Eastern Sun, 20 October 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN ...Singapore's own national daily 10 cents E«»d. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1477 Tuesday, October 20, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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  • Article
    Lock icon POLICE HUNT FOR LAPORTE KILLERS: HOUSE RAIDED
    519 1 HUBERT, Quebec Police yesterday broke into on empty onestorey house in this southern Montreal suburb where they believe kidnapped Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte wos held for a week before he was murdered last Saturday night. The house, on o quiet street in
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    Lock icon 'Emergency meet' call in Syria
    60 1 Beirut Ruling Syrian Raath Party officials have called a nationwide Emergency meeting for later this month, Arab diplomatic sources said yesterday. The sources said the present power struggle in which Dr. Noureddin Atassi has resigned »s Head of State and Prime Minister would be the
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  • Article
    Lock icon 'New airline' talks
    154 1 I/OTA KINARALC Discussions would be held with Singapore soon on Malaysia's intention to introduce her own domestic airlines, the Minister of Transport. Dato Abdul Ghani Gilong. said yesterday. ''We have not been satisfied with the do»r>e tic «ervfce s provided I'or by Malay- sia-Singapore Airlines," he added.
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    Lock icon Search for missing crew
    58 1 Rescue workers in a lifeboat search the two missing crew members of the 801ton tanker Kasamat-su-Maru sinking with only its bow section above the water surface after an explosion aboard, Friday last, off the Irozaki Point in Shizuoka, Japan. Seven of the ninemember crew were rescued
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      53 1 1 Wf When In Hong Kong Stay In Comfort at HR HOTEL ROYAL 380 Nathan Road. Kowloon, Honqkonci telephone K-8870Q1, Cable: 'Hotelroyal Hongkong's First Class Hotel All Rooms Fully Air-Conditioned. With Private Telephone. For Those Who Seek Superb Food, Good Wine And Courteous Service At Reasonable Rates. For Reservations Contort
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    Lock icon $6,227 award for lost finger
    253 2 A woman who lost her rifht index finder in a factory accident 3 years ago was yesterday awarded $6,227 la damages and cost by the High Court. Mils Goh Noy Hiang, 29, represented by Mr. Denis Murphy, successfully sued her former employers, Tong Meng Co.
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    Lock icon British Services retrench 1,103
    170 2 A NOTHER 1,103 civilian employees of the British Services in Singapore have been retrenched. The cunent redundancy total covers the period for July 1 to September 3 I. Retrenchments in the Army amounted to 476. of which 202 workers were redundancy discharges. A total of 274
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    Lock icon In step for success
    79 2 Dancing is in Miss Sangchan Chantaratana's blood. For not only does she excel in classical Thai dancing while still young, but she has annua'ly won the Star Professional Latin American and Modern Dance Championships of Thailand in partnership with Mr. Sakda Yu-Yuen, 27. Both graduates of
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    Lock icon Around Town
    78 2 9.00 a.m to 7.00 p.m. Exhibition by Singapore Photographic Socie_ ty at National Library. 10.30 a.m. International Labour Organisation seminar at the Conference Hall. 7.30 p.m. Teochew opera sponsored by See Hup Company from Hong Kong at National Theatre. 7.30 p.m. Film shows in conjunction with •"Keep Singapore
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    Lock icon Found guilty of stealing tot's chain
    253 2 A polisher with an optical company, Kamis bin Alwi, 22, was yesterday found guilty of the theft of a gold chain and a locket from a one-year-old child. Sentence has been postponed to November 2. pending a probation report. Kamls' manager, Ishldore Mlzzohle, stood
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    Lock icon Robbed in taxi
    49 2 Stanley Swalne. 37. a supervisor of an electronic company wa 8 robbed of $BO by 3 robbers In a taxi yesterday. Swaine had boarded a taxi from the junction of Victoria Street and Rochore Canal Road at 1 a.m. when 3 others forced their way in.
