Eastern Sun, 19 February 1969
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Title Section21 1969-02-19 1 SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Eastern Sun Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 916 Wednesday. 19 February 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 13 cents21 words
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340 1969-02-19 1 BERLIN. Tues. (UPI) East German border guards today closfed down their main highway checkpoint for one hour and 50 minutes. West Berlin police reported. The Babelsberg checkpoint was closed at 0900 GMT and reopened at 1050 G.MT. police said. Police said the East Germans340 words
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98 1969-02-19 1 JAKARTA. Tues (Reuter)— Indonesia plans to sterilise three million fertile mothers during the country's five-year development plan starting in April, according to the Chairman of the National Family Planning Institute. The Chairman. Mrs. Z Rachman Mansjur. said this when speaking to regional administrators in West98 words
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Article24 1969-02-19 1 KARACHI. Tues. (UPI) Authorities imposed a 24-hour curfew on Karachi and Dacca today following bloody street battles in two cities on Monday.24 words
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113 1969-02-19 1 NEW DELHI. Tues. (Reuter) Communist Members of Parliament supported by the Samyukta Socialists today tabled a motion of no-confid-ence in the Congress Government headed by the Prime Minister. Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The motion which will be discussed later today, said the Congress Party had been113 words
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174 1969-02-19 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Malaysia and Singapore can come to an agreement on a “quid pro quo" basis giving some goods made either in Singapore or in Malaysia preferential treatment or even free entry into the two markets. the Minister of Commerce and Industry. Tan174 words
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Article133 1969-02-19 1 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) Police in Quezon City have proved that miniskirts do not contribute to crimes against women, the Evening News said today. The English-language newspaper said that the Police Chief of Quezon City, just east of Manila, has gathered statistics showing a decrease in133 words
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Article163 1969-02-19 1 BANGKOK. Tues. (Reuter) Deputy Defence Minister, Air Chief Marshal Dawee, will head a Thai delegation of 18 officials to the Malay-slan-Thal general border committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur on March 15 and 16. he said today. Marshal Dawee told reporters the meeting would discuss improved163 words
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Article102 1969-02-19 1 BRUNEI TOWN. Tues. (Reuter) Britain's High Commissioner in Brunei. Mr. A. R Adair, said today he did not think the present circumstances would lead to a rebellion in Brunei He was commenting on Malaysian Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman's recent remark that Brunei might face a102 words
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Article100 1969-02-19 1 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Actress Hedy Lamarr has flled a US$2l million damage suit against nine defendants Involved In publication of a book about her life entitled "Ecstasy And Me. My Life As A Woman.” The suit flled on Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court100 words
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55 1969-02-19 1 JAKARTA. Tues (Reuter)—A man rushed from his bathroom at the weekend calling for help to put out a fire—but all the neighbours ran away. The man was still in the nude and the only neighbours at home in Surabaja. East Java, were55 words
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180 1969-02-19 1 WASHINGTON. Tues (Reuter) A surprise meeting between President Nixon and the Soviet Ambassador to Washington has raised hopes of highlevel efforts to avert a threatening confrontation over Berlin. The White House described yesterday's hour-long discussion between Mr. Nixon and Ambassador Anatolv Dobrynin as "very180 words
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109 1969-02-19 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. A six-man French mission will arrive here either tomorrow or on Thursday to discuss with Malaysian Government officials the financial and technical terms for the proposed purchase of Mirage jets by Malaysia A spokesman of the French Embassy here told Bernama109 words
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Article55 1969-02-19 1 ENGLEWOOD. New Jersey. Tues. (Reuter) Dustman Albert Strubel was doing his round here when a mystery archer shot him in the back with a steel-tipped arrow. Strubel. 31. chased his assai’ant but had to give up due to loss of blood. He was in a55 words
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Article246 1969-02-19 1 KARACHI. Tues. (Reuter) Troops stood by today for more clashes between supporters and opponents of President Ayub Khan’s regime after fresh violence here that left at least four dead and raised the death toll to 50 since Pakistan's political upheaval began in midJanuary. Police opened fire246 words
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203 1969-02-19 1 LONG BEACH. California. Tues. (Reuter) The United States most ambitious attempt at ocean-bed living has been stopped indefinitely by naval officials after the death of an aquanaut on the first day of a scheduled 60-dav man-under-the-sea experiment. The aquanaut, 33-year-old Louis Cannon, apparently203 words
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Article188 1969-02-19 1 LOITOKITOK, Kenya. Tues (Reuterj The eight blind Africans scaling Mount Kilimanjaro. Africa's highest peak, today began *he second day of the assault after spending a freezing night on the mountain. They struck camp this morning under clear skies and set off in high spirit heading188 words
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Article92 1969-02-19 1 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Newsweek Magazine reported on Monday Australia plans to keep a small defence force in Singapore and Malaysia when British forces leave in 1971. The magazine said the Australian force would comprise an Infantry battalion with support troops and two jetfighter squadrons. It92 words
