Eastern Sun, 6 March 1969

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  • 23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE’S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ■fr Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 930 Thursday, 6 March 1969. •fe MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 408 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. The “big dig" into the activities of more than 40 officers of the Singapore Police Force suspected of being involved in corrupt practices is expected to be completed by the middle of this month. Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau officers, who
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  • 160 1 MOSCOW. Wed. (UPI) The Soviet Union today hurled angry charges against Peking and said Sunday’s bloody clash was the latest in a string of “consistent” violations of the Sino-Soviet border. Communist sources said 34 Soviet soldiers were killed and "several dozens” wounded in the battle with an
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  • 68 1 LONDON Wed. (Reuter) Customs officers seized several machine guns from three bodyguards of the Shah of Iran when they landed at London airport. The bodyguards flew into London last night on their way from Teheran to St. Moritz where the Shah is on a skiing
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  • 37 1 MELBOURNE Two Queen of the Pacific quest entrants. Pauline Chai (left) of Malaysia and Lorna Chong of Singapore chat with their host, Jim Eberbach, of Melbourne during the Moomba Ball in the Town Hall here.- —UPI photo.
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  • 105 1 WASHINGTON. Wed (UPI) —President Nixon said on Tuesday night he did not believe the Soviet Union wanted to “heat up” the Berlin situation and he predicted the Russians would “use their influence to cool off the current crisis.” Nixon, however, did not indicate when
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  • 262 1 BERLIN, Wed. (UPI) The Russians continued the war of nerves against the West German presidential election today and again closed down the main highway to the west. The Russians again used their military manoeuvres as an excuse for halting all traffic on the 110-mile (177
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  • 163 1 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Twins Ronald and Reginald Kray, Cockney bosses of a criminal empire, were today sentenced to life imprisonment for gangland murders. Their London underworld organisation of extortion and violence finally crumbled on the 40th day of Britain's lon-gest-ever murder trial.
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  • 129 1 KARACHI. Wed. (Reuter) Pakistan’s major port of Karachi was hit by a dock strike today as civil unrest against the rule of President Ayub Khan continued. Dacca, the capital of East Pakistan was virtually under mob rule by the militant allparty students action committee which
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  • 70 1 BELLEFONTE, Pennsylvania. Wed. (UPI)— Dr. Ernest L. Nixon. 85. uncle of President Richard M. Nixon, died on Tuesday night in the Centre County Hospital here after a brief illness. He was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 17. the cause of death was not announced. Dr.
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  • 52 1 JAKARTA. Wed. (Reuter) Indonesian troops have captured a Communist leader said to be one of the brains behind the failed Communist coup in 1965, the Central Java Governor, Major-General Munadi, said today. The Governor said the leader. Pono. was captured in the Purwodadi District of
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  • 55 1 LONDON. Wed. (UPI) A dust-covered painting bought for £45 in a London junk shop is almost certainly the work of Vincent Van Gogh and may be wmrth £30,000. art experts said today. The work was discovered by Italian journalist Dr. Luigi Gross, who is employed in London
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  • 650 1 Apollo 9: Moon Lander Checkout Starts SPACE CENTRE. Houston. Texas, Wed. (UPI) Apollo 9 commander James A. McDivitt and Russell L. Schweickart slithered from their mothership “Gumdrop” to its landing craft “Spider” for the first time today and began crucial orbital tests of America’s moon
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  • 76 1 SPACE CENTRE. Houston. Texas. Wed. (UPI) —Astronaut Russell Schweickart reported today he had been sick and vomiting but officials said his nausea passed and the 10day orbital flight would continue. Schweickart and astronaut James McDivitt crawled through a 32-inch hole early today from the Apollo 9 spaceship
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  • 107 1 SWINDON. England. Wed. (Reuter) Some people will hitch-hike a long way to see a football game, but Mike Gibb reckons he holds the record —10.000 miles. Mike and a friend were driving from this Wiltshire town to Australia to get a job there.
