Eastern Sun, 31 December 1970
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Title Section21 1970-12-31 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents Estd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1536 Thursday, December 31, 1970 MC (P) 161621 words
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Article, Illustration208 1970-12-31 1 LIVE hand grenades part of the staggering arsenal belonging to the gang believed to have been behind the $946,000 Chartered Bank Robbery are hidden In a Bokit Timah Canal at Chestnut Drive. Police who learned of the hiding place oo Tuesday night have208 words
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Article594 1970-12-31 1 130LITICAL instability in Malaysia and Indonesia will seriously affect Singapore, Defence Minister Gob Keng Swee told Parliament yesterday. Justifying ''our defence build-up", Dr. Goh painted a gloomy picture of Southeast Asia. Malaysia and Indonesia, "our two immediate neighbours," he said, "are faced with acute594 words
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115 1970-12-31 1 Parliament yesterday elected Dr. Benjamin Sheares. 63, to succeed the late Enche Yusof Ishak as President of Singapore. He will take office on January 2. ...One of hia first duties will be to receive heads of Commonwealth governments arriving for next month's conference. The motion115 words
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Advertisement12 1970-12-31 1 How to avoid a hangover: Weatherbee Wong s answer Page 12 112 words
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Advertisement98 1970-12-31 1 AMIR SONS <£•« MO 1M On*w4 *ea* Mnee*)*. U *****6 SPECIAL OFFER fs? BARGAIN COUNTER §8? (2ND FLOOR) LADIES Dresses Nylon T-Shirts (assorted colours) Pyjamas (printed) Blouses (printed) Handbags CENTS Pelaco Shirts Fista Cotton Pyjamas Vista Singlets CHILDREN T-Shirts Shorts from $5.00 upwards 16.80 upwards from $2.50 upwards AT HALF98 words
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428 1970-12-31 2 SINGAPORE must urgently strive to increase both exports ond invisible earnings to offset Hie predicted strain in the overall balanca of payment position. This warning was sounded by Mr. U.F.T.B. Lever, President of the International Chamber of Commerce, when he spoke on "Singapore's428 words
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178 1970-12-31 2 Defence Minister Dr. Gob Keng Swee yesterday rejected in Parliament that School Cadet Corps service should count as part of full-time Na- tional Service. Dr. Qoh was replying during question time to a parliamentary question by Mr. Tay Boon Too. M.P. for Paya Leber. The178 words
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Article56 1970-12-31 2 APPADURAI s/o Peraman, 30. was yesterday acquitted and discharged for outraging the modesty of a 30-year-old Hindu housewife. The Seventh Magistrate, Tan Teo w Yeow. in acquitting him, to!d the woman that there were some discrepancies between her evidence and her police report on the next day of56 words
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Article, Illustration214 1970-12-31 2 A man who celebrated his 21st birthday km Chan pi Prison a 0 a prisoner of «ar has retaraed here after 21 years (or brief visit. Mr. TOM Daria, aa ambulance superintendent from Cobar, New Sooth Wales, arrived yesterday on board the tourist ship.214 words
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Article99 1970-12-31 2 The Securities Industry Bill, aimed at protecting investors from unscrupulous manipulation and rigging in the Stock Exchange was passed in Parliament yesterday. The Minister for Finance. Mr. Hon Sui Sen. in moving the Bill, explained it was necessary to remedy such short comings and deficiencies to "ensure99 words
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Article125 1970-12-31 2 A police constable. Wong Wee Tecfc. was yesterday sentenced to year's jail when the First District Court found him guilty of accepting a $5O bribe. He accepted the bribe from a traffic offender. Llm Ken Hee. 20. to "make the matter less serious" at Sepoy Lines125 words
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218 1970-12-31 2 Health Minister Mr. Chua Sian Chin disclosed yesterday that silicosis, an industrial and occupational disease, has claimed eight lives. A total of 10 persons has already succumbed to slllco-tuberculosis iii the period from January 1961 to September this year. However. It Is not218 words
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Miscellaneous17 1970-12-31 2 •Sorry, Archie of boy. ..I know you'd love to have a bite, but it'd spoil your dinner."17 words
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Miscellaneous44 1970-12-31 2 Around town 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p>m—"Peasant painters of Bali" Art Exhibition at National Museum. 7.30 p.m —New Year's K»e Buffet Dinner and Dane* by International Folk Dance Club of the Chinese YMCA at Homer Chens Auditorium--8.30 p.m—John Calvert MaVir Show at National Theatre44 words
