Eastern Sun, 10 March 1969

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    23 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY ft Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 934 Monday, 10 March 1969. ft MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cent*
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE, Sun. — The Prime Minister and Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew tonight entertained Tunku Abdul Rahman and his wife. Puan Sharifah Rodziah to dinner at the Sri Temasek.
    147 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Prime Minister and Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew tonight entertained Tunku Abdul Rahman and his wife. Puan Sharifah Rodziah to dinner at the Sri Temasek. It was more a social than a business occasion. However, Mr Lee took the opportunity to assure the Malaysian Prime Minister that all
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    Lock icon ‘Fake Divorces’ In Japan
    136 1 TOKYO, Sun. (UPI) Divorce Japanese style is no divorce at all. It is a sad Story, though. Money, but not alimony, is Involved in divorce cases ot coalminers in Fukuoka prefecture in Kyushu Island, says the Coal Bureau of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
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    Lock icon ‘Fierce’ Battles Along The Suez’
    513 1 ISRAELIS PLAY DOWN THE CRISIS CAIRO, Sun. (Reuter) Blackout restrictions went into force throughout Egypt today as the government swiftly tightened security precautions after the fiercest gun battle with Israeli forces across the Suez Canal in several months. The blackout was announced here while President
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    Lock icon Oil Tanks Still Alight
    86 1 TEL AVIV. Sun. (Reuter) Egypt's oil refineries at Suez were still abaze today after being nit by Israefl shelling during a five-hour artillery duel along the canal last night. Reports reaching here from Sinai said that at least two fires In the installations could be seen
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    Lock icon New Israeli Cabinet
    82 1 JERUSALEM Sun. (Reuter) President Zalman Shazar was today starting consultations with factions in the Knesset (parliament) on the formation of a new Israeli cabinet to be headed by Mrs Golda Meir, former Foreign Minister. The Labour Party, as the majority group in the Knesset. will be the
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    Lock icon PLANE RAID KILLS NINETY
    36 1 LAGOS. Sun. (Reuter) Radio Biafra said today a Nigerian plane attacked three villages in Biafra yesterday, killing at least 90 people The broadcast, monitored here, said 60 were injured in the raid.
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    Lock icon 'Mini Whirlwinds’ Seen In Jurong
    254 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. Sandstorm or a whirlwind whatever they were occurred in the miles of parched unused reclaimed land in the Jurong Industrial Estate, this afternoon. Picture taken by our cameraman. Richard Chow, shows a towering 40-foot column of dust and air swirling merrily away in
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    Lock icon 'S‘pore Bears Fruit Of Self Reliance’
    393 1 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Toh Chin Chye, said last night that the notion's current success in all fields of human endeavour has been achieved solely through the self-reliant attitude of the Government. He said: “There is a boom in
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    Lock icon JETS HIT N. JORDAN
    32 1 AMMAN. Sun. tßeuter) Two Israeli Mystere Jet fighters, using rockets and napalm, attacked an area in the northern Jordan valley early today, a Jordanian military spokesman said here
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    Lock icon CROCODILE DRAGS BOY
    61 1 LOURENCO MARQUES Mozambique, Sun. (AFP) —For the eighth time in a few months a giant crocodile attacked bathers in the swamp land near the Munhuana river a tributary of the Limpopo, and disappeared writh a small child. Villagers unsuccessfully tried to prevent the near 30-foot crocodile from
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    Lock icon In This Issue...
    38 1 Johnson denies news stories Page 2. Hoffman spy “confession” Page 3. Pictorial social round-up Page 4. World news Pages 5 and 8. Derby race results and Singapore Open Golf results Page 12. And usual features.
