Eastern Sun, 30 December 1970

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Microfilm: NL6660
Total Pages: 39
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    21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents I»td. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1535 Wednesday, December 30, 1970 MC (F) 1616
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    Lock icon Gorton fears clash at Singapore talks
    263 1 Australia may be caught in the crossfire of any fight that develops in the forthcoming Commonwealth Conference in Singapore. If the debate becomes hot over Brito Vs solo of orms to South Africa Australia's own restrictive immigration prliry m .y become an issue. Observers
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    Lock icon 57 escape aircraft accident
    86 1 Fifty-one people scrambled to safety through a bole in the tail section of this aircraft when it crashed into a hill at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands yesterday. Two people a man and a child died. The plane, a TransCaribbean Airways 727 jetliner from New York with
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    32 1 MOSCOW Soviet court official, have con. firmed that (h e supreme court will hear an appeal today on behalf of 11 persons sentenced for plotting to hijack a plane to Israel.
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    Lock icon Estrop is head after 33 years
    165 2 Mr. L. R. Estrop is now head of the Electricity Department after 33 years of service. This was disclosed by the PabUe Utilities Board which has apK tinted hlai as Chief ectrlcal Engineer. A chartered engineer, Mr. Estrop, 53, is currently Chairman of the
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    Lock icon Cautious reaction to CPF increase
    371 2 VyORKERS particularly those in the lower income brackets yesterday warmly welcomed the proposed two per cent increase in Central Provident Fund contributions. They view the extra savings from eight to ten per cent as timely in view of the Government's call to workers not to
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    Lock icon PENANG DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER RESIGNS POST
    159 2 PENANG En c b e Mustapha bin Huseiain. bas officially tendered his resignation as the Deputy Chief Minister Of Penang. The Chief Minister. Dr. Lim Chong Eu. told pres 8 conference here •estcrdajr that h« had received Ench e Mustaphag letter of resignation which
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    Lock icon Gangsters murder contractor on site
    353 2 subcontractor, Chng Cheok Kaw, 38, was yesterday murdered while negotiating with four extortioners who had demanded protection money. Chng, a father of seven, was stabbrd in the back by one of the men armed with a bearing scraper just a* he osked: "Hovv much?" The
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      83 2 Around 9.M a.m. to 5.M pun. "Peasant painters of Bali" art exhibition at National Masenm. 11.39 a.m. Presentation of two Christmas and New Year cakes to the children of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, f anjoni Pagar, at the Children's Ward. 13.45 pjn. A Talk on town "Singapore's Financial Outlook Into
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    Lock icon ISLAMIC SUMMIT ENDS WITHOUT ANY DECISION
    346 3 XTAHACHI The second Islamic Foreign Ministers conference ended yesterday with 23 Muslim nations apparently unable to agree on any specific proposals on the two mnjor political issues on the agenda. These were the Middle Fast situation and Portugal's policy in Africa I The conference
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    Lock icon 152 Thais freed by Cambodia
    205 3 PHNOM PENH The Cambodian government has released 152 Thai fishermen captured earlier this year in Cambodian territorial waters. Thai embassador Chana Sumaddavanija said yester- day. The release was a gesture of goodwill on the eve of the visit to Phnom Penh by Thai Foreign Minister
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    Lock icon Bangkok MP imprisoned
    76 3 BANGKOK A member of parliament and his wife have been sentenced to s?* months in prison after being found guilty of swindling money from the Thai Military Bank The prosecution said Mrs Viven Chumduang borrowed one million baht S$ 150,000 from the bank on Jan. 5 1967.