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Article, Illustration229 1970-12-31 3 robbers three armed with revolvers escaped with $2,000 in cash and watches worth $l,OOO in a holdup yesterday. Before fleeing, they also took a qold chain valued at $BO from one of the clerks. The robbers entered a finance company, Soon Huat Credit (Pte)229 words
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155 1970-12-31 3 PENANG The reconvened Malaysian Parliament would be entirely different from the "old one," the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Ismail announced yesterday. i, He added that during the sitting of the new Parliament, the special rights of the Malays and the status of Bahasa Malaysia155 words
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Article51 1970-12-31 3 Professor Wong Lin Ken, the Minister for Home Affairs and the Member of Parliament fo r Alexandra. w iH officiate at a balloting ceremon v to be held next Tuesday. The balloting i s for the allocation Of hawker stalls at the Mei Ling Hawkers' Centre, Queen51 words
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Article83 1970-12-31 3 Bank accounts of a mutual benefit organisation might be frozen if the funds were misused under the new bill passed by the Parliament yesterday. Mr. Othman Wok, Minister of Social Affairs, said the freezing of bank accounts could only be ezer- cised after the Registrar of83 words
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140 1970-12-31 3 Parliament yesterday approved a life pension of $2,000 a month for Puan Noor Aishah, former First Lady of Singapore. The provision of this pension was made by an Amending B'U to th* Civil List and Pension Act 1970. It was moved by Prime140 words
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468 1970-12-31 4 rPHE Government yesterday declared war against cigarette smoking. Parliament virtually bacama the "war opeiatian room" where measures to curb smoking were outlined. A The Minister for Culture, Mr. Jek Yuen Thong, presented the Prohibition on Advertisements Relating to Smoking Bill which was468 words
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Article79 1970-12-31 4 BVNGAI PETANI Sufai Petaui, the second biggest town la Kedak, bas beea described as a Cow bay" town because of tbe naif cows ia UM> (own. T** District Officer. Kuala Muds. Oslo Sjred Osmaa ldud. aade this obscrraUM at tbe Parents Day of the Snngai Layar79 words
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Article302 1970-12-31 4 High financial incentives starting tomorrow were given those who are in or who will join the Singapore Armed Forces. Defence Minister Dr. Ooh Keng Swee told Parliament yesterday that soldiers and officers could get an increase of from $4O to $4OO a month. The Increases302 words
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Article75 1970-12-31 4 FIVE robbers, all armed with daggers, held up a wine merchant and robbed him of $4lO in cash and property worth sfi74 on Tuesday at 7.55 p.m. Soh F,w See, 39, proprietor of Joo Huat Wine Store. was about to close his shop after business when five75 words
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Article133 1970-12-31 4 KUALA LUMPUR The situation in most of the flood -stricken states of West Malaysia yesterday showed aa overall Improvement except in Johore. About 70 people In a village were evacuated as flood hit the state of Johore yesterday A report from Johore Bahru yesterday said that a village133 words
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Article, Illustration126 1970-12-31 4 At first little Loo Suan Kuen. 10, was feeling nervous as he held a knife in his hand to cut a huge cake. He looked around with curious eyes at his mates who were with him 20 children at the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital in Tanjong126 words
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Article, Illustration344 1970-12-31 5 AN Australian tourist wasn't at all surprised when he was asked to pack his luggage yesterday. In fact. Mr. LarklmBrown, 40. from Adelaide. was being honoured as the "last guest" to check out from an old hotel. It Is the Cathay Hotel which announced Its344 words
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Article89 1970-12-31 5 Two labourers were yesterday sentenced to two years' jail and six strokes °f the cane for possessing a dagger between them. Chang Ngian Shin, 20 who has two previous convictions, admitted tucking the dagger inside his trousers last Tuesda v morning. 4 The other accused,89 words
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Article44 1970-12-31 5 The Royal Schools of Music written examinations wiU be held on March Entrv forms are available at the Examinations Division, Ministry Of Education, from next Monday till January 22 The examinations for Seventh-Day Adve,ntists candidate* will held on March44 words
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Article28 1970-12-31 5 Compulsory wearing of Crash Helmets comes into effect tomorrow. Persons failing to comply to this requirment will be liable to a maximum line of $2OO.28 words