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    Lock icon NURSE STABBED IN STRUGGLE
    151 2 A nurse, Miss Ho Pui Yin, 21, was stabbed on the right thigh when she resitted 2 robbers on Sunday night. She wa s walking with her boy friend, Chan Hoong Kwan along College Road when the two robbers confronted the couple One of the robbers
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    Lock icon VIGIL FOR MANIAC
    51 2 CALCUTTA Calcutta police ar e on the lookout for a man who has been slashing at the hands of pretty young women in overcrowded city buses and trams, police officials said today. At least 15 women aged between 17 and 24 have had their hands slashed so
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    Lock icon Struggle with robber
    42 2 A housewife Madam Chong Lee Chong. 26, put Uf> a fierce struggle on Sunday against 2 men who robbed he r of a s4o gold chain The robbers later managed In escape with her wr/,t watch valued at $4O.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      333 2 Results of Red C Donation Draw HEKK are the results of the Red Cross Donation Draw which was held at the Ked Cross House oa October 17. HKST PKIZK 1429N3 2nd *****3 3rd 0 3.J41 4th *****4 5 tli OoM.ttf 6th *****0 7th 045»>13 Bth OoB«80 9th 01I'.Vft 10th 149t>03
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    Lock icon FOUR YEARS' JAIL FOR BUSINESSMAN WHO LIKES GUNS
    319 3 BUSINESSMAN who likes guns and gunfight pictures was yesterday sentenced to four years' jail for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. Ang Lye Ann, 37, sole proprietor of a projector-hiring agency, last Friday pleaded guilty to charges of possessing 12 revolvers and
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    Lock icon Four teenagers held for armed robbery
    195 3 VOUR teenagers, including a 16-year-old girl, will be charged in court today following their arrest for armed robbery. They are believed to have robbed taxi-driver Chua Tong Chiang of $5.50, a fountain pen, an $8 cigarette lighter, his driving licence and identity card. They
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    Lock icon Mud found in woman's throat, court told
    137 3 Sticky mud was found in the throat of a dead woman whose decomposed body was found on Oct. 2, a pathologist told a coroner yesterday. Assistant Pathologist, Dr. David Loo Soo Cheng, oi Outram Road Hospital, was giving evidence at an Inquiry Into
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      133 3 Count on m i Canola 141 Quickly. Silently. Precisely. This is how every Canola calculator works. Thanks to tiny ICs (integrated circuits) and optically perfect display panels. Canon's precision in optics and electronics makes the difference. And Canon design ensures aesthetic perfection. Canola 163 and 1200 especially. They're winners of
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    Lock icon MGR's clash with the Press
    385 4 A Mr note was lnjectN into the visit of SMtk Indian movie idoi. H.G Ramachaodran. yesterday. MGR. as he is popularly known, hud invited the press for a breakfast press conference at the Sea View Hotel. However, vhe insisted that the Radio Television Singapore cameraman
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    Lock icon Women jurors bring KL trial to a halt
    409 4 Y/"UALA LUMPUR The triol of o poli:e Inspector was abruptly halted yesterday when the judge discovered that two women among the jury had been wrongly appointed. The appointment of Miss Elsie lm and Miss Foo Eng Siew made legal history in Malaysia.