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    Lock icon 'Tonic' drink kills three
    260 3 MANILA Three inmates at H»e Philippine National Penitentiary died Sunday after a holiday drinking session, prison officials reported yesterday. Their deadly drink-, hair tonic spiked with barbiturates. Ten of their companions were hospitalised and one of them became blind from effects of the liquid concoction, according
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    Lock icon US deplores Hanoi's film propaganda
    68 3 WASHINGTON— The While House has ehargrd North Vletnam with urine Ame riran prisoners o| WM for propaganda purposes by permitting thru to give a Aim Interview shown on American televiwon. President Nixon feels the film was a propaganda exercise giving further evidence of North Vietnam's
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      104 3 Congratulations to UNITED OVERSEAS BANK LIMITED on the opening of the and Telok Blangah Branches out of 21 branches of United Overseas Bank Ltd in the Republic of Singapore use NCR banking equipment 18 decisions to use NCR machines show United Overseas Bank's faith in NCR Equipment AND Service. NCR
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    Lock icon Flood situation improves in Malaysia
    398 4 LUMPUR The H x>d situation took a turn for the better in all *he flood stricken states of West Mclaysia although the death toll ros? to 11 yesterday. The latest victim, Razali bin Abdul Rahman, 17, was trying to swim across Sungei Sat when he
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    Lock icon BLIND GIRL SITS FOR UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
    111 4 KUALA LUMPUR A blind first year arts student. Martha Ho Ah Moot wis among 7.049 students who began their University of Malaya examinations yesterday. This U the first time a blind undergraduate Is sitting for the three-week university examinations. Unlike other students who scribbled
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    Lock icon Fog halts flight
    20 4 KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysia-Singapore Airlines' planes yesterday were forced by heavy fog to fly to Kuala Lumpur.
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    Lock icon ARSENAL IN FLAT
    62 4 Another 240 rounds of assorted ammunition were recovered from a flat at Block 3. Lorong 7, Toa Payoh yesterday. A party of officers of the Special Investigations Section led by DSP Ng Leng Hua raided the flat at about 5.30 p.m. follow ng interrogations of the detained
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    Lock icon Gives up
    46 4 Morgan Krishnasamy s/o Karuppiah, who escaped from a lock-up in Central Police Station on Dec. 26 gave himself up yesterday. He had escaped with three others on that day He walked into the Central Police Station yesterday at 10 45 am. and surrendered himself.
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    Lock icon Subsidised
    95 4 A $40,000 clinic for workers In Singapore at reduced rates would be set up by the National Trades Union Congress at Trade Union House In February next year. It is part of a project planned by the National Trades Union Congress to put up a string of clinics in
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    Lock icon $29m project
    52 4 THE Indonesian Pertamina Oil Company and a Singapore subsidiary are building a 21-storey building costing about $29 mill.on to accommodate foreign oil contractors operat.ng In Indonesia. The first pi lar of the construction of the "OU Tower Building" covering an area of 1.4 hectares In Jakarta waj driven
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    Lock icon Fined $3,200
    33 4 The Singapore Traction Com pan v and 24 of iU bus drivers wero fined a total of $3 200 for driving and possessing smoky vehicles by the Second Traffit Court, yesterday.
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    Lock icon Barges mark a first for shipyard
    196 4 Two 500-ton barges, code-named Hull Nos. 1 and 2, launched early this month, are the first new vessels ever constructed by the 83-year-old Singapore Slipway and Engineering Company. One hundred and thirty feet long, 35 feet beam and 8 feet in depth, each carries
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    Lock icon MEETING ON ELECTION OF OPPOSITION LEADER
    256 4 KUALA LUMPUR The Democratic Action Party yesterday suggested a meeting of all opposition parties to settle the question of electing an opposition leader in Parliament. "I have written to the PMIP. SNAP, PPP and Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia, proposing a meeting of thei r parliamentary
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    Lock icon MONETARY AUTHORITY FROM JAN. 1
    120 5 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore the Sinqapore Government's bonker and financial agent w'll begin operations on Jon. 1 next year with a paid-up capital of $3O million. It will be headed by the Minister for Finance, Mr. Hon Sui Sen, and a sevenmember Board of
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    Lock icon Drowned in well
    75 5 THE body of Tan Soon Huat, 14, reported missing on Monday, was yesterday found floating in a well 30 yards from his house. His father. Tan Hal Beng, 43, reported to the police as soon as he was found missing at 230 p.m. from the house in
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    Lock icon $15,000 for flood aid
    50 5 THE Malaysian Government yesterday announced a contribution of $15,000 In aid of flood victims In the Republic Of Vietnam. A government statewent for US$5,OOO will be presented to the Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Nguyen Buyquanjr at the Wlsma Putra today. The October floods killed 330 people.
