Eastern Sun, 12 March 1969
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Title Section21 1969-03-12 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 936 Wednesday, 12 March 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cent*21 words
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Article, Illustration230 1969-03-12 1 K.S. SIDHU - By K.S. SIDHU SINGAPORE, Tues.—Four people were killed and seven reported missing in one of the biggest ship collisions a mile oft Sisters' Island at about 2 p.m. today. One of the ships sank within 12 minutes of the collision. Till late230 words
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96 1969-03-12 1 CORONADO. California. Tues. Porpoises could become the protectors of aquanauts against shark attacks, the United States Navy’s Undersea Warfare Centre here believes. Mr. Forrest G Wood Junior, a Marine biologist, told a Jechnology conference here yesterday, that the friendly and intelligent sea mammals had been96 words
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132 1969-03-12 1 COPENHAGEN, Tues. (Reuter i King Frederick the Ninth, who succeeded to the Danish throne in 1947, today celebrates his 70th birthday amid rumours that he soon may abdicate. Local press reports here have stated that the sailorking, who is said to have a distaste for132 words
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Article68 1969-03-12 1 BANGKOK. Tues (AFP)— Malaysian Police seized 11 Thai villagers after crossing into Ampnoe Betong of Yala Province on Monday morning, it was reported here today. Press reports reaching here said the police had alleged that the Thais had intruded into Malaysian territory. The Thai authorities in the68 words
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Article376 1969-03-12 1 VIENTIANE. Tues. (UPI) North Vietnam today released six seamen from Singapore and Malaysia captured three years ago when their vessel was sunk off the coast by shore batteries on a supply run from Saigon to Danang. The six men arrived here tonight from Hanoi on a376 words
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361 1969-03-12 1 SPACE CENTRE, Houston. Tues. (CPI) The Apollo 9 astronauts flung themselves deeper into space on Monday “like an arrow through the sky.” lining up for Thursday's splashdown in an Atlantic Ocean so stormv they could see whitecaps from more than 100 miles in361 words
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189 1969-03-12 1 ‘Don’t Provoke Order To Chinese Troops By Marshal Lin Piao HONG KONG. Tues. (Reuter) Chinese Defence Minister Marshal Lin Piao. fearing massive Russian retaliation. has ordered Chinese troops along the SinoSoviet border not to provoke any incidents. The Star reported today. The Hong Kong newspaper, quoting its own sources inside189 words
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Article102 1969-03-12 1 PHNOM PENH. Tues. (UPI) —Four American airmen whose plane was shot down on Cambodian territory on Feb. 12 were released today on orders from Chief of State Prince Sihanouk. The four were turned over at noon to the Australian Embassy, which handles United States interests here,102 words
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Article61 1969-03-12 1 HOLLYWOOD. Tues. (UPI) Elizabeth Taylor was serenaded on Monday in her hospital room by a violinist hired by her husband. Richard Burton. The actress is expected to be released from Cedars of Lebanon Hospital later this week after tests for a degenerating spinal disc are completed.61 words
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Article63 1969-03-12 1 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) Angry housewives stopped a council meeting here by showering civic leaders with dirty laundry. To cries of “you do our washing for us.” they hurled frilly panties, nightdresses and grubby shirts into the council chamber at Haringey civic centre. North London. It was a protest63 words
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304 1969-03-12 1 TEL AVIV. Tues. (Reuter) Israeli and Egyptian forces are fighting another fierce artillerv duel across the Sugz Canal in the region of Port Tewfik. an Israeli military spokesman announced. The spokesman said the Egyptians opened the new battle at 1545 local time (1345 GMT).304 words
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Article81 1969-03-12 1 BRADFORD, England, Tues. (Reuter) —Hairdresser Christine Muldoon. 23. won an allfemale beer-drinking contest and a marriage oroposa! from her boyfriend which she accepted. Christine entered the tavern contest for a joke but she got down to serious drinking when David Milton, also 23, offered her81 words
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Article49 1969-03-12 1 LEICESTER. England. Tues. (Reuter) —A mental hospital caught fire today and four patients died in the predawn blaze. The fire started in a television viewing room of a two storey block housing 150 rehabilitation patients at the GarL ton Hayes Hospital near Leicester.49 words
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Article33 1969-03-12 1 Fund-raising seminar Page 2. e Minister's reminder to Chinese Page 4. e Latest Hollywood news and gossips Page 9. Danish badminton Page 12. e Lahore hockey tourna* ment Page 12.33 words
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Miscellaneous19 1969-03-12 1 LADIES DAY tv* “For Pete’s sake, make up your mind do you want a fur coat or a handbag?”19 words
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648 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. Social workers in the Republic are more in favour of major groupings for fund-raising with certain provisos. This is the opinion of some 75 social workers who attended a seminar on fund-raising for welfare needs on Saturday organised by648 words
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394 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Member of Parliament for Katong. Mr. J. F. Conceicao, said today that it was essential for young people in schools to be inculcated with qualities of creativity and adaptability. Mr. Conceicao was speaking at the joint celebrations for the 16tb anniversary and 11th394 words
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Article82 1969-03-12 2 SYDNEY, Tues. (Reuter) Bank of America President Rudolph Peterson forecast today that the world would be faced with a continuing series of monetary crises. But, he told delegates to the Australian finance conference, most nations would work on repairing these crises while the work of overhauling82 words
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124 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A seven-member delegation from the House of Representatives of the Republic of Vietnam will arrive here on Thursday for a three-day goodwill visit. During their stay they will call on the Speaker. Mr. Punch Coomaraswamy, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of124 words
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Article161 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE, Tues. A 26-year-old bus driver, Cheng Tian Koon, was jailed for four months by the Third District Court today for negligent driving resulting in the death of a motor-cyclist. Cheng was driving his bus along 10J m.s. Sembawang Road on Oct. 7. last year,161 words
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108 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Teachers’ Training College will be conducting a current affairs course for teachers. The course will describe and explain present developments in and around Singapore and South-east Asia.. It has been organised to instil a greater awareness and appreciation of contemporary developments in108 words
