Singapore Herald, 12 May 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 250 Singapore Wednesday. May 12, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 53 1 Pule THE CAPACITY to generate emotions can have an unsettling effect, and can be used to push the Government one way or the other. This can be useful to whoever wants to influence us. We vtould be foolish if we are not alert to all these furtive activities, by Mr.
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  • Article, Illustration
    1279 1  -  Lee by SINGAPORE has more than her fair share of t4 black operations," Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said m a weekend speech. The Prime Minister offered one reason for this: "Several major countries have a deep interest m trying to get things m Singapore to go the way
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  • 408 1 WASHINGTON, Tues. Senate majority leader Mike Mansfield today introduced legislation to force the withdrawal of about 150,000 American troops from Western Europe. Mr. Mansfield said the United States armed force now m Western Europe is "too costly, inflated and musclebound." The Democrat from
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  • 224 1 THREE shots were fired at a wanted man yesterday following a police ambush and two-mile car chase. But the man escaped. The ambush was at a house m Worthing Road, off Kensington Park Avenue, m Serangoon Garden Estate. Just after 5 p.m., police pounced on a
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  • 67 1 TV Singapore will telecast tonight at liu>s on Channel 5 the entire coverage of the 26th British F.A. Cup Final m which Arsenal met Liverpool. The game was played at Wembley Stadium last Saturday. The coverage will include slow motion replays of the crucial
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  • 29 1 COLOMBO, Tues. Deputy Prime Minister Maithripala Senanayake said today that about 8,500 insurgents were now being detained and that many more were still surrendering.
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  • 127 1 A BANK peon, Haron Jani, 38, was shot dead when a shotgun belonging to a guard accidentally went off at the Mercantile Bank's Beach Road branch yesterday. The tragedy occurred at 1.05 p.m. while the constable was handing over his guard duty to a colleague
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  • 115 1 US declares war on cancer WASHINGTON, Tues. U.S. President Nixon today took personal command of an American fight to wipe out cancer, backed by a proposed extra US$lOO million m U.S. Government funds. Proposed legislation for the war against the disease is awaiting House of Representatives action, with the additional
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  • 131 1 NANYANG Siang Pau public relations officer, Kerk Loong Sing, 29, was granted leave by the High Court yesterday to apply for a writ of habeas I corpus to be issued against the Minister for Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police. Kerk was
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  • 504 1 I WATER CRISIS 1 WATER rationing can be avoided if consumption is cut by 25 per cent to 90 million gallons a day. The chairman of the Public Utilities Board, Mr Lim Kirn San, said this at a Press conference yesterday. He said: "Present stocks
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  • 48 1 BRUSSELS, Tues. Geoffrey Rippon, Britain's chief Common Market negotiator, said today he had reached substantial agreement with Common Market negotiators on Britain joining Euratom, its organisation for the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Mr. Rippon also told reporters there had been "satisfactory agreement" on tariff quotas
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 896 2  - National security: What it means DONALD WYATT By PART ONE A NATIONS security can hinge upon its geographic location, its territorial extent, its Datura I resources, the size of its population. It also lies m the ingenuity, and the will and determination of its people. Internal security, which is part
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  • 930 2 (Contd. from yesterday) THIS is the continuation of Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's answer to a question on what influence limitations on expression of opinions and demonstrations would have on the development of a democratic socialist society m Singapore. Frankly speaking, if we want to make comparisons with
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  • 602 2 Viewpoint WORLD Health Day this year had as its theme the phrase: "A full life despite diabetes," one of the major medical preoccupations of our times. As a diabetic, I was very happy with the theme because all sufferers of this disease,
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  • 149 2 SOMETHING seems to have gone wrong with our hitherto envied postal service. I live m Tanjong Katong District. There used to be two mail deliveries each day one at about 11 a.m. and the other one at about 4 p.m. The mail started arriving
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  • 358 2 THE SINGAPORE HERALD Wednesday. May 12. 1971 THE Prime Minister has unfairly lumped the Singapore Herald together with those alleged to be involved m "black operations" of one kind and another. It is to be hoped that we shall not be thought to be taking the Govern
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  • 121 2 I AM glad someone is pleased with the new bus service. We m Jalan Kayu have one bus service which runs m convoys of two, three and even four buses at a time every 15 to 25 minutes. No wonder A.B. are losing money. I
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  • 72 2 WHILE agreeing with some of the sentiments expressed by Caveat Emptor (S.H. May 7), it is my view that the protection of registered medical practitioners is irrelevant. The important consideration is the protection of the public It is therefore hoped that the Ministry of Health and the
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  • 619 3 Doctors hit out at specialist trainee plan Women unionists for Moscow THE GOVERNMENT doctors' union has strongly criticised the Health Ministry's present scheme to train medical special ists. Under the scheme introduced early last year, selected doctors with a basic medical degree are posted m hospital departments to get specialist
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  • 425 3 CID Chief: Statement lowered my reputation CID ASST. Commissioner Ong Kian Tiong said m court yesterday there were rumours he would be removed from the CID, following a Press statement about him issued by the United National Front last June. "The rumours were rife, causing me acute embarrassment," he said.