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    Lock icon TUNKU NOW TAKES IT EASY
    185 4 KUALA LUMPUR The former Prime Minister has taken to the advice of the Press. Take it easy. Tunku Abdul Rahman, a familiar figure at parties and dinners during his working days won't be so active in the social circle from now. He will slipped slowly
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    Lock icon New stock exchange for Malay companies
    98 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Mara Unit Trust Ltd. has formed a new branch to guide in the marketing of shares in Bamipatra companies. With the formation of this branch a new stock exchange is aatomaticalljr established where Malays can trade share*. Shares This was announced
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    Lock icon Fined $250 for exhibitionism
    80 4 Van driver Yeo Kow Kia. 24. yesterday pleaded guilty to outraging the modesty of a 15-year-old schoolgirl and was fined $250. He admitted In the Ninth Magistrate's Court that on September 23, while he was In his van parked along King's Road, he saw the girl
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    Lock icon CAL's daily service starts on Oct. 25
    89 4 SINGAPORE can expect a bigger inflow of tourists with the introduction of dailj China Airlines flights. By 1974, CAL hopes to bring in one million passengers CAL district manager for Singapore, Mr. Norman Yu, said yesterday. He said CAL will start its daily
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    Lock icon Modern slavery denial
    210 5 Singapore youths were yesterday urged not to consider National Service as a form of "modern slavery". "This is the wrong kind of attitude to take," declared Dr. Augustine 11. H. Tan, MP. for Whampoa. Aggression He was addressing the latest batch of National Servicemen at a send-ing-off
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    Lock icon ROBBER, 23, GETS 10 YEARS' JAIL
    267 5 A YOUTH who pleaded guilty to robbing a shop-owner of $l6O and a gold chain worth $l5O was yesterday sentenced to 10 years' jail. Mr. Justice Kulasekaram said he could show no leniency to Abdul Malek bin Abdul Ali, who had a string of
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    Lock icon $3,000 taken by 'patrons'
    109 5 Shopkeeper Chong Tian Hock, 35, opened for business at 7.40 a.m. on Sunday and was robbed more than $3,000 by his first 5 cus- tomers. He told police he saw 5 youths wearing stylish Manila shirts outside his shop when he opened his main door. One
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    Lock icon Trapped in car
    49 5 Thp driver of a car was trapped in his seat for more than 30 minutes after it crashed into a lamp post at Short Street. Firemen extracted B Oaklev after a lot of hard work and sent him to hospital. Four other passengers were also admitted.
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    Lock icon ALL IN HER STRIDE
    45 5 Karin Graf appears to be like many of the air girls in the world but with a difference. The Lufthansa stewardess, wearing; a pedometer (walk-o-meter), puts her best foot forward by counting the footwork used up in preparing and serving meals.
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      46 5 o c, 12.35 pm. and enjoy ouf special Executive Lunchcoa on the way. Or catch the mid-afternoon Jet that gets you into Bangkok in time for dinner. Only MSA gives you this choice. Twice a day Everyday. See your Travel Agent. A great way to fly.
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    Lock icon Crisologo's murder: Hired goons blamed
    267 6 IMANILA Notional Police yesterday blamed "hired goons" for the murder in the Cathedral of Congressman Floro Crisologo, the controversial and colourful political warlord of Northern Luzon. Crisologo, 60, was gunned down by two unidentified assassins as he approached the altar to take communion at the
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    Lock icon Heaviest Red attack in Cambodia
    163 6 rUNOM PENH. Co« ■uisU forces launched ftheir heaviest attack of the war in Battam haic n»Tkiet. north of Phnooi Peah. early yesterday mad sustained hea? T casualties ia a •harp two-ho«r eance■eit, field reports to the Caasbodiaa llith Ctwmitd said. A total of 42 Communists
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    Lock icon 'I'll never marry' star again marries
    114 6 LAS VEGAS. Nevada On Saturday, actor Leo Marvin told a news conference he never again would marry. Next day, Sunday, he cot married It was the second marriage for Marvin, 45, and the third for his bride, Pamula Feeley. 39, a girl from his
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    Lock icon Seoul bans excursions to save students
    159 6 SEOUL, The Seoul District Education Board yesterday baaaed school excursions to prevent possible traffic accideats involving students. The ban followed two accidents last week in provincial areas. The first accident last Wednesday killed 52 high school boys and the second on Satur- day killed
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    Lock icon WANTED