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Article62 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Singapore Polytechnic Students’ Union agrees in principle with the University of Singapore Students’ Union that expulsion of the seven Nantah students is too severe a disciplinary measure as expulsion ruins a student’s academic career. The Singapore Polytechnic Students’ Union has therefore called62 words
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186 1969-03-12 2 Tu *?i Police are looking for a k a n 4 2 w i 9 to have stolen ArcSSß.fflS Pf,r" £_?_i»op *>•* The man wears spectacles and Is about five feet seven inches In height, slim built and appears like an Indonesian Chinese with186 words
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Article, Illustration351 1969-03-12 2 A Belvedere helicopter of No. 66 Squadron. R A F., sends a dust-storm blowing over the raw-earth helipad as It brings i n another underslung load during the major joint services exercise ‘Crowning Glory' controlled by HQ 11 Div. Malaya District and HQ Far351 words
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Article62 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. Yet another Toto participant has struck the first prize jackpot of $50,000. The lucky entrant submitted a five-number correct entry in the last Toto draw held on Sunday. Another 50 entries were received which had four numbers correct and each will receive $35062 words
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239 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE. Tues. A 28-year-old plumber, Tan Teo Mo. who suffered from a boil on his buttocks for more than 10 years jumped to his death from the 14th floor of a block of flats in Jalan Membina. An inquiry into his death239 words
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297 1969-03-12 2 THE HAGUE, Tues. (AFP) Malaysia’s Air Force Chief. Air Commodore Sulaiman Sujak. arrived in Holland yesterday from London for a three-day visit to Dutch Air Force bases and aircraft works a* part of a month-long shopping expedition in Britain. Canada and Europe for297 words
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107 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE Tues Six international fellowships m surgery, each worth £1.500 are being offered in 1970 to leading surgeons in British Commonwealth and other developing countries by Smith Nephew Associated Companies. the International medical and textile group. As in previous years, the award is open107 words
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Article91 1969-03-12 2 SINGAPORE. Tuea. A French pilot who inaugurated the air-mail liaison between France and New Caledonia 30 years ago Is making a similar trip In the same type of plane —a single-engined “CaudronRenault”. The pilot. Henri Martinent, and his wife are expected to arrive here tomorrow night91 words
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Article, Illustration91 1969-03-12 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr. Agapito A. Aquino, vice president for operations. Junior Chamber International will visit Singapore from Saturday to Monday. He will meet Singapore Jaycees and discuss and exchange view s and ideas of Junior Chamber programmes and projects. On Saturday, he will be91 words
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Article, Illustration154 1969-03-12 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. Executives from the film industry in Singapore will attend the Internal Sales Conference at Universal City Studios in Hollywood from Feb. 17. They are Mr. Shaw Vee Meng. Director of the Shaw Organisation Group of Companies; Mr. Henri Sayers, the resident representative154 words
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90 1969-03-12 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Minister of Health, Tan Sri Ha.ii Abdul Hamid Khan, will officially launch Prevention of Blindness Week on March 24. The launching ceremony will be held at the headquarters of the Malayan Association for the Blind in Jalan Brickfields here90 words
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66 1969-03-12 3 The joint Army-Air Force exercise is practising to the full the co-operation required between66 words
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354 1969-03-12 3 ALBERT JOHNSON - BY ALBERT JOHNSON SINGAPORE. Tues. Workers at several Jurong Industrial Estate factories were late for work today. Reason: The pirate taxi operators went on “strike.” One manager of a firm In Jurong was alarmed when a number o f staff reported late for work354 words
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Article85 1969-03-12 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. 12.45 p m.: Rotary Club of Singapore's weekly luncheon at Blue Room. Capitol Building. 5.30 p.m.-9 p.m.: SATA free mass X-ray station at Commonwealth Close car park, block 82. 7 p.m.-8 p.m.: Performance by Singapore Infantry Regiment Band at Nee Soon Community Centre. 7.30 p.m.: Free85 words
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Article249 1969-03-12 3 MINEOLA. New York Tues (UPl)—The trial of two reputed Cosa Nostra figures got off to an intriguing start when one of the suspects kissed the other oj, both cheeks as they met in Nassau County Court, yesterday. Spectators, who may have heard too many gangland249 words
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Article98 1969-03-12 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The following candidates passed the December 1968 Examinations Institut Akauntan Umum Malaysia of the Malaysian Association of Certified Public Accountants: INTERMEDIATE Wong Yuen Tuck, Yap Ping Kon. Lim Yew Kwan Ho Keng Yuen, R.P Baskaran, Soon Tack Kuang. Ong Soo Hin. Ong Say Yaun, Chin Pak98 words
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275 1969-03-12 3 SINGAPORE, Tues. The Coroner's Court today recorded on open verdict on the death of on Austrian Steward, Konrad Stcurer, who was killed when the German cargo ship, Ludvigshafen, collided with a British tanker, Hindsia, in Singapore waters. This collision took place half a mile275 words
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168 1969-03-12 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Indonesia has accepted Malaysia's invitation to take part in the forthcoming International Muslim Conference scheduled here at the end of April. The acceptance is contained in a letter from President Suharto to the Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. The168 words
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Article183 1969-03-12 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. The courage and bravery of a British nurse Miss P. Wells of the British Military Hospital here helped the police to arrest two suspects believed to be involved in a series of theft cases. A police spokesman said Miss Wells who lives in183 words
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Article69 1969-03-12 3 SINGAPORE. Tues. (Reuter) The Singapore branch of a world voluntary organisation has found that selling sweets instead of the usual paper flags is a much better way of raising money. The idea was tried out for the first time over the weekend and public response was69 words
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Article, Illustration243 1969-03-12 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysian Chinese have been reminded to regard themselves as Malaysians and not as “overseas Chinese.” The Minister of Local Government and Housing, Mr. Khaw Kai Boh. addressing a meet-the-people session at Kuala Kubu Bharu near here on Sunday night said243 words
