Eastern Sun, 3 March 1969
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Title Section23 1969-03-03 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY it Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 927 Monday, 3 March 1969. it MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cent*23 words
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268 1969-03-03 1 VIENTIANE, Sun. (Reuter) Communist forces captured the strategic Laotian military outpost of Nakhang, about 270 miles northeast of Vientiane, early this morning. Military sources said 50 Laotian soldiers were wounded and several killed when the outpost was attacked by three Communist bat- tolions of 3268 words
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117 1969-03-03 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reute. > Hundreds of people have protested over the scheduled appearance at the U S Naval Academy tomorrow of the Japanese general who planned the attack on Pearl Harbour In 1941. General Minoru Genda. retired Chief of Staff of the Japanese Air Force117 words
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Article81 1969-03-03 1 BEIRUT, Sun. (Reuter) T'ip Syrian National Security Chief. Colonel Abdel Kerim Jundi. died early today Radio Damascus said in an official announcement The radio gave no details cf how Colonel Jundi died. It said he would be burled In his home town of Salamleh In81 words
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Article43 1969-03-03 1 In This Issue Forecaster sees honourable end to Vietnam war, Page 2 c Garrison in search of an epilogue. Page 3. Social pictorial page. Page 4. Commercial news. Page 7. Student page. Page 10. Racing. Page 12. And foreign new* and regular features.43 words
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Article108 1969-03-03 1 BRISBANE, Sun. (Reuter) A wish expressed by Prince Charles on BBC radio yesterday that he would like a return visit to Australia has prompted a quick-response an aU-expenses-paid invitation from an island resort off the small Queensland coastal town of Maryborough. The' Maryborough Promotion Bureau decided to108 words
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Article, Illustration257 1969-03-03 1 SINGAPORE. Sun. The familiar •‘swish, swish” of the Samurai sword and sticks so popular with TV audiences were heard here this afternoon during a demonstration by two exponents of the Samurai art. A rare demonstration of this art. Kendo, was given by Mr. N. Maeda. a257 words
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Article143 1969-03-03 1 BELLFLOWER. California. Sun. (UPI) A robber who beat a storekeeper to death left a grisly and very strong clue to his identity the tip of a finger. Sheriff's detectives said the fingertip yielded a good print that identified the suspect but they did not immediately release143 words
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Article81 1969-03-03 1 LOS ANGELES Sun. (UPI) Sunshine smiled on soggy southern California but beleaguered flood and mudslide victims were faced with predictions of a rainier than normal March. The US. weather bureau reported 7.99 inches of rain fell in Los Angeles during the month of February, bringing81 words
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Article35 1969-03-03 1 TOULOUSE. France. Sun. (Reuter) The Anglo-French Concorde supersonic jetliner took off on its maiden flight here today a year behind schedule and two months after its Soviet rival. Earlier report on Page 8.35 words
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Article31 1969-03-03 1 MELBOURNE. Sun (Reuter) A one-year-old boy was killed today when the heavy wooden lid of his toybox fell on his neck as he leaned into the box.31 words
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366 1969-03-03 1 HELMSTEDT, West Germany, Sun. (Reuter) East Germany shut off the autobahn between West Berlin and West Germany here this morning for the second time this weekend, but re-opened it again after two hours. The heavy red and white painted metal barrier which had been366 words
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Article139 1969-03-03 1 UNITED NATIONS. Sun. (UPI) —Traqi military courts have ordered the execution of seven more persons, including a number of Jews, on charges of spying for Israel, diplomatic sources reported. The sources said the death sentences were decreed on Saturday but had not been announced by139 words
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Article68 1969-03-03 1 PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) The United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France will meet in a four-power conference on the Middle East in the near future. U S. officials travelling with President Nixon said here today. They added that the conference would take place in68 words
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688 1969-03-03 1 PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) President Nixon announced before leaving Orly airport for Rome today that General de Gaulle had accepted his invitation to visit the United States next January or February. General de Gaulle accompanied Mr. Nixon to the foot of tne steps of his688 words
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Article73 1969-03-03 1 NEW YORK, Sun. (Reuter) President Gamal Abdel Nasser is convinced there will be a fourth round of fighting with the Israelis unless they withdraw from the Arab territory occupied in the June 1967 war, according to an interview with the Egyptian leader published today in the New73 words
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Article30 1969-03-03 1 VATICAN CITY Sun (Reuter) President Nixon today landed by helicopter in Saint Peter's square for a meeting with Pope Paul—the seventh and last stop of his eight-day European tour.30 words
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138 1969-03-03 1 Party Wants ‘EmergencyLifted In Brunei BRUNEI TOWN. Sun. (Reuter) Inche Hapidz Laksamana. the president of the Brunei People's Independence Front, the state’s major political party, today urged the government to lift the six-year-old emergency to facilitate free elections next year. Inche Hapidz was speaking at the party’s general meeting the138 words
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Article48 1969-03-03 1 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Prince Philip. Duke of Edinburgh. left bv air today for a two-week visit to Ethiopia where he will tour game parks. The Duke. Queen Elizabeth’s husband, is making the visit as an international trustee of the World Wild Life Fund.48 words