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Article291 1970-12-31 5 of Cathay Hotels (Pte) Limited will get monetory compensation after the closure yesterday of the hotel which will be converted into offices for commercial firms. An agreement was reached between the employers of Cathay Hotels (Pte) Ltd and the Singapore Catering Services btaff and Workers' Trade Union291 words
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Advertisement143 1970-12-31 5 Count on m 1 t W Canola 1210 Canola 162 Sofe Agents:' Quickly. Silently. Precisely. Thi* 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 163143 words
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428 1970-12-31 6 ftfEW DELHI The Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, said her Congress Party did not plan any further nationalisation measures if it was returned to power at the elections she has called for the new year. The main plank of the campaign would be428 words
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Article166 1970-12-31 6 SAIGON The U.S. Navy yesterday completed the transfer of all 650 of its small coastal and river combat craft to the South Vietnamese Navy. In a ceremony at the South Vietnamese Naval Headquarters pier on the Saigon River the commander of US. Naval Force#166 words
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Article, Illustration451 1970-12-31 6 JOAN DEPPA - By JOAN DEPPA CHICAGO—A team sent to Vietnam by Hie American Association for the Advancement of Science to investigate effects of defoliant sprays said precautions to protect the local population from chemicals had failed. The team said a study of one heavily defoliated province showedUPI photo - 451 words
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Article129 1970-12-31 6 SAIGON A 2.500-man South Vietnamese task force has pulled out of Central Cambodia 15 days after answering an urgent appeal from Phnom Penh to relieve the Mekong river city of Komptong Cham. A military spokesman said the four battalions of paratroopers were airlifted from the strategic area yesterday129 words
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Article109 1970-12-31 6 MANILA A pretty Filipino-American girl who was reported by the police to have been kidnapped at gunpoint Sunday, is safe and plans to get married shortly, a Filipino congresssman said yesterday. Congressman Roque Ablan of Hoc os Norte province, 230 miles north af Manila where109 words
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382 1970-12-31 7 governors According to the official Middle East News Agency, he instructed that "all the executive, poll tical and legislative apparatuses of the nation be put in battle formation and that they should have a plan for the battle." The exact import of the382 words
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Article, Illustration183 1970-12-31 7 JERUSALEM Uracil Premier Golda Meir (above) has appealed to Egypt to open a new era of peace in relations between the two countries at tbe resumed Middle East peace talks. Bat at tbe same time ■b e warned there would be no Israeli withdrawal from183 words
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78 1970-12-31 7 BANGKOK One student was killed and three injured in bombthrowing clashes between rival Thai student groups. Students from four schools fought with bottle and plastic bombs to bring the five-dav Interschool track and field Championships to a violent end. Nineteen students were78 words
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261 1970-12-31 7 HAMBURG Hamburg Industrialist Frledrich Pleuger, who claims his wife Is being held to ransom In Equatorial Guinea, has said he hopes she will be able to return home this week. Berr Pleuger, 71, told reporters that he has arranged for a guaranteed261 words
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Advertisement43 1970-12-31 7 5 OUT B 49 WILL BE HELD AT GREAT WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK AT 7.45 P.M. TODAY'S DRAW NO: 104/70 sa CASH JACKPOT IS TO WINNERS WITH NUMBERS CORRECT THE OTHER GROUP PRIZES REMAIN THE SAME PLUS FREE ENTRY FOR 3 CIRCLES CORRECT $5OO/-43 words
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Article421 1970-12-31 8 Letter protests torture around the world MONTREAL The International Anti-Torture Front (FIAT) has tent an open letter to newspapers »nd radio stations in Montreal to (protest arbitrary detention and torture In several parts of the world. It wag addressed to the governments of Brasll, Spain. Greece. Haiti.421 words
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295 1970-12-31 8 WASHINGTON Society columnist Maxine Cheshire has repeated her claim that Princess Margaret ond Lord Snawdoit would be divorced despite official denials from London. Interviewed on television station WTOP in Washington, she declared that if people knew her source, they would know that the295 words
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203 1970-12-31 8 LONDON Parts of Spain's Mediterranean coast had their first snow in 20 years, skiers were marooned in North Italy and blocked roads brought chaos to France as severe winter storms yesterday hit Western Europe. Southern Spain normally a winter refuge for sun-starved northern Europeans203 words
