The Straits Times, 9 January 1971

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    26 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 200,000 The National newspaper The Straits Times. Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1971 20 CENTS K.D.N. 5005: M.C. (P) No. 2507
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    Row halts buses in Toa Payoh
    557 1  - Row halts buses in Toa Payoh GERRY DE SILVA: NTUC intervention finally ends 5-hour stoppage By -Singapore, Friday PUBLIC transport in Toa Payoh estate was virtually paralysed today after workers of two bus companies stopped work for fear of being beaten up. Between 7.") <\\h\ 100 Ikiscs were immobilised altogether
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    Now it's $20,000 to be won
    111 1 Now it's $20,000 to be won week's Straits Times $10,000 must-be-won Word Puzzle 'A" contest will be repeated next week. This is to give a chance to readers in West Malaysia who lost their coupons in the floods to enter the first of this exciting series of contests. For those
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    Police act on 'hell' drivers
    88 1 Police act on 'hell' drivers SINGAPORE. Sat. Mobile Squad patrolmen on motorcycles patrolled the Nicoll Hifh-way-Shenton stretch of road up to 2 a.m. in a crackdown on illegal daredevil motor racing. Normally, these patrols end at midnight. But patrolmen were ordered out in forcr from last night by tin- Traffic
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    Lock icon Eaten alive by piranhas
    51 1 MANAUS. i Brazil!. Frl. Nfan-rating piranha fit.h devoured fisherman Zeca Vicente alien he tumbled Into the water during a battle with 300 farmers for nowefMon of an Amazon jungle lake. Vicente the Mx-foot tall leader of a group of 30 fishermen, was eaten alive in minute*.
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    Lock icon Two killed by guerillas
    27 1 BANGKOK. Fil Communist fruerillas killed a policeman and a rural development worker in separate ambushes in north-eastern Thailand, police sources said today. Reuter
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    Flood havoc
    28 1 JAKARTA. Pri. Five people were drowned and 20,000 were evacuated as floods swept the Dell Serdang regency In Atjeh, North Sumatra. Antara news agency reported today.
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    Singapore student's appeal to stay in Britain
    670 1  - Singapore student's appeal to stay in Britain YEO TOON JOO By LONDON. Fri— A Singapore aeronautical engineering student today began his appeal in the U.K. Immigrants Appeals Tribunal to stay in Britain for another year to obtain his professional iiualificatio-'s. Mohamed Ismail bin Nuor Mohamed Abdul Lalllf. 23. who came
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    Lock icon Guerillas grab British envoy in Montevideo
    101 1 MONTEVIDEO. Pn— Police in Montevideo said today that British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson was kidnapped this morning and was in the hands of the Tupamaros guerillas Mr. Jackson became the third kidnap victim held by the Tupamaros. who have had U.S. soils expert Claude L
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    Safe—the vanished hundred
    630 1 Safe— the vanished hundred KUALA LUMPUR, Friday HPHE 100 people reported missing from two kampongs along the flood-swol-len Muar River yesterday are safe. Fears had been.expressed for the safety of the villagers of Kampong Pengkalan -Kota and Kampong Merigi when relief workers reported that the two places were under at
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    Malaysia to run jungle warfare school
    352 1 Malaysia to run jungle warfare school CINGAPCRE, Fri. The jungle warfare school in Ulu Tiram, Johore is to be Malaysian-run, it was decided at the close of the twoday five-power defence talks today. Use of the school by Malaysia's four partners Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Britain can, however, be
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      124 1 nbermain RcgHlereJ r.adv Mu,k mMßlMivl MTU TRUDEAU STAND ON ARM 6 SALES KARACHI. Kri.— Canadian Prime Minister Mr. Pierre Trudeau said here today hi* country would not support British arms sales to South Africa but took the view that any Commonwealth country had the right to decide what was best
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    President gives his first reception
    176 2 President gives his first reception SINGAPORE. Fri. A smiling Indonesian Ambassador, Mr. Soenarso. and his wife were among the first guests at a reception at the Istana tonight to meet President Sheares and Singapore's new First Lady. The first to arrive at the Istana steps at 6.25 p.m. was the
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    ENTRY BAR ON WOMAN FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
    302 2 ENTRY BAR ON WOMAN FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CINGAPORE. Fri. The Government has permanently banned the entry into Singapore of Miss Estrella Carreras. 34. a British voluntary research worker with Amnesty International in London. The problhitlon order, gazetted today, was issued by the Home Affairs Minister. Dr. Wong Lin Ken. under
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    Lock icon 'Whitewash' charge against racialism probe finding
    249 2 'Whitewash' charge against racialism probe finding HONG KONG. Frl. The Bouth China Morning Post said today the Hong Kong Government's report of an official Inquiry into a Singapore doctors allegations that he was racially insulted by Europeans was not fully satisfactory. Indeed, the concise report on the findings of the
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    TENGAH RADIO BID TO SET WORLD RECORD
    82 2 SINGAPORE. Kri Trngah Broadcasting Service based at RAF I i-n;.ih at in. on today started its bid to brat what it claims is the current world rerord for continuous broadcasting 2.001 hours. The cri-vice's tarcet is 3.001 hours or 12.". days and j
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    A garden to enjoy Japanese way of gracious living
    317 2  - A garden to enjoy Japanese way of gracious living LESLIE FONG By CINGAPORE. Fri. A quaint, yeisha house redolent of old imperial Japan. A serene, picturesque lake straddled by romantic little bridges Its waters rippling ever ao gently. Nearby, uces and plants of a hundred species iway In rhythm to
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      325 2 lII .lit .^l if» o great aoy ana trw beginning of many heppy new years when you fmo nut you hoy« rnor* obility tnon you thought >ou hod. Those noppv new y -or? itort when you beak thro, gh youf own mentol end emn* onol reservations obc'l yourvflf. Thofl when
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    C'wealth summit will survive the fireworks
    529 3  -  P. M. RAMAN: 'IT WILL BE EVEN STRONGER...' By Singapore, Friday Till*. Commonwealth will certainly not I break up. but on the contrary emerge as a more coherent and stronger body, after the Singapore .summit starting on Thursday. Bourcai close to the Commonwealth Secretariat,
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    More British aid for Malaysia
    344 3  - More British aid for Malaysia ANTHONY NG By KUALA LUMPUR. Friday BRITAIN will increase her financial aid to Malaysia and other developing countries to a total of about $2,558 million a year by 1975. Disclosing this, the British Hlgb Commissioner Sir Michael Walker, said overseas development sential In pursuance of
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    British don to visit Singapore
    85 3 British don to visit Singapore SINGAPORE. Fri. The Professor of Modern English Language at Birmingham University. Prof. J.M. Sinclair, will visit Singapore as guest of the British Council from Jan. 12 to 30. He will me*" officials of Che Ministry of Education to learn about Knjlisli learhlne in Singapore srhools.
