Eastern Sun, 8 December 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents Estd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1517 Tuesday, December 8, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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    Lock icon MIMI AND HUSBAND SENTENCED TO HANG
    680 1 Mimi Wong Weng Siu, 31, and her estranged husband, Sim Woh Kum, 37, were yesterday sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Ayako Watanabe. The High Court found them guilty of the murder of Mrs. Wotanobe wife of Wong's former lover. Hiroshi Watanabe
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    Lock icon Invasion not our doing says Portugal
    82 1 LISBON The Portuguese Government, which has formally denied involvement in last month's invasion of Guinea, says the conclusions of the TJ.N. special mission to Guinea were unacceptable. The mission has reported unanimously that the invasion w as carried out by Portuguese armed forces "acting
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    Lock icon Swiss ambassador kidnapped in Rio
    135 1 RIO DE JANEIRO Swiss ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher was kidnapped yesterday. An embassy spokesman told Reuters that the envoy was kidnapped as he was going to his office. The Jornal Do Brasil news agency reported a federal government agent guarding the ambassador was wounded during
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      153 1 THY Advertisement Profile '.Wyi 'mm WM •:V A m iwmm p-4 Mr. Chow Shee S«ng. A.D.K.. Mimirr. kola kinabalu Branch. Concurrently Area Manager. Sabah. Mr. Chow Shee Seng, Manager of Kola Kinabalu Branch concurrently Area Manager lor Sabah branches joined Chung Khiaw Bank in 1950. He was educated at SI.
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    Lock icon Man jailed for knifing student
    150 2 A criminal detainee was sentenced yesterday to two years jail for endangering the life of a University student with flick kail* Chan float Seng. 25. pleaded guilty to voluntarily causing grievons hurt to Cnua ROM Ngee. 22. at Onan Road on June 12 thi s
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    Lock icon Singapore's manufacturing assets outlined
    373 2 THE Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toll Chin Chye, last night tried his hand at "selling Singapore" as the ideal off-shore manufacturing base for foreign investors. He made hit "pitch" when he addressed 160 delegates at a dinner to inaugurate the British Electrical and Allied
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    Lock icon Up to mischief
    45 2 Mohd. Amin bin Jantan. 23. was yesterday sentenced to three months' jail for having a house-breaking tool on his bicycle at 4.45 a.m. In the morning. Mohd. was arrested when the detective found a pair of pliers hidden underneath his bicycle seat.
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    Lock icon Thai scouts in Singapore
    158 2 The Thai contingent of scouts participating in the eight nation jamboree arrived from Thailand yesterday. The contingent comprising 77 scouts including 27 observers are here for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the scouting movement In Singapore. The Thai scouts were greeted upon their arrival by the
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    Lock icon POWER FOR ALL RURAL AREAS SOON
    167 2 All ruraJ homes in Singapore will be supplied with electricity by 1974 it was announced last night. It is the ultimate objective of the Public Utilities Board, its Deputy Chairman, Dr. Tan Ah Chua, said. He said this at the ceremony to mark the
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      52 2 Around town lf OO a.m. Exhibition by "S«x Tonne Contemporaries'* at Tanf Cbon Art Gallery and Framera, Ontram Park. W.M a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Beethoven M-Oentea-ary exhibition at National Library. 6.00 p.m.— Shaw Organisation's annual trade fair at New World Amusement Park. 7.45 p.m.— Variety show by Rediffos ion at
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    Lock icon ORDEAL OVER AFTER NZ BRAIN SURGERY
    290 3 *pHE terrifying spectre of blindness no longer haunts mechanic Khoo Ah Soon, 24, who returned on Sunday from a successful brain operation in Auckland, New Zealand. Khoo would have been blind if the Rotary Club of Singapore ond MolaysiaSingapore Airlines have not stepped in.