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Article, Illustration57 1970-12-31 8 The three prime suspects in the kidnap-murder of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte have made a formal appearance in Montreal Court. The three, Jacques Rose (left), Paul Rose (centre) and Francis Simard (right) are shown in police photos after their arrest on Monday at an isolatedUPI radiophoto - 57 words
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Article183 1970-12-31 8 WIESBADEN, West Germany Police have arretted eight persons in connection with a 552,211,000 dud money case, believed to b« the largest in West German history. late st arroit was made in Cologne on Tuesday where a lithographer. Kari Beuth was picked up Police183 words
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Article116 1970-12-31 8 BAYAP, Cambodia Villagers in this settlement o( stilted wooden houses two-and-a-half miles from Phnom Penh's central market were preparing to cremate their chieff —killed by Vietcong on Tuesday in th« guerrillas' closestever infiltration to the Cambodian capital. Village chief Ak Neak, aged 38, w as shot116 words
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300 1970-12-31 9 NEW YORK. Richard Zanaek, 3«. has relifßrd m Prnidrnt of the financially troubled 20th CenturyFox film corporation under pressure from the Fox Board headed by his father, Darryl Zaßiek. The younger Zanuek's rniinallua, at a special meeting of the Board followed new corporate300 words
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Article, Illustration64 1970-12-31 9 Public reaction to the death sentences passed on six Basque extremists in Burgos recently has been both varied and strong. In the picture above, demonstrators in Rome wave banners reading "Free Spain" outside the Spanish Steps. General Franco has had a meeting with his64 words
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Article41 1970-12-31 9 ROME The colourful custom of giving presents to traffic police On January the day Of Epiphany, has been banned by officials in Rome, Milan and several other cities. *n»e step was taken because the custom was becoming too com-41 words
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Article267 1970-12-31 9 ATLANTA, Georgia A G.I. accused o# two murdrrs during tl»e alleged My Lai massacre was among 17 persons charged wi!h a shotgun slaying in Atlanta's hippie district, Tuesday but police said he "did not fire the shot." Detective* said murder charges against Robert Tsouvas, 21,267 words
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379 1970-12-31 9 LOS ANGELES A lowyer has suggested thot the fingerprints of one of the girl defendnnts in the Shorcn Tote murder trial might hove been found ot the scene becouse Mis* Tote invited her there. Haul Htzgerald, summing up 22 year old Patricia379 words
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173 1970-12-31 9 WASHINGTON A U.S. Congressman ku told a U.S. CAast Guard Admiral that the Admiral ought to take a trip to Russia "to eompFfte jour education" (or having ordered a wouldbe defector from a Soviet ship returned It Ite Russians. Rear Adm. William173 words
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Article627 1970-12-31 10 'J'HE crash of pile-drivers, It has been said, symbolized Singapore In 1970. There Is a large element of truth In this because It succinctly describes the city state as a boom town that is all but bursting its seams because of the rapid growth it has achieved. The627 words
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Article, Illustration515 1970-12-31 10 Art Buchwald - Art Buchwald WASHINGTON Every man has one big dream in him that keeps him going for all of his life. My dream is quite a s*mple one: I'm taking an airplane from Las Vegas to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, and sitting next to me is a515 words
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592 1970-12-31 10 David Lawday - Tunnel linking Britain France: Heath is still wavering By David Lawday THE bold concept of a tunnel joining Britain and France under the English Channel is still on the drawing board with Paris pushing hard for the project and London apparently wavering. Though the French are possibly keener than ever,592 words
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Advertisement58 1970-12-31 10 foreign new* and teacure* appearing In all editions of the Eastern Sun 4no The Hun are from Reuters United Pren International. A gene* trance Presse Editors Press Syndicate Newaoapei Enterprise Association Publishers Hall indicate. I.os Antele* Times Syndicate tlemlni News service North American Newspaper Alliance, Plrst Peat area. Inter-Press Feature*58 words
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Article186 1970-12-31 11 8fec: 365,529 square miles (with its two wills ieftarated by 1,00# miles of Indian territory) West Pakistan 310,403 sq. miles. East Pakistan 35.126 sq. miles. Population: 126 million (56 per cent In East Pakistan, mainly Bengalis). Religion: Muslim. Form of government: ruled under national law by President186 words