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Article46 1969-03-03 1 MOSCOW. Sun. (Reuter) The soviet Union warned the Western allies today it refused to guarantee the safety of flights to West Berlin if they were used to transport West German electors to the city for the March 5 election there. (See this page).46 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous18 1969-03-03 1 LADIES DAY E± one -7"****JK. "What do I do? I ran out of gas on the 20th floor!”18 words
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Article, Illustration197 1969-03-03 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. The famed Tai Thean Kew Circus is performing for the last week at their Kallang Park location. The solid 2-hour show has had a complete change of programme with 18 exciting new sets involving almost 40 animals One of the new acts197 words
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Article82 1969-03-03 2 PASADENA, California, Sun. (UPI) Mariner 6 spacecraft headed on a corrected course on its photographic mission aiming at bringing it within 2,000 miles of mars. A small rocket engine on the craft was turned on with a signal from earth on Friday and burned for 5.482 words
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Article, Illustration203 1969-03-03 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. Rowland Lyne, former General Secretary of the YMCA here and a popular theatrical figure. Is to make a welcome return to the Singapore stage soon Mr. Lyne left Singapore last year on retirement but will be taking the opportunity of playing a203 words
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623 1969-03-03 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. A noted astro palmist here, Professor Joachim Bennett, has predicted that the Vietnam war will come to an "honourable settlement" before the end of this year. In his prediction on events in the world, the Professor said however, that623 words
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542 1969-03-03 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. Three trade unionists from Singapore discussed workers’ education when they went to Wales during a tour of Britain which ended on Wednesday. They were: Mr. Tan Meng Kwang, vice-president of the National Trade Union Congress and General Secretary of the542 words
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Article123 1969-03-03 2 HARTFORD. Connecticut. Sun (UPI) —Hartford Bakery claimed to have produced the world’s largest loaf of bread yesterday Sam Dieoceo. proprietor of the Depasquale Bakery, said the loaf of “regular mix’’ Italian bread weighed 100 pounds, was about 18 inches wide and about a foot high.123 words
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Article79 1969-03-03 2 WETZLAR, West Germany. Sun. (Reuter) Guenther Leitr, co-owner of the Leitr optical works, one of the world’s oldest firms of its kind, died In hospital yesterday In nearby Giessen, a company spokesman said today. Herr Leitr, 54. died of circulatory failure which set in after he contracted79 words
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Article37 1969-03-03 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Tunku Abdul Rahman said he would go to Singapore next weekend for a holiday. He told reporter* he had a dinner date with his Singapore counterpart, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.37 words
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Article97 1969-03-03 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. 5 p.m.: Hockey match befween INS Cauvery and INS Tlr team and Singapore Armed Forces team at Police Training School. Thomson Road 5.30 pm Family planning lecture and demonstration Including film show In Chinese at Institute of Health. Outram Road 730 pm. 8 30 pm: Performance97 words
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Article538 1969-03-03 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. Some 13 major building projects were com* pleted by tkj Public Works Depart,nent last year. Among the project* was the headquarters complex for the Ministry of Education, completed at a coat of about s2.lra. The cbmplex is situated on a hillock and538 words
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Article86 1969-03-03 2 MOSCOW Sun. (Reuter)— Ships of the U.S. Sixth Fleet are behaving more courteously towards Soviet naval vessels in the Mediterranean, the defence ministry newspaper Red Star said today. But British ships and aircraft of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation are as openly hostile as ever, the newspaper86 words
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107 1969-03-03 2 NEW YORK. Sun. (Reuter) —Maxim Shostakovich. 31-year-old son of the world famous Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, made his first appearance in the United States last night as conductor of the Moscow State Symphony which save a concert at Carnegie Hall. He chose a programme composed entirely107 words
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Article107 1969-03-03 2 JAKARTA. Sun (Reuter) Indonesian police said today they had discovered a list of names of foreign diplomats and government officials believed to have had close association with a pretty call girl, Anna Mutia. 25. who was found dead in bed last month. Police officers refused107 words
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Advertisement89 1969-03-03 2 Glowing complexion nealth that's promise EACH HICEE IS EQUIVALENT TO lO ORANGES(Vit.C) WONDER TONIC WITH CANDY TASTE Your complexion is your fortune, but only if you make the most of it. A peaches and cream complexion can be yours. As well as skin smooth as a new bom babe's. All89 words
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Article, Illustration242 1969-03-03 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. A pretty Australian model who often appears on Australian television and the Press is planning a motor-bike tour cf South-east Asia with her Canadian husband. They will call on Singapore during their tour. Jenny Jones and her husband. Fred Broomhall— AIS photo. - 242 words
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Article91 1969-03-03 3 THE following were the Toto numbers drawn yesterday: TOTO: 4. 32, 20. 34. 2. and 22 being the additional number Lucky draw: First four prizes for cars: (basing on coupon numbers) *****71. *****45. *****36. and *****06 Fifth Prize: (Motor cycle) ***** Sixth Prize: (Television set) 40)5691 words