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    Lock icon Police officer off to the Netherlands
    142 5 Deputy Superintendent of Poliee, Mr. T. Balasundram, 38, leaves today for the Netherlands to attend a six-month course in Public Administration. He has been awarded a scholarship by the Netherlands Govern, ment under the Netherlands Fellowship Programme for Technical Co-operation. Mr. Balasundram will attend
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    Lock icon Sad tale of the mail in the woods
    135 5 A dishonest postman did this stole all money from these bundles of mail and left letters and Christmas cards scattered >n an nndergrowth on a forest slope. Many letters mentioned money being remitted. Thev were found bv Mr. S. Yoon and his
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    Lock icon Too eager to drive...
    68 5 A stall assistant's eagerness to get a driving licence yesterday cost him $l5O That was the fine Kee Kim Hong, 2J, was ordered to pay after he pleaded guilty to a charge of ■si>c a provisional licence with a forged signature. H« admitted that he fdrged
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    Lock icon Prison escapee gets two-year jail term
    168 5 Ang Chiang Ann, 27, one of Hie four men who escaped from remand at the Central Policy Station was yesterday sentenced to two years' jail for tfcett and escaping from remand. "Hie Ninth Magistrate's Court was told that Ang stole a car. belonging u>
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    401 6 Girl 17, leads anti-abortion march in U.K. MANCHESTER, England A 17-year-old schoolgirl has led 600 women, many of them teenagers, on a march to protest acalnst relaxed abortion laws in Britain. Patsy Thomas„ is the secretary of a newly-formed anti-abortion youth organization called "Right to Live." JAKARTA
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    Lock icon TATE MURDER TRIAL POSER: Can 'robots' be guilty of murder?
    337 6 ANGELES A defence lawyer in the Sharon Tate Murder Trial has said that if the three girl defendants were ''mindless robots" of Charles Manson, they could not be guilty of first degree murder. Lawyer Paul Fitzgerald told the Jury In
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    Lock icon POLES PROTEST MISTREATMENT
    78 6 Polish students arc seen pinning a protest lesolution to the doors of the Polish Embassy in London. The students were among a group of Polish students and exiles who earlier had held a protest demonstration in Hyde Park, London. It was staged by the Association of Polish
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    Lock icon Hunger strike bid for family reunion
    144 6 STOCKHOLM A Rumanian street-cleaner who has been on hunger strike for seven days has complained o exhaustion and swollen feet. Ilie Olteanu, 42, told Reuter from his camp bed pitched at the entrance to a central Stockholm subway station, "I won't give up until
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    Lock icon APPEAL HEARING ON USSR HIJACK CASE
    160 6 MOSCOW Defence lawyers in the Leningrad hijack case have been called to the hearing of an appeal at tbe Soviet Federal Supreme Court today, sources disclosed yesterday. There was no way of confirming officially that the hearing had been fixed. However it is extremely
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    Lock icon 'Divorce' for Snowdons soon
    136 6 WASHINGTON The 'Washington Post* yesterday disclosed it had learned Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon have agreed to separation and divorce. The newspaper attributed the report to "close friends and relatives'* of the couple. "The decision was reached recently and an announcement to expected soon," the 'Pos»'
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    Lock icon CHANGING PATTERN IN INDOCHINA
    664 8 fpHE Indochina war Ls a boring subject but A as we approach the end of the year it Ls necessary to record and understand the numerous changes that have taken place and are taking place because, whether one believes in the Domino Theory or not, the
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    Lock icon How they merged Santa Claus
    664 8  -  Br Art Buchwald WASHINGTON Although there wot o o great deal off excitement ot the time of the merger off Santo Cuius and the conglomerate off Consolidated Consortium United, it did not work out as well as ever /one had expected. If you recall a
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    Lock icon Superstitious villagers say no to insecticides
    452 8  -  By Don Woolford, Port Moresby, PAPUA New Guinea is one of Hie world's most malaria-ridden countries yet many of its people are refusing to co-operate with govern ment teams eradicating Hie disease. The administration Is now stepping up both research and publicity to try