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  • 211 3 THE all-out drive to get "pirate" taxis off the roads by July l is showing good results. According to a police source, more than 40 pirate taxi operators have been arrested and their cars confiscated since the beginning of the month. This brings the total
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    • 91 3 a hard day's flight aQvenxure. f -m passengers need more than smiles an d coffee-tea-or-milk routines to remember an airline by. "^"^^^n^^^ jflHr** The Lufthansa long haul flight might r^«2j|p— |J /&&\lJOif not De shorter on distance but we make 4 9ur£>»4^ certain it's longer on comfort. In the B*l
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  • 331 4 RUBBER COUNTRIES HUNT WAY TO BEAT U.S. STOCK RELEASES KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Representatives from six natural rubber producing countries today began a three-day meeting here to seek a solution to rubber stockpile releases by the United States. The working party on production and the special task force on rubber stockpile
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  • 59 4 Suicide, says a court STATE Coroner Liew Ngik Kee recorded a suicide verdict yesterday on Ng Khye Choon, 5«, who died five days after he jumped from his Hoy Fatt Road flat on April 18. His daughter, Ng Chwee Guan, 31, a labourer, said that he was a habitual gambler
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  • 102 4 SEVEN hundred schoolchildren hope to raise $20,000 on Friday by walking five miles. The children are pupils at the British Services' Bourne School and they plan to hike to classes from Dover Road Stadium. Each of them has been sponsored by parents and friends who wfll
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  • 398 4 Takeover bids by Borneo Bhd to form trading giant BORNEO Berhad yesterday announced a series of multi-million dollar takeover bids as part of a plan to create a single trading giant m South-East Asia. And m the process, its long established name will make way for another that of the
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  • 113 4 Another recruit quits ANOTHER recruit has resigned from the Singapore Fire Brigade, leaving the department with only four fireman recruits. One of them is a probationary officer. The brigade began a recruitment campaign late last year when about 40 applicants were asked to report for training at the training centre
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  • 91 4 NATIONAL serviceman Taib bin Mohd., who absented himself from training for 42 months, claimed m a magistrates' court yesterday that a sampan journey from Malaysia had caused the long absence. Taib, 22, a Vigilante Corps member attached to Thomson Road Secondary School was absent from
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  • 293 4 There'll be 24,000 new factory jobs each year— Lee SINGAPORE'S industries will be employing 24,000 new workers each year for the next four years, and Singapore Polytechnic students will have no trouble finding jobs. Dr. Lee Kum Tatt, Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research, said this
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  • 85 4 FOUR CARS and a taxi were involved m an accident m Jalan Besar on Oct. 1 last year because of a man's careless driving, a magistrates' court was told yesterday. Soh Boon Leong, IS, of Lorong Mudek, was driving a car when he hit
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  • 69 4 517 FILIPINOS WANT JOBS HERE A TOTAL of 517 Filipino skilled workers asked for jobs m Singapore last year. A list of the workers included machinists, butchers, seamen and construction supervisors. It was submitted to the Singapore Manufacturers Association by the Filipino Overseas Employees Association through the Ministry of Labour
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  • 341 4 THE University o Singapore Academic Staff Union will call a special meeting tomorrow to consider amending its constitution to allow expatriates to become members. At present or d i narj membership is open to -j full-time teaching and academic library staff who trc
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  • 259 4 NTUC admits: Some drivers overcharge A COMFORT spokesman said yesterday that there had been "isolated cases" of NTUC mini bus drivers overcharging parents who sent their children to school m their buses. He was commenting on a report that some Herald readers had complained of overcharging by COMFORT operators. A
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  • 419 5 SUITABILITY certificates were under discussion nrfiHt^ cr o ay at the Polytechnic's Freshmen orientation Convention not whether they were Koodor bad, but whether 600 of them had been issued. The chairman of the Freshmen Orientation Committee, Mr. Harpreet Singh, attributed the poor attendance at
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  • 134 5 Jail staff gets new look PRISON officers and guards will get new bluishgrey uniform to replace their khaki drill ones this Saturday. The new uniform will consist of a long-sleeved shirt and slacks, both made of teteron and worn with a black leather belt. Officers will wear peaked caps while
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  • 140 5 ALOR STAR, Tues. A fruit retailer, Chua Chuan Kooi, 39, was called out from a cinema show here and driven °ff m his car last night before he was robbed of $300 and the car by three men. Someone had asked the management to flash
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  • Article, Illustration
    16 5 "Some sneaky people just won't believe my secretary when she says that I'm out."
