cambodia
    224 2 JAKARTA, Sun. (AFP) —Leaders of six Asian countries and Austra ia and New Zealand have agreed to meet with the big power;; on the situation in Cambodia, Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik said today. Malik was speaking at Jakarta Airport on his return trom the Asian
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    Lock icon Opium Haul
    41 2 IPOH Sun. A police r«rty raided a house in Treacher Street here early this morning •nd seized 60 tahiU of opium. A police spokesman said the party also detaired a man who was fnund in the kitchen preparing opium.
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    Lock icon Hilton Service To Boost Tourism
    362 2 Ar» international hotel reservation service with offices in 358 cities and connections to more than 150 hotels has offered to project Singapore's tourism over- seas. This offer was announced by Mr Charles A. Bell. Senior Vice President. Administration. of Hilton International yesterday. The service will
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    Lock icon 40 Hurt As Big Jet Burns
    170 4 ROME, Sun. (Reuter) About 40 people wer e injured when a Scandinavian airlines DC 8 jetliner caught fire shortly before takeof today. The aircraft was destroyed. An Interior Ministry spokesman said none of the injured was in serious condition. Two had suspected broken legs.
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    Lock icon 10 Death Sentences For Treason
    134 4 FREETOWN. Sun. (Reuter) Ten people, including former Army Chief of Staff Brigadier David Lansana, have been sentenced to death for treason. The charges arose out of the 1967 military coup, led by Brigadier Lansana Death sentences were also imposed on former Police Commissioner William Leigh;
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    Lock icon 'NO FAREWELL PARTIES PLEASE'
    565 4  -  Ann Landers n E A R ANN: Your column on gifts for departing employees me where li y e. A few months ago I became completely disenchanted with my Job. Personnel changes created three armed camps in our company. (In all fairness I must admit I
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    Lock icon Russia Surprised By U.S. Move On Nuclear Arms
    536 4 VIENNA, Sun. (UPI)-A decision by the United States to present a comprehensive plan for broad curbs on strategic nuclear weapons appears to have caught the Russians by surprise. Even U.S. chief negotiator Gerald Smith was said to have come to Vienna unaware
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    Lock icon 'REFORM' CALL TO KREMLIN
    224 4 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Opponents of the Soviet system in Russia have drawn up a 10,000-word programme for wide-sweeping political and economic reform, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The document known as the "Programme of the Democratic Movement" has been circulating in Moscow and other Soviet cities
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    Lock icon SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF AVALANCHE
    157 4 PARIS. Run. <Reuter> Grieving parent* lined an alpine churchyard last night at a memorial service for children killed tn an avalanche at Plateau D'Assy. While th# open air servlce took place, official* ordered rescue operations suspended for three hours In the ruins of the tuberculosis
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    Lock icon Pakistanis Plan To Combat 'Paki-Bashings'
    84 4 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) —Pakistani immigrants have drawn up a flve-point plan to combat the growing menace of hooligan> beating them up m London's East End. They hammered o u the plan t a meeting of the Federation of Pakistani Welfare Associations It called on the
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    Lock icon Greece Exiles 40 People To Islands
    267 4 ATHENS. Sun. (Reuter)—Th- Greek Government hat banished to two islands 40. Greeks described as dangerous to public order to avoid bringing them be- tore a court. The prisoners are among more than 60 detained in two hotels near Athena since last year for alleged
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    Lock icon BACK WITH A VENGEANCE
    99 4 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) A school bo v who was thrown out of a choir for Singing flat notes has shocked experts bv writing a full orchestral symphony Jim Graham 18 ton of a garage foreman in Corby, taufht himself to write musir from library books His
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    Lock icon Sisco Arrives In Teheran
    46 4 TEHERAN. Sun (Reuter) President Nixon's top adviser pn the Middle East Joseph Sisco is in Teheran to attend a conference of American Ambassadors tomorrow Sisco cancelled a visit to Jordan a* part of h;s current Middle East »our following anti-American demonstrations there
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    Lock icon STUDENTS RIOT IN ITALY
    177 4 ROME. Sun (Router) The remnants of broken barricades and discarded weapons littered streets in three Italian cities today after violent battles between leftwing students, rightwing sympathisers and police. Broken bottles, Iron bars, cobblestones and other weapons cast aside by demonstrators were strewn around streets in Rome.
