Singapore Herald, 14 August 1970

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    15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No 21 Sttapre Friday, Awgiirt 14, lf7> If C(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Israel may halt talks with Jarring
    313 1 Israel may halt talks with Jarring JERUSALEM, Thurs.— The Israeli Government today held a special meeting at which it was expected to suspend the start of talks under U.N. envoy Gunnar Jarring. The move came after Israel told the U.S. that new missile sites have been set up on the
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    Lock icon DUBCEK AD REJECTED
    38 1 LONDON, Thurs. The Communist daily newspaper Morning Star has refused to publish an advertisement signed by 100 left-wing figures and expressing concern and indignation at the treatment of former Czech party leader Alexander Dubcek. AFP
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    Lock icon Bobby Moore's wife in kidnap threat
    149 1 LONDON, Thurs. Scotland Yard have mounted an around-the-clock guard on soccer star Bobby Moore, his wife and children following an anonymous kidnap threat. The letter, dated Aug. threatened to kidnap Moore's wife, Tina, and hold her for a $70,000 ransom. Moore, who captained the
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    Lock icon NO COUP
    27 1 SAIGON, Thurs. The Government today denied rumours cited by local newspapers that some generals and other senior officers had been arrested for an attempted coup.
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    Lock icon FALSE CERTIFICATES
    33 1 FALSE share certificates of Gula Perak Berhad have been discovered m Kuala Lumpur. Nine "very good imitations" of the unlisted company's $1,000 shares have been referred to police. See page 13.
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    Lock icon Lee-Tunku talks next week
    348 1 On the agenda Singapore- t 5 Malaysian ties? KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Tunku Abdul Rahman will meet here next Wednesday for two days of talks on Singapore-Malaysian relations. The Tunku announced this today before leaving Penang for Kuala Lumpur. He had
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    Lock icon Anti-corruption students
    67 1 A SOLDIER stands guard outside the Attorney General's office m Jakarta where students have pat up posters accusing the Government of failing to deal with corruption. A few hours after this picture was taken on Wednesday, five of the students leaders were taken away by troops to military
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    Lock icon French PM's wife killed
    60 1 BAYONNE, France, Thurs. Mrs. Marie-Antoinette Chaban Delmas, wife of French Premier Jacques Chaban Delmas, was killed today when the car m which she was travelling hit a tree near the Spanish border. Her chauffeur claimed he was forced off the road by a car coming m
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    Lock icon Malaysia's national ideology approved
    219 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The National Consultative Council today approved the Rukunnegara national ideology as a means to solve the nations racial differences. The 67-member Council, a non-legislative forum for debate, adopted the Rukunnegara after a frank and lively three-day meeting, an official statement said today. Chaired
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    Lock icon Radar systems for Malaysia
    47 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia will buy three storm warning radar systems to be installed m Kuala Lumpur, Kota Bahru and Kuantan. Disclosing this here today, the Director of the Malaysian Meteorological Services, Mr. Ho Tong Yuen said they would cost about $1.6 million.
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    Lock icon XUAN THUY TO RETURN
    26 1 PARIS, Thurs. North Vietnam announced today that its chief peace negotiator, Xuan Thuy, will return to the deadlocked Paris talks soon. AP
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      Lock icon Catholics riot again in Derry
      150 1 LONDONDERRY, Thurs.— Roman Catholics here battled British troops for four hours early today but the troops and barricades of barbed wire prevented a repetition of last year's bloody Aug. 12 religious warfare. The rioting erupted just before midnight after a day of Protestant parades m
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    Lock icon CAUGHT ON THE WRONG FOOT
    119 1 LE HAVRE, Thurs. A well-dressed woman walked into a shoe shop art told the owner: "My husband has only one leg. Can I take a few right shoes and try them? If they lit I'll come back ami take a pair". The shopkeeper agreed. The
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    Lock icon Begorrah! Brian wants his brew made legal
    179 1 Begorrah! Brian wants his brew made legal DUBLIN, Thurs.— An Irishman is trying to make his moonshine whiskey legal. His name is Brian Lawlor and he comes from County Cork. Brian has applied to the Patents Office m Dublin to make the name Poteen his own and market it m
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    Lock icon Search goes on for hostages
    85 1 Search goes on for hostages MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Thurs. More than 12,000 policemen and soldiers continued the search today for guerilla kidnappers holding and American adviser and a Brazilian diplomat. The searchers ignored a threat by the kidnappers to kill their hostages if their hideout is found. President Jorge Pacheco Areco
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      102 1 It never turns its back on you. TV sets don't look so good from the back. So we made sure this one will never turn its back on you. It revolves on its swivel base, always showing you its black screen face, wherever you sit, stand, squat or lie down.