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710 1969-03-12 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Cupid went astray and a rejected lover embarked on a course of action resulting in the death of an innocent motor-cyclist. After colliding with the motor-cycle accounts cleric. William Tan Chong Eng. 25. allegedly left his Ford car and headed710 words
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Article139 1969-03-12 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Yang dl-Pertuan Agong today sent a congratulations message to King Frederik IX of Denmark on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The Yang dl-Pertuan Agong in his message said: “On this most auspicious occasion of the anlversary of Your Majesty’s birthday, the139 words
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Article194 1969-03-12 4 SINGAPORE. Tues The Light Industries Services is organising an application course on quality control which will commence on April 8. The course aims at giving participants a basic knowledge of quality control and training them to set up simple quality control systems in their own194 words
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Article246 1969-03-12 4 WASHINGTON. Tues. (Reuter) The Washington Post today described the decision by Australia and New Zealand to keep troops in Malaysia and Singapore after Britain's military withdrawal in 1971 as a major development “and emphatically a positive one.” “Australia and New Zealand are no strangers to South-east Asia246 words
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Article101 1969-03-12 4 DARLINGTON. England. Tues (Reuter) Engineer Ernest Brooks was killed here in the flying machine that he designed and thought was crash-proof. The gyroplane he built in a garden shed plunged out of control to the ground The single-seat, hell-copter-like craft was the result of six years' development. He101 words
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Article, Illustration212 1969-03-12 4 SINGAPORE, Tues. The first meeting of helpers and organisers of the Singapore Stall for the International Bazaar of the Blind was convened this morning at the istana. Hostess for the meeting was the First Lady. Puan Noor Aishah who is also212 words
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278 1969-03-12 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. Companies exhibiting at the Australian Safety Equipment Display held in Singapore last week expected to make sales totalling nearly $500,000 as a result of their participation in the Display. Mr H. C. Sargent. Australian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, said today. Others regarded278 words
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125 1969-03-12 4 SINGAPORE. Tues In response to appeals by viewers. Television Singapore has decided not to change the telecast time of the popular series “Peyton Place”. In a statement today, the Director of Broadcasting regretted that he was unable to reply to each of the125 words
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166 1969-03-12 4 New Zealand AntiSubmarine In Port Swettenham KUALA LUMPUR. Tues An anti-submarine frigate of tne Royal New Zealand Navy arrived at Port Swettenham today for a three-day operational visit. On arrival at the port the commanding officer of the frigate. Commander D. J. Cheyrey. paid courtesy calls on the Acting General166 words
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Article78 1969-03-12 4 MANILA. Tues (Reuter) President Marcos has said that he has no objections to a summit meeting of Vietnam allies after the next ministerial conference of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) at Bangkok in May. He told newsmen that he would welcome such a meeting but78 words
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411 1969-03-12 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The leader of a visiting South Vietnamese parliamentary delegation, Mr. Phan Thiep, today reiterated his country's hope in the Paris talks and said the Vietnamese people would continue their relentless search for peace with honour. Mr. Phan Thiep also411 words
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Article75 1969-03-12 4 LONDON. Tues (UP!)—lf Mary Wilson, wife of Britain's Prime Minister were marooned on a desert island, she would like a full makeup kit and a copy of “Wuthering Heights” with her She told BBC radio interviewer Roy Plomley today that she would want the makeup75 words
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Article, Illustration333 1969-03-12 4 SINGAPORE. Tues. “Entertainment with a big difference” that is the nutshell description of “TV Nite” as described by Mr. Gilbert Chai. As chairman of the "TV Nite” committee, to be held at the Golden Lotus on April 12. he hoped that this annual affair would333 words
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Article, Illustration21 1969-03-12 5 SOMEWHERE IN ISRAEL: General Abraham Adan new commander of the Is raeli Armoured Corps is seen reviewing his troops. UPI photo.— UPI photo. - 21 words
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Article473 1969-03-12 5 UN SENDS MEDIATORS MADRID. (Reuter) Senor Marcial Tamayo, special envoy of United Nations SecretaryGeneral U Thant, arrived in Equatorial Guinea today to mediate in the sudden crisis between Spain and the tiny West African republic Senor Tamayo, a Bolivian who leads a four-man United Nations good offices mission, arrived473 words
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Article328 1969-03-12 5 THE REALITY GAP LOS ANGELES. Tues (Reuter) Psychologist who examined Sirhan B Sirhan. accused of the murder of Senator Robert Kennedy, testified today that he was aggressive and out of touch with reality to the point of being mentally ill. The defence claimed in its328 words
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Article297 1969-03-12 5 LOS ANGELES, Tues. (Router) Judge Herbert Walker has ordered additional polire protection to be posted at the Sirhan home following telephoned threats received last week, it was disclosed here today. Defence counsel for Sirhan said the threats had come from an elder brother of the family. Sharif.297 words
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170 1969-03-12 5 PONDICHERRY, India, Tues. (Reuter) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress Party suffered another defeat today when the D.M.K. (Dravidian Welfare Association) emerged as the largest party in the elections in the tiny South Indian state of Pondicherry. But the D.M.K., which rules in neighbouring170 words
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957 1969-03-12 5 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter and AFP) The Algerian Minister of Education, Ahmed Taleb, says that "The Arab world is going through one of the most dangerous stages in its history." Opening the 51st I session of the Arob League Council in Cairo yesterday Mr.957 words
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Article122 1969-03-12 5 PARIS. Tues (UPI) French workers early today began a 24-hour nation-para-lysing strike designed to back demands for across-the-board 12 per cent wage increases. All sectors of lnaustry were hit by the stoppage, called after the breakdown of talks with management and government on further improvements 'n labour122 words
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Article67 1969-03-12 5 JAKARTA. (Reuter) President Suharto today attended a ceremony marking his takeover of executive powers from deposed President Sukarno three years ago. President Suharto presented a special banner to the Army's Strategic Forces (Kostrad) which ringed Sukarno's palace to force him to transfer his powers to67 words