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    Lock icon ASTRONAUT LOVELL ON APOLLO 13 MISHAP: Man Won't Appreciate Earth Until He Can't Come Back
    474 5 PAGO PAGO, Sun., (Reuter) Astronaut James Lovell yesterday recalled his words during the Apollo 8 mission. He declared then that he did not grasp what the Earth cou'd offer men till they were taken from
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    Lock icon Dial-A-Beam Telephone Soon
    444 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (UPI) —Dr. Wernher Von Braun is likely to drum up some space business by offering a cheap shortcut to conservation and communication. The lure in the Von Braun come-on is very appealing savings. Americans speno about USSI2 billion annually to clotter up their countryside with
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    Lock icon SHIP BLAZE PUT OUT
    95 5 WHYALLA. S. Australia. Sun (Reuter) Firemen earlv t-oda v put out a blaze In a partly-completed ton tanker on its slipway here Police at thio iron-ore and Shipbuilding port announced brgades from up to miles away at Port Pirie bad been fighting the fire In the
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    Lock icon Tornadoes Hit Texas
    102 5 CLARENDON, T e n a Sun. (UPI) Clusters of tornadoes, striking without warning in the blackness of night, struck continuously at the Texas panhandle early yesterday. At least 26 persons were killed. Including an electrician. He was fatally shocked while working on a gowned powerline. Hundreds more
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    Lock icon SNIPER KILLS STUDENT
    208 5 SANTA BARBARA. California. Sun., (Reuter)—A sniper's bullet killed a student during yesterday's riot at the University of California campus here. It was probably meant for the police Kevin Moran. 22. was hit in the side by a rifle shot as he worked to douse a flrebomb blare
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    Lock icon Nixon All-Out To Defend Manned Space Programme
    432 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) President Nixon's Government is going all-out to counter expected moves to cut the nation's manned space programme after Apollo 13's aborted mission, political observers commented yesterday. Vice-President Spiro Agnew, departing from a prepared text at a Republican leader's dinner here
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    Lock icon TEARGAS FOILS HIJACK BID
    220 5 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Sun. (Reutcr) Two bro then who tried to hijack a Costa Rican National Air ways plane were smoked out by teargas. They were then captured at El Coco International Airport here The twn men were lndentlfled as Marvin Llndon 24. and his
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    Lock icon THE MOST CONSUMING PROBLEM
    97 5 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun. (UPI) President Nison'j Consumer Affairs Adviser admitted she was having a consumer problem of her own. Virginia Knaue told the National Retail Merchants' Association on Friday she bought a sofa from a department store last August. It "arrived month s late in three
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    Lock icon END OF THE STRING FOR INDIA'S PRIVY PURSES?
