Eastern Sun, 24 August 1970

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore*s own naAnal daily 10 cents latd. 1966 Vol. 5 No. 1428 Monday, August 24, 1970. MC (P) 1616
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  • 405 1 T>RO-COMMUNIST elements ore believed to hove been responsible for the orson attempt on the Moude Rood Community Centre, early yesterday morning. Police recovered o green bog on the roof with block powder, ond o fuse attached Nearby was a polythene bag contoining petrol. The arson
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  • 127 1 KUCHING The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, yesterday assured the people that the security situation in the State was well under control and there was nothing much to worry about. Speaking to reporters after an-hour long security briefing at the Sarawak Police Headquarters, the
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  • 440 1 LONDON A leading Sunday newspaper here claimed in a front page story yesterday that throughout Europe Convents desperate for recruits had been buying Indian peasant girls lrom the Catholic Hierarchy in Kerala, south-west India. The Sunday Times (independent) reported that the total number
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  • 203 2 Six-man team now collecting data JfOTA KINABALU The Malaysian International Shipping Corporation has obtained the services of Japanese shipping consultants to carry out feasibility studies on the operating of a domestic shipping service between East and West Malaysia. A six-man team comprising
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  • 206 2 A London-trained pianist, who returned to Singapore recently, gave her reasons why It was difficult for concert pianists and musicians to "return and perform locally.** Miss Toh Chee Hung; said that there were many obstacles in bringing local-born talent back to
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  • 56 2 KOTA KINABALU, The Sandakan Town Board plans to build a $2.5 million multi-storey car park under the Second Malaysian Plan. A spokesman of the Board said yesterday that the car park would accommodate 532 cars. He said that Sandakan with more than 7,000 cars on
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  • 62 2 A Himalayan Y o gl. Bwaml Swananda is here in the course of his Southeast Asian tour. The Swami wellknown in the West is an expert in Yoga and meditation. He has written several books on the subject. The Yogi is staying at the
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  • 42 2 PRIME Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Tew, is seen here being greeted by the residents of the Kam pong Kembangan Constituency on Saturday night at the dinner held in conjunction with the National Day Celebrations of the constituency.
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  • 150 2 Passengers on an airline can now take a trip to the Land of Nod for free. The service? An "audio sleeping pill," says Pan Am's director for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. Mr. Tom Bready said that an "Hour of Dreams"
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  • 206 2 THE first phase of the Port of Singapore's $47 million container complex In the East Lagoon Is being completed ahead of schedule. It is expected to be handed over to the PSA in November. Hazards Some of the hazards encountered in
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  • 196 3 AN OLD 'flame of the forest', worn down with old age fell on a stationary taxi, in front of the Orchard Road police station, about 20 feet from the traffic lights junction, yesterday afternoon. The tree cause extensive damage to
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  • 138 3 lif ALACCA The return to parliamentary rule would not be affected by the uncompleted election In Parliamentary constituency here, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said on Sunday. "Polling for this constituency can be held before or after the return to
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  • 108 3 KUALA LUMPUR —The Federal Land Development Authority obtained $23.9 million in revenue from rubber and oil palm last year more than three times that of 1968. An FLDA spokesman said the big jump was due to the increased acreage of FLDA schemes under
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  • 50 3 Singapore teachers may join a 29-day tour of Australia and New Zealand during their December holidays. The "Red Cap Tour Teachers' Special" will run from Nov. 26 to Dec. 24. It is organised by Air New Zealand, and there are still limited vacancies.
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  • 37 3 The Minister for Social Affairs Enche Othman Wok, opened the $700,000 Jurong Town Swimming Pool on Saturday. The pool is part of the amenities being provided to residents by the Jurong Town Corporation.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous

  • 164 4 DAMASCUS Syrian Health Minister Dftoui Al-Raddawi called on his counterparts in neighbouring Arab countries for an emergency meeting on Thursday to study ways of preventing the spread of cholera. The conference between Health Minister* from Syria, Lebanon. Jordan and other Arab countries also will study
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  • 39 4 SAINT RAPHAEL. French Riviera The Mistral wind lifted hydroplane out of the sea and sent it crashing Into several parked cars along Highway Seven running alongside the beach her e yesterday. Injuring several people according to reports.