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    Lock icon Gentlemen, Adele your slip is showing KOH
    797 2 Gentlemen, Adele your slip is showing KOH IT'S SUCH hell driving during lunch hour that I always take a taxi to lunch dates. One day last week it started to drizzle as I stood along New Bridge Road trying to get a taxi. Of course, it's one of nature's laws
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      Lock icon THE HAND THAT HEALS — BUT A ROUGH HAND
      100 2 THE HAND THAT HEALS BUT A ROUGH HAND The other day, my mother-in-law went to the General Hospital to have a medical check. A nurse from a department asked her to report again on a certain date and time. As she had to report to another department also on that
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      70 2 DDD While the newly-built flats m Mci Ling Street and Mci Chin Street (Queens town Neighbourhood) are being offered for sale, the fate of the fourstorey flats m Stirling Road, built during Lim Yew Hock's rule, remains a mystery. When some of the flatdwellers contacted the Housing and Development Board,
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      Lock icon Television viewing for the minority audience
      126 2 Television viewing for the minority audience IN RECENT months there has been a drastic reduction m Indian programmes telecast over Television Singapura, to the extent that Indian feature films seem to be a thing of the past even on public holidays. Our National Day was one such holiday. Surely it's
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      25 2 THE ARTICLE by Adele Koh on cabbies and cassanovas made most interesting and amusing reading typical of a woman driver. A. T. Joo Chiat Road
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      Lock icon The Indo-China War and joint defence
      110 2 SINGAPORE and Malaysia, like brothers brought up m the same family, cannot afford to remain antagonistic to each other. Politically and economically we are inter-dependent. In matters of defence, we are inseparable. Whatever differences the leaders of the two territories may have, it is
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      Lock icon The old disease of match marriages
      120 2 Thank you for the very stimulating article on intermarriages. In a society like ours, racial intermingling is essential for the emergence of a truly united nation. However, some communities are not living up to the aspirations of truly united nation. Match-marriage is a disease
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      Lock icon PLOD ON, GIVE UP, OR RESIGN?
      190 2 I AGREE with Obudsman (S.H. Aug. 11). Good teachers feel exactly the way he does and they are indeed "the most defenceless group of workers. They slogged doggedly against odds, against their frustrations and often against their very own interests. DO LEAST But there
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      58 2 The letter by "Parent" brought up the subject of dedication m the teaching profession. Dedicated teachers are no more appreciated now. There are still a number of members of the profession who, though working under frustrating conditions with no prospects of promotion, still plod on because their dedication to the
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      50 2 What has happened to the Ad Hoc Committee which was set up a year ago by the Salaries Commission to look into the unsatisfactory terms of service of the Technical grades m government service? Has the Committee completed its findings If so, why is everything so silent! TECHNICIAN. Singapore 12.
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      Lock icon Rubbing a little salt in the Great Peppery wound
      408 2 Rubbing a little salt in the Great Peppery wound THEFTS from godowns are on the increase and the majority of such thefts COULD have been prevented. On survey it has been noted that many doors are secured with excellent padlocks, but the hasps and padlocking bars are of mild steel
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  • THE SINGAPORE HERALD
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      355 2 Moscow-Bonn friendship treaty THE friendship treaty signed m Moscow by Soviet Prime Minister, Alexei Kosygin and West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is a milestone m European history. In the past, the two countries have been Europe's most inveterate enemies; now there is at least some basis for future co-operation. The
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      Lock icon HOW FAST IS TOO FAST?
      316 2 The law the Malaysian Government intends to pass to make shopkeepers give top prominence to the Malay language m their signboards will not commercially speaking do either good or harm. As other languages may also be used, provided the lettering is scaled down, the customers
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    Lock icon Wives stay calm while husbands aim for the heights
    574 3 Wives stay calm while husbands aim for the heights THE MOUNTAIN MEN ARE READY TO GO IT'S no easy task for a woman to remain calm especially if her husband is going to the Himalayas, to pit his skills against the treacherous mountain ranges on "top of the world." Two
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    Lock icon Junior Colleges: Three more sites have been chosen
    248 3 THE Government has chosen three more sites for junior colleges, informed sources said today. They are at Telok Blangah, the reclaimed land at the end of Siglap Road and a piece of land occupied by the British Armed Forces opposite the Botanic
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    Lock icon Youths shun farm jobs
    49 3 ALOR STAR,Thurs.—Unemployment m Kedah is on the increase despite an abundance of jobs on the farms. The Mentri Besar, Dato Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin, disclosing this here today, warned that the problem would get worse unless the youths were prepared to work m the rural areas.
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    Lock icon IN COURT, THE END OF A 30-YEAR FRIENDSHIP
    168 3 HOUSEWIFE Mastina binte Matraya, 45, was charged yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $1,446 worth of jewellery belonging to a woman whom she had known for 30 years. Maroyah binte Sejah, 50, of Jalan Ria, alleged that Mastina borrowed six American
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    Lock icon Factory's top girls get a trip to Japan
    169 3 Factory's top girls get a trip to Japan A JURONG factory is now sending its workers to Japan as an incentive for higher productivity. Four girls from the watchcase factory of Tenryu (S) pte. Ltd., who were chosen on merit of work and attendance, will leave on Aug. 30 for
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    Lock icon PARA-MEN WILL TRAIN IN MALAYSIA AFTER 1971
    117 3 PARA-MEN WILL TRAIN IN MALAYSIA AFTER 1 971 JOBORE BAHRL, Thurs. Malaysia will have her own training centre for parachutists and commandos by the middile of next year, the Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Dato lingku Nazaruddin said today. He disclosed this to reporters after opening the newly-formed 14th
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    Lock icon Careless driver fined $40
    41 3 FOONG Ying Kit was fined S4O by a traffic magistrate yesterday for careless driving on Jan. 27 when the Land Rover he was driving (MID 3101) collided into the rear of a motor-scooter on Telok Blangah Road.