    294 5 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) The Indian Government is determined to abolish the privy purses and concessions enjoyed by the former princely rulers. Ruling Congress Party President Jagiivan Ram has said the Government will press on with the contraversial measure. They will Ignore
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    Lock icon Grease-gun War
    63 5 LONDON. Sun (UPI) A customer arguing ©ver the price of gasoline shot a station a* tend ant with a groase zun on Fridav The attendant whipped out another grease gun. Another customer then joined In .Ml three squirted It out until a fist fight bezan About 100 bystander*
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    Lock icon UNTYING THE KNOTS
    951 6 •TIfE have a problem." Those words will go down in the history of space exploration as perhaps more important than the words spoken by Nell Armstrong when he first set foot on the moon. This astounding understatement was made by James Lovell when the oxygen tanks in
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    Lock icon Dalai Lama: Let Tibetans Choose
    1187 6  -  By K. K. Chadha NEW DELHI Eleven years ago the Dalai Lama of Tibet made the difficult decision to seek asylum in India in a last attempt to save his nation. The logic of that decision has been amply proved by events in Tibet since
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    Lock icon U.S. Is Confident Of Its Lead In Aviation Industry
    768 6  -  By John Heffernan Reuter WASHINGTON Nixon Administration officials ar e highly confident the United States can overcome the AngloFrench and Russian lead in building supersonic passenger planes. The Anglo-French Concorde and the Soviet TU--144 are already flying and ire expected to
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    Lock icon Jobless Bring Shanty Towns To Boom Cities
    528 6  -  By Hezekiah Wepukhulu GEMINI NAIROBI, The thud of compressors and whine of drills is an everyday sound in Nairobi as another multi-storied international hotel or office block joins the city's growing skyline. Kenya's capital is Africa's boom town. But, as elsewhere in Africa,
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    Lock icon BLEAK
    709 6  -  By Joseph Alsop DA NANG. South Vietnam In contrast to the rest of South Vietnam. the view from this capital of I Corps is horrifyingly bleak. Here as elsewhere, every last American soldier could safely pack up and go home tomorrow morning if the North Vietnamese could only be
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  • PICTORICAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
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      Lock icon Feast To The Male Eye
      188 8 THE "Gloria Mae Look" (mini-wise) is pleasing to the male eye as these leggy models amply demonstrate. They are seen here presenting a wide range of mini dresses designed and manufactured by Gloria Mae of Ego Boutique at a fashion show sponsored Saturday by D.K.
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      Lock icon Golden Girl With Comedian
      51 8 America's Golden Girl, Miss Joni James, poses for a picture with Mr Wilson David (left) and comedian Charley Boyer, when she arrived here recently. Miss James, (more than 70 million records of hers were sold) was here for three days on an engagement with a leading
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      Lock icon Sweet, Scented And Weightly Too
      53 8 MR. C. V. DEVAN NAIR got Kit old job back at the annual general meeting of the National Trade Unions Congress Saturday evening he was elected its Secretary General. Here Mr. Nair is seen being garlanded and congratulated by fellow unionists, including his predecessor, Mr.
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE $10 ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon Man Requires More Sense Than Knowledge
      371 9 ONE purpose of sending children to school is to acquaint them with the past and let them imbibe thoughts of great men of a I walks of life whereby they might ga»n a wider range of knowledge. Man by himself is inefficient; hf must
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      Lock icon Misfortune Is Good Sometimes
      801 9 SOMETIMES, we may be confronted by misfortune. Some people deserve to be confronted. Some misforfortune is good for everyone. This statement, some may consider to be untrue. But. in my opinion, it is good because it can change a person s behaviour. I shall lllufitrate a
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      Lock icon National Service
      377 9 SINGAPORE became a sovereign and independent nation on 9th August 1965. Before that. Singapore was part of Malaysia and the security of Singapore waa looked after by the Malaysian government. Since her independence. Singapore has to look after her own security. Because of this, the call for a
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      Lock icon A Market Scene
      500 9 SCRAMBLING down my old, rusty bicycle, I carefully mad? my *ay to thp empty parking lot. I passed several old men and women with bib'es in their wrinkled hands, gossiping cheerfully on their way back from church. I went down the old, dusty road leading to the
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  • SUN SPORT
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      Lock icon Ibrahim Shines For Fathul
      250 10 FATHUL KARIB'S Salleh Ibrahim was the star performer in his team's 7-0 trouncing of Ocean Sports Club when he bagged four goals in a FAS Division One League match at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Play in the first 20 minutes was even. The first goal,
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      Lock icon 96 Set Out For World Cup Rally
      114 10 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) T~ Mnety-s:x car* set out irom London today on the gruelling 16.000-mile World Cup rally through 25 countries in Europe and South America, scheduled to end In Aztec Stadium. Mexico F y n May 27 in tor the World Cup.