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    80 1 ROME, Sun. (Reuter) Two 12-year-old Italian schoolgirls were in the news today one got married and the other had twins. In Palermo, the capital of Sicily. Marcellina Rosciglione was returning to school tomorrow after becoming Italy's voungest bride. She married a 21-year-old garage hand. In Spoleto. Central Italy,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon Please Don't Help Thieves To Steal Your Vehicles
    610 2 HARDEN THE TARGET SINGAPORE, Sun. today disclosed that a were stolen last year. Of the total. 613 were motor cars. 42 motor vans, 50 motor lorries, 807 motor cycles. 287 scooters and 2.904 bicycles. In a statement issued over the weekend, the
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    Lock icon Safety First Campaign Show Results
    129 2 SINGAPORE. Sun. Road safety campaigns are paying dividends as ia shown by the decreasing number of road accidents and fatalities. This is so even with the increasing number of vehicles that take to the road every month There were only 2.219 ac(ldents resulting in 15
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    Lock icon SINGAPORE AN ARTS MECCA? NOT IMPOSSIBLE SAYS MP
    231 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore Ihe Paris of Ihe Easl? Why nol? asked Ihe Parliamentary Secretary (Finance), Mr. Tang See Chim. And he envisaged that the Republic would achieve the status of being the cultural Mecca of the Region in the not-too-dis-tant future. This,
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    Lock icon ‘2,000 Red Troops Are In The DMZ’
    217 2 SAIGON. Sub. (UPI) Allied patrols are making seerret probes Into the southern sector of the Demilitarised Zone and are clashing daily with North Vietnamese regularrs. informed U.S. sources said on Saturday. The fights are not announced through inforrmation chanels in Saigon nor do
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    Lock icon Aquanaut May Have Taken Pep Pills
    271 2 DEATH AT 610 FEET SAN DIEGO, California, Sun. (UPI) Sealab 111 aquanaut Berry M. Cannon, who died on Feb. 17, 610 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, may have taken several "pep pills" prior to the fatal dive That testimony came during
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    Lock icon Water Ration In Brunei
    45 2 BRUNEI TOWN. Sun. (ATP) Brunei today imposed a 12-hour cut in its dally water supply because of prolonged drought. According to the State water engineer. Mr. D R Campbell, the rationing would further be restricted if no rain fell here soon.
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    Lock icon Toto Draws
    26 2 SINGAPORE. Sun —The following numbers were drawn in the TOTO Pools todav:— 3 36 42 16 23 The additional number drawn today was: 22.
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    Lock icon CCC's Role In Good Government
    153 2 SINGAPORE, Sun. Every citizen has a share In the workings of government, said the Health Minister, Mr. Chua Sian Chin last evening. This was why Citizens' Consultative Committees were set up all over the Republic. Mr. Chua was speaking at the Inauguration of the Macpherson
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    Lock icon 8,000-Mile Airdrop By US
    119 2 WASHINGTON. Sun (UPI) —ln an operation billed as the longest “direct" para troop airdrop in history, the vanguard of 2.500 U.S. troops will be flown from South Carolina and parachuted into South Korea beginning tonight. The flight, which wall cover 8,000 miles, in an attempt to
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    Lock icon Johnson Alleges Inaccuracies By Newsweek, NY Times
    482 2 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) Former President Lyndon B. Johnson branded as inaccurate recent accounts of how the decision was reached last March 31 to order a limited bombing halt over North Vietnam. A statement reporting Mr. Johnson's views was issued in Austin. Texas, by
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon BUCHER RETURNS TO STAND
    273 3 CORONADO Cain ornla. Sun <UPI> Commander Lloyd M Bucher returns to tne witness stand at his own request tomorrow to clear up some points made during the inquiry into the seizure of the USS Pueblo. During the weekend, Vice Admiral Harold Bowen, head of the Navy's
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    Lock icon Drop Diploma To Abolish The “Drop-Outs"
    123 3 JAKARTA. Sun. (UPI) Indonesia plans to abolish diplomas up to senior high school level because of the extremely high drop-out rate. It was learned here today. For Education and Culture Minister Mashuri told a conference of University rectors In Salatiga. East Java, that In
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    Lock icon Self-defence Course March 22
    70 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Adult Education Board will be organising a new course in the Chinese Art of Self-Defence Tai Chi Chuen commencing on March 22. The 12-week course, to be conducted in English and Chinese, will be held on Saturdays and Sundays from 4 to 6
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    Lock icon New Self-defence Branch Opens Thurs.
    63 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Nam Wah Institute of the Art of Self-Defence will give a de'monstration of ‘•self-defence" at the Paya Lebar Community Centre on the occasion of the opening of its branch in the district, on Thursday. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social
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    Lock icon TWO YEARS FOR 20 CIGARETTES
    55 3 BANGKOK. Sun. (Reuter)— The criminal court of Bangkok sentenced a 44-year-old man to two years’ imprisonment for stealing a packet of 20 cigarettes worth six baht (about 2 shillings 6 pence). The court said the man deserved a severe sentence because he had a previous
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    Lock icon Airport Tax
    53 3 NEW DELHI, sun. (Reuter) —Air passengers leaving India for abroad will have to pay an airport service fee of 15 rupees (16 shillings and seven pence) from April 1. The levy is expected to yield 4.500.000 rupees (£250,000 sterling) annually, which wil’ be used for the maintenance ‘of
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    Lock icon HAMBURG (Dad): This little boy is no Dick Wellington, but he was saved by his cat Minka. One day little 21-month-old Thomas was playing in the garden of a neighbour and fell into a five-foot ditch. Big Minka miowed so loud and long that mother came out to see, and pulled little Thomas out of the freezing water.
