Eastern Sun, 20 February 1969

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    21 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE’S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd* 1966- Vol. 3 No. 917 Thursday* 20 February 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Israel Warns: Now Arab Planes In Greater Danger
    426 1 TEL AVIV, Wed. (Reuter) Israel warned today that last night’s terrorist attack at Zurich airport endangered the civil aviation of the Arab countries more than that of Israel. The warning from Transport Minister Moshe Carmel was prominently published today in the independent
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    Lock icon Lone Guard’s Brave Act Against Arabs
    142 1 TEL AVIV. Wed- (Reuter) A lone Israeli security guard. wielding a pistol, fought off the band of Arab gunmen who attacked the El A1 Boeing 707 at Zurich airport last night, according to an eye-witness account published here today One of the passengers In
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    Lock icon Dame Zara Holt Weds M,P. Bate
    107 1 MELBOURNE. Wed (Reuf@r)—Dama Zara Holt, widow ©f former Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt, was married here today to Mr. Jefferson Bate, a member of the Australian House of Representatives. The wedding ceremony was performed at the home of 58-year-old Dame Zara’s son, Nicholas,
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN FATE OF MAJOR TALKS IN BALANCE
    101 1 KARACHI. Wed (Reuter)— The fate of major talks to end Pakistan's three-month-old political crisis hung in the balance today after main opposition leaders said they would not attend. Fivy opposition leaders including former Foreign Minister Zuificar All Bhutto yesterdav rejected President Ayub Khan's
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    Lock icon Canberra Talks: Raja Expresses A Hope
    400 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Foreign Minister of Singapore, Mr. S. Rajaratnam. said today he hoped "something fruitful for Malaysia and Singapore” would come out of the five-power defence talks in Canberra in June. All the five powers attending the talks would try to reach
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    Lock icon FUNERAL OF FOURQUET KIDS TURNS INTO RIOT
    126 1 BORDEAUX, France. Wed. (Reuter) Angry women mobbed the mother of two children shot bv their father in a nine-day police siege at their funeral here todav. Screaming, “let’s lynch her”, they turned the funeral into a riot, chasing Mme. Micheline Berton into the
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    Lock icon TWO BORDER REDS KILLED
    61 1 BANGKOK. Wed (Reuter) Two Malaysian Communist guerillas in Waeng District on the Malaysian border were killed in a gun battle with Thai police patrolling the area last week, police reported today. The report said more than 100 guerillas in Southern Thailand had surrendered recently and were
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    Lock icon P.I. Concern Over Arms Buying In SEA
    152 1 MANILA. Wed Reuter) The Philippine Foreign Policy Council today announced that the Philippines viewed “with profound concern” the shopping of arms in Southeast Asia “in the guise of national security Although the announcement did not mention Malaysia by name, difomatic observers said was
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    Lock icon MORE VIOLENCE IN DACCA: 4 KILLED
    82 1 DACCA. East Pakistan. Wed. (Reuter) Rioters clashed violently with troops in defiance of the curfew here today and four peop.e were killed and 35 injured, nospital sources said. The curfew was clamped on the city after anti-Govern-ment riots on Sunday left at least two
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    Lock icon Israel’s Call To U.N.
    41 1 JERUSALEM. Wed. (Reuter) Israel today called on the United Nations to act swiftly and effectively to halt the escalation in the disruption of international air routes by attacks like that yesterday on an Israeli airliner at Zurich
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    Lock icon American Officials Baffled By China’s Abrupt Decision
    280 1 SECRET DIPLOMATIC TALKS CANCELLED WASHINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) American officials were baffled today by China’s abrupt decision to cancel secret diplomatic talks scheduled to re-open with the United States in Warsaw tomorrow after a lapse of 13 months. State Department experts gave little credence
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    Lock icon ‘S’pore And Malaysia’s Economic Progress Gratifying’—Report
    325 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) A Congressional mission which recently visited South-east Asia salt! yesterday Malaysia and Singapore have made gratifying economic progress. In a report to the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs Committee, the eightman mission indicated it was impressed by the economic efforts of
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    Lock icon Aussie, Kiwi Statement Next Tuesday?
    80 1 CANBERRA Wed. (AFP) Australian Prime Minister John Gorton and New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake are expected to announce simultaneously next Tuesday the Joint Anzac decision to maintain forces in South-east Asia. Malaysia and Singapore after the departure of the British in 1971. The Australian
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    Lock icon GINA OPERATED ON
    44 1 ROME. Wed. (UPl)—Actress Gina Lollobrigida underwent surgery today on her fractured left kneecap. Doctors said the operation was a “complete success.” They said Miss Lollobrigida. injured in an auto smashup last Sunday, would be walking again in a matter of weeks.
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    Lock icon Tomorrow – Watch Out For....
    28 1 Tomorrow Watch Out For.... MORE of some of the best-dressed women in Singapore in the third of the series who have been photographed for our weekly pictorial feature.
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    Lock icon Othman: Sports Complex To Promote Sports Not For ‘Showing Off’
    454 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. The $5O million National Sports Comolex has been planned to provide facilities for the promotion of athletics and sports in the Republic. The Minister for Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok stated this when he stressed that the complex
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    Lock icon First Day Cover Design Contest
    118 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. A competition is being held to select a design for a First Day Cover which will be placed on sale in connection with the issue of stamps commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the founding of modern Singapore. The winning entry will receive a
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    Lock icon 75 Will Compete In SMTA’s Music Contest
    187 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Seventy-five people will compete in the Singapore Music Teachers' Association's music competition for Instrumentalists and singers at the Cultural Centre from March 4 to 6. at 7 p m. nightly. Among the entries are 58 pianists, 9 violinists and eight singers.