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  • 95 1 PHILADELPHIA. Wed. (Reuter) A Philadelphia mother is serving an unusual court sentence 90 days of schoolyard duty with her son’s teacher. Mrs. Maggie Fox. 36. was ordered to help John C. Nord. Jr., in caring for pupils during morning recess after being convicted of slapping the teacher whom
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  • 190 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Public Utilities Board is believed to have conducted a "hush hush’” probe into the leakage of reports in the Press regarding the Board’s “quit quarters notices” served on junior and senior officers employed in the establishment. Two top officials of the
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  • 47 1 S.A.F. Training School move Page 2. This week’s First Lucky Shopper Page 3. Ex-State soccer star on bigamy charge Page 3. Sirhan testifies Page 5. Nixon's world round-up Page 8. Student essay winners Page 10. Pro-Am golf results and Open golf prospects Page 12.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 456 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore will be able to run its own school of technical training tor the armed forces in three years time. This is the opinion of Copt. F. T. Bolt, manager end principal of the school who said
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  • 294 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Two Australian businessmen risitinf Singapore for the Australian Industrial Safety Equipment Display see a growing awareness in the Republic of the importance of safety in industry. 7 11 One of them s*ys the res- ponse to his product is so encouraging
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  • 88 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. police are appealing to the public to help And the whereabouts of an elderly Chinese man. Kane Hang Thay, 72, who had been missing since 10 am. on Monday, March 3. Kang of 5 ft. 8 ins. in height was last seen wearing
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  • 41 2 Mr. and Mrs. Abbas bin Shamsudin at their wedding ceremony recently at No. 52-A Lorong Mydin, Singapore 14. The bridegroom is attached to the T.V. Singapura as a Graphics Operator. The bride is the former Miss Nurjahan binte Gulam.
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  • 169 2 SINGAPORE, Wed. Four teachers’ unions in Singapore are now studying the possibility of merging under one banner. The latest issue of the AfroAsian Labour bulletin said that top level moves are now underway to bring together all the four teachers' unions in the Republic
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  • 264 2 HONG KONG, Wed. (Reuter) The recent increase in the price of rubber will force Hong Kong rubber footwear manufacturers to increase their prices, according to the chairman of the Rubber Manufacturers' Association here. The manufacturers which are supplied with most of their rubber by
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  • 283 2 SINGAPORE. Wed Seven men convicted and sentenced in the lower courts on a gambling charge today succeeded in an appeal in the High Court to have their convictions quashed, sentences set aside and fines refunded. The appeal was heard before Mr. Justice Kulasekaram. The
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  • 105 2 SINGAPORE. Wed—Flexifoam Mattress stand at the recentiy concluded New Ideal Exposition at Gay World Stadium today announced the winners of its Gift Draw Competition. Madam Low Wee Kheng of 16 Bencoolen Street has won the first prize of a double mattress with her ticket bearing
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  • 597 2 SINGAPORE. Wed.—Delegate# to the international conference on mass media in Asia today started discussions on inter-media co-operation. Dr Richard Dill (German Television and Liaison Officer of the European Broadcasting Union to the Asian Broadcasting Union) recalled the findings of the first mass
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  • 285 2 SINGAPORE. Wed —For the first time the Singapore audience will be able to hear and see the combined efforts of famous Peking Opera personalities as well as musicians. This was disclosed by Dr Teng Ping Ming, chairman of the Singapore Musical Society today Dr Teng
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  • 326 2 SINGAPORE. lied Aircraft from eight RAF Squadrons of Britain’s Far East Air Force supported by four R.A.A F and R..VZ.A.F. Squadron"’ Army and Royal Navy aircraft and Nuri helicopters of the Ro "al Malaysian Air Force, roared over rugged mountainous transcend W Stf ri Ma,
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  • 166 2 SINGAPORE. Wed—Th© eighth council of the Singapore Polytechnic Students’ Union was dissolved during an emergency general meeting of the union held recently. A fifth interim council comprising only of diploma students has been elected to offi' until th® annual general elections scheduled for July. Th#
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • 131 3 The charming woman (circled) had just made her purchases at C-K. Tang yesterday when she was snapped by our cameraman, making her the first Eastern Sun Lucky Shopper this week. A S2O gift voucher is the prize she has won and she is requested to
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  • 402 3 Call For MultiNation Efforts To Combat Famine SINGAPORE. Wed Panel members of the Fifth AsiaPacific Food Production Conference meeting here were urged today to work for more multination. multi-company efforts to defeat the spectre of famine that threatens mankind. “If there is a need for food, then that need must
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  • 104 3 SINGAPORE, Wed. As one of its fund raising projects lor this year the Appeals Committee had decided to hold a Bring and Buy to raise money tor the Crippled Children's Home in Changi. Mrs Chan Kok Kwan is organising this Bring and Buy and it