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140 1970-12-31 11 ATHENS Offlrials hare displayed an imprisoned communist leader to foreign correspondents to prove be had Mi been tortured to death. Efs ratios Tsambis, a member of the Communist Party Central Committee, was presented to newsmen at the KOrdydallos Prison in the port city of Pierens after140 words
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Article, Illustration772 1970-12-31 11 —The year 1970 saw the Socialist? Sweep to rictory at the polls in Muslim Pakistan. It ended o yeor of confusi >n in a country which seemed destined for greater chocs even under the rule of martial law. For President General Yahya Khan, the Army772 words
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1196 1970-12-31 12/13 Weatherbee Wong - By Weatherbee Wong Tomorrow is colled NEW YEAR'S DAY by everybody* But I call It the day oX THE GREAT HANGOVER. WHEN OUR FOOD specialist RUTH BAKALAR blows her cool and talks about drinks, It Is easy to realise how the human mind1,196 words
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Article, Illustration633 1970-12-31 12/13 DAVID STUART-FOX - By DAVID STUART-FOX INDONESIA It was an ordinary plonk house where the centuries-old heirlooms were stored. Three women sat crosslegged around small wooden chest The opened chest contained packages wrapped in yellow or orange cloth Behind them, Its heavy door open,633 words
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Article, Illustration57 1970-12-31 12/13 What a way to relax! A London firm's come up with a rother original idea in the realm of fun furniture. This chair, colled the 'Dentist Chair' is made in the form and colour of teeth. Pretty Jenny Chapman seems to be having a57 words
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Miscellaneous11 1970-12-31 12/13 iri Jixll i > I •HI m 9i AS 11 yvn 'hiA11 words
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1210 1970-12-31 14 A. Doak Barnett - By A. Doak Barnett WASHINGTON This constitutes a new American posture, for different from that of the post. It has not been fully translated into new policies but a few steps of considerable symbolic importance have been taken to liberalise travel regulations and reduce trade1,210 words
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Article, Illustration415 1970-12-31 14 LAWRENCE E. LAMB - LAWRENCE E. LAMB Dear Dr. Lnb—l have hiatal hernia. Can you tell me exactly what it to? Dear Reader —There are several different types of hiatal hernia. Rarely is a person bom with a large hole in the diaphragm that permits stomach415 words
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374 1970-12-31 14 Ele; Walt Dulaney - DATELINE *y Ele and Walt Dulaney DEAR WALT: A boy asked me to go to his prom next spring. I don't want to make any commitment that far ahead because I don't know How fit feel about kim then. It's entirely possible that I may374 words
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Article97 1970-12-31 14 Dear Ele and Walt: I have a problem. A boy calls at my girl friend'* house and asks for me. He never identifies himself. He Just asks for me and when my girlfriend tells him I'm not there, he calls her a liar. He told her once97 words
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Article106 1970-12-31 14 Gentle readers: We in live and let live perpia and are glad when anyone has found some philosophy or (aide to r.fe that works for them. But, astrology bulla, please respect as as non-believers. We cannot and wl 1 not provide the blrthdates, birth hoars, etc. of106 words
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Article, Illustration612 1970-12-31 15 Roger Doughty - By Roger Doughty Next fro S p i r o Agnew, America's most celebrated Greek-American of 1971 may well turn out to be John Cassavetes, writer, director, actor and former boy wonder. John's claim to fame U a movie called •'Husbands'' (he denies he'll follow up with612 words
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264 1970-12-31 15 Vernon Scott - By Vernon Scott The boxoftlce champion of motion pictures for 1970 is Paul Newman. In a poll of theatre owners the guys who count the money Newman won for the second consecutive year. The blond, blue-eyed leading man piled up votes on the strength of "Butch264 words
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Miscellaneous265 1970-12-31 15 msm ORGANISATION I I I> O .17,141 1 tnd BIG WEEK! II M. 1.30. (.30 A lit Charlton Heston Si Tina Chen "MASTER OF THE 18LANDS" Bcope-Co!or >UA( COMINO SOON! Mick Jagger "The Kelly Brothers'' in Color iUAI TONIOHT MIDNIGHT at CAPITOL-LIDO-SKY ROXY THE IRON RI'DDH A* (A SHAW PRODUCTION!265 words
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Miscellaneous50 1970-12-31 15 OPENS TODAY! CATHAY ST*« (Our BIG New Year Attraction) THIS IS ONE WAY-OUT COMEDY THAT'S WORTH GOING OUT OF THE WAY FOR! v*L I paramount wpuars mstNis JACK LEMMON SAND A HEN. SIMON STORY THEOUT-OROWNERS m vttiu t MM F»n*jcedN PHI. MRM ONMwIMHi BUH «.W*«X.*'OA-C COU* Br A PWWMOUNT HCTUfIf50 words
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Miscellaneous271 1970-12-31 15 DEQM 7 HH) tad WMk! No FrM List II am. 1 SO 4.M. 6.50 A D M "Home Of Dark Shadow*" Jonathan Prtd. Color. (MOM) ORCHARD 3 76s 811 Sad Wwk! No FrM LUt Daily 3 Shows: t.30, ft.45 BO* p.a "TOKA" Starts: t.30. 805 A »40 M (Suas A271 words