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    Lock icon TOTO: Again Many Winners
    102 2 SINGAPORE. Wed Preliminary check-up his shown again a great number of winners in the second of the Chinese New Year Draw aeries So far two people have struck the second prize and thousands have 4 and 3 numbers cerrec* The company has taken special measures to
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    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    941 2 DR. Phoon Wai-On. was elected president of the Society of Occupational Medicine during its annual general meeting held recently. Dr. Chew Pin Kee was elected hon. secretary while Dr. S. T. Chan was elected treasurer. Committee members are D s. WK Ng and Oh Siew Leong
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    Lock icon Dispute Settled Because Of Chinese New Year
    192 2 SINGAPORE. Wed A civil suit between two sworn brothers was settled in the Hieh Court today in keeping with the festive occasion. The suit between the two sworn brothers. Lim She# Kim, the plaintiff and Tay Kiah Siang. the defendant, involved a claim
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    Lock icon Musical Concert In Aid Of Defence Fund
    107 2 SINGAPORE. Wed The Singapore Music Teachers’ Association will hold a concert of choral and instrumental music in aid of the National Defence Fund on March 12 at 8 45 pm. at the Victoria Theatre. The association’s choir will be conducted by Choo Hwee
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    Lock icon Clean S’pore Impresses Benson Fong
    92 2 THE famous Chinese Hollywood star, Benson Fong stopped over for a few days in Singapore last week. Fong who has appeared in many films was on a world trip. Fong has just completed shooting of Walt Disney's "The Love Bug". On his trip to Singapore,
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    Lock icon 500,000 With Flu
    60 2 TOKYO. Wed OTPl)—Mere than half a million persons were treated for influenza last week, the Health and Welfare Miniatry announced today A spokesman said 142 317 new cases were reported during the week with the islands of Hokkaido and Kyushu recording the sharpest increases During the tame
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    Lock icon BODY FOUND OFF CLIFFORD PIER
    65 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. A body of an unidentified man about 30 was found floating off Clifford Pier on Feb. 15. He was clad In white shirt and trousers and is about five feet and th-». inches tall with a short hair-cut. Friends and relatives cj the
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    Lock icon SHERATON CHAIN LINKS UP SINGAPORE
    327 3 SINGAPORE, Wed.—Singapore's fast growing hotel industry has won international recognition by a. trading the world-wide Sheraton chain of hotels. Announcing this today. Mr. Whang Tar Liang. Chairman of the Board of Directors of Consolidated Hotels Limited said: "The link with a leading international hotel chain
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    Lock icon Contractor Fined $1,500 For Bribing Inspector
    182 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. A building contractor, Koh Kwee Choong, was today fined $1,500 or six months' jail by the Fourth District Court for corruption. Koh. 57, admitted giving a $200-bribe to building inspector Ivan Pereira of the Chief Building Surveyor's Department at Campbell Lane on
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    Lock icon Do Not Dump Rubbish Into Rivers Appeal
    191 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Ministry of Health has urged the public not to u>r the rivers and watercourses as refuse dumping grounds. In a statement today, the Ministry said a common sight particularly in the Singapore River was floating refuse, crates and other debris.
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    Lock icon Blood Donors To Get Medals
    132 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The Singapore Blood Transfusion Service will be holding its 38th Medal Presentation ceremony on Monday, at 5.08 p.m. The Ceremony will be held at the Singapore Conference Hall, Trade Union House. The Minister for Social Affairs, Enche Othman Wok. will be officiating and
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    Lock icon S’PORE DIARY
    97 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. 6.30 pm. National Theatre Club Malay dance practice for beginners. 8 p.m. National Tbea. tre Club Malay dance practice (advance). 8 p.m. National Theatre Club Chinese Drama Rehearsal. 5 p m. Public lecture on "Chronic Diarrhoea” at Pathology Lecture Theatre of the General Hospital by Mr.
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    Lock icon WHERE TO GIVE BLOOD
    72 3 SINGAPORE. Wed The air-conditioned mobile blood bank of the Singapore Blood Trarsfusion Service will be stationed at the Fullerton Square Car Park on Friday between 9 a.m. to 4 p m. On Sunday the blood donor session will be held at Boys’ Scout Headquarters, Sands House.
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    Lock icon New Zealand Jets Here To Test D-capability
    143 3 SINC.APORF. Wed. Canberra jet aircraft from the Royal New Zealand Air Force of No. 14 Squadron are in Singapore to carry out exercises to test their readiness and deployment capability. The squadron, commanded by Squadron Leader P. Neville arrived here recently and will
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    Lock icon Labourer Fell Into Sea, Coroner Told
    181 3 SINGAPORE. Wed A 60-year-oid casual labourer lost his balance and fell into the sea from a sampan as he was about to step on a gangway to climb up to a ship in Outer Roads here, the Coroner’s Court was told today. The labourer.
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    Lock icon Gaskell On “Visitor’s Books”
    52 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. TV Singapore will telecast in its senes. "Visitors’ Book” on Friday. 21 an interview with Dr. T. F. Gaskell. Dr. Gaskell is an international authority on oceanography and has written several books on the subject. The programme will be telecast over Channel 5 at
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    Lock icon German Translation For ‘Lee Kuan Yew’
    215 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. "Lee Kua n Yew", the book on the Prime Minister, written by journalist Alex Josey is to he translated into German. German publisher H. Horst Erdmann who was here recently on a goodwill tour of South-east Asia to promote German cultural exchange
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    Lock icon Constable Charged With Murder Bid
    97 3 SINGAPORE Wed. A police constable was today committed to stand trial in the High Court on a charge of attempting to murder the chairman of the Kampong Kembangan Citizens' Consultative Committee. Tan Teck Hock, after a preliminary inquiry in the Ninth Magistrate’s Court. PC. Mohamed
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    Lock icon ‘All-Asian Defensive Alliance Not Impossible’
    290 3 BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) —One factor of the greatest immediate concern to Asia today is the tendency of the West to concentrate on domestic problems and in effect become isolationist, a senior official of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) said today. The Secretary-General of SEATO.
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    Lock icon Royal Navy Denies VD Report
    227 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Royal Navy says that while the incidence of venereal diseases has increased generally throughout the world, the incidence has decreased amongst men in the British fleet in the Far East. Commenting on a Jakarta report on syphilis common on a UK warship,
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    Lock icon Thai Trawlers: Thanat Has Talks With Envoy
    111 3 BANGKOK. Wed. (Reuter) That Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman has discussed with the Malaysian Ambassador to Thailand Tunku Ngah Mohamed bin Tunku Sri Akar, the problem of Thai fishermen allegedly violating Malaysian territorial waters. Discussions at yesterday's meeting at the Thai Foreign Ministry, centred
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    Lock icon COLONEL RAMLY
    36 3 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) The Indonesian Consul-General in Singapore Colonel Ramly left today for his post after being promoted from Lieuten-ant-Colonel to Colonel. The promotion took place at the Army Headquarters in Jakarta last Monday.
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    Lock icon 61 Accidents
    25 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. There were 61 road accidents of which 10 were serious and none fatal during the last 24 hours In the Republic.
