Eastern Sun, 16 January 1971

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  • 21 1/24 EASTERN SUN ctSHigapofe's own national daily 10 cents Est* 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1549 Saturday, January 16, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510
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  • 147 1/24 CANADIAN Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, self-cest in the role of a mediator, will not be here over the weekend considered the most important part of the conference. Conference sources said that they considered today and tomorrow as crucial for lobbyists to cool possible
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  • 600 1/24  -  By Derek Ingram, Gemini News Service. Tif R. Heath made his major speech and, skilfully, it neither ruffled the conference nor gave anything away. President Nyerere threw into the Commonweolth pond o most lucid and well argued paper headed simply "The Commonwealth and South Africa." And
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  • 322 1/24 Soviet Embassy denies it—and the delegates ask why The Soviet Embassy in Singapore has denied an Eastern Bnn exclusive that Boviet diplomats were "lobbying with the parpose of swinging the East African delegations back to a militant position on the Boath African arms Issue." Conference sources from non-African nations said:
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  • 539 1/24  -  By Eastern Sun staff reporters A Soviet heavy cruiser ond o destroyer swung post Singopore heoded toward the Indian Ocean yesterday. They were first visuolly sighted off Hosburgh Lighthouse, 60 miles from Singapore yesterday. They are believed to be the first two of a
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  • 496 2 Reuter. TORITISH Prime Minister Edward Heath yesterday successfully avoided mention of South Africa in his keynote speech to the Commonwealth conference. In only on oblique reference to the arms sole issue Mr. Heath said that the Commonwealth was not a court of appeal
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  • 63 2 The exhibition held at the National Development Building was officially declared open by the Minister for National Development and Law. Mr. K. W. Barker. Among the notable guests were Ceylon's Prime Minister,
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  • 292 2 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak renewed hit call for the neutralisation of Southeast Asia. This plan required the endorsement of the United States, the Soviet Union and China. Tun Razak said China, excluded from the main, stream of International affairs for more than
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  • 43 2 A coupon purchased at the Outram Park Toto booth won the $200,000 Jackpot prize on Thursday night. This wa s announced by Singapore Pools Private Limited yesterday^ The coupon bearing number *****06 had five correct numbers out of the 49 drawn.
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  • 276 3 JpRESIDENT Kaunda of Zambia yesterday soid his country was not out to wreck the Commonwealth. The President who was talking to newsmen during o press conference, said cambia stood firmly on the organisation. He said the press conference was called to correct certain reports by
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  • 193 3 Pakistan docs not believe that China poses any threat to the independence or territorial integrity of Southeast Asia, Pakistan's chief delegate told the Commonwealth Conference yesterday. "Having maintained most cordial relations with China for two decades. we are convinced that it has no
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  • 377 3 TANZANIAN President Julius Nyerere has branded Britain's proposal to sell arms to South Africa as "a sellout of block African nations." Britain, he warned would be held responsible for any repercussions In International relations, damage to the Commonwealth and hostility of African
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  • 238 3 Reuter. South Africa does not nrcd British arms to nainUln its regime, Chief Leabua Jonathan. Premier of Lesotho. told the Commonwealth Conference yesterday. Ills tiny, landlocked country is surrounded by South Africa. However, Chief Leahua avoided outright condemnation of Britain regarding the arms
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  • 80 3 KAMPALA Uganda's Deifence Miniitar, Felix Onama. yesterday called on British Premier Edward Heath to abandon proposals to a#U arm* to South Africa and make the Commonwealth Conference a success Onama warnad that the Commonwealth was in the process of disintegration and thlt Heath had introduced B
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  • 161 4 Porelgn Journalists covering the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting have been inriied to a grand dinner and reception by the Managing Director of Sin Chew Jit Poh. Singapore's leading Chinese dalhr. Tne dinner will be held at RafTles Village on Sunday at 7
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  • 159 4 Police have arrested eight men believed to be members of the (not responsible for the SIOM<M» watch robbery at Lee Chay and Co. on January 1 Two revolvers and II rounds of ammunition were also recovered, a spokesman said. The last man was arrested
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  • 103 4 Today's Mr FUuns l« oaly M centa a Now for a review of todays market prices. VEGETABLES French Beans: 45 c. a kt. Lady's ringers: 40 c. a kt. Ixwig Beans 40 c. a Kt. Cabbage: 60 c a kt BEEF Stuffed Veal: 80 c. a lb.