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    COME HOME PLEA TO WIFE MISSING 3 MONTHS
    170 3 SINGAPORE. Fri— A Public Health Department worker. .Mr. Teo \h I. cue. 44. today appealed to his wife, nee Lee Ah Bee. missing since Srpt. 20, to return hnmr. "Our four children mis-> her very much." he said when he called at
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    CIVIL SERVANTS AS DRIVERS FOR C'WEALTH DELEGATES
    183 3 SINGAPORE. Fri. ONE hundred "clean-driv-ing" civil servants will stand in as drivers for visiting delcßatr.s during the Commonwealth Beadl I of state conference Starting next Thursday. Thr men. ranging from executive officers to armed forces personnel were ■elected from group of volunteers been
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    Toh to speak at institute meeting
    78 3 Toh to speak at institute meeting SINGAPORE. Fri. The Science and Technology Minister, Dr. loh Chin Chye. will address the inaugural meeting of directors of the South-east Asia Iron nnd Steel Institute on Mnrch 9. The meet in v. to be held >t the Conference Hall, u'll formally launch th€
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    Changes called for in S'pore architectural education
    278 3 Changes called for in S'pore architectural education SINGAPORE. Fri.—Architecture student. Mr. Koh Seng Siew called for changes in the existing architectural education programme in a torum to riant Speaking on the topic "Nature and role of Architectural Education" at the University of Singapore new lecture theatre 3. Mr. Koh said
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    15-year-old Wei Ling scores eight distinctions in exams
    246 3 15-year-old Wei Ling scores eight distinctions in exams CINGAPORE. Fri. 3 Lee Wei Ling. 15--year-old daughter of the Prime Minister and Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew. scored eight distinctions in the Government Secondary Four School Certificate examinations. A student ot Nanyang Girls High School. Wei Ling only daughter of their three
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    SAF exercises
    43 3 SINOAPORE. Fii. The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises at the Maju Camp Mining area from 8 R.m. en J?n 18 to 4 pin on Jan. 24. Blanks will be used *nd the public Is advised not to be alarmed.
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      Out of all that heavy stuff, the soft sounds of Sebastian
      869 4 Out of all that heavy stuff, the soft sounds of Sebastian Music is O greot thing to bring down people's anxieties, emphasising the good things and the real things of life. But we are going ro get nowhere shouting about the difference in the generation's thoughts and all that. We
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      WHY 'WOODSTOCK' IS BANNED IN SINGAPORE
      163 4 WHY 'WOODSTOCK' IS BANNED IN SINGAPORE SIMiAPOKK. Friday V}I\(MPORE"S film censors have very good reasons for banning the colour pop film "Woodstotk," according to the acting chairman of the Board of Film Censors, Mr. Chiou Chee Pern. Commenting on a Straits Times report of Dec. 29 which stated that no
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      Lock icon Long hair in Russia: 'Awful'—but legal
      119 4 MOSCOW. Fn. Shaggy- haired Soviet youths who have been struggling to keep their hair long despite angry stares, hostile school officials, and puzzled parents, have won a concession from the country's I No. 2 law-enforcement offl- I clal. No matter how awful they may
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      The tail, tall man at Supper
      120 5 The tail, tall man at Supper MOST people have nut heard of Oscar McLollie oo they might be pardoned for wondering what they could hear from him. I too was wondering until two days ago, when I dropped in to see Oscar at the Supper Club. Rather unexpectedly I enjoyed
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      PRETTY, FRESH AND NOT SHOWY
      161 5 PRETTY, FRESH AND NOT SHOWY 4 pretty tntbamt in the Lionel Revue distinguishes il from the usual run of topless entertainment in town. Here you see topless showgirls flaunting peasant coquettry instead of the customary bold voluptuousness. It's pretty rather than glamorous, artistic and not just showy. And. it srems
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      When $85 for a ticket is as good as $100...
      654 5 Count Basic experiment JK they pull this one through, it will be the dawning of ;i new en in Singapore entertainment. For the first time show promoters here are bringing in a show which will cost each member of the
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      Playing the music without pushing the moral...
      375 5 Playing the music without pushing the moral... IN .i limr of M-irntiflcally advanced mechanics ami intricate stage productions. "Anythinc to Declare" was a ma«niti(rn( More on the side of simplicity Simple but effective. The musiial by the Moral RrArmament party showed what human inventiveness, with imagination, could achieve with n
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    Call to stamp out HP football money' racket
    158 6 Call to stamp out HP football money' racket PENANG, Fn. The Penang Consumers' Association today called on the Government to act against the "football money" racket operated by car hire-puchase financiers. •'These financiers are a pernicious type of money-.-.-nUers." Mr. S.M. Mohamed Idris the president, said. Since the introduction of
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    56 trainees to graduate
    41 6 SINGAPORE Fit— Flfty-slx graduand trainee:; of the trainIng ship. Singapore will be graduating on Jan. 16 on board the ship. The shipping director of Harrison and Crosfield. Mr KH Watson, will present the certificates at 10 m
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    Wrong number
    32 6 SINGAPORE. Fri. The correct number of one of the 80 participation prizes In the 1 71 Singapore Sweep should be *****66 and not *****86 as reported In the Straits Times.
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    'S'pore will make it with flying colours'
    470 6 'S'pore will make it with flying colours' CRUCIAL YEAR WITH PULLOUT BUT. SINGAPORE. Fri gAXK oi America regional vice-president Edward de Jong loday forecast that Singapore would come through 1971 "with flying colours' 1 although it would be a crucial year for the Republic as the year the completion of
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    CLUE TO FARMER'S DEATH BY FIRE
    141 6 CLUE TO FARMER'S DEATH BY FIRE CINGAPORE, Fri. Jurong farmer Ter Kirn Tee, 61, whose charred body was found on a mud track near his home today left a clue to his flaming death. On a table in the farm house at Lorong Dodol was a letter addressed to his
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    Labourer dies after fall
    42 6 BUTTERWORTH. Fri. A labourer, Ens Cheng Chuan. died on the way to hospital yesterday from Injuries received while working at an oil mill In Penang. Eng'.s hand wax caught In a machine. He fell and sustained head Injuries.
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    Toto prize
    19 6 SINGAPORE. Fri— The second group prize of $20,000 was won in yesterday's Toto draw No 2 71.
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    Drilling barge blaze body identified
    168 6  - Drilling barge blaze body identified IGNATIUS STEPHEN By BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Fri. The man whose charred body was found in the drilling barge Big John yesterday has been identified as Wade L. Moore, an American. He was a member of Atwood Oceanic, a contracting firm carrying out drilling operations for
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    Two jailed for illegal entry
    41 6 SINGAPORE. Fri. Two Indonesians were today Jailed for a month each for Illegal entry. Both were arrested yesterday. Jahfar bin Udln. 19. at Uie Jiironu central lish-market. and Mohamed Ah bin Azinan, 20, at Queen Street.
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    Tax charge
    35 6 SINGAPORE. Krl T«B Oeok Khlm today denied in a magistrate's court having 1.4 M lb. of dutiable rpusti< .soda at a hou^e In ix>ix»ng Tal Sen* yesterday. He was allowed bail pending trial.