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  • 128 5 PENANG, Tues. The Georgetown City Council will enforce its anti-Jitter laws from June 1, the Chief Minister, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, announced today. Dr. Lim, who is also the officer administering the council, added that the council was considering starting an "inducement programme"
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  • 561 5 AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRY 'COULD LOSE ITS IDENTITY' THE air transport industry is m danger of losing its autonomy if it proves incapable of handling its own affairsMr. Knut Hammarskjold, the DirectorGeneral of the International Air Transport Association, who gave this warning, said governments and other
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  • 124 5 THE MP for Whampoa, Dr. Augustine Tan, left for Manila yesterday to attend the fourday meeting of the International Rice Research Institute, 1 which began on May 10. Dr. Tan, who will chair the international trade session today said the main item on the
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    • 212 5 OUR PILOTS GET YOU AIRBORNE, OUR PURSERS TAKE YOU TO SUBLIME HEIGHTS. When the takeoff roar settles to a Specifically, he's m charge of all murmuring hum, you'll hear different passenger services aboard the aircraft, sounds. The tinkle of silver against^^^FYom lighting and heating arrangechina.Wine pouring into crys- ments to
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  • 207 6 Plea to train youths to be better farmers IPOH, Tues. Farmers' associations were today urged to train rural youths to he|> create a farming society which would be more responsive to changes and thus accelerate progress m agriculture m the country. The Mentri Besar of Perak. Dato Kamaruddin Mohamed Isa,
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  • 122 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Police this morning detained five men m connection with investigations into the death of a man here last night. The man was found lying along a path m Kampong Peel with slash wounds on his face and
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  • 105 6 JASIN, Tues. The Malacca branch of the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs is to set up a women's multi-purpose cooperative society to sell cosmetics and clothes m Malacca town. The chairman of the committee of the branch, Che Kalsom binte Abdul Aziz, said today that
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  • 41 6 FOURTEEN Indonesian illegal immigrants were each jailed for two weeks by a magistrate's court yesterday. Two others, Abdul Majid bin Awang and Mohd. bin Abdullah, both 16. got a week each. All of them were arrested on Sunday.
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  • 800 6 The DAP sedition trial: All four fined $2,000 each 'A SUSTAINED BID TO HOLD GOVT IN CONTEMPT' KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two officials of the Opposition Democratic Action Party and two others were convicted today of sedition and fined $2,000 each by the High Court here. The four were the first
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  • 249 6 KOTA BAHRU, Tues. India is prepared to provide facilities to Malaysian businessmen to export batek there, the Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mr K.C. Nair, said today. In the past, neither Malay- i sian nor Indian businessmen had ventured into this field, he
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  • 12 6 LAFF A DAY "I just can't be mad at you any more."
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  • 97 6 TWO men got away with $4,500 m cash and some $5,000 m cheques after holding up a salesman of Lee Tong Chit Fund m a backlane off Cecil Street yesterday. Salesman Yeo Khee Hoong, 21, had come out of his Cecil Street office and was on
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  • 156 6 Malaysia will send 20 to Indon cultural festival KtALA LtMPIR, Tues. The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports will send a 20-member cultural troupe, including two cultural experts, to take part m the 10-day Ramayana International Festival and Seminar beginning m Jakarta on Aug. 31. The Minister, Dato Ham/ah bin
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  • 138 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Mara shoe factory m Petaling Java hopes to sell $3 million worth of its products this year compared with sales of $1.7 million last year. The manager of the factory Kulitkraf Sdn. Berhad Inche Yahya Noor. said this when briefing
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  • 27 6 IPOH, Tues. The National Family Planning board will hold a three-week course for 25 kampong midwives from June 7 at the Chinese Maternity Hospital here.
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    • 257 6 B fli fli 111 B™"™ 111 EV I I 111 THE Communications Minister, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, said at a recent Press conference: "We I— welcome all. constructive sugges- f ¥If~\ I wf 1 i tions aimed at a sincere attempt I. I I II i^ III 1 to improve
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  • CABLES WORLD WIDE
    • 567 7 STRASBOURG, France, Tues. Egypt warned today that it "categorically refuses 1 even to discuss the demilitarisation of the Sinai Peninsula or any kind of Israeli presence at Sharm H Sheikh. Addressing the consultative assembly of the Council of Europe, Egyptian Minister or State
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    • 387 7 'No food crisis in East Pakistan' WASHINGTON, Tues. Pakistan's chief economic adviser told President Nixon yesterday there is no immediate food crisis m East Pakistan, saying it has sufficient wheat and rice to last for three to four months. M.M. Ahmed also met the President's chief national security adviser, Dr.