    58 7 MAKO CARBONNEAU PIERRE ROSE The wife and mother of slain QutWc Labour Minister Pierre Laporte leave Montreal's court house after viewing Laporte'* body. His mother Mrs. Juliette Laporte (centre) ts helped by his wife Francoise (right). One of Mr. Laporte's daughters is pictured left. I'P! radiophoto. The men wanted
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    Lock icon SYRIAN PRESIDENT GOES ON STRIKE
    282 7 T>EIRUT Syrian President Nooreddin AV-Atossi is staging o one won strike in protest over o power struggle witfiin his government, o Bet rut news after soys. An-NaKar Arab report said the President has refused to perform has official duties, attend government functions and speaks to
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    Lock icon Engineers don't know why bridge collapsed
    193 7 MELBOURNE Sir Ralph Freeman, senior partner o* fKe consult an f engineering lirm baling Melbourne's Westgate Bridge, says h« has no idea why a steel span collapsed. At least 31 workmen died last Thursday, when 2.000 tons of concrete and steel crashed on to
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    Lock icon Students shot by mistake
    116 7 SEOUL—Army troops ftred without warniag tat* a teat an a mountain aear Seoul, killing three high school students and wooadhig another. The incident took place early an Su"*ay at the mountain re or* of Song c tau. If nu.es north of Seoul. The stndents were ramping
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      126 7 V* v: gs **3 Vt £4 x 20 V, n o* alii £3 35? m m FERTILIZERS m r<s>'\ AGMCUITUHM CHEMICALS LOOKING for fartiKxers, agricultural chemicals? BIAN HENG has it a*. Whether it to "Three Star' torturers of "*sak Star' agricultural chemicals, the results will be BOUNTIFUL HARVESTS. One of
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    Lock icon World in brief
    446 8 Girl gives birth on wedding day HONG KONG—A teenage Chinese girl gave birth to a two-pound baby boy yesterday only hours before she was due to be married, evening newspapers reported. The tabloid, 'Star/ disclosed the hospital would let the girl out of bed for 2 hours
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    Lock icon Uneasy calm in riot-torn city
    312 8 OEGGIO CALABRIA, Italy Thousands of police kept a vigil in this riot-torn city. Troops meanwhile watched* railway lines to the north as Reggio called a truce in its long battle to become capital of the Calabria Region. The city's self-styled Action Committee has called off
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    Lock icon FORMER PREMIER MEETS MAO
    87 8 Former French Prime Minister Couve de Murville (left) shakes hands with Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse Tung prior to a talk In Peking. The former is now on the last leg of his 3-week stay In China at the invitation of the Maoist Government. He
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    Lock icon Church held for ransom
    143 8 NEW YORK The Young Lords, a 'militant Puerto Rican organization, occupied the first Spanish United Methodist Church yesterday. They would hold It until their demands were met. "The people of El Barrio (the ghetto) have retaken the Church, and we are armed." warned Richard Perez, a
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    Lock icon Narrow escape for army patrol
    49 8 BELFAST. North Ireland —A sniper flred 2 shots at an army patrol in Belfast yesterday There were no casualties. Earlier, a gelignite explosion blew a foot-wide hole in a wall onlv a few Jrards from where 3 solder, s at in a parked vehicles.
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    Lock icon 400th suicide at Golden Gate Bridge
    271 8 SAN FRANCISCO An unidentified woman with blue eyes has become the 400 th person to plunge to death from the scenic Golden Gate Bridge. The Marin County Coroner's Office was unable to Identify the woman on Sunday, more than 24 hours after her body
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    Lock icon Pilot fired for not dumping fuel
    146 8 MIAMI A veteran Eastern Airlines pilot with 30 years in the business disclosed he was fired because he refused to dump raw jet fuel after each takeoff. Capt. William Guthrie was technically fired for causing unnecessary delays of planes he commanded on September 26.
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    Lock icon NIXON'S BID TO OUST DOVES FROM SENATE
    436 9 Vlf ASH INGTON President Nixon, with the full force of his office, opened o campaign ocross th« American Midland yesterday in a fight to retire prominent Democratic doves from the Senate. Nixon left on a two day political |Ourney that will take him
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    Lock icon Mrs. Kennedy still in mini-look
    63 9 Mrs. Jean Kennedy shows that she's still holding on to fhe mini -look as she stands with her husband. Sen. Edward Kennedy, at a fundraising affair at the Hickory Hill residence of Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, wife off late Sen. Robert Kennedy recently. Her mother-in-law, Mrs.