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  • 451 3 SINGAPORE, Wed Former state soccer star, Abdul Rahim bin Omar, 35, went on trial in the Third District Court today for bigamy. He is alleged to have contracted a second marriage under the Muslim law in Kuala Lumpur on May 20, 1967 after
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  • 62 3 SINGAPORE. Wed A seaman, Goh Tow Bon, was fined $5OO by a District Court today for offering a $3-bribe to a Police Constable. Goh, 29, admitted giving the money to PC Brian Donough at Queensway on Feb. 14 as inducement for not taking action
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  • 145 3 SINGAPORE. Wed Some 30 guests from 17 airlines throughout the world have been invited by Trans-Aus-tralia Airlines <TAA> to attend its Fourth General Sales Agents Conference to be held from March 5-7. at the Airlines Head Office In Melbourne. TAA is the only Airline in
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  • 176 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. A weekly BAC One Eleven service to the island of Bali. Indonesia via Mactan will be operated by Philippine Air Lines starting on Wednesday. March 19. it was announced by Mr. Robert N. O'Skea. PAL vice-president for marketing The Bali service will open a
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  • 77 3 SINGAPORE. Wed Two local employees of Lufthansa German Airlines in Singapore have left for advanced training courses at the airline’s training school in Hamburg, Germany. They are Mr. Wong Tat Meng. Cargo Assistant, and Mr. Arthur Tan. Ticketing and Reservations Assistant. Mr. Wong, will study
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  • 61 3 The Commander-in-Chief Far East Command. General Sir Michael Carver, pictured at R.A.F. Tengah. during his recent farewell visit. ith him are W ’ing Commander M. W. P Knight. O.C. Flving Wing. Sqn. Ldr. K. Austin O.C. tuiiiuiaiiuci i»i. ff a., niiifciii, \/.v. rijm§ mmi§. Personal
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  • 205 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Luong The Sieu, Minister for Public Works, Transport and Communications of South Vietnam, is now touring South East Asia, to inspect Air Vietnam organisations in the region. Arriving from Manila by the end of last week, Minister Sieu, who is concurrently Chairman
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  • 109 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Coroner’s Court today recorded a verdict of suicide on the death of a 78-year-old man. Seah Ah Kok, who was found hanging at the back gate of a house in Angus Street. He was found by a policeman, Yeo Chai Teck, at 1.15
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  • 84 4 1 p.m. —2. p.m.: Rotary Club of Singapore-West's weekly luncheon at Hollandsche (Dutch) Club, Camden Park off Adam Road. 5.30 p.m. 9 p.m.: SATA free mass X-ray station at Margaret Close, Block 1. 6.30 p.m.: Malay dance practice for beginners at National Theatre Club, Clemenceau Avenue. 7.30 p.m.:
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  • 21 4 Fourteen Red prisoners of the 25th Infantry Division after heavy fighting at Dua Tieng, South Vietnam. President Nixon’s world summary—Page 8.
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  • 1346 4 SINGAPORE. Wed—The International Women’s Club have elected the following as office bearers for 1969: Chairman, Mrs. Lois Canavan; Treasurer, Mrs, Joyce Bettle; Secretary, Mrs. Connie Whitelaw; Programmes. Mrs. Monica Luff; Membership. Mrs. Ishbel Cochrane; Hospitality: Mrs. Roma Mitter, Mrs. Marjorie Weeks, Mrs. Joan Davis, Mrs. P.
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  • 369 4 SINGAPORE, Wed —The President of the Institution of Production Engineers, England, Sir Eric Mensforth arrives here for a visit from March 11 to 13. Sir Eric who will be accompanied by Lady Mensforth is visiting Singapore on the invitation of the Singapore Polytechnic to
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  • 195 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Winners of tho Press Queen 1969 quest highlight of the Singopore National Union of Journalists' Press Ball on May 17 will be assured of some of the most attractive prixes ever offered in a beauty contest. The winner of "beauty and brainy”
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  • 255 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A top official of the Nanyang University today explained that the expulsion of seven Nantah students by the University authorities was well within their powers and the constitution. The official said: ”The explusion of the seven students is within the constitution of the
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  • 291 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. University students In Singapore are much better off than their counterparts in other Asian countries, the President of the University of Singapore Stu d e n't s' Union, Mr. Bhag Singh said today. He noted that in many countries students had
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  • 49 4 JAKARTA. (Reuter) The Indonesian Information Minister, Marshal Budiardjo. today opened the three-day conference of the Organisation of Asian News Agencies (Oana). Journalists from Japan. South Korea. Pakistan. India, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia are attending the conference which will discuss problems facing the press m Asia
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  • 41 4 JAKARTA. (Reuter) Fourteen pickpockets caught In action aboard crowded city buses in recent police swoops were made to crawl around a crowded city bus station their hands and knees with signs reading “I am a profiteer,” police said today.
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  • 24 4 RANGOON. < Reuter) Two Burmese Air Force pilots were killed when their T-33 Jet. on a training flight, crashed near Rangoon, yesterday.