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    • 208 7 India works on flower power Pill NEW DELHI, Tues. The common Hibiscus, a flowering plant that grows luxuriantly m South and South-East Asia, may yield a morning after contraceptive pill if Indian researchers succeed m isolating its anti- fertility ingredients. Several groups of researchers m India are working on traditional
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    • 86 7 Repatriation resumes NIIGATA, Japan, Tues. Repatriation of Korean residents m Japan to North Korea will be resumed on Friday under an agreement concluded between the Red Cross societies of the two countries m Moscow during February. The first group of 220 repatriates will leave aboard a Russian vessel, which is
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    • 308 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. Taiwan's new ambassador James Shen stressed, on his arrival yesterday that Taiwan is a longtime proved and tested ally of the U.S. and ''we believe there is something permanent about that." He said m an interview at Dulles International Airport that President
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    • 232 7 Hanoi man stoned by Laotian soldiers VIENTIANE, Tues. Laotian soldiers today stoned the North Vietnamese Charge d 'Affaires here when he walked out of a ceremony at which Prime Minister Prince Souvanna Phouma criticised Hanoi. The Charge, Mr. Nguyen Giap. was injured m the arm and leg. His two chauffeurs
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    • 180 7 Bus in lake: Toll now 77 SEOUL, Tiies. Rescue workers today found one more body, bringing to 7 the death toll of a bus accident yesterday at the (hongyong reservoir near here. The accident South Korea's worst occurred when the bus, with over 90 people aboard missed a curve and
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    • 315 8 CAPK TOWN, Tues. Prof. Christian Barnard completed hi.s sixth successful human heart transplant here early today his first for more than two years. The recipient, a 45-year-old white South African Dirk Van Zyl, was understood to be m satisfactory condition at Ciroote Schuur Hospital after
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    • 324 8 g CHESS.. .by Herald Knight g TAN Soei Tien and Lawrence Urn Seng Hoo tied for first place m the 1971 Singapore Chess Club Vaux Tournament Class Two event. Both finished the tournament with t% points (five wins, one draw and one loss).
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    • 644 8 Aussies may drop opposition to Peking From COLIN CHAPMAN in Sydney A THAW is expected m Australia's ice-cold policy towards China before the end of the week. A major split m the Australian Cabinet on the recognition of Peking has now been resolved m favour of the doves. Prime Minister
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 8 WILLIAM'S LAKE, British Columbia, Tues. Prince Philip of Britian shares a joke with two long-haired young men during a visit to a rodeo and barbecue here at the weekend. The Prince smiled when the youths told him they had no money to buy any beef or steer that was being
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    • 278 8 WASHINGTON, Tues. U.S. Secretary of Defence Melvin Laird, listing his major worries m an interview published today, warned against a "tremendous weapons momentum of the Soviet Union/ Mr. Laird emphasised an expanding Soviet military presence m the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean area m
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    • 178 8 PARIS, Tues. Workers today voted the occupation of a fourth Renault plant as the unions and France's biggest firm remained deadlocked. Workers at the Celon plant, near Rouen, voted to occupy the factory at a meeting this afternoon. About 2,000 of the 7,500 workers at Celon
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    • 74 8 COLOMBO. Tues. The Government today tightened censorship of news on insurgent activity, ordering newspapers to submit all reports, articles and editorials dealing with the present emergency to the censor. This afternoon Ceylon Observer said that on-the-spot news reports submitted to the censor have all been
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    • 373 8 Khmer troops damage Angkor Wat PHNOM PENH, Tues. Angkor Wat, the most famous temple m the ancient Khmer city of Angkor m Northwestern Cambodia, has been severely damaged by a Cambodian Army artillery barrage, authoritative sources have disclosed. The shelling, which killed or wounded about 10 peasant refugees m a
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    • 40 8 WASHINGTON, Tues. The U.S. Army relaxed its hair style regulations yesterday but only by a whisker. Sideburns can now extend to the bottom of the ear opening, a bit longer than was previously acceptable. AP
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    • 242 8 LONDON, Tues. A fire raged through the staff building of a London hotel early today killing eight people, including a naked, redheaded girl who jumped and landed on iron railings around the building. Ten injured, including a fireman, were taken to hos pital.