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Article68 1969-02-19 1 BANGKOK. Tues. (UPI) Bangkok suffered a massive power failure this afternoon when a generator broke down at the Yanhee Dam. 300 miles north of Bangkok, main electricity source for the city. Power was out for about two hours in most areas, from 2.30 p.m. (073068 words
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81 1969-02-19 1 WELLINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) New Zealand Prime Minister Mr. Keith Holyoake has said a statement on New Zealand's role In South-east Asian defence may be released next week. He told a press conference yesterday that in view of the expected statement on Australia's attitude81 words
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Miscellaneous27 1969-02-19 1 LADIES PAY Jr ‘■'u s-v *E fsl IX' a* 4 “It was this, or a big wild turkey, and like a sport I chose the most difficult!”27 words
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239 1969-02-19 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Representatives from nine nations will meet in Singapore next month to study ways to boost food production. They will be attending the fifth Asia-Pacific Food Production Conference sponsored by International Minerals and Chemical Corporation of the United States. The conference239 words
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219 1969-02-19 2 LOS ANGELES. Tues- (l T PI)—A former Los Angeles policeman and a platinum blonde widow were convicted on Monday of first degree murder in the deaths of their spouses in an alleged scheme to collect double indemnity insurance policies. Paul S Perveler,219 words
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Article155 1969-02-19 2 Soon USSRMalaysia Air Pact KCALA LUMPrR. Tues. Negotiations are expected to begin soon for an air services agreement between Malaysia and the Soviet Union. The Deputy Secretary’ (Civil Aviation and Meteorological Services) to the Ministry of Transport, Mr. Saw Hu at Lye eald that the negotiations would not take very155 words
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Article155 1969-02-19 2 CAMDEN. New Jersey, Tues. (UPI) More than 100 prisoners at the Camden Jail barricaded themselves behind mattresses. set fires, and hurled cans at firemen on Monday night before 300 policemen armed with shotguns herded them back to their cells. Sheriff Martin Segal said most of155 words
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Article127 1969-02-19 2 SAIGON, Tues. (Reuter) An exploding Vietcong grenade sent a young Marine flying into the path of two escaping guerrillas enabling him to gun them both down. Lance CpL Royce Heinze, was flushing out guerrillas hiding in a tunnel complex beneath rice paddies south of the big127 words
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142 1969-02-19 2 JAKARTA. Tues (Reuter) Two Indonesian Ministers will address directors and general managers of Asian news agencies when they meet in Jakarta for three days from March 5. Antara news agency reported today. Antara. which Is host at this year’s annual general meeting of the142 words
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163 1969-02-19 2 JOHANNESBURG. Tues. (Reuter) Eleven Africans died and 155 were injured when a crowded passenger train ran into an inferno of blazing petrol southwest of here, according to official figures issued today. It was earlier believed 13 Africans had died and as163 words
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Article151 1969-02-19 2 HONG KONG. Tues (Reuter) —»Marine Police today mounted a wide search for a Hong Kong yachtsman missing since last night when he tried to row out to sea to catch his drifting sailboat. They identified the man as Mr David Bailey and- said he had151 words
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93 1969-02-19 2 GENEVA. Tues (UPI) The Nigerian Federal Command at Port Harcourt has ordered the execution of all able-bodied Biafran male refugees. Biafran authorities claimed on Monday. They said more than 120 already had been killed. A communique from I’muahu. distributed by the Biafran overseas oress93 words
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127 1969-02-19 2 MADRID. Tues. (AFP) The Madrid government intends soon to create a Gibraltar province which will include the disputed British colony on the famous rock at the southwest tip of Spain, a reliable source indicated here today. The provincial capital will be Algesiras127 words
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Article101 1969-02-19 2 SAIGON, Tues. (UPI) American B-52 bombers have resumed their attacks on Communist infiltration corridors north of Saigon Many of them were in the air en route to their targets even before the Allied Tet ceasefire had ended. One of the raids was so close to Saigon it101 words
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Article, Illustration248 1969-02-19 2 Honoured And Awarded For Her ‘Perfect Attendance Madam Loh Trek Hong, 49. has been an employee of Union Carbide for eight long years. And during this period she has not missed work for i d h. nor has she been late for workDay in. day out. Madam Loh has always248 words
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329 1969-02-19 2 HONG KONG. Tues. (Reuter) Hong Kong authorities expect it may be several davs before thev have word from Chinese officials about the fate of three yachts which have been missing since Sunday and are believed in Chinese hands. With China and the329 words
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84 1969-02-19 2 LONDON, Tues (UPI) Sixteen singing stars including Julie Andrews. Shirlev Bassey and Sammy Davis Jr. have agreed to cut a disc to raise money for the world's refugees, it was announced here on Monday. The record, distributed through the United Nations, will go84 words
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Article22 1969-02-19 2 SINGAPORE. Tues —There were 104 road accidents of which two were serious during the last 24 hours in the Republic.22 words
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Advertisement240 1969-02-19 2 PUT MUSCLE BACK IN YOUR ARM with V w 1 W US A. SUPER FORMULA BEIKLIN 12 VITAMINS 12 MINERALS YOU MAY NOT KNOW that the reason for general debility, lack of appetite, depression, etc., may be Vitamin/ Mineral deficiency and it is difficult to pin-point the particular vitamin or240 words
