Eastern Sun, 24 February 1971

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  • 45 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily Final edition 10 cents Isfrd. 1966. Vol. 5 No.' 1579 Wednesday, February 24, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510 EASTERN SUN Stnoaoore't fHrn National Datlx WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1971 Ummnmh t«M later Mtt* tub H»mi MaUr«ta 9)609/7 Mt)«/| CaM« 4<t4reu dWNBWS
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  • 342 1 WOMEN couriers ore smuggling o fortune in gold from Singopore info Indonesio. A source with close financial security and marine trade links has revealed this to ttie Eastern SUN. The source lifted the lid on the smuggling network after a London report yesterday
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  • 51 1 PAWS—The Preach have io( w aimed to hoi-peats. Oely jest ever eae ie three like the mew Aid 74 per eeet of people polled said they woold aot wear hot-paata themselves er. la the caae of the mea. would aot Uke their wives to wear
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  • 148 1  -  »y LAURIE LEE "Find me a chimpaniM/' uld comedian Thad Swiff at yesterday's Botanic Gardens demonstration," and I'll take him to dinner. 'Barbara Werle wants to come 'long too." He wasn't joking. 1 spent three hours yesterday looking for a monkey
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  • 20 1 Tripoli Talks between Libya, Algeria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia opened yesterrinv to set d«W prices for oil.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 68 1 NANDJUS rom TRAVEL, 22-A, Raffles Place, Singapore 1 Tel*. ***** TODAY Work on wrecked union hq PAGE 4 TODAY LAURIE LEE IS ON Page 9 TODAY See Paves IS Your iiv»iit*v 1-l ii' 1 willlH »Un >L A thr-oleicst I'H,. il i),iuf- in i ]i' ;in(t(v.|i. IIK;( iipui. ill -il
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  • 328 2 DEVELOP CHANGI NOW CALL INCREASING acc»<W risks and aoiie pollution an •rati were priAcM ytHaiday if the Government exponded Poyo Leber Aiiyert The Singapore Planning and Urban Research Groi4> said it had "misgivings concerning the large-scale e>spansiar» of Paya Lebar. It mid
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  • 21 2 wel YSlS' liwrtfig, akfedlyj 4ru|M Tu *m! JiT place <s' wmA at I* Locf— L
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  • 132 2 TWO dtfwoi lawyers spent the wliole of ye*erdoy in Hw Second District Court opposing o proposal by the prosecution. The latter tats s«frested joint trial for five busltienmen charged wtth corruption and bookmaklng. The Ofjpoaltlan came from Mr. s K. bee and Mr N.
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  • 175 2 SINGE* Loo Was Eng, 27. (j' Ti kdw), in kw Mratn no Mnanr 7 at How tow Court, was Mt happy vtt 0a s Cass ser* i jspsry was tsU ywotawtav. -She said somebody had been annoying faer when she was shMing •n the *tagO her
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 24 2 ns maun bum ho: 15/7K25-2-71 > ML K HI AT SKtfORE HMOtAN /mbqert m at 7.45 p.m. 5130.000 v TO WMMERS WITH 9 NUMBER* CORRBCt
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  • 340 3 film star Barbara Werle and comedion Tkod Swiff were moved on by police when they held a demonstration yesterday agoinst the shooting of monkeys in the Botanic Gardens. Despite drenching roin, they stood outside the moin gotes of the gardens for
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  • 141 3 POLICE have smashed a gang of robbers operating in the Paya Lebar District. The sang of five youths had been terrorising people in the area for several months. Police from Paya Lebar Police Station led by Senior Inspector Nahinder Singh arrested two youth on
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  • 59 3 Llm Bung Whatt, 24, wag yesterday Jailed for three months when he admitted stealing offensive weapons from a parked car. Llm, who was arrested along Kelantan Lane, •tole a pair of pliers, a spanner and a screwdriver from Tan Bay Kow's car at the Juncture
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  • 66 3 Two policemen yesterday arrested a thief four hours after be snatched s told chain off a man in Sungel Road. Constable* V. Rahman and Joseph Pan] arrested hiss in Chib Street at 11.55 a.m. when they saw him acting suspiciously. Mow police are asking the owner of