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  • BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS
    • 1314 9  - Cairo holds the key to Roger's success JOHN BULLOCH By m CAIRO THE American Secretary of State's tour of the Arab world and Israel was a calculated political and diplomatic risk. Politically, Mr. Rogers 's career' could suffer if it appeared m America that he was favouring the Arab States
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    • 547 9  - Yahya's men march on regardless DENNIS NIELD By m JAINIAPUR, EAST PAKISTAN LIKE many other towns m East Pakistan, Jainiapur awaits the advance of President Yahya Khan's troops heavy with the dejection of defeat Its townsfolk have lost faith m the secessionist forces of Bangla Desh and have hung out
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    • 167 9 I ADVERTISEMENT RATES I AVERAGE DAILY ADULT READERSHIP EXCEEDS 40,000. 1 DISPLAY CLASSIFIED 1 i r s7< P er Single C uiml m eh PERSONAL (MARRIAGES, BIRTHS. I g::: (contract rates available on application.) ENGAGEMENTS DEATHS etc I |CES < AP r oiNT /iEr i Ts «o^K.i y bo^-. y
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  • 208 10 BELL PUSH STOREMAN FOILS ARMED RAIDERS A GOLDSMITH foiled a robbery yesterday by pressing a button. Two revolver-carrying intruders panicked when he started the burglar alarm and they fled into a car parked a few yards away from the Nam Loong Goldsmith and Jewellery shop m North Bridge Road. Police
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  • Article, Illustration
    321 10  -  A.K. LEE Have you heard of neck pillows filled with feathers? 3y I WAS amused to see an advertisement for "famous down filled neck pillows" m the London Daily Telegraph. Apparently they're usually used m hospitals and sell for only £1.25 each. I've never heard of them being
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  • 171 10 WHEN RAF Changi Junior School's Meteor House changed its name to Bristol, three of the pupils, 11-year-old Wayne Davies, 12-year-old Ralf Williams and 11-year-old Antony Taunt (left to right m picture) got out their watercolours and brushes and produced this painting of a Bristol freighter for
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  • 137 10 Malaysian artists to hold exhibition PENANG, Tues. Two Malaysian artists will display their works at an exhibition of Australian imprints at the Museum and Art Gallery here beginning on Friday. They are Mr. Tay Kok Wee and Mr. Puah Kok Yew who have been studying and teaching m Australia for
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    • 194 10 I (OURNEW BUFFET LUNCHEON ISABANQUET^ I You can en oy a truly splendid Buffet Luncheon m the I H uenghis )r .ll Sumptuous Chinese specialities Smga- I m pore dishes and a groat table laden assortment of Eu- I ropean foods will be served everyday from 12 noon I HH!
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 233 10 5 p.m.: The Annual 7.30 p.m. Social Dance Nurses Graduation Club meeting at the Ceremony. Chinese V MCA 12 p.m.: Mystic Art 7 39 p.m.: RTS/AEB exhibition at Chinese Lecture on "Art m the Chamber of Commerce. 70s" at Radio Spore A Auditorium. 7 p.m.: Night bazaars m 7.30-9 am-
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • 270 11 SINGING STAR SLIPS INTO SINGAPORE WITH 120 SUITS JIMMY I m (hong is a fellow who's always on the move. So It's not unusual that he likes fast cars, snappy clothes, and whirlwind romances. But even he has to rest sometimes. And yesterday the singing
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    • 113 11 MOBILE P.O. TO SERVE TWO HOUSING ESTATES FROM next Monday, a mobile post office will be stationed at two housing estates. The estates are MacPherson Road Housing Estate and Crawford Housing Estate. The mobile post office will be located at the car park behind Block 37, Circuit Road (MacPherson Road
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    • 122 11 ONE hundred and nine people were killed m road accidents m the first four months of the year an increase of 12 over the same period last year. Police said yesterday that there were 19 road deaths last month compared with to
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    • 39 11 DR. Murray A. Falconer, Director of the Neurosurgical Unit of Maudsley Hospital m London, will talk on "The Costo Clavicular Compression Syndrome" at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, Outram Road General Hospital on May 17 at 5 p.m.