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739 1969-02-19 3 SINGAPORE, Tues.—Details of Colombo Plan assistance to Singapore hare been disclosed in the Contributions to Economic Development chapter of the 16th annual report of the Colombo Plan Consultative Committee just released. The following are the contributions by donor countries towards economic development in Sin- gapore.739 words
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155 1969-02-19 3 SINGAPORE. Tues The Commander. Far East Fleet, Vice Admiral H D O'Brien, is shortly to pay visits to four ports in East Malaysia. He will fly his flag mainly in the Assault Headquarters ship HMS Intrepid. He arrives in Kuching by air tomorrow where155 words
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Article56 1969-02-19 3 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Fifty members of the extreme rightwing National Front Movement booed a meeting on racialism last night and shouted: “Send the blacks back.” Police were called after the audience of 500 voted that the hecklers should be ordered to leave the meeting, organised by the56 words
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192 1969-02-19 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— Negotiations are expected to begin soon for the purchase of two or more modern cargo liners for the Malaysian National Shipping Line. This was stated today by a spokesman of the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation Berhad w’hich will operate the192 words
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Article, Illustration90 1969-02-19 3 A This is the Siberian Bear, seen for the first time in Singapore. It has been brought in bv the All-Japanese Kinoshita Circus, now performing nightlv at the Great World Amusement Park. The circus is being brought in conjunction with the 1969 Carnival and Trade Fair90 words
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Article143 1969-02-19 3 CAIRO, Tues. Reuter) Foreign experts who are to survey the southern end of the Suez Canal to see if 14 trapped ships can be moved out are due in Cairo on Thursday. informed sources said today The sources said a threeman team is expected143 words
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Article, Illustration332 1969-02-19 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs. Mr. Chan Chee Seng has outlined three important, successive stages Singapore would have to undergo if it wished to attain world standards in sports. They are: The Republic must try to332 words
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218 1969-02-19 3 BRIGHTON. England. Tues Reuter) Japan is preparing to launch next year a massive probe to get minerals from under the deep Pacific, a Japanese government spokesman said here today Mr Ritsuro Harano of the Science and Technology Agency's Research Co-ordina-tion Bureau was218 words
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Article96 1969-02-19 3 SINGAPORE. Tues The military personnel will conduct exercise* in the following areas TUAS —1 pm. to 6 p m on Feb. 19; 7 a m. to 6 p.m on Feb 20; and 7 a m. to 6 p.m. on Feb 21. MANDAI 6 am. to 11 p.m. from96 words
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267 1969-02-19 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two bus employee unions have tome out in support of the queue campaign to instil into passengers the necessity to queue up at bus stops. The two unions are the Singapore Traction Company Employees’ Union and the Singapore Bus Employees’ Union. In267 words
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Article251 1969-02-19 3 KUALA LI.MPIR Tues. Malaysia exported 65.750 tons of rubber worth 572.9 million to China in the first half of 1968 compared with 16,121 tons worth $19.6 million for the whole of 1967. This was disclosed today by a spokesman of the Ministry oi Commence and251 words
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Advertisement136 1969-02-19 3 SIT KungHsiFaTs’di” m mt c ■■> i m .-.Vi i' i > V 9 SUN »«l i HJt TAIPEI ii» r 'I 11*1 “KUNG HSI FA TS’AI” from China Airlines -a traditional greeting, meaning good fortune and prosperity. China Airlines, the flag-carrier of the Republic of China, takes this Chinese136 words
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Article, Illustration243 1969-02-19 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Nanyang University Players will stage a unique production “Our Town” at the Victoria Theatre on March 8 and 9. The play Is set in Grover’s Comers, a in New England, America. In Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town.” the stage manager243 words
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Article226 1969-02-19 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Five major projects were completed by the Public Department last year. Amongst them was the Queenstown Driving Centre which was built at a cost of $88,884. This project was the first to be completed in a move to provide improved facilities as well as decentralising226 words
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Article32 1969-02-19 4 LONDON. Tue* (CPI) Queen Elizabeth II will review warships of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisations Naval Forces on May 16 as part of the celebrations marking NATO's 20th anniversary32 words
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234 1969-02-19 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. Singapore's businessmen and industrialists have been invited to participate and visit the 47th Milan International Trade Fair to be held in Milan. Italy from April 14 to 25. According to the Italian Trade Commission here, the number of developing countries participating234 words
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326 1969-02-19 4 PARIS, Tues. (Reuter)—A storm of protest over the handling of a nine-day siege of a lonely farmhouse near Bordeaux mounted here today as people asked: “How could it have happened?.” Newspapers unanimously condemned the decision to send police in half-track326 words
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Article267 1969-02-19 4 NEW YORK. Tues (l/PI) Lt. Gen Lewis W. Walt, assistant commandant of the U.B. Marine Corps, said today the end of the Vietnam war above end of he Yienam war above anything else is “solid support” from the American public for their servicemen “I owe it267 words
