Eastern Sun, 29 April 1970

Lock icon This issue may only be viewed from the multimedia stations at NLB Libraries. See FAQ for more information.

Microfilm: NL6487
Total Pages: 12
1 12 Eastern Sun
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Lock icon Masthead
    32 1 warn mmm VP miP fIBK SS. SB BB Hi IBH JHHH Bfr I. SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1331 Wednesday, 29 April 1970. MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cents
    32 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon POLICE BAFFLED BY FIRE DEATHS
    427 1 Charred Bodies On Changi Road JJAFFLED detectives worked through the night to unravel the macabre deaths of three young people whose charred bodies were found yesterday near Changi Road. Late last night police still did not know whether they were dealing with a triple suicide
    427 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Television Bans Tony Curtis In Cancer Movies
    77 1 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) U.S. television stations have dropped anti-smoking television commercials by actor Tony Curtis because of his conviction in London for possession of marijuana. The anti-smoklne spots, filmed for the American Cancer Society, had been carried by many stations throughout the
    77 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Vampire Terrorises Italian Lovers
    128 1 ROME. TUPS. (AFP) A beautiful olive grove in La Spezia a favourite meeting place for young lovers is haunted by a vampire. The vampire shows up every night wrapped in a long black cloak, his face pale and thin. His mouth is permanently drawn back in
    128 words
  • Article
    Lock icon New York Bomb Gang Arrested
    102 1 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Police have ai rested 19 members of a teenage gang on charges ot making molotov cocktails and pipe bombs in "mass produc-tion-type arrangements." The arrests followed a raid on an apartment building in Manhattan where, police said they found about 50
    102 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Tokyo Riot
    38 1 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Riot police and radical students fought briefly near the U.S. embassy tonight while tens of thousands of Japanese marched through the street* to demand the Immediate end of the U.S. occupation of Okinawa.
    38 words
  • Article
    Lock icon SURGERY FOR HEART GRAFT PATIENT
    62 1 CAPETOWN Tues (Reuter) South Africa's lorg-est-living heart transplant patient. Petrus Smith 53. has bad an abdominal operation at Groote Sctauur Hospital Smith. who yesterday brok» Philip Blaiberg's record of having lived 595 days after a heart transplant operation was admitted to hosrital tw o days
    62 words
  • Article
    Lock icon CAMBODIA'S FATE IN NIXON'S HANDS
    437 1 \\JASHINGTON, Tues. (All Agencies) President Nixon moved todoy towards the decision which could mean the life or death of Cambodia's new government. Within a ie« da>* he will announce 11 the United States supply arms to General Lon Nol's government, Washington military observers say the
    437 words
  • Article
    Lock icon SIHANOUK PRISONER IN CHINA : McMAHON
    144 1 SIHANOUK PRISONER IN CHINA McMAHON SYDNEY, Tues. (Reuter) Australian External Affairs Minister William McMahon believes Prince Norodom Sihanouk is a prisoner in China. McMahon said reports on the whereabouts of the former Cambodian leader are conflicting. "Sometimes you hear that he's In Hanoi, at other times in Peking, and at
    144 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Sihanouk Tried For Treason In Phnom Penh
    83 1 PHNOM PENH. Tues. (Reuter) The trial of deposed Cambodian Head of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk on a treason charge has opened with the military tribunal taking depositions m camera. Nine other people also were charged. Including Pnnce Sihanouk's wife. Princess Monique. her mother.
    83 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Malik's Crisis Meeting On Cambodia Set For May 11
    237 1 JAKARTA, Tues. (Reuter) Indonesia has invited 19 Asian and Pacific countries to a conference on Cambodia starting on May 11 Foreign Minister Adam Malik announced today. He said the conference will be held even if Communist nations decline the invitation. "If
    237 words
  • Article
    Lock icon British Frigate Sent To Island
    63 1 KINGSTON. Tues (Reuter) A British frigate has arrived off Grand Cayman foilowinp demonstrations against administration of the British Islands. The thre* islands of the Cayman group ha\> a population of about 10.000 Thev lie about 200 miles north-west of her«» in the Caribbean ar area
    63 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      97 1 Sinclair 11 in tm\ l. T I tt>» W' m un I pr*M-*d to aase<ne mm* i 60 offer* antttrectfve ■lternative 'or I modules loiriui tweo awWy. AUDIO SERVICES 12 St Gregory Piece. S'oore 6 T«4.*****3 With the Bank that serves the Business Community and you Transacting All Banking Exchange
      97 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      77 1 n First pot* V YES YES YES YES YES YES .YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES V l£sso EXTRA New Formula Esso Extra Motor Oil prevents formation of corrosive material. Eases the strain of cold starts. And has a built-in safety factor to cover extended oil change Intervals.
      77 words
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Article
    Lock icon Died From A 'Malay Woman Abortion' Court Told
    279 2 A woman admitted to her husband that she had an abortion performed on her by a Malay woman in Geylang before she died in hosoital, on March 26. Loh Ah Mun. 32. mother of lour, however could not establish the Identity of
    279 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Taxi Driver Gets Two Years For Immoral Earnings
    221 2 Taxi driver Tan Yew Hock was yesterday sentenced to two years' jail after he was convicted on charges of habouring two Indonesian prostitutes and living on their immoral earnings. The Fifth District Court Judge. Syed Alwi bin Ahmad Alsree. sentenced Tan to
    221 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon UK Course For Two PUB Engineers
    152 2 Two engineers of the Public Utilities Board have been sent to the United Kingdom to undergo a three month training course. They are Mr. Cheong 800 Hong, a mains engineer. and Mr. Lee Hiok Kwee. assistant mains engineer. Both are from the Transmission and
    152 words
  • Article
    Lock icon BODY IN THE SEA FOUND
    94 2 A partially decomposed body of a man was found floating In the sea off the Inner Roads on Monday morning. The corpse was about 50 years in age. fair complexion and slim built. He was clad in a white short sleeve shirt and light blue
    94 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Tunku To Open Surgeons' Meeting
    181 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Tue*. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman, will open the three-day second Malaysian Orthopaedic Meeting at the faculty of medicine. University of Malaya, here tomorrow. The secretary of the Malaysian Orthopaedic Association, Dr. S. Sengupta. said today more than 120 foreign orthopaedic surgeons
    181 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Police Assault Allegation 'Fabrication'
    174 2 One of the two accused in a doublemurder case told the High Court yesterday that he was threatened into making a statement while under detention at the Queens- town Remand Prison. Kee Ah Tee who was giving evidence la Jointly charged with Llew Kim Slong. with
    174 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon MALAYSIAN-ANZAC BRIGADE READY FOR WAR GAMES
    345 2 The first-ever Malaysian Ansae brigade group is now in formal existence. Its birth was signalled by the arrival recently of the 350-strong main body of Headquarters, Fourth Malaysian Infantry Brigade at Majidee Barracks, Johore Bahru to start Bersatu Padu training a s headquarters of
    345 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon A Smile With The Sun
    120 2 It's nice to be a Sun lover. It pays to be a Sun lover, as several found out over the week-end. They were readers who submitted winning entries tor the Sun's first "what should be where?" contest. All received handsome prises donated by L. E.