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 43 3 THE weather bureau predicts isolated showers this morninf. YESTERDAY Max. temp: 86.7 Min. temp: 73.2 Rain: 099 Total rain to date: 10.07 Total rain days this year: 36 Snnshine: 5.39 Humidity at 11 p.m.: 97 Total rain February: 3.19 February rain days; 10
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    • 20 3 IT DAY LAD *3 s M i H "Mind coming in to dinner you can do your body-building exercises Uteri"
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  • 201 4 jyjYSTERY surrounds the death of o 28-year-old waterman on Monday. Masri bin Abdul Kader a father of two was found hanging from a beam in his toilet in Redhill Close. Hla wife, Rahmat blnte Mulhlr. 21, found him. She told the SUN: "We never
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  • 240 4 FOOD glorious FOOD TIP Ike scales la favour of roar budget today bay fish at the Market. Red snapper Is oaly N a katl. Heres" ho« to bay the best fish. Whole fresh fish la easily recognised. particalarly by Its characteristic odour, aad firm flesh. The eyes
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  • 63 4 A robber tricked a housewife, tied her and robbed her of Jewellery worth $139 on Monday night. The robber told Rahmat binte Mat, 21, of Clemenceau Avenue, that he was a plumber and that he had come, to fix her tap. She let him in. He whipped
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  • 79 4 TWO men plunged to Tan Hai Hock. 50. of Circuit Road, was repairing the roof of tfceir detHn yesterday. the Baharuddin Vocational Institute when he slipped at 10.15 a.m. He feU 40 feet. He was rushed to Ou tram Road General Hospital, but ditd on
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  • 66 4 THE Attorney-General entered a conditional appearance in the High Court yesterday with application to set aside a defamation writ filed against him by two Malay couples. The application will be decided on in 14 days. The plaintiffs claim the alleged defamation appeared in a Malay language
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  • 33 4 THE Adult Education Board will conduct a course on scientific glass blowing for industrial production on Saturdays. The 12-week course will start on March 13. The fee is $3O.
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  • 104 4 WORKERS are repairing the wrecked interior of the Singapore Port workers Union building in Cantonment Road. Repairs are expected to last a week. Vandals wrecked the interior painted slogans and splashed paint around the building, last month. The building will house union offices and club rooms
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  • 55 4 A 19-year-old firl died In Oitrui iMd General Hospital oa Monday after falling frona a moving bos. Miss Gob b| Moi was travelling In a ban along Gagak Selari Barat when ike fell at (.M pa. She was rnshed to the hospital in an
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    • 71 6 The new generation— They are the new generation of skilled workers in Singapore. Highly trained technicians who attend our "Tiger Tech" at Pulau Ayer Chawan refinery... adapting to not one, but a whole range of trades. Their training ia the classroom and out in the plant... involves laboratory techniques, mechanical
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  • 303 8 Third Manson girl shocks court T OS ANGELES Leslie Van Houten, 21, has surprised the Tate murder trial court by admitting she took part in a murder with which she has not been charged. Miss Van Houten, describing herself as an "acid freak" (drug taker)
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  • 145 8 A U.S. Navy hydrofoil with 47 people aboard rammed into a shark in Manila Bay yesterday. Many passengers were hurled to the deck or badly cut by collapsed steel chairs. No one was critically Injured but a purser aboard the American President Lines' President
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  • 22 8 JACKSON, Mississippi, —President Nixon has declared Mississippi a major disaster area after the tornadoes killed at least 84 peoples there.