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    Lock icon Young Designer Makes Debut On Saturday
    235 4 A YOUNG Singapore girl, who is trying to break into the fashion-designing world, is to make her debut with a fashion show at W i s m a Indonesian Theatre Hall on Saturday. Miss Sedrlyn Leong, whose love for fashion designing began in her
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    Lock icon Viets May Free West German Nurse
    326 4 KONTUM, South Vietnam. Wed (Reuter) Barbed wire barricades were hastily thrown up in this town today as officials awaited an expected attack and the release of a blonde West German nurse by the Vietcong. American and South Vietnamese military chiefs met in the town
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    Lock icon Two Firms Awarded $108 mil. Contract To Build Refinery
    288 4 SINGAPORE, Wad. A mapr oil company today announced the award of two major controcts worth $lOB million for the construction of its $2OO million refinery at Pulau Chowan, one mile offshore from the Jurong Industrial Complex. The contract for engineering. procurement
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    Lock icon STU: Leader Rejects Council’s Advice To Withdraw Open Letter
    355 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Teachers Union disclosed today that the union s president had rejected the advice of the Central Council to withdraw his ‘open letter’ sent to the Minister for Education, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, recently. The STU president. Enche
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    Lock icon RAF To Say ‘Thank You’
    100 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The RAF will say thank you to the Royal Malaysian Police of Mersing when a plaque is handed over by RAF Seletar's Commanding Officer, Group Capt. T.W.A. Hutton, to the OCPD Mersing on Feb. 24. For many years the Police at Mersing
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    Lock icon New $1.5m Warehouse At Jurong
    246 4 SINGAPORE. W*d. A new $1.5 million wirehbule will be officially of>4ned at Jurong on March 5 by the chairman of the Jurong Town Corporation, Mr. Woon Wah Siang. The warehouse was built for International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, of the United States, one of the
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    Lock icon Management Course For Asst Managers
    69 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The National Productivity Centre will hold a management course for 25 assistant plantation managers from March 10 to 14 A spokesman of the NT.C. said today that among the topics to be dealt with during the course were the duties and responsibilities
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    Lock icon A New Ordinance For Bus Companies Soon?
    215 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. —The Government may introduce a new ordinance soon for bus companies in the Republic. According to well-informed sources the Government was new studying the draft legislation which, when implemented would enhar-e the various changes envisaged for t.ie public transport services on
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    Lock icon ICJ Ruling On Bonn’s Claim Expected Today
    171 4 THE HAGUE. Wed. (Itoutor) The International Court of Justice is due to rule here tomorrow on West Germany’s claim to a larger slice of the oil-rich North Sea Continental Shelf. The case, under consideration for the past two veara. has developed world-wide interest
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    Lock icon 200 1bs. Of Opium Seized In London
    84 4 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) Police have seized 200 lbs (90 KGS) of opium worth thousands of pounds sterling on the black market. A police spokesman said a 24-year-old warehouseman was arrested yesterday after the narcotic was found in a suitcase he was carrying The
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    Lock icon Envoy’s Farewell Call At Istana
    72 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The out-going New Zealand High Commissioner here. Mr. B D Zohrab. and his wife were granted a farewell audience by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong at the Istana Negara this morning The High Commissioner was later presented with
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    Lock icon End Of The World Or The Carabinieri ?
    240 4 End Of The World Or The Carabinieri BOLZANO. North Italy Wei (Reuter) Members of a sect are gathered in a wooden hut in the mountains near here, praying that the end of the world will be postponed from tomorrow until March 20. Their leader is a 70-yea:-o i self-styled “Pope-ess'’
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    Lock icon Gambling: 59 Arrested
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Fifty-nine people were a—rested for gambling in Selangor during the first two ca i of the Chinese New Year A police spokesman said today 17 men and two women were arrested in two raid? m the Kuala Lumpur distr.-t while the rest were arrested
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    Lock icon Terrorists Shoot Up El Al Jet In Zurich
    497 5 ZURICH, Switzerland Wed. (UPI) Arab terrorists struck again at an El Al Israeli airliner yesterday, this time at the Zurich airport. Four persons opened fire with machineguns as the airliner rumbled down the runway for take- Of* Six persons aboard were wounded,
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    Lock icon Apollo 9 Passes Test Countdown
    86 5 CAPE KENNEDY. Florida. Wed (UPI) The Apollo 9 rocket loaded with nearly one million gallons of propellants, has passed a crucial trial countdown in a major step toward the launch of three astronauts on Feb. 28. The final hours of the countdown proceeded without a
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    Lock icon Death For Two Demand
    88 5 CAIRO. Wed (UPI) The prosecution has asked the death penalty for two Egyptian newsmen accused of spying for Israel. The lengthy indictment filed against Associated Press reporter Aly Mahmoud and freelance television cameraman Mounir Abdul Ghani accused both of sending information to Israel Abdul Ghani briefly
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    Lock icon They Carried Out The Attack
    62 5 BEIRUT: These four Arab commandos were named by the Popular Front here on Tuesday, as the ones who attacked an Israeli El Al airliner in Zurich, wounding four passengers and two crewmen. Shown in photos released by the Popular Front are, from left: Ameenah Ahmad
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    Lock icon Speck To Appeal Again
    230 5 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) Richard F. Speck, sentenced to be electrocuted for the murder of eight young nurses in Chicago In July of 1967, appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court yesterday. Speck originally was scheduled to die on Jan. 31. but his execution was stayed by
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    890 5 ‘NOT RESPONSIBLE’ UNITED NATIONS. (UPI) The Soviet Union said it could not be ‘put into the same boat’ with colonial powers responsible for the backwardness of African, Asian and Latin American developing countries and therefore could n ot be expected to pay the same share for their development. Soviet
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    Lock icon Miss ‘Polka Dots’: I Was On Crutches..
    408 5 THE SIRHAN TRIAL LOS ANGELES, Wed. (Reuter) The mystery girl in the polka dot dress who was reported to have screamed "We killed him" soon otter senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated took the stand today in the murder trial of Jor-danian-born Sirhan Sirhan.