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Miscellaneous48 1969-03-12 5 ♦> YET ANOTHER Ist PRIZE WINNER IN LAST WEEK'S DRAW! $50,000 TO THE OWNER OF THIS COUPON \2J^ V m PMTWP p» iff TO eiwtuwu. tf.lyl'.Nf L=J ITUU HM. i C' 5 £<§■' Vi *****56 -5 c T. C n IT'S SO EASY TO WIN BIG MONEY WITH TOTO »>48 words
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Article415 1969-03-12 6 rpHE Arab League Council which convened at its Cairo headquarters near the Suez Canal views the current fighting as placing the Arab nations “in its worst crisis in current history” according to the Algerian delegate. Significantly, while both Egypt and Israel have submitted letters of complaints to the415 words
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Article301 1969-03-12 6 EVENTS in Pakistan in the past few days have a rapid momentum Two of the country’s powerful leaders Mr. Bhutto and Mr. Bhashani have entered into a pact to work for establishment of socialism in Pakistan. They are also clamouring for withdrawal of Pakistan from defence301 words
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798 1969-03-12 6 Peter Sager - BY Peter Sager BERNE. Tues. (SPR.S.) According to reports from Delhi, the pro-Soviet Communist Party of India (CPI), already divided over the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. is facing greater disunity following the publication of a book by leading Indian Communists which severely critises the798 words
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294 1969-03-12 6 MOSCOW. Tues. (UPI) The Soviets on Mondav Communist China is pursuing a foreign policy d l un r n| ne Russia's position in the woGd d particularly in Eastern Europe.” Moscow television said this foreign policy mky have more far reaching" consequences294 words
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Article119 1969-03-12 6 *!|EW YORK. Tues. (AFP) The national book awards. America’s most prestigious literary prize*, were announced here today with Noveliat; Jeray Kosinsk: heading the list of laureates with a work called “Steps .The other six winners who win be honoured at a ceremony here on Wednesday, were119 words
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220 1969-03-12 6 MOSCOW. Tues. <AFP> The wave of anti-Chinese feeling sweeping the Soviet Union since the Cssuri River incident of March 2 raged on unabated on Monday with protest shifting from the streets to factories. offices and other places of work. Under the slogan of "hands off220 words
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258 1969-03-12 6 HONG KONG. Tues. (AFP) Hanoi daily Nhan Dan today reported that the Vietcong forces in the general offensive started on February 22, have wiped out 1,270 Americans destroyed 179 military vehicles and 39 aircraft at the main base camp of the U.S. 25th258 words
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307 1969-03-12 6 RAWALPINDI. Tues. (UPI) Leftist leaders Zulfikar All Bhutto and Maulana Bhashani have agreed their two political parties should work together to form a socialist government in Pakistan and end the country’s membership in the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) and the Central307 words
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104 1969-03-12 6 NEW DELHI. Tues. (AFP) The Dalai Lama, “God King of Tibetans" told a mass rally of some 5.000 Tibetan exiles at Dharamsala. Punjab State, yesterday that his people would ultimately triumph over the Chinese occupants of their country “Even if the Chinese leave nothing104 words
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202 1969-03-12 6 FRANKFURT. Germany Tues. (UPI) The Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper on Monday discussed the talks in Paris later this week between French President Charles de Gaulle and West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Keisinger. The Allgemeine said “The Germans will unquestionably hold fast to two things: to French-German202 words
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401 1969-03-12 6 HONG KONG. Tues. (UPI) Communist China warned the Soviet Union it was “digging its own grave” by continuing its “dirty anti-China drama,” Peking Radio reported on Tuesday. The Chinese warning came in a stern new protest handed to Soviet authorities in Moscow401 words
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132 1969-03-12 6 RAWALPINDI, Tues. (UPI) Soviet Defence Minister Andrei Grechko who arrived In Rawalpindi for a seven-day visit to Pakistan on Monday night expressed hopes peace will prevail in the subcontinent. He was replying to a welcome speech by Pakistan's Defence Minister A.R. Khan who gave132 words
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Article381 1969-03-12 6 CAIRO, Tues. (AFP) The Egyptian press has accused Israel of shelling civilian targets during weekend artillery duels across the Suez Canal. The semi-official daily A1 Ahram headlined: “Israel has taken vengeance on civilians at Suez and Ismaillya as well as on the oil refineries”. The newspaper381 words
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229 1969-03-12 6 MOSCOW. Tues. <AFP> The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia published a photograph tonight of the River Ussuri taken from the watchtower of the NijneMikhailovka frontier post, opposite Damanski Island, where a Sino-Soviet clash occurred on March 2. It showed a promontory of land which might229 words
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172 1969-03-12 6 BELGRADE. Tues. (UPI) Yugoslavia's independentminded communists on Monday took a hard look at the last four years of their bold reform programme and they were not pleased. “Certain errors have been committed which have definite economic and political shortcomings,” the party central committee said in a172 words
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Article157 1969-03-12 6 PRAGUE. Tues (UPI) Czechoslovakia will go along with the “Warsaw Five” hard line communist nations in their refusal to send a delegation to the Yugoslav Party Congress beginning today political sources said on Monday. The sources said the decision to join the rest of the157 words
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39 1969-03-12 7 Mr. Wee Soon Hoo, of Guthrie Waugh (S) Pte. Ltd., discusses the use of protective masks with Dr. Savampamatha, of St. John's Ambulance, at the Display of Australian Industrial Safety Equipment held in Singapore at the Australian Trade Commission.39 words
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177 1969-03-12 7 LONDON. Tues. (UPI) The price of gold continued to reflect the anxieties hanging over the Middle East and the French economy yesterday. Prices on the London bullion market reached new highs, on persistent and widespread demand. The morning flxlng was raised 25177 words
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Article93 1969-03-12 7 SINGAPORE, Tues. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Gndowns Vessels 3/4 Berezovka 5 Hovo Maru 6 7 Vishva Prabha 8 9 Hoegh Dene 19/11 Prometheus 15/16 Hoegh Dyke 21 22 Shinei Maru 23/24 Bencleuch 25/26 Aristides Xilas 27/28 Euphrate 29/30 Eiko Maru 3193 words
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Article254 1969-03-12 7 LONDON. Tues <UPI> Faced with a number of conflicting factors, stock markets made a quietly Arm start to the week yesterday. The central bankers announcement that no special action was needed to aid the French franc, weekend press optimism regarding the UK industrial scene254 words