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    • 117 11 SCHOOLBOY Teng Tian Sook, 1 1, was drowned when he slipped unnoticed into the deeper pool at Mount Emily to join his elder brother, a coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. Tien Thiam Hock, 14, said that he took his brother Tian Sook for
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    • 266 11 BLOOD BANK STOCKS UP— THANKS TO NURSES THE water level m the reservoirs may be going down but reserve stocks of blood m the Blood Bank are steadily rising. Helping to keep the stocks rising are nurses like Tan Bee Lan (above) who are taking part m the blood donation
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    • 433 11 Anti-pollution action taken 'in good time' SINGAPORE has told the 23rd Assembly of the World Federation of United Nations Associations that she has taken action against pollution "m good time." "With the population and industrialisation growing m dimension and sophistication, we cannot escape the logic of tomorrow's future for today's
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    • 258 11 Fishermen protest to Indian mission THE Singapore Marine Products Workers Union has written to the Indian High Commission here protesting against the ill-treatment of nine Singapore fishermen for allegedly intruding into India's territorial waters m the Andaman Islands. The Union wants the Indian High Commission to give an assurance that
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    • 106 11 EIGHT years ago, Tay Chye Lin of Blanco Court, failed to stop his car at a Halt sign. Yesterday, he was brought to the court on a warrant of arrest to answer the charge. The court was told that Tay had committed the offence
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    • 59 11 A 37-year-old man was charged m a magistrate's court yesterday with the murder of a housewife m Dunlop Street on Monday. Chia Soon Bak alias Chia Soon Chwee, who is alleged to have caused the death of Tan Hook Soon, 44, was remanded m custody till
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    • 112 11 PORK merchants are to meet tomorrow to select their common weekly day off. Mr. Chin Poh Yin, president of the Singapore Merchants Association, said yesterday that his association would also call a joint meeting with the Cantonese Butchers Association to confirm the
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    • 203 12 Man who hit wife in court jailed A TRANSPORT <ompan> proprietor was sentenced yesterday to three months' jail for hitting his wife during a court hearing of her claim for maintenance. Packir Rowtber, 3C, was charged with interrupting Magistrate Chlam Boon Keng by assaulting his wife Santa Ma blnte \hmadnana
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    • 234 12 Shooting in car: Trader to stand trial BUSINESSMAN Anthony Lim Yong Hock was committed at the end of a preliminary inquiry yesterday to stand trial m the High Court on charges of shooting three police officers last Christmas Day. Lim, 37, was also charged with having a .32 Llama special
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    • 290 12 A LAND dispute is holding up improvement work at Dragon Lotus Hill. Until this was cleared up no work at the old folks home there was possible, said a spokesman for the Council of Social Service yesterday. The temple keeper claimed he was given
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    • 227 12 A CAR dealer was acquitted yesterday on a charge of cheating a car broker by giving him a postdated cash cheque to buy a second-hand car Tan How Mvi, 38, of Lorong 3 Geylang, was charged with cheating Mr. Ong Fook Yeow, of Airport
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    • 223 12 AMERICAN goodwill ambassador, Mr. Leo V. Newman, now visiting Singapore, is looking for a worthwhile charity to help. Mr. Newman, who arrived m Singapore with a team of eight people on Sunday, said that helping charities all over the world was one of
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    • 165 12 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. Singaporeans who studied at the Johore English College are urged to join the college's Old Boys Association. This call was made by the newly elected secretary, Mr. Cheah Char Bow, at the annual meeting held at the college. He
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    • 16 12 It M MUZ W> HAS^ DONE Mithins wbne. He's w> to JOfte^^ 1^
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    • 414 13 NEW YORK. Tues. The floating German mark means a higher price for Volkswagens m the United States, more exports of American grain, and less threat to steelworker jobs. For Washington, it means fewer worries about the balance of payments. And for the tourist, it may
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    • 201 13 CHIN TECK PLANTA TIONS reported that pretax profits for the six months ended February were lower at $946,563, compared to $1,356,799 made m the corresponding period m the previous year. An interim dividend of 7Vi per cent will be paid on June 10 to
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    • 489 13 BORNEO BERHAD recorded a mammoth jump of 75 per cent m its pre-tax profits of $X, 570,944 for 1970 from the previous year. Chairman K. Gould expressed satisfaction with the improved results which he pointed out came from "the steady development of our
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    • 680 13 MOTOR INVESTMENTS' pre-tax profits of $9,377,986 for 1970 was more than $2 million higher than those made m 1969. The profits included $1,904,365 from the sale of fixed assets, as against $259,814 m 1969. Chairman K. Gould said the vehicle markets m Singapore and
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    • 262 13 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. HONGKONG < Rates m Hongkong dollars, for May 11) On New York TT 6.0225 On New York DD 6.0150 Gold (99% fineness, per tael) 298.25 Note Rates: China
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    • 583 13 The market closed firm yesterday, but off the top. By mid-day the Financial Times index had broken through the psychological 400 barrier but this seemed to be the signal for some selective profittaking. Towards the dose, the Financial Times index was up 7.9 at 401.8, the highest
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    • 324 13 STRAITS TRADING group profits before tax totalled $20.2 million for 1970, a rise of 22.1 per cent over the $16.5 million income for previous year. Profits attributable to the parent company was $17.2 million, compared with $14.2 million previously. The increase m profits was due
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    • 387 13 The stock market yesterday turned up slightly and the trading tempo picked upabitAfter one hour of trading, the Stanpoors industrial average, was up four cents. while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was ahead (Paid prices at 1100 0.84. Both averages had been m negative ground m
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    • 203 13 AMSTERDAM Internationals were firm yesterday under the lead of Unilever on local and British demand. Hoogovens, Royal Dutch and Philips also moved ahead. Akzo was neglected, ahead of today's first quarter statement. Plantations were mixed and shippings continued Monday's weak trend. KLM Airlines extended itsfalL PARIS Share prices
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    • 740 14 TIM SUM our array of spicy and S saucy tidbits for your S easy consumption. If S you have any to share, 5J send them m to Tim 5 Sum, Singapore Herald, P.O. Box 692. 5 Did you know that the magnificent "Irish" country 5 which you saw
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      62 15 MEN! Get this fabulous gear from Jean's West of Raffles Place. LEFT, a T-shirt with matching flares m bold stripes of violet, brown and white. The shirt is about $38 and the pants with belt is about $68. RIGHT, vests and flares in reddish brown and pin stripes
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    • 33 14 C, Km, Future. Synd.c.H." Inc. 1971. WorM rigM. TeMfVei I You don t understand women, you don't understand kids today, you don't understand the stock market! What DO you understand?"