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  • 66 4 SOME 6.000 old men and women yesterday received New Year Pows and gift parcoli from the Shaw Foundation through the Social Welfare Department. The annual distribution was held at the Grand Cinema in New World Park and the Atlantic Cinema in Great World Amusement Park. The Social
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  • 358 4 A labourer yesterday ran amok and slashed three people with a parang. The horror drama happened at 10.20 a.m. at the Guthrie Waugh workshop compound at 6J m s Bukit Timah Road. Seme 8# employees fled from the premises after hearing a boot the
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  • 190 4 The Chinese YMCA Nam Wah Pal Pugilistic Club will hold its first Annual Demonstration on Jan. 16, at 7.30 p.m. In the Homer Cheng Auditorium, at the YMCA. The p-ogramme will include invitations items from Nan Wah Pai personalities in Singapore. Admission coupon a are obtainable from the
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  • 63 4 A youth who was doe for National Service In a week's time was yesterday boand over for a year for stealing eggs. Kan:iym Zoganathan, 18, was found gnilty of stealing 49 hens' eggs valued at $4.90 from a farm belonging to Goh Hang Thong at Lorong
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 245 4 Total rata to date: 1.62 to Tatal ral« daya to date: It 158 a at. (1.5 ft); 7.28 a.ai. (1.8 ft); 1.22 p at. (6J ft); 753 p.m. (1.8 ft) TOMORROW 2.22 am. (8.6 ft.); 80S a.m. (3.6 ft 159 p.m. (8.9 ft.); 8.18 p.m. (23 ft) NAVAL DOCKYARD 2.87
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  • 222 5 LOCAL pork merchonts yesterday condemned the government's decision to convert the J uro n g abattoir into o privet# enter, prise this month. "We were neither Informed nor consulted on the matter," the 1,000-member Singapore Pork Merchants' Association said. The j claimed they were
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  • 64 5 TWO »n« n yesterday claimed trial to charges of theft ol liquor from Hotel Malaysia on Thursday afternoon. Foong Nah Pin, a barman. and Chung Yew Wah. both 24, were alleged to have stolen nine bottles of whisky vodka and brandy amounting to $175.40 from the hotel. Hearing
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  • 167 6 SANTO DOMINGO. Police have rounded op six top Communist Dominican leaden on charges of plotting to kidnap foreign diplomats "and other terrorist acts.* The men were seised while meeting- for undisclosed purposes at a home in the northern suburbs. Police said they seised a rifle,
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  • 201 6 LONDON Construction of the Anglo-Ame-rican Naval Communication Base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia will begin next spring, Defence Minister of State Lord Balniel has said. In a written Parliamentary answer he said that preliminary surveys are now being undertaken.
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  • 106 6 JAKARTA The leftwing Indonesian Nationalist Party challenged the government to ban the Party if the government outlaw* the teachings of its founder, the late President Sukarno. The challenge came from the Party's Chairman, Hadisoebeno during an address to members of the PNI-afflliat-ed women's organisation
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  • 113 6 FORT AU PRINCE. Haiti Congress has overhauled the constitution so Francois 'Papa Doc" DuvaUer. Haiti's 63 year-old President for life, eventually could be succeeded b T his son, Jean Claude. The legislature unanimously approved a series of amendments lowering the age requirement for the President
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  • 301 6 'PEL AVIV An Israeli strike force has destroyed an Arab guerrilla naval commando base 25 miles into Lebanon, killing at least 10 guerrillas and wounding many more, a military spokesman has said. Six Israelis were wounded in the operation, the first Israeli artion
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  • 75 6 BEND, Oregon Within t 24-hour period WilHui Samuel Knight, 88, has been sentenced to life In prison and has remarried his former wife. The prosecution agreed to the post-sentence marriage ceremony in return for a confession from Knight to the slaying of tavern owner
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  • 363 6 HASLETT, Michigan South Vietnamese officials have charged 556,210 in "fees" for routine documents needed to bring an army sergeant's Vietnamese wife and 2-month-old daughter to the United States. "I didn't think I'd ever be able to afford to pay off enough people to get
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    • 214 7 New shipping route to and from the U. SA. Ran Am V This new service should be great news to both exporters and importers. Flights are scheduled twice a week. A Pan Am® Jet Freighter will arrive in Singapore every Wednesday and Saturday evening, from the U.S.A., departing later that
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  • 401 8 1,500 workers hold hostages in protest CORDOBA, Argentina About 1,500 workers have taken over the giant Flat Concord car factory near Cordoba and announced they were holding 37 hostages to protest at the dismissal of seven labour delegates. However, representatives of the Italian subsidiary sought a court
