Eastern Sun, 14 April 1968

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  • 24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION ■fa Estd. 1966. Vol. 2 No. 615 Sunday, 14 April 1968. MC (P) 0050 Price 15 cents
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  • 240 1 MANILA. Sat. (Reuter) A former Judge in Sulu Province is claiming one-half of Sabah (North Borneo). according to the Manila Chronicle today. Former Judge Asaad Usman, who said he was a descendant of Nakoda Sangkalang and Nakoda Angging. has submitted to
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  • 321 1 Three rival candidates lose deposits Singapore, Sat* The People's Action Party made a clean sweep winning all the remaining seven seats for Parliament. With tonight's victory, the PAP now has an absolute majority in the 58-seat Parliament. In all the constituencies, the PAP candidates won by
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  • 54 1 TOKYO. Sat. (UPI)—A controversial documentary film of the atomic devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will be shown publicly this month for the first time ever. The documentary film, shot by the late Dr. Yoshio Nashina. languished in the classified section of the United States Library of Congress
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  • 389 1 NEW YORK, Sot. (UPI). Pope Paul VI, his face showing slight strain, carried a heavy wooden cross in Rome on Friday night in a torchlight procession re-enacting Christ's march to Calvary In Israel, pilgrims of two faiths from throughout the world poured into Jerusalem to celebrote
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  • 73 1 TOKYO Sat. <UPI> Radio Hanoi said tonight that the South Vietnam National Liberation Front iVietcong* has ordered a three-day ceasefire in An Clang province effective today. The Radio Hanoi broadcast quoting a communique, said that the ceasefire was being observed from 1 am on Saturday. Saigon
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  • 86 1 fuankfurt. west Germany, Sat. (Reuter) Thousands of student demonstrators battled police and besieged newspaper offices in seven cities today to prevent two million copies of the mass circulation “Bild Zeitung” reaching newsstands. In a night of unparallelled violence stemming from the assassination attempt on student leader
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  • 78 1 BARNSTABLE. England Sat (FPl)—Michael Thorne, who was described as “clinically dead" on Friday, improved during the night, a spokesman at the North Devon Infirmary reported today. Thorne's heart stopped beating for between three and four minutes while being rescued from the sea by helicopter, the
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  • 268 1 WASHINGTON, Sot (Reuter). President Johnson is spending Easter at his Texas ranch, hoping for fresh word from Hanoi on Vietnam peace talks before leaving to meet South Korean President Chung Hee Park in Honolulu. The President arrived in Texas shortly after a State Department announced
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  • 52 1 SAIGON, Sat. (Reuter) The Vietcong's strongest fortress. The wild "Forest of Darkness.” is on fire from end to end. forcing the guerilas to flee into the open U.S. military sources said today. The sources said the area on fire now covers 800 square miles of the
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  • 106 1 FRANKFURT. West Germany. Sat. (Reuier) West Germany's anti-war organisations are using attractive girl students in their efforts to make American soldiers deseit in protest against the Vietnam war. The two five member action groups operating in cities with a large population of United States troops. like Frankfurt,
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  • 64 1 BAHRAIN Sat. (Reuter) —Members of the Royal Navlamateur Theatrical Society in Bahrain were puzzled when posters advertising their forthcoming production of “The Pirates of Penzance” were torn down by local Arabs. But the locals have nothing against Gilbert and Sullivan. They believed the posters showing a pirate
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  • 116 1 OAKLAND CALIFORNIA, Sat. (Reuter) The impending trial of a local Negro leaoer charged with murdering a White policeman is fanning racial passions here in a case already reveroerating throughout the nation. Huey Newton. 26-year-old leader of the Oakland-based Black Panther Party for Self-defence,
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  • 115 1 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Government mayrevise its labour laws enabling employers to retrench its newlyemployed workers without redundancy benefits. This was disclosed by the Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew during his speech to the recent sth annual delegates conference of the National Trades Union
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  • 41 1 KHE SANH. Vietnam. Sat. <UPI> An Air Force Cl3O transport crashed and burst into flames today, narrowly missing hundreds of soldiers crowding the runway at Khe Sanh. The crash killed one person and Injured five others aboard the plane.