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    • 207 14 Th Lo ba e Sportive ok is ck again ul Living^ THE S girls win hike thr spor! th< dar»> the Joan I lde.ii Tr an overv fashions Orchard blend ol tailoring HOTP/ soft terr button-d< sleeves, own. or About $6 BLJRGl is st} long, pe neck. b< Knickers for
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    • 1247 15 JULY COOPER is almost an English institution like the monarchy or the queue. She writes on modern manners and mores m a racy, witty column m The Sunday Times m London. Like all institutions, she is beloved by some while others would like nothing better than to
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    • 60 15 SKINTHINGS the newest thing m panti-hose. It's completely seamless with a knitted-in gusset which means that you get stockings which does not ruin the first time you stretch. Kolotex, the mcMer of this panti-hose, says Skinthings gives you better fit and comfort. It's also available m
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    • 145 16 i r Mi A11."..- HONGKONG, Tues. Most European businessmen at 'Mi- Canton trade fair have suspended trading because of the European currency crisis. They have asked the Chinese authorities to extend the fair, which is due m close next Monday, for another week. A
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    • 1899 16 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE FRASERS INDUSTRIAL INDICES A SCRAMBLK to buy Borneo Rerhad. Motor investments and Wheelock Marden shares was MM main feature of the Stock Exchange yesterday. Industrials closed on a firm note m moderate trading. A few lower priced counters also met with
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    • 78 16 (Managers' prices for May 12) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.31 1.36xd Mai. Progreas Fund 1.15 1.20 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.16 1.21 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.32xd The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.12 1.17 B. S. The Saving Fund 1.14 i i
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    • 646 16 RUBBER/ TIN/ COCONUT/ PEPPFR MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE RUBBER RIBBER 116.50 cents per kilo (I n< hanged). Early morning offers of both May and June 1 RSS yesterday dropped prices from the initial opening indications of around 118 and 118.75 cents respectively to 117.50 to 118.25 cents at which levels first business was
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    • 124 16 Thailand to life export ban on steel rods BANGKOK, Tues. The Thai Government is expected to lift its ban on the export of locally produced steel rods and impose a temporary ban on imports very soon, informed sources reported today. The move is aimed at improving local market conditions and
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    • 330 16 The market closed steady yesterday, with small gains. Prices eased initially but firmed after mid-day following small fresh support. Overall trading was quiet a* jobbers awaited further international currency developments. Turno\er for the day was 120 million units. The stock exchange average was 12.15 points higher on
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    • 561 16 Mining shares were again weaker yesterday though some issues regained lost ground. Oils edged lower m quiet trading and industrials were variable. Peko Wallsend lost 20 cents to I 0.90, Western Mining dipped two cents to $4.2 8, and MIM lost three cents to $3.47 after selling
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    • 247 16 Share prices extended Monday's gains m heavy dealings yesterday. At the close, there were still buyers around but no sellers were forthcoming. Business for the day valued at $17.78 million was more than $3 million above Monday's total. Hongkong Land was outstanding, trading 84,000 shares at up
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    • 199 16 LONDON, Tues. The market was quiet today but grain shippers covered a cargo from the U.S. Gulf to Denmark at USS6.7O fio (free m and out) for vlay, and paid U559.36 fio for meals and pellets from Duluth/Superior to Rotterdam for ?lay. A cargo of potash was
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    • 319 19  -  CAVALIER B> Hang Tuah shapes like winner PLNANG, Tues. Hang Tuah II shaped like a winner on good going here this morning. Ridden by Subian Dalwee, the Double Bore gelding ran :if m 'AH on the bit. Top Kingdom also impressed m a 5f workout, returning :»H 1/5
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    • 291 19 OAKLAND, California, Tues. Undefeated young heavyweight contender George Foreman, erasing the nearest thing to a blot on his record, wore down Gregorio Peralta quickly and scored a lOth-round knockout last night m his rematch with the 36-year-old Argentine fighter. The fight was the finale