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    Public help police to reduce crime in Johore Bahru
    165 6 JOHORE BAHRU. Fri. 1 rpHANKS to excellent pub--1 lie co-operation the Jonon* police were very successful in crime detection and gang-busting last year. Twelve highly organised |tnn were smashed—including four specialising in copper wire thefts. Since 1966. 3.700-lb of wire valued
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    Fatal hit flings man into a canal
    172 7 SINGAPORE. Fri All IK n i;i v went flying into the air and plunged fatally into Ruklt Tim. in canal after he was struck by a car this morning. The car ended smack into a lamp post, its driver critically injured. It happened
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    Shy S'poreans told: Smile to visitors
    340 7 Shy S'poreans told: Smile to visitors SINGAPORE, Friday §HY Singaporeans were lokJ today l<> emerge from their shells for Ihe sake <>t llucountry's lourism. NTUC adviser Mr. Gerald de Cruz told 60 airport staff at the Paya Lebar airport: "We Asians are a naturally shy people. Rut in the context
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    LEFEVRE, A 'BRITISH SUBJECT IN AUSTRALIA'
    107 7 LEFEVRE, A 'BRITISH SUBJECT IN AUSTRALIA' SM'ORK. Hi Thf Ministry "i Home MTalrs today clarified it> statement yesterday that ;in Australian tourist. Mr. Ja>-(|iie. Lefevre, gave a written apology to three African delegates at the Hilton Hotel. It said ihe man Is a British .subject residing in Australia I'he apology
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    Illegal immigrant jailed for theft
    101 7 Illegal immigrant jailed for theft CINOAPORE. Fri. An k illegal immigrant was today jailed for three months for stealing a transformer from an emporium in Raffles Place on Der. 31 Indonesian SilitnngH. 22. wa.s also i ailed for three months for entering Singapore illegally without a valid pass the sentences
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    Youth found hanged from tree
    66 7 Youth found hanged from tree SINGAPORE. Fri Brian Wilson. 18 of Jalan Asas in Bukit Tim ah was found hanged from a rambutan tree near his home this morning. BrlHii. an orphan living with relatives, had been missing for three days. He war. a former relief teacher, and was due
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    THREE WOMEN BOUND HAND AND FOOT
    56 7 SINGAPORE. Fri Three women were bound hand and foot by two men with dauuers who entered a flat In Jalan Run, ah Tinpgi yesterday. While housewife Chua Moey Sianu. 18. her mother-in-law and washer woman were help!'"*- the robbers rantacked the flat and left
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    $50,000 in gold bars still not claimed
    173 7 $50,000 in gold bars still not claimed SINGAPORE. Fri. No one is exacted to come forward to claim the gold bars worth 550.000 sei?ed from an airline pas.scuger'.s bug at Singapore Airport on Wednesday night. a Custom* ipoketanan today said if the claimant came forward he would be dealt with
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    Slogans in lift
    30 7 SINGAPORE Fri Three iiiiii-Koveriuneni risgaM written in red ink nere round "ii 'he all* of a lift In Block 38. ClrCBM Road ofi Miut'hprsiiii Rimd tasi night.
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    Council of Law Society officers
    134 7 SINGAPORE. Fri LAWYER Mr G Starlorth Hill has been re-elect-ed president of the Council of the Law Society of Singapore for 1!)71 a year which promises to be "ex-tra-challenging." The Council represents the interest of 300 members of the Singapore Bar Mr. H. L. Wee
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    SHELL DENIAL ON THAT OIL SLICK IN PORT WATERS
    269 7 SHELL DENIAL ON THAT OIL SLICK IN PORT WATERS SINGAPORE. Fri. tHELL today denied they were responsible for the quarter mile-long oil slick seen in port waters on Wednesday. The Port Authority, in .1 .statement yesterday. -an. their on-the-spot inve.stitjations showed that the spill had "originated" from Pulau Bukom. the
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    'Help me fill well that killed my son' plea in court
    122 7 'Help me fill well that killed my son' plea in court CINGAPORK. Fri Poultry 1 farmer Tan All Sing. 46, today appealed to the Coroner Mr Li^w N«ik Kee to help him fill up ;< 20--foot well which caused the death of his eldest son He was tesiilvinc a! MB
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    Drive for members
    40 7 StNO*PORE. FH TbC !i"l-.< or Chamber of IMnm|H»i> t.i- hp »mr:ed us ■miihlhihlilii r ivnp «n# Dec 1 l^'O lias so I eiuht voting men :is member* I The drive will end on March*" 1 11, 1!<7!
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    Messages from Queen E, Nixon to the King
    309 8 Messages from Queen E, Nixon to the King KUALA LUMPUR. Frl. Queen Elizabeth today sent the following menage to the Van« di-Pc rtu a D Anoiitf. |"I have besn shocked lo Irani O| Die Hood daman** ill Mala.s la. "My husband and I send Your Majesty our heartfelt .sympathy for
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    Major rail links may open by Monday
    370 8 Major rail links may open by Monday KUALA LUMPUR. Fri jl/IAJOR rail services disrupted by the nationwide floods are likely to be in operation by Monday. About 1,000 r-.iiiwaymen are working round the clock to clear landslides repair the tracks and bridges, and replace sections that have been washed away.
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    Almost back to normal
    46 8 IPOH. Pri. The situation la the flood-ade'iFd areas of Per«k has returned to normal except for some areas In the lower reache* of the Pemk Rner uhere further eMM-imtinns werr nn-f;>-arv t(Kia\. The Nordm bridge near P»rjl U itlU clewed to truffle.
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    DRYING OUT HIGH COURT FILES
    104 8 DRYING OUT HIGH COURT FILES FILES belong ing to the Bankruptcy Office being dried out at tin Kuala Lumpur High Court building yesterday Though many of the department's Hies were uulrrloKKed. account books of bankrupts wrre left intact bec.iusc they were kept in the higher shelves. Water in the nfTiri-
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    Selangor toll: 18 dead, 1,300 homes destroyed
    303 8 Selangor toll: 18 dead, 1,300 homes destroyed THE GREAT FLOODS KUALA U'MPI'H. Friday MOHK than 1,900 homes were destroyed and 9.X29 others damaged in the floods in Selangor. The number of homeless was estimated at 8.000 people. In the capital 795 houses were destroyed, in Kajang 26, in Kuala Kubu
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    800 stranded in rail coaches
    97 8 800 stranded in rail coaches rri'ALA LEPIS. Kri.— Ahout 800 passengers hay* bi-cn ratine and sleeping in railway coaches at the railway station here since la.st Satunda). r!<i>t are students and tra c h e r!s. who were stranded whrn the (if mas to Tampat railway line wa* rat off.
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    Flood-hit library to close for 'few months'
    110 8 Flood-hit library to close for 'few months' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri The library at the Lincoln Centre will be closed at least a "few months" due to extensive flood damage. More than 15.000 books were destroyed when the centre In Jalan Mountbatten was undrr four to five leet of water on
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    Lock icon BOOKS AID PLEDGE
    48 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl.— The Government today gave an asxurance that assistance would be given to schoolchildren in West Malaysia who had lost their textbooks and uniforms in the floods. "Some form of assistance It being considered." the Minuter of Education. Inche Hussein Onn. sold Bernama
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      POACHING SKILLS
      398 10 The poaching of technicians and technocrats has become a way of industrial life in Singapore. It has caused serious concern to ail employers but no-one seems to be able or prepared to end it. Technical skills are in short supply and the demand for them is increasing. Enticing
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      WHITER THAN WHITE
      325 10 111 luck as much as anything else has put the "White Australia" policy in the limelight again as Commonwealth Heads of Government prepare to leave for Singapore and a summit conference. Mr. John Gorton is not easily embarrassed, but even he will admit he would rather not
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      FIGHTING POLLUTION
      263 10 Singapore's anti-pollution drive covers many fronts. The sea is getting its full share of attention. Oil pollution in particular will become a major problem if preventive steps are not taken. Each year more ships are calling at *or passing Singapore, ship repairing and shipbuilding activity is mounting and
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    And then the rains came..