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  • 56 1 HARD WAR. Northern India. Sat. (Reuter) —Nearly a million Hindu pilgrims bathed in the waters of the sacred River Ganges at Hardwar today as the moon went into eclipse. An area of 8o square miles around Hardwar has been turned into an immense tented camp for
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  • 250 2 TOKYO Sat. (UPI) Communist Nort Vietnam rtiirged flatly today that the United States does not ■want peace talks on the Vietnam war to begin promptly. The official Hanoi Daily Khan Dan levelled the charge in a commentary broadcast by the official
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  • 211 2 SAIGON. Sat (UPI) Vice President Neuyen Cao Ky said on Friday the Vietnamese people “cannot lean on the Americans all the time" and urged them to look toward “other allies and their own self defence” for the future A Catholic
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  • 82 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The introduction of family planning course® to secondary schools would be discussed In the Commonwealth medical conference to be held in Africa in September This was disclosed today by the Minister of Education Enche Mohamed Khir Joharl who te also the Chairman of
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  • Article, Illustration
    38 2 The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Y’ew is seen in this Eastern Sun picture chatting with the MP for Anson. Mr. P. Govindaswamy before a tour of the polling stations in Tanjong Pagar yesterday.
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  • 108 2 SAIGON. Sat. (UPI)—U.S 852 s were sent on a rare mission into the Mekong Delta today to bomb Communist targets at the edge of a Vietcong sanctuary being ravaged by week-long forest fires. Spokesmen said the eightengine Stratofortresses killed 200 Vietcong in a Friday afternoon
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  • 44 2 MUAR. Sat. The Mersing Keng Chew (Hainanese) Association will hold a threeday opera show to mark the 57th anniversary at its premises from April 20. The association will also hold a general meeting and a dinner on the same day and venue.
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  • 34 2 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Mr. Tong Boon Khoon has been re-elected chairman of the Council of Malayan Smallholders Association at its annual meeting here recenty. Haji Mohamed Yusof bin Mahmud was elected vice-chairman.
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  • 65 2 Berlin Firemen hose a burning vehicle at the Axel Springer Publishing House after thousands of demonstrators on Friday tried to storm the building to protest the shooting of a leftwing student leader, Rudi Dutschke, chief ideologist of the Socialist German Students’ Association. Dutschke's supporters blamed the shooting on West Berlin
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  • 135 2 JAKARTA. Sat (UPI> Indonesia awaited word today from Washington and Hanoi on its offer to play host to projected ambassadorial level talks on the Vietnam war. Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik met separately with U.S .Ambassador Marshall Green and North Vietnamese Ambassador
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  • 131 2 KUALA KANGSAR Sat Stale dignitaries and their wives assembled at the throne room of the Istana Iskandariah m the Royal town here this morning for the glittering ceremony of the Silver Wedding Jubilee celebrations of the Sultan of Perak and the Raja Perempuan. The ceremony
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  • 141 2 SINGAPORE. Sat. All Indian passport holders residing in Singapore are being asked to fill in a questionnaire. The questionnaire will be available from Tuesday at seven Places —India House, 31 Grange Road. India Bank Ltd 4 d’Almedia Street. United Commercial Bank. Raffes Place.
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  • 137 2 JAKARTA, Sat <UPI) The Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok has ordered General Abang Kifli, self-styled commander of the North Borneo Rebel Forces, to leave Thailand immediately, the Antara news agency reported. Antara said that Kifli who has been staying in Jakarta for several years and is
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  • 90 2 SINGAPORE Sat. The University of Singapore has announced a competition for a University Anthem to be held in two sections. The competition will be to select the lyric and the music for the chosen lyric. It is open to everyone and a prize of $l,OOO will be
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  • 133 2 OAKLAND. California. Sat (Reuter) Actor Marlon Brando told a funeral rally of 3.000 people today that white people "havn’t done a thing’ 1 to help or understand Negroes in the United States. The film star joined militant Black Panther Party leaders
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  • 112 2 HONG KONG. Sat (Reuter) Four Chinese holding Philippine passports have had their airline tickets seized pending further investigations into Hong Kong's one-and-a-half million Peso forgery case, a police spokesman revealed today. The four men were located by police in a hotel in Hong Kong's waterfront
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  • 59 2 LONDON. Sat (Reuter! A 75-year-old Anglican Vicar knelt and washed the feet of 10 coloured children at an Easter service yesterday. The Reverend Jack Putterill explained at his church in the village of Thaxted, northeast of here later: "Some token action was needed to
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  • 29 2 IPOH. Wed The mobile X-ray units of the National Tuberculosis Centre in Kuala Lumpur will be visiting various districts in Perak from May 14 to Aug. 23.
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  • 142 2 MANILA. Sat (UPI) The Philippine Navy is patrolling the waters off Taganak in the Turtle islands near Malaysian North Borneo to keep Malaysian naval craft from entering Phi.ippine waters, the unofficial Philippine news service said today. Th<> news service said the patrols were in
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  • 57 2 SAIGON, Sat. (Reuter) U.S. Stlatofnrtresses wiped out a 200-man guerrilla force when they plastered an area 70 miles southwest of Saigon, a South Vietnamese military spokesman «aid here today. He said the bodies were discovered after a multibattalion force of government soldiers swept through the
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  • 120 2 WELLINGTON Sat. (Reuter) A tiny baby boy whose heart stopped for 20 minutes after he went overboard from the ill-fated New Zealand Ferry "Wahine” when she sank on Wednesday is still alive in Wellington Hospital. He is one year old Gordon Hiek His mother
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  • 41 2 ROME. Sat (Reuter' About 1,000 Rome students threw fireworks at the West German Embassy tonight, smashed shop windows, tore down posters and lit a bonfire in a wild demonstration against the shooting of West German student leader Rudi Dutschke.
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  • 24 2 PENANG. Sat. A 17-year-old student. Teoh Kee Kia. was robbed of his wristwatch. valued $22 by two youths along Nirvana Road yesterday.
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  • 915 2 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) Police and diplomatic authorities were attempting today to check on reports 23 Hong Kong Chinese crew members of ihe m.v. Sun Route rioted on Thursday in Zamboanga and seriously injured the Panamanian ship’s captain Chan Hung Chieung. According to information available in Manila
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  • 96 2 ROME Sat. (Reuter) Pope Paul, barefoot and bareheaded in the second of three Holy Week pilgrimages. tonight biessed what are believed to be fragment* of Christ’* cros*. The Pope, to mark Good Friday as a special day of church mourning, walked to the great Basilica of
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  • 72 2 NEW YORK, Sat. (UPI) America’s troubled cities, moving steadily toward normality, looked ahead today to peaceful Easter Sunday parades in streets clear of racial violence, arson and looting. Only Isolated instances of guiffire and arson were reported on Friday, mostly in Kansas City, Missouri, were Mayor
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 965 3 To retrench new workers without redundancy benefits Lee in Tanjong Pagar SINGAPORE, Sat. Singapore may introduce labour laws allowing employers to retrench newly-employed workers without redund- oncy benefits. This “solution” was outlined by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, as a possible means to
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    • 238 3 TAIPEI. Sat. (UPI) Official quarters in Taipei are optimistic about prompt resumption of civil air services between Taiwan and the Malav-sia-Singapore area, sources close to the Civil Aeronautical Admmistion said today. A preliminary agreement has been reached between China Airlines (CAL), the flag carrier of
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    • 317 3 SINGAPORE. Sat Malaysia-Singapore Airlines have placed orders for three Britten Norman Islander aircraft for use in Hast Malaysia. din mil iwi u->r in The new aircraft will replace the Twin Pioneer aircraft which was used in East Malaysia until it was permanently put out
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    • 1201 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Singapore Government is to launch a massive home-ownership programme as part of its counter-recession plan to give a house to a worker with a joint family income of more than $250. This will involve the introduction of a second Central
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    • 89 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. TV and Radio Singapura will broadcast the next in the series of ministerial talks on "The Crucial Years” on Tuesday. The Minister for Finance. Dr. Goh Keng Swee will speak on "Economic Growth”. The times of broadcast on Radio and TV are as
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    • 387 3 SINGAPORE, Sot. Polling in the remaining seven constituencies in the Singapore general elections ended smoothly today. It was also an incidentfree elections in what was considered as one of the dullest General Elections ever held in Singapore. There was hardly any excitement or enthusiasm today as
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    • 21 3 SINGAPORE. Sat.—There were 102 road accidents, of which three were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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    • 389 4 Dental project top on list— Ruzak ITUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The Government is giving top priority to the establishment of a dental faculty at the University of Malaya, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. said tonight. “But unfortunately we are facing financial difficulties due to the recent economic recession in
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    • 65 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat More than 510,000 worth of motor spare-parts were recovered from a second-hand dealer's shop m Jalan Ipoh in a police raid. Three men have been detained. The spare-par's recovered were believed to be those stripped from ears and sold to the dealers The
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    • 185 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. About 50 delegates of rubber producing or consuming organisations from il countries will -axe pan in the six-cay founh international rubber packaging and quality conference which begins here on April 22. The countries are: Ceylon, Germany. Holland. Indonesia. Japan. Singapore. Thailand. United
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    • 54 4 KUALA LUMPUR Sat Thieves broke into a US. Peace Corp volunteer’s house here at Lorong Anggoh 10 yesterday and made off with a camera and a guitar totalling 5700 Mr Paul Luanderberg. 22. attached to the forestry department. and his wife were at work when
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    • 348 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Senator Gan Teck Yeow today said it was a good idea to outlaw the rebate contract system of the Far East Freight Conference. He was commenting on Thailand s move to pass legislation outlawing the FEFC's rebate clause. "In
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    • 169 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The leader of the four-man Russian trade union delegation. Mr Mlrgivas Abbasovlch Zaidov advocated that trade unionists in the country should be encouraged to play an active role in politics. He said in Russia one of the reasons of forming a
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    • 59 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Professor Wang Gungwu will be chairman of the inaugural meeting of the “Gerakan Rskyat Malaysia Malaysian People’s Movement) here on Monday. Professor Wang Gungwu will make his welcome address in the National Language Mandarin and English, while Mr. V David a former Labour party
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    • 82 4 NATIONAL Art Gallery (Jalan Ampang) Rembrandt’s etchings and drawings 10 am. to 6.30 p.m. PENINSULAR Art Gallery (41 Jalan Raja Muda) works of prominent Malaysian artists 9 am to 6 pm. G4I.ERI II (Jalan Pinang» Exhibition of works by Yong Mun Sen 10 a m to 6 p.m.
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    • 370 4 PENANG, fiat. The new president of the Malayan Medical Association, Dr. 3 B. A. Peter, in a poller speech here this evening *ald there were many rural areas where there was not even one doctor for a population of over 50
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    • 157 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Malaysian Government's intention to recognise Russian technical and science degrees might herald a cultural agreement between the Malavsian and Soviet Russian governments in the near future. The Minister of Education, Enche Mohamed Khir Johari. dropped the hint today before
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    • 105 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Kuala Lumpur branch of the Democratic Action Party will be holding a public rally tomorrow, at the Suleiman Court's padang. at 7.30 p m. Speakers at the rally will include Dr Cher Man Hin (national chairman), Mr. Goh Hock Guan <
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    • 264 4 Hear Don Jacobsen woud v ini Word of Life Crusade TONIGHT "A GOOD GOO A BAD DEVIL-WHY?” Identical Meetings 4:30 7:30 Victoria Memorial Hall All Seats Free Everyone welcome IMPORTERS or TROPICAL PRODUCTS ARE INAITED TO FORWARD THEIR ENQUIRIES FOR THE NIGERIAN PRODUCTS WHICH ARE FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT. IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 1560 4 YOUR MMMM s:' v MMRj TV aid TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 KUALA LUMFUR and Palau Pinang; 6 Ipoh and Melaka. 3 10 Johore Bahru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. P.M. 300 Opening Annct. Prog Summary. 3IS Star Soccer “Arsenal vs West Ham”: 4 16 Zorro Fall of Monastario”;
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  • 430 5 IMEAN, just how obvious con you get! NEIL CONNERY even plays Neil Connery in "Operation Kid Brother". And there are about umpteen lines in the film which gives clues (rather directly, in fact), to his identity as the brother of Double-O-You-Know-Who. I doubt, however,
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  • 149 5 ITAQUEL Welch is piaying TV her bust down and her acting ability up. She'll have it made if she will be a bit softer around the edges. Raquel is currently Frank Sinatra’s leading !ady in ‘Lady in Cement.'* But unless her role
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  • 293 5  -  By Sheilah Graham else Richard Harris does not plav and as you know Richard is not playing “Play Dirty.” or "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever.” or at the moment “Never Trust a Drunken Indian” he is indeed portraying the Irish patriot. Michael Collins. It's
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  • 258 5 SPHERE are seven brothers in the film and they are all pretty good gunmen (and fistmen too). And between them, they killed about a hundred Mexicans Now, doesn't that remind you of “The Magnificent Seven”? Only difference is that in "Seven Women For The MacGregors” (what a
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  • 158 5 TJOLLYWOOD. Sat. 11 Michael Wilding, who won fame originally as an actor and who has been a talent agent for the past several years, makes his return to motion picture acting in 20th Century-Fox’s “The Sweet Ride,” soon to be released in Singapore. He has
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  • 329 6  -  By Norman Hartley SUDDENLY t h e women's skirts ore shorter, the crowds in the Piazza Di Spagna are not talking Italian and sightseeing coaches are adding to the traffic nightmare. Spring and the tourists have arrived in Rome And with the sun has come
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 481 6 THE MAN FROM V.M.C.L.E. A YYOUR REPORT IS MOST DISTURBING, I GENTLEMEN.' BECAUSE THERE SI NOTHING WE CAN PO ABOUT DR.OBLESK'S MENACE UNTIL WE KNOW HOW' YOUR TWO SUITS, CLEANED AND PRESSED, GENTLEMEN/ OH,ER1HANK YOU, MIS5 LAKE! T KNOW THAT SIR'I'VE RACKED MY BRAINS OVER IT, BUT ALL I'VE COME
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  • 685 7 r\NE of the early rules of picture-making was to make sure the sun was behind the camera. And it was undoubtedly responsible for millions of still and formal photographs. In times the experts relented a little. "Keep the sun over one shoulder," they now
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  • FOLLOW THE SUN
    • 699 8  -  LASTING AS THE HILLS By Frederick M. Winship AVir 1 'ark. Sat. fTPi! Diamonds may bo forever, hut pianos last longer than any other practical purchase made for the American home. *There is no reason trhy a piano shouldn't last for Aft years, barring terrific extremes
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    • 175 8 MUNICH (INB). The ballet “Polytnorphia” by the Polish composer Krysstof Penderechi, who is extremely well known in the Federal Republic of Germany, which had its premiere at the National Theatre in Munich (Federal Republic of Germany) recently. Margot Werner and Heinz Bosl (in the pbotoSraph)
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    • 193 8 PLYMOUTH. England. Sat (UPI) One of the world's rarest tattoos —a hunt scene with horses and hounds i n full cry covering a sailor’s back has come to light. Old-timers had claimed to have seen it years ago, though for most it was only a
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    • 278 8 COLOGNE (DaD) The daring project to re-culti-vate a former mining area along the left hank of the River Rhine was investigated 40 years ago. Yet scientists of a number of disciplines only settled down seriously to working on planning the new landscape with forests, lakes,
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    • 378 8 Need a sub marine) anyone (Please?) LESSON FROM NKRUMAH'S WHITE ELEPHANT 'THE FLOATING GIN PALACE' OR... LONDON, Thurs. (UPI). When Kwome Nkrumah was President of Ghana and at the height of his dictatorial powers he ordered the latest and most modern anti-submarine frigate from Britain for his navy which he
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    • 149 8 “MAN SEEN BY WOMEN PAINTERS” is the subject of the Salon oes Femmes Peintres now being shown at the Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris Man is shown in many different aspects —a factory worker, bicyclist. fisherman frail poet and strong
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    • 133 8 BONN (DaD) On April 19. the German Federal Post plans to bring out a special stamp commemorating Konrad Adenauer. This stamp will be one of a set of speeial commemorative stamps honouring Winston Churchill, Alcide de Gasperi and Robert Schumann. Avid philatelists will have to dig
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 430 9 CJEATTLE. Washington Sat. (UPI) Secretary of Agriculture. Mr. Orville Freeman complained yesterday that the American timber industry “pulled the rug from under me” in his just-completed trade negotiations with Asian allies. Mr. Freeman assailed a recent statement by a group
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    • 209 9 6INGAPORE. Sat.—Cathay Pacific Airways is undertaking an expansion of its services to cope with an upward passenger trend throughout its Orient network which now covers 21.395 unduplicated route miles Re-scheduling of its services will enable an increased coverage of 147.025 miles per week along its
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    • 162 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. U.T.H. stands for Union Touristique Et Hotelier* Formed in 1966. it is a subsidiary of the French Company, Chargeurs Reunis and runs a chain of hotels of international standard in Morocco. Africa and New Caledonia. It is also interested in building hotels in the East
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    • 285 9 NEW YORK. Sat. (UPI) A 20 per cent annual growth rate for Polyester Fibres over the next three years was predicted by Hystron Fibres. Inc. President Ross O. Watson this week Mr Watson said 1968 shipments will reach £3BO million this
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    • 280 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. Greater human understanding can be achieved through camera. Mr Takeichi Mori, Managing Director of Yashica International Corporation, a leading Japanese camera manufacturer, said today. He said: “A photograph is man's best souvenir when you see a photograph, the person straight comes to
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    • 121 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The newly opened Hotel Malaysia at Tanglin Circus signed in its first guest on Wednesday night the popular Hong Kong racing driver Albert Poon who is taking part in this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. The Hong Kong racing ace was given a
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    • 364 9 LONDON Sat. (UPI) The Stock Market closed a short pre-holiday week at a new all time high An exceptionally busy pre-Easter session pushed the Financial Times industrial index up to a new Thursdays big general advance under strong waves of buying handed
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    • 72 9 VICTORIA. Sal. (UPI) The province of British Columbia will spend about S 2 million on its pavilion at Osaka's Expo 70, Mr. Ray Williston. provincial Minister of Lands and Forests said here The British Columbia Pavilion will occupy 17.000 square feet, Mr. Williston
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    • 46 9 NEW YORK. Sat. Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded. May 68 17.608-17.80A; July 17.708-18.30A; Sept. 17.80 B 18.30 A; November 18.008-18.45A, Jan. 18.108-18 18 55A, March 69 18.108-18.55A; 18.55A; May 18.208-16.5A. The spot No 1 RSS quoted at 18-1/8 cents per pound, nominaL
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    • 141 9 HONG KONG Sat (Reuter) The leader of a 20man Singapore trade mission has urged Hong Kong businessmen to invest in the is- land Republic. Mr. Soon Peng Yam. speaking at a recep’ion given by the Chinese Manufacturers Association to welcome the mission,
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    • 77 9 STOCKHOLM. Sat. The Port of Halsingborg on the Sound, reports a 3 per cent increase in tonnage turnover to 4.310,000 tons in 1967. Car traffic was up from 754.000 to 810,000 vehicles and passenger traffic from 12 million to 13.36 million travellers. Construction on
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    • 255 9 SINGAPORE. Sat. The shortened week’s trading due to the Easter long weekend holidays opened on a quiet and somewhat easier note, state Holiday, Cutler, Bath Co. Ltd. in their weekly market review. The stock figures for February at 171.026 tons showing a decrease
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    • 116 9 PARIS. Sat. (Reuter) France's foreign trade deficit was 370 million francs (about 31 million sterling) in March compared with 240 million francs (about 20 million sterling) in February, the Ministry of Finance announced here today. According to provisional figures, imports last month rose to 6.120 million
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    • 246 9 AIR MOVEMENTS—S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVAL.** IN SINGAPORE MSA 451 IDS’* a.m. from Kuching MSA oos 10.55 am. from Penan* Ipoh/K.L/Malacca M* A— 043 1.50 p m. from Rota Hahru/K.L. M* A— 509 2.25 pm. from Bangkok MSA ooi 3.35 p.m. from Penang I poh /K.L. MvA 635 6.35 p.m. from
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    • 224 9 CPA CXS7I 10 50 pm from Tokyo Osaka Talpeh Hong Ron* DEPARTURES MSA 512 8.00 a.m. for RL/ Bangkok MSA 042 845 a.m. for KU/ Kota Bahru MSA 634 11.15 a m. for Hong Kong/Taipeh MSA 008 11.00 a.m for K.L./ Ipoh/Penang MSA 052 3.35 p.m. for Malacca/R.L./ Penang MSA
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    • 265 9 022) from Singapore. Malatv Thai Airline 8.50 a.m. <Tf» 402) from Singapore MSA Airline 9.15 am. (ML. 005) from Penang, Ipoh Cathay Airline 9.40 a.m. (CX 974) from Singapore MSA Airline 10 05 a.m. (ML 042) from Singapore MSA Airline 12.30 p.m. <ML 512) from Singapore MSA Airline 12.35 p.m.
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  • EASTER
    • 217 10 (I Corinthians 15:12-23) Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how sa y some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead’ But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised: And if Christ
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    • 866 10  -  By K.B. TAN r' may surprise you to learn that Easter has nothin* to do with eggs or bunnies, though that is traditional Some more religiously inclined people may remind us of it by a crucifix Though it is historically true that Christ did die on the
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    • 51 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The first quarterly Workers Seminar of Jesus Saves Mission will be held at Church of Singapore. 145 Marine Parade, on April 15 from 9 a m to 4.30 pun. According to a spokesman, the seminar is designed to review and preview the operations of the last
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    • 2291 10  -  by Dr. G. D. James, Malaysia Evangelistic Fellowship A picture of the crucifixion of Christ hung in a famous gallery. People in the crowd drew near to see it with interest. among whom was a little boy. The artist, being interested in the
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    • 154 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. Rev. Allen Finley, general director of Christian National Evangelism Commission (CNEC) with headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S.A., arrived here this morning for a five-day stay on his trip to visit CNEC mission fields. Accompanying Rev Finley are Mr Harold Moore, a CNEC
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    • 157 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. —The Bethany Evangel Clinic —a Christian Clinic to spread the gospel through medical work, will be officially opened by the Member of Parliament for Changi, Mr. Sim Boon Woo, on April 15 at 9.30 a.m. The clinic will be situated at 15 Kampong
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    • 27 10 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Bartlev Christian Church will be conducting a baptism service at 1 p.m tomorrow at Calvarv Baptist Church at 48. Wan Tho Avenue.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 317 10 Dear Readers, It is exactly one year since we introduced our first Christian message last Easter in Eastern Sun. e thank God almighty that the column has grown into a full page which has become a regular feature of our Sunday edition. The “Church at Home*' page is strictly evangelical,
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    • 83 10 RELIGIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT QUEENSTOWN LUTHERAN CHLRCH. 709 Commonwealth Drive. Singapore. 3 English Sunday School 8.30 a.m.; English Worship Service 9.30 a.m.; Chinese Sunday School 9.30 a.m.; Chinese Service (Mandarin/Cantonese) 11.00 a.m.; English Service 6.30 p.m; Chinese Service (Man/Cant.) 7.30 p.m. LUTHERAN CHURCH OF OUR REDEEMER. 30 Duke Road, Singapore. 10 English
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  • POPPING AROUND With Platter Pete
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      305 12 Screenplay for the BEE GEES’ first full-length feature film "Lord Kitchener's Little Drummer Boys” is being Specially written by Johnny Speight creator of BBC's “Till Death Us Do Part” series. The movie casts the five Bee Gees as youngsters pressganged into the army as bandsmen during the Boer War.
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      611 12 SPOI LIGHT POP GObblP DISL-CUSbION X* INTERVIEWS PLATTER PETE'S POP POLL TOP TUNES "TNTERVIEWING an airplane is kind of an absurd JL idea, "wrote Carol Deck in San Francisco's BEAT magazine in April 1966. "but interviewing the Jefferson Airplane, a fast-rising group from San Francisco, verges on the ridiculous.
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      257 12 ]J/ THERE! Like. how do you like the spotlight on JEFFERSO\ AIRPLAyE this week? They're n great American group which still isn't justified popularity wise in this country. Hope all you hep-type cool cats get to listen to some of their fah dist's. They're on the RCA label.' Please
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    • 242 12 Using only eyeliner on her pale, expressive face. Grace describes her untrained voice as “loud, unmistakably loud. I have a lot to learn. including how to sing without hearing my own voice.” Jorma Kaukonen. who. at 25. is the "Grandfather” of the grandtather of the group, was bom
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      339 12 THE SHADOWS THE SHADOWS "Dear Old Mrs. Bell” “Trying To Forget The One You Loce l Columbia) A pretty little song about the isolated life of an old-age pensionar. Has a pronounced nostalgic quality and an appealing nic. Har.k and Bruce handle the lyric harmonising attractively in the chorus,
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    • 192 12 NEW YORK: 1. Honey—Bobby Goldsboro 2. Y'oung Girl—Union Gap 3. The Dork Of The Bay Otis Redding 4. Cry Like A Baby Box Tops 5. Valleri Monkees 6. Since You've Been Gone Aretha Franklin 7. Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde —George Fame 8. La-La Means
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  • ’68 Singapore Grand Prix
    • 605 13  -  GP promises to be bigger, better and more exciting By John Kam: Singapore: This year's Singapore Grand Prix, with top riders from several countries, promises to be bigger better and more exciting than the ones held in previous years. Rated one of the foremost circuit
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    • 676 13  - Will Albert Poon make it a ‘double in the GP for cars? Can local boys stay on top again? By John Kam Singapore: ALL eyes will be on the two big races on Monday the GP for cars and motor cycles which have attracted entries from six countries, giving it
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    • 67 13 See the GRAND PRIX 12/14/15 APRIL Upper Thomson Road Circuit gA v\ X S' 0 i 4 am :7 -X liS eA~ ft i/V Wi 3 •v/i9 jm /mm. 3* m 'fS&Sfrfcv&Si m 7m -•VV/./N' .V' See 150 mph racers... Brabhams, CooperSi Elfins and Lotus, plus fabulous Minis. The world’s
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  • 399 14 SINGAPORE, Sot. 13. The main event for motorcycles will as expected be dominated by the Japanese riders most of them paid to ride the factory ''works" machines. Veteran Yamaha riders, A Motohashi, last year's Singapore winner of the GP for motorcycles and colleague, H. Hasegawa will
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  • 1509 14 From Page 13 11.45 a.m. Class 3: 126 c.c. to 250 c.c. RACE 4 15 laps Sports and G.T. Cars all classes. 2.00 p.m. Class 1: Up to 1000 c.c. Class 2: 1001 c.c. to 1300 c.c. Class 3: 1301 c.c. to 1600 c.c. Class 4: 1601
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  • 53 14 THREE bus companies will run special services to the Thomson-Sembawang Circuit today and tomorrow. The Tay Koh Yat Bus Co. will start its service to the GP circuit from 5.30 a.m. while the Green Bus Co. and the Paya Lebar Bus Co. will start their services
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  • 114 14 The perfect sound system. Sansui, has again been chosen to provide the entire concourse sound system at this year’s Grand Prix at the Thomson-Sembawang track This is the fourth year that Sansui has been chosen —a testimony of its reliability for outdoor sound performance. When Sansui demonstrated
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    • 36 14 HARPOON Large Choice Super-waterproof of Ladies' automatic and Gentlemen's calendar Watches FAVRE-LEUBA GENEVE since 1737 The Swiss Watch for all Climates fSK at the Singapore Grand Prix j© SWISS PRECISION TIMING at the Singapore Grand Prix
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    • 143 14 X the Singapore k: t wm R(707 Cosmo King Sleek racers and steel nerve drivers in a gruelling test of high performance machines and faultless driving skill. A thousand gear change in perfect timing and co-ordination between driver and machine. Perfect timing is also the hallmark of every TITONI Swiss
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  • 2103 15  -  SUBIAN SCORES A DOUBLE By WINDSOR LAD KUALA LUMPUR, Sal. Mrs. Lim Huck Aik's Lotus Flower, well ridden by jockey Luke Kang, created a surprise when he fought out a keen finish to beat the well fancied Gay Enterprise (apprentice Wadi) here today. Lotus Flower paid
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  • 92 15 KI'ALA LUMPUR. Sat. A national record fell at the third Selangor Open Shooting championships at the Subang Range here today. It was by Selangor's Dr. Chan Chin Cheung in the rapid fire even* with a score of 578 The previous record was 563. Dr Chan also
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  • 53 15 LONDON. Sat. (Reuter) Alan BaJ. the England forward has been suspended for 14 days and will miss Everton’s English Football Association Cup semi-final match against Leeds United on April 27. Ball, who was also fined £lOO by an F A Disciplinary Committee, was sent off in a
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  • 440 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. It was only a 44minute battle on the Selangor Club courts between Singapore’s national champion, Shahrin Osman and holder S A. Azman but that was enough for Shahrin to win the singles title in the Malaysian Malays tennis tournament. The short but
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  • 218 15 SINGAPORE. Sat The President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association. Mr. Tang Tuck Wah. will resign a' President of the STTA. Mr Tang who is also the Secretary of the Singapore Olympic and Sports Council, disclosed this to Sunsport today. A President of the
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  • 275 15 Pesta b’ton KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. With top stars Tan Aik Huang of Malaysia and All-England champion Rudy Hartono of Indonesia out of the Pesta badminton to be held here from Wednesday to Saturday, Erland Kops of Denmark is strongly tipped to take the singles title.
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  • 246 15 PENANG. Sat. Denmark's Erland Kops seven times All-England badminton singles champion, today said that Malaysia would need the services of younger players to replace the old-timers in the next Thomas Cup competition. He said that the sending of the three young Malaysians Tan Aiic Mong.
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  • 472 15 SEREMBAN. Sat. The three-day Pesta Sukan Negri Sembilan was opened by the Yang di-Pertuan Besar here yesterday amid a panoply of colour and splendour. The Pesta Sukan, which includes the 14 major games, will continue till Monday. The Station Padang was packed to capacity
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  • 312 15 LONDON, Sat < Reuter t Results of football matches played today were SCOTTISH ONE Airdrie 2 Hearts 2 Celtic 5 Dundee 2 Dundee U 2 Clyde 1 Hibernian 2 Motherwell 1 Kilmarnock 1 St Johnstone 0 Morton 2 Falkirk 1 Partick 1 Dunfermline 2 Raith 2 Rangers
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 62 15 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 1.05 a.m. (8.3 ft.), 128 p.m. (9.2 ft.) Port Swettenham: 6.24 a.m. (15.9 ft.), 6.46 p.m. (17.1 ft.) Port Dickson: 7.17 a.m. (9.0 ft.). 7.40 p.m. (10.5 ft.) Singapore: 11.41 a.m. (9.7 ft.). 11.42 p.m. (9.7 ft.) Sedili Kechil: 10.31 a m. (7.5 ft.). 10 04
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  • RACING COMMENTS
    • 1494 16 Race 1 Horses Class 2, Div. 5 7 Furs. 2.00 P.M (For local riders onlv) i. 665 Ganelon II 4v 9.00 Agasam Stable Lee 12 2 537 Seregalar 4v 9.00 Sultan of Pahang Daniels 4 3 930 Handal 5v 8 13 Y. and C Stable West 8
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    • 1719 16  -  By ‘Windsor, Lad’ KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. With Our Coco not accepting, Black Tulip reads a good each way proposition in Race Six here this afternoon, the concluding day of the Selangor Turf Club's April meeting. Last Sunday Black Tulip gave a good account when
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    • 197 16 WINDSOR LAD ADELINE STAR BOY JIMMY LAD RACE 1 CNREFORMED Little Angel Queen nf the Night UNREFORMED Little Angel Ganelon UNREFORMED Queen of the Night Little Angel HANDAL Unreformed Queen nf the Night RACE l SURVEYOR Tallette Tee Up TEE UP Tallette Noble Choice SURVEYOR Stratocruiaer Tallette TALLETTE Surveyor
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    • 28 16 Windsor Lad: Surveyor Chateau Roi kanchana Adeline: Lnreformed Never Too Late Mah«efr Star Boy Surveyor Toro Pil Marshal Jimmy Lad Tallette Jolly Roger Toufillr*an
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    • 32 16 RED Alligator and his 20-year-old jockey Brian Fletcher taking the last fence in their 20-length victory in the Grand National at Aintree at Liverpool recently. UPI photo.
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