Eastern Sun, 24 April 1970

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    24 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY 1 <fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 IMo. 1327 Friday. 24 April 1970. MC (P) 1616 Price 15 cent®
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    Lock icon CHILDREN HURT BY RED BOMB
    641 1 rpWO British children were critically injured yesterday when they triggered off a bomb believed to be planted by Communists. The victims an eight-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl found the bomb attached to a red flag in tall grass at Jalan Pergam, off Changi Road.
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    Lock icon Malik Sounds Out Diplomats On Peace Plan
    191 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) Foreign Minister Adam Malik Thursday met with diplomats from four Asian countries already invited to a meeting of Asian apd Pacific nations to discuss the Indochina situation and extended invitations to South Vietnam and Pakistan to attend. Malik asked the
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    Lock icon Court Unsafe
    36 1 ROME. Thurs (UPI) Rome's huge courthouse, a baroque white giant which has been crumbling chunk by dangerous chunk, has been declared unsafe. leaving hundreds of judge s without offices and thousands of eases unfinished.
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    Lock icon Manila Probes The Loss Of Sabah Document
    101 1 MANILA Thurs. (AFP) The Foreign Office is evaluating the reported loss of documents from the National Archives about the Philippine claim to Sabah. Foreign Undersecretary Jose Ingle 5 said today One of the documents supposedly missing is a photostat copy of the lease
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    Lock icon BAN SOUGHT ON FOREIGN MISSIONARIES
    74 1 JAKARTA Thurs. (Reuter) The Indonesian Moslem Party has urged the Government to ban foreign missionaries The party said the ban would help prevent foreign subversion. Indonesians are capable of spreading their own faiths and could be exploited by subversive elements. It said. It called on
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    Lock icon Cambodian Troops Recapture Saang
    286 1 CAANG, Cambodia, Thurs. (Re-jter) A Cambodian troop today advanced through scenes of desolation and destruction to reoccupy Saang, held for four days by an estimated 50 Vietcong. The guerrillas apparently withdrew their last man during the night; the government troops encountered no resistance. Cambodian soldiers wandered
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    Lock icon REBELS START TALKS TO STOP MUTINY
    272 1 FORT OF SFAIN, Thurs. (UFI) A rebel ar my officer is believed to be negotiating with Attorney-General Carleton Phillips tor an end to a two-day insurrection at the Chaguaramas Army Base. The Trinidad Prime Minister's residence declined to comment and referred questions to the
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    54 1 PHNOM PENH. Thurs. (Reuter* Vietnamese Communist forces, shouting: "long live Prince Sihanouk" through a loudspeaker. today attacked and occupied the town of Angtassom. 4« miles south of Phnom Penh. They also rut roads Into the Important province capital of Takeo. About 300 Vletcong and North Vietnamese occupied Anstassnm for
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    Lock icon Both RAAF Squadrons To Stay At Butterworth
    248 1 CANBERRA, Thurs. (Reuter) Australia'* two Mirage squadrons in the Far East will continue to be based at Butterworth in Malaysia, Defence Minister Malcolm Fraser said today. Answering a question in the House of Representatives from Labour member William Morrison, Fraser said the Malaysian
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    Lock icon Base Sold For One Dollar
    51 1 LONDON. Thurs (Renter) Defence Secretary Denis Healey savs Britain will sell the Ss9l million Royal Air Force base at Butterworth to the Malaysian Government for SI. It was handed over on March 31 last under a licence agreement for a nominal payment of one Malaysian
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    Lock icon Thai Troops Join Hunt For Reds
    204 2 pANGKOK, Thurs. (AFP) Thai and Malaysian forces sealed off a part of 4 their common border yesterday after mounting an extensive search for a strong commando of Communist guerrillas who attacked and killed seven Malaysian troops on Monday. A 24-hour curfew has been imposed
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    Lock icon Work Starts On New Sewer Mains
    94 2 THE Public Works Department (Sewerage Branch) will start laying two sewer mains along MacPherson Road between Aljumed Road and Jalan Muhibah today. During construction work, the southern carriageway will be closed and citybound traffic along MacPherson Road will be diverted Into the northern carriageway
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    Lock icon WAR GAMES A THIRSTY BUSINESS
    103 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —Troop6 taking part in the five-nation war games from now until the end of June are expected to consume 2-5 million cans of beer and ***** gallons of draught beer According to a spokesman of the exercise's joint control headquarters, the NAAFI
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    Lock icon Security Problem After Withdrawal
    197 2 THE British withdrawal from this region wiM leave a joint naval problem of ensuring the safety of ships in the Indian ocean and the security of countries from attack. This was stated by Mr. George G. Thomson. Deputy Secretary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, yesterday. Mr. Thomson,