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Article38 1969-03-12 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York stock exchange; 30 Industrials 917.14 20 Rails 245.03 15 Utilities 131.90 85 Stocks 322 48 40 Bonds 73 88 Commodity Futures Index 139.1838 words
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1656 1969-03-12 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. Somewhat mixed conditions prevailed in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today as some sustained buying pared the increased profit-taking. The market moved rather erratic as seen in the more active counters. The easier undertone chipped off a little of1,656 words
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Article79 1969-03-12 7 HONG KONG. Tuea (UPI) Money Quotations: Hong Kong dollars 6.1025 per U.S. dollar. Hong Kong dollars 6 ***** per U.S. do lar TT Hong Kong dollars 14 53 per pound sterling Hong Kong dollars 325.375 per tael of gold 94 5 per cent fineness. Hong Kong dollars79 words
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Article160 1969-03-12 7 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Stock* closed mixed yesterday as trader* seemed to be waiting for further international monetary developments and more conclusive news on U S. effort* to break the deadlock at the Vietnam Peace Conference in Paris The United States was said to be160 words
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Article291 1969-03-12 7 Rubber Down Cent SINGAPORE Tues, March first grade lubber buyers closed at 5 pm in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 69* cents per lb., down threeeighth cent (rom previous Close The ton* of the market was easier The market steadied siightlv shortly af.e.- (he opening on isolated UDcountiy buying291 words
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247 1969-03-12 7 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) The tin Industry’s export quota scheme, introduced just over six months ago to stabilise market prices, will come up for review at a session of the International Tin Council opening here today. Under the scheme, the world’s six tin producing247 words
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89 1969-03-12 7 LONDON. Tues (UPI) Rubber market closed uncertain with spot 24-5 8, 24-7 8 Settlement House April 24-5 8 24-7 8 Mav 24-3/4 24-1.3/16 April June 24-3/4 24-13/16 July Sept 24-3 8 24-9/16 Oct Dec 24-1/4 24-3 8 Jan March 23-15/ 16 24-1/8 April June 23-13/1689 words
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Article653 1969-03-12 7 (ilN»i*P(IKK Mi* K Rv cbanKe Mini and othei price* ntTniail* ll*ted al the close Of Du»ln«*fc* INUl STKIALS H AC M A 2 4 1 2 44 Ben A o 2 41 Ben iRt*.) 91 Borneo Bh<l 1 DO 1.91 Bnn-tead 2 IT Camel Plywood 2653 words
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Article159 1969-03-12 7 SINGAPORE. Tues The Association of Banks in Malay-s;a-Smgapore today made the following changes in its rates to merchants (rates are quo'ea to the equ'valent of 100 units of foreign currency!. SELLING TT or OD. ready Deutsche Marks $76 8075; Holland Guilders $85 0950; Swiss Francs $71.7550. Belgian Francs159 words
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Article14 1969-03-12 7 SINGAPORE Tues.—The tin price for today was $597 per picul, down $0.62i.14 words
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Article50 1969-03-12 7 i Manager* Price*) lit Mala'an \D 3 03 !n<1 Malavan XD 2.18 :*rd Malavan 137 1 lip Commerce Ind. 103 1 19 The »ai!ng Hind \ll 113 1 29 '1 Invest frund 135 145 1*1 Hung Kong 1-37 1.43* .’nil H"ng hung -98 4 1.013 <*Hong Kong currency)50 words
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Article110 1969-03-12 7 SINGAPORE. Tues. The noon prices at tW Singapore l hinese Produce Exchange today arc:— Buyer Seiler 1 oconut Oil (F O B > Bulk 19 23 1 o< until Oil < FOB.) Drum 51 .5 Mixed Copra 31.00 Miintok White Pepper (F.O B.) 96",, X L W US.OO Sarawak110 words
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Article49 1969-03-12 7 NEW YORK. Tues (UPI) Rubber futures closed 15 points lower on 1 sale yesterday. Bid Ask March 26.10 May 25.10 26.00 July 24.85 25.60 September 24.85 November 24 85 25.60 January (70) 24 85 25.60 March 24.85 25.60 Locally. No. 2 RSS was 2| cents per pound.49 words
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437 1969-03-12 8 KARACHI, T u e s. (Reuter) —Leaders of eight political parties met president Mohammed Ayub Khan in Rawalpindi yesterday and demanded a federal parliamentary form of government for the country, giving regional autonomy to East and West Pakistan. A statement issued after the437 words
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Article237 1969-03-12 8 MANHATTAN. Kansas, Tues. (UPI) Sen. Mike Mansfield, Demoerat-Montana, said the United States will be involved in Asia for years to come and it should accept Red China as a leading nation in the world. “China will not remain forever. as is now the case, in substantial237 words
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Article67 1969-03-12 8 TOKYO Tues. (UPI) Two Nepalese princesses are due In Tokyo tomorrow for an eight-day visit. The Princesses Helen Shah and Jotshana Shah will be in Japan until March 20 SQUATTERS FIGHT POLICE PUERTO MONTT. Chile (UPI) A seventh squatter died of injuries suffered in a free-for-all yesterday67 words
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Article159 1969-03-12 8 HOUSTON, Texas, Tues (Reuter) Astronaut Donn F. Eisele has been sued for divorce here, by his wife who charged him with harsh and cruel conduct. Mrs. Harriet Elaine Eisele asked that her husband be prevented from transferring any of their joint assets which she put at159 words
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Article, Illustration33 1969-03-12 8 UPI radio photo.— UPI radio photo. - 33 words
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254 1969-03-12 8 MEMPHIS, Tenn«ssee, Tues. (AFP) —James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years' imprisonment here yesterday tor the murder ot Negro civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Ray pleaded guilty. The judge said that, since he had pleaded guilty to premeditated murder, the court254 words
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Article116 1969-03-12 8 Gorton's V ision SYDNEY. Tues. (Reuter) Australia'* Prime Minister. Mr. John Gorton, last night envisaged Australia as the economic and military leader of South-east Asia by the end of the next decade This was the position the Australians of 1980 wx>uld want to see their country in. he told delegates116 words
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135 1969-03-12 8 UNITED NATIONS. Tues. (UPI) Britain argued today that it was better not to have any definition of aggression than to settle for a bad one. British delegate Henry Galton Darwin told the special committee on defining aggression—the fourth the UN. has established for the elusive purpose135 words
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Article202 1969-03-12 8 NEW YORK. Tues. (UPI) Maryland State sen Frank J MeCourt. 33. and his bride of six weeks were arraigned yesterday on charges connecting them with hashish smuggling. MeCourt and the former Mrs Donna Horner. 26. whom he married in India, were ordered held in202 words
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Article107 1969-03-12 8 TOKYO. Tues (UPD Documents were signed today for South Korea to receive 333.000 tons of rice from Japan as a loan. South Korea, whose rice harvest dropped last year because of a severe drought, will repay the loan In 20 annual instalments starting in 1981107 words