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    Lock icon Controversial? I'm unaware, says Agnew
    106 9 NEW YORK VicePresident Splro Agnew does not know why he is so controversial. Time magazine reported, but he believes it may be because of his "high risk politics." "I'm not aware of why I'm so controversial, but when I look back, controversy has followed me,
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    Lock icon Stop raids, Taiwan told
    57 9 NEW YORK The United States Defence Department has warned Nationalist China to halt it s raids on mainland China or risk a Btoppage of military aid, Newsweek magazine reported. In Its current issue the News Weekly also reports that the United States has withdrawn two destroyers
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    Lock icon US to use special gas in civil disorders
    219 9 YUASHINGTGN The U.S. Defence Department is developing special gases, sprays, and other non-lethal weapons tor use in civil disorders, a Pentagon spokesman has confirmed. The weapons could be used by National Guardsmen in the hope of preventing such accidents as the shooting
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      70 9 On the streets of the world you can see... i'f &>■% i Jk I a > *k I r* j f M* K t s. > k,. I v fN' W B i v o v\ \X. i -i j&l w# j&iMi IKM 't; ."Star i£r-* s gil F< ~::v.
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    Lock icon U NU ENTERS THE ARENA
    704 10 DURMA practically dropped out of the news since the time the SEAP Games were staged in Rangoon last year. There are several reasons for this, the most important being that the present Burmese government is not at all keen on allowing foreign correspondents into the
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    Lock icon NIXON AS BALDWIN
    729 10  -  By Joseph Alsop, You nerer con tell; but it seems highly unlikely that Hanoi will accept the President's carefully hedged proposals for a cease-fire in Vietnam. There is no doubt, either, that the President made his speech under severe pre-election pressure from all sorts of people, both
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    Lock icon Heykal—Nasser's shadow
    491 10 CAIRO Mohammed Hassanein H eykal whose resignation as Egyptian Minister of Information was announced recently, was variously called President Gamal A b d e J Nasser's shadow mouthpiece and ghost-writer. As a close confidant of the late President, editor of A 1 Ahram, the most successful newspaper In
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      59 10 Foreign new* and fen. tint ai>pMUtec in afl editions of the Km tern Han ud The Ban in from: Beaten. United Press International, iienct trance Pretw, Editors Ptcmb Hvndlcate. Nrmpaper Enterprlae \*soclatlon. Publisher* Hall Syndicate, Los tnielea Time* Syndicate <Jr mini Newt Service. North American Newspaper Alliance. First Features, Inter-Press
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    Lock icon My favourite graduate was a dog...
    547 14  -  By Lee Mueller, FOR those of us who were never privileged to live in coed dormitories or porticipate in student strikes and burn down ROTC buildings, visiting college campuses is usually an excruciating experience. But all changes on college campuses are not necessarily bad.
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    Lock icon Remain steadfast call by Sadat
    256 14  -  By John Chadwick, EGYPT'S new President Anwar Sadat in his first speech to the nation tonight told Egyptians the path to victory would be lone and difficult. Tne 51-year-old President, sworn in before the National Assembly last night following the death of Oamal Abdel Nasser
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    Lock icon Sex activity requires fitness
    494 14  -  Your heart in By Lawrence E. Lamb, M. D. If your health is so bad you can't exercise, the probability is that you can't safely participate In sexual activity either. The sex act Is exercise and causes a marked Increase in the work of the heart.
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  • WOMEN
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      Lock icon Wear it purple: Ineke and Carol and Thelma do
      103 16 PURPLE purple purple The colour of the year... Gathered this of the fashion forecast 1971. The midi and the two pants suits featured are different shades of purple but it's still purple. The midi is a sleek, knit, very sexy with
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      Lock icon Fashion futures
      103 16 The British understand the importance of shoes to the longer skirts, and their shoe stylists are now in the U.S. to show off some of the new ideas. Heels are about 2| inches high, while toes are rounded and slight!} knobbed. Some of the heels are curved ■Mm.