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Article134 1970-12-31 16 GENEVA The International Air Transport Association <IA 1 A has forecast that airline passenger traffic would Jump 10 per cent next year to the 265 million mark. But Director-General Knut Hammarskjoeld added that decreasing yields and rising costs this ypar had offset the financial advantages to be expected134 words
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Miscellaneous800 1970-12-31 16 aiies taurus a Z\ germm Si B»!a cancer EgSSI e > 2 CARROLL RIOHTER'S GENERAL TENDENCIES: Until evening take no chances in any way but make your preparations for bringing in the New Year 1971. The early evening has little influence but you can enjoy yourself very much if you800 words
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Miscellaneous25 1970-12-31 16 LADIES DAY 'fa" Otv > «at ,iO~, "So the favorite wins the first! For a long shot cross my palm again with five dok hui r25 words
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Miscellaneous1141 1970-12-31 17 today's m P.M. CHANNEL 5 3.00 Opening Announcements, followed by General Hospital Daytime serial about the staff and the patients of a hospital. 3.20 Another Song Another Melody (Repeat) (National Language) A light musical programme featuring: Ungku Fadillah bt. Ungku A. Jalil. 3.40 It's Happening In Singapore (Repeat) (Chinese) A1,141 words
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Article, Illustration394 1970-12-31 18 Last year, when 1 was in Primary Biz. my school had arranged for a doctor to look at our health. We were in the clan and were very excited to know what waa going on in the next class. One or the nurses stood at the394 words
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Article, Illustration474 1970-12-31 18 We cannot deny the influence of education npon society because it shapes human personality which is revealed in the political, economical and social life. That education nourishes a starving mind is a fact we all must acknowledge. To absorb knowledge from books Is never a waste because474 words
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839 1970-12-31 18 E. C. Thomson - SCIENCE NOTES B, E. C. Thomson Anyone whu drives a car knows yon can't watch the road ahead and keep a continuous eye on the dashboard as wclL It's one thing or the other: If yon glance at the speedometer, the petrol gauge or the839 words
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Article69 1970-12-31 18 THE fallowing were elected to the Executive Council of the Boys' Brigade for 1971: President Mr. Tan Hoay Gie; Vice-Presi-dents Maj. Khoo Buan Hin; Mr. Fok Tai Loy. Secretary Mr. Lee Liat Cheng; Asst. Secretary Mr. Tan Boon Yeow; Treasurer Mr. L. F. Strange; Asst. Treasurer (to69 words
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Advertisement187 1970-12-31 18 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe Hie Eastern Sun's essay writing contest tot boys and giHs of 14 and under (Junior) and boys and girls over 14 (Senior) appears in this page from Monday to Friday. PrlM mon*v b: $lO lor Senior* and S5 io» tumor* tor every essey published Ail187 words
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Article, Illustration107 1970-12-31 19 Debbie Shelton, Miss U.S.A. of the Miss Universe contest 1970, changes her basic costume by using hats. *1 love hats", she says. "My mother doesn't wear them, but I and my friends do. "They can change your mood, your looks really make an outfit.107 words
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Article332 1970-12-31 19 Ann Landers - Ann Landers Dear Ann: May 1 comment on the letter from Mrs. ggg the woman who was mad because the 3-year-old hoy next door ran around the yard naked and ''cheapened the neighbourhood." As a mother of eight children I can tell you that boys332 words
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Article, Illustration451 1970-12-31 19 Five years of export hove convinced a large Australian sportswear manufacturer that styles designed for tho Australian way of life are also readily acceptable on the Asian market. Kevin Abrahams, Managing Director of Sutex Industries Ltd., has just returned to Australia from one451 words
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Article281 1970-12-31 20 CREED in business is slowly accelerating again after months of lethargy in the Stack Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Waves of speculative buying continued to creep into the industrial front as confidence rose among operators. A rood turnover of 1.6 million shares were recorded. The fairly281 words
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Article, Illustration106 1970-12-31 20 MANSFIELD Co Pte. Ltd. have announced the appointment of Mr. Yuen Cnin Chang a* Assistant Sales Manager for their import freight section, beaded by Mr. G. W. With this appointment Mansflelds will be giving a better service in the way of answering queries or problems concernkxg imports from106 words