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Article270 1969-03-12 8 BONN, Tues. (Reuter) The French and West German Foreign Ministers met for private talks today, but found little common ground in the current row within the Western European Union or on the extension of the Common Market, West German sources said. M. Michel Debre270 words
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Article54 1969-03-12 8 KARACHI Tues (Reuter) Karachi dockers last night agreed to call off a five-day-old strike following agreement on wage increases of between 10 and 20 per cent. The strike was estimated to have cost the country £7 5 million. Karachi's textile mills started working again today following agreement54 words
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Article133 1969-03-12 8 LONDON. Tues (Reuter) Mrs. Mary Wilson, wife of Prime Minister Harold Wilsoa said today that she loves angels and dislikes satire even when it is aimed at ner husband's foes She was interviewed on a BBC radio programme. “Desert Island Discs,” in which the133 words
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Article85 1969-03-12 8 MILAN Italy, Tues (UPI) Dr Milo Skofic, former husband of actress Gina Lollobrtgida. said he married an opera singer two months ago In Scotland. Dr Skofic. a stateless Yu-goslav-born refugee, and Miss Lollobrigida were married in 1949 and divorced In Austria. Dr Skofic said he married singer85 words
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457 1969-03-12 8 SALT LAKE CITY. Utah lues. (UPI) A tough old miner said today that the earth shifted and rocked beneath him as he crouched for eight days in a tiny niche ceep inside a sprawling lead and zinc mine. William V. (Buck) Jones. 60,457 words
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2849 1969-03-12 9 Sheilah Graham - By Sheilah Graham TTOW does it feel to be the ex-Mrs. Cary Grant? "Great," said Dyan Cannon. "I wake up end feel great. You'll see, I'm going to have the most wonderful, incredible future." I was lunching in the Bella Fontana Room at2,849 words
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Miscellaneous280 1969-03-12 9 OPRBnlßatlon LIDO Phone ***** LAST DAY! 11 am.. 1.45. 4no 6.30 a 9 15 p.m. Wong Pao-tseng K.ang Han BOOM OB BIST" tn Color Mandarin with English aubntlea OPENS TOMORROW Honor Blackman. Richard Johnson A T«iM Ol Sand .Co.cr fA, CAPITOL Phone ***** LAST DAY! 11 am. 130. 400 4.45280 words
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Miscellaneous110 1969-03-12 9 CATHAY: OPENS TOMORROW! A SUPER SHOCK FILM! “CORRUPTION not a woman's picture!! Therefore: It is not advis* able for women to see it unescorted!!! i Bigg (7 couiMMrcnms presents PETERCUSHING».SUEUO¥D '’CORRUPTION” Urn** by DONALD tx6 DEREI TORO P-wJvctd aW PlwoawM W PtTW Cncied BfHOKRT HARTFORD DAVIS A PETER NENBROO* And110 words
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Miscellaneous1189 1969-03-12 9 LAST DAY! u a.m.. *l3. *.B» P» Admission: $1 00. S’OO. $3 1)0 34 00 In 10mm Panavialon M.O.M.'a “WHERE EAGLES DARE" Richard Burton Cltnt Eastwood MARY CRE in Metrocolor Odeon A Palace: Opens Tomorrow’ Poxa "THE GREAT SILENCE" In Eastmanco'or gtairloK. Jean Louis Trintignat ORCHARD-***** Is» .5 ?nnw»_ ...war.1,189 words
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Article, Illustration178 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE. Tues—The Prime Minister and Mrs. Lee Kuan Yew tonight gave a dinner at Sri Temasek to a team of five professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The professors are here on a two-week study of Singapore’s development problems in the fields of Science.178 words
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Article303 1969-03-12 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. The Democratic Action Party today accused the Alliance of abusing Its power by “playing politics” In schools. DAP Secretary-General Mr. Goh Hock Guan Justified his charge by drawing reference to a speech bv Tun Razak. the Deputy Prime Minister, when the latter303 words
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Article, Illustration315 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE. Tues A pretty Australian model and her fashion-photo-grapher husband thought that it would be most exciting experience to spend their honeymoon on a motor-cycle tour across several countries. The couple. Jenny Jones. 21, and her husband, Fred Broomhall, 27, arrived here315 words
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349 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE Tues. Police are seeking the help of a European couple who informed a police constable about a robbery along Keppel Road this morning. The European couple were travelling along Keppel Road In a car when they saw a gang of robbers holding349 words
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Article140 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Police today warned the public against a small group of persons collecting advertisements supposedly for an event connected with journalists’ organisations. In these approaches to several big firms, they had used the names of journalists without their consent. One of the culprits is140 words
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291 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. Tourists arrivals in Singapore last year increased by 25.3 per cent over the previous year's figure, the Tourist Promotion Board, in its review said today. This is five per cent more than the fore- cast growth. A total of 298.535 came to Singapore291 words
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151 1969-03-12 10 IPOH, Tues The Russian ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. V. N. Kruznetsov. today said that it was the policy of the Soviet Union to live in peace and promote better understanding among nations for the betterment of mankind. He said this after a151 words
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242 1969-03-12 10 KUALA LUMPER, Tues Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman is worried about his Deputy. Tun Abdul Razak. Why? According to Finance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin, the latter is losing the hair on his head rapidly and this makes him look older than be really is.242 words
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Article92 1969-03-12 10 JAKARTA. Tues (Reuter) Army authorities are considering whether to allow deposed President Sukarno to attend the wedding ceremony of his daughter Rachmawati on Friday, army sources said today. The ageing former leader, kept at his third wife’s house in Jakarta, was understood to have92 words
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Article78 1969-03-12 10 JERUSALEM. Tues (UPI)— President Zalman Shazar today asked Mrs. Golda Meir to form a new Government Barring last minute hitches in the five-party committee formulating a new coalition ngreement, Mrs. Meir was expected to present her Cabinet ‘o the Knesset (Parliament) on Thursday, political78 words
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Article97 1969-03-12 10 BANGKOK. Tues. (UPI) Air Marshal Dawee today admitted that a group of Thai fishermen seized by Malaysian authorities in the gulf of Siam last month intruded in Malaysian territorial waters. The admission by the Deputy Defence minister in a news conference, was regarded as a conciliatory gesture toward97 words