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    Lock icon Spend-thrift boys
    83 8 SEOUL, South Korean University boyi spend twice as much pocketmoney as girl students, according to a survey conducted by the 800kmyung Women's University here. The survey revealed that a majority of male students spend between 10.000 Won and 20.000 Won (12| and 25 iterllng) each month besides tuition
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      57 8 Foreign new* ind f«careo ippeartni In all edition* of the Kastera and The sun are from Rent era. United Freaa International, Atence France Preaae Kdltora Pre** Syndicate NewaOHpet Enterprise lum elation. Pnbllnber* Hall Syndicate. I.M Ancelea Timet syndicate (>rmini Newt Service North American Newspaper Alliance, First reatoroL Inter-Preaa Featoret and
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  • TODAY'S WORLD
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      Lock icon MONSOON THREAT SPURS ON RELIEF IN EAST PAKISTAN
      1023 9  -  Lemmy Pinna rpHE tides still wash up corpses and the carcasses of animals on the barren beaches. And the normally mild winter wind sets the teeth of scant' ly-clad survivors chattering. But according to officials most East Pakistanis who lived through the
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  • POLLUTION Two views on man's future
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      Lock icon MODERN TECHNOLOGY COULD SIGN MAN'S DEATH WARRANT
      912 10/13  -  By EDWIN ROSENTHAL Pollution of the earth's land, oir and J water poset as great a threat to the survival of human society as a nuclear war, according to a growing group of scientists. In one of the most dramatic development of 1970,
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      Lock icon Man's amazing adaptability will help him muddle through
      761 10/13  -  ■y Joan Honauer [NEW YORK Man will neither turn his earth into an environmental Eden in the years to come, nor will he exterminate himself in an ecological catastrophe he'll just muddle through* But even muddling through will take immediate action, lots
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    Lock icon My uncle's curse...
    460 11 Every Friday is a bad day for me ever since a bitter experience few years back. Usually, I notice someone scolding me for ciy wrongs on a Friday which Is considered auspicious by many whether they be Christians. Hindus or Muslims. My bad Friday started when my
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    Lock icon I heard a faint noise...
    506 11 The alarm clock rang. Sleepily, I forced open my eyes. "Gosh! It's only two In the mornln:! Had I put on the wrong time?" I asked mysnf. I was about to go back to my peaceful s!eep when I just remembered that next day was
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    Lock icon Engines on the move
    721 11  -  SCIENCE NOftfk v :v r i itg^a Alan Brinton BY Far the majority of Hie cava at the London Motor Show had piston anginas basically the MM as thosa used in the latter half of the last century. From time to time there hare been stories
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      184 11 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe The Eastern Sun'» essay writing contest tor boys and giris of 14 and under (Junior) and boys and girls over 14 (Senior) appears in tfcis page from Monday to Friday. Prixe money SIC to* Seniors and %b to luniors to» ♦very essay publisheo AM entrant*
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    Lock icon Mercury pollution warning
    126 12 CHICAGO Mercury contamination, unheard of only a few years ago. Is now the most dangerous environmental pollutant, a biologist warned here at the annual meeting, of the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAS). Dr. Darry Commoner, Director of the Centre for the Biology of Natural Systems
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      771 12 aiies SI HI taurus a IT; a gemini m is cancer a r% mSSM y r 9 CARROLL RIOHTER'B GENERAL TENDENCIES: During the daytime some very unusual circumstances arise and you And out Just how an Insecure person regards you. Efforts on your part to Improve relations seem futile. The
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      13 12 I LADIE •■-r V^v Lj -r- "Oh no! Not another one round knockout!)
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    Lock icon PLATTER PETE'S POSTBAG
    177 14 HI THERE! Wfill, It's Hi* end of 1970 now, and in l ■OlpCCT| RMtV Mjf Ml D€«n M vw*y M yur lor pop font. We've seen the breakup of the Beatles, the Dave Clark Five, Blind Faith, Dave Dee. Dozy Beaky, Mick and Tich; the formation of
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    Lock icon Will Beatles reunite for 1971 LP?