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  • 236 8 LONDON The Anti-Apartheid Movement hag warned it would oppose plans- to sell South Africa Wasp helicopters in such a way that they would never be Implemented. PARIS France's three major airlines kept tneir planes on the ground again yesterday in a bitter pay dispute with their flight
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  • 129 8 LONDON A eourt yesterday fined Beatle George Harrison BslBo and banned him from driving for a month for running his Mercedes Bens limousine against a traffic policeman's legs three times. Harrison* boxed by traffic In London's fashionable Wigmore Street shopping area, tried to get
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  • 66 8 MANILA —An armed gang of Nack-ahirted men has killed 28 people In the South Philippines over the past few days. National Police Chief Brig.-Gen. Eduardo Garcia has ordered an all-out war against the gang. He had requested more arms and two Air Force helicopters to help
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 104 8 beat the heat Summers are hot In Australia. Temperatures often pass 100* P. The Australians beat the heat with some of the most efficient refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment made anywhere. We've gone through the range available and selected the items most suited for Singapore conditions. If you're an engineer, manufacturer,
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  • 447 9  -  Birth control no error A PUCE IN THE SUN laurie lee PEOPLE or* going to lough ot Dr. Gwoe Ah Long for toying this week birth control was "on error." But that would be a big mistake. Dr Gwee said: "Birth control results In the divorce
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  • Article, Illustration
    62 9 NOT everybody wants to livo in the 20tk century as this picture from Ohio shows. There are no smoking car exhausts, traffic lights, noise of too many people in tightly pocked tenements. Just a few buildings and a few gaunt trees and a man with a horse and
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  • 341 9  -  DICK WEST At a party the other night a group clustered around a bowl of bean dip was discussing President Nixon's new budfet. "Do you think Nixon Is a Keyneslan?' someone asked. "Of course not," 1 replied. "Nixon la a Call fornlan" Further discussion revealed a misunderstanding
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  • 630 10 P AKISTANI President Yahya Khan's dismissal of the cabinet and his meeting with the key official* who administer martial law can be interpreted in a variety of ways. At first It appears that it is the right step to take in view of the convening of the
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  • 508 10  -  The Art Buchwald column Art Buchwald IyASHINGTON In order for President Nixon's new economic gome plon to work, the United Stotes must increose its gross notionol product by 9 per cent to $1,065 billion. That is to say, this country must produce that amount of
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
    • 105 10  -  DESMOND K. Y. CHOW SIR: Havelock Road and the area where it meets Kim Seng Road is really becoming pretty. At the time of the Commonwealth Conference many people Joked about the creation of "Instant wardens'' as if the gardens would appear and dLsappear with
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    • 73 10 SIR: WHOEVER paid $ll 000 for a licence plate should have his head examined. What's so great about SQI anyway? Obviously it is sheer vanity although lie refused to make his name public. It is good that the money goes to the government but the government
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    • 96 10  -  BERNARD LIM SIR: fpHE issue of Natlonal Service is now a thin e of the past and has been accepted as part and parcel of every Singaporean's life for years now. In this context, I fail to see how the Chief Justice could have drastically
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    • 73 10  -  CHTW NGIAP HOL SIR: liVIAfiINE mv disgust yesterday when I saw grown-up men spitting into murky monsoon drains adjacent to a crowded bus-stop in Benc«io'en Street. This was definitely not in keeping with the law* of hygiene. Isn't this an offence punishable by
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    • 116 10 SIR: WISH our Traffic 1 Police would con* centrate on important issues instead of concerning themselves with triflinf matters. It Ls the law, I know, that vehicle licences must be clearly displayed on the left hand side of the windscreen. But what is the purpose of
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  • SUNSCOPE
    • 436 11 fHIIANS MAr. i a.n ThmMmmt h a |»i"iim *m I"*! poln and oflVeials amdUbr nftnit it is dlflntt to hsqp them cut Mb* Lisa Mi other tribes grow opium is the border province and beyond In the Shan" state* of
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    • 332 11 WW* h prisoner "po lilies!" an* when b b naff The faiirin hit bmm panKaf French Juttict MUttaf la» Phi—i The fcane arose when sspyort started snowhalting in Prance for four IMat who went on hunger atitte hi jail last month deaaandtng the special pelvHetes usually