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Article, Illustration454 1969-03-12 10 PETER LOKE - By PETER LOKE SINGAPORE. TuesSome may say that Mr. Goh Khai Poh. a wealthy businessman, was born under a lucky star. But, he thinks otherwise. “Admittedly good fortune has been with me all my life,” said Mr. Goh, “but, I still believe that hard454 words
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Article, Illustration209 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE. Tues.—Thirteen British travel agents are impressed with Singapore’s progress and the way the multi-racial people live in the island-Republic enjoying perfect harmony and peace. The 13 are In Singapore on a three-day study tour to see what Singapore has to offer their209 words
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Article231 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Adult Education Board will be conducting a “Practical Colour Fhotography” Course for amateur or professional photographers who wish to master the scientific techniques of colour photography. Students will be given step-fcy-step instructions on the fundamentals of colour visions, processing of colour negatives and231 words
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163 1969-03-12 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Forces. Communists terrorists along the Thai-Malaysian border in Kelantan are trying to get food supplies from villages In the State, the Assistant Minister of Home Affairs. Enche Hamzah bin Abu Samah. said today The terrorists, he added, were finding it163 words
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Article130 1969-03-12 10 LONDON, Tues (Reuter)'—« A police bus taking defendants from prison to court was ambushed here today and two men accused of> robbery were freed. The attack happened during the morning rush hour when the bus stopped at traffic lights. Two men hopped out of a130 words
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Article65 1969-03-12 10 SINGAPORE, Tues. A male Indian, about 40 years old fell to his death from a tree at Angullia Park on Saturday. The deceased was then wearing a blue shirt and black trousers. He is about 5 ft. 6 ins tall and medium-built. Friends and relatives of65 words
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Article301 1969-03-12 11 SINGAPORE, Tues. A works-prepared Cortina Lotus to be entered and driven by Safari veteran Vie Preston from Nairobi, will form part of an international Ford entry in the 1969 East African Safari Rally which begins on April 3. Sweden's Bengt Soderstrom and Gunnar Palm will301 words
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157 1969-03-12 11 JOHANNESBURG. Tu(» (Reuter)—The South African Cricket Union are ready to Invite Australia for a long tour If Australia’s visit to India and Pakistan later this year falls through. Wally Hammond. Union Chairman, said today. Mr. Hammond, speaking In a telephone Interview from Kimberley, said there157 words
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Article, Illustration128 1969-03-12 11 THE little gymnasts of today the champions of tomorrow. The Duisdorf Gymnastics Club at Duisdorf near Bonn is doing some excellent work in the coaching of the stars of tomorrow. Under the direction of the senior gymnastics coach, Will Boley (picture, right) 365 children of128 words
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Article250 1969-03-12 11 CARDIFF. Wales. Tues. (Reuter) Jimmy Wilde, world flyweight champion from 1916 and 1923 and one of boxing's legendary figures died In hospital here today aged 76. Wilde, who was born In the Welsh town of Pontypridd started work In the local coal mines when he250 words
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Article30 1969-03-12 11 MAR DEL PLATA. Tues. (AFP) The Soviet Union won the world free style wrestling championships here yesterday with 5 gold medals, one silver and two bronze.30 words
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769 1969-03-12 11 Sidney, Tues. (Reuter) The following are pen pictures of the Australian cricketers picked for the tour of India and South Africa, starting next October. Bill Lawry (Victoria), aged 32. captained Australia in their successful defence of the Ashes in769 words
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107 1969-03-12 11 MANILA. Tues. (Reuter) The Philippine Lawn Tennis Association has named Eddie Cruz. Raymundo Deyro and Alex Marclal to the Philippine Davis Cup team which will meet Indonesia in the Eastern Zone first round tie on March 28 to 30 in Jakarta. Former Davis Cup107 words
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Article186 1969-03-12 11 HONG KONG. Tues. (Reu,ter) More than 100 golfers will compete in the Hong Kong Open golf tournament which starts here on March 27. Organisers say the number of entries this year is one of the biggest since the Hong Kone Open was conceived in 1959.186 words
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Article223 1969-03-12 11 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) European champions Manchester United forced a goalless draw away to English Cup favourites Everton in an English first Division soccer match watched by 58.000 fans last night. Everton extended their unbeaten run to 13 games, but are still ten points behind223 words
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Article35 1969-03-12 11 GLASGOW. Tues. (Reuter) Willie Black, the 27-year-old Scottish boxer who struck the referee during an amateur international against Morocco here last Thursday, was today suspended sine die by the Scottish Amateur Boxing Association.35 words
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463 1969-03-12 11 From Eastern Knight In this article, we recommend to readers the technique of approaching the final phase of the Chess game the Endgame. The Endgame is the stage when a number or pieces are exchanged off, leaving only a few on the board.463 words
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224 1969-03-12 11 TOKYO. Tues. (UPI) Top Japanese Bantamweight contender Kazuyoshi Kanazawa was much faster and outpunched Mexican Jesus Pimentel to score an upset 9th round technical victory at Korakuen Stadium last night. The bout was stopped at 35 seconds in the ninth round because of a224 words
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Article67 1969-03-12 11 NEW YORK, Tues. (UPI) Heavyweight Buster Mathis was fined US$lOO by the New York State Athletic Commission yesterday for flagrantly abusing referee Harold Valan in his fight with George Chuvalo last month. Mathis twice shoved Valan in his bout with Chuvalo. The heavyweight contender said he67 words
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Article, Illustration360 1969-03-12 12 SINGAPORE, Tues. Garrie Cooper of Australia, last year's Singapore Grand Prix winner will defend his title in the forthcoming meet at the Thomson-Sembawang Road circuit here, from April 4 to 6. This was confirmed by the Secretary of the Singapore Grand Prix meeting,360 words
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Article202 1969-03-12 12 LONDON, Tues. (Reuter) World Cup champions England. without many star players because of vital club commitments, should still be too strong for struggling France in their friendly soccer clash at Wembley here tomorrow. For five of the French team, the match will recall bitter memories of202 words
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144 1969-03-12 12 NEW YORK. Tues. (Reuter) Joe Frazier, holder of the New York version of the world heavyweight championship. will defend his title next month against a man who was advised less than a year ago to give up boxing for his own good. Frazier’s handlers144 words