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    Lock icon Warning About Rumours
    163 2 KUALA Ll'MPt R. Thurs. The public were today warned thai the police will take stern action against any person spreading false rumours or Indulging in any acts to create public alarm. A government statement satd malicious rumours are being spread in certain parts of the country, particularly
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    Lock icon Fatal Scald
    28 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thura. A 55-year-old housewife. Madam Llm Seng Hong has died at the General Hospital from Injuries sustained when she was scalded three months ago
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    Lock icon Relay Tomorrow
    20 2 SIX teams from the Paslr Laba Tamp will take Dart in a "round-the-island" relay to be held tomorrow
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    Lock icon 'PREJUDICIAL' BOOK BAN BY MALAYSIA
    228 2 A book, "The Malay Dilemma/' written by Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, has been banned in Malaysia. The Malaysian Ministry of Home Affairs, declared it is "prejudicial to the security of Malaysia.' A copy of the book has been "detained' by the Special Branch of the
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    Lock icon The Malaysian Service Corps have begun transporting 300 tents and equipment from the British 3 Base Ordnance Depot in Singapore 400 miles to Dungun on the East Coast of Malaysia in preparation for the main phase of Bersatu Padu, Exercise Granada. (Left to right) Corporal Ron Stein, RAOC, Mr. Rene Gomas, storeman, and Sergeant Aziz, Malaysian Service Corps, checking tent equipment before it was loaded onto 5-tonners of the Malaysian Service Corps.
    72 2 The Malaysian Service Corps have begun transporting 300 tents and equipment from the British 3 Base Ordnance Depot in Singapore 400 miles to Dungun on the East Coast of Malaysia in preparation for the main phase of Bersatu Padu, Exercise Granada. (Left to right) Corporal Ron Stein, RAOC, Mr. Rene
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    Lock icon PLATTERS COMING
    45 2 THE ever-popular Netjro singing fivesome, the Platters. is due in Singapore soon Thev will be engager} at one of the too nightspots here Their engagement will be confirmed soon, it was learned vesterday. The Platter* are famous for their rhythm and blues music
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    Lock icon Rafflesians Committee
    90 2 At the Annual General Meeting of the Old Ral HeMans* Association held on April, I**7o at Raffles Institution. the following were elected to the Committer of Management for 1970/ 1971: President: Mr. Chua Boon Unn. Vice-Presidents: Mr. Ng Fook Kah. Miss N E Norris. Mr. R Murugason. Hon
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    Lock icon 300-Mile Trip To Present Credentials
    128 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. —The German Ambassador designate to Malaysia. Mr. Gerhard Fischer, will travel 300 miles by car or. Sunday to Kuala Trengyanu where he will present his credentials to the Yang di-Per-tuan Agong. The presentation will take place at the Istana Badanah on Monday.
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    Lock icon EQUIPMENT DONATED TO INSTITUTE
    243 2 THE Singapore Vocational Institute is now better equipped to turn out technicians for the automotive industry—thanks to a donation received from a Ger- man car manufacturer. A set of automotive trainIns equipment valued at $7,000 and technleal literature was yesterday presented to the Institute by Mr
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    Lock icon Exercise
    26 2 SAF personnel will corduct exercises on the westem half of Singapore from 4.00 pm. Saturday 12 noon April 26. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used.
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      219 2 Philips invented cassettes. < > PHILIPS I*l It takes a Philips Cassette Recorder to make them sound the way they should. Philips invented cassettes. They know more about them than anyone else in the world. Take the basic cassette. It started as an idea. Philips made it a reality. The
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      34 2 TOTO DRAW The following numbers were picked in yesterday's Toto draw: 14. 38. 37. 9. 32. The additional number was 12. In the circles' draw, the following numbers were picked: 6. 44 and 42
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    Lock icon Meet On Strike By Malaysian Bar Girls
    134 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. Reuter) A Kowloon hotel's board of directors will meet on Saturday to discuss the strike by 4 Malaysian bar hostesses, the manager said today. The hostesses protested on Monday because they had been accused of being "too friendly'' with guests,
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    Lock icon Detective Dies After Duel
    77 3 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI) A government detective who took part in a street duel w:th another agent died yesterday from gunshot wounds. Ceasar Ganood, 37, an employee of the National Bureau of Investigation <NBI), the Philippine version of the American FBI. was shot twice in the chest
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    Lock icon TRINIDAD FIREMEN battle a store blaze less than 3 hours after a state of emergency was declared recently. British Commonwealth troops were flown there to help quell a Black Power mutiny in the army. American ships were also reported to be heading for the troubled spot to help evacuate U.S. nationals there if necessary.