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    Lock icon Saved By Mao’s Image
    314 5 HONG KONG. Wed. <ReuI tW) A yacht boarded by Chinese soldiers was allowed to continue its course when they saw a portrait of Mao Tse Tunc hancinc over the Dutch skipper's bed. the South China Moraine Post reported today. The skipper Mr. Everard Van Kan. a
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    Lock icon STERN VIEW BY U THANT
    340 5 UNITED NATIONS. Wed (UPI) Secretary General U Thant condemned the Arab terrorist attack on the El-AI airliner at Zurich airport and called on Israel not to retaliate. In an unusual statement issued through a UN. spokesman, U Thant recalled the reprisal raid carried out by
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    Lock icon China’s Cancellation Of Warsaw Talks Is Premeditated
    698 5 HONG KONG, Wed. (UPI) Communist China's sudden cancellation of a scheduled meeting of the Sino-American ambassadorial talks in Warsaw, has convinced some diplomats that her apparent seizure of three yachts from Hong Kong last Sunday was premeditated. The Chinese still have not admitted
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    Lock icon Carnival Is A Riot
    200 5 RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed; (UPI) Rio de Janeiro’s annual ’’King of Carnivals” started running out of steam yesterdav, an official holiday, after 72 straight hours of carousing. Police registered 74 deaths. 8.000 injuries and 30 small children lost or abandoned in the carnival period. There were
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    Lock icon • KARACHI: Pro and anti-government factions clash In the Empress market place here on Feb. 17. Riots broke out following the release from prison of former Foreign Minister Bhutto.
    30 5 KARACHI: Pro and anti-government factions clash In the Empress market place here on Feb. 17. Riots broke out following the release from prison of former Foreign Minister Bhutto. UPI photo.
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    Lock icon THE CHINESE BOX
    429 6 MR. Carlos P. Rumulo, the Philippines Foreign Secretary has made a bold suggestion for that nation’s Asian allies to band together to counter what he considers to be a predatory move on small developing nations by the economic giant in the EEC combine. His fear is that
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    Lock icon CHINA-WHY NO WARSAW TALKS
    229 6 (AFP) IN Hong Kong, a monitored New China News Agency report quoted the Chinese Foreign Ministry as saying that after having been “incited” by the US. to betray his country, Mr. Liao was carried off to the US. by the Central Intelligence Agency. The Ministry statement
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    Lock icon WASHINGTON PAPER ON THAI ELECTIONS
    202 6 (UPI) THE Washington Daily News said on Monday the recent elections in Thailand would not bring “instant democracy” there, but was “a welcome development.” “There is not going to be any Instant democracy as a result,” the paper said. “The army will continue to run
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    Lock icon Australia’s Relationship With S.E.A.
    507 6 (Fran Sin Chew Jit Poh) According to a news despatch from Canberra. Prime Minister Gorton of Australia will visit the U S. in March to have a face-to-face talk with Pres. Nixon to seek a clarification on the part of the U.S. regarding the ANZUS Treaty.
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    Lock icon The Quiet Man Of Nixon Administration
    501 6  -  BY JOHN HALL WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) U S. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, whose colourful campaigning made him controversial, has become the quiet man of the Nixon Administration. Since his inauguration, he has dropped virtually out of sight, emerging only on cue to stand
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    Lock icon Rivals In Technology Meet
    404 6 BRIGHTON. England Wed (UPI) The first hlg International conference on Oceanology the exploration and exploitation of undersea resources opened Monday with evidence the U.S. and Russia are once again rivals in a new sphere of technology. But some of the 1.500 scientists from 30 nations attending
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    Lock icon Experts Due In Cairo To Free Ships
    159 6 CAIRO. Wed (AFP) A team of experts who will sound the blocked southern end of the Suez Canal, where 14 foreign ships have been trapped since the six-day Middle East war, will arrive in Cairo from Sweden on Thursday, A1 Ahram reported today.
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    Lock icon Opposition To Mansholt Plan
    282 6 BRUSSELS, Wed. (AFP) Agricultural Ministers of the European Common Market appeared to firmly oppose today the Mansholt Plan to revolutionise Europe’s agricultural system by a series of drastic price cuts. Instead, it was understood they generally agreed that agricultural prices among the six should be maintained
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    Lock icon A Thorough Reappraisal Of U.S. Aid Programme Likely
    417 6  -  By NICHOLAS DANILOFF WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) The U.S. aid programme to developing nations, which has shrunk steadily over the last decade, is due for a thorough reappraisal under the newly named Foreign Aid Adminis- trator, John A. Hannah. Until Dr. Hannah. President
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    Lock icon Forces In S.E.A: Holyoake May Speak Soon
    146 6 WELLINGTON. Wed. (Reuter) Prime Minister Keith Holyoake is expected to announce next week that New Zealand will maintain some forces in South-east Asia after the British withdrawal is completed in 1971. the New Zealand Press Associr ion’s Parliamentarv Correspondent reported today Quoting informed
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    Lock icon World’s Longest Under-water Cable
    283 6 CAPETOWN. Wed <AFP> South African Prime Minister John Vorster today telephoned his Portuguese counterpart. Marcello Caetano. from Capetown to Lisbon, rim the world's longest underwater cable. The 5.587-mile (9.000 km) cable, inaugurated today, links Capetown, at the southern tip of the African Continent, to Sezimbra, near
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      Lock icon ABORTION AND VOLUNTARY STERILISATION BILLS
      593 6 THE explanations to the Abortion and Vohintary Stertll. satlon Bills state: “The effect of this clause Is that after fi ve years, at most, a critical assessment can be made as to the effectiveness of the legislation and consideration can be gi V p 0
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      353 6 IN the article "Reds Mar Start New Offensive", re ease-; by U.PI. (Saigon) and pYoLished in the 10th February issue of your paper, it v.; 5 stated that the US intelligence services believe that the North Vietnamese and Vietcong are preparing an important offensive against
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      405 6 IT gives to the people of Singapore great happiness and satisfaction to read the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew’s Chinese New Year message which said that we had cause to celebrate this Chinese New Year with a satisfaction all the
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      Lock icon ‘King Of The Sky’ Airborne
      49 7 Woshington, Wed. Combo... the new giant Boeing 747 jet airliner in flight and taking off recently on its first flight. The 231-ft long monster of the air used ooout 4,500 feet of runway before becoming airborne at about 170 mph. United Press International Picture.