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181 1969-03-03 3 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) More than 2.000 people have fled from coastal areas in the Indonesian island of Celebes to escape tidal waves and violent earth tremors in which more than 60 people have died in the past week. Travellers from Macassar, capital of southern181 words
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Article534 1969-03-03 3 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth will honour the memory of Sir Henry Wood tomorrow by attending a concert celebrating the centenary of the birth of the British conductor who created London’s world-famous promenade concerts. At the Royal Albert Hall she will hear Verdi's Requiem Mass performed534 words
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Article218 1969-03-03 3 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter) The Bangkok World said today giant American 852 bombers stationed in Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands would be moved to U-Tapao air base, 110 miles southeast of Bangkok. when the United States returns the islands to Japan. The newspaper quoted218 words
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Article208 1969-03-03 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Kampong Chai Chee Health Association, the first of its kind set up to promote public health, may form an inspection squadron to go around houses offering suggestions and instruction in aspects of public health. This was disclosed last night by the Parliamentary208 words
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Article56 1969-03-03 3 MADRAS. Sun. (Reuter) Cargo handling in this major south Indian port was paralysed by a dockers strike for the second day today. Stevedores stopped work yesterday demanding employment for a minimum of three weeks in a month, instead of he present 15 days. Dock abour board56 words
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364 1969-03-03 3 THE SHAW FIASCO NEW ORLEANS, Sun. (Reuter) Flamboyant District Attorney Jim Garrison, who claimed there was a plot to kill President John F. Kennedy, had his case and possibly his career destroyed when a jury freed Clay L. Shaw on Saturday. Mr. Garrison, trho364 words
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Article125 1969-03-03 3 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter) A Hanoi newspaper today Hinted that Vietcong forces would step up military attacks in South Vietnam so long as the U.S fails to agree to Communist demands at the Paris peace conference. The dally Nhandan. In an article quoted by125 words
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Article24 1969-03-03 3 SINGAPORE. Sun.—There were a total of 87 road accident of which two were serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.24 words
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124 1969-03-03 3 SINGAPORE., Sun. Three officers of the Royal Brunei Malay Regiment who are Spending three months with British forces in Singapore and Malaysia are shown here when they visited the Army Public Relations department at Headquarters Far East Land Forces. The officers. who are studying British Army organsation, methods, training and124 words
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Article202 1969-03-03 3 JERUSALEM. Sun. (UPI) Jerusalem police have picked up the persons who set off 10 pounds of dynamite in a Jerusalem supermarket that killed two and injured nine on Feb. 21. They said four women were among the gang members arrested in a widespread police round-up begun202 words
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Article133 1969-03-03 3 NEW DELHI. Sun. (Reuter) Marshal Andrei Grechko. Soviet Defence Minister, arrived here today on a week’s visit to India. Indian Defence Minister Swaran Singh received him at the airport together with the three chiefs of staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force. Marshal Grechko who133 words
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Advertisement152 1969-03-03 3 Hong Kong—Tokyo. No hops. No stops. This is Cathay Pacific's new daily way to Tokyo. A 5.30 p.m. start from Hong Kong every day. hours' flying time. Consider its advantages. Now you can spend precious stopover hours in Hong Kong on your way north, still make Tokyo the same evening.152 words
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Article, Illustration590 1969-03-03 4 1,, The Bafptjf Band of the 12th Companv. Bovs’ Brigade were among the uniformed school organisations which took part in the 83rd anniversary celebrations of the Anglo-Chinese School, Barker Road on Saturday. Picture shows the march past by the Boys’ Brigade with Bishop Yap Kim Hao taking590 words
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762 1969-03-03 5 Sun. (UPI) U.S. 852 strategic bombers blasted a network of Vietcong base camps near the hub of the Mekong Delta and killcd at least 90 Communist troops, mi itary spokesmen said today. South Vietnamese troops swept into the canal-laced region762 words
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477 1969-03-03 5 Have Ties With Red China Says U. S. Senator TOKYO, Sun. (UPI) Sen. Hugh. Scott Republican-Pen-nsylvama, said yesterday the United States should seek trade re.ations with Communist China. Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman spoke of a growing gap in trade between the developed countries and developing nations and said Japan477 words
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170 1969-03-03 5 HONG KONG. Sun. (UPI)— A 42-year-old fisherman was missine and three others injured in a collision between a fishing junk and the British passenger liner Iberia last night. The incident occurred shortly before midnight in Lyemen Pass, the narrow eastern entrance to Victoria harbour and was170 words
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304 1969-03-03 5 MANILA. Sun. (UPI) The Philippine Government has issued a new regulation aimed at checking the exodus of Filipino doctors and nurses to the United States and elsewhere. President Ferdinand E. Marcos approved a recommendation by the Exchange Visitors Programme (EVP) Committee in304 words
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Article753 1969-03-03 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) The White House yesterday warned millions of people in mid-western and other states to expect disastrous floods this month when the winter's record snowfall melts. President Nixon has ordered full emergency measures to meet the threat facing California, Oregon, Michigan. Wisconsin and eight other States. But753 words