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    Lock icon Pensions-only commutation rates have changed
    284 3 PENSIONS payable to about 1,000 civilian employees of the British services have not been reduced. But those who want their pensions m a lump sum stand to lose because of a change m the rates of commutation. However, the majority of those who want their
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    Lock icon YMCA starts new series of courses
    66 3 THE Chinese YMCA at Palmer Road will be holding some new courses soon starting with one on Conversational Japanese for beginners m English on Aug. 24. Mr. Harry Martinez will be conducting a beginners and intermediate guitar course on Sept. 9. The YMCA is
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    Lock icon PM gives late soldiers a public dressing down
    153 3 PM gives late soldiers a public dressing down THE Prime Minister gave a group of National Servicemen a dressingdown for turning up late at National Day celebrations m Tanjong Pagar community centre. He said such lackadaisical behaviour would not help Singapore make a living as a technological centre. Mr. Lee,
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    Lock icon Programmed learning course for teachers
    136 3 THE DEPARTMENT of Extra-mural Studies, University of Singapore, is to hold a nine-lecture course on "Programmed Learning and Educational Technology" beginning next Tuesday. The lectures, to be held once a week, are designed to help participants conduct lessons m an effective way through programming techniques.
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      56 3 MOSQUE CHEATS PARIT BUNTAR,Thurs Three kampong chiefs were fined a total of $525 by a religious court here for misappropriating mosque collections m 1967. They failed to deliver the money to the Perak Religious Affairs Department. BUYERS FOUND FOR YOU I FOR ONLY I 20 CENTS I PER WORD 1
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      38 3 JUMBLE SALE THE annual jumble sale of St. Bernadette's Church, 12 Zion Road, will be held on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker ESS f l^-' t °*"'f T I^\ went j^
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    Lock icon ROUND THE WORLD IN 135 DAYS FOR THREE S'POREANS
    212 4 ROUND THE WORLD IN 1 35 DAYS FOR THREE S'POREANS RADIO Officer Omar bin Haji Hussein, 23, (above) is one of three Singapore Polytechnic graduates who have joined the Blue Sea Line ship Memnon for two years. The other two, Yeo Say Juan and Tien Kirn Swee, both 20, joined
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    Lock icon A former employee gives evidence
    485 4 THE DUD $50s CASE A former employee of an accused m the dud $50s case told the High Court yesterday that a Heidleberg offset printing machine was used only once to print diaries m the Sin Kwong Press Co., of Victoria Street. Low Chee Kwong,
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    Lock icon Housewife fined $400 for bookmaking
    148 4 A HOUSEWIFE who acted as a collector for an illegal lottery was fined $400 yesterday by Seventh Magistrate Tan Teow Yeow. Lav Peck Heya, 26 was arrested m October last year at her shop m Hock Lam Street. Senior Inspector Lee Kirn Seong of the
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      Lock icon Velvet's worth her weight in gold
      126 4 Velvet's worth her weight in gold THERE'S more to stripper Velvet Revel I than meets the eye she's worth $2,742 a Ib. That's what her "perfect body" is insured for a total of $340,000. And to save you working it out, she's 5' 5" and weighs 124 Ib. Velvet is
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      Lock icon NEEDED URGENTLY: AN ART GALLERY
      775 4 SINGAPORE still desperately needs its own art gallery. Local artists have patiently waited for one and they go on hoping. Tiny galleries have come and gone. A couple still survive. But the need is still great. Connie Meyer and Delia Butcher recognized this need. They
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    Lock icon S'pore entries win 3 top photo contest prizes
    174 4 THREE photographers from Singapore are among the top winners of the Second Asahi Pentax World Photo Contest held m Tokyo recently. They are Mr. Kusuo Akaogi, who won the second prize, Mr. Tan Up Seng (third) and Mr. Phua Kok Kee (fourth).
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      179 4 Number 2 m the family Number 1 at the car park No trouble parking this mini, it fits m almost anywhere. And yet there's enough room inside for four adults to ride comfortably. Your shopping goes front and the engine's behind, for better handling and quieter driving. Fronte is nippy
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    Lock icon Pilot Mike 'fit and well' after jet crash at sea
    351 5 Pilot Mike 'fit and well' after jet crash at sea A ROYAL Air Force pilot was "fit and well" last night after being plucked from the sea when its 1,500 mph jet Lightning fighter crashed eight miles south-east of Changi. Flying Officer Michael Rigg, of 74 Squadron, was returning to
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    Lock icon N-Day party for the less fortunate
    107 5 N-Day party for the less fortunate CHILDREN and old people from eight homes will attend a party at St. John headquarters m Beach Road tomorrow. The party given by the St. John Council, is to celebrate Singapore's National Day. After tea, all will be taken for a joy ride round
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    Lock icon Teacher on rape charge: Plea to move his family
    187 5 Teacher on rape charge: Plea to move his family SCHOOL teacher S.M. Pereira, 39, who is facing 49 charges of outraging the modesty of schoolgirls and one of rape, appeared m the Ninth Magistrate's Court yesterday to get permission to take his family to Kuala Lumpur. His counsel, Mr. Amarjit
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    Lock icon 30 gamblers fined
    56 5 EARLY yesterday morning 28 women and two men were arrested m a common gaming house m Lorong Gendi for playing cards using 2 1.30 cents as stakes. In the afternoon they were fined a total of $1,970 by the Ninth Magistrate, Mr. Giam Chin Toon. Their fines
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    Lock icon Real help—at a price they can afford
    517 5 Real help at a price they can afford $1 .50 A MONTH FOR TU1T10N...50 CENTS TO SEE DOCTOR TUITION FOR Primary schoolchildren m three subjects at only $1.50 a month? Just 50 cents for a visit to a private doctor! Realistic prices for struggling families, most would say, and these
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    Lock icon TOTO DRAW
    32 5 THE numbers picked m last night's toto draw were: 2, 31, 16, 48, and 49. The additional number was 8. In the circles draw, the numbers were: 23, 6, 31.
