Eastern Sun, 3 August 1970

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1 20 Eastern Sun
  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents tstd. 1966 Vol. 5 No. 1411 Monday, August 3, 1970. MC (P) 1616
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  • 322 1 The lone hijacker held YORK The world's first hijacking of o Boeing 747 jumbo jet occurred early yesterday when one of the giant planes with 378 people on board was diverted to Havana while on a flight from New York to Son Juan, Puerto Rico. A
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  • 270 1 Katong-Bedok Bus Company workers meet DOME 143 workers of 21 the Katong-Bedok Bus Service Company yesterday unanimously agreed to take industrial action against the company on their claims of overtime and grievances. It was announced that those present were all in favour of industrial action
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  • 159 1 HARTFORD, Connecticut Police shot and wounded two men as violence erupted for the fifth night in succession in Hartford's Negro quarter. The shooting came when police opened fire on Saturday night on three men apparently looting a liquor store. One was badly wound. «d In
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  • 457 3 rpHE natural birth rate in Singapore has been reduced by one third in 12 years. This was stored by Mr. Llm Guan Hoo, Politicol Secretory to the Ministry of Interior and Defence at a baby show yesterday. "Cbamplon baby of the year"
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  • 50 3 A LADY'S handbag containing a passport and $24 was stolen from a parked car while the owner of the <ar was •wa v for 20 minutes. Madam Wan Nur Haniza.from Johore Bahru left the car unlocked while she entered a ■hop to buy bome thing.
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  • 153 3 MERSING Fishermen here have reported that they have not seen any more Singapore fishermen fishing In waters off Sedell and here. The fishermen here had complained to the Minister of Agriculture and Co-Operatlves, Tan Sri Hajl Ghasall bin Hajl J awl, last month that fishermen
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  • 50 3 A SUM of about $l,OOO in cash and jewelleries valued at $1,850 were stolen from a ►ouse in Carmichael Road on Saturday night. Mr. S-D Kwee left his house with his family for supper. When tie returned at 10.15 he 'ound the back-door of his House forced open.
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  • 76 3 PENANG The Penang Press Club is to start a three-month Mandarin course for its members and the public on Sept. 1 at its temporary premises in Sri Bah a r i Road. Mr. Chai See Kian, secretary of the club, said that those interested could attend the classes
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  • 47 3 A CYCLIST, Babu Ramrai, 52. was seriously injured after tie wa s knocked down by a hit-and run car at Bendemeer Road on Saturday. Eye-witness to the incident are asked to contact Inspector Kedar Nath of Sepo v Lines Police Station, Tel. ***** Ext 454.
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  • 83 3 KUALA LUMPUR,—The Hong Kong University men and ladies basketball teams won both their matches in the 12th biennial inter-varsity games against th* University of Singapore at Chin Woo Stadium yesterday The Hong Kong men won 63-50 while the ladies beat Singapore ladies 28-23. However. the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 30 3 Toto Draws The following numbers were drawn In yesterday's Toto Draw. 17 39 45 3 40 Additional number drawn wa* 47. The three circle draws numb€r> are> 44 39 28
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  • 204 4 ALGIERS Algeria will not fob part in Hm foplevel Arab conference in Tripoli, Lil»yo today to discuss Hie American proposal lor a Middle East settlement a spokesman said liere. It is the second Arab coin try to oppose the conference
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  • 188 4 ACATULCO, Mrxka The CIIM freighter, "B»f mt Flgl" set Mt for Japaa aftia with a reluctant crew-member. He la believed to hare Injured himself on purpose In an effort to stay behind In Mexico. The freighter, carrying IOOt tons of sugar to Japan, limped into
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  • 140 4 HONG KONG A small, slngle-engined plane crashed Into the sea on take-off yesterday. It trapped the pilot inside as it sunk 40 feet deep in the Hong Kong Harbour. Hie only passenger, IA& Young. 40 was picked up from the water, onl T slightly hurt. A
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  • 72 4 A masterwork »f the put tnw a mod abstraction. Micajah Birnett'a twinspiral stairway in this photo takes on appearance •f an exercise of imagination of modern painter. It can be found in the trustees' office, one of the buildings in restored Shaker village at Pleasant Hill, Kj.
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  • 49 4 Dazed by the disaster, an elderly man sits with his ana in a sling amid the rubble after an earthquake struck North-east Iran. A k»y watches dumbfounded in the backgraaad. At least 100 people were reported killed in the tragedy. (HPI radiophoto). UPI radiophoto.