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Article93 1969-03-12 12 MUNICH, Tues. (AFP) A record number of 52 countries will be represented in the world table tennis championships to be held here from April 17 to 27. Thirty-five women’s teams will compete for the Corbillon Cup and 43 men’s teams will compete for the Swaythling Cup.93 words
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161 1969-03-12 12 HONG KONG. Tues. (Reuter) The President of the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Mr. G.T. Rowe, today denied that the club practiced racial discrimination. Commenting on local press reports referring to the club as a “symbol of racial discrimination,’* Mr. Rowe said: “There is no racial161 words
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Article101 1969-03-12 12 NAGOYA. Japan. Tues (UPI) American pole vaulter John Pennel today cleared the bar at 5.20 metres to win an indoor U.S. Japan competition here Pennel had the bar raised to 5.35 metres but failed to clear it. Kyoichiro Inouye of Daishowa Company was placed second with 5.00 metres.101 words
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467 1969-03-12 12 WELLINGTON, Tues. (Reuter) New Zealand beat the West Indies by six wickeis in the second Test at the Basin Reserve ground here today to draw level in the series 1-1. It was New Zealand's second win against the West Indies467 words
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Article253 1969-03-12 12 SINGAPORE. Tues—Rohan Kanhai. the 33-year-old West Indies batsman, who plays for Warwickshire in English Coun. try cricket, is likely to miss a greater part of the West Indies tour of England this year because of an injury. Kanhai is flying to his Blackpool home in253 words
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Article67 1969-03-12 12 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Yuasa Barracks Community Centre will hold their first annual Big Walk competition on April 13. Entry forms and regulations of the walk are obtainable at Yuasa Barracks C.C.. Upper Bukit Timah Road 7J miles. Singapore. 21. Sixty hampers and 20 trophies67 words
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Article145 1969-03-12 12 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Leading goalscorers after Saturday’s English soccer programme: DIVISION ONE Jimmy Greaves (Tottenham) 30, Geoff Hurst (West Ham) 27. Joe Royle (Everton) 27. Hugh Curran (Wolves) 24. Frank Caspe r (Burnley) 20. Ron Davies (Southampton) 19. John Radford (Arsenal) 19, Denis Law (Manchester Utd)145 words
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123 1969-03-12 12 SINGAPORE. Tues. The Boys Brigade in Singapore will hold a marathon run to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Republic of Singapore on March 22. The marathon will start off after a special ceremonv at the St. Andrew’s Cathedral ground, at 8.00 a-m. The123 words
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261 1969-03-12 12 SINGAPORE. Tues--The Singapore Amateur Weichtliftine Federation hare submitted stiff qualifying marks for the lifters seeking a berth to the forthcoming SEAP Games at Rangoon in December. Mr. Soh Ghee Soon, President of the SAWLF. told Sunsport: “We have based our recommendations to the National Sports261 words
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Article265 1969-03-12 12 LAHORE. Tues (Reuter) Malaysia, beaten 8-0 by Olympic champions Pakistan in their opening match of the Lahore international hockey tournament, gained a shock 3-1 victory over Spain yesterday. Spain finished sixth in the Mexico Olympics, but were stunned when Malaysia scored straight from the bully-off. The three265 words
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143 1969-03-12 12 GLASGOW. Scotland. Tues. (Reuter) Celtic, the 1967 European soccer champion, are confident they will beat A.C. Milan here tomorrow to reach the semi-final of this season's European Cup competition. They expect to be at full strength, as their speedy inside forward Bobby Lennox ir143 words
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104 1969-03-12 12 NAIROBI. Tues. (AFP> Prizes worth £4.000 are being offered by a tea company to Commonwealth competitors in the London New York air race from May 4 to 11. The race organised by the London “Daily Mail” newspaper commemorates the 50th anniversary of the104 words
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Article74 1969-03-12 12 TOKYO, Tues. (Reuter) Sawao Kato, winner of three gold medals in the gymnastics events at the Mex co Oi' was awarded the Helms Prize here today for being the most outstanding athlete of Asia in 1968. Kato was one of six athletes selected from six continents74 words
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285 1969-03-12 12 COPENHAGEN. Tues. (Reuter) Seeded Malaysian plaver Tan Aik Mong suffered a surprise defeat in the second round of the men's singles of the Danish international badminton championships yesterday. He was beaten 15-11, 15-12 by the unseeded Swedish player Kurt Jonsson. Malaysia’s number285 words
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Article88 1969-03-12 12 CARACAS. Tues. (Reuter) Brazilian tennis ace Thomas Koch overwhelmed Britain’s top-ranked player Mark Cox in four sets to take the men's singles title at the Altamira international tournament here last night. Koch stroked confidently to keep Cox on the run and won 8-6. 6-3 2-6.88 words
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Article122 1969-03-12 12 MELBOURNE. Tues (Reuter) World bantamweight boxing champion Lionel Rose will continue to fight as a bantamweight until doctors say that he will be physically affected by weight reducing, Rose's manager-trainer Jack Rennie said here today. Rennie said after Rose's successful title defence against Briton122 words
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Article159 1969-03-12 12 TOKYO. Tues. (AFP) The World Boxing Association leatherweight champion. Shozo Saijo of Japan, will encounter Mexico's Pedro Rodriguez ia a non-title 10-rounder in Osaka on April 14. it w-as announced here today. It will be Saijo’s first appearance in the ring since he successfully defended his159 words
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Article62 1969-03-12 12 LONDON. Tues. (Reuter) Everton were last night listed as two-to-one favourites to win the English Football Association Cup at the New Victoria Club call-over. Manchester City, were quoted as five-to-two second favourites. Cup-holders West Bromwich Albion were on offer at 11-4 and their semi-final opponents Leicester62 words
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Miscellaneous1108 1969-03-12 11 s 'YOUR TV and Radio TODAY TV SINGAPURA (CHANNEL S) P.M. POO Prog Summary in all Languages; P.ln Belajar-lah Bahasa Kefaangsaan: 6.15 Huckleberrv Hound; P4O Cultural Concert By Local Talents. 715 English For Everyone (Chinese Version! (Repeat' 7.40 Ne.vs and Newsreel in Chinese; 805 The Adventures Of Hiram Holiria' (The1,108 words
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Advertisement66 1969-03-12 12 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB Tickets will be ON SALE from TODAY for the Penang Amateur Meeting Saturday, 15th March 1969 TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING OFFICES: 146. ROBINSON ROAD 54. |OO CHIAT ROAD 674. UPPER SERANGOON ROAD 27. MACKENZIE ROAD 323. TANGLIN HALT (BLK. 47. QUEENSTOWN) 38. MALABAR STREET 13.66 words
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Miscellaneous33 1969-03-12 12 Time And Tide TODAY Singapore, 4.52 am (5 ft 8 ins.): 10.19 am (4 ft. 4 ins.); 5.56 p.m. (7 ft.). TOMORROW Singapore, 246 am. (4 ft. 4 ins.); 8.53 a.m. (5 ft.33 words
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