    841 10 And then the rains came.. ALLINGTON KENNARD looks at what has been said and done In the past about flood control and what MUST now be done THE Malaysian Government's long term strategy for the prevention of major flooding will begin with the knowledge that nature, at its worst, is
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      111 10 WHILE walking with a friend. I saw a young Chinese in khaki brown uniform (probably a health inspector) confronting an elderly Chinese man. From their conversation, i gathered they were arguing over a littering case. Alter many explanations by the officer, the man gave hb-'d.-ntity card While the
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    When 'food for peace' went to the Vietcong
    551 10  - When 'food for peace' went to the Vietcong RALPH BLUMENTHAL: SAIGON BY THE United States has quietly suspended a significant part of its Food For Peace programme in this country after American investigators uncovered widespread abuses, including'the selling of commodities intended for war victims as pig feed. Last month the
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    723 10  -  JOSEPH GALLOWAY By JAKARTA THE time was late 1965 and the place was the jungles of the Indonesia Riau Islands a few miles from Singapore. A huge banner flapped in the breeze at one of the base areas for Indonesian Marines fighting the war
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      36 11 BOUQUET FOR TRUDEAU CANADA'S Prime Minister. Mr. Pierre Trudeau. accepting a bouquet of flowers from a Pakistani Girl, Rohi Kagscr. on his arrival at Rawalpindi Airport on Wednesday. Mr. Trudeau leaves today for New Delhi— NYT
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      Taxi row closes schools in Manila
      80 11 Taxi row closes schools in Manila MANILA, Fn Philippine authorities have .suspended all school classes in Manila today because of a threatened strike by some 15.000 taxi drivers o'er higher petrol and oil prices The Education Department suspended classes In both public and private schools on a warning from the
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      Lock icon A paperweight saves 'heart' woman
      66 11 A paperweight saves 'heart' woman LONDON. Fri. A tmy BMfnetic paperweight saved the life of a 54-year-old woman durinp a delicate heart operation n London. Its manufacturer: said today During a five-hour valve replacement tt London hospital. a needle snapped and droppeu Into a narrow cavity. A nurve stiKge:,ted uMtxr
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      Lock icon Navy award for Bob Hope
      69 11 WASHINGTON. Vn. OOSMdian Bob Hope Is to receive the shed Service Award and Gold Medal for bringing 3o years of 'cheer. <ood will ami encouragement into the lives of navy men and marines afloat, ashore and overseas." Announcing the award, the Navy said Hope will
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      Lock icon Off with cat and wife
      32 11 HONG KONG. Fri Mr John Praaer. Canada's tus-t head of mission In Peking, left here by train today with his cat. wife and four staff members. Renter.
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      Lock icon Pakistan worried by India's N-potential
      370 11 RAWALPINDI, Friday PRESIDENT Yahya Khan yesterday told Canada's Premier Pierre Trudeau that Pakistan is concerned that India may develop nuclear weapons through Canadian financed research. This was the sole surprise item in a session lasting over two hours here following Mr. Trudeau's arrival on Wednesday
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      Lock icon Union warning on wages
      25 11 DETROIT. Fri.— The threat of industrial action loomed yesterday over negotiations for pay increases for thousands oX American car-Industry employees UPI.
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      158 11 WASyiNGTON. Fri. The I. S. National Bureau of Standard--(NBS) reports that women's body measurements have grown since it published a standard 12 >r.irs ago based on a l!»3!l survey by the Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the nnv NBS stand. ml is U update the sizing
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      Lock icon Student protests as Heath flies in
      281 11 RAWALPINDI. Fri. British Prime Minister. Mr. Edward Heath today flew into the world's biggest Muslim nation as students throughout Pakistan continued massive demonstrations at British buildings. There were no Incidents among the crowd at the airport kept small for security reasons. But elsewhere in
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      US to speed up arms aid to Thais—
      224 11 BANGKOK. Fri. Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said today the United States had agreed in principle to speed up the transfer to Thailand of American arms and equipment used on American bases here. The Minister was s,.i a'ting to reporters shortly before
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      Spy-planes charges
      368 12 TEL AVIV. Friday ISRAEL yesterday ac- CUted Egypt of violating the Middle East ceasefire, only hours bofore the United Nations peace envoy Dr. Gunnar Jarring arrived in Jerusalem for top-level talks. And authoritative sources hero say the chances of renewed fißhtinu with Egypt this year perhaps even before
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      Women protest
      31 12 lIUNDREDS of Jewish women de- monstrating outside the Soviet Kmbassy in London on Thursday to protest against tlie alleges persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union. I'PI radio picture.
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      Bengal to have general and state polls at same time
      229 12 Bengal to have general and state polls at same time NEW DriLHI, Friday lor a new State Assembly in India's problem state of West B^nul will be held Jointly with the spring general election, informed sources said here yesterday. The controversial decision to hold Assembly elections in Bengal the scene
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      137 12 BRANDO IN COURT BATTLE FOR SON SANTA MONICA "California*. Frl. Fum .star Marlon Brando. 46. his greying hair tied in a bun. testified at a closed court session today in an effort to regain custody of his 12-year-old son Christian. Brando won custoday of the boy in 1964 after his
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      Italian dock strike
      62 12 ROME. Frt.— A 24-hour strike br thousands of maritime workers ypHterday seriously disrupted shipping services and halted the sailing of liners for Asia. Africa and other parts of the world The strike was called by the three ma.ior Italian labour unions to support demands for hlKher pensions
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      McGovern for 1972 polls
      29 12 WASHINGTON. Frl— Senator George McGovern of South Dakota said yesterday he would fnrmallv announce his randldacy soon for the Democratic Party's Presidential nomination In 1972.
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      Big tyre fire
      22 12 Mil AN. Fn— A fire raged in a warehouse of the Pirelli Rubber Company last night, destroying 70.000 tyres
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      Lock icon Soviet Jew gets 15 years for hijack plot
      286 12 Soviet Jew gets 15 years for hijack plot MOSCOW, Fri. A Soviet army court martial yesterday sentenced a Jewish r -rmy mayor, Wolf Zalmanson, to 10 years in prison for his part in the Leningrad hijack plot. The hearing was behind closed doors but sources revealed later the prosecutor asked
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      Lock icon Skipper's life saved by a computer
      105 12 Skipper's life saved by a computer MOSCOW. Frl. A computer saved the life of a skipper wh» wa.s swept out to sea aboard a hulk, by working out his posi•lon hundreds of miles off th« Soviet Pacific coast. Tass news agency said skipper Vasill Sitvochkln was .swept to sea by
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      Lock icon Sick man in plane attacks the pilot
      143 12 DARWIN, Friday. A PATIENT aboard a medical piane went berserk as the plane approached Darwin airport yesterday and almost caused it to crash. Eye-witnesses said the plane went into a steep dive, then headed toward the Royal Australian Air Force control tower. Only
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      $735,000 grab from bank
      47 12 NEW IMUn, Frl. -Armed bandits ve*terday raided a bank near Asansnl killed a guard and e«ap«l «<ih 1.800.000 riipwn ($735.000( In rash Thpv iclllfd h Kiin-rarrylns Kuard of Hip Railway Prntcrtmn P«irce who was wIU) the caihltr, •nd then eKaped la a car.
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      Defiance from a murder accused
      71 13 PAH. ROS E. charged uiih the kidnap and murder of Quebec I iimni Minister Mr. Pierre Lapurtc. raises his arm in a gesturtnf defiance on Thursday outside the Criminal Courts Building in Montreal. Rose, 27. is jointly charged with his brother Jacques. 23. Franris Simard.
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      Strike in protest at arrest of 200 in Polish riot town
      199 13 STOCKHOLM. Fri. v Three thousand shipyard workers went on strike two days ago in the Polish town of Gdansk, where the bloody December riots began, it was reported today. The Stockholm newspaper Aftonbiadet said in a front-page story that
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      Lock icon Student death: 7 for trial
      40 13 JAKARTA. Fri. Seven Meant graduates from Indonesia's National Police Academy are to be brought to trial for alleged Involvement in the killing of a university student in West Java capital of Bandoeng la«t Ocioher— Reuter.