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Article56 1970-12-31 20 (Msnarer him for DM, 81st) aBIA UNIT TKIBTS M Invest F»nd_ 1.18 1.84 M*la Prof. 1.04 1.08 iTMKTKKKD IMI TBI'STH BO Pond 88 104 MMMPORB I'Ml THI'STB Sod X'por* l.fH) 3nl S pore 1.88 Com. ind. .W 1.04xd The Mfloi 1 imrt 103 108 B.P. Fund .101 (Manager56 words
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Article256 1970-12-31 20 January first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 48-3/4 cents per lb., down 7/8 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was quiet after eesier. The market suffered from lack of buying support in front256 words
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Article111 1970-12-31 20 K10NG KONG Ifslfrdaj'i B p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): < Buyers) (Sellers) 196 197 per 100 Straits dollars 146.23 148.25 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.75 6.77 per Australian doilai 340 360 per l.OOo Burmese kyats 460 480 per 1,000 Indian rupees 140 164111 words
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Article81 1970-12-31 20 THE noon prices at tne Singapore Chine** Produce Exchange rertrrda; was > 8 Coconut Oil (f-0.b.) bulk 69-00 Coconut Oil (f.0.b.) drum 61.50 Mixed Copra 35.00 Muntok Whit* Pepper (f.0.b.) ASTA 100% NWL 180.00 Sarawak Whits Pepper (lob) 56% M.W.L. ***** Sarawak Speelai Black Pepper (f.0.h.) t*)% K.H.L 157.5081 words
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Article675 1970-12-31 20 BID and offer prices officially listed at the close of business in the Sing spore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday INDUSTRIALS B 8 Acma 1.29 132 Ajinomoto 1.85 1.90 Alcan 1.31 1.38 Allied Choc. 2.63 Ben. .88 90 Berjaya 1 16 1.20 Borneo675 words
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Article896 1970-12-31 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 Ints of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACM A $l3l (1); lten 88 ctd (1) 90 cts (1); Beriaya $1.16 (2)896 words
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Article306 1970-12-31 21 CYDNEY Trading yesterday continued on a quiet note on the Sydney Stock Exchange with all sections of the market remaining firm. Rises easily outnumbered falls once again but turnover continued at a Sow. For the second day running, bargain hunters moved Into shares selling below306 words
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Article636 1970-12-31 21 81VUHNV I.4ft am MM Itfi Run* Lumpur 1U aHi MSA 5H4 Co loin. ISoaui M*A I*3 Kama In IM o II r 9 .10 i m Mf* 452 K lIJ la l.umpur li o* aID MSA IM P*nauK K u i a Lumpur ll.ftOMiti MM i#:i Jakarta 120p.m636 words
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Article40 1970-12-31 21 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing average Tuesday on New York Stock Exchange:— 32 Industrials 842.00 20 Transp 169.92 15 Utilities 121 04 65 Stocks 272 35 40 Bond s 68 70 Commodity futures index 145 07 oft 0.3140 words
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Article, Illustration91 1970-12-31 21 MR. Ratan Tata has been appointed Imperial Hotel's Assistant Food Beverage Manager. Mr. Tata is a graduate of the Salzburger Hotel Pachschu!j in Austria and has worked in hotels all over Europe. Prior to his appointment with Imperial, he held a similar post at New Delhi's91 words
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Article, Illustration297 1970-12-31 21 Fibremakers has been awarded an Export Award for its outstanding export growth and development since 1967. The awards were presented by the Governor-General, Sir Paul Hasluck, to leading companies engaged in export in Canberra on Nov. 26. The Fibremakers ex- i port story Is297 words
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Advertisement121 1970-12-31 21 Classified Ads. Gent's Tailoring So many people Make •nil* So mint are still thinking of making a«ita lat where can the* gat the right niatarial, right cut right price and the right aervice? Vaahi aara: Clad ron asked! Oor lon. list of aatiafied cuatomera is MI heat reference. Viait VASHI'S121 words
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Advertisement189 1970-12-31 21 P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are Inv'ted from PW D Reg ut -red Contractor* And frotn other suitable contractors for the following «oriu> HolM'onlraet: Supply and Fixing u( Alumlnluiu H tiding Doors, etc., to New Kaffir* Institution at Grange Koiid. Singapore. Specialist for Alunilnl in Component* or Aluminium Architectural Struct urea Closing189 words
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Article, Illustration345 1970-12-31 22 fioolagong to take her place PERTH, Australia Margaret Court, one of the world's leading w o m en tennis players is grooming 19-year-old, aborigine Evonne Goolagong to take her place in world tennis. Mrs. Court is getting ready to retire. Close friends say she will probably retire345 words
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Article142 1970-12-31 22 LONDON The British Grand Prix, voted the worst of the 1970 World Series by the Aces who drive the cars, will be sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat (IWS) for the next six years, it was announced Tuesday. The 1971 race, to be held at142 words