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  • 328 8 T OS ANGELES A 19-yeor-old girl who claimed she was an apprentice witch has halted the Sharon Tate Murder Trial by shouting, "I have Eroof that the prosecution as coerced key witness!" The girl, Julie Shapiro, was hustled from court by two women police officers and
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  • 179 8 VERSAILLES, trance Englishman James Donn has con. fessed to police that he his been illegally slipping Pakistani immigrants into Britain in a private plane at a price from 553,810 to 557,200. Pakistanis are barred in general from unrestricted immigration into Britain. According to Versailles police, Donn
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  • 91 8 A team of scientists from Ann Arbor, Michigan, has found historically priceless Jewellery and artifacts on the bodies of 3,000-year-old Egyptain mummies in the Cairo Museum. An X-ray of the mummy of Queen Motmet shows an oval scarjib (top left) and 4 small statues
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  • 152 8 RABAT A plot against the regime of King Hassan of Morocco has been discovered end the culprits will be brought to trial shortly in Mar* rakseh, South Morocco, a source disclosed. In a news bulletin In Arabic, the Moroccan Radio and Television network claimed the
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  • 107 8 BELFAST, North Ireland Jeering women later joined by men and boys threw stones, sticks and bottles at British soldiers carrying out an arms search in the Belfast Catholic district of Ballymurphy on Thursday. The latter has been the scene of rioting for the past
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  • 63 8 PALERMO, Sicily Hundreds of peasants from West Sicilian towns destroyed b v an earthquake three years ago have staged torchlight processions to cemeteries containing about 300 victims. Man v of these 100,000 poverty-stricken peasants are still forced to live in shacks or corrugated iron huts far from their
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  • 654 10 Mr. Arnold Smith, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, lashed out at countries outside the Commonwealth for trying to drive a wedge between Britain and the African countries, it was pretty well taken for granted that he referred to South Africa, the Soviet Union or China although he
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  • 610 10 The ART BUCHWALD COLUMN YyASHINGTON The great minds of the cigarette and advertising industries are hard at work trying to figure out ways of publicising cigarettes on television now that cigarette commercials have been banned. The tobacco companies are already going ahead with plans to sponsor automobile races,
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
    • 242 10  -  KATHLEEN TAN SIR: A LL Hie accusations about Srngaporeans being culturally sterile needs some re-examination. We are culturally inclined but, pathetically, in the wrong airection. This la especially so in the case of the young. One reason young Chinese, Indians and Malays have almost wholly
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    • 128 10 SIR: 'PODAY, I was at the General Pott Office at 8 a.m. to collect my Commonwealth Conference First Day covers. Usually I take my own covers and get them stamped, but in the last minute rush this morning, I forgot to do so. At
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    • 69 10 SIR: THE mosquito situa- tion In Singapore at present Is appalling. The little pests are multiplying by the million, particularly in th« Katong area, and a* far as I can see, this increase goes unchecked by the authorities. Because of the wet season, drains lie semifull of stagnant
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  • RACE DAY SPORTS LIFTOUT
    • 434 11  -  by S. Rajoo DARUL AFFIAH automatically qualified for upgrading to FAS Division On#, when they beet mudi fancied Alexandra Sports Club by two goals to nil. The FAS Division 2, finals between these two friendly rivals, ployed at Jclan Besor Stadium lost night
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    • 158 11 PEBBLE BEACH, California, Bobby Nichols, Tom Shaw and Terry Dill each shot four-uri-der-par 68 here Thursday to tie for the first round lead in the *****,000 Bing Crosby golf tournament The professionalamateur event is played at three separate courses. Pebble Beach, Cypress Point
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    • 332 11 BUENOS AIRES French racing driver Jun Pierre Beltoise, involved in a fiery accident which killed Italian driver Ignasio Giunti laat Sunday, waa barred Thursday night from running in a Formula one race here Jan. 24. Trie decision was made by the Automobile Club
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    • SPORTS BRIEF
      • 118 11 Singapore Recreation Club scored a one goal victory against Jansenltes ta a friendly hockey flxture played at the Fadang yesterday. The oal T goal of the natch was scored in the ftrst half b* SRC's Gerald De Cns off a short corner. In the second-half. Jansenites, made
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      • 48 11 Soccer: Furukawa (Japan) vs. Singapore Un-der-23, at Jalan Besar Stadium at 7.30 p.m. SGSFL Division 2A: Polytechnic vs. Postal Services; G.H.R.C. vs. Woodbridge Hospital. Division 3A: Marine vs. Pharmaceutical; P.G.B. (Pasir Pan Jang) vs. Lembaga. All matches will be played at Farrer Park at 5.00 p.m.