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      Lock icon The hemline battle causes cash crisis in fashion industry
      300 17  -  By Judy Owen FLORENCE The rnidi swept towards success as Italy's battle of the hemlines continued at the fashion showings here. And with the mini and maxi on the retreat one clothing manufacturer announced that his firm had laid off hundreds
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      Lock icon Cheapskate child saves his cents
      287 17  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR Ann Landers: Please tell me if there is something wrong with my mind, like mental illness, 1 mean. I am twelve years old and I am so cheap it is di gusting I just love It when somebody buys me an Ice
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      Lock icon Take a trip to Russia
      64 17 THIS is a 'Doctor Zhivago' max! coat. Just the thing to wear for jumbo travel when you stopover at Moccov on your way to New York. Dark grey stripes run the L-O-N-G length. It's in light grey trimmed with red wet leather. And it's double-breasted
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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      1828 18 «v wnoii>nn wvn VK.SWHI. \A IVOEn LOOKING AND LISTENING.... Tv and radio guide' ICAIfROLL RIGHTER'S from the Carroll Righter Institute CIENERAL TENDENCIES: This is now a fine day and evening to get a great deal accomplished Straighten out financial and business affair® which you have uostponed. It is also a
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  • Students' page
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      Lock icon Juvenile delinquency
      733 19 A CRIME is an offence against law. A person under the age of eighteen who breaks a law is considered a juvenile delinquent rather than a criminal. Delinquency is a term used to describe a wide range of children offences, from disobeying one s parents up to murder.
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      Lock icon My visit to dentist
      423 19 I was feeling the pain for the past few hours without anyone's; notice. In the end, the aching tooth made me feel as though Ij was being stabbed by needles. Iji then broke into loud sobs. I could not be comforted, not even by my mother
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      Lock icon Stamps Corner:
      55 19 SINGAPORE: The sth and last issue in the commemorative special series for 1970 the Shipping Series will be relea36d sft" Sunday, Ist Nov. Here are some brief details: Values: Set of 3 15c, 30c 4 75c. Printing process: Offset Lltho. Size: Horizontal 60mm x 30mm. Designer: William Lee.
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      Lock icon Singapore commemorative issues for 1971
      96 19 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Date of Issue: 14th Jan. 1971. Set of 4 15c, 30c, 75c and $l. Tourism (visit ASEAN Ypar 1971). Date of Issue: 4th April, 1971. Set of s—lsc, 20c, 30c, 50c and 75c. Singapore Festivals. Date of Issue: 6th June,
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      194 19 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe MM The Eastern Sun's essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under (Junior) end boys and girls over 14 (Senior) appears in tbis P*ge from Monday to Friday. Prlie money it: $lO for Seniors and $5 tor junior* *Of every eajy published
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    Lock icon Brighter note seen
    308 20 r pHE Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore opened on a brighter note on the announcement by the Exchange to lift the ban on delayed issues. transacted one cent down to 95 cents. Paper Products moved against the uptrend and wag a loser of three cents to
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    Lock icon MISSION TO SELL ASPHALT
    71 20 TOKYO The Petroleum Association of Japan will send a study mission to Burma. Malaysia and Singapore for 15 days from Nov. 11 to explore the possibilities of exporting asphalt. The seven member Sirty, headed by Dlrecr Atushl Ishikawa of the Mitsubishi Oil Company, is expected to
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    Lock icon Rubber 47 3/4 cts.
    295 20 November first jrrade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 47-3/4 tents per lb., down 3/4 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. The market lost ground fairly rapidly after the opening on selling pressure
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    Lock icon PRODUCE
    99 20 THK noon piieet Singapore Chlnwf Exchange ytotrrtli; n at (he Pre Ml u re was m Coconut Oil (f.o.b hulk 54 80 Coconut Oil (f ob. dram 67.00 Mixed Copra 31.00 Muntok Uhlt« IVppcr < f.o.b.) ASTA 100* M N.W.I- ISt-M Sarawak Whit* Pepper (f ob »6% N tt
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    Lock icon H.K. currency
    117 20 BONG KONG Vesterday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Bayers) (Seller*) 190.5 197.5 per 100 strait# dollars 150 152 per 1.000 Taiwai, ot liars 0.765 6.776 per Auftruiian dMlaj 840 ?60 oer l.oOt Buririp»» kyats 50d 520 per 1.000 Indian rupees 142 162
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    14 20 The tin price for yesterday VM $6671 per Dicul up i cent.