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Article, Illustration49 1969-03-03 5 CAMBRIDGE, Sun. Donning the guise of a "dustman" PRINCE CHARLES, as he appears in a preview last week of a revue at Trinity College Cambridge, called "Revolution". The 20-year-old Prince is in 14 of the 40 sketches The revue opens on February 26. UPI picture.UPI picture. - 49 words
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Article, Illustration52 1969-03-03 5 SYDNEY, Australia, Sun. Mr. Robin Askin, Premier ot New South Wales with three ot the contestants in the Queen of the Pacific beauty contest here, left to right: EMMA YULE of the Phillipines, YAN YAN YUNG of Hong Kong and 51EW PH IN CHAI of Malaysia.52 words
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Article254 1969-03-03 5 WASHINGTON. Sun. (UPI) Former President Dwight D Eisenhower's doctors brought his pneumonia under control yesterday and reported that, although ha “still remains very weak he felt well enough to start eating soft foods. The 73-year-old General's heart activity, closely monitored electronically, was stable, according to254 words
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Article157 1969-03-03 5 TUSALOSSA. Alabama. Sun. (UPI) The Ku Klux K'.an. through its official publication. "The Fiery Cross.” charged yesterday that imperial wizard Robert M Shelton is being held a "political prisoner” by the Federal Government. Shelton, who surrendered to US Marshals in Birmingham on Feb. 14, is serving157 words
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Advertisement184 1969-03-03 5 Thai International now flies to more countries in the Orient than any other airline KATHMANDU 1 BANGKOK SAIGON Don t look now but Thai International has |ust sneaked up and streaked past all the others Suddenly we fly to mote countries m the Orient than any other aultne We can184 words
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Article273 1969-03-03 6 THE Eastern Sun heartily agrees with Che Mawan Wajid Khan, wife of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, in_her demand for restraint on the part of local newspapers in the printing of news reports and articles on sex, rape, divorce, adultery and other akin subjects to gain273 words
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306 1969-03-03 6 THE Manila Chronicle blamed President Ferdinand E. Marcos on Sunday for the “highest amperage of ruthlessness and brutality” in the Philippines. In a rare, front-paged editorial, the Chronicle said: “The ugly fact that President Marcos must admit...is that his Administration has failed, and failed306 words
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146 1969-03-03 6 IT would be against Jordan’s interests for Amman to become a “kind of Arab Hanoi” or a permanent “Fayadeen (Resistance Fighters) base,” King Hussein has told the Lebanese Daily Le Jour in an interview published today. He said the main task was to “avoid any146 words
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426 1969-03-03 6 Ali Mehrawari - By Ali Mehrawari TEHERAN. Sun. (Reuter) A new law described here as the “final blow against feudalism" will enable more than one million farmers in Iran to own the land they cultivate. It is a major step forward in the land reform programme launched in426 words
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130 1969-03-03 6 HONG KONG, Sun. (AFP) The New China News Agency has claimed that a rew way for curing paralysis by acupuncture had been discovered in China. Two years ago a P.L.A. medical worker by the name of Sun* Pei-Liang met a paralytic poor peasant woman130 words
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Article227 1969-03-03 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (AFP) The New China News Agency has claimed a "new leap forward” in production m Shenyang. China’s heavy industrial base. "Since the beginning of the year there has Deena big increase in output and general improvement in the quality of more than227 words
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Article143 1969-03-03 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (AFP)— Radio Peking today attacked the Soviet leadership for "festering and reviving” religious practice in Russia and at the same time bluntly denounced Vatican as a 'bastion cf reactionary religious forces The broadcast, monitored here last night, charged that for years the "Soviet143 words
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Article99 1969-03-03 6 HONG KONG. Sun. (AFP)— The New China News Agency last night carried reports about demonstrations against President Nixon's European tour. The agency said that his visit to Western Europe for “sinister activities” was protested by Portuguese students in Lisbon who demonstrated lr front of the U.S.99 words
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Article101 1969-03-03 6 BUENOS AIRES. San. (Reuter) Deception, the Antarctic Island changed its shape daring the volcanic eruption which wrecked British and Chilean research stations there recently. An Argentine Navy report said Argentine helicopter crews found an inner lake on the island now had an outlet to the sea. Two101 words
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433 1969-03-03 6 David Hopkins - By David Hopkins LUSAKA. Zambia, Sun. (Reuter) Chinese medicine has become the latest fad of health conscious Zambians despairinr of getting cured by either European or African doctors. A number of Chinese doctors are attached to teams of Chinese engineers who are currently surveying433 words
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402 1969-03-03 6 Hilary Barnes - By Hilary Barnes COPENHAGEN. Sun. (Reuter) A team of Finnish scholars has succeeded in deciphering much of the 4.000-year-old language of the highly-developed Indus Valley civilisation, an area now within Pakistan terri- tory. The language had baffled scholars ever since British402 words
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148 1969-03-03 6 PRAGUE, Sun. (CPI) Some of Czeehoalovakia'a press was open to advertising from the capitalist West on Saturday for the first time in two decades. The Czech Trade Minister, MJloslav Kohoutek. said on Friday that some newspapers, magazines and publishing houses in Czechoslovakia were authorised to148 words
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Article402 1969-03-03 6 GORDON SLESSOR - By GORDON SLESSOR OfUAHIA. Biafra. Sun. (UPI) Thousands of tons of vital food supplies for beleaguered Biafra are being held up because of transportation shortages. The supplies are rotting on the dockside on the tiny Portuguese island of Sao Tome, awaiting planes to airlift402 words