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  • 223 4 CAPfrrowN south Africa plans to issue Its non-African residents with a new identity document no fewer than SO pages long. People are already calling it "The Book of Life." The document will contain just about a 11 there is to
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  • 359 5 jy|IDDLESFIELD, Connecticut Medical authorities at a now cancelled rock festival declared 'adrug epidemic' yesterday. Over 1,000 pop fans were suffering from adverse effects of drug overdoses. Medical Director of the festival, Dr William Abruzzl, had called for more medical aid to help the victims.
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  • 205 5 HONOLULU The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada on a charge of using false papers to travel to South-East Asia on a military aircraft. Agents arrested Walter Dulsenberg. 51, at Honolulu international Airport on Friday as
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  • 88 5 DRUMHELLER, Alberta The bones of a huge Oorgosaur, one of the largest species of rare carnivorous dinosaurs, hare been discovered near Drumheller by two provincial museum palaeontologists, fhe hones are estimated to be between 70 million and 100 million years old. They Included a flve-foot-long
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  • 166 5 NEW YORK A car travelling at least 80 miles an hour slammed into a five-storey slum tenement on Saturday. It knocked out a bu.lding support and sent parts of apartments and their occupants crashing to the street. At least one person, the driver of the car,
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  • 210 5 WASHINGTON The doctor who angered American women by saying the female sex is physically unfit for such high jobs as the U.S. Presidency has resigned a key post in the Democratic Party. Dr. Edgar Herman, personal physician of ex-Vice President Hubert Humphrey,
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  • 316 7 CAIGON A new, more powerful rocket motor for Hie Soviet-built 122 mm rockets, the moin communist artillery units in Indochina, may pose a series new threat to population centres in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Loos. Severol of the new motors were coptured recently by
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  • 49 7 COOLING COILS tf ft 10 -t commercial air- condition ing system contain more than 1,26# spine fins per inch. Aluminum spine fins wound around refrigerant tibin« provide 50 per cent more effective heat dissipation than previously used heat transfer surfaces, according to GE engineer*.
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  • 66 7 DETROIT POLICEMAN EDWARD HOSOIUI edges bis way along a bridge t« reach fearstricken Renalta Spearc, 14. an she hangs precariously above fast-moving traffic. The girl bad climbed over the railing intending Is throw herself in Irani of a car after as argument with her father
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  • 181 7 NEW YORK A red, whMe and Mac <Riehard Nixon Watch/ succeuai to the Spiv* A|M« time-piece, will be distributed far the ftnt ttat this week. The wrist-watch, with a red, while and blue dial and strap depicts the President In short, striped pants with huge
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  • 191 7 EUREKA, California A sea saga involving Russian and American boats, half of tt serious and the remainder in parody, has ended uneventfully. Neither the Coast Guard nor U.S. Customs have cited an American fishing boat for it* attempted "capture" of a
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  • 673 8 jpRIME Minuter Lee Kuan Yew has thrown his weight behind the hue and cry that has been caused in almost every Commonwealth nation abotit the possibility of Britain selling arms to South Africa. 81r Alec Douglas-Home, British Foreign Secretary, told the House of Commons recently that the sale of
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  • 542 8  -  By Art Buchwald, THERE it book callod "Body Language" which dials with the now science of kinesics, which it nonverbal communication. Julius Fait, the author, maintains that body gestures can tell more about a person than what he says. An unconscious movement, klneslcs tells ut, la allrevealing.
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  • 18 8  -  Slumber not in the tents of your fathers. The world Is advancing. Advance with It. Giuseppi Mazzini.
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  • 542 8 CAIRO, President Nasser has staked all his authority and prestige in bold stroke of diplomacy to bring about peace in the Middle East although prospects of a settlement are remote, observers here believe. His unqualified acceptance of the American peace Initiative, announced on July
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  • 818 9  -  PAGE 9 SPECIAL. By Robert Crabbe 0 N Au 9- >5, V 1945, the tired, hungry people of Japan clustered around their radios to hear Emperor Hirohito tell them they had lost World War 11. The 25th anniversary of that broadcast finds Japan's friends and
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  • 348 9  -  DOCTOR'S MAILBAG By Wayne G. Brandstadt Q —l am a mother, 21. Over a year ago 1 started spotting Wood. My doctor Isn't very concerned about It. What con Id cause It and what do von advise? A—Possible causes Include erosion of the
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous

  • 633 10/11 TWO ofternoon shows featuring 'The Young Americans" were staged at ORCHARD LANTERN recently. Special guests to these shows were children from the Children's Society Cr Retarded Children as well as 20 crippled children from the Red Cross Crippled Children's Home. Seen here in the picture in jumpers and
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1838 12 LOOKING AND LISTENING.... radio guide I CARROLL RIOMTBR'S from the Carroll Rightcr liutitutc GENERAL TENDENCIES: This is a day and evening to liberate yourself of obligations and responsibilities from the past. Organize your tuture to bring more efficiency and comfort in your everyday life Don t let one who Is
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  • 316 13  -  By DICK KLEINER, They talk around town about how the movie craft unions are making concessions so that production here will be able to compete with Europe. Does what follows sound lik« i concession? One movie finished shooting, then found an extra scene was needed.