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    Lock icon Two commended for catching thieves
    206 3 The Ninth Magistrate, Mr. E.C. Foenander, yesterday ordered that two persons be commended for catching two snatch thieves. In the first instance on December 12 last year a waitress, Lee Ah Moi, 21, was walking out of a lift at Gagak Selari Barat when Chia
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    Lock icon PA Cultural Troupe for Perth Festival
    82 3 THE People's Association Cultural Troupe has been invited to perform at the Festival •f Perth next year. The Festival is an annual dance, music and drama event sponsored by the University of Western Australia. A troupe of 17-19 dancers selected on a multi-racial basis
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    Lock icon ACCUSED CLAIMS DETECTIVE TOOK $15 FROM HIM
    131 3 A youth charged with gambling in a common gambling house yesterday alleged that a police detective with curly hair, took $l5 from his pocket, after putting handcuffs on him. Complaint Lim Kim Hoe, 17, and another youth, L i m Thiam Seng, 18,
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    Lock icon Judge asks for report
    49 3 Ninth magistrate E. C. Foenander yesterday called for a probation report on a factory worker who admitted having a stolen bicycle. Sentence on Wai Sing Kit, 16. has been postponed to December 28 pending on the report. Ball was granted at $2OO in one surety.
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    Lock icon Military exercise tomorrow
    73 3 The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct a military exercise over the eastern sector of Singapore tomorrow and Thursday Blanks and thunderflashes will be used from 600 am. to 6.00 p.m. on Thursday. The exercise area includes Bedok, Tanah Merah, Pasir Ris, ang and Tampines. Members of the
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    Lock icon Thief held
    42 3 Two detectives from Queenstown Police Station have arrested a 30-year-old thief responsible for a series of house breaking and thefts. Detectives Goh Ho Teck and N Visuanathan acting on a tipofT. spotted h«m walking along lieng Kee Road on Saturday.
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    Lock icon BLOOD BANK'S STOCKS LOW
    88 3 The blood bank bulletin yesterday reported that reserve stocks of blood in all croups dropped drastically to 574 units. Reserve stocks of blood for all groups for last week was 753 units. The Singapore Armed Forces still maintained their lead as donors with a further 144
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      139 3 SPECIAL OFFER This ballpoint pen with built-in torch (worth SS) is FREE with every purchase of DYIVIO M-300 Tapewriter IN 4 ATTRACTIVE COLOURS RED, GREEN, BEIGE,BLUE SINGAPORE ■SSL Vrtth tM» »w*»>tand iba Dymo M-300 you an tnjrt »v* tttching labeli on the (pot In Mcondt. Yoo actually wort With pleasure
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    Lock icon A night of terror for trio
    284 4 KUALA* LUMPUR Two women and a baby hung on to their dear Uvea when they awoke yesterday moraine to find their house in Jalan Kenny T i n f r I perilously perched on a knoll-liko relief feature carved out by a landslide. They
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    Lock icon Son: 'He didn't know' Coroner: It's suicide
    284 4 MAN ON FIRE LOH Yong Chuan, 61, did not know what he was doing when he set himself ablaze on November 22, a coroner's court was told yesterday. Loh, who died three days later, was drunk, his son, Loh Chin Yong, 23, said.
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    Lock icon M.P. GOES TO TO ALLIANCE
    236 4 KUALA LUMPUR The sole independent member in Hie Selangor State Legislative Assembly Mr. Lim Tuan Siong yesterday crossed over to the Alliance increasing its majority to four. The Alliance strength In the 28-memb«r assembly is now 16 compared to 12 for the combined opposition (Democratic
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    216 4 A National Serviceman was yesterday sentenced to nine months' jail (or being absent from training the second time. Mohd. Sawadi Wagtman, 22, pleaded guilty before magistrate E. C. Foenander, deserting from National Service at the Thomson Road Vigilaote Corps. since September last year. A coroner yesterday
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    Lock icon A WORLD TRIP FOR SINGAPORE BUILT SCHOONER
    483 5 modern-day Francis Drakes, including a 17-year-old Americon schoolboy, will soon be sailing round the world in a fine schooner built by a Singapore shipyard. And tor schoolboy Mitchell Wood, who has been round the world six times, the thrill of an adventure on
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    Lock icon 'Miracle baby' mother recaptured
    119 6 JAKARTA Police Ila South Borneo have recaptured a young Indonesian woman who escaped from custody not long after her elaborate "miracle baby" hoax was uncorered. The woman. Mrs. TJut Zahara Fonna. 21. who led from detention last week In Baadjarmasin, the South Borneo capital, was recaptured
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    Lock icon U.S. may give usual holiday truce
    103 6 WASHINGTON —The United States is considering the possibility of extending the usual Christmas truce in the Vietnam war, according to U.S Secretary of State William Rogers. Officials here said Mr. Roger s told this to Senator Henry Jackson. who on television suggested a prolonged
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    Lock icon Reds release held cameraman