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  • 286 4 WASHINGTON Senator William Fnlhright. the Arkansas Democrat, proposed a bi-lateral treaty with Israel to guarantee its borders, by force if necessary, as the final step in a settlement of the Middle East struggle. Fulbright emphasised that such a treaty would be acceptable only if the
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  • 233 4 CAN FRANCISCO The fire-ravaged Philippines freighter, 'Don Jose Figueras/ was abandoned sinking in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday night. All its 40 crew and two passengers were safely rescued. The captain and five officers, stayed aboard till the last left the smoking hulk after
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  • 156 4 KUCHING Communist terrorists in Sarawak have resorted to using Ashing trawlers to escape into Indonesian territory following harassment by Malaysian Security Forces. This was disclosed yesterday at a joint press conference by the Commander of Indonesia's Kodam 12. Brig. Gen. Soemadl, and the
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  • 93 5 MOSCOW Surgeons In Yalta were tmrprised recently when they operated on a Russian schoolboy and instead of the expected abcess. they found a plastic pen top in hl s long. Gosh a, the schoolboy, had the pen in his month in school in 1966.
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  • 282 5 %GANA, Guam U.S. Vice-President Spiro Agnew arrived last night in Guam on the first Asian stop on his oriental tour. He announced America definitely will withdraw 30,000 of the estimated 64,000 American troops In South Korea. Agnew said In a
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  • 150 5 MOSCOW The U.S. Embassy In Moscow has protested to the Soviet Foreign Ministry over the treatment of two Americans in charge of U.S. tourist groups at Black Sea resorts last month. The embassy spokesman said Ludmila Koehler, a teacher at Pittsburgh University, was taken into custody by
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  • 367 5 VyASHINGTON Along with other controversial proposols, o Presidential Commission on Pornography is considering recommending federally-financed sex education for all Americons adults as well as children. Such a "mass re-education programme" a draft report of the Commission pointed out, could
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  • 203 5 OSLO The World Medical Association (W.M.A.) ended its assembly after adopting a resolution appro via f therapeutic abortion on certain conditions. The assembly, attended by 600 doctors from 62 national associations all over the world, decided that the next assembly be held In Ottawa, Canada, on
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  • 202 7 Fh contract for the new 'Miss Asia' MANILA The ne« 'Miss Asia.' India's 19 year old Zeenat Aman, announced she had signed a Him contract for three productions after she completes her duties as a beauty queen. Zeenat. 37-251-3fl J, narrowly took the title with
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  • 281 7 PHNOM PENH Time' magazine correspondent American Robert Anson returned to Fhnom Penh yesterday following bis release by tbe Vietcong. He appeared fi be in (pod physical condition. Describing bis capture, Anson disclosed that on August 3. he drove toward Skoun, 45 miles north of Phnom
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  • 423 7 YORK Women across the country will bo obstoining from sex on Wednesday to enforce a "Women's strike for e«u«il*ty." However, others will be doing just the opposite next month during "a celebration of Womanhood Day A Santa Barbara, California,
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  • 171 7 NEW DELHI Twenty-three persons have died in the past two days after they were buried hi rain-collapsed houses and buildings, the Press Trust of India reported. The victims died In four separate accidents occurring in North and Bouth-West India. The news agency disclosed
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  • 610 8 VICE President Splro Agnew has begun today his second swing through Asia which will take him to Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok and Saigon, it Is not yet known whether he will visit the beleaguered city of Phnom Penh but he might Ostensibly Agnew's visit to these four countries, which
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  • 557 8  -  By Art Buchwald, WHERE have been two explosions in the South Pacific recently. One is the French atomic bomb and the other is the tourist invasion of Polynesia. It IA predicted that while the fallout from the former will blow away, the fallout from the tourist explosion
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  • 172 8 TIRANA, Albania The signing of the SovietWest German friendship and non- aggression treaty is a mortal blow to the situation of East Germany, the official Voice Of The People newspaper said today. An editorial reported by the A.T.A. News Agency called the treaty "a total
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  • 135 8 LETT PAGE 2 of the "Eastern Sun'' on Aug 22 carries a report saying that "the Indian High Commission Is looking into an urgent appeal to release nine fishermen jailed in the Andaman Island for alleged violation of India's territorial waters last December".