    58 3 HAMBURG (Dad): This little boy is no Dick Wellington, but he was saved by his cat Minka. One day little 21-month-old Thomas was playing in the garden of a neighbour and fell into a five-foot ditch. Big Minka miowed so loud and long that mother came out to see, and
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    Lock icon Aussie Paper Carries 2nd Instalment Of 'I Spied For Australia’
    661 3 SYDNEY, Sun, (UPI) Mrs. Mary Anna Hoffman, the principal character in the celebrated "Hoffman case" admitted today that she had engaged in counter-espionage activities in Australia's interest. In the second instalment of an exclusive byltned story “I spied for Australia
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    Lock icon 17 DIE IN AN AMBUSH
    57 3 RANGOON. Sun. (Reuter)— Seventeen people. including five soldiers, were killed when Karen rebels ambushed an Army convoy near Bassein in the Irrawady delta, according to press reports today. Two soldiers and three civilians were also injured when the convoy carrying patrol to nearby Kyaukkyi camp
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    Lock icon SPANIARDS FLEE EXCOLONY
    141 3 GENEVA. Sun. (AFP) The International Red Cross headquarters here today confirmed that the Spanish government had asked it to help the evacuation of Spaniards from equatorial Guinea. The International Red Cross committee will study what it can do as a “neutral intermediary". and what initiatives it can
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    Lock icon Dalai Lama Calls For Struggle
    146 3 NEW DELHI. Sun. (AFP)— The Dalai Lama, the 35-year-old king and spiritual leader of Tibet who has been living in India since the 1959 Chinese occupation of Tibet, today said that he wa s determined to continue the struggle to liberate the country. In a
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    Lock icon US Crime Up 17 Per Cent
    249 3 WASHINGTON. Sun. (Reuter) Serious crime in the United States rose by 17 per cent last year over 1967. the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI.) reported today. The F B I. report showed an increase in crimes of violence of 19 per cent, led by
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    Lock icon Mechanic Stabbed In Jurong
    133 3 SINGAPORE. Sun. A 27-year-old mechanic Koh Ah Bee. was found slam near the gate of a plywood factory at Jalan Papan in Jurong Industrial Estate this afternoon. Koh employed as a mechanic in the factory was found in a pool of blood with a stab wound
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    Lock icon ANOTHER SEA-GOING BARGE IS LAUNCHED
    337 3 SINGAPORE, Sun. Ocean Shipyard (Pte) Ltd. in Jurong in association with Weng Chan Engineering Company of Kallang Manne Industrial Estate—today launched the second of four 2.500-barges built for an American giant transport company, SEAPAC. The contract for the four barges valued at some $2 rr.llion
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    Lock icon LRSM Local Examinations
    76 3 SINGAPORE. Sun The Associated Board of the London Royal Schools of Music will hold practical examinations here from July to October. Entries should reach the Chief Examinations Officer. Ministry of Education by April 3. Candidates who are waiting for their qualifying results may register during the week
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  • E A S T E R N S U N P I X ☆
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      Lock icon PICTORIAL SOCIAL ROUND-UP
      511 4 MR. Prem Bhatia, the Indian High Commissioner, on Saturday presented his credentials to the President Enche Yus of Ishak at the Istana. Picture shows Mr. Bhatia inspecting a guard-of-honour on arrival at the Istana. *TIIE Singapore Armed Forces School of Technical and Training was officially open*d Lt.
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    Lock icon Apollo 9 Astronauts Fix Engine-Starting Problem
    913 5 O PACE CENTRE, Houston, Sun UP I) The Apollo 9 astronauts calmly fixed an engine-starting probem yesterday, dropped into a safer orbit, and began experimental prospecting for earth's riches from space. WHWiiIUiU” 4iicr UTC J/llCnomenal days. James A McDivitt and David R Scott, both
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    Lock icon Karachi Police Open Fire On Mob Of Workers
    402 5 Karachi, sun. (upi) Police opened fire yesterday on a mob of workers tryine to set fire to a rubber goods factory in Gujrat City as the nation's new political and industrial crisis continued unabated. At least one person was killed and several
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    Lock icon Sausage Scare
    60 5 ROME (Reuter) A suitcase full of sausages and bread halted trains at Rome's Central Station for 15 minutes on Saturday. A railman. seeing the suitcase on the tracks, thought it contained a bomb and called police who stopped all traffic while they went to investigate The bomb” turned
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    Lock icon PEKING: Militia In Kwangchow’s suburbs demonstrate against Soviet Union on the border clash. This radiophoto was monitored at Warsaw yesterday. Picture and basic caution from official Communist source. — UPI photo.