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  • 634 13 LONDON "Diamond Bikini/' the currently filming screen adaption of the popular satirical novel by Charles Williams, has been acquired by Columbia Pictures for distribution in the United States, and the Commonwealth and Italy. The colour film, which Nat Wachsberger la producing, la now filming on location
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  • 135 13 Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To stop Worryin and Love the Bomb," the now-classic film that launched the era of outrageous black comedy on the screen, has begun a return N w York engagement. Originally presented by Columbia Pictures in 1964, "Dr. Strangelove" star
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 204 13 SHAW j Hon L I D O Phone *****4 LAST 4 SHOWS! 11 am. 1.30, 4.00, 630 pa Beau BridßOfc. Oeorge Kennedy. Brian Keith Mellna Mercourl "CHICAGO CHICAGO" Color (UAI Tonight ».1S pa Premiere Sandy Dennis "A Teach Of Lave" In Color CAPITOL P»-:nr. 11th BIG DAT! 11 I.4ft. 4.M
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  • Students' page
    • 749 14  -  Date By Ele, Walt Dulaney DEAR ELI: If yow writs a boy jro« like lOHM personal LETTERS and be thews tbeei to •II bit friends, does that Mean be really likes ye« or is be jttl using yoo to make himtell
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    • 300 14 IS WAR INEVITABLE WHAT Is war? fills ««c»tion has been asked frequently enough. People who have gone through the Second World War would be able to tell of the terrors of wartime. Countless number of people have died. Not only the Aghtin* soldiers but also people from all walks of
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    • Article, Illustration
      335 14 ONCE upon a time there were friends. They decided to go to the countryside for their living. On one fine morning, they started on their tourney. As they were walking along the road. All caught sight of a bundle lying in the middle of the road. He at
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    • 125 14 TWO free tickets to Experimental Theatre's schools' performance oI Agamemnon have been offered by club president M.K.T. Joseph to the two best entries in a special essay competition. Eastern Sun's cash prizes will also be awarded to the winners. All you have to do is write
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    • 193 14 Sw cwmsr^ Roles to observe Tbu Eastern Sun's essay writing contest tor beys a«d girts of 14 and under (Junior) and boys and girts ever 14 (Senior) appears in this page from Monday to Friday. Priae money Is: SIC tor Seniors and $5 tor Juniors for every essay published AM
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  • 269 15 IF YOU'D like fro have an expensive hostess style for at-home entertaining, there's one you can make yourself at a fraction of what it would actually cost in ready-to-wear. What's more, it's dramatic, yet simple to make. It's the caftan, which has become widely accepted
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  • WOMEN
    • 563 15  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: A while back you printed a Prayer for Old People. Here is an updated version, tailored to the times. I hope yon enjoy it. Please, dear Lord, five us the strength to rise above hurt feelings when, for weeks, we do
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  • 614 16 ARTIFICIAL reef buildings, a centuries-old practice in Japan, is enjoying new vogue in Australia. The reefs attract fish, and are being built to improve fishing in estuaries close to areas of high-po-pulation density. Worn car tyres are the currently-favour-ed reef-building material. The site of the
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  • 71 16 OSAKA Tsubaklrooto Bteel Ball Bearing* Manufacturing Co. announced It has reached a basis agreement with General Motors of the United States to supply It with about USIOO.OOO worth of steel ball bearings. The announcement •aid a basis agreement was reached when a group of
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  • 94 16 MSA have announced the appointment of Captain B.K. Chan, 43, as Assistant Director of Flight Operations. Captain Chan, one of the airlines' senior and most experienced commanders. has been Chief Pilot (Training and Development) since 1965. He Joined Malayan Airways In 1947 and throughout his long
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  • 46 16 UrM <S*S4#m.) Melbourne International Airport, the evolution of man's atAustralla's lnternatf«»flir 0 11 A Robertson, a hostess with intern;atlonaf airline Qantas, Ha«el Henry, C, (from Glaafnd Susan HraulJt V the a,rport mnd Maria Vandelaar Francisco. uart Pan American Airline hostesses tram San