    120 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Hotel Girls End Their Strike
    149 2 HONG KONG Tues. (Reuter)—Four shapely Malaysian bar hostesses at a Kowloon hotel have ended a week-long strike. after the hotel board of directors intervened. the manager said today. The board discussed the case at the weekend anH the girls returnee t« work last night, after
    149 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Envoys Present Papers
    265 2 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. The ambassadors of West Germany and Greece presented their credentials to the Yang di-Pertuan Agonq at lstana Badariah here yesterday. Germany is Malaysia's partner in the interplay of world affairs, its ambassador here. Mr Gerhard Fischer said. "Since the two countries established diplomatic relations
    265 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 34 Accidents
    18 2 There were a total of 34 accidents, three of which were described as serious, on Monday.
    18 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Offer Of Training Facilities
    102 2 KUALA LUMPUR Mon.— Malaysia willing to train officers from countries in this region »t its newlv opened Air Traffic Control Officer* School at subang Airport here The Acting Minister of Transport Dat 0 V Manickavasagam sam the school whi~h had the latest equipment for training purposes
    102 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Patient Drowned In Bath—Suicide
    193 2 A "very quiet" patient drowned himself in a bathroom in Tan Tock Seng Hospital, a Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Wong Hong Thoey, 70, ended his life by submerging his head In a tub of water in the hospital bathroom on April 12. A nurse, Png
    193 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Corruption: Appeal Dismissed
    99 2 The llieh Court dismissed the appeal of Abdul Axis b. Hj M Voor. a former Social Welfare Department's assistant director. last Monday against conviction for accepting a $2,000 bribe Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah told Aziz who stoo<« in the dock with tears in his eyes that
    99 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Pleaded Guilty
    41 2 A nlght-soii carrier Goh Ah Lai 28 who pleaded guilty to thre* charges of armed robbery, was sentenced to thre<» vear* jail with six stroke? of the rotan by the Third District Court Judge. Mr K T Alexander, yesterday.
    41 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • Article
    Lock icon Barnard Gets Special Exemption From Manila
    174 3 MANILA, Tues. (UPI) The Philippines exempted Dr. Barnard today from requiring him to renounce apartheid before entering the country. It is a Filipino policy to have South Africans renounce apartheid in writing before they could enter the Philippines. The government had pondered Barnard's case
    174 words
  • Article
    Lock icon President Yahya Khan Sacks 54
    122 3 RAWALPINDI. Tues. (Reuter) Pakistan's President Yahya Khan yesterday ordered the dismissal of 54 civil servants under martial law regulations. He also prematurely retired 20 officials "after personally examining each case." it was officially announced. Last December, the military regime announced the suspension of 303 officials
    122 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 'Captured' Boat Returns To Philippines
    69 3 MANILA. Tues. (UPI) The Philippine fishing boat, "Imperial I.** has been located en route to Manila, the owner said today. The Philippine Constabulary received a report on Sunday that the boat was 'shot at and captured' by a Malaysian gunboat near Taganak Island last Tuesday
    69 words
  • Article
    Lock icon New Guinea Plane Crash: 7 DIE DURING TAKEOFF
    193 3 PORT MORESBY, New Guinea, Tues. (UPI) Seven people were killed and four badly injured when a Trans-Australian Airline (TAA) plane crashed in the eastern highlands of New Guinea this morning. A spokesman for TAA said full details of the crash were not
    193 words
  • Article
    Lock icon FORMER MAYOR SLAIN
    116 3 MANILA, Tues. (Reuter) Seven armed men killed and buried a former town mayor in a village in Bataan Province. 35 miles west of here, polic® announced today. A police spokesman named the victim as Nicanor Ibuna, former mayor of San Juan just outside Manila. He was on
    116 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Woman Charged With Arson
    77 3 LONDON. Tues. <UPI) Police charged a woman with arson Monday night a few hours after she allegedly threw a fire-bomb into the reception area of the new US$4.B million Thames Television building. The bomb landed between two security men and burst into flames, slightly damaging a
    77 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Youth Keeps Vigil Atop Expo Tower
    291 3 OSAKA, Japan, Tues. (UPI) A young radical Japanese kept up his lone vigil today on top of i Expo tower. As he stared sourly down at an estimated 240.000 Expo visitors through a misty rain, authorities resigned themselves to waiting him out. The unidentified
    291 words
  • Article
    Lock icon HYDERABAD RIOT
    45 3 HYDERABAD. India. Tues. (Reuter) Demonstrators yesterday stoned policemen, buses and cars. Thev made a bonfire of furniture on the first day of a new campaign for a separate Telengana State to be carved out of Andhra Seven people. Including five policemen, were lnJurea.