    30 5 PEKING: Militia In Kwangchow’s suburbs demonstrate against Soviet Union on the border clash. This radiophoto was monitored at Warsaw yesterday. Picture and basic caution from official Communist source. UPI photo.
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    Lock icon VIET ATTACKS: S. VIETNAM APPEALS TO U.N.
    431 5 UNITED NATIONS. Sun (UPI) South Vietnam appealed to the United Nations yesterday to condemn Communist intensification of the war through attacks on population centres. Ambassador Nguyen Huu Chi. South Vietnam's permanent observer at tht world organisation, also bitterly denounced those who wink at
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    Lock icon Bomb Ends Honeymoon
    84 5 MALTA. (UPl)—The honeymoon of an Australian couple ended in disaster on Saturday when the husband was killed by a bomb explosion in a car. Police identified the dead man as Manuel Micallef. 31, an Australian of Maltese origin. The bomb, which is believed to have been set
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    Lock icon Rods’ Rockets Hit 35 Towns And M-Bases
    399 5 SAIGON. Sun. (UPI) Communist rockets or mortar rounds struck about 35 towns and military bases in South Vietnam yesterday night and early today military spokesmen said One shell exploded in a US. Navy Hospital compound south of Da Nang. South Vietnamese spokesmen said
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    Lock icon Bulletins
    887 5 KEY BISCAYNE. Florida. Sun. (UPI) President Nixon settled down to final studies on Saturday on whether the United States should proceed with a multi-billion dollar Antiballistics Missile (ABM) System. Nixon flew to his Florida retreat on Fridav night and told newsmen aboard the Presidential jet he had not yet
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    Lock icon NEED FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITIES
    287 6 ATOP Americart Executive who visited the Republic recifttly has praised Singaporeans for their conscientious devotion to work. He Called them as ‘intelligent and hard working people.' This praise of Singaporeans by Mr. George Haynes of the National cash Register, however, should not lull us to contentment.
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    Lock icon PRAGUE PHOTO SHOW
    210 6 (UPI) A NEWS photographic exhibition in a Prague Museum that told of the Soviet-led Invasion of Czechoslovakia was closed immediately by authorities, Prague newspapers said on Saturday. The photographs and documents pertaining to the military intervention were part of an exhibit entitled, “we and the world in
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    Lock icon N.C.N.A. ON SOVIET AMBITION
    155 6 (UPI) THE massive demonstrations raging in Red China in angry denunciation of the Russians following recent Sino-Soviet border clash have reached an unprecedented magnitude, the communist New China News Agency reported on Sunday. NCNA said the number of Chinese armymen and civilians taking part in the
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    Lock icon World’s ‘Tensest’ Peacetime Border
    720 6  -  By Henry Shapiro MOSCOW, Sun. (UPI) The Soviet Union and Chino finally hove confirmed whot ha* been common knowledge for the post yeor or so the occurence of ormed clothes in the oreo of the longest ond probably the world's tensest peacetime border. An official Soviet
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    Lock icon PUEBLO AND THE FRANTIC N. KOREANS
    777 6  -  By ROBERT CRABBE CORONADO. California. Sun. (UPI) The full story of the UBS Pueblo ha* not been told, but the testimony of Its 82 s uivivor* makes one thing clear. North Korea apparently had a bad case Of anxiety after her navy seized the
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    Lock icon THE KNIGHT AND THE MERMAID
    393 6  -  By Jutta Schoeller FRANKFURT am MAIN, Sun. (DaD) —A knight and a bikini-girl from Germany will soon smile at the readere of newspapers all over the world. The two symbolic figures of two basically different ages invite the reader to take a look at the
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    Lock icon Polish Way Of Blackmail
    215 6 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) An English reporter today told how the Polish secret service tried to blackmail him into becoming a spy on his own country and West Germany. Michael Connock, for eight years the Soviet and East European correspondent of the Financial Times newspaper here, said
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    Lock icon Al Ahram Writes Again On Patton Tanks
    189 6 CAIRO. Sun (UPI) The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has ordered U.A.R Embassies abroad to check reports the United States u shipping 150 Patton M4B tanks to Israel, the authoritative newspaper Al Ahram said yesterday. Egypt is also consulting the Foreign Ministries of other Arab
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    Lock icon Arms Race: Stopping The Next Big Round May Not Be A Dream...