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459 1969-02-19 4 LOS ANGELES, Tues. (Reuter) The mysterious girl in the poika-dot dress, central figure in the investigation of Senator Robert Kennedy’s assassination, will probably be called to the witness stand today in the trial of Jordanian Sirhan B. Sirhan. The woman wa* named459 words
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Article67 1969-02-19 4 NAIROBI. Tues (ATP) The team of eight blind Africans »caling Mount Kilimanjaro climbed to a height of 10.000 feet in seven hours yesterday The four Tanzanians, four Kenyans, and their two guides spend the night bivouacked on th« mountain side. Reports reaching here said that they67 words
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150 1969-02-19 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Two thugs were arrested yesterday at 3.30 pm. after they and two other accomplices had rob. bed an 18-year-old youth. Yap Peng Doon of his wristwaten worth $35 and $l3 n rash in Green Lane Yap of Lim Teek 800 Road was150 words
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Article56 1969-02-19 4 SAN JOSE. Costa Rica. Tues. (UPI) Panama abruptly slosed it* border with Costa Rica withoin explanation on Monday and traffic backed up tor miles o n both side* waiting to cross. Panamanian border guards »t 4 pm. stopped the flow of traffic into and out of56 words
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313 1969-02-19 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Ministry of Finance has sent out stern directives to all Ministries aid Government departments to cut down excessive waste in the use of electricity and water. The Finance Ministry directive states that the expenditure on public313 words
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113 1969-02-19 4 LONDON, Tues. (AFP) Fifty left wing organisations including the British Vietnam Solidarity Front and the Revolutionary Student Federation said last night they would organise a series of mass demonstrations coinciding with President Nixon’s coming visit to London. The first will be staged outside the U-S.113 words
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Article137 1969-02-19 4 SEOUL. Tues. (UPI) —Srr.il! snowslides and a threat of another major avalanche tocay prevented rescuers from reaming the scene where 10 alp.nists were buried on Frida; The missing were among 18 persons training for an a tempt at Mt. Everest in ‘he Himalayas. Military helicopters ferried rescue137 words
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Miscellaneous28 1969-02-19 4 abu By LIM KOK WING SAY, MAY /JO/M YOU?) ,<T 6ET LOST! YOU BOYS HME mm j y —no right toooss/p.'/j J tiwmr*)M miffi w)]t(mm rammmJ mm 0)28 words
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Miscellaneous92 1969-02-19 4 3 5 i J& ANOTHER SMASHING CHINESE NEW YEAR DRAW THIS SUNDAY Ist PRIZE $lOO,OOO GUARANTEED AND MANY OTHER ATTRACTIVE CASH PRIZES PLUS GIFI PRIZES pgwD MgncEjES sec A W JWTTsJA .<rng© i *—o~— Q FGFO CamrsiA VOLKSSAAGEN Motorcycles 20 Radiograms T.V. Sets 20 Sewing Machines Refrigerators 20 Tape Recorders92 words
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313 1969-02-19 5 NEW ORLEANS, Lousiano Tues. (UPI) A pathologist colled upon by the prosecution in the Cloy L. Shaw assassination conspiracy trial said today that the shot which killed President John F. Kennedy in 1963 was fired from the front. Dr. John N. Nichols313 words
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341 1969-02-19 5 WASHINGTON. Tues. (UPI) A District of Columbia judge todav ordered autopsy X-rays and photographs of President John F. Kennedy taken to New Orleans for the Clay Shaw conspiracy trial, but the Justice Department immediately announced it would appeal the ruling. Judge Charles341 words
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Article136 1969-02-19 5 FALLON. Nevada. Tues (Reuter)—The 3.000 inhabitants of this remote farming community were officially warned their water was poisonous then promptly told by higher authority to go on drinking it. Nevada State Health Officer Edwin Crlppen advised them in a letter yesterday there was enough arsenic In the136 words
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175 1969-02-19 5 VIENNA. Tues. (UPI) Authorities at St. Stepnens Catnedral here would like to hear from anyone knowing the wnereabouts of Roman Emperor Friedrich 111 who died almost five centuries ago. r*rof. Rudolf Bachleitner. director of the Diocese museum. disclosed that Friedrich’s tomb recently was X-rayed175 words
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Article68 1969-02-19 5 TOKYO. (UPI) "he Tokyo District Court has found guilty a doctor who admitted to’ have operated on three males to turn them into the opposite sex Judge Hiroshi Kumagaya fined Dr. Masao Aoki, 400,000 yen (US$1,111) and sentenced him to serve two years in prison with68 words
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Article338 1969-02-19 5 Son. Kennedy Murder LOS ANGELES Tues (AFP) —A retired American football star who served the late Senator Robert Kennedy as a bodyguard took the witness stand at the trial of Sirhan Bishara Sirhan here on Monday to give his version of how the latter allegedly assassinated the338 words
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309 1969-02-19 5 ATHENS. Georgia. Tues (Reuter) Vice-Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. whose development work made him known as the father of the U.S. nuclear submarine, has warned that unbridled use of technology "may become a Frankenstein destroying its creator.’’ He told a symposium on "Automation and society”309 words
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Article83 1969-02-19 5 MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. Tues (Reuter) Locked In a sealed glass cage. 38-year-old Yamandu Ynsaun today started a bid to beat the world fasting record. Ynsaun. born here under a circus tent. Is an admirer of Mahatma Ghandl and hopes to spend 33 days in the cage83 words
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366 1969-02-19 5 KARACHI, Tues. (UPI) At least a dozen Pakistanis are known to have died immediately after taking a mixture containing opium and LSD. Bottled and dispensed under the name of "Bombard” —“For instantaneous e^eef” by Dr Vmer Nizami, a local homeopath, the mixture icas366 words