    56 3 TRINIDAD FIREMEN battle a store blaze less than 3 hours after a state of emergency was declared recently. British Commonwealth troops were flown there to help quell a Black Power mutiny in the army. American ships were also reported to be heading for the troubled spot to help evacuate U.S.
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    Lock icon Two Shoot Home Of Sportsmen
    170 3 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) Two men fired at least ten .45 calibre slugs into a private home occupied by four Spanish Jai Alai players, police reported today. No o ne was hurt although the four players, known as "pelotaris" were home. Private guards at Bel-Air Village
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    Lock icon Mao's TV Lessons On Guerrilla Warfare
    305 3 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) *hina is giving its people lessons in guerrilla warfare over television, the President of a leading Japanese newspaper disclosed yesterday. "My strongest impression after completing a onemonth visit there is that the country is under a semiwartime system." remarked Tomoo Hirooka.
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    Lock icon BIGGEST PAKISTANI PROTEST: Newspaper Strike In Its 8th Day
    192 3 KARACHI. Thurs. (UPI) —Striking journalists yesterday staged a torchlight procession in Rawalpindi in the biggest demonstration for pay increases. Reports from Rawalpindi added the hall-mile long procession with demonstrators marching four-abreast was Joined by student* and labour an< trade unions. The
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    Lock icon 2 More Arms Caches Near Cambodia
    193 3 SAIGON, Thurs. (Reuter) South Vietnamese troops have unearthed two targe arms caches in the Cambodian border area after further clashes with Hanoi forces. Regional forces were supported by armoured troop carriers They came across the 10ton cache after a battle in which 16 communists
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    Lock icon Gold Haul On Ship From Singapore
    114 3 HONG KONG, Thurs. (Reuter) Hong Kong customs officials today seised 200 gold bars valued at over SSBOO,OOO from a Swedish motor vessel which arrived from Singapore early this morning. An official spokesman said it was biggest gold haul in Hong Kong for many years.
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    Lock icon Couple Hijack Private Plane
    82 3 GASTON lA. North Carolina. Thurs. <Reuter> A man and a woman armed with a prtol and a bomb last night hijacked a small private plane they had chartered and ordered the pilot to fly them to Cuba A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said the
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    Lock icon Graduation Ceremony Becomes A Tragedy: Policeman Kills 3 Filipinos By Accident
    280 3 MANILA, Thurs. (UP I> An off-duty Philippine Constabulary soldier accidentally discharged his Armalite rifle yesterday and killed three persons, including his younger brother. Five others were wounded. The Armalite rifle is the same kind as those carried by allied
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    Lock icon 1.600 Japanese Students Clash
    92 3 TOKYO Thurs. (UPI) About 1.600 leftist students demonstrated In Hibiya Park In Tokyo last night and police arrested six of them when two rival factions clashed. Police added there were no serious Injuries In the fighting. The students belong to the Socialist Students Union and a
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      90 3 The friendliness of the long distance Australian, Every airline has smiling hostesses But nobody has that special openhearted Australian smile, except Qantas And it's a smile you'll find flying with us to London or New York, Honolulu or Acapuico anywhere around the world An airline is only as great as
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    Lock icon Vorster Heads For Victory At Polls
    590 4 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. (Reuter) The white rulers of South Africa headed for a fresh election victory today badly bruised by their first polling losses since they came to power 22 years ago preaching the new doctrine of apartheid. Prime Minister John Vorster's ruling national party
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    Lock icon Unemployment In Britain Rises
    50 4 LONDON. Thurt (Reuter) The number of people unemployed on April 13 In In Britain was 616.680 the highest April figure since 1948. the Department of Employment and Productivity announced today. But the unemployment total has dropped since last month, when 623,905 people were out of work
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    Lock icon Jumbo Service Is Shelved
    337 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) —Plans by the British Overseas Airways Corporation to introduce a jumbo jet service next month have been postponed indefinitely because of the deadlock over pay and conditions for jumbo pilots. i "Moreover. It Is plain that we are no nearer In agreement than
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    Lock icon June Poll Likely In Britain
    257 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) The opposition Conservative Party's three-year lead in the public opinion polls appeared to have completely vanished today as another survey revealed the ruling Labour Party ahead in Britain's political stakes Latest figures, published as a front-page splash In today's early edition of
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    Lock icon Holyoake On Meeting About Indo-China