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      127 7 New AussieGerman Air Service SINGAPORE. Wed. The Australian government has given approval to the German airlines. Lufthansa, to operate a second weekly flight Into Sydney from July L Announcing this today. Lufthansa’s Singapore Manager. Mr. A. vom Hofe, said that his airline operates only one Frankfurt/Sydney service weekly. The Australian
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      37 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Dow Jones losing averages on the New York stock exchange: 30 Industrials 930 82 20 Rails 287.24 15 Utilities 138.34 63 Stocks 336.45 40 Bonds 74.81 Commodity Futures Index 138.44
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      Lock icon Asian Nations Urged To Oppose Tax Move On Coconut Products
      289 7 jVT ANILA, Wed (Reuter) The Philippines is to ask its Asian allies in the coconut trade to band together and oppose o proposed tax by the European Common Market cn coconut oil, meal and cake. Philippine Foreign Secretary Mr Carlos
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      103 7 SINGAPORE, Wed. The following ships are expected to be in port today; Godowns Vessels. 1/2 Glenfalloch 3/4 Wladyslsw Broniewskil 5 Glory No. 2 6/7 Hozui Maru 8 9 Centaur 10/11 Straat Luzon 13/14 Amstelmolen 18 Riverbank 19 Kyomei Maru 21/22 Katong 23/24 Golden Moutain 25/28 Tokuwa Maru
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      Lock icon S’pore Beams For Saigon
      80 7 SINGAPORE Wed Nearly *****.000 worth of Singapore-cast prestressed concrete beam* will be supplied to Saigon The beams will be precast at Hume Industries who were awarded the contract by Raymond-Morrison-Knudsen, of Saigon. Vietnam. The beams, each measuring 80 feet long and weighing over 21 tons will
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      93 7 AUSTRALIA’S balance of trade fell by $*****.000 in January. according to figures released recently by the Bureau of Census and Statistics. This follows a favourable month’s trading during December, when the excess of exports over imports was $42,200,000. However, this was an improvement on the situation
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      793 7 SINGAPORE. Wed The Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore had an extremely quiet trading day today, which perhaps was because it was the third day of the Chinese New Year. The Chinese believe that it is not advisable to trade on the third day
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      318 7 Rubber Up 1 Cents SINGAPORE. Wed. March first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 66* cents per lb., up one and seveneighths of a cent from previous close. The tone of the market was very steady. The market opened on a
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      127 7 LEADERS of commerce end I industry will meet with Federal Ministers for talks on March 10, three days before the Prime Minister. Mr John Gorton, meets the Premiers to discuss Commonwealth State finances, it was announced in Canberra. Mr. Gorton said that Invitations to meet
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      131 7 SINGAPORE Wed The Association of Banks in Malay-sia-Singapore today made the following changes In its rates to merchants (ra'es are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency). SELLING TT. or OD. ready: Deutsche Marks $76.4175; Holland Guilders $84.7275; Swiss Francs $71.0475; Belgian Francs $6.1250; French
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      309 7 Tokyo, wed. (Upd Japan’s leading steel makers have concluded a contract to deliver 100.000 tons of steel products to the Soviet Brom Syrio Import (Soviet Steel Export and Import Corp steel industry sources disclosed yesterday. The sources said the contract was signed by representatives of
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      Lock icon Singapore Union Leaders Study Training Schemes
      333 7 BRISTOL Wed. Praise for the wide range of training opportunities offered by Br> tlih trade unions has come from ihree Singapore union officials midway through a four-week tour of Britain. “Here, unions offer extensive training ranging from jrb evaluation to work study”. Mr. Tan
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      15 7 SINGAPORE. Wed The tin price tor today was $389.62} per picul, up $4.50.
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      445 7 MNHAPtiKE Mor* t* change wild and othci price* itltlciallv lined at the clo« ol business IN D1 S TRIALS Hen A CO XALL 2.10 3.10 rtornci Bhd I'm 1 95 BnuMead 2 15 sugar t Ml 4 to themhal Co 1.93 1 95 1 old stnrage
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      83 7 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) Rubber market closed neglected with spot 23-3/8. 23-5/8. Settlement House March 23-3/8 23-5/8 April 2 $-1/2 23-9 MB April/June 23-9/16 23-11/16 July Sept 23-1/8 23-1/4 Oct/Dec 22-7'B 23 Jan'March 22-11/16 22-13/16 Apr fun* 22-5 8 22-3/4 July Sept 22-9 16 22-11 10
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      53 7 NEW YORK Wed (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded yesterday. Bid Ask March 24.25 24 95 May 23.60 24 00 Julv 23 60 23.80 September 23.10 23 50 November 23.00 23 50 Jan (1970) 23 00 23.50 March 23.00 23 50 Locally. No 2 RSS was 26J
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      48 7 tManagers Prices) Ist Malavan XD 2.99 2nd Malayan XU 2.17 (rd Malayan 1.35 Ihe < nmmerre Ind. 106 1.16 Ihe satins fund... 1.20 L3O M Intest I und 1.80 140 Ist Hong Kons 1.37 113* 2nd Hong Kong .96 1 01* Sterling Com 7/5 (*H<>ng kong currency
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      123 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. The noon price*, at the Mptapore t hinexe Produce Exchange YfHlay ,ll«* HU'ri t o< unut on (MIH Hoik .so 00 i im onm on tl.o.H lirura •%2.5U L<jo*e Copra M:\rcl 31 Ml Miiniok While Pepper (1 .O H :»> r i N 1. W 112 >0
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      122 7 TOTAL commercial production of crude oil in Australia for the calendar year 1968 amounted to 13,900,000 barrels, compared with 7.600,000 barrels for 1967, the Minister for National Development, Mr. D. E. Fairbairn, said in Canberra recently. A barrel equals approximately 35 gallons, imperial measure. Of
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      76 7 \N Australian trade mission will visit the Middle East for about four weeks during March and April, the Minister for Trade and Industry. Mr. J. McEwen. said in Canberra. The mission will leave on March 1. It will be led by Mr. W. J. Austen,
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    98 8 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) A Royal Air Force helicopter crewman based in Singapore has been awarded the Air Force medal for saving lives in Malaysia. Flight Sergeant Michael Fitton. 35. was suspended below a hovering helicopter for an hour last November as he helped rescue crewmen
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    102 8 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) The Indonesian Government spends 17 times as much on a European prisoner as on an Indonesian prisoner, according to an Indonesian lawyer. The lawyer. Mr. E. Pandjaltan, a prosecutor from the Chief Prosecution Office, said the Government spent a minimum
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    176 8 BARLAT. France. Wed. (Reuter) The last stage In Josephine Baker's losing battle to save her multiracial orphanage will be played out here tomorrow, unless a local court grants a last minute reprieve. Lawyers for the Americanborn music hall star of the 1930'5, currently singing In Austria, will