    550 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. (UPI) President Nixon’s advisers are reviewing specific proposals drafted bv the Johnson Administration to present to the Soviet Union at talks to limit the nuclear arms race. Details are hifhly secret, but these general points are
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    Lock icon Indonesian Match-makers Have Minds Like Computers
    453 6  -  By SOEHARJONO DJAKARTA, Sun. (Reuter) In Indonesia there is no little Cupid flying around firing off darts indiscriminately instead there are hundreds of quickthinking men spread throughout this country of islands who make match-making their profession. Unlike Cupid, these supersalesmen have nothing to do
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    Lock icon PI’s Presidential Aspirants
    651 6  -  By Vicente Maliwanag MANILA. Sun. (UPI) The architect behind the opposition Liberal Party’s bid for a political comeback in this year's Philippine Presidential elections is a slim, scholarly-looking man who is not aspiring for the Presidency. As party president. Senator Gerardo Roxas. 43. has the formidable task
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • The weekly market review
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      Lock icon Aussie Wheat And Flour For Ceylon
      89 7 CEYLON has purchase 60 000 tons of flour and 50.000 tons of wheat from Australia The wheat will be processed in a recently-established flour mill in Ceylon. This mill began operating last year when Australia shipped 25.000 tons of wheat to it Latest order
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      Lock icon Hilary Is BOAC's Commercial Director
      345 7 MR Richard M. Hilary is commercial director of BOAC. He took over the appointment on January 1, 1969. Previously he was general manager western region and was responsible for commercial and political activities in the United States. Canada, the Caribbean and South America. Mr Hilary
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      Lock icon Group To Develop Mineral Resources
      105 7 Two American companies. Englehard Mineral* and Chemical Corporation and Newmonth Pty. Ltd., are members of a new consortium which plan* to develop mineral discoveries in Australia Australian interest in the project are Imperial Chemical Industrie* of Australia and New Zealand Ltd., the Bank of New
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      Lock icon HOVERCRAFT FOR INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE?
      280 7  -  By ANTONIO FRIGINAL MANILA. Sun. (I'PI) British-made hovercraft will soon sail the Islands of Indonesia and possibly Singapore and other Asian countries where had roads and poor water transportation slow down the march of progress. The Indonesian State Shipping Company Pelnl last week asked Cabinet
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      Lock icon Dockyard Seeks Agreement With Japanese
      91 7 THE State Dockyard at Newcastle, New South Wales, which has been operating at a loss, ia seeking a technical cooperation agreement with one of Japan's leading shipyards if a suitable one can be found. The New South Wales yard hopes for some far-rearninf egreement to
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      Lock icon Lecturer Off For Study In Germany
      164 7 A lecturer from the National Productivity Centre. Petaltag Jaya, Mr. Lam Hee Thong left Ku ala Lumpur recently for We*t Germany to undertake a 16-month course of study tn industrial engineering. Mr. Lam was awarded a scholarship under the German Technical Assistance Program- me
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      Lock icon Japan To Set Up Pulp Mills In S. Vietnam
      119 7 TOKYO. Sun (UPI) Japanese paper manufacturing companies are considering establishment of pulp mills In South Vietnam the Nihon Keizai (Japan economic Journal* said today. The newspaper said South Vietnam had asked the Japan Paper and Pulp industry Association to open pulp
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      Lock icon Malaysians Study Stock Exchange
      82 7 THE development which U taking place in Malaysia and other Asian countries is indicated by the fact that a Sydney stock-broking firm Is training three Malaysians In Australian stock exchange procedure. They ate being prepared for h business career in their own country, and have been
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      Lock icon Concorde Maiden Flight
      163 7 TOL'LOI'SE France, Sun. —The raint 191-foot (58.23 metres) long CONCORDE. the Anglo-French supersonic jetliner, takes off from the runway at Toulouse's Balonng Airport. here recently on her first maiden flight, more than two months after Russia's TU-144 stole the title of the world s first supersonic commercial
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      Lock icon INCREASED OUTPUT IN FISHING INDUSTRY
      128 7 THE value of fisheries production in Australia in 1967-68 increased by 25 per rent to a record $55,000,000. The industry produced an increased quantity of crayfish (up 33 per cent), prawns (up 30 per cent), and there was a big rise in the value of
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      Lock icon JAPAN MAKING STEEL DEAL WITH COMMUNIST CHINA
      115 7 TOKYO. Sun (UPI) A major Japanese steelmaker is negotiating the tale of 200.000 tons of steel products with Communist China, the Nihon Ke.zai economic newspaper reported today. Sumitomo Metal Industry Co. dispatched a trade mission to Peking at the end of last month
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    Lock icon Russia, Red China Heading Towards A Serious Crisis
    374 8  -  By Robert Evans MOSCOW, Sun- (Reuter) Russia and China appeared today to be heading for the most serious crisis in their relations since their ideological split come into the open almost 10 years ago. All signs here were that the Kremlin was
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    Lock icon Laird: America May Increase Viet War Budget
    343 8 DANANG, South Vietnam, Sun. (Reuter) —U-S. Defence Secretary Mr. Melvin Laird told journalists today that the United States mav have to increase its Vietnam war budget Speaking at a brief press conference at this northern military base, where he arrived this morning. Mr
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    Lock icon Multi-Track Train
    33 8 AVIGNON. France. (Reuter) The prototype of a train with adjustable axles, which can negotiate the different railway gauages of France and Spain, has arrived here from Barcelona to undergo speed tests.