    102 4 WELLINGTON. New Zealand. Thurs. (Reuter) Countries seeking a conference on Cambodia should discover Russia's real attitude on a new Geneva conference. Prime Minister Holyoake suggested here today. After a meeting of the governing National Party caucus. Holyoake outlined New Zealand's suggestions for the agenda for
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    Lock icon Sex-charged Through Water-cress
    87 4 LONDON. Thurs 'Router Water-creas sandwiches were laat night added to the evergrowing list of portions for an Improved sexllfe. Said farmer John Jesty who grows watercress in the southern England county of Dorset: "If your love life is under-powered, eat plenty of water-cress sandwiches made with wholemeal
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    Lock icon A Show Of Muscle By Soviet Fleet
    366 4 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) Present manoeuvres by the Soviet fleet are th« biggest co-ordinated world wide naval exercises in history and are obviously designed to show the Russian navy i s second to none, according to a U.S. naval spokesman here. The spokesman said
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    Lock icon Yvonne Is Miss England
    69 4 BLUE-EYED blonde Yvonne Ormes has just been chosen Miss England 1970. Twenty-one-year-eld Yvonne, a photographic model, of Nantwich, Cheshire. beat 28 other girls for the title at the Lyceum Ballroom in London recently. Her priie includes £250, a trip in June to "Expo 70" in Osaka
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    Lock icon Lost: 119th Starfighter
    75 4 BONN. Thurs. (Reuter)— West Germany lost Its llS>th Starflghter last night In an emergency landing. A Defence Ministry spokesman said the plane ran out of fuel In bad weather conditions so that it had to land with a strong tailwind, overshooting the runway and breaking through emergency
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    Lock icon France Clears Her Debts
    86 4 PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter)— Finance Minister Valery Olacard D'estalng announced yesterday that France had paid back all Its short term debts to foreign central banks. Reflecting the growing confidence in France's economic position, he also said that the annual foreign travel allowance would be raised from 1.000
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    Lock icon LOAN FOR INDIA
    79 4 PARIS Thurs. (Reuter) The international De\*lopment Association, an affiliate of the World Bank, has granted a credit of 225 million Singapore dollars to India. This will finance imports of materials and spare partg to help key industries expand, the I D A. announced today. The 50-year. Interestfree
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    Lock icon Grenade Blast: 21 Injured
    284 4 TEL AVIV, Thurt. (Reuter) Twenty-one people, including six foreign tourists three Americans, two South Africans and a West German were injured when a grenade blast ripped through a crowded street in Nablus on the occupied West Bank of the Jordan yesterday. Eleven of the injured were
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    Lock icon Hitler Man Dies At 71
    132 4 MUNICH. Thurs. (Reuter) —Dr. Paul Schmidt. Hitler's chief interpreter, died on Tuesday at the age of 71, newspapers reported here today. Dr Schmidt, who entered the German foreign service during the Weimar Republic and became chief interpreter for the third Reich in 1933. translated for
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    Lock icon Tax Man Kills His Own Family
    226 4 FAHRNDORF, West Germany. Thurs. (I PI) A 43-year-old cily emplojee apparently not ._le to cope any longer with lis heavy indebtedness, she t his uife and seven of tSeir children to death before turning the gun on himself, police said on Wednesday. Officials in
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    Lock icon Sisco Flies To Arabia
    104 4 TEHRAN. Thurs. *UPD U£. Assistant secretary of State Joseph Sisco fle* to Saudi Arabia yesterday tor talas with King Faisal. He had Just attended the American ambassadors M:d-East-cum-South Asia Conference. He toid newsmen Detore he left that cancellation of his visit to Jordan would not have
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    Lock icon VOLCANIC REEF NEAR JAPAN ERUPTS
    110 4 TOKYO Thurs. (UPI) A volcanic reef erupted in the western Pacific Ocean near Japan today, according to a radio report received from the Japanese fishing vessel, the "Kaigvo Maru The ship reported that Its crew witnessed an eruption of the Myojinsno Reef, located about 240
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      232 4 TODAY and YOU.., Friday, April 24, 1970. STAR. GAIER^ Br CLAY H POLLAN 1 ft EES eg Yoor Doily Activity Guid* According to tho Start. To develop message for Frldoy, reod words corresponding to numbers of your Zodioc birth siga 1 Woy 31 Your 61 Onto 2 SMm 32 Private
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    Lock icon Former Convict And Girlfriend Hijack Plane To Cuba
    342 5 FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, Thurs. (UPI) A small private plane, hijacked by an armed ex-convict and his girl friend, landed in Cuba t-Hay. The plane hop-scotched on refuelling sites in South Carolina and Florida The Federal Aviation Aeency (FAA) in Miami said the
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    Lock icon PRESIDENT NIXON is captured in this candid shot on Wednesday while he addressed the White House Press Photographers' Association. He bemoaned the fact that the late President Eisenhower had an expressive face while his was rather "stoic." – (UPI radiophoto).