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  • 821 9  -  Butler* are In demand In Britain. We a lob that require* a lot of training and there aren't many place* where you eon learn the*e day*. Top training *ehooi I* Buckingham Palace. That mean* that *ome of the men who *erve
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  • 367 9  -  DOCTOR'S MAILS AO By Wayne G. Brandstadt BURNS in the home continue to claim thousands of victims annually* Most of these accidents are caused by overheating cooking oil or wearing flammable fabrics around an open fire. To prevent the former you snouid
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  • 423 10/11 EXCITED boys belonging to the Young Men's Christian Association gather around youth leader Willie Ong to learn the ropes.. Twenty nine of them boarded a Bri- tish Army lighter at Changi Beach on Aug. 17 to sail off to high adventure a week's camp on the island of
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    • 143 10/11 > The Japan with a difference." Cathay Pacific's Japan. Every day you can discover it. The Cormorant Fishing at Gifu. The snow in Sapporo. The Ginza in Tokyo. The Imperial Palace, the Meiji Shrine, the serene Inland Sea. Japan is all there waiting for you to discover. For business or
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 1847 12 LOOKING AND LISTENING....fr bom the Carroll Righter Institute GENERAL TENDENCIES: A food day and evening for |OU to Met In touch with business associates. Let them know what you have in mind and where they will fit Into the picture so there can be greater mutual success. A fine day
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  • 1256 13 the Columbia Pictures EM §AI shortly to be "SOME people learn, some don't," shrugged Josh, spurring his horse forward to end |he conversation. It was late afternoon when they came to the second village. The village was built on the floor of a canyon, and
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  • 418 15  -  Sadappin prefers painting to golf By Marianne Pereira M RS SADAPPIN Wilairat, tastefully dressed in a rust coloured Thai silk dress, with peacock blue motifs and hair high in broad, natural curls presents the picture of a woman who knows it is essential to keep
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  • 566 15  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: This is an answer to the reader from Port Jervis, New York, who wrote about a friend who committed suicide. Last December a pal of mine killed himself. Another friend attempted suicide three times In the past 14 months. I tried to
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 614 16 AUSTRALIA'S first nickel refinery hos commenced production. The A 530,000,000 plant (Sslo2 million) wliich West, em Mining Corporation owns and operates, covers 50 ocres of a 200-ocie site at Kwinono, an industrial area on Hie Indian Ocean shove 20 miles south-west of Perth, Western Australia.
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    • 46 16 Tkc »nr Bikn Ac•ntron Mlfi' watch MTennt, tatrodicrd fey the Mm Watch Company represents the PWCHiful mlnlatnrlsaUm of the Inning-fork Movement, Ant developed and Introduced by Bnlova In 19€ d. The new movenwnt weighs Mtly 7.7 grams, Inelndlng Its mercurj-oxlde power cell.
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    • 515 17 MARKET REVIEW GENERALLY orisk activity permeated through most ections in the market last wc :k with turnover moving to 16,084,500 units against the previous of 14,051 #OOO units valued at $25,778,058 and $20,947,746 respectively. 9' late, operators exercised breesy confidence with the feeling that the market would
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    • 70 17 ICR. Roger Terrell who started hit career In the hotel business as a receptionist in Western International's "Antler's Plata" Hotel In Colorado Springs in the United States, arrived In Singapore recently to take up his position of Senior Assistant Managsr (or the Shangri-La otel In Orange drove
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    • 501 17 ARRIVALS IW a. at. MHA ltd Koala Laiapor. Tit am. MHA 580 oiumbo t. Lninpur. T-M a m MSA ITS Kuala LumpwIMaa. MHA 45* Koala Luui oil. UWMa MHA 4ft4 rraaoi. K- Lampur 11 M am MHA SOS Jakarta IJlMi MHA 451 KflAKL.. Lift p.m. COIBF MHA til
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    • 155 17 TWO senior Malaysian Dunlop Company officials have left for Britain to attend specialised advanced management training courses. They are Enche Abdul Kuddus bin Abdul Jaafar, supplies manager, and Mr. Chong Choi Hln, manager, market research development. Enche Kuddus will be attending a Dunlop U.K.
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    • 106 17 SALES executive Mr. Loh Ping Teang of Jebsen and Jessen left Saturday for Germany on the Invitation of Zeiss Ikon Volgtlander. one of the world's top manufacturing companies of quality photographic equipment. Mr. Loh who Is in charge of sales of photographic equipment In Jebsen Jessen,
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    • 275 17 CLASSIFIEDS Singapore Polytecbk Applications art invited from suitably qualified persona tor the following post LIBRARY ASSISTANT Candidate* should M holders of the Pull Higher School Certificate. CO N SOLI DA TKD SALARY SCALR Library Assistant: |Sta *> SS6/M5xSO 605/560x26 <OO/ 890/- per month. Application forms are obtainable from the Registrar.