    45 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Ambassador Bunker Plans To Retire Soon
    336 3 SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker is expected to ask President Nixon to replace him as ambassador to South Vietnam by late summer, informed sources disclosed today. The tall, white-haired ambassador will be 76 on May 11. He has said repeatedly In the
    336 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      182 3 ■Hi 7m -V t 'V V < v <: •>" '<• <■■ i ttff m j I I ■■■<■ Bob and Mary Fuller drank in the scenery as well as the beer. On a BOAC cruise down the Rhine. When Bob and Mary j Fuller decided on Europe iS±Jm or
      182 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • Article
    Lock icon Berlin Talks Tough —Accord Possible
    400 4 BERLIN, Tues. UP I fir Reuter) West Berlin Mayor Klaus Scheutz said Monday the big four talks on Berlin would be long and difficult but agreement is possible. He expressed the opinion both East and West are interested in reaching an agreement to reduce tension
    400 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 'Chitty' Car To Museum
    147 4 LONDON Tues. (Reuter)—Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, th e 51 -year-old car immortalised by lan Fleming in a children's book and later by a film musical, is to start a new life in an American museum. This was the result of a battle over the car's ownership
    147 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Soviets Move To Protect Lakes, Rivers
    169 4 MOBCOW. Tues. (UPI) The Soviet government Monday publisned draft legislation to protect Russia's lakes and rivers from pollution. The sweeping law reflects a growing awareness In the Soviet Union of the peril* associated with the gigantic industrialisation of the oast 50 years since the
    169 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Bid To Cross The Atlantic Delayed
    293 4 SAFI. MOROCCO, Turn. UPI) —The second attempt by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl at crossing the Atlantic in a Papyrus boat wi'l be delayed by at least one week, the Kon-tiki sailor said Monday. Heyerdahl said the schedule for finishing the boat In the Exotic
    293 words
  • Article
    Lock icon ISRAEL COMPLAINS TO U.N.
    154 4 UNITED NATIONS. Tue» (UPI) Israel told the United Nations Monday Jordan's renunciation of th* Security Council ceasefire is a "development of the utmost gravity." "The cease-nre lj unconditional except for being based on reciprocity and the Security Council rejected all proposals to link It to any
    154 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Six Gis Die In Air Crash
    183 4 SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) A biq U.S. Air Force fixed wing gunship taking off on a midnight combat mission crashed and burned in rice paddies near Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airport, killing six Americans and injuring two. military spokesmen said Tuesday The AC 119 "Shadow"
    183 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Woman Has Battery Grafted To Heart
    263 4 PARIS. Tun. (UPI) French surgeons Monday Crafted atomic battery into a woman suffering from failing heart beat in the first such surgery on a human being in the world, the Health Ministry said. Untli now. heart "pacemakers" Installed In humans have been powered by
    263 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Linley In The Dark About Kidnap Plot
    290 4 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Eight-year-old Viscount Linley, sixth in line of succession to the British throne, returns to preparatory school today unaware that he has a personal bodyguard against any kidnap attempt. His parents Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon. have appealed to the school
    290 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Giant Tanker In Singapore
    139 4 The MUREX which arrived in Singapore on Sunday, la the most famous name In the Shell tanker fleet. Built in 1968 by the German Shipbuilders. Klaler Howaldtswerke. It la 209.000 dwt. 1.067 ft. long and haa a speed of 17.6 knots Her draft, fully laden. la
    139 words
  • Article
    Lock icon New Drug Wave Hits London
    264 4 EASTBOURNE. England. Tues. (Keuter) Casualty patients are having to queue up behind junkies as London's hospitals become swamped by a new wave of drug addiction, a narcotics expert said here yesterday Dr. Peter Chappie, director of Britain's National Addiction and Research. Institute. said casualty officers
    264 words
  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 4 Miscellaneous Column 1
      33 4 TODAY an Wednesday, April 29, 1970. TAURUS APk.2O HAY 20 36-44-54-63 AUS. 2J 10-13-20-29 E 32Cl££iil a) Good 58 To S3 Omk 59 Dramatizing 89 Pfoc#s 60 You 90 Polices Adverse y Neutra
      33 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon NEVADA'S FIRST NU-DIST WEDDING took place recently at a Pahrump naturalist camp. The town is a small farming community near Las Vegas. All participants were required to disrobe prior to the wedding ceremony. The only facesaving or, rather, skinsaving, exemption was reserved for Pahrump's Justice of the Peace, Frank Woner (clothed in the above photo.)