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Article121 1969-03-03 6 CALCUTTA, Sun, (Reuter) Eminent writers, academics and poets of West Bengal today urged India and Pakistan to repeal law s restricting freedom of movement between the two countries. ‘A son cannot go to see his ailing mother in the other state without going through a !ong and painful121 words
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Article467 1969-03-03 6 JOHN HEFFERNAN - By JOHN HEFFERNAN PARIS, Sun. (Reuter) President Nixon has been dispensng charm throughout his tour of Europe and Europeans appear to like it. He came to the continent at the beginning of the week largely unknown despite the fact that he served for eight years a$ Vice467 words
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Article289 1969-03-03 6 CAIRO. Sun. (UPI) The Cairo newspaper Al Ahram said yesterday President Charles de Gaulle of France would urge President Nixon, to support the Soviet plan for a Middle East settlement. The semi-official newspaper said France supports the Kremlin’s proposal for an “Executive Timetable” for289 words
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Article201 1969-03-03 6 MANILA. Sun. (IFI) .Mails in the Philippines do not only get lost or delayed, they also wind up in a mailman's belly. Mailman Alfredo Duran, 33, last March swallowed a 50 U.S. dollar check he extracted from a letter he stole. It was the only way out201 words
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Article182 1969-03-03 6 NEW YORK. sun. (UPI) The New York Times in Its Sunday editorial said “President Nixon's successful tour of Europe has opened a vital effort to unite the West for negotiations with the East.” The daily added: “The escalating tension over Berlin. which reached a new high on Friday,182 words
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794 1969-03-03 7 The weekly market review SINGAPORE, Sun. A certain steadiness clouded by an uneasy undertone conditioned trading during the week in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. Development* in general showed the steady conditions were prompted by the better turn of reactions following some794 words
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106 1969-03-03 7 BOMBAY, Sun. (Reuter) Mr. P.L. Tandon, chairman of India’s State Trading Corporation, suggested that Indian shipping companies should start regular and frequent shipping services to ports in Australia. New Zealand and South-east Asia. There was immense scope for increasing India’s exports to106 words
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Article, Illustration577 1969-03-03 7 HOBART, Tasmanic,ii Sun. A portable plos- i tic hothouse for farm and home gardens, designed and built by a sheepfarmer, Mr. Geoff < Thomas, of Westbury, i Tasmania, is being used extensively by primary producers in several districts of the State The hothouse, ofAIS photo. - 577 words
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Article, Illustration174 1969-03-03 7 SINGAPORE. Sun. The newly set-up Swiss Watch Industry Technical Centre will hold its first course for local watch repairers from Monday, March 3. This was announced by the Director of the Centre. Mr. R. Chapatte whc said: “From now on, local watch repairers will174 words
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Article, Illustration206 1969-03-03 7 SINGAPORE. Sun Mr Sim Lian Teck of Federated Motors <Pte.) Limited in Orchard Road received a gold watch from Mr. Vernon Harper. general manager of BMC Sales Export Limited for being the 1968 top BMC salesman in South-east Asia (including Hong Kong). At a206 words
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Article185 1969-03-03 7 first Siberian bear hunt open to American sportsmen gets underway in the Soviet Union. Sponsored by Inter-Globe Associates, a group of 20 American hunters will pay US $3,500 each for the comprehensive tour which includes first class air fares roundtrip between New York and185 words
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256 1969-03-03 7 CANBERRA, Sun. Inflow of overseas investment in companies in Australia during 1967-68 was a record 5857.000.000. This was 5175.000.000 higher than the previous record inflow in 1965-66 and 5364.000.000 higher than the inflow recorded in 1966-67- Direct investment and portfolio investment were both256 words
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Article177 1969-03-03 7 FILIPINAS Orient Airways Corporation of Manila, has signed a letter of intent to purchase two VFW 614 short-haul jets. the first enmmercial aircraft to be produced by Germany since 1939. Negotiations were completed this week between Filipinas. a visiting sales executive from Vereinigte Flugtechnische177 words
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377 1969-03-03 7 MANILA. Sun. (UPI) The Japanese Government has pledged to pour more money and technical assistance onto capital-hungry Singapore. Japan, noting Singapore's efficient and abundant labour, plans to set up 10 new business enterprises on the island in the next five years. There are now 25377 words
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366 1969-03-03 8 NE W ORLEANS, Sun. (Reuter) Businessman Clay Shaw, acquitted yesterday of conspiring to murder President Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, hinted today that he might take legal action against the man who accused him District Attorney Jim Garrison. Shaw, smiling and relaxed. told366 words
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169 1969-03-03 8 HONG KONG. Sun (Reuter) China has told the Macao Government that it will release all 15 detained Hong Kong yachtsmen, the popular evening tabloid Star reported today. There was no immediate comment by Hong Kong Government officials on the report, which sourced169 words
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156 1969-03-03 8 AGRA. India. Sun. (Reuter) This city of the Taj Mahal India's top tourist attraction is threatened by epidemics because road sweepers and dustmen are on strike. Drains are overflowing and heaps of garbage are lying uncleared in the gutters. It is difficult to156 words
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Article, Illustration500 1969-03-03 8 PARIS, Sun. (UPI) Presidents Richard Nixon and Charles De Gaulle E completed the French-American aspects of their talks at historic Versailles Palace yesterday in full ag jement that they had made "significant progress" toward greater co-o jeration between their two countries. Mr. Nixon— UPI radio photo. - 500 words
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489 1969-03-03 8 Vy EST BERLIN, Sun. (Reuter) Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger warned today that West Germany would not yield in the war of nerves over Berlin, as Russia fired a fresh broadside at Bonn's plans to elect a new president in West Berlin. The Chancellor made489 words