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      Lock icon HUMAN EGGS NOW GROWN IN BRITISH
      154 13 HUMAN EGGS NOW GROWN IN BRITISH LABORATORY LONDON. Fri. Human ect*s fertilised in laboratory have been crown to the advanced stage when they would under normal conditions planted in the mothers womb to develop into a foetus. British doctors claimed today. The achievement. desscribed in today's Issue of the science
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      Food price cut
      34 13 SYDNEY. Fri— Two ol Australia's major foodstore chains today announced nationwide price cuts on some 4.000 Hems which could mean a 10 per cent drop In most family food bills -«cuter.
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      Lock icon Fish mercury alarm
      180 13 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Food and Drug j Administration (FDA) warned yesterday that excess mercury in swordfish was so prevalent that the product might vanish from the US market. The FDA. at the same time, issued reassuring statistics about the mercury content in canned tuna saying that less
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      Seats in UN for the two Germanys?
      333 13 Seats in UN for the two Germanys? UNITED NATIONS. Fri CENIOR United NaJ tions officials in New York said this week they believed that East and West. Germany probably would become members of the UN this year. However, they said that a solution of the issue of Chinese representation and
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      Lock icon Outcry in Hong Kong over mounting crime rate
      241 13 Outcry in Hong Kong over mounting crime rate UONG KONG. Fri. 11 The mounting Hong Kong crime rate was vividly emphasised this week in figures presented to the Legislative Council. Legislative councillor Oswald Cheung said Hong Kong's rate of murder and manslaughter last year waa 4'j times the 1968 total
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      CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      76 14 FALLS U Harden $4.06 —.24 Lw. Perak $1.45 -.05 Ju-.iii $1.32 —.03 MOST ACTIVE STOCKS Starlite Ceramic 326.000 Power Telecoms 275.000 I Motors 185.000 Impat Nomber 156,000 RISES Nat. Iron $4.08 +.18 M. Brew $5 10 +.18 ,M Box $4.20 +.12 0.C.8.C. $4 90 +.12 P.r..<i.l. $1.81
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      Straits Times Indices
      38 14 Jan. 7 Jan. S Industrials: 142.15 143.54 1 Hotels: «5.59 66.31 Propcrti**: 107.08 107.64 fTins: 90.19 90.08 t$NNm 112.00 112.24 Dec. 3«. 1966 100 1 Dec. 31, 1968 =z l«0 t Dee. 29, 19X2 10U
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      Market ends the week on strong note
      257 14 BETTER sentiment prevailed on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Trading volume was slightly increased to 1.769.000 units, the bulk of which remained centred in selective issues in which speculative interest was evident. The percentage of delayed dealing was alsu well
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      Asian Dollar
      46 14 THE tollowing Asian Dollar rates were quoted yesterday by Bank ot America. The rates are for deposits of U5525,000 and above: One month 6p.c. Two month 6 l/16p.c. Three month 6 l/16p.c. Six month 6 7/16pc. Nine month 6 9/16p.c. Twelve month 6 5/Bp.c.
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1003 14 BID AND OFFEH PRICE* JtH CIALLV LISTED AT THE ILOSt ANO KUALA LUMPUR IHAUINU KETS. YESTERDAY WERE: CLOSING TONE: Industrials and hotels Improved while the rest steady. TURNOVER: Official total turnover as supplied by the Stock Exchange yesterday Including odd lots totalled 1.768.--000 i Closed stock and share
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      BUSINESS DONE
      1115 14 DUSINESS in and reported to I v (he Singapore and Kuala; Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday with the number ot shares traded shown In brackets In lots ol 1.000 unless oiherw ise specified Alcan (1) $1.40. B. Kawat (T) $123. (1) $1.24. (1) SI 25
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        CLOSING PRICES
        28 14 Jan 8 Xl UK I K I 'l. vta (duwn quarter of a cent) T I <Hi* (up 87. cents) Official ufTerlng »f» I ton« (unchanted>
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        Tin up a fraction
        193 14 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday rost fractionally by 87! cents to $629 per picul on an official offering which was unchanged at 201 tot. Following the unchanged overnight London metal price the market was firm with strong buying support from the United Slates and
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        105 14 CHINISf PRODUCE lICHANCI SINCArORI NO O N CIOIINC Coconut OHi Bulk S6O Mllen. drum S62't Milan. UK^rTT't m^V'' o■*■'0 h> P»p»f Muntok AST A Millta in b 100% NLW SI 75 arlirre. S.r.w.k ,J, fob SM.% Nl W *16» Hltrn. ZnSS •peclal black f.o.b. 96% NLW *lSil'. •rllcn.
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        WORLD GOLD PRICES
        63 14 '■Htnaar wmiihh S U.S. t v 1 I on.l.ii. 37. AS i7.4J HHrnl t7.80 47. IS Hongkong 4«#2^ S9 Ah ST.SO* S7 '.!!>«. Parta 87. m .S7 BM Mnanpnrr <1> <)ft n>. f -in<i«n..tr 12) |47 5O 147 7% il I >pc>rl pclr« to non-«tprlln« «r*«a In
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        13 14 Mm.m u«i c«m April ~a» auolM M n Jgji*** aad OmmmiJuuw
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        RUBBER EASES IN DULL MARKET
        457 14 'THE rubber market yesterday eased during the morning on some hedge and Rodown selling in the absence of fresl- orders. About \z cent was m.-i up to noon but later some forward inquiry reversed the trend. Inquiries for nearby RSS Two found sellers very scarce.
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        SPECULATORS CASH IN ON FLOOD SITUATION
        265 14 JTPCODNTRY saw 1970 ushered out with floods on the East Coast and 1971 greeted with more monsoons which caused "A state of Calamity" to be declared, say Singapore rubber and produce brokers Green St Collier. The Initial general market reaction to the diluvial conditions
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        Wait and see attitude
        143 14 fVUE London rubber •I market still suffered from a lack of consumer offtake during the week. News of the Malaysian floods was coolly received, though prices showed some uncertainty. A wait and see attitude was generally adopted. In the meantime, there was thought to be no
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      STC checks the runaway
      396 14 STC checks the runaway CINryAPORE TractJ ion has turned the corner, but has a long way to go before shareholders can relax. After five years of losses the modest profit for the year ended September is a drop in the ocean, but nonetheless welcome. The net profit achieved in the
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      Exchange rates
      163 14 these best agreed merchant rates as at Jan. 8. Local dollars to one unit Selling Buying of Foreign Currency TT or OD TT OD Sterling Pound 7.382 J. 7.3500 7.3375 Australian Dollar 3.4500 3.4100 3.3900 New Zealand Dollar 3.4600 3.4125 3 3825 South Arabian Dinar 7.400 7.3275 7.2650
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      528 14 At ELBOURNE. Pri. Mining I shares were firm with marginal erratic moves in <}ull trading on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. Turnover was small and many stocks had no significant sales. Last night's slight rally was mainly held and some stocks advanced marginally. Kathlwn Investment* which has been cut
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      Hong Kong
      213 14 OONG KONO. Frl After a slow start, the market closed quietly steady. Land and Banks (local) remained unchanged though banks (London) put m HKSI In the utilities section. Gas put on HK 20 cents and Hong Kong Electrics HK 10 cents, but China Light*. Tram* and Telephones remained
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      Hong Kong rates
      36 14 On en. in. •man** martM in Hong Knng >e*terclav thr U.S Oallar was quoted at 6.07 for T.T. 6.05A2.S for Caatl. SltfMßf w« quotMl at 14.48 m_> ana t»i et tola at 256.50.