    284 14 Could 19 7 1 see a grand Beatles reunion if only in Hie recording studios? There Is wide-spread speculation in music circles that the famous foursome will get together again In the New Year to record a new album despite the fact that 1970
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    Lock icon KEEF HARTLEY TRIO
    129 14 The Keef Hartley Band is changing its line-up after Christmas, with a view to giving the outfit a more fluid format.'» Out go the regular organist, trumpter and saxlst who have /been with the group lor the past two years. And from now on. Hartley will operate
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    65 14 Elvis Presley has Just bought himself a new car. a 1970 Stuts Bearcat. at a cost of 5575.000. Only 100 of these superluxury cars are made each year, and El's was on« of tile attractions at the LQR Angeles Motor Show recently. Elvis has also got
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    309 14 DISC-CUSSION "I wat making ten dollar, a night playing what I'm doing now, and now w d thoa lands for it." said Johnny Winter, rite albino blues guitarist who strummed hro "9!» *enjP caI of obscurity in his native Texas before discovery by the underground and
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      39 14 BOOK NOW! Original Caat of CO from 21 countries MORAL RE-ARMAMENT PRESENTS THHLb NICJIITS ONLY Mon., Tues., Wed. Jan. 4, 5 6 at Bp.m. VICTORIA THEATRE Tickets: J7. f5, »J, fl. Book At Koltin*ons, old htorac* C. K. Tang.
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      264 14 NOW SHOWING! U UL 1.39. 4. 4M 1.11 Charlton Heston ft Tina ch«n "MASTER or m ISLANDS Scope-Color (UA) Kick Jagger Th« Kelly Br olbrrt" In Color (UA) \l>ll 111 -JM7 r»»» Open Mtjl Ne Free List U M. I.M. 1 Ml A Ml ***** Butvood. Shirley MacLalne Males For
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      229 14 m QRGANISATIQ 1 OM !400l CATHAY 33 LAST DAT! 11 am. I.M. 4XO. »J0 p.m. OCT i "BCEOOUE" In Co.or Albert Pinney P'Yiaiou SCHOOL: tl 00 to UT seat at 11 am. 1 SO. 4.00 A B-SO pan Shows □EON 2H16 Now Showing No Free List 11 mm. 4.A0 0.30
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      1023 15 today's tMVBM TV] SIINIGAPURA KM. CHANNEL 5 3.00 Opening Announcements, followed by Housewives' Matinee 'The Reformed Husband"— (Part 1 of a Hokkien film English Subtitles). 3.35 For The Family A magazine series presented in Chinese. 4.05 A Diary Of Events In Singapore This Week (Chinese). 4.10 Days Of Our Lives
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    Lock icon ITALY BRINGS VARIETY BACK INTO FASHION
    568 16  -  ■v Eleonora Mutarelli ROME The reody-to-weor collections ia lloly oro olwoys wotched for signs of who! couturiers may bring out in their custom collections. Nowadays, the couture of the last season Is filtered down Into the ready-to-wear collection, plus Ideas which the designer wants
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    Lock icon Palm-reading is ruining her life
    487 16  -  ANN LANDERS Dear Ann: A few weeks ago 1 bought a book on palmistry. I wish I hadn't. After 1 read the chapter on life lines 1 Immediately examined the palms of my children. The three older ones have very long life lines but the
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    Lock icon US needs greater flexibility
    1174 17  -  By A. Doak Barnett The new balance should facilitate ou: efforts to move gradually but steadily toward implementation of the Guam Doctrine, to reduce our military presence and lower our profile in East Asia, to gradually disengage our combat forces from Southeast Asia and to adjust
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    Lock icon Daily fights hurt their relationship
    474 17  -  DATELINE By Ele and Walt Dulaney DEAR Ele and Walt: My boyfriend and I don't get along very well. We love each other but we fight over every little thing. No day goes by that we don't fight over something. Most of our fights are
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    Lock icon 6 small meals a day in Hiatal Hernia cases
    547 17  -  By LAWRENCE E. LAMB. M.D. Dear Dr. Lamb For a hiatal hernia, what foods should I avoid? Would four small meals a day instead of three be advisable? Dear Reader Anyone who is having symptoms from a hiatal hernia should make
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    Lock icon Livelier trading
    281 18 uninterrupted influx of buyers, trailing to the close, houled prices up ocross o wide front in the Stock Exchonge of Molaysio ond Singapore yesterday. The sudden livelier turn in octivity wot mode for no apparent reason. All clum of shares were generally belter on moderate m pec illative
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    Lock icon Rubber 49 5/8 cts.