    58 5 NEVADA'S FIRST NUDIST WEDDING took place recently at a Pahrump naturalist camp. The town is a small farming community near Las Vegas. All participants were required to disrobe prior to the wedding ceremony. The only facesaving or, rather, skinsaving, exemption was reserved for Pahrump's Justice of the Peace, Frank Woner
    — (UPI ra-; diophoto).  -  58 words
  • Article
    Lock icon A Stale Of Emergency In Detroit
    222 5 RIVER ROUGE. Michigan. Tues. (UPI) River Rouge High School, where fighting between white students and blacks sparked city-wide violence yesterday. was closed indefinitely today. A state ot emergency remained In effect In this Industrial Detroit suburb. Yesterday's disturbances ranged from street-figh'lng to arson and
    222 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Heart Transplant
    44 5 TORONTO Tu*s (VPI) —A 50-vear-old parish priest inrapantated for the past year and dyine from heart failure received a rew heart transplant vesterriav Re\'. Edward Madigan received thp heart of an unidentified roum woman during a 55-minute operation at St Michael's Hospital
    44 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon VICE-PREMIER OF TAIWAN ENDS U.S. VISIT
    84 5 HONOLULU. Tues. (UPI) Chiang Ching Kuo. VicePremier of Taiwan, today met Admiral John McCain. Commander of US. Forces in the Pacific, and other military leaders. The high-level meetings preceded Chiang's departure for Tokyo. It ended a 10-day American visit marred by an attempt to
    84 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon 'REVENGE' BLAST IN SENATE
    175 5 BATON ROUGE, Louisiana. Tues. <UPI) —An anonymous note yesterday declared Louisiana's State Capitol was dynamited on Sunday night to 'avenge' the killing of three Negroes by officers. Twenty to 30 sticks of dynamite, planted near the front of the state senate chamber, exploded It peeled marble
    UPI radiophoto  -  175 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Mystery Of Lone Pilot In 'Hijacked' Plane
    247 5 MIAMI. Tuts. (UPt) A pilot dropped a note on a Florida landing strip yesterday reporting his rented plane was being 'hijacked' to Cuba. It landed at Havana 2 hours later. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) personnel were puxxled by the flight. They reported that
    247 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Thieu's Men Off To Phnom Penh
    146 5 SAIGON, Tues. (Reuter) An official delegation left Saigon for Phnom Penh today to investigate the cirruimtances of Vietnamese living in Cambodia. The 10 men were led by Social Welfare Minister. Dr. Tran Nguon Phleu. They left to Join two officials already In the Cambodian
    146 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Guatemala's Reign Of Terror Spreads
    170 5 GUATEMALA CITY. Tues. <Reuter> A man accused of being a communist guerrilla was found shot dead yesterday. He was probably victim of an extreme right-wing group which had murdered ano'her man on Sunday. The two killing*! in 24 hours caused fears that a new wave
    170 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Though Nixon Backs A Lower Voting Age: Congress Cannot Adopt Franchise For 18-Year-Olds
    252 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) President Nixon yesterday supported lowering the American voting age to 18. However he also urged Congressmen to reject a proposal to odopt the 18-year-old franchise. HP explained in a letter to House of Representatives
    252 words
  • Article
    Lock icon All Invaders Apprehended: Cuba
    134 5 MIAMI. Tues. (UPI) The Fidel Castro Regime yesterday announced It had captured the last four members of a Miami-based exile guerrilla band that landed in Cuba 10 days ago. In the skirmishes 5 Cuban troops were killed. There were 13 in the landing party that went
    134 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Kopechne Transcript Out Today
    123 5 BOSTON. TUPS. (UPD The Massachusetts Superior Court yesterday ordered the secret Mary Jo Kopechne inquest document.* be made public tomorrow. Chief Justice Joseph Tauro made the announcement In a six-pane memorandum after several weeks of legal fighting over the distribution rights to the transcript Tauro explained
    123 words
  • Article
    Lock icon For Publishing Anti-War Paper: Court Orders Bad Conduct Discharge
    219 5 WASHINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) A 26-year-old seaman, Roger Priest, was reprimanded and given a bad conduct discharge by a U.S. Navy court yesterday. He had been charged with promoting disloyalty and disaffection by publishing an anti-war newsletter. He could have been given
    219 words
  • Article
    Lock icon No Arms In Plane For Cambodia
    46 5 WASHINGTON Tues (UPI) No militarv arms wern unloaded from a U.S. C-130 plane which flew communications equipment into Phnom Penh Stat* Department spokesman Carl Bartch stressed Bartch told newsmen ye»terday the plan* carried supplier and communications equipment "for our embassv.'*
    46 words
  • Article
    Lock icon A Check On Makers Of Apollo 13's Oxygen Tanks
    191 5 HOUSTON. Tues. <Reuter> Investigators will today visit the factory that assembles the Apollo spacecraft oxygen tanks the prime suspect component in the failure of Apollo 13. This Is the second wee* of its inquiry. The official Review Board will send Harris
    191 words
  • Article
    Lock icon How To Cut Deaths From Heart Attack
    118 5 EASTBOURNE. England. Tues. (Renter) The number of deaths from heart disease could conceivably be drastically reduced by artificially modifying drinking water, according to Britain's Chief Medical Officer. Sir Georee Godber. Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health, said yesterday there was "a
    118 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Carswell's Resignation
    36 5 WASHINGTON rue*. (UPI) President Nixon received and accepted th« re?iznation of Harro'd Carsweli as judge on th P Fth circuit Court of Apnea'? Carswen announce* he intended to run a B a toriai candidate
    36 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      30 5 THIS THURSDAY'S DRAW NO: 34/70 (30-4-70) to be Held TOMORROW at the Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park, Kallang Park at 7.45 p.m. IST GROUP TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT fj
      30 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article
    Lock icon TIME RUNS SHORT
    611 6 INVENTS have been moving with such supersonic swiftness in Cambodia that both communications media and governments have been left breathless. Deposed Cambcdian Chef d'Etat Prince Norodom Sihanouk has held a Communist summit meeting in Peking throwing his full weight behind the forces invading his country; a mystery
    611 words
  • Article
    Lock icon REQUIEM
    293 6 Muggeridge once said that he would like Shakespeare to return to earth and sit lor the English examination In Madras University just to see him fail. Hovelock Ellis wrote that if Jesus Christ were alive today we will clap him in a lunatic asylum. Several writers have said that
    293 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Botany Bay, 1970: Smog, Oil Tanks And Smell Of Chemicals
    671 6  -  By DON WHITINGTON GEMINI. SYDNEY: The journals of Captain James Cook and his eminent botanist, Sir Joseph Banks, waxed lyrical about the beauty they found at Botany Bay when they arrived first in April 1770. QLeen Elizabeth 11, re«gnmg monarch
    GEMINI.  -  671 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Now The Engagement Ring Stays With The Girl
    789 6  -  By FRED MPANGA GEMINI. LONDON: When a man in Britain give* hit girl friend an engagement ring it i$ accepted subject to the wedding taking place. If there no marriage the ring it returned. Now the law i s being radically changed.
    GEMINI.  -  789 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon The Case Against Edelweiss
    583 6  -  by ART BUCHWALD WASHINGTON The dismissal of Rory Edelweiss from the Internal Revenue Service has been upheld by Bureau 1040 as well as 1040 A of the IRS and has been confirmed by Clark Mollenhoff, the White House assistant in charge of income tax returns. Edelweiss
    583 words
  • Article
    Lock icon WAS THIS THE GARDEN OF EDEN?
    562 6  -  By TITUS OGUNWALE GEMINI. IBADAN, Nigeria: The Garden of Eden was the abode of th« first man and woman Adam and Ev«. But wfcere on the Earth's surface is this particular spot? Perhaps every country has Its own myth The claim of Ile-Ife as
    GEMINI.  -  562 words
  • Letters...