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    • 246 19 Pitchers steal limelight NEW YORK, Tues. The pitchers were m the spotlight yesterday as Juan Marichal and Ferguson Jenkins fired four-hitters, and Gary Gentry and Tug McGraw teamed for one of their own. Marichal, en route to his fifth victory, registered five strike-outs to lift his career total to 2,001
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    • 63 19 Demonstrating her expertise at RAF Changi, Singapore, is 11-year-old Elaine Callan, here toppling one of her classmates to the mat during a session which ended with her winning two trophies. Elaine and her 7-year-old brother Philip, also a Judo enthusiast, are the children of Flight Lieutenant Phil
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    • 763 19 NORTHAMPTON, Tues. Northamptonshire's South African Hylton Ackennan hit the fourth century of the tour off the Pakistanis with a score of 105 here yesterday. Glenn Turner from New Zealand and Ron Headley from Jamaica took hundreds of them for Worcestershire m the first match
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    • 581 19 SEOUL. Tues. South Korean featherweight Kirn Hyun was listed as the new champion m his division m the May ratings of the Orient Boxing Federation (OBF) released here. He was the only Korean among ten champions listed m the ratings. There
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    • 226 19 AT DARTFORD: Kent 344 for seven dec (M.C. Cowdrey 132, A.G.E. Ealham 104) and 37 for one. AT LEICESTERSHIRE: 348 (B.J. Booth 97, D. Dudleston 66, J.N. Shepherd four for 79). AT CHELMSFORD: Glamorgan 202 and 71 for four: Essex 356 for seven dec (K.W.R. Fletcher 164 n.0.:
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    • 987 20 BEATTY SECONDARY MEET ALL THE RESULTS MURUGESH Jayasingam, 16, easily won the individual 'A' division championship with four firsts at Beatty Secondary School 18th annual athletic meet at Firm Park Athletic Centre yesterday. He took the 100 metres (12.1); 200 metres (25.3); 110
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    • 102 20 NET BALL: SWNA Business Houses League (F&N, Farrer Park, 5.15 p.m.). HOCKEY: Senior league SAFSA v Combined Schools (GSC). National Schools final (Girls) Rangoon Road Sec. School vs Dunearn Tech. Sec. School (Swiss Cottage, 3.30 p.m.). TABLE TENNIS: National Junior Singles (Monk's Hill). ATHLETIC: Outram Secondary School (Farrer
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      331 20 SPORTS WORLD Singing, boxing dates for Frazier m Japan TOKYO, Tues. World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier, who also has a reputation as a night club performer, may visit Japan m September for singing performances and two exhibition fights against Japanese light heavyweights, a Japanese show business promoter said today.
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    • 163 20 Wong Cheng captures newcomers TT title WONG Cheng of the Singapore Polytechnic won the Singapore Table Tennis Association newcomers singles title when he beat Low Chu Seng m the final at Monk's Hill School last night. i 9-;n on 2i-n on 2M7 232! Tay Chin Chiew and Ang Gee Leong
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      27 20 P ,i b Ut UieS >ard 5 Mu h Manlam heads away one of Jurons Town', raids SJf Js^pSKSTS SSer VeS" eS k Ckol MtbM FaTr 5
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    • 201 20 KUALA TRENGGANU, Tues. Singapore and Thailand have also been invited to take part m the 49th Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union Championships to be held here m August, bringing the number of countries invited to eight Originally, India, Brunei, Ceylon, Fiji, Indonesia and the
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    • 139 20 SEOUL, Tues. Favoured Burma thrashed Malaysia 6-1 m a semi-final soccer match for President's Park Chung Hee Cup here today. The winners led 4-0 at halftime. Burma will meet South Korea m the final on Thursday. In the other semi-final game, the Koreans blanked Indonesia
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    • 784 17 1 1 1 /I Vl ?i V FOR EASY REFERENCE: The shipping schedules I 1 y X beginning on this page are g.ven ,n four parts for _A>i I '1 A s westbound, eastbound. southbound and coastal irr^n ssUd!^^^ SHIPPING r^? s ca,, N^^ ij!.* V AA^W line abbrev,ated/name of
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    • 325 19 ACROSS DOWN 1. Goes up as the century 2 Wearing it is a grave matter finishes (7) b. Not only sailors have this 3 Choose gold for a prince of special skill (5) tnt> Holy Roman Empire (7) 8. Liberal at no cost (4) 4. Finds out tne discount is
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