    39 5 PRESIDENT NIXON is captured in this candid shot on Wednesday while he addressed the White House Press Photographers' Association. He bemoaned the fact that the late President Eisenhower had an expressive face while his was rather "stoic." (UPI radiophoto).
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    Lock icon Top Opposition Men Arrested: UNEASY CALM OVER COLOMBIA
    356 5 BOGOTA, Colombia. Thurs. (Reuter) Colombia was reported all quiet early today with top opposition leaders under house arrest and the country under an allnight curfew. Two days of pro-Plnllla demonstrations In Bogota ended with 412 persons being arrested. President Carlos Restrepo Imposed
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    Lock icon No "Fair Trial' For Calley
    38 5 SAIGON. Thurs. (UPI) Gsoree Latimer, a lawyer in the alleged My Lai "Massacre" case said yesterday he not believe Callev can receive a fair iral in America because of he extensive pre-ttial publicity.
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    Lock icon BLOCKING FREE FLOW OF TRADE: U.S. SUES MITSUBISHI AND WESTINGHOUSE
    463 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) —The U.S. Government sued 2 big worldknown firm*—Westinghouse of America and Mitsubishi of Japan for "eonspiring to block the 2 nations' markets in order to avoid competition." Westinghouse Electric Company, the 17th largest US. firm, was the
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    Lock icon The Double Life Of A Fugitive
    307 5 CARSON CITY. Nevada, Thurt. ißeuter) A frail old man was freed today from jail to spend the rett of hit days with hit grandchildren. An official pardon ended the double life of 78-year-old Leonard Frittoe. It began when he was jailed for life in
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    Lock icon Major On Drug Charge Offers To Help
    286 5 SAIGON. Thurs. (UPI) A U.S. Air Force Major charged with transporting 866 pounds of opium to Saigon from Thailand offered to help in the round-up of the druq ring involved, a witness testified today. However, the offer was not accepted. Special jjent Donald
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    Lock icon Debate On Space Fund
    95 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs.) < Reuter» Congress puts America s space programme under public scrutiny today. However, funds ear-mark-ed to land more men on the Moon look like staying Intact despite the neardisaster of Apollo 13. Both Democrat and Republican leaders are firmly behind continued manned space flights.
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    Lock icon Mao's N-Threat
    30 5 WASHINGTON. Th uis. (Reuter> Defence Secretary Melvln Laird has warned that China could threaten America with nuclear blackmail If Peking developed an Intercontinental Ballistic Ml»aile cICBM). by 1973.
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    Lock icon With A Down-To-Earth Aim: MASS RALLIES ON ANTI-POLLUTION
    244 5 CHICAGO, Thurc. (UPl)—Hundreds of Thousands of Americans gav® testimony yesterday in demonstrations and rallies to support making the Earth inhabita- ble.' "Earth Day* as yesterday *as designated. was a phenomenon in this age of protest. It is a day when persons of
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    Lock icon WHERE THE POWER IS
    992 6 rpHE Philippines, Indonesia, India, Thailand, Korea, and for that matter all Asian nations are to a degree today in the orbit of the Rising Sun, through poor economic management, inherited burdens and industrialisation and trade patterns that Just do not seem to come out quite right.
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    Lock icon America Stumbles Into The Caprivi Confrontation
    1271 6  -  By Alon Rake (GEMINI). LONDON: President Nixon's African policy has the intention of lowering tensions in the south of the continent. This is in character with America's new "low profile" foreign policy/ calling for the minimum of American involvement. After hi s Africa tour
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    Lock icon Japan's Economic Invasion Begins To Upset Asia
    706 6  -  By Peter Cook (GEMINI). HONG KONG: A curious complaint came from the Japanese soon after Expo 70 opened: that other Asian countries were adopting a "too commercial" attitude at Osaka. Officials reminded J a p a n's Asian neighbours that the occasion was
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    Lock icon Why This Discrimination?