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    95 8 ADDIS ABABA. Wed. (Reuter) Mr. Diallo Telli, secretary general of the Organisation of African Unity, said today although the organisation's finances were very Bound” some member states had not yet paid their contributions to previous budgets. Mr. Telli was reporting to the organisation's Ministerial Council
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    Lock icon 26 Tourists Escape Hurt
    80 8 NEW DELHI. Wed. (AFP) —Twenty-six foreign tourists escaped unhurt when the Dakota aircraft of the govern-ment-run Indian Airlines Corporation caught Are on take off but before being airborne at Jaipur this evening An airline spokesman said all of them got out of the aircraft safely. The
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    63 8 MADRID. Wed (AFP) Spanish education authorities plan a phased re-open-lng of the University of Madrid, paralyzed by student political protest since before Christmas, It was announced here tonight. A communique from the university governor’s office said the first faculties to reopen would be sciences, medicine, pharmacy
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    109 8 WASHINGTON. Wed (Reuter) United States Defence Secretary Melvin Laird today apologised to former Defence Secretary Robert McNamara for doubting his estimates about China's nuclear capability When Mr Laird was a congressman he challenged Mr McNamara's prediction that China by the mid 70s would have have
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    77 8 STILTON. England. Wed (Reuter) A man was fined £6 today for being drunk in charge of a horse. Ivor Williams. 41-year-old horse dealer, had to be forcibly taken from his horse after tipsily riding the white stallion down the main street of Stilton village. Huntingdonshire. South
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    57 8 OTTAWA. Wed. (AFP) Australian Prime Minister John Gorton will pay an official two-day visit to Ottawa on April 2 and 3, it was officially announced here yesterday. Mr. Gorton will visit Ottawa, on the invitation of Canadian Premier Pierre Elliott Trudeau, after a short official stay
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    54 8 ROME. (Reuter) Italian film actress Gina Lollobrlglda will undergo an operation tomorrow on her left knee, broken in last Sunday's car crash on the Rome-Florence motorway. Sources close to the clinic where Miss Lollobrlglda. 41. Is staying said Professor Attllio Rampoldl. her personal doctor, would perform the
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    43 8 KATHMANDU. Nepal. (Reuter) Chinese surveyors have completed a detailed survey for a five-mile link road to be built from Kathmandu. It will Join a highway already constructed by the Chinese through Nepal to the Tibetan border. It was announced today.
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    Lock icon Ammonia Gas Disaster
    85 8 CRETE. Nebraska. Wed (AFP) At least six people died today when a cloud of poisonous ammonia gas swept through the western part of this small town. Scores of people were badly Injured. The gas leaked from containers following a train derailment just outside the railway station. As
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    Lock icon Observing The Waves For Data Useful To World’s Mariners
    393 8 SAIGON. Wed. (Reuter) American Navy ships, aided by three South Vietnamese shore stations and a plane packed with precision instruments, scan the South China Sea each day to see how big the waves are. the data they gather will be useful
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    Lock icon One Million New Trucks
    37 8 LONDON Wed (Reuter) British Leyland Motors today announced that In 1968 they became the first British manufacturers to produce over a million vehicles In one year Total vehicles production was 1 001.105 units.
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    141 8 JAKARTA. Wed (Reuter) A spokesman for the first wife of deposed President Sukarno today denied local press reports that the former First Ladv had married her personal doctor. The spokesman said: “The reports are groundless and constitute an insult.” The Army-backed newspaper Pelopor Baru (New*
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    120 8 WASHINGTON. Wed. (UPI) Defence Secretary Melvin R. Laird announced on Tuesday the appointment of G Warren Nutter, to be Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs. In the previous administration the post was held by Paul C. Warlike 49. Nutter's military and civilian staff are
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    Lock icon 100 Feet Away, 7 Days To Reach
    60 8 MANILA. Wed. (UPI) Colgate Holmes, manager of the Manila Hilton Hotel, wrote a letter to Patrick J. KiUen. UPl’s Philipme manager on Feb 10. The letter was postmarked Feb. 12 and received by the news agency on Feb. 19. The Hilton Hotel is
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    Lock icon Ocean Probe Set For 1970
    136 8 BRIGHTON, Wed. (AFP) A deep-sea probe In the Pacific ocean is to begin next year as part of Japan's multi-million dollar programme for research into the oceans. This was announced at the opening here today of an International Oceanology Congress by Mr. Ritsuro Harano. of
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    Lock icon Casino Robbed Of US$4 m
    177 8 MONTEVIDEO. Wed (AFP) Seven men armed with rifles and machine guns held up the San-Rafael gambling casino. <ll5 miles) east of here In Punta-Del-Este. and escaped with the peso equivalent of Just over USs4m. Police were not discounting possibilities that the Castrolte Tupama Ros guerilla
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    Lock icon THE NAKED STATUES
    92 8 SANTANDER. Spain. (Reuter) Citizens of this northern Spanish seaport today crowded a city square to see an unprecedented striptease show They watched workmen remove sheets from 13 feet high bronze statues of naked male and female figures which had been covered from head to toe since their
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    Lock icon Asia Will Look To Red Blocs When US Quits Pacific Zone
    390 8 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reut;r) A special congressional study mission on Asia said today that man/ of the countries in the area might seek an accommodation with the Soviet Union and China if the United States reduced its role in the
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    29 8 A Ne w Name WASHINGTON. Wed (Reuter) The controversial U S. House of Representatives committee on unAmerlcan activities ceased to exist todav but was reborn with a new name.
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    Lock icon ISRAEL WON’T QUIT ‘SECURITY ZONES’
    157 8 JERUSALEM. Wed (UPI) Foreign Minister Abba Eban savs Israel will keep the lands it conquered m the June 1967 Middle East war until a peace treat i S negotjatede unremitting inflexibility of Egypt, position we reiterate the country’s unqualified dew. mination to continue holding ceasefire
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    Lock icon ‘I Am For Peace’ Nixon Tells The Pope
    113 8 VATICAN CITY. Wed (AFP) President Nixon has told Pope Paul VI bis administration is a peace-seeking one. it was announced here today. Mr. Nixon, in a message thanking the Pope for the papal good wishes on his election. said: “My administration has
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    Lock icon Cabinet Shake-up
    60 8 ADDIS ABABA. Wed (AFP> Emperor Hai'.e Selassie today dropped four Cabinet ministers in the biggest reshuffle since 1966 The doyen of the Cabinet, Mr. Yilma Deressa. 62. left the F:rar-e Ministry which he has held for over 15 years for the Ministry of Commerce. Industry and Tourism. Mr.