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  • 321 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A young Singaporean has returned home with a diploma in engineering after seven years' study in Germany under a grant by the German Academic Exchange Service. He is Mr. Chua Chew Yong who left for Germany in 1962. After a six-month course
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  • 159 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. Hawkers intending to sell food and drinks inside the public enclosure of the Singaoore Grand Prix (April 4, 5 and 6) course at Sembawang Upper Thomson Road will have to apply for permits. Only those with permits issued by the Hawkers’ Department
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  • 117 4 MEXICO CITY. (Reuter) For a year army captain Norberto Avila Bonlfax believed his wife Ema walked in her sleep when she rose late at night and walked out of the house with her arms stretched out in front of her Then one night when the captain was
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 319 6 VITAL problems concerning man-in-the-street are being discussed at the current Asia Pacific Food Production Conference here. They concern food, hunger and population growth on which the Asian mind is intertwined. It is indeed pleasant to hear Co-Chairman of the Conference Mr. Melton painting a rosy picture on
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  • 257 6 THE Washington Post said on Tuesday that the battle between Soviet and Chinese forces fought at the Ussuri River “is as important for being announced as for being fought.” In an editorial the Post said that one battle, “or rather one publicised battle, does not make
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  • 100 6 SOVIET and East German people’s army commanders showed in manoeuvres in r a>t German yesterday that they “possess to perfection the art of directing operations in a modern war,’’ Tass News Agency said today. Tass said the military exercises, directed by Soviet Warsaw Pact Forces Commander in Chief
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  • 410 6 Present Russian Rulers Are Sons And Grandsons Of Old Czars —Peking Radio HONG KONG. Wed. (L'PI) Communist China on Wednesday called On the people of Russia and China to “Join together to throw out the new Cxars” in the Kremlin. The call came in both Chinese and Russian language broadcasts
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  • 344 6 MOSCOW, Wed. (UPI) Well informed Communist source* said on Tuesday night 34 Soviet *oldier* were killed and “several dozens” wounded in Sunday’s frontier clash with Communist Chinese forces. Chinese casualties were not known, these source* *aid. It was the most serious armed conflict
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  • 105 6 PAVIA. Italy, Wed, (AFP) The local Giorna)e Di Pavia today became the worlds first daily newspaper to print on plastic material, according to its publishers. The paper appeared over eight pages, printed on sheets of polyethylene, and sprinkled with photographs in bright colours. The technicians appeared
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  • 512 6  -  BY K.C. THALER LONDON. Wed. (I'PI) President Nixon plans no short-cut to a summit with the Soviets, but he appears nonetheless headed for a face-to-face meeting with Kremlin leaders in a matter of months. This is the assessment of European leaders with whom the President has been consulting
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  • 70 6 FrancoIndian Trade Talks NEW DELHI. Wed <AFP) France and India will explore possibilities for increasing trade at the second meeting of the Franco-Indlan commission here this weekend. French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Jean de Lipkowski said today. Mr. De Lipkowski was talking during an airport stopover at Bombay
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  • 97 6 RIO DE JANEIRO. Wed. (UPI) The newspaper Jornal Do Brasil said on Tuesday that members of the Parliamentary Assembly in the northern Brazilian jungle state of Para are organising a mass protest resignation. The newspaper said the action would be the first public protest in the country
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  • 520 6 MOSCOW. Wed. (AFP) Tass today described the current anti-Soviet demonstrations in Peking as a new fit of hysteria linked to the preparations for the Ninth Chinese Communist Party Congress. The Mao Tse-Tung group, the agency said, needs this new anti-Soviet campaign to scrap
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  • 406 6  -  BY WILLIAM B. MEAD WASHINGTON. Wed. (I PI, The former Suprrintendent of Arkansas State Prisons testified on Tuesday that prisoners were treated like wild animals and that he was dismissed because he dug up bodies of Inmates he believed were murdered. The
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  • 240 6 HONG KONG. Wed. (AFP) The New China News Agency said today that Indian peasants in north part of West Bengal have been taking Mao’s road of “armed struggle” to overthrow India’s regime of the comprado r-bureaucrat bourgeoisie and the landlords. NCNA. quoting a report by
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  • 100 6 TIRANA. Wed. (AFP) Albanian newspapers today described the recent SovietChinese border incident on Chen Pao Island, in the Ussuri River, as “serious provocation of the Soviet revisionists against the People's Republic of China”. (Moscow and Peking exchanged protest notes on the subject yesterday).