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    636 20 BID and offer prices officially listed at the close of business in the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday were: INDII8TKIAL8 BB. ACM A IM L3« AJINO.MOTO zw 21ft ALt'AN 142 Allied C'hoe Urn. 2 74 2.79 1U6 1.98 R«rjajr» 123 1.24 Ilorneo
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    Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
    1143 20 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stork Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the toumber of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS AJinomoto $2 05 (1): Alcan $1.43 (3); Ben. $lO5 (1) $lO7 (1) $lO6 (2);
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon SYDNEY MARKET REGISTERS FALL
      294 21 CYDNEY Foils 0901*11 outnumbered rises on the Sydney Stock Exchonge Mondoy. Speculators turned their interest towards the cheaper mining issues in an effort to renew lost confidence. International Mining hovered around |hes6.ofl level before cloning JSo cent down at $5.80. Uranium issue* Kathleen Investments and Queensland
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      625 21 ARtUVtM 1 43* m MAA Lumpur 1<M t a. MSA Mi M^Urw. Kuila Lumpur r» j ro MNA ItS KMII l.umpur V .M 4.B. M*A Ut Ku«U Lumpur 11 1)6 M. *> 454 rriijftcic. koala lumpur 11 .V# am M*\ Jakirta I.JO p in M«*A 4.01 kuctilag 10'»p
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      Lock icon Flour miling profits go up
      199 21 Profits at Khong Guan Flour Milling i|»rkJed lately and are beginning to give a reasonable return on capital employed. The year ending on April 1970 showed a pre-tax profit of $1,243,823 show ng a rise of 197 per cent over the previous year's figure of
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      93 21 Mr. Joseph Tan Siah Leng of F T Carpet Distributors (Malaysia) Sdn. Berhad, has recently been promoted to Branch Manager of Its Singapore Office. Prior to this new appointment, Mr. Tan was Sales Executive for five years. He attended a sales course conducted by the Supervisory Management Training Association
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      139 21 SOME of the latest British marine equipment is to be shown in Singapore later this month during a visit by a British Boating Industry trade mission. It was announced yesterday Seven firms producing boating equipment, hardware and accessories are to take part in the mission the first
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      61 21 TOKYO. Tokyo Shoji Co. said Saturday it will shortly begin Importing sand from South Korea for construction projects In Japan. Tokyo Shojl said they are embarking on the venture because of the current sand shortage In Japan resulting from the prevailing construction boom It said the first ship
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      503 21 NOTICE NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that L OOH KAH OKK at No 60 New Market Road. Singapore have applied for a Retail Shop liquor licence la respect of premise* No > 60 New M'irket Road (TAI WAH TNO) Blngn pore, and that this applt cation will be heard IS the
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      764 22 Following are the race-weights for the first and second day of the Perak Turf Club Oct./ Nov. meeting. SATURDAY a. a imv 4 «f Shelford Heights 9.00 Karang II 9.00 Sugar Daddj 8 12 Saxony 8.12 Ten No Trumps 8.12 Spring Power 8.11 Purple Gem 8.10 Dixie
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      Lock icon Jacklin snatches last-hole victory
      446 22  -  By Terry Williams ST.-NOM-LA-BRETECHE, France Britain's Tony Jacklin snatched a last-hole victory in the 54-hole Lancome Tournament of golf champions here Sunday to beat American Arnold Palmer and Spain's Ramon Sota by one stroke. Jacklin finished with an eagle and a birdie to total 206-10-under-par for
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      149 22 BONNEVILLE, Salt Flats, Utah Gary Gabelich broke his own mark as the fastest man on earth here Sunday but failed to set a new world land speed record. Gabelich, 30, reached a speed of 621.654 (1,000.452 kph) well above the record of 600.601 mph
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      447 22 SYDNEY, New South Wales The Australian Boxing Federation had called for stricter controls over boxing following the death of 21-year-old Roko Spanja who was knocked out in a fight in Newcastle on October 8. Yugoslavia n-born Spanja was having his 13th professional fight,
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      106 22 LEEDS, England Britain start as favourites to win the Rugby League World CUD series which opens with the AustraliaNew Zealand game at Wigan Wednesday. British optimism is based on the side's recent successful tour of Australia and New Zealand and the fact that they
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      123 23 IN a 35-mlnute tussle 74-year-old Harold Selleck of Melbourne, capital of the southern Australian state of Victoria, took a 90-lb 'Cod from the Darling River In central western New South Wales. The fish wa 8 probably spawned about the time Mr. Selleck was born In 1896; and