    278 18 January first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 49-5/8 cents per lb. up 1/8 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet. After an about unchanged opening the market remained virtually the same and
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    106 18 Till', noon pnen at tne Slngaporr Ihi Prmliut veMrrilat B ft i oconut Oil (fob.) bulk 50 00 Coconut On (f o b.) drum 62 r>o Mixed Copia 61.50 Mum ok Hhllt Pepper (full) 35.00 A v t lOV% NI»L ***** Sarawak White Pepper tf.u to K.W.L. 170 00
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    Lock icon Council for economic relations
    204 18 WASHINGTON President Nixon plain to announce shortly the fornrc'lon of an international Economic Council to deal with other nation* in the field of trade, foreign aid, and monetary matten. Presidential Press Secretary Ronald L. Zlegler said an International Economic Coordinator and a Council will be appointed
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    116 18 BONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): < Buyers) (Sellers) 190 197 per 100 Straits dollars 140 50 148.50 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 0.755 0.77 per Australian dollai 340 300 per 1.00© Burmese kvats 460 480 per 1.000 Indian rupees 149
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    Lock icon CLOSING PRICES
    674 18 BID and offer price* officially listed at the close of business in the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday INDUSTRIALS Machine No 6 DEC 29 Ac ma 1.28 1.32 AJinomoto Ale-m tic 2 10 1.38 Allied Choc 2.64 2.70 Ben. 8S Berjaya lis
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    969 18 Bl SINfcSS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Slock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets In Int* of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS *CMA $l3O Alran $i :<2 (i) #133 n>; Ben 85 ct» (1); llerlnya
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      Lock icon SYDNEY TRADING IMPROVES AS SHARE PRICES INCREASE
      351 19 gYDNEY Mining shares yesterday improved when trading resumed on Sydney Stock Exchange. Throughout the day trading was firm but the market was exceptionally quiet with low turnovers. Established miners and heavyweights firmed considerably and several speculatives moved ahead on the strength of light
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      Lock icon Car plant in South Korea
      91 19 SEJOITL, The government Monday approved a one million U.S. dollar joint venture between the U.S. Ford and Korea's Myundai motor companies to form a new automotive company to produce cars locally. The company, to be equally owned by the two partners, will build an engine
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      37 19 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages Monday on the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 830.91 20 Transp 164.75 15 Utilities 120 27 65 Stocks 267.89 40 Bonds 68.60 Commodity futures index 145.38 up 0.23.