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  • 335 6  - Japan No Longer Feminine’ By Leon Daniel TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) It is exhilarating but at the same time a little sad to watch a nation undergo a sex change. It Is a strictly personal opinion but before I came here two years ago I had always thought of the face
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  • 371 6 From Sin Chew Jit Poh Last week-end, at the annual meeting of the Siglap Women’s Association, Che Mawan Wajid Khan, the President of the Association, in a speech, observed that while shouldering the responsibility of regulating the living of their children, women often felt that their endeavour
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    • 347 6 REFER to the article Policeman Painted With Paint” published In the Eastern Sun on Monday. I am to point out that the *acts published in the article are incorrect viz: (1) The incident did not occur at Beach Road near Kampong Kota
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 331 7 fATHAY Pacific Airways took on a new look from March 1 with a range of new V/ uniforms for its ground and flying staff,and a package of new services for its passengers. The airline’s flight hostesses said goodbye yesterday to their rose-red cheongsam skirts
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    • 141 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Association ol Banks in Ma-lsysia-Slngapore today made the following changes in its is-tes to merchants (rates are quoted to the equivalent of ICO units of foreign currency). SELLING T.T. or O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks 576.4200; Holland Guilders $84.7250; Swiss Francs $71.4925; Belgian Francs $6.1300. French
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    • 332 7 SINGAPORE. Wed March first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p m., in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 68-3/4 cents per lb., up one and three eighths cents from previous close. The tone of the market was uncertain. Values were sharply increased shortly after the
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    • 34 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange 30 industrials 919.51 20 rails 252.65 15 utilities 132.89 65 bonds 74 24 Commodity future* index 139.54
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    • 180 7 NEW YORK. Wed (UPI) Advance* topped declines by more than 2-t O-l on Wall Street yesterday in fairly heavy turnover. Traders were inspired by the sharp rise in late-February automobile sales. increased construction spending in January and last week’s continued high rate of
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    • 163 7 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) The market lacked a decided trend today with the FT index towards the close 1.3 down at 467.8. Leading industrials were quietly mixed with ICI slightly firmer on the chairman’s annual report. British funds rallied well after initial dullness but
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    • 1631 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. True to its unpredictable mood, the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today had steadier trading after an easier opening in the morning. Profit-taking still persisted and with the interruptions of short rallies, the market again produced some erratic movements. As with
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    • 111 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Thng Lai Seng (above), director of the newly opened Golden Palace Holiday Resort at Jalan Ang Sian Kong off Tampines Road, left for Japan this week for studies. He will be taking a oneyear course in Business Administration at the Business Institute, a
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    • 59 7 NEW YORK, Wed (UPI) Rubber futures closed onchanged to 20 points lower on the New York Commodity Exchange yesterday on no sales. (BID) (ASK) Mar. 25.55 27.30 May 24 55 25.55 Jul. 24 30 24.45 Sep. 24.50 24.70 Nov. 24.50 24.70 Jan. (TO) 24.50 24.70 Mar 24.50 24.70
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    • 294 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. F. C Rothwell. Chairman and Managing Director of the National Cash Register Co. (Singapore) Sdn Bhd has announced the arrival of Mr. Oeorge Haynes. Vice-Presi-dent and Group Executive. International Operations from NCR's main offices and factory In Dayton. Ohio (US A.) for a
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    • 63 7 HONG KONG. Wed (UPI) —Money quotations: HK 56.095 per US. dnllar. HK $6,110 per U.S. dollar TT. HK $14.54 per pound sterling. HK *317 25 per tael of gold 94.5 per cent fineness. HK $161.5 pe r 10.000 Japanese yen. HK $133.0 per 100 Philippine pesos buyers.
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    • 15 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The tin price for today was ssd4 per picul, up $3.00.