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124 1969-02-19 5 SAN DIEGO. California. Tues (Reuter) Dr. Herbert Marcuse, a Marxist philosopher and hero of the newleft. has been reappointed for another year to the faculty of the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Marcuse, whose book “One dimensional man” has become the bible of the124 words
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Article1034 1969-02-19 5 BURNING ZEAL CONEGLIANO. Italy. (UPI) A Prague-born Italian youth tried to burn himself to death in protest against what he called the "reign of capitalism in this damn country.” police said. Doctors said Lodovico Ferretti, 17, a self-styled Communist. suffered leg burns and would take two months to recover.1,034 words
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Article249 1969-02-19 6 rIS is the season to think of closer affinity and mutual respect. If one Is not superstitious, the Year of the Rooster, which has just commenced, is producing enough warmth to translate these ideals Into reality. The offer by Singapore to Malaysia of a detachment of a249 words
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Article176 1969-02-19 6 (AFP). THE Peking Peoples Dally today urged greater Initiative in implementing the Communist Party’s general policy. “If one waits for higher organisations to draw every minute line of demarcation in applying policy and acts only after others accumulate experiences, or If one stresses the peculiarity of— (AFP). - 176 words
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Article161 1969-02-19 6 (AFP). IN Prague the Communist Party paper Rude Pravo denounced today the circulation of “insidious and ignoble leaflets” attacking party and government leaders. The paper said the leaflets were “of both extreme left-wing and right-wing inspiration.” They “even slander President Ludwig Svoboda, Party First Secretary Alexander Dubcek and— (AFP). - 161 words
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1344 1969-02-19 6 Joseph B. Fleming - By Joseph B. Fleming BERLIN, Tucs. (UPI) As they hove with U.S. Presidents since 1945, the Russians may be planning to test President Nixon on the Berlin issue. Only one month after he took office the East Germans, with Soviet1,344 words
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Article340 1969-02-19 6 G. L. PINNA - By G. L. PINNA KARACHI. Tues. (UPI) A wooden club smacking into a beturbaned head makes a dull, sickening sound. Somewhere In the swirling shouting, sweating mass of people jammed into the Empress Market area where there were men bringing down clubs on heads and340 words
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Article218 1969-02-19 6 AmericanSoviet Summit Likely MOSCOW. Tues. (AFP). The unconfirmed news in the American magazine Newsweek that the Soviet Union has invited President Nixon to Mossow failed to cause a stir here in Western diplomatic circles. The reason was that it was generally presumed that an American-Soviet summit meeting would take place218 words
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Article962 1969-02-19 6 ROBERT J. KAYLOR - By ROBERT J. KAYLOR MAHARON, East Pakistan, Tues. (UPI)— in this tiny fishing village 15 miles from the nearest road in the delta of the Ganges River, a message to President Mohammed Ayub Khan has been neatly lettered in Bengali on the side of a thatched962 words
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Article785 1969-02-19 6 WARSAW. Tues. (ITI) It appears unlikely that Peking will send more than a Charge d'Affaires to the resumption of the Sino-American Ambassadorial talks here on Wednesday, diplomatic sources said on Sunday. A Chinese Embassy spokesman said Ambassador Wang-Kuo-Chan has not yet returned to Warsaw, and he declined to785 words
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701 1969-02-19 6 (From Sin Chew Jit Poh) OWING to the impending withdrawal of the British forces from this region and the commencement of the Vietnam peace talks, nations of S-E-A and those related to S-E-A are ail very much concerned over the development ol the situation and701 words
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Article, Illustration212 1969-02-19 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. Two top American insurance executives will arrive in Singapore tomorrow Feb 19 for a four day visit. While in Singapore, the visitors wIU consultwltli AFIA Singapore branch officials ard with the AFIA Regional Control Officer for South-east Asia and India which also212 words
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139 1969-02-19 7 TOKYO, Tues (CPI) Government approval of a merger that would give Japan the world's second largest steel-producing firm is expected on Feb. 25 Yawata and Fuji, the nation’s two largest steelmakers, planned to form a huge conglomerate that would produce 22.300.000 million tons of steel139 words
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197 1969-02-19 7 BRUSSELS. Tues (UPI) The European Common Market Executive Commission has proposed the six member countries set up machinery for mutual monetary assistance in case of crisis and establish closer coordination of economic policies. Under the monetary machinery. member countries would commit themselves to make197 words
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Article, Illustration929 1969-02-19 7 Frank Colyer - By Frank Colyer T H E Port of Melbourne in Australia, is shrinking as it grows in stature as a major Australian sea terminal. Thi s seemingly contradictory statement was made recently by the chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust, Mr. VO Swanson. It sums929 words
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Article341 1969-02-19 7 OTTAWA, Tues Mr. Jeon-Luc Pepin, Minister of Industry and Trade and Commerce, said recently the growth of Canadian exports in 1968 was, in absolute terms, by far the largest ever achieved, and in percentage terms the largest of the past 17 years. He was commenting341 words
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Article, Illustration122 1969-02-19 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues Woolworths (Malaysia) Berhad and Fitzpatrick’s Food Supplies (Far East) Ltd. has announced the re-appointment of Mr. K. T. Dwver as General Manager. Mr. Dwver previously held thi* position for almost two years between October 1964 and August 1986. when he returned to Australia Since122 words