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      • 55 11 A 24 member Furukawa Denko Japanese soccer team arrived here last night by air to play five goodwill games in Southeast Asian countries. They will meet local teams here on January 16, Kuala Lumpur on January 18, Kota Bahru on January 20, Penang on January 22.
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    • 894 12/13  -  [By Denni Boy C O R R U P TION looks set for o winning effort in (Race Seven) the doss three division four race over 7f at Bukit Timah here today, third doy of the Singapore Turf Club meeting. His last start was at the
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    • 288 12/13 Trainer Colin Tulloh's Cup contenders, SAXONY (Nelson) and ROYAL MARK (Podmore) underlined their chances in the Cup race on Sunday with a sparkling gallop at Bukit Timah yester- day morning. Breaking from the half mile, the pair raced over 3f in 37 3/5
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    • 129 12/13 LONO BEACH. California Top-seeded Blllle Jean King used her experience to advantage Thursday as she scored a hard-fought 4-0, 7-6, 6-1 victory over Francoise Durr of France in the featured match of the opening round in the 5542,000 Blllle Jean King invitational tennis tournament. Mrs.
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    • 1285 12/13 Day's Best: Dukedom Iff, Daryl's lark. El Cid Going: Good Raee 1: CI. 5 Div. 4-6 F—2.15 p.m. ($6,500) 1. ***** Picture House III 5y 900 Shaw (Tulloh) 2. ***** Hiiversum 3y 813 J Breuk (R Breuk) s. ***** Punter's Bill 3y 812 Ace (Osman) 10 4.
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    • 220 12/13 DENN1 BOY .1 CISCO i &OD1AC 9 1 I S i 8 i r. HOI; SB iu 1 Punter's BUf I One Mora Tine 1 7 PERKASA 11 <11) Kllat 11 |1> P- Howe III 11) r. HOUSE 111 I S l- Punter a mil (14) i. la ParadUe
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    • 217 12/13 SYDNEY Australian Test Captain BUI Lawry has denied a Sydney newspaper report that there was a "revolt'' In the Australian dressing room at the Sydney Cricket Ground prior to the Australia's Ulfated second Innings of the fourth Test. The report In Thursday's Sydney Sun
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    • 1010 14  -  The backgrounds of the big men who moke professional wrestling the successful business that it is, make interesting reading. Here the writer, who is on active expert in wrestling and the defensive arts, discusses the personalities in the game. JOHN GOODBODY 'Evening News'—London
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  • 384 15 WHO NEEDS A ROOF ANYWAY? India's teeming millions manage to find ways of beating the unemployment crisis in the country. And photography's as good a job as any to start with! Ramesh Pande reports from New Delhi. NEW DELHI'S curbside photographers give instant service
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  • 571 15  -  By LAWRENCE E. LAMB, M.D. Dear Dr. Lamb I am a teen-age girl, 17, desperate to know the possible causes of bad breath. Despite religious oral hygiene brushing and mouthwash after any food intake I am still plagued by this. Could the presence of
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  • 578 16  -  By Mary Finnigan short while 090 o group of creative Londoners sot down to o "Think Tank" session at the suggestion of Beatle John Lennon. They were investigating the possibilities of a project colled "Pop Machine UK 1" o mobile total
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  • 224 16 A aarrird nan who lim a diamond cagacrmenl riag to a girl friend has ao right to get the ring back just becaase the girl changes he* miad. Aa American eoart of appeals has raled that Edwin Love of New York City could not get
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  • 306 16 COBPIRS wht MAKE love frequently are more likely to hare sons than those who don't, an article in ike Lancet, a leading medical Journal, has said. The theory was pat forward by Dr. William James of University College. London. Be cited evidence of
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  • 555 17  -  By Dick Kleiner TJollywood Jill St. John! What curves that name conjures up in a man's mind! But there's more to the ladv than her sensational figure and great face. There Is, for example her reeling that her life has