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 315 17 ONCE again the market demonstrated Mi latent powers last week with widespread and heavy transactions. Trading was steady throughout but tended te ease as coanters came in for profit taking. The main stimulant in the week's trading were the newcomers which hit high levels while other
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    • 148 17 OSAKA —Toyo Menka Katsha, Lid. (Tomen) announced it will soon launch a project with the Arm of P. T. Pomeroy in Indonesia for sales of rigs and other equiptnents for development of undersea oil wells in Indonesia. P. T. Pomeroy is a subsidiary of Santafe
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    • 483 17 ARRIVALS ft.4fta.rn. MSA ICS Koala l.ompor. 140 a m MH A 5M otein Im K. l.ompor. «JM am. MHA 144 Koala Lompor. •4*l a m MSA 452 Koala Lompor. UK am MHA 454 Penan*. K Lompur U 50 a m MHA I0:i Jakarta 140pm MHA 451 ko cktog
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    • 97 17 JapanS'pore society A RECEPTION cm the occasion of the founding of the Japan-Sin--8 a pore Society «K held at the Tokyo Hilton recently. The newly-created society, reflecting the trends of increased business and travel between the two countries, was established to strengthen bonds *jf friendship and add to peace in
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    • 155 17 GENEVA The United States would like a whole series of private top-level meetings with Its major trading partners to prevent the outbreak of a possible trade war American officials hope agreement on such regular sessions can be held between the United States.
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    • 100 17 MR Danny TM Ctieoaff KM. KMCVUT* Trainee With But Asiatic Company Limited, left lor Manila to join the Scaaservtee venal ma. "Ancona- last wt Mr Taa win follow tha veaael for a fall round trip to Europe and back to Manila, during which time he will receive practical
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    • 152 17 KUALA LUMPUR Experiments by the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya on the treatment of rubber trees with a chemical substance. ethylene, have shown promise of revolution In yield levels of rubber trees. The new exploitation system Is described as the biggest breakthrough in the
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  • 1821 18 TOINT COMMAND demonstrated yet- terdov that he it ttill o force to be reckoned with in feature racet when he won the sls*ooo Petto Sukon Cup race over 11 furlongt ot Bukit Timah. Confidently handled by jockey T.S. Chlam Joint Command outpaced
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  • 357 18 The following to the stipendiary steward's report on the third day's racing at Buklt Tim ah on Saturday: Race 1: Velu when questioned as to why he aid not pull the whip on Perkasa II In the final furlong stated that Perkasa II was a hard puller and
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 42 18 Ist Prise No: *****6 <*4,718) 2nd Prise No: *****? ($1,348) 3rd Prise No: *****9 674) Starters ($l5O each) Nos: *****9 *****2 *****4 *****5 *****1 *****2 *****4 *****1 *****9 Consolations ($lOO each) Nos: *****3 *****9 *****3 *****4 *****1 *****8 *****3 *****4 *****6 *****3
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  • 188 20 MEMBERS of the public ore reminded to be cautious of suspicious characters carrying paper bags, especially when they ore on the bus. Police said the pro Communist elements used petrol ond firecracker powder packed in plastic bags to burn three Singapore Traction Company buses on
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  • 105 20 JERUSALEM A meeting of Israeli ministers went on Into the early hours yesterday, hammering out the text of Israel's reply accepting the US. Middle East peace proposal. The committee, headed by Prime Minister. Mrs. Oolda Melr. ended Its session early yesterday, saying it had not
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  • 284 20 CHARLEBTOWN, Nevljs Nearly 150 people were feared drowned yesterday after an InterIsland ferry carrying more than 200 passengers sank In a squall, off the coast here. As a massive sea and air search went on for survivors from the small ferry Christina early yesterday,
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  • 86 20 The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Enche Rahim Ishak, yesterday denounced unruly elements who have been responsible for the destruction of three buses and a Community Centre recently. He said these evil elements "do not like the Government and the people to do good." Enche Rahim
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  • 59 20 MONTEVIDEO The Uruguayan Government has stayed silent on a guerilla demand for the release of jailed comrades in exchange for a kidnapped American official and a Brazilian diplomat. More than 24 hours after a demand that the Government release an unspecified number of members of the Tupamaro
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