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Article, Illustration47 1969-03-03 8 BIEN HOA. South Vietnam. Sun. A crying Vietnamese boy, followed by a younger sister, runs through the street in Bien Hoa village, 18 miles north-east of Saigon on February 26 as Vietnamese rangers moved in on Communist troops. UPI Photo by K. Potter.— UPI Photo by K. Potter. - 47 words
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129 1969-03-03 8 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) Both of Don* Cranham's two marriages ended in divorce due to her husbands's adultery and- each time it was with the same woman. The mass circulation News of the World reported today that after Mrs. Cranham received her second129 words
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102 1969-03-03 8 JAKARTA. Sun. (Reuter) Army Chief General Maraden Panggabeam said today a special teafn had been sent to Purwodadi. Central Java, where 2.000 alleged Communists were reported to have been massacred by troops. The general said the team would investigate the alleged massacre, said102 words
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172 1969-03-03 8 UNITED NATIONS. Sun tßeuter) The U.N.’s social development commission has called on governments to give the younger generation “an increasingly important role” in their societies to stem the rising tide of youthful protest. Winding up its Ist debate on youth, the 32-nation commission172 words
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288 1969-03-03 8 Sun (Reuter) Prince Charles today spoks publicly for the first time of his fears over his forthcoming investiture as Prince of Wales, while in his future principality thousands of Welsh nationalists gave him cause for concern. In Caernarvon where on July 1 the Prince288 words
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177 1969-03-03 8 180 Injured In StudentPolice Clash TOKYO. Sun. (AFP) A total of 180 persons were injured and 10 students arrested in a clash between 2,300 policemen and 3,000 extreme leftist students on the Kyoto University campus last night. The riot police, called out from the Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo police departments,177 words
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Miscellaneous55 1969-03-03 8 abu {YOU KNCM. I'M ONE WHO’S C Kind of hard to underTAND By LIM KOK WING OF COURSE IT TAKES Quite some time to UNDERSTAND ME BUT I'M WELL WORTH m Mr PERSONAUTY DOESN lie Right on the surfai Bur DEEP. DEEP DOWN INSIDE V IN OTHER WORDS, TO KNOW55 words
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414 1969-03-03 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. The forthcoming Inter- national Conference On Mass Media in Asia to be held in Singapore will discuss a scheme to set up a mass media centre in Asia. The conference which will be held at the Victoria Theatre from414 words
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Article207 1969-03-03 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Fifteen subject* will be taught at the National University for a start when it takes in its first batch of 500 student* in May next year. According to a report prepared by the five committees appointed by the Organising Committee of the207 words
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104 1969-03-03 9 CORONADO. California. 6un. (UPI) The five Admirals presiding at the USS Pueblo court of inquiry met informally .yesterday to disr. cuss the first six weeks of testimony and decide what, if anything, has been overlooked. A Navy spokesman said the Admirals re-examined some 2,300104 words
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Article55 1969-03-03 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. —A woman minister or assistant minister—the country's first —will be appointed after the general election, the Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman disclosed today. He said this was in recognition of the services rendered by women in the country, particularly UMNO Kaum Ibu55 words
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Article, Illustration53 1969-03-03 9 AX impromptu "Miss l*T.\” contest was held during a party on hoard the “Singapore Lady" on Saturday night by the airline for some 200 travel agents. Mrs. Patricia Sit (centre) was voted "Miss I'TA" with Merle Gardner (left) second and Lilian Mok, third. Eastern Sun picture— Eastern Sun picture by Richard Chow. - 53 words
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Article107 1969-03-03 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. No major incidents were reported in yesterday's projected Barisan Sqsiali's demonstrations at various parts of the island-Re-public. The only minor incident occurred at Beach Road near Kampong Kota Raja, when a group of Barisan Socialis members approached a policeman on duty. Thev caught hold107 words
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Article73 1969-03-03 9 FORT LAUDERDALE. Florida, Syn. (UPI) A jury convicted beachboy jewel thief Jack “Murf The Surf” Murphy and karate expert Jack Griffith yesterday of murder in the Whiskey Creek slaying of a California secretary. The seven-man, five-woman jury returned to the heavilyguarded courtroom at 4:02 pm. (210273 words
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Article, Illustration510 1969-03-03 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. AngloChlnese School, a leading school In the Republic, may soon be introducing technical education In its curriculum. This was disclosed by the school's principal. Mr. Lee Hah Ing at the school's 83rd Founder's Day Re-Union Dinner, ergatfised by the ACS Old Boys' Association510 words
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121 1969-03-03 9 MANILA. Sun (UPI) The Australian-administered territory of Papua-New Guinea Is In danger of becoming another Congo, the leader of the World Council of Churches said here tocay This could be averted, said the Rev. Victor Hayward, if the churches worked faster to prepare121 words
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241 1969-03-03 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Tunku Abdul Rahman today described Singapore’s promise to send troops to help Malaysia in the event of trouble as a “good sign of cooperation” between Malaysia and the Republic. The Prime Minister said Singapore’s promise of assistance was given by its Premier,241 words