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      Lock icon Winning Lead By Australia
      56 10 TOKYO. Sun fßeuter) Australia today took a winning 3-0 lead In the Davis CUD Eastern Zone Section A final with a four set doubles win by Alan Stone and Ray Ruffels. The Australian pair defeated Takeshi Koura and Junzo Kawamori 7-5. 5-7. 6-2. 6-4 Australia had
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      Lock icon Winning Debut By Regal Rite
      1145 10 By Our Racing Correspondent LUMPUR, Sun. Regal Rite, with crack Australian jockey Jim Johnson up, put up an impressive debut when he scored a neck win from Schiedam in race six to pay $3O. Johnson had in the previous race won on Datin's Choice, who
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      Lock icon The Spaniard Wins Scottish Grand National
      292 10 T he Spaniard Wins Scottish Grand National AYR, Scotland. Sun. (Reuter) —The Spaniard, owned by Bill Rimmer easily won the Scottish Grand National handicap steeplechase run over four miles and 120 yards here yesterday. The Spaniard won the £5,533 first prize by beating D.H. Barnes's Two Springs by eight lengths.
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      Lock icon Graham wins Yomiuri Open By Three Strokes
      489 10 Sun. (Reuter) David Graham of Australia fired a threeunder 69 to win the Yomiuri Open golf championship last leg of the Asian circuit here today. The 23-year-old Australian. who led from the second round, had a total of 286. Graham began with a
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      Lock icon Keppel Club Stay Unbeaten
      249 10 Keppel Club. 1968 69 SGA League champion, kept their unbeaten record when they beat Warren Golf Club by 4-1 2 to 1-1/2 points here yesterday. Results with Keppel players names mentioned first:— David Milne (3) and Reg Perry <B> outplayed McGill <9) and Sharp <10»; Alisdair
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      Lock icon S'pore Lose
      38 10 MANILA. Sun. (AFP) The Philippine* tonight defeated Singapore 2-0 to score their first victory in a preliminary round Group C match of the 12th Asian youth football tournament. There was no score In the first half.
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      Lock icon Archer Retains 2-Stroke Lead
      194 10 NEW ORLEANS, Sun. (Reuter) —American George Archer scored a steady par 72 yesterday to retain a twoshot lead after three rounds of the U*****,000 (£50,000} Greater New Orleans Open golf. Gusty afternoon winds kept the scores high but five-foot-five-inch. tall Rod Curl, an American Indian newcomer
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      Lock icon Mercer Off To London
      70 10 BOMBAY Sun (Reutert Leading British jockey Joe Mercer left for London by air today after spending three weeks in an Indian jail for trying to smuggle diamonds and foreign exchange out of India The 35-year-old Mercer, who has ridden with considerable success in Bombay over past
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      Lock icon India Lead Ceylon 2-0
      64 10 BOMBAY. Sun (Reuter) Indian won both singles against Ceylon to lead 2-0 on the opening day of their Eastern Zone Section B Davis Cup tennis tie here yesterday. Jaideep Mukherjea put India ahead when he won the opening match against Bpmard Pinto 6-3, 6-1. 6-4. and
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      321 10 TOKYO, Sun. (ReuterV —Takaaki Kono of Japan will represent Asia In the Alcan Golfer of the Year tournament at Portmarnock, Dublin, from Sept. 17-20, it was announced today. Mr. Kim Hall, coordinator of the Asian golf circuit, said that Kono. 30, had the best aggregate from
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      628 11 r ON DON, Sun. (Reuter) England failed J to live up to their world champion image when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Wales in the opening match of the British international soccer tournament at Cardiff yester- day. England, fielding six
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      136 11 MONTE CARLO. Sun i Reuter) American Marty Riessen and Britain's Roger Taylor won the men's doubles title In the Monaco Open tennis tournment here yesterday with an easy wlu over Frenchman Pierre Barthes and Yugoslav Nikki Pillc. Riessen and Taylor were seldom troubled as they swept to
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      93 11 TOKYO. Sun. (Reuten Ben Arda of the Philippines won the US$2,OOO first prize today for leading the Asian golf circuit points standings. Arda finished with 120 points spread over the circuit's nine tournaments David Graham of Australia. who won the final leg. the Yomiurl Open, here
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      91 11 NEW YORK Sun. (Tauter, Results Of last night's major league games: National League New York Mets 6. Philadelphia Phillies 0. Chicago Cubs 8. Montreal Expos 7. Cincinnati Reck 8, San Francisco Giants 5 St. Louis Cardinals 5. Pittsburgh Pirates 2. Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 1.