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      136 19 Three important Hotel personnel appointed to Imperial Hotel recently are (above from left) Mr. Herbert Maurer, Mr. Rolando Lucerci and Mr. Y.P. Kapai. A Swiss, Mr. Maurer is the Executive Chef and has worked in many leading hotels in Switzerland. Beirut and Hong Kong before coming to
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      Lock icon Indonesia to Europe freight up
      94 19 LONDON Freight charges between Indonesia and Europe are to go 5 per cent higher, starting Feb. 1, owing to higher costs of bunker oil, member lines of the Europe-Indonesia and the Indonesia -Euro p e freight conferences announced yesterday. The lines said they are imposing
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      64 19 (M niitccr Prices for Mt ASIA (JMI TKI BTB M InveM rii nd 1.18 1.23 M *in Prn*. 101 I 0!J II %I<IKK Ml I M l TKI'HT" 8 C Fund 101 »iNtapoKi> I'Mi TKIWn 2nd S'pore 189 3rd M'plre l.»» Com. fnd jn l.Olxd Thr »avioi lif
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      80 19 NEW YORK Steel production dropped by 4.7 per cent last week to tons, the American Iron and Steel Institute reported yesterday. Production from the start of the year through Dec. 26 totalled 129.941,000 tons, down 6.6 per cent from the 139.232,000 tons produced at the same point in
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      431 19 14-' a.m MSA 126 Kuala l.umpur IJM* a m MS4 I** kuaia l.umpur 6.30 a.m MS A 152 Kuala l.umpur 11 0:> a (U MM «54 I'rn■ni Koala Lumpur 11 -Mi a m. Mm 2U3 Jakarta l t<> o.m MM 451 Koch. Ing t-06 D ID MbA P41
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      131 19 TENDER NOTICE 4DVKKTISINO noAIIOIM.s AT J ALAN WHtR NTADIIIM OFFERS are invited for the letue of lour Advertising Hoard lr at t»:e Jalan Be-sr Stadium tne year 11# 71 and tender forms may be oV-amcd from the Soorto Division. M'nlstry of Social Affa.ra Empress Place. S-rgapore 6. during normal office
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    38 20 NEW ORLEANS: Whooping it up at half-time of the New Orleans Saints fame are foot-tapping and fringe-flapping jazx team from Your Father's Mustache, a Bourbon St. night club here that aims to please the college crowds.
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    270 20 Future, who paid $676 for a win when he won his first start at Ipoh, returned the highest dividend by a horse for the racing year which ended at Penang last Sunday. Ridden by Chlam Toon Soon, the Sing Sing gelding led all
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    Lock icon 1970 WORLD SPORTS ROUND-UP
    982 20  -  by Aubrey Higgs THE sleek skills of Brazilian footballer Pele and Negro boxer Cassius Clay were among the most exciting sights in a crowded year of sport. But the triumphs of these two masters —Pele in the Brazilian team which won the World Cup and Clay
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    179 20 PERTH, Australia Australia won the ninth Federation Cup yesterday 2-0 when Margaret Court came from behind to defeat Great Britain's number one piayer Ann Jones 6-8/ 6-3, 6-2, at the Royal King's Park court. Earlier Evonne Oooiagong gave Australia great start In the final when ah«
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    236 21 TOKYO Nationalist China's Chi Cheng, the world fastest woman, will continue competing in wotid track events while studying for her doctorate, according to her American husband Vincent Reel. who is honeymooning her© with hi. Tlr Sunday in Taiwan, said she Is Interested In
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    140 21 LAUNCESTON, Tasmania MCC's threeday match against a combined 11 was abandoned as a draw here yesterday. The ground was still saturated from the storms that ruled out the second day's play Monday and the decision to call the game off was reached two hours before play was
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    542 21 1970 has heen a year of frustration and disappointments for local sportsmen. Throughout the year, the competition in local arena was not fierce and failed to raise the standard of achievement and remained stagnant. Golds A bagful of golds at the SEAP Games but not even
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    242 21 Soccer fan* yesterday hailed the decision by the Football Association of Singapore to lilt the ba n on Division One players tahe part la tournaments organised by the Singapore Bust ness Houses Football Association. Although FAS ruling restricts the number of Division
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    171 22 LONDON Readers of Britain's largest daily newspaper, The Nlmr, yesterday received four pages of detailed advice on how to make love without worrying about the consequences. The first page of a special supplement paid for by the governmentbacked Health Educa- tion
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    445 22 lif ADRID General Franco yesterdoy counselled with his cobinet on the deoth sentences on six Basque notionolists ond will meet the council of the reolm loter in the da/, it wos officially announced yesterday. Thr» <7-man council is Spain's top onstituMonal body, made up
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    237 22 SAIGON A U.S. Coast Guard cutter yesterday rescued 23 crewmen from a Singapore ship in the South China Sea a few hours before the vessel sank, military officials said. The ship was Identified a s the Joy Taylor, belonging to the British Asian Ship Co.
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    55 22 SAIGON Saigon students yesterday destroyed a U.S. army bus in twin cit v of Choion with a firebomb. The only people on board, the Vietnamese driver and a U-S soldier. escaped unhurt. Police said the bus was driving past a student dormitory when a molotov cocktail was
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