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Article205 1969-03-03 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. Tun Abdul Razak has reassured the Malaysian Chinese Association that the United Malays National Organisation will not work with any other group of Chinese other than the MCA. The Deputy Prime Minister gives the assurance in a souvenir magazine to mark the205 words
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Article169 1969-03-03 9 TAPAH. Sun. Malaysia has a system of education that is at least a quarter of a century out of date, the chairman of the Democratic Action Party Labour Bureau. Mr. Fan Yew Teng. said today. He said in a speech to party members and169 words
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Article, Illustration331 1969-03-03 9 SINGAPORE. Sun Nanyang University Players will stage a play that appears to he a picture of life in a small American town at the beginning of the 20th century. The play will be produced on March R and 9 at the Victoria Theatre.331 words
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Article99 1969-03-03 9 COLLEGE PARK. Maryland. Sun. (UPI) Running naked across campus is the University of Maryland* answer to goldfish swallowing, boredom, and student power movements. More than 24 students one of them a co-ed streaked through the College Park campus wearing little more than tennis shoes on five99 words
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Miscellaneous304 1969-03-03 9 TODAY and YOU... Monday, March 3, 1969. gaxer**^ -By CLAY JL POLLAN ARKS a--25-44 54 56-59-79-80 TAURUS a app.;; Wi':: s-'9.20-3: 41-60-74 GEMINI w> r 2l PvV JUNE JO ssssi CANCER JUNE 21 JULY 22 ,1518-31-51 67-76-66-88 UO JULY 23 i*. AUG. 22 0,1329-39-43] 7O-77 VIRGO AUG. 23 SEFT.22 i304 words
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Miscellaneous245 1969-03-03 9 Last Day! 11. I.3ft. 4.0 n. €.30 A 9.3 ft Walt Disney “THE ADVENTURES OF BELL WHIP GRIFFIN"' in Technicolor Rjdsv McDowall Karl Malawi OPENS TOMORROW In Color TREY RE A WEIRD MOB Walter Chiart Clan* DCNNE A Rank Organisation Picture ORCHARD-***** Tods* at I.3ft. I (Hi, ft 3ft A245 words
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Article, Illustration740 1969-03-03 10 Life In The Past And Present Generation MEN In this world are never satisfied with their achievements. They are always trying to make new discoveries, do experiments and research work to increase their knowledge. In this present, fast and everchanging world, it is good to740 words
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Article, Illustration316 1969-03-03 10 SINGAPORE, my country, is a tropical paradise. Geographically, she is situated in the heart of South-east Asia the centre of both the air and sea routes. Thus, enabling her trade to flourish. She is one of the smallest nations in the world. Singapore is a multi-racial, multi-reli-gious, multi-cultural316 words
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Article, Illustration622 1969-03-03 10 FROM the time Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles, she has developed in leaps and bounds and now she is still improving. Prac~ tically she has come to an age of science and technology. A time whereby technical education gives an essential ingredient to our622 words
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Article, Illustration421 1969-03-03 10 AS we know, history is the real story of the past. 11 is the methodical study of man’s evolution. We study history because we want to know about the past. Every event has its causes and results. If we can understand the causes and results421 words
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Article, Illustration397 1969-03-03 10 I WALKED along the street, which was alive with activities, with some of my friends, to the bus stop on a bright Saturday afternoon. We waited for more than ten minutes and finally a bus arrived. I had to force myself into the bus because it was397 words
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Article330 1969-03-03 10 IN this modern era, owing to the discoveries of science, things have changed tremendously. The youths of today are more fortunate now than in the days of their grandparents because they have more privileges and receive far more education too. Some say that youths cf today are330 words
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Article, Illustration493 1969-03-03 10 UNTIL recent years, the teaching of English language was given less emphasis than that of the Malay language. The reason being that there was a lack of interest among Malay students toward English language and also there was a restriction, imposed by parents in not493 words
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488 1969-03-03 11 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) West Bromwich Albion and Everton, the two teams who fought out last year's English F.A. Cup final, could meet again in this year's final. Both clubs scored fine away victories yesterday to win through to the semi-final. Brilliant young Everton, one488 words
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Article313 1969-03-03 11 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) Results of football matches played yesterday:— English Football Association Cup Fifth Round Leicester 0, Liverpool 0. English Football Association Cup Quarter Finals Chelsea 1, W. Bromwich 2 Man. City 1, Tottenham 0. Man. United 0. Everton 1. English Division One Burnley 3. Notts. Forest 1.313 words
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Article202 1969-03-03 11 SEOUL. Sun (Reuter) Japan's Oriental middleweight boxing champion Hisao Minami lost his title in a 12 round return match with Korean challenger Ki-Soo Kim at Changchung gymnasium here last night. Minami who wrested the title from Kim in Osaka City, Western Japan, last November was202 words
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Article28 1969-03-03 11 SKOPJE. Yugoslavia Sun. (UPI) Japan beat Holland 11-0 last night in the last match of the fouith round of the world ice hockey championship *C* Group.28 words
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292 1969-03-03 11 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. (Reuter) Handling his Matra-Ford superbly on a wet track, Scottish driver Jackie Stewart sped to victory here today in the South African Grand Prix, first event of the 1969 world drivers' champion- sup series. Stewart won the 204 miles292 words
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Article178 1969-03-03 11 SYDNEY, Sun. (Reuter) A century by 22-year-old batsman John Wilson salvaged some prestige for New South Wales In their Sheffield Shield match against Shield's winners South Australia at Sydney cricket ground today. Wilson’s innings of 114 enabled New Soyth Wales who had trailed South Australia178 words