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      1334 11 Internationals: Ireland 0 Scotland 1 (at Windsor Pajk. Belfast). Wales 1 England 1 (at Nlnian Park. Cardiff*, hnglish Division One Chelsea 2 Liverpool 1 (postponed Feb 14). Leeds Utd. 1 Manchester City 3 (postponed March 14). Division Two Leicester City 2 Queens Park Rangers 1 (postponed March
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      391 11 PARIS. Sun (Reuten France beat England here yesterday In a 48-polnt feast of rugby in the final match of me five-nation tournament berore a wildly excited crowd of 55 000. France won by 35 points (four goals, two dropped goals, a penalty goal and two
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      71 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Results of two one-day friendly cricket matches played yesterday were: At Southampton; Hampshire beat Sussex by 15 runs. Hampshire 130 for eight innings closed. R. Gilliat 74. A. Buss five for 33. Sussex 115 for seven Innings closed. At Trent Bridge. Nottincham: Nottinghamshire beat Derbyshire
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      77 11 BANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter) Thailand's world flyweight boxing champion Bergrerfc Chartvanchai yesterday donned yellow robes to become a Buddhist monk for one month. The sponsors of the champion's ordination told reporters that durinq the month Bergrerfc would devote his mind solely to contemplation and the study of
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      259 11 PORT TALBOT. Wales. Sun. (Reuter) Defending champion Stu re Johnsson of Sweden and Dane Epo Hansen, who both nearly missed the tournament, swept through to the men's singles final In the European badminton championships here yesterday. Johnsson, who was a late starter after being fog-bound
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      109 11 BUS6UM. Holland. Sun. Reuten Gunna r Larsson of Sweden swam the fastest 200 metre* in the world this year when he clocked 1 minute 57.1 awonds in the men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay at the European six-nation tournament here yesterday. West Germany led the tournament
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      117 11 LOS ANGELES, Sun. (AFP) Ruben Olivares retained his world bantamweight title by beating fellow .Mexican Jesus "Chucho'* Castillo in the Los Angeles Coliseum last night. The 22-year-old Olivares. who finished off his last 28 opponents inside the limit, had to be content this time with a
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      37 10 TOTAL POOL: $17,462 Ist Prise No. *****1 ($4,322) 2nd Prize No. *****8 ($2,161) 3rd Prise No. *****8 ($1,080) Starters: ($135 each) Nos: *****1 *****5 *****3 *****1 *****5 *****0 *****5 Consolation: (596 each) Nos: *****8 *****5 *****6 *****4
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    488 12 THE logic of the people to choose the stability of a PAP government can further contribute to security and prosperity in the Republic. This was said in a statement by the PAP by-elec-tion working committee on Saturday night after two PAP's candidates
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    78 12 THIEVES broke into a shop Saturday evening and stole valuables and cash amounting to 5755. The owner of the shop. Ng Teow Chin. 41. reported that he left the premises with h;s family at 6 p.m. that day. When th*»v returned at 9 p.m. they found the
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    105 12 A foreman with a local timber company. Lee Chang Quor. 47. was Saturday robbed of 51.000 by three men A police report yesterday said the money was to pay workers employed at the Hong I.im Timber Co. in Jurong. Lee who was going to work was about to
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    13 12 THERE were 69 traffic accidents on Saturday of which five were cerious
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    709 12 The government will request all persons to stay indoors on census night, June 22. A government statement said those at work will be treated as spending the night at their homes. A memorandum on the 1970 census of population Issued yesterday classified two categories of
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    38 12 SWAMI Nitva Chaitanya Yati of the Narayana Gurukula will leave Singapore for Australia tomorrow to continue his tour to American »n<i European countries He will visit major universities and lecture on "Integrated Science of the Absolute."