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    Lock icon Secrecy Shrouds Romulo's Visit To Hong Kong
    165 8 HONG KONG. Sun (Reuter) Secrecy today continued to shroud the visit to Hong Kong of Philippine Foreign Secretary Mr. Carlo* PRomulo Mr. Romulo arrived in the colony on Thursday night and has so far refused to meet reporters, telling them “I have nothing
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    51 8 MOSCOW, (Reuter) Russian workers living near the scene of last Sunday's Sino-Sovlet border clash on Sunday demanded the strictest punishment of the Chinese, Moscow Radio said. They made the demands at meetings held at 67 enterprises in the Far Eastern Khabarovsk to discuss Chinese armed provocations, the radio
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    70 8 UDINE. Italy. (Reuter) Slgnorlna Bruna Garon is seeking damages against the driver of a car which knocked her down because she claims she is showing signs of turning Into a man The 28-year-old woman was knocked down here 18 months ago struck her head in a coma
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    281 8 PARIS. Sun. (UPI) Allied and Communist diplomats said vesterday they were willing to keep the Vietnam peace talks going despite a Vietcong offensive against South Vietnamese cities. But Hanoi delegates declined to say what they would do if the United States
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    241 8 MEXICO CITY. Sun. (UPI) —The Ladybirds, a topless musical group from Sar. Francisco. were told by Mexican authorities yesterday to put on their tops and go home. “We had a contract for six weeks and all of a sudden we don’t have anv
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    Lock icon • Carrying banners, thousands of demonstrators stage an anti-American rally and march in Paris re- cently, while President Nixon was in private talks with General de Gaulle in Versailles.
    30 8 Carrying banners, thousands of demonstrators stage an anti-American rally and march in Paris re- cently, while President Nixon was in private talks with General de Gaulle in Versailles. UPI picture.
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    178 8 STUDENTS from Singapore and Malaysia were among 91 students from Asia who attended a three-day orientation course which startd at the Leederville Technical School in Perth recently. The students will spend at least a year studying at technical schools In Western Australia. They were told
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    206 8 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) Police forces all over Britain are on the look out for 23 Australian women criminals, some oi them dangerously violent, it was reported here todav Among the crimes they had committed in Australia and since arriving in Britain are robbery,
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    537 8 ITNITED NATIONS. Sun. (Reuter) The United Nations has made its first detailed study of youth problems throughout the world and concluded that anti-social behaviour is an inevitable consequence of mankind’s developing society. An 80-page report formed the basis for discussions
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    598 8 TOKYO, (UPI) Gold and marijuana smuggled into lapan last year increased sharply, according to a White Paper on smuggling released by the Finance Ministry on Saturday. The Ministry said in its annual report a total of 7.350 kilograms of smuggled gold, more than twice what was aefected in 196',
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      58 8 The Forgotten Lincoln The it#rj of Bob Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, la one of the most poignant footnotes in American history. Read how he was falsely accused of betraying his mother, how he blamed himself for his father’s death and how he turned down the chance to become President.