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Article105 1970-12-31 22 BRIGHTON, England The trainer of the world's fastest snail has unearthed another budding champion Willy the Worm. Willy, 12 slim and athletir inches from head to tail, can squirm two feet in two minutes 15 seconds. And that, said his owner, 15-year-old schoolboy Christopher, Hudson, puts Willy105 words
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Article419 1970-12-31 22 TOKYO Both world junior lightweight c ampion Yoshiaki Numata and challenger Rena B.irrientos of the Philippines appeared relaxed and confident yesterday at a recent'on civen them in connection with their title fight Jan. 3. Som e 300 persons attended the "encouragement" reception given them at419 words
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144 1970-12-31 22 MAINZ Even though he holds the "all-German" high jump record, Thomas Zacharias was not seen frequently at the many state competitions held In 1970 the officials of the German Athletic Association do not like the long hair worn by the 23-year-old philosophy student. A few years ago, he shocked functionaries144 words
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Article187 1970-12-31 23 HASTINGS. England American Grand Master Robert Byrne played his first game in the Hastings International Chess Congress which opened Tuesday and accepted a draw in the premier section. The first American to play tn the Congress for several years, Byrne allowed his opponent Raymond Keene187 words
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376 1970-12-31 23 MELBOURNE Injured opening batsman Brian Luckhurst has been included in England's twelve for the third Test against Australia starting here today and is almost certain to play. Luckhurst suffered a hairline fracture of the right thumb In the second Test at Perth, and had not376 words
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272 1970-12-31 23 Sydney-Hotort yacht race Buccaneer wins line-honours MELBOURNE The French trimaran Pen Duick four, regarded as the fastest sailing boat in the world, was missing yesterdoy in the storm-lashed T asmanian seas. It was last spotted by a light aircraft ort Monday, when it took the272 words
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124 1970-12-31 23 Kiel This official poster will be used to publicise the Olympic sailing con petitions in Kiel. It's issued by the Organising Committee for the Gaines of the XX Olympiad. Munich 1972. Kiel, with almost 270,000 inhabitants, is the capital of the most northern federal state Schlesvig Holstei n and in124 words
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Article59 1970-12-31 23 MEXICO CITY Tha Mexican Federation of Boxing Commissiona said Tuesday it will host the seventh World Boxing Council meeting hara June 2-6. The meetinf is expected to be attended by ragreaentatives of National oxing Commissions in the United States, Great Britain. Europe, Africa. The59 words
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166 1970-12-31 24 BURGOS, Spain—The commander of the Burgos military district yesterday confirmed death sentences against six Basque nationalists and placed their fates In the hands of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. As requests for clemency poured in from throughout the world. Franco called his cabinet Into166 words
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321 1970-12-31 24 Commonwealth meeting He said the latest reiteration of the decision had been prompted by the closeness ol the Commonwealth summit and the great need to keep the issue of arms sales to South Africa very much alive until the end of the321 words
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Article55 1970-12-31 24 MOSCOW Defence attorneys yesterday presented clemency appeals for two Soviet Jews condemned to death in the Leningrad hijack plot and nine others sentenced to prison terms. The court adjourned until today for prosecution rebuttal. Court officials forbade both Western newsmen and a small group of Moscow55 words
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Article32 1970-12-31 24 TURIN Italian jetliner taxiing for takeoff from Turin's fog-shroud-ed Caselle Airport smashed into a snowplough on the runway. Driver killed but 33 passengers and five crewmen Of the Alitalia Caravelle safe.32 words
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239 1970-12-31 24 PARIS The Vietnamese Communists yesterday called on President Nixon to agree to the formation of a provisional coalition cabinet in South Vietnam composed of three political factions. The move Is apparently one cautious step closer to a public admission the Communists would be satisfied239 words
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82 1970-12-31 24 THIS well-trained camel, seen arriving at platform number 16 of Waterloo Station, Lon- don, came all the way from Tunisia to help promote holidays there. The camel, "Gertrude", with the help of attractive belly-dancer Rabecca Assedou, even have tickets for the man at the gate to prove they are valid82 words
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