    162 6 PHNOM PENH, Korean television cameraman, Joseph Lee, 37, captured on November 22, when Communist troops overran a battalion of Cambodian paratroops. was freed by the Vletcong yesterday th« Cambodian High Command announced. Lee. whose hometown Is Seoul, is the eighth Journalist to be released by the
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    Lock icon Thai guerrilla drive 'a disappointment'
    264 6 DANGKOK Provincial authorities are disappointed with the results of a two-week government drive against Muslim dissident guerrillas in southern provinces on the Malaysian border, police sources said yesterday. Thai government forces killed 17 guerrillas, arrested 432 suspected dissidents of the«r sympathiser, captured two guerrilla camps
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    Lock icon Indonesian exercises
    55 6 JAKARTA The Indonesian Armed Forces will launch a 10-day "Joint Combat Exercises from today to test its ability to keep law and order for the forthcoming general election. Lieutenant general Tuakaradipura, director of the operation, said the exercises was to prevent the general election scheduled to be held
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    Lock icon Missing planes located
    76 6 S A I G O N— Two u s. transport planes which were reported missing have been fonnd in the central highlands of Sooth Vietnam. One American transport plan# missing since November 27 with 79 people aboard was found in central South Vietnam but there were no
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    Lock icon FORCES CUT OFF, LOSE RADIO CONTACT
    169 6 PHNOM PENH Radio contact has been lost with a besieged Cambodian government position after fiercfc fighting northeast of the capital, Hie High Command •aid here yesterday. One Cambodian battalion had been defending the positioa at Peam Chikaag. about 41 miles from here on the
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    446 8 5 policemen shot during drug hunt TECPAN, Mexico Five policemen hunting for a suspected marijuana cache were ambushed and shot to death outside this Pacific Coast village, 62 miles north of Acapulco. Only one survived the ambush. It occurred in the same general area where U.S. and
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    Lock icon AT THE TRIAL OF 16 BASQUES: More charges of police torture
    337 8 OURGOS, Spain Two young Basques on trial have claimed they were tortured during police interrogation. They then gave the most detailed evidence of alleged police brutality ever heard in a Spanish military court. The accused are among a group
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    Lock icon Protest to condemn internment threat
    221 8 DUBLIN Angry Republicans Have called for a nationwide campaign to protest Pierrier Jack Lynch's threat to jail extremists without trial. Leaders of Sinn Fein, political arm of the outlawed Irish Repub lean Army (IRA), have declared that all organisations in the Republic must protest now.
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    Lock icon $231,000 OFFER
    49 8 LMEZIA. Italy A wealthy Italian building contractor has offered *****.000 for the return of hLs son believed kidnapped 10 day s ago Gabriele Bilottl denied that he had been contacted by hl,s son's kidnappers. The suspected kidnapping Is one ot the latest in South Italy this year.
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    Lock icon FLQ WILL KEEP UP ITS WORK
    171 8 MONTREAL —Quebec provincial police are examining a note in which the outlawed Quebec Liberation Front (FLQ) claimed it will continue its work. The police have confirmed they were checking the authenticity of the note, signed by the Vlger Information Cell of the FTXJ. It
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    Lock icon Jagger the 'elegant dresser'
    86 8 LONDON Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, longhaired symbol of rebellious youth, has come full circle: He's now rated "one of the most elegant dressers in show business". At least that's the view of the British magazine* "Tailor and Cutter", the men's wear Bible. Its latest issue carried
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    Lock icon Futile search for missing lawyer ends
    308 9 LOS ANGELES —An air search of the srissing Tate trial defence lawyer has beea abaadoned and a substitute lawyer is due in court to estimate how loat II wowld take him to prepare to defead one sf Charles Manson's "girla". Ronald Hushes, the portly
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    Lock icon Ship sinks in Panama Canal zone
    110 9 BALBOA, Panama Canal Zone The Formosan freighter Sian Yung <7.643 tons) sank after hitting the west bank of the Panama Canal, shortly before reaching the first set of locks at the Pacific end. One of the 49 crew was injured before they abandoned the
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    Lock icon British power strike begins
    262 9 LONDON Electrical power across Britain faded when supply workers began a go-slow strike to back demands for a pay rise yestenlay. The first visible effect of the work to rule came when rail and road traffic lights went out in several cities, causing jams and delays
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    Lock icon Mexico may recognise Red China
    43 9 MEXICO CITY President Luis Echeverria said the Mexican Foreign Ministry will study the possible establishment of diplomatic relations with Communist China. Mexico now recognises Nationalist China. Echeverria had just announced a programme for agricultural developmert of arid areas.