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    Lock icon Beetle contest: 5,000 entries in so far
    69 5 THE Volkswagen beetle contest has proved so popular that the clostig date has been extended from Aug. 9 to Aug. 21. So far, S,M« people have catered the coatest. The prize Is a Volkswagen paiated la whatever design or colour the winner chaoses.
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      21 5 LOOKING FOR A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD? 20 CENTS PER WORD IS YOUR ANSWER. I (minimum charge: I 20 words $4/-)
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      20 5 THE TIDES Today 9.47 a.m. 6.8 ft. 8.02 p.m. 7.8 ft. Tomorrow 10.28 a.m. 7.4 ft. 9.08 p.m. 8.6 ft.
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      695 5 Gilligan's Island Take A Dare Bob Denver stars Gilligan, the mate and crew (combined) of a marooned fishing craft. Gilligan's efforts for his companions m their attempts to escape lead from hilarious calamity to uproarious disasters. Co-starring: Jim Backus and Tina :WM) Programme Summary ai,,.-.! q c ft g_ 3.»2
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    Lock icon $30m. to convert eight ships
    174 6 A NORWEGIAN shipping line will have eight semi-container ships calling at Singapore every month by the end of this year. By then, eight Barber Lines vessels will have been converted at a cost of $30 million m Japan and Hongkong. The conversions will enable the
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    Lock icon A SEA HOME AWAY FROM HOME
    193 6 SPACE AND COMFORT FOR 5 DURING THREE-YEAR LIQUID GAS PROJECT A HOMfc away from home. That is what this $60,000 boat V. Carmen will be for five engineers of Procon Liquid Gas Company m Brunei. The boat will be used as living quarters at
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    Lock icon A cess to pay for hotel training school
    134 6 A cess to pay for hotel training school KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs: Commerce and Industry Minister Inche Mohd. Khir Johari said today a small cess will be imposed on certain hotels to help pay for a training school for hotel and restaurant workers. He said it was necessary to have a
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    Lock icon Australians more aware of S-E Asia says envoy
    231 6 Australians more aware of S-E Asia says envoy THE Australian High Commissioner, Mr. N.F. Parkinson, said yesterday there has been a growing awareness among Australians m the past 25 years that Australian prosperity and security is linked with stability, progress and development m Asia, particularly South-East Asia. "The next 25
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    Lock icon Cabbies prepare Taxi Stop' grouses dossier
    194 6 Cabbies prepare Taxi Stop' grouses dossier THE Singapore Taxi Driver's Association said yesterday that it has not presented its dossier of "Taxi Stop" complaints to the Registrar of Vehicles because it is preparing a comprehensive case and research will take some time. The main complaint of 'the association is that
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    Lock icon Gifts for Homes
    36 6 THE National Employers' Council has donated $450 for the purchase of gifts to residents of Toa Pay oh Girls' Home and the Muslim Women's Welfare Home m connection with the National Day celebrations.
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    Lock icon Flat dwellers use ear-plugs to beat noise
    246 6 Flat dwellers use ear-plugs to beat noise Some flat dwellers m housing estates are using ear-plugs to beat the noise. One of them is Charlie Tan, a night-club usher. "I've just got myself a pair of ear-plugs m order to get some sleep," he said. An antinoise campaign was launched
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    Lock icon Course on tax changes in S'pore
    92 6 Course on tax changes in S'pore THE Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 1969, makes many important changes, the most impprtant one being the change m the basis of assessment. The commencement and cessation provisions have been repealed and a simplified "preceding year" basis has been substituted. This and several changes will
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    Lock icon Sport stamps for sale on Sunday
    86 6 A SET of four stamps commemorating the Festival of Sports will be on sale on Sunday. The stamps, m 15-cent, 20--cent, 25-cent, and 50-cent denominations, will be sold m complete sets on the first day of issue. They will be available at the GPO
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      156 6 THE DIARY 10 a.m.— 5 p.m.: Exhibition on Kampong Java Road/Keng books about Singapore, Lee Road; Margaret Drive; National Library. Pesiaran Keliling; Tai Thong 2.30 10 p.m.: Photo Cresent; Telok Kurau; exhibition, Tiong Bahru Thomson Road; Upper Community Centre, Eu Chin Serangoon Road and West Street. Coast, H% m.s. 3.00
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    Lock icon ITT in US$2.5m. timber venture in Sumatra
    203 7 ITT in US$2.5m. timber venture in Sumatra JAKARTA, Thurs. The International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation announced here today the beginning of a US$2.5 million logging operation m Sumatra that will become one of the largest m this timber-rich country. Initial exports will be to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Okinawa Singapore and
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    Lock icon Re-export centre for nets
    67 7 Re-export centre for nets KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Fusan Fishing Net Company expects Singapore to be an important re-export centre for its products. Its managing Director, Mr. Lim Geok Chan, siad an agent had been appointed m Singapore m May and his company is selling about $40,000 worth of nets
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    Lock icon You lucky girls — by one who knows...