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 264 18 LOS ANGELES Gary Hall of California set a worfd record in the 200-metre meii'i end Alice Jonea of Cincinnati set a world maifc in the women's 200-metre butterfly latt night in the national AAU Swimming Championship*. For both Hall and Miss Jones It
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    • 93 18 TOKYO. A 16-mem-ber Japanese men's volleyball squad departed bv Japan Air Lines plane late Saturday night to compete in the World Volleyball Championships beginning Sept. 20 in Bulgaria. Train The team, led bv manager Yasutaka Matsudaira, will train in Finland and West Germany and arrive in
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    • 150 18 PHILADELPHIA The distaff side of the Casslus Clay family has been doubled with the arrival of twin daughters. Mrs. Belinda Clay, wife of the former world heavyweight boxing champion who prefers the Black Muslim name of Muhammad All, gave birth to the twins Friday at the Pennsylvania
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    • 238 18  -  By LITTLE NENE SINGAPORE Golf Association President Chief Justice Mr. Wee Chong Jin officially opened the newly constructed par 36-36 72, 6/986 yards golf course in SICC Thomson Road by hitting the first ball on the 10th Tee at 1.40 p.m. yesterday. The course was laid
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    • 30 18 LONDON A fourshilling bet (about S $1.50 forecasting the results of all seven horse races televised yesterday by Independent Television won a London punter 11,547 sterling (about 5586,600).
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    • 84 18 NEW YORK Jacques Giguerre and Jean Marois of Canada picked up singles victories yesterday as the Canadians beat Argentina in semifinal matches in the Stevens Cup senior's tennis competition. Giguerre beat Alexandra Russell of Argentina, 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 and Marois downed Roberto Barros, 6-2, 6-4. By winning both
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    • 106 18 ILKESTON, England Gar v Sobers, brilliant 34 year-old cricketer, said here yesterday that be would be pleased to lead the West Indies in the test series against India next year. The West Indies Cricket Board of Control had announced that they had invited Sobers to captain the
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    • 165 18 SUTTON, Mass Pre-sure-tested Billy Casper lost his concentration briefly and soared to a one-over oar 73 yesterday but managed to withstand pressure from five challengers to forge a one-stroke lead through three rounds of the S$480,000 Avco Golf Classic. The 39-year-old Casper, who had started the round
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    • 148 18 OULTON PARK, England John Surtees of Britain, former world champion, won the Gold Cup race here Saturday, a mixed event for Formula One and Formula 5000 can. Surtees. driving his own Formula One Surtees T.S. 7 car, won the first of the two heats and
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    • 64 18 LEA WOOD, Kansas, Kathv Whitworth and Shirley Englehorn both shot one-over-par 73s while Margie Masters of Australia shot a par 72 to notch a three-way tie yesterday for the secondround lead with one-un-der-par 143s in the Ss- Southgate Open invitational tournament. Donna Caponi highlighted the second-round action with
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  • 1644 19 f EH I, splendidly ridden by champion jockey Glynn Protty, fought out a thrilling lost furlong bottle with Movie Lod (Podmore) to win the only race for professional horses at the combined pro-am meeting at Bukit Timah yesterday. Taking command at the half mile,
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  • 97 19 NEW YORK. Major league baseball results and standings after Saturday's games: AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST W L GB Baltimore 79 45 New York 68 55 10* Detroit 67 57 12 Boston 63 59 15 Cleveland 60 64 19 Washington 59 65 20 WEST W L GB Minnesota
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  • 160 19 WOMEN'S SOFTBALL OSAKA Defending champion Australia yesterday won its second straight game br defeating New Zealand 5-2 In four extra Innings on the second day of the nine-day second World Women's Softball Championship at Na- gal Stadium. Australia, which beat the Philippines 4-1 on Saturday, triumphed
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  • 96 19 HAVKRPORD Penn. Defending champion Mrs. Margaret Smith Court of Australia do* feated Pat Walkden of Rollucourt. She broke through Miss Walkden *s service at love and served a love game herself to lead Miss Walkden who dropped ll consecutive points, then won her only game of
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 43 19 SWEEP Ist Prise No. *****6 ($4,697) 2nd Prise No. *****0 ($1,342) 3rd Prise No. *****4 671) Starters ($l5O each) Noss: *****7 *****6 *****4 *****8 *****0 *****3 *****9 *****0 *****2 Consolation ($lOO each) Nos: *****9 *****7 *****3 *****6 *****6 *****1 *****4 *****9 *****0 *****9
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  • 362 20 Boy his ow father in attidenf A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy, who got up eorly to awoit the return of his father, wot just in time to witness on Occident in which the man's legs were severed by a goods train. The horror dromo took place
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  • 67 20 TOKYO World Junior Lightweight champion Hiroshi Kobayashl retained his title for the fifth time last night by scoring a controversial 15-round decision over Panamanian challenger Antonio Amaya. Referee Nick Pope •cored it 72-71 and Japanese judges Yusaku Yoshida and Takeo Ugo 72-69 and 73-71 respectively
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  • 123 20 An Austin car (above), bearing Johore licence plates was partially damaged by fire near the Seletar Reservoir, late yesterday evening. Police, arriving on the scene, recovered hales of cloth well concealed underneath the ear's body. According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the ear
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