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    • 612 7 KlMUPOHfc Mm* Elchange sold and other prli e* nltn tail* listed al the close Ot Dudnru I> DO TRI ALS Aetna 3.U 2 43 Bf n A- Co 2 M\ Borneo Hhi! 1 85 1 XK Bnn*tead ri!» t MlStir t ll,L 4 17 old stnrnge
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    • 74 7 LONDON. Wed (UPI) Rubber closed quiet with spot 24 24-1/4. Settlement House April 23-15/16 24-Dl6 April/June 24 24-1/16 July Sept. 23-5/8 23-3 4 Oct Dec. 23-7/16 23-9(18 Jan March 23*1/4 23-7/16 April/June 23-3/16 23-5-16 July/Sept. 24-1/1* 24-1/4 Oct .Dec. 23 23-3/16 Jan. March 22-7/8 23-1/8 April/June
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    • 49 7 i.Manager* Price* 1 1*1 Malayan \D 2.99 2nd Malaran XD 216 <m 3rd Malayan 1.85 The Commerce Ind. 1.07 1.17 The sating fund \I» 118 1.28 M Invest Fund 1.30 1.40 1«t Hong Kong 1-37 1.43* 2nd llnng Kong 96 1.01* sterling orn 7/2 (•Hong Kong currency)
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    • 96 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The noon price* at the Singapore < hmeae Produce Exchange are;— today Barer Seiler Coconut OH (FOB) Bulk Coconut Oil 4900 (FOB) Drum 51 50 Mixed Copra 31.00 Muntnk White Pepper (F.O.B.) 96% N.L.W. Sarawak White Pepper 112-60 (F.O R.) 110.00 Sarawak 'Special Black Pepper (FOB.) 06%
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    • 106 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The following ships are expected to be in port today; Godowns Vessels 1/2 Nara 3/4 Nausicaa 5 Hoyo Maru 6/7 Thorscape 8 9 Benhope 10/11 Yeh Yung 13 14 Svend Maersk 15/16 Benwyvis 18 Polyfimos 19 Wibeke 21 22 Tandjung Raya 23/24 Junsho Maru 25
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  • 1477 8 HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS of Mr. Nixon's television report to the American people after his recent European trip, given in Washing- ton last night. MORALE IN VIETNAM WAR.... He said the analysis will determine whether North Vietnam is attempting to break Saigon’s morale, break US.
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  • 67 8 President Nixon said last night that every European leader with whom he conferred last week was concerned about the problems of youth. “All of us feel that we must And for this great western family of ours a new sense of purpose and idealism,” he
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  • 152 8 LONDON. (Reuter) Queen Elizabeth's husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, said today that even the royal family must obey bureaucrats rules. In an interview in the forthcoming issue of The Director, the Duke s aid he had to seek planning permission to block up a fireplace
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  • 350 8 SAIGON. (Reuter) Guards escorting South Vietnam s Prime Minister Tran Van Huong today foiled what was believed to have been a roadside plan to assassinate the government leader, police officials said. Guards saw a man pull out a gun as the Prime Minister drove away
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  • 68 8 PARIS. (Reuter) The French medical academy today fixed the level from which motorists will be prosecuted for drunken driving at 0.80 grams of alcohol per kilo of weight. The level will now be included in the highway code, putting France in line with Britain. Belgium and Switzerland Up
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  • 74 8 UNITED NATIONS. (Reuter) About two million U.N. stamps which disappeared last month and were believed stolen turned up today in New York’s Kennedy International Airport. The stamps, with a face value of nearly US$2OO,OOO (about £80,000) disappeared after being air-freighted from Finland to the UN.
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  • 78 8 UNITED NATIONS. (Reuter) U Thant will confer with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican during an official visit to Rome In early May. sources close to the U N. SecretaryGeneral said today. The U.N. chief is also expected to call on the President and senior members
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  • 70 8 SACRAMENTO. California. (Reuter) A bill that would moderate the law on homosexuality in California has been introduced in the state legislature. The measure, submitted yesterday by a San Francisco Democrat who claims his district has more homosexuals than any other in California, would legalise sexual acts between consenting
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  • 190 8 BRICK BATTING NEW DELHI. (AFP) On« person was killed and two others were injured when police fired to disperse two rival groups indulging in brick-batting in Bombay th.s A police party patrolling the area of the fighting was heavily attacked by crowds armed with bricks. IN SELF-DEFENCE JERUSALEM (UP
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  • 489 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. An MP wants to know from the Minister for Finance whether he will consider pulling down some of the old Government quarters and in its place build multi-storey flats for more civil servants. Mr. Tay Boon Too. the MP, for Changi. has
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  • 52 9 KUALA LUMPUR. (Reuter) Police and helpers In the northwestern town of Bukit Mertajam are engaged In a search for the head of a 40-year-old Indian labourer K Slnathamby who decapitated body was found astride a railway line at the weekend soon after a passenger train had
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  • 447 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The new International Minerals and Chemical Corporation bulk installation at Jurong will become a pivotal distribution centre for chemical fertilizer movements throughout this part of the world. That was the note of confidence that keynoted today's dedication of the newest facility at
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  • 512 9 CANBERRA. Wed. A seven-member AustralianMalaysian team headed by Australia Professor A.H. Johns of the Australian National University in Canberra is compiling an ENGLISH-M A L A Y DICTIONARY' to help those studying or needing to express themselves in Malay. The three Malaysian research assistants working
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  • 68 9 NEW YORK. (Reuter) Ninty-eight people were murdered In New York city in in January, a 92 per cent Increase In the homicide rate over the same month tn 1968. according to Police Department crime statistics. Other statistics released yesterday showed an Increase In all other crimes During January
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  • 33 9 TOKYO. (Reuter) Snowcovered slippery roads caused 350 traffic accidents in Tokyo yesterday almost twice more than ordinary days, police said today. Three people were killed and 365 injured in the accidents.