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    • 823 12/13 7 V One square yard each in 100 years ALMOST 11 years ago, on June 23, 1960, to be exact, G.D. Searle and Co. Ltd. of Chicago gave birth to the Pill, the result of years of research led by the late Dr. Gregory Pincus. It was
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  • 640 15 Its Awards nominations time again, reports Vernon Scott. HOLLYWOOD "Airport" and "Patton" top the Academy Award nominations for 1970 with 10 eoch. "Love Story/' the sentimental romantic drama harking back to the J 9305, placed 7 nominees. Nominated for Best
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 159 15 OROArJISATtp □EON 2111 NOW HHDWINO' 11 I .SC. I.N. M A •SO "LOSI COMMAND Anthony Quino PVidoi. In Color Columbia f,' vlt CATHAY ***** LAST DAT! U IJ« Ml Ml Metro-Ooidwyn-Mayer a "That's The Way It la" Bivir Presley Coioi io Paoa*Uloti OPENS TOMORROW •Brlel sraioo" Color attrring: Christopher Jones
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    • 238 15 SB L i *«n o ,i7.t ii t SBD WEEK! No rrn Lie! CASH HOOKINOR ONLY Due ic aim* length Note REVISED TIMES I».U IJM 1.11. S.4S. NO tNCREABB IN PrtOMI Nl« Bm»er CINERAMA rtkilM last Ot lift" la TECHNIOOLOB CAP I TO I. KU7IVM, LAST DAT! No In* Lbl
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  • 457 16  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR ANN: 1 have been golnft with this man nearly four years. Every time I mention marriage be looks at me as though 1 am craay. 1 am 25 year 8 old, living with mv parents. Tbev think Mac is great 1
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 811 16 m s 2* CARROLL. RIOHTER'S (■K.NERAL TENDENCIES: You can get yourself In changes or do anything of a dramatic nature, for looking for things to criticise. Make sure you do on your shoulder. Be gentle, considerate. ARIES (Mar. 21 to Apr. 19) Try not to go to people for favours
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  • 571 17  -  -By HAROLD HEFFERNAN j-JOLLYWOOD Employment hot hit barrel-bottom in the studios but the beloved movie-Mum still prevails. What's more fearful, she's come by a flock of new and cunning tricks to gain attention and favour for her juniors. It was scene-chang-ing time at CBS
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 759 17 TV J SIIMGAPURA CHANNEL 5 OPEN INC ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE "The Beach" (Part I of l Hokkien film English Subtitles). FOR THK FAMILY A magazine series presented in Chinese. A DIARY OF EVENTS IN SINCAPORI THIS WEEK (Chinese). DAYS OF OUR LIVES A dramatic serial about a dedicated
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  • YOUNGSUN
    • 928 18  -  ©isc-cussioh By PLATTER PETE 'TEN YEARS AFTER: WATT (Denim): After* breoV of several maatJis since Cricklewood Green, their lost albon, H*e mitcVi vmder-Tated Ten Years After hove popped up again wirti splendid effort «n Weft. The brave here AJvin Lee is up
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    • 142 18 POSTB^G fct* •-Ttafcr Benny Kok Hie *lwr lay at Ifce CaAa v TfceatM. "We weue bstth going to see "Elvis Itoat's The Way it ls"« Benny's kK/klnc jgrrtft these days. wttfo longer locks He's perfonrrtnc "with the Lodk, Btook aai B—I a *ery V> gather' group, with
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  • WOMEN
    • 249 19 cllknfc Mgftev and bot-mtk Ukt ttM faiMw vorM If i teenn, vtmen tend to foeget al akoat am i essential part odthebri T thetr Ptotertnf i«adM|ft i a. 1 hiMta Ife not «uite enough. lUttfc totoga like bad* I tended knees and efbowi
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    • 581 19  -  »y JOAN HANAUER TN the 1940s fhey were known as short shofts and wwm far iftrh or mm the Utck In the '7os they are called *>»<* por>ts M among other things, and ore designed for wear anywhere. Stoves throughout the United States
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 186 20 THE overnight's upsurge lacked follow-through in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Profit-taking came Into contact with most shares across a broad front Conditions were generally quiet other than recent hot favourites also traded In the downward pattern. Turnover for the day was maintained at
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    • 71 20 THB noon price* at the Mngapore Chlneae Produce Biahant* yetrtcrdaj «u > a a Coronet OB (f.0.b.) balk MOO Coconut Oil K n ti.) dram 51.50 «'«>pra 34.00 Maatofc Whit* JkMtM 100 N.1..W. 172.80 Sarawak Whit# Pepper ***** Sarawak Hperltl Black M{ N.I W. 158.00 Sarawak Aata Black 100%
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    • 290 20 March first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur veaterday at 101 cents per kilogram. The tone of the market was aUghty steadier. The market matched London and New York as it ruled inactive almost all morning. The undertone however was
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    • 118 20 BONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. correnc? rate* (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Bayers) (Sellers) 195.20 186.20 per 100 Straits dollars 145.25 147 25 per 1.000 raiwac auiiari 0.76 0.78 per Australian dollai 54l sec oer 1.000 Burmese kyats 400 510 per 1,000 Indian rupees 150 165