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      135 23 TOKYO World Boxing Council's (WBC) featherweight champion Vicente Saldivar of Mexico will defend his title against No. 4 contender Kuniaki Shibata of Japan at Tijuana, Mexico, Nov. 20, Mexican promoter Enrique Cecena announced yesterday. Cecena arrived Sunday night and reached an agreement with Kenji Yonekura, Shibala's
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      Lock icon Squires shares lead with Owen in pro snooker
      134 23 SYDNEY Gary Owen Of England and New Zealand's Norman Squires were tied with 12 frames earh after the fourth session of their match in th e World Professional Snooker championships here Sunday. In another championship match Eddy Charlton (Australia) took an 18-6
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      203 23 MONTEREY, California Denis Hulme of New Zealand Sunday clinched the 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup by winning Hie 152-mile (245 kms) Monterey Grand Prix here. Hulme, driving a McLaren Chevrolet, averaged 10 4,707 miles per hour (168.506 k.p.h.) for one hour 27 minutes and six seconds. Hulme
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      Lock icon Aussie XV thrash All Asians 33-0
      204 23 The touring Northern Suburbs rugby team handed down a 33-0 beating to a disjointed All Asians Singapore Rugby XV at the Padang yesterday* The visitors who excelled in all departments scored three goals and six tries in the one sided match. The winners co-or-dinated
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      115 23 IX3NDON— Jim Wicks, manager of British heavyweight boxing champion Henry Cooper, yesterday dismissed as a joke a reported attempt to bribe Cooper to throw his European title flght against Jose Urtain of Spain. The Daily Express reported yesterday that an approach had been made by European
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      228 23 MONTLHERY, France Jack Brabham of Australia and Francois Cevert of France Sunday won the Paris 1,000 kilometres motor race, setting a race record by finishing fiv« hours 49 minutes 41.8 seconds in their Matra Simca 660. Their average speed was 171.763 kilometres (106.7 miles) per hour.
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      157 23 JAKARTA Indonesia leapt to fir»t place and Australia crashed to third in surprise results in the 15th session yesterday of the open teams event at the Far East Bridge Federation Championships. The order of the top four teams changed dramatically when Australia went down 8-0
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    302 24 Jordanian troops besieged four villages near the Syrian border yesterday while Arab truce officials worked towards a local ceasefire. The sieges developed out of a weekend of fighting between government ond guerrilla troops less than a week after a "final" truce was signed between
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    261 24 I>ANGKOK The Thai Government may pro- hibit former Burmese Prime Minister U Nu from re-entering Thailand and seeking political asylum again, Interior Minister General Praphas Charusathien said yesterday. U Nu, who had been living In Bangkok since November last year, slipped away from hLs
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    84 24 BANGKOK, VicePremier Prapass Charusathlen announced here yesterday that 57 Thai mercenaries had been arrested on Thursday as they were about to leave for Laos to take part In a Communist coup against the Souvanna Phouma regime. The 57 men, who Included 15 Thai Army reservists, were
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    139 24 CAIRO President Anwar Sadat said yesterday Egypt would accept one single 90day extension of the Suez Canal ceasefire on the condition United Nations* peace envoy Dr." Gunnar Jarrin ff resumed effective contacts for a peace settlement. The 51-year-old President, who succeeded the late Gamal
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    93 24 CAIRO Mohammed Hassanein Heykal, Egypt's top journalist, has resigned as Minister of Information, to write the thoughts and dreams of President Nasser and record the history of the nation he tried to build during his 16-year rule. Mr. Heykal will write on the life of
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    322 24 A former factory worker, who is so badly crippled that he Is incapable of doing any work, yesterday sought damages! amounting to $109,3711 from a British Army officer with whom he was Involved in an accident. Goh Wee Hang, 23, was so seriously in* jured in a
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    181 24 MELBOURNE Fire people including a nurse died instantly in a midair collision yesterday between an air ambulance and a helicopter over a Melbourne suburb. The ambulance, a twinengined Beechcraft D-50 was returning to its base at Suburban Moorabbin after flying a patient from a country
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