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    38 12 THE A m bassador of Japan. Mr. Yasuhiko Nara, will present a collection of 500 books to the National Library tomorrc- The books will be on display at the lecture hall from April 21 to 27.
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    78 12 KUALA LUMPUF. Sun. A businessman woke up at his Jalan Utara home !n Pudu yesterday morning to find that his shirt and trousers with $7BO in the pockets hat been "fished" by thieves through a bedroom window. A police spokesman said that Mr. Poh Ch> ng Peng. 33.
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    249 12 Nine Singopore soldiers undergoing a fortnight s course in air despatch techniques recently had tneir first flight with paracr.ure loads they had helped to pack for a Bristol freighter. The Singapore soldiers were undergoing the exercise with 55 (Air Despatch) Squadron Royal Corps of Transport.
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    101 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Commander-in-Chief of the United States *rmv In the Pacific. Gen Ralph E. Haines, arrived this evening for a threeday visit to Malaysia. The General, accompanied by his wife, two Colonels and four other senior staff officers, flew In from Thailand in
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    44 12 MADAM Tham Yin Thoe. 62. was found dead on the ground near a block f flats in Jalan Tenteram yesterday morning Madam Tham Bugis Street had earlier visited her daughter who is staying on the 7th floor of Block 9. •Talan Tenteram
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    192 12 FOL'R newspaper editors and tun leading journalists from New Zealand will arrive here tomorrow afternoon for a four-day visit. They will meet representatives of the Singapore government, be briefed on K..aice, trade and other matters, visit New Zealand army, navy and air force units in Singapore,
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    49 12 THE Singapore Armed Forces will carry out roctc blasting operations at 13mile Manda: Road from 1 30 pm to 4.30 pm. daily, except Sunday* and public holidays, for a period of on* month, beginning tomorrow. Members of the public are warned to stay clear of the blasting site
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    74 12 MR. FONG Pin Chee has been elected as President of the Singapore Sawmiller*' Association The other officer bearers are: Mr. Tan Beijg Teck, S:aw Guan Lai (Vice Presidents); Ang Kal Heng (Secretary); Tav Yong Hale (Asst Secretary); Lee B-n H.n (Treasurer); Chua Boon Cheong (Asst. Treasurer); Koh Beng Lim
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    113 12 TWO men loitering suspiciously near a lorry and a car parked at. Jalan Satu werp arrested by police Saturday. A detective. N. G Krlshnan and three constables on their beat saw them at 1.20 am. and kept them under observation One of the men got into the
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    53 12 A GROUP of 30 Scouts from the Raffles Institution left for Mt. Ophlr. Malacca, yesterday for a four-day visit. The purpose of the expedition is in line with the aims of the Singapore Scout Association, and also to nronote international understi»nd!ng. The scouters will have a "getting-to-Xnow you"
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      113 12 TOTO DRAW THE following number* were drawn in today's Toto Draw: 45. 4. 35. 11. 12. The additional number was 36. In the three circle draw, the numbers drawn were: 38. 19. 6. TIME a TIDE TODAV SINGAPORE TOWN: 404 a.m. (2.5 ft.); 1011 am. (8.2 ft.); 4.16 p.m. (2.3
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