    68 7 You lucky girls by one who knows... STOP complaining about the weather, girls! According to Mile. Elaine Straub (above) just m from Paris: "Singapore women need not worry about their complexions they don't suffer extremes of weather as m Europe." And she should know. She is the senior beautician attached
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    Lock icon Johore's new khalwat law plans
    55 7 JOHORE BAHRU.ThursThe Johore Government is considering laws to prosecute non-Muslims m religious courts for khalwat (close proximity) with Muslims. Religious leaders here feel the present laws are ineffective. A State Government spokesman said the proposed law would be referred to the Attorney-General's chambers or the
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    Lock icon Frankfurt Trade Fair shunned by reluctant bosses
    309 7 LOCAL businessmen don't seem very keen on exhibiting at Frankfurt's International Fair, it was claimed last night. Mr. Choo Jim Teck, administrative manager of the Singapore Manufacturers 1 Association, is finding it hard to get them to exhibit there at the end of
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    Lock icon Wonder if they know where their taxes go?
    153 7 Wonder if they know where their taxes go? KUALA LUMPUR, Than. Some strange jobs are still found the Government service ia Malaysia. Officials who are working on salary conversion rates for Government Division Four workers were startled to find posts like "Bath House Peon" m Kedah, "Temporary Locksmith" la Trengganu,
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    Lock icon Younger heart cases
    364 7 ONE IN FIVE OR SIX IS 40 YEARS OLD OR BELOW ONE out of every five to six Singaporeans who suffer from acute heart attacks is 40 years old or younger. And the number of heart attacks among young adults appears to be increasing. This was stated
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    Lock icon CUSTOMS HAUL
    26 7 BUTTERWORTH, Thurs..— Customs officers today seized a gallon of samsu and 42 gallons of fermented mesb m a house raid. No arrests were made.
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    Lock icon There's a whole world in this girl's dreams
    192 7 There's a whole world in this girl's dreams [P*nnn fiD JLcsmS^TX II BEHIND Lorna Chong's shy smile there's a rover trying to get out. When she's not thinking up ways to make Hotel Malaysia customers comfortable, she's dreaming of seeing the world. Tall, poised, Lorna handles her guests with confidence
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    Lock icon 20-hour rail landslide is cleared
    109 7 KUALA KANGSAR, Thurs.— The north-south rail service resumed operations at noon today after being disrupted for 20 hours by a landslide near here. A railway official said the landslide happened at about 4.20 pm and passengers on the night mail train between Kuala Lumpur and
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    Lock icon '71 PRODUCTION START
    22 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. The $16 million Mara textile factory m Kajang is expected to begin production early next year.
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    Lock icon Razak: Varsity intake must treble
    158 7 Razak: Varsity intake must treble KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— The number of university students must double or treble over the next 10 .years if the nation is to progress, Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said here. The Minister said this m a message published m the first issue of Utusan
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    38 7 TWELVE Scouts of 1701 Dolphin Group have set out to climb Mount Ophir (3,800 ft.) m Malacca. Leading the team are asst. venture scout leader Wong Vat Sun and Mr. Chin Wee Thiam.
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    130 7 JOHOHE BAHRU, Thurs.The Sultana of Johore will launch a ship of the Royal Malaysia Navy K.D. Duyong, being built at the Kallteck Private Ltd. shipyard at Tanjong Rhu, Singapore, on Aug. 18. The Sultan, who is honorary captain of the Royal Malaysian Navy, is expected
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    895 8 Home was never like this! BUT HOW ARE THE M> REACTING TO THEIR IV /IOVE FROM THE KAMPONGS? asdf f SUDDEN rain brings sorrov to thousands of families Without food, shelter, or sleej they move with a downcas face. This was the commoi experience m Geylang Sera for many years.
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      104 10 THE ODD BOX CHICAGO, Thars. Clarke Edwards appeared ia traffic covt last moath to aaswer a charge of aavlag 31 aapaid tickets aad was ordered to write aa essay ea parttag. Edwards, a criminology major at Roosevelt University, retaraed to court today to read Us five-page essay. My Kingdom for
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      314 10 SUNNY POINT (North Carolina) Thurs. Slowed by rain, stevedores today continued to load 418 steelencased vaults of poisonous nerve gas aboard a rusting liberty ship which is to be sunk m an ocean grave. Intermittent rain caused the dock workers to miss nearly
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      234 10 Suharto clears Gen. Sutowo of accusations JAKARTA, Thurs.— President Suharto came to the defence of another of his top aides today against fresh charges of corruption by crusading militant students. In another of a growing series of face-to-face confrontations between Gen. Suharto and the students, he said there were no
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      82 10 BIRMINGHAM, Thurs. A VValsaU glove- ma king firm's plans to issue the Pill to its 50 women workers to stop time being lost to pregnancy leave backfired yesterday. The women went on strike. The women, who had refused the offer, telling the company "Our
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      62 10 SEOUL, Thurs. The life sentence on South Korean physics student Chung Kyung, who was convicted of being a North Korean spy, has been commuted to 15 years' jaftl. Composer Yoon Isang, who was implicated m the same spy case, has been released from his
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      23 10 SANTIAGO, Thurs. President Eduardo Frei signed a law nationalising the Chilean Electric Company (chilectra), a north American firm founded 50 years ago.