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    Lock icon Sex Fiend In The Cold
    63 8 MUNICH. West Germany. Wed. (Reuter) A naked man roamed the streets of Munich last night and attempted to assault at least six women, police said today. Passers-by seized the 26-year-old man while he was dragging a girl of the same age Into a dlmly-llt courtyard
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    Lock icon CALF FOR WEDDING PRESENT
    68 8 MELBOURNE. Wed (Reuter) Parliamentarian Mr son Bate today gave his bri ,e--to-be. Dame Zara Holt in A52.000 wedding gift —a day-old Freisian Heifer calf ‘‘lt's unusual.” the bewhisk* ered Liberal parliamentarian told newsmen. “But Dima Zara is a woman who has Just about every thing she
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    Lock icon Storms Unabated
    69 8 SEOUL, Wed (UPI) —Sr**» storms continued to batter Sorak mountains 55 ir northwest of Seoul today further delaying rescue opera*:crj for the 10 alpinists who we-e buried there by an avalancha last Friday. Some 80 rescue workers comprising soldiers, policemen a-i alpinists were kept from approaching the scene
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    Lock icon Fiery Death For 35 In Bus
    87 8 GUADALAJARA. Mexico, Wed. (UPI) A truck loaded with alcohol collided with a bus. exploded and drenched both vehicles with flami-g liquid yesterday, police said At least 35 persons were killed. Witnesses said a pickup truck suddenly darted onto the highway and Into the bus.
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    Lock icon BONN, Western Germany: About 500 Biafran and West German students display banners here, as police watch them from behind barriers. The students were demonstrating, as Britain’s Premier, Mr. Harold Wilson, arrived at Bonn Town Hall for a civic reception, after the opening of talks with the Chancellor Dr. Kurt Kiesinger. Mr. Wilson signed the golden visitors book. The demonstration was in protest against Mr. Wilson’s government’s policy of supplying arms to Nigeria in the civil war. Chants of “Wilson murderer” 'when the Prime Minister arrived were drowned by the splendid timing of the town band, which struck up in full blast as the Premier emerged.
    107 8 BONN, Western Germany: About 500 Biafran and West German students display banners here, as police watch them from behind barriers. The students were demonstrating, as Britain’s Premier, Mr. Harold Wilson, arrived at Bonn Town Hall for a civic reception, after the opening of talks with the Chancellor Dr. Kurt Kiesinger.
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      Lock icon Chinese New Year
      495 10 THE grandest of all Chinese festivals in Singapore Is Chinese New Year. This festival besides being a time of prayer, festivity and feasting, also means money to businessmen. It occurs once every year and usually starts between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. Usually, this festival lasts for
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      285 10 SINGAPORE, the Lion City, is geographically well situated and deservedly earns the title. “Gateway to the Orient.” The port works round the clock and It may not be long before it It gains a position from its present fourth place. Already. the International Airport at Paya Lebar has
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      Lock icon An Escape
      413 10 LAST holiday I went to stay with my aunt at Serangoon Garden Estate We usually played games in the evening. But on one evening the weather waj very cool, so one of my cousins suggested going for a stroll. Since the rest of my cousins did not wish
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      Lock icon The Importance Of Newspapers
      638 10 NOWADAYS general knowledge is very important. A general knowledge paper will be set in the secondary four leavin g school examination from this year onwards. In olden days when one wished to know something about another place he would have to travel to that particular place
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      Lock icon MY BEST FRIEND
      187 10 EVERYONE has at least a friend. If one has no friends, he is Just like the earth without the sun. Everyone should have many friends. Some friends are good and some are bad. Most of us like to have good friends. I have many friends as a
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      Lock icon My Holidays In Malaya
      308 10 DURING the December holidays my family and I went to Penang and the Cameron Highlands. Early one morning about six o’clock, we got up and got readv to leave for Malaya. We left at about seven o’clock, and in a few minutes time we arrived at
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      Lock icon Myself As A Doll
      478 10 THERE are manv types of dolls In Singapore. I. myself, am a big beautiful doll. I possess dark, long and silky hair with sparkling blue eyes. When I first came to Singapore. I was sent to the department store called C. K Tang I was placed
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      209 10 IN Singapore, you can see coffee shops everywhere. Especially in town, you can see many coffee shops. If vou cannot afford to go to a big restuarant, you can go to a coffee shop to enjoy yourself. Although there are many coffee shops in town, at noon it
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      323 10 IN the modern and advanced world of today, education plays an important role. Those who want to obtain a Job and earn a living for themselves must be educated, for nearly every job needs literate people. So, every child has to go to school, however poor
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      Lock icon Extra-mural Activities
      501 10 As SINGAPORE is becoming more industralised, the atmosphere around us is filled with dust and smoke. To prevent ourselves from getting diseases, the students are advised to take part in activities, because the Republic of Singapore needs a rugged society to defend the country. In the past, it
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      404 10 THE magician said, “You can be any animal you wish for one whole day. What do you w’ant to be? Come on, quick!” “Oh please,” I replied, “I know what I’d like to be —a tiger”. Within seconds after the magician had murmured some charms.