    193 6 After a long, unproductive wait for my relief teaching post to be allotted to me. I have learnt < through a phone call to the Ministry of Education) tha' such temporary vacancies are exclusively for bursary-holders. However. I have proof that certain relief teachers are not bursary
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    Lock icon Canada-Caribbean Ties Turn A Bit Sour
    1159 6  -  By CLYDE SANGER (GEMINI), OTTAWA: Riots in Trinidad in March brought home to Canadians an unpleasant new fact: Canada is not seen by everyone in the Caribbean as a kindly friend and elder brother. In fact, a strange and critical phrase began to be
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      Lock icon Fresh Pressure On Industrials
      284 7 Industrials including th« leading stocks met with fresh selling pressure in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. A case in point was Paper Products which met heavy profittaking and lost 16 cents on the day. In ready dealings, it sagged from $1.70 to $1.62
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      924 7 rjUSINESS done in and reported to thi> trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS AC MA $1 af* »1 >; Alcan SI 66 (1) *1 o7 iZ) il
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      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      124 7 The Association Of Bank* In Malaysia-Singapore yesterday made the following changes in Its iates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent ot 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING TT. or OD ready: Deutsche Marks $B4 8750; Holland Guilders $B5 0075; Swlsi- Francs $7l 8675; French Francs 555
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      58 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged across the board Wednesday on the commodity exchange. There were no sales. (Close) (Prev.) May 22 508 22.50 July 22 SOB 22.50 Sept. 22.508 22.50 Nov. 22 008 22 00 Jan 21.758 21.75 March 21.758 21.75 May 21.758 21.75 Locally,
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 The tin price for yesterday was $716.75 per picul, up $2.125.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      784 7 BID and offer prices off cial!y listed yesterday at th e close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDUSTRIALS AC MA cbl Allied Chotolate K. ii <4 Co fiuneo Bhd b>u»teaii Co Camel Plywood Central sugars C
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 58 1/4 Cts.
      276 7 May first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 581 cents per lb., up three quarters of a cent from the previous close The tone of the market was quiet. Better than expected London advices made for a higher
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      90 7 MR ONG SING 800 has been appointed to the position of branch manager of Borneo Motors (M) Sdn. Bhd In Alor Star. This Is a newly created positlun. Mr. Ong was formerly sales manager of Orchard Motors In Penang. A spokesman for Borneo Motors in Kuala Lumpur said
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      47 7 NEW YORK. Thurs.(UPl) —Dow Jones closing averages yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 762 61 off 9.90 20 Transp 165.46 off 1.94 15 Utilities 112.03 off 0-92 65 Stocks 252.28 off 2.99 40 Bonds 68 83 Commodity Futures Index 134.77. up 0.29
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      105 7 Lufthansa German Airlines will begin service with its new Boeing 747 over the North Atlantic route April 26 to become the first non-American operator of this superjet. Lufthansa will be the first airline to use all ma|or models of Boeing jetliners and is the largest
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      212 7 NEW YORK. Thurs (UPI) The stock market fell victim yesterday to a rash of depressing news, including another batch of lower first quarter earnings results. an appeal by Cambodia for U3 military aid. political unrest in Trinidad, and a further rise in the cost of
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      90 7 Mr Jack Wong Yow Fook. area sales manager of Guthrie Waugh's Chemicals Division left recently for England on a product training course with Bush Boake Allen Ltd. His course will cover flavours, essences, perfumeries and pharmaceuticals at the laboratories and offices of Bush Boake Allen for
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      82 7 (Manager*' Price* for April 4 H AM r.KM> 1 Ml 9 Growth Fund 1-06 111 «MA 1 Ml in M InveM Nnfl *d 1*2 IMI 'Krcif l*t- Singapore 2 «5 3rd Hlncapore V. xa 2nd Mnsap«»r* 1 g 1 07 The (Am Ind- 10The Sav Fund *d 1-0"
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      243 7 MR. A. C. MELHUISH, export manager of the Rawlplug Company Limit* ed, flew into Singapore recently as part of a business tour to visit Rawlplug agents in the Far East. The Rawlplug Company, a member of the giant Burmah Industrial Products group of companies, is one
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      95 7 THfc noon prlff* it ibr Slniaporr Chine#* Produce tochance ?e*terria> *«e> Hum feliei Coconut oil 68 00 (FllR) Hulk >hM Coconut <111 61-50 <t O K Drum Murd Copra M IK' Muni oh Uhlte Pepper 145 00 (FOB.) RMrMWHi wnitr pepper 142 .V) (FOB.) Karawab J*pe<i»l Black Pepper «t
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      324 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) Mining stocks continued to move forward during a firm day of trading on Sydney Stock Exchange Thursday. Leading the rise was nickel stock Poseidon which gained $2 00 to $97.00. The rise was achieved after a fall of 15.00
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      99 7 LONDON, Thurs (UP!) British government bonds had another setback on the stock market Wednesday despite a firm pound on foreign currency markets. But a modest rival of buying interest pulled some industrial stocks higher and the list closed mixed. Turnover was small and trading slack among industrials.