    • Article
      Lock icon LOOK AT JURONG ROADS
      232 6  -  E. A. KEHR Singapore I shall be pleased If you will kindly avail space for the publication of my letter in your esteem publication. The condition of the roads In the Jurong area is getting worse and worse everyday. Not only are they bumpy and rough,
      232 words
    • Article
      Lock icon The Two Changes
      130 6  -  CHUA CHOO LIM I refer to'your news item "Big Tax Hike on Heavy Oil Vehicles" appearing on page 12 of the Eastern Sun April. 23 The Heavy Oil Englned Motor Vehicles (Special Tax> Order. 1970 which was gazetted on 3rd April. 1970 merely re-enacts the scales of
      130 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • commercial and industrial
    • Article
      Lock icon Listless Market Begins New Week
      350 7 Trading drifted listlessly in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. A trend was hardily discernible a* operators remained on the sidelines end indifferent. The volume of business done was reduced further to 1.2 million units and valued at about $1.5 million. Price movements
      350 words
    • Article
      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      815 7 done in and reported to the 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 Alean Industries 51.64 (5) $1 65 (6): DIM SI 65 (1); Ben Co. $1 64
      815 words
    • Article
      Lock icon EXCHANGE RATES
      139 7 The Aaacclatlon of Banka In Malaysia-Singapore jeaterday made the following changes In Its lates to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent ot 100 units of foreign currency): SELLING TT Or OD readv: Deutsche Marks $84.9725; Ho.land Guilders $85.0550; Swiss Fran~s $71.8850; Belgian Francs 56.2250; French Francs $55.9125;
      139 words
    • Article
      Lock icon PRODUCE
      100 7 TMk nwm ork*» at 1 ft 9lncaDorr hlne»«- Produce Ki eftanfe teamriav *Mf:Hu.«« Mim Coconut oil (FOB) Hoik e>u oc Coconnt (Ml it OBi llrom CI 41© Mitrd Copra 30-01 M M n Ink M bit* Pepper (FOB) 142 50 Whltr p*pp*t (FOB.) 140 00 Sarawak, -penai Black Pt'Dprr
      100 words
    • Article
      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      93 7 (Manager** Prlre* for April 2») (H\HIKKM> I Ni l 1 HI VI S Growth Fund 1 OA 1 10 ASIA (JM1 TRlUlk M In\e«t Mind \d 1.21 1 26 MVMKnHf I Ml INIM!» l«t Singapore 2 «'< 2nd Sllg«p<ft 1 93 k 3rd >>n;ap<>re 1 .'Old The lom
      93 words
    • Article
      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      748 7 810 and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: INDO TRIALS a ACMA 1 98 2 02 Allied Choc. 4 12 ben 4 Co 1 61 1 64 Borneo Htwl
      748 words
    • Article
      Lock icon RUBBER PRICE: 55 3/4 Cts.
      268 7 MAY first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m.. In Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 55| cents per lb., down one and one eighth of a cent Irom the previous close. The tone oi the market was easier. The market was once more searching
      268 words
    • Article
      Lock icon London Mart Ends On A Gloomy Note
      180 7 LONDON. Tues (UPI) After a mildly promising start stock market ended on a gloomy note Monday and if buyers had any ideas of showing interest tJley were discouraged by the results from F;«ons whose profit setback was even worse than expected. Other leading
      180 words
    • Article
      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      13 7 THE tin price for yesterday was $715.00 per picul. up 53.00.
      13 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Hong Kong Money
      141 7 HONO KONG. Tues (UP I > Today's 5 p.m currency rate* (supplied tvy Foreign E*rhange and investment LUL): Buyers Srllrrs 194 7 1>5.7 per 100 Straits dollars 149 5 150 5 per 1 000 Taiwan dollar*. 6 735 8 715 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1
      141 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon • Picture shows the oil drilling mat, the J. W. Mc-Lean, constructed by Far East Ship Building Industries Ltd. which was successfully launched this week. This mat of dimensions 210' x 170' x 10' is the first phase of a multi-million dollar drilling rig contracted by Far East Ship Building Industries Ltd. The coupling of the mat and platform (the upper portion of the rig) together to form the complete oil rig will take place in June, 1970. Exactly 60 days ago, Far Fast Ship Building industries Ltd. launched and delivered a similar unit to the same owner. Messrs. Reading & Bates Offshore Building Company.
      103 7 Picture shows the oil drilling mat, the J. W. McLean, constructed by Far East Ship Building Industries Ltd. which was successfully launched this week. This mat of dimensions 210' x 170' x 10' is the first phase of a multi-million dollar drilling rig contracted by Far East Ship Building Industries
      103 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Engineer Makes History
      118 7 A SINGAPORE engineer, Dr. Shing Mao made history for the Republic when he became th e first person from this part of the world to fly in the giant Lufthansa Boeing 747 over the weekend. Dr. Shing, engineering manager of Texas Instruments (S) Pte. Ltd., was ?iven
      118 words
    • Article
      Lock icon HK To Have 3rd Exchange
      63 7 HONG KONG. Tues. (UPI) A third stock exchange will open in Hong Kong, possibly within thLp week it was reported Tuesday. The Associated Stock Exchange Ltd in In the proems* of recruiting the last 10 of 40 members It will be located in downtown Kowloon
      63 words
    • Article
      Lock icon GOLD PRICES
      63 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPD Gold price s continued to slip in featureless »radinr on markets here and abroad Monday. London gold fell four cent 5 at the morning fixing to $35 74 and stayed there at the second fixing. Zurich sold dropped 5 cents to $35.70. Frankfurt gold
      63 words
    • Article
      Lock icon TIN STEADY
      26 7 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) Tin was steady with 305 tons, spot buyers 1621 sellers 1622 business nil. 3months buyer* 1630 sellers 1631 business 1631 1629.