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      204 11 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Serious crime m the United States rose 148 per cent during the decade of the Sixties. Attorney-General John Mitchell claimed the rate of increase "slowed down substantially" after President Nixon's Republican Administration was installed m 1969. Releasing FBI crime statistics
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      25 11 PEKING, Thurs. —A Sudanese delegation led by Head of State Gen. Gaafar Mohamed El-Nimeri left today for Pyongyang after a weeklong visit. DOD
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      18 11 PHNOM PENH, Thurs. The overall military situation was calm today, the Cambodian military spokesman said. ODD
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      27 11 SANTO DOMINGO, Thurs.— Radhames Mendez Vargas was sentenced to 20 years' hard labour for having hijacked a Venezuelan airline to Cuba on June 19, 1968.
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    203 10 Souvanna seeks full-scale talks with Pathet VIENTIANE, Thurs. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma has proposed launching full-scale peace talks with the Pathet Lao without further preliminary meetings. He intends to propose neutralisation of a 20-mile-wide zone around the agreed meeting site at Khang Khay and a security corridor between Khang Khay
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    25 10 VIENNA, Thurs. The Soviet-American strategic arms limitation talks (Salt) here will end on Friday. The talks will resume m Helsinki m autumn.
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    158 10 HONG KONG, Thurs. One of China's 10 field marshals, Yeh Chien-ying, 73, has been stripped of all positions and power and has been forced into retirement, Chinese travellers from Kwangtung province report today. They said members of his family and relatives were also persecuted. They said
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    122 10 ALGIERS, Thurs. Marriage with foreigners is "harmful to harmonious development of our society" and severe measures are needed to prevent it, a government minister and other officials have agreed at a seminar this week on Islamic problems. Recalling that marriage with foreigners is difficult m
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    462 11 BONN, Thurs.— Chancellor Willy Brandt told Germans yesterday that the Soviet-German Treaty m no way affected West Germany's firm ties to the Western alliance. "The reliable partnership with the United States remains guaranteed as well as the reconciliation with France,"
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    32 11 NEW DELHI, Thurs. India will probably support the candidature of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam at the nonaligned conference m Lusaka, a well informed source said here today.
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    422 11 ATLANTA, Thurs. Civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy has called on America's poor to prepare for a new march on Washington to bring the Pentagon to a halt and "tie up the whole Washington scene, if necessary." The Rev. Abernathy also told delegates to
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    72 11 LONDONDERRY, Than. Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien, former Irish diplomat, was attacked and beaten up today by the Protestaat "apprentice boys of Derry" yesterday. Mr O'Briea, who was special represeaUtive of the late United Nations SecreUry-Geaerai Dag Hammerskjoeld m the Com* crisis of the early
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    590 12 Mining shares presented a mixed appearance at the close of trading on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Many of Wednesday's high fliers succumbed to profittaking although others continued to improve. Oils were enlivened by a strong burst of speculative support for Target, which prompted a stock exchange
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    347 12 Steady conditions ruled m the stock exchange m quiet early trading yesterday. Dredging and machinery issues improved, while electric appliances recouped recent losses. Prices continued to advance further m the afternoon as interest became more widespread. Housing related issues and communications advanced, while electric appliances, including Sony,
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    183 12 Trading remained brisk yesterday and prices gained further ground although a few issues eased on profittaking. Cottons gave ground as sellers appeared more determined m the wake of the U.S. import restrictions. Associated Hotels were firm, rising to $13.10 before easing slightly. Hutchisons, Wheelocks and Watsons continued
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      851 12 THE immediate outlook for palm oil is fairly good, according to the Financial Times. Over the past 12 months the price of Malaysian palm oil has rocketed from £68 per ton to as high as £118 last month before falling back to about £106 on
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      237 12 The market levelled out and even gained a little ground during the past week (ended Aug. l3) but the tempo of trading became very docile due to the threeday recess which included Singapore's National Day, and the stubborn absence of fresh features, which discouraged many operators from
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      267 12 SINGAPORE— MALAYSIA The Association of Banks m Malaysia-Sinfapore fixed these merchant rates yesterday: Local dollars per unit of foreign currency: HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for Aug. 13). On New York TT 6.09 On New York DD 6.0680 Gold (99% fineness, per tad) 276 Note Rates: China
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      207 12 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AUGUST 14. IN: Vishva Raksha 3/4, Oceana 5, Taboa 8/9, Giang Ann 20 west. Let Samapta I 22, Panjnad 23/24. Etouyo Mara 25/26, Kosyu Maru 27/28, Le Natal 31/32, Seiwa Maru 35, Neptune Aquamarine 42/43, Simoa
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      149 13 AN Indian trade and industrial exhibition will be held at the Gay World park for two weeks, beginning on Aug. 26. Products of 300 Indian manufacturers will be on display. An important section of the exhibition, sponsored by the Indian Ministry of Foreign Trade, will be