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    • 625 20 BID and offer price* officially listed at tbe close of business In the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange vesterda* INDUSTRIALS jj g ACMA 1.36 1.42 Ajinomoto 1.87 2.00 Alcan 1.45 Allied Choc. 2.90 2.98 B» 1 -27 1.28 Berjaya 1.24 1.26 Borneo 1.84
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    • 973 20 BUSINESS done In snd reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the nomber of shares traded In brackets fan lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Alean $144 (7); Allied Choc. $2.92 (1); Ben $l3l (1) $1.30 (6) $l-29 (8)
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    • 30 20 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages on ike New York Stock Exchange; St Industrials Mill N Transp II&24 15 Utilities VBt.lt 08 Slocks SOUS 40 Bonds 71.10
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    • 49 20 (Manager prices for Feb. 24th) UU UNIT taiVTI M. Invest Fund IJM lit M'«la Prog I.M I.IUI CHAHTKItKD UNH THUBTB B.G Fund 1.08 1.1« SINUAPOKfc UNH TBUiTB 8r« B'nora UO Com. In* OK l.l« The Havtac 8?"V»i»« Hi I 0« (Manager Prim l«v Feb. 23rd) Sterling I6C
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    • 278 21 CANBERRA Trade Minister Douglas Anthony announced to parliament that negotiations on the sale of 37 million bushels (1,000,000 metric tons) of wheat to the United Arah Republic had broken down. •The negotiations have broken down not because of any pricing difficulties but because the UAR. wants
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    • 217 21 THE National Cash Register convention next year will be held in Singapore, it was announced yesterday. Mr. F.Q. Rothwell. Managing Director of NCR Singapore and Malaysia and Regional Management Supervisor for Southeast Asia, made the announcement on his return from this year's convention in
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    • 83 21 Oil production In Nigeria. severely curtailed during the civil war which ended in January 1970. ha* been rising steadily ever since. During 1970 it reached 40 million tons or Just under an average daily production of 800.000 barrels. Peak production so far was In December at about
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    • 77 21 MR Soh Kee Leong, accountant at S.H. Benson Advertising Kuala Lumpur (or 9 years has just been transferred to bead up the accounts operation at Far East Research Organisation's regional headquarters in Singapore. (F.E.RO. is also part of the Benson Needham Univas world network). At a special staff
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    • 336 21 SYDNEY Selling pressure on the Sydney Stock Exchange once ogein caused major issues in the mining section to slump Tuesday. Cons Gold was caught in the sell-off and subsequently fell 20 cents to $7.80. Great Boulder followed closely with an 8 cents drop to $2 82.
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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    • 374 21 NOTICE Singapore Polytechnic APPLICATIONS FOB ADMIMBION IN THE 1971/71 BKBBION APPLICATIONS »re to Tiled from candidates dealring to pursue a oourse at study to tIM Hmgapore Polytechnic. Courses at study. either full-time. pvt-BBW or day ralaaaa, are provided at TechnlclaD level in Engineering. Architecture. Building and Nautical Studies The courses
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  • 797 22 NEW GRAND STAND CUP CI. 2 Div. 1-6 F. ($9,000) ***** BabrlM Star < atUeya 4y 900 HT Wee Teh ***** 4y 8 13 Teh fmkw n F Ainalle verte 4y 8 11 Ch ng A Goh Weat •Ml iy 8 10 GS Leo
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  • 601 22  -  by S. Rajoe Singapore soccer font hav« hod enough of frustration and disappointment. This was demonstrated during the FAM Cup match between Singapore and Malaysian Police, last Sunday at Jalan Besar Stadium, when the I a n s cheered the Malaysians to victory
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  • 332 22 TUCSON, Arizona, J. C. Snead, nephew of Hie celebrated Sam Snead, won kit first Professional Golf Association (PGA) tournament Monday when he shot a final round 66, six under par, for a 72-hole total of 273 that got him the top prise of 5566,000 in the
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  • 501 23  -  if LITTLE NENE USING a aet of borrowed dabs, Jolil Poling of KC Driving Kongo shot o 76 at the Thomson Old Coum por 3636—72 last Mon day, and a 38-38 76 yesterday at the New Thomson links for o total 152 to
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  • 128 23 LONDON Indonesia's Rndy Hartoae and Japan's Etsnfco Tanenaka will defend their tangles titles in Hit All-England Badminton Championships which will take place at the Empire Pool, Wembley Ham March 24 27. The annual event should once again Justify Its unofficial title of world
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  • 50 23 HOCKEY: Singapore Cricket Club Seletar School at the Padang. SB HIT. Soccer: Division 1: Guthrie Waugh "A" vs Naafl at Jalan Besar Stadium. SGSFL Soccer: Division 1: Police vs SA.FAA. at PSA.. Ground and T.T.S.H, vs Vigilante Corps Fairer Park. AH matches will be played at 5.15 pm.