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    Lock icon U.S., RUSSIA UNWILLING TO END RADIO WAR
    425 9  -  By WARREN L. NELSON WASHINGTON The second Soviet-American rodio war, now more than two years old, has reached a new high in static between Moscow and Washington as transmitters of both countries jam each others broadcasts. The fust tadio war began after World
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    Lock icon Youth held in refinery blast probe
    81 9 TINDEN, New Jersey Police probing; a sabotage threat made nearly tw« hoars before a huge explosion shattered au oil refinery arrested a 21-year-old youth sear the plant. A police spokesman said the youth was being questioned, but no charges had yet been made and
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    Lock icon EUROPEAN SECURITY
    383 10 P*OR sometime now the Soviet Union has K been pressing western Europe for an European Security Conference. Unlike the half-baked idea which came from Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev for Asian security, the plan to hold an European Security Conference has been well thought oyt and merits
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    Lock icon RELUCTANT ISRAEL
    273 10 TIME is fast running out on the extension of the ceasefire to which both Israel and Egypt agreed. The actual ceasefire went Into effect on Aug. 7 for three months and was extended for another similar period. So, on Feb. 7 the extension will expire. During all this
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    Lock icon THE SEJNA TESTIMONY III
    721 10  -  By Joseph Alsop, The two previous reports in this spoce hare been exclusive excerpts from the testimony of Gen. Jan Sejna, the highest ranking military defector ever to lea.e the Soviet Bloc since World War 11. It remains to examine the meaning of the testimony of
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    Lock icon Cuba's campaign against the bums
    478 10  -  By Charles Lambelin, Cuba's powerful official propaganda has been mobilised against what are considered th e parasites of the new socialist society "Lot Vagos," the bums the loafers, those who live without working. In this country where commercial advertisements have long been abolished, huge hoardings
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      57 10 Foreign nfwi ind (M--tore- appearing in all edition* of tbe Kasiern Hun and Tbe Sun are from Reuters. United Pre** International. A genre France Presse. Fdltora Pre** Syndicate. New»Itaper Enterprise Association. Publisher* Hall Syndicate, loc Angelea Times Syndicate Clemini News Service. North American Newspaper Alliance, First Feature®, Inter-Press Features an#
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    Lock icon United Nations starts pollution warning system
    638 12/13  -  From John Callcott rpHE World Health Organisation, which for years has warned that man is poisoning himself, has inaugurated a worldwide air pollution detection and warning system. In one or two more years, it hopes to extend the system to pollution ol the waters,
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    Lock icon LONDON BRIDGE IS GOING UP
    1466 12/13  -  From Celia Curtis rr HEY have rc- written the nursery rhyme about London Bridge falling down. They had to. The old version no longer makes sense in lake Havasu City. Little by little, everything is going. Britain is being bought up. ships and all. and
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    Lock icon For Radio Free Europe, happiness is an angry Russian
    640 14  -  By Lee Mueller, Even though Vice President Agnew hos never denounced ony of its onnouncers, Radio Free Europe is causing considerable talk these days, not oil of it emanating from its broadcasting stations here. For 20 years, Radio Free Europe (RFE)
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    Lock icon Knees stay legal—just
    538 14  -  By Edson Mpina. Blantyre, Malawi GNCfc again, those who want legislation to ban th« mini-skirt in Malawi have been disappointed. No such Bill it proposed for the new session of Malawi's P a r I i a m ent which has begun. In 1968, and again this
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    Lock icon Crash diets can ruin health
    497 14  -  The slim look is fine but... By LAWRENCE E. LAMB, M.D. Dear Doctor—About five months ago, 1 went on a crash diet I then weighed 117, now I weigh 89 and 1 am 5-foot-2. I am 14. You probably think 1 should gain weight and
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    Lock icon Jimmy Stewart keeps eye for new movie in a bottle
    592 15  -  By Dick Kleiner, HOLLYWOOD I felt like o patron at the chamber of horrors when Frank Westmore, wearing white gloves, carefully unscrewed a glass jar and let me peek inside "That's Jimmy Stewart's eye," he said proudly, and there it
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    Lock icon 'TV fans want laughter the whole show through'
    653 15  -  By Harold Heffernan, Bob Crane was just a little bit rexed to the extent that his perpetual grin almost did a ffadeout. Television viewers and professional critics, he charges, expect too much of video comedy and get peeved when every episode of
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    Lock icon NY's No. 1 hit
    71 15 "The Owl And The Pussycat" starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal is New York's number one hit and is proving to be a boxofflce bonanza in new engagements in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston. Produced by Ray Stark and directed by Herbert Ross, "The Owl
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      68 15 iTMIiTMti A i The Incredible attack on Pearl Harbor at told from both the American and Japanese aides. "Yesterday, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by the naval and air forces of the empire of Japan."