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      Lock icon Open Tennis Boycott Threat Off
      190 11 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) The threat of a boycott of open tennis tournaments in the United States by contract professionals was lifted at least temporarily yesterday when the two touring professional groups and the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association said they had reached an agreement. The
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      263 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. Duneam Secondary Technical School ‘A’ team won the Singapore Combined Secondary School fourth lnter-team road relay league competition held at the Bartley Secondary School ground <Serangoon District Course) recently. The team comprising four athletes, ran the 2.2 miles In 44 minutes. 44 20
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      56 11 SYDNEY. Wed (I PI) A leading Sydney veterinary surSeon, Arthur Sternhill. leaves ydney on Sunday by air for a tour of Malaysia and Singapore at the invitation of officials of the Malayan Racing Association. He will lecture and demonstrate equine electrocardiographv —a system of
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      121 11 JORG KRI'GFR (picture) of FC Bayern Munich is not a fellow who needs to hide himself behind the ball—he's two metres four centimetres tall. Kruger who is called ••Gigs*’ by his friends plays for the Federal Republic of Germany's national basketball team and is renowned for
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      808 11 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Twenty-six performances at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, including American Bob Beamon's astounding gold medal-winning long jump of 8.90 metres (29ft 2-1 ins) have been ratified as world records by the International Amateur Athletic Federa- tion here. Finish runner Jouka Kuha’s 3,000
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      Lock icon Ipswich Beat Arsenal 2-0
      64 11 LONDON, Wed (Reuter) Results of English Football League matches played last night were: Division One Arsenal 0 Ipswich Town 2. Division Three Bristol Rovers 4 Barnsley 2 (postponed from Jan. 4.) Oldham Athletic 1 Reading 1 (postponed from Feb. 15). Swindon Town 1 Tranmere Rovers 0
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      87 11 MELBOURNE. Wed. (Reuter) World bantamweight champion Lionel Rose is having trouble concentrating on his training for his t’ fence here against Alan Rudkin of Britain on ause of over-enthusiastic fans. Jack Rennie. Rose's manager, said the situation was getting out of hand as people were
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      245 11 TOKYO. Wed. (AFP) World Boxing Association’s Junior lightweight champion. Hiroshi Kobayashi of Japan, has turned down a challenge from the World Boxing Council champion of the category, Rene Barrientos of the Philippines, it was learned here today. Barrientos, who became the WBC version world junior lightweight
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      132 11 MACON Georgia. Wed (UPI* Top-seeded foreign player Thomas Koch of Brazil defeated Ove Bengtsson of Sweden 11-9. 6-4 yesterday In the opening round of the Macon International Indoor tennis tournament. Jim McNanu* of Berkeley. California, defeated Zeljko Sranulovlc of Yugoslavia 5-7. 6-4. 6-4 in another match. In
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      53 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Twelve soldiers will make a 318-mile cross-country river trip from Muar. Johore. to Pekan, Pahang, starting on Friday morning. They will be from the Central Ordinance Depot of the Malaysian Ordance Corps at Batu Cantoment near Kuala Lumpur. The leader of the party is
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      224 11 CLAREMONT. California, Wed. (AFP) East Germany's Olympic shot putt champion and world record holder Margltta Gummel has been elected “woman athlete of the year” by the American Magazine “Women’ Tranck and Field World”. The East German received 120 points, against 107 gained by second
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      246 11 LONDON, Wed. Asif Iqbal, the Pakistan Test player now contracted to Kent, occupies “spotlight”, the regular feature on top cricketers in the February edition of Cricket Monthly in Britain. Writer, Bill Smith, says: “Asif Iqbal has brought an unihibited brand of cricket to the
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      148 11 LONDON. Wed. One of the leading contenders for the Grand National at Aintree, Liverpool, in March, has changed ownership for 8,000 Guineas Midnite Masquerade. the ten-year-old gelding, formerly trained by Frank Cundell. was bought at J.P. Botterill's bloodstock sale at Ascot by the former jump jockey
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      431 12 SYDNEY, Wed. (Reuter) Although the West Indies cricket tourists are doomed to a heavy defeat by Australia in the fifth Test, their skipper Garfield Sobers and veteran batsman Seymour Nurse bowed out on a glorious note with spectacular centuries today. With one day to go
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      139 12 Cancel All-Black Rugby Tour Of SA —Call AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Wed. (Reuter) —Anti-apartheid leader Dennis Brutus, President of the South African non-raclal open committee for Olympic sports, urged cancellation of the 1970 All-Black rugby tour of South Africa when he arrived here by air today. He told reporters that in
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      126 12 Kenzle In Test wicket totals are spinner Richie Benaud and fast bowler Ray Lindwall with 228. McKenzie was unlucky Just before stumps when he tempted Charlie Griffith Into an uppish sweep to short square leg where Doug Walters failed to hold the chance. Earlier
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      119 12 Australia Ist. Inns—6l9 Second Inns. 8 394 (DEC) West Indies Ist. Inns.—279 Second Innings R. Fredericks c Taber b McKenzie 0 M. Carew b Connolly 3 R. Kanhai c Connolly b McKenzie 18 B. Butcher c Gleeson b Stack pole 31 G. Sobers c Redpath b Gieeson 113 C.
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      185 12 HONOLULU. Hawaii. Wed. (Reuter) Filipino Pedro Adigue. the World Boxing Council Junior welterweight champion, fell to a shock defeat in a non-title bout against Adolph Pruitt, of the United States here last night. Adigue was floored by a lethal flurry of rights in the
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      136 12 LONDON, Wed. The next Walker Cup golf match in Britain between the U K. and America will be played at St. Andrew, old course in Fife, Scotland. News of the 1971 meeting was announced by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club last week, and
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      242 12 LOS ANGELES. Wed. (Reuter) Twenty-year-Mando Ramos of Los Angeles last night became one of the youngest world champions in boxing history when he snatched the lightweight title from Carlos '‘Teo• Cruz, of the Dominican Republic. The aggressive Ramos opened up a bad cut ove r
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      318 12 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) The English Football Association's four-point memorandum warning players to Improve their conduct on the field was riven a mixed reception by the press yesterday. The memorandum stressed: Players must accept referees' decisions. Referees must accept their responsibilities to enforce the laws of
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      840 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Following are weight* for seven rates on Saturday. Class 4. Div. 2 6 Furs. Ulysses II 0 00 Diamond Grain 9 *>0 Precious Lotus j Johnsra Wodo-'ga Jenera 810 Sporting Sam 8 09 1 Coronation Kitt Troposphere Sri Tasek Sun
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      71 12  -  By BIG BEN KUALA LUMPUR. Wed There was very little activity on the track here this morning. Only Aqua Viva was sent out against the clock A course scratching on the second day Aqua Viva impressed when he sprinted over 3f in 38 45. He was full
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      168 12 LONDON. Wed.—The joint Racing Board in Britain have agreed to the introduction of the Watesta race timing service in 1970 and nine units have been ordered at a cost of £4.500. The new service will displace the Racend-Omega system at present in operation at Ascot. Ayr.
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      1256 12 SINGAPORE. Wed.--A total 5 nf 291 horses ha* entered ior a the Singapore Derby four-day r meeting on March i. 2. 8 ana 9. I They are: CLASS l I 1st run 2nd run 6F 1M 7F UM Amusement in Astoria X X
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      472 12 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed Following is the Stipendiary Steward'* report on the first and second day’s racing here: Race 1: In the straight De>ert Terror (App Hassan) had to be straightened on three occasions when he ran in under the whip. Moroccan Prince (App. W.
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      119 12 LONDON. Wed. A West of England night club owner from Gloucester and holder of the European water ski-ing record is to try for the world record in July. He is Charles Phipps. 29. He hopes to be ski-ir.g for about 15 hours non-stop on a
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      125 12 LONDON. Wed Dav.d Hemery. Britain’s gold mecailist hurdler, returns to British athletics over 60 metres hurdles at the Cosford. Wolverhampton. indoor meeting In the English Midlands on Saturday. Of his 1969 plans. Hemery said his coach and he have worked out a schedule to prepare him
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