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  • 130 23 LONDON Casslua Clay to beat Joe Frailer for the world heavyweight title In the sixth or seventh round ie the opinion of most British punters, a leading bookmaker said Monday. The firm has taken big money at odds of lft-1 for a sixth
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  • 281 23 IPOfl MARUSA. whs has Just been promoted, did a splendid gallop here yesterday morning. With stablemate INDIAN PATROL for company, the Mansor trained pair clapped on the pace to ran the last 3f in 37 1/5 ea a soft track. Marusa was finishing better
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  • 137 23 NEW YORK American professional Dennis Ralston, fought off a match point Sunday night and came from behind In a tiebreaker to defeat Arthur Ashe, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 in a qualifying match In th* *****.000 Tennis Champions Classic here. The victory by the 28-year-old Ralston, gained him the
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  • 244 23 Unbeaten Hongkong Bank, Ming Court and Guthrie Wsugh have emerged as champions of the respective group in which fhey competed in Hie Singspore Business Houses Football Assoc is t ion League. In Division 2, Hongkong Bank collected 8 points from 3 wins and 2 drawn matches,
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  • 128 24 Closer to Mideast peace TEL AVIV Israel moved a step closer to a possible settlement with her Arab adversaries with report* that a high-level committee has completed maps for the withdrawal of her troops from occupied territory. NEW DELHI Hie Indian Prime Minister. Mrs Indira Gandhi, yesterday
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  • 259 24 1^0 NDON.— Britain it facing a growing row over its decision to sell helicopters to South Africa. The announcement of the sole yesterday provoked threats from the anti-apar-theid movement, and the possibility of o revolt among some Conservatives. Foreign Secretary 81 r Alec Douglas
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  • 153 24 SAIGON A Vietcong battalion launched fli* largest attack inside South Vietnam in many months yesterday. Although more than 400 Communists were reported to have taken part in the two-hour attack on Firebase Blue, an outpost of the First Air Cavalry Division, casualtlea were reported
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  • 160 24 KUALA LUMPUR An all-party parliamentary commission should bo set up to study Hie implications of tfce Constitutional Amendment •ill before it is passed, parliament was urged yesterday. The Appeal cam* from the Secretary* General of the Democratic Action Party, Mr. Llm Kit Slang. He la
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  • 35 24 SouHi Vietnamese convoys move in to Mock a North Vietnamese counter attack launched in retaliation against Saigon's incursion into Laos to disrupt the Ho Chi Minh trial (UPI radiophoto) (UPI radiophoto)
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  • 46 24 KUALA LUMPUR—The Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, yesterday asked parliament to approve the Constitutional Amendment Bill. He said the amendments were intended to remove certain sensitive issues from public discussion. Also they would redress the racial imbalance In certain sector'a of the nation's life.
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  • 40 24 SAIGON—Francois Sul" ly, correspondent of the U.S. magazine Newsweek, died in hospital yesterday after beinf seriously injured in the helicopter crash which killed general Do Cao Tri, one of South Vietnam's top military cony manders. (See Pate 7)
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