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  • 401 17 JLf AUREEN O'HARA with the three marriages of her own and something like 17 (as best she can remember) of the the celluloid variety, says if a girl must wed on the screen, the nicest way to do it is with John
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 173 17 ORCHARD J 7«s tlth OAT! N* Free Ual! Daily Ikmi IJI 5 4ft A Ml "TOM- Htarta: Ml Ml •Suoa Bola B*tra Show at UOO a m i ADM »LM. M5O ft MOO CASH BOOKINGS ONLY rot TL»A! TOUT TOBAI 10mm at Color by Dolus* ODEDN ***** MB 810 DATI
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    • 203 17 ORGANISATIO I I II O .17.111 I NOW HHOWINGI U I t* IN ».l» Harold Hobblna HtllelU* A lea Cord. Brttt Ekland In Color UVOO-POXi S* I NOW KUOH INt. llaa. l.a. 4. iX. I.M p.m. Uurrvr Ol frtikMlMll" Kal±>U B*t«a, Eat* O M»r» la Teotonlooior (BB| NEXT CHANGE "TEe
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  • 617 18 Power-packed TV performance by superstar Lee Marvin T EE MARVIN slouched into a box like portable dressing room and unfolded his lean frame info a chair a couple of sizes too small for him. He was in strange, uncharted surroundings and his manner reflected
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  • 132 18 AT the Car Park Cabaret and Restaurant, a pretty, former Hong Kong beauty queen is singing h*r heart out to audiences for one month. Ting Mtu Yee, 20, has already established herself as an actress in several Cantonese Alms, but gave It UD in
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  • 132 18 /COLUMBIA Pictures' "Fire Easy Pieces" has swept the 1970 New York Film Critics Awards by taking top honours in three prise categories. In addition to naming It Best Film of the Year, the group also lauded Bob Rafelson as Best Director and Karen Black as Best
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  • 107 18 RUBY DEE has been signed to star with Sidney Poltler and Harry Belafonte la "Buck and the Preacher" for Columbia Pictures. The casting marks a reteamlng of Miss Dee with Poltler, who last appeared together in Columbia's "A Raisin in the Bun." Miss Dee will
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1093 19 CHANNEL 5 Opening Announcements, followed by Astroboy "The Planet X" An animated cartoon series. Farmer's Daughter "Playboy Of Capitol Hill" SHARI LEWIS SHOW Miss Shari Lewis in a half-hour puppet show. It's A Man's World 'Stir Crazy" The Garment Jungle (A Feature film starring: Lee I Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Richard
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  • 142 20 DETROIT. Michigan A General Motors Corp. engineer says electric cars themselves do not cause air pollution but may cause utility companies to give off more pollution because of the additional electricity such cars would need. Dr. Paul D. Agarwal, head of the OM research laboratories electric
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 791 20 aites taurus gemini cancer PL n SB r m i m CARROLL. RIGHTER'S GENERAL TENDENCIES: A wonderful day for you to arrange your surroundings of all types so that In the days ahead you have an operative plan of action that can serve you well for a considerable length of
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    • 11 20 "Actually Mr. Sharp here is the salesman-* i'm just the decoyl"
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  • 482 21 jyjOST of the women protesting skirt length drops are those who hove good legs or think they do. Designers have therefore been seeking ways to keep leg drama in the fashion picture and for the most part, they've succeeded. Although hemlines will continue,
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  • 428 21  -  Ann Landers Dear Ann: lam very much in love with a married man. We have been seeing each other secretly for three yeers. He comes to my apartment Ave evenings a week and I fix dinner for him. He leaves at 10:00 p.m. We've
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  • 142 21 Question: I tiave bought a black leather pant suit and would like to use It for town wear. How can I make it look more than a sports outfit? Answer: Wear a white shirt in heavy crepe or satin. Choose one of the new brimmed hats, perhaps in
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  • 255 22 Trading was selective in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Elsewhere Issues were thinly traded and business finished on a mixed tally. Easier shares of the day were mainly on weekend squaring oil activity. Blue chip# and better class shares struck better levela in slow trading.