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      298 14 TOR::. PH. The slock -narket fell victim to profiu taking but did manage to finish the session with some galrj Analysts said the market was get ing a bit 'toppy" and that a oullback was in order following, recent strength A report that North Korea sunk a "spy
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      450 14 T OHOOH, Krl. Th» ilnrk mtrk.-l •-> »a« lower today but off th* bottom Profit 'akin* >rrn 'n early tradini: .ifter yr'tcrday Kama. but ■omf neircllve support came In durln* later dralinxa. At 3 p.m. thr Financial Timea In' dcx 22 lowrr at 340. Olla drifted lower on lack
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    'Grabbed and kissed in hospital' complaint by girl on holiday
    329 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. An English girl holidaying here today complained of the "hanky-panky" treatment she received when she was admitted as a patient to the General Hospital early on Christmas morning. "When I was being wheeled out of the X-ray
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    Month's jail for false declaration
    80 15 Month's jail for false declaration SINGAPORE, Frl. A clerk employed by a transport company was sentenced to a month's jail today for making a false declaration involving $1,426 worth of excess cargo at the Port Authority cargo checkpoint. Charlie l.lm 24. who pleaded guilty. Rave notire of appeal against the
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    Club officials
    28 15 SINGAPORE Frl. Inche Wan Ismail has been rlectod preMdem or the Singapore Psychoiosy Club wllh Mr. James Silva an vice-president and Mts» Tfiesa See as secretary.
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    INFORMATION VAN FOR THE AIRPORT
    241 15 INFORMATION VAN FOR THE AIRPORT oINGAPORE. Friday A VAN will be used as a communications centre at Singapore airport, for the Commonwealth Heads of States conference beginning Jan. 14. The van will be stationed near the YIP room until all the Commonwealth leaders leave Singapore. The Straits Times understands that
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    3-TON CRANE PLUNGES INTO SEA
    41 15 tractor's three-ton crane went off balance and plunged into the sea at Telok Ami Basin this morning, sinking instantly. No one was injured. A Port Authority spokesman >;iitl plans were bring made to salvage the rrano.
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    Horticulture show has hydroponics section
    136 15 Horticulture show has hydroponics section SINGAPORE. Frl.—Singapore's horticulturist*, farmers and aquarists will be brought together for the first time with the opening of the Horticulture and Aquarium Pish Show on Jan. 15. The show, organised by the Ministry of Law and National Development, will be held from Jan. 15 to
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    Banks not liable
    54 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Frl The chairman cl the Association of Banks in MalayMa and Smgal>ore. Mr Lin Jo Van. said today "hat banks w«s not liable fnr dt.miige caused by flood to the content* of safe deposit boxes. This was the rendition under which banks hired out safe
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    Big Indon party here on 2-day study tour
    65 15 Big Indon party here on 2-day study tour SINGAPORE. Fri. A party of about 70 student officers from the Indonesian National Defence College in Jakarta and several senior civil servants arrived today for a two-day study tour. The officer* are on a tour of major Fonth-east Asian cities as part
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    'Mistaken identity' pleads motorist
    143 15 SINGAPORE. Frl— An accountant, charged with a traffic offence, today suggested it might have been a case of mistaken identity of cars. Loh Chin Fatt. 51. said to have disobeyed traffic lights claimed that there was another car in the Republic— a twin of his green
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    Cleared of bid to cheat Pools of $71,500
    378 15 Cleared of bid to cheat Pools of $71,500 -Third time court throws out fraud case against Toto punter SINGAPORE. Friday JJEWSPAPER proofreader Goh Pit LVng \v;is acquitted and discharged today of attempting to cheat Singapore Poms of $71,513 the second prize of a foto draw. It was the third time
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    Principals blamed for delay
    148 15 SINGAPORE. Fri. PUPILS who receive frer text-books late in (hr first term have only sol their principals to blame, not the Education Ministry. A Ministry spokesman said today that all prinpals were urged to process applications at the end of last year so that the books
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    Work on lift gaps to be completed
    191 15 Work on lift gaps to be completed by Jan. 31 SINGAPORE. Fri. Construction to reduce the Mx-inrh gap between the lift car and lift well In 10 blocks of Housing j Board flats will be completed by the end of thla month. llf the pilot scheme being j carried out
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    New hotel
    35 15 SINGAPORE. Frl The I president of Klu't-g Chow Hwra I Kuan. Mi Wee Tin Teck. will ofHcl?te at the c-peninu of the I Metropole Hotel in Seah Street at 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
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      1040 15 On your TV and radio today I.N P.M. Opening and Astroboy 7.41 News and Newsreel (C) 3.00 P.M. Open 7.35 Beat Club 1.31 Footprints- The Sun Kmt Ttle *°\<l Ones- The Doctors 3.1S Play School lIS P.M. Programme Sumnnry ISS <y»r, i <h One Small Step for Man 3.31 The
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    PENSION FOR PUAN NOOR TO DATE FROM LAST NOVEMBER
    240 16 PENSION FOR PUAN NOOR TO DATE FROM LAST NOVEMBER CINGAPORE; Fri. J The $2,000 a month pension to be paid to Puan Noor Aishah, widow of the late President Yusof bin Ishak, and the $500 a month allowance to their two children, are to date from Nov. 23, 1970. A
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    84 16 SINGAPORE Fri. The prizewinning 8 ft. by 12 ft. mural In the MSA mural i-< linnet it ion la.-t year was pal up today at a pro Diluent position in the lubby >>l the airlines Roblnaon Koad building. An hlxsiihii by Singapore pn>feaataaaJ artM Thorna*
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    33 16 SINGAPORE. Fn. Soong Wene Kee nf Sved Ahvi Road irk nned Sl2O today (or driwng rarelesMy and colliding with a police Land Rover in Ou'ram Road on July 8. laxt year.
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    236 16  - PROBLEMS? JUST HOP ON A BIKE AND PEDAL THEM AWAY RITA LOONG By SIM.APORK Kri. What dn >f tn do when you're rxrrutive director of the Singapore Council of Social Service, and the. problems of society are weighing you down? Just hop on a bicycle and pedal away your problems.
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    33 16 SINGAPORE Frl —Communications Mlnl.slrr Mr Yong Nyuk Lin will present awards lor the 1970 Post Office Savings Bank schools' savings competition at the Victoria Theatre on Jan. 23 at in a.m.
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    Helmet charge
    26 16 SINOAPORE. Fn T. K Shanmugam. 44. todM denied In r magistrates court having d>lionestly retained a crash helmet, believed to be stolen property, Taeterdaj.
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    Two youths jailed for stealing car radio
    120 16 SINGAPORE. Fri. Two of three youths, caught red-handed stealing a radio from a narked car. were today jailed for six months each. They were Shanmugam Tangavalu. 18. now serving a six-month .sentence for theft, and Nallalagu Palaniappan. 19. who had ronvictmn for theft
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    'New life' for 15,700 Vigilante Corps
    383 16 'New life' for 15,700 Vigilante Corps HIGH STANDARDS FOR REVITALISED FORCE SINGAPORE, Friday SINGAPORE'S 15,700-roember Vigilantt Corps is to be revitalised and made a strong, disciplined and established organisation with high standards of performance. This was announced by the Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs) Mr. L. P. Rodrigo. when he addressed
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    1968 offence
    29 16 SINGAPORE. Fn Teo Serif Huat of Toa Payeli was fined $35 today for obstructing truffle by stopping his car in New Bridge Road on March 6. 1968.