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      124 7 HONG KONG. (UP1) Thursday's 5 p m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd >: (Buyers) (Sellers) per 100 Straits dollars 194.7 195.7 149.5 150.5 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 674 6.75 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 480 500 per 1.000 Indian
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      377 7 ARRIVALS SIS am MsA 123 K Lumpui 945 am MsA 110 H Lumpur 12-30 pm MsA 4.M knrhing 2.30 p.m. MSA 021 K lumpnr. Malacca S2sp m. MSA 453 K klnabalu 140 pm MSA 621 Bangkok Penan* 6-40 pm- MSA 63? lokjo Taipei. H Kong 1.10 pm- MSA
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    659 9  -  By Florence de Santia NEWYORKHeolth and figureconscious women are turning out in ever growing numbers for sports, especially those such as golf which can be shared with husbands and friends. Nat urally, the active sports participant wants clothes which will iook good and allow full freedom of
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    144 9 CULVER CITY Two MGM stars. Stacy Reach and James Coco, have been nominated in the category of Best Dramatic Actor for this year's Antoinette Perry Awards, the Tonys, the Broadway theatre's highest accolade. Reach, who Is now before the cameras starring in "The Travelling Executioner".
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    466 9  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: We just returned from a wedding which has left u> shattered. If we had not seen it with our own eyes we would not have believed it. The bride, a charming young woman, looked heavenly in her satin gown
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    589 9 Speaking For Myself By Sheilah Graham NEW YORK: Forrest Tucker is the last of a vanishing breed. He is master in his own home. When he wants to smoke he smokes. When he wants to drink he drinks. ''l went on the wagon
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      239 10  -  By Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. There was heavy rain yesterday and the number two track was closed. Only the sand track was used. Roman Leader (Jim Johnson) did an impressive workout when he sprinted stylishly over 2f in 26 3/5. Amber Lass also did a
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      103 10 SHEFFIELD. England. Thurs. (Reuter) Sheffield Wednesday's ten-year stav In the English First Division came to an end here last night when they crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Manchester City. Two goals by substitute lan Bowyer sank Wednesday. who had equalised Bowyers flrst-half effort through
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      60 10 STRASBOURG. Thurs. (Reuter) Zabrze Oormk of Poland beat AS. Roma of Italy on the toss of a coin after the two teams had been level 1-1 after extra time In their European Soccer Cup Winner's Cup semi-final play off here last night. The winners play Britain's
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      33 10 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Close of plav scores In yesterday's only cricket match were: At Cambridge: Cambridge University 205. J. Hall 42, N. McVlcker three for 27. Warwickshire eight for one
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      24 10 The Anglo-Chinese School will hold their annual atheltlc championships on Saturday. May 2. at 2.00 p.m. at the Farrer Park Athletic Centre.