      26 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Stocks Drop On New York Market
      171 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Stock* dropped sharply across a broad front Monday In moderate turnover. Analysts said "confidence was destroyed" by the market's prolonged slide, and by fears that Cambodia may turn Into another Vietnam. The UPI market Indicator. measuring; all stocks traded, showed
      171 words
    • Article
      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN PORT
      92 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for stiips in port today. Wednesday April 29: DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 1 2 Mark Maersk 3 4 Fottl lo n Oriental Rio 20 East Trang 30 Nlppo Maru 31 32 Vishva Kalyan 33 34 Seine
      92 words
    • Article
      Lock icon London Rubber Nominal
      61 7 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) Rubber market yesterday closed mainly nominal with spot 19-3/4, 20. Settlement House June 20-1/16 20-5/16 July 21-1/16 21-5/16 Auk 21-5/16 21-9/16 July/ Sep 21-9/16 21-3/4 Oct Dec 21-9/16 21-3/4 Jan/Mar 20-7/8 21 Apr June 21-3/16 21-5/16 July Sep 21-1/4 21-7/16 Oct/Dec 21-5/16 21-1/2 Jan
      61 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Minings, Oil Shares Down
      318 7 Sydney Stocks, Closing Prices SYDNEY, Tues. (UPI) Mining and oil share prices fell across a broad front on the Sydney Stock Exchange Tuesday. Tuesday's trading appeared to be a carryover from Monday when prices eased in the afternoon. Falls outnumbered rises Ave to one at one
      318 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      56 7 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPl>] Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded Monday on the New York Commodity Exchange. Close Prer May ***** 22 50 July 22.508 22.50 Sept 22.508 22 50 Nov. 22 008 22 00 Jan. 21.758 21.75 Mar. 21.758 2175 May 21.758 21.75 Locally. No. 2 RSS
      56 words
    • Article
      Lock icon DOW JONES
      37 7 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPIJ Dow Jones closing averagei on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrial* 735.15 20 Transp 137.94 15 Utilities 109.34 65 Stocks 243.10 40 Bonds 68 72 Commodity Futures Index 136.08
      37 words
    • Article
      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      431 7 ARHIVALfe USam ftAN BKV7S Bangkok. I*«fakent Copenhagen 1010 a.m. OAKIi U A OA MX) Jakarta 10. M; am IHAI 1G428 Bangkok. Mdpm. THAI ***** tianckok. 440 p m CsA OR.M 4 London. Prague. Athens. Teheran. Bombay. 840 pm ITA 1T1576 Paris. A 1 hens. Colombo. Phnoiu Penh fealgon.
      431 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Why The Mother Goes In For Excesses
    570 9  -  Ann Landers riEAR ANN: May I borrow your column to give a few million people a free English lesson? Every time I hear someone misuse the words bad and badly, I cringe. It is so simple to learn to use these words properly.
    570 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon CORRECTIVE EYE MAKEUP
    233 9  -  By Mary Sue Miller The incidence of undereye pufftness, without physical cause, jems to be on the increase. Air pollution smog, smoke, exhaust fumes is suspect. As you may have discovered, just spending an evening in a smoky room can trigger the trouble. A temporary measure of
    233 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon The Way To Sell Cigars
    612 9  -  By Florence de Santis NEW YORK: Judy Prince is a smiling brunette to whom fashion has a special meaning. She uses it to help her get across the message about cigars. Cigars? Absolutely. In fact, Judy even has the title of Assistant Director of the
    612 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Perhaps A Classic Of Today's Young People
    796 9  -  By SHEILA GRAHAM NEW YORK: Producer Martin Poll asked me to see a rough print of "The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart" in an MGM protection room. "I might not like It." I warned nlm. "That's your business." he replied But It was
    796 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 9 Miscellaneous Column 1
      225 9 ASHAW BEFAVMWIK L I O O Phone *****4 LAST OATS! 11 aa 1 K.WI A OIS pn Donna Michelle "HMte«t Klfbt" W de -reen A- Color OPENS FRIDAY! K:rlr Douj J- 4 fdie Dunavay 'The Arrangement" 'WBI Pirn -ion A- Technicolor CAPITOL Phone ***** OPEN* FRIDAY! "The Chtn»»» Wail" In
      225 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 9 Miscellaneous Column 2
      54 9 UopEONir I OPENS TOMORROW! DAILY 5 SHOWS: 11 am. 1.30, 4.00, 8.30 9.30 pm. No Free List) School CoacMttnn: SI 00 To Any at 11am. IS# 4pm »bo*i f For Group Booking Plea»# Contact Manafer Trt: 34*86 "iiM M k\ t m* M N becMkfVMIO tSUC p TECHMSCOd UCHMCOiOII" iM
      54 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 9 Miscellaneous Column 3
      309 9 ATM ORGANISATION 1 CATHAY ***** NOW SHOWING! II am. 1.30. 4.00. 6.30 915 m. John Wayne In "True Grit" Technicolor. Paramount) Next Change! Jub Brown in MQM'c ...TICK TICK...TICK... Pana vision Metrocoior ORCHARD "***** La»t Da*! I 4. 45.3d 4 SIS p m George Hilton The Man Who Came From
      309 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • SUN SPORT
    • Article
      Lock icon Bukit Timah Handicaps For Saturday
      1102 10 ci. i Dlv. 1-1 M. 0 02® ***** 233*3 ***** 555*0 ***** ***** ***** ***** 90 ***** ***** ***** ***** 70OS0 7*190 ***** Us ion* View Super riciare H Goo* Prince S»b Glra Urmonlf Larhimtat a poll Parallel llappr Melody O Feature Film U Datio'a
      1,102 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Ness Lane Does Smart Trial On Good Going
      483 10  -  By JIMMY LAD LANE did an impressiva workout on good going of Bukit 1 Timah yesterday morning. Ridden by Jim Johnson, the Sovereign Path gelding sprinted stylishly over 3f in 37-3/5. He bears watching at this meeting. The fastest trial, however. was
      483 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Bournemouth Relegated
      74 10 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Bournemouth were relegated last night after a 47-year stay in the Third Division of the English Football League. Bournemouth's fate was sealed when Gllllngham scored a surprise 2-1 away win over Orient, the division champions. Gllllngham thus climbed above Bournemouth on goal average. Bournemouth go
      74 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Steward Queries Clair De Lune's Form Reversal