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      322 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. False share certificates of Gula Perak Berhad have been discovered m Kuala Lumpur, a police spokesman said today. He described the forgeries as "very good imitations" and warned the public to take precautions when buying shares m the company. Mr. Patrick Lim manager
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      148 13 U. S. COMPANY REPORT Texas Instruments T^XAS INSTRUMENTS 1 •ales billed m the second quarter of this year totalled US 221,450,000, alO per cent increase over last year's second quarter. Earnings rose about 7 per cent to U5*9,283,000, or 84 cents per share. For the first half of this year,
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    1388 13 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE I* KEY Closing buyers' and ••lien' prices are followed by the business done. Figures, m brackets denote traded lots m I I.ooo'*. When the price is not followed by a figure m brackets, it means only a single lot of 1,000
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    79 13 (Managers' prices for Aug. 14) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.15 1.20 MaL Progress Fund 1.00 1.05 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.03 1.08 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.78xd Third Singapore 1.18 B. S. The Commerce Ind. Fund .96 1.01 The Saving Fund
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    146 13 PEOPLE in business MR STEVEN C. CRYSTER has recently been assigned to the Chase Manhattan Bank N. A. branches m Singapore as assistant manager, credit and marketing. Mr Cryster received intensive training m the credit and international departments m New York. Before and since joining Chase m 1965, Mr. Cryster
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      383 13 RUBBER 5»-% ceits alb. (dowa seven-eighths cent). Notwithstanding better overseas advices, the market yesterday opened at 51-% cents traded for RSS 1 Aug. Yesterday was the last day for Aug. trading. Since the Aug. position was long on balance, forced liquidation caused prices to decline to a new
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      62 13 (Yesterday's official; buyer/seller prices, m pence per lb.) Tone: Quiet; ClF'u Aug. 17-7/8 18-1/8. Sept 17-15/16 18-1/8, Oct 18-1/8 18-3/8; Spot 18-1/4 18-3/4; Settlements Sept. 18-5/8 18-7/8, Oct 18-7/8 19-1/8. Nov. 19-1/4 19-7/16, Oct/Dec. 19-1/4 19-7/16, lan/March. 19-11/16 19-13/16, April/June 20-1/16 20-1/4, July/Sept. 20-1/4 20-7/16, Oct/Dec. 20-7/16 20-5/8,
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      61 13 TIN: $670 a picul (up $5) Good advices from Europe and the United States pushed the Straits tin price up $5 yesterday to $670 a picul. This was despite a slightly easier London overnight market which saw the metal price £3 a ton lower. The estimated tonnage was
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      27 13 (Closing buyer/teller prices for Aug. 13, m sterling per metric ton). Tone Steady; Spot 1521 1622; 3-month 1524 1525; Settlement 1522; Total turnover 390 tons.
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      168 13 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippines Sept. 20 3 to 200 paid Philippine/Indonesia Aug. 198. Sept 199%, Oct. 200%, Nov. 202. all resellers, Dec.* 209 paid. COCONUT OIL: Straits Unq.; Malayan Aug/Sept 145 resellers; Philippines
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      45 13 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 37.15, (2) 139.50; Hongkong 37.53; Beirut 35.50; London 35.26; Zurich 35.208, 35.305; Paris 35.76. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price m Singapore dollars per taeL
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    344 13 Prices yesterday continued Jones industrials fell about to drift m light trading largely 1.71 points. Downside issues ignoring fresh international bald a five-to-three edge over and economic developments. the gainers. Volume was about The Stanpoors index was 2.3 million after 76 minutes off 44 cents while
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    26 13 NEW YORK, Wed. (Changes m brackets): Industrials 710.64 (-1.91); Transportation 128.66 (+0.83); Utilities 102.92 (—0.16); Composite Stocks 224.12 (—0.08); Bonds 66.11 (-0.38).
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    556 13 Government bonds initial suns of up to If— reacted sharply yesterday to following the trade figures initial gains following the were lost or pared. Towards £137 million UK July trade the close the Financial Times surplus. Gains of up to a half index was 0.8 lower at
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    21 13 LONDON. Wed. (Chances m brackets) Industrial* 339.4 (—2.0); Tins 58.85 (+0.21); Rubbers 137.09 (—1.27); Oils 264.26 (+1.72).
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    182 13 AMSTERDAM The market was mainly quietly firmer yesterday. Among internationals, Unilever was a firm and active feature on the halfyear figures. Akzo, Hoogovens and Philips were also higher, while Royal Dutch closed steady. Local industrials were mainly higher. Dutch state loans were quiet, around the previous closing level.
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    339 14 Records wobble as S'pore Open starts SEVERAL records look very unsafe as the Singapore Open Athletic Championships begin at Farrer Park today. Seventy young men and women the cream of nine nations' athletes have prepared hard for these next three days, and both championship and all-comers' records are bound to
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    361 14 DAVID Hughes, handicap one, led a field of sixty golfers m the first round of the Singapore Open Amateur Golf Championship at Singapore Island Country Club New Course yesterday with a gross 76. Hughes from Australia, who joined the SICC only recently, played
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    48 14 FOOTBALL Referees' Association of Singapore has picked a formidable team for the annual soccer quiz competition at Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 15. The team: George Suppiah, William Brown, H.S. Dhillon, J. Bursnoll, R. Kalimuthu, Charan Sing, N. Chandra and Chan Chow Tin.