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      220 15 WPwRVTJ ORGANISATION I I> O .17.1 til Now Showing!—No Free List II am. I.4ft, (j« a ft.lft U Chlng "KING EAGLE" (A SHAW PRODUCTION» Mandarin in Scope. Color OPENS THURSDAY! "Cotton Comes To Harlem" Color (United Artists I CAI'I KH 2H75H NOW SHOWING! 11 am. I.4ft, 4. «.3« A Ml
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    Lock icon Rebel leader surrenders
    124 16 JAKARTA A West Irian rebel leader, Joseph Indem, and his men have surrendered to Indonesian troops near Nanokwari, m the western part of West Irian, Antara News Agency reported today. Indem and his men wer e no w in Manokwari and were expected to be released under
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      1084 17 today's teuvßin k CHANNEL S Opening Announcement, followed by General Hospital A daytime serial about the staff and the patients of a hospital For The Family—A magazine series in the National Language A Diary Of Events In Singapore This Week (National Language) It's Happening In Singapore (National Language) (Repeat)—A series
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    Lock icon She's short on body and long on brains
    524 18  -  DATELINE By Ele, Walt Dulaney Dear Ele: I'm vwy short, only 5 feet tall. I'm not complaining. You'd be surprised how many boys feel protective toward short girls. But tlie attitude of the other girls it another story. They seem to think
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    Lock icon Plaudits for a 'model youth'
    195 18 WASHINGTON: As a basketball player, sharpshooting Perry Ludy completed 58 percent of his field goal attempts last season —a record outstanding enough to earn the tall 17-year-old high school senior from Oxnard a place on California's allstate squad. But his athletic prowess (he's also a
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    42 18 The Learning for Living Department of the Chinese YMCA will be conducting a course of Conversational Japanese English lor be«nners commencing fc. 11. Interested participants can register now at the Chinese YMCA. Palmer Road or ring ***** lor mor- information.
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    Lock icon Teenagers' problems
    315 18 AS we grow problems arise at any moment and at any situation. Parents like to pay less attention on growing children. Some teenagers who are unable to stand on their own feet fall into others trap, especially girls. The age of teenagers is sometimes known as the "awkward
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    Lock icon Cleanliness
    184 18 SINGAPORE, a multiracial society consists of many races. The habit ol keeping oneself clean is very important to our health. For, cleanliness leads to happiness. It is our duty now to co-operate and keep every part ol the city clean. A person who never keeps his body and house
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      193 18 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe lIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTUIIIirT Tfc« Eastern Sun's essay writing contest| for boys and girls of 14 and under (Junior) and boyt and girls orer 14 (Senior) appears in this page from Monday to Friday. Prl*a money is: $lO fo» Seniors and $5 for luniori for every essay published.
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      Lock icon WHAT 'THE FACE' HAS ENDURED...