      629 10 The Stipendiary Steward'* report on the week-end race* at Kuala Lumpur SATURDAY Race 1: Nothing to report. Race 2: Jessie's Delight (<R. Low i ha<j to be checked luat after the start when he hung in onto Okay Okay Pretty). C H. 00l
      629 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 12 Acceptors For 1,000 Guineas
      109 10 LONDON. Tues. < Reuter) Twelve acceptors were announced today for the English 1.000 Guineas second classic race of season. The race, to be run over one mile at Newmarket on Thursday, is wort.i a total of £31.590 with the winning owner receiving £21,015. There are
      109 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Nijinsky Tipped To Score Easy Win
      313 10 2,000 Guineas LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Nijinsky, rated one of the best colts to race in Europe in the past decade, i s expected to run away with the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket tomorrow to record an international triumph in the first classic of th
      313 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Chess Team Undergo Training
      140 10 By Eastern Knight AFTER more than one and a half months of Intensive physical exercises and chess tutorials, the eight Olympic trainees will begin their mental exercises In a series of training games. These matches will be of interest to any chess enthusiast as the eight
      140 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Cox And Pilic Angry Over Line Calls
      238 10 BOURNEMOUTH, England, Tues. (Reuter) Two players asked for line judges ♦o be replaced in incidents on the first day of the £15,000 British hard courts tennis championships here yesterday. British professional Mark Cox exploded after a disputed line call in the first set
      238 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Nastase Grabs Italian Crown
      252 10 ROME. Tues (Reuter) Rumanian Ille Nastase underlined Eastern Europe's rising tennis power when he won the Italian men's singles title with a fourset final victory over Czechoslovak Jan Kodes here yesterday. Nastase. the number two seed beat the fourth-seed-ed Kodes 6-3. 1-6. 6-3. 8-6 to become
      252 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Top Scorers
      35 10 LONDON. Tues. Leading goalscorers In England were First Division Astle (West Bromwich Albion) and Osgood (Chelsea) 30. Second Division Hickton (Mlddlesborough) 28. Third Division Mac Donald (Luton) 28 Fourth Division Kinsey (Wrexham) 29.
      35 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Yorkshire Knocked Out Of Gillette Cup
      321 10 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Defending champion* Yorkshire were bustled out of the English County Gillette Cricket Cup competition when they crashed to a 58-run home defeat against Surrey at Harrogate yesterday. Paceman Robin Jackman ripped the Yorkshire batting apart with a seven for 33 spell
      321 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Row Over SA Tour: MCC Blamed
      136 10 DEHRA DUN, India. Tues (Reuter) —The President of the Indian Olympic Association blames th e MCC for the row ov*r the South African cricket tour but says there is no reason why India should boycott Edinburgh's Commonwealth Games. Ra|a Bhalindra Singh to!d reporters her*
      136 words
    • Article
      Lock icon FA Cup At Stake For 2nd Time In 18 Days
      267 11 MANCHESTER, England, Tues. (Reuter) The F.A. Cup, England's most glamorous soccer prire. will be at stake for the second time in 18 days when Leeds United and Chelsea clash at 0 d Trafford here tomo r rcw in the first
      267 words
    • Article
      Lock icon US Baseball Results
      65 11 NEW YORK. Tues. (Reuter)— Results of yesterday's games In the two major leagues American League Bos i>ii iica Sox 1. Oakland Athletics 3. Cleveland Indians 5, Minnesota Twins l, Washington Senators 6 Milwaukee Brewers 5 (10 Innings i. National League Chicago Cubs l. Pittaburgh Pirates 0. Philadelphia
      65 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Chartvanchai Named 'Boxer Of The Month'
      551 11 SYLVANIA, Ohio, Tuesday. (UPI) Berkrerk Chartvanchai of Thailand, who won the World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight title from Bernabe Villacampo of the Philippines, was named "boxer-of-the-month" today in the latest ratings announced by Arch Hindman, WBA ratings chairman. Villacampo was dropped to No. 3
      551 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Henning's Title By A Stroke
      130 11 TALLAHASSEE. Florida. Tues. (Reuter) South African Harold Hennlng captured his first major US. golfing title in four years here yesterday, beating Rives Mcßee by one stroke to win the US$5O.000 Tallahassee Open With four holes to play at the Killearn Golf and Country Club. Mcße
      130 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Gillingham Beat Orient
      59 11 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Results of football matches played last night were: English Division Three Orient 1, Gillingham 2 Tranmere Rovers 1, Fulham 0. English Division Four Chesterfield 3. Peterborough Darlington 1. York 0. Wrexham 3, Northampton 0 Scottish Division Two Albion 3. Queen of South 1. Clydebank
      59 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Bridgend 21-5
      30 11 LONDON. Tues. 'Reuter) Results of Rugby Union matches plaved last night: Bridgend 21 Newport 5. F!BBW Vale 25 Pontypool 11. Newbridge 14 Maestej; 20 Redruth 9 Gloucester 14
      30 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Unwise To Write Off Moroccans
      446 11 World Cup Soccer TJABAT, Tues. (Reuter) Blagoje Vidinie, Yugoslav trainer of the Moroccan World Cup squad, has no illusions about the almost impossible task facing his players in Mexico. Morocco, through to the finals for the first time in their history, are the obvious outsiders
      446 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 11 Advertisements Column 1
      649 11 Classified Ads. Soles Service Television Radio REDIFFUSION TELEVISION RENTALS H P CABH complete range to »oJt everyone Showrooms: Clemencean Airnu J<M> Chlit Knad Taman Jurong SUMMON KkFAIKt* ANY MARK OP IV BKT&. Kidiophon* Controlled' Maintenance Phune *****/2 spore Communal Aerial (i.nirmt Cloaed Clronlt TV Background Manlr Installation Phone 2SOII p
      649 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 11 Advertisements Column 2