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  • 105 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The first draw of the Singapore Sweep, now run by Singapore Pools (Private) Limited, has been a great success. The Company envisages a big rush tor payments and the public rs advised to note that 3-D ($100) prizes win be paid from Monday.
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  • 82 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. A Housing and Development Board rent collector. Yeo Ti«n Poh. was jailed for two years by the Third District Court todav for misappropriating $1,137. Yeo. 31. admitted criminal breach of trust of the money, collected from 12 tenants of the HDB for the month
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  • 71 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Nanyang University today announced that its closing date for admission to the university this year will be on March 8. Higher School Certificate holders from the Chinese. English and Malay mediums may apply for exemption from the entrance examination. Others with equivalent qualifications may
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    • 503 10 LAST Sunday I accompanied a friend of mine to a famous cave-temple, about three miles from Ipoh. Named the Sam Poh Tong Buddhist Temple, it is popularly known as “Sam Poh Tong.” Sam Poh Tong is a Cantonese phrase meaning “three
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    • 287 10 ONE night, one of my teeth began to hurt. I could not endure the pain. I rolled on the floor to try to stop my suffering, but it was impossible. The pain increased and I could not sleep for the whole night. The next
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    • 340 10 MOST of us in schools, at homes and at other places have friends. Friends are needed to help us, to keep us company and to cooperate with us in team work. But not all friends are helpful and reliable- So we must choose a friend
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    • 215 10 IN o nation, especially a multi-racial one such as Singapore, the ability to speak and write one language is not enough. So we should learn more languages. If we know only our own language, we are isolating ourselves. Therefore, it is the duty of
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    • 266 10 TELEVISION is one of the most wonderful inventions in this modern world. It was invented by Baird and was introduced in Singapore only a few years ago. There are advantages and disadvantages of television. The advantages of television are many. Television provides us with the
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    • 241 10 PEOPLE make resolutions to correct past mistakes and to lead a better life in the new year. People fail to achieve their resolutions because they are not determined. My new year's resolutions are to pass my examinations. to have lesser quarrels with my classmates and to be
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      454 10 TT was not a very nice day when I set out myself planning to have an adventure. I thought of a countryside which I had been to sometime ago would be good for adventures. So I went there. It was not long after when I was walking along
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    • 337 10 IT was on the 4th of April last year, when the terrifying incident happened. I was playing a game called “Ludo" with my friends that night. I was leading in the game all the time. At about 11 p.m., after the last game, my friends decided
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    • 219 10 THE three television programmes which I like best are. "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," "The Saint" and "Tarzan." I like to watch "The Man From UNCLE." series best because of its suspense The letters U.N.C.L.E. stands for United Network Command for Law and Enforcement It is an
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    • 288 10 ABOUT two months ago, my friends Annie and Cynthia told me that there was a house which was haunted. They took me there for a look. The house was half-broken and around it were tall trees and thick bushes. It was dark inside even though it was
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    • 174 10 THE small, but important Republic of Singapore has its own Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, He is also the leader of the Peoples' Action Party, the political party which controls the administration of Singapore. Mr. Lee was a brilliant scholar and a successful lawyer before
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      226 10 THERE are eight members in my family. They are my father, mother, four sisters, one brother and myself. My father works as a clerk in an oil company. My mother is a housewife. She keeps our house in order and does all the household chores. I have a
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  • Sun Sport
    • 241 11 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Yachting Assoi riation will take part in the Far East Yacht Raring Federation Regatta, from March 21 to 23. The Secretary of the Association. Mr. Jack Snowden, said they have entered for three events Osprey. GP 14 and
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    • 73 11 WELLINGTON. Wed (Reuter) The New Zealand cricket selectors have made no change in the squad of 12 players to go forward to the second Test against the West Indies starting in Wellington on Friday. The twelve players announced today are:- Graham Dowling (captain), Glen Turner,
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    • 1050 11 Ann Wilson, the lithe 19-year-old Southend, Essex. girl they call “the new Mary Rand” aims to carve her own special niche in athletics’ history try becoming the first ever European women’s 10o metres h u r d 1 e s’ champion at Athens, Greece,