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      179 9 LAHORE, Pakistan, Sun. (Reuter) Pakistan, the Olympic hockey champions, slammed Malaysia 8-0 in their opening match in the ninenation hockev tournament here yesterday. The Pakistanis scored in the second minute, led 3-0 at halftime and ripped holes through the Malaysian defence in the second half. The Malaysians
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      98 9 HARLOW. England. Sun (UPI) The New Zealand cross-country team broke the course record by 4 mins 17 sec. in the Essex 19-I'2 miles road relay championship yesterday. Their winning time was 93 minutes 45 seconds. Rex Maddaford put them Into the lead when covering the 3-1/4
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      53 9 BREMEN, Germany. Sun. ’(UPI) Nicolai Pankin of the Seviet Union yesterday set a new world record for 25metre pools of 2:21.3 minutes in the men's 200-metre breast stroke at an invitation indoor swimming meet. Runner-up was West Germany’s Kalus Barth who.set a na'ional record with a time of
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      1315 9  -  By Sydney Moorhouse LONDON. Sun. Britain has long been noted for the excellence of its racing stock. The bloodstock sales held at Newmarket in East Anglia each year regularly result in many animals bred in the thoroughbred studs continuing their careers. both on the racecourse itself and later
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      123 9 MELBOURNE. Sun. (AFP) Australia's world batamwelght boxing champion Lionel Rose, who successfully defended his title against Britain's Alan Rudkin here last night, has been offered US$3O,OOO tax free to defend his title in the United States. Under the offer, made by American promoter
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      465 9 CARDIFF. Wales, Sun. (Reuter) Wales scored a convincing 24-11 victory over Ireland In a rugged fivenation championship international rugby union match here yesterday. The defeat ended Ireland's hopes of winning the triple crown and made W'ales favourites to regain the championship. The Welsh, who
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      145 9 MANILA. Sun (AFP) Australia’s Terry Addison and Ray Keldie came from behind to win the men's doubles title in the Philippine Open tennis championships with a 5-7. 9-7, 6-2. 6-4 victory over compatriot Richard Crealy and Filipino player Federico Deyro here yesterday. Keldie served all
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      127 9 MENTON. France. Sun. (Reuter) Italy's Guiseppe Merlo. 41, became a shock finalist in the international tennis tournament here yesterday when he hammered Britain’s Stanley Matthews in the quarter-finals and beat Hungary's Szabolsz Baranyi in the semi-finals. The wily Italian disposed of Stanley Matthews or the rain-soaked
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      47 9 MELBOURNE. Sun. (AFP)— Ittl Anuchit of Thailand scored a technical knockout win over American Negro Don Johnson in the main support- lng bout to last night's world bantamweight title flight here Johnson had a badly cut eye and could not continue In the seventh round.
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      166 9 ORLANDO. Florida. Sun. (Reuter) Johnny Potts and Bert Yancey both shot two-under-par 70s yesterday to stay In the lead after three rounds of the US$ll5,OOO (£47.000) Florida Citrus Open here With today’s final round somewhat in doubt because of heavy rain that started late
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      91 9 HAYDOCK PARK. Engiafid. Sun (Reuter) Bottom weight Two Springs owned by D H Barnes won the Greenall Whitley National trial steeplechase handicap run over three miles here yesterday in good to soft going C. Nicholson's Dicky May was second and Lady Hay’s Arcturus third of six runners.
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      525 11 r ONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Third division Mansfield Town, shock fifth-round conquerors of West Ham United, failed to reproduce their giant-killing form yesterday and were beaten 1-0 by First Division Leicester City in the quarter-final of the English F.A. Cup. A
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      307 11 LONDON. Sun. (Reuter) Results of football matches played yesterday were: English Football Association Cup Quarter Final Mansfield Town 0 Leicester 1 English Division One Coventry 3 Sheff Wed. 0 Man United 0 Man. City 1 Newcastle 1 Burnley 0 Notts Forest 0 West Ham 1 Queens PR. 0
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      76 11 DEMONSTRATING one advantage of the revolutionary table tennis table recently introduced by a British company is 18-year-old Maureen Heppell. who ranks as Britain's No. 3 women's player. The new table is claimed to he the first major advance in table design for over a
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      399 11 SYLVAN I A. Ohio. Sun. (UPl)—Four American fighters shared Boxer-of-the Month honours in an announcement by the World Boxing Association. Mundo Ramos, Andy Kendall Jerry De Lima and Adolph Pruitt were cited by Arch Hindman. Chairman of the Ratings Committee. Pruitt's
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      1151 11 ENGLISH DHISION ONE P W D L r A Pis Leeds United 33 23 8 2 59 24 54 Liverpool 31 20 6 5 50 19 46 Everton 30 17 9 4 64 27 43 Arsenal 30 17 8 5 43 18 42 Chelsea