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    $400 fine for selling obscene books
    71 16 $400 fine for selling obscene books PENANG. Fri. -Magistrate Inche Abdul Shukor bin Nagor today held that 24 books. magazines and calendars seized from a local book-shop were obscene because "they give a man ideas." "I have looked throucft them and find the pictures In them really obscene," he said
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    $25,000 from Germans
    46 16 KUALA LUMPUR Frl —The West German Ambassador. Dr. Gerhard Fischer, today handed a cheque for $25,000 from his government to the Minister for Special Functions. Tan Sri Oharall Shafle. for the National Disaster Fund The presentation waa made at Parliament House this morning
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    34 16 SINGAPORE Fn— Tan Yew Seng of Toa Payoh was fined «200 today for using hi* car x Btrata taxi In Sera moon Road on Aug. 26. last year. Hla car waa forfeited.
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      322 16 Straits Times Crossword A< Kuss "Guardian." lor example, tew 1. Lax about a girl 161. father through (I). 6. Taciturn one to knock drink 8. Depravity of wicked haao back In race 181. (10). 9. Company representative geu 12. Wiat hlll-farmerx suffer froir. line-i-ervice iB>. rihrrtir.g Loire or Po south
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    333 17  -  CHEW LEE CHING: NANTAH HEAD BACKS CHANGE By Singapore, Friday THK two semester university system offers an "academic .4i I vantage" to undergraduates, the vicechancellor of Nan>;ing University, Dr. Rayson L Huang, said today. He should know because Nantah has operated the two-semester
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    163 17 SINGAPORE. Fri. Five major Bills will come up for second reading on Monday at the first sitting of Parliament this year. They are: PREVENTION OF POLLITION OF THE SEA BILL to provide for the introduction of strict meaMires to prevent the pollution of
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    203 17 Certificates for 29 successful guides SINGAPORE, Fri. S accessful trainees of the seventh tourist snide coarse today received their certificates from the chairman of the Tourist Promotion Board. Tan Sri Runme Shaw. The 29 trainees all girls had completed a four-month course conducted by the Board to meet the demand
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    284 17 Lecturer: I had to pay for a desk calculator SINGAPORE, Friday JUST a small thing like a $400 desk calculator. But it is one of the reasons why a University of Singapore expatriate sociology lecturer is 1 quitting. Dr. John MacDougall today said the calculator was 1 aosolutely necessary' for
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    62 17 Patrol kills Reds in Siba KUCHING. M. Tv« communist terrorists, one a woman, were shot dead by a security force patrol in the Sibu district of Sarawak on Wednesday. The patrol recovered a homr-m.uir pi-.tnl >ome live shotgun r.irtridrr*. b.tss containing civilian clothing, and communist documents. Thr dead man was
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      213 18 T refer to the letter from 1 "Surprising" of Turnpat, "regarding the Kota Bharu telephone service) and would be erateful if he could write to me giving more information such as the dates and times when the difficulty was experienced as we'll as the
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      217 18 Vacancies in Medical Services IN his letter concerning laooratory assistants Mr. Michael F'ong complains that in spite of many vacancies In the Medical Services. exBritish Army trained laboratory technicians are not selected to fill these posts The University Hospital aid th- IMR have had the opportunity to assess tne knowledee
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      89 18 AFTER A long wait I anally got my posting lrom the Negri Education department. It was to a town about 190 miles from my home. I had a medical check up and, in addition. I made an advance visit to the town and paid a deposit for a room. Then,
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      369 18 How to end those train delays... WE hear complaints of the quality of services rendered by certain government departments and public agencies. Two services that attract more criticism than most are the Malayan Railways and the Postal Department. The railways attribute inconveniences such as train delays and the lack of
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      188 18 I know where I'm going —but how can I get there? I WISH to draw somebody's anybody's —attention to at least two undesirable aspects of the new city centre taxi system. Firstly. I had to take a piece of heavy equipment to a shop In the multistory car park on
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      137 18 Problems with surtax YOUR report of the Increase in import surtax announced by the Finance Minister clearly indicated that there will be no increased surtax on industrial machinery and raw materials One preMBMi this concession is to protect local industry and Is therefore logical. However, t.he customs at Port Swettenham
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      122 18 YOU report Inche O<man Slru's remarks concerning hitchiking of Malaysian youths. He wonders what has hapu ned to their spirit of lndeoendence. What has happened to his spirit of Muhibbah? I have enjoyed the company of sucn youths on long Journeys having con iderably expanded my knowledge of the views,
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      92 18 IREKER to an enquiry on why pilgrims have to be medically examined for fitness Drior to making; the nilerima«fe to Mecca. I quote below the relevant Drovislon under subsection 2ic» of Section 234 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance The Port Health Officer shall not
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      101 18 IVE had to travel fr^m TT Klang to Shah Alam to register for a Job at the Labour Office. It was a usual working day, Monday, and we intended to make use of the afternoon. But the assistant In the Exchange Office told us to come back next day If
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      57 18 READERS have written about having truir newspapers confiscated by the custom authorities at the Johore Bahru check print. Reciprocal treatm en t has all along been enforced by the Singapore customs I was with a friend who had his Malaysian published Radio and TV magazine confiscated at the Singapore end
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      94 18 ONE hopes that the authorities in th« Cameron Highlands know what they are doing when 'Resident' writes of spraying chemicals all over the Tanah Rata area (including passing cars). The effect on the ecological balance of the area could be disastrous*. What, for instance is going to happen to the
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      195 18 I REFER to the letter 1 by "Anxious" under the heading "Cost of house building going up." The truth Is that house builders are taking advantage of ike situation to raise prices further and trying to Justify this with lame excuses. Actual increase in cost. If
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      259 18 PILGRIMAGE AND THE HAJI SHIPS A READER last week advocated the operation of Malaysian pilgrim shipping by the newly formed Malaysian International Shipping Line. Pilgrimage has been a Government responsibility and its relevant services have been under Government control and authorisation (with the exception of the operation of air charter
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      196 18 I READ with utmost ln- terest the article by Mr. Cheah Boon Kheng on the television and radio services in Malaysia. I was taken aback by the statement of Inche Dol Ramli when he said, "Our budget Is limited, local talent ls hard to find
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      1026 21 DISTRICT 11: SINQLt STORBV .1Redroomed semi-detached Runi-alo«. Furnished with 2-A'rton.litioncrs *iWK) v m. Real Estate Aii.nt» Ami Invuimem Company. S3 The Arcade. 7i>*7_' W30T '..4«4IV Spore. JALAH MAS KUNINO 2 .toieytO I' house strategically placrd Rent *6O0/- (partially rurnnhioi or sale k 0.0Ou7- nett. Principals only. Bos A46SU 8.T. or
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      1008 22 Saturday Car Market KOAHt 00UH1 nOKL IV. oaiiluurau Koad t>lD«auure lU. M: B*K»«/T Uuunousiy (uroisoed. mr-eooditloo-•a Daiiv— 6VJ/- uD»axtt* Vehicles (or Sal* •IN TNAI NIN. 02/44 snort Street. B'pore Tel *****. *****. 1989 Poml Prelect ik6i VoUta«agea. IW6J Austin A4O. ;V6a rUt 600 D. Volks«»een IMiO It*t>6 r'iat 600. BMW
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      821 22 A« youp servica RELAX tojov a carefree (easide holiday at "Caauannas Cabana." Changl. Do-it -yourself mth all laciliilca equipment supplied. You brink provisions ami cook wi ussti up Grocer call* daily If required. Un< diy is V 4 Hours from arrival lime Latest book ng in time >> 3u p.a«
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      Milburn quits
      27 24 LONDON. Krt. England Test cricketer Colin Milburn. who lost an eye In a car crash 19 months ago. today announced his retirement from the Rame.