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    • 751 11 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Defending Indonesian champion Rudy Hartono and Malaysian Tan Ait Huang, runner-up the last two years, were seeded to meet in the men's singles final in yesterday's draw for the All-England badminton championships. They were made joint favourites
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    • 203 11 SINGAPORE. Wed The Singapore Amateur Athletic .Association road-relay league championships will begin with their first match at the Dover Road course, on Saturday at 4.90 p.m. The league consists of six matches which will be run on six different routes of approximately 10 miles Each
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    • 1438 12 THE SINGAPORE DERBY HORSES GLASS 1, DIV. 1-10 FURS. 311 Chai Kian 5y 9 11 Chens’ Stable 030 Castle Command 5y 8 08 Hollywood Park Stable Allan 135 Seals Bay 5y 8.04 Homer Stable Daniels 131 Parallel 6y 803 Da to Capt
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    • 332 12  -  By BIG BEN SINGAPORE. Wed. Spinifex shaped like a winner on a good track here this morning. With apprentice Rao astride the four-year-old Latin Lover gelding went smartly over 3f. in 39 2 5. He was full of running at finish. Yang Yang,
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    • 417 12 MELBOURNE. Wed. (Reuter) Englishman Alan Rudkin will be giving away a lot in height and reach to world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose of Australia when he challenges Rose’s title here on Saturday night. Official measurements for the fight, released here today,
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    • 170 12 LONDON. Wed (Reuter) Neil Martin. Coventry Citv centre forward who cost £90.000 when signed for Bunderland a year aK<> scored twicp against hi* former club in City's 3 —l win ove r Sunderland in a First Division League match last night. Queen’s Park Rangers' plight at the
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    • 74 12 LONDON. Wed —Wimbledon lawn tennis champions, Rod Laver and Billie-Jean King, will be taking part in the Wills Open tournament at Bristol in the West of England on June 9. They will be competing for prize-money valued at £8.650 —the second largest amount in lawn
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    • 346 12 NAPIER. New Zealand. Wed. (Reuter) Former New Zealand Test cricketers Bruce Murray and Geoff Vivian today pressed their claims for inclusion in New Zealand s team for the tours of England. India and Pakistan this year. Both had solid knocks for the North Island
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    • 183 12 LONDON. Wed.—A 22-year-old London University student Vivien Saunaers. a member of last year’s British Curtis Cup team, is to play golf professionally when she finishes her finals in June this year. She rates getting her degree In psychology a piiority «nd will then go
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    • 173 12 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) Hong Kong will enter a team of nine drivers and ten cars for the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur Grand Prix to be held next month. The team are: Albert Poon. driving a Brabham-Alfa in the Grand Prix and an
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    • 208 12 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Flash Gallego of the Philippines tonight won a split decision in a listless non-title 10 round bout over Japanese junior lightweight champion Hirosh. Shoji at Korakuen Hall. Theie were no knockdowns in the bout which was marred oy the excessive clinching and rugged tactics
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    • 105 12 NEW YORK. Wed. tUPI) The Professional Golfers Association came up with a new idea yesterday in their bid to speed up play and attract more fans. Working on an experimental basis, starting with Thursday's Florida Citrus Open, the PGA will have twosomes instead of
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    • 105 12 STOCKHOLM. Wed. (Reuter) The Nordic Council's Legal Committee last night recommended to Sweden. Norway. Finland and Denmark that they should ban professional boxing. It is already outlawed in the other Nordic nation, Iceland. There was a majority of only one for the recommendation when the 13-man
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    • 423 12  -  By Little Nene CINGAPORE, Wed. The 9th Singopore Open Golf Championship starts tomorrow at SICC Bukit Course with old man Par 35-36-71 to beat by not less than 103 entries from no less than 11 countries. Amongst the prominent and strong contenders
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    • 131 12 LONDON. Wed The Easter Monday (April 7) meeting of the British Automobile Racing Club at Thruxton in Southern England will be a full International event with works teams from Lotus. Matra. Tecno and Ferrari. World champion driver Graham Hill will be in the race and so
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    • 306 12 SINGAPORE. Wed. Filipino Benjamin Arda, 1967 Singapore Open golf champion and partner Lim Eng Hong. SICC 15-handi-cappcr shot a best-ball score of 31—32=63, eightunder par to win the Proam championship here today from 99 teams. Golfing brilliantly today with burning hot irons and cripsy putter.
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    • 109 12 His Heart Depends On Running. ISTANBUL, Wed. (Reuterv Ismail Akcay. Turkey's foremest marathon runner who is ranked sixth in the world has been told to keep running 25 mile s a day if he wants his heart to stay in proper working order. Afte r coming fourth in tha marathon
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