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    259 14 JAPAN won the 1970 Pesta Sukan international invitation volleyball tournament with thumping victories on the concluding day of the five-nation championships at Gay World stadium last night. Japan scored a splendid double m the men and women team events to emerge champions m the tournament series.
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    224 14 It's Korea Burma for the final! MERDEKA SOCCER KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— South Korea came from behind to beat India 3-2 m an action-packed semi-final. This sparkling performance by the Koreans enable them to meet Burma m the final of the 13th Merdeka Tournament on Sunday. South Korea and Burma last
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    97 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Singapore lost their sixth successive game m the 13th Merdeka Anniversary Tournament tonight and finished last among 1 2 nations. They were routed 4—o by South Vietnam who took 1 lth place. It was a long fall for Singapore who were fourth
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    66 14 DOWN two games Kampong 01am Community Centre made a brilliant recovery to edge Rochore Community Centre 3-2 m the Singapore Table Tennis Association women's inter-club league match at Monk's Hill last night. With this victory Kampong Glam C.C. assured themselves of the league title with
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      104 14 HOUSTON, Thurs. Exheavyweight Champion Cassius Clay was denied permission a second time yesterday to fight m Toronto, Canada, on Oct. 18. Clay, challenging a five-year prison sentence for draft evasion asked an appeals court here for permission to leave the country m order to
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      77 14 BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Thurs. English rider Rodney Gould, who needs one more victory to clinch the world 250 cc motor-cycle championship, had the fastest lap m the first official practice for Saturday's Ulster Grand Prix over the Dundrod Circuit. Riding a Japanese Yamaha, Gould had a speed of 97.57 miles
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      80 14 LONDON, Thurs. Football like professional golf pays handsome dividends salary wise. Good players these days get very much more salary than Prime Minister Edward Heath. A South London Club. Crystal Palace, has offered £300 a week to all its players. This new deal overshadows payments to the elite international stars
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      78 14 SEOUL, Thurs. Orient lightweight champion Cho YoungChul of South Korea knocked out Japanese junior lightweight Sumio Nobata last night m 31 seconds of the sixth round of a scheduled ten-round non-title match. Nobata started aggressively and bothered the Korean champion with effective jabs and left straights m the first two
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      20 14 LEICESTER, Thurs. West Germany took the tandem and the team pursuit titles m the world cycling amateur championships here. i
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    458 14 Eighth seed eliminated by veteran campaigner VETERAN campaigner Tom Chambers created a mild upset when he eliminated eighth seed Wilfred Wee m the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association open grasscourt singles championships. Chambers who has been top seeded m the veterans singles event won 7-5, 6-0. Chambers, with his vast experience
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    19 14 Singapore and Malaysia start the international hockey test series at Jalan Besar Stadium, today, bully off, sp.m.
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    35 14 Black belt Loh Kong Weng limbers up m preparation for the karate tournament match against the Chinese YMCA at Palmer Road tonight at 8 p.m. Picture shows Loh delivering a side kick at his opponent.
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    194 14 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore Amateur Cycling Association Pesta Suka 100 kilometres time trial will be held at Sembawang Circuit and not at Whit ley Road as announced previously. The race on Saturday starts at 8 a.m. TWO TEAMS Malaysia has entered two teams. Team 'A*
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      42 14 DAVY JONES BySamLeff 'IT THE MUSEUM WILL GET THOSE X UH, YES, MR; CROMBY. X I HOPtH I MAY I SEE V SURE, AFTEXTWpbriCE^^dH^MY^ 1 'V^STQiEN MASTERPIECES SOON^ AS SOON AS MY FATHER THEY WERE THEM JOBCISt TO RELEASE THEM-T PAVY'S AN
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      11 1 THE SINGAPORE herald FOR THIRD DAY Ipoh, Saturday, Aug 15, 1970
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      1122 1  - Pahlawan II gets confident vote CAVALIER I SELECTIONS 1 By CAVALIER MARKSMAN MERLIN MISS RACONTEUR GWERLE GWERLE Race l: Ha ad la Hand Miss Raconteur Miss Raconteur Gwerle Seladang Hand Hand MANNUM MISS AMNESTY PUTRI BALI Race 2: Binjai Walk Putri Bali Binjai Walk Amnesty T. of Yangtze Space Master
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      4089 1 THIS combined race card and form guide gives the following information: The first line reads from left: Number of horse, last five runs, name of horse; (sire) age and origin (e.g. 4A for 4 years Australian); weight, up and down m handicap (e.g. +6 up by 6 Ib. from
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      226 4 IPOH, Thurs. Tanglin Heights did an impressive gallop on a yielding track here this morning. He strode out fluently over 3f m 39-1/5. Man of Honour was the only gold Vase candidate seen on the track. With riding boy he did slow work on the
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        57 4 I 9 Kin, Fe.ture. Syndicate. Inc.. 1 970. World right, rcrved. "He's a good -enough doctor, but he won't make house calls. His mother won't let him out of the yard." King Fmmmm %pm4UM, Ine I970. World righl* reacrved. "Well, Mother, we have one more thing to add to the
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