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Article26 1969-02-19 7 LONDON. Tu4* (UPI) Rubber market opened quiet with spot 23-3 8 23-5/8 No. 1 fi£S CIF basis ports March 22-7/8 J 3.26 words
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Article161 1969-02-19 7 HON 6 K6NG. Tue*. (Reuter) Hon* Kong’l domestic exports fOr January were at HK1684 million (about 47 million sterling) which represented an Increase of 118 million dollars (eight million sterling) or 20.8 per cent over the same period last year, acchrdlng to government figure* released161 words
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Article452 1969-02-19 7 Virgil Kret - By Virgil Kret TOKYO, Tußs. (UPI) ZBngakuren students may storm it and anti-American demonstrations may scare some visitors away from it. But Japan next year is going to put on the first world's fer ever held outside Europe and North America. For the Japanese, who452 words
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Article159 1969-02-19 7 BONN. Tues. (DaD) The Federal Republic of Germany granted the World Bank loans amounting to a total of 1.693 billion DM ($423 million), last year. Bonn herewith contributed 34 per cent of the funds which went to this Institution. the main task of which lies159 words
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96 1969-02-19 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) The textile industry is awaiting details of the Nixon Administration's plans for securing a voluntary -export quota agreement from leading foreign textile supplies to the US. market. Some industry sources were! inclined to shrug off reports of mounting opposition96 words
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Article51 1969-02-19 7 HONG KONG, Tues. (UPI) —The Colony's accounts for the first nine months of this financial year (April to December 1968) showed a surplus of U 5516,815,000 the government reported. Compared with the same period of the last financial rear, this was an increase of51 words
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Article, Illustration20 1969-02-19 8 UPI photo.UPI photo. - 20 words
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Article656 1969-02-19 8 THE MARKOVIC MURDER PARIS. Tues. (Reuter) After a four-and-a-half month investigation starting on a suburban rubbish dump, police have vet to report Ending anv firm clue in the Markovic murder case, which still grips France with it hints of scandal in high places. The656 words
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289 1969-02-19 8 CORONADO. California. Tues. (UPI) The executive officer of the USS Pueblo said yesterday he falsely confessed the intelligence ship had intruded into North Korean waters while lying on a floor smeared with his own blood after a beating in which he lost consciousness six289 words
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Article58 1969-02-19 8 MONTREAL. Tues. (Reuter) Student* arrested after rioting at Sir George Williams University’s computer centre here have been suspended from all classes while they face criminal charges arising from the fracas. Most of the 97 people arrested after last Tuesday’s 10-hour spree of destruction, which left58 words
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Article184 1969-02-19 8 WASHINGTON. Tues (UPI) —For his wife. Judv. Spiro T. Agnews election as vice President meant back to the pot* and pans Mrs. Agnew chatted about he r new role with women reporters at a White House luncheon As wife of the Governor of Maryland, Mrs Agnew184 words
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Article103 1969-02-19 8 MADRID Tues < AFP) US astronaut Frank Borman said here he was convinced life existed on other planets besides earth But Colonel Borman currently on a European tour, hastened to add he did not believe in flying saucers Talking to newsmen at hU hotel here,103 words
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164 1969-02-19 8 ROME, (UPl)—The Rome superintendent of antiquities have asked officials to lock the colosseum at night to keep prostitutes, homosexuals and garbage dumpers out. Superintendent Gian Filippo Carettom said in a letter to the Education Ministry that gates should be installed in the inner arches of164 words
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Article149 1969-02-19 8 KEY WEST, r.onda. Tuee (UPI) —The navy disclosed today that it was investigating a mishap that sent a US submarine plunging dangerously out of control with 80 men aboard off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A spokesman would only reveal that the incident sometime last week involved149 words
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315 1969-02-19 8 LONDON, Tues. (UPI) France's five to defy President Charles de Gaulle's wrath and hold a scheduled Western European Union (WEU) council meeting here today without ranee. They did so after the French government formally demanded cancellation of the session and announced it315 words
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Article379 1969-02-19 8 MODESTO. California. Tues. (UPI) The founder of the Universal Life Church, Inc., whose card-carrying clergymen have raised havoc with Draft Boards and the Internal Revenue Services, was arrested yesterday by one of his own “ministers.” The Rev. Dr. Kirby J Hensley was arrested by Ralph379 words
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Article54 1969-02-19 8 JAKARTA. Tues (Reu'.er) The Indonesian government will stick to its decision to hold general elections before July l. 1971. according to Justice Minister Umar Senoadji Indonesia's first and only election was in 1955. Eubeto Mendloro is a better of three and came all the way from Quezon54 words
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Article60 1969-02-19 8 JAKARTA. Tues (AFP> A plot to murder President Suharto during his proposed visit to the Moluccas has been uncovered following the arrest of 25 Communists, it was reported here today. The newspaper Suluh Marhaen official organ of the Indonesian Nationalist Party, said the plot was revealed60 words
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Article36 1969-02-19 8 MANILA. Tues (ATT) A 30-year-old Filipino fa'her completed the third day of a scheduled one-week "starvation strike” in front of the Malacanang Presidential Palace in protest against government graft and corruption and high taxes36 words