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  • 98 22 THK noon prim at the RliiMpnrf Chine*? Ibilianif mtrrdK Produce wu:> I ft Commit Oil ir.ah.) bulk mm 00 00 Oconut Oil lf.o.b.1 dram 0290 Mltfd M. Copra 36.0* Mnnlok White Prpprr (fob.) AtVk 160% N W .L. 107 60 Harunuk Whit* rrpprr (fob.) M% N.W.I. ***** Sarawak Nprctaj
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  • 294 22 February tint grade rubber buyer* doted at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 49-1/2 cents per lb- up 3/8 cent from the previous close. The tone off the market was quietly steady. The market was trendless and featureless and price rangea covered some
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  • 119 22 BONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Huvers) (Sellers) 195.50 196.50 per 100 Straits dollars 145.50 ***** per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 0.736 6.76 per Australian doilai 9*0 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 460 480 per l.OOo Indian rupees 140 164 per
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  • 661 22 BID and offer prices officially listed at the close of business In the Singapore and Kuala Lumpor trading rooms of the Stock Exchanre vesterda* INDUSTRIAL** B 8. Ac ma 1.38 141 Alan 1.46 1.48 Allied Choc. 2-94 Ben 1.95 1.67 Berjaya 122 Borneo 172 174 KousUad 2.00 2.04
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  • 1044 22 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 ACMA $1.40 (2); Alcan $1.47 (2) $146 (1); Allied Choc. $2.< JO (1); Ben
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  • 36 22 JAKARTA The Indonesian government has approved 281 foreign capital projects with a t(v tal capital outlay of 553,600 million in tho last four years. This was disclosed in a government report to parliament yesterday*
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  • 324 23 SYDNEY Mining shires lost considerable ground yesterday in tlie wake of renewed selling pressure, which begin again on the Sydney Stock Exchange. Heavyweight, Poseidon. led the slide with e loss of $3.50 to 135.00. Broken Hill South. Cons Gold. CRA and Great Boulder were other
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  • 213 23 ALGIERS The boards of directors of two Franco-Algerian oil com pa wit whoso internal differences resulted in a partial embargo on Algerian oil deliveries to France failed to settle the dispoto when they met here, according to reliable tonrces yesterday. The six-day-old embargo affects onlv a
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  • 405 23 1.43 a.m. I 1 HIM Its Bute I untpnr rats 1 NBA &M He&rm EBZ m luh 1 MVM IMItBI U4»«J» i lt.Ma.rn 1 LMp* IJM»m tuM ».m u»r* US 0 m. UWP0 M»A 4M 1 UIMllUf MH* 449 rbtnt Mr>A 454 rmU, Kuk Unraw BM M iitlrtt
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  • 221 23 LONDON Britain was warned by a Cows noon wealth trading organisation that it stood te lose trade worth at least £3OO million a year if it joined the European Common Market without safeguarding its Commonwealth interests. Sir Ronald Russel, chairman of the Commonwealth Producers'
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  • 137 23 WASHINGTON Director George A. Lincoln of the Ofßce of Emergency Preparedness said everyone should brace for higher prices for energy, especially aatnral gas. In an address to leaders In the Electric Utilities Industry. Lincoln said fnel resources are beinr demanded with greater intensity while growing shorter In
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  • 82 23 Mr. Choy Slew Hoong, a senior sales engineer with William lacks Co. (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd recently spent several weeks in Australia with Messrs Wallace A Tiernan Pty Ltd, an international company enfaged in the manafacure of chlorination, fluoridation and chemical metering equipment. The purpose of Mr.
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