      172 11 At Your Service EASTERN UNITED TOUKIST sLRVUE We bave friendly attractive sociaJ girl guides at your service Courteous service la assured 803. Mouotbattao Road. Singapore Tel: *****3. NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I. SIM CFUE KWEE of No. 679 Havelock Road, Block 22. Singapore 3 have applied for a
      172 words
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 11 Advertisements Column 3
      148 11 J i as JOIN NOW! Be among the pioneers in the Air Defence Commend. The SAF offers young men who are physically fit and intelligent the challenge of this exciting and satisfying VH career. You must be between 17!6 and 23 years of age with the School or General Certificate
      148 words
  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 11 Miscellaneous Column 1
      1131 11 dill HI < CHANNEL 51 P.M. 300 Opening Anncts. in all Languages Housewives Matinee (Hej«rt to Heart Part 1 of n Cantonese Film (English Sub.> 350 Woman's World (C). 420 A Diary of Events In Singapore This Week C» 4.23 Days of Our Lives. 5.05 Close. PM.6 00 Opening Anrct*
      1,131 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon BORDER ACCORD ON HEALTH SIGNED
    703 12 A border agreement to facilitate direct and free 'discussions on health matters was signed yesterday between Singapore and Malaysia. The Malaysia Singapore Border Agreement was signed by Mr. Chua Sian Chin, Singapore's Minister for Health and by Enche Sardon the Malaysian Health Minister at th«
    703 words
  • Article
    Lock icon No Cause For Alarm Assurance
    278 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Selangor police today assured the public not to be disturbed by the recent planting of red tjog 'booby trap' explosives and the mounting rumours of impending trouble. Assistant Commissioner, Mansor bin Mohamed Noor, the officer in charge of Kuala Lumpur district
    278 words
  • Article
    Lock icon PM To Open Library Thursday
    181 12 The National Library'* first lull-tiir.A branch library at Queenstown will be officially oPenert bv the Prune Minister. Mr. T >ee Kuan Yew. on Thursday at 8 15 o-m. This wi.i he followed bv a "Library Wee*" for which several programmes «n the form of book
    181 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 'AVERAGE' BANK BLOOD
    64 12 Th* reserve stocks of blood >n th* Blood Bank has risen from 518 units last week to 788 units this week putting th«» blood stocks in an average position Last week there were a total qf 863 blood donations, averaging 124 donations ner day Ther* were a
    64 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Word Study Seminar May 9
    149 12 DELEGATES from eight countries will attend the World Study Seminar for Commonwealth Countries scheduled to commence in Singapore on May 4. Vhe nine-day seminar, organised by the Singapore Branch of the Institute of Work Study Practitioners, will be opened by the Parliamentary Secretary for Labour.
    149 words
  • Article
    Lock icon CO-OP SEEKS WAYS TO END AIR POLLUTION
    290 12 AN advisory Board has been formed by the Singapore Taxi-Owners Co-Operative Motor Garage and Stores Society Limited, to advi se on adequate steps that can be taken to eliminate pollution in Singapore. The advisory Board comprising of six persons hope to eliminate pollutoin
    290 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Queen Of Queens Singapore Quest
    198 12 A series of beauty contests will be held this year to choose the "Queen of Queens Singapore." She will be chosen from the cream of Singapore's beauties. The organisers. Cosmopolitan Promotion <Pte.) Ltd.. will send the lucky girl to take part In the Queen of
    198 words
  • Article
    Lock icon CHARITY BAZAAR JUNE 6
    114 12 THE 18th Internationa' Bazaar in aid of the Singapore Association for the Blind will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall on June 6. However their voluntary workers will hold various other functions to rais# money for th<» stalls After an abseno of two vears. Germany
    114 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Man-Shaped Insect Found
    173 12 AN insect that looks like a man? Ridiculous, you'd say. But the proof is in the pictures. Take a good look. It it about an inch long, crusty and six-legged. But the striking feature is its back. The lower half is brown like the colour of hair.
    173 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 3 Months For AWOL
    78 12 Corps member Hussein bin Sal eh »a <*nto three months lail by the Tenth Court when h# was found guiltv of absenting himself from training Th* court wa* told that Hussein had been absent from training from Nov. 7 last vear to Aor. 16 this year
    78 words
  • Article
    Lock icon $35,000 RAID ON GODOWN
    72 12 Four men, one of them armed with a knife, held up the watchman of the Kheng Leong Godown of Pasir Panjang Road and escaped with 173 bags of pepper valued at $35,000, Monday morning. The watchman, Amika Singh and a coffee stall holder were both in
    72 words
  • Article
    Lock icon No Mail Delivery Friday
    157 12 There will be no delivery of correspondence or parcels on Friday which is a public holiday. The General Post Office will open from 9.00 a.m. to noon, whilst all other Post Offices will open from 9.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. The following Post Offices which will
    157 words
  • Article
    Lock icon TOTO PANEL
    75 12 Mr Lim K m Pon. a Director of Singapore Wonderland Amusement (Pte) Limited will chair the panel <J. judges for the mid-week Toto Draw on Thursday. The draw will he held a t the Singapore Wonrieriand Amusement Park KaHang Road. The other panel judges for the night will
    75 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Lock icon Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      83 12 sa Theatre Nightclub KISH and VALAIRI in the 70 s. Amazing hand-balancing act Bast ever seen m Singapore Seeing is befcevmg-but you II hardly believe your eyes when you see this fantastic act And you U get a kick out of the* comedy too ccshuftes Kewtkvices SM the Jovety, leggy
      83 words
  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Lock icon Page 12 Miscellaneous Column 1
      74 12 TIME TICS rODAV SINGAPORE TOWN: 3.12 a m (8.0 ft.); 10.44 a m. (15 ft.); 647 pm. (6.5 ft.); 11.04 p.m. (5 2 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD: 3.07 am <9.1 ft.); 10 16 am am. (9.1 ft.); 10 16 a.m (8.1 ft.); 1118 pm. <63 ft). rOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 441 a.m.
      74 words