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      357 10 BRUSSELS, Thurs. (Reuter) Anderlecht of Belglum were in a strong position to prevent English clubs from completing a hat-trick of title wins when they beat Arsenal 3-1 in the first lee of the European Fairs Soccer Cup final here last night. Anderlecht fielding six
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      52 10 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter)—The Hong Kong Football Association said yesterday that it will take part In the Merdeka soccer tournament to be held in Kuala Lumpur in August. It will also participate in the All-Indonesia Football Federation anniversary to be held in Jakarta in June,
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      2330 10 1 3 1 Race 1: CI. 6 Div. Z—6 Furs. —2.15 P-m- ($4,500) L ***** King'* Row 6y 900 TL Tjong Ahmad Wilson 10 2. ***** Fair Chance 8y 9.00 Island Glades Ahmad Lee 11 3. ***** Nona-Nona 6v 8 13 HAM Buy on g
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      364 10 DALLAS. Texas Thurs. (UPI> Top seeded Rod Laver of Australia sprained his ankle as he was serving to South Africa's CUfl Drvsdale yesterday and was forced to drop out of the Dallas Morning News tennis classic. Fourth seeded Ken Rosewall and third
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      1135 11  -  ®y Eric Maxwell 4 S IN previous Games and indeed in any "one-off" job calling for heavy spending the financing of the IXth British Commonwealth Garnet to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from July 16-25. has presented a challenging and fascinating problem. It was
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      224 11 NEW YORK. Thuts. (Reuter) Tom Seaver, the New York Met*' star f>itcher broke two major eague baseball records yesterday as he hurled the world champions to a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Padres. Seaver. who threw 136 pitches, struck out 19, including the
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      157 11 MONZA. Italy. Thurs (Reuter)—Eighty-one cars today left Monza on the next stretch of the Lon-don-Mexico City. World Cup rally through France and Spain to Lisbon. Three more cars Peter Garratt's Viva GT, James Gardner's Escort Elba motor caravan, and Kim Brassington's Ford Cortina, all
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    679 12 CINGAPORE cannot be called a maritime state until the size of its merchant fleet matches that of the port, the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye said yesterday. Speaking at the opening of the seminar on Maritime Training, organised by
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    298 12 THE Law Society of the University of Singapore is concerned that the proposed Malaysian ban on Singapore lawyers might provoke retaliatory measures against Malaysian lawyers practising in Singapore. Society president. Mr. Phang Sin Kat, said In a statement that "such a contingency is not unlikely H
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    80 12 Chef Joseph Soeller, has recorded a time of 13 seconds in the current German Food Festival beer drinking contest. He gulped the two and a half pints of German beer to smash his own record of 15 seconds. Next was Mr. Norman Powell
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    68 12 Judging of colour slides for the 21st Singapore International Salon of Photography will begin at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Odeon Theatre's Hollywood Room. More than 2 000 slides were received from 40 countries for the competition which was organised bv the Photographic Society of Singapore.
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    55 12 Javier Betancourt Salagar. 28. from Columbia. South America, was yesterday sentenced to two weeks' Jail for overstaying in Singapore. He arrived n Singapore on April 8. and hi.< passport expired on April 14. In mitigation he said that he was short of cash and was waiting
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    263 12 Singapore's maritime industry is starved of younq, suitable officers because of "traditional resistance" to sea careers, it was stated here yesterday. And because of this. It Is far too easy to become an officer in the Merchant Service. say« Capt. B R. Davles. a lecturer
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    288 12 An Indonesian housewife told her sister that she was going for a picnic by a waterfall in Indonesia but became a prostitute in Singapore, a Court was told yesterday. "Miss Y," said this when she was crossed-examined by Mr. Lim Cheng Peng, Counsel for
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    64 12 Beauty-conscious women i n Singapore will have the chance to improve their make-up techniques. Miss Emi Okuda, a top beauty consultant from Shiseido in Tokyo is staging beauty demonstrations at a leading departmental store. Miss Okuda, (above) recently back from a similar assignment in Malaysia will demonstrate on the various
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    22 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A forged Singapore $5O note was found by a cashier of the First National City Bank yesterday.
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    96 12 Six Higher School Certificate Students, including Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's son. will receive cash awards for passing the examination with excellent results. They will be presented with $5OO each by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce Foundation on April 30 at 3 pm The
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    47 12 Three youths yesterday pleaded eullty and were flnej in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for possession of Indian Hemp. Sulaiman bin Ibrahim, was fined $l5O. by the Magistrate Mr. EC Foenander, while Ramln bin Manjln and Abdul Ghani b l n Tahll were each fined SBO.
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    190 12 The High Court was told yesterday that no inducement or promise was made to an accused when he was asked to give a statement during police investigation. A police Interpreter, Mr. Lee Yong Quee, was giving evidence In the trial of Kee Ah Tee
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    82 12 ABOUT 31.895 visit ori came to Singapore in February an increase of 17 3 per cent over the same month last vear Most of the visitors w"r» tourists, but 20 per rent came tv»re on business For 54 per cnt of the pie
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    61 12 A child anj a motorcyclist were Killed in two separate accidents in Singapore on Wednesday. Lim Ming Tong. 3. died In hospital about two hours after he was knocked down by a car at Jalan Pelatlna. Lee Bin Choon, 17. died on arrival at *he hospital
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