      822 19 Marianne Pereira tells The face of today is the result of oil the colour blending texture testing and inventing of th e modern cosmetic. It is interesting to look back at the changing styles of modern beauty to pinpoint cosmetic techniques that really date a
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      567 19  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR ANN: The Season is upon us. My mail brings daily pleas for Worthy Causes. Some are worthier than others. It's not easy to make a decision. The most effective are often done by high-powered advertising agencies. The trul v deserving charities often can't afford
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    Lock icon Trade up slightly
    293 20 CHORTCOVERING activity restored prices in speculative issues in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Trading was slightly enchanced after the announcement that restrictions on immediate delivery formerly imposed on three highfliers Fusan, Fancy Tiles and Lien Hoe was removed and dealings from now on wMI
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    Lock icon On prawns and shirts
    219 20 READY-MADE shirts and deep-frozen prawns will And a market in Scandinavia, Mr. Alh-green-Eriksen, SAS Vice President of Cargo Sales, said. He was speaking at a three-day Scandinavian Airlines System Far East Regional meeting which ended last week. In spite of the air freight, he said, shirts
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    Lock icon Rubber 52 3/8 cts
    283 20 December first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 52-3/8 cents per lb., down 1/4 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market -was quiet after easier. The market was easier at the outset on long liquidation
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    Lock icon PRODUCE
    91 20 THE noon prices Singapore < hlne«-e Exchange yeMerdaj at the Prod uce was:Coconut Oil <f.o.b.| bulk 61.00 Coconut Oil ll.o b i drum 63-50 Mixed Copra 345* Mil nl ok Whit* Pepper ilo.b.) ASTA 100% N.UL. 182.50 Sarawak Whit* Pepper it.ob.) 96% N \V.L. 132.50 Sarawak Special Mark Pepper
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    Lock icon H.K. currency
    112 20 HONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Buyers) (Sellers) 196 197 per 100 Straits dollars 146 148 per 1.000 Taiwan dollar* 6.76 6.775 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1,000 Burmese kyats 460 480 per 1.000 Indian rupees 149 164 per
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    Lock icon CLOSING PRICES
    684 20 BID and offer prices officially listed at the close of business in the Singapore and Kuala Lompur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange vesterdav INDUSTRIALS Acraa 1.22 1.30 Ajinomoto Alcan 160 1.26 1.30 Allied Choc. 2-55 Ben, .88 90 Be r Jay a 1.01 1.02 Borneo xd 1.58
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    721 20 BUSINESS 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 Berjaya $l.OO (2) $lOl (1); Borneo $l5B (2); Boustead $1.90 (3); C. Sugars $l9O
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    13 20 THE tin price for yesterday was $641 per plcul down 11/8.
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    23 20 LONDON The Financial Times newspaper yesterday suggested that Britain's Rolls Royc* company should become the centre-piece of a European aero-engine industry.
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    Lock icon Sydney market quiet stable
    340 21 CYDNEY Kathleen Investments shot .85 higher to $16.00 in on otherwise quiet, stable market on the Sydney Stock Exchonge yesterday. Trading took on the usual Monday morning trend and continued to remain quiet and steady throughout the day. Fluctuations In all sections were generally limited to
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    605 21 ARRIVALS 1.45 a ai MHA 125 Kuala Lam par t.oo it m. MHA 582 M.iOrja. Kuala Lumpur 1.3(1 a. in MsA 123 Kuala l.unapur 9-30 u na M>A 452 Kuala Limpir 114ft a a MSA 494 Ifv nang Koala Lompor 11.50 a.m MM A 20.1 Jaktrta L30 Din
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    70 21 Mr. Tom Fielding, President of Leo Burnett International, announced vesterdav in London that Mr. R B. Anderson Managing Director of Leo Burnett-LPE Singapore and Malaysia since 1967, will assume increased responsibility for the group as Managing Director of Africa where Leo Burnett operates four offices. Simultaneously. Mr. Fielding
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    248 21 A world-wide German transportation and travel service agency with an annual turnover of US$5OO million has opened a branch in Singa- pore yesterday. The agency, which has 100 offices In Germany and 200 branch offices In all the five continents, can Increase Singapore's exports to all
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    226 23 CORAL SPRINGS, Florida—Texan Bill Garrett scored his first U.S. golfing tour victory Sunday with a one-stroke win over fast-finish-ing Boh Murphy in the *****,000 Coral Springs Open. Garrett, a six-fool-six, 220 pounder, had a two-under-par 69 on the Coral Springs Country Club course here
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    477 23  -  By CHRISTOPHER PRITCHETT BANGKOK Nationalist China's sprinter Miss Chi Cheng, the world's fastest woman, slept soundly in her hotel bed yesterday trying like hundreds of other athletes, to get in shape for Hie Asian Games opening tomorrow. Rest ana s»eep along with massage session
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