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      154 24 YSMAEL MAKING A BIG COMEBACK SVUNKV. Fri. Felipe "B.ih.v" -.marl, millionaire Filipino businessman and sportsman, who was suspended two year* afo from Australian rare tracks, is (ettinc irady for a comeback. Ys'marl vrsterdajr was reported to have engafrd leading South Australian trainrr. (iiahamr Hragnev, to prrparr a big !.«able. ending
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      88 24 LONDON. Frl. A total of i 95 entries were announced today for the Grand National, the World's premier steeplechase, to be run at Alntree. Liverpool, on Apr. 3. This is 18 more than last year's total. The first six among the seven finishers In lan year's
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      292 24  - Sasa to try the 'unity' way to success ALBERT JOHNSON By SINGAPORE Amateur Swimming Association will experiment by using its management committee meeting as an "open" platform to solve its problems in swimming and water polo. Secretary Woon Sui Kut said: "The coming meeting will provide the opportunity for the
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      256 24  - FAS mix-up, so coach has none to train JOE DORAI By A MIX-UP in Football Association of Singapore is delaying the preparation of the Under-23 team for the FAM Cup championship scheduled to begin early next month. Under-23 coach Sabestian Yap is anxious to get started, but he has not
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      95 24 KIMBERLEY. Kri South African Te*t batsman Mike Procter >esterday became only the fourth player to score five MOOMftt centuries in first cla^s cricket. His 106 fcr Rhodesia in their Currie Cup match against Griqualand Wen ine.int he had emulated Sir Donald Biadman of Australia. C. B Fry
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      62 24 KAMPONO Bugis scored a eonvtoetng 5-2 win over safsa A' to qualify for the quartpiflnals of the Eagle Cup Invitation table-tennis championship at K^llang yesterday. Other Results: Yap Transpoit A' S Police 4; STB 5 Toa Payoh B 1 3: Hens Jal 5 SAFSA B
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      Longest ban
      46 24 LONDON. Frl.— Peter Dobing. the Stoke City and former England forward, has received a nine-week .suspension —the longest imposed on a Football League player for misconduct on the neld. Dobing. who recently had the plaster removed from a broken leg. was also fined £150.
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      327 24 DRAW and starting times for SICC's gold medal golf competition at Buklt course today: First Tee 115 p.m W.O.R Da rr Ing ton ilsi; F.C. Lianil9i: Tan Chwee Lee Hs>: 1.21 DD. Wilson 181: R. de Soura 114): Oon Bern? Choo il2i: 127 Won* Weng
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      Blessing in disguise for Bob Willis
      504 24  - Blessing in disguise for Bob Willis J. FINGLETON By pANBERRA. Fri. England expect John Edrich to be fit for the Sydney Test which is the third or fourth, according to how the Melbourne's fiasco is viewed but Ken Shuttleworth injured a leg at Waggawagga yesterday and his place Is likely
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      183 24 Cowdrey dropped from Test SrS)NBT, Frl. i:n(land« Virr (aptain Colin < owclrrv h.is brrn dropped for th» I ninth Tr*t again*t Australia whirh h.-tin- at Ilic Svdnrv crirkrt (round tomorrnn. It is tin- fiist time that <owdrrv has brrn dropped from a Trst <iidr uhilr touring HMM «ith M( Thr
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      33 24 JURONGS ;iiM 1)1^ «alk will be held tomorrow morning at 7 It *;ll begin and end at tht cnir Centre The «alk Is npen to all men, women. Juniors and veterans.
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      1932 25 n MX l N A livt--year-uiu NBtaMtt by Arctic M.. i fat lO AIIOW UP Ul a raca bul look.s exteptionally .iiup. laat Man Penaog on Ju;y 19 \\h«ti unplaced m acl 6 Div 1 Bjt raic \wth 8.13; one for a HOI -I.Mi IH.VKI.OI'MtN 1 ■tan
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      124 25  -  EPSOM JEEP By ...for a flying start to the new racing season pELICITATION should give punters a flying start to the new season. He has little to beat in Race 5 at Bukit Timah. Another good thing is Skippy in Race 3. He looks greatly improved since his last-start
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      108 25 Jim Ryun decides to make comeback §AN FRANCISCO, FTI. Jim Ryun. America's greatest middle distance runiu-r. announced today he Is ending an 18-month retirement on Jan. 22 to compete In the mile at the San Francisco Examiner All American Games. The former Kansas comet. who currently holds the world records
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      193 25 HOBART, Fri Riuuilan Alex MetrcvPU's apparent -1 11 on the rasnianlAii Open tennis title t plumed v'stfrdny «>- he OMMIv ttnn hu> nu«rl'rlmnl ni.itch Anstruliiin D»\l» Cupper John Alexander who us pxpfct«l to moot M<'lr<vi li 111 the final, d'd nm h>nk M inipivue
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      122 25 LOe ANOta.EK. Fri. Defending champion Billy Casper ni>-d h 66 yi-Mprcl»y and siiai'pci ilir mrly fir>t round lead in the US$llO,OOO (jlfn CHmpbrll 1 <* Aiircli* O|»*n K"'f tournmnent »nh Tom Shaw. Shaw fjal had a nve-under-pHr effort with Mb«ut im'-iimr the ni-ki of 147 still
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    39 26 THE buses, many double parked as they lay idle in the depots in Lorong 1, Toa Payoh. They were on the roads again shortly after 6 p.m. Picture by Low Yew Kong.
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    44 26 JAKAhTA. Km The InduiiesiHii army today announced the death ol Bnuadler-Geneial Soesatyo the second Indonesian '-eneral to die this week. General Soesatyo. head of the army central hl.ston bureau, died in hospital on Wednesday after a lone Illness, me announcement said Reutei
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    165 26 BRITISH ENVOY TO PEKING ELEVATED LONDON. PH. Britain has raised the status nf the In-. I of 11. diplomatic mission in I*. -knit thus reflecting the steady improvement in relations between the two countries over the past year. The Foreijjn Office here today announced that Mr. John DiiMin. who li.is
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    29 26 HONG KONG. Fri. Mao Tse-tungs niece Wants Haiyune has been named the new director ol protocol of China Forelijn Ministry, a Hong Kong newspaper said today. AP.
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    235 26  - Customs seize ganja worth $23,000 ARTHUR RICHARDS: By Singapore. Fri. A BOUT 150-lb. of ganja valued at $23,000 in the blackmarkets was seized by Harbour Customs from the Indonesian cargo vessel M. V. Bilgo today. The ganja, enough lor making 89,000 'reefers" was in nine gunny sacks in the rudder
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    95 26 Student deported on secret charges LONDON, rrL—A deportation tribunal today ruled that former Berlin student leader Rudi Dutschke should be refused permission to stay in Britain. Dutschke has been living 111 Britain with his American-born I wife Gretchen and his two small children tor the past two years. He came
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    74 26 Sailors may lose no-duty 'smokes' LONDON, Fri. British 1 sailors may lose their duty- free cigarette allowance I following the latest report on the dangers of smoking. Lord Bhltiril. Minister of Ststte for Defence, said last niLht the clcarclte allowance would be examined when he iiovernmrnt considers the Implication., of
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    87 26 Money-lender dies after fight SINGAPORE. Fri. A money-lender. Kartar Singh, 42. died at the Outram Hospital tonight after a fight earlier in the afternoon at a hill-top restaurant at Mount Faber. lit- succumbed to head injuries at about 7.30 p.m.— three hours after he was seen .-tumblini; out of the
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    22 26 WASHINGTON. Fri. A bomb exploded outside the Soviet Embassy's cultural buildnm parry today but. caused no injuries, police said. AP.
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    21 26 PARIS. Fri. Fiance cut ila bank rate to 6 2 per cent (mm .seven per cent today. Reuter.
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