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Article42 1969-03-03 11 INZELL. West Germany. Sun. (Reuter) Ivan Eriksen of Norway set a world 1.000 metres speed skating record with one minute 19.5 seconds at an international meeting here yesterday. Eriksen clipped eight-tenths of a second off his own previous world record.42 words
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Article230 1969-03-03 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Results of Rugby Union matches played yesterday were: Inter Services Tournament: The Army 26 Royal Air Force 21 (at Twickenham). Club Matches: Abertillery 0 Moseley 14. Bath 9 Bristol 9. Bedford 12 Royal Navy 9. Birmingham 17 Cambridge 0. Bradford 8 Roundav 3. Bridgend230 words
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Article112 1969-03-03 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. India won the Davis Cup Eastern Zone "B” tie against Malaysia at the Selangor Club courts here today. India took a winning 3 —o lead today when their doubles pair, Anand Amirtharaj and Gaurav Misra beat Moses Tay and Billy Yap 6 —4, 6—3,112 words
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1169 1969-03-03 11 ENGLISH DIVISION ONE P W D L r A Pts Leeds United 32 22 8 2 54 23 52 Liverpool 31 20 6 5 so 19 46 Everton 29 17 8 4 63 26 42 Arsenal 30 17 8 5 43 18 42 West1,169 words
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Article219 1969-03-03 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) The four 1968 Olympic semi-finalists will complete in the Pakistan International hockey festival, which will now take place in Lahore from Mar 8-16. according to the International Hockey Newsletter published here. Australia, surprise Mexico Silver Medallists, have revoked their earlier decision not219 words
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Article246 1969-03-03 11 PHILADELPHIA Sun. 'Reuter) George Young of the United States Army set a new Indoor best time when he successfully defended his three-mile title in the 81st Amateur Athletic Union indoor track and field championships here last night. His time of 13 minutes 9.8246 words
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Article125 1969-03-03 11 FORT LAUDERDALE. Florida. Sun. (Reuter) Mickey Mantle, one of the greatest players in baseball history, today announced his retirement. The 37-year-old hitter, who has struck 536 home runs in his 18-year career with the New York Yankees, made the announcement at a hastilycalled presss conference at the125 words
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185 1969-03-03 11 BANGKOK Sun. (Reuter) —Former world flyweight boxing champion. Chartchai Chionoi, has vowed to get back the title from Effren Torres of Mexico who took the title on February 23. Chartchai returned to Bangkok last night and told reporters on arrival: ”1 vow185 words
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Article, Illustration2062 1969-03-03 12 BIG BEN - By BIG BEN SINGAPORE, Sun. Werribee (Alan Trevena) outsprinted his class one division one opposition in Race Five here today to pay $3O for a win ticket, second day of the Singapore Turf Club's Derby meeting. Feature Film II made every post a winning one when he— Eastern Sun pictures. - 2,062 words
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Article231 1969-03-03 12 DACCA. Sun. (Reuter) Basil D'OUveira led a reirai ble England fight-back or, ihe third day of the second crickC Test against Pakistan hue today. DOliveira. whose inclusion lr th' MCC party caused the cancellation of the original tour of South Africa, scored an unbeaten 114 as231 words
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440 1969-03-03 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Art Nouveau (A Hamid) threw his head in the air as he jumped away and lost some ground. After this. Hamid rode Art Nouveau hard and approaching the four furlongs, he had to be checked when he ran up440 words
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Article108 1969-03-03 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. RAF Seletar edged Junior Athletic Association by three goals to two in a FAS Division One League match played at the Jaian Besar Stadium, this evening. Junior A.A. who started off very well with their fast play easily domina’ed the first half to take108 words
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Article91 1969-03-03 12 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Leading Cup and League scorers after yesterday’s English soccer matches; First Division: 30 Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham Hotspur); 26 Geoff Hurst (West Ham) and Joe Royle (Everton); 24 Hugh Curran (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Second Division: 18 John Toshack (Cardiff); 17 Willie Irvine (Preston); 16 Brian Clark91 words
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637 1969-03-03 12 Yasuda ’s PI Title In Sudden Death Playoff With Nival MANILA, Sun. (Reuter) Haruo Yusuda of Japan today won the Philippine Open golf championship in a sudden death playoff with Eleuterio Nival of the Philippines. Yasuda and Nival were tied at one under par 283 after the regulation 72-hole play637 words
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95 1969-03-03 12 DACCA, Sun. (Reuter) The Pakistan Test cricket team have sent a protest cable !o the Karachi Cricket Association because they have been moved out of the city's most expensive hotel for the Third Test against England beginning next Thursday. The Pakistanis were originally booked into95 words
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Article205 1969-03-03 12 MANILA, Sun. (Reuter) The victory today of Japan's Harou Yasuda in the Philippine Open golf championship broke the “jinx’’ that had plagued Japanese professional golfers who despite their yearly attempts here had yet to win a Philippine Open. Yasuda beat Eleuterio Nival of the Philippines in205 words
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Article270 1969-03-03 12 SINGAPORE. Sun. Tha annual SCA cricket match between the champions. Singapore Cricket Club and The Rest ended in a draw, when rain washed out play at 12.52 p.m. at the Padang here, today. SCC who won the toss and went in to bat at270 words
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Miscellaneous35 1969-03-03 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore, 611 am (1 ft. 6 ms.); 12.15 p.m (8 ft. 5 ins.); 6.10 p.m. (2 ft. 4 ins.). TOMORROW ft. Singapore. 12.13 a.m. (9 5 ins 6.38 am (1 ft.35 words
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