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      167 11 NEW YORK, Sun. (UPI) Former middleweight champion Rocky Graziano and ex-llghtweight king Ike Williams have been appointed directors of a U *****,000 search for boxing talent, it was announced yesterday by newspaper and magazine publisher Joseph Azaria. Azaria, a wealthy sportsman who is publisher of
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      108 11 SINGAPORE, Sun Junior Athletic Association beat Royal Air Force, Changi by four goals to two In a hardfought FAS Division One match played at Jalan Besar Stadium this evening At half-time the score was 2-1 In favour of Junior A.A. Scorers: Rajoo. Robert (2) and Ramu
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      329 9 TODAY and YOU..! Monday. March 10, 1969 Afe, arid MAS. 21 4*e to r>« J- 7-12 19 3O-38 76 STAR. GAXER>V TAURUS AP» 20 I MAY 20 ON 5-25-31-36 3/50-61 71 GEMINI VAV2. JUKE 20 rN 1-40-52-65 1> 66 74 77 CANCER f --SE2I JUIYJ2 FT- 13-21-35-44 5575-79-89 LEO /S
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      956 10 IN front of the community centre, a crowd was gathered. I squeezed myself through the crowd and saw a strange dark man. On the floor was spread a piece of dirty white cloth on which were placed small bottles of red and white liquid. There were a
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      443 10 SLEEP is almost as necessary to life as food. Shakespear calls it, “Nature’s sweet restorer.” All living creatures people, animals, flsh, even the tiniest insects have a daily need for sleep. Without any rest or sleep following periods of activity, the mind and body would become too fatigued to
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      706 10 TALKING about war means talking about life and death, and war is always concerned with men fighting in big numbers. It is precisely not in accordance with animals because animals only have fights, which are hardly wars. Many people hate war but still they carry on
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      412 10 Co-education —Good Or Bad CO EDUCATION was introduced to the educational system of Singapore for reasons of economy because in rural areas. It is not economical to have separate schools for boys and girls. Moreover, the vacancies in the school could not be filled up within a school period for
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      274 10 The History Development Of My School MY school, Swiss Cottage Integrated Secondary School was founded on the 6th of November 1963. It Is situated along Dunearn Road, next to the Whitely School. Being an integrated school, there are both Malay and English streams together in the school. It is also
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      807 10 I WOKE up one morning feeling rather sleepy and tired after a late show the night before and decided to give myself a few minutes more sleep. But as I turned around, I happened to glance at the clock on the wall. I was shocked to
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      187 10 Essay writing: Rules to observe All entrant* are requested to observe the following rules 1. Each entrant must fill in his/her own writing the entry form appended below in block letters. 2. No entry trill be considered without the entry form properly filled up. 3. The entrant must attach his/her
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      462 10 Romeo JULIET ESSAY CONTEST RULES OF THE CONTEST: sections. Section I for participant* above 14 years and in BLOCK letters. No entry 1. The contest Is open to all and Is divided into Section 11 for those who are 14 years and below 1 Each entrant must fill in hi*
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      56 11 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore. 3.07 a.m. (7 rt. 9 ins.); 9.08 a.m. (2 ft. 6 ins.); 3.36 p.m. (8 ft. 4 ins.); 9.44 p.m. (3 ft. 5 ins). TOMORROW Singapore, 3.44 a.m. (6 ft. 9 ins.); 9.37 a.m. (3 ft. 4 ins.); 4.24 am (7 ft. 6 ins); 10
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      1135 11 r0CB TV and Radio TODAY TV SINGAPURA (CHANNEL 5) PM. B 00 Prog. Summary in all Languages; 6 10 Belaiar-lah Bahasa Kebangsaan- 6.15 Phantom Agent Operation (Part 2»; 6 45 Family Affair A House in the Country; 7.15 Game? In Dance; 7 40 News and Newsreel in Chinese: 8 05
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    2506 12  -  By BIG BEN SINGAPORE, Sun. M.C. Stable's November Sun, confidently ridden by Garnet Bougoure, won the Singapore Derby valued at $25,000 here today. The winner paid $4B for a win ticket. A backmarker for most part of the Journey November Sun unwound a terrific finishing burst to
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    1173 12 SINGAPORE, Sun. Tomio Komo’a, a twenty-seven-year-old professional attached to the Urawa Golf and Country Club in SaitamaKen outside Tokyo, won the Singapore Open championship today after a sudden-death play-off with Guy Wolstenholme who was eliminated on the first-hole, and David Graham w lich lasted at
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    340 12 SINGAPORE. Sun—Following is the Stipendiary Steward’s report on today’s racing at Bukit Timah. Rare 1: Gino (app. G.L. Chiang) jumped away awkwardly and shortly afterwards moved out and caused interference to Taiping Jade (Subramaniam). The Veterinary Surgeon reported that The Samaritan (app. M. Ismail) returned with a
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