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56 1969-02-19 8 BOMBAY: The remains of burned local trains after four days of worst riot in B ombay's history which paralysed business and left 44 people dead and 500 injured. The demonstration soon burned into an orgy of arson, looting and violence. Some buses, cars and buildings in Bombay were set on— UPI photo. - 56 words
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39 1969-02-19 8 UPI radiophoto.— UPI radiophoto. - 39 words
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713 1969-02-19 8 TOKYO, Tues. (UPl)—lnformed Am erican sources in Japan insist firmly that removal of nuclear weapons from Okinawa would be a grave mistake. Although they do not soy so for the record, it is known that many U.S. military leaders hold this view.713 words
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Article79 1969-02-19 8 CAPE TOWN. Tues (ATP 1 A German horse is to rece. an outsize hamper of carrot* and sugar in recognition of services rendered to the worl 3 longest surviving heart trai > plant patient. Doctor Philip Blaiberg. Dr. Blaiberg. speaking at a dinner in honour of79 words
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Article, Illustration1084 1969-02-19 9 Sheilah Graham - By Sheilah Graham KIM Novak was on the set of "The Great Bank Robbery" at Warners-Seven Arts starring in her first western and her first comedy. She looked gorgeous alive bright eyes, great figure, hair, complexion, all beautiful. She is obviously1,084 words
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151 1969-02-19 9 N’EW YORK. Tues. MGM's "Where Eagles Dare." which first opened overseas in Tokyo, December 21, is consistently outperforming The Dirty Dozen," one of MGM's all time boxofflce champions, according to an announcement by Maurice Sllverstein. president of MGM International. Total film rental to date151 words
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1396 1969-02-19 9 Hugh MacPherson - By Hugh MacPherson "I've never been in love" soys Mary Hopkin the Beatles prodigy and top of the charts singer "I just haven't the time." Mary Hopkin was taken aback Her Press Officer was shocked. The photographer who was taking her1,396 words
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Miscellaneous327 1969-02-19 9 TODAY and YOU... Wednesday. February 19, 1969. STAR GA2ER’*O AIKS MAS. 21 19 V"| ■*-21 -30-44 £■>47-62-74 TAURUS AW 20 /WAY 20 Q) 7- 8-38-39 ■S> 64-68-81-86 Gemini QTJ MAY 21 v JUNE 20 42-43-33-59 *•>6l-70-83 ?0 CANCER juN Ji juiy2J OllS-26-34-41 <•>s7-65-79 87 -By CLAY H POLLAN LEO J327 words
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Miscellaneous351 1969-02-19 9 CAT WAV OnOANISATION I r 4'7 <«OY ORCHARD-***** N?» »oew, B g: >0 Free List I». <*». «S 0 P. 13 p m Cuh Bo ok ini* On!y Paramount'. «5 CARD STCD” Dean Martin. Robert Mltchum In Technicolor orchard Cathay odeon PALACE: Special Morning Show TODAY! CATHAY At 845 ejn351 words
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Article, Illustration236 1969-02-19 10 THE First Lady, Puan Noor Aishah receives a bouquet after she had presented awards to members of the St. John Ambulance Brigade during a ceremony recently. PICTURE shows some of the distinguished guests who attended a reception recently to mark Waitangi Day New Zealand's National Day held236 words
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Article175 1969-02-19 11 RAWALPINDI. Tuts (AFP) The touring M.C.C. team agreed to revise their Pakistan programme again yesterday to include three four-day Test matches at Lahore. Dacca and Karachi. The agreement was reached after lengthy negotiations between the President of the Pakistan Cricket Control Board, Syed Fida Hassan,175 words
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1747 1969-02-19 11 Big Ben - By Big Ben U A L A LUMPUR, Tues. Happy Landing (Tony Yeo) beat the odds-on favourite Ever England in Race Seven here yesterday to pay $Bl the best dividend of the day. Checkmate, late Cosmopolitan (apprentice Salri) beat the well-fancied Sweet Lotus1,747 words
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Article44 1969-02-19 11 Total Pool $54,636 1st Prixe: No. *****0 $13,522 2nd Prixe: No. *****0 6,761 3rd Prixe: No. *****4 3,380 Starters: ($422 each) Nos. *****1 *****9 *****8 *****3 *****9 *****6 *****6 *****1. Consolation: ($300 each) Nos. *****3 *****7 *****0 *****8 *****9 *****4 *****9 *****6 *****0 *****9.44 words
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Article60 1969-02-19 11 AGAWAM. Massachusetts. Tues. (AFP) Marv Ann Eisel (United States) retained her women's tingles title in the U.S. East Coast covered courts tennis championships, beating South Africa’s Esme Emanuel 7-5, 6-2 in the final yesterday. Earlier in the semi-finals, the American had eliminated her compatriot Stefanie Defina 6-4. 6-0.60 words
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Article179 1969-02-19 11 MEXICO CITY, Tues. (CPI) Unbeaten bantamweight boxer Ruben Olivares, who is scheduled to meet world champion Lionel Rose in Los Angeles in June for the title, was accused yesterday of beating up two boxing fans. Enrique Flores and Silvestre Hernandez told police that thev were179 words
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Article35 1969-02-19 11 NOTTINGHAM. England. Tues (AFP) London boxer Vic Andretti won the British junior welterweight title at his fourth attempt here late yesterday when he beat holder Des Rea on points in a 15round bout.35 words
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167 1969-02-19 11 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) England’* footballers were today warned that they must improve their conduct on the field. In a special memorandum, “conduct and control of the game." the English Football Association (FA.) makes it quite clear that regu'.ar offenders face stiff penalties. The167 words
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77 1969-02-19 11 Manglitz seen here together with his teammate, Muller, parrying an attack bv the Borussla77 words
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320 1969-02-19 11 MANILA, Tues. (UPI) Organisers of the Philippine Open yesterday promised a tougher, but bigger and richer tournament next week in the first leg of the 1969 Asian golf circuit at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club. Juan J Carlos. Wack Wack President,320 words
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Article1638 1969-02-19 12 BIG BEN - By BIG BEN KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Choi Kion, a five-y 6 a r-old Australian gelding by Pipe of Peace, won the Cup trial when he beat Royal Meadow II by three parts of a length in Race Four here today. Ridden by Les Coles Chai1,638 words
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Article, Illustration57 1969-02-19 12 The crash occurred after they crossed the finish line. Both Hasegawa and driver Toshihisa N'agata were taken to hospital suffering from— UPI pix. - 57 words
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Article47 1969-02-19 12 LONDON, Tues (Reuter) The English Football Association. tightening up on timewasting in League matches, today fined a player £25 for deliberately delaying the taking of a free kick. The player. Crystal Palace forward Mark Lazarus, was also warned as to his future conduct.47 words
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Article67 1969-02-19 12 MODENA. Italy. Tues. (Reuter) Ferrari are definitely sending a car to the South African Grand Prlx on March 1. first event of the 1969 Formula One world championship, the Italian motor firm announced here today. The 3. 00 n cc 12-cylinder Ferrari car will be67 words
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Article152 1969-02-19 12 TOKYO. Tues (AFP) Japan’s Hiroyuki Ebihara, the World Boxing Association’s No. 2 flyweight, has started training for his encounter with Brazil’s Jose Severino, the WBA’s No. I flyweight, in an elimination match for the vacant world flyweight title next month. The two boxers vying for152 words
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Article134 1969-02-19 12 LONDON. Tues. 1 Reuter) British goccer, reeling under the effects of the winter freeze-up. took another blow from the weather tocay with the postponement of eight of tonights' matches Four English League games including the vital First Division promotion battle between Everton and Leeds134 words
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Article117 1969-02-19 12 LOS ANGELES, Tues (Reuter) Mando Ramos. 20. will tonight make his second attempt to wrest the world lightweight title from il-vear-old champion Carlos "Teo” Cruz of the Dominican Reoublic. Cruz scored a unanimous point* decision over the 20->ear-old Mexican-American here last September 27 but117 words
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Article143 1969-02-19 12 TOKYO. Tues (UPl> Unbeaten Ken.il Iwata. Japan’s top ranking junior ligMweight contender, scored his 14th straight victory last night by winning a unanimous 10 round over Flash Gallego. no. 5 Philippine lightweight at Korakuen Hall. There were no knockdowns. Referee Gordon Higley called it 50-45. while143 words
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Article696 1969-02-19 12 He Scores A Century And A Double Century In A Test SYDNEY, Tues. (Reuter) Australia’s prodigious run collector Doug Walters sent cricket statisticians scurrying for their record books in the fifth Test at the Sydney cricket ground today. In the final over before stumps, Walters reached696 words
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331 1969-02-19 12 LAHORE. Tues. (Reuter) MCC decided against sending for an additional player to help in the forthcoming three-match Test series with Pakistan. A meeting of the tour selectors here today agreed the present 14 players were sufficient to carry on for the time331 words
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Article133 1969-02-19 12 MANILA. Tues (AFP) Rene Barrientos of the Philippines today challenged Japan’s Hiroshi Kobavashi to a title bout to ascertain which of them is the -real" world junior light-weight boxing champion. Barrientos won the world Boxing Council’s version of the 130-pound title by defeating Ruben Navarro of the133 words
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Article130 1969-02-19 12 LONDON. Tues. (AFP) Johnny Cheshire, former British amateur featherweight champion and Britain's representative in the Mexico Olympics, lost his unbeaten professional record in only his second paid contest when he was stopped by Nigerian-born Tommy Tiger (Leicester) at the World Sporting Club here yesterday.130 words
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93 1969-02-19 12 TOKYO. Tues. (Reuter) The last leg of the 1969 Asia golf circuit, the Yomiuri International Open golf championship, will be held at the Yomiuri Country Club from April 10 to 13, sponsors said today. The soonsors said players from Asia. Europe and93 words
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Article106 1969-02-19 12 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Mr. Arthur Gold. Secretary of the British Athletics Board told a press conference here today that British athletes entered for the South African Games in Blomfontein from March 14 to April 19 were competing as individuals and not as an official team.106 words
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Article165 1969-02-19 12 WEST INDIES First inmn n (resuming at 7 233): C. Llovd b McKenzie 53 C. Griffith c Freeman b Glee, son 27. W. Hall b Gleeson 1 Extras 11 Total: 279. For: 100. 154. 159. 179. 179. Pft 193. 257. 259. 379. Bowling: G. McKenzie 22.5, 2. 98. 3.165 words
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Miscellaneous1099 1969-02-19 11 > YOUR TV and Radio TODAY TV SINGAPURA CHANNEL FIVE P.M 5.55 Pros Summary in all Languages: 6.05 Belajar-lah Bahasa Kebangsaan; 6.10 Huckleberry Hound; 6.35 Get Together Bv RTS Enterprises Recording Artistes (Repeat). 725 English For Everyone 'Chinese Version! (Repeat! 7 40 News and Newsreel in Chinese; 8.05 The Adventures1,099 words
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Miscellaneous46 1969-02-19 12 BIG SWEEP Total Pool $48,634. 1st Prize: No. *****8 $12,037 2nd Prize: No. *****0 6,018 3rd Prize: No. *****0 3,009 Starters: ($376 each) Nos:— *****6 *****7 *****5 *****5 *****9 *****7 *****1 *****4 Consolation; ($267 each) Nos:— *****1 *****6 *****4 *****1 *****5 *****7 *****3 *****4 *****5 *****9.46 words
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Miscellaneous166 1969-02-19 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore: 12.58 a m (11 ft. 1 in.): 6.13 am. (3 ft. 3 ins.); 12.47 p.m. (11 ft, 9 ins.); 6 38 p.m. (1 ft 5 ins.). TOMORROW Singapore: 2.01 am (9 ft. 5 in.); 8.19 am (1ft. 2in.); 2.29 p.m. (9ft